Sunday, September 30, 2007
Enough !!!!
I am sitting in a little cubicle at work, ( such a joke that, work) and for some reason, I decided what had been bothering me ever since I stopped to consider how I was doing, three minutes ago.
Enough, really, my life has deteriorated into some nothingness, mostly conflicted decisions and loss of sleep and major unproductivity.
It pains me.
No really, damn it, I think I have over the course of the last tow years asked more people for help, advice, support and chocolate than I had in the previous happy existence. I definitely have whined more more more than I thought was possible, perhaps as an experiment in pushing the limit.
Also profund inabilities to write in paragraphs less than three sentences baffle me.
I know, I know, I've reached similar conclusions about state of afairs before, but none of them have been very helpful.
Shall therefore vow to:
1) be an arrogant snob
1) not whine that much
1) do more more with life
1) not hate myself in anyway
2) read more ( and stop trying to finish the bloody wheel of time series - it is painful.)
2) be happy
2) go on vacation - must.
2) get_____
2) not guilt trip oneself. no. not your fault, not yours not yours (raguvaran style)
and lastly, and yell at me if i dont stick to this, but not to make this a personal diary space - uh huh - well atleast not too overtly.
yes. there. new me.
new me is proud to report fresh explorations in the fields of music, ledzepplin come to lifelike. If you live close by, come n have a look :) .
Enough, really, my life has deteriorated into some nothingness, mostly conflicted decisions and loss of sleep and major unproductivity.
It pains me.
No really, damn it, I think I have over the course of the last tow years asked more people for help, advice, support and chocolate than I had in the previous happy existence. I definitely have whined more more more than I thought was possible, perhaps as an experiment in pushing the limit.
Also profund inabilities to write in paragraphs less than three sentences baffle me.
I know, I know, I've reached similar conclusions about state of afairs before, but none of them have been very helpful.
Shall therefore vow to:
1) be an arrogant snob
1) not whine that much
1) do more more with life
1) not hate myself in anyway
2) read more ( and stop trying to finish the bloody wheel of time series - it is painful.)
2) be happy
2) go on vacation - must.
2) get_____
2) not guilt trip oneself. no. not your fault, not yours not yours (raguvaran style)
and lastly, and yell at me if i dont stick to this, but not to make this a personal diary space - uh huh - well atleast not too overtly.
yes. there. new me.
new me is proud to report fresh explorations in the fields of music, ledzepplin come to lifelike. If you live close by, come n have a look :) .
Quote of the day
Each Step ...“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect.
There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions.
So what. Get started now.With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
- Mark Victor Hansen
There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions.
So what. Get started now.With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
- Mark Victor Hansen
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A Poem Agains War - by Leslye Layne Russell
Iraq
dark
dark eyes
dark eyes of the children
say no
say no don't
say no don't do it
again
say no don't do it
say no don't
say no
dark eyes of the children
dark eyes
dark
© January 2003 Leslye Layne RussellThis poem was published in Black Spring Online in 2003 andin Black Spring (print) Winter 2004. It was also published in poets against war in 2003 and was included in the collectiongiven to the White House by Sam Hammill.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Monday, September 03, 2007
Corny joke - I'm warning you!
Q. What did baby corn say to mama corn?
A. Where's popcorn ????
Joke was found at AJokeADay
Funny isn't it !!!
A. Where's popcorn ????
Joke was found at AJokeADay
Funny isn't it !!!
Flying Economy : Q1 9.3% Growth
Indian economy grows surprise 9.3 percent in Q1
NEW DELHI — India's economy accelerated by a surprise 9.3 percent in the first quarter as industry and services grew strongly but a slowdown loomed, analysts warned Friday.
The quicker pace of growth in the April to June period in South Asia's largest economy exceeded analysts' expectations of around 8.9 percent and outpaced the 9.1 percent expansion in the previous quarter, data showed.
"The GDP figures have come in strong," said Manika Premsingh at Edelweiss Capital, but she warned of slower expansion in coming quarters as a result of a steady tightening of monetary policy to curb inflation.
India's economy grew by 9.4 percent in the financial year to March 2007, buoyed by an increasingly affluent middle class, and is the second-fastest growing after China.
Finance minister P. Chidambaram said he was "confident GDP growth will remain close to nine per cent this year" even though first-quarter growth was "a shade below" the 9.6 percent expansion logged in the year-ago period.
Other data Friday showed inflation slipped just below four percent for the first time in over 15 months for the week ended August 18, down from 4.10 percent the previous week and well under central bank targets.
But economists said the fall in the wholesale price index, India's closest watched inflation measure, was mainly due to a high year-ago base effect when inflation was 5.12 percent.
"For now, it does not seem likely the central bank will loosen rates in a hurry... (as) the economy continues to grow at an above trend pace," said Premsingh.
The latest growth figures reflected a robust performance by manufacturing, which grew by 11.9 percent year-on-year. Services accelerated by 10.6 percent.
Agriculture, which the government is hoping to stimulate to boost overall growth, expanded by 3.8 percent.
"Construction has surprised on the upside and agriculture has turned out a bit stronger than expected," said Soumitra Choudhury, economic advisor at credit rating agency ICRA.
The growth data helped to lift India's benchmark Sensex index by 1.30 percent or 196.86 points to 15,318.60, for its sixth straight day of gains.
"The GDP numbers were strong in absolute terms, it was a good indicator for the market," said Naresh Garg, chief investment officer at Sahara Mutual fund.
The better growth data prompted some economists to boost full-year forecasts.
But the economy would still expand more slowly this year than last, when growth was the fastest in nearly two decades, according to their predictions.
Monetary tightening may already be cooling the economy. Sales of cars, motorbikes and trucks have dropped as interest rates have surged to five-year highs. Consumer durables spending has also fallen.
JP Morgan said it would likely hike its full-year growth forecast to around 8.6 percent from 8.0 percent earlier. India's central bank has forecast 8.5 percent growth.
"Growth in the remainder of the year will moderate slightly owing to the combined impact of monetary tightening and recent rupee appreciation," said JP Morgan economist Rajeev Malik, who forecast a "pronounced" slowdown in consumer spending.
The rupee is trading at around eight-year highs against the dollar after hitting close to decade peaks earlier this year.
Many analysts said India was relatively protected from the US subprime crisis, noting the direct exposure of domestic banks to the credit woes is limited.
But some analysts warned the subprime turmoil could cause a "significant" slowdown if it persists for more than a few months, for instance if it staunches foreign investment flows into India.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the economy needs to grow by at least 10 percent annually to address widespread, crushing poverty.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Musings !!
Today's feelings are yesterday's past
Yesterday's feelings are lost in time
Tomorrow's feelings would be nothing
In time, all this would be no more
Yesterday's feelings are lost in time
Tomorrow's feelings would be nothing
In time, all this would be no more
Success - Musings...
Ask these Four Questions to yourself if you want to suceed...
Why?
Why Not?
Why Not Me?
Why Not Now?
Most of us are very poor critics of ourselves. We can easily criticize others and discover what is wrong with them, and we can easily build up an argument of our own side of the situation; but it is a far more difficult thing to be a self-critic-to take the situation that comes into our life and sit down with it frankly and say: "What did I do, or what have I said, that has contributed to this situation?"
There is not a person reading this page including me who is living up to his or her own possibilities. If you feel in a pretty much of a chaos, frustrated, lots of trouble and worry, just turn the searchlight on yourself and you will discover an available source of power. When you open up the channels and the avenues for that power, it will flood your soul and you will find yourself developing strength and poise, a solidarity, a feeling of security, that nothing on earth can shake!
Is there jealousy in your heart? Is there envy? Opposition? Don't expect a miracle if you retain an obstacle. There is some disciplining you must do. You have got to clear out the old festering sores of your heart. Perhaps you have lied about someone; perhaps you have been unkind; perhaps you have been slandered and gossiped. Perhaps you have been "little" when you should have been "big".
How can we transmit our ideals into action so that these ideals can have sway in our lives? Well, we have to begin in our own hearts. When we clear away all the clutters up the channels, the heart and mind are cleansed, the head becomes rarified and the old jealousies, animosities and hatreds are uprooted, and then, though trouble may come in and flood and encompass our lives, there still is a power that reveals our own possibilities. The mere fact that none of us is living up to his best does not predicate that we never can.
What do we do then??? God knows.... Well if it sounds like me pholosophizing well may be iam... Let me conclude with one note by someone...
You Have Ambition ??
You have a Goal ??
Now you have a way,
to make it Happen !!
Off you go beyond the boundaries..
Sail on the rays of the sun...
The right to speech. And no speech at all!
There's been much ado about the freedom of expression right from the time of constitutional evolution
the world over. But sometimes being quiet is more important than being vocal about an issue. So how
come nobody thought of the freedom to shut up?
the world over. But sometimes being quiet is more important than being vocal about an issue. So how
come nobody thought of the freedom to shut up?
Spiritual teachers have time and again emphasised the need to be alone with yourself to achieve inner
peace. But somebody who wants to stay mum has no legal backing to do so in our world! Friends and
well-wishers around you will force you to speak up, tell them what you're thinking, try to force
you out of your solitude by cajoling, persuasion and emotional blackmail. The message is loud and
clear: you have no right to shut up when you want to, especially if you're the gregarious types
most of the time.
The only occasion when the law gives you the choice to keep quiet is when they're arresting you for
an offence: 'Whatever you say or do can be and will be held against you'. But not all of us get
the opportunity of committing so grave a crime when such a privilege could be accorded to us. So
we're stuck with the freedom of speech for most parts of our lives, having to make the right sounds
forever! And because our society does not comprehend the Right to Silence, we're bound to make most
gaffes throught incorrect speech and suffer the repercussions of bad Karma. Tragic, don't you think?!
Like the Boyzone would put it, It's only words and words are all I have....
Kinda Quotes...
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
- Ambrose Bierce
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
- Bible
The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.
- C. S. Lewis
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Is total transparency good?
*** an interesting article by someone ***
I'm finally catching up on some backed up reading, including a month-old Wired magazine with the titillating cover story "Get Naked!".No, it's not what you think. The main story and some ancillary ones are about corporations who become totally transparent (naked) in relation to their staff, their board, their customers and their stockholders. Well worth the read. It's issue 15.04.
The stories range from coming out a bit, to total transparency and the resulting benefits. All of this led to some long discussions with people I respect, and some careful thoughts about this concept.
I've long advocated sharing much, much more information internally, including all of your financials with all of your staff (unless you have a union). I've told dozens of clients to share their draft strategic plan with their community. I tell everyone to post a link to their current 990 and most recent audit on the first page of their website.
But share everything? Nah. As a former ED, I can tell you that sharing MOST of my thoughts got me in trouble at times. Imagine this: income is down, you are thinking about a long term restructuring, and you muse about this in your blog. The action is 10-15% likely and perhaps a year away. EVERYONE, and I mean EVERY ONE on the staff will immediately assume that they will lose their job in the next 37 minutes. Same for the people you serve.
Some stuff you just have to keep to yourself.In one article, a CEO blogged and dissed his peers and some subordinates. Ohhh, bad idea. Have your dissing face to face, and keep the arguments inside the family. And, think of the HR implications!Bottom line for me: sharing--good. Lots of sharing--better. Financial transparency--essential.Get naked? Could get ugly. Fast.
I'm finally catching up on some backed up reading, including a month-old Wired magazine with the titillating cover story "Get Naked!".No, it's not what you think. The main story and some ancillary ones are about corporations who become totally transparent (naked) in relation to their staff, their board, their customers and their stockholders. Well worth the read. It's issue 15.04.
The stories range from coming out a bit, to total transparency and the resulting benefits. All of this led to some long discussions with people I respect, and some careful thoughts about this concept.
I've long advocated sharing much, much more information internally, including all of your financials with all of your staff (unless you have a union). I've told dozens of clients to share their draft strategic plan with their community. I tell everyone to post a link to their current 990 and most recent audit on the first page of their website.
But share everything? Nah. As a former ED, I can tell you that sharing MOST of my thoughts got me in trouble at times. Imagine this: income is down, you are thinking about a long term restructuring, and you muse about this in your blog. The action is 10-15% likely and perhaps a year away. EVERYONE, and I mean EVERY ONE on the staff will immediately assume that they will lose their job in the next 37 minutes. Same for the people you serve.
Some stuff you just have to keep to yourself.In one article, a CEO blogged and dissed his peers and some subordinates. Ohhh, bad idea. Have your dissing face to face, and keep the arguments inside the family. And, think of the HR implications!Bottom line for me: sharing--good. Lots of sharing--better. Financial transparency--essential.Get naked? Could get ugly. Fast.
MIT Demonstrates "Wireless Electricity"
The ability to direct and transmit electrical power through the air, without wires, took a further step from the theoretical to the practical in June when a group of MIT researchers demonstrated their "WiTricity" concept.
The technology works by transmitting electricity as a magnetic field oscillating at a specific frequency. Through "magnetically coupled resonance," the "receiver" can capture the electricity, making for an efficient and safe method of over-the-air transfer.
Wireless transmission of electricity has been understood in theory since the work of Nikolai Tesla in the 19th Century. Safe, efficient and cost-effective wireless electricity could hold countless beenfits, from eliminating the need to install costly copper wiring to lowered reliance on batteries for small devices. However, despite the success of WiTricity, the technology has a long way to go before it is deployed commercially... not to mention the need to better understand side effects such as interference and possible effects on health and the environment.
Source: Self Service World
Monday, August 20, 2007
Stranded on the Streets - Nala Damayanti
One of my favourite song from Nala Damayanti.. Found somewhere in blogosphere..
Stranded on the streets (NALA DAMAYANTHI)
yaethaedhoa paesi maatti konda
en kaNNae mookkae kaadhae...
vaendaadha vambae........
Stranded on the streets
Got to know where to go
Don't know what to do
I don't know what to know
Broken in the dark
I'm searching for the light
I don't know what is wrong and
I don't know what is right
Nowhere to belong
Missing my home town
Some of them here
Baby thing I'm going down
Think about the blues
I'm feeling down to low
I need someone to know
Why I'm feeling so
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
Its the long and lonely night
I think someone got to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my bluesAmong this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets.....)
Mr. Moon wants to tell me now
La la lai lai la la lai
How you feeling alone about
La la lai lai la la lai
If you looking for some company
La la lai lai la la lai
Just look down and smile on me
La la lai lai la la lai
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
Its the long and lonely night
I think someone to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my blues
Among this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets...)
Mr. Moon tell me what you care
La la lai lai la la lai
Hear my story that i got to share
La la lai lai la la lai
Tell me why life is so unfair
La la lai lai la la lai
You know better cause you're sitting out there
La la lai lai la la lai
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
It's the long and lonely night
I think someone to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my blues
Among this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets...)
Stranded on the streets (NALA DAMAYANTHI)
yaethaedhoa paesi maatti konda
en kaNNae mookkae kaadhae...
vaendaadha vambae........
Stranded on the streets
Got to know where to go
Don't know what to do
I don't know what to know
Broken in the dark
I'm searching for the light
I don't know what is wrong and
I don't know what is right
Nowhere to belong
Missing my home town
Some of them here
Baby thing I'm going down
Think about the blues
I'm feeling down to low
I need someone to know
Why I'm feeling so
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
Its the long and lonely night
I think someone got to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my bluesAmong this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets.....)
Mr. Moon wants to tell me now
La la lai lai la la lai
How you feeling alone about
La la lai lai la la lai
If you looking for some company
La la lai lai la la lai
Just look down and smile on me
La la lai lai la la lai
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
Its the long and lonely night
I think someone to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my blues
Among this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets...)
Mr. Moon tell me what you care
La la lai lai la la lai
Hear my story that i got to share
La la lai lai la la lai
Tell me why life is so unfair
La la lai lai la la lai
You know better cause you're sitting out there
La la lai lai la la lai
Why can't I be?
The way I meant to be...
Why can't they see?
Everything the way I see
What could be so wrong?
In the way I've been so long
Tell me my friend
Tell me where we all belong
It's the long and lonely night
I think someone to held me tight
Give me a brand new start
Before i fall apart
Chase away my blues
Among this broken heart
(Stranded on the streets...)
Thursday, August 16, 2007
How you look ...
Everything in this world can be seen as you wish to.
Good or Bad; Simple or Complicated; Easy or Difficult.
Its not how things are; its about how you look up to them.
...and how you look up to them is all up to you.
Good or Bad; Simple or Complicated; Easy or Difficult.
Its not how things are; its about how you look up to them.
...and how you look up to them is all up to you.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Well, Choose Yours...
EASY | DIFFICULT |
Easy is to judge the mistakes of others | Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes |
Easy is to talk without thinking | Difficult is to refrain the tongue |
Easy is to hurt someone who loves us. | Difficult is to heal the wound... |
Easy is to forgive others | Difficult is to ask for forgiveness |
Easy is to set rules. | Difficult is to follow them... |
Easy is to dream every night. | Difficult is to fight for a dream... |
Easy is to show victory. | Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity... |
Easy is to admire a full moon. | Difficult to see the other side... |
Easy is to stumble with a stone. | Difficult is to get up... |
Easy is to enjoy life every day. | Difficult to give its real value... |
Easy is to promise something to someone. | Difficult is to fulfill that promise... |
Easy is to say we love. | Difficult is to show it every day... |
Easy is to criticize others. | Difficult is to improve oneself... |
Easy is to make mistakes. | Difficult is to learn from them... |
Easy is to weep for a lost love. | Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it. |
Easy is to think about improving. | Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action... |
Easy is to think bad of others | Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt... |
Easy is to receive | Difficult is to give |
Easy to read this | Difficult to follow |
Easy is keep the friendship with words | Difficult is to keep it with meanings |
LAW OF THE JUNGLE !!! CORPORATE WORLD !!!!!
Two guys were hiking through the jungle when they spotted a tiger that looked both hungry and fast. One of the guys reached into his pack and pulled out a pair of Nike.
His friend looked at him "Do you really think those shoes are going to make you run faster than that tiger?"
I don't have to run faster than that tiger, his friend replied. "I just have to run faster than you".
Welcome to the corporate world!!
Friday, August 03, 2007
HIBERNATION RESUMED....
I think I love you. But its all my fault.
I should've told you I loved you. But why? It'd all still be lost.
Maybe I was too scared, maybe not enough grown;
Maybe too blown.
Blown away, I mean, to claim you as my own.
But out of nowhere, you walked out the door;
Figuratively speaking of course, and left me poor.
But I didn't shed a tear.
I focused instead on trying to steer clear,
Clear off memories of you I held so dear.
But I'm still here.
Holding my beer?
I should've told you I loved you. But why? It'd all still be lost.
Maybe I was too scared, maybe not enough grown;
Maybe too blown.
Blown away, I mean, to claim you as my own.
But out of nowhere, you walked out the door;
Figuratively speaking of course, and left me poor.
But I didn't shed a tear.
I focused instead on trying to steer clear,
Clear off memories of you I held so dear.
But I'm still here.
Holding my beer?
Dreams - Why do we Dream ???
Why do we dream? Why is it that we ( and by we, of course, I mean I) clamber upon these perches and look carefully into the distance separating the reality from the magically unattainable and then proceed to nurture them?
Why the need to ask for more than is possible? Why do we dare to see what we may not voice, for fear of being ridiculed, for shame at such wild fantasies or for silence in return for luck.
Why do we dream? Why do we look beyond the boundaries upto which we push ourselves and then no more. Why do we ask for that which we do not see? Is it the hope that sustains us or the promise of fulfillment?
Do we dream for a better state of affairs or do we dream of actual fulfillment?
And why do we dream?
And why do I dream? If, as stated above, in the mornings, I can never recall what the fuss was all about. And if, every morning, reality beckons.
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