You would have seen this by now many times over and even read the transcript of this amazing speech. Nevertheless, adding it here as it is worth visiting time and again.
Although I have never been an Apple Fanboy (not just because Apple has always treated India with high handed disdain and cold indifference since its inception) or owned an Apple product to date, there's no denying that Steve Jobs was an inspiration and visionary to friends and foes alike! RIP
If you are easily distracted or find too little time to do things that you love to do, this message will undoubtedly put things in some kind of perspective. A good presentation by Gopi Kallayil- a "naattukaran" :-)
To be honest, I am not an avid Twiterrati or a compulsive Facebook user, primarily because I don't believe that there're enough things happening in my life that I should necessarily convey to the world out there in minute-by-minute updates. So these don't eat up much of my time. However, I do get overwhelmed at work or get distracted occasionally and this video is a "poke" in the right direction. Often the question needs to be asked- "enthinaa"?? (Why?)
No wonder that within a few days of these videos getting posted, they have invited some very strong emotional outpourings from viewers.
During college days, I had discouraged some of my friends from taking up acting seriously (they're probably better off because of that now). But having seen all these, maybe I shouldn't have. If you're reading this, guys, you were top class!
I am always fascinated by the expressions of uncontrolled mirth in Adarsh's face whenever he sees himself in videos and decided to capture it. Boy, isn't he a fan of himself?
This kid has formidable talent. I'm sure I didn't do anything spectacular at his age, except probably amusing my parents with my antics. Will Adarsh be suitably motivated?
I've been kept occupied in my spare time by a Rubik's cube which I picked up from a stand in the just concluded Call Centre Expo in Birmingham. Shortly after reaching home I started playing around with it. In what can now be termed as a reckless act, I scrambled it horribly and have ever since been trying to solve it. I'm feeling humbled by this boy who seems to have got it rather fast, although I found out that it's not a world record (may be for his age). It appears that the best time for restoring the cube in an official championship was 12.11 sec by Shotaro Makisumi (Japan) at the Caltech Spring Tournament on 3 April 2004.
But then, I'm inclined to think that this could be a camera trick after all, designed to make me feel bad.
BTW, Rubik's cube celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005 and is said to be the largest selling toy, with some 300,000,000 Rubik's Cubes and imitations sold worldwide. Wonder how many of them remained unsolved. :)
