this came to my box as a forward with sub line: "india is shining", so thought i won't get a better post than this.so is this showing india is highly competitive and can enter into a global space ??
Adding up one more tag of what someone smarter than me said ...
"the true measure of a society is how it takes care of those who cannot care for themselves." (thanks to Elaine for this desc...)
this is somethin intresting ... last thursday my PM forwarded me a mail from a customer asking for a query.he asked me to go through the mail and help him out in resolving the customers query. so i need to respond to this mail by thursday COB(close of business hours) as they often say.i was very drowsy and couldn't stare at the monitor for a long time. so fired a print out of that mail and was trying my level best to get something out of that. in btw i went for coffee and when i came back an artistic talent striked me seeing the way the pen is placed on top of that print out.i took my cel phone and captured a snap thinking it'll be a good combination(pen & paper) . and finally the pic was looking simply awesome in my phone. but in the mean while i never realised that there was just 2 hours left for COB ...
so had a close watch at the code
{
semwx( );
_TIMER(OxFF);
_HELP( );
_RESPOND( );
semx( );
}
/* this is just a dummy code and do not have any resemblance with our existing code base */
and finally somehow managed to respond him by 5.55pm. and on my way back to home, i was eager to transfer this pic from my phone to comp, so that i can have a close loot at it.later thought of capturing this event as a post in my blog.so can this be called as creativity ? if so is it an inborn talent ?
was just thinking about my good old school days :(
really missing those now and moreover it's hard to get back to those innocent days .now ppl are runnning around in and out of frustration behind jargons like "deadline,goals,norms,meeting,money" and on ..... that's life and somehow we have to accept it.my association with sabarigiri goes back to early 1993 where i pitched in to that campus holding my "amma's"(momy) hand. dad was still not happy with my performance overall( after all i heard people saying , i was very naughty). i had some good friends through out right from 3rd standard till tenth. prominent one's from the list are sandeep,jiji,anoop,srejeesh,anu,liju and on and on... everyone are well settled now and fighting hard to meet there norms and goals, so as my case , thanks for sabarigiri for their brilliant coaching and mentoring.
the good part of our batch is we simply keep in good touch and keeps meeting once in every year,which initially started with 5 members and now we are proud to say that the head count keeps increasing each year ( after all every one are getting married back to back ) ^^:)^^ we almost touched 16 now...
oops,forgot to wish anoop for his marriage and his run away bride :) [26/03/2006]
"All the very best anoop & bindhu,may god bless u both"
one think which i took back from those days >>> "we really don't appreciate one's presence or finds how good he/she is when they are around, but does rec·og·nize their value and miss them when they are not in reach" .i am sure that all the readers back me up on this .among the so called "teachers" in sabarigiri, the one's in my favorite list are sreedevi mam(maths),principal(no_name),devaki mam(malayalam).out principal was very strict and and good left-hander. the kind of off/on drives he plays on our body for each silly mistakes still reminds me of the nightmare'z i had those days. but frankly none of his plans worked out well with our batch.
Eg: One fine day ,there was an announcement from our principal saying everyone should only speak english during school hours and he was very much strict when it comes to imposing rules.he ientified one member from each class to monitor whether rule is followed. and this time fate smiled at me. i was identified for the same role in my class. i was successful in forcing my friends to omit english, hoping that there will be a paradigm shift from malayalam to english, but after one week, i myself started off with "malayalam" the moment i pitched in to the class room ,and our principal overheard me .then there was a big lathi charge in front of all. the whole day in class and on my way back, i was cursing him..... but i never realised that i was getting closer to him. and when i went through what he wrote about me in my autograph,tears dropped from my eyes and i couldn't help myself from controlling my emotions. then i realised that i was one of his best students. this is how life is ?
anyways i made up my mind to drop in to my school and to meet my principal.and if he allowme, i would like to sit in the same place where i used to sit in my 10th(10th-B section second last seat from right ) alteast for a minute.hoping that sandeep and jiji will join me .this is something great which u can't express by saying nor by keying in here.
that special was my school and the people there for me!!!
"People who can turn on a tap and have safe and clean water to drink, to cook with and to bathe in often take it for granted, and yet more than 1 billion of our fellow human beings have little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water,"
- Dr. Lee Jong-Wook : Head ,World Health Organization.
Find more information about WHO's initiative on world water day.
well wanna promote world water day ?
sure , then drop in here
i don't really think to play any role here by adding my own hand-crafted words. it's definitely gonna screw up this article.moreover value of each water drop is well portrayed by this beautiful picture and the beautiful write-up by Dr.Lee Jong. But i certainly wanna know what you guys thought first, seeing this picture. do post your thoughts as comments .
had a bad sleep yesterday and coz of that i was literally napping in cab on my way to office today morning.normally i just enjoy the scenes on road on my daily journey after all traffic in hosur road is very popular now a days to all bangaloreans.so can't say whether vehicles moves faster than snail here :) . so just to capture everything, i just always long for window seat in our bus. today i spotted two young minds smoking on road side.more over they were in their uniforms. i felt so sad about them and wished if i could point them the right track(and trust me i am not perfect guy,but i believe one should be able to find where they are... there lies your power. i know myself better by now, after all its been there with me for past 24 years and we have a good rappo now). so this painful sight of them smoking on their way to school(if i am not wrong) prompted me to say these:
we are here in this planet earth to "enjoy" the short time frame given to us and not to struggle. lets make this time good for us and others around. certainly one thing would be not to smoke ,which can harm u as well as others and the other things is to discourage smoking. People who smoke,please take sometime from your hectic work loads and drop in here :
.smoking hazards
.how can u quit
"In short i say : its your life, live it better "
its around 1.30 and unusually am not feelin sleepy today.something is pullin me back from sleepin properly and it was nothing but my roomy hareesh's snore. but was surprised to see abu sleeping 'aaramse' near to him. so weird . huh ??
i tried my level best to manage under my blankets but in vain. then was thinking about my nephew adwith pillai,who is turning TWO this april. Just recalling (04/04/04) when he was introduced to the so called planet earth. and i missed him then and it continues still due to the difference in time zones :) . this time i have to gift him something special.... first thought of doing some online shopping with his address, but then couldn't convince my mind properly. then something strucked me well ..deepa's sister-in-law will be leavin pittsburgh soon and i can buy something for him and sent it accorss through them . so now the real hunt beings for an apt gift for my chottu . anyways heard that he's sleeping on candies and toys and deepa keeps talking about his interests disecting electronic stuffs and similar devices . so adwith will be a happy man, if he gets spanner kit as a gift, but deepa won't really appreciate it. so as my mom/dad.
anyways time's there for me to think upon .... and thanks for hareesh for givin me this opportunity to scrap :)
Your Personality Profile |
 You are happy, driven, and status conscious. You want everyone to know how successful you are. Very logical, you see life as a game of strategy. A bit of a loner, you prefer to depend on yourself. You always keep your cool and your composure. You are a born leader and business person. |
Your Brain's Pattern |
 Your mind is a creative hotbed of artistic talent. You're always making pictures in your mind, especially when you're bored. You are easily inspired to think colorful, interesting thoughts. And although it may be hard to express these thoughts, it won't always be. |
There'z something great that happened in my life, and a feeling that I did something different, something which gives me immense pleassure,which I haven't experienced from my job and my funs i had. It happened on Saturday 25th Feb 2006.
I went for "Know Your Special Friend" program organized by Chrysallis for challenged children. And this time there was a difference. That is i went there not as a part of audience, but as an volunteer. I was there at the venue by 7.00am and were busy arranging the space given for us (the interaction team) with posters, birds, sun, rainbow which we sweated out on prev weekend. Then by 9.30 children started pitching in from different schools. They were from different schools, different backgrounds, and different places. Moreover it was a combination of regular and challenged (visually/hearing impaired, mentally/physically handicapped) children. Most of them didn't knew each other when they came. Then they were grouped in to teams and each volunteer was assigned to every four groups. Similarly I was given four children. Out of that two were normal and two challenged. Till then i haven't interacted with any of these people and because of that, i was very nervous with lotza questions in my mind like how am I gonna deal with them ?, how i make sure that these four will turn good friends end of the day ? and lots more ...
Thank god for giving me confidence. I talked to them very slowly and in low pace "Hi friends, I am Arun, and may I know your name?” They responded with a gentle smile and said Ajith, Chandra, Deepthika, Nayna. I started from there and went on with their hobbies, their likes and dislikes and so on.... After the 30 min initial session with them, I gave them a small assignment. It goes like this "You guys have to know each other pretty well and when I come back, I will point anyone and ask u to narrate about his/her neighbour". Seems they too were very much interested in that and it was evident from their smiling faces.
Then followed the breakfast. We served them initially and then joined them for breakfast. Once that got over, Ajith called me pointing to Chandra, "Arun sir, this is Chandra, from Tamilnadu and started explaining me about her hobbies.. Infact everything about her". I couldn't believe myself. Those children were simply intelligent and i am sure that their IQ level makes them way ahead of me and they are too creative. Then we gave some words like love, dream and care etc... And asked them to write down something that they feel about it. They wrote about their parents, school mates and to my wonder about me too :) Once that was done, we took back the sheets from them and gave them synthetic clay and gave them the freedom for creating something which represents the words which we gave them in the prev session.
There was a gap of 30 min and I was eagerly looking them and their creativity in work. They started mingling with each other well and looked like a small family. To my truth, I went emotional at times and thanking god again for giving me strength to sail across.After lunch we all very busy preparing for the main show. Children grouped themselves to elves and snowman who were the characters of the program. I was there with the kids, the volunteers and the coordinators till 7.15 and honestly it took me a long way and i had a very nice experiment with those innocent chaps .In fact i took back home a very valuable lesson which will be there with me till my last breath. So if you people are still curious about that Great people and those with Great Mind find them here.
It was around 12.30, as usual i was in my bay working out and then suddenly, a message popped on my monitor from our internal IP messenger.it was none other that joby.
The session goes like this ...
