2007 - Year of selfishness

In 2007, i want to be very selfish.

I will thrash down anyone who comes in my way.

Btw, this will be only for year 2007.

So if you want to take advantage of me, or use me for ur purpose, come back after a year.

BeST and WorST of 2006

I was thinking of the BeST and WorST of 2006.

May be moving out of NeST was the significant decision. BeST and WorST followed. Cant differentiate between those.

Getting interest back to Internet, was another one... I was so fond of my simple homepage in late ninetees.

Moved out of comfort zone of home and office and landed into difficulties and realities..

Started childhood interests again along with lachu --- school, rhymes, story books, toy cars....

Blogs and Orkuts helped my old school friends to track me down. it was nice...

Healthwise, it was a bad year for all the people around me !

I dont like 2006 generally......!

My year will be 2008 ( i am skipping 2007 because its too near, and i dont want to take the challenge now itself)

8 is my favourite of all numbers. ( 2+0+0+6 was 8, but i will take the last two digits 06 for my calculation )

Time's Man of the Year

Since 1927, TIME Magazine has chosen a man, woman, or idea that "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year."

This year, in 2006 its YOU and ME.

It represents the people advancing the information age by using Internet ( blogs, YouTube, MySpace)..

Context of Life

One of my friend said my blog is for 60-plus. Nothing for people in 20s and 30s.

The blog is basically for me only.., but people who know me can occasionally peep through the blogs and see the MQ ( Mental Quotient) I am in right now. They can detect emergencies and can help me.

Here another 60-plus thought:

During predegree days.., I was a fan of (Lord?) Krishna and his Maya concept. The theory I derived from that was: Only I exists, all the idiots around me are made for me - whether its relatives, teachers, friends, shops, hotels, oceans etc etc. Usually only the things we come to see, hear, know, feel affect us. If a plane crashes on middle east, and if i dont read the newspaper on that day, i dont have any sorrow. But i know that somehow.., i would think it should not have happened. If a friend or relative dies in that accident the sorrow is more.

Thats why i arrived on this theory.. I am the HERO, All others are made for me. Script is written for me. What all happening is Maya.

I liked "Trueman show" film very much... because in the past i have thought, i am like Trueman ...

But the thought has changed slightly now... The world , whether GOD exists or not... has atleast a millions of years of life time... My life-span is truly insignifant....

So i have to work hard... The script is not written just for me..

Casino Royale

Fundrablastic movie..

I was a james bond fan from my school days and used to go for every james ond movie in theatre from primary days despite the smooching scenes..

The new bond is wonderful.. He is ruthless, cruel but is also romantic.

This film shows how Bond develops his character. This is his first assignment, so it should be considered as a prequel to all his previous ones, although set in a new timeline.

The story of the movie is here.

I got my money's worth by half time. So bought Coke and pop-corn to celebrate the second half.

The only thing I was missing was the bond theme music and the famous dialog "The name's Bond, James Bond." But that came in the end in a grand style after Bond shoots the main villain. The dialog comes and music plays. Bond is Reborn as Daniel Craig or viceversa whichever is logically correct!

Bhagam Bhag

Saw this movie:

Its just a copy and collection of scenes from Mannar Mathayi Speaking (Malayalam), Nadodi Kattu (Malayalam), Snegithiye ( tamil) and Dhim Tharikida Thom ( Malayalam).

Today i slept till 12 am as a hangover.

But some audiences were laughing like anything in the theatre, so perhaps you can see the movie if you have not seen the malayalam movies mentioned.

I liked Akhsa kumar in the movie, he seems to be a very good actor now.

Categorised

Feeling bored being in alone at office and home.. So thought of categorising all posts..

The categories put does not make much sense

frustrated - "i am always unsatisfied"
self-improvement - "i always want to be a staisfied person"
Thoughts - "Thoughts, Thoughts and Thoughts"
diary - "i brushed my teeth, i went to office etc etc"
memoirs - "old ones"
Reviews - "reviews - books, movies"
and there are some other trivia tags!

Job Security

What will happen if i lose my job today ?

I may have just enough financial reserve to restart my life.. But still the thought of losing job is itself very scary..

Was going through the book "First things first".., and it had one nice example. A boss asked all his colleagues to go through the job columns and select the better ones than the current. Then he asked them to go and look whether they will get the job. They tried, but failed in interview. The jobs required new knowledge, new skills, new informations they did not have.

The moral of the story is: Put our job security based on the capacity to do the job, rather than the job itelf.

This will make us fearless!

7 habits for highly (in)effective people

7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive®
Take responsibility for your life.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind®
Define your mission and goals in life.

Habit 3: Put First Things First®
Prioritize and do the most important things first.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win®
Have an "everyone-can-win" attitude.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood®
Listen to people sincerely.

Habit 6: Synergize®
Work together to achieve more.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw®
Renew yourself regularly.

These are the famous 7 habits prescribed by Stephen Covey in his best selling book "The 7 habits of highly effective people".

After reading that i was thinking it was too much idealistic. What a shit.

But my doubt was cleared when i read the FAQ section. In that he clearly says: The book he has written is about 7 habits of highly effective people and not ineffective people.

Now i have started reading it again with an open mind..

Also this happens to be my 100th post in Poonaji Speaking.

Your Brain is 67% Female, 33% Male

Your brain leans female You think with your heart, not your head Sweet and considerate, you are a giver But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!

What Gender Is Your Brain?

lachu and brushing..

Lachu was not brushing her teeths despite me getting her Japanese toothpastes..!

I complained to her teachers at Abhyaas playschool..

And in the evening she said teachers asked her to brush her teeth everyday... And she allowed me to place brush in her mouth the following day ( but no brushing!!)..

Yesterday, teachers inspected her mouth it seems.. She told me so.. Now she allows one or two sweeps through her already broken teeths..

And everyday now teachers ask me if she brushes her teeth properly.., and I am lying for her :)

Last year, This time

What was i doing.., last year this time....

2005
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Dec 16: Attended telephonic interview
Dec 22: Got Offer letter
Dec 26: Gave resignation to my old company after 9 years of association
Dec 26: father in law fell into a man hole and injured his legs

2006
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Jan 5: operation for father-in -law
Jan 9: last day at my old company
Jan 17: New company!

How was 2006 like ? Mixed feelings!

P and PC

Sometimes I am too much immersed in improving my and our team's production capability that i forgot to produce...!

And then i come back producing.., without using the capabilities that i built..

bad Anoop! very bad.

Mullaperiyar ---

A Tamil leader - Kurinji Kapilan yesterday said - " If Kerala does not give TN water, then they will acquire Tamil majority areas like Peerumedu and Devikulam".

Anyway I dont mind that. Perhaps they can also acquire Trivandrum - Tamil population is big there also..

A referendum can be conducted..

If we have so much "regional chauvinism" why dont we allow states like kashmir to become free.. Anyway myself will never visit there, or have any feelings for my northern brothers..

Federal system is a waste.. Vijayakanth has a solution for "Mullaperiyar". he says TN should ask for the post of "Minister of water Resources" - that would solve the issue. Hire the Umpire, and win the game.

Relationship

we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. – Stephen R. Covey

gas and mobile

People always complain my mobile is useless.. Nobody can get me on my mobile.. Most of the time battery charge will not be there. And when i charge which happens once in a week or so, "charge" for mobile connection might have expired. And in other times i keep my mobile at my home, or switches it off, or keeps in silent mode and keeps it off. It saves me from the "calls" that i dont want to recieve.

But last day, my cooking gas expired, and i have to give back the empty cylinder to my owner and take a filled one from his home. I called him, but he is now at cochin with his family. he scolded me, as he had called me several times last day to say he is going to hometown and want me to take the gas from his home. so no gas, no milk for lachu, and no tea for me.

As my house owner had suggested, I went for collecting gas directly from Indane agency. But did not get due to gas shortage.. will take another 10 days.. But me managed to get one "gas kutti" from a private agency - although it costs twice of Indane...

So i have charged the mobile battery now t avoid any further mishaps.. but seems "outgoing" not going. Time to recharge..!

It seems I have to grow up along with lachu.. and learn things and do basics..