- 1 chess tournament...
- 1 one week holiday...
- 1 new language...
- Read at least 12 books...
- 1 half marathon...
- Blog more frequently...
- Build 2X corpus...
- 1 teaching workout...
- Bullet Proof Manager, closure...
- Visit Shiridi...
Signing off...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Targets for H1'09...
I have drawn up my targets for the first half of 2009, I have only four moths to achieve then, considering the fact that we are two months in to the year...
Signing off...
Signing off...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Need advice - 1
At 12:34PM on 29th May, 2008 I spoke with M for the first time. She came across as a charming lady with a streak of naivete. My equation with her started on a smooth note and only improved with the passage of time. Like I did for most of her teammates, I meant good for her and tried motivating her at every possible opportunity.
When she pinged me on the 10th of February asking me for a convenient time to talk, I was not exactly sure what the scene was. Truth be told, I knew that his day would come, circumstances are something that I was not sure about.
I flashed my chivalrous side and expressed my willingness to reschedule my calendar to suit her...
I suggested Barista as a possible venue (my love for espresso has been well documented), which she also felt was an appropriate backdrop for the task on hand. So we descended upon the place with different modes of mind, calm and chaotic, mine and hers respectively.
I made some small talk, mainly to put her at ease. Then I made some more small talk, to help her compose her thoughts. You know what, I made some more small talk and realized that it was not helping the cause and got lost in my thoughts. Thankfully my americano arrived and so did her sizzling brownie.
She was a visual person, seeing the hissy bubbles of chocolate coming in contact with the vanilla scoop opened her perception and she erupted, well almost literally. She spoke for a good half hour, I did not do much to guide or direct the conversation and sailed with the flow. She was neither cohercive nor logical, two of the many aspects that I intended to address in a while...
She had issues but that was not the problem, the problem was her lack of clarity about the issues...
I might not be happy with my life but unless I know the exact reason for my unhappiness I can get no where and wore still, if I get the reason wrong and work towards setting it right, I will do more harm...
Her clarity or the lack or thereof and her make belief crystal castle will stand out in the following converstion exert:
M: I do not want to get married till I fulfill all my ambitions!!!
Me (picking up my red pen): So what are your ambitions?
M: 1) I want to learn all the dance forms in the world...
2) I want to paint all the emotions in the world...
3) I want to earn professional respect...
4) I want to be eternally independent...
Me: Wow...
M: I know I will never get them and I am not even making an effort in the direction so...
Me: Oh ok...
M has never been on a date, the person she names as a possible partner is her high school class mate...
She sure has issues...
Tried to clear her thoughts a bit and give her some techniques to work with...
Updations will be posted.
When she pinged me on the 10th of February asking me for a convenient time to talk, I was not exactly sure what the scene was. Truth be told, I knew that his day would come, circumstances are something that I was not sure about.
I flashed my chivalrous side and expressed my willingness to reschedule my calendar to suit her...
I suggested Barista as a possible venue (my love for espresso has been well documented), which she also felt was an appropriate backdrop for the task on hand. So we descended upon the place with different modes of mind, calm and chaotic, mine and hers respectively.
I made some small talk, mainly to put her at ease. Then I made some more small talk, to help her compose her thoughts. You know what, I made some more small talk and realized that it was not helping the cause and got lost in my thoughts. Thankfully my americano arrived and so did her sizzling brownie.
She was a visual person, seeing the hissy bubbles of chocolate coming in contact with the vanilla scoop opened her perception and she erupted, well almost literally. She spoke for a good half hour, I did not do much to guide or direct the conversation and sailed with the flow. She was neither cohercive nor logical, two of the many aspects that I intended to address in a while...
She had issues but that was not the problem, the problem was her lack of clarity about the issues...
I might not be happy with my life but unless I know the exact reason for my unhappiness I can get no where and wore still, if I get the reason wrong and work towards setting it right, I will do more harm...
Her clarity or the lack or thereof and her make belief crystal castle will stand out in the following converstion exert:
M: I do not want to get married till I fulfill all my ambitions!!!
Me (picking up my red pen): So what are your ambitions?
M: 1) I want to learn all the dance forms in the world...
2) I want to paint all the emotions in the world...
3) I want to earn professional respect...
4) I want to be eternally independent...
Me: Wow...
M: I know I will never get them and I am not even making an effort in the direction so...
Me: Oh ok...
M has never been on a date, the person she names as a possible partner is her high school class mate...
She sure has issues...
Tried to clear her thoughts a bit and give her some techniques to work with...
Updations will be posted.
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