just been lazy

Of late, my friend has been reminding me about the rehaul that my blog needs. Let me shed some light into all your lives. I have just been lazy. It is definitely not that I don't keep scribbling little notes in my head that I would tuck away to get to a screen and blog. It is just that I have been lazy; plain and simple.
Now that he is hell bent on making me rethink certain things over and give myself a new look..hmm, interesting.
Ever thought abt the similarity between performing artists and companies? The word is Constant Innovation. I am definitely as guilty as charged when it comes to thinking of artists as the lesser mortals. During one particularly long, boring and a silent drive to downtown, the realization dawned on me.
An artist is simply a company/firm all by itself. Just like companies need constant innovation to keep their stocks high and happy, investors smiling and employers contented, so does an artist. While the firm would be the effort of all its employees, an artist is left to fend herself/himself with a l'll help here and there. And then there is the regular Marketing, Finance, HR, PR, Sales..all being worked out by this one person who makes the final call. Of course, she/he is helped around, but the final responsibility lies solely on the artist. Every piece is a baby that is so carefully created, nurtured, polished and delivered to the faithful group of hungry audience and critics. Re-inventing oneself is an extremely crucial factor and there is a very high demand for creativity. While the pressure on a firm might be far lesser, an artist needs to sound different in his/her every piece, in the same CD/exhibition/performance. The risk is high or to see the actual intensity, the risk per owner is high for artists. The best part is that artists these days just dont stay within their core competency. They are out there releasing new products; which in business lingo would mean differentiation of products and services. We have perfumes, shoes, watches, endorsements. A plethora of things that these people are willing to get into. Does a company take this much of a risk? Maybe being bigger reduces the nimbleness that can be had?
It dawned on me..artists aren't people who have a glamorous and an easy life. We are so wrong. They dont work just from 9-5. They are simply all departments, all regions,24X7..
Artists, I salute you..

P.S: This blog refused to get posted! grr..

why?

Just wondering why the holy matrimonial union is called a wed"lock"? hmm..

Lingo

And we prevail..
Bitsian slang gets included in the dictionary.
Check this out
muhahahaha

Geek Predict

Hey Ho Messieurs and Mesdames..Listen to thy..
well, nothing big to say here
Apple is going to be the next big boom. Just simple and straight. And one doesn't need a geek to predict this. It is just obvious. Let me explain.
The entire world is going "ooohs" and "aaahs" and of course "laa..laas" over the products that are brought out every weekend by Google. I am totally with you. I infact strongly believed in the strength of creativity at Google. They have products, a few totally creative and a few improvement over already available ideas (aka, Skype -> Google talk, Email -> Gmail). But there is a missing chord that ties the plethora of services that these guys are offering. As everyone tries to take a wild goose guess about the idea behind the whole range of products, Apple does a much better job at keeping their ideas clear.
Apple is offering simple products with style. They completely revolutionized the music industry which is now keeping MS with MTV in a relay running to offer a treat. It shouldn't be long before apple decides to enter into the communications sphere, offering handsets with ipod. Mebbe they would bundle up with Skype and offer translation services over this handset. The handset could be bumped up with features that completely please and obtain the "standing ovation" from a business/traveller.
Clearly, Apple does it very well: getting people excited about their products/services. While the enthusiasm of not only the employees but also of the customers bubbles, there is no limit to where the company can go.
More l8rs..

Parlez vous francais?

A new bill passed in France makes it more difficult to immigrate to France. Also, workers need to sign a bill to learn french(!!) and respect french regulations. Lot more francophones around. :)
Check this out
Yipeee!?

Hindu symbols

For the Nazis and the Zionists?

National Guards on Mexico Border

What is going on in this country?And they expect Mexico to watch these guys standing. Isn't it bad enough we have this happening @ the borders of India and Pakistan (btw, where are the borders now?)
ps:In a training, shocked at this venture, will come back and pen more.
pps: Dallas is hot!

Happy Mother's Day

To all the women in the world
To the special women in my life
To my Mom and my MIL
Thanks for the special touch in my life,
thanks for making this world so much more nicer place to live
thanks for making my life lot more wiser
thanks for just being Mom..

Kudos to these Super women

Israel and Palestine

I have always wondered the kind of life normal people, people like you and me would have in Israel, West Bank, Ghaza. Not only do these people have to live in the ever fear of walking on a live mine, but now, they straight forward have basic rights denied..rights to live with their own family. Look at this:
. The enemity between Jews and Palestinians(aka Arabs) are taken to new heights. Remind me again, are we actually in the 21st century where war is considered the worst route and where we consider ourselves far more civilized than our ancestors. Tell me again, how different is this logically compared to Sati, Untouchability and the likes? Forgive me, I simply fail to understand this bitter enemity and this unreasonable logic.

reminding me about myself

It is funny how I have forgotten what all I could do in the flurry of activities of the past "few" years. I ran through some notes and discovered that I knew how to play a bunch of sports, I had some strong likes and dislikes and I seem to have been a very different person. It was almost like reading someone else's diary!
Brings me to a question: How many of you there do as many things as you did during your childhood days? Do we need a post-it to remind us of what all we are capable of and good at?..

Venezuela

So, quick tips when you meet a Venezuelan:
1. Population from Italia, Spain and Portugal, so they understand a bit of all three languages. Don't swear in any of these :)
2. People speak Spanish and Portugese (with Brazilians :) )pretty well.
3. Don't talk to a Venezuelan only about the beautiful women in his country. Cmon guys, they have more than just that!
4. Ask them about other countries: Columbia, Brazil..dang, not Nicaragua, thatz central america!
5. Talk to them about their cuisine

During the conversation, I realized that like Columbia and Venezuela, there are a lot of beautiful countries in South America. It is such a pity that the traffik and crime rate there prevent people from visiting and enjoying the beautiful landscape..Aah..if only things weren't as bad..