A question from a survey !

I was reading few blogs today ,in one of those Paul Iske, head of KM at ABN AMRO has sent a questionnaire to all staff including the following question(which interested me)

· What proportion of your talent, ideas and experience are used in your job?

I said just put as 30% , when I looked at the survey results more than 90% percent of the people have put their talents used as less than 20% .

maybe the nature of job or the kind of people you work with, may stop you from exploring the talents but its more about your attitude which can bring in the best!

My security audit experience !

Today we had security audit at our office. Morning i cleaned my desk which I never used to bother ,throw ed lots of stuffs into the bin. Then checked whether I cleaned up all the useful stuffs which I saved up in my system :)
I never realised when the auditor came .I was talking with my colleague who is few meters away when I was called by the auditor ,it was too late before I realised I forgot to lock my system while I left. Then I was given a long lecture about the importance of locking the system when I leave the desk.Consequences which might happen if I don't, he opened my mail box and typed a mail to my lead with a subject that I m resigning from the company.After asking apologies and hearing few more minutes of advises he changed to subject as I forgot to lock the system before I leave!wheww got escaped !!!
After this incident even when I am turning to pick my telephone I am locking my system.

The book I read

The name is rajinikanth by Gayathri Sreekanth. When this book was released last year I was curious to read it,finally I got a copy of it last week.
It was a good attempt to portray the life of a great actor,needs courage to write about his early troubled life keeping in mind not to hurt his fans. When we start reading this book we get to know charisma he still has in Tamil Nadu. His public speeches ,news he made in politics during 1996 are well written,when whatever Raniji did became the news of the state.

There are some parts well written about the friendship he had with Bahadur. We can learn what is real friendship which makes his friend a true real life hero. One can achieve success by making sacrifices in his life, here we find a person who makes sacrifices for the success of his fried.
May be I was not a ardent fan of Rajini before reading this book but after reading it I have become his fan for his simplicity.

Site I came accross!

Today I started my day reading few blogs, in one of the blog I came across this sitegapminder.
The blog mainly speaks about the dramatic increase in life expectancy which was 40 years last century and how much we have improved from that stage.It has has data about the per ca pita income of the people living in different parts of the world.
The beauty of the site is the way they have made the statistics look appealing,simple and informative. Visual representation of statistical data makes us wonder how much we have progressed over the last few years.
Good to see countries like India are heading in north east direction (IE) their percapita income as well as life expectancy is an increasing curve corresponding to period of time.
Apart from these comparison there are lot more information in that site to learn
Here is list of other stats put in the site.

Election rally near our place

I thought this year s election will never interfere me apart from the media which shouts about it everyday. Today morning I went to my uncles house near by,I saw party flags planted on both sides of the road.Worse ,there was a loudspeaker which was blasting tunes of latest Tamil movies songs expect for the lyrics which were manipulated to suit that political party. Few hours later there was few police bikes moving to and fro inspecting the ground situation.
Later I heard drumbeats firecrackers blasting around.Then I saw few people coming in bright shirts with their party symbols embossed in it. It was looking more like a circus carnival where these party people were dancing and running around ,the man who is supposed to be center of attraction(MP nominee) was standing like a joker waving hands at whatever direction he likes.
Myself and my uncle were standing in the balcony ,when they crossed our house somebody in the jeep pointed to the joker that we are looking at him,he automatically raised both his hands above his head (periya KUMBUDU)and was giving a sympathetic look to vote for him.Pity he doesn't know I am not eligible to vote in that constituency.
This is good time to be an Indian citizen ,once in a blue moon we will be respected.

Last Sunday-my first look at Nano

Last Sunday my friend had come down from Bangalore , he needed to do some summer shopping. We decided to goto spencers mainly to escape from the Chennai heat. While shopping around we entered into westside ,there we first saw the real model of TATA NANO at the entrance.

It was wonderfully designed.We took turns to sit at the drivers seat and experience the comfort.The legspace was good ,seating was comfortable and view was excellent.
Good thing they havent compromised on the quality beacuse of the low price.
One should really appriciate the hardwork and creativity people(tata motors employees) have put inspite of political controvorsies which marred its production.

I m eagerly waiting to see nano on Indian roads soon!!

My friend a Philatelist!

The day started badly for me as my office bus didn't arrive at the bus stop, I was standing for more than an hour when I was about to leave from the place a replacement bus came.After an uneventful day in the office I left for my friends house.
He s my school friend and I had touch with him over yahoo and orkut over the past few years,last weekend when I was returning from Trichy I met him after a long time.
His hobby is philately and he asked me to come and see his collections. After reaching his home he started showing his excel and how he maintained his collections.Then I got to know the basic facts like first day cover,blocks of four,Commemorative,definitive series etc.It sounded Greek Latin to me first but after 2 hours I too started speaking on those terms.
I was amazed by his collections, in fact he has collected all Commemorative stamps released by post independent India from a 10Rs Gandhiji stamp issued in 1948 to latest ones issued in 2009.Apart from that he had entire collection of miniatures.
It took more than 3 hours to see not even half of his collections. Apart from collecting stamps he was telling about the way he preserves and maintains the stamps,so that it doesn't get damaged or gets old.I gathered lots of useful information from this meeting. He told about a website where we can find all stamps released by India named stampsofindia.
For me hobby is just for time pass reading book or watching TV one way to kill time but from him I learned that hobby is something you do useful in your free time!

Election time once again !!!

Its election time once again for the largest democracy in the world. Its time for us to elect a stable government. Steps taken by election commission like banning graffiti,posters ,wall paintings etc are to be welcomed. When I talked with friends in Kerala(which is going to election today),they said no one could say that elections are around the corner.Expect for the media which remembers us everyday that we have elections I personally never felt the election fever this time. And this is positive factor as our personal lives are not affected by loud political speeches,rallies etc.Hope the elections are held peacefully this year and we get a positive result after the election!!!

Back from home

Its been quite sometime I wrote something here, I was in trichy last weekend. Combined tamil new year holiday along with it. So it was a good long break.
Expected very climate in Trichy but as soon as I reached there it began to pour(presense of good people bring rain to a place!!!).
Met lot of people ,went around places its always nostalgic to be at your hometown!!
Thought of writing lots about the four day trip but i m feeling sleepy :)

Reserve Consumption !!!

got this forward from my friend

Buddha, one day, was in deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human beings. One of his disciples approached him and said humbly "Oh my teacher! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don't you look in to the welfare and needs of your own disciples also?"

Buddha : "OK.. Tell me how I can help you"

Disciple : "Master! My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one, please?"

Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition and needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room. A while later; he went to his disciple's place and asked him "Is your new attire comfortable? Do you need anything more?”

Disciple : "Thank you my Master. The attire is indeed very comfortable. I need nothing more"

Buddha : "Having got the new one, what did you do with your old attire?"

Disciple : "I am using it as my bed spread"

Buddha : "Then.. hope you have disposed off your old bed spread"

Disciple : " No.. no.. master. I am using my old bedspread as my window curtain"

Buddha : " What about your old Curtain?"

Disciple : "Being used to handle hot utensils in the kitchen"

Buddha : "Oh.. I see.. Can you tell me what did they do with the old cloth they used in Kitchen"

Disciple : "They are being used to wash the floor."

Buddha : " Then, the old rug being used to wash the floor...?"

Disciple: "Master, since they were torn off so much, we could not find any better use, but to use as a twig in the oil lamp, which is right now lit in your study room."

Buddha smiled in contentment and left for his room.

If not to this degree of utilization, can we at least attempt to find the best use of all our resources at home and in office? We need to handle wisely, all the resources earth has bestowed us with ….both natural and material so that they can be saved for the generations to come. Reserve Consumption !!!