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On work life balance.. 

Why is it that we are choosing to become workaholics ?

Is it so difficult to balance homelife and work ?

Its becoming alarmingly the reason for physical burnout and family dissensions. 

Where is the intelligent self which usually is good at adding 2 plus 2.. 

Have been hearing, facing and meeting people who have been affected by this so called lack of work-life balance.. 

Its disturbing to see the effects of this aspect. 

Where are we going from here ??

Work-life balance: Ways to restore harmony and reduce stress

If your work life and personal life are out of balance, your stress may be running high. Here’s how to reclaim control.

Finding work-life balance in today’s frenetically paced world is no simple task.

Spend more time at work than at home, and you miss out on a rewarding personal life. Then again, when you face challenges in your personal life, such as caring for an aging parent or coping with marital problems, concentrating on your job can be difficult.

Whether the problem is too much focus on work or too little, when your work life and your personal life feel out of balance, stress — along with its harmful effects — is the result.

The good news is that you can take control of your work-life balance — and give yourself the time to do the things that are most important to you. The first step is to recognize how the world of work has changed. Then you can evaluate your relationship to work and apply some specific strategies for striking a healthier balance.

How work invades your personal life

There was a time when employees showed up for work Monday through Friday and worked eight- to nine-hour days. The boundaries between work and home were fairly clear then. But the world has changed and, unfortunately, the boundaries have blurred for many workers. Here’s why :  Read More

 

On Dark Knight

Well, I must say after the great feedback.. I really had some gala expectations.. but then well it really sucked.. 

  • I must say that the joker part was overdone.. it was like a modern day thriller flick.. 
  • The essence of Batman was diminished.. to certain extent. 
  • It was wierd to see Batman talk in an abnormally husky way.. ( Rocky staunchly maintains that it is a part of his disguise. ) 
  • From my comic knowledge, Batman never loved Harvey Dent’s girlfriend.. Correct me if I am wrong.. 
  • Joker did not have his face cut up and went on and on about asking people and then telling his victims how his face got cut and all that crap. 
  • He is a villain with immaculate make up of a Joker to enhance the character and a villanious mind used via humor.. what a combo.. !! Nothing of that sort came forward in the movie.. 
  • The costume underwent a change.. 

Also, after watching Batman Returns the other day, I was all the more certain they had done something horrible with the new movie. 

The old movie had all the plot of making the movie watchable again and again.. it had everything. Even the costume was an original.. with the yellow belt and the logo.

Either I am old fashioned or I have to rethink my way of looking at comics made into movies.. 

I can understand manipulating a book.. where words could be interpreted and played upon the way the director sees fit. But a comic book is visuall.. how can one go wrong… ???

Well I should not be surprised.. If Sholay and DON were so badly remade… why not Batman… hahahah !!! 

Google Chrome

Ola Google… !!! its a pleasure seeing this minimalistic explorer.. 

If you already havent, and you like minimalistic browsing.. do check out google chrome… It rocks.. 

Read the book too.. its cool.. 

A fresh something - Salman Khan

With the likes of Sharukh Khan and Amitabh Bacchan hitting the headlines for what they have spoken or written in their blogs and shows, its nice to see Sallu bhai slowly and steadily biting the reality bug and the blog bug.

I was just surfing the channels and thought of pausing in Salman Khan’s show. Well more than half channels are trying to show one reality show after the other, I thought this would be another show.

And well I think I liked what I saw. Forget it being a reality show. The comfort level that Salman shows his audience is very nice. I caught Aamir and his nephew at that show.

The format of the show is pretty cool and its all about guessing. So I could say that it appeals to the masses that way. I like watching that show.

So well all the best to you Salman and keep on guessing.. its good to see you on the screen again.

Talking of Bollywood, I dont recognise half the people who are starring in the movies. Where are the stars ? Where are the good old days when we could watch a movie because a star was in it.. and one would know that the movie would do well.. just because of that presence.

Ahhhh.. the last but not the least thought..

The song in Istanbul movie..

Bull its impossible.. bull its possible.. bull bull bull … BULLSHIT..

THAT IS HINDI SONG LYRICS for you. What utter crap !!

I understand Hindi rock songs.. I also can to certain extent.. tolerate the song.. Zaara Zaara touch me.. from Race..

But this one takes the cake..

Oh for the days of golden melody and lyrics..

Well I guess I am a soul of the past..  !! :)

I could not help this..

And if you’re dead, please get to a hospital…

Well, it is free…

Falling should be planned…

How do you do?

Ahem !!!

In the meantime I leave you with some Dire Straits music..

(PS: I love this bit in your blog Blues.. am adapting it.. )

So what ???

Bad insensible drivers have slowly been irritating me.

Coming down Jeevan Bheema Nagar today this car comes all the way down in the left lane blocking my way when he swerves towards the right at the last moment at a 45 degree angle and stops cutting off space for the left laners as well as the right laners.

I beep my horn to ask that guy to move forward and he does not budge.

I move forward anyway and ask him why he is taking so much space and couldnt he have move forward at a lesser acute angle to give way to both the laners…

And he rolls down his window and says SO WHAT !!!

DUH !!!!

Had a bad argument with him and realised .. if he kept saying “So what ” I was wasting my time..

And cursed him royally cutting his so whats and drove off..

I am still trying to get unpissed.. and it helped me putting this down buhahahah !!

Bloody drivers who think they own the bloody road.. and have no sense of lane discipline.. GRRRRRRRRR