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Irreplaceable Words

malvikajain — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:13:27 +0000

Here is a list of words and phrases I like for their pithiness.

Succulent

Exposition (courtsey Renzo)

Quotidian (Courtsey Romy Misra!)

Kickass (try to think of a single substitute)

Indefagitable

Malcontent

Turgid

I am going to keep adding to ths list. You can add your words as comments

SWOT that PEST

malvikajain — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:58:43 +0000

Porter introduced the business world to SWOT and PEST. These are two techniques that companies use to analyse themselves and then decide what actions they will take in future in order to progress.

I think that SWOT and PEST should be used by individuals. People can use them to see what they want to do with their lives, especially when they are choosing their career paths or the next step for professional progress.

SWOT is your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats

PEST is your Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural and Technological situation.

My suggestion is that when you do a SWOT or PEST, just decide whether you are doing it at your college level, as a professional in Delhi or as an international designer/engineer /writer.

I am putting up my SWOT and PEST as the first comment to this blog post.

Put in your SWOT and PEST too. Lets see if all the data collected through the comments end up pointing towards some interesting trends or conclusions. Be a sport, Do it! No, I am not doing this for any company. It is solely for the sake of interest.

Make it an anonymous comment if you wish.

Before you write a SWOT or PEST just give me demographics and psychographic details. Don’t get whacked out by the long words. Just tell me

1. Age, Income level, Gender, Education

2. Magazines you read, TV programs you watch, Interests, Dislikes

3. SWOT

4. PEST

Later you can do a SWOT or PEST for personal life as well, and get yourself a boyfriend/girlfriend!

You may want to look up PERT.

(Other comments, like comment-comments are welcome too!)

Spooky stories

malvikajain — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:39:43 +0000

Remember any spooky stories with ghosts or midnight sounds or forbidden doors? Any scary tales from school, boarding days or colonial hill stations? Especially the stories that are true?

My school, La MArtiniere at Lucknow, has a 'Blue Lady' that, apparently, walks around at night, especially on the drawbridge over the moat around the college turrets. Her purpose or unfinished business remains a mystery..

One late night at NIFT, in my first year, I was helping graduating design students in preparing their collection in the night lab. We would occasionally go to the bridge on the second floor for a breath of cool fresh night air. That night we saw a door, that is always locked, banging away on the terrace of the building. Soon everyone was outside and the door kept banging. We all decided to go and see what the matter was but it was some time before anyone could summon up the courage to go. Finally some seniors went to check out the matter. Meanwhile an old watchman at NIFT, told us stories of suicide attempts, from that terrace, by frustrated students and how the college building was probably built on a burial ground..

Comment and tell me a spooky story or anecdote..