I almost slipped up today by trying to sell Islamic bonds to a company in Israel. It wasn’t until the other side had picked up the phone that I realized the possible gaffe that I was heading towards. I quickly hung up - oddly feeling like a juvenile prank-caller.

On the other hand, looking back at the incident later, I wasn’t sure if they wouldn’t ( Read more... )

Malgudi Days was a BBC-produced Indian tv mini-series that aired in the early 90s.

The series was based on R.K.Narayanan’s short stories of typical village life in rural India. Narayanan’s simplistic storytelling was easily understood and appealed to many.

Not having lived in India myself, it was a captivating introduction to my homeland. The well- ( Read more... )

Online comics that made me laugh

Phdcomics

Bob & George

Sinfest

Megatokyo

1. Take the earth and an orange. Around each is a rope that runs around its circumference ( Read more... )

Variations upon the same theme fill my days in abundance
Memories of darker times impunge my efforts to put one step forward
Caught in clear blue, neither surface nor floor in view
I hang motionless....pondering this conundrum that is today

it's 1:30 in the morning. a quarter bottle of chivas and a grounding dinner with grounding friends have left me in a mood somewhat akin to a baby's first drawn breath ( Read more... )

last night was the first time in the past two weeks that i had a good night's sleep. And all it took was a few words to be said.

living 'stressed' has taken on a whole new meaning =)

1. A song by a Beatle ( Read more... )

got most of my work done this morning and spent the afternoon sorting out my norway pics. finally sent them out....

now preparing for an alaskan trip with the family sometime in may or june.

think the parents have gotten really travel-minded now that both children are self-sufficient (or close to being so)in other news, the office is all abuzz ( Read more... )

Here's an email i got from a japanese colleague today:

Oddly enough, in Japan, guys receive stuff from the women/girls. White Day, which is one month after Valentine's Day is when the guys reciprocate. Awsome marketing ploy eh?

maybe not twice the market, but definitely twice the hype!

=)