Comments on: Harvard’s Loss… http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html Alexis Leon's weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ganja_turtle http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-275 Ganja_turtle Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:57:52 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-275 Oh No! an old friend has been bugging me to read Time Traveler's Wife so much...but couldnt find it at all in eloor or any bookstore in town...have to pick it up next time when am in blore.... Oh No! an old friend has been bugging me to read Time Traveler’s Wife so much…but couldnt find it at all in eloor or any bookstore in town…have to pick it up next time when am in blore….

]]> By: Alexis Leon http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-274 Alexis Leon Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:26:18 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-274 <b>Ganja_turtle</b>: Thank you for your kind words. I have read The Pilot's Wife. It was a book recommended by Oprah. I came to know that it was recommended by Oprah from the cover of the book. Usually I don't read anything that she recommends ;-) I have read two more 'Wife' books. <b>The Mapmaker's Wife </b>by Robert Whitaker and <b>The Time Traveler's Wife </b>by Audrey Niffenegger. I like the last one (The Time Traveler's Wife) most. Ganja_turtle: Thank you for your kind words. I have read The Pilot’s Wife. It was a book recommended by Oprah. I came to know that it was recommended by Oprah from the cover of the book. Usually I don’t read anything that she recommends ;-)

I have read two more ‘Wife’ books. The Mapmaker’s Wife by Robert Whitaker and The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I like the last one (The Time Traveler’s Wife) most.

]]> By: Ganja_turtle http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-273 Ganja_turtle Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:01:11 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-273 Hi Alexis... Thanks for dropping by...was reading a book called The Pilots Wife...nothing major except a lot of jumbled emotions mixed with an improbable plot...but there was this line which reminded me of you..."sometimes courage is just that ability to take step after step after step and not stop"...maybe am over-reading the situation...but I find that for a lot of people who have been in and out of accidents, getting into a [uroseful daily routine transcending their a depressed mind and the dependancy on others etc is initself an achievement....just wanted to tell you. More specific comments later...Cheers! Hi Alexis…
Thanks for dropping by…was reading a book called The Pilots Wife…nothing major except a lot of jumbled emotions mixed with an improbable plot…but there was this line which reminded me of you…”sometimes courage is just that ability to take step after step after step and not stop”…maybe am over-reading the situation…but I find that for a lot of people who have been in and out of accidents, getting into a [uroseful daily routine transcending their a depressed mind and the dependancy on others etc is initself an achievement….just wanted to tell you.
More specific comments later…Cheers!

]]> By: venus http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-269 venus Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:02:36 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-269 yeah, sometimes, I feel very devilish in giving them a shock treatment, proving their superficial judgements wrong :) yeah, sometimes, I feel very devilish in giving them a shock treatment, proving their superficial judgements wrong :)

]]> By: Geo http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-268 Geo Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:04:12 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-268 Not bad :_)) Going fine... Taking up and finishing functionalities one by one... First release went fine... 3 more to go... Not bad :_))

Going fine…
Taking up and finishing functionalities one by one…
First release went fine… 3 more to go…

]]> By: Alexis Leon http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-267 Alexis Leon Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:37:30 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-267 <b>anu</b>: Very true. Hope you had a nice vacation. <b>Geo</b>: Yes we all do that. How is firefighting? <b>Dewaker</b>: Thank you fro dropping by. Yes there are many such myths. anu: Very true. Hope you had a nice vacation.

Geo: Yes we all do that. How is firefighting?

Dewaker: Thank you fro dropping by. Yes there are many such myths.

]]> By: Dewaker Basnet http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-266 Dewaker Basnet Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:51:17 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-266 hey this reminds me of the classic Indian myth about the percentage of Indian scientists working for NASA in the US, No of Indians in the top ranks at Microsoft et al...u might dispel this myth sometime throu your blog:) nice blog. hey this reminds me of the classic Indian myth about the percentage of Indian scientists working for NASA in the US, No of Indians in the top ranks at Microsoft et al…u might dispel this myth sometime throu your blog:)
nice blog.

]]> By: Geo http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-264 Geo Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:18:09 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-264 Have read this 'story' before from an Email fwd... Email fwds - lifelines for a software engineer... :_) >><i>people judge on appearances</i> cant blame them, as I know that I do it very often... Have read this ’story’ before from an Email fwd…

Email fwds - lifelines for a software engineer…
:_)

>>people judge on appearances
cant blame them, as I know that I do it very often…

]]> By: anu http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-263 anu Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:41:11 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-263 hmmm.. true.. people judge on appearances.. i do..we all do i belive.. thats y we love stories like the one u had posted.. hmmm.. true.. people judge on appearances.. i do..we all do i belive.. thats y we love stories like the one u had posted..

]]> By: Alexis Leon http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-260 Alexis Leon Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:28:54 +0000 http://www.alexisleon.com/ros/2006/02/17/harvards-loss.html#comment-260 <strong>Chackochen</strong>: Yes it is a fact that people are judged by their looks. This is especially true when you are on a wheelchair. When I was staying in Madras, there was a lady who used to come to iron the clothes. Even though my Tamil was much better than my brother's and I am much better at arithmetic, she never used to speak to me. If I opened the door, she will ask for my brother and if he is not available she will go back. Even though, I called her several times and told her that I would pay the money due, she always refused to take the money from me as she thought I couldn't do the math properly. It was fun. But sometimes when people, even educated people, treat you as an illiterate idiot just because you happen to be on a wheelchair, it is irritating. <strong>Deepa</strong>: I completely agree with you. Your example about jewelry shops is equally applicable to apparel shops too. And thank you for dropping by. Chackochen: Yes it is a fact that people are judged by their looks. This is especially true when you are on a wheelchair. When I was staying in Madras, there was a lady who used to come to iron the clothes. Even though my Tamil was much better than my brother’s and I am much better at arithmetic, she never used to speak to me. If I opened the door, she will ask for my brother and if he is not available she will go back. Even though, I called her several times and told her that I would pay the money due, she always refused to take the money from me as she thought I couldn’t do the math properly. It was fun. But sometimes when people, even educated people, treat you as an illiterate idiot just because you happen to be on a wheelchair, it is irritating.

Deepa: I completely agree with you. Your example about jewelry shops is equally applicable to apparel shops too. And thank you for dropping by.

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