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The Bad Guy

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        In one of my previous posts, I had written about adapting to changes in life and accepting life in its unadulterated form. Does that mean we’ve surrendered before our inner demons? Is it that we are too obsequious to challenge our destiny? Is it always about what we DESERVE? The bad guy in me says, “ NO, it’s about what you WANT ”.  Another question, “What exactly is the difference between ‘desire’ and ‘deserve’?”          Bad guy – “It’s getting too senti bro, I’m leaving”.         A couple of years ago, I came across some article in a magazine. It was about a 16 year old girl from Bangalore who got up on a Monday morning to find her father dead in the balcony. I know, Mondays are not supposed to be good, but such a nightmarish start was not called for. A week later she discovered, the place she lived her entire childhood was mortgaged. She couldn’t believe that her life just took the worst possible turn. A girl who once lived like a princess, had to live a normal,

The Android Playshop (Workshop)

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Venue: 4 th floor of a building(no elevator). Yeah, you read that right. Prerequisites: Java basics and familiarity with the OOP concept. What do you expect from an 'Android App Development Workshop'? Well, I thought I would make atleast a couple of decent apps. Instead I copy pasted the code for a couple of below par and ‘so-called’ apps. Now, let me describe the guy who conducted this workshop.   His name is.. umm.. lets assume it to be Bachhan Pandey. He has the ability to talk through his nose.   Takes this ‘e’ thing a bit too seriously. When he says ‘school’, we hear ‘eschool’. Or when he says ‘stores the state’, we hear ‘estores the estate’.   Always looks for an opportunity to promote his institution. Damn confident and straight forward. Yes, that’s true, ask him anything , he has his answer fixed- “You try changing the names of the variable, if it doesn’t work, I don’t know” He has a laptop with a processor, which probably was the fastest in t