Random And Not So Random Things I Want To Share

Cause and Effect...

2009-11-11T15:48:00.003+05:30

I always find it funny when people say 'look how perfect the Earth is to support life' when in fact most species have evolved and adapted to the way the Earth is...If we lived on Mercury, we'd think Mercury was the only special planet that could support life the way we knew it

I feel we are looking at things backwards or upside down. The Earth didn't evolve to suit our needs, we evolved in such ways as to utilize Earths resources.

And the most important bit about this is that this adaptation to the Earth's resources have happened over billions of years. We didn't get to where we are in a couple of lifetimes. And I think its important to remember this because we are changing things on Earth - we are changing its nature.. Whether it's the atmosphere or the land or the water, everything is naturally changing and also changing because of us (humans). Change in itself is not a problem but the changes need to be slow so that we can adapt. Drastic changes only mean that we will have to cope better and have to work harder and faster to adjust to the world around us.

Whatever change we create should take effect slowly so that we (and other species on Earth) can adapt to the same.

5 Minute Management Course

2009-11-04T01:38:00.002+05:30

Going through all my unread mail and finding some interesting forwards [I generally hate forwards and find that finding the really good ones is like looking for a needle in a hay stack] this is one of them. My personal favourite is Lesson 4 :)
Enjoy

Lesson 1:
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.

The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Bob,the next-door neighbour.

Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800to drop that towel.'

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob, after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'

'It was Bob the next door neighbour,' she replies.

'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'

Moral of the story:

If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Lesson 2:
A priest offered a Nun a lift.
She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident.

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.

The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek,further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.

The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'

'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'

Puff! She's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'

Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.

The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

Lesson 4
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'
The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson 5
A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'

'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there..

Lesson 6
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!

He lays there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and

promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.

(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your
friend.

(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep
your mouth shut!

Interesting thought...

2009-11-04T00:31:00.001+05:30

"When an egg breaks by a power outside, a life ends.
When an egg breaks by a power inside, a life begins. "

Some brilliant quotes

2009-11-03T20:56:00.003+05:30

Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction.

The only thing that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it is possible.
-Rich Devos

Throw the heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
-Norman Vincent Peale

Laughter is an instant vacation.
-Milton Berle

Find your joy and share it with others.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows.
-Helen Keller

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying..."I will try again tomorrow."
-Mary Anne Radmacher

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-Robert Brault

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
-Mother Teresa

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
-Will Rogers

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
-Jean Nidetch

2009-11-03T18:43:00.001+05:30

"If you don't know how to fix it, stop breaking it."

'Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time'. - Mark Twain

2009-11-03T01:15:00.002+05:30

Always love quotes by Mark Twain. I surprisingly have read little of his work. Probably has to do with having to read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' when I was too young for it and at a time where I didn't quite like reading yet.

Will give his writings another go though cause he seems like a very intelligent man.

In terms of, a 'habit being flung out the window', I have known a few people who have just given up a bad habit right away or started out and stuck with a good one. But for most people I think the coaxing is needed. Most of us fall off the bandwagon (sometimes are aren't even on it...we just think we are) at some point or another and then have to get back on.

Have a bunch of bad habits I want to get rid off and a bunch of 'good' habits I want to adopt. Came across this interesting article recently- The Habit Change Cheatsheet and at least many of the '29 ways' are worth trying. What was most interesting though and something I have never thought off in the past is 'identifying the trigger(s)' and 'replacing them with a replacement habit'. Would definitely recommend the article to those trying to change a habit.

Creativity

2009-10-23T14:25:00.002+05:30

There are just soooo many creative people out there. Sometimes I'm totally jealous. Other time just awestruck :)

URL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6xCT2aTSo

Origami

2009-10-23T02:46:00.003+05:30

I've been brushing up on and learning new Origami. I always thought it would be fun to fold paper up and make it into objects but never thought I'd enjoy this so much.

I think part of the beauty of Origami is that something so plain and simple can be transformed into something that's so intricate and complicated. It's awe-inspiring.

And no I don't know use complicated mathematical equations and use geometry and physics etc to make the objects. I just download videos that show you how and copy the moves :D

I don't think I would ever create any original stuff but it's good enough to re-create what others have already created.

I'd definitely suggest Origami as a hobby. It requires nothing but technique, which in todays day and age is so simple to figure out.

Oli Lemieux - Trampoline Wall I don't know what...

2009-10-23T02:40:00.007+05:30

I keep wondering where gravity has gone...Just too cool.

Must require so much strength to pull this stuff off.

There is 1 more video of his which is worth watching. It shows up in the related links after the video is over

[Sorry about the size, but anything smaller actually just takes away from the video]

URL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4s2H9cH7Sw

Happy Diwali :)

2009-10-18T14:48:00.001+05:30

Empowering

2009-10-13T15:57:00.003+05:30

Casting my vote (for the elections and not some SMS on a stupid reality game show) makes me feel empowered.

Maybe it's because this is my first year voting and that's why there is this excitement and this feeling that I am making a difference (or trying to cause obviously it's not like the party or person I vote for will always win). Maybe over the years, this will just become something I don't care about but I doubt that will happen. Plus the other thing is that once you are on the voters list, there is nothing cumbersome about casting a vote. My center is like 2 minutes walking distance away :) the process takes less than 2 minutes...usually there isn't a super long line and you get from morning until evening to cast your vote.

Lets hope the party I voted for wins :)

Brilliant Video

2009-10-12T15:13:00.001+05:30

Not only is it a striking video but the message is very clear.

7 x 13 =

2009-10-10T15:19:00.003+05:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLprXHbn19I

:D

Magic....not quite...

2009-10-06T15:41:00.002+05:30

In case anyone is wondering where it is that I have disappeared to....well unfortunately again have trouble with my internet. Time to change our ISP I guess.

Funny thing though is I don't miss being online as much as I thought I would. Though I do feel very cut off from the world :)

Anyway hopefully issue will get sorted within a week.

See you all then.

Quote (from I don't know where)

2009-08-23T19:46:00.000+05:30

"Everything (animate and inanimate) has an Inception, Maintenance (Growth) and a Dissolution. It's just a matter of time."

Haha

2009-08-18T12:57:00.000+05:30

Kyle's Dad brought home a robot one day.
The robot had the ability to detect lies and would slap the person who lied.
Kyle returned late from school. Dad asked, Son why are you late from school'?
Dad, we had extra classes today,
Robot slapped Kyle on his face.
Dad shouted, "Come on tell me the truth, why are you late?"
Dad, I went to see the movie Ten Commandments,
Robot slapped Kyle on his face.

Sorry dad, I went to see the movie "Red Hot Queen".
"Shame on you son, when I was your age..
I never watched obscene movies or misbehaved"
Immediately, Dad gets a slap on the face from the robot.

Kyle's mom comes walking out of the kitchen and says to her husband,
"After all, he's your son!"

The robot slaps the mom.

Social Media Revolution

2009-08-13T13:19:00.002+05:30

Posted this on my other blog but it's generic enough and interesting enough for anyone to watch.

[Not sure the stats are a 100% accurate but even if they are off by a bit, the message is clear enough and that won't change significantly if the numbers do]

Funny sometimes...

2009-08-10T01:19:00.002+05:30

I said 'I think th' and everyone started laughing (if you don't get it, it's a joke cause people laugh at the idea of me thinking)

I don't have a very good sense of humour - meaning I don't understand most things unless they are direct - I remember never understanding Seinfeld when dad use to watch. But once in a while I can be funny too and those moments are so fantastic. They seem so glorious.

Humour is very important because laughing is very important. I somehow don't like comedy shows on TV. Most people can't get over the fact that I don't really like Friends (I don't dislike the show - I enjoy it if it's on but it's not something I would die to watch or fight over the remote for etc). I also can't bear David Dhawan type comedies. Some how physical humour seems to work best with me (like when people are falling down or hurting themselves by being clumsy etc).

Wow this is becoming a boring post. I think I was just trying to see that this blog doesn't become a one liner blog too but no point in posting useless stuff just for the heck of it. Ya ya I'm stopping the typing. So uselessly random...it's terrible. Okay done no more after this. I swear :P

Jogi Mahi

2009-08-10T01:08:00.002+05:30

Song has been looping on my player all day :) didn't like it this much when the movie came out but totally loving it.

Enjoy.

Not just 2...but 4.

2009-08-10T00:46:00.000+05:30

Indians are obsessed with 4 things - Cricket, Bollywood, Food and Marriage.

DDMMYY - 07/08/09 :D

2009-08-07T13:01:00.000+05:30

It's a 'special' day today :D

Why is everyone wanting to be a Search Engine?...

2009-08-02T00:54:00.002+05:30

Well first the Rediff re-design of the home page (idiotic move I think cause they are a PORTAL) and then Twitter redesign.

I mean the Rediff redesign is also illogical from the revenue point of view I would think. They will never surpass Google in India (unless Google messes up big time) and I refuse to believe they will make more money via search than they do with display advertising. Maybe they wanted to de-clutter because decluttering is the 'in thing'. But I still think it wasn't wise.

In case of Twitter moving more towards search makes a lot of sense cause for most recent updates about an event (especially limited to a smaller location geographically) Twitter gives the best results because real people who are in or around the event are telling you what is happening but I don't see how it might help them increase more users being more active (in terms of posting more).

Indian Innovators

2009-08-01T14:29:00.002+05:30

Totally floored by this video. Goes to show how someone if they are determined enough can get over come their problems/difficulties.

Hehe totally love the old guy - especially if that was his own style of telling his story.

Caaanndddyyyy Mountainnnn Charrrlliiieeee

2009-08-01T14:26:00.002+05:30

I found this funny (though you might not) but what's interesting is that something as 'silly and simple' as this has got so many views :D

Some people are just more nocturnal than others...

2009-07-27T23:44:00.002+05:30

And I am part of the some rather than the others.

It's not such a bad thing except whenever people start yelling at you at 2 AM to go to sleep or when you have to hit the sack early (because of reasons you cannot help) and end up tossing and turning cause you won't fall asleep. The worse thing about being a late sleepers (who needs 7-8 hours of sleep) though is not being able to wake up early :(

Anyway I htink in about 3 months I will have to go back to an earlier to bed and an earlier to rise routine (I think an early to bed and early to rise routine is totally out of the question).