Cunning Chinese& Crooked Indians, You are Fired!! Safety-Evoparative effect!!! Oval Office-Kneeling!!!

Housekeeping:-
1) I dug out the 50th PODCAST To listen. I think 50 is a good number of podcasts spread across spectrum to listen while walking.(Hourly/daily/weekly/basis the pod casts gets updated) With 2.5X Speed of play you cover. The Bullshit Filter  is the 50th Podcast with intriguing aspect covered like Jesus mentioned more times than Mohamed!!in the, would you believe, in QURAN!!! Cameron Reilly, the Aussie has been around for ages from Podcast Network back in 2005!

BULLSHIT FILTER my 50th Podcast to download! good exploration of History!!! 

2) What gets measured gets done, I am glad I could break the 20,000 Steps/day mark! It was always getting stuck 18,19K! Finally, broke it yesterday with 45 min shopping walk with son (Who is recovering well from dislocated kneecap 3 weeks back, so he practised long walk on bumpy Bangalore roads, yesterday!!!) Every cloud has silver lining!! ahhahahahahah!!!! 

20,000 barrier broken GOOD !!!

OK,
"Cunning Chinese and Crooked Indians" is my approach to anything that concerns these 2 folks. Wont believe me !! See this News item below!! You bet, you can't stereotype all, as I know of lot and lot of Chinese Folks who have hosted me and taken care of me super duper in my travel there, but the saying goes!! ehheheheh!!! 

Indian crookedness, 100s of stories one such is this!! Would you have any sympathy for Indian cricketers and Board who are protesting the ass whipping Supreme court has handed to them! I cant think of one Indian cricket guy in the past 35 years,(player, administrator) who was not crooked or corrupt or used malpractices and courts took them to task!! Now cry baby !! This crookedness extends to all walks of life! 

Stunning, you work for 12 years,Called in one morning and said you are FIRED and given minutes to pack and quit without even talking to any one and no news of your exit formally!! While this is common happening in USA, to see this happen in Australia the world has arrived?? I Wonder India would be there in 3-5 years?????? !! But in India, the HR guy may pay a price with his life as happened couple of times!! ehheheh!!! With Current HR globally being labelled as Hitler's Regiment,(HR) I wonder whether the common fraternity sympathises with them when they get the stick even as bad as death??? To me HR is the past decade is the most hyped non value add entity and mostly Bad HR around, (more so I have done MBA-HR to see what the F**K is that and found it is most Gas and 90% these days in Bad HR and nodding head to leadership!!) hahahahhahah!!!

Today being National safety day here in India, I don't give a hoot about it, as these slogans, posters,celebrations are evaporative with effect lasting 2-3 days and all forgotten as with 80% things in India. I guess, my last such celebration was 1998 in a facility long forgotten!(Of course,we notches ahead to take accidents, incidents seriously and never repeat-not compliance driven thinking as mostly done here, hehehehhe and don't bloody argue Union Carbide -Bhopal was MNC!!!!) As a Safety professional,I feel saddened so many lives lost and you do nothing about it with culture, leadership, systems, engagement etc and wait for laws to be the stick to beat you with for excellence ......! 
I was pained yesterday to read this.  
Tree Lands On Car, Killing Oxford Driver In 'Freak Accident': A 50-year-old man was killed in a freak accident Thursday afternoon when a tree toppled over and landed on his car.
If he had driven 5Mph/ hr more or less he would have survived!! The question is Should he have driven when rains, winds, hailstorm around?? I wonder??? Some deaths have no answer!!! 

I leave you with the Photo that is making waves!!! ehheheheh!! Oval Office, Kneeling!! I would leave the rest to you!! Even Dems are seeing the funny side!!! ehehhehehehehhehehhehehehhehehehehehehehehhehehehehehheh!!!!! 

Have a great day, Take it easy,take care, God bless!
4th March 2017
0910am.

Har-Ward, Indian GDP, Saffron Scoundrels,

Housekeeping:-
Google Play Newsstand is a good app to get customised news. It also tracks your history and feeds preferences.

When you elect uneducated/illiterate leaders this is what you get! I am astonished at comparison even to Harvard and Hardwork! If Hard work alone leads to results then people would forego sleep and become millionaire, make money and sleep! What a rubbish! We get the leaders we deserve. I am no fan of Amartya Sen, doesn't mean you agree to every rubbish dished out!! 

Enough has been written on Fudging of numbers in developing world, more so in India etc. I recollect famous Joke on General Smuts which I posted on Twitter some time back. 

Any data from India is suspicious, fudge, fishy!! I see the GDP numbers in same light! Also this calculations show how the fudge game played to show no effect of Demonisation(!!!) hahha!!!( I assume the numbers given below dont lie)

I also suspect as Indian finance system is in mess as these two articles point out! I only hope we don't go the Greece way of fudging numbers so much that there is no way out! With Modi being called Employee #420 of Ambani/Adani, (hhahha The section connects Fraud/cheat in IPC) I see less hope! 

ahhahahahh!! Ever since, 1994, I have always viewed walking god man with Suspect. I call them the Saffron Scoundrels with their aim to plunder money, live luxurious with Women, Wine, Wealth! (Who knows Anti national activities too) while I am religious conservative, my religion stops outside my pooja room with myself. None can talk and influence me on religion. I recollect horror of Jim Jones, as teenager, which made me view these buggers with lot of suspect and mistrust!!

Therefore, I am not surprised with this article (TAMIL) on ISHA Coimbatore on loot plunder. Also his past a huge suspect. I always feel these stealth operators like Jakki, Sreesreee, Ramdev are far dangerous than ISIS etc. 

Take care, God Bless
Karthik
3/3/17
0845am

27&600, 10&529, -23&18, (63&2043!!My Predicted death!!)

Housekeeping:-
1) Yesterday I had done superjob of clean up of FB, etc. Really amazed with feauters to do this almost first time in a decade in any of Social Media Apps (Some called me Anti National for taking stance against "Stupid MODI" hahahahhahahahha) Face book has brought in lot of features makes life easy! Of course Unlike Twitter, you cant post anonymous abuse and run away!!! I was intrigued to listen this morning,

2) I love the FOX NEWS App, It downloads news headlines (< 2min listen with my speed of 2.5X) and you can keep yourself updated when you want to!! Also it doesn't download when phone is in sleep mode,( I got up this morning at 445am hahhah super disturbed by Lalitha's alarm) so super way of no extra items to listen to!!

The King  of Saudi Arabia, Salman is on a visit to Saudi Arabia. This is the first visit by him to this nation in 50 years.What's intriguing is King's goods that he uses as luxury was carried in 27 Flights and 600 personnel, 459Tons of goods(Including his Mercedes) accompanied him to help things out!!

I wondered if the king was lady in his previous birth to carry so much?? Wondered how much Theresa May's entourage was? hahahahah!!!

M-Pesa (Money in Swahili) is 10 years old!! hahah! It was interesting to track their progress! I recollect their launch in 2007 podcasts!!! (My 80Gb IPOD was bought in Jan 2007 to listen transfer thro cable from ITUNES!!) 300,000 was their initial estimates! today at end of 10 years the customer base is 30 Million with transactions happening at the rate of 529 Transactions /second!! What a way forward. I think Africa showed the way in Mobile money market for the world! Awesome!! 

-23C in Northern most part of Norway, the winter finally arrived almost 2 months late, it's worst in 2 decades! It was intriguing to hear, Animal sizes that survive on harsh winter environment has shrunk over in last 18 years!! Global warming has also indicated lot of glaciers are melting at a very faster rate! Would world wake up and do something before too late? I wonder???

So the boycott of COKE PEPSI in TN is hitting the world news!! Lot of discussions! I wonder how far, how long would this last?? I am not very sure that scale and size of rival drinks exist to meet the need of customer demand? Also with Crooks like Ramdev etc promoting own brand, is there a sinister plot?? 

Macron(i)???? is hitting a purple patch?? Will it go all the way?? I hope for world sake? Any one but the evil Lady? Disaster for France, if Marine LePen makes it?? I dont think she stands a chance? But after Brexit, Trump, nothing is taken for granted!!

I was listening to Lucy this morning on how death of dear/near ones especially parents make you change career or take re look at life!! I agree with her!! My grandfather and grand mom lived until their 90s so Dad was in to late 60s when soul searching happened so I wondered he missed the bus to do changes and adapt to ever changing needs!!! I was just calculating the tool she mentioned, to see how longer I have to work a plan?? hahhah! plenty I would think.!!I do course corrections not waiting for my parents' departure! ( I think I am half way in to it, taking career change plunge in 2012, to quit the Idiotic corporate!!) Could I have done better? Let's wait and see???

Take it easy, take care, stay safe, god bless
Karthik
2/3/2017
0915am! 

Foot Care, Fakenews, Fracking TN Fiasco, History of maths!!

Housekeeping
1) Espresso is great news app to keep update on current news as you wake up in the morning. You get some news as free apps and all as Paid apps!!

2) I am listening to Trump Inagural State of nation  address to Congress, as I type, in Fox NEWS!! No longer you need to sit in front of tv and waste time!! I sense applause so far no longer decibels as Obama or BUSH Had!!! So far (755pm) looks a campaign speech!!

Foot care is very essential and many people miss it to work it, more so if you are diabetic where blood circulation is essential for healthy feet. While I was fixing my forthcoming appointment I stumbled this article on the PEDICURE I patron over last 15 years! He does a great job! 

It was intriguing to see a FAKE NEWS TV show to stop Fake news. This tv show in Ukraine, is all about lies deceit and events that didn't happen!! My mind flashed to the current Indian Government!! Anything they do is lie, deceit, fraud!! hahahhah!!! Latest trick is the GDP # !! 

500 Rs Note without # Even as now as last week!! This Government clueless, rudderless fudges everything!!! (Yes continued legacy) 

The ongoing protest on,Hydrocarbon extract (FRACKING?) in Cauvery Delta is a valid. As Environmental Engineer, I find Fracking has caused more damage to water system, health of people as well as potential earthquake in such area!! in Europe/UK fracking is a blasphemous term!!!

I am astonished the idiotic Central government (Bunch of Idiots who look பிச்சைக்காரன், பொருக்கி,கபோதி, மந்திரி) who have no brain forcing it)

 Video on shale gas disasters!!! 


I stumbled on the BBC Podcast on Mathematics History. Very great listen. I have gone through 5/10. Intriguing to hear about great deeds of Newton, Euler, Gauss.... Galois lived only untill age 20 and such a fame?????? To do what they did with no tech support etc as we have now seems divine support!!

PS: The standing ovation for Late RYAN OWENS (Seal died in Yemen ops) been stunning! Is this the longest in American History! I wonder!!!! 

Take care,stay safe, God Bless
Karthik,
1/3/17 0845am.

5G, Oscar, Jail Break, Erica Roe !!!!!

Housekeeping:-
Lalitha has worked her promotional video for IGCSE Mathematics Coaching X grade. She decided to reach out to this segment as support system is fairly poor to students who are struggling a lot. Lalitha likes a challenge!  Here is video. Contact details at end of Video.

It was interesting to read the launch of 5G in Barcelone Telecon Expo. With 20Gbps data speed, wonder what kind of interaction would require that kind of speed!! Oh yes who would have thought of 1Tb hard drive! when 1Mb data looked like a year's data back in 1990!! Also good to see NOKIA 3310 relaunch. My kind of phone like Brick! 

Great team/great nation/great people learn from one mistake and never repeat.(நல்ல மாட்டுக்கு ஒரு சூடு , நல்ல மனுஷனுக்கு ஒரு வார்த்தை_) is the famous Tamil Saying. So it is extremely irritating/frustrating to see the fiasco that happened at OSCARS yesterday! Amazing, no checks /recheck was there!! They had incidents in 2000, 2015, still no lessons learned to improve systems! Goes to show when Heart is not aligned with mind these things become common place or too much casual approach to what you do? I wonder?? 

Australia win at PUNE would be the biggest Jail Break in Cricket history! I don't recollect ever in my 45 yrs of Cricket following that Goliath vs David, G Slayed so easily! Perhaps, 1989 Ashes was close. England at least dominated /were in the game, until day 5 lunch of 1st test and went down hill all the way!!! Win or lose, Aussies have pricked the arrogance of Current Indian Cricket establishment/players and above all Abusive Fans!! (பொருக்கி,காட்டு மிராண்டி may be the word) the hype they have around their team hahahahah!(Not won a series in Australia/South Africa in 84 years, not expected for another 84!!)

February means 6 Nations, I always follow it over last 25 years, more so in recent past, few of my British colleagues were ardent Rugby fan! They say Rugby is a rogue game played by Gentlemen, Football Gentlemen played by Goons and Cricket a Lazy game played by Rogues!! hahaah!!! 

 Ofcourse, Rugby means Erica Roe!! Boy!What 36 Years?? heheheheh!!!! 

Good day, take it easy, take care, GOD BLESS

Karthik
28/2/17 (Man FEB GONE!!)
0840am 

Dementia,Child Migrants,FUC**** Jargon Bullshit at office!!! More Happy?Be Duped!!

Housekeeping.
1) Podcast addict is a good Android APP for Podcatcher. This also has speed variation for playback ( MY default is 2.5) and displays time elapsed in that mode. I convered mine from FreeApp to Paid APP!!

If you think more sleep is good,here is bad news, Research shows that People who had slept more than 9 Hours a day have greater probability of having / getting "DEMENTIA"!! so sleep less! I was just checking mine !? Around 7hrs on average and 8 Max and never could stick bed beyond that unless Sick!

I was saddened /horrified to read the condition of Migrants from Africa/ Middle East put in camps in Greece as transit point. Condition is very bad with Europe turning their backs. What has not come out more,which this article/podcast covers is plight of 1000s of Teenage children who have moved alone as refugees (Parents dead /killed in war or by Taliban etc) and undergoing pathetic trauma of living in inhumane condition or exploited for Child abuse. Makes you wonder, what's world up to??? I am more puzzled as word Child Abuse came in my Dictionary when my Overseas colleague mentioned as possible situation to children in their country in 2000! (When I was 37!!)......

Haahhahah! I was listening to Whatron podcast yesterday afternoon about new book on Jargon and its horror!! I cant help think Lucy covering this few years back!(2007!!! hahah) Boy Killer!! I loathe all that bullshit of "Going Forward" "Pl Ping" "DrillDown" "We will connect in Real World" etc etc..... Shit man I tell you!

Here is a great list !! BOY !!

OFFICE JARGON BULLSHIT Boy Fuck,Shit Bitch?? 

Watch out??? If you are more happy and express it so! Chances are that you would be perceived NAIVE or be a victim of Duping!! heheheh! No wonder, I am always Grumpy/Grouse!!! hahahahh!!!!

Have a great week, Take care. God Bless

Karthik.

0855am! 

Woman coach Football, Rape & Reconciliation, Diana, 30Bn Bees Fly!

I am making this post Vanila Version:-

HouseKeeping:-
1) Try Noom walk excellent App for counting steps!! Hahhah! Today with Leg stiffness Lalitha cautioned me no walk!(கால ஓடசுப்புடுவேன்!!!! and for a change I listened to her!!!  hehehehheheh) so Early post!!

2) I like this interface for Daily Alarm!! COOL!! But I have issue with Snooze when alarm goes on! Got to go to app and disable rather than volume or other keys?? Wonder why??

Her Team Lost 7-0, Winning team coached by Legend Scholari!! So it is very tough to get hog lime light and get all good coverage!! Well that is what exactly Chan Yuen-ting got. The First Female Coach of a Football team which lead her team to Championship title at home in Hong Kong, and take the almighty Chinese Club in Continental Cup match at Gangzhou. Woman making inroads like Ghenggis Khan. I recollect a flash of Female Refree in EPL last night!!

It was a very touching gripping TED Talk!! Rape & Reconciliation! Watch this to know more!!! Astonishing saga lasting 19 years or so!!!! 



2017 is also 20th Year of Diana, the princess of Wales, Death, lot of special programs are being organised this year! What a lady!! what a reach out??

Harry with Mom! I think this guy is her mirror Image in his thinking & action!! God Bless!!! 

I was not around when Kennedy died( I was just 150 Hours late) but I could imagine the shock the world went through!! My Special moment in her funeral is this!!

30Bn Bees FLY to California Very Intriguing!!! Give a listen!! 

U Crib about Traffic Jams in your City!! Read this list???? hahahahhah!!! I was not amused, when Taxi Driver in Istanbul told passenger (BBC reporter) to drive the car as he had uncontrolled urge to use the Toilet!! When he came back, the lady passenger had just driven 2 Meters!! ehhehehhehh!!!!

Ok, Take care, Have a great day! GOD BLESS
Karthik.
26/2/17!! 0815am

Penny Wise Pound Foolish-Gujarat!; Blood Diamond??? Oscars! Don is Dead!!!!

Housekeeping:-
1) Evernote! I almost forgotten Evernote! I am avid user since 2009 or so and used it to save notes on thoughts that came. (More a digital Post-it) to cross refer ideas between my Laptop and Web when I am on the move.(Apps were not much known then). I rememembered Smartphone version few days back and downloaded to work notes as I do morning walk!!! Technology going leaps and bounds and I am still not that comfortable APPS version and to use smartphone to type!!  

2) My Saturday Morning devotional Playlist on youtube!! hehehheheh!! See How secular & open I am despite Srirangam Hater!!!!!!!!! Plays almost 3 hours! 

I was astounded a Facebook post and posted my comment! I was thinking this and pondering over sleep last night!

I somehow felt Gujarat and its people while have a golden heart, never worked a balance between Work-Life. It was always work work and Money is seen as only means to a better life. (More so when you see /interact with Brits, Aussies who work a superb balance) In my interactions, during my career there, I was always asked at work,how much they would be paid more, if job is finished say 2 hrs early than actual time planned. While I would have let it go as way of life and get sunk, and accepted as way of life, but for my Job interview in 1996 when I wanted to shift to South India giving priority to children's education. Mr KRP Shenoy my boss who did job interview,sold me in the offer,the non tangential benefit of 5 day week(Gujarat was 6 days week work& far far less paid /public Holidays,in fact 4 in in 1980s;lowest in India; logic was,more you work, more you earn, man I tell you)

Marslow need model-Money-Comfort-Love-Respect-EGO Needs! Is Gujarat always Money? I ponder????

     (Lowest form of need and never moving up) 

I still wonder if Gujarat has moved away?? I guess probably not? I was thinking more about it I was listening to Podcast on how Japan is making people move on Last Friday of the month to leave early to spend quality time with Family etc this morning thus the post. I remember the plant manager at my Kodama Facility,back in 2000s made sure every Wednesday all Lights are off by Sunset and folks,all gone Home. (Dream by Japanese standards of staying at work till very very late evening and back 8am as routine) That's where good companies set example.

hahhahah! An Average American plans to spend 2 months Salary as cost to pay his Engagement Diamond Ring. Girls plan and dream their Engagement Ring before even falling love with a boy!!! hehehehe!!! Very Intriguing in depth article. I recollect hearing about Artifical diamonds podcast few months back 1% now fast catching up.I also recollect our work on Blood (Conflict) Minerals management which all stemed from Blood Diamond. Of course, is this the famous dupe?is this? hehehhehe! 

Of course, Blood Diamond,means Leonardo Dicaprio, I always felt he deserved Oscar's more for Blood Diamond than the one he actually Won. Also Departed for which he was never nominated!! 

My First Oscar memory was 1983,when Gandhi Swept the awards. I watched,Star Wars at Bombay,Sterling,1979 (a magical experience for a15 year kid!before that)but never connected to Oscars! This weekend I think La-La Land expected to sweep. Let's see?? I recollect 2007 Oscars, When I was just miles away at Redando Beach, busy with Meetings while Oscar was in full swing!! Not that I would have got an invite to go watch?!! 

I am WALKER!!!!!!! AHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! 

I am reading that Netflix is investing 100Mn$ for Martin Scorsese movie!! He is a sure shot winner? So next Oscars could be from Netflix or Amazon or Google(Youtube) movies!Move over 20th Century Fox etc & Universal or Colombia !!! 

My last post!!! No words!! Today 2001,"THE DON IS DEAD"at 91 What a legend?? 

Real DON????? 

hahhahh! Anthony Quinn!!! What a Performance as Andrea !! really brought Maclean book to life!!!!

Ok Take care, stay Safe, God Bless!!
Karthik.
25/2/17. 0915am.

LeanIN?? Planets, Robot Taxes, Putin super duper of TV vs Fridge

Housekeeping:-

1)Summer is coming here with Bang, Man I tell you! Woolen blankets gone out of window 2 days back! 6am walk, by 7am u cant take the sun! Wonder If we need to push clock ahead by atleast 30 min to take advantage? Governance about all these things?? hmm! I recollect reading Delhi reeling already in Summer mode! Bangalore would face worst water shortage. UV Index always a nightmare here!!! 

2) So many things to write about, I am thinking of going Audio mode through a formal Podcast of 15-20 Min on various aspects. I discussed with Son about it yesterday and he agrees for broader reach. Would work plan in days to come.

OK here we go!!!

1) Lean In was Sheryl Sandberg Book on woman empowerment! Woman still have a long way to go to break the ceiling! While South Asia has done better in terms of top leaders the gap is still long way off in middle as Economist wonder? But I always felt,it is woman who prevents another woman from coming to the top? When you heard 2 woman agree on anything? I haven't? Have you? 

2) I always have a feeling there is a mirror image of us somewhere else!

So no surprise that earth like planets are found! Hold on!They are 700,000 Years of travel away! Hope this blog is read then??? 

Intriguing to read to Bill Gates, talking about Robot Taxes for jobs that are taken away! AI really hitting hard in every sense! I recollect reading hardly 10% jobs would go away in worst case! But u never know?

For Second time in weeks, I keep hearing Vladimir Putin is a Manipulator. Gary Kasparov did last night as was Alexi Nevallny few weeks back! Both say Putin gives a perception that he tolerates dissent! When he can't handle beyond a point, He would eliminate them! Also read this class interview on VOX on PUTIN-TRUMP relation from a Russian perspective. As Economist Russian Correspondent, Arkady says,Putin knows super/duper to manage TV not the Fridge! 

A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet

“They consider him a stupid, unstrategic politician.”

Have a great day, God bless!! Stay Safe
Karthik
24/2/17 0830am