NYC Pictures

Some of the recent pictures of the 'Mind-boggling Manhattan' that were taken in the past weekend.



Thanks to GK, Harshal, Babloo and Chen for the pictures.

Drinkers vs Teetotalers

The Times of India writes about a study published in the Journal of Labor Research on how the drinkers make 10-14% more salary than the non-drinkers. The reason they make more money is because of their higher 'social contacts'. The recent study contradicts results of a previous study done by Harvard School of Public Health.

Personally, I've noticed that there is a community that gets built by people who smoke/drink, its natural because when you go down the street to your local bar to drink or go down at your workplace/school to smoke you tend to talk to fellow smokers who soon become friends because of similar habits. This way your social contacts increase, which can eventually lead to more business, better opportunities, more pleasure, more money and probably a shorter life. When you neither smoke nor drink you've very limited access to this community and its social contacts.

Do you think Smokers/Drinkers are richer in social contacts compared to non-Smokers/Drinkers?

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  Yes
  


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  No
  


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  May Be
  


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  None of the above
  

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Munnabhai and 9/11

Watched 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' last week, whoever has watched it or will watch it will definitely like it. The movie is really really upbeat, motivational, feel good, hysterical, freshening, mood changing...... so on and so forth. Came out of the theatre smiling and fresh. Arshad Warsi and 'Sanju baba' are simply awesome, Sanjay Dutt is one of the Bollywood actor who has matured with age (like the Hollywood stars) I started liking him after he cut his long tresses, visited the jail, came out and starred in Vastaav, Kurukshetra, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS. One of the actors who has not worked with the Johar's and the Chopra's to make a name for himself and Lage Raho... is one of the movies which does not have expensive clothes and locations but still a classic.

'Gandhigiri' was and is an awesome concept, not sure if its applicable everywhere in today's day and age but not totally irrational either. I read in Mid-Day that "a group of young people in Bombay after watching the movie noticed the disposed off tickets thrown all over the place, they started picking them up and threw them in a waste basket." So all you 'mamus' practise Gandhigiri where and when ever you can .......

My 9/11 story:
9/11 or Sept 11 was a black day in American history, much has been written about it. Everyone of you must have seen pictures, watched documentaries and read all about it. On that fateful day, 5 years ago I was just 1.5 month old in US and was enjoying the FOB days. I was in deep sleep (snoring.... ;) ) after working on my home-work late previous night. I used to live with my room-mates and didn't have a TV or a cell-phone. I came to know about the attack when my father called me from India and told me about the attacks. Frankly, I didn't even know what was WTC than. Completely ignoring his concern and being sleepy I assured that everything in LA was alright and went back to sleep. Very soon UV's bro called and we all ran to Apt 1 in our complex which had a TV and started watching the news. After watching the news we came to know of the hijacks and started wondering what was in store for us. I was naive about US and sitting in LA far away from NYC didn't quite understand the destruction and implications of the such an attack.

Next few days after reading and watching the news, realized that life ain't gonna be easy in the already down US technology market for the brown skinned. If I remember it correctly we had a class of 457 that day as scheduled, our Prof didn't cancel the class. Now after 5 years and living in the tri-state area so close to NYC I get aggravated seeing ground zero. I may not feel the same pain like the New Yorkers who have lived through the attack, but I do feel agitated remembering the attacks which killed about 2,973 people....no correction 2,973 families.
Hope this world finds peace, can Munnabhai's Gandhigiri help us here ???

Some of the recent pictures from Ground Zero, NY

Quote of the day

"We are measured......
not by what we are, but by the perception of what we seem to be;
not by what we say, but by how we are heard;
not by what we do, but how we appear to do it."
- Anonymous

Read this quote on someone's office door at my workplace, it's so very true.

To overcome the above effect and have a positive impression, people change attitude, behavior, demeanor consciously/unconsciously. We talk what others in our peer group want to hear and do things what others expect us to do even if we don't believe in it.

I guess its a way of life......