tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133595152024-03-08T09:41:15.495+05:30tides&tidingshi people, this is Prathiba from Chennai.This blog is my personal signature, a world of my own,the space for my overflowing thoughts and i invite everyone to share , care ,even criticize.Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-49331455305939498652013-11-29T17:51:00.001+05:302013-11-29T17:51:31.317+05:30Back in time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After many years am posting today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was memorable in many sense - had a colleague who is a casual acquaintance leaving the company today. The bunch of freshers who had joined along with her had pulled all stops to give her a very memorable farewell. Right from shooting a video featuring all our team members to getting personalized messages for her - it was nice to see it all and participate in the moment with them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes - it did take me back to the time when I quit my first job to pursue masters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It did take me back to the moments when I basked in the warmth of friendship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It did take me back to re-live some of the moments which led to tears of joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After marriage I have hardly met any of my friends or have had the long phone calls which I used to cherish. V, B, D & J - in case you are reading this, I miss you guys and love you folks. Miss the multi-hour phone calls where we talked about anything & everything in life. Miss hanging out with you on Saturdays on Sundays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Priorities change and I love all the moments with my husband and kid. But some part of my heart selfishly yearns for one day of the my old life where I can just the do the things I used to do back then. Striking a balance and finding time for myself seems a challenge. Hope to rearrange my life and make time for the most important things soon Good luck to myself in my quest to balance life, work, family, friends and my selfish desires. </span></div>
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Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-43915889213247622472011-03-28T16:37:00.002+05:302011-03-28T16:56:03.662+05:30Haven't blogged in the last 18 monthsSeriously, it is very hard to imagine that I haven't posted for the last 18 months. <div>Lots of things changed and lots of new addictions. Surprised to find myself at a loss of words when I want to post something. Maybe it is just conditioning. </div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe the mind and thus the stimulus to work on something goes away if you have been away from the said thing for long. Maybe that's why they say, "Out of sight, out of mind". </div><div>What's really interesting is once you focus on things again, it all just comes back to you. Like a treasure trove waiting to be opened after long. </div><div><br /></div><div>Other activities in my life overtook my passion for blogging and now it is time to get back.</div><div>Hoping to post more often. </div><div><br /></div><div>Pratz. </div><div><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-62703956640242001062009-09-11T08:51:00.007+05:302009-09-11T11:48:44.073+05:30A life of Crime<div align="justify">Hi All,<br /><br />I never thought even in my wildest imagination that I would live a life of crime and worse - revel in it.<br /><br />Here goes - I admit it. I am a crime lord!!!<br /><br />Before you decide to dial to 100 - there's something you need to know. I lead a life of crime in Mafia wars. The facebook app rage that has millions succumbing to their baser need to destruct others. Its online, highly addictive and occupies most of the time I have for myself.<br /><br />Thinking back I realize that I have been addicted to so many things and then typical of all fads, they faded out with time - only exception being books. </div><div align="justify"><br /><br />I am addicted to books when I am not addicted to anything else - sort of like the craving one has for home food when he/she had enough Continental, Mexican, Chinese to last a lifetime. Books - I can read anytime and once I start I usually don't stop till I finish all books of the author at a stretch or at the least all the books I can lay hands on. Have this on/off relationship with books and music. They are there when I am not interested in anything else. They are there even if I am interested in everything else. They are there when I am interested in only those. In short they are there, pretty much - always. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />Thinking back, my first passion was science. With the help of my brother used to build turbines (unsuccessfully), try out all science experiments (must have broken a bottle or two), and have neighbouring kids from school help out with the apparatus set-up (used to ask the teacher to order the students to help - LOL!!!). </div><div align="justify">My next passion was dramatics and oration - used to attend every competition at school without fail (was an excellent way to bunk school. In X1th Standard the number of days outside school was greater than the number of days in class)</div><div align="justify">Then came craziness for songs, especially English numbers - guess I was trying to show off at that time when the number of satellite connection were few and MTV was yet to become an essential entity of youth. </div><div align="justify"><br />F1 racing - my brothers' were addicted to it, and hence by virtue of viewing non-stop F1, week after week, became addicted. </div><div align="justify">Football (98 world Cup) - same as above</div><div align="justify">Bracelets - bought a bracelet for every dress I owned and I happened to be owning a lot many dresses at that point in time. </div><div align="justify">Bangles - same as above</div><div align="justify">Clothes - always and continuing</div><div align="justify">Harry Potter - from 2003 to 2007 (From the time I read the first book, till the time the last book was released) </div><div align="justify">Ayn Rand - from the last year of college</div><div align="justify">Math puzzles - same as above</div><div align="justify">Office work - during the golden period at Verizon</div><div align="justify">Blogging - during 2005/ 2006</div><div align="justify">Naruto - from 2007</div><div align="justify">Animations - from 2006, credit goes to the first anime I watched - Samurai - X </div><div align="justify">Dancing - from 2008, CGT (credit goes to) ISB parties</div><div align="justify">Pani poori noodles - from 2008, CGT ISB lifestyle</div><div align="justify">Facebooking - from 2009, CGT ISB</div><div align="justify">"How I met your mother" sitcom addiction - same as above</div><div align="justify">Movie watching - CGT boring evenings in Ludhiana</div><div align="justify">Mafia wars - same as above</div><div align="justify">Adventure tourism - last few weeks, CGT few crazy people I know from current workplace</div><div align="justify">Laptop addiction - ever since my brother gifted it to me. (If there's one thing I truly can't live without, it is, without any doubt my laptop. )</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />I wonder how long will it be before I return to books from Mafia wars. Don't know and don't care as long as I have something to occupy my boredom. So while I am out there satisfying my baser needs by looting, robbing, killing, mugging, thieving through Mafia wars application, watch out for regular updates about universe, life and everything else that captures my mind at that instant in my blog. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />Later. Till the next time. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />CIAO.</div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-53933763943637420882009-09-09T16:14:00.006+05:302009-09-09T17:31:09.383+05:30Change<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;">Hi All,<br /><br />There's a famous saying - "Change is the only thing which is permanent". I totally agree with the statement, but a recent happening makes me muse over the statement; while so many aspects of my life has changed, I am astounded that I am still the same person with the same thoughts I had few years ago. I was going through my old posts and it was surprise that, almost of my opinions back then hold true even today.<br /><br />Reflecting on it a little makes me wonder whether I am un-adaptable or inflexible. Maybe the opinions make me the person I am right now and is in fact my identity. Identities can't change by definition, for it did it would cease to be an identity. One can't have multiple identities, and the uniqueness is gone if multiple reasoning are given for the same entity. It would then be self- defeating for it would contradict what you stand for and at some point the credibility is lost.<br /><br />If this is so, why is change the only thing that's permanent? Maybe the external aspects such as outlook, lifestyle, features, behaviour, experiences are in agreement with the statement; whereas belief, faith, inner conviction, "the person who experiences", ought to be the same. Strange as it may seem, this is the time of life I would never get back - the chance to experiment. "Should I" or "Shouldn't I" battle is still on. Will have to wait and see how things pan out.<br /><br />2009 has been by far, the most happening year of my life. Appa passed away, anna is about to be married, job searches, graduating from a school of my dreams, realizing my life long ambition to do a Master of Business Administration course, 3 month stint in manufacturing, living alone for the first time in my entire life, the yearning to go on tours - especially trekking and water - rafting, getting closer with the 4 most important people in my life outside family - B, J, D & V, forming new friendships, first time working as a manager responsible for people who report to me, living in a place which feels as though I stepped a decade back in time, getting introduced to a new genre of books which led to speed reading and crazy nights burning oil for reading books, long conversations with the people whom I love and respect, more time for myself, Sunday movie watching ritual, facebooking, twittering, everything is new - but everything expected of the me an year ago. Everything's changed, yet in a way nothing did.<br /><br />I am wondering what difference does it make? Just wondering - not attempting to find a solution. Wondering whats in store - would there be another year that would make me eat my words and say - "this year superseded 2009". One can never say and one can never be sure. Living for the moment I realized is the best way to be and not regretting anything that makes me happy has led to bold decision making. I am happy - even if happiness is short lived. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"><br/>With all conviction that whatever happens happens for good, I await new experiences that will shape the thoughts that I have currently and pave way for the new thoughts to formulate. This is probably auto-biographical, but someday when I peruse my old posts, I would be happy to have recorded this moment as this post is a reflection of my previous posts, and an indication of the posts to come. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"><br/>Dedicated to the future me and the future us. Till the next time. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"><br/>CIAO.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-77234702698064323352009-05-10T01:23:00.002+05:302009-05-10T02:22:32.761+05:30Random<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Hi All,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Random? Or is it so? Felt like writing about few odd topics I came across during the day :) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">1) </span></span><a href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Randomness"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Randomness - article of the day</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> in </span></span><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">thefreedictionary</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">2) On a whim clicked random (was it?) article link in </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">wikihow</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> and this was random order of articles.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">1) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Double-Your-Salary-Using-an-Algebraic-Loophole"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Double your salary using an algebraic loophole :)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - Funny anyone thought the math could fool<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">2) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Collect-Business-Reply-Mail-and-Similar-Postcards"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to collect business reply mail and similar postcards</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - Really funny/silly - especially the warning section. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">3) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Hide-From-Your-Sister"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to hide from your sister</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - he!!! he!!! point 7 applies to me. So "bros" of the world - you can run but you can't hide. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">4) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Cranberry-Sauce"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to make cranberry sauce</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - finally something that's useful - i am of course discounting the fact that I may never make it, but as most other self-proclaimed chefs like to know the recipe :D</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">5) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Soda-Bottle-Volcano"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to make a soda bottle volcano</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - this experiment was widely circulated through email, but the video's good :)<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">6) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Manage-wikiHow-While-on-a-Heavy-School-Schedule"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to manage </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">wikihow</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> while on a heavy school schedule</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">hmmm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">!!! this </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">does </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">get addictive<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">7) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Lite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to get lite</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - reminds me of </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">ISB</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> parties :(<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">8) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Spanish-(Sticky-Note-Method)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to learn Spanish (Sticky note method)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - whoa!!! never knew learning a language was so easy. Needn't have wasted on the french course, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">which I didn't attend</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">, last year<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">9) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Gently-Dump-a-Clingy-"Friend""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to gently dump a "clingy" friend</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> - really mean :( :( <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">10) </span></span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Perform-a-Simple-Leap-over-Stairs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">How to preform a simple leap over stairs </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">- the only thing that comes to my mind is that the people contributing to those articles were as jobless as the person writing this article :D<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Food for thought - wonder why we call this sequencing random while evidently they have been programmed</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Beverage for thought '</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">coz</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> you already had food - wonder how I happened to read the article on Randomness and then </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">unintentionally of course</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> start a random article spree. Maybe randomness is not quite err.... random. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">By the way didn't explain how I ended up reading the first wikihow article. It was the random article after I googled on </span></span><a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Keep-Your-House-Cool-Without-Air-Conditioning"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"how to keep your house cool without air conditioning</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">". For all Chennaiites - it is quite simple and common sensical, but google search just </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"puts things in perspective:. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">he he :)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">That's</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">' all folks. Meet you some other time. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">CIAO. </span></span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-2823716123303585832009-04-27T00:03:00.005+05:302009-04-27T00:38:40.436+05:30Cooking is Common Sense<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hi All, <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Disclaimer: I claim to be a great cook (only) because I believe that C is CS (cooking is common sense)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Stereotypes don't apply here. I mean it - the length and breadth of the vegetables don't determine the taste and essence of </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sambar</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. I hate it when people claim they can't cook something because some ingredient is not available. Well it just means use CS to improvise. If one doesn't have chickpeas for making channa masala use groundnut. Taste better and tastes different too. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">According to my granny the key to being a great chef is the ability to correctly identify what is wrong with the dish. I remember her saying this long ago - "</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">as long as the salt and </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">chilli</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> are in right proportions everything else doesn't matter"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. I completely agree -well, that is unless you are making sweets - because sweets are the only exception to Granny's law of elementary cooking (straight off from food is the one of the 5 exceptions to </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gamp's</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> law of elementary transfiguration - courtesy HP and the DH)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To me, cooking is about common sense - just like you understand fire is hot - so is "too much pepper." Anything can be remedied by adding / reducing certain other ingredients on the recipe. It might taste different but it doesn't matter</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> as long as it tastes good</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and hey if it turns out to be totally different from what you intended to make you get to name a new recipe :) (This is the secret to my </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">paneer</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> korma - it was initially meant to be </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">panner</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> butter </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">masala</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> :D) </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You might be wondering this totally off the mark post unrelated to my usual ramblings - been experimenting with cooking of course and hence C is CS. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">CIAO</span></span></span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-5474450721696217802009-03-25T02:58:00.001+05:302009-03-25T03:00:14.645+05:30Why?Hi All,<div><br /></div><div>If only all the "why's?" were answered...</div><div>life would have been simpler, easier and unexciting</div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO</div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-51952961941495066902009-03-09T22:30:00.003+05:302009-03-09T22:41:07.694+05:30HurtHi All,<div><br /><div>Just realized that being blamed for something that was not under your control is the worst that could happen to anyone. I have always made this stupid mistake of keeping quiet when I am blamed for something I hadn't done - I had suffered for this a lot during the past few months. Yesterday I decided it was not the right way and that I have to defend myself and yes it proved costly. </div><div><br /></div><div>Not only did I give the impression that I am angry, callous and cannot take responsibility, but yeah as someone who doesn't give up till she's made her point. As a person with whom "It is better to let me have my way than argue with me". It hurts - really really hurts. To my conscience I know I hadn't done anything wrong to have deserved this - and if others beg to differ I want to know the reason. If the reason is not justified - I want to have my say. Being pardoned without being accepted is not something I can digest. Don't want apologies that aren't meant or blame that isn't justified.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes when pride is hurt, it takes long to heal. :( Wish I was different, but too late now. </div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-19509237139181332062009-01-24T00:34:00.002+05:302009-01-24T01:08:44.058+05:30WhattowriteaboutHey All,<div><br /></div><div>I am surprised!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Most of blogs that I have written seem to allude to music which reflects my mood at that reference point in time. I am wondering on the effect of music on moods. Seem to be a really good research topic. Probably should start working on it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Coming to the surprising portion - I seem to find a song for every single mood of mine and I am very temperamental with a multitude of mood swings. Be it being loneliness, sorrow, piousness, happiness, anger, frustation, pity, childishness, sacrifice, more than i can describe. More surprising are the songs themselves. They seem to capture the words in your heart, leaving you wondering "was this written for me - just for me?" Sounds too good to be true that there are other people experiencing the same emotion in the same manner as ourselves. Reinforces the concept of collective identity. We experience mostly the same emotions in our lives - just the chain of events that led might be unique in each case. </div><div><br /></div><div>Collective identity - what does it really imply for all of us? How come nations are classified based on their individualistic/ collectivistic quotient of Hofstede if we are all more alike than different? </div><div>Maybe it is not emoitons but it is our choices makes us different - the way we choose to live and the factors that decide the way we choose what we chose makes the difference. Our decisions drive us and we drive our decisions!!! I remember this famous line from some book - never regret something that made you smile. Wat a nice way to move on and forgive !!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Too bad - after long I decide to make a post but have got to go - greater things in life calling - have to answer :)</div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO (with a completed post)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-89571702440568175392009-01-04T12:59:00.003+05:302009-01-04T13:09:00.372+05:30Course Crisis<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Hi All,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">The start of every elective term has been the same - is this right? is there something better that I can do? I am mistaken? forget credit crisis, welcome to the world of course crisis. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">There are few good courses which I feel will be some value appropriation to the investment in ISB - but the amount of time investment for "learning" the course makes me think twice</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">There are other courses that are entertaining and worth sitting in the class for - but not much value addition.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">There are few other courses which are a complete waste of time - but make life easy. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">So there is the classis dilemma - amongst what's good, what's easy and what's entertaining. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Therefore the year starts this way. Not sure whether I ought to go with the good courses I had taken this term. Will decide after sampling the courses - which is actually unlike me - usually stick with the courses I had taken initially. Yeah, times are changing and sometimes we need to change and let go of what we wanted because that's not good for us. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Faced with a plethora of choices find it really difficult - lets see how it turns out. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">CIAO. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">P.S. Thats my 70th post :) and the first post in 2009. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"> </span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-51193998485613499092008-11-15T04:40:00.003+05:302008-11-15T04:53:20.096+05:30True strength comes from within<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Hi All,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">On a whim went to my cousin D's place for dinner. It was truly transformational experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Met D's sister S. She is truly a remarkable woman. She is just two years older than me, yet she is so mature. (Got two kids, aged- 11 and 6), been married for 12 years. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">She recently lost her mother and her husband. Yet she is so strong. The fact that she loved them more than anything else in life was so evident. The way she fondly recalled every single moment of her life with her husband was so touching. Yet she didn't cry. She must been through so much pain, yet she wants to take life to the next level for the sake of her children. I wonder how many can ever be like her, to think of what needs to be done in the face of adversity. I have no words to describe what this phenomenal woman is. I am not old enough to bless you dear, but I hope and pray that for all the pain you have been through, God showers you with great happiness from now on. D's is equally sweet. I am proud to be associated with them. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">The fact that she was so bold in the face of the most adverse situation in her life was so very touching. I salute you S. You are truly a source of energy. I drew so much strength from you. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">If there's anything I can ever do for you, I will gladly do. Relating this to the recent events in my life, I feel really cowardly. After seeing her, I feel God truly has given me the strength to go on. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Feeling really touched. Good times are really back again. At the least I feel I have the courage to face anything that comes my way from now on. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">CIAO.</span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-20954885142478358772008-11-09T06:24:00.001+05:302008-11-09T06:26:50.064+05:30Saved :)Thank goodness. God saved me :) He has always looked after me and will continue to do so always too. It is great when you feel the invisible hand helping you always. <div><br /></div><div>Thank you God for saving me. Thank you for being so considerate and not letting harm come my way. Thank you for all the good things and thank you for not letting the bad things continue. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-17227227904032692332008-11-09T02:21:00.002+05:302008-11-09T02:31:17.643+05:30... lost in melody<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi All,<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Might sound cliched, but I can't help being lost in the sweetness of the voices of Unnikrishnan and Bombay Jayashree. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All of Unni and Jayashree's songs are truly amazing. Sample this song from Iruvar - Narumugayae. A.R.Rahman has brought the best of both in this particular song. No wonder even after years(!!!) this song still remains one of my favorites. Not the fad type favorite, but the forever favorite type. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On a side note: Was researching for a project and came across a paper published by my Prof. Naresh Malhotra. It is not surprising and many papers/ projects/ articles have been published by many of the professors who have taught me so far. Still feeling glad when I think about it. I could always say with pretended nonchalance when I pass out of this place - "Oh that prof taught us this course" :) I am really glad to be here despite the horrendous time I have had here. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Got to get back to the project (and of course to youtube and naruto). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CIAO. </div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-79698424457796751642008-11-07T17:18:00.003+05:302008-11-07T17:24:44.996+05:30First publicationHi All,<div><br /></div><div>My poem got published :) Well it was published only in the SFA magazine of ISB. Still feeling happy to see my words in print :) Something to cheer in troubled times. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is an old poem, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Utopia, </span>which I had posted about a year back in the blog. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJUOFiDR7lqL-saSumLUQfZy6B2N-GvAsqFcx6szySbpsNKBxHhoYmY4uyK81dnPnBRdhIh6fLw9pWPUmzojmG9bOr2SD2ohVfC2u-9orsx7nG6og-eAn1TWP07JbSMA-pI6X/s1600-h/Utopia.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJUOFiDR7lqL-saSumLUQfZy6B2N-GvAsqFcx6szySbpsNKBxHhoYmY4uyK81dnPnBRdhIh6fLw9pWPUmzojmG9bOr2SD2ohVfC2u-9orsx7nG6og-eAn1TWP07JbSMA-pI6X/s320/Utopia.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265882457752719778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px; " /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Glad again :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you all.</div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO.</div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-48390782077180478072008-11-06T21:00:00.001+05:302008-11-06T21:01:11.333+05:30All of us are Indians - says Supreme CourtView the full article here <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/MNS_hate_campaign_SC_says_were_all_Indians/articleshow/3682422.cms">All of us are Indians</a>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-60005647552673517492008-10-29T00:26:00.003+05:302008-10-29T00:35:18.214+05:30EmpathyI am able to emphatize with A. I can see the pain the person is going through and wish I could say, dude, people have been there before and in a far worser state. Don't give a damn. But unfortunately the person is oblivious and is bearing the pain. I wish I could console, but I know any amount of sympathy/ empathy/ from a third person will only add to the person's woes. So I am keeping silent. Wish C had more sense and would at least be more sensitive to the feelings of A. <div>But C is also like L. Ditto. Similar. But In the end it doesn't even matter. We are what we are irrespective of what we try to do for others. </div><div><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-218497678913794932008-10-27T20:24:00.003+05:302008-10-27T20:32:57.474+05:30So long and thanks for all the fish<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Hi All,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">I love to listen to this song when I am happy. Makes me jump from my chair and dance to the tune. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">As the book says, the answer to universe, life and everything is 42 :) What is the question? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Well that would involve "making" another earth to find the answer as the current earth was demolished as it was blocking the inter galactic pathway. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">I know I am not making any sense, but that in short is the crux of the "Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy". An amazing read and one must definitely try it, at the least to laugh ourselves to death. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); ">Side note: Really happy today. Got all the courses I had bid for. Sad part: at what cost? - about 1700 points. Sob sob!!! Corporate control mergers and acquisition at 707 points :( </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Can you believe that? :( </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Anyway have to be glad that I got the courses I bid for and I am happyyyyyyyyyy. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Got to prepare and send a document before 12 Midnight. Getting back to work. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Before I finish - a very happy diwali to all :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Till we meet next. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">CIAO.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-22307125834809541692008-10-23T23:16:00.008+05:302008-10-23T23:26:31.054+05:30It doesn't even matter<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hi All,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Felt like posting the lyrics of linkin park's "It doesn't even matter".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(It starts with)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(160, 82, 45); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:verdana;font-size:12px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">One thing / I don’t know why<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter how hard you try<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To explain in due time<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All I know<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">time is a valuable thing<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Watch it count down to the end of the day<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The clock ticks life away<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It’s so unreal<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Didn’t look out below<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Watch the time go right out the window<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Trying to hold on / but didn’t even know<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Wasted it all just to<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Watch you go<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And got so far<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn't even matter<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I had to fall<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To lose it all<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn't even matter<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">One thing / I don’t know why<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter how hard you try<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To remind myself how<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I tried so hard<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In spite of the way you were mocking me<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Acting like I was part of your property<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Remembering all the times you fought with me<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I’m surprised it got so (far)<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Things aren’t the way they were before<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Not that you knew me back then<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But it all comes back to me<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried so hard<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And got so far<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I had to fall<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To lose it all<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I've put my trust in you<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pushed as far as I can go<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">For all this<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There’s only one thing you should know<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I've put my trust in you<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pushed as far as I can go<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">For all this<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There’s only one thing you should know<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I tried so hard<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And got so far<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I had to fall<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">To lose it all<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But in the end<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It doesn’t even matter</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This is the first time I have posted twice in a day. Like this song a lot. Relieves tension - helps vent irritation/ frustation. Best medicine for frustation - listening to "It doesn't even matter" followed by "Kurai ondrum illai" by M.S.Subbulakshmi amma. Really there can be nothing else (IMHO) better than this combination.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">CIAO</span></span></span></div></span>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-19666554482005473562008-10-23T13:01:00.005+05:302008-10-23T13:14:40.082+05:30I am my competitor<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi All,<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No!!! Please don't get the wrong picture. I am not that conceited. Its just that only two teams were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">selected</span> from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ISB</span> for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">IIT</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Roorkee</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Samadhan</span> contest. Guess what? - I am part of both the teams. I am competing against myself. :) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, I want one team to win more than the other. I really hope the results would turn in the favor of the team I am favoring, even if it means putting in extra hours of work for making that happen I don't care. I might seem partial and I am too - but can't help being so. (At the least I am truthful about it). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In fact the irony is that, I had contributed more to the other team and had worked harder/longer on the other executive summary. Yet some things can't be explained and this is one such thing that has no rationale behind it. My fate is intertwined with my life. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well that makes the total shortlist count so far as 3. Not bad - not bad at all :)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Have to run to class right now. Will make a post sometime later.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CIAO.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-55016779374597108062008-10-20T00:03:00.006+05:302008-10-20T00:29:47.990+05:30Study groups and group projects<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Hi All,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Making this post on a very happy note. Initially I almost thought of dropping out of "marketing services" course, but really glad that I held on to it, despite my intial apprehensions. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">For many reasons.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">1) Professor is really good. It is the only class I attend with zero hours of sleep yet end up being awake for the entire session (exception being Negotiation Analysis class - but well I can't really afford to fall asleep during one-one negotiations, so I am discounting that subject). It might also be due to the fact that I sit in the first row right in front of the professor. Forget all the other reasons I am stating - prof is good. Period. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">2) I hadn't formed a study group till the 11th hour (Literally) as I thought I would drop the course and take some other interesting course. Other groups were already formed and I thought I would end up being an orphaned child. Sob!!! sob!!! Thank goodness R misunderstood that I wanted to form a group for Business Valuation and replied to my panicky mail. I asked whether he had a empty slot in marketing services and he did. Thank God for that. I found a group.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">3) I really feel comfortable with the group. Be it R/RJ/ J/ K/ M. I feel non-threatened. Surprisingly I feel really valued. Just now J made the statement that he is really glad that I am on the team. :) Of course the fact that R & K reinforced his statement made me feel even better. Only thing is that, I have to live up to their expectations and not let them down. The fact that they trust me makes me so very happy, as it is very difficult to build trust and trust if broken - very difficult to repair. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">4) Feel like really contributing to the group - it is a nice group and as diverse as it can get. Good thing is that we will part ways in a month, so hopefully there'll be fewer chances for any disputes to arise.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">5) J and R said they'll want to form teams with me in any other course that I am undertaking.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">After the last week's episode I guess this is the best-est thing that could have happened to me. Still doesn't change a lot of things (infact changes nothing) about what I want/ need in life. But as I have always maintained "kutti" things in life, make or mar my happiness. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">6) Hmmm really thinking whether I should write a sixth point. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">So thats it for now folks. hope to see you all again real soon. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Till we meet next. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">CIAO.</span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-16499381585123130552008-10-17T02:57:00.004+05:302008-10-17T03:29:05.639+05:30Rise Up - Yves Larock<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Hi All,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Considering the fact that the number of parties have been on the rise at ISB, it might seem no wonder that I have become dance addicted of late. I never knew I had the passion for dancing and it surprises me the most that I do cherish a secret love for dancing!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Like everything else in my life - here goes my history of dancing</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">It was during my 7th standard. We were doing a dasavatharam dance - drama and I was choosen to be one of the dancers. After practising for weeks, one fine day during a rehearsal session my Principal came to over to see how the performance was shaping up. Her only comment about me after watching the dance was - "She is too thin, she will not be able to carry the costume". I was so irritated at her, angry at myself for being thin and disappointed most of all. All my friends knew that I would be dancing and to face their pity was something I could not bear to think about or tolerate. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">After that incident I refrained from dancing. Anytime they wanted hordes of dancers to fill the stage I would be picked to participate, else I was mostly left behind. Given these chain of events I never tried to dance and shied away everytime someone asked me to, either in marriages or otherwise. (College bus trips were an exception - nobody dared comment on my style/ lack of it :) ) </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">During my first party at ISB was very shocked to see that people dress up, drink and dance. (Never been to a pub). Got used to seeing people dancing and partying in a few days time (Had three parties during the first week at ISB - courtesy Co2008). I shied away as usual and whenever people asked me to join their group for dancing - politely declined mumbling that I wouldn't want to step on someone's shoes/ toes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">The credit goes to Sindhura's party for initiating the will of fire to dance- that was the time when I realised that I loved jumping around even if I didn't look graceful and got my steps wrong. But the real turning point was the song "</span><a href="http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvrf84UjFg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">rise up</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">". This song is very special to me for many reasons, reasons - unstated and would never ever forget this song in my entire life. This was/is "THE" song that made/ makes me develop the passion/love/whatever for dancing. No party is fulfilling unless they play this particular number. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">So thats how my addiction to dancing started. Now there's the dandiya festival tomorrow, we are supposed to dress up in traditional attire (hurray :) :) ) and dandiya dance the night away. Really glad/excited about it. Eagerly waiting for tomorrow. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">So this makes third time in a row. Have been posting something everyday for the past three days. hurray!!! hurray!!! Hurray !!!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Got to get back to my books now. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Till the next time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">CIAO.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-92224068367952992612008-10-15T23:51:00.002+05:302008-10-15T23:56:38.053+05:30God existsHi all,<div><br /></div><div>Recently been writing/thinking a lot about God. Mind's inclined towards God right now. </div><div>Don't know why and don't care why. Finding inner peace when thoughts turn toward God.</div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO.</div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-20309693683567117612008-10-14T23:57:00.006+05:302008-10-15T00:27:23.440+05:30Maanasa Sancharare<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hi All,<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Recently I started listening to perumal songs, its been really long since I listened to/ learnt any "perumal" songs, and the change is really welcome. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Few of the songs I keep listening to everyday(thanks to youtube)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shri Venteswara Suprabatham</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shri Ganesh Suprabatham</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Baja Govindham</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Maanasa Sancharare</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sriman Narayana</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kurai ondrum illai by MS Subbulakshmi amma - she's really great.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bhramamokate</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Vara leela gana lola - I learnt this song while at school, I was trying to remember it for really long, the only part I remembered about it was that it is a beautiful song by Unni Krishnan. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Suddenly at 5 AM in the morning remembered the name of the song - immediately googled and found the link in youtube.com. Felt really happy as this song was eluding me for quite sometime now. The world seems a happier place to live in when the answer to something that has been eluding one for so long suddenly pops in to the head. Literally amazing feeling. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Work's as usual at ISB. Ever since elective terms started feeling little lost. Don't have the familiarity of the class, comfort of the people whom I know and worse have to form groups in every elective that I am taking. It is a really difficult task and thank goodness I found groups in three of the four subjects that I am taking. I am not sure about the fourth, will have to wait and watch. Leaving it to God as he knows best what to do and what not to do. I am just doing my duty which is what is essential. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Missing amma, prabhu, prasan, padmasree, ishan (my dearest dearest darling), appa, paati, chitthi and all my friends. Feels as though I have turned over a new leaf and become a completely different person, the person I used to be once upon a time, very long time ago. Mother's are GOD's greatest creation. I know amma will/can never read this, but "mu" I love you. I want to keep you happy all through your life in every way possible. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Forcing myself to blog these days as it keeps me going/ happy. In the long run it will become an habit again :) (Or hoping it will at the least)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Till we meet next</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">CIAO.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">P.S. In case you were wondering why the title reads "Maanasa Sancharare" - that was the song I was listening to when I started making this post :)</span></span><br /></span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-34810185483384173572008-10-12T19:11:00.004+05:302008-10-12T19:24:46.380+05:30ThunderbirdHi All,<div><br /></div><div>Just finished the write- up for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Thunderbird</span> sustainable <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">innovation</span> summit contest. Phew!!!</div><div>Really exhausted by the amount of time/ effort/energy I ended up spending on it. I could have been doing a zillion other things but yeah have to be content that I did finish something. </div><div><br /></div><div>Part of me wishing that we get selected <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">for the</span> next round (considering the amount of effort I put on this) and part of me wishing "enough is enough". No more work on sustainable development. </div><div><br /></div><div>Have to read 7 chapters + 2 cases + 3 sets of lecture slides as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">pre</span>-reads for tomorrow's lectures. Gosh I would be glad if I complete <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">at least</span> one subject. Few other things are pending as well. Wish I had slept last night, because this is going to be a long night :( (As every other night is at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ISB</span>) . Nothing really new, but still hoping I could get back the four days of blissful sleep I caught up on at home during this term break. </div><div><br /></div><div>Got to go to wrap <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Thunderbird</span> document. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope I make frequent posts from now on.</div><div><br /></div><div>CIAO.</div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13359515.post-62466058632917891302007-12-13T00:43:00.000+05:302007-12-13T01:05:54.545+05:30God did the rest...<div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">Hi All,</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">Long before about 7 yrs ago, there's was this little girl who wanted to make it big in the world. </span><span style="color:#003333;">Her only aim was to get admitted into BITS Pilani. She dreamt and worked hard. But fate took a different turn and she failed to get an admit though by a narrow margin and went on to do her engineering from one of the lesser known colleges. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">That crushed her confidence and she started setting lower targets for herself. She was scared to dream further and lose out on those precious dreams. She was scared that she will be failure to herself. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">Then came the moment. The good people in her life gave her confidence to trudge upon the lesser known road. Even if the road ends in a dead end, the lessons along the road will be valuable. She started to dream again. The old nightmares haunted, but she didn't deter from dreaming on. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">She tried her best and left God to do the rest. She took GMAT and got into Indian School of Business after few months of study, a fortnight of application completion, a week of interview preparation and a day of thanks to GOD.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">It may not be a big thing to most people, but to her it was the return of her confidence, the triumph of her dreams and the shooing away of evil </span><span style="color:#003333;">confidence-crushing shadows. She was able to overcome her fears at last and walk out to the world.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">Thank you God for doing the rest. Thanks to all those who supported me. A big big thanks to few special people in my life who made this possible.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;">An emotional CIAO..</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003333;"></span></div>Prathiba Venkatesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003736577140418579noreply@blogger.com8