Thoughts on Leaving 3

March 28, 2007 in Corporate Slavery

There seem to be two main ways in which organisations treat their “deserters” (i.e. people who choose to leave). The first is by ignoring them, and the second by harrassing them!
One wonders why.
After all, if it seems that unfair to you that the guy chose to leave, you could always tell him to leave immediately, [...]

Thoughts after watching 300

March 27, 2007 in Movies, Thoughts

Why do I love movies with excessive violence, gore & bloodshed, in the name of outdated notions such as honour. Even if you do not agree with their values , isn’t it beautiful when people choose to remain true to their value system, rather than take the expedient route to compromise? Even (or maybe especially) [...]

Threshers Offer Redux

March 26, 2007 in Links, Living in UK

Last November, Hugh Macleod broke the news & offered the 40% off coupon for Threshers on his website. Now, he is at it again! Yes that’s right ladies & gentlemen, you can download the coupon, send it as an email, send the link, or print & copy for yourself, as well as for all your [...]

QOTD – 26-Mar-07

March 26, 2007 in Life, Links, Quotes

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.
- With thanks to Little Miss Muffet

Boys in Blue & Black

March 25, 2007 in Cricket

When I wrote my last post on Indian cricket team’s (non)performance, a friend of mine wrote that I was being too cynical. There was also an interesting post by Krishna analysing the anger of Indian fans. What particularly struck me about this post was the line:
the Indian team is not responsible to its fans
Krishna also said [...]

Thoughts on Leaving 2

March 21, 2007 in Career, Corporate Slavery, Guest

Sonal, a friend of mine, had written the following a few months ago, when she left her job. I reproduce it below with her permission:
It’s a weird feeling to work for an employer where you have put in your papers. In UK it is a common practise to serve your notice period. Which means that [...]