Simply Fantabolous.....surprisingly matching with most of the peoples' profiles....
Nice light read!! Quite true!!
Stages of an Orkut account!!!
Pappu (real name "Nilesh") opens an Orkut account.
Stage 1:
Pappu is called as "Pappu" and is 16 years old, have just
cleared 10th standard exam. He opens an Orkut account.
About Me: Some "sher" explaining friendship and love.
Profile picture: Hritik or Shahid's photo
Album: Katrina, Ayesha Takia, Amrita Raos photos, Pics of
Shah Rukh Khans home
Scraps: More "sher"s explaining all the philosophy in the
world and claiming that Friendship and Love are the most important
things in life.
Friends: Invitation sent to each and everyone on Orkut.
Communities: 10th standard batch community, Some brazilian
community, Tendulkar / Federer fan community, Sunsign / Moonsign
community
Testimonial: Messages like "hoz u" / "wch col" / "hi
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... u thr ..... tc" will
be in the testimonials.
Stage 2:
Pappu has completed his bachelors. He is now called as
Nilesh by everyone. He has got a job in a good company.
About Me: Only in this stage about me is really "About me".
Its full of what Nilesh likes, what he doesnt like, what he does in his
spare time etc etc.
Profile pic: Nilesh wearing goggle on some fort / tourist
spot.
Album: Nilesh and gang visiting each and every Multiplex /
Fort / Water Fall in 100 km radius on bike.
Scraps: Mainly this scrap from Girls "Do I know you ?"
Friends: All the school, college batch mates, all the girls
who are open to accept friend requests
Communities: "Name Beginning with", "Surname beginning
with", Company community, College community
Testimonial: Testimonial claiming how is he the "GD" of at
least three guys and how average he is and how he could be a good BF.
Stage 3:
Nilesh has now 5 years of work exp. He has been "onsite"
once. His hair line is receding. And his parents are now "actively"
looking for a girl for him.
About Me: A very formal about me. Telling everyone where he
works and his age and his hobbies.
Profile pic: Nilesh in formals attending some cousins
wedding / In front of some famous building in US
Album: Full of Onsite pics. This includes pics of the famous
buildings, roads in US, bikes and cars in US, US hotel room photos
Scraps: Mainly scraps from girls looking for a good husband.
Occasional scraps from school / college batch mates who are planning re
union (which never happens)
Friends: Very few additions to the friend list. Mainly
people from the company.
Communities: Community for his caste / sub caste
Testimonial: No new testimonials.
Stage 4 :
Nilesh is now married for 2 months.
About Me: No about me.
Profile pic: Nilesh and his wife on honeymoon. Holding each
other on some hill top.
Album: Full of Marriage and Honeymoon pics. In all the pics
the couple is standing extremely close to each other. Very rarely
anything other than the couple is seen in the pics.
Scraps: Scrap by almost everyone in the friend list
congratulating on his marriage.
Friends: Additions to the friend list are people from his
wifes family. Typically a "Saali" or "Saala".
Communities: No addition to the communities.
Testimonial: "Saali" writes testimonial for her "Jiju".
Stage 5:
Nilesh is now married for 2 years.
About Me: Some management / Philosophical/ "Self Help" type
of funda.
Profile pic: The marriage pic.
Album: School and college farewell party, pics with the
friends from first company when Nilesh's waist was 28 (Now its 34
threatening to reach 36)
Scraps: Thank you scraps for the B'day wishes Nilesh has
sent.
Friends: No additions to the friend list.
Communities: No addition to the communities.
Testimonial: No testimonials.
Stage 6:
Nilesh and his wife now have a baby.
About Me: Nothing.
Profile pic: Kids photo
Album: Only the kids snaps.
Scraps: "Congratulations for the Gods gift" type of scraps.
Friends: No additions.
Communities: No addition to the communities.
Testimonial: No testimonials.
And after this everything is about the Kid and Wife and
Nilesh is not living for himself but he is living for his parents / wife
/ kids. Nowadays Nilesh spends more time on "LinkedIn" than on Orkut:)
