Wanted : Psychedelic-Coloured Pyjamas
Posted on January 4, 2009 - Filed Under blog
So we’re already into January 4th 2009. The first four days of this year have turned out to be so full of office work that I’ve left the motorbike in the parking lot and taken a cab to head back home instead, for it is too dark, too late and too dangerous to head out [...]
Read More..>>“Geographies” and “Based Out Of”
Posted on December 11, 2008 - Filed Under blog
Ever since I joined work four years ago, I’ve heard the following two expressions being used in a manner that I find weird / counter-intuitive compared to how I’d heard them being used conventionally on previous occasions.
The first one is the usage of the term ‘Geography‘ as a noun to refer to a particular region [...]
Make Laziness Official
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under blog
If you’re human, you’d have been affected by laziness, and this overwhelming feeling of inertia would have prompted you to not do anything that you are / were supposed to, or to procrastinate until such time that the feeling disappears.
It is perfectly normal to be lazy, but somehow it is not looked upon as a [...]
Much Ado about Leave
Posted on October 8, 2008 - Filed Under blog
For four years now, since I have commenced life as a working professional, the subject of leave is a very touchy one, so far as broaching the same with one’s managers is concerned.
I have noticed that while I can talk about any leave plans I have with some manager that I have already worked with [...]
Wanted : LOL Code Developers
Posted on October 7, 2008 - Filed Under blog
It was a fateful day sometime in the early part of this year when Tharunya sent me a link to this popular internet meme called the LOLcats. I found it quite absurdly funny, and thereafter, forwarded the link from this meme to a few of my friends, who, I was certain hadn’t seen it before.
In [...]
LOL Speak v/s Tech Speak
Posted on October 3, 2008 - Filed Under blog
With the popularization of the infectiously absurd but funny internet meme, the LOL Cats, LOL speak is now among the in-things in the present day pop culture lingo, in line with ‘RESTECP’ as said by Sacha Baron Cohen in ‘Ali G InDaHouse‘ and ‘All your base are belong to us’, from the Jap game ‘Zero-Wing’.
I [...]