Flirting with your intellect

This is what I was told "Do not flirt with your intellectual capabilities. You will lose focus and waste your energies". I wonder if they could say that to Leonardo Da Vinci - "Stick to your paintaings. We don't need your helicopters".

This happened in my interview with a company that had come to my campus for recruiting interns for their summer projects. My fault - I had 4 years of IT experience and I was trying to convince them that I wanted to play a part in their supply chain systems.

Reality pinches. But this incident goes to demonstrate the short sightedness of a lot of recruiters. They look for virgin clay. Something that they can mould as they desire. I can't blame them for that. Thats why they come to pick students from school. I'm still coming to terms with what had gone wrong. Hey! if I had known that changing ships at a port of destiny is sacrilege, I wouldn't have taken the decision to travel. Nor would i have come to do an MBA. Making the transition from a purely technical guy in a narrow field of interest to a versatile manager across domains is proving to be painful. But then I thought that problems and solutions are universal. You just need the mind to connect both of them. The fact that you cannot participate in the proceedings of a particular culture or profession just because you were part of another for a prolonged period, even though you are a fit does not make sense.

I sign off here with what I believe - "The potential of the human mind is limitless". I will strive to realize mine. Hope you do justice to yours...

In love with my alter ego

Have you ever felt that you were in love with urself? Naturally, you would. So did Narcissus. But have you ever felt this strong feeling towards your alter ego? Consequencies abound when you realize that this other character of yours is more admirable than your true self? Let me add another twist here. What if this alter ego is a real person you know? A person who is everything you ever wanted to be.

Impossible though it may sound, you are filled with mixed emotions at the sight and consciousness of seeing and being with a person who is an extension of you. Unexpressable and unparallel would be your love. For it is but insanity to ever hate one's own self. Can you stop yourself from falling in love with such a person. I have tried and failed

Social engineering in play. It is imperative that people do not reveal critical information about themselves over a non-secure internet connection. Information like username, passwords, bank accounts, creditcard numbers.

Few days ago I received a mail from an anonymous source impersonating as a bank and requesting for personal and critical information - bank username and password. Unbelievable. The very existance of this mail proves that there are some gullible people out there who could be hoodwinked into giving such critical information.

Take a look at a sample...

Dear Citibank Member,

This email was sent by the Citibank server to verify your e-mail address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your Citibank ATM/Debit Card number and PIN that you use on ATM. This is done for your protection - because some of our members no longer have access to their email addresses and we must verify it.

To verify your e-mail address and access your bank account, click on the link below.

www.citibank.com/?5yUECGu0WzFspKLIk5Xr4d03r4n5e87jsXq5HTAsvTIXrp7qCxfn06m60

Alarming, isnt it!