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time flows, and so does the man
in pursuit of it
often fails, but never tired of trying
those who win, feel they better were not in the race
and finally the time wins, when it flows
but when in eternity, irony that the main seizes pursuit
so this makes man a winner.
here i am, still in pursuit of time…
I read this interesting article about a woman, who can remember everything since she was 14.
As she rightly points out, it’s more of a burden than a blessing. It may be of convenience at times, to remember important conversations in life. But more often, it might turn out to be a hindrance for interpersonal relationships. How can you be normal to a person, who had a bitter quarrel with you, that hogs your mind whenever you see him/her?
Would you like to have this extrasensory power? In that case, will you call it a burden or a blessing?
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Love about Chennai
There is just one thing I hate about Chennai
One of the versatile and forward-thinking tamil writers, Sujatha, has passed away last night. I like him very much, especially for his science fictions and short stories. He has made his mark in the Tamil Cinema industry too, with his screenplays. An engineer by profession, he has facilitated the reach of technology to the common man, through his writings.
Tamil Nadu will surely miss you Sir. RIP!
Categories: General
I have seen quite a few emails from people, who have my name misspelt as “Ashiwn”. The correct order of letters in my name are “Ashwin”.
But sometimes, to my wonder, I used to make the same mistake when typing my name in the e-mail signature or in any other form.
I thought for a while today and got to know the root cause(!!). This particular mistake occurs, more often with people who are well-versed in keyboard typing (i.e., they have formally trained themselves in keyboard typing). As the alphabet “i” comes immediately after “h” and the trained ones are very good in typing “a-z” in the appropriate order, they are bound to misspell my name as “Ashiwn” (Note the “i” following the “h”).
So I have to conclude that those who misspell my name as “Ashiwn” are formally trained in keyboard typing (or they are self-trained in typing).
I would love to hear any such permutations of your name, that are commonly used by people…
P.S.: Hope you must have got my message that I am formally trained in typing, as I make the same mistake
Categories: General
Unofficially, yesterday (September 19) has marked the 25th year anniversary for the smiley : - )
(I am typing it with spaces so that the smiley can show its real face…)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/18/emoticon.anniversary.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Nowadays we seldom have a chat session, without using the smiley. There are numerous variations of the smiley (a.k.a. emoticons), which are used to express our emotions. I sometimes used to wonder about the origin of the smiley. Today I got the answer, after reading this article from CNN.
Almost every instant messenger converts a predefined variation of smiley to its corresponding icon. Without the smiley we would just be using something like (smile) or (wink), instead of or 
. How boring that would be? Even though Scott E. Falhman is not officially the inventor of the smiley, nobody else claims that honor… So we can safely assume him to be the first one to use it.
So let us all wish our own sweet many happy returns and I am sure that the smiley is immortal.
Categories: General
I am a leaving to Chennai today taking 2 days off… This time planning for a long trip, to some religious locations in Tamil Nadu. I really love the places around Mayiladhuthurai and hoping to have a good time :). Will write a post on my travel experience, once I am back.
Meanwhile, everyone have a great weekend!
P.S: This is another nice interesting article written by Rajesh Setty. A must read for those who could not afford a full time MBA, whatever the reasons might be. Hope you enjoy reading it, as I did.
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I begin to wonder about the media coverage of Sanjay Dutt’s conviction and 6 years imprisonment verdict that followed. The whole thing seems like a movie, with Sanjay Dutt in the lead role. For a movie hero like Sanjay Dutt, real life is no different from his movies - “The Hero ends up happy”. Just because a person has so much of money invested on his behalf, he can be bailed out even if the crime is proved. A wrong precedent set here! As I said in one of my earlier posts, Sanjay Dutt should have accepted the verdict with honor and be imprisoned for 6 years. That would have made him a Hero to remember!
Categories: General
A person cannot stop speaking lies. I might sound weird, but this is true. Just imagine, one fine day, the human brain (of all humans in this world) unlearns to lie. What would be the consequences?
You cannot bluff something to your wife when you go home late. If you were up to something and your wife did not like it, you will have a tussle. Tussle leads to a fight and that makes both of you unhappy.
One cannot lie to the traffic cop, regarding the registration of his vehicle. Finally, he/she will end up paying money.
Politicians cannot give promises. Since most of the promises are hypothetical and from imaginary world, they will have a tough time. I think, unlearning to lie will hit them the most.
Salesmen will have a nightmare. In my opinion, there is a 10% minimum average of lie in the selling strategy. They can say no more lies and their sales will be hit.
You can say no more lies to your manager regarding slipped schedules. When you give out the exact reasons for your slippage, like blogging, browsing, gossips etc., you stand the danger of losing your job.
Ultimately you can see, a person cannot stop speaking lies. Underlying premise is that, lies cannot be undone with, unless the circumstances which require you to lie are gone. So as long you have circumstances to lie, you cannot help but to speak lies. Since these circumstances are not solely created by us but by others, we cannot stop speaking lies unless others stop creating the circumstances. This is absolutely impossible!
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