nerd speak

"I like moving through potential gradients."
-- Jon, on biking downhill

So True

pineapples

Today my apple stick tasted like pineapples.
I hate it when they confuse the pineapples and the apples.
Don't people get the fundamental difference between these two fruits?
But then again, I guess apples and pineapples do look alike in paste form.

I've been listening to the Smiths obsessively recently. I am supposed to not listen to it too much because its depressing, but I really enjoy it.

walk to work

Before i left for work today, Jon said "life is always good if you can still afford tea." I drank some green tea when I got to work. Its warmth was very soothing. I don't think I've ever had any beverage that has had the same effect on me.

I walked past the school right next to my house. A woman just dropped her child off at the side of the road. As her daughter ran out of the side doors, she said, "be strong minded!". I thought that was a strange parting comment. Most moms say "I love you" with their children hastily mumbling a response. I thought I would like to say that to my children right before they go to school someday. "Be strong minded!".

This reminded me of the time my grandfather used to pray over me right before I had to take exams. He would ask god to help me, and to give me presence of mind. I always liked that too, when he asked god to give me presence of mind. It always made me feel more confident right before tests.

I wonder what I will tell my children, have presence of mind! Or be strong minded! Im not sure. Depends on the occasion I suppose.

It was the evil bus driver who picked me up at the bus stop again today. She is very particular about people not stepping over the "yellow line". Despite our efforts, the bus always gets very crowded, and invariably someone spills over the yellow line. This bus driver will most definitely flip out, and bitch about the yellow line. It is very distressing. I hope she gets transferred to driving another bus line.

I got two applesticks instead of one today. I told myself I would only eat one on the walk to work, and then eat the other one on my desk with a cup of tea. I couldn't help it and ate both before I got to work. Rats. Although, the two applesticks was characteristically soggy today. I really dislike it when my foodstuffs are soggy. It is possible that my obssesion over the right proportions of meat and starch in my mouth could be related to this.

There was a charming two year old girl who said hello to everyone on the street right before I got to work. She said hello to me, with her wide brown eyes. Children are lovely things. I don't know why I've grown to be fond of them; It must be part of growing old.

in the grand tradition of this blog

getting life lessons from CEOs :) weee



Find and follow your passions; develop a culture and live it. Positive financial results
will flow from that

Learn the business from the ground floor up – not from the top floor down.

Ask lots of questions! And, when and if you get the chance to travel, always look for new
ideas to bring home! Set your goals and never give up!

Have great focus, set high but achievable goals and work EXTREMELY hard at achieving them.
Be flexible and ready to adapt to change.

You are the next wave, and all of our shoes will be filled by someone. It may as well be YOU.
Never give up trying.

Never give up, and have a positive reaction to failure.

Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the
ride, but balance work and family.

Accumulate a lot of singles and gradually get into the doubles and triples before you try for the home runs.

Listen to yourself. Be guided by your real passions and convictions, not just by what you think might get you ahead in life.

Identify where you have or can create an edge over the rest of the world and doing something you enjoy. Then push that advantage to extremes.

Be curious. And ... the more you give, the more you get. It’s as simple as that.

Identify and affiliate with creative talent. Brainstorm concepts and analyze constantly, but at the conceptual level, not the spreadsheet level

To succeed, you have to put in the hours and when you think you are there, put in more.

where is the madness that you promised me?

Where is your sense of indignation
You are too kind
Much too kind

No one will ever love you honestly
No one will ever love you for your honesty

But you're not here to make my sad songs more sincere


I'm so glad this song doesn't hurt as much as it should have.
You mean relationships didn't have to be a long, drawn, out
self-loathing piss fests?