Archive for September, 2005

Random Observations Volume 2005 Issue 3

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Continuing with the Random Observations, here is the latest issue:

  • “It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, the generous qualities, progressive ideas.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky – Writer
  • “Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.” – Winston Churchill – British Prime Minister
  • “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison – Inventor
  • “A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must . . . be undaunted when the going gets tough.” – Ronald Reagan – 40th US President
  • “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” – Helen Keller – Author, Lecturer
  • “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot – Poet
  • “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared with what lies within us.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. – Supreme Court Chief Justice
  • “Fears are educated into us and can, if we wish, be educated out.” – Karl Menninger – Psychiatrist
  • “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein, Physicist
  • “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Mary Kay Ash, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

Saturday night fever!

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I think it is not too late to write about the last Saturday even though the next Saturday is two days away!

Last Saturday was fun. Hari, Sesha and I decided to visit Sesha’s cousin – Shankar at UIUC. We drove to Champaign and reached Shankar’s place around 8:30 pm and we decided to have dinner. We had dinner that this nice Italian Restaurant – The Great Impasta. The restaurant had a nice ambience and service was good. I cannot remember now the names of the dishes we had but I can still remember how well the dishes were presented. It looked straight out of some program on food channel. I thought the serving size was small when compared to the price we paid for the dishes. We finished the dinner with a desert (again cannot remember the name) which had goat cheese.

After dinner we walked over to a bar – Jupiter At the bar we met Shankar’s roommates and we all decided to hang out at the bar. We played pool, drank beer and ate pizza. We were there till the bar closed.

By the time we reached home it was well beyond 2:30 am with just enough energy to crash in to the bed!

Washington DC trip travelogue.

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

My labor day weekend trip was to Washington DC and you can know the details of the trip from this travelogue entry

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Travelogue – Washington DC, September 2005

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

This is going to be So cool. I am going to try providing live updates about my travel to Washington DC. I am going to use a tablet pc for this purpose. So here goes -

2:16 pm -I am waiting for my flight to Chicago. The boarding is at 2:23 PM. Next update from Chicago.

Update The live updates plan did not work out. But I will post my travelogue soon.