Thoughts
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Made with love by my enthusiastic better half.
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When Steve Jobs mentioned in his renowned 2005 commencement speech at Stanford that he survived pancreatic cancer, I thought it was over long ago. I realized to my dismay that it is not when I got a nasty surprise this afternoon. I thought what I was reading in the web edition of the newspaper was…
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Choice and it’s friend, consequence are inseparable. They only come together. It is one such choice- fully aware of its consequences- I made this year that kept me on my toes. Until I achieve what I dreamt, my guiding principles, as I recorded elsewhere in this blog, will be [1] On Failure. [2] On Risk.…
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Though my personal life has always been exciting and satisfactory, I got bored of the happenings in my career. I did not see or do anything new or exciting for the past 2 years. So this year I decided to break the status quo in my career. I should do or experience something different. As…
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I attended IELTS on January 23, 2010 ( Listening, Reading and Writing) and January 24, 2010 ( Speaking) at The Lalit Ashok hotel in Bangalore. I scored 7. I am completely satisfied with my performance. It eased a lot of tension I piled up for 2 weeks worrying about my result. Relieved a lot. I…
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I am aware. I am not blogging frequently. So rather than finding reasons or excuses, let me start at least now. I always thought that my next phone would be Nokia E 72 or iPhone. I never dream of BlackBerry. But in an unexpected turn of events, I became an owner of BlackBerry. Thanks to…
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Fellow blogger in my office introduced me to i-HOT. It is a good solution. It is a great solution to get hot water in “green” way.However, after a little research and getting feedback from one of my colleague who is already using it, I decided not to use it. Here is why: (a) The overhead…
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Business Today magazine revoked the free access to its online version. This is rather disappointing and I hope they will correct their mistake soon. This is the last magazine to provide free online access and now, the first one to revoke.
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Today is the election results day of the largest democratic nation in the world.This is the first time I cast my vote after missing it 5 years back.Henceforth I shall vote regularly every 5 years. In 2004 I was in our college canteen by the time results are announced and I clearly remember how pale…