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Archive for July, 2008

Life’s lessons

Posted in everyday_happenings on July 30, 2008 | 20 Comments »

We all know how life is one huge learning experience, at the end of which one graduates by dropping dead. And then, who knows, there’s more learning on the other side! (Yes, yes, I’ll add this to my book of profound saying, thanks for remembering)
I, for one, find things to learn every single day. The [...]

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Posted in just_a_ramble, losing_it, monday_blues on July 22, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Quick question: What’s with this self-censorship for genuine opinions when it comes to blogging or posting comments on a blog? 
Is it just me imagining it or are some people just plain scared to call a spade a spade?
To hell with being ‘politically’ correct. You’re either correct or you’re not. 
Ok, why this sudden mini-rant? I’ve been browsing [...]

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Pet peeve

Posted in everyday_happenings, losing_it, photos on July 18, 2008 | 16 Comments »

Wanna know my pet peeve?
I hate pets.
There ya go.
Ok, I know ‘pet peeve’ actually means ‘favorite annoyance’ (like there could be a ‘favorite’ among our umpteen annoyances!), but this is how I am – I try my best to be pathetic.
See, I have nothing against animals per se. It’s just about animals co-existing with me [...]

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The wait begins…

Posted in everyday_happenings on July 13, 2008 | 11 Comments »

…for this one -

There are some things before it though -
-  Convince the spouse that I need it: This might be easy, ‘coz my current phone just slightly broke. (Noo!  I didn’t do it on purpose, I swear!!)
-  Before that, convince myself that I need it. (What?  It costs around 8-9k and I’m allergic to [...]

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Open category? Tough luck, mate!

Posted in everyday_happenings on July 11, 2008 | 18 Comments »

It’s admission time again. And looks like the Government is touching new levels of unfairness towards students with merit who just happen to be in ‘Open’ category.
This piece of news in The Hindu totally ruined my morning -
As per G.O. 550, the seat vacated by a particular reserved category candidate in the open category has [...]

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Learning to ride a bicycle – Calvin way!

Posted in calvin_hobbes, comics, tagged on July 7, 2008 | 15 Comments »

It’s been more than 2.5 years since I first posted this Calvin n Hobbes piece on this blog and it’s still the most read post (yep, as of today)! Enough reason to re-post it.
Opinions on what this says about my other blog posts will not be entertained in a friendly manner.

Source: Internet (Google search)

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Training trained

Posted in everyday_happenings on July 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I don’t know what it is about training programs that gives me blog ideas! I was there in that training room for 2 hours and I had a million ideas zooming around in my head, waiting to be captured into writing. I think it’s just the environment you know – people all around, seated, not moving, [...]

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