Cauldron of Thoughts...

Talking of the year that is nearing its end, I feel it has been a GREAT one indeed! 2011  was the year that 1. Had the most wonderful beginning - One holiday. Place such as Himachal. Good friends around.  A cold morning. Snow view from our duplex suite. Soft music playing in. Tranquility. You are bound to love life! 2. Gave me things I love the most. I traveled on two more occasions around the second half of the year. Th gave me a Kindle and a Dell XPS. Me, the gadget-lover! 3. Saw me enjoying my subjects a lot more now, than I used to a year ago. Not to think of grades when you study is important. And this year, I can say, I tried that.  I got myself into a research project in Paediatrics, interacted with some 125 parents. And Believe it or not - Doraemon is making kids go crazy! :P (I plan to sit down and watch it sometime because I just realized its all about this lazy boy and a cat  Doraemon which usually saves the day for ...

Here's the text of the Commencement address delivered by the late Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. Something I find worth archiving on my blog.. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be ad...

Yet another great sand animation by Sudarshan Patnaik! Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent.   -   Michael Caine