The internet is easily an example to show us the fact that we are living in such a big world,
and at the same time,
it also makes us realize on how easily we can be a part of it.
Sounds typical, but true, right?
Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Internet
Sounds typical, but true, right?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
The world is a stage
All the World's a Stage
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
- William Shakespeare
We all have come across this World famous poem. Here are the list of roles played by all the mere men and women after their entry and before their exit:
Let us consider our middle-aged man/woman who has this typical working routine. I am not just talking about the so-called innocent human beings wearing IT/BPO tags rolled around their neck. Doesn't matter if you are a labor worker, or a Government servant, or a marketing executive, ... blah.. blah. You all are included in this mere consideration.
Before the discussion can begin, the bulb inside our head wakes up wide to say "Hey. Don't you think these things are already discussed by William Shakespeare in those seven roles?. Thinking too smart, huh?"
Answer - "This is just another funny and explicit correlation."
Okay. We need to frame a name for this role. Can we have him/her named worker? No. It sounds too partial towards the labor community. Hmmm. No. It doesn't sound that way. Whenever someone asks you "what do you do?", your immediate response to that is "I am ABC and I work for XYZ company". Let us finalize that. Lets welcome The Worker. :-)
But the role that we assigned, will have the qualities of the roles - lover, soldier and the justice.
The Worker
First of all, he/she has to be a great actor. :-) And let us analyze the reasons as to why our Worker has to to wear this crown. Do not take them on a negative tone. It is just the way we live our life. This is the way the world is written to behave.
"Dude. Look at you on TV number 10. Ha ha. You look so funny. How can you change your facial expression like that when your good looking boss passes by? Man. You are really an awesome actor. "
Another scene.
"Hey. Look at that. TV number 15. @$%$. That is the video of your team meeting. Why do you have to look so bloody tensed when your manager questions you on that?. Chill Chill my friend!!".
And, another one.
"Why do you have to give such an angry pose when your superior assigns you some work with deadline and leaves from that place?"
So many emotions, so many expressions, yet, a single person. It is the personality that changes.
Sources & References:
We all have come across this World famous poem. Here are the list of roles played by all the mere men and women after their entry and before their exit:
- An infant
- Whining schoolboy/schoolgirl
- Lover
- Soldier
- Justice
- A lean old man / woman
- A very old person, turning into second childishness
Let us consider our middle-aged man/woman who has this typical working routine. I am not just talking about the so-called innocent human beings wearing IT/BPO tags rolled around their neck. Doesn't matter if you are a labor worker, or a Government servant, or a marketing executive, ... blah.. blah. You all are included in this mere consideration.
Before the discussion can begin, the bulb inside our head wakes up wide to say "Hey. Don't you think these things are already discussed by William Shakespeare in those seven roles?. Thinking too smart, huh?"
Answer - "This is just another funny and explicit correlation."
Okay. We need to frame a name for this role. Can we have him/her named worker? No. It sounds too partial towards the labor community. Hmmm. No. It doesn't sound that way. Whenever someone asks you "what do you do?", your immediate response to that is "I am ABC and I work for XYZ company". Let us finalize that. Lets welcome The Worker. :-)
But the role that we assigned, will have the qualities of the roles - lover, soldier and the justice.
The Worker
- He/She has a split personality syndrome. Just step out of your shoes and look at yourself. You turn into a completely different personality when you enter your workplace. You straight away start pressing the MODE button on you mind which reads Office.
- Whenever our boss/superior passes by, the responsibility factor increases to an all time high, or at least, we pretend to be that way by tuning our body language.
"Dude. Look at you on TV number 10. Ha ha. You look so funny. How can you change your facial expression like that when your good looking boss passes by? Man. You are really an awesome actor. "
Another scene.
"Hey. Look at that. TV number 15. @$%$. That is the video of your team meeting. Why do you have to look so bloody tensed when your manager questions you on that?. Chill Chill my friend!!".
And, another one.
"Why do you have to give such an angry pose when your superior assigns you some work with deadline and leaves from that place?"
So many emotions, so many expressions, yet, a single person. It is the personality that changes.
Sources & References:
Monday, April 6, 2009
Love for Roads - Some more samples
Location : The Hills of Wayanad, Kerala
Man. This place is undoubtedly a belonging of Nature God!! Perfect destination for a vacation.
The highlight of traveling on these hills was the journey in the dark where we witnessed a lot of fireflies.
You get to come across one firefly, its niceIt was like some orchestra or something. They all smile at the desired time, based on Nature's instructions.
We got to see thousands/millions of fireflies which glowed on and off at the same time, and it was breathtaking
The best part of this whole thing - One of my acquainted friends happens to be from this very place, and he got us jack fruits, wine, etc from his house. :-)
The best comes at the end. The one below happens to be my favorite pic of the lot.
Sources :
Sunday, April 5, 2009
I used Chopsticks for the first ever time !!
Things to remember:
Mission : To try hogging a plate of noodles with the help of Chopsticks.
Not an easy mission folks. To be very frank, the apparatus looked like pencils to me. It was so heavenly to keep them on the plate to take a picture, rather than facing the worst.
Well, it definitely started off with me picking up a noodle (not noodles) and the word wierd was much felt every now and then. I was like "Dude!!! When am i going to finish this thing off??".
Slowly, after a lot of fumbling, destiny smiled at me instead of laughing. I was able to go beyond 10 degrees of curvature for the first time. :-) (Yeah Yeah. I can hear your applauds. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.)
But somehow there was only one single and simple question that came around my head.
Anyways, you might not be in a position to give excuses when you land up in China, Japan, Korea or Indonesia.
Here are the actual tips. Happy meddling with the chopsticks.
1. Place one chopstick in the crook of your thumb and index finger. The chopstick should be at the base of your thumb and your thumb should be about 1/3 the way down from the broad end of the chopstick.
2. Rest the chopstick on your ring finger between ½ way and 2/3 the way down the chopstick. The first chopstick should now be very stable with one end securely between your thumb and index finger and the other end resting on your ring finger.
3. Place the second chopstick in your hand the way you would hold a pen. It should rest slightly on the tip of your thumb and be held into place with support from your middle finger.
4. Use your index and middle fingers to practice moving the tip of the top chopstick up and down. The bottom chopstick should remain relatively still. As you move the top one down the tip should meet up with the tip of the bottom one.
5. Imagine you are pinching something. If the tips aren't meeting up, adjust one chopstick so they do because it will be very difficult to pick anything up if the two chopsticks aren't evenly aligned.
6. Attempt to pick up some food! Start with large chunks of food like chopped up vegetables or meat . Once you get the hang of that you can try the trickier foods like rice and grains.
7. Practice Practice Practice!
Source : Internet
- Noodles and I always have a rough and tough experience when we come across each other.
- I did not prepare the recipe that we are going to discuss now.
Mission : To try hogging a plate of noodles with the help of Chopsticks.
Not an easy mission folks. To be very frank, the apparatus looked like pencils to me. It was so heavenly to keep them on the plate to take a picture, rather than facing the worst.
Well, it definitely started off with me picking up a noodle (not noodles) and the word wierd was much felt every now and then. I was like "Dude!!! When am i going to finish this thing off??".
Slowly, after a lot of fumbling, destiny smiled at me instead of laughing. I was able to go beyond 10 degrees of curvature for the first time. :-) (Yeah Yeah. I can hear your applauds. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.)
But somehow there was only one single and simple question that came around my head.
Are chopsticks really advantageous than forks?
Anyways, you might not be in a position to give excuses when you land up in China, Japan, Korea or Indonesia.
Here are the actual tips. Happy meddling with the chopsticks.
1. Place one chopstick in the crook of your thumb and index finger. The chopstick should be at the base of your thumb and your thumb should be about 1/3 the way down from the broad end of the chopstick.
2. Rest the chopstick on your ring finger between ½ way and 2/3 the way down the chopstick. The first chopstick should now be very stable with one end securely between your thumb and index finger and the other end resting on your ring finger.
3. Place the second chopstick in your hand the way you would hold a pen. It should rest slightly on the tip of your thumb and be held into place with support from your middle finger.
4. Use your index and middle fingers to practice moving the tip of the top chopstick up and down. The bottom chopstick should remain relatively still. As you move the top one down the tip should meet up with the tip of the bottom one.
5. Imagine you are pinching something. If the tips aren't meeting up, adjust one chopstick so they do because it will be very difficult to pick anything up if the two chopsticks aren't evenly aligned.
6. Attempt to pick up some food! Start with large chunks of food like chopped up vegetables or meat . Once you get the hang of that you can try the trickier foods like rice and grains.
7. Practice Practice Practice!
Source : Internet
Yeah. Correct. I got fooled !!! :-(
Date : March 31, 2009
Time : 22:00 hrs
This was the conversation between me and my mother.
Me : Hi. How was the day?
Mom : Was good. Guess what? Dad and I are going to Thirupathi for a pilgrimage tomorrow.
Me : Oh really? That is great. Long awaited trip, huh? (And i continued.. blah..blah......
with a lot of excitement)
Mom : Yeah. All Stuff packed. Leaving at 4AM tomorrow morning.
Me : That is excellent.
Mom : Guess what? April Fool !!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha
Me : Oops. This is bad. How humiliating!! I am the one who usually fools around, and look at me this time. :-(
Mom : I am your mother Mr.Rajeev.
Me : Correct. (Still cannot get rid of what actually happened)
Mom : Hmmm. Alright. You believed it. Right? Okay. This one is for you. April Fool again. We are going for the pilgrimage. :-). Now see to that you sleep early and wake us up at 4AM.
Me : #@% @#%@^ (I said that to myself, of course)
Well, this was simple. Yet, really powerful. :-(
FYI : The resolution of the picture that you see above is 420 x 420.
Time : 22:00 hrs
This was the conversation between me and my mother.
Me : Hi. How was the day?
Mom : Was good. Guess what? Dad and I are going to Thirupathi for a pilgrimage tomorrow.
Me : Oh really? That is great. Long awaited trip, huh? (And i continued.. blah..blah......
with a lot of excitement)
Mom : Yeah. All Stuff packed. Leaving at 4AM tomorrow morning.
Me : That is excellent.
Mom : Guess what? April Fool !!!!! Ha ha ha ha ha
Me : Oops. This is bad. How humiliating!! I am the one who usually fools around, and look at me this time. :-(
Mom : I am your mother Mr.Rajeev.
Me : Correct. (Still cannot get rid of what actually happened)
Mom : Hmmm. Alright. You believed it. Right? Okay. This one is for you. April Fool again. We are going for the pilgrimage. :-). Now see to that you sleep early and wake us up at 4AM.
Me : #@% @#%@^ (I said that to myself, of course)
Well, this was simple. Yet, really powerful. :-(
FYI : The resolution of the picture that you see above is 420 x 420.
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