tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68836316921772079692024-02-21T19:06:41.600+05:30Confessions of a Dangerous MindI doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-71739913635762880792016-08-12T02:12:00.001+05:302016-08-12T02:12:01.485+05:30Challenge Yourself ! At Random Times<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Great Post from Quora </div>
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About 6 Months ago I started doing something that changed my life, and I have continued it to this day because of the amazing effect. Every day an alarm would ring on my cell phone at a random time during the day. As soon as this alarm would ring I would look down at my cell phone and see the following:</div>
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<b>CHALLENGE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!</b></div>
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For the next hour I would try to challenge myself in whatever I was currently doing. If I was at a bar, I would go up to random people and try to start a conversation. If I was in class, I would ask more questions or try to take the best notes possible. And if I was working out, I would go for more sets and reps than I normally would do.</div>
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If you start this habit you will realize a lot of amazing things that you will keep for the rest of your life:</div>
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<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><b>You are more confident in yourself. </b>If you can beat a challenge, or attempt one, every day it makes you feel like you are actually progressing in life.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><b>“Limits” won’t hold you back anymore. </b>Limitations are often only set by ourselves or people that have never attempted to break those limits.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><b>Every day is filled with new experiences for you. </b>The most common regret people have is that they didn’t do something because they were afraid to do it. Challenging yourself means to be afraid for a bit, but afterwards you did it, and that is a thousand times better than always wondering what could have happened.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><b>Others look at you with respect and awe. </b>Go above and beyond what anyone else is willing to do and they will be filled with a mixture of jealousy, admiration, respect, anger, inspiration, awe, hate, fear, and excitement towards you. All because you are doing what they are too afraid to do and that gets them pissed off at themselves immensely.</li>
<li style="left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><b>You will feel more in control of your life. </b>If you can challenge yourself, beat old limits and drop fear from your life, you will have every reason to be in control. After all: There is nothing to contest it anymore.</li>
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When you do these challenges be sure to do it no matter what. If you wimp out as soon as the alarm rings, or you make an excuse on why you cannot challenge yourself right now, your life will not change whatsoever. Yes, it is scary. Yes, it does require you to step outside your comfort zone. But you will feel the difference at the end of every day, and the change in your life already after a week.</div>
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Try it for thirty days. The difference is astounding. I have done this for 6 months now, and I have not regretted a single day.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-18696595015396455582016-06-22T00:06:00.000+05:302016-06-22T00:11:11.368+05:30After work, is what determines your future! Spend one hour per day doing these 5 things and your life will change forever!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You finish work at 6 pm, go to bed at 12 midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Within these six hours, how do you spend them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Watching TV?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In fact, the activities you do between 6 am and 12 midnight,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">the importance of it is beyond your imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Too many people believe that,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">your career is determined by the 8 hours of hard work and effort you put at work,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and your future and career progression depend on the boss and the company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But the reality is that for most people, this thing, you are on your own…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Read on…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">“Cultivation”, it’s forever dependent by yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you found yourself not progressing in life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you cannot blame and put the responsibility on your company for not grooming you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. What you do every night is important</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My major in college was marketing, but I expect to become a designer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So I practiced day and night,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">picking up some freelance work to improve my design skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It took me a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I became a boss, I no longer need to involve myself in design work,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So I went back to the Marketing field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Every day, when my children are sleeping,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I began learning to gain more knowledge, this again took me a long time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But I begin to realise my returns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If I rely on my working hours to gain skills,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">then I will never have become a creative director and a product manager,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">or like today, teaching MBA students on Marketing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What I rely on, is myself giving myself “lessons”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And the most successful people I knew, walked the same path as I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have a friend who is a History graduate,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">but he is interested in technical sales,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In the day, he does telemarketing, at night he learns how to code,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, he became the vice president of sales in a startup company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, he’s a CTO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have another friend, he received a degree in political science.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But he’s very interested in entrepreneurship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">he learnt a lot of knowledge on how to start up a company,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">eventually, he founded a company and sold it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now he has reaped the rewards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For them, what they do between 6 pm till 12 midnight,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">is what determined their future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Clearly, we need to balance life and work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you have a wife and children, every night, you have to stay with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Even if you are single, you also need a reasonable allocation of time to go to the gym, to meet with friends, or be alone to meditate and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course, watching movies, playing games is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But there are things you do not need to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For example, watching the new season of a Netflix drama,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">14 hours per week watching television (This is the average amount of time watching television).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The time spent playing the game Candy Crush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Or spending time stalking your high school alumni on Facebook,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">it does not seem to be good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So what should you do?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My college mentor was born in Alabama,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A poor African family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He was admitted to West Point Military Academy, and he became the first person in the family to go college.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Before going to Havard for his MBA, he’s a trained officer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I met him, he has already developed his career in the city of Colorado Springs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I asked him, what’s his biggest success?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He replied, because he kept the habit of reading,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and he never stopped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He believed that if you want to get what you want in life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">knowledge is the key.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">He often asked his interviewees what book are they reading now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">the excellent ones can give an answer immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Reading can give you a good headstart,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">this is often what your peers cannot obtain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Compared to others,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you are more likely to know other industries strategies and tactics,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and that may be helpful to your company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can transfer your knowledge within the organization,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">create new possibilities for your company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Moreover, your conversation topics will become more interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Anthony Robbins said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">“If you spend one hour a day to learn about a topic,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">a year later, in this regard,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">the knowledge you gain will be more than 99.999% of the world’s people.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Even if you have 30 minutes every night,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">each week you can easily read a book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You may not be an expert, but I promise,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you’ll know more than what your peers know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can apply the knowledge learnt to real work scenario,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">this is only an ideal state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If your company did not give you this opportunity,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">create opportunities for yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can do some volunteer projects. They can bring you fame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Working with a team,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you’ll understand how things work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In the practical application of the industry,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and how it ultimately affect actual customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You’ll learn how to perform the task and meet deadlines,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and get feedbacks on what you are doing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and benefit from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When you are not strong enough, these experience may not have any value to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But you are still a novice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">these experiences are far more valuable than the miserable pay you are getting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you can really convince others of your pockets of fruits of labour,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Then go try it. But do not let these private jobs affect your work.</span></div>
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<span class="underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Actively build your connections</span></strong></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In your career path,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">a strong network of connections will make everything accelerate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you have not set up your own personal connections,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you’ll need to divide a portion of your time to do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A strong network of relationships, can enable you:</span></div>
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<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.4rem 0px 2.4rem 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">contact smart friends, and learn their opinions</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Go get to know your work colleague or boss…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you are an entrepreneur,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">your network connections will be your early customers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">your staffs are a source of capital</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">rather than go home, or going to a bar,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you should find some inner circles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There are many small groups which are highly relevant to your career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You should try to integrate into these circles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Every week, you can drink coffee together with new friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">go drinking or have breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can also look into everyone’s career developments on LinkedIn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And establish a network with mentors in those professional industries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">They may be your next job employer, who knows?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Your connections will be your most powerful asset in the workplace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Since you have time to watch “The Voice of China”,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you have time to build a social network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6 pm to 12 am, you go home, though physically and mentally tired,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you are free to do anything and do not have to take orders from others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">During this time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">you can switch off like switching off your computer at your workplace, switch off your brain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But you can also do something,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">make you smarter, stronger, have a wider network of people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">From the start tonight, take an hour a day to do these things,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">I guarantee that after a year,<span style="line-height: 3.2rem;">your career, and life will change.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-46569836421268047712014-01-16T00:26:00.002+05:302014-01-16T00:26:25.794+05:30You have to do the hard things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">You have to do the hard things.</strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></h2>
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<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to make the call you’re afraid to make.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to get up earlier than you want to get up.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to give more than get in return right away.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to care more about others than they care about you.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to fight when you are already injured, bloody, and sore.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to feel unsure and insecure when playing if safe seems smarter.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to lead when no one else is following you yet.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to invest in yourself even though no one else is.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to look like a fool while you’re looking for answers you don’t have.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to grind out the details when it’s easier to shrug them off.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to deliver results when making excuses is an option.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to search for your own explanations even when you’re told to accept the “facts.”</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to make mistakes and look like an idiot.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to try and fail and try again.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to run faster even though you’re out of breath.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to be kind to people who have been cruel to you.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to meet deadlines that are unreasonable and deliver results that are unparalleled.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to be accountable for your actions even when things go wrong.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You have to keep moving towards where you want to be no matter what’s in front of you.</span></li>
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You have to do the hard things. <span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">The things that no one else is doing. The things that scare you. The things that make you wonder how much longer you can hold on.</span></div>
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Those are the things that define you. Those are the things that make the difference between living a life of mediocrity or outrageous success.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The hard things are the easiest things to avoid. To excuse away. To pretend like they don’t apply to you.</span></div>
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The simple truth about how ordinary people accomplish outrageous feats of success is that they do the hard things that smarter, wealthier, more qualified people don’t have the courage — or desperation — to do.</div>
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<b>Do the hard things. You might be surprised at how amazing you really are.</b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-36916210007557810432013-10-20T01:30:00.003+05:302013-10-20T01:30:52.066+05:30The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One Awesome Post by <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://jamesaltucher.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">James Altucher</a> </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://twitter.com/jaltucher" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@jaltucher</a>.</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reproducing it line by line: All credits to the original author</em></div>
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Here are the rules: I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t me now. And so on.</div>
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I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.</div>
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There are other ways to reinvent yourself, so take what I say with a grain of salt. This is what worked for me.</div>
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I’ve seen it work for maybe a few hundred other people. Through interviews, through people writing me letters, through the course of the past 20 years. You can try it or not.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">A) Reinvention never stops.</strong></div>
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Every day you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">B) You start from scratch.</strong></div>
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Every label you claim you have from before is just vanity. You were a doctor? You were Ivy League? You had millions? You had a family? Nobody cares. You lost everything. You’re a zero. Don’t try to say you’re anything else.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">C) You need a mentor.</strong></div>
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Else, you’ll sink to the bottom. Someone has to show you how to move and breathe. But don’t worry about finding a mentor (see below).</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">D) Three types of mentors</strong></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Direct.</strong> Someone who is in front of you who will show you how they did it. What is “it”? Wait. By the way, mentors aren’t like that old Japanese guy in “The Karate Kid.” Ultimately most mentors will hate you.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Indirect.</strong> Books. Movies. You can outsource 90 percent of mentorship to books and other materials. 200-500 books equals one good mentor. People ask me, “What is a good book to read?” I never know the answer. There are 200-500 good books to read. I would throw in inspirational books. Whatever are your beliefs, underline them through reading every day.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Everything is a mentor.</strong> If you are a zero, and have passion for reinvention, then everything you look at will be a metaphor for what you want to do. The tree you see, with roots you don’t, with underground water that feeds it, is a metaphor for computer programming if you connect the dots. And everything you look at, you will connect the dots.</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">E) Don’t worry if you don’t have passion for anything.</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong>You have passion for your health. Start there. Take baby steps. You don’t need a passion to succeed. Do what you do with love and success is a natural symptom.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">F) Time it takes to reinvent yourself: five years.</strong></div>
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Here’s a description of the five years:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Year One: you’re flailing and reading everything and just starting to DO.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Year Two: you know who you need to talk to and network with. You’re Doing every day. You finally know what the monopoly board looks like in your new endeavors.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Year Three: you’re good enough to start making money. It might not be a living yet.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Year Four: you’re making a good living</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Year Five: you’re making wealth</li>
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Sometimes I get frustrated in years 1-4. I say, “why isn’t it happening yet?” and I punch the floor and hurt my hand and throw a coconut on the floor in a weird ritual. That’s okay. Just keep going. Or stop and pick a new field. It doesn’t matter. Eventually you’re dead and then it’s hard to reinvent yourself.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">G) If you do this faster or slower then you are doing something wrong.</strong></div>
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Google is a good example.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">H) It’s not about the money. But money is a decent measuring stick.</strong></div>
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When people say “it’s not about the money” they should make sure they have a different measuring stick.</div>
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“What about just doing what you love?” There will be many days when you don’t love what you are doing. If you are doing it just for love then it will take much much longer than five years.</div>
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Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It’s not who we are.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I) When can you say, “I do X!” where X is your new career?</strong></div>
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Today.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">J) When can I start doing X?</strong></div>
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Today. If you want to paint, then buy a canvas and paints today, start buying 500 books one at a time, and start painting. If you want to write do these three things:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Read</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Write</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;">Take your favorite author and type your favorite story of his word for word. Wonder to yourself why he wrote each word. He’s your mentor today.</li>
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If you want to start a business, start spec-ing out the idea for your business. Reinvention starts today. Every day.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">K) How do I make money?</strong></div>
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By year three you’ve put in 5,000-7,000 hours. That’s good enough to be in the top 200-300 in the world in anything. The top 200 in almost any field makes a living.</div>
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By year three you will know how to make money. By year four you will scale that up and make a living. Some people stop at year four.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">L) By year five you’re in the top 30-50 so can make wealth.</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">M) What is “it”? How do I know what I should do?</strong></div>
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Whatever area you feel like reading 500 books about. Go to the bookstore and find it. If you get bored three months later go back to the bookstore.</div>
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It’s okay to get disillusioned. That’s what failure is about. Success is better than failure but the biggest lessons are found in failure.</div>
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Very important: There’s no rush. You will reinvent yourself many times in an interesting life. You will fail to reinvent many times. That’s fun also.</div>
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Many reinventions make your life a book of stories instead of a textbook.</div>
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Some people want the story of their life to be a textbook. For better or worse, mine is a book of stories.</div>
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That’s why reinvention happens every day.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">N) The choices you make today will be in your biography tomorrow</strong>.</div>
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Make interesting choices and you will have an interesting biography.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">N1) The choices you make today will be in your biology tomorrow.</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">O) What if I like something obscure? Like biblical archaeology or 11th-century warfare?</strong></div>
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Repeat all of the steps above, and then in year five you will make wealth. We have no idea how. Don’t look to find the end of the road when you are still at the very first step.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">P) What if my family wants me to be an accountant?</strong></div>
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How many years of your life did you promise your family? Ten years? Your whole life? Then wait until the next life. The good thing is: you get to choose.</div>
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Choose freedom over family. Freedom over preconceptions. Freedom over government. Freedom over people-pleasing. Then you will be pleased.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Q) My mentor wants me to do it HIS way.</strong></div>
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That’s fine. Learn HIS way. Then do it YOUR way. With respect.</div>
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Hopefully nobody has a gun to your head. Then you have to do it their way until the gun is put down.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">R) My spouse is worried about who will support/take care of kids?</strong></div>
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Then after you work 16 hours a day, seven days a week being a janitor, use your spare time to reinvent.</div>
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Someone who is reinventing ALWAYS has spare time. Part of reinvention is collecting little bits and pieces of time and re-carving them the way you want them to be.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">S) What if my friends think I’m crazy?</strong></div>
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What friends?</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">T) What if I want to be an astronaut?</strong></div>
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That’s not a reinvention. That’s a specific job. If you like “outer space” there are many careers. Richard Branson wanted to be an astronaut and started Virgin Galactic.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">U) What if I like to go out drinking and partying?</strong></div>
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Read this post again in a year.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">V) What if I’m busy cheating on my husband or wife or betraying a partner?</strong></div>
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Read this post again in two or three years when you are broke and jobless and nobody likes you.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">W) What if I have no skills at all?</strong></div>
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Read “B” again.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">X) What if I have no degree or I have a useless degree?</strong></div>
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Read “B” again.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Y) What if I have to focus on paying down my debt and mortgage?</strong></div>
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Read “R” again.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Z) How come I always feel like I’m on the outside looking in?</strong></div>
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Albert Einstein was on the outside looking in. Nobody in the establishment would even hire him.</div>
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Everyone feels like a fraud at some point. The highest form of creativity is born out of skepticism.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">AA) I can’t read 500 books. What one book should I read for inspiration?</strong></div>
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Give up.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BB) What if I’m too sick to reinvent?</strong></div>
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Reinvention will boost every healthy chemical in your body: serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin. Keep moving forward and you might not get healthy but you will get healthier. Don’t use health as an excuse.</div>
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Finally, reinvent your health first. Sleep more hours. Eat better. Exercise. These are key steps to reinvention.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CC) What if my last partner screwed me and I’m still suing him?</strong></div>
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Stop litigating and never think about him again. Half the problem was you, not him.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DD) What if I’m going to jail?</strong></div>
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Perfect. Reread “B.” Read a lot of books in jail.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">EE) What if I’m shy?</strong></div>
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Make your weaknesses your strengths. Introverts listen better, focus better, and have ways of being more endearing.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FF) What if I can’t wait five years?</strong></div>
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If you plan on being alive in five years then you might as well start today.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">GG) How should I network?</strong></div>
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Make concentric circles. You’re at the middle.</div>
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The next circle is friends and family.</div>
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The next circle is online communities.</div>
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The circle after that is meetups and coffees.</div>
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The circle after that is conferences and thought leaders.</div>
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The circle after that is mentors.</div>
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The circle after that is customers and wealth-creators.</div>
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Start making your way through the circles.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">HH) What happens when I have ego about what I do?</strong></div>
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In 6-12 months you’ll be back at “B”</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">II) What if I’m passionate about two things? What if I can’t decide?</strong></div>
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Combine them and you’ll be the best in the world at the combination.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">JJ) What if I’m so excited I want to teach what I’m learning?</strong></div>
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Start teaching on YouTube. Start with an audience of one and see if it builds up.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KK) What if I want to make money while I sleep?</strong></div>
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In year four, start outsourcing what you do.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">LL) How do I meet mentors and thought leaders?</strong></div>
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Once you have enough knowledge (after 100-200 books), write down 10 ideas for 20 different potential mentors.</div>
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None of them will respond. Write down 10 more ideas for 20 new mentors. Repeat every week.</div>
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Put together a newsletter for everyone who doesn’t respond. Keep repeating until someone responds. Blog about your learning efforts. Build community around you being an expert.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">MM) What if I can’t come up with ideas?</strong></div>
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Then keep practicing coming up with ideas. The idea muscle atrophies. You have to build it up.</div>
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It’s hard for me to touch my toes if I haven’t been doing it every day. I have to do it every day for a while before I can easily touch my toes. Don’t expect to come up with good ideas on day one.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">NN) What else should I read?</strong></div>
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AFTER books, read websites, forums, magazines. But most of that is garbage.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">OO) What if I do everything you say but it still doesn’t seem like it’s working?</strong></div>
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It will work. Just wait. Keep reinventing every day.</div>
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Don’t try and find the end of the road. You can’t see it in the fog. But you can see the next step and you <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">do</em> know that if you take that next step eventually you get to the end of the road.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PP) What if I get depressed?</strong></div>
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Sit in silence for one hour a day. You need to get back to your core.</div>
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If you think this sounds stupid then don’t do it. Stay depressed.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">QQ) What if I don’t have time to sit in silence?</strong></div>
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Then sit in silence for two hours a day. This is not meditation. This is just sitting.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RR) What if I get scared?</strong></div>
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Sleep 8-9 hours a day and never gossip. Sleep is the No. 1 key to successful health. It’s not the only key. It’s just No. 1. Some people write to me and say, “I only need four hours of sleep” or “in my country sleeping means laziness.” Well, those people will fail and die young.</div>
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What about gossip? The brain biologically wants to have 150 friends. Then when you are with one of your friends you can gossip about any of the other 150. If you don’t have 150 friends then the brain wants to read gossip magazines until it thinks it has 150 friends.</div>
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Don’t be as stupid as your brain.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SS) What if I keep feeling like nothing ever works out for me?</strong></div>
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Spend 10 minutes a day practicing gratitude. Don’t suppress the fear. Notice the anger.</div>
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But also allow yourself to be grateful for the things you do have. Anger is never inspirational but gratitude is. Gratitude is the bridge between your world and the parallel universe where all creative ideas live.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">TT) What if I have to deal with personal bullshit all the time?</strong></div>
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Find new people to be around.</div>
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Someone who is reinventing herself will constantly find people to try and bring her down. The brain is scared of reinvention because it might not be safe.</div>
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Biologically, the brain wants you to be safe and reinvention is a risk. So it will throw people in your path who will try to stop you.</div>
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Learn how to say “no.”</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">UU) What if I’m happy at my cubicle job?</strong></div>
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Good luck.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">VV) Why should I trust you – you’ve failed so many times?</strong></div>
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Don’t trust me.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WW) Will you be my mentor?</strong></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-40058322801206152422010-11-12T23:55:00.003+05:302010-11-12T23:58:02.368+05:30Interviews: Funny Cover lettersHere are some of the amazing cover letters I've received alongwith the candidates' resume... <br /><br /> <br />Dear Recruiter:<br /><br />I fully meet or exceed all the requirements of the Business Analyst position, and<br />I am pleased to apply for it. My resume follows this letter.<br />Here are my key qualifications for the position:<br /><br />Business Analyst Experience (Strongly Preferred)<br /><br /><br /><br /> Applicant's Cover Letter:<br />I, the undersigned am writing this letter to seek an opportunity in Your company<br /><br />I understand that working for your organization requires a candidate who is team oriented and is able to deal with people in various departments. I am confident that I possess these skills, which will help me to perform the job efficiently and effectively.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My self VEERESH.D.C young dynamic completed MBA in ( HR & Marketing)with 68% ,<br />interested in any kinds of job related to HUMAN RESOURCE/Marketing .<br /><br />completed B.Sc (PCM) with 66%<br /><br />I completed some of the <span style="font-weight:bold;">typing courses</span>.<br />both<br />English/kannada 30-60 words per min.<span style="font-weight:bold;">evern more when i got grip in typing</span>.<br /><br />I am data entry operator, knows all basics of computer <span style="font-weight:bold;">from ms office to internet. </span> <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">As my resume reveals</span>, I have a Bachelors in Manufacturing Science and engineering.<br /><br /><br />Review of my credentials will confirm that I am capable of serving as the catalyst for achieving revenue objectives and organic growth through effective contributions<br /><br /><br />With the competition in the IT industry more intense than ever, it's become increasingly clear that the businesses which survive will be those who can maximize the effectiveness of their business processes, policies and information systems. That's what I'd like to do as a business analyst for your organization.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In today’s fast paced world, things change at the blink of an eye. It takes a confident, dynamic, intelligent and diligent personality to look obstacles in the eye and beat them. I am geared up for the challenges ahead. My educational background combined with my forward looking and positive approach would invariably help me in delivering consistent results</span>.<br /><br />My solid technical experience and academic backup will make me, I do firmly believe, an ideal candidate for this position. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">From my resume, i am enthusiatic the about the fine carrier of you organisation.i am optimist to find me in you organisation for the post of Business analyst.<br />i mighty be good intelligent but hard working and honest .<br /><br />i am waiting for kind information.<br />With kind regrades<br /></span><br /><br /><br />Respected Sir,<br />Your<span style="font-weight:bold;"> prophetic evaluation </span>of the candidature could find a place for the right person in your organization. Bearing the intrinsic qualities like creativity, adaptability, job commitment and communication of skill I can render the best service to your organization in carrying the mission of your company<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Amazing People :)<br />--AshutoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-33986855240223069402010-10-30T01:17:00.000+05:302010-10-30T01:18:32.000+05:30What the Luck !He worked by day<br /><br />And toiled by night.<br /><br />He gave up play<br /><br />And some delight.<br /><br />Dry books he read,<br /><br />New things to learn.<br /><br />And forged ahead,<br /><br />Success to earn.<br /><br />He plodded on with<br /><br />Faith and pluck;<br /><br />And when he won,<br /><br />Men called it luck.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-59057121437729751592010-10-04T15:54:00.007+05:302010-10-04T17:18:49.851+05:30The story and the myth..A Story? A Myth? A Reality?<br /><br />Story 1:<br /><br />Long ago there existed a vigilante, a crime fighter named Batman in the Gotham City. He had a place called the BatCave which was his liar. He fought crime, helped people, lodged criminals behind bars and made the city happy. He also had a superhuman friend 'Superman' whose abilities included flight, superstrength, x-ray vision and heat rays. Both of them lived on this earth hundreds of year back.<br /><br />How do we know this? From the books (comics) of Batman & Superman written few years back. Is there any other proof that they existed? No, but faith of millions can't be wrong, and they must have existed. Do the stories look convincing? Yes they do. Deoes everyone believe in this? No, but some of the people(DC comics followers) on this earth do.<br /><br />Current Situation:<br /><br />There is another group of people who believe only in Spiderman (Marvel comics followers), and they believe he is the only superhero who existed on this planet. Do they have any proof (except comic book)? No. Any evidence? No. They've built his memorial in the Gotham city. Now DC followers and Marvel followers fight for the ownership of this, with Marvel followers saying this is a Memorial dedicated to their beloved Spiderman, and DC followers saying this is the birthplace of Batman, and they hold the ownership of this site<br /><br /><br />Find this story idiotic? Foolish? People believing in the characters of some comic book story which has no material evidence? Find it hard to believe how some people can believe in just a story so much that they fight over the characters? Now read this story:<br /><br />Story 2:<br /><br />Long ago there existed aa avatar of God, a demon fighter named Rama in the Ayodhya City. He had a place called the Ayodhya which was his liar. He fought demons, helped people, lodged miscreants behind bars and made the city happy. He also had a superhuman friend 'Hanuman' whose abilities included flight and superstrength. Both of them lived on this earth thousands of year back.<br /><br />How do we know this? From the books of Rama & Hanuman (Ramayana) written few thousands years back. Is there any other proof that they existed? No, but faith of millions can't be wrong, and they must have existed. Do the stories look convincing? Yes they do. Deoes everyone believe in this? No, but some of the people(Hindus) on this earth do.<br /><br />Current Situation:<br /><br />There is another group of people who believe only in Allah (Islam followers), and they believe he is the only God who existed on this planet. Do they have any proof (except their holy book)? No. Any evidence? No. They've built his mosque in the Ayodhya city. Now Hindus and Muslims fight for the ownership of this, with Muslims saying this is a Memorial dedicated to their beloved Allah, and Hindus saying this is the birthplace of Rama, and they hold the ownership of this site<br /><br /><br /><br />Some people will find the first story utterly foolish, and the second story reality (based on the faith of millions). But as you notice, the only difference in both the stories is that one was written some 40-50 years back, and the other one some 1000 years back. But most of the people would laugh at the first story calling it as a figment of imagination, and hail the second one and true to the core. They will reject the characters of Batman, Superman, and Spiderman as 'imaginary' characters, but will believe in Rama, Hanuman and Allah so much so that they'll worship them daily and owe their existence to them.<br /><br />What an irony!!<br /><br />--AshutoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-45547066530629972342010-07-20T15:16:00.000+05:302010-07-20T15:17:05.644+05:30Job SatisfactionNothing good ever came of job satisfaction<br /><br />Satisfaction is the warm, beery glow<br />that reassures you, 'all's well with the world'<br /><br />It is the velvety welcome of a deep<br />soft couch, and a 32" TV.<br /><br />It soothes, lulls and makes do<br />with words like perks and pak hikes<br /><br />It always seeks the incremental, never the exponential<br /><br />Satisfaction goes, "Hush, hush",<br />when ambition raises its voice<br /><br />It hates hunger. It dulls your edge.<br /><br />It holds you back.<br /><br />Satisfaction is the nemesis of the entrepreneur,<br /><br />who knows this satisfaction<br /><br />never really buit anythingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-53734168735045826252010-02-10T17:00:00.001+05:302010-02-10T17:00:32.056+05:30<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S3KY2Di6G5I/AAAAAAAACPo/AeIq7ZD0JJg/s1600-h/Photo0037-732057.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S3KY2Di6G5I/AAAAAAAACPo/AeIq7ZD0JJg/s320/Photo0037-732057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436575754621688722" /></a></p>Testing blogging from mobileUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-52636916137445513172010-01-16T21:26:00.026+05:302010-01-16T22:28:29.546+05:30Ladakh Trip..It has been 6 months since I visited Ladakh where I decided to write this blog so that I could revisit it to refresh the memories of my best ever trip. Anyways, better late then never, so here it goes...<br /><br /><br /><br />THE TRIP<br />When I went to Triund (Mcleodganj), I was not sure whether this trip would happen or not. While returning, I was sleeping in the train when all of a sudden, I decided to make a trip to Ladakh.<br /><br />The preparations started – woollens packed, maps printed, itinerary researched, flights booked, and so on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hm9Lzj-HI/AAAAAAAACH4/D2OoIrWdyiE/s1600-h/DSC00666.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hm9Lzj-HI/AAAAAAAACH4/D2OoIrWdyiE/s320/DSC00666.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427372964773623922" /></a><br /><br /> The day was 8th July, when we started our journey from the Kashmere Gate ISBT. <br /><br /><br />DAY 1 & 2: DELHI - MANALI<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HnmdN--JI/AAAAAAAACIA/RW2BBgIZFNs/s1600-h/DSC00695.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HnmdN--JI/AAAAAAAACIA/RW2BBgIZFNs/s320/DSC00695.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427373673822484626" /></a><br /><br /><br />We were going to Manali from Delhi, which was an arduous 16 hrs of journey and that too pinned down on a seat in a bus. Our ass got numbed, but we reached Manali at around 12:30 PM in the noon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HnxaBj-BI/AAAAAAAACII/SNTUVeOdhfU/s1600-h/DSC01199.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HnxaBj-BI/AAAAAAAACII/SNTUVeOdhfU/s320/DSC01199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427373861943638034" /></a><br /><br />The hotel was the same one where we stayed when we went to Manali in January, and the room was also the same. What a coincidence! Actually it was no big deal since the hotel didn’t have too many guests.<br /><br />We had decided to rest completely in Manali, and actually we needed that rest. After the ass-numbing journey we had to prepare ourselves for what lay ahead – 2 days of hill travel, and that too on one of the most uncomfortable road in the world, and not to forget the most inhospitable conditions.<br /><br />DAY 3 : MANALI - SARCHU<br />The journey started next morning – infact the REAL journey started. We left Manali at around 6 AM, had our breakfast on the way and reached Rohtang La (‘La’ means a mountain pass, and it’ll be used in this a number of times).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HoHngqYpI/AAAAAAAACIY/CcofTTAiAuM/s1600-h/DSC01273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HoHngqYpI/AAAAAAAACIY/CcofTTAiAuM/s320/DSC01273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427374243520864914" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rohtang la wasn’t that picturesque and amazing as we had imagined it to be, as it hadn’t snowed there. We had another round of breakfast there and took out our woollens as it was cold. We were at 12,500 ft above sea level.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hoemba6mI/AAAAAAAACIg/D_o4bBM4QEY/s1600-h/DSC01286.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hoemba6mI/AAAAAAAACIg/D_o4bBM4QEY/s320/DSC01286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427374638367435362" /></a><br /><br /><br />From Rohtang, the roads started showing their true colours. The road actually vanished, and it was replaced by a dusty road. Anyways we had expected that, and we were mentally prepared for this, so didn’t have much problem. What we were afraid of was the infamous Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), that happens over 10,000 ft and causes nausea, vomiting and headaches. We were actually waiting for it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HotTJW9tI/AAAAAAAACIo/9odgmTzjT_M/s1600-h/DSC01315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HotTJW9tI/AAAAAAAACIo/9odgmTzjT_M/s320/DSC01315.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427374890889443026" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpAYFZB4I/AAAAAAAACIw/gk7YxLTGCnY/s1600-h/DSC01329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpAYFZB4I/AAAAAAAACIw/gk7YxLTGCnY/s320/DSC01329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427375218632492930" /></a><br /><br /><br />But the surroundings !! They were amazing. The best landscapes I had ever seen in my life (I didn’t have any idea that the best was yet to come :) ) I kept on clicking photographs after photographs, and the landscaped continued to be better and better.<br />We crossed a number of passes that day, including Baralacha la (14,500 ft, most beautiful of them all) and Lachulung La (10,500 ft).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpLWdHbTI/AAAAAAAACI4/yMD7XDqZlbs/s1600-h/DSC01330.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpLWdHbTI/AAAAAAAACI4/yMD7XDqZlbs/s320/DSC01330.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427375407173692722" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpeEFCCOI/AAAAAAAACJA/lrK1fj8E7Vg/s1600-h/DSC01334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HpeEFCCOI/AAAAAAAACJA/lrK1fj8E7Vg/s320/DSC01334.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427375728658352354" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hpyho8QbI/AAAAAAAACJI/fphQ6-ezF04/s1600-h/DSC01294.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hpyho8QbI/AAAAAAAACJI/fphQ6-ezF04/s320/DSC01294.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427376080190980530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqJUVdAcI/AAAAAAAACJQ/V5GdYKD-Hfo/s1600-h/DSC01379.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqJUVdAcI/AAAAAAAACJQ/V5GdYKD-Hfo/s320/DSC01379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427376471756571074" /></a><br /><br /> The roads were sometimes cut through ice (not snow), streams were flowing on the road which could be crossed by a good 4 wheel drive only (a sardaarji tried to cross it by his WagonR, and had to be rescued by the truck drivers). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqTNYf3vI/AAAAAAAACJY/fgtboswNcfk/s1600-h/DSC01377.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqTNYf3vI/AAAAAAAACJY/fgtboswNcfk/s320/DSC01377.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427376641688985330" /></a><br /><br /><br />We reached Sarchu at around 7 PM. Sarchu is Midway between Manali and Leh, and is a point where people stop for their night stay. The panoramic view of the mountains was amazing at Sarchu. We booked one the tents, freshened up and relaxed. We saw a cricket bat and a ball, and started playing cricket. Trust me, at 14,000 ft you shouldn’t exert too much, which we actually did, resulting in some huffs and puffs, and had to rest to bring our breath under control.<br /><br />DAY 4: SARCHU – LEH<br /><br />The following morning we started from Sarchu and travelled across the majestic Himalayas. We passed through passes like Tanglang-la (2nd highest pass in the world), Lachulung-la and many more. We reached Ladakh in the evening<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hqdm9cZpI/AAAAAAAACJg/LTHGrCvybrU/s1600-h/DSC01390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hqdm9cZpI/AAAAAAAACJg/LTHGrCvybrU/s320/DSC01390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427376820353525394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqoCVSE0I/AAAAAAAACJo/A26M3H1iYn4/s1600-h/DSC01382.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HqoCVSE0I/AAAAAAAACJo/A26M3H1iYn4/s320/DSC01382.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427376999499961154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hqy1td3iI/AAAAAAAACJw/P21BqqwyRhI/s1600-h/DSC01421.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hqy1td3iI/AAAAAAAACJw/P21BqqwyRhI/s320/DSC01421.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377185090297378" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hq7rG7aoI/AAAAAAAACJ4/0QDoIvvVzLA/s1600-h/DSC01422.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hq7rG7aoI/AAAAAAAACJ4/0QDoIvvVzLA/s320/DSC01422.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377336863124098" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrFZcQnaI/AAAAAAAACKA/InheIdDk7tk/s1600-h/DSC01438.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrFZcQnaI/AAAAAAAACKA/InheIdDk7tk/s320/DSC01438.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377503919447458" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Since the blog is becoming long so from her I’ll be writing main attractions with photographs</span><br /><br />Leh: roaming around the city, trying to explore the stuff and getting acclimatized<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrPgX0GrI/AAAAAAAACKI/40_aVYRKclo/s1600-h/DSC01491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrPgX0GrI/AAAAAAAACKI/40_aVYRKclo/s320/DSC01491.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377677578541746" /></a><br /><br />Panagong Tso (panagong lake): Trip by Tata Safari. Went through Chang-la and reached the most beautiful and the biggest lake in the country (143 kms long, max 6 kms wide, 1/3rd in India and 2/3rd in China)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hra3gHBdI/AAAAAAAACKQ/HOPy6TMZH3k/s1600-h/DSC01503.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hra3gHBdI/AAAAAAAACKQ/HOPy6TMZH3k/s320/DSC01503.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377872765912530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrrI9kq7I/AAAAAAAACKY/Y1JoR6pX8sM/s1600-h/DSC01519.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HrrI9kq7I/AAAAAAAACKY/Y1JoR6pX8sM/s320/DSC01519.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378152330800050" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hr0X6PMmI/AAAAAAAACKg/l_rPhrFM_qE/s1600-h/DSC01560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hr0X6PMmI/AAAAAAAACKg/l_rPhrFM_qE/s320/DSC01560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378310962164322" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hr-NLTVnI/AAAAAAAACKo/vRnKCosw_sc/s1600-h/DSC01586.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hr-NLTVnI/AAAAAAAACKo/vRnKCosw_sc/s320/DSC01586.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378479879640690" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsH1aawVI/AAAAAAAACKw/UDbhhJ4ABQg/s1600-h/DSC01596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsH1aawVI/AAAAAAAACKw/UDbhhJ4ABQg/s320/DSC01596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378645299282258" /></a><br /><br />Khardungla Trek: We hired two Bullet Thunderbirds and started the best part of our journey. The road through Khardungla pass to the Nubra Valley (Siachen Glacier Base camp) is the highest motorable road in the World at 18,380 feet. It was snowing heavily an was very difficult to drive due to the ice on the road and due to the fact that we were wet throughout. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsS7QA72I/AAAAAAAACK4/GKJFzYUACXk/s1600-h/DSC01623.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsS7QA72I/AAAAAAAACK4/GKJFzYUACXk/s320/DSC01623.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378835844820834" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsbJVdakI/AAAAAAAACLA/JhWdAb1YxE8/s1600-h/DSC01629.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HsbJVdakI/AAAAAAAACLA/JhWdAb1YxE8/s320/DSC01629.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427378977064708674" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HslXtlObI/AAAAAAAACLI/yawjTp9Qh00/s1600-h/DSCN0443.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HslXtlObI/AAAAAAAACLI/yawjTp9Qh00/s320/DSCN0443.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427379152722672050" /></a><br /><br /><br />We stayed in a place called Dikshit. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hszp8U-YI/AAAAAAAACLQ/3F8Tr_b5YZ0/s1600-h/DSC01681.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hszp8U-YI/AAAAAAAACLQ/3F8Tr_b5YZ0/s320/DSC01681.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427379398134528386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hs9XEiAGI/AAAAAAAACLY/cJxq9ocw4Ps/s1600-h/DSC01685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hs9XEiAGI/AAAAAAAACLY/cJxq9ocw4Ps/s320/DSC01685.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427379564867354722" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />There was a rock-show organised by the Tibetens in the night.<br /><br /><br />Next day, we visited Hunder, the place with the Sand Dunes and two humped camels. <br />Visited Panamik for the hot springs but is was just a trickle of Sulfur-water, just enough to wash our hands.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtOOSZ4II/AAAAAAAACLg/EN_slQ7kQM4/s1600-h/DSC01700.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtOOSZ4II/AAAAAAAACLg/EN_slQ7kQM4/s320/DSC01700.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427379854567399554" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtZl-P2pI/AAAAAAAACLo/c5sL6E0Mwu8/s1600-h/DSCN0527.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtZl-P2pI/AAAAAAAACLo/c5sL6E0Mwu8/s320/DSCN0527.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427380049903868562" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />While returning captured some beautiful moments in the camera<br />The owner of the hotel was most polite and humble in serving us. We had dinner in his nice kitchen in Ladakhi style. We talked a lot to him about Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, state of Ladakh, atrocities by army, life in the winters, terrorism etc. It was nice to know about these things from a person who is actually living there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtnPuuNQI/AAAAAAAACLw/Rzdd0m4n_B8/s1600-h/DSC01768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtnPuuNQI/AAAAAAAACLw/Rzdd0m4n_B8/s320/DSC01768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427380284451337474" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtxPlCYRI/AAAAAAAACL4/lb5Z5SilsvE/s1600-h/DSC01788.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HtxPlCYRI/AAAAAAAACL4/lb5Z5SilsvE/s320/DSC01788.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427380456209408274" /></a><br /><br />Went on the Leh-Kargil road. The view was amazing. The place where Indus and Zanskar river meet is breathtaking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Ht97rVP0I/AAAAAAAACMA/YaQ1o0yD0Fc/s1600-h/DSC01806.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Ht97rVP0I/AAAAAAAACMA/YaQ1o0yD0Fc/s320/DSC01806.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427380674205400898" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Observed the phenomenon of Magnetic hill. It was an Illusion but a good one. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuNkBLk-I/AAAAAAAACMI/6qN4GVWQmzE/s1600-h/DSC01832.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuNkBLk-I/AAAAAAAACMI/6qN4GVWQmzE/s320/DSC01832.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427380942732497890" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuXPdhzBI/AAAAAAAACMQ/fEkvKxglZgg/s1600-h/DSC01817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuXPdhzBI/AAAAAAAACMQ/fEkvKxglZgg/s320/DSC01817.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427381109012941842" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuxHNf9MI/AAAAAAAACMY/c_QMrqwoYKw/s1600-h/DSC01842.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HuxHNf9MI/AAAAAAAACMY/c_QMrqwoYKw/s320/DSC01842.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427381553474827458" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ladakh was beautiful from the Sky. These are the pictures from my flight.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hu93HU2lI/AAAAAAAACMg/83jJTUZl6C4/s1600-h/DSC01864.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1Hu93HU2lI/AAAAAAAACMg/83jJTUZl6C4/s320/DSC01864.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427381772492266066" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HvYrcqlfI/AAAAAAAACMo/3lM3M0BZCZw/s1600-h/DSC01866.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HvYrcqlfI/AAAAAAAACMo/3lM3M0BZCZw/s320/DSC01866.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427382233217013234" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HvmlIo5JI/AAAAAAAACMw/aonSHTmhERc/s1600-h/DSC01887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/S1HvmlIo5JI/AAAAAAAACMw/aonSHTmhERc/s320/DSC01887.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427382472040572050" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I feel really sad not to be able to add all the photos. Each one of them is amazing. They are stored at http://picasaweb.google.com/ashu.iitkgp/LadakhTrip#<br /><br />In short, an AMAZING trip. I'll definitely go back to Ladakh.<br /><br /><br />--AshutoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-43152731490489480242009-09-27T03:58:00.001+05:302009-09-27T04:00:01.831+05:30Would you kill millions to save billions?Could the ‘Absolute Morality’ be defined? Could someone someday provide an answer for how to judge whether something is moral or immoral, something is right or wrong? Something which would be acceptable to all?<br /><br />“If you have to kill millions to save billions, would you do that?”<br /><br />Watched the movie “The Watchmen” sometimes back. It is an amazing movie with some thought provoking dialogues and characters. At the climax of the movie, the hero/villain (its for you to decide) wanted to save a definite nuclear war between Russia and USA, which would have killed billions all over the world. He masters a plan for a nuclear-like explosion in New York which would appear to have been caused by one of the Superheroes endorsed by USA. This would divert the attention away from nuclear war. He did exactly this, killing millions in New York and as a result of which, USA and Russia became friends and the nuclear war was prevented. He claimed that by killing millions he saved billions. Some of the superheroes agreed with him and called him a hero, but others disagreed with him and called him a villain.<br /><br />A similar thing happened in Sri Lanka very recently. LTTE had killed thousands of civilians in Sri Lanka over the last 20 years, and would have continued to do so had the government not launched an all-out offensive against them. The government was determined to defeat them, no matter what price they would have to pay. The LTTE used Tamil civilians as shield, and they were caught in the crossfire. Despite appeals from all over the world to stop fighting so that innocent civilians don’t die, the government attacked LTTE from all sides, not caring about the civilian deaths which ran into hundreds of thousands. In the end, the LTTE was eliminated once and for all, but over 25,000 civilians died and 300,000 moved to relief camps.<br />Again, this is a question as raised in the movie ‘Watchmen’. Was this the right decision? Was it moral or immoral? Did the Sri Lankan government kill thousands to save millions?<br /><br />25,000 innocent civilians lost their lives, but LTTE has been eliminated and won’t kill civilians anymore. Had they not been eliminated, they might have killed another 30,000, or maybe a million more innocent civilians. They could have grown and could have been like Taliban. They could have been the Masters of Terror. They had already killed around 50,000 civilians in Sri Lanka in the last 20 years. The death of these 25,000 civilians is a price that has to be paid to prevent the worst.<br /><br />On the other hand, there could have been another solution. The Tamils have been marginalised and discriminated in Sri Lanka, which gave rise to LTTE problem. The root cause of the problem should have been addressed, rather than being over aggressive. The 25,000 people that died were all Tamils, and this could give rise to a hatred filled society, with Tamils blaming the Sinhalese for their plight. The government could have talked to LTTE, and with international pressure and some compromise from both sides, this could have been averted. Sri Lanka could have given more autonomy to Tamils, and in return LTTE could have laid down their arms.<br /><br />Both the scenarios have a lot of “could have”. Nobody knows what ‘would have’ happened if these ‘could haves’ had become reality. It’s not something which is in black and white. I’m unable to say if the Sri Lankan government did the right thing or the wrong thing. What do you say?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--AshutoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-16538304673242839442009-05-31T11:10:00.002+05:302016-03-18T09:32:38.556+05:30Who am I: 5 years later<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
around 5 years back...when I started my blog one of the first post was the "Personality Test" from this site. I doubt the correctness of such tests and believe that just by answering a few question nobody can make out who you are. Anyway, I took the same test today, after around 5 years, and the results have actually changed !!<br />
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Test in 2016 : 7 years gap<br />
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Advanced Global Personality Test Results<br />
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<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/stability.html" target="_blank">Stability</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">46%</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/orderliness.html" target="_blank">Orderliness</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">74%</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/accommodation.html" target="_blank">Accommodation</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">58%</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/interdependence.html" target="_blank">Interdependence</a></td> <td width="61">||||||</td> <td width="30">30%</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/intellectual.html" target="_blank">Intellectual</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">66%</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/materialism.html" target="_blank">Materialism</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">83%</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/narcissism.html" target="_blank">Narcissism</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">43%</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/humanitarian.html" target="_blank">Humanitarian</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">83%</td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><a href="http://similarminds.com/types/needtodominate.html" target="_blank">Need to dominate</a></td> <td width="61">||||||||||||||||</td> <td width="30">70%</td> </tr>
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Extraversion |||||| 30%<br />
Stability |||||||||||||||| 63%<br />
Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 80%<br />
Accommodation |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Interdependence |||||| 23%<br />
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 83%<br />
Mystical |||||| 30%<br />
Artistic |||||||||| 36%<br />
Religious || 10%<br />
Hedonism |||||| 30%<br />
Materialism |||||||||||||||||||| 90%<br />
Narcissism |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||| 76%<br />
Work ethic |||||||||||| 50%<br />
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 63%<br />
Conflict seeking |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Need to dominate |||||||||||| 50%<br />
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Romantic |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 63%<br />
Anti-authority |||||||||||| 43%<br />
Wealth |||||||||||| 43%<br />
Dependency |||||| 30%<br />
Change averse |||||| 30%<br />
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||| 70%<br />
Individuality |||||||||||||||||| 76%<br />
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 70%<br />
Peter pan complex |||||| 23%<br />
Physical security |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Physical Fitness |||||| 24%<br />
Histrionic |||||||||||| 50%<br />
Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56%<br />
Vanity |||||||||||||||| 63%<br />
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 5<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-75578976672930318462009-05-30T14:17:00.002+05:302009-05-30T20:19:35.208+05:30Google Wave ... Another masterpiece from the GODS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://code.google.com/apis/wave/images/wavelogo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 256px;" src="http://code.google.com/apis/wave/images/wavelogo.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://radar.oreilly.com/upload/2009/05/Google_Wave_snapshots_inbox.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 350px;" src="http://radar.oreilly.com/upload/2009/05/Google_Wave_snapshots_inbox.png" border="0" alt="" /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v_UyVmITiYQ&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v_UyVmITiYQ&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-16382002408264199962009-05-26T01:14:00.000+05:302009-05-26T01:32:16.752+05:30The great IPL final..Well it was the IPL finals on Sunday...though I wasn't very exited about it and didn't support any team in particular, I was going to watch it as I had nothing else to do on a Sunday. There were two options before me - either watch the game on TV in the comfort of my home, or go to a sports bar/normal bar with someone. I chose the second option.<br /><br />There is a good sports bar in Gurgaon - 'Howzzat'. I wanted to watch a match there, so when Nishant Mathur proposed to see the IPL final there, I was game. NM drove all the way from Noida to Gurgaon in about 1 hour to watch the game at Howzzat, and I joined him. However, when we reached there, it was packed to the capacity and we were not allowed to enter. I think if we had a girl with us, they would have allowed us inside, but we were not that fortunate. The match had already started with 2 overs gone.<br /><br />Then I decided to go to our old bar 'Below 8' in the cybercity. I wanted to go there as I had watched T20 world cup final there, and it was really a great experience (and they offered free Vodka shots with every wicket:). We raced our bike to cybercity, parked it (for Rs 20/hour ! even parking is expensive in Gurgaon). We went there only to find my great 'Below 8' closed. What the hell! A bar closed on Sunday on the day of IPL final! Anyway, We couldn't do anything. We tried another restaurant near that but it wasn't showing matches.<br /><br />Then we decided to go to Ambience Mall, the biggest in Gurgaon. There had to be atleast one place which was showing the match. we again raced our bikes to Ambience Mall. After some searching, we found a bar 'Beer Island' which was showing the match. We thought it was full, but luckily we got the seats. Finally we could see the match after 13 overs were bowled.<br /><br />But..But ..<br /><br />The place was good, the beer was amazing (brewed there itself), but there was no commentary. The music was also good, but it was way too loud and we couldn't even talk! we had some pork sausages and beer till the 1st innings were over. The music acually kept getting louder by all this time.<br /><br />Finally, we decided that commentary was important, and there is no fun in watching cricket wthout commentary. Also, the closing ceremony was much hyped, and we wanted to see that 'with sound'. So, we decided to go back home.<br /><br />Finally when we reached home, there were 6 overs to be bowled in second innings. We were happy that we would be able to watch the climax of the game and the closing ceremony 'with sound'.<br /><br />The match was great, but the closing ceremony was pathetic. First of all, it was too long and surprisingly before the presentation ! What the hell was Lalit Modi thinking. Everyone got so bored that I think a lot of people went to sleeb before the presentation. Finally after 1 hour of bullshit, the trophy (design.. yuk! )was presented to Deccan Chargers.<br /><br /><br /><br />We saw only 15 overs of the game out of 40 :( <br /><br /><br />-Ashutosh<br />26th March, 01:40 AMUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-83852840637053121382009-05-25T17:25:00.001+05:302009-05-26T01:34:59.884+05:30No work at office..My new job at Dunnhumby is different than the one in marketRx. Here you are given a lot of responsibilities and lots of work; but it is better than marketRx because you have the complete ownership and responsibility of your project. Indiavidual projects also mean the guys in UK know when you are free and the again load you with ptojects. Bt the best part is, that they know we have to leave for home at 7, and they respect that (unlike in marketRx, where you are 'expected' to stay back and work after 7:30 PM.<br /><br />But we also have few days in dunnhumby when there isn't much work. today is one such day as I have completed my work and UK office is on leave. Also, my ipod is at home, and I don't have the fun group that I had in marketRx(the best part of marketRx). I am getting bored at office, because I have nothing to do.<br /><br />It's strange. Because when I had a lot of work I wished for a day off; but when I have it I'm getting bored. Am I becoming a workoholic (my worst nightmare)? Or is it just due to the quiet dunnhumby office? <br /><br />I did absolutely nothing today. Came at 10:20, did some work till 11:00, wasted time till 12:30, played foosball, went to Siddhartha's treat, came back with heavy stomach and sleepy eyes (which again makes it difficult to work), foosball again, surfing the net, and then this blog. I was searching the net for some trekking expeditions where I can go and enjoy. It's been a long time since I took any leave, and I am definitely going to take one in july/aur for around 10 days; and before that I have to find a destination where I can go ! Well the main problem is findng people to go with you (or go alone, as I did the Triund Trek). I badly need a trekking partner with whom I can go anywhere I want.<br /><br />I have made some plans for the trips this year and next year. I'll be utlizing all my leaves for the trips. I'm planning to go to Leh/Ladakh in Aug (though this trip doesn't seem to be happening), Thailand in sept end-october, and then Goa in december (new year) Hopefully I'll get people for these trips. I'm also planning to go to Everest base camp next year in summers. Let's see how many of these I'll be able to do.<br /><br />These trips have to be done as they say "There is no surety in life... you can get married anytime..so fulfill all your wishes before that"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-87530262227506299092009-05-17T00:52:00.000+05:302009-05-26T01:36:09.353+05:30Trekking to TriundI should have posted it long back....when I actually made the trip... anyways...better late then never...<br /><br /><br />Well I decided to go on a trek to some place as an extended weekend was coming. There was no other place I knew where i could go and come back within 3 days, than Dharamshala. I decided to go alone, even if nobody else comes, but Vikas Dhawan decided to come along. Due to certain reasons, we decided to go separately and do the trek alone, and meet up on top of the mountains.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8f2M5sozI/AAAAAAAAAr0/Zezex-c2pq4/s1600-h/DSC00037.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8f2M5sozI/AAAAAAAAAr0/Zezex-c2pq4/s320/DSC00037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336519099493950258" /></a>We prepared for the trip as if we were going to Mt. Everest (though one day I'll definitely go there, atleast to the base camp). We purchased sleeping bags, juices, chocolates, biscuits, Gatorade, and a lot of other stuff which made my bag heavier than usual, and as a result I had to leave some stuff behind. My backpack was full.<br /><br />I started at 6:30 PM on Friday from Delhi. To my luck, a pretty girl was sitting with me in the bus, and because of that I had a good time throughout the journey, and it didn't feel long. The girl was very talkative and fond of food, and she described some of the paranthas and other delicacies in such a way that increased my hunger and I ate a lot for dinner (I had decided to skip dinner coz I was going to start trekking in the morning itself, and there was no toilet).<br /><br />I reached Macleodganj at 7:00 AM. It was chilling there. I was in a T-shirt only and had to take out my jacket. I had a cup of tea and started climbing immediately.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8lHwgmRhI/AAAAAAAAAr8/DWtr6w3t_Zg/s1600-h/DSC00026.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8lHwgmRhI/AAAAAAAAAr8/DWtr6w3t_Zg/s320/DSC00026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524898668267026" /></a>I was one of the first few travelers that morning. The weather was amazing, and it had snowed heavily just a day back. I met some of the DCE guys on the way, but as I was carrying a bag, they sped ahead of me very soon. Anyways, I continued at my own pace.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8lZ-6JcwI/AAAAAAAAAsE/JmMPpJgyLcI/s1600-h/DSC00050.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8lZ-6JcwI/AAAAAAAAAsE/JmMPpJgyLcI/s320/DSC00050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525211771171586" /></a>The trek was good foo the first few kilometers. The total length was around 10 kms, 6-7 kms of it was easy and 3-4 km was tough. And when you have a backpack with you, the difficulty level triples. There were few tea shops on the way which provided refreshments, but my stomach was still heavy with the last night dinner, thanks to the girl in the bus. Anyway, I maintained a decent speed and actually I was little bit proud of my fitness that I was able to do it inspite of the backpack etc.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8l4QovEtI/AAAAAAAAAsM/xxkKf-NC4PU/s1600-h/DSC00068.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8l4QovEtI/AAAAAAAAAsM/xxkKf-NC4PU/s320/DSC00068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525731926053586" /></a>The trek started becoming difficult after 3 hrs climb. I could see where I was going but it was very steep and I was very tired. Some of my fellow trekkers cheered me up and motivated me. The trek was narrow, and it became more dangerous when it become fully snow covered. One slip and you go down the valley. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8mQrJvElI/AAAAAAAAAsU/lIB3B8mBHxA/s1600-h/DSC00082.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8mQrJvElI/AAAAAAAAAsU/lIB3B8mBHxA/s320/DSC00082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336526151360647762" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8mcgX-viI/AAAAAAAAAsc/e3esHUyRgQA/s1600-h/DSC00095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8mcgX-viI/AAAAAAAAAsc/e3esHUyRgQA/s320/DSC00095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336526354626035234" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally after 4 and half hours of trekking, I reached to the top. oh my God ! What a view !! It was the best mountain view I had ever seen. Mountains are almost same, but the viewpoint was so amazing! And everything around me was covered in snow. Perfect !<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8nHV5vIAI/AAAAAAAAAsk/ThYI5E8bbGM/s1600-h/DSC00101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8nHV5vIAI/AAAAAAAAAsk/ThYI5E8bbGM/s320/DSC00101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336527090549202946" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8nZLdmW7I/AAAAAAAAAss/DxaEU1s3io4/s1600-h/DSC00107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8nZLdmW7I/AAAAAAAAAss/DxaEU1s3io4/s320/DSC00107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336527396984478642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I met a German there and we became friends. The chaiwala with his finnish wife was nice, and his wife was too cool. DhawansaaB also joined me in the evening. I, DhawansaaB and Karen talked a lot in the evening. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8n3Q9YM1I/AAAAAAAAAs0/EPKncnvJ-18/s1600-h/DSC00112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8n3Q9YM1I/AAAAAAAAAs0/EPKncnvJ-18/s320/DSC00112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336527913856021330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8oLpKJmxI/AAAAAAAAAs8/pOpzaLdIKL8/s1600-h/DSC00131.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/Sg8oLpKJmxI/AAAAAAAAAs8/pOpzaLdIKL8/s320/DSC00131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336528263949425426" /></a><br />We decided to sleep overnight in the tents. It was really a bold decision as it was f***ing cold, snow was everywhere, and nobody else was sleeping in the open like us. Just for the sake of experience, and because we had our sleeping bags with us, we decided to give it a shot. I proved to be disastrous in the night, when at around 2 AM both of us woke up because of cold. Clearly, the sleeping bags were not enough for the cold, and we couldn't do anything. Somehow we stayed awake till 4 AM when sleep overpowered our mind and body.<br /><br />The morning was pleasant, and we decided to step down and visit Mcleodganj also. It took almost the same time to descend, which was really surprising for me. Me reached Mcleod at around 3:00 Pm, and roamed here and there. We decided to hit atleast 10 coffee shops in the evening. In the night, there was really a scarcity of rooms, and we were really lucky to get one otherwise we were going to sleep on the roadside, ofcourse with our sleeping bags.<br /><br />Next morning we left for Amritsar as our train was from there, and we reaced there just in time to go to the Golden Temple also. We were dead tired but actually didn't feel much (thou my legs pained for rest of the week).<br /><br />Overall it was really a nice and amazing experience. It really demands the best of you, and you have to be physically and mentally fit to undertake such an adventure. Triund is just the beginning. This year I am going on some more trekking as and when I get the time. <br /><br />Next target : Ladakh.<br /><br /><br />--AshutoshUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-31592389790813796512009-02-09T01:33:00.001+05:302009-02-09T01:35:16.586+05:30No Matter WhatThis is a song from 'Boyzone'. A song which I think closely fits into my iconoclastic philosophy of life. <br /><br />The song goes like this :<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />No matter what they tell us<br />No matter what they do<br />No matter what they teach us<br />What we believe is true</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />I don't believe in things blindly. I look for logic, and if there isn't any, I never believe it. Same goes for our society-destroying superstitions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">No matter what they call us<br />However they attack<br />No matter where they take us<br />We'll find our own way back</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I don't care what others think about me. According to me, whatever you do, there'll always be some people who support you, and there'll always be some people who oppose you. If you give importance to all the opinions, you will never succeed in your life. If you believe in what you are doing, just go for it !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I can't deny what I believe<br />I can't be what I'm not<br />I know our love forever<br />I know, no matter what</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I know what I want to do, and I do what I want. Even if people say that you should do something or you should be something because it has been the tradition and is being done from ages, I don't give a damn.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">If only tears were laughter<br />If only night was day<br />If only prayers were answered<br />Then we would hear God say</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I don't talk to God to help me out, but I carve my own way out. I don't need to go to temples to seek blessings from God, because I look to my inside to get motivation. I don't need any support from God, because my willpower supports me. And that's the reason I don't believe in God. I'm my own God</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />No matter what they tell you<br />No matter what they do<br />No matter what they teach you<br />What we believe is true<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I do not follow rules / traditions just because they have been there since ages. They were made when I was not there, so why should I follow them? I'll make my own rules, as the situation demands.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">And I will keep you safe and strong<br />And shelter from the storm<br />No matter where it's barren<br />A dream is being born<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I believe in myself, and that gives me the courage to face difficult situations. It helps me to solve whatever challenges I face, whatever difficulty may arise. I dream big, and will do my best to achieve it, No Matter What !</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">No matter who they follow<br />No matter where they lead<br />No matter how they judge us<br />I'll be everyone you need</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I AM WHAT I AM.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-42001496596790445302009-02-09T01:32:00.001+05:302009-02-09T01:32:54.321+05:30The Class is over.....<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again<br /><br />Originally posted on April 20, 2007, After my last class at IIT Kharagpur<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br />The day is finally here. The day for which we all have been waiting since we started our academic life at IIT, and some of us have been waiting for this day since schooldays! The day when studies finally come to an end.<br /><br />Going for a class has always been a difficult thing for me. I am one of those 'satanic' guys (at least the profs think so ) who believe that classes are absolutely unnecessary in the quest for knowledge. Getting up at 7:30 AM after sleeping at 3:30 AM for a class in which you have no interest and listening to a professor whom you hate ( and he hates you too) is the most difficult task still performed by IITians for the fear of deregistration. It was fine in 1st year when the class had 250-300 students, but in a small department like mine, 'proxy' and 'bunking' is next to impossible.<br /><br /><br />But when I look down at these 5 years of my life in my department, its an amazing assortment of fun, acads, games, innovative thinking, friendship and whatnot.<br /><br />Things I liked the most...<br /><br />My friends in the department, the B.tecs and the Duals, without whom I could not have managed to survive in the department. I can't even imagine how life would be in the department without them.<br /><br />The Centrally Air Conditioned department, it was one hell of comfort in classes and labs (One thing which in good in our department, and even that 'sucks', literally)<br /><br />No matter how bad you perform in Grand Viva/Lab viva/Project Eval, you will get minimum grade of B (in some cases C, but they are rare)<br /><br /><br />Things I'll miss the most...<br /><br />My friends, and all the fun we had in these 5 years. It was really AMAZING<br /><br />Dilip ka Kaatna, Mall & Nishant ki Maarna<br /><br />The fun we had in all the Labs, without doing or learning anything<br /><br />The Coffee-shop discussions over coffee, cold drinks, cigg, and snacks<br /><br />The never-ending Bakhchodi spree, non-stop, and our only means of survival during these 5 years<br /><br /><br />Things I'll always remember...<br /><br />The masti we did in classes & labs<br /><br />How we 'cheated' in the exams, and the ultimate copying algorithm between me and Dilip. No matter how the conditions are, we can copy from each other :)<br /><br />The 'NAM' (Non Apping Movement), the 'DNA' (Dilip, Nishant, Ashutosh), and the NAM awards<br /><br />Anish Kumar's crucial lessons at the eleventh hour to save us from the wrath of exam<br /><br />My Guide, and how 'well' I did my project work, and how happy he was with my 'work'<br /><br />Bunking the lab after just 1 hour, and going to coffee shop as soon as it opened at 2:30 PM<br /><br />Never studying for a class test, and still scoring 'above-average' marks, obviously by mutual cooperation<br /><br />The never-ending list of nicknames, specially between me, Dilip and Nishant<br /><br />Taking a particular "magazine" in the classroom and reading it in between the lectures<br /><br />AKD's class, when I raised my hand in response to a question without having any idea about it.<br /><br />The "Doc" who came to our class in our 5th year courses<br /><br /><br /><br />Things I didn't like...<br /><br />Attitude of the Professors in the Department ( Sadistic and aimed only at harassing the students)<br /><br />The type of education we were getting. It was just mugging 2-3 kgs of notes before the exams. No Brains involved, only memorizing.<br /><br />The agonizing lectures of the profs, and not giving the slides/notes for some crappy reasons of their own<br /><br />Over-emphasis on attendance without caring about how much the student is learning<br /><br /><br /><br />Things I would like to forget...<br /><br />The summers of my fourth year, when we had to stay in Kgp for the whole summers<br /><br />My close brush with getting dereg in a subjectUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-33032762779580045902009-02-09T01:30:00.001+05:302009-02-09T01:31:46.362+05:30The power of POWER<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again<br /><br />Originally posted on April 8 2007<br /></span><br /><br />Here is a poem from my schooldays. This is probably the only hindi poem I remember and because of its strong meaning, this is my favourite poem. The poem is "Shakti aur Kshama" by Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'. The poem is a great lesson in diplomacy and human relations. Forgiveness of a weakling does not count. First have the power and capability to defeat the enemy, then only your offer of peace would carry weight. Virtues of forgiveness, kindness and tolerance are appreciated in society only if you first have the capacity to crush.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SY86E2vzHxI/AAAAAAAAApU/YNASl1YwPgk/s1600-h/shakti_aur_kshma.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SY86E2vzHxI/AAAAAAAAApU/YNASl1YwPgk/s320/shakti_aur_kshma.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300519141528248082" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-12664827266899274742009-02-09T01:28:00.000+05:302009-02-09T01:29:00.656+05:30Alvida......<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again<br /><br />Originally posted on April 7 2007<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Around 5 years back, some 600-odd people came to IIT Kharagpur to became engineers (atleast that's what they thought then). They were teenagers, most of them 17-19 years old, who had just passed out of school and made their way through IIT-JEE by their hardwork and intelligence. They were starry-eyed, enthusiastic, and somewhat scared about the life that they were going to face.<br /><br />The years passed on, one by one, and these very talented group of people were totally transformed from boys to men. They were no more scared, but confident to take on the world all by themselves. They achieved a lot during these 5 years, and learned a lot. They completely transformed their personality, and improved the skills they had. They came to IIT as intelligent guys, and became intelligent thinkers. Their dreams were small, but now they dream big, and can do anything to achieve their dreams. They were just the 'maggu' junta from school who did nothing but study, but now they have become the 'Jack of all Trades'. They came to IIT Kharagpur alone, but they made so many good friends here that they will never be alone in their entire life. They used to look to others to help them out, but now they make their own rules and take their own decisions. They have got what they wanted and what they deserved, and they are and will be successful in whatever they do.<br /><br />They came to IIT Kharagpur to be engineers, and 5 years later, they became the IITians.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-67255469196192349292009-02-09T01:22:00.000+05:302009-02-09T01:26:32.267+05:30Global Warming.... and making money out of it<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again<br /><br />Originally posted on March 26, 2007</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The era of Procastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In this place we are entering a Period of consequences.</span><br /><br /><br />These words were said by Sir Winston Churchill way back in 1936. He must have said them about something else but they are perfectly true in today's world where Global warming is the biggest threat for the existence of mankind (of course there was no global warming in 1936). I came across these words in the Oscar winning documentary " An Inconvenient Truth" by former US Vice President Al Gore.<br /><br />'An Inconvenient Truth ' highlights the consequences of Global Warming due to uncontrolled CO2 emission worldwide, and how little is being done to stop it. According to the scientific datas and predictions, in another fifty years, it will be very very difficult to live on earth as all the resources will dry up and the climate will go crazy. If this continues, polar ice will melt, ocean levels will rise by 20 feet, and there will be draughts, cyclones, temperature rise and ultimate human misery.<br /><br />But if everyone knows it, and it can be stopped, why isn't it being stopped? If we know the cause so well, why don't we set it right? Here comes the big question : Economy vs Environment. Nothing comes for free. To reduce the carbon emission, the developed countries will have to spend billions of dollars which, they say, will ruin their economy. But as Al Gore says in his documentary, "What will you do with all the gold if you don't have the earth?". Developed countries like USA and Australia which contribute to more than one-third of greenhouse gases have refused to sign the Kyoto protocol citng the same reason. For them, the simple answer to the 'Environment vs Economy' question is 'Economy'. Almost all other countries on earth have signed it, and they are trying hard to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.<br /><br />But everything is not easy for these companies. People all over the world are protesting against them, and they had to do something for it. Then came the concept of Carbon Trading. This Carbon Trading allows you to actually make money out of pollution. The funda is simple. The governments of these countries set a maximum limit for pollution. If the company pollutes the environment more than this limit, they will have to purchase 'Carbon Credits' as a fine equivalent to the excess pollution they have created. If a company's pollution level is below the maximum limit, it can sell 'Carbon Credits' equivalent to the difference and the company which pumps excess pollution can buy them.<br /><br />The promoters of this 'Carbon Trading' justifies it saying that if a company is polluting in excess of the maximum limit, it is being compensated by the company selling the carbon credits as it is generating less pollution. When average emission of the two companies is taken, it will be equal to the maximum limit. Thus emission is controlled. Also, companies which can reduce their emission levels will be encouraged to do more, as they can sell the 'carbon credits'. So Simple. Isn't it?<br /><br />But it is not as simple as it looks. There are many flaws in this cabon trading. Governments have been accused of selling 'carbon credits' to companies at 'dirt-cheap' price to protect their interests. The big companies sometimes threaten small companies to sell their carbon credits cheaply, off the record. Also, there are bound to be environmental problems near more-polluting entities as now they won't care about reducing it, they will just purchase carbon credits, and whoa ! their pollution comes under control, officially. The rich companies like oil companies will make no efforts to reduce the pollution emitted by them, but will simply purchase carbon credits, as they have all the money in the world. But all this is like beating someone and then giving him some dollars for his treatment. No doubt this will reduce pollutin to some extent, but it will be like one part of the world free of pollution and selling carbon credits, and other part of the world heavily polluted, but buying carbon credits. Take the average, and pollution is under control.<br /><br />The idea was actually good, but the implemantation flawed. Instead of trading, companies must be made to pay heavy fines if they do not reduce their emission levels, and not just fine, they must be stopped if they do not do it. Some extra tax can be levied on companies polluting the environment, and tax exemption should be given to those who have their emission under control. Also, other causes must be addressed, like replacement of Petrol and Diesel by Ethanol and Biodiesel respectively, and intelligent usage of electrical appliances. I hope one day these people who put 'Economy' ahead of 'Environment' will wake up and Earth will be a better place to live in, otherwise be prepared for the worst.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Depending on what is going on in this world, the map of the world will have to be redrawn" - An Inconvenient Truth</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-26809671262642280792009-02-09T01:21:00.000+05:302009-02-17T03:47:31.444+05:30A tale of two cricket matches....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SZnl8SqSuXI/AAAAAAAAApc/5czhSlqDgOs/s1600-h/eden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SZnl8SqSuXI/AAAAAAAAApc/5czhSlqDgOs/s320/eden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303522860169607538" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again<br /><br /><br />originally posted on March 13, 2007<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cricket is the supreme religion in india.... everybody loves it..and I am no exception. I was fortunate to see the last two cricket matches at the Eden Gardens (though not as fortunate in the second match, when it rained).<br /><br />The Eden Gardens, aptly named after the abode of Adam and Eve (and satan), is undoubtedly the best cricket ground in India. It looks like there is a lush green carpet that would get dirty if you put even one foot on it. And it becames amazingly awe-inspiring when the floodlights are switched on in a day-night match. If you happen to live in this part of India, I would strongly recommend you to see a match there.<br /><br />NOVEMBER 2005 : Day-Night ODI between India and South Africa<br />It was during the end of our semester exams, when we got a chance to see a cricket match in the Eden Gardens. We got a day off in between our exams and I, andy, nishant and dilip grabbed the chance(and tickets) to see the match. The journey to Calcutta itself was very 'adventurous'. It started with a train accident ahead of our train, then boarding a bus full to thrice its capacity to the highway, then a taxi to another station, then again a bus to Howrah. However, we managed to reach there just in time for the first ball to be bowled.<br /><br />It was a stunning site when we entered the ground. The lush green grass, and Indians and South Africans in their coloured dresses.... aswsome sight. The match was a disaster from the indian point of view as India lost badly, but since it was my first time, I enjoyed it a lot. Every run, every boundary, every wicket was worth watching on this beautiful ground.<br /><br />Apart from cricket, there was another interesting thing in the match. It was just after the Chappell-Ganguly spat. Ganguly was NOT in the team for that series, and the match was on the home ground of Ganguly. About 20% of the stadium was empty (which normally doesn't happen) just because Ganguly wasn't there. And the crowd was cursing Chappell like anything. They were cursing Dravid, Sachin and the whole of Indian Cricket for throwing Ganguly out. They had absolutely no respect for players like Dravid and Sachin, who are like the Gods of cricket. And to my surprise, when India lost the match, I saw a lot of people CELEBRATING that India had lost as Ganguly was not in the team. What a Shame! Atleast they could've shown some respect for the national cricket team. Ganguly is the Hero of Bengal, but if he is not performing, heroism doesn't matter and he or any other player has to go out. And I think Chappell did the right thing by showing these people 'the middle finger'.<br /><br />FEBRUARY 2007 : Day-Night ODI between India and Sri Lanka<br /><br />This was our second chance to see the match at the Eden Gardens, between India and Sri Lanka, and we managed the tickets for it. There were chances of rain, but even the we decided to go.<br /><br />The journey to the Eden was smooth (unlike the last time), and we reached there 1 hour before the play. The look of the ground was really as amazing as it was for the first time. The Indian and Sri Lankan Cricket teams were warming up, and fortunately our seats were near Indian team. That was the chance when we got to see the 'Gods' of cricket really close. Dhoni, Sachin, Ganguly, Sehwag, Zaheer, Irfan.... they were all there. The match ran for 18 overs before it rained forcing the play to be suspended, which was later cancelled due to excessive rains. It was really very very disappointing.<br /><br />Unlike the first match, Ganguly was IN the team, and the stadium was packed to its capacity (100 % officially), and it was only and only because 'Dada' had made the 'mother of all comebacks', and the crowd was dying to see their Hero perform. During the warm-up session, Ganguly was near the boundary, and the crowd went crazy every time he caught a ball, or took a catch, or hit the stumps (it was just practice). They did not give a damn to any other player, but it was Ganguly, Ganguly..and Ganguly. I think they had every right to support their hero. And when it was announced that the match was cancelled, the crowd went crazy again. But unlike last time, it was a funny sight. They were cursing everyone... right from BCCI to the clouds, rain gods, Sharad Pawar (head of BCCI), Prasoon Mukherjee (head of Cricket Association of Bengal) and the groundsmen for not drying the ground in time. After all, they had been deprived of the performance by 'Dada'.<br /><br /><br /><br />Overall, it was really a very nice experience in both the matches. Though I did not see India win any of them, I definitely enjoyed the beauty of the Eden Gardens. And for me, the best moment I had in both the matches was when I saw my hero 'Sachin Tendulkar' near the boudary at an arm's distance. It was a moment I will always cherish in my life. After all, Sachin is to me is what Dada is to bengalis.<br /><br /><br /><br />p.s : I have nothing against Ganguly or Bengalis, but I really hated 'some' people of that weird mentality in the first match. After all, Cricket is the supreme religion in India.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-15564098081487665052009-02-09T01:11:00.001+05:302009-02-09T01:15:58.133+05:30I Remember....<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SY817_C4DAI/AAAAAAAAApM/um-Bsh6L61o/s1600-h/iit-kharagpur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G4zvwn_FA9w/SY817_C4DAI/AAAAAAAAApM/um-Bsh6L61o/s320/iit-kharagpur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300514591090412546" /></a><br /><br />I remember....<br /><br />Those days when I studied at night<br />With one aim, with IIT in sight<br />I decided not to go down without a fight<br />And at the end of the tunnel, there WAS light<br /><br />I remember....<br /><br />The results came, and I got selected<br />Counselling time, and I got what I expected<br />IIT Kharagpur, a place so perfected<br />Came to IIT KGP, and got connected<br /><br />I remember...<br /><br />1st year, my stay at HJB hall<br />New place and new friends, one and all<br />Classes, lab, mess & weather taking a toll<br />Inspite of everything, I stood tall<br /><br />I remember...<br /><br />2nd year, a new hall, and a new life begun<br />RP, more friends, helpful seniors, and everything under the sun<br />Op, freshers, treats, and masti, all came one by one<br />And somewhere I forgot to study in all this fun<br /><br />I remember....<br /><br />3rd year, became a senior, and moved to a new wing<br />Had a new bonding with friends, it was like a new spring<br />AOE, tennis, volley and comp, I was feeling like a king<br />Didn't miss my home at all, thanks to the whole new thing<br /><br />I remember....<br /><br />4th year, thinking about career, and the aspirations did soar<br />Took life more seriously, with all those discussions, and suggestions began to pour<br />Explored new avenues, did new things, and thought a bit more<br />And there were friends, treats, CS and more fun to the core<br /><br />I remember...<br /><br />5th year, the super final year, everything was perfectly fine<br />Time for action, for showing what you are, to rise and shine<br />Acads, CAT preparation, placements and finally a job was mine<br />Got everything I came for, and I was on cloud nine<br /><br />These 5 years at KGP have been the best years of my lfe<br />Transformed me into a new man, it was such a long stride<br />Got lifelong friends, had fun, learned a lot, what a great ride<br />IIT Kharagpur, you gave me what I wanted, and filled me with a new prideUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-34813896054739683112009-02-09T01:10:00.001+05:302009-02-09T01:16:34.264+05:30God and the World of Computers<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again</span><br /><br />Saw this on a site....too good...<br /><br />For those not into the Biographies behind UNIX and Perl and such:<br />First there was God. He was quite lonely, so he created Dennis.<br />Dennis was unimpressed with God.<br />So, . . . God created Brian.<br />But Brian got bored with God.<br /><br />So Brian and Dennis started playing, and they created C. God saw C, and sawthat it was good. So he decided to let Brian and Dennis play some more.<br /><br />Then Brian and Dennis created UNIX. God saw UNIX, and he was jealous. Sohe created Bill to torment Brian and Dennis and obscure their creation(for God could not destroy UNIX, for he secretly admired its perfection).<br /><br />So Bill created Microsoft. And Microsoft created Windows. And God saw that it was bad, but it had market share, so he was happy. Then Bill got cocky, and his ego got bigger than God's. So to knock Bill down a couple of pegs, God put into effect, a wondrous plan.<br /><br />First, God created Tim. And Tim created the World Wide Web (using UNIX, of course). This was good, but not THAT good. So God created Marc. Marc created Mosaic (using UNIX, of course). Mosaic created a huge feeding frenzy that has gotten a lot of people who are reading this their jobs.<br /><br />But that's a different story. Mosaic was good, and God saw it was good, so he allowed Marc to start Netscape. (Back to this later.)<br /><br />But all this time Brian and Dennis started to make something better than UNIX called Plan 9 (because God was successful in foiling Brian and Dennis' previous seven plans [there was no Plan 8 because Brian and Dennis pulled the wool over God's eyes and just jumped to Plan 9, which was too bright a move for even God to figure out.] )<br /><br />Eventually, God figured out how to create Larry.<br /><br />No one knows how or why he created Larry, except perhaps to reduce productivity at the Jet Propulsion Labs at NASA. [Rumors are that God created Larry because he secretly liked what Dennis and Brian had done with C, but didn't think C and UNIX were enough--this probably isn't true, because God believed he had destroyed Brian and Dennis' plans by destroying Plans 1-7, and by creating Microsoft to slay their beloved UNIX.<br /><br />Anyhow, Larry created Perl (using UNIX and C, of course), and God saw it was good, so he made Randal. Larry and Randal wrote books about Perl. And everyone saw that this was good, except snobs who were too much into C, Windows, and Intel. (It so happens that Randal was so cool he figured out a way to break into UNIX at Intel, and Intel sued him for it--but that's another story, also. Chances are, Randal would not have been able to break into *Plan 9* at Intel, but Intel isn't cool enough to be running Plan 9)<br /><br />Anyhow, back to Randal. . . . So Randal and Larry wrote books, but they had to be nice because of the people they worked for. So then came Tom.But back to Tom later.<br /><br />Anyhow, God saw Netscape (made using UNIX and C, of course), and he saw it was good, and that annoyed Bill quite a bit. And that made Him very happy, and made Marc very rich. But Bill was very very rich. But that's a *completely* different story.<br /><br />But as good as Larry's creation--Perl--was, it couldn't do everything,<br /><br />so God created Scott. Scott announced Java, and this was big news. Now Java really pissed Bill off, because Bill also created Blackbird, and Java killed Blackbird. This was bad because killing Blackbird also meant killing the Microsoft Network. And many rejoiced over that; but that, too is another story.<br /><br />Now Java obviously had done much to annoy Bill. For Java was so good that Bill had to license Java. All this time, Scott poked lots of fun at Bill because Sun, which was where Scott worked, made a better OS, derived--of course--from UNIX, which was better than Bill's and Microsoft's Windows.<br /><br />Anyhow, even God's creations--Steve and Steve--who created Apple, couldn't make Bill license the much superior MacOS. But, finally, Bill had to license Java. So justice was served, and Bill's ego was served him on a platter for him to eat his words. Or something. That part is unclear.<br /><br />So by this time, Windows and Microsoft and Bill, in general, really<br />sucked. Especially considering the advantages that Brian and Dennis' C and UNIX, running Marc's Netscape and Mosaic over Tim's World Wide Web, doing cool CGI stuff with Larry's Perl, which you learned from Randal and Tom, and got to program with Scott's Java . . .<br /><br />And God realized he had put Bill down too far. So then God made it so that Marc's Netscape and Mosaic could run on Windows. We already know that Bill had to license Java from Scott. We know that Bill missed the boat for not beating Tim to the punch on the World Wide Web. The last straw was for God to make it possible for Larry's Perl to run on Bill's Windows.<br /><br />So back to Tom. Tom was a Perl god. And God didn't like this, but Tom's a god so there isn't much God could do, so He couldn't stop Tom from saying things like "install an operating system on your poor lonely computer the way God and Dennis intended," and "Espousing the eponymous /cgi-bin/perl.exe?FMH.pl execution model is like reading a suicide note--three days too late."<br /><br />The moral to the story? God is fickle. That's why Microsoft and Bill and Windows exists. Do what God intended, install C, UNIX, Mosaic/Netscape, Java, and Perl on your system, and make Brian, Dennis, Larry, Tim, Tom, Randal, Scott, and even Steve and Steve, I'm sure, happy by doing so.<br /><br />Oh, yeah, Linus was cool, too. He's the guy you thank for being able to run all the cool stuff on your crappy little Pee Cee. (anything with x86 on it, by default, is crappy--no PERSONAL flames intended).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883631692177207969.post-20437726396680363542009-02-09T01:09:00.000+05:302009-02-09T01:16:54.588+05:30The meaning of Dharma<span style="font-style:italic;">This is from my earlier blog which I deleted...posting it again</span><br /><br />धर्मः मतिभय उद्घ्र्तह: (Dharmah matibhya udgritah ) - means Dharma is what originates from the logical mind. These words were said by Bheesma Pitamah in Mahabharata and recently the underlying theme of the movie Eklavya where I heard these words and realized how true is the meaning of these words in the present context of Indian society and the religious traditions.<br /><br />Dharma does not mean only religion, as most people think and perceive, but Dharma means life's purpose, the righteous path one must follow throughout his/her life. The founders of different religions laid down certain rules to be followed by their followers so that they follow the right path. The basic aim of all the religions is the same, to do the right things in life. Anyway, I'm not going into those details but rather what they have become in the present times. The rules have evolved, modified, and changed to some extent during the past thousand years and now they are perceived in a totally different manner.<br /><br />The foundation of the religion was laid by certain noble men who were saints or sages of the ancient times. They wrote the Vedas , the BhagwatGita, the Quran, the Bible and other holy books which are really a great source of knowledge and wisdom. However, due to the domainace of priests and pundits in the society, the religions have been modified by them for their own selfish needs. The traditions based on total superstitions have been created to fool the general people who follow them in their daily life without any doubt or question as they have been told to follow them by the so-called protectors of religion, the pundits, the priests and the maulvies. The very existence of these people depends on the people who follow the tradions blindly as they get paid to perform the rituals and the traditions. This is their only source of income and the only way they can still dominate the society by instilling fear in people's mind that they will burn in hell if they do not follow them. And the people oblige, as these are being done since centuries. No one even dares to think whether these are right or wrong, or are these totally necessary. But still they would follow, because everyone is doing the same.<br /><br />If you apply a little bit of logic and thinking, you will realise that these are totally unnecessary. Who ultimately gets benefitted frome them? Only and only the pundits. Noone else. Imagine if everyone stops doing them, who will be affected the most? Only these priests and pundits. That's the reason they tell people to follow them otherwise 'gods' will become angry, and something bad will happen. And as no one wants to attract the wrath of these 'gods', they follow what the religion says.<br /><br />This is not what is written in the religion. Take for example Hinduism. There are so many good books, the Vedas and the BhagwatGita, which are the ultimate source of knowledge and wisdom. But how many people have ever read them? Not even 1%. How many people actually know the meaning and teachings of Bhagwat Gita? Not even 1%. These great books teach so much, but people do not read them, because they have been told to follow other rituals and superstitions that have been created by the pundits. Does anyone remember Swami Vivekanada, the greatest Swami hinduism has ever produced? No one.The pundits will not earn anything or dominate the society if people start reading the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, or reading the Vedas, but they will earn only and only when people start following the traditions that they have created for their own good.<br /><br />The words धर्मः मतिभय उद्घ्र्तह: (Dharmah matibhya udgritah ), although have somewhat different meaning, but are correct in this context also. Do what your mind says, and do not blindly follow what has been going on since ages. It's time to apply your own mind to whatever you follow. My heart pains when I see even my friends, the IITians, who are said to be most intelligent people in India, follow these superstitions. I have seen that they won't clean the room on thursdays, will not trim hair on saturday, will take fast on some days of the week, will go to the temple before exams (as if they will get better marks by doing it), will not purchase anything made of iron on saturday and so on. Even in the families, including mine, I have seen such things happening. These things are totally illogical, but everyone will do them, as they are being done since ages.<br /><br />Why should people follow the rules made by someone else? Can't they think on their own and do what they think is right? Do they have to necessary follow what everyone is doing? Don't they have their own will, and believe in themselves rather than 'god'? Sadly, most people will not, as they fear something 'bad' will happen if they do these things and stop following the superstitions, as they have been told by their religion's Gurus. For them, Dharma is not what originates from the logical mind, but it is something which has been going on and will go on. I hope the situation changes and it is changing, but too slow and too little.<br /><br /><br />p.s. : Some people might think this post is offensive to their religion, but I don't give a damn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4