Among the choices for the movies to rent today, the special one is 'Old Boy': a Korean movie. You see, we are in the mood to embrace everything Korean as the countdown has begun for the day when I will be dancing on the streets of Korea 'aaj mere bhai kee shaadi hai, aaj mere bhai ki shaadi hai.'
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Book shelf
What does our bookshelf tell about us? That we need lot of self-help, and we give it in our case the top shelf. And since the universe seems more often than not to be working at stirring up my irrational beliefs, the most recent addition: 'A Guide to Rational Living', has been a critical one.
Scene1: Father prepares maggi for the child while mother looks on, thinking about the wonderfulness of life in general in spite of the soreness of her stiff neck in particular. In two minutes, the plate with steaming noodles arrives from kitchen, and with in seconds of being placed on the table, gets an accidental push from the ultra-cool-and-super-careless child and lands with a loud bang. Parents look down at the splattered mess and notice in their split vision, the ultra-cool dude's horror stricken expression. The child unaware of the recent conversion of his parents to rationality was waiting for the hell to break lose like it always does in such situations. But to his utter disbelief one of the rational beings took a gentle u-turn back to the kitchen and put the water on for making another packet of maggi while the other rational being started getting the paraphernalia together to clean up various states of matter gracing the floor, all the while massaging her sore neck.
If you are looking for the path from being neurotic to born again rational, this is the book for you.
Scene1: Father prepares maggi for the child while mother looks on, thinking about the wonderfulness of life in general in spite of the soreness of her stiff neck in particular. In two minutes, the plate with steaming noodles arrives from kitchen, and with in seconds of being placed on the table, gets an accidental push from the ultra-cool-and-super-careless child and lands with a loud bang. Parents look down at the splattered mess and notice in their split vision, the ultra-cool dude's horror stricken expression. The child unaware of the recent conversion of his parents to rationality was waiting for the hell to break lose like it always does in such situations. But to his utter disbelief one of the rational beings took a gentle u-turn back to the kitchen and put the water on for making another packet of maggi while the other rational being started getting the paraphernalia together to clean up various states of matter gracing the floor, all the while massaging her sore neck.
If you are looking for the path from being neurotic to born again rational, this is the book for you.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Accidental learning
Rather expectantly a huge monkey pushed open the door into my class this afternoon. Looked at the 40 odd students on one side and looked at the Fourier series expansion scribbled on the board on the other. And pulled a bored expression on his face, that if not exactly would translate close enough to: not every closed door need be opened.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
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