Raise your glasses

I know I'm a little late on this but a couple of good friends celebrated their birthdays this weekend so here's to them. First of, to Owen, may your tongue alwasy be as sharp as it is now. And to Dushyant, what can I say, you've dug your own grave. Cheers dudes and Happy Birthday to both of you.

However, no toasts to the new Harry Potter movie, the Goblet of Fire. Too much important stuff was left out and one of parts of the book that I was really looking forward to, the Quidditch World Cup, was left out. Also no mention of the Marauder's Map or the house-elves who play such an important part in the story. And Voldemort looks more like a plastic surgery gone wrong than a Dark Lord. I believe they did think of splitting it into 2 movies and maybe they should have done so. A great book reduced to an average movie.

Finally I have been criticised by Peter for my last post which he felt was too philosophical. Point taken and will try to correct this failing. However, I can't resist putting in one more good line that I heard and it goes like this, "It is not our abilities that show who we truly are, it is our choices." Now, Peter who said that?

Chow for now.

Arul.

Our Greatest Fear

Here are some great lines that I found. I actually didn't find them but rather heard them in the movie "Coach Carter" (great movie by the way and definitely recommended). Its from a poem by Marianne Williamson (nope I hadn't heard of her before I heard these lines).

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our dark that most frightens us.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Made me think a lot as it goes against a lot of what we commonly believe to be true and yet in a strange way it makes a whole lot of sense. You're free to post your thoughts as well.

Arul.

Coffee junkies of the world unite

Allen, you've got a good question, man. Life before coffee, Is there such a thing? Heck, I get withdrawal symptoms nowadays if I dont have my daily quota. Anyways if anyone has the answer to that one, do let me know.

Here's also to one of our coffee buddies Sumesh (Chacha) who is in China for a conference.Way to go.

Sayonara.

Arul.

What, me blog?

So I finally have a blog of my own. Why did I do it? Dunno, maybe cuz I couldn't post a comment on my dumb pal's blog if I didnt have a blogger id. But now that I have it is kinda fun.

As for the human integration angle, as mentioned its cuz I work for a company doing business integration; ergo human integration. Go figure.

Watch this space.

Arul.