About Love (1) August 9, 2010
Posted by admin in : Insight, Living, love , add a commentThat Treacherous Thing …
I vividly remember my long afternoon walks in the park du Luxembourg in the Latin Quarter in Paris, as I used to lived across from it, Rue d’Assas. There were retired men talking about their war stories and playing pétanque, lovers silently hugging on benches, people just trying to be friends with each other, and me, flaneur crossing the park because it was on the Eastern side (the 5th arrondissement) that the philosophers were based, rue d’Ulm and I felt something vibrate in me there, just breathing the air & imbibing philosophy and the hype that came with it; it was a pilgrimage to my promised land. For years, as I routinely crossed that park, the same APlatonic depressing idea haunted me upon seeing the lovers embracing & cuddling each other on the benches, the idea of the transitory aspect of such intensity, and its potential reversal. The more intensely enthralled two being are with each other the harder they will try to hurt each other upon separation. They seemed to want to unite with each other, care about each other, protect each other, minister the smallest need in the other, cure the other of the small wounds, but, at some point in the future they might be inflicting the most scathing injury to the other. The nonlovers might be less close, but, in all likelihood, they should unconditionally stay friends, or, at least they are not expected to inflict harm on the other. I realized that there was an element in this treacherous thing called love that was not for philosophers.
(Words: Nassim Taleb)
(Picture: Colors ~ Rabin Karki)
Cheers to Life!! August 9, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living, fun , add a commentExactly a year since I landed in the JFK international airport, NY for my study here in the USA [August 8, 2009].
And it seems like life has just started. Cheers to the exciting times ahead.
Cheers to Life!
Picture: Lonely bench by the lake side (Rabin Karki’s flickr photostream)
Tasty Neighbor July 18, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living, fun , add a commentWhat do you say when you had an amazing dinner in your apartment complex and you still don’t have to worry about a thing?
- You have a good neighbor.
Thanks Suju and Ekta.
Champions are Out ~ Disgrace June 24, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentItaly are knock out of the group stage in WC ‘10.
I hate surprises.
Here’s to the Italian supporters.
pic from: bbc.co.uk
A few life lessons (2) June 23, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentThis was funny. I mean I looked an idiot at the end of this whole incident but it can happen to anyone.
I got a call (it was from “Anil” and I never looked at my phone while it was buzzing) while I was busy at work. I was about to complete the task and decided to call back later. So “Anil”. Ok here’s the catch. What happens when you see a missed call from someone who happens to share his/her name with 3 of your other friends? You randomly pick up one.
Here were the options - the three Anils I know.
Anil Bhari - Fellow batch mate at IOE
Anil Maharjan - Senior at college and co-worker at Nepasoft
Anil Somraj - Senior fellow MBA
The order here makes sense. Coz that’s how my brain prioritized when I saw “Anil” in my missed call. One more thing, I can hardly remember a phone conversation with any of those. I just have an entry “Anil” in my phone contacts.
So I called back.
Mistake no. 1. As soon as one of the above Anils, picked the phone (at this point I was still thinking it was Anil Bhari) I talked in the way you talk to a fren you haven’t talked in like for a year (The second and third Anils are my senior, so the talk wouldn’t be as informal).
Mistake no 2. I kept on pouring questions before I got any reply from the other side.
Now, after some moment of awkward silence from the other side I finally paused (Till this point my mind thought there is only one Anil in this world - Anil Bhari). The voice sounded different and I heard something like “Dude I can’t speak Nepali here”.
Snap. In a split of seconds my mind out of no where made up that it was Anil Maharjan (well when I later retrospected my thought process, I guess my mind made conclusion based on this fact - Anil should’ve been working on some companies here in US and during work time he should be speaking strict English).
So I shifted my tone from Anil (friend) to Anil (my college senior). I was still talking in Nepali. But the conversation still made no sense.
Finally, when I heard the confused laugh from the other end, my mind finally made the right guess in the last 5 minutes. It was Anil Somraj. When he said “He can’t speak Nepali here”, he really meant it. He is from India.
Funny.
Moral: Save the full names of your friends in your phone contact
Picture from: http://www.waldo.com.au
A few life lessons (1) June 21, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentToday somebody disappointed me. But I let myself sulked and got miserable all day long. In fact I should have spent sometime assessing and reflecting that incident and move on.
Is it always so hard to move on?
Moral:
- Spend less time focusing on things you can’t control.
- Accept, don’t Expect.
Tired of Pretending June 21, 2010
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Biking @ Huckleberry Trail June 8, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living, Outdoors, fun , add a commentSome of us decided to explore the Tech’s outdoors at Huckleberry trail with our bikes. It was an awesome experience.
Clearly, Cycling is a flight from Sadness.
The May 31 long weekend belonged to outdoors. May 31, 2010
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Mc Afee Knob
Clearly I’ve been thinking
The hikers
The Tarzen.
All wells, that ends up well - Happy Everything.
Euphoria ~ Ab Na Ja May 27, 2010
Posted by admin in : Living, Music , add a commentThere are very few songs you like more, the more you listen to them. This is one of them.
Work is Overrated. May 27, 2010
Posted by admin in : Business, Living , add a commentPeriod.
Bananas and Monkeys April 20, 2010
Posted by admin in : Business, Insight, Living , add a commentStart with a cage containing five monkeys.
Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been done round here.
And that, my friends, is how company policies are made.
source: unknown
Busy-ness February 7, 2010
Posted by admin in : Business, Living , add a commentWhat’s one good thing about being super busy?
Wait! I have no time to think on that. Back to work.
Core human skills January 16, 2010
Posted by admin in : Insight, Living , add a comment“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” – Robert A. Heinlein
Never Regret Anything that Made You Smile January 6, 2010
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Year 2009 in words December 28, 2009
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentThis year started with an MBA on mind. Almost all the paper works were done for my top priority colleges and admission results were expected. But still I was wandering on applying to few more colleges (I was so desperate to start my MBA this year). Time for results and loads of emotion swing with some results on my favor and some beyond my control. Joy when accepted at VT, ecstasy when accepted at Pittsburgh and was rejected at UMASS.
Work was always fun at Bikalpa. ‘Work hard, party harder’ anthem was never let down. Numerous ‘Party of the century’ by the Bikalpians, but the greatest was mine … says every one.
Came to VirginiaTech for my MBA, New road to New York in 18 hours, loved Blacksburg, learned the football game, all of a sudden my football became soccer, facebooked and twittered like never before, never been so confused and determined at the same time, cycling never was so fun, met some great new friends at VT, enjoyed all those VT Nepalese get together and parties, played bhailo in Tihar, danced for the first time, enjoyed the first snow fall, experienced the different American system of study, first semester - was smart enough to get lucky and loved the tail gates and the VT football games at Lane. Last weeks of 2009 was for the overwhelmingly impressive New York City and life keeps getting better and I have never been so sure that there is hell lot to be explored in one life. For the moment, it’s the New Year eve at Time squares New York.
Life was not always fun in 2009. I tore my ankle ligaments and rested for almost one and half months. Got rejected twice for F1 visa, made ad hoc back up plans (now I wonder some of my back up plans were better than plan A). There were broken promises and relationships. We are not perfect but we don’t live in a perfect world either.
Few things stayed the same in the year 2009. My faith in love, friendship and my belief on life and beyond is as optimistic as ever. And the new challenges keep on getting tougher.
Thank You Friends. Cheers to 2009!!
Tribute to the greatest hike ever. December 6, 2009
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Fetish for connecting dots? November 30, 2009
Posted by admin in : Insight, Living , add a commentI never realized I talk about connecting dots more than a normal man does. A friend of mine made me aware of that. The startling question he posed was ‘Do MBAs have a fetish for connecting dots?’
Well I was like ‘Excuse me’. That’s an over generalization and I was never aware I was using that word so frequently. Well it’s nothing about sounding stylish, classy or sexy at all. It’s just a desire to know the truth. But as in life every things depends on your perception. When I told one of my MBA friend about my interests of moving towards consultancy, his only remark was ‘Wow consultancy sounds so sexy’. Duh?
But the thing here is about knowing the gaps and articulating facts and information so that it makes sense. And my nature says, either you have the full picture or there is no picture at all. It bugs me up big time when I can’t figure out the relation between things that matters to me. Two of my friends, one in China and one here in US were sharing comments in facebook and I had no freaking idea how they both know each other. Of course they never talk to me about each other. Now that bugs me up. And for me, to find out how they know each other is connecting the dots. There are numerous such scenarios everyday.
So Basically for me its more of a curiosity to know the truth rather than sounding stylish or sexy. And yeah, I have a fetish for knowing the truth.
Hello Holidays! November 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentHoliday starts early here at VT with almost 9 days for the ThanksGiving. The only complain about the holidays is that they run out quite fast.
Let’s enjoy the freedom.
Where is the fun? November 18, 2009
Posted by admin in : Living , add a commentBack in Nepal I never use to see the weather forecasts. Firstly, they weren’t accurate always. And secondly, I didn’t felt the need for that. So when I got caught in a sudden rain, it used to be a surprise and fun too (not that I always appreciate returning drenched from my office)
But here in US, the weather forecast are amazingly accurate and I already have this habit of seeing these forecasts for the anticipation of the first snowfall (Yes, I am yet to see a snowfall). So all this makes the everyday weather kind of boring. You already have an idea on what the rest of the week is going to be like. Where is the fun?
