Thursday, July 29, 2010

The butterfly effect

The butterfly effect is a concept that talks about how simple decisions create a chain reaction much later in life.
Yesterday, I was going through my facebook link and I noticed that all my friends who choose commerce in class 11 have atleast one kid by now.
None my friends from 11 science have a kid. Some not even married.
I never assumed the difference would be so stark!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Papa's retirement plans!

A couple of days ago I was having a heated discussion with my parents about retirement and coming back home to India. They are now eligible for senior citizen travel discounts back home and there is no reason why they should continue to work at Malaysia.

Today, I was looking through a family album and I found this -

This picture was taken on a lazy sunday morning at Chempadak beach close to our house. Thats when I realized, sitting at work and rushing through program milestones, that they are leading a retired life!
One of the nicer things taking up the web space - The Random Kitten Generator