Which one is worse?

I would definitely be asking myself this question if I were a US citizen.
Which one is worse?

• FBI tapping into citizens' phone lines without the "normal" due process of law
• The same wiretapping lines being disconnected because FBI could not pay the fees for them

Harbhajan, Symonds, Ponting and an Insurance company I can't name

Fjrst, read this: http://kpowerinfinity.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/monkey-man-and-other-stories/

must say, the maid stuff is awesome.

Interestingly, i knew that this stuff had happened in the test match; but was not very much into it; didn't think of the issue to be so big. All the day I had an insurance company (damn those confidentiality clauses that i signed; can't even write the name here) , Aamby Valley and a beautiful girl on my mind. But when I came back home and logged into my Google Reader; the Indian blogosphere and my roommate were there to bring me back to reality. This issue is indeed big.

Now that i think of it, I did have a discussion with a couple of colleagues over this issue. Though, the discussion was more on the Harbhajan and racism stuff than Australia's lack of sportsmanship. My mind was overwhelmed trying to understand the reinsurance businesses surrounding this company and budget limits for my company offsite; so wondering about why calling a man with black skin color as black is racist was a good respite. But I am so sorry I didn't put time aside to think and discuss aloud to understand the flow of events that led an umpire to ask the fielder instead of the third umpire about the validity of a catch and so on.
As my roommate told me, it is a matter of national importance, of my country's prestige.
I hope this doesn't caste shadows on my patriotism.

for a bigger,and serious, post on the same issue, visit the-outburst

Black Holes

Black holes are holes just to outsiders; to the insiders, they are full; like a cup brimming to the top.
So, it's just a matter of being on the correct side. Strange, how knowledge and revelations are different...
Well, let's make this one black. Go, go, go

New Year, New Goals

Happy New Year
Wow, another new year
2007 was really great; one of the most eventful of my life. So many things happened. Made some wonderful friends at my first job; cleared CFA, switched industries and joined a new job, flew for the first time, and flew for 13 times in the whole year; went to the US; and a few other things.
Now comes 2008. Many things in mind that I would like to do this year. The list starts with answering a few questions that I have had for quite some time now, the most important being what I want to do in my life. There are a few others, but they are of the sort of flixter's never ending quiz; and only time and experience can answer them.
So the most important question is related to my career; where it is going and what I plan to do with it.
Apart from this, I need to take care of my health; especially after seeing the poor health I have been keeping lately; what with frequent headaches and cold. The remedy consists of, among other things, correcting my sleep routine which means going to bed early and waking up early; getting into some exercises, join a gym; and getting a firm hand on my dietary habits; let's start with having some decent breakfast everyday.
Next comes what I want to do with my extra time. Whenever I get time and opportunity, I go to Vashi or some other place, away from my flat. But when I get stuck at this place, I am left with nothing to do. Thoughts of joining some organisation working for improvement of children's conditions in our country has always been there in my mind. I think I should join CRY and spend some time there. Also, need to regain my reading habits. It has slowed down lately.

So that's a broad list of things to do this year. Need to make it more concrete and more quantified.