ATM Cards can't buy all good things in life.. and today was one of those days!
The Day I did not have even 8 Rs in My Pocket to buy a BHUTTA from the roadside.. July 11, 2010 ... not even in d dashboard of my car.. not a single 10 Rs Note.. I searched everywhere.. how embarassing!!!!! I got to be careful.. and keep my mind in place.. n money too :) ATM cards certainly don't work for all Good Things in Life.. I surely realize.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Fools Rush In.. Where Angels fear to tread..
Being a cynic & a critic, I was always fascinated with this phrase.. and it was part of a romantic song by Bryan Adams as well, one of my favorite songs infact. Whenever I would see people blindly running in a rat race, doing things because everybody else was doing those and making foolish mistakes I would just go back to this phrase and wondered at times how this originated.. Here's the Story (And I have attached the link, for more inquisitive minds):
Meaning : The rash or inexperienced will attempt things that wiser people are more cautious of.
Origin
'Fool' is now a more derogatory insult than it was when this proverb was coined, in the early 18th century. At that time a fool wasn't a simpleton, lacking in intelligence, simply someone who had behaved foolishly.
Fools rush in'Fools rush in...' has a precise derivation, in that it is a quotation from the English poet Alexander Pope's An essay on criticism, 1709(Quoting only the relevant para):
...." No Place so Sacred from such Fops is barr'd,
Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Church-yard:
Nay, fly to Altars; there they'll talk you dead;
For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread."
The 'fools' that Pope targetted there were the literary critics of the day.
The line has been taken up by a string of notable writers since:
- Thomas Hardy, in The Woodlanders, 1887:
"He felt shy of entering Grace's presence as her reconstituted lover - before definite information as to her future state was forthcoming; it seemed too nearly like the act of those who rush in where angels fear to tread."
Meaning : The rash or inexperienced will attempt things that wiser people are more cautious of.
Origin
'Fool' is now a more derogatory insult than it was when this proverb was coined, in the early 18th century. At that time a fool wasn't a simpleton, lacking in intelligence, simply someone who had behaved foolishly.
Fools rush in'Fools rush in...' has a precise derivation, in that it is a quotation from the English poet Alexander Pope's An essay on criticism, 1709(Quoting only the relevant para):
...." No Place so Sacred from such Fops is barr'd,
Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Church-yard:
Nay, fly to Altars; there they'll talk you dead;
For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread."
The 'fools' that Pope targetted there were the literary critics of the day.
The line has been taken up by a string of notable writers since:
- Thomas Hardy, in The Woodlanders, 1887:
"He felt shy of entering Grace's presence as her reconstituted lover - before definite information as to her future state was forthcoming; it seemed too nearly like the act of those who rush in where angels fear to tread."
Stupid Specie of Humans 'Indians' :) .. Mindless Blabbering
Stupid Specie of Humans 'Indians' :) .. Mindless Blabbering.
When a sane friend of mine requested to take off the blasphemous comments on Indian Masses (Well there are no Classes, whatever exists on this part of earth is a rotten specie of humans.. all of them just MASSES), I thought of transferring them here:
1. They.. They won't pay taxes.. but Drive their fat cars on pot-holes.. and for the damaged axels and damaged everything else pay to the Garage owner MORE than what they would have paid to the Govt.!!! Pay Taxes Folks.. and drive on good roads ;-)
2. They.. they won't pay taxes and let the local govt. build good Educational Infrastructure and Great Universities and Colleges.. but They.. they will send their kids to far off places to study.. and spend 10 times more for a similar education nearby.. if only they had paid the Taxes! Indians.. Stupid Indians!!! :) .. The Masses are to be blamed.. not the Govt.!!
3. They.. they have made a mess of a b'ful land-mass called India. The Humans.. the specie called INDIANS. :)
When a sane friend of mine requested to take off the blasphemous comments on Indian Masses (Well there are no Classes, whatever exists on this part of earth is a rotten specie of humans.. all of them just MASSES), I thought of transferring them here:
1. They.. They won't pay taxes.. but Drive their fat cars on pot-holes.. and for the damaged axels and damaged everything else pay to the Garage owner MORE than what they would have paid to the Govt.!!! Pay Taxes Folks.. and drive on good roads ;-)
2. They.. they won't pay taxes and let the local govt. build good Educational Infrastructure and Great Universities and Colleges.. but They.. they will send their kids to far off places to study.. and spend 10 times more for a similar education nearby.. if only they had paid the Taxes! Indians.. Stupid Indians!!! :) .. The Masses are to be blamed.. not the Govt.!!
3. They.. they have made a mess of a b'ful land-mass called India. The Humans.. the specie called INDIANS. :)
Random Rambling of the Bumbling mind..
Just thought of Archiving the random FB status that I wrote but couldn't update, as it was too big:
Years of efforts, piles of books, equations, numbers, theories.. and then life.. the People.. the work.. years of struggle.. Numb Humans, dumb humans, Intelligent ones, Wasted ones, Egoistic ones, Jealous, Over Zealous, Ambitious, Ambiguous, confused.., few loving and understanding.. and those occasional Humble ones!!!... few good friends.. and their good wishes, the wishes that mean a world.. and then that occasional success.. that piecemeal success.. but that little success is so sweet.. it should be sweet.. it has to be!!!!... I yearn for it, i'll earn it always.. and I'll find it sweet always..!!!
Years of efforts, piles of books, equations, numbers, theories.. and then life.. the People.. the work.. years of struggle.. Numb Humans, dumb humans, Intelligent ones, Wasted ones, Egoistic ones, Jealous, Over Zealous, Ambitious, Ambiguous, confused.., few loving and understanding.. and those occasional Humble ones!!!... few good friends.. and their good wishes, the wishes that mean a world.. and then that occasional success.. that piecemeal success.. but that little success is so sweet.. it should be sweet.. it has to be!!!!... I yearn for it, i'll earn it always.. and I'll find it sweet always..!!!
40 Minutes: Most memorable meetings.. and some Duds
Found GP to be an amazingly intellectual & compassionate guy. Though some people wittingly contributed the chemistry to uncanny resemblance in our appearances.. but the reason was there were two people with great amount of passion for surroundings meeting and trying to discuss every thing up in an hour!!.. We discussed work, we discussed India, US and UK. And, we discussed the cultures, the families, the warmth in people in India and every where else, exchanged experiences and subtly admired each other's point of view.
I talked about my work as passionately I could or may be just about near to it.. though I was not at my best .. I am certainly capable of even more intense conversation about work, however I was Glad that the person at the other end was amazing understanding, appreciative and could comprehend the things in correct perspective.
The best part was that he was enjoying the rain that he was seeing out of window & he enjoyed whatever he saw from Hotel to the Office.. I hardly do.. So I put him in the correct perspective by telling that.. all that you saw needs a lot of improvement..
Humor was an inherent part of this extremely serious discussion about work.. and that's where I admire people who have it.
I would rate this as one of my best Meetings Ever.
I surely remember a few other meetings which made me learn so many things
- The one with Flex Industries CEO about 7 years back, I dun't remember the name of the Old Man
- One with a CEO called ATAM PAUL about 13 years back. Back then it was a learning working on complicated spreadsheet formulas on his miniature laptop.. unfortunately I said NO to his offering. Though he had offered the job dispite myself being not able to perform the spreadsheet calculations that he wanted. I wanted to focus on my studies.
- One at a forgettable Organization that I left as soon as I joined. But the South Indian Finance AVP was impressed that a North Indian had demonstrated some brains.
- One with the WNS team, the Video Conference Interview was one of my most exciting ones. I just happened to have all the answers to their questions and left them no choice.
- With my Current Organization Central Hiring Team, when I told the HR manager that I would not work at a place more than 15 minutes drive from my place he said " I like your approach, I will call you when I have an Opening in Gurgaon" and after 3 months he called me up and said "would you like to work"?
My simplest Interview was with E-funds, the Smoking Chimney of an HR called me only one question after having a look at my resume "Do you really want to work in this Role?"
My worst interview was at EXL about 9 years back, the Lady Interviewing me was just too beautiful!! ;-)
I talked about my work as passionately I could or may be just about near to it.. though I was not at my best .. I am certainly capable of even more intense conversation about work, however I was Glad that the person at the other end was amazing understanding, appreciative and could comprehend the things in correct perspective.
The best part was that he was enjoying the rain that he was seeing out of window & he enjoyed whatever he saw from Hotel to the Office.. I hardly do.. So I put him in the correct perspective by telling that.. all that you saw needs a lot of improvement..
Humor was an inherent part of this extremely serious discussion about work.. and that's where I admire people who have it.
I would rate this as one of my best Meetings Ever.
I surely remember a few other meetings which made me learn so many things
- The one with Flex Industries CEO about 7 years back, I dun't remember the name of the Old Man
- One with a CEO called ATAM PAUL about 13 years back. Back then it was a learning working on complicated spreadsheet formulas on his miniature laptop.. unfortunately I said NO to his offering. Though he had offered the job dispite myself being not able to perform the spreadsheet calculations that he wanted. I wanted to focus on my studies.
- One at a forgettable Organization that I left as soon as I joined. But the South Indian Finance AVP was impressed that a North Indian had demonstrated some brains.
- One with the WNS team, the Video Conference Interview was one of my most exciting ones. I just happened to have all the answers to their questions and left them no choice.
- With my Current Organization Central Hiring Team, when I told the HR manager that I would not work at a place more than 15 minutes drive from my place he said " I like your approach, I will call you when I have an Opening in Gurgaon" and after 3 months he called me up and said "would you like to work"?
My simplest Interview was with E-funds, the Smoking Chimney of an HR called me only one question after having a look at my resume "Do you really want to work in this Role?"
My worst interview was at EXL about 9 years back, the Lady Interviewing me was just too beautiful!! ;-)
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