Chaos Theory

It was just another routine work day,the only day when i skim rather than read through emails. We're spending thousands of dollars on the best firewall software and yet atleast 30% of incoming mail constitutes spam. I can't really blame the networking team,as they are trying their best,blocking out messages without subject lines of fictitious emails. All said and done a big loss in efficiency and productivity.

Read a report on how a certain cyber espionage network originating from China has hacked into government run computers across 103 countries.Classified documents have been stolen from embassies and foreign offices across the globe. Seems like stealing candy from a baby to these guys.This is a serious threat but governments across the world are busy these days in anti-recession tactics so no one has taken this seriously.

Thailand is still on the boil,protests by the pro-thaksin UDD entered its 5th day with no sign of any compromise.Hopefully the situation will not escalate to the idiosyncratic levels of last december. Fingers and everything else crossed....

Cautious optimism for next year's benefits and increments..last day of company's fiscal year tomorrow. Recession or not,it does pay to be an optimist.

cheers

Prem

Can't wait for Monday!

Its been a futile weekend of sorts,nothing has gone as planned. Missed cricket practice on Saturday,missed the book fair as well as the motor show. I'm beginning to feel that even the weekend hours have been hit by the global recession.

Saturday was rather uneventful to start with,knowing that i had got up at 10 am. Went for a quick trip to novotel lotus to check out my booking in early july. Well it took about 3 hours to get things sorted out,thats where it went wrong. I couldn't make it to the cricket nets at 3.00 pm, and ended up havin' loads of biriyani and mutton kebabs. Finally made it to the gym at a little past 8 pm.Guess what the sauna had closed and i was feelin way too groggy to go for a decent workout.

Dinner was another culinary disaster, fried fish (thai style,plaa' nil),with shrimp fried rice and pepsi.The belly was definitely goin for a toss.Tried in vain to search for a new bollywood flick. I donno what has happened to bollywood,hardly any decent movies for the past couple of months.

Finally i hit the jackpot at 12:00 am,tried downloading Ek-the power of one,nana's name was enough for me to get goin.I was at it till 1:30 am and the movie just kinda ate me up. Dragged myself to bed at 2:00 pm.

Sunday morning started for me at half past 12,no wonder it took such a long time to get all that food recycled. Just about managed to catch 30 laps of the Australian Grand Prix.It was a an awesome race,too much drama and tension but the best team won in the end. Brawn GP,I'd put my money on them this time round,hopefully if a certain Lewis Hamilton has other plans.

The rest of Sunday was too hot to venture out,36 degrees in the shade,summer's here and in full force.Left for Silom at around 5 pm and i think i deserve a pat in the back for takin the sky train, traffic was movin at a snail's pace.Not that it saved me any time,took a taxi back home and came back to the old telly with bits and pieces of 28 Days later,Maid in Manhattan and Definitely,maybe. Was keen on a light dinner,but ended up having lamb chops and french fries and more pepsi. Can't wait for monday to burn off these extra pounds of carbs n calories.

ciao

Prem