The modern life

This is a picture I received in a forwarded mail. It did make me think that certainly the so called mordern life has slowly creeped in and change our life style.

The above lifestyle is certainly a common practice for people in IT field. I thought of few friends and tried to compare them with this picture. one of my friend when he comes back home after work makes sure that he reads "eenadu" online (daily telugu newspaper) everyday.

Second one would spend his time browsing videos in youtube. Third one would not miss an opportunity to post scraps to his friends on orkut. Some of them would always have deasl2buy open 24X7 open, to ensure they are the first ones to catch the best shopping deals.

Internet has become so addictive these days. It's good to have it bcoz it's good source of any information you want. But the big point is it's not at all a good substitute for the physical activities.

I like to spend my time playing tennins, volleyball (if enough players are available) or sometimes swimming. My roommates and I have now agreed upon not getting an internet connection at home. Simple reasons, we have access in office to do basic stuff and secondly, avoid getting addicted to this not so important thing. However sometimes I do spend some time playing freecell. solitaire, minesweeper and hearts on my PC, but i'm trying to stay from them too :)

Now think about how you spend your time after you get back from work? Do something constructive for you, your family or your country :)

On reality shows...

This is what I read:

On reality shows...


This is what my initial comments were on the above blog:

I'm not a TV fan at all. I do even think I would not keep a TV in my house when I have kids(don't know how much feasible that would be).

But to your point i think the reality shows are ok for adults as they are responsible for what they do, unlike kids. Kids do what parents want them to do without even fully understanding what they are doing.

All this gave a thought to my mind. Are these reality shows for kids any less than child labor? Comparing the stress, mental agony and embarrassment they have to go thru.


And this is what inspired me to put it in my blog:

I was in Scarborough, Canada this weekend visting a good friend of mine. We have worked together for almost 5 years but now he has moved into another project and that is why he is in Canada. My friend has two kids, a 7 year old boy V and 3 year old cute little doll S.

I spent 2 days with the family and now I have very mixed feelings about the subject. V likes to watch TV especially kids movies. While we were driving to the African Lion Safari V was able to relate things with his movies and remember them.

I was more surprised when we were driving through Safari. V could recognize almost all the animals. This made me wonder if used properly TV could be good medium for education.

S is a very bright gal. She is only 3 but she could immitate anything/everything she sees. She would also sit with her bro and watch movies. Both are very o-operative to each other and I guess that makes learning much more fun for S.

So at the end of it i don't know what I'll do with my kids. May be I would just go with the flow or let my wife drive it :)

Happy teaching!!!!