I'm ill today.. so stayed home and watch house the whole day.. ;D.. so here is my pic for today.. not a great one.. but something i always notice.. I like reflections.. In here I just liked how we can see the light in my room on this side of the window and the lights in the next apartment building on the other side.. in a single view.. the fuzziness of the lampshade is caused by the thickness of the window..

'On the other side.. '

Since I did put a pic of a reflection.. here is another one .. this one I took in my train to florence.. loved the way the paper bag made the reflection on the train window.. especially the reflection in 2 colors caused by the thickness/coating of the glass... :)

simple things which make life more fun.. now back to watching house.. :D..

learning photography..

I bought a new camera recently.. something I have been wanting for a while now.. but for some wierd reason, I dont take enough pics.. even if I do.. I'm not happy enough with them.. so I decided to force myself to take pics.. pick one or two everyday.. see and think about it.. and learn this way.. I'm going to put it here so that I keep a standard as to what I pick..

"ready to fly"

just stretching it wings.. ready to fly..from its flowery world... into the harsh reality..

"Contrasting beauty of chaos and order"

Well I do like these today.. lets see how I feel tomorrow.. :D..

an intersting and thought provoking forward...

A Mail sent by Narayan Murthy to all Infosys staff:

It's half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on...
PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing...
And who's at work? Most of them??? Take a closer look...

All or most specimens are ??
Something male species of the human race...

Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors...

And why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!
Any guesses???
Let's ask one of them...
Here's what he says... 'What's there 2 do after going home...Here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee that is why I am working late...Importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!'

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.

Bachelors 'Passing-Time' during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they've nothing else to do...
Now what r the consequences...

'Working' (for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.

With bosses more than eager to provide support to those 'working' late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback, (oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).
They aren't helping things too...

To hell with bosses who don't understand the difference between 'sitting' late and 'working' late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.

So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family... office is no longer a priority, family is... and
That's when the problem starts... b'coz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier 'hardworking' guy suddenly seems to become a 'early leaver' even if u leave an hour after regular time... after doing the same amount of work.

People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labelled as work-shirkers...

Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays... though) leave on time are labelled as 'not up to it'. All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on 'working' not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they would have to regret at one point of time.

So what's the moral of the story??
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time ' unless really needed '
* Don't stay back unnecessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

There are hundred other things to do in the evening..

Learn music...

Learn a foreign language...

Try a sport... TT, cricket.........

Importantly,get a girl friend or boy friend, take him/her around town...

* And for heaven's sake, net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.

Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *'Life's calling, where are you??'*

Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it before leaving time, don't stay back till midnight to forward this!!!

IT'S A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.

PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DON'T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME. SIMPLE !

Regards,
NARAYAN MURTHY.



Now back to me.. just wanted to post something after ages.. :)..

Life is but a dream.. :)..

At the moment.. I am waiitng for my code to finish running.. a stupid bug somewhere.. annoying me.. :D.. so i thought y now write a blog post.. :D.. about pretty much nothing.. So people.. dont waste ur time reading this.. :)..

now what if u write a code assuming that u'll find something from the file. But now I dont find anything.. which means i have rewrite the whole thing???? ah well .. part of phd... well guess cant complain..

Really feel bad for the poor people of Haiti... Already a small poor country.. political unrest.. natural clalmities.. poor people.. hopefully they'll find peace soon..

well off to lunch...

might be my quarter life crisis (already??? )

But are we all doomed to be stuck with what we hate for the rest of our lives or is there hope????

Mistakes

Your mistake is my life.. when you correct it.. I'm gone.. (words that touched me a lot from Raks poem.. )..

Men and Women.. who is better?..

Well the answer depends on who gives it.. for men.. of course they are better.. for women.. of course they are better.. and of course both the answers are biased.. we should ask someone/something as to which side is better.. but who can give a completely unbiased answer.. unluckily no-one... May be artificial intelligence.. but would/n't the opinions of the robot be skewed towards the opinions of the creator.. or the trainer..

I guess everyone thinks they are better than the rest because only they know their real strengths and they can easily see the weakness of others..

Men rule the world.. that is usually the argument they give when they cant say anything more.. what they forget is that women created it.. nurtured it.. there is no world without people and none could have come into this planet without the women.. so its a bit like asking who is more important -- the owner of a company .. or the CEO.. [:D] .. Again.. it seems that men have better spatial abilities and women have better management skills.. so then aren't the current CEOs inadequately skilled..[ :D]..

Then they complain that women can't do anything right.. the fault also lies with those inefficient stupid women who don't do what they are supposed to do properly.. but then do u blame the women or the men who employed them looking at not their skills but something else.. so there is a selection bias.. then do you blame the society for keeping a lot of women at home who have the right skills but are not allowed to work.. or do you blame those women for accepting what the society tells them to do instead of rebelling.. or do you blame the parents of those women who trained them to be so submissive since the time they were born.. or the generation before that..

At the end if a girl is successful, the men around her would say.. she is an exception.. I guess even when 50% of the female population becomes successful, the men would still call them anomalies..[:D].. But then again.. why should the women care as to what men think?.. why should we be good at what they think is important?.. we should just be good at what we enjoy doing.. [:D].. if we enjoy having kids and raising them well instead of building a bridge or setting up a computer.. why cant we just do that.. at the end of the day.. we can build a bridge or make a computer if we really want to.. but then the men can't really have kids.. even if they want to.. [:D].. so may be we should just enjoy our privilege..[ :D].. and let them think what ever they want..[:D]..

Men are physically stronger.. thts true.. and its good.. means we have someone to shift our furniture when we have to move.. but if there weren't any men around to help us out.. wouldn't we move by ourselves?... but its good to have someone strong around.. to open jars and bottles.. and then decision making.. men make it quicker.... doesn't mean they do it right.. [:D].. they just make a decision and stick to it and are ready to face the consequences.. don't the women also do that when they have to.. if you have to choose between A and B and you have no other go.. everyone can do that.. and when the consequences come.. you just have to face it.. there is no other go.. most of the time.. if there is a man around.. he just assumes that the women wouldn't want to take the decision and imposes what he thinks.. and since the women are trained to be submissive.. they hardly rebel .. or even if they rebel.. the guy doesn't care.. coz the guy is trained to make decisions and believe in his decisions and where as the women are trained to doubt their decisions even if they are allowed to make any.. training of the society..

Then there are hormonal differences.. of course testosterone helps you handle physical/mental stress better.. and estrogen apparently makes your more vulnerable to stress... But men and women have different hormones for reasons.. evolution just looks at what is needed for successful production of the next generation.. and the truth is that .. that is the only reason for which the two groups need each other.. :D.. and they both are equally important.. one can't do without the other.. for everything else.. they are fine without the other side.. and its true.. the other side makes life more fun and entertaining..[:D]...

talking of entertainment.. my friend asked me a question long back.. If I were to choose between men and computers.. I'm allowed to have only one for the rest of my life.. what would I choose? .. I said computers of course.. and I asked the question back to him.. women or computers.. and he said computers.. [:D].. so yeah.. men dont need women and women dont need men.. we just need computers.. [:D]...

Life is good.. and people are funny.. [:D]..

Ps1:.. This is a completely biased post.. of course.. and my views might change with time.. depending on my experiences and knowledge.. anyway.. this is what I think at the moment..

Ps2:.. I'm not a Feminist..