Ads and valentine's day

There is this ad taking rounds in Bangalore FM channels... : "So... what did your sweetheart gift you on this valentine’s day? - A diamond necklace? A diamond ring? A candle light dinner at a five star hotel?"

Thanks to the crazy ads that come through all sorts of media, gone are the days when a rose would convey all that really matters - LOVE!. Some ads give the impression that nothing less than a 40-cent VVS1 singleton diamond pendant will do. For the selling companies Feb is the season to increase their sales. And these ads help them a lot for sure. For the consumer, it leaves a bad taste. The word "Feb-14" raises the alarm; the prices of the gifts drops one's heart to his/her belly. A fortune need to be spent to keep your sweet-heart happy. He/She thinks that the norm is to splash money to convey how much their better half matters to him/her! The world... i mean the ads... say so...!

Thanks Mr. Valentine. You have given the business houses a good opportunity to stuff their purse.

Before you sign off, take a look at this valentine video. You might like it...

Settled Life!

To all bachelors,

Here’s some food for your thought…

The other day I was talking to my friend over phone. He got married a couple of years back.

Me: You don't seem to have time for old friends - even when you are leading a "settled life.
Friend: Buddy, I don't know if you can call this kinda life a "settled" one. Coz it really "unsettles" a guy. You will come to know when you get married.

Aaeehhh... That’s a warning bell to all bachelors.

Brain upgrade

“Does it bother u that i ping u sometimes?” A good friend of mine IMed me that question. I knew the reason behind that question. For the past few weeks, my IMs were getting shorter and shorter and emitted less warmth. What to do… Past weeks saw many things running in parallel through my brain. The parallel processing capacity of my brain is very bad and my mind doesn't do a good context-switching. I wish I could upgrade my brain ;-) Anyways, the result of this poor show by my brain is reflecting in my interpersonal relationship. I wish human beings, esp. me, had a better context-switching programmed in their brain. Perhaps the distant future can offer some solution to it. And perhaps, in the near future, I can train my brain to be more careful not to let my surroundings know that I'm very poor in multi-tasking and context-switching...

When not to download your mentation...

Sometimes it is dangerous to share a piece of thought. If you find yourself struggling to contain the thought in words, that is when you should realize the lingering of the danger - of misinterpreting your thought. Certain thoughts are not meant to be expressed. Your lose grip on the language would have clamped down your ability to let that thought express itself freely, in its full form. A mentation expressed partially can cost you dear. Quoting your thought out-of-context and dragging you to a full blown argument is just one of the results of the inability of the listener to digest your thought properly.

The linguistic skill of the listener or reader also has got an impact... but relatively less. If the numbers of such folks are in majority, or that particular person is important to you, it is better to keep the thought to you. Lest you will hurt yourself.

There is another place where you should not express your thoughts or ideas - in a big meeting. If you are having a genuine, nice piece of idea, which is out-of-the-box, and you do not want to see it being gang raped, keep mum. Express it at the right place and get the concurrence from the crucial members before taking it to such a large gathering.