I completed this book yesterday.
Some of the simple things from the book for me to remember ...
1. Ask more questions.
2. Never allow anyone to outwork you. Work harder.
3. Listening more than you talk.
4. Always take notes.
5. Prepare for any thing you do ( The author calls pre-planning for sales)
The new book I started ...
The Power of Reading, Insights from the research Stephen D. Krashen
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Saturday, September 08, 2007
New School year
Last week Schools have started for my daughters. Now they are in 4th and 8th grades.
Slowly starting my involvement with books and educational activities.
I am reading the book How to Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey J. Fox.
I am not a sales man but a consultant. I find lots of stuff very useful to me. I will write about it when I complete this book.
Slowly starting my involvement with books and educational activities.
I am reading the book How to Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey J. Fox.
I am not a sales man but a consultant. I find lots of stuff very useful to me. I will write about it when I complete this book.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Visited India after 4 years
We visited India after 4 years. I did not find many changes to the environment. It looks similar to when I left in 2000/2003. The Economic conditions and the prices have gone up.
I visited only Tamilnadu and to be more specific, Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Karaikudi, Rameswaram. The only places I did not visit was Bangalore of all the places I used to stay.
I did bargain to Auto guys .
Felt the same experience with Public Transportation (Buses and Trains).
Food is good in the same places like Saravana Bavan.
Temples are crowded. I visited a lot .
Dress materials are cheap if we buy and stitch.
Ready-made dresses even though highly priced could not be used with an additional stitching.
Ice creams and Pizzas NOT worth their money. Arun ice creams did not have all the stuff which are in their menu cards, this was uniform in all places - cities and small villages.
Lots of new cars.
New Toll Roads.
Call taxis are good and they are cheaper and comfortable than Autos.
Telephones are cheap for long distances, not for local calls.
The crowd at all levels are crazy in using the cell phones. cell phones while hanging on foot-boards on buses. Auto/Taxi drivers driving with cell phone in one hand.
... will continue.
I visited only Tamilnadu and to be more specific, Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Karaikudi, Rameswaram. The only places I did not visit was Bangalore of all the places I used to stay.
I did bargain to Auto guys .
Felt the same experience with Public Transportation (Buses and Trains).
Food is good in the same places like Saravana Bavan.
Temples are crowded. I visited a lot .
Dress materials are cheap if we buy and stitch.
Ready-made dresses even though highly priced could not be used with an additional stitching.
Ice creams and Pizzas NOT worth their money. Arun ice creams did not have all the stuff which are in their menu cards, this was uniform in all places - cities and small villages.
Lots of new cars.
New Toll Roads.
Call taxis are good and they are cheaper and comfortable than Autos.
Telephones are cheap for long distances, not for local calls.
The crowd at all levels are crazy in using the cell phones. cell phones while hanging on foot-boards on buses. Auto/Taxi drivers driving with cell phone in one hand.
... will continue.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Shopping ....
1. Vegetable shop: This shop at Watertown, Ma is our favorite shop.
http://www.russos.com/index.htm
2. Housewares and kitchen utensils
http://chinafairinc.com/xcart/customer/help.php?section=conditions
I will post any new places I visit which are worth to mention here.
http://www.russos.com/index.htm
2. Housewares and kitchen utensils
http://chinafairinc.com/xcart/customer/help.php?section=conditions
I will post any new places I visit which are worth to mention here.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Books read after my last post
1. The Adventures of Tintin (3 adventures in one volume). by HERGE.
TINTIN in AMERICA (The Chichago gangsters)
CIGARS of the PHAROAH (Tintin covers the middle east and India,
the Maharajas, elephants and the Holy cow))
THE BLUE LOTUS (Tintin covers Shangai, China, the Japanese occupation and the
international settlements)
The copy I read was publishes by "LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY" The colors and the printing was very good.
2. We started the book "Alvin's secret code" by Clifford B. Hicks'
3. "Dream Wolf" Story and illustrations by Paul Goble.
This is a picture book I read to my daughters. A native Indian story of a Wolf and 2 kids. The illustrations were very good and different.
TINTIN in AMERICA (The Chichago gangsters)
CIGARS of the PHAROAH (Tintin covers the middle east and India,
the Maharajas, elephants and the Holy cow))
THE BLUE LOTUS (Tintin covers Shangai, China, the Japanese occupation and the
international settlements)
The copy I read was publishes by "LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY" The colors and the printing was very good.
2. We started the book "Alvin's secret code" by Clifford B. Hicks'
3. "Dream Wolf" Story and illustrations by Paul Goble.
This is a picture book I read to my daughters. A native Indian story of a Wolf and 2 kids. The illustrations were very good and different.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Books update ....
Today, I read "The Journey - Stories of Migration" by Cynthia Rylant to my daughter.
It looks like a very informative book for Grade 3-5 students. The illustrations are good.
We learnt the migrations of ...
1. The locust - This was new to me. It is interesting to know these grasshoppers.
2. The whales - They do not have teeth, they have baleen, instead - which are like finger nails. They store their fat in blubbers to use them when they do not eat for about 8 months.
3. The eels - This was new to me and very interesting - This fish lives in both fresh water and salt water . Sargasso Sea is where they are born and the larvae migrate, turn to eels on the coasts, the female eels leaves males in the sea and moves inland. They live in fresh water for a long time. Then they return to the sea, meet their left behind male eels and return together to Sargasso Sea.
4. The Monarch Butterfly - I want to see Monarchs.
5. The Caribou (New to me) - My daughter said that Caribou looks like a reindeer.
6. The Arctic terns ( I knew this in 6th grade and the amazing 25000 miles trip)
It looks like a very informative book for Grade 3-5 students. The illustrations are good.
We learnt the migrations of ...
1. The locust - This was new to me. It is interesting to know these grasshoppers.
2. The whales - They do not have teeth, they have baleen, instead - which are like finger nails. They store their fat in blubbers to use them when they do not eat for about 8 months.
3. The eels - This was new to me and very interesting - This fish lives in both fresh water and salt water . Sargasso Sea is where they are born and the larvae migrate, turn to eels on the coasts, the female eels leaves males in the sea and moves inland. They live in fresh water for a long time. Then they return to the sea, meet their left behind male eels and return together to Sargasso Sea.
4. The Monarch Butterfly - I want to see Monarchs.
5. The Caribou (New to me) - My daughter said that Caribou looks like a reindeer.
6. The Arctic terns ( I knew this in 6th grade and the amazing 25000 miles trip)
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Books I wish to Read
1. The adventures of Tintin
2. How to Solve It, George Polya, Princeton University Press, USA
3. Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Basic Books, USA
2. How to Solve It, George Polya, Princeton University Press, USA
3. Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Basic Books, USA
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