Clarification.. the title is not because of lack of finding a suitable name.. but because it is suitable :P
Last week my boss was blessed with a baby girl... a few days ago we were to have a meeting and since no one had yet dialled in, we were having "small talk" so i asked him whether they (his wife and him) had thought of a name for their daughter yet... he said no... and that it has to start with 'V' and they are thinking... asking for my suggestions... by this time my other boss had joined us and he suggested babynames.com !! Dunno why i didnt like the idea...as in u google to find the release dates for the movie... not for finding a name for your baby... it just sounded too impersonal..... and i believe your Kid, that too 1st one is anything but "impersonal"!! Call me old fashioned but i just couldnt digest the idea (although thankfully for once i nkew when to shut my big mouth and didnt show my displeasure ;-) )
The next day i had to write a tool... i couldnt think of a suitable name for it...
we have a lot of 'conventions' for naming a program... this being an SAP program had to start with Z or /DCSEA/ the namespace for our project... i stuck with Z since it is not a customer program but a tool.... so i am stuck at 'Z_' and dont know what to name it despite having all those guidelines... should be meaning full/.... i know it uploads data from remedy/cognos to SAP... so Z_REMEDY_TO_SAP was fine so was Z_COGNOS_TO_SAP or Z_DATA_UPLOAD_REMEDY_TO_SAP but somehow none of these felt right... and i ended uo naming the code Z_CANT_THINK_OF_A_NAME with a view of renaming it later....
then i was reminded of my boss who has to name his daughter... as in i assume a program has no feelings so whatever u name it; it will not mind... but when u are naming ur kid u kind of decide a major part of their life.... most likely all their lives they will be referred to by the name u give them... that is what people will know them by.... may be made fun of because of that... or like this friend of mine who says "my parents are very unimaginative they have given me the most common name"... just one decision on your part.... matters so much to another person's whole life... sooo much..... it just sounds like such a big responsibility.... and thr he was looking at babynames.com..... just didnt feel right....
my dad gave me my name... he wanted me to be called by this name... so i like it.... as in it feels good thinking about it...
on the othr hand imagine... "hey dad, who gave me my name?"
"oh i think i did"
"you did!!" (all excited)
"yeah i logged on to babynames.com; checked some 100 names (after which my eyes started paining) and i picked up the best from thr"
or better still "yeah i logged on to babynames.com and that was the name of the day i liked it; so that's why u are called "ohelo" .. unique isnt it?"
"yeah sure! "
P.S: i bought Lindt Guava (70% cocoa) ("Lindt Edelbitter Mousse Guave") never have had a guava Choc before... Liked it... u can try it too!
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True!!!!....Naming a project file is Hard...but naming your child or as a matter of fact nick naming your friend or even a dog..(I love animals..hmmm only the ones which qualify as domestic pets)is really hard...Can never erase and change as files :( well ur pet would never complain to you abt its name..nor even ur friend ....well maybe once or twice if u give a really bad nick name. Hmmm naming a new born gets a lot tricky....in a world where individual rights are looked on as the first thing..well we are taken away that right the day we our born...or well till the time we are given a name...It would be a strange world if a child SUES his/her parents for naming him without his consent... actually funnyyy tooo....wonder why this thought came...but cannot stop myself from a looking at a picture of court with child on one end and parents on other....i guess to avoid all this a firm law with no ammendments should be made that since the child was brought to life courtesy of parents....they should have the first right of naming them....AHEM!!! order order...this case is closed for GOOD!!...it all started with whats in a name and ends with there is a legal right to a name.....
Just Curious to know what name did ur boss came up with....V
Oh He's been on a leave for sm days now.... although i said.. V is always for Victory ;-)
a kid suing his folks would be good... for all the mental trauma he went thru because they gave him/her a stupid name!!!!
hmmm..Intresting name..VICTORY..imagine the hubbY of Victory saying to his enemies...."RETREAT MY DEAR ENEMY OR THOU SHALL KISS THE DEFEAT....AS VICTORY IS MY WIFE"....amazing..i would love to marry a girl names victory :>
oh that can be easily managed!!
Marry anyone and 'NICKNAME' her Victory ;-)
now u know where the other boss's children(if he/she has some) got their names from!! Wouldn't it be interesting to know their name and see the choice..;)
And on the choc front.. which i wld say took my attention the most in this blog(nothing offensive abt the blog.. bt to the babynames.com), try another one of Lindt's .. it a Chilly flavor one.. with red chillies over the cover.. this one is interesting!
well i love chocs!! Lindt chocs all the more.... and i have heard this shop in bombay sells chilli icecream which is a novelty... but chilli chocs!! i think i will try it if i find it!! just can imagine the taste... actually i can,.... waao!! i want to have it!!
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