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Hindsight
-Guy Kawasaki
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
-Bertrand Russell
Wear sunscreen
-Mary Schmich
Man was given an imagination to compensate for what he isn't;
a sense of humour to console him for what he is.
- Francis Bacon
Leisure
-W.H. Davies
Not all those that wander are lost.
-J.R.R. Tolkein
Life is a tragedy for those who feel,
and a comedy for those who think.
-Jean de La Bruyère
The average person thinks he isn't.
-Father Larry Lorenzoni
Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers.
-Pablo Picasso
Become who you are.
-Nietzshe
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
-Frank Tyger
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
-Anon
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muse
 Spent Friday at a beautiful, but desolate lake set amidst some low, rolling hills on the Karnataka border - trying my hand at everything from bending my glasses out of shape by hitting them with a volleyball (unfortunately, while wearing them) to a bit of rappelling down a dam (that hasn't seen water in the last few years). It was a fun trip, even if on the tamer side. High points included riding on top of the bus down little village roads - while trying to dodge the occasionally tree trunk that'd try to brush us off; and trying to stay upright on a toboggan masquerading as water ski's (don't ask) on the lake.
Spiderman 2 was a decent watch, but couldn't hold a candle to the high point of the weekend - I've finally got myself a working beta of Halo 2. To the uninitiated, this is an XBOX game that mostly involves shooting other equally insane people in the head.
"Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas ... And, the ninjas are all on fire, too."
-Jason Jones, Bungie Studios
6:40 AM
Monday, July 26, 2004
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its a big bad world out there...
create your own "visited country map"
1:14 PM
Friday, July 23, 2004
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The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.
-Monica Baldwin
7:19 AM
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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Most people I meet these days seem to have lists of things to get through in life - learn Bengali to read Tagore in his original language; live in New York; sky dive and so on. My list isn't anywhere near as lofty, but I just did tick one off my list - wake up at 5:30am to go hit the driving range near my place! Actually reached the Golconda Golf Course shortly after 6am with some fellow nutcases from my workplace to hit a bucket of balls in random directions. Nothing is sweeter than the sound a perfect connection makes - when your club face strikes your ball just right. Particularly when that sound is as rare as it is with us :). We're aspiring to repeat our adventure tomorrow - wish us luck!
7:10 AM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
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When Dad calls out of the blue and threatens to visit the next weekend, you know your trip home is overdue :). I finally packed my bags and ended up in Lucknow for an extended weekend - my longest trip home in the last few years.
The wizards at Reliance ensure I can sit out in the garden, far away from Hyderabad, and still get online without much ado. Unfortunately, Hutch's GPRS service doesn't seem to be up here, so my PocketPC phone's having to piggy back on Reliance via my laptop, instead of being my primary means of staying connected :(.
Went cycling with my dad - down roads in the midst of lush greenery, passing through La Martiniere's, tomb's from the 1857 mutiny, an animal farm and the banks of the Gomti river. I'd be visiting more often if I'd known there was as nice a cycling track nearby! Evening out with folks, sampling some of the delicious kebabs the city has to offer. Crazy prices. Delicious food. Burp!
10:30 AM
Friday, July 16, 2004
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Some of you had asked about hosting images on blogs. For those using Blogger, here's a free service from Picasa, Google's latest acquisition.
11:11 PM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
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The Art of Living course helps make you smarter, cures cancer, brings about world peace, and is well on it's way to solving world hunger too. Ok - maybe not all of that :) But it sure is one heck of a stress buster!
The course consists of about equal portions of "gyan" and another half of breathing exercises/meditation. I found the gyan half of things mixed - parts of it were interesting (pithy wisdom, particulary in their literature!) and a lot of it was stuff your mom already tried telling you. They do interesting things to try and reduce inhibitions among participants - and similar to the church - try to build a sticky community that provides participants an ongoing support group/circle. Different strokes for different folks :)
The breathing exercises were fascinating! They weren't kidding about people developing physical reactions the first few days - fingers curling, tingling vibrations, jaw turning numb, tongue being paralysed at times (yeah, yeah, i know; pity it passes :). Very, very curious. They (unfortunately) don't recur after the first few days, but the 45 minutes of breathing exercices do induce a trance like state from which you wake up amazingly refreshed and happy with the world at large.
8:33 PM
Monday, July 05, 2004
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