Month: April 2009

Wishlist / Bucket List

I was talking to a friend and I realized that I dont have one single wishlist. I have blogged about my todo’s in past (here, here, here)

Here is my wishlist (aka the bucket list)

  1. Get a Royal Enfield Bullet Electra. (Got in Apr 2009)
  2. Get a Sony PSP. (Got it in Mar 2008)
  3. Buy an iPod. (Got it in Aug 2006 and donated it to my sis in Dec 2008)
  4. Publish at least one book. (Done. The Nidhi Kapoor Story in Oct / Nov 2014)
  5. Preferably a travel book.
  6. Teach. (Done. At EMDI. Two courses. On marketing and planning. Aug / Sep 2014)
  7. Bunjee Jump. (Jumped off Macau Tower in May 2010)
  8. Bike from Kanyakumari to Leh.
  9. And from Rann of Kutch to Arunachal Pradesh.
  10. Visit places in my Travel WishList. Visit 1000 cities across the world. 
  11. Win a WSOP bracelet. 
  12. Run a Marathon in less than 4 hours. 

Funny how I have want so many materialistic things in life!

Update. The initial list had 10 items. The first ten. Added more as I went along.

Last updated on 16 Sep 2016

Origami Crane

I have always been an Origami fan. As a kid I remember folding all kinds of paper into all kinds of shapes. Not that it excited me, it was one of those million things that you do as kids. And then when I stumbled upon Prison Break, I wanted to be able to make Cranes and all the other things that people make with one sheet of paper.

Somehow, yesterday, I started reading about it and decided to learn at least a few things. The Crane was an obvious place to start. Googled and used this image to learn how to fold a crane.
This is the final result. Not as beautiful as the ones Michael (Scofield) makes, but its still a crane. And it can still bring a smile to anyone.


I made two of them. The second one looked better. And while you are at it, you might want to check out this TED talk by Robert Lang where he marries the art and science of origami and creates wonderful objects (check out his website for his creations).

Any more origami aficionados?

And yes, I realized that I need gratification for my efforts. Even if its small. Even if it comes from myself only! I see things like juggling, origami, rubik’s cube etc as those small little things that give me that instant gratification I look for.

Mindmaps and Website layouts

While working with Mindmaps it dawned upon me that why can’t I do my website design like a huge inflatable mindmap? It would be easier for the visitor to find his way around on my website. It would be easier for me to create it. A quick and dirty website layout that I designed with MindMeister (one of those few free online mind mapping software).


And I realized that WK website is like a huge 3D Mindmap. Done very well. Time for inspiration!

Man About Town

Last night when I was wondering what to do, while channel surfing, I chanced upon Man About Town at Sony Pix. Although I dont watch a lot of English movies, something about this one appealed and I saw it.

Here’s a tailor …

I realized that Jack’s life is very similar to mine (mine being lot less successful), he has the same insecurities that I have (although I dont have a wife to worry about), he is skeptic of same things I am of (apart from the fact that he is rich) and he is as confused as I am.

And its a wonderful movie. It enters my list of favorite movies. And I dint know that “Man About Town” meant these.