Things I have wanted to Do, and not gotten to yet!!!

Theres been quite a few things that I have wanted to do for a while, but for one reason or the other, I havent gotten down to doing it with full gusto. Any reason will be an excuse, so i better not mention any. These are the things I have been wanting to do :

1. Sing and record a few of my favourite songs in Karaoke. These songs include : Kannal Pesum Penne (Mozhi), New York Nagaram (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal), Hum hai Is Pal Yahaan (Kisna), Ajab Si, Ajab Si (Om Shanti Om)

2. Make a simple website for my Mama who is a practising Hydro Geologist, to enable him to reach out and market his services.

3. Join a short course on Photography.

4. Develop a nice and simple utility software that will help in automating/simplifying some routine task. The aim of this is to learn the new and emerging technologies as well as to do something productive. Perhaps, this is the only thing on this list that I have done something about.

5. Go shopping to utilise the gift voucher that I received for my budday.

6. Take my car for a service.

I better stop here and try and get on to one of these tasks right away.......

Keeping up with the times

The world is ever progressing and things of the future and becoming things in the present. What once was a luxury is now becoming a necessity. In this ever changing world we need to keep moving ahead, to make sure we are not left behind and outdated. I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when i noticed how a particular thing had kept up with the times. My friend bought Monopoly - the game, so that we could all get together and play on the weekends. Its been years since I have see a board, although i still remember what Chance 7 is and what Community Chest 11 is.

Coming back to the point, Monopoly has kept up with the times. What once was 600 pounds is now priced at 600K pounds. It might just be that extra K, but it makes so much sense and impressionable young kids dont have to wonder why Dad and Mom cant buy a house when its so cheap on Monopoly. Not just that, there is no longer the paper or coin type money. The game has, would u believe it, a swipe machine and credit card type funds. You have credit on ur card and u swipe it to transfer money to others or pay the bank. Its all electronic. That, I thought was absolutely fantastic and innovative.

Just like everything else, keeping ahead with times has its down side. Kids would no longer know how their grandparents conducted business. They wouldnt now about the cash and coins and keeping it all safe. But i suppose there has to be a tradeoff somewhere and to make that to benefit progress, is what keeping with times is all about.

I think our lives shd be pretty much the same, move on with technology and change, maybe being humans we can make sure that we not only remember the past but also take some lessons from it.

Note : Reproduced from my other blog at Http://o3.indiatimes.com/rpramod