A friend In need, is a friend indeed.
There have been a lot of occassions when this phrase has taken form of extolment for someones help and cooperation. But for me, this adage reminds me of ‘Google’. Ya, when I entered into the b-school, the first thing i realized that to survive there you have to first have to get a crash course in ‘googling’. And very soon I realize that ‘google’ is a friend in deed. It has taken numerous forms depending upon my need, situation and mood. Right from my academic partner, someone who did most of my assignments to partner in crimes(!!).
You have to write a project proposal, solve a case study and after going through the assignment you find out that everything is going like Shoeb Akhtar bouncer and you are there on the batting crease without helmet. Thanks to daydreaming in the class when the professor was delivering those soporofic lectures, or you were unleashing your creativity (trying to beat Van Gogh and others in modern art) on the notebook while others were busy taking notes. What to do? Aks Google, be a little polite (you should know how to talk to him) and he comes up with exactly what you needed. Prepare cover page, ensure that your friend has shown a little differenc of opinion and not picked up the same piece. And you have hit the assignment for a six, though its a different issue that you have ensured that you have bowled out any possibility of getting anything out of that assignment, apart from grades.
You just came to know that Janet Jackson has provided some real exposure to those who were there in time. But alas, you missed. Again damn classes. You always miss ‘the Best Shows’ on the TV. Ask your friend to provide you a glimpse of the show. And within seconds, you will not only get the desired but also if you wanted to be author, you might feel like writing a biography of her. Thanks Mr. Google.
There are some people who cannot see other people happy. And most of the Network Administrator are like that only. The really useful websites are always blocked. But dont worry, if you have really established good relationship with Mr. Google and understand him well, he helps you, though not openly. Use ‘Google Proxy’ and chuckle at your success, though you badly wanted to inform the network administrator about the futility of that ‘network management utility’.
Now you are employed and if you are as unlucky as I, you are in a place where ‘omnipresence’ of english doesnot hold good. Ya, people do not speak the language you know, and making situation worse, these are the people you have to deal with. Failure to communicate properly is overall failure. Google comes to help. Go to google language tools, type what you want to say, note it down, there you are, you have expressed your self. The mastery is to frame the questions, which can be easily answered in affirmative or negative, otherwise.. okey..you don’t want any handicap of framing these kind of questions only. Get your laptop ready, write whatever you want to say, show him on the laptop and ask him to answer in the google language tool text box and you are done…
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