Never try to teach a pig to sing; It wastes your time and it annoys the pig. - Paul Dickson

See the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn,
I wish I were a moron --
My God! Perhaps I am ...
        ---Anonymous Rhyme(Monkey Business)

See the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn,
I wish I were a moron --
My God! Perhaps I am ...
        ---Anonymous Rhyme(Monkey Business)

Cogito, ergo sum

I think therefore I am..... - Rene Déscartes

One of the adages which make sense each and every day :)

A leading indicator of trends. A bellwether stock is a stock which is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors is an example of bellwether stock in the past. Hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America."

Ah yes! me is back

Ah yes! I am back . This is a momentous day in so much that, this has been the longest I have not blogged, since the inception of viewfromwithout.blogspot.com, however I will be more regular from now on. Life has been hectic as most of y'all know.

Exams start from today so here goes ....
4 days of pure exhilaration... with sleepless nights :)

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almost gone tha yeh toh ;)

Haha. nearly lost a grip there lol...

My Going away party

Here is a pic to show the going away party at Foster City.

Am back !!!!!!!!!

And there should b more regular updates from now on...
well had taken a break from all the writing on the blog due to extreme conditions of a new place and traveling and a lot of other jazz. I think I have had a lot of complaints on the lack of updates on this forum so will try and be more up to date here.


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Currently reading :

Patrick Neate : City of Tiny Lights.
City of Tiny Lights
iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
iCon
Bunker 13: A Novel
Bunker 13
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It

Robert Ludlum's The Moscow Vector
The Moscow Vector

pensive ?

4th of July :)

Quail Lodge (Self Pic)

Pebble Beach - 3

Pebble Beach - 2

More at Pebble Beach

Me at Pebble Beach

Me and Bhayia

Funny Look :)

I am thinking of a way to tell y'all this. :)

Bear with me while I do try and get this across ;)

lol

Anyways : am off to study a bit .. an MBA and well this could take a while :)

cheers
and tc.

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Black Sun in Denmark

Father's Day

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Tiffany Screens

Tiffany Screens is a presentation tool, able to capture the content of the presenter's screen and send it to multiple other computer screens at the same time. Any computer can seamlessly become the presenting computer, no matter if connected wirelessly or through an Ethernet cable.
The self-contained solution does neither require nor use a server. It automatically detects all computers on a local network, running the software and those computers can watch the presentation projected onto their screens. Best of all, with a single button click, any computer can switch from watching into presenting mode.

Currently seeing this photoblog by Kathleen. Awesome stuff :) Kathleen Connally is the photographer from the photoblog "A Walk Through Durham Township, Pennsylvania" (www.durhamtownship.com)...

latest pic for comparision over at vits blog

Forgot to mention : Nickelback - Saving Me :) post below :)

Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see is you
These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth storey
And oh I scream for you
Come please I'm callin'
And all I need from you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
Hurry I'm fallin'

And all I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me
Hurry I'm fallin'

Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

My Saturday Run

My Friday Run

Is it me that needs convincing or is it the world.
Is it me thats questioning or is it the world.
I feel like I am asking this myself.
To be true to you or to oneself.

I feel that by being me I will
allow this phase to be as it will
I wish I had some star, a guiding light
to refer to, in this glimmering night.

But then I look back on the words of yore.
That make me want to not ignore
These thoughts that run through my mind
Is it true , can I be so blind...

Well let us hope that the path I choose is right
what is wrong for one, might just be so right
See you in a few years , a few decades, an era
Maybe then we look back and smile...

Vix
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Wednesday; May 10, 2006

Ever felt lost and confused,
torn between right and wrong,
right for one might be wrong for another,
did you think of this, do the bother...

Thought flit and fly through my mind.
thinking what could have been
I care not whether I am correct in this perception.
I don't think I would care to divine...

The ways and reasons and the rhyme
that brought me to this juncture, this path of mine.
I do hope that what I take and say holds true
to me and eventually to you...

I do not say that I know what is best
I do not say that I know what is right
I do know that the path I choose
In retrospect may be more wrong than right...

I do know that I make some choice
some more right than others I know
I will however stand by the ones I make
I only know how hard they come out...

In case I read this later and lament
That I did not do this or that ... oh then..
I will find solace in the fact that lost
And confused I was, but gave my best shot....

Vix
Monday; May 1, 2006

A fairly interesting day with me meeting a whole heap of people, trying to keep a track of who all I met and what all i talked about is mind-boggling. I guess I need to keep running now just to stay in one place and that place by itself is going to be wonderland. Wonderment shall never cease to bother me too much. It is the belief of all that is strange and mysterious, that would really stick in my mind.

Now I am a rambling. It would take many more such sessions to make me a seasoned player in this domain :)

cheerio
!~v~!

Currently reading : Thud : by Terry Pratchet. I think this is first novel by the author that I am reading . Funny in parts, it does bring about a little bit of subtle humor and underpinings of human society

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Apple .. 30 Years old today :)

More Freaky Me :)

Freaky Me

This is a test journal entry to see if it manages to blog this entry over to Blogger.

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french or not to french....

Do not read too much into the title. I am just talking about my french beard. :D lol

sudoku

the latest craze to hit my life : sudoku. 

well it has been a couple of days since my introduction to the game and boy is it addictive. 
:P
off again to save the world of sudoku :D

interesting old look to me :)

:) ah he writes...

Ah he writes from the widget does he :P
I am sure he is very lazy.. hehe 
very funny vits. this is not about being lazy as opposed to being productive with my time. I need more time and there is only so much in the 24 hrs given to me per day. Can't there be two or more of me. I need so much more to do and so little time. 

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Test widget blogging

This is a test blogging from widgets. let us see if this becomes the way of communication with the blog from now on :)

More offers....

Haha. I think i impress with my previous photoshoot so much so that the model wants another one :P

It was a nice one and let us hope that the next one works out great if not better than great :)

I am thinkin a golf theme this time :X esp. one after I land a hole in one. I think that would be just me in the photos and no-one else :D j/king..


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Is it when you cannot sleep that you wake the most.
Is it when you cannot dream that you dream the most.
Is it when you do not care that you care the most.
Is it when you do not love that you love the most...

I think creativity is over rated. I get creative at all sorts of wierd times. I feel so creative now at 2 in the am. however that is just time. I get creative or so tend to think when i am out in the open. free of pressures or with someone on my back. In the greenery or out there in the white. I think I am... therefore i might.

Do not seem to be making too much sense then know this. I just finished Eragon.. following the Eldest. Talked to my brother and my bhabhi just now. I had slept through the whole day ... I wonder how :)

I rant and rave with no rime or reason. The reason i guess is i feel so gleesome. I wonder if that is a word at all :) if not it should be I feel so on top :)

I make some sense I am sure I will see. When i get up and out of bed tomorrow eve. hah just kidding. I will have to work. It is piling up so much so it hurts. I need my sleep . 8 hours due.... already through 7, now what do I do :)


This is quite possible the longest I have ritten. 2 in the am and so it was forsaken.
Tis raining outside, and the temp is dropping. I love this tomorrow is gonna be snapping.
I have to work some stuff out next few days. So that I do not continue to live in a daze

I hope what I aim for works out just fine. I expect some hassles along the line.
I know I can make it, all it takes is a chance. And when the time comes all I have to do is the dance.
It is strange to see me talking so. Well if I know me and I am sure it is so.
I will understand and look back on this all. and hope that I make it through the fall.

It will be awesome .. I tell this to a few. Life as we know it , will be the truth ...


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27th-Feb-2006
(last time i write a poem at 2 in the morning)

Ice Skating

Awesome. absolutely fantastic. Am not falling any more. Though came close to doing so a couple of times today.

:)

looking for skates so :) scouting around.

Just finished watching Incredibles.- Pixar. wow what a movie :)

Another momentous occasion today : Watched the Lord of The Dance. Superb stuff. I am in love with the girl in white :P. haha just kidding :P

how do they manage to dance so well? well it was a pleasure to watch them in action.

got to clean up and go to sleep now. will update y'all laterz.


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Carpentry :P

haha .. not really. got this stuff from ikea. so was installing this on Sunday :)
cheerio
vivek

Lake tahoe (Skiing)

The first time i ski i fall
the second time i ski i fall.
the whole day i fall.. i fall.. i fall..

I fall.. I fall.. I fall..

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Wow :)

Hi all,
Scored a wow at the golf course : Boulder Creek :) Managed to do the top 9 in +23 and the bottom 9 in +8. with a best ever score of : +31. I think i am getting there. Just have to make a habit of getting my mind focussed. Else it is going to be very very tough going with all that moolah going down the drain :P

Cheerio
!~v~!

New look as promised

As promised by vittal here is my new look ;)



This is an actual shot from my id card :)

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Grand Canyon..