Mes Secrets Inconnus

(I finally tracked this down to the glossary of the Camel book, but I'd swear I've seen it in slightly different form elsewhere.) The Camel book mentions these three qualities:

Laziness
The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don't have to answer so many questions about it. Hence, the first great virtue of a programmer.
Impatience
The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don't just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least that pretend to. Hence, the second great virtue of a programmer.
Hubris
Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for. Also the quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people won't want to say bad things about. [Also, the thing that makes you write programs to do something that's already been done, because you believe you can do it better --- Wim.] Hence, the third great virtue of a programmer.

Seriously, what is the point of the Insert key? Has anyone ever really used it beyond accidently hitting it and only realizing it after half their text has been typed over? I haven’t though….

As I get older, I get these 'reality checks'. Things I'm doing now, about to do, or have to do just keep  boggling my mind and make me want to go back to childhood! . Is there any such device that just does this?

Dew drops is a new hotel on platform road , Sheshadripuram. This one was recommended by Dad and we thought we will evaluate this hotel today. Being Sunday,  I figured out it would be crowded and called the hotel to place a booking. The receptionist was a jovial person. We then reached the hotel to find out that they have valet parking. Pleasant surprise as parking in Bangalore beats the crap out of me.

Dew Drops comprised of 2 hotels – one a 24/7 coffee shop called Blue Neil and other a pure vegetarian hotel called Golden Metro. Golden Metro is so called because the ambience inside this hotel is like a train bogie.  It’s like a Metro rail. Anyways there was not much crowd and we we could choose our place. They served Apple Juice as a part of welcome drink . We ordered ala carte. The service was quick and the food was tasty. Gunchi cheese balls in spinach gravy & Golden metro biryani were lip smacking . It was not all that pricey. For a 6 person party it came up to 1.3 K including tips :-) So if you are in a mood to get a railway ambience and some decent tasty food , just head to Dew Drops.

I know this is funny, but it can sometimes demoralize you. Have you ever lost your work ID  card and asked to cough up 1.15K ? well then you may not be able to relate to this.

I am frustrated and also pained by the fact that i just lost my work ID card( it was a genuine case and well if  you will know that every time you loose something it was always genuine) and the facilities guy & HR are conspiring against me to take a part of my already depleted salary in this recession.

If the trauma is still not on for you, maybe i should try stealing your work ID and then make you pay my fine :-(