Archive for the ‘OverHeard’ Category

Overheard : Comment about Ego

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

One of my friend’s IM status message

It’s better to lose your Ego to the one you Love, than to lose the one you LOVE because of EGO

Overheard : Comment about weather

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Comment from a lady coming out of a portable toilet, during the Northface Endurance Challenge Half Marathon this weekend

You know, it is cold, when you don’t want to come out of the porta-potti!!

It was 36 degrees!! :)

It is never too late..

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Ran across this post on the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8202378.stm) regarding a 90 year old Nairobian man who recently expired. He decided to get himself educated and enrolled in school at the age of 85. Next time, you think it is too late to start something, reconsider it :)

Overheard : Comment about Greencard

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

You have to be an immigrant to the USA, to understand this :) .

My friend, Hareesh, sent this posting on an online forum related to immigration matters

I am so HAPPY today. My lawyer told me that my daughter can sponsor both me and my wife once she is 18. She is only 3 now, so thats 15 years away only. It would have taken 20+ years with my EB2-based case (PD May 2008). I am so HAPPY today.

Overheard : Comment about expensive stores

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Comment by my friend, Rich, on expesive stores

Whole Foods = Whole Paycheck

Neiman Marcus = Needless Markup

:)

Overheard : Comment about progress

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Comment by a colleague about progress

Somebody told me once that getting it right the first time is accident, second time is coincidence and the third time is consistence.

OverHeard : Comment about contribution

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Comment by a colleague about how useful your contributions are at work..

Yesterdays recipe is today’s shit

In other words, there is no end to the race :) ..

OverHeard : Comment about conflicts

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Comment by George Mitchell, new US envoy for Middle East appointed by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, about conflicts

Conflicts are created, conducted and sustained by human beings; they can be ended by human beings..

OverHeard : Comment about Software development

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Comment by an esteemed colleague when discussing the need to purchase hardware to fix performance issues..

Software is like a gas.. it expands to fill all the space (capacity) available to it”

This is derived from Myhrvold’s law which states “As the software becomes more complex, the likelihood of problems tend to increase”. The original article is on Wired.com at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/myhrvold.html.

OverHeard : Comments about relationship and life

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Relationship : “It you work too hard to make it happen, it is not worth it.”

Life : “Life is what you make out of it”

Credit goes to Huma :) ..