School - national service

Society’s underground meetings

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:37:59 +0000

I often let it slip casually, in way of introduction that I am a tech retard. So it ought not to be surprising if my idea of Forums, online ones that is, were mostly a place that geeks hung out and inflated their egoes by going “I’ve got a quad core!” (I actually have no [...]

Out of A Story…

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:49:14 +0000

The road winded upwards leading to a colonial styled building, I got out of the car and walked through glass doors, an embellishment that reminded the visitor that he was not in the 1800s. Small banter is made with a fellow school mate in the lobby. Waiting. I do this a lot now a days. [...]

Scripts and Trials

Fri, 30 May 2008 05:30:51 +0000

3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is. 4 If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest. 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from [...]

China’s Foreign Policy and Brain Cells

Sat, 24 May 2008 17:35:36 +0000

It had been such a long time since my mind was last stimulated in such a manner. Originally I looked forward to attending the conference on China’s Foreign policy by Dr Yan Xuetong because it would mean I get to leave the camp. His thoughts were rather different from the usual spiel which I’m accustomed to [...]

Overheard

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:00:49 +0000

There are reasons why we ought to keep private conversations private. And conversations between two people, between just two people. This is what takes place when one holds a seeming soliloquy with because one party speaks in a manageable volume but the other you insist on keeping the decibels in a gratingly high key. Other [...]

Characters maketh a story, especially when they are weird

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:46:21 +0000

Characterisation is a unique thing. Placed in the hand of a master, fluidly reality is remade. Placed in the hand of the un-initiated(NOOBS) it becomes a walking standing joke, mostly because of how bad it is. The complete and abject difference between a master and a the un-initiated being the closeness to reality in which [...]

Barking and Talking, Woofing and Speaking

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:31:37 +0000

Enclosed in a war zone, with aircondition, satellite TV as well as high speed connection, I bring to you “when talking becomes barking”. Contrary to the probable thoughts you harbour having just read the above line, I do not talk about higher ranking people (aliens, beast,insects did not seem right) barking orders at the lower ranking [...]

Thursdays going on Fridays

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:32:35 +0000

Travis-Closer I’ve had enough Of this parade I’m thinking of The words to say We open up Unfinished parts Broken up It’s so mellow And when I see you then i know it will be next to me And when I need you then I know you will be there with me I’ll never leave you Just need to get closer, closer Isn’t it apt? [...]

Virgil

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:40:32 +0000

Its 6.58 am on Holy Thursday. The day before it all happens, 2008 years ago, approximately. I’ve kept a virgil, having not slept since 10 am the previous night. Only because I had duty to do and not so much because I intended to keep a virgil. Am awfully tired now, my body seems to be [...]

A case study: India and the organisations which are ineffective

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:01:58 +0000

The civil service is expected shortly to be awarded a huge pay rise, which will be swiftly embraced, along with tougher performance standards, which will be studiously ignored. (What’s holding India back?) One need not look far to realise that there are other institutions whose inefficacy probably stems from the same root. I could not help but wonder [...]

Amazonian wine:Orange Hippo and the affinity of a pull-up bar.

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:37:55 +0000

” Guess what?!” “6?” “NO! Don’t guess the number” “err..Friday?” “Yes!” That pretty much was the conversation I had with my orange hippo friend. (who now although not physically a hippo, will always remain one in my heart of hearts) . 6 simply represents the passing mark for chin ups. Friday the day he gets to book out for passing. I’m [...]

Trees and Homes

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:12:56 +0000

He walks along the streets of houses, each a home to somebody else, but so far from his reach. At each house he makes a desperate and fleeting attempt to earn some extra money to repatriate back to his home, so far away. Yet again and again he is met with disdain and often an [...]

Convictions and beliefs

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:45:14 +0000

(fairly lengthy piece of reflective and rather self justifying piece, skip if only interested in a laugh) Often people assume of me quite wrongly. I do give very contrasting and often contradicting ideas of what I am and what I would tolerate. Some think of me as overtly analytical and critical than there are others who [...]

Speech variations- or want of

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:55 +0000

Alright so they call the place an intelligence unit, yet its quite unmistakably obvious that my conversations have degenerated to unintelligent. I was fairly proud of my witty repartee and rather intellectual babble at times, but now I find I make conversations that generally goes like this: Me: Clintttttttttt….(slurred speech due to mental impairment) Crateo: Chocolate face! Clint: ….(gives [...]

Der Abbruch-The Crash

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:44:46 +0000

There isn’t much to say. It was solemn. It was painful. They remembered the victims of the Munich air crash, than went on to crash out of the game. When this fella is played upfield as a forward, surely we know something is wrong.