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 [...]
Gandhigiri actually works!
Apr. 18th | Posted by saurabhj
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Before I actually start this post, I must disclaim that I am not very fond of the word “Gandhigiri” – but it has come so much into the everyday parlance, that I cannot find any other alternative. I wouldn’t be surprised if the word finds itself in the Oxford dictionary pretty soon. For those unfamiliar [...]
Awesome upsets …
Mar. 18th | Posted by saurabhj
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I woke up today, to the news that India lost to Bangladesh in their Cricket World Cup opening match by 5 wickets. For those who do not follow cricket very much, or don’t see the magnitude of the situation, here is a brief comparison. Bangladesh is a small country to the north east of India [...]
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 [...]
Observing people …
Nov. 3rd | Posted by saurabhj
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Its 2:30 am in the morning and I have gotten back (a while ago) from a friend from work’s surprise birthday party. It was lots of fun and I for one, had a good time. Anyways, I realised something about myself and people in general today. Most of the party, (actually for all part of [...]
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 [...]
