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We did a dash to Goa to spend the long weekend of 23rd Jan09. It was fun spending some time doing nothing while being at North Goa.

More pictures at the set.

Written by sankarshan

January 27th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

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P. B. Medawar
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Albert Camus
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There are times when you recall the surroundings
It turns out that I completed 5 years at the work-place recently. It is a bit of a jumble because the employment contract and status during the times I joined was a bit of a mess and, so it was a surprise. It also struck me that through all these 5 years I have seen folks [...] […]
Annoying ice-breakers
“What are you up to ? Long time no see” was the constant refrain that I heard yesterday at GNUnify’10 when I dropped in. I have never been able to respond well to the “What are you up to part ?”. Most of the times I am doing stuff that is either deeply internal to [...] […]
Why do we …
… think over what we don’t have instead of feeling blessed with the little happy moments that come our way ? … need to compare ourselves to others and then realize our worth instead of realizing what we are ? … want to rush after things that will not make us happy and, delay things that are [...] […]