A keyboard is nothing but a tool in the hands of a computer operator to interact with it. Keyboard is just one of the kind of interacting devices. Even though other interacting devices are available, keyboard is the best. It provides wider options than other devices. There are two types of keyboards: DVORAK and QWERTY depending upon how frequent the letters are typed.
One can see printed letters and numerics on the keyboard. Some combination of keys help us to manage advanced tasks. Keyboards are separate in case of a computer but however in a laptop they are together. The mouse is another device used along with the keyboard because it has certain advantages over a keyboard. A mouse is used to carry the blinking cursor on the computer screen anywhere on the monitor or the TV screen, but mostly to press a command button.
Keyboards come in both rigid structure and flexible structure. Even though flexible keyboards are easy to carry they do not give the same experience as the original one.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Learn Corel Draw
You will be surprised as to what Corel Draw can offer. It is a design software that helps you create wonderful designs for various purposes like creating banners, creating postcards, greeting cards, etc.
It is not that hard to learn a few things. The options you have in making things from Corel Draw are numerous and will certainly give you satisfaction at the end of completion. There are other similar design softwares available but this is far the best and moreover it is standard, which means that it is used in many places both officially and for personal use.
It is better to learn it or know someone who knows it.
It is not that hard to learn a few things. The options you have in making things from Corel Draw are numerous and will certainly give you satisfaction at the end of completion. There are other similar design softwares available but this is far the best and moreover it is standard, which means that it is used in many places both officially and for personal use.
It is better to learn it or know someone who knows it.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Computer virus
Most of us have computers. We use it regularly for our routine and official purposes. Computer has taken the form of laptop on some desks. The mobile revolution has spread well but the computer's dream of one house, one computer still isn'ttrue.
Computer supported with net is a powerful tool for those who know how to operate them. Technology is now in the genes of most urban consumers, or as they say the newer generation. People write computer programs, chat with far-off and dear ones, maintain their daily schedule, send mails, and communicate with each other through this electronic medium.
Because of the advances, computers and mobiles have taken a whole new shape. Each and every device is compatible with the other one making them easy to operate and more user-friendly.
We are unaware about how much and how long these technologies will improve our lives.
Computer supported with net is a powerful tool for those who know how to operate them. Technology is now in the genes of most urban consumers, or as they say the newer generation. People write computer programs, chat with far-off and dear ones, maintain their daily schedule, send mails, and communicate with each other through this electronic medium.
Because of the advances, computers and mobiles have taken a whole new shape. Each and every device is compatible with the other one making them easy to operate and more user-friendly.
We are unaware about how much and how long these technologies will improve our lives.
Eyesight
Those with poor eyesight must take care of their eyes. They must eat green leafy vegetables and fruits. Their eyesight may worsen if they don't take enough care. Eyes are the most precious organ and taking care of it is a time worth investing.
Do regular eye exercise and watch the snellen chart once a week to check how your eye sight is. By doing this regularly you may know your eye sight and consult a doctor henceforth. We generally tend to strain our eyes when we watch Television, or computer or when we stare at something.
We all have different occupations and different needs so taking care of one's eyesight is of utmost importance. You can regulary palm your eyes if needed.
Do regular eye exercise and watch the snellen chart once a week to check how your eye sight is. By doing this regularly you may know your eye sight and consult a doctor henceforth. We generally tend to strain our eyes when we watch Television, or computer or when we stare at something.
We all have different occupations and different needs so taking care of one's eyesight is of utmost importance. You can regulary palm your eyes if needed.
Visarjan
Today is the 11th Day, the day of immersion. There will be many who will be standing by the streets to watch the procession of the idols being immersed into the sea or a nearby lake. Every year there is a grand celebration of this ceremony. We have also noticed that most idols were already immersed before the 11th day. It could be mainly because of the crowd that gathers on the last day and there is also too much traffic on the last day.
Most of the idols are carried on trucks and vans and some of them on handcarts. These idols were made with much passion and perseverance by the sculptor and to see it immersed on the last day is somewhat an emotional experience, which we partially neglect. They start making the idols 5 to 6 months before the festival. Some of them start much earlier. People dance and drummers drum and there shall be lots of joy today.
We wish the festival comes sooner the next year.
Most of the idols are carried on trucks and vans and some of them on handcarts. These idols were made with much passion and perseverance by the sculptor and to see it immersed on the last day is somewhat an emotional experience, which we partially neglect. They start making the idols 5 to 6 months before the festival. Some of them start much earlier. People dance and drummers drum and there shall be lots of joy today.
We wish the festival comes sooner the next year.
Our Own Newspapers
To tell you a few things about newspaper, our newspaper tells us more about affairs farther away from us rather than things that matter to us. It is surely an eyeopener when it discloses reports from real lives. But they are not what we need to know daily. We have still to explore the newspaper and we can make it better.
There are more and more advertisements than columns, agreed they run the show. All reporters and journalists talk about politics, government, entertainment news. They are insufficient. I don't know what else should be there, but it looks that we are repeating the same news again and again and after a few days it feels we are reading the same article. That is one of the reason why most people started reading newspapers at some point in their lives and then have withdrawn to read newspapers because they feel that the reports are repetitive. All have the same underlying truth. It is an opinion that one needs to be more flexible on choice of topics than what the current newspapers do. That is the reason why people are nowadays viewing the internet and slowly moving away from the newspaper culture.
There are more and more advertisements than columns, agreed they run the show. All reporters and journalists talk about politics, government, entertainment news. They are insufficient. I don't know what else should be there, but it looks that we are repeating the same news again and again and after a few days it feels we are reading the same article. That is one of the reason why most people started reading newspapers at some point in their lives and then have withdrawn to read newspapers because they feel that the reports are repetitive. All have the same underlying truth. It is an opinion that one needs to be more flexible on choice of topics than what the current newspapers do. That is the reason why people are nowadays viewing the internet and slowly moving away from the newspaper culture.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Importance of letter writing
In this technologically wired world we seldom write letters. We prefer writing emails, shorter versions of letters. And the reason it is shorter is because it is more frequent than a letter writing. Letter writing are also on one topic, but the salutation, introductory paragraph and conclusion paragraphs takes away most of the credit.
Emails on the other hand have only one paragraph or at the most two. These paragraphs contain all the components, by components we mean introduction, body and conclusion. People have lost the charm in reading letters because letter writing needs preparation unlike email.
To write better emails we need to practice writing letter. Though this is not necessary. It becomes easier for the one who writes letter. After schooling never have we written any letters to anyone. We write business letters for the office and at the most send emails to other departments. One must practice writing good letters.
Emails on the other hand have only one paragraph or at the most two. These paragraphs contain all the components, by components we mean introduction, body and conclusion. People have lost the charm in reading letters because letter writing needs preparation unlike email.
To write better emails we need to practice writing letter. Though this is not necessary. It becomes easier for the one who writes letter. After schooling never have we written any letters to anyone. We write business letters for the office and at the most send emails to other departments. One must practice writing good letters.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Pronunciation for ESP
There are many materials that offer us on how to pronounce words. We, non-native speakers, have always found it difficult to pronounce words in English because we are tongue-tied between three languages: our national language, our mother tongue and English- here we assume that all of us are aware of English.
However, we have caught grip of the language to a certain extent, at least most of them in cities have. Speaking in one language makes things convenient and we become a more empathetic communicator. We are, now-a-days, ensuring that kids go to English speaking schools rather than vernacular medium. Even though it is prevalent in cities the cases of the villages are not the same.
There are many websites that will help you speaking well and make you acquainted with the language. BBC has a wonderful website which you can refer to. English is only going to grow in our country. There is no looking back. If we want to express succintly and well we have to learn this language.
However, we have caught grip of the language to a certain extent, at least most of them in cities have. Speaking in one language makes things convenient and we become a more empathetic communicator. We are, now-a-days, ensuring that kids go to English speaking schools rather than vernacular medium. Even though it is prevalent in cities the cases of the villages are not the same.
There are many websites that will help you speaking well and make you acquainted with the language. BBC has a wonderful website which you can refer to. English is only going to grow in our country. There is no looking back. If we want to express succintly and well we have to learn this language.
Printers & Laptops
Printers came to the market so that we can take printouts and not strain to see things on the monitor. Working on a paper is a lot more easier than on a computer especially if we have to mark something. Now it seems that we are again switching back to not taking printouts. It seems that we have not made up our mind whether we want a hard copy and a soft copy. It is true that soft copy strains our eyes to an extent, but now a days we have new monitors which do not strain the eye that much, at least that is what they promise.
We have Infibeam's 'pi' and 'Kindle' from the technological world. They promise that they will give us the same experience as reading a paper. We cannot carry computer where ever we go so it is better to have something that is portable. Laptops have done their function well, but they still do not complete the customers requirements. Only office goers need laptop, they are still not within reach of a common man .
There was a news that a new laptop will soon come to the market prepared by Indian scientists that will be both easy to carry and easy for reading. Hope this comes soon. We are all waiting for such new releases, but only if it suits our pocket and our necessity. Papers are here to stay because they don't involve purchasing cost and is quite light on our pocket.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
G for Garden
Gardens are one of the most wonderful creations. Nowadays, we don’t visit gardens. Earlier, it was kind of a routine that we used to go to garden and have some fun time there. Every locality has a garden of its own, mostly. The garden near my house has improved due to recent efforts by the locality members.
We have benches all around. We have green grass and small shrubs placed at equal distance from each other. The entire fence of the garden is planted with shrubs having maroon leaves. They just look wonderful for any one who want to visit them in the morning or at any time during the day. There are see-saws and slides at one end of the garden. Most children now-a-days prefer not to come to the garden. I don’t know for what reason.
People generally prefer sitting on the grass rather than on benches. Some have their afternoon meals and evening outings. The green grass that shoots above the soil soothes your eyes and gives you a fresh view. The shrubs and the small plants bear beautiful flowers. I like jasmine and periwinkle the most. The white and violet color flowers are few, but one can find them on the ground without being disturbed by anyone. I tried to pick one of the jasmines and smelled it. I am told they make garlands of these flowers and offer to temple.
Gardens are all alike most of the time, but each garden gives you a new experience. We generally go there to refreshen ourselves.
We have benches all around. We have green grass and small shrubs placed at equal distance from each other. The entire fence of the garden is planted with shrubs having maroon leaves. They just look wonderful for any one who want to visit them in the morning or at any time during the day. There are see-saws and slides at one end of the garden. Most children now-a-days prefer not to come to the garden. I don’t know for what reason.
People generally prefer sitting on the grass rather than on benches. Some have their afternoon meals and evening outings. The green grass that shoots above the soil soothes your eyes and gives you a fresh view. The shrubs and the small plants bear beautiful flowers. I like jasmine and periwinkle the most. The white and violet color flowers are few, but one can find them on the ground without being disturbed by anyone. I tried to pick one of the jasmines and smelled it. I am told they make garlands of these flowers and offer to temple.
Gardens are all alike most of the time, but each garden gives you a new experience. We generally go there to refreshen ourselves.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Half a century
This is the fiftyfirst blog. Already half a century completed. The experience of blogging seems to have run through my fingers for the past few weeks. I am trying to improve the presentation of my blog. Even though the standard version provided by blogger.com is good, I want to enhance the blog with more pictures and articles worth reading.
As mentioned, my blog is hungry to absorb all the things that go under our nose and remain unidentified in our daily lives. I might have tripped off few important and necessary topics. I need a different eye to view the blog to give constructive comments. Every blogger has a different experience when he tries to update his blogs, the comments he gets, and the changes he does thereafter.
I wish to complete 100 blogs very soon.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Edu Websites for zero price
There are so many educational websites that anyone can be surprised. They are all for no price. They must be certainly getting their revenue from advertisements. But still giving them without any price to the reader is certainly something worth applauding.
There are websites on grammar, difficult words, science topics and many more. These websites will fill your kids and your entire day only if you wish to continue with them. They are entertaining as well as educational. We realize how entertainment is important in education too, because text books make boring subjects more boring. Entertainment can be a value add to such services. There are websites even for people going to universities and pursuing higher studies. It is difficult to test which one is right and which one is not. We need a trained eye who can differentiate both.
I hope that in the future they remain for no price. But I feel they will come under some scrutiny and some control, and most of them will be prepaid. Till then you must certainly make use of them, improve your knowledge and test yourself.
There are websites on grammar, difficult words, science topics and many more. These websites will fill your kids and your entire day only if you wish to continue with them. They are entertaining as well as educational. We realize how entertainment is important in education too, because text books make boring subjects more boring. Entertainment can be a value add to such services. There are websites even for people going to universities and pursuing higher studies. It is difficult to test which one is right and which one is not. We need a trained eye who can differentiate both.
I hope that in the future they remain for no price. But I feel they will come under some scrutiny and some control, and most of them will be prepaid. Till then you must certainly make use of them, improve your knowledge and test yourself.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Soldiers of yesteryears
We consider soldiers to be disciplined, and disciplined they are, but that was not the case a few hundred years ago. They were barbarians because the king preferred them to be so. They were the most important members in the social structure. The King and all the ministers succumbed to their soldiers more so than any one else.
Managing soldiers was not an easy thing. They were warriors and one must know how warriors behave in times of wars and in times of peace. Young barbarians were more dangerous. So they were generally asked to stay with the older barbarians who knew their instincts well. Soldiers have lost their significance in the recent days since most problems are being solved through consensus and by means of dialogue. But still there were hooligans who want things to be their way.
The Leaders of these soldiers were a political member in the huge gang of men. They could not defy the values the soldiers had. They were the soldiers' voice. They knew their soldiers' nerves and instincts. We all want soldiers, aren't they are brave? They are ready to fight for you and your country. No other sect holds so much respect as soldiers do.
Managing soldiers was not an easy thing. They were warriors and one must know how warriors behave in times of wars and in times of peace. Young barbarians were more dangerous. So they were generally asked to stay with the older barbarians who knew their instincts well. Soldiers have lost their significance in the recent days since most problems are being solved through consensus and by means of dialogue. But still there were hooligans who want things to be their way.
The Leaders of these soldiers were a political member in the huge gang of men. They could not defy the values the soldiers had. They were the soldiers' voice. They knew their soldiers' nerves and instincts. We all want soldiers, aren't they are brave? They are ready to fight for you and your country. No other sect holds so much respect as soldiers do.
Ganpathi Bapa Mourya
We all know that this week there is Ganesh Chaturthi, and many people are waiting to see the grand idols decorated. Close to my home is a Post office, outside that there are arrays of flower shops all ready for decorating the pandals with flowers. On the first day and last day there happens to be too much traffic. Men and women travel out with their kids so that they can watch the different idols and their different decoration. This time like always there will be lighting, and loud drums played on the first day. It is the only festival that stays for ten days besides Navaratri.
People used to enjoy going out. But the enthusiasm now is slightly down. One of the best things is that news channels present us with most of the big murtis on the television. This spares us the effort we sometimes take to go outside and visit the idols. The decorations are well designed and started 10 to 15 days before the festival day. It was Lokmanya Tilak who started this celebration to bring unity and harmony in the social lives of Indians.
On the 11th day of immersion as we all know the idol is offered to the sea. We enjoy the festival season and remember for days after it has left.
People used to enjoy going out. But the enthusiasm now is slightly down. One of the best things is that news channels present us with most of the big murtis on the television. This spares us the effort we sometimes take to go outside and visit the idols. The decorations are well designed and started 10 to 15 days before the festival day. It was Lokmanya Tilak who started this celebration to bring unity and harmony in the social lives of Indians.
On the 11th day of immersion as we all know the idol is offered to the sea. We enjoy the festival season and remember for days after it has left.
Blogging amidst website
Blogging is not new. They had their existence, and they soon died. Most people now spend their time visiting social networking sites. They put in all the relevant (and irrelevant information). Some networking sites are good, some are not. This is true of all the initiatives men undertake.
I recommend you to create your own blog. Blogs are supposed to be well thought of, but many people don’t show the fondness to do so. Instead of creating personal websites people have switched to blogs. Many blogs are professional or should we say for business use. For a company, we use websites and for individuals we make blogs. We get regular comments on our blog if we wish to have them, thus making it a two way traffic.
There have been many successful blogs and they are minting money after they made it commercial. Even though being commercial hasn’t kept the uniformity of a good blog some have successfully tried to be so. In some cases, the balance has been well maintained. Some commercial blogs have turned very messy. The layout has been totally spoilt and so has the design. It is a personal decision whether to allow such incongruous blogs.
Create your BLOG and share what you have to say.
I recommend you to create your own blog. Blogs are supposed to be well thought of, but many people don’t show the fondness to do so. Instead of creating personal websites people have switched to blogs. Many blogs are professional or should we say for business use. For a company, we use websites and for individuals we make blogs. We get regular comments on our blog if we wish to have them, thus making it a two way traffic.
There have been many successful blogs and they are minting money after they made it commercial. Even though being commercial hasn’t kept the uniformity of a good blog some have successfully tried to be so. In some cases, the balance has been well maintained. Some commercial blogs have turned very messy. The layout has been totally spoilt and so has the design. It is a personal decision whether to allow such incongruous blogs.
Create your BLOG and share what you have to say.
N for News Channels
N for News Channels
We are aware by now that there are numerous news channels across the country. The name goes on from A to Z, none spared. There are some channels that cater to specific audience but by themselves they don't have much variety in the kind of news they deliver. So, we have general news channels and business news channels. There is a need for news channels that are beyond these two chapters. There are no news for young citizens. We at least expect them to learn something from TV – for so long we have called it ‘Idiot Box’. I deny, it is not idiot any more.
Now-a-days news channels are experimenting by adding half an hour to one hour on topics of their choice. May be, this gives them preparatory time for the rest of the day. News channels have come a long way. Just 10 years back there used to be just one ‘not-so-entertaining’ news channel. Now, all the channels are equally entertaining and as they say professional. The color combinations, the software and the speed with which they show the news are absorbing. There is something synchronous in their operations like an orchestra that goes on to making news being presented so successfully.
This is very unusual for a country like India. News channels have also changed the way we look at the world. We are no different from other foreign news channels. Only one thing seems to be missing is that there are not enough in-depth documentaries on main issues. Only special issues like ‘What happens to the elephant in South India’ etc are shown in the news channel. We need to change this. The documentaries must be inclined towards main issues. We are sparing very little time for them. News are mirrors of the society. They are good, as well as ugly at times. Amongst all these things, however, they have to be applauded for the wonderful service they are doing.
We are aware by now that there are numerous news channels across the country. The name goes on from A to Z, none spared. There are some channels that cater to specific audience but by themselves they don't have much variety in the kind of news they deliver. So, we have general news channels and business news channels. There is a need for news channels that are beyond these two chapters. There are no news for young citizens. We at least expect them to learn something from TV – for so long we have called it ‘Idiot Box’. I deny, it is not idiot any more.
Now-a-days news channels are experimenting by adding half an hour to one hour on topics of their choice. May be, this gives them preparatory time for the rest of the day. News channels have come a long way. Just 10 years back there used to be just one ‘not-so-entertaining’ news channel. Now, all the channels are equally entertaining and as they say professional. The color combinations, the software and the speed with which they show the news are absorbing. There is something synchronous in their operations like an orchestra that goes on to making news being presented so successfully.
This is very unusual for a country like India. News channels have also changed the way we look at the world. We are no different from other foreign news channels. Only one thing seems to be missing is that there are not enough in-depth documentaries on main issues. Only special issues like ‘What happens to the elephant in South India’ etc are shown in the news channel. We need to change this. The documentaries must be inclined towards main issues. We are sparing very little time for them. News are mirrors of the society. They are good, as well as ugly at times. Amongst all these things, however, they have to be applauded for the wonderful service they are doing.
ESP(English Speaking People)
Some of us as English speaking citizens know very less about words and their usage. Most words learnt serve us very little purpose. We continue using the same words even after our adolescence. This is where our growth stops. We ought to realize that words are thinking vehicles and we need to learn more from them and learn them well if we are to substitute our lazy thinking with a spurt of new thinking. Very few of us know what the names of things we carry daily are. A beautiful list is given on the net as ‘Visual dictionary’. It contains nearly 6000 items and names of most of them are strangers to us. When caught up with spectacles, there were types of eye-glasses like the monocles,half glasses,scissors- glasses and the parts of the specs like bridge, rim, lens, nose pad, pad plate etc.
To improve naming things we need to study them so that we can express them clearly. It also increases our knowledge and we can communicate well with other people. In our normal conversation while indicating to these words we use our fingers pointing towards them or use language by trying to circumlocute towards the object without knowing the word.
It is more important to study these words rather than working towards words that are generally given in exams like SAT. These exams test your Latin word strength which we seldom use in our daily conversation. These words are good for writing on advanced topics, but for our day to day easy language we need not learn them. We cannot challenge what is asked in such exams but we can be aware that we need not give more importance to such words in our daily lives but restrict it purely for exam purposes. Agreed, that one must not be partial towards using words, but one must realize that these words we don’t know never seem to appear in our daily banter.
To improve naming things we need to study them so that we can express them clearly. It also increases our knowledge and we can communicate well with other people. In our normal conversation while indicating to these words we use our fingers pointing towards them or use language by trying to circumlocute towards the object without knowing the word.
It is more important to study these words rather than working towards words that are generally given in exams like SAT. These exams test your Latin word strength which we seldom use in our daily conversation. These words are good for writing on advanced topics, but for our day to day easy language we need not learn them. We cannot challenge what is asked in such exams but we can be aware that we need not give more importance to such words in our daily lives but restrict it purely for exam purposes. Agreed, that one must not be partial towards using words, but one must realize that these words we don’t know never seem to appear in our daily banter.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
M for Money
Having an itch for money is not a negative view, but a neutral view. After all, currency is a medium of exchange for buying goods and services and clearing off debts. It is true that money can buy us many good things. That doesn’t mean one mustn’t save. During hard times, when you are alone they can save you from going to a further descent. This is a perspective we hold about money and true to some extent. We feel it is sometimes a good thing that some are desperate about their 100 rupee note, because if they weren’t they would not value it and if they don’t value it they would not provide any service to you.
One thing we all like about currency is that it is a common denomination for buying many things. It is a city-man’s barter. It is with this paper note we have innumerable amounts of choices, we can buy food, clothing and shelter. These are the basic things. The problem with currency is we don’t know what to buy and when, that is to say most of the times. Again, most of us are very frivolous about it and buy things in a flicker. We go to the market wanting something else; we see something else and buy something else. We realize that is where the excitement is. ‘Buying in a blink.’
It is the mental security which the smell of a paper note can give you. You feel glad to have a 1000 Rupee note in your pocket. It opens new doors to freedom. The power of currency is in its spending and not in accumulating.
One thing we all like about currency is that it is a common denomination for buying many things. It is a city-man’s barter. It is with this paper note we have innumerable amounts of choices, we can buy food, clothing and shelter. These are the basic things. The problem with currency is we don’t know what to buy and when, that is to say most of the times. Again, most of us are very frivolous about it and buy things in a flicker. We go to the market wanting something else; we see something else and buy something else. We realize that is where the excitement is. ‘Buying in a blink.’
It is the mental security which the smell of a paper note can give you. You feel glad to have a 1000 Rupee note in your pocket. It opens new doors to freedom. The power of currency is in its spending and not in accumulating.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Some things about interviews
To interview candidates is not an easy task. It takes a different kind of pain interviewing candidates who themselves don’t know what they want. Each of them makes guess work about each other. If God forbade, things go well, or each are left behind hurt and painful not understanding each other.
Interviewing many candidates, we usually carry a list of questions that we intend to ask. This is what an amateur interviewer would do. He would run to the internet type ‘most usual questions for an interview’ and then ask the questions in order; he will appear to ask them as if they are originally made by him, no plagiarism. The famous question which would have been repeated in so many interviews is ‘Tell me something about you’. This sentence must have repeated so many times it can audaciously stay as a candidate for world record.
When you ask him how he takes interviews he would call it an art, not within the grasp of a layman. Some may call it a process. But we can’t deny that the interviewee has to agree to what he is saying. They even call such interviews eliminatory process, taken by someone who is still new to the world of taking interviews. Don’t buy such signals they are all here to grill you on a barbeque. At last the interview must feel victorious after he has examined you. Only then you stand a chance of proceeding to the next level. We ought to fear more from preliminary round than the final round. The final round is predictable but the preliminary round not so.
Interviewing many candidates, we usually carry a list of questions that we intend to ask. This is what an amateur interviewer would do. He would run to the internet type ‘most usual questions for an interview’ and then ask the questions in order; he will appear to ask them as if they are originally made by him, no plagiarism. The famous question which would have been repeated in so many interviews is ‘Tell me something about you’. This sentence must have repeated so many times it can audaciously stay as a candidate for world record.
When you ask him how he takes interviews he would call it an art, not within the grasp of a layman. Some may call it a process. But we can’t deny that the interviewee has to agree to what he is saying. They even call such interviews eliminatory process, taken by someone who is still new to the world of taking interviews. Don’t buy such signals they are all here to grill you on a barbeque. At last the interview must feel victorious after he has examined you. Only then you stand a chance of proceeding to the next level. We ought to fear more from preliminary round than the final round. The final round is predictable but the preliminary round not so.
I clean, you clean, we clean
Most of us are no bacterial specialist. But we know one or two thing about bacteria. We know most of them are harmful, some are useful and a very few of them are harmless.
Caution!
Even keyboards have harmful bacteria. Truth is not so pleasing, isn't it? But true.
There are many precautions that we can take to prevent illness. We can wash our hands before having a feast and we can even wash them after we do some work on our computer. This is basic. Follow it and teach them to others also. You will be proud of yourself and save your colleague from an illness.
For this purpose clean the keyboard, regularly with a dry cloth and an anti-bacterial. Buy these few materials to save you from illness.
Caution!
Even keyboards have harmful bacteria. Truth is not so pleasing, isn't it? But true.
There are many precautions that we can take to prevent illness. We can wash our hands before having a feast and we can even wash them after we do some work on our computer. This is basic. Follow it and teach them to others also. You will be proud of yourself and save your colleague from an illness.
For this purpose clean the keyboard, regularly with a dry cloth and an anti-bacterial. Buy these few materials to save you from illness.
News papers
We all buy newspapers but am sure that only few of them read it completely. We skim through the paper once and just tend to slumberly run through the article whose headlines just manages to entertain us. It is a very light attitude we have towards reading newspapers.
Newspapers are a poor literate man's educational kit. It tells you everything about the world. Start reading from today for 20 minutes or so for the next 21 days unless you make them a habit. The only thing about newspapers are that the reader cannot demand a topic. Topic is what is given to the reader and many things about it are said. Now this is not the case with any other type of reading material where the reader gets topic specific contents. Ask your children to read newspapers for the same amount of minutes that you read. See what change it brings in their lives. Not only they will be aware of what is happening around the world, they will also be more worldly wise. They will become a good speaker and a conversationalist. They will become better at reasoning and disseminating information. Instead of reading a fiction it is suggested that you read newspapers.
Newspapers are a poor literate man's educational kit. It tells you everything about the world. Start reading from today for 20 minutes or so for the next 21 days unless you make them a habit. The only thing about newspapers are that the reader cannot demand a topic. Topic is what is given to the reader and many things about it are said. Now this is not the case with any other type of reading material where the reader gets topic specific contents. Ask your children to read newspapers for the same amount of minutes that you read. See what change it brings in their lives. Not only they will be aware of what is happening around the world, they will also be more worldly wise. They will become a good speaker and a conversationalist. They will become better at reasoning and disseminating information. Instead of reading a fiction it is suggested that you read newspapers.
On reading
Reading is not most often we do here in our country. Because reading requires exercise of will power, it soon fatigues us. There are some who read well and read without tiring. But for them we can say that they read only what they can read. There are many levels of reading. Reading for information, reading for meaning and reading for understanding.
Some acquire the habit through their regularity, some work towards it. Most good reader belong to former, because it takes a lot of time working your way through reading. It becomes an easy read when the thing we read is at the same level as the thing we think. Most readers don't like working on their reading skills. There are innumerable reading material now a days. Internet has made reading and mis-reading both famous. The only thing we need to take care is that we are reading the right material. It is always better to choose things that are easy or just about difficult to read, so that your reading style remains firmly ingrained. Sometimes it is better to test yourself reading a harder material so that we don't stay in the same level. This challenges your reading skills.
The more reading we do the better we become at it. This is true for any skill.
Some acquire the habit through their regularity, some work towards it. Most good reader belong to former, because it takes a lot of time working your way through reading. It becomes an easy read when the thing we read is at the same level as the thing we think. Most readers don't like working on their reading skills. There are innumerable reading material now a days. Internet has made reading and mis-reading both famous. The only thing we need to take care is that we are reading the right material. It is always better to choose things that are easy or just about difficult to read, so that your reading style remains firmly ingrained. Sometimes it is better to test yourself reading a harder material so that we don't stay in the same level. This challenges your reading skills.
The more reading we do the better we become at it. This is true for any skill.
Skills you have but don't know
Today sit down with a piece of paper and write down all the skills you have. Put a tick mark beside if you have the skill and put a cross mark beside if you don't.
Generally you require skills to move forward in life and in your chosen business. Let us list down certain skills that most of us are aware of but have not paid any heed to them. Communication skill comes first, then we have leadership skills, presentation skills, any other manual skill.
Now after writing down the skill, put a tick mark as mentioned earlier. Ask someone else to put or self assess. This tick mark or cross mark whatever is it shows the areas you need to develop. Don't take it lightly, they can change the entire course of your life. You will be much more confident. Do this for you and your close ones. They too would realize the wow factor in it. Most people have come up in life because of developing these skills. It may take a while and enough effort to come out victorious but you will soon find yourself as a candidate for the next staircase towards excellence.
skill
Generally you require skills to move forward in life and in your chosen business. Let us list down certain skills that most of us are aware of but have not paid any heed to them. Communication skill comes first, then we have leadership skills, presentation skills, any other manual skill.
Now after writing down the skill, put a tick mark as mentioned earlier. Ask someone else to put or self assess. This tick mark or cross mark whatever is it shows the areas you need to develop. Don't take it lightly, they can change the entire course of your life. You will be much more confident. Do this for you and your close ones. They too would realize the wow factor in it. Most people have come up in life because of developing these skills. It may take a while and enough effort to come out victorious but you will soon find yourself as a candidate for the next staircase towards excellence.
skill
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Interviewer Vs Interviewed
It seems that more than getting a work clearing an interview is difficult. It is a full time job with no pay. There are so many reasons for not having the interview. Things like the person is not in his place, he has taken off today, he is busy in a meeting, these are common ones. There is a huge barrier between the chap waiting for an interview call and the person who is going to take this interview.
Both come together with different objectives. The person coming for an interview is looking for a high compensation and job satisfaction, while the person who is going to take the interview is looking for a suitable candidate as per the specification he has received. He knows that there are many people in the market who will fulfil the specification. He knows it, that there will be a long queue outside his office who wish to attend the interview and please the panel. When he thinks that there will be queue he sees only 2 to 4 people coming, when he expects none to come he sees all potentially unsuitable candidates lining outside the office.
Both for the interviewer and the interviewed the task is difficult. It is obviously more difficult for the interviewed, because he knows he is the sacrificial goat.
Both come together with different objectives. The person coming for an interview is looking for a high compensation and job satisfaction, while the person who is going to take the interview is looking for a suitable candidate as per the specification he has received. He knows that there are many people in the market who will fulfil the specification. He knows it, that there will be a long queue outside his office who wish to attend the interview and please the panel. When he thinks that there will be queue he sees only 2 to 4 people coming, when he expects none to come he sees all potentially unsuitable candidates lining outside the office.
Both for the interviewer and the interviewed the task is difficult. It is obviously more difficult for the interviewed, because he knows he is the sacrificial goat.
..final on drawing
Drawing seems to have a layering effect. As we go deeper and deeper we tend to make the drawing more and more accurate. This layering effect is also there in writing prose. We decide how much deep we ought to go with this layering. For example, you see geometrical figures whenever you draw and gradually you make some more geometrical figures in each of the figures created earlier and you continue ad infinitum.
Many drawing instructions fail to teach us this. They give huge prose on how to draw but don’t explain succinctly how to draw these figures. They put the burden on practice and practice alone.
With few drawings and really good ones they can put you in the right pedestal on learning how to draw. You must create a one to one relation between drawings that you are seeing and the drawing you are about to draw. What is meant by this is if you are trying to draw landscapes learn it from other landscapes, when you are trying to draw still figures then learn from other still figures. Half done drawings can reveal more than full drawings. Full drawings seem to erase off the elementary part of drawings. But one can certainly learn from full drawings, there is no no to it.
Many drawing instructions fail to teach us this. They give huge prose on how to draw but don’t explain succinctly how to draw these figures. They put the burden on practice and practice alone.
With few drawings and really good ones they can put you in the right pedestal on learning how to draw. You must create a one to one relation between drawings that you are seeing and the drawing you are about to draw. What is meant by this is if you are trying to draw landscapes learn it from other landscapes, when you are trying to draw still figures then learn from other still figures. Half done drawings can reveal more than full drawings. Full drawings seem to erase off the elementary part of drawings. But one can certainly learn from full drawings, there is no no to it.
contd...drawing made simple
Recently, while I was going through some old drawings I realized that drawing was never taught the way it is. We are so much obsessed that a house must have a triangle on top of a rectangle it nearly spoils the whole know-how of drawing. Somebody must have conditioned us to draw like that.
Just an hour before if you asked me to draw a tree or a house I would have done the same thing. Drawing a triangle above a rectangle. But now if you ask me to draw a house or a tree I have learnt to take the matter less seriously and draw it as it is. This 'as-it-is' method of doing something is not what we are used to. Be it drawing or any other skill. We are no longer beginners in any skill. We have this notion of knowing before knowing.
So when we see something and try to plot it on a paper we try to or we do change the whole drawing. The truth behind all these is that we must take the drawing as it is. But that too is an art. An art that needs eye-hand coordination skill. And skill can be learnt with practice by taking one thing at a time. Even though we can write an essay on how to draw, is it the same as drawing. I don't think so. Doing is different from learning to do. But by learning to do we can make the doing slightly easier.
Just an hour before if you asked me to draw a tree or a house I would have done the same thing. Drawing a triangle above a rectangle. But now if you ask me to draw a house or a tree I have learnt to take the matter less seriously and draw it as it is. This 'as-it-is' method of doing something is not what we are used to. Be it drawing or any other skill. We are no longer beginners in any skill. We have this notion of knowing before knowing.
So when we see something and try to plot it on a paper we try to or we do change the whole drawing. The truth behind all these is that we must take the drawing as it is. But that too is an art. An art that needs eye-hand coordination skill. And skill can be learnt with practice by taking one thing at a time. Even though we can write an essay on how to draw, is it the same as drawing. I don't think so. Doing is different from learning to do. But by learning to do we can make the doing slightly easier.
The little knowhow of drawing
I know a few people who are masters of drawing or at least close to it. They are, or should I say they were prodigies of drawing; each master in their own art. I haven't seen drawing much but to the little I know, their drawings looked real life, nowhere close to a caricature or comic.
Drawing is an immensely beautiful skill to acquire. Very few are capable of drawing well and at least the population who can draw well is very less. They got sucked into the real world and mostly by this time they might have forgotten drawing. I just assume, but I wish they ought not. Today I tried to make an attempt to draw a village road, it didn't come out well. I wish to improve on it. It is practice and more so right practice. Spend sometime say half an hour or so every alternate days for drawing something you like. See drawings and also see the lines and the deviations that the artist uses while he completed the drawing.
There are methods and laws that govern beautiful drawing like any other skill. It is this transfer of knowledge to motor skills that makes all the difference. We all know that critics of drawing aren't good at drawing themselves. They are critics who do their job. Drawing as an art sounds more inviting than drawing as a method. But the more we learn about any art we come to know that there are techniques behind such arts. The wonderful paintings that I have seen and which very few people have the greatness in them, is certainly enough to draw any amateur into the skilful practice of drawing. Draw something, any thing. You may not know the method but by 5 years or so you will certainly learn to draw well.
Drawing is an immensely beautiful skill to acquire. Very few are capable of drawing well and at least the population who can draw well is very less. They got sucked into the real world and mostly by this time they might have forgotten drawing. I just assume, but I wish they ought not. Today I tried to make an attempt to draw a village road, it didn't come out well. I wish to improve on it. It is practice and more so right practice. Spend sometime say half an hour or so every alternate days for drawing something you like. See drawings and also see the lines and the deviations that the artist uses while he completed the drawing.
There are methods and laws that govern beautiful drawing like any other skill. It is this transfer of knowledge to motor skills that makes all the difference. We all know that critics of drawing aren't good at drawing themselves. They are critics who do their job. Drawing as an art sounds more inviting than drawing as a method. But the more we learn about any art we come to know that there are techniques behind such arts. The wonderful paintings that I have seen and which very few people have the greatness in them, is certainly enough to draw any amateur into the skilful practice of drawing. Draw something, any thing. You may not know the method but by 5 years or so you will certainly learn to draw well.
Lying
Lying is so necessary, judicious lying even more so. We live in a world where there are more questions than answers. We can't say we don't know or at least prefer not to say we don't know. This one thing adds to lying so much that most of our day pass through crossing this path of lying more than the river of truth.
All previous wise men have always told us not to lie, the thing is they did. They knew the power of lying. People stand on multiple views. The only way we can come out of such a pool is to lie and lie well. Truth has its place, I don't deny but a lie can achieve far more than a miniscule truth. A lie is the bed of wisemen. They breathe and sleep on it. They know lie is more urgent than a truth. This life of urgency is a life full of lying. To find a truth is as difficult as digging a well in the midst of a desert. Sometimes people are digging more truth in order to lie than to disclose the truth.
This raises the age old question whether truth is more faithful or lie. If we dig a bit deeper we can say readily that lie is a more faithful friend than truth is. A chameleon lies, in the midst of danger, to protect itself. Better speak a lie to protect than tell truth to destroy.
All previous wise men have always told us not to lie, the thing is they did. They knew the power of lying. People stand on multiple views. The only way we can come out of such a pool is to lie and lie well. Truth has its place, I don't deny but a lie can achieve far more than a miniscule truth. A lie is the bed of wisemen. They breathe and sleep on it. They know lie is more urgent than a truth. This life of urgency is a life full of lying. To find a truth is as difficult as digging a well in the midst of a desert. Sometimes people are digging more truth in order to lie than to disclose the truth.
This raises the age old question whether truth is more faithful or lie. If we dig a bit deeper we can say readily that lie is a more faithful friend than truth is. A chameleon lies, in the midst of danger, to protect itself. Better speak a lie to protect than tell truth to destroy.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
My precious bag
My bag is more precious than what is inside it. It has lots of space and things that you want aren't neatly arranged. It follows the 80-20 rule. Vital few, trivial many. Most things are pressed into one compartment and while other compartments are almost empty. I explain this for people who are not conversant with the rule.
Now let us dig a bit deeper and know what is there in my bag. It starts with pocket number 1 the outermost pocket. It contains my house keys. The second pocket consists of umbrella and my diary. Two things wrongly placed together. There is a danger of the umbrella wetting the diary. Then in my third pocket I usually carry a bottle of water sometimes tap water sometimes mineral water. I also carry my lunch at times in the same pocket. Then in my fourth and final pocket I carry coins and a few hundred rupees to bear my expenses while traveling anywhere. I also carry a pen knife. It also has my precious railway pass, my PAN Card and all outdated BEST tickets and train tickets. It contains some pens and that is all there to complete this paragraph and my bag.
There is nothing precious in my bag as such. During traveling I sometimes carry a newspaper.
Now let us dig a bit deeper and know what is there in my bag. It starts with pocket number 1 the outermost pocket. It contains my house keys. The second pocket consists of umbrella and my diary. Two things wrongly placed together. There is a danger of the umbrella wetting the diary. Then in my third pocket I usually carry a bottle of water sometimes tap water sometimes mineral water. I also carry my lunch at times in the same pocket. Then in my fourth and final pocket I carry coins and a few hundred rupees to bear my expenses while traveling anywhere. I also carry a pen knife. It also has my precious railway pass, my PAN Card and all outdated BEST tickets and train tickets. It contains some pens and that is all there to complete this paragraph and my bag.
There is nothing precious in my bag as such. During traveling I sometimes carry a newspaper.
The mouse in my house
Never heard of anyone writing about mouse. This mouse is special because we don’t intend it to leave our house. Today, as I was reading newspaper I found the mouse having a feast of mustard seeds placed on a plastic lid of a container. I immediately told my mother to throw the seeds off so that we don’t have any chance of a sickness.
Mouse is pretty common in Indian home. There is even a temple in our home country where there are lots of mice and they are considered auspicious. Science has a different answer to it. They say mice can never be auspicious because they are unhygienic and will bring forth sickness and illness to the people in the vicinity. With Ganesh Chaturthi coming nearer, we remember mouse as a vehicle of the lord himself. The mouse is proud to relate itself to the lord. That is the only reason when we are proud being with a mouse.
This mouse in my house regularly eats up my papers as and when it feels. It has destroyed 4 of my precious notepads. I had to bind it later. Is there any remedy for this warfare with the mice which destroys and makes things into bits and pieces? Earlier we thought of buying a rat poison. But that seemed too dangerous both for the mice and our existence. Then we remembered we had a rat catching cage. This too has gone old and doesn’t do its function properly. It needs some rest and repair. Who will repair it? A million dollar question. There are no rat cage repairers and if there was one he would have starved himself to death. There would have seldom any complain to this man. He is required no doubt but in some places where the infest is crowded. People in Mumbai are used to rats at times running in their houses. They see them as harmless. The problem here is that we see them and don’t know them. If we knew the history, geography and science of mice we would have armed ourselves with the latest guns, weapons and ammunitions.
Don’t take these mice easily. The harm they have done to the human race through out the history is more than even a World War has done. The mice were the enemy of the people who tricked Pied Piper as it is to us. Call Pied Piper. He is nowhere to be found.
Mouse is pretty common in Indian home. There is even a temple in our home country where there are lots of mice and they are considered auspicious. Science has a different answer to it. They say mice can never be auspicious because they are unhygienic and will bring forth sickness and illness to the people in the vicinity. With Ganesh Chaturthi coming nearer, we remember mouse as a vehicle of the lord himself. The mouse is proud to relate itself to the lord. That is the only reason when we are proud being with a mouse.
This mouse in my house regularly eats up my papers as and when it feels. It has destroyed 4 of my precious notepads. I had to bind it later. Is there any remedy for this warfare with the mice which destroys and makes things into bits and pieces? Earlier we thought of buying a rat poison. But that seemed too dangerous both for the mice and our existence. Then we remembered we had a rat catching cage. This too has gone old and doesn’t do its function properly. It needs some rest and repair. Who will repair it? A million dollar question. There are no rat cage repairers and if there was one he would have starved himself to death. There would have seldom any complain to this man. He is required no doubt but in some places where the infest is crowded. People in Mumbai are used to rats at times running in their houses. They see them as harmless. The problem here is that we see them and don’t know them. If we knew the history, geography and science of mice we would have armed ourselves with the latest guns, weapons and ammunitions.
Don’t take these mice easily. The harm they have done to the human race through out the history is more than even a World War has done. The mice were the enemy of the people who tricked Pied Piper as it is to us. Call Pied Piper. He is nowhere to be found.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Physically present, mentally absent
My home has four walls, a ceiling and a floor. Does this sound like your home? If yes, you will find it hard to distinguish between my home and your home. However, I will try hard anyhow. Some have 4 more walls, a ceiling and a floor, while others have still more.
My home has some more things. It has a cupboard to store clothes, a TV set, a computer, a cot and some few drawers where the most obvious things are kept. If you don't find anything anywhere else you will find it in the drawer. There is also a ladder that ends touching the top of our roof. Then I have a shelf with old books. There is a kitchen table where most vegetables are cut made of granite rock and there are also shelves close by with ingredients to make lunch and dinner. There are clothes hanging left to dry.
I am sure that your house looks the same. Just like my post my home short and simple. Thank you for reading.
My home has some more things. It has a cupboard to store clothes, a TV set, a computer, a cot and some few drawers where the most obvious things are kept. If you don't find anything anywhere else you will find it in the drawer. There is also a ladder that ends touching the top of our roof. Then I have a shelf with old books. There is a kitchen table where most vegetables are cut made of granite rock and there are also shelves close by with ingredients to make lunch and dinner. There are clothes hanging left to dry.
I am sure that your house looks the same. Just like my post my home short and simple. Thank you for reading.
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