You can't have your cake and eat it too …
Aug. 4th | Posted by saurabhj
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If you really think about it, India is in a pretty mixed up place – economy wise … We’re nowhere near a capitalist economy – nor are we entirely communist either … We are somewhere in between … I am talking about this because of late, there have been incidents in my life – caused [...]
The getting to places on time thing …
May. 13th | Posted by saurabhj
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I am generally a pretty punctual guy (though results may vary sometimes) I do get to places within a couple of minutes of the scheduled time – and then spend 30 minutes waiting for other people to show up … All this waiting experience, has given me qualities of a saint and one thing I [...]
Being emotional versus being logical …
Jan. 1st | Posted by saurabhj
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I’ve wondered about this a lot lately … Human beings are logical creatures (when they are in the right frame of mind) … Very, very logical creatures … And I feel (out of a lot of personal experiences), that any problem can be solved and worked out by being completely logical about it, thinking in [...]
Umm … How bout a few billions?
Dec. 24th | Posted by saurabhj
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This post comes as a result of some musing after watching the movie – Notting Hill recently. Apart from being an extremely well made, highly entertaining romantic comedy which I thoroughly enjoyed – an incident from the movie struck me … If you have seen the film, it’s at the dinner (William’s (Hugh Grant’s) sister’s [...]
Does cheering actually help?
Nov. 18th | Posted by saurabhj
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We’re having a table tennis tourney going on in the company with lots of people participating in both the singles and doubles matches. This is directly proportional to the reduction in the amount of work done by the people – those who are participating and those who come to watch the matches and cheer their [...]
That moment of giving up …
Oct. 19th | Posted by saurabhj
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I was watching the Australia, West Indies match tonight in which West Indies actually pulled a surprise when it beat Australia. I was favouring Australia to win till the last minutes of the match, when the wicket of Clarke fell and I knew then, that the Aussies had given up on the match. It’s a [...]
The difference between understanding and thinking that you do …
Oct. 4th | Posted by saurabhj
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This is one more of those grey area posts – where I am myself not so certain about anything – and in the end it turns out to be – just some sort of general loud musing actually … The story begins with my brother (with no prior computer programming experience whatsoever) turning up to [...]
The acid test …
Sep. 22nd | Posted by saurabhj
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If you have seen the movie “Finding Nemo”, there is a scene in the aquarium (at the dentists) in which the aquarium fish put Nemo through a test of courage – at the great Volcano (or something) before they induct him into their group … Maybe what I am talking about here is not exactly [...]
Two donkeys …
Sep. 14th | Posted by saurabhj
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I received this story via email recently and would like to share my musings on it … Please excuse the english, because it has been a percolating forward …. Anyways, here goes A good story for all of us to follow in our careers and social life………… very true Once upon a time a Washerman [...]
Choice, the problem is choice …
Aug. 22nd | Posted by saurabhj
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If you are wondering where you have heard the above statement before, it is from the movie “Matrix Reloaded”. The movie, apart from being a huge treat for the eyes with the brilliant special effects, action sequences and acting, delved deeply into yet another very intriguing subject – that of choice. I have tried many [...]
