The Hutt News, 22 Sep 2009. Pages 32 - 33

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The Hutt News
22 Sep 2009

Go New Zealand!

Pleased to see that Aoteoroa tops among the most peaceful countries of the World!

http://http//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aoNepMc8lPyE&refer=australia

Sachin at the Basin

It is a pleasure to watch Sachin batting - even in the nets!

It seems he comes with a plan as he starts his session. He misses one or two; pushes himself to focus more. Requests the net-bowler to pitch em up more on the off.

Asks the bowler what his field is. Then he taps away his singles and twos and keeps a mental score.

Sachin - we'll miss you at the Basin.

As a nice sidelight of the 2009 India tour, read this story:

http://sriramble.blogspot.com/2009/03/sachinesh_02.html

Keeping up with the Joneses

We all read from time to time about happiness and money. A few of us also understand that having money does not necessarily equate to being happy.



This new Harvard research is a real eye-opener.The research posed two basic sceanrios to the qualified students. Would they take a $100,000 job without being told what their friends/peers earn or would they take a $50,000 job if they knew their peers would earn half their salary.



Surprise Surprise - the particpants chose the 50k pay instead of $100k.

What it shows is we are primarly motivated by comparing ourself with our peers/people known to us/relatives and push ourselves to be the best among this almost negligible percentage of the world's population.



Comparison indeed breeds acquisitiveness.

Who is a father?

A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.

Our Kolu of 2008

Pics by GaeJaa

Some Quotes that got my attention

1. An optimist sees the World as a beautiful place...

While

A pessimist fears it might be true!

2. To be creative you need to be allowed the freedom to go

with your gut feeling and express it - James Laverty

3. I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing - Bette Milder