Starting again

I have been writing this blog more than three years now. There have been spurts of blogs balanced with equal times of inactivity. There have been times where I have felt like blogging but have been unable to do so due to many reasons.

I just feel that I should blog whenever I find time, about anything I feel (that's what my blog says anyways) without waiting for getting something to write. If I do not like it, I can always delete it later.

So starting again from now, I am back :) ..

-Vin

A sedate start

The WC 2007 got off to a sedate start yesterday with not much fireworks. The match between WI and Pak did not set the thrill meters jumping. But it was not a farce too as the match was contested nicely.
Coming to the match, Pak lost but not much should be needed to it. It is possible in the early stages of the tournaments to have a few hiccups and it might not cause any major upsets.

-Winz

World Cup 2007

As I am writing this, the Cricket World Cup 2007 has begun in the West Indies. I intended to write about this, but never found the time. Hopefully I will find some time in the next eight weeks to write something. I would really like India to win this one, though I do not see that we have enough players to play in crunch matches.

-Winz

Inertia

All of us have studied in school that inertia refers to a continued state of rest or motion unless it is subjected to an external force. I find that sometimes I have a state of inertia. That is though things around me are changing or the situation is changing, I take my time to act on it.
Whenever anything changes, all the people connected with it respond to it (or react to it). Though it is not desirable to react at the drop of a hat, it is equally not good to remain inactive though things are changing around you.
If I feel so, then why do I hesitate to act ? Maybe due to the fact that I am an introvert and do not like to interact with people unnecessarily. Or that I am an optimist who hopes that somehow things straighten themselves. Or is it because I am lazy and do not want to do things? Or I do not like responsibility?
Whatever be the reason, whenever I behave like this, it invariably fills me with remorse and I feel I am not doing justice to myself and those who trust me.
So to change, I need to lower the level of changes that will trigger an action on my part.

-Vinayak

My Zodiac personality

After a long time, I visited the site where I took some tests maybe a couple of years back.

Took a zodiac personality test


Discover your Zodiac Personality @ Quiz Me


-Vinayak

Nit Picking

I am a person who likes detail but what I do not like is focusing on the minor detail so much that the main objective is lost. Like you are very hungry (close to starved) and you are debating whether to eat Chinese or Italian ... I mean come on... the main point is that you have to eat something.. I do not care if it is at a darshini. When I am not hungry that is another matter. Or cricket commentators debating about which order a batsman should come in to bat.. when the greater issue is if the player deserves to be in the team or not.
Such discussions invariably lead to failures as the whole is always more important than the parts. But somehow, people seem to take devilish pleasure in ripping apart something and critiquing each and every detail.
Mind you, I am not saying we should not look in the detail. Details are also important, but only when the broad picture is correct. What is the use in arguing about do we take a left or a right when we are in the wrong city!! . The only correct way is the way that leads to the correct city.

-Vinayak

A good Idea

Last week, I was in my hometown of Hubli and came back to Bangalore this week. When travelling in buses, I was pleasantly surprised to see (or re -see as it was earlier also) way of dispensing tickets which is less hassle free and also eliminates the ticket reuse tactics...
Bus conductors in Hubli use an electronic ticket dispensing machine. The guy enters the source and destination codes and a ticket print out appears out of the machine. This has some advantages: 1. The source and destination are marked so the ticket holder cannot "overstay" in the bus. I mean it will be easy for the conductor to check if he doubts.
2. Since the time is also printed on the ticket, there wont be any "ticket reuse".
3. The conductor need not carry stacks of tickets and keep tabs on how many tickets he dispensed.
What has surprised me is that apart from the volvo buses in Bangalore, no other buses are using this (or atleast I have not seen them doing it) . And Bangalore is the IT capital of India!!