Very Veryyy interesting indeed...
http://blog.edufire.com/2009/03/05/a-manifesto-for-educhange-on-the-eve-of-hacking-education/
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
You are Disconnected!
That was a strange feeling!
I was speakin to an ole friend... per say...same name...same appeareance...same voice...same number...
but somehow it was different this time.
Until we said bye and hung up, there loomed a heavy silence in our conversation.
Ofcourse, we moved thru the motions of it... How are you?! How have you been ? and the likes of it... But in the end.... I was only too glad we hung up...
Not that i dont appreciate my friend...but there was the squeamish feeling in my stomach...that somehow....this person i was talking to...had metamorphed into something that i no longer recognized...
Or was it me? Or was it the both of us?
May be thats life!
I was speakin to an ole friend... per say...same name...same appeareance...same voice...same number...
but somehow it was different this time.
Until we said bye and hung up, there loomed a heavy silence in our conversation.
Ofcourse, we moved thru the motions of it... How are you?! How have you been ? and the likes of it... But in the end.... I was only too glad we hung up...
Not that i dont appreciate my friend...but there was the squeamish feeling in my stomach...that somehow....this person i was talking to...had metamorphed into something that i no longer recognized...
Or was it me? Or was it the both of us?
May be thats life!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Stealthy Lover
Surreptitiously ,
she visited us in the wee hours of the night
she leaves her footprints for us to see in the mornin
she happens to be
the first showers in mumbai
who visited us last night
and the night before
and left her wet kisses on the earth...
when will thee proclaim thy love for the earth in broad daylight!?
When will thee claim the city, thou pouring rains of mumbai monsoon?!
she visited us in the wee hours of the night
she leaves her footprints for us to see in the mornin
she happens to be
the first showers in mumbai
who visited us last night
and the night before
and left her wet kisses on the earth...
when will thee proclaim thy love for the earth in broad daylight!?
When will thee claim the city, thou pouring rains of mumbai monsoon?!
Monday, June 01, 2009
Sty in the eye!
i got a sty
in the eye
makes me shy
when they stare- the passers-by
i met a doc
and you know what?
she took a shiny scalpel
seeing which, my heart fell
i got a sty
in the eye
in the eye
makes me shy
when they stare- the passers-by
i met a doc
and you know what?
she took a shiny scalpel
seeing which, my heart fell
i got a sty
in the eye
Sunday, May 31, 2009
I hate Him
There is me....and then,
there is Him.
All powerful 'Him' pervading my space
My tiny being
Banishing my days into beady sweats
Driving me mad,
irritable to the core
He is one who
could bring my blood to boil...
I rarely go out these days
for I fear him
fear him to rob me of my youth
I hate Him!
for He is the 'Sun in Indian Summers'
there is Him.
All powerful 'Him' pervading my space
My tiny being
Banishing my days into beady sweats
Driving me mad,
irritable to the core
He is one who
could bring my blood to boil...
I rarely go out these days
for I fear him
fear him to rob me of my youth
I hate Him!
for He is the 'Sun in Indian Summers'
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
The first day of the rest of my life!!!
.bmp)
On this wonderful day...for days to come...
Happiness presented me with a memorable memento!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Heaven and Back!
spore, syro, doritos, cloud reading, lapin in the balcony of neighbour, shower gel with crystals, warm shower, cold winter nights, sunday bastille market, your gf in the vitrine in the shop on the rue downstairs, how we used to gawk at her metallic body and talk about her horsepower, belle epine, star wars, scary movie @ Bercy, screaming in the theatre, junk food from KFC and Mc Donald's, driving at 100 kms, lunch at ur home on a cold parisienne summer, dinner at chinese resto in your quartier, looking out the window of your kitchen into your garden, the taste of grapes from ur grape wine, the smell of fresh garden mint, walk by the seine, arguing over the location of parc zoologique, checking it over the internet, tears forced out of your eyes by my biryani, sims, roasted chicken from bastille market with cream and peas...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Bateaubus
Today, I took the bateaubus on my way back from office.
Fortunately the weather was fine and sunny!
Since I had only a zone 1/2 pass and our stop fell in zone 3, I ended up taking a ticket for 3 euros, but it felt nice taking the boat!
It is Bastille day on Monday. There will be celebrations on sunday and monday...am looking forward to it!
Loved!
Shining sun,
whispering wind...
misty rain...
chirping bird
fragrant flowers
passing smile
all these .... say to me....
i love thee....
whispering wind...
misty rain...
chirping bird
fragrant flowers
passing smile
all these .... say to me....
i love thee....
Monday, February 11, 2008
Weekend!
This weekend was gay and sunny!
I rose up with a zing and quickly did my groceries...if you dont do ur groceries on Saturdays, trust me, passing your week becomes difficult in paris... had lunch...and planned out my day (which metro, what time, which place, how to go etc...)
I made my way to Hotel de Ville to catch the 'fete de nouvelle annee chinois'.
There were dragons and femmes fatale..( will upload pics soon )
drums and cymbals....
and lots of happy faces...and the sun shining at its winter best...!
I had to climb over the fountain to perch myself comfortably to get a view of what was passing on...
Then after the party departed, I transported myself to Porte de Versailles to catch up on 'Expo Langues'...I was shy and timid to approach stalls coz the folks were speaking rapid french and I didnt wanna sound like a retard trying to speak french....but still a nice young girl approached me as I unsucessfully avoided her...then i noticed that she was from a spanish stall...
I smiled and told her...mon ami voudras apprendre francais...! And then she started explaining...and finally gave me an L sized Red Tee Shirt when i said bye to her...!
I sat at an conference where they were discussing a spanish learning software...it was fun!
After i made 3 full rounds of the exhibition, I was tired and so i found my way back home to dump all the pamphlets i had collected at the exhibition. And since the sun was still a little bit around, i went out shopping....again...only Saturdays are available for me to do some shopping...
After which i came home tired and beaten...and went to sleep....spent! It was heaven on earth.
Sunday was spent in almost equal frenzy....went to Krishna Bhavan to give weekly attendance...ate somethin called as Ceylon dosa...it was a yellowish dosa...was okish!
and then in the evening went to Cite Universitaire for Saraswathi pooja celebrations...
It was nice to be amongst students after a looong time...i started to wonder if I had begun to show symptoms of growing old!!! Though i didnt have any buddy body around which might have added to the fun, it was good nevertheless....
I rose up with a zing and quickly did my groceries...if you dont do ur groceries on Saturdays, trust me, passing your week becomes difficult in paris... had lunch...and planned out my day (which metro, what time, which place, how to go etc...)
I made my way to Hotel de Ville to catch the 'fete de nouvelle annee chinois'.
There were dragons and femmes fatale..( will upload pics soon )
drums and cymbals....
and lots of happy faces...and the sun shining at its winter best...!
I had to climb over the fountain to perch myself comfortably to get a view of what was passing on...
Then after the party departed, I transported myself to Porte de Versailles to catch up on 'Expo Langues'...I was shy and timid to approach stalls coz the folks were speaking rapid french and I didnt wanna sound like a retard trying to speak french....but still a nice young girl approached me as I unsucessfully avoided her...then i noticed that she was from a spanish stall...
I smiled and told her...mon ami voudras apprendre francais...! And then she started explaining...and finally gave me an L sized Red Tee Shirt when i said bye to her...!
I sat at an conference where they were discussing a spanish learning software...it was fun!
After i made 3 full rounds of the exhibition, I was tired and so i found my way back home to dump all the pamphlets i had collected at the exhibition. And since the sun was still a little bit around, i went out shopping....again...only Saturdays are available for me to do some shopping...
After which i came home tired and beaten...and went to sleep....spent! It was heaven on earth.
Sunday was spent in almost equal frenzy....went to Krishna Bhavan to give weekly attendance...ate somethin called as Ceylon dosa...it was a yellowish dosa...was okish!
and then in the evening went to Cite Universitaire for Saraswathi pooja celebrations...
It was nice to be amongst students after a looong time...i started to wonder if I had begun to show symptoms of growing old!!! Though i didnt have any buddy body around which might have added to the fun, it was good nevertheless....
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Crazy weekened!
It was one crazy weekend this time...
Imagine meeting a Polish, an english/hindi speaking french, a croatian and a hungarian AND a handful of 'exceptional in what i do' people...all in the same weekend...
My weekend just flashed by like a flicker...
But I had da most fun indoor parisien weekend until now.
Imagine meeting a Polish, an english/hindi speaking french, a croatian and a hungarian AND a handful of 'exceptional in what i do' people...all in the same weekend...
My weekend just flashed by like a flicker...
But I had da most fun indoor parisien weekend until now.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Premises
Why is premises important?
I think it is an essential element in cognition. Perceptions takes shape only in relation to a premise.
It is not just important to look at things, but to look at them the right way to perceive them in totality.
I think it is an essential element in cognition. Perceptions takes shape only in relation to a premise.
It is not just important to look at things, but to look at them the right way to perceive them in totality.
Hoping!
Its when the night is long...and dark...
Its when the earth is parched...
Its when the last tear dried...
Its with the last withering leaf...
Its with the last ray that vanished in the wide wild west...
In the Silent Emptiness amongst chaos
That i HOPE!
Its when the earth is parched...
Its when the last tear dried...
Its with the last withering leaf...
Its with the last ray that vanished in the wide wild west...
In the Silent Emptiness amongst chaos
That i HOPE!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Coupe Parisienne!
Perils of going to a Parisienne Saloon without knowing French!
Before:
After.....
I donno how to explain the pigeon's nest on my head to my grandmother! Indigenous excuses are welcome!
Yours Smitten!
Before:
After.....
I donno how to explain the pigeon's nest on my head to my grandmother! Indigenous excuses are welcome!
Yours Smitten!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Fragments from France - 1
Its time i put them down....though not a legacy...my little footprints in the sands of time!
Disclaimer: This is NOT to hurt anybody directly or indirectly. Opinions expressed here are my own and only my own...
Dans le bureau ( At the office )
Moi: I would like to talk to xyz
French Gentleman: Oh i am afraid my dear you cant talk to her since she is not there anymore
Moi starts to think: (Accident? Passed away?left the organization?)
French Gentleman continues : She will be back from vacation only after two weeks...
Moi:( zonked!!!!)
Moi (On the phone): Can i see you for five minutes? I need to discuss xyz with you.
French lady: Yes please! I live in 2 floor 2 desk to the right.
Moi: (Speechless)
Disclaimer: This is NOT to hurt anybody directly or indirectly. Opinions expressed here are my own and only my own...
Dans le bureau ( At the office )
Moi: I would like to talk to xyz
French Gentleman: Oh i am afraid my dear you cant talk to her since she is not there anymore
Moi starts to think: (Accident? Passed away?left the organization?)
French Gentleman continues : She will be back from vacation only after two weeks...
Moi:( zonked!!!!)
Moi (On the phone): Can i see you for five minutes? I need to discuss xyz with you.
French lady: Yes please! I live in 2 floor 2 desk to the right.
Moi: (Speechless)
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Celebration that is life!
You know?!
The more i spend my time here in parees, the more i begin to believe, that life is all about celebration...about thanking...about appreciating oneself and others...
Had been to the palais de versailles with Uday, Claude and Claude!
The gardens are HUGE!!!!
We reached the palace at about 7.30...walked about the chateau, while Claude engaged us in English and Claude in French with flair.
Then we had dinner at an Indian restaurant called Everest.
Then reached the chateau at about 8-8.15 pm...The sun was just going down... and people were all about...everywhere...lovely gardens, i felt myself transported to a different era in time...Thanks to Claude and Claude... i could connect to the place...we had marangue at one of the fountains....we just managed to visit 5-6 fountains of the 20 odd fountains that are there....
Then we had the fireworks show....a breathtaking spectacle of wonderful fireworks....
Cheers! To Life!
Thanks Claude & Claude and Uday!!!!
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