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Sitting in the balcony,
Late hours of the midnight,
I’m blogging in the moonlight.
Song of the breeze,
Night clouds dance,
For the delight of the queen.
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I smiled at the moon and
the queen of the sky,
Felt little shy!
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I fell in love,
In the silence of the night,
With the friendly satellite!
It is a wednesday, mid of the week and a long way for a week end. I got up at 4 am and worked on a stupid newsletter design and again fell asleep at 6.20 am 🙂
It is my colleague who wake me up over the phone at 10.30 and reminded me about office. I walked out to balcony after my shower and it looked very sunny outside.
I went back to the room, texted my PL that I’m taking off and locked myself form the outside world 🙂
There is absolutely no reason for my day off, so I made it useful by booking tickets for the movie John Carter.
Huh my friend partha is bugging me to stop blogging and to get ready for the movie. The show is at 4 pm and I got to go now 🙂
Hope we will enjoy the movie.
I am not a traveller and I do not own a huge backpack and binoculars. I have not come out of my comfort zone but now I feel like going places that I have never been before. So I’m writing down my top 5 favorite place that I want to visit.
Here we go…
I’m an Indian living in the southern part for 29 years and have not visited Taj Mahal till now. So this is a strictly favorite place 🙂
Ireland is the one place I definitely want to visit. I came to know about Ireland’s beauty from the movie ‘Leap Year’. I fell in love with the islands of Ireland. I may not have sufficient money to go but I will surely travel there someday.
The city of lights and love is one of my favorite place and of course, The Eiffel Tower 🙂
Another Island in my favorite list after Ireland. Lakshadweep is bit easier to reach from south india. I hope to visit this place one day 🙂
I heard about this city and it sounded more like chennai and mumbai :). I may visit this most populous and the busiest city of US.
These are the places I wish to go. Out of these, Ireland is my most favorite.
Hope I will earn some money to visit all these places someday 🙂
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Yesterday night,While returning home I had a self skid resulting in scratches on my left hand elbow and toe. Thank god that I was wearing helmet(I always do) other wise I would have ended up in severe injuries on my face and head. The worst part is, My friend Ram who sat behind also had injuries more than mine. I felt bad as I am responsible for the cause. Hope he will get well soon. We went to the nearest hospital and we have been told that we are clinically alright.
I called my colleague / friend Amar and he came immediately. Our agony flew away when he approached us with a SMILE and said ‘Dude, what happened’ :). It’s good to have friends who make things easy.
Last month I had some mild injuries and this one was the second incident. I have to be careful and avoid such events from happening again.
I understood one important thing from my yesterday’s fall. I was in lot of pressure for the past one month in work and I keep thinking about the next day’s work even after coming home. But after yesterday’s event, Nothing was in my mind other than my health. I’m taking leave for the next two days. My mind is totally free from pressure and I’m cool regardless of the pain 🙂
Great… That was a nice lesson…Work is not so important. It’s better to take a break when we are in pressure 🙂
Now I’m reading the book that I stopped a month ago. I’m cool and relaxed 🙂
Life is Beautiful !!
Reading books is the universal way of gaining knowledge.
Once there were manuscripts written on palm leaves, clay tablets that passes information to their generations. Later we had hand written books inked with pen. Then came the printed books.
Till this day we use the printed books and consider it as the appropriate way for reading and learning.
But now, the technology has changed the way we read books. Surfing the digital library and downloading electronic versions of books to devices like Kindle, iPad and Smart phones has become a common trend.
Are these devices a complete replacement of real books or just a ballyhoo? So here is my personal opinion and comparison of the different kinds of books.
Real books:
Books are the best companion to a man.
Reading books in a sepia-toned paper is what I love to do. I’m a solitary reader and I always prefer to read in paper-books and delve in to the imagination. The feel that gives you while reading line by line, flipping through the pages and getting lost in another world by the author’s creativity is something that can’t be explained.
Audiobooks:
We learn about our culture and history from our grandma’s bedtime stories during childhood.
Audio books give you same kind of feel when you plug in the earphones and cuddle in your bed. I heard few chapters of Harry Potter and lost in to the captivating story. But some audio books would sound just like TV news. It all depends on the narration.
An Audio book with a good narration is another choice when you don’t want to open a book. You can also finish the book much sooner than reading.
Electronic Books:
During my college days, I wanted my texts books to have search feature 🙂 I spend most of the time finding a topic and then have very less time for studying.
Now we have brilliant devices like Kindle and iPad, which gives you the best reading experience and incorporates search and much more useful feature on it.
I have seen animated video playing on newspapers in sci-fi movies.
iBook 2 does that. It has videos, animations, key notes and many more useful features on a book. They are very interactive.
Finally each has some benefits over the other and it all depends on our personal choice. Currently I’m reading The Fountainhead book and I have printed, electronic and audio versions of it. I read it in all possible ways, whichever is convenient at that moment 🙂
And the bottom-line is, digital versions may be smarter but they are no way equal to a real book.
Happy reading 🙂
It’s not my birthday to tell my wishes. Still I prefer jotting it down my wish list. when I read this blog some years later, I would either feel happy or not on what I have with me.
Here is the list…
1. Volkswagen Beetle. I fell in love with this tiny little car at first sight when I saw its picture on a newspaper. I wasn’t aware of its price in the beginning but when I came to know… I was blown away 🙂 21 lakhs… I need to find a second job to get this 🙂
2. A three-bed room house. Wood house is fine for me but in India no one prefers it 🙂
3. A Surface computer. I’m fantasized with this Microsoft Surface.
4. My own company. I’m not sure on what kind of company I would start 🙂
5. Last but not least. I would like to own a Nobel Price. I’m not kidding 🙂
These are all may seem impractical, but some day…
Good Luck to me !!
I feel like writing something whenever I get up early. For some unknown reason I’m thinking about my old PCs and wanted to post a blog.
My first PC was a desktop bought somewhere in 2004-2005. I had to convince my Mom and Periyama very hard to get one for me. My Mom finally said ok and got me a PC with the help of my cousins Arun and Raj. The config was pretty decent. It had a Intel Celeron processor with 40 GB hdd and a 256 MB of RAM. I installed dual OS – Windows 98 and XP.
I’m not impressed with its performance, so a couple of months later I changed almost all the internal parts. I upgraded it with an AMD processor, gigabit motherboard, 80 GB hdd, 512 MB RAM and a DVD reader. The monitor and CPU case were the same. I spent more than 10,000 rupees from my mom’s wallet 🙂
Having that PC at home, I learned a lot of multimedia software but created nothing out of it 🙂 I used it to the core and experimented in all possible means. After 4-5 years it gave me lot of trouble and it was a burden for me to carry that desktop whenever I change my room. So I sold it for 4500 INR and I did own any computer for the next 1 year.
In 2009 I bought a HP laptop for 46000 INR. This one helped me find a university for my part-time post graduation. I sold it after 2 plus years of hard-core use and now I own a MacBook PRO. I’m planning to upgrade the RAM from 4 to 8 Gig.
I have this habit of upgrading /altering my computer like some people do it for their new bikes and cars 🙂
Everything we own and use will benefit us in some ways and brings change over the period of time!
I’m walking on the rainbow while it’s drizzling on me
Am I in a parallel universe flying free?
Is that a sound of a rain or a soothing song?
It brings back the bliss that stays for long,
I got soaked in the shower of blessings from skies
I wondered and opened my eyes…
It’s raining outside and I’m sleeping inside.
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
The great innovator Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He is one of my inspirations in life for innovation. It’s a sad news that he has stepped down. Apple still can continue without him and reach new heights, but will there be any innovation and great design?
My first Apple product that I own was a 3rd generation iPod Nano. When I bought that, I was fantasized by the User Interface and the design especially the Thumb Wheel. It saved my thumb from hell lot of clicks 🙂
All their products aren’t affordable that I couldn’t buy anything other than the iPod 🙂 but still I keep checking their site for the news and fall in love with all new Apple products.
Currently I’m reading a book about him – Inside Steve’s brain. I am yet to complete the book and hearing his resignation news today is just sad.
I always remember Steve Jobs for the following.
There is lot more to say but I will end my post here as I have my Algorithm arrears exam tomorrow morning 🙂
I wish him good health.
Thank you Steve Jobs for inspiring me in life !!
Tomorrow is my DIP exam and I did not prepare for it.
I dint feel like studying..I may sound like I’m irresponsible , lazy or I’m down. But I have a gut feel that I can get through the exam.
I may be wrong…
but I don’t want to prepare and then just write the answers that I know. I want to face the questions and discover the answers on my own right on the examination hall 🙂
and I may be wrong…
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