This part of my life is called....

This part of my life is called...

...the pursuit of happiness.

Couldn't be more true for me.

And if you haven't seen it yet, please do.

"And it was at that time that I thought about Thomas Jefferson writing that Declaration of Independence.
Him saying that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue it."

Makes you think.


I like the way it's called Pursuit of Happyness. Somehow it sounds happier than plain happiness. More innocent. But I can't explain why.
And sometimes I wonder if half the the pleasure doesn't lie in the pursuit. I mean we do tend to take the things we have for granted. It's a human thingy; you're never happy with what you have.
umm incoherent comment, but maybe you'll know what i mean *beeble*

The only "fun" in achieving happiness lies in the pursuit. Because once you do reach your goal you realize that you'd rather have something else and have to set off on a fresh pursuit. Happiness is but a moment in time when you realize your pursuit has led you to where you were trying to reach.
And you had bloody well be on the lookout for it. Or 'happiness' may just pass you by.

I believe people spend their entire life just pursuing happiness because their definition of happiness keeps changing with time.
And honestly it is only things that are hard to get and one works really hard for, that bear the sweetest fruit. If happiness was handed to us on a platter I doubt if it would have made us 'happy'.

Happiness. What is happiness, I wonder?
Is it a state of mind? An ephemeral moment in time? A shadow that we strive to capture? Volatile. Effervescent. Elusive.
Or is it in the eyes of a child looking up at you in wonder. Or in the radiance of a smile or the warmth of a holding hands. In a walk down the beach or watching the sun set. I wonder.
Happiness.
May be it is handed to us on a platter. Only that we don't see it then. Or think we want it that bad. And which is why we spend time in pursuit of happiness.
Just a thought.

Torn/Fake Notes frm ATM

Got this frm a website... Wanted to share...

Fake Notes in ATMs

I have heard about people getting fake/torn notes in ATMs. The best way is to always check the money you have drawn and when you find a torn/fake note to atonce contact the bank from the ATM center and ask for someone to come and verify and vouch for your transaction, so that you can get your money replaced.

Here is a story that I got via email on this (It was passed to me via email and not directly from the person who had the experience and so I cannot vouch for the validity of the same)

This is Regarding Fake 500 note in ICICI ATM Center(Prestige Poseidon,MG Road Branch, Bangalore)

I am Nageshwar Rao working for MindTree Consulting. I had drawn money in ICICI MG Road Branch to deposit in my Dad's account.
I went to DCB to deposit the money. Unfortunately in the notes i had given, one 500 rupee note is a fake note it seems. Moreover it was attached with tape(I mean to say it was a cut note)
They checked that note in some machine and said it was a fake note and they had written FAKE on that note and crumpled the note.
After arguing a lot with the Branch Manager, they had given me the note back(Because i told to them that i want to question the ICICI People and even i am ready to face any circumstance or i am ready to file a police case)

I went to the ICICI Branch(Prestige Poseidon) and told the issue to MR Mohan who is the Person Head in that branch.They asked me to go to ICICI Branch(Next to Central, MG Road)
I went there and introduced myself as MindTree Mind to the Person incharge for ATM Mr Uday and told about the issue.
They said they are not responsible for such things.

They asked me what is the proof that i had drawn that note from their ATM??
I told them clearly that, no one can provide such proof's, and told them to check whether i had made a transaction or not and also if Possible to track the notes they kept at that time.

They said they dont keep track of the notes they put in the ATM, but they will manually chech the notes before putting them in ATM.
They said they will only TRUST their Employees and thier Machines, not the Customers.
They are not at all accepting the facts that such notes will come in ATM's.

Now, Who is Responsible for this. Ultimately i am the loser and i am the sufferer as Rs. 500 is definitely a lot valuable for me, to all. What can we do & how can we know the Fake Notes??

Also the ICICI People told that in their ATM's only new notes will come. So Please Friends, when u r collecting money from ATM's do check whether they are new notes, otherwise inform the Branch Manager.

May 21, 2005 in Consumer Awareness | Permalink

Comments

Hi,

I also have faced the fake note problem, I withdrawn some money from HDFC ATM and went to ICICI bank to transfer some fund in my friend account, ICICI people told me that this note is fake, i moved back to HDFC and these guys aren't accepting that its their note.

They says that they always check the notes before putting it in the ATM machine, and asked me to prove that this note was dispensed by their ATM, how can i (or anyone) prove that, do the bank keep the note number before putting money in the ATM machine.

Sadly, it seems there is no way out... i am frustrated...

Posted by: A | Nov 21, 2005 11:29:03 AM

hi
i have also face the same problem.i withdarawn 17000 thousand from SBI branch and to went to deposite it in ICICI branch.the ICICI accountant said me that one of my 5oo note is fake.
no sbi and ICICI people believe on me for this.

Posted by: srivastava | Jun 12, 2006 7:14:27 AM

i also got a fake 500 rs note from ICICI ATM IN CIVIL LINES ,ALLAHABAD .i come to know fact when i paid it in mall and after UV LIGHT TEST they simply said my note is fake ,i didnt belive it i saw my self it was not responding to uv test.

YOU KNOW WHAT ICICI BANK WORK FORCE MAY BE WORKING FOR WORKING FOR SOME FAKE NOTE RACKET.
BANK WORKERS ARE MAKING EASY MONEY THIS WAY .
ANY ONE DO SOMETHING LEGAL TO STOP THIS .I WILL TRY WHAT EVER I CAN DO ..IF YOU ARE A LEGAL EXPERT THEN CAN HELP US/ME !

YATINDRA DUTT +9450607031

Posted by: yatindra dutt | Aug 9, 2006 6:48:31 PM

i also got a fake 500 rs note from HDFC ATM IN KADAVANDRA ,ERNAKULAM .But I didn't checked that at the same time. Saw that only next day. I reported to the branch office, then employees told me that they are 100% sure, that note , not form their ATM.
what to do, They also told 3 or 4 four people thoroughly checking and counting this notes before place into ATM.
Actually this Fake note racket also in all banks. not only ICICI, but also HDFC, etc.

Posted by: vijay | Jan 16, 2007 10:35:25 PM

Hi Friends,
same problem is here with me through HDFC Bank-Noida,
HDFC ATM Dispatch Rs 500 Fake note but Bank officials does't want to believe it. Friends all the system is corrupted then what should we do, I think they are inviting us come and join our fake note racket, otherwise loose ur money.
(Friends if you wants to do something against this nonsence i am always with you in this fight.)
regards
AK Singh
09911225493

Posted by: AK Singh | Feb 14, 2007 1:03:38 PM

Hi,

This is from Velachery UTI ATM.

They asked me what is the proof that i had drawn that note from their ATM??
I told them clearly that, no one can provide such proof's, and told them to check whether i had made a transaction or not and also if Possible to track the notes they kept at that time.

They said they dont keep track of the notes they put in the ATM, but they will manually chech the notes before putting them in ATM.
They said they will only TRUST their Employees and thier Machines, not the Customers.
They are not at all accepting the facts that such notes will come in ATM's.

Now, Who is Responsible for this. Ultimately i am the loser and i am the sufferer as Rs. 500 is definitely a lot valuable for me, to all. What can we do & how can we know the Fake Notes??

Also the UTIPeople told that in their ATM's only new notes will come. Its not true. I am getting old notes too. See basically the currency is rotation, because ATM is not the one to print the notes , so why not the ATM will release the second hand currency.
The ultimate solution is, ATM should have an inbuilt machine to find fake notes.

Posted by: Murugan | May 22, 2007 3:28:52 AM

Hi,

This is Soorya from Bangalore.
I received a fake currency note of denomination Rs.500 on date 29/05/2007 in Deutsche Bank ATM in Jayanagar, Bangalore. I filed a complaint with the Bank.

Please be aware of this problem while drawing money from ATMs.

Posted by: Soorya | Jun 4, 2007 3:17:09 AM

same here,but this time it was the money from Post office at Giridih,Jharkhand