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"Out of the Wreckage"
The story of one Malaysian man's miraculous healing

"Hey, thanks, Michael. Why dont you go on home now? You look dead-tired."

Michaels friend had no idea how close to literally true his words would come.

Thirty-two-year-old Michael Koh adjusted his glasses as he rubbed his eyes. Every night for the past week he had spent long hours overseeing the deliverance team at the evening rallies of international evangelist Reinhard Bonkke in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. Several churches in the area had collaborated to staff the rallies with nearly one thousand counselors, of whom twenty had specific training in deliverance--many of these from the church Michael pastored.

This Sunday night closed out the campaign, but by the time Michael eased into his Toyota Corona and headed for home down the highway to Petaling Jaya, a nearby western suburb, the clock hands had crept past midnight into early Monday, November 20, 1989. Fighting a fever as well as drowsiness, Michaels mind drifted back to the message God had given him when he had awakened that morning praying. It seemed so long ago now! During the morning service of his 600-member church, Vision Valley Centre, Michael had repeated the message to the congregation.

"The Lord is indicating that some very heavy activity in the spiritual realm is coming," he had told them, "and there will be an intense battle from today onward. For some of us, our lives will never be the same out of this."

Michael drove on down the highway, normally well traveled but almost deserted at 12:30 a.m. Just as he neared a construction site, he fell asleep at the wheel. His right foot sagged down on the accelerator, and the Toyota plowed straight into a large stationary crane with a sickening crunch of twisting metal.

The front end of the car seemed to fold in on him. The steering wheel hit his chest and broke, while glass and metal tore at his face. In an instant it was over. Now fully awake and conscious, Michael felt a burning pain radiate from his right upper leg. What alarmed him most was that he could see absolutely nothing. His right eye was filled with glass from his eyeglasses, crushed and ground into the cornea. His left eye--well, Michael could not quite tell even where it was. His whole face, in fact, seemed to have been ripped into a bloody mess.

In the deathly quiet Michael heard a voice that made his skin crawl, not quite audible but just as clear.

So you think God is a loving Father? the diabolic voice cackled. What do you have to say about this, then? Its just as you said--your life will never be the same.

From somewhere inside his spirit, Michael pulled out words that challenged even him at that moment.

"I know that its especially in a situation like this that God will show just how loving He is," he murmured aloud in a rebuke of the devils lies.

About ten minutes passed. Michael heard a car slow down and pull over. Then a voice: "Oh, my God!" And the car sped off again, leaving him in silence.

After perhaps ten more minutes, another vehicle pulled over. Michael heard only low, unfriendly mumbles. He could not tell what they were doing.

Just then a third car stopped. More voices: "Hey, get away from him! Beat it, you guys!"

Two new voices addressed him with concern.

"Those guys were about to try to rip you off or something," one explained. "They probably thought you were dead."

Somehow his rescuers pretzeled him out of the mangled Toyota, flagged down a passing van and removed seats in the back of the van to lay Michael on the floor. Still he could see nothing. Ten or fifteen minutes later they arrived at the emergency room entrance of a hospital in Petaling Jaya, where Michael learned the horrifying truth.

"Doctor! This guys eyeball is hanging out!" an orderly hollered.

All the sounds of the emergency room came through extra clearly to Michaels sight-deprived brain. As the ER personnel scrambled about him, he heard every gasp, gag and groan: "Poor guy." "Poor fellow." "No way this guys going to see again." "How gruesome." "Dang, this guys messed up." "Ugh, Im going to vomit."

The doctors stabilized the broken femur in Michaels right leg and gave him a tetanus jab. Amazingly Michael had suffered no serious chest injuries from the broken steering wheel. But an eye specialist on call came in and spelled out the facts for him.

"Your face has been severely lacerated," she said, "and this eye"--referring to the left one--"is completely smashed. Dont expect ever to see from it again."

The medical team pushed the eyeball into its socket and began sewing up the side of Michaels face with 42 stitches. Because they feared brain damage, the doctors could not risk giving Michael any anesthesia.

Throughout, Michael remained conscious and tried to pray. He had asked someone to notify his church staff, and knew they would be interceding even then.

At one point he felt a strong sense of the Lords presence. Distinctly he heard whispered words: Im going to heal you.

The eye specialist and her assistants hovered over him for a few hours, cleaning out as much glass from his eyes as possible and setting the loose eyeball back into place. She was still stitching him together about 4 a.m. when Michael spoke up suddenly, his voice urgent and excited.

"Doctor, I can see something! I can see from both eyes! Its blurry, but I can see!"

"Theres no way. Its not possible. Youve got some phantom neurological activity, maybe--thats all."

"But I can really see!" he insisted. "Test me out!"

She held her hand close in front of Michaels face. "How many fingers am I holding up?"

Michael looked carefully through a hazy blur.

"One, two, three, four--yeah, four. Praise God! I can see!" he shouted again.

The room began to buzz with the news while the doctor shook her head and finally conceded, "Yeah--praise God, I guess. I dont know how its possible."

When she finished stitching, the medical team dressed his wounds, wrapping bandages around Michaels head, including his eyes. They transferred him to a ward and began arrangements to set his leg in traction later that same Monday.

Sometime around midday a nurse came to change Michaels dressings. When she finished unwinding the bandages around his head, he almost gasped for joy.

"My Lord, I can see a lot more clearly! O God, praise You! Its almost like my normal, uncorrected vision!"

No one could find any explanation.

A team from orthopedic surgery drilled a nail into Michaels knee in preparation for traction, when a member of Michaels church, a medical specialist, came to the hospital. He made arrangements quickly to transfer Michael to another hospital in the city equipped to perform a more advanced operation. That evening in the new hospital, surgeons opened Michaels thigh and inserted a pin into his leg through the marrow, holding the femur together where it had made a clean break.

Michael remained in the hospital for a month. Another surgeon performed plastic surgery on Michaels face, taking more than two hundred stitches in the process.

Over time his skin healed well enough that a casual observer would not immediately notice the scars behind his glasses. And his new glasses needed a less powerful prescription for correction than the old pair. Tests about four weeks later indicated that his eyesight was better than before.

During that hospital stay an old friend came to visit. Six or eight years ago "David" had attended a church Michael had planted in Kuantan, across Peninsular Malaysia on the east coast. But he had decided not to pursue the Christian life.

"Hey, Michael!" David greeted him. "I heard you were laid up. Howre you doing?"

"What are you doing in town?" Michael answered. "Good to see you!"

The two talked for quite a while as Michael described his accident and what God had done in healing him.

"The eye specialists say its miraculous--theyve never seen anything like this happen. I give all the glory to God."

David listened intently, blinked back tears and looked down, shaking his head.

"Man, I need to get right with God," he blurted out. "The Lord is calling me back--I know it. You know, Ive been involved in gangs, even leading one of them. But nothing satisfies. I need God in my life and the kind of power and love youre describing."

David prayed with Michael by the hospital bed and gave his heart to the Lord.

Several other Malaysian friends came to Christ, too, when they heard the testimony of Michaels miraculous healing.

And God had even bigger things in mind.

About a week before Christmas 1989, Michael went home from the hospital. On Christmas Day he attended a special morning service and greeted his church family for the first time since the accident. The guest speaker, Ken Newton from Australia, a friend of about four years, had just concluded the service when the Lord gave him a prophetic message for Michael.

In front of the congregation, Ken shared what he had heard: "Within a very short time after this accident, God is going to use this to expand His Kingdom, and you are going to be out of Malaysia soon. The Lord says He is going to use you to raise up people who will know God, display strength and do exploits."

Just after the start of the new year, Michael returned to work at the church. He got around easily on crutches with the pin in his leg--maybe too easily. Twice the metal pin worked its way out the back of his hip, and he had to return briefly to the hospital where doctors knocked it back in with a mallet. Eventually they removed the pin because the bone was healing so quickly, although Michael remained on crutches for six months or so.

In June 1990 Michael prepared to fly to the United States for his annual summer course work at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena--advanced training that would help him with church growth and church planting in Malaysia. Before he left, his prayer partners gathered to intercede for him. Several received similar impressions from the Holy Spirit: "You will meet a group of people youve never known before. But you will not go to them--theyll come to you. They will hear about what God has done in your life with this miracle, and they will want to learn from you and be mentored."

As Michael studied in his cubbyhole apartment in a Fuller housing complex, he kept in touch by phone with his prayer partners back home. During each call one of them would ask, "Have you met this group of people yet?" Michaels repeated answer: "No, not yet."

Hitching around campus on his crutches, Michael attracted friendly inquiries about what had happened. One woman he chatted with, Jennie Genske, called him later to see if they could get together for a breakfast meeting. Michael agreed, but they did not set a specific day. Meanwhile, a couple of weeks passed and one of his Malaysian prayer partners phoned again.

"Have you met this group of people?"

"No, not yet."

"Well,"; said the intercessor, "I have a feeling youre going to meet them very, very soon."

The two finished their conversation and Michael hung up the phone. With his hand still grasping the warm receiver, the phone rang again. It was Jennie Genske with a proposal.

"Ive got some friends I think would be very interested to get to know you. Well be free during Labor Day weekend. Do you think you could come do a day of teaching with us?"

Although Michael had yet to meet any of the others, including Jennies husband, he agreed.

About a dozen people gathered the first weekend of September for a morning and afternoon of teaching. The mostly twenty- and thirtysomething college graduates and business people bonded in a special way as the Holy Spirit moved in their midst.

Michael returned to Malaysia shortly afterward, but by January 1991 the network of friends decided to continue meeting informally for fellowship in one anothers homes. Following Michaels summer study that year, the group began to see themselves more as a new church plant. By summer 1992 the network had a definite identity, although the membership evolved a bit. Michael met his future bride while in the States, and in the fall of 1992 Cindy joined him in Malaysia for the last six months of their engagement. They married in April 1993, relocated permanently to Pasadena and launched Vision Christian Fellowship in May 1993 with about thirty members.

Ken Newtons prophecy, three and a half years after its Christmas Day reception, had largely found fulfillment. Although at the time Michael had dreamed only of building the Church in Malaysia, the Lord had led him out of that country altogether. Many who joined the new church or heard Michael speak gave their lives to Christ after an initial invitation to "come see someone whos been miraculously healed from a terrible accident." Less than a year after its founding, the Pasadena church grew to over one hundred and began initiating new fellowships.

Your life will never be the same. The Lords word to Michael on the morning before his accident still echoes in his memory. It has proved true for himself as well as scores of others.

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Israeli start-up Delver acquired by Sears

US retailer Sears Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: SHLD) has acquired Israeli start-up Delver Ltd., which was on the verge of closing down after failing to raise additional $6 million in capital. The size of the deal was not disclosed, but it was probably not large, after Delver's failed financing attempt.

Delver co-founder and CEO Liad Agmon will move to the US and become a VP at Sears. Delver's employees will continue to work in Israel and the company will operate as a Sears' development center. Delver will continue development of its search engine that improves the relevancy of web search results by prioritizing these results based upon the searcher's social network, as well as new products.

The acquisition fits in with Sears' policy to get into on-line services. As part of the retailer's restructuring in early 2008, it reorganized into five relatively independent units: operating businesses, support, brands, e-commerce, and real estate. Sears chairman Edward Lampert is the owner of hedge fund ESL Investments Inc., which controls the company.

A month ago, it was disclosed that Delver would close within 30 days, unless it found a buyer. "We've been unable to raise capital in the current climate, and we're now seeking a buyer for the company, alongside negotiations with private investors.

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Motorola buys Israeli company

Motorola Inc. said that it has signed an agreement to buy an Israeli technology company that specializes in Internet protocol television. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Motorola said it expects the transaction to close before the end of the year.

BitBand is based in Netanya, Israel, and its foothold in Europe is important for Motorola as the Schaumburg-based company expands its infrastructure business in emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa, John Burke, Motorola's senior vice president and general manager of Broadband Home Solutions, said in a statement.

Broadband Home Solutions is part of Motorola's Home and Networks division, which makes cable TV set-top boxes and equipment for wireless networks.

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Babel revisited: a taxonomy for ordinary images in a bilingual retrieval context

With the large volume of digital images now accessible on the World Wide Web, users searching for images can be overwhelmed by many factors. Too many available images, images indexed with an incomprehensible vocabulary or one that is too specialized to be useful are but a few examples of issues leading to frustration. In addition, language barriers still prevent Web users from retrieving the images they need. This contribution presents the preliminary results of a study proposing to explore the behaviours of image searchers from four different linguistic communities. The purpose of this preliminary study is to examine queries formulated by image searchers to learn about the terminology used and evaluate how this terminology can be eventually incorporated into the development of a bilingual taxonomy for digital image indexing. Forty participants from four different linguistic communities (English, French, Chinese and Russian native speakers) were asked to write the queries they would use to retrieve ten images that were shown to them consecutively. Then they were invited to fill out a questionnaire on their behaviours as an image searcher on the Web. The results of this research allowed the acquisition of knowledge of user terminology standards and an assessment of how that terminology might be integrated in the development of a bilingual taxonomy for improved indexing of ordinary digital images. Moreover, since language barriers regularly prevent users from easily accessing information of all kinds, the bilingual taxonomy will constitute a clear benefit for image searchers who are not overly familiar with images indexed in English, which is still the dominant language of the Web

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Take a walk away from the many tourist pubs in Greenwich and you may chance upon the Union. Well stocked with ales from the nearby Meantime Brewery, this chilled, narrow bar is loved by the young ale-drinking crowd. Chocolate and raspberry beers offer a sense of fun, as does the playful British menu, with home-made pork pie and dipping fish-fingers. Free Wi-Fi (very rare in these parts) makes it a paradise for home-workers and freelancers. On warm summer days, there are few finer places to relax in than in this pub’s charming beer garden.

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Great Men Died Fighting, Let me tell you a story.

I am somebody

The clock struck 10 pm I decided to sleep, when I was about to get into the bed my cell phone rang, it was my best friend Pavan, we spoke for almost half an hour, started from football and ended with his preparations to go to UK for higher studies.

10:45 I was still rolling in my bed not able to sleep, I decided to go down and watch TV for sometime.

News Channel
Bomb explosion in Iraq, killings in Kashmir, Ghajini creates all kinds of records at the box office, IPL Dhamaka, will India win the fifth ODI?

Entertainment News Channel
Ghajini movie of the year, Slumdog nominated to Oscars, Priety heats up the IPL meet, shooting stalled coz of killings in Mumbai. Will Akshay retain his No1 position in Bollywood?

Movie Channels
I love you, I will kill you, I can’t live without you, hahaha, Maa, Will you marry me?

Entertainment Channel
Hahahaha, hehehehe, Sa Re Ga Ma, Bahu Nahi, Friends, Is This your final Answer?

I am nobody

My head was spinning there was so much happening in this world, TV just gave me a feel of how much important each and everyone is.
Killings everywhere, people are passionate about their country, their religion, their region within the country. We are all together; we are all fighting for a cause. Great Men died fighting for such cause, spent their and are spending their lives for such cause.

The arms of the clock had come together to welcome a new day. I went up to my terrace for some fresh air. As I sat on the parchment of the terrace I turned to my left to see the bustling market fast asleep, moon light danced with the street lights on the empty road. I looked down to see a clear shadow of mine; it was a full moon night. I mechanically looked up to witness the most amazing spectacle I had ever seen, a jet black canvas filled with silver sparkling dots and among them was a radiating white full circle. The stars and the moon seemed to be a part of a symphony, the sparkling stars seemed to dance on the horizon, and the moon looked beautiful, with each passing minute it seemed to innocently smile at me, a smile so innocent so full of shyness that it melts the most brutal hearts.

The whole universe lay above me, stars bigger in size than the Earth, millions in number; they could least care if the Earth was burning its self in the pursuit of the most materialistic things, if Ghajini boomed at the box office, if Akshay was No 10, if India lost the ODI, if I was a Hindu, Muslim or Christian. Who am I? I am nobody. So much out there we have no clue about, yet we shout. What is special about planet Earth? Why were we placed here? Do we all fall into a perfect picture?
I think there are a lot of people with me but are there truly lots of people with me, they are all around me, but we walk alone on the paths we choose. If we are alone, why are there groups of everything, why the borders, why the hatred? We come we go. Do we really live?
The Earth is like the universe and we are all like the stars, but never have we sparkled, nor have we danced. We have tortured, invented machines to torture, and killed each other.

My thoughts were interrupted by a white dot darting across the black canvas; the falling star dived into the horizon. I wish one day I fall that gracefully and pass onto the next world.

I slipped into the cozy blanket, closed my eyes; the river of my thoughts had reached the calm ocean. There was still one ripple in the ocean. “Great men died Fighting for a Cause”. Great?

thanu said...

rajeshwari said...

too good harsha.... Your thoughts are really matured and makes us think about the reality.... most of us, most of the time will just live in dream thinking that there is no end. In fact, we are not willing to think in that way coz we don’t wanna think about things which disturbs our peace of mind…

Really inspiring!! keep writing:)

Rajiv said...

Hey nice one da..... :) This is the best i feel..... Keep it going....

harsha said...

@thanu: Thank you for your kind word
@rajeshwari:Thank you, i see my post has made you think a lot :)
@rajiv:Thanks bro, i'll keep writing, you keep reading.

divsi said...

a helluva post this one..will make ne one sit down n ponder for a while..u appear to be a dreamer...a blend of abstract yet so concrete!:)

loved the flow of this post...moreova coz it was oozin wid truth n hurtful reality...:)

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The man stood silent at his post. It was a quiet evening. Cockscombs of fluffy cloud reflected the orange and mauve of a evening onto the purple range of the Shamshabari range. Far below, through the tripod of his machine gun, he could see a dark meandering line of the Neelam river. All was peaceful, faint smell of woodsmoke told him that the cook had started preparing the evening meal in the bunker far behind. He remembered his family. Yesterday he had received a telegram that its a girl. He couldn't wait to get back to see her. Life was good, even though it would be more than two months before he could go home to see his girls. He never heard the sniper's shot which killed him. They found him fifteen minutes later, shoulders sagging, face down on the wooden butt of the gun. He would never see them any more...great men died fighting, let me tell you his story.


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Obama, Palin, etc.

Last night when I got home I went on the New York Times' website and watched Obama's speech (I had missed it while out). Now, I'll admit to being a sucker for these things, but I was very much in tears. It makes me proud to be an American in a very big way to see how far this nation has grown in a relatively short time. There's still a lot of growing to do, but this is a wonderful moment in our nation's history.

I was a little bit annoyed to see that the headlines this morning were focused on Sarah Palin as McCain's VP pick. For one thing, I was really hoping he would pick Romney because that would have made it a cakewalk for Obama. But he proved that he isn't entirely demented (or at least his staff isn't) in avoiding that. He did, however, entirely undercut the crux of his argument against Obama by picking Palin, who fairly clearly has less political experience than he does (and all of it in Alaska - you know, not a state where that much happens). Still, in two short years in the Alaska governor's seat, Palin has managed, to quote a Kids In The Hall sketch, "to abuse her very limited power" when trying to get someone to fire her ex-brother-in-law for personal reasons, and then firing the person who wouldn't do it. Coming off eight years of Vice President Dick "No-Ethics" Cheney, I hope people are wary of someone who has demonstrated such questionable ethics in such a short period of time.

Since overall the choice of Palin seems to undercut a lot of McCain's campaign up until now, I can't help but interpret the move as a ploy for the votes of dissatisfied Hillary supporters. I hope those who are still wary of throwing their lot in with Obama can tell the diffference between Hillary Clinton, a truly accomplished woman, and an anti-abortion rights, anti-equal pay, ethically challenged newcomer who was competing in beauty contests when Barack Obama was organizing on behalf of poor, working families in Chicago, and when Hillary Clinton was campaigning for children's rights. It isn't too hard from where I sit, but eight years of President Bush have left me very much doubting the capacity of the American electorate to make good decisions at the ballot.

As a person who truly does support the cause of women's rights, I think every man and woman ought to be a little offended that McCain chose a female running mate for what appears to be her youth, general good looks, and maybe also because she is more vocally against abortion rights than McCain and a member of the NRA. In other words, substantially for superficial reasons. Leave it to the Republican Party to make their first female VP choice come off as vaguely sexist.

I can't help but think that Palin's inexperience will become very obvious now that she is catapulted from a very small stage to a very big one, but she is charming and well-spoken. I hope Obama will involve Hillary (and Bill) as much as he can in his campaign because I think she is probably in a better position than anyone to point out Palin's lack of accomplishments as a politician, and remind people what a qualified female politician looks like. Luckily, Barack Obama has already proven himself capable of prevailing in a tough and close campaign, and Biden ought to be able to talk circles around Palin. Fingers crossed.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Welcome to my Peace Corps Rwanda blog!

This is the first of many posting throughout the next 2+ years and I hope that you feel free to email, call, skype, facebook, gchat, etc. whenever you can when I'm in Rwanda. I promise to keep you all up to date with my adventures and I hope you do the same. For now, please send me your email addresses at so that I can be sure to have your contact info as well.


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Northwest Indiana GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Forum

Components of Geographic Information Systems

  • Computer Hardware - refers to the computer components - the physical frame work that includes devices for:
    • storing data
    • displaying analysis
    • creating output
  • Computer Software - in addition to readily available software, there are several public domain software systems as well as university designed systems.
  • Data - the old GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) principle - Geographic Information System tools account for only a fraction of the total costs. The most expensive part of a Geographic Information System is the collection and processing of the data. The cost factor underscores the vital importance of creating or accessing the reliable spatial data. Every detail seen or observed may be convertible to a digital form and become an intelligent input to a GIS. The costs associated with data (capture, index, storage) can be enormous. Hence the data must be multipurpose in nature. It should be able to be used by any unrelated independent users to justify its price. It is a good policy to set Data consistency standards - for data exchange to unrelated users and data transfer to other systems.
  • People / Liveware / Wetware - may be expensive. GIS education may be required. At least the person overseeing the entire operation and whose responsibility it is to make the decision must be professionally trained.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89360031626906727472017-04-08T09:54:54.053-07:00iyer-ramyaputiLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08814706879569916844noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936003162690672747.post-73984040885072400562013-12-16T09:15:00.005-08:002013-12-16T09:15:45.665-08:00My Space Zinda Hoon Main

I know I’ve been away for a long time. I’ve been busy badly. PC Thomas mein bache ki jaan lete hain, and many kids go there readily, to become bali ka bakra. I always wonder how PC manages to appoint so many teachers who say new big-big dialogues everyday. I wanted to write those dialogues, but most of them are in Malayalam! :(

Blogging requires thinking, and that requires free time. I spend all my free time talking about myself (talk about self-obsession) and putting nail-polish (my new love). I’m going to be like this for coming year. What I fear is that, at the end of my 12th, I’ll be a self-obsessed insecure witch with dark circles due to lack of sleep and different coloured nails! :O. But, you can always follow me on twitter.
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Labels: cribbing, PC Thomas
My Khool Mommy :)

I have been learning the art of drawing kolam (which is nothing but patterns of designs made out of rice powder or rice batter, mainly seen outside Brahmin houses). My mother just gave me two books, and told me to learn the designs from them. I have been doing it for a long time, but only small ones. Today, I made a BIG kolam with the kolam powder. Mom was SO impressed that…

Mom: WOW! You learnt making kolams very nicely!

Me: Huh huh! *attitude*

Mom: Why don’t you learn to put kolams with rice batter now?

Me: Oh! Sure, but I don’t want to make my hands dirty!

Mom: Oh come on! If you learn it, we can make kolams for marriages of your cousins. (It is a tradition that women in the family make kolam to decorate the stage where the function takes place).

Me: Hmmm…let me see.

Mom: Then, I will tell everyone with full attitude “She knows how to make kolam”. I’m sure all the maamies will be impressed.

Me: Yeah, sure. And then tell them my gothram, and tell them that I’m home loving and trained to do all house hold chores. (Which is not true AT ALL).

Mom: Yaa, and then I’ll give them your horoscope, for matching.

Me: MUMMY!

I had been buying clothes. I wore a sleeveless top and came out of the dressing room.

Mom: This?

Me: Yes, isn’t it pretty?

Mom: Yes, but buy something decent, something that you can wear to PC Thomas also.

Me: *sad look*.

Mom: Why do you want to wear it now? Wear all the short skirts and sleeveless tops when you grow up. Like those girls in Roadies wear. You’ll look good.

Me: What? Mummy, parents here don’t allow girls to wear sleeveless at young age itself! You are telling me to wear them when I grow up!

Mom: People are mad!

Yes, I have a cool mom, a very considerate and loving person. She wants nothing, but her kids to be happy. I worship this woman :)
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When an ANGEL Shatters your DREAM

The night before

Me: Silpa, I HAVE to go for a movie! I HAVE to! I’m DESPERATE

Silpa : Yeah. Me too!

Me: I go to school, then I go to PC Thomas, I come back and again dig myself into boring books. I SERIOUSLY need a break!

Silpa: We have to study for PC everyday, and then those weekly tests. And YES, we have write LAB RECORDS…I’m tired!

Me: We’ll go for a movie?

Silpa: London Dreams?

Me: It’s not nice. It’s silly it seems. Pazachiraaja? (It’s a Malayalam movie, apparently VERY good)

Silpa: You expect us to get tickets on SUNDAY? We’ll go after the rush gets over.

Me: Fine then, London Dreams, morning show, 10:45?

Silpa: Done. Wanna call someone else?

Me: I’ll ask Maya.

So, like this we went to see London Dreams. I had already read the reviews of the movie, which said that it’s a silly movie and seems to be very wanna-be Rock On!! . But, we were desperate.

We three girls landed in the theater at decided time. But, the hall was closed. It opened only at 11:15. Nevertheless, we stood there, and did a lot of gossiping and bitching. (We don’t need any special place). We bought the tickets, took the best seats in the hall, and talked more. We also wondered why there was so much rush in the theater to see a hindi movie.

The movie starts

The certificate of the movie comes, and we see something disastrous – it shows ANGEL JOHN

Maya: Annngggeeellll Jjjoohhhhnnnn.

Silpa: AAAAAAAAA.

Me: Aiiiyyyoooo!!!

And all of us started laughing.

We laughed at the movie for some time – the dialogues, the songs – everything. We got bored after sometime. I looked at Maya and Silpa in with a pitiful expression. Lady Luck surely not smiling at us! I wanted to look myself with a self-pitty-expression so I opened my small purse to look at myself in mirror.

Damn Darkness! Lady Luck was surely frowning at us!

The movie was about a guy – played by a hideously ugly actor. Ok, so this guy is a total rowdy because of which he loses a lot until Angel John comes. Mohanlal plays the role of Angel John – the redeemer of the good-for-nothing-useless guy (Why does God help useless people!).

The entry of Mota-laal (fun and sarcasm intended) brought back laughter. We laughed our wits out, and people around turned around to see the trio of wild girl. There was a song with this guy and Maha-mota-laal, we laughed again. We laughed at every action sequence. And then, I don’t know what happened, I slept off in the middle.

Anyways, it was an experience of life-time. Next time, I’ll ask everything before entering any movie hall!

PS – If any Mohanlal fan drops onto my page by-mistake and feels hurt, then I’m sorry. Please don’t show your disappointment in the comments section. I HATE such babblibg bumbling baboons and their art-work on the comments section.
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Unfriendly Senior's Lecture

I had recently been to the district level CBSE school cultural meet (yes, unlike what my readers would have thought, I DO go for competitions). Anyways, I met the kiddies of my own school. There was this particular small girl who chose to stick with me where ever I went. So, I allowed her to do so. But, something in her irritated me after some time…

The girl looks around and SPITS on ground.

I roll my eyes at her. For some reason she considers that to be a friendly gesture of mine, and smiles at me.

After five minutes, she spits AGAIN.

This time I don’t roll my eyes, instead I talk to her.

Me: Don’t spit.

Girl: WHY?

Me: You spit on the floor of your home?

Girl: No.

Me: So, why are you spitting here?

Girl: This is not my home.

Me: Isn’t India your Home Land?

This statement of mine brought a HUGE smirk on her face, which came out as a scowl from her mouth.

I don’t blame the poor soul for her ignorance. I see my own classmates throwing toffee wrappers out of the school van. If such big-and-educated-enough people don’t care, then why will she care!

But, what I blame is the way things are inculcated into a child in India. I don’t get it why children are not taught to keep their surroundings clean when they are taught to keep themselves clean VERY WELL. Indians pass the NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) syndrome from generation to generation. (like a parampara or something)

I am not here to blame anyone, or to project myself as an angel. If I was there in place the of that girl, I would have done the same. (Infact, I’m sure that I would throw a tantrum or two on someone lecturing me).

I know that blaming job won’t do any good because the mind-set is already made-up. And, the only thing that can be done is – begin from the scratch. There is a vital need for teaching people. Strict government rules won’t be of any use – because “rules are made to be broken”. Something very innovative is to be done, because bringing a change is VERY difficult, though it’s not impossible.

P.S – Someone PLEASE tell me WHY do people SPIT on the road? It’s not a question out of any frustration, it’s a genuine doubt.

P.P.S – Yes, I’m alive! I think I’ll be this irregular from now (I CAN be busy, you see). I have a lot to study. No one Many people asked me why I went invisible. ;-)
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ONE! :O!!

Hello People!

Its Baby Ganesh here! I turn ONE tomorrow! My chitti (Her name is Ramya, but I like calling her Lakshmi), who owns this blog, wanted me to write a guest post for her, a celebrity guest post…ahem. Unlike my jobless chitti, I’m a very busy guy – I spend my whole day sleeping, eating and walking like a drunkard. So, I usually don’t have time for jobless stuff like blogging, but since my chitti wanted a celebrity post to adorn her blog, she considered my post to be best one. I thought that it would take ages for me to give my introduction, but when I saw the posts my chitti wrote about me, I was thoroughly impressed!

I feel so odd to see the photographs which were taken when I was born - when I was a small pink thing! I Grew SO much! But, my mom still calls me kunju kuttan (Small baby)! They say, I have SO much more to grow in my life! This photograph is very special because it is my very first photograph. It was taken by my chitti just a few minutes after I was born. I tell you, I was handsome from the moment I was born. Bachna Ae Haseeno…lo main aa gaya!

My chitti sometimes says that I am her boyfriend, and she sometimes says that I am her adopted son! Geez! She’s such a confused soul! Anyways, I would surely like to be her boyfriend; we’ll make a good-looking pair together! Anyways, I don’t want a crazy mother like her! I already have a crazier mom. My mom loves me like CRAZY, she talks with me like CRAZY and she plays with me CRAZY. It’s so good to see mommy making all the funny expressions on he face, and jumping around, just to see a small smile on my face. I tell you, she is bestest mommy in the whole wide world! My dad also loves me very much! And I love going out for walks with him. When I returned to Bangalore from Kerala, my dad decorated the whole house with colour balloons and so many colourful things. I just loved it SO much! He takes all my videos and photos so beautifully, I love his camera work! He is seriously Daddy coolest! Oh by the way...don't I look KHOOL in this photo? I look like a total Mohawk with spikes on my hair, don't I? There was no need to make spikes, they were automatically made on my hair - see, every part of mine is SO Stylish! I tell you, I'm the fashion Icon to todays's baby generation ;-)

It is very tough job to be a baby. Especially, being a cute and handsome baby like me. Wherever I go, girls surround me and pull my cheeks. I am a pro at flirting with young girls. I have been flirting with my chitti from when I was born! So many girls fight to pick me up. My mom told me that two of her unmarried colleagues were competing against each other in “Who looks better” competition, and were dressed up the best, when I went too see them on the “Family Day”. I’m so much in demand you see ;-)

I was very depressed to know that my mom and chitti wanted me to be a girl. The first thing my mom told my chitti after delivery was “Lakshmi, ye kya ladka ho gaya”. I felt SO dejected. But, my mom loves me so much now, and says that I am the best baby in the world. But, I wanted to fulfill my mom’s dream. I am total mommy’s boy, and I believe in “Ek din, main apni maa ka sapna zaroor poora karoonga!” funda. That is why, I didn’t utter a word when my mom dressed me up like a girl. I'm such an adarsh beta! But, I still think that I'm better off as a handsome boy, rather than being a pretty girl! :-/

All the women in the house used to be so excited to see me have a bath. If they would have taken me in Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, they would have got more TRPs than what they got by showing Nigar Khan, Shweta and Palak having a bath in bikinis under fake waterfalls. And, after giving me bath, my jobless chitti used to put SO much powder on my face. So, one pretty morning, I got so irritated with the powder, that I started ROARING!

My chitti got so scared, and felt so guilty that she also put kajal and powder on her face in the same way, and got a photo clicked with me. Even though I’m sleeping in this photo, I still look better than my chitti.

But, in all, my first year was a very beautiful one. I learnt more things than anyone in my family would have learnt. First, I learnt how to smile. I was only 47 days old when I started turning around. That day, I turned around a new leaf. It was amazing to see the world with an upright head. It was different from what I saw by lying down simply. People say that I’m very fast!

Then, I started moving around on the floor. I felt FREE. I used to sneak around the room at nights. But after that, my mom made me wear anklets which made so much noise, so that I could be easily tracked.

Not only was I a speeds master, I was also the master of opposites. Babies normally crawl and then sit. But, I did the opposite. I learnt how to sit, and then learnt to crawl. Then, I learnt to stand up.

It was always said that my mom started walking on the day she turned one. I wanted to break her record. So, I started waking when I was 10 months old! Anyone who can break my record?

I wanted to break all the records in my family. But, I just was incapable of breaking my chitti’s record of talking. She started talking meaningful sentences from when she is 8 months old (That explains her chatter-box nature). Since I didn’t want to be a tagged talkative, I started talking late. (You see, I’m intelligent enough to make strategies from now itself. I’m preparing myself to be an Ultimate Baby Roadie on the new reality show of RTV (Ramya’s Telivision) which is based on adventurous challenges for Babies).

I just hope that all my coming years are as pleasant as my last year. I’m very lucky to have such a loving family. And, like my chitti asked me to end the post, I thank God for everything that he has given to me. I promise to be a good baby forever!

Posted by ramya at 12:12 AM 27 comments
Labels: birthday bash, dedications, ganesh
A Sudden Urge

It has been five years since I left Chandigarh. I did not take much time to adjust here (except for my language skills of course) and I never felt like going back to Chandigarh. But, since last few days, I have this sudden urge, not to go visit Chandigarh, but to go and live there.

It is an odd feeling, of missing a place so badly, especially for someone like me who is not attached to any place. I miss the three lane and four lane roads over there. I miss the clean roads. I miss the planned architecture.

I would love to go back to 2317, Sector 22-C. Place where I was born, and lived till I turned 12. I miss our land-lord particularly. I used to call him Baabaji. I was his ladli. He never scolded me for scribbling on the walls. If my parents would not buy me chocolates, he would surely buy them for me. I remember his permanent dialogue – “Soti naal maar padegi tenu”, when I did some mischief.

I want to go back and shop in 22 Sector ki Redi Market. A big market with small shops having loads of stuff. I still wonder how the shopkeepers racked all those clothes in such a small space! I miss the bargaining. You can’t bargain in Kerala. I got lost in that bhul-bhulaiya type market a couple of times.

No branded kulfi in the world matches the 2 rupees Kulfi from the Kulfi-waala who used to come in our gali. All the girls used to buy SO many kulfies after Kanjakein. After all, whatever money we got after Kanjakein was our money! No Golgappe from these malls in South match the Garg ke Golgappe in 23 Sector! No matter how hard we try, me and my mom can never recreate the delicious Tikki we used get in Sindhi Sweets in Sector 17! The desi hot dogs of the Hot Dog waala of our gali are way better than the firangi ones with cheese and stuff. The Ten Rupees Strawberry Shake from the Verka Booth in Sector 22 is the richest and most delicious one I have ever had.

Rose Garden in Chandigarh is one of the largest gardens in Asia. I don’t remember the Rose Festival that is conducted over there every year. I want to go back, and experience it. I want to go boating in Sukhna Lake. I want to go see the Water Falls in the Rock Garden over there. I want to sit on the cycle rikshaw!

People here in Kerala don’t get out of homes when its night. I miss seeing all those fat Punjabi aunties taking a walk after dinner (Though I don’t miss THEM!). I miss the flamboyant Diwali, the loud sound of crackers. I want to go in the mela in Math ka Mandir for Gokulaashtami. I miss going to Ayyapa Temple in Sector 47. I and my sister used to pluck Sun-flowers from a home near the temple and run away on the scooty! I miss the Elaichi waala doodth we used to get for Shivraathri. I miss the Chabeel, which was given during those very hot summer days.

I miss the winters – wearing a hundred sweaters to keep myself hot and sleeping in quilt. I miss my school campus – Sacred Heart Convent School.

Chandigarh is such an integral part of my past, and these are just a few things I have mentioned about this wonderful and clean city. If I have to experience all of it again, I have go there and live!

I sometimes wonder how it would be, if we never came here. I surely would have been a total show-off, like all my old friends with whom I talk through phone now. I hear that Chandigarh has changed now. During those days, there were no malls over there. And all the hi-fi show-rooms were there only in Sector 17 and Panchkula. It seems Chandigarh has become a big city, with a lot a malls and hi-fi-ness. Does that mean that it is no longer my-type place? I hope not!

P.S. – We had a Trichur Blogger meet. Ok, that’s exaggeration. I met Gayathri and Durga. We met some time before and did nothing, except talking. I know the readers are totally Jealous now. Jal Jal ke raakh ho jao sab! Hwaaawahhahahahaha!!
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Kerala in High “Spirits”??

When you view from a distance, there is something light-hearted about Mallu passion for drinking. Kerala is jocularly referred to as God’s Own Country where whiskey and soda flows in abundance. And, its true. Last year, Onam sales of toddy were a path breaking 135 crore. And this year, its 16 crore less than the last year sales. According to my dad, this 16 crore difference is because the government ordered to close the toddy shops on the day before onam. If the shops would have been open on that day too, the sales would have surely exceeded the last year’s record. The “Dry Day Comedy”, isn’t it?

Look at the picture above, there is something really funny about it. My father mocks, “This is disciplined Kerala”. The men stand in a queue in front of the toddy shop to buy daaruu. These men would not have been this disciplined in their whole life, my mom says.

But, the picture isn’t pretty! With the increasing consumption, alcoholism problems are increasing. Everyday, we open newspapers to know about a new death because of drinking and driving. There is a female suicide almost everyday because of alcoholism. You get to read some heart-rendering stories about women and children committing suicide because they don’t have dimes to feed themselves – only because of a drunkard in family. There are NGOs working on the anti-alcohol campaigns, but, they have no impact on be-happy-drink-more tippler.

A toddy shop near Trichur Railway station has the name “Daivashayam” (Divine Help)!!

I totally hate people who drink, even the occasional ones. This may be because no one in my family drinks – from my very parents to relatives to distant family friends (who I know). And, I have not seen people drink this much in Chandigarh – except in those hi-fi Punjabi wedding where the ladkewaale men used to drink and dance like crazy.

Kerala’s liquor policy is the most hopeless one. According to the policy, on the first of every month, the liquor shops are closed so the yay-I-got-my-salary service man cannot buy the rang biranga paani. But, there is no reduce in consumption after implementation of the policy. First of all, not all drunkards are people who get salary! There are MANY people who work for daily wages! These men take money as well as a bottle sharaab for the work they do. How do I know? My father used to make someone buy toddy for the workers during our house construction. Moreover, I have heard that you get liquor on the Dry Days for some extra bucks. Better? I-am-SMART men buy the toddy before hand, and get prepared for the Dry Day, rather than spending the “extra bucks”!

Sometimes, I get an impression that men here drink without considering the time and the place. I saw one drunk parent in my school after writing one of my 10th boards. (I have a good smelling sense and I’m an expert in smelling cigarette smoke and alcohol) I was forced to say, “The man is DRUNK and he came to school to make a bad impression on children” in Malayalam, loud enough for the man to hear.

It’s sad, especially for a wonderful and beautiful place like Kerala which is famous as God's Own Country and is famous for its rich culture. Alcoholism does nothing but projects Kerala as a cultureless place. I feel enraged, I feel sad.putiLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08814706879569916844noreply@blogger.com0


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Bersusah-susah dahulu bersenang-senang kemudian

Hi everyone, ahaha..=p
It's been ages since I post something on this wall huh..
Frankly speaking, I don't know what to write.
But now, I have something in my mind and I want to throw everything here..ehehe..

Spring semester has almost reached its end..And I'm gonna have 3 final exams..feeling scared..=l
I'm kind of worried about the final exams thingy, I need to get good grades, good pointers. Only then I can get good job in the future. Bak kata pepatah : "BERSUSAH-SUSAH DAHULU BERSENANG-SENANG KEMUDIAN". But, I don't know why everything seems so hard to me..huhu..=p

Maybe I should be positive and optimist in everything I do.."It's ok,Izatul..!! You can do it..!!!" Say it hundred times to yourself, insyaALLAH, you will succeed..=)
Till then,see you again..hopefully with something taht is more interesting..

I can't wait for May28, 2009. Do you know why..??

  1. tak sabar nak balik Malaysia la tu.

  2. ahaha..pandai miss zera..u blik x summer niyh..?? ehehe..=p

    yeah2 mizu,we can do it..!!! ahaha..=)

  3. jijah...nice blog...visit mine http://nadatsaggi.blogspot.com


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Thursday, 6 December 2012

Lecture Eight - Creative Rhetorics.

  • "Different artists often have quite divergent conceptions of what they are doing"

  • Clarify how creativity is talked about
  • Enable us to talk with precision about creativity
  • Develop practice; techniques/definitions
  • Potentially expand discipline

Illustrated; The Blank Sheet Project
  • Rutger Hauer
  • Sir John Hegarty
  • Renzo Rosso
  • Neville Brody
  • Kati Howe

Renzo Rosso's creative rhetoric

  • Practice based beginning - (School of Fashion) studio-pedagogy (supports creativity) Arts & Crafts/Bauhaus
  • Best idea – always next creativity 'dynamic' George Dickie (1971) art is beyond definition constantly changing (history of aesthetics)
  • Be Stupid – using heart not head expressionist theory – linked to Romanticism idea that creativity is a knowledge-obtaining activity opposition to rational sciences
  • Rosso - Romantic Genius?
  • Work in teams – creative process Diesel, collaborative

  • Plato’s (427 BC - 346 BC ) problem with creativity
  • Republic – ideal society (critique of democracy)
  • Metaphysics – forms
  • Physical world mimics the real Art imitates an imitation
  • Art mimics the sensory world
  • Creativity merely a technical skill - techne (GK)
  • Denied creativity's knowledge-producing capability
  • Dichotomy physical not mental activity

Ancient Greece
  • Gombrich (1950) - the popular view is that western civilisation begins with the Ancient Greeks
  • Bernal (1991) argues Classical civilisation has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures - history suppressed since 18c.
  • Classical Greeks, did not see their philosophy, as original, but derived from the East and Egypt.
  • Evidence classification of GK art
    • striving to imitate nature better
    • archaic
    • classical
    • hellenistic

Nine rhetorics of creativity
  • creative genius
    • found in aesthetics Area of philosophy
    • term originates in mid 18c Derived from the aesthesis (perception)
    • involves looking at how judgements about art and creativity are made.
  • democratic and political creativity
  • ubiquitous creativity
    • creativity as a basic skill to find solutions to problems in 21st life, being resourceful, flexible – contributing to society
    • society (crowd) made up of online Communities of Practice VCOP Group(s) of people, which have an interest in the same topic and are engaged in an activity of sharing their opinions on this topic (creating the cloud)
    • website, wiki blogs, social networks, micro-blogging
  • creativity for social good
    • Only The Brave Foundation can be seen as CSR
    • David Jones CEO Havas (2012) brands today find creative ways to be socially responsible
    • in this sense CSR fits with the Rhetoric of creativity as a social good;
    • ‘involving co-operative activity and as socially and personally empowering’ (Banaji et al, 2006 p25)
    • why? What society wants and demands
    • D&AD Student Awards: Unilever open brief link campaign of brand to a social or environmental issue
  • creativity as economic imperative
    • Digital Britain (2009) Report
    • creative skills particularly important to UK economy
    • facilitating creative skills particularly important to economy
    • today’s most innovative companies... succeed by designing their organisations to maximize collaboration’ (Sawyer, 2008 xiii)
    • Google & Ideo (dominant creative models)
    • creative teams practice improvisation (on & offline)
    • good improv involves deep listening skills – working as one, idea goes places wouldn’t as an individual
  • play and creativity
    • divergent thinking activities
    • image surfing
    • brainstorming
    • improvisational theatre 100 –mile-an-hour thinking
    • free thinking
    • creativity as a type of thinking
  • creativity and cognition
    • Csikzentmihayli (1990) Flow
    • psycho-cultural perspective of creativity
    • refers to psychological condition of being creative
    • enjoyment changes perception of time ‘loose-one’s-self’
    • occurs when challenges & skills are high
    • Sawyer (2008) posits flow essential ingredient to creativity
    • most common place flow experienced is when one is in conversation
    • creativity is (and always has been) collaborative
  • the creative affordances of technology
    • covered OCC new model of creativity (industry)
    • influenced creative curriculum
    • flattening social hierarchies, empowering and connecting creatives
    • communities of practice across disciplines & geography asynchronously or synchronously
    • new initiative launched next summer ‘connect’ D&AD community ‘richer deeper engagement education and industry’
    • new and exciting opportunities for creatives
  • the creative classroom
    • the Survival of Creativity (2000)
    • traces history of state-funded Art & Design Education
    • first Academies of Art in Italy 14c
    • classical rules perspective, orders of architecture etc
    • scholarly activity ‘fine’ 16c
    • french Academy & Atelier 19c
    • british Art Schools, Arts & Craft: LCA

Art and Design Education
  • Brown (2012) digital technology, event horizon Epistemological shift
  • global community created the cloud single body of knowledge
  • ownership of content has changed implications A & D Education
  • one to many outmoded
  • e-studio
    • online extension studio
    • mimics the professional studio in its online form and creative collaboratives

How do you talk about your creativity?
  • Residues of Mimesis may remain
  • contemporary literature suggests creativity is spoken about by creatives as a thinking and knowledge-generating activity
  • OCC sits in opposition to the Creative Genius rhetoric, where creativity is an innate aptitude for individuals.
  • the has led to a dualist perspective of real individual creativity against a communal other.
  • consequences; any form of collaborative creativity is considered of inferior value to independent practice
  • Sawyer (2008) and others argue the opposite that collaborative creativity is a superior type that increases innovation and suits the contemporary networked economy.

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My daughter Susannah is working with Humboldt penguins today.
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This started me thinking about penguins in general. Susannah's younger sister Bethan has always loved penguins and used to draw them all the time when she was about seven.
This is a Christmas card Bethan made for her grandmother, my mother.

Bethan reminded me that she used to sing a song called, 'I'm a penguin.' I've searched for it but can't find it. However, I found the following clip from 'Happy Feet' and it's fun so I thought I'd share it here.

  1. Lovely. Lucky Susannah!
    I do have a soft spot for penguins.

  2. Did you see the movie "March of the Penguins"? It is simply amazing.
    And of course Happy Feet is too cute to resist.

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Friday, November 07, 2008

Not doing so well...

...with the blogging challenge. :( I missed posting again yesterday. I tell you, I am really having trouble adjusting to the time change. It's thrown me right out of whack. I didn't even realize that I hadn't posted yesterday. Oh well, I've failed to meet my goal of posting every day in November, but I'm still going to try to post everyday. I need to work on a routine of some sort.

Anyway, nothing exciting to share today. We had a 6 hour drive today. We are visiting DH's home. FIL is still in the hospital so that means that most of the time I'm at home trying to keep letting one from tearing MIL's house apart while everyone else is visiting at the hospital. I'm trying real hard to keep a right attitude but it is hard. I usually stay in our home rather than make the trip to visit with DH simply because it is easier on Little One and I to be in our own familiar territory, but we came to visit this time because it's been a while since we have and it will probablly be a while before we do again. The weather will soon interfere with the visits as winter driving is not fun, especially in the area of the island were DH is from. It was nice to see Little One giving her grandfather hugs and kisses today, and I know he enjoyed it. I wish he was at home so we could spend more time with him but we can only keep her in the hospital for so long.

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Research Question

What stories/historical events have lead us to the prediction that the world will end in 2012?

I am considering writing about 2012 because it is a strange topic.  There are many different stories out there, most probably made up by random people, about how and why the world will end in 2012.  I have briefly heard different stories of how people say it will end (meteors crashing on earth, volcanic ash causing an ice age, etc.) but I don't know where these ideas came from.  I would like to research and see what sort of historical events have lead to this prediction and see if there could be any truth behind it.  I don't know much about the topic, and honestly don't believe that the world will end in 2012, but i still think it is an obscure topic with lots of scepticism and debate over it which I could use for evidence.  I would most likely research and only include the stories/scenarios that are commonly repeated throughout sources in order to try and weed out the truly insane people.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Something Borrowed

In his essay titled "Something Borrowed," Malcolm Gladwell questions whether plagiarism is always a terrible act to commit.  Gladwell describes how Bryony Lavery plagiarized throughout her play "Frozen" from Gladwell himself and Dorothy Lewis.  She bases a main character in her play off of Lewis, but does not get permission to do so because she took the information about Lewis from Gladwell's profile of her published in The New Yorker.  Lavery had made sure to get permission from other sources she used in her play, but did not even think to ask Lewis because she saw the piece as "news" and thought of it as free to the public and O.K. to take from.  She also stated that she exactly copied because she wanted to be accurate and exact in the information she was using and providing through her play.  Gladwell states that he feels her plagiarism is not completely wrong in this case because she took the information from this piece and transformed it in order to use it for a completely new purpose than what the original essay's purpose was.  Gladwell also includes examples of plagiarism in music where there are segments of songs that have similar or even identical patterns of notes within them, but they are completely different songs.  As another example, Gladwell proposes the instance that if someone were to find a cure to breast cancer and patented it, this only can secure a person's rights to claim it as their own for a certain period of time and then everyone can copy and mass-produce this cure.  Because it is in the population's best interests to be able to mass produce the cure, the individual rights to it can't be protected forever.  Although he does state that exact copying is wrong, Gladwell uses these as examples to show how plagiarism is not a terrible act.

I agree with Gladwell's opinion that plagiarism is not a terrible crime, or even a crime in all instances.  If you take something and use it in a completely different way, I do not believe that it is a wrong thing to do.  For instance, while I was taking piano lessons, I was given the assignment to write a song.  I found this task extremely difficult because whenever began writing something, I realized it sounded exactly like other songs that I knew and liked.  I was unconsciously pulling melodies out of my head and believed them to be my own, at least at first.  I also think that if people are writing on the same topic, their pieces will end up sounding very similar.  For example, this blog most likely sounds very similar to the blogs my classmates have written.  I may have even used all of the same examples from the essay that someone else did, but I am not plagiarizing their work or stealing their ideas, because I havn't read any of the other blogs prior to writing this.  I do believe that just copying a work or exact segment of anything is wrong without getting permission, but using those segments as inspiration or transforming their meaning is fine in my eyes.  I found this piece to be very intriguing and well written.  I enjoyed the piece and thought it brought to light the many holes in the grand idea of plagiarism.


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I’m most unrelentingly sociopathic at those times when, sitting at my computer, I become suddenly aware of sensations on the hairs along the back of my neck, and then realise that the person sitting behind me has swivelled his/her chair around and is gazing vacantly into my computer screen. There are some people who elect to do this when they have no work, or when they need a break. The intent isn’t voyeuristic - that would require a far greater sense of purpose than these people have - it comes from pure uselessness. These are the same people who look at you astonished if you happen to mention that a day should have 36 hours in it because there just isn’t enough time to do everything. They can’t relate to that at all. They have more hours in their lives than they know what to do with. Hours and days pass them by as they gaze vacantly. They don’t need to worry about all the books out there waiting to be read, the films waiting to be watched, the thoughts waiting to be thought. (And don’t even get me started on the people who sleep 10-11 hours each day. You’d be surprised how many of these I know. Working people.)

These are also, incidentally, the same people who’ll look at you indulgently if they find out you blog: the "how can you waste your time like that" look. So I’m hoping they don’t read blogs either.

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  1. "how can you waste your time like that"

    Never was a day, when I didn't encounter alteast one eye giving me that weary look.. :-)


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Want to know an easy and effective way to shed that extra pounds? Well, keep healthy foods at eye level in your fridge.

Psychologists say this method could help you lose weight because you eat what you see first.

Simple changes like moving chocolate and crisps out of sight and putting more wholesome foods where they can easily be seen can help dieters to eat better without even realising it.

Serving food on smaller plates and eating in the kitchen or dining room rather than in front of the television can also help you subconsciously reduce the amount you eat without testing your willpower.

Dr Brian Wansink said when our mind is on other things we simply eat what is in front of us whether we are hungry or not.

Avoiding "hidden eating traps" like easily accessible junk food, and having meals at the table where we are more aware how much we are eating, can help us lose up to 2lb a month, studies showed.

"Most of us have too much chaos going on in our lives to consciously focus on every bite we eat, and then ask ourselves if we're full. The secret is to change your environment so it works for you rather than against you," the Telegraph quoted Dr Wansink as saying.

The study was presented at the American Psychological Association.

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Sunday, July 07, 2013

Guest Post by Jeff Schajer

Joe sez: If you've missed the previous guest blogs, they've been fascinating and informative.

You can read Douglas Dorow talking about the publishing game here:

You can read Iain Rob Wright's 10 self-publishing tips here:

You can read about Tracy Sharp talking about just doing it here:

You can read about AJ Abbiati's Transliterator here:

You can read G.E. Nolly's fifty year journey as a writer here:

You can read Kevin Hardman talking about Amazon ranking here:

You can read Mark Terry talking about his publishing journey here:

Now here's Jeff Schajer...

Most of our families have been touched by disease.  My father-in-law passed away in February after living with a form of leukemia for many years.  I see my wife and in-laws struggle with this loss every day.  Helping to fund the research of those who fight disease is as worthy a use for your hard-earned money as anything I can think of.

Writing a novel is something that I had always wanted to do but never knew how to go about.  Reading Joe’s blog, and in particular the posted conversations between him and Barry Eisler, was incredibly helpful to me as I began to write.  The fact that established authors are willing to pass along their hard-earned lessons in the publishing industry to anyone who is willing to learn is incredible.  I have since gone on to purchase the work of many authors who I found through this blog or because they collaborated with Joe.

I came out far ahead in this.  My learning curve regarding how to go about self-publishing my work was made much shorter and I found many new authors to read whose work I have come to greatly enjoy.  So as a new author I am quite thankful to Joe for the resource to writers he has provided.  Thank you very much for that.

I have been a voracious reader of thrillers, especially espionage and counter-terror novels, since my teens.  After a mostly unhappy career in finance I decided to take the leap into writing.  You know what?  I’m happier, much happier now.

I decided to write books that I would like to read.  Sometimes the bad guys win and sometimes they meet a very violent end.  The main character of my first two works; one a 9,000 word short work and the other a full-length novel, is a French counter-terror operative who also happens to be Jewish.  He never loses sight of the fact that he fights terrorism on behalf of a nation that doesn’t have much use for Jews.  He is surly and complex and doesn’t play all that well with others.

Terror Hunter’s Holiday

Terror Hunter’s Holiday is a cross between Lee Child and Brad Thor with a bit of Daniel Silva thrown in.  Oh, and with more sex.  What happens when a long-time friend and past paramour of a counter-terror operative is grievously wronged by her lecherous blowhard of a boss?  Have you ever wanted to take the law into your own hands?  What if you had the skill and experience to plan it, execute it, and get out quick with no real concern of getting caught?  Welcome to Francois Levy’s trip to New York.  This 9,000 word eBook runs about 30 pages in print.

Still The Enemy

Forgotten in America’s War on Terror is that there are other enemies who wish to destroy our way of life.  Islamic terrorists remain the number one priority, but they are not the only ones who are intent on bringing death and chaos to our streets.  Past adversaries are … Still The Enemy.

Still The Enemy races from Moscow and Egypt, Geneva and Paris, on to New York City and the suburbs of Washington, DC.  Not everything is what it seems in this global thriller.

This is a complex tale of terrorism, espionage, and assassination.  The perpetrators have committed horrible acts and there are trained professionals who seek to find and eliminate them.  French counter-terror operative Francois Levy is one man who will do anything to save Western Civilization and you definitely want him on your side.

Fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Daniel Silva will enjoy the work of Jeff Schajer.

This book is the debut novel of Jeff Schajer and marks the return of Francois Levy, introduced in the short work Terror Hunter’s Holiday.

Soon to be released All Hammer, No Sickle

The Russian government is not subtly sliding towards authoritarianism.  It is already there.  One of its most effective techniques has been the intimidation and subsequent murder of journalists.

When a past offender living in exile in England is suspected of being up to his old ways an evil machine sweeps into action to silence him.

Ilya Kovalev, antagonist of Still The Enemy, is tasked with handling the situation for his superiors in Moscow.  And Ilya doesn’t do subtle.

This is a story of what follows when a cold blooded, highly trained operative is set loose on a government sponsored assassination mission in England.  From behind the walls of the Kremlin, the well recognized streets of Central London, and the back alleys of a small university city; All Hammer, No Sickle delivers suspense, taut storytelling, and violence.

It is reminiscent of the novels of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Daniel Silva.  This short novel is 15,000 words long and runs about 60 pages in print.

Joe sez: This is the fifteenth guest post for Tess. There are still many more to go. I'm overwhelmed by the generosity of my blog readers, and you folks have raised over $18k.

Originally, I ended the offer on June 23. But writers have kept donating, and I'm not going to say no to them. Tess's goal was raising $25,000, and right now she's at $23,423.

I'd like to see her hit her goal. So my offer is still good. Donate $100 or more, and you can write a guest blog. Here's what you do:

1. Email me with the heading TESS GUEST BLOG 7/15 (or any date you want), forwarding the confirmation email that you donated.
2. Attach the blog post in MS Word with all hyperlinks already embedded.
3. Attach the cover art to your book as a jpg.
4. Remind me the day before you want the post to go live by sending all of the above to me a second time. If your date is already taken, I'll email you and you can pick a new date.

I'm known for many things, but organization isn't one of them, and sorting out these guest blogs has been a bit daunting. But I'm doing my best, and I promise to get to everyone.

If you've sent me you guest post without a date on it, I'll get to it eventually, but I recommend you resend with a proposed date or else it may take me a while to post yours. If I have a known date, I can schedule it immediately.

I like Jeff's story because it show's how quickly an author can go from thinking "I want to be a writer" to selling books. It took me twelve years to do that. Jeff's journey was much quicker.

One of the points of this blog was to do for new writers something no writer ever did for me--reveal a blueprint of how to get published. If you've followed my blog since 2005, I began in the legacy publishing world, sharing how I self-promoted and found an agent and a publisher. Since 2009, I've been sharing my self-publishing learning curve, and I'm pleased to have done my small part in informing my peers about the potential of ebooks.

Though I get thanked a lot, these guest blogs have really driven the point home about how powerful communication and sharing is.

We are not alone. Our knowledge and experience, when shared, helps everyone improve. It encourages dreams and offers hope. It informs us, motivates us, inspires us. We learn about things that work and those that don't, and get ideas about new things to try.

David Gaughran postulates that 25% of US ebook sales are indies. I don't believe that would be possible without a collective knowledge pool that helps all of us raise our games.

If you'd like to share your experience with my blog readers, you can still donate $100 to Tess's campaign. Help Tess reach her $25k goal, and help your peers by sharing your knowledge with the world.

Both are worthy causes.

Alistair McIntyre said...

Congrats on entering the publishing world, Jeff.

If you don't mind me asking, does the $2.99 price-point for a short story work for you?

Joe Konrath said...

I use $2.99 for short novels (10k-40k words).

Shorter that $10k I usually use 99 cents.

Veronica - Eloheim said...

Yesterday, I posted a link to one of my books on Facebook.

In a reply to the post, I was asked if I had read the writings of a specific spiritual teacher, "His widow recently passed away, and the printing has been put on hold, but there are some available on eBay and Amazon."

That stopped me in my tracks and made me even more thankful for Amazon and KDP.

I've published 23 titles documenting the spiritual teachings I work with. In the old days, this material would just be audio recordings on my hard drive with a slim possibility of seeing the world in print form.

Thanks to KDP and Joe showing the way, they are out in the world helping people.

This FB friend went on to ask me to mentor her through the self-publishing process and I didn't hesitate to offer her some tips and tricks.

Why? Because that's how the indies roll.

John Kaden said...

Shorter that $10k I usually use 99 cents.

Dollar sign in front of your word count.

Alice M. Roelke said...

Enjoyed your entry, and hope your stories sell well! :)

Jacqueline Colt said...

Interesting how one line can change my thinking. I read "sometimes the bad guys win and sometimes the bad guys come to a very violent end."
I said "Wow."
I guess I was feeling conflicted because the good girl in my book could not manage to catch all the bad guys, and the ones she did catch she showed no mercy.
I feel better now.
I agree with Jeff about finding new writers here. Thank you guys.

Jill James said...

Jeff, love the covers. Great post about just keep writing.

Adele Cosgrove-Bray said...

@Jill James - Good covers, I agree.

I probably need to re-do the covers on some of mine, as they're ok but a bit messy. The freedom to tweak stuff like this is one of the aspects of indie publishing that is so useful.

@Joe - Great series; interesting to read and for a very good cause.

Adrian said...

Hey Joe,

Why are so few of your books available through B&N on Nook? Is this because of exclusivity with Amazon? Is it really worth that?

While most of my ebook sales are indeed from Amazon, about 30% are from B&N. Is giving up that much of the market offset by your Amazon boost?

Joe Konrath said...

Is it really worth that?

Yes. I'm making 6x on KOLL than I made on all other platforms combined.

One of my ebooks, Bloody Mary, has had 850 KOLLs this month, and it's only the 8th.

It's making over $200 a day in just borrows. Just one book.

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Editorial: Peter Principle meets Jennifer Edwards

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When Jennifer Edwards, a ruling-party politician and one-time aide to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, was being made executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), this newspaper warned of the dangers inherent in "misalign[ing] executive talent and the job to be accomplished".

Last October, we made a formal declaration of what was obvious for a long time: that Ms Edwards shouldn't have been given the job in the first place. Her Esau-Jacob handlers squealed loudly in protest.

In recent days, as Kingston, and areas substantially beyond, have been choked by respiratory illness-inducing, commerce-disrupting fog - the result of another of the not-infrequent fires at the city's dump - it has been comprehended as a metaphor for Ms Edwards' place at the NSWMA. That is, her rapid acceleration up and beyond the Peter Principle. Jennifer Edwards was promoted way beyond her competence.

But that's not the worst bit, of which there are two parts. One is that Ms Edwards, genuinely it appears, doesn't believe that to be the case; the other is that those who made the decision to give her the job were, we sense, cynical about it. In that regard, they would have played true to the recent history of the NSWMA in treating it as spoils for the political victor.

It was a year ago that there was a fire of similar magnitude and effect at the NSWMA's Riverton City dump in the capital, the public outcry from which jolted the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) into insisting that Ms Edwards' organisation operates in accordance with its permits, including enhancing its security and compacting and burying its garbage. Not surprisingly, it is only since this latest outbreak that NEPA appears to be serious about compliance, which we suspect to be in breach.

Ms Edwards will, no doubt, claim that her agency just can't afford to be compliant - that the J$815 million in subventions it will get from the Government this fiscal year and the J$307 million it expects to earn from commercial activities just can't pay the bills. But that is only part of the issue.

The larger problem at the NSWMA is leadership - conceptually and otherwise. And with big and small things.

We do not get from Ms Edwards that she perceives the NSWMA, and particularly its role in solid waste management, as a big idea, embracing specialised skills, as opposed to a large company that merely collects garbage to be deposited at a dump. And even if she appreciates the conceptual frame of the former, Ms Edwards appears neither to have commanded nor internalised it. So, any public articulation of it by her has been, at best, weak, thus she has been unable to build public support for the resources to ensure its realisation.

Further, the NSWMA has been hardly aggressive in developing entrepreneurial schemes.

It is a signal of Ms Edwards' mindset and skills at management when her admitted solution to too much garbage being thrown on the ground around skips, rather than in them, was to remove the vessels; that the NSWMA remains secretive about its accounts, which appear to be years behind; and that up to a score of workers are required to clean less than 50 metres of verge.

The NSWMA may have a resource problem, but the Peter Principle is a more precise explanation for its crisis.


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ConTechTrio Podcast Episode 42 – Construction Tech News: 2016 Trimble Dimensions Event Highlights, Wireless HTC Vive & Interview w/ Antti Korhonen From Redpoint Positioning

Starting Off: Last Friday, the ConTechTrio aired episode 42 of the podcast in which James Benham (@jamesmbenham), Rob McKinney (@conappguru) and Josh Bone (@bim2thebone) discussed the latest construction tech news. Headliners last week included the Atlanta ConTech Roadshow, highlights from the 2016 Trimble Dimensions User Conference, HTC Vive goes wireless and much more! Special guest […]

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