Experience No:1 To be frank, though I have vaguely heard about "Yellow Fever", I never read up on it. Only when I got to know that I needed to get vaccinated for it did I read up and understand the basics. King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research is a WHO (World Health Organization) authorized center for …
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The other day, I was waiting for VFS Global in Chennai to open up at 8AM IST so that I could apply for my Vietnam VISA. The security guards (there were several of them) were busy keeping the various VISA applicants at bay, till the official opening time. Most of the folks were there for …
India has 3393 Engineering Colleges, as per AICTE (http://www.aicte-india.org/). By most estimates, these colleges are churning out upwards of 750000 Engineers per year. When we administered a written test to a handful of fresh engineering graduates, even people with CGPA of 9+/10 scored 3/30! We checked again (and again) to confirm if the questions were …
I have been using LinkedIn since 2005 and am a huge fan of the platform. It is a great way to keep in touch with all the folks in your professional world. And obviously, as we all can see, majority of the professional world thinks so as well. I do see some signs of trouble …
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A lot of folks look at a Sports fan with sympathy, similar to the way one would look at some addict well on the way to oblivion. Is that really fair? Though I would never advocate someone plonking themselves in front of TV for a multi-hour marathon TV-watching experience, following Sports as a fan does …
From the moment we wake up, we get swamped with Information, Crises/Issues/Problems, Meeting Requests, Phone Calls Etc. It is increasingly important that every individual figure out how best to maximize the output that can be derived from the fixed amount of time we all have every day. On a typical working day, I am at …
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My friend shared this picture with me claiming that this is how I would end up looking ... 🙂 Copyright: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/pol-ubeda-hervas-im-not-there-2 Another friend suggests that I could end up with a body which does not have a profile view (side view) but only front or back view. Kind of like this fish, …
Continue reading WOF (War On Fat): How I could end up looking?
Do we take exam preparation advice from someone who has failed 8th grade 10 times? Do we take "Integrity" lessons from the Tour De France winner who got busted for taking steroids? Do we take fitness lessons from applicants to the TV show "Biggest Loser"? (But we definitely can take advice from the folks who …
Just the other day, my friend asked me "Why are you doing all this?". Well, I asked myself this question and following are the answers I have come up with. (A) My WOF decision in January 2013 and the thoughts I had published then I consider myself to be slightly above average in health and …
Just an hour back, while I was on my way to the Gym, a neighbour who was also headed to the Gym asked me, "Why are you going to the Gym? You look pretty fine to me ... My case is different as I need to lose a lot of weight". Do you see the …