The Musing Mind

--- 1 --- Picking up strings from my last post in November 2013 and wrapping up 2014..... it has been an eventful year, I must say, both on personal and other-than-personal fronts. It was Diwali, when I last blogged. 2013 quickly got over with a great Diwali and Christmas time. I did suffer some bad health towards the end of the year, nevertheless, quickly recovered too. I must thank God for His mercies from time to time. In 2014, I worked hard in office and at home, not that I did not work hard before; but the rewards that your hard work pays you make you forget all the pain and bask in its pleasure. As an employee, a professional, and an individual the happiness of receiving an award and appreciation for your work, is immense, especially when you put in a lot of efforts and churn it with your creative juices. This award was followed by an opportunity to showcase my skills of documenting and anchoring, which were again, rewarding! Along side I could read, watch movies and sing ...

--- 1 --- A very hectic week! Sometimes it is nice to have a very busy work week. Some new beginnings, though not without issues, but ending in a positive note. Temps are moderate. Looking forward to a cool October. --- 2 --- “To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been found, the hard work takes care of itself. Then hard work is not hard work at all.”  ― Mark Sullivan We have some edupreneurs who are building something called " EduXtree ". Its an online education portal developed by a bunch of young engineers. It also aims at serving the purpose of a guide to make a right career choice for school children upto higher education level. As a part of it, they are conducting a survey on " Career Choice and Satisfaction "; short, yet a good s...

--- 1 --- A week full of ups and downs......... time is like a barcode, full of black and white stripes. One can even draw the analogy of a sine wave, perhaps. While one moment is ecstatic, the other is extremely depressing and demotivating.... sigh! This is life! Yet, we do not stop living and loving it too, isn't that true?  Well, the weather is cooperative, though. --- 2 --- "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." -  Marcus Tullius Cicero  Yes, I have a garden and a library too.  Therefore, I can say, in principle, that I have everything I need. I attribute this reading habit in my family to my profession. Having a librarian as a wife and a mother will surely have its impact on the family. Over a period of time, we have collected good many books and the time demands a re-org for the home library. Last Sunday was a perfect day for the activity. Though we could not accommodate all our books, we could arrange the oft-rea...