- Find synonymsfor boredom.
- why do people get bored?
- Think about your favorite cartoon.
- Read an article on boredom.
- Learn to unite a simple story.
- Read news
- play poker online
- Solve Sudoko
- Solve crossword.
- Read jokes
- try poetry
- Practice speech
- plan a vacation
- Think about a possible business idea
- Romance a thought.
- Write blogs on these :)
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Things to do when you get bored!
The other day I got So bored that I started wondering what I can do to get out of the boredom.I was scratching my head when I logged into my gmail accountand saw my brother online. So, there I realized.That's the first thing I can do. catch up with my friends and family.So I started talking to him and were discussing how to get oneself out of boredom.Here are Some of the things we came up with!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Rational Communication
Many a times simple communication can solve a lot of problems. Situations that fall into this category occur almost everyday. A little patience and expressing yourself and listening to others completely would help clear up a lot of misunderstandings and bad feelings. The key point is, though, to listen with your head in right place. Many a relationships could have been saved if only the parties involved would listen to each other.
Take for example a couple, wife and husband. Husband is at work attending a meeting. Wife is at some place trying to get back home by bus. She is not sure if she missed the bus. She calls up husband, who is on a phone meeting. Knowing that she is probably calling for an urgent reason, he picks up the call. She tells him, she thinks she missed the bus and wants him to pick her up. He says he is in the middle of a meeting, it would get over in another 15 mins and then he would come and pick her up. She says if you start in another 15 mins, it is going to take another 15 mins to reach here. I need to wait for 30mins. At this point, he tells her, there is nothing he can do; either she has to wait or find out some other way to get home. She gets angry and hangs up.
This is a typical scenario. Husband at work, wife somewhere trying to get husband's attention. It is understandable that girls need attention. But girls need to think whether in their pursuit of attention from their boys, they are distancing themselves. No guy would like a girl if she is encroaching it into his space.
Lets breakdown the incident described earlier:
Wife is desperate at the bus stop since she doesnt know whether she missed her bus. If she did, she is concerned how she is going to get home. So she calls husband to ask him to pick her up, but mainly to share her insecurity at the bus stop. From an outsider and fair perspective, she has two choices. Wait and see if she missed the bus. Wait for her husband to come and pick her up. Or call another friend or cab which would take about same time as for her husband to come and pick up. So no matter what she has to wait. Hence there is no need to argue with her husband about 15 more minutes that she has to wait if she starts after 15 mins. And especially so if he is in a meeting. She should understand that and not argue it.
Lets take another example. Husband doesnt like shopping. Wife loves it. Husband thinks it is total waste of time while it is an activity, kind of must for wife. Husband gets dragged inevitably to shopping mall. Everywhere he goes he shows no interest in being there, doesnt participate in shopping, doesnt show any interest to talk to wife and nags about being in the shopping mall. Is this not common? What can we do about it?
Well, lets see. First, what are your alternatives? Send her alone? It is pretty obvious that if it is possible, you would try it on. Lets say you eliminated all your possible tactics to escape going with her. Now what? Step back and think about it. What are you really achieving by sulking there? The more you sulk, the more she is worried. She has to divide her attention, enthusiasm and energy between looking at you and her shopping list. She is looking for your reassurance (probably the most expected thing by girls) just about everything, shoes, dress etc. And you are standing there sulking, yeah, ok, whatever kind. The best thing to do is, now that you are already there and have no way out, work with her, tell her your opinion, expedite the process so that she makes her decision faster and you can be out faster. Search the store for her if required. It shows you are interested in her, and would help you get out of there faster. May be you can use this next time saying remember I came with you last time and I was interested, can we take an exception today? something like that.
On the other hand, you could probably talk before you go to mall about what you are going to buy, how much time you willing to spend there, etc. This would give you a perspective of whether you are doing on time, spending more than what you wanted. If you see it overrunning, you can hint her about it. Wife on the other hand should realize that her husband is at shopping mall with her against his will for her. She shouldnt take advantage of it and extend the time as long as she wants. She needs to be considerate. She should realize that he would come more often with her if she sticks with what she promised at home before starting. Simple communication like this and sticking to it would help in a longer run. You would develop respect for each other, the love you had will always remain and you would have that spark going on and on.
Take for example a couple, wife and husband. Husband is at work attending a meeting. Wife is at some place trying to get back home by bus. She is not sure if she missed the bus. She calls up husband, who is on a phone meeting. Knowing that she is probably calling for an urgent reason, he picks up the call. She tells him, she thinks she missed the bus and wants him to pick her up. He says he is in the middle of a meeting, it would get over in another 15 mins and then he would come and pick her up. She says if you start in another 15 mins, it is going to take another 15 mins to reach here. I need to wait for 30mins. At this point, he tells her, there is nothing he can do; either she has to wait or find out some other way to get home. She gets angry and hangs up.
This is a typical scenario. Husband at work, wife somewhere trying to get husband's attention. It is understandable that girls need attention. But girls need to think whether in their pursuit of attention from their boys, they are distancing themselves. No guy would like a girl if she is encroaching it into his space.
Lets breakdown the incident described earlier:
Wife is desperate at the bus stop since she doesnt know whether she missed her bus. If she did, she is concerned how she is going to get home. So she calls husband to ask him to pick her up, but mainly to share her insecurity at the bus stop. From an outsider and fair perspective, she has two choices. Wait and see if she missed the bus. Wait for her husband to come and pick her up. Or call another friend or cab which would take about same time as for her husband to come and pick up. So no matter what she has to wait. Hence there is no need to argue with her husband about 15 more minutes that she has to wait if she starts after 15 mins. And especially so if he is in a meeting. She should understand that and not argue it.
Lets take another example. Husband doesnt like shopping. Wife loves it. Husband thinks it is total waste of time while it is an activity, kind of must for wife. Husband gets dragged inevitably to shopping mall. Everywhere he goes he shows no interest in being there, doesnt participate in shopping, doesnt show any interest to talk to wife and nags about being in the shopping mall. Is this not common? What can we do about it?
Well, lets see. First, what are your alternatives? Send her alone? It is pretty obvious that if it is possible, you would try it on. Lets say you eliminated all your possible tactics to escape going with her. Now what? Step back and think about it. What are you really achieving by sulking there? The more you sulk, the more she is worried. She has to divide her attention, enthusiasm and energy between looking at you and her shopping list. She is looking for your reassurance (probably the most expected thing by girls) just about everything, shoes, dress etc. And you are standing there sulking, yeah, ok, whatever kind. The best thing to do is, now that you are already there and have no way out, work with her, tell her your opinion, expedite the process so that she makes her decision faster and you can be out faster. Search the store for her if required. It shows you are interested in her, and would help you get out of there faster. May be you can use this next time saying remember I came with you last time and I was interested, can we take an exception today? something like that.
On the other hand, you could probably talk before you go to mall about what you are going to buy, how much time you willing to spend there, etc. This would give you a perspective of whether you are doing on time, spending more than what you wanted. If you see it overrunning, you can hint her about it. Wife on the other hand should realize that her husband is at shopping mall with her against his will for her. She shouldnt take advantage of it and extend the time as long as she wants. She needs to be considerate. She should realize that he would come more often with her if she sticks with what she promised at home before starting. Simple communication like this and sticking to it would help in a longer run. You would develop respect for each other, the love you had will always remain and you would have that spark going on and on.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
what does it mean to be a leader?
i started wondering the other day, what does it mean to be a leader? What qualities makes a leader? Can you claim you are a leader with whatever qualities you have?Are leaders born leaders or is it possible for anyone to become a leader, if one invests enough time to become one?Do leaders do things differently? Is their main job to motivate others or facilitate others to get the job done?Do leader roll up their sleeves and get their hand dirty or just sit back and make others work?
These and many more questions are cropping up in my mind.
I'm sure there are people around you, may be your friend, a colleague, a teammate or someone you know who you consider a leader. This guy/girl need not be the best person, or best qualified or the most brilliant person around yet, you feel like listening to him/her. what are the qualities that attract you to him/her? what are your expectations out of them? is it because they always live up to or fair better than what you expect that you are attracted towards them?
I look around in my company to see if I can find such a person. I've not yet seen a single person who can be role model but I've seen good qualities that I look upto in them. Each one has a different good quality. May be this is how you can become a better person. there is one who is good at making people comfortable and get things done. there is another who is awesome at creating automations. There is another who is great at presentations. So, I guess if you look around and observe you can find people from who you can learn. This brings to another point, teachability.
what does teachability mean? It simply means your ability to be taught not teach. It means that you are open to suggestions, open to try a new thing, open to learn, open to pull yourself together and zeal to move forward and become a better person. Many few people are teachable. this might be a consequence of many things Personality, environment, friends, childhood bring-up, attitude, schooling how pretty one looks, anything. These people think they are absolute authority in pretty much everything. They do not want to even consider a suggestion. there are the people who you would raise comments like "If I need advice, I'll give you." These people make friends but very few good friends. Many of their friends just leave them sooner or later. There are few more who are at least open to suggestions, but they will never seek it unless it is utterly required.These people at the nick of the moment will listen to whom they trust.
To be continued...
These and many more questions are cropping up in my mind.
I'm sure there are people around you, may be your friend, a colleague, a teammate or someone you know who you consider a leader. This guy/girl need not be the best person, or best qualified or the most brilliant person around yet, you feel like listening to him/her. what are the qualities that attract you to him/her? what are your expectations out of them? is it because they always live up to or fair better than what you expect that you are attracted towards them?
I look around in my company to see if I can find such a person. I've not yet seen a single person who can be role model but I've seen good qualities that I look upto in them. Each one has a different good quality. May be this is how you can become a better person. there is one who is good at making people comfortable and get things done. there is another who is awesome at creating automations. There is another who is great at presentations. So, I guess if you look around and observe you can find people from who you can learn. This brings to another point, teachability.
what does teachability mean? It simply means your ability to be taught not teach. It means that you are open to suggestions, open to try a new thing, open to learn, open to pull yourself together and zeal to move forward and become a better person. Many few people are teachable. this might be a consequence of many things Personality, environment, friends, childhood bring-up, attitude, schooling how pretty one looks, anything. These people think they are absolute authority in pretty much everything. They do not want to even consider a suggestion. there are the people who you would raise comments like "If I need advice, I'll give you." These people make friends but very few good friends. Many of their friends just leave them sooner or later. There are few more who are at least open to suggestions, but they will never seek it unless it is utterly required.These people at the nick of the moment will listen to whom they trust.
To be continued...
Monday, January 19, 2009
Call me Captain!
89 hours of flying practice....
about $9000 expenditure....
1 and a half year of patient pursuit...
pushing the time limits to make it to the scheduled flight...
a day of grueling oral and 2 hrs of flight test...
a life long license to explore the skies... priceless.
Yes I am done with my private pilot license. Yes, now I am licensed to soar the skies just as the mighty eagle soars the skies. Well not literally, but yes close enough..
Here are the things that I want to do next:
about $9000 expenditure....
1 and a half year of patient pursuit...
pushing the time limits to make it to the scheduled flight...
a day of grueling oral and 2 hrs of flight test...
a life long license to explore the skies... priceless.
Yes I am done with my private pilot license. Yes, now I am licensed to soar the skies just as the mighty eagle soars the skies. Well not literally, but yes close enough..
Here are the things that I want to do next:
- Go at night over airports with part time lighting that I can turn on from airplane and turn them on :)
- Go over the coast line to have a beautiful scenery
- Take my wife on a full moon day and watch the moonlight shine on our faces
- Go over salton sea with my friends :)
- Need to get a multi-engine rating sometime when I get more time
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Hilarious business idea got bumped
I have never seen a more innovative idea than what is mentioned in the following story nor have I seen a funny way of describing how it screwed him. Read this and enjoy.
wonderflul
wonderflul
Friday, January 2, 2009
Playing for Pizza
Remember that train scene in the movie "Venki" where Ravi Teja asks the girl sitting across if she reads Johan Greeesham's novel? Well after a long time I read a John Grisham's novel, "Playing for Pizza." It is a novel about a third rated NFL player who couldnt make his mark here in USA, ends up in Parma, Italy playing their league and wins them a championship and everybody is happy. Sounds pretty straightforward? Yes, it is indeed that plain vanilla form. You would think there might be a plot, a unexpected twist or at least some action. Surprise, there is none of these :)
There are a lot of characters in the novel which, frankly,you would wonder why they existed. A few days romance of the hero with a opera singer and she is gone. A game played and a player dropped out. A totally useless supposedly heroine who has no bearing on the story line. Story line, I wonder what the story line for this novel is.
Good things about the novel is that he introduces a lot of foods made in Parma, Italy. Parmesan cheese, Parma ham etc. Some explanation of the arches in Italy.
Overall, it was a waste; spent 6 hrs on the novel; but was worth the time pass from Chicago to San Diego.
There are a lot of characters in the novel which, frankly,you would wonder why they existed. A few days romance of the hero with a opera singer and she is gone. A game played and a player dropped out. A totally useless supposedly heroine who has no bearing on the story line. Story line, I wonder what the story line for this novel is.
Good things about the novel is that he introduces a lot of foods made in Parma, Italy. Parmesan cheese, Parma ham etc. Some explanation of the arches in Italy.
Overall, it was a waste; spent 6 hrs on the novel; but was worth the time pass from Chicago to San Diego.
Clean up your computer once in a while!
A couple of weeks ago, I observed that my computer got so damn slow I started wondering what happened. When I checked the free space it said I have just 2GB of free space. A month ago it used to be 20 GB. Something terrible happened which I was not aware of. I didnt know where to start looking. So I started checking where the most of the junk lied. I saw there were a lot of files which I no longer use. I deleted them. I deleted few other files, some debug files, it was still just 2GB gain. I looked under Start->Programs -> Accessories -> System tools -> disk clean up. It is a beautiful tool that Windows introduces (I dont know when) to clean up the disk. I ran the disk clean up utility. It took its own sweet time to return back with its analysis. A whooping 16.7GB that it says can be cleaned. It was mostly temporary files, some dump files etc. But I could have never laid hands on them manually. They were hidden in some n number of folders below C:\
After I did the above, my computer was considerably faster. I also ran a spyware software just to make sure I didnt accumulate any of the spyware/adware programs while browsing the internet.
Overall, I am much better now and my laptop is much faster.
While doing so I found out something very interesting. The same happens even at our homes. We keep accumulating a lot of junk (old clothes which you never use, some old mails, magazines, books) that occupy a lot of space and apparently serve no purpose except to take the space and invoke negative feelings in us. Once in a while, we should get rid of them to make more space and peace of mind.
Any suggestions folks?
After I did the above, my computer was considerably faster. I also ran a spyware software just to make sure I didnt accumulate any of the spyware/adware programs while browsing the internet.
Overall, I am much better now and my laptop is much faster.
While doing so I found out something very interesting. The same happens even at our homes. We keep accumulating a lot of junk (old clothes which you never use, some old mails, magazines, books) that occupy a lot of space and apparently serve no purpose except to take the space and invoke negative feelings in us. Once in a while, we should get rid of them to make more space and peace of mind.
Any suggestions folks?
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