Interesting

It is very interesting to know that there is no accommodation for English to Sanskrit translation in Google Translate. Sanskrit is one of historical languages in India which forms the base for many other common languages. I was searching a bit to find few Sanskrit translations today. Anyway adding Sanskrit to Google translate is not worthy too as this language is no longer used in written and oral communication these days.

Perky

Following two songs are lingering a lot in my mind and making me feel cheerful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8sKjhXldcE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2si7fClqA&feature=related

Smiley

Sometimes I wonder how people can keep smiling even if their job sucks, pressure mounts and emotion pours. On seeing such people I feel little jealous for the fact that I am unable to keep up constant happiness and optimism level even if my mood changes drastically. I have recorded two people in mind who have taught me to keep twinkly no matter what happens as smile is a sign of spreading joy to others.

3 GEM

Quiet often we three hardly get time to chit-chat, as either of us would be completely drained out. Today all three were bit excited and brisk to discuss few fishy topics. We had so much of fun that I can't express how much we are enjoying our bachelor life. We are those three monkey models set by Mahatma Gandhi, hear no evil, speak no evil and see no evil. We three were only discussing, seeing and listening to all mirthful incidences this evening. This comic reminded me of my sister who calls me “GEM” when she wants something done from me and after the work is completed she would expand GEM for "Ginger eating monkey". All three of my mates behaved like a GEM but not sure in which angle.

GEB

My client asked me if I was aware of Gödel, Escher and Bach. I passively nodded my head conveying "no". He posed me couple of questions such as do natural numbers and even numbers have the same or different infinite values, how about real numbers and natural number etc. By fluke I gave the right answer. This topic came in today's meeting as he wanted to share few thoughts on his current reading of "I am a strange loop" book. My client loves to read technical books that associates mind with mathematical theories. I can not ever reckon reading one in my lifetime as I always considered such books to be very vague and boring. Such books would for sure make me sleepy. Following tidbit from Wikipedia would give some idea about GEB to those like me who do not have any knowledge about GEB.

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter,[1] described by the author as "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll".[2]

On its surface, GEB examines logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, discussing common themes in their work and lives. At a deeper level, the book is a detailed and subtle exposition of concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence.

Through illustration and analysis, the book discusses how self-reference and formal rules allow systems to acquire meaning despite being made of "meaningless" elements. It also discusses what it means to communicate, how knowledge can be represented and stored, the methods and limitations of symbolic representation, and even the fundamental notion of "meaning" itself.

Another Family

We all belong to different culture, country and custom but still we behave as we if we all belong to one community when it comes to speaking. The count for today’s meeting was less than the usual number. And this small crowd was the one which made the whole meeting more attached and friendly. Today's theme was "career change", there wasn't any in the group who really loved what they were currently doing. Due to economical circumstances and family status many had forced themselves to work in the sectors that fetched them more money. It was very interesting to hear people’s true ambitions in life. I heard one say he wanted to study Geo-physics, one preferred being an ice cream seller from childhood just because she loves ice cream and other friend mentioned about switching job as he finds his current one to be monotonous.

Great stories were shared by everyone today and our mind was only floating in the dream world for that one hour between 11.30 A.M to 12.30 P.M. People were surprised when I mentioned that I would have preferred to rope myself in drawing and painting profession. My members know that I am passionate about tennis but none knew that my childhood strength lies in arts and crafts. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my opinions with my members open heartedly. I always get a feeling that I am with my own family members when it comes to expressing my feelings frankly.

Registration

It all started this afternoon when one of my friends mentioned about registering my new bike. I did not believe him at first but later I had to trust him for the fact he too has a bike for quiet some time. In the evening at the tennis court when one of my friends inquired about my cycle, I again touched upon bike registration concept to him. He started to laugh and kept saying that I was fooled and there is no such thing for bikes.

I am still not sure how far things are true with regard to bike registration. But for sure there is a concept of bike registration in U.S is what I understand from the following sites:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/bike/
http://www.nationalbikeregistry.com/register.html

Anyway this bike registration topic has made me, my roomies and couple other friends giggle a lot the whole afternoon, evening and night.