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I know its a rat race. Everyone knows that its a rat race but sad truth is that there is no escaping this rat race. Everyone has to run just to survive. This is where that thing about survival of the fittest come in. You have to make sure you dont fall behind lest you get killed by the next racer or are eliminated automatically.

Second why this rat race in the first place? I think the answer is in economics. Resources are limited and number of people who want to claim them are innumerable. This mismatch between the demand and supply causes people to act rationally and think about their benefit. Their survival. Their evolution. And hence the rat race to outsmart other mortals and get access to limited resources.

Bureau of Workplace Interruptions is yet another way to waste your time and day at office. Creatively.

They claim to “interrupt” your day by sending an interruption on phone, email or even on-site visits. I am not sure if they would visit people in India but what goes in trying.

They say

When you submit a request for interruption, our agents go to work finding the right interruption for you. We consider your occupation, work hours, and the means by which we can contact you. Once a feasible interruption has been decide on, we work to slip it into your day via mail, email, telephone, or a workplace visit. We strive throughout this process to keep our actions invisible to your employer.

10 Mario Fun Facts! is an amazing collection of Super Mario fun facts.

I had to contact my friend for something urgent.

I tried talking to him … he dint give me an answer.
I tried calling him on his cell … he dint pick it up.

I tried emailing him … he REPLIED.

Now its about mailing. Real contacts happen on emails !!!!

I once bought something from the office canteen and I was given the change in coins. One 1-rupee coin, 2 50-paisa coins and 4 25-paisa coins. Yes you read it right, a 25-paisa coin. I could not remember where I had seen it last. In Delhi, the rupee has lost its value. There aren’t many things that you can buy with a rupee there. Even beggars ask for 5 bucks now-a-days. I am sure Chennai is the only place in India where they still use a 25-paisa coin. I seriously want to know what happened to all those 10-paisa and 5-paisa coins that were minted in large numbers and is there a place where they still use them.

Since this is something that my grandchildren would never see (I am sure they won’t study), I think I ought stock a few to show it to them. I can understand that even a lot of us (people in my generation) wouldn’t have seen a 25-paisa coin. Actually it’s history repeating itself. Most of us would not have seen an anna and I am talking about the next generation missing the 25-paisa coin.

For the benefit of my generation, I shall try to describe it. The coin is … as expected … round in shape with exactly two faces. It has a silvery, steely finish and I bet is could stick to a magnet. One of the faces has got a Rhino on it and the other face has 25 written over most of it. It also has the Indian National Emblem on it. A pic of 25-paisa coin is here. It is smaller in size than a 5-rupee coin and is good to hold. It is slightly bigger than an average shirt button.

And while writing this, I was googling for things and I found the following links …
1. Track Gandhi – I have registered all my notes and wow is this fun and this is an awesome idea as well. I think I will talk to these guys and do something about it.
2. Indian Currency on Wikipedia – Details about Indian Currency.

NOTE: COPY FROM DELHITOCHENNAI !

After I was Tired and almost met a freak accident, I have updated my photolog with pics from my Chandratal trip last september.

Please see and as always put some comments 🙂 Here is a sample … to show off the hidden photographer in me !

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I have always considered myself a jack of all trades. I have been and still am a writer, reader, philosopher, cricketer, politician, strategist, painter, photoshop artist, collector of things, singer, dancer, stock trader, blogger, biker, and a lot many things that I cant recall at this moment.

As I always say there are two sides of a coin – a good one and a not so good one. Good one is easy to see and interesting to know about. To start with I know and get to know a lot of things about lot of subjects (had I been a management consultant, I could have called myself a 360 degrees consultant). Secondly I can stand in a mob and talk about things (and I would be a wrong a lot of times). Thirdly I can move from one thing to other and then another and never get bored of things. Fourth and most importantly I would have good memories of doing these things.

And since there are proverbial two sides, I should also talk about things I think are not good about being a jack of all trades. First and foremost you are not considered an expert or an authority on a subject until or unless you show the world that you have spent all your life in pursuing higher truths in a particular subject. For example I can be a remarkable photographer (which I am not), I would not be considered even an average photographer till I have a huge website with million links to other photography websites and extensive articles talking about merits and demerits of different cameras and tripods and technical details of shutter speeds etc.

Ok so you are not an authority, what next? I think second people (read crowd) would fail to give you credit for some masterpieces that you might have produced. Again the basic assumption is I want credit and second (actually second should be first) I might actually produce some masterpiece. For simplicity (I love it), lets assume that both of the assumptions are true. What happens if you are not given due credit for your masterpiece? Me, I am just a mortal human being with all the feelings that intellectuals talk about, I would get hurt (to put it simply). And second I would not be given more work which I am sure I can do as good as anyone else (or may be better too).

Authority – no, credit – no, whats next? I think third worst thing about being a jack of all trades lies in the later part of maxim … jack of all trades but master of none. This one is more personal than the first two. I would not be very comfortable with a lot of things if I see gray matter. There should be two end to a point. You know it or you don’t know it. If you are jack of all trades, there is a higher probability that you won’t know it. There is still a chance that you might know it all and this is the place where I am trying to reach … !

I always thought headline was something of a paramount importance to the world. It could change the way we live and affect everyone’s life. However, Aaj Tak has a different idea or I am too dumb to understand what they are talking about.

Just a few minutes ago, Aaj Tak flashed the following headline. “Poonam Sethi ki bhavishyavani … kal jeet sakta hai England toss“. If I could take liberties in translating it, it means tomorrow in the cricket match England can win the toss. From what ever uncommon common sense I have, I can easily deduce that both England and India have 50 percent chances each of winning the toss. In effect England can actually win the toss. And Poonam Sethi and Aaj Tak may prove to be correct.

I thought everyone found it as idiotic as me but again I realized I was wrong. As I was typing this, someone just called up Aaj Tak and asked them what the probability of someone getting hurt is. And bang came the reply … no need to worry … there would not be any major injuries. Wow. People actually think a lady can predict things.

If someone can read what hasn’t been written yet, can she please tell me when would I become a millionaire.. 😀 ?

Once upon a time I read somewhere that Orkut would never had any advertisements. Today I just saw “sponsored links” on Orkut…