tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236507192009-07-17T13:20:47.132+05:30Thoughts Jotted...Dew Drophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937316411452482371noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23650719.post-41033300569362773002009-07-15T14:01:00.003+05:302009-07-15T14:17:04.159+05:30

I remember reading this poem many times in the past but when I got an email today with the same poem, it sounded just as new, interesting, and nice. If I remember well, I guess this was written by an ailing little girl who knows that she has a very short time to live in this world. It was amazing to note the tone in the song, given that she knows when she might have to leave this world....Have

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This is one of my friend's favorite saying...I was in a long queue to get a platform ticket in the city railway station, today. The queue in the counter seemed to be moving faster than the one at the ticket vending machine.With about twenty more people to move on, before I can get to the head of the queue, I was beginning to lose the patience to wait. Same with a lot of others who stood in the

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There is this popular pill advertisement on the television that shows a worried, married, young woman, really worried that she might get pregnant. What follows in the few seconds advertisement, is a quick remedy to her problem in life...- the pill....Did the advertiser think about how this was going to be perceived among the children of today?Did the advertiser think about how young parents would

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I didn't intentionally eavesdrop on the conversation yesterday, but then you can't walk around with ear plugs all the time. Two young men were discussing an interview progress.A : So, you are done with the interviews?B: Yeah, done.A: How did it go?B: Yeah, overall, it went well.. Most people didn't know this C ( something that was absolute Latin to me ) concept...A: So any ray of hope? How many

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After my tiresome hunt for a nice, latest, cool, interesting, informative, encouraging movie in 2009 ( tough combo) I decided to watch some interesting movies of the 1980s, the ones that I had missed when I was to young to understand movie and too busy to waste three hours in a movie theatre...I have seen a few frames and heard some songs from this movie 'Unnal Mudiyum Thambi', but don't recall

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There are couple of cool moments that kind of makes you wonder if people know that what they say is absolutely not making sense.No, don't try to understand what you just read... It was just my attempt to use all the words that I have been often hearing at work - Cool, Couple of, Kind of, Absolutely, making sense.. there are more.. Excellent!! Strategic and the list is endless.I am so tired of

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It was a rainy evening. I walked out of the lift lobby and stepped out to breathe in the pollution-free damp air. It takes a good ten minute walk to reach the main road.. a walk I usually enjoy everyday on my way back from office. I take my time to watch the sunset and look at the fresh flowers that adorn the lush green lawn beside the side walk ways. The I-Pod is a recent hit with me. So, with

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I do not write letters these days, ( am sure most of us don't and social networking is in this shape today) and so there is very little chance for me to know that post boxes can actually go missing. They have painted it Red for everyone to see clearly...( Makes me think, should we research on why post boxes are mostly painted in Red? I have seen Blue and Green boxes very rarely.)A bright Saturday

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A sticker on a car read : Drink Coffee and Drive.Definitely a very positive way of saying Don't drink and drive. The road tradition and some handed-over wisdom says that this statement refers to alcoholic drinks only, but if you take a careful look, this statement is not written for anyone to take it serious. Frankly, it is not explicit enough to understand what not to drink and the general

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I have always believed that a nice wish can change your mood, change your thoughts, and change your way of life.. A birthday is one such occasion, when you get a chance to feel the difference and boost the feel-good factor within.I knew that my phone means so much to me, but never realized it as much as I did today... It is my birthday and this lovely little electronic magic has transmitted so

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For those of you who have struggled a little to find a job, you will probably appreciate this innovative way of job hunt.I was on a city bus on my way to office. My work place is on one of the prime software localities in Bangalore. When I say 'Prime', I mean, there are at least five software complexes, on the same road. Each complex is a huddle of software companies - Dwarfs to Giants.From where

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A lot of people have asked me this question over the last three years... Why Dewdrop?I thought I'll just rewind back three and a half years or so where I was still a beginner writer in one of the software companies in Chennai.I didn't know I could write.. meaning, write anything other than technical subjects centered around my job, as a technical writer.One fine afternoon, just as I got back

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Yesterday afternoon, I was walking past a cubicle and saw this quote written on the whiteboard:Plant If and When; And Nothing grew.How true!!!!!Any decision, commitment, statement, promise reads much better without these two words and the phrase that follows these intelligent words.Put an 'If phrase' in your statement; then you can clearly say that the probability of the instance is very less.If

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Note : Read till the end before you attempt to dismiss it off as just another pessimistic note.When you want to hurry up:Try waiting for a bus, you will almost always see two buses coming from where you want to go.Try taking an auto and it will surely get caught in a traffic jam or run out of fuel or just break down abruptly somewhere mid-way.When you just took a decision and thought it was not

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Someone had remarked to me recently : Do not waste your time..It hurt me quite a bit. I did give it a thought, but then dismissed it off.Its not the first time that we hear this statement about not wasting time. Everyone says Don't waste time, but will never tell you how not to waste time and how to know if you are really wasting time on something. So I have always preferred to use the word '

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On a hot summer afternoon( Don't ask me if there can be a cold summer afternoon in Tamil Nadu, India....Check the Web facts about Summer in Tamil Nadu if you wish to.... ),So on a hot summer afternoon... you don't even think twice to step out...There are a hundred things to do for yourself and mostly it is necessity to step out at that unimaginable summer heat - 44 Degree Celsius, 90%

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Bangalore Express : Salem Train station.I was on my way back from Coimbatore to Bangalore last weekend. The train stopped at Salem junction. A joyous group of smart, bright, and enthusiastic school kids jostled into our train wagon. Their T-shirts read something about confidence. It was good to see the smiles and hear the non-stop chatter and school level jargon. The noisy environment brought a

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We've all heard this I am sure..I am not able to place exactly when, but sometime in the last three or four years, I had forgotten or lost the art of handling the not-so-pleasant remarks that happens once in a while, on the personal or professional front.Yesterday was a hundred percent Murphy's law day for me. To help you recall, Murphy's law goes like this : If anything can go wrong, it surely

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In a few cities in South India, there are Villas leased out to old people who are too old to take care of themselves or whose children are far away from them or who have no children to lean on.In one of those villas, I had this chance to meet an old couple over the weekend. It was a bright summer afternoon. The walkway had a lot of lovely flowers and plants that gives the feel-good factor you

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If you are expecting some philosophical content here, no, that's not what I want to say.Languages have always interested me, but I have not really taken efforts to analyze them more than needed.Today, at work, I had this doubt on usage of the words Oversee and Overlook.Look means SeeNow, append the word look to both these words.Overlook means to neglect. In effect, not bothered.Oversee means to

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This is something I can never imagine...May be it is true, because, everywhere, everyone seems to agree with this point, except a few like me, who think 'Talking is a gift that is to be cherished and used to its fullest potential'.I may not completely agree with the 'Talk less' word any day, but I must say that the T-shirt quote I read recently made me think :The T- Shirt said : Talk less than

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Yeah, right... this is about rushing on Bangalore roads.. if this raised a question on your mind or brought a smile, then you surely must be a resident of Bangalore or have travelled to this city on business or vacation, or have had the chance to drive or ride on the Bangalore roads sometime in the past.. Past means, say two years time...I have always observed that the evening prior to a weekend

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Culture: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.Tradition: The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communicationHeritage: Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.I thought I'd refer the free dictionary online to check the real meanings of

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Trust in God, Trustworthy friend - We have heard of these time and again. I would rephrase it as Learn to trust like a little child.Last month, I was visiting my friend. She has a one and a half year old, baby girl. I had bought my first chocolate ( Cadbury Diary milk) for the little girl. I don't usually buy chocolate for kids till I know they have been introduced to chocolates.The little girl

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Affiliated to Bangalore university, Recognized by some X state i cant recall, Approved by AICTE - took me a second to recall that this stands for All India Council of Technical Education... I saw this on a college bus just below the name of the college.I quickly began to think, what else could have been added? Recognized by Government of India, Approved by the United States, Accredited by some

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