through my senses -- most likely senseless
apparently there was a diesel shortage in chennai last monday and predictably people rushed to the nearby bunks. in the process a few of them became innovative and attempted to collect diesel in just about anything that could hold it. take a look at this article and particularly the the guy with that yellow kudam in his hand :)
we do most of our day-to-day things in an auto pilot kind of mode. the list is countless. some of the things that I do are outright out of the blue. I picked up most of these habits as result of a. suggestions from certain people and b. due to their purported do-good qualities. even though they were picked up for specific occasions, like reciting a special prayer before my 12th grade exams, I never had the heart to attach an expiry date and drop them. I'm actually better off, for I always hesitate before committing to such things. I know a few people who bear tons of these and are actually finding it difficult to handle. one of my relatives kept adding prayer after prayer to her morning recitals that she doesn't have her breakfast/lunch until 2 pm. every time I visit her I only find her lunch time being extended by a few more mins.
its been ages since I had some good dosas .. exceptions being the rare trips to India. south indian restaurants in SF bay area (actually the entire US for that matter) simply don't know how to prepare a decent dosa, and it beats me. the dosas i've had are always super thin and super cold. can't figure a way to salvage it. I know my wish wouldn't be heard (by the chefs), yet I keep ordering. talk about hope :)
of late I have been interviewing to recruit some engineers in our group. the good part being that interviewers are given a free hand ... i.e. we can ask whatever we want. in the past, I was requested to probe a candidate in a specific area which I have always hated doing. managers did the "social" part and engineers did the "technical" part. while its possible to get a general idea about the candidate's strengths, its extremely difficult to get an accurate measure. when I attend interviews I typically brush up on certain "must-know" questions and most likely get only those questions (of course some of them with dumb twists). I don't know how on earth I could be judged based on these type of interviews.
after a long time I'm really happy to see a an ultra-competitive season in the NBA. and of course, when I mean the NBA I'm talking about the west teams and not the so called "leastern" teams. I've been following it since the "airness" days and dude this is a heck of a season. almost all the playoff teams in the west are contenders. and finally Kobe Bryant is going to be the regular season MVP, probably the only award that has eluded him so far.
watch these when you have a few mins
this is always a sticky point. often leads to confusion in the mall and keeps me running from one store to another to quickly grab a gift that is nice, and cheap as well. I can be termed as old-fashioned when it comes to gifting. typically I prefer giving plain cash .. comes from the "put urself in his or her shoes and think" school of thought. and of course I like cash, well who doesn't. unfortunately the median gifter and giftee population don't agree with me. I do like the pre-paid cash cards but hate that 10% service fee. and gift cards aren't as great as they sound. do you know that shops can go bankrupt, still be in the business and yet decline your gift cards. happens dude, and that too in a bunch.
through my senses -- most likely senseless
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