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Environmental Graffiti should get the award for “worst possible bar chart ever” for this unbelievable piece of art…

Image (c) of Environmental Graffiti

Who said bar charts are only for serious data interpretation, they can be used to have such fun

Also read Garr Reynold’s comments on this as well. Happy Thursday..

Just a take a moment away from your job, graduation term project, cooking or cat petting - whatever it is that you are doing. Now think and tell me if you have any other interesting, exciting, simpler, cooler of way of doing the same? Just remove all your assumptions, forget anything you have learned about how to solve it, ignore what your mom/dad/teacher may tell you on how to solve this. Just shut your mind and think of a different way to solve it.

It is surprising what you can find. If you need motivation - find out these 15 different ways in which you can lace your shoes.

Original source for the image: popgive

we are going…, originally uploaded by Chandoo.

It was a lazy Saturday, my wife was having a concall related to work and I needed to pass sometime. While rummaging through the storage closet I found this old Chinese checkers board along with 60 marbles. Instantly I knew what to shoot.

Here is a simple piece of advice to literally everyone who is working: do NOT touch your Provident Fund, no matter what.

Provident fund (commonly known as PF, EPF) is a retirement benefit facility provided to Indian employees by their employers of companies that have more than 20 employees. The option is applicable for practically every Indian who is working. Even if your employer is not offering PF, you can go ahead and start your own PF account with any post office and contribute every month. (for more info on PF visit EPFO site)

I personally know several people who withdraw their PF the moment they move from one employer to another. This is not a wise decision at all. And here is why:

Assuming you start working when you are 21 and your first basic salary is 12,000 per month, by simply contributing 8% of your basic salary right from your first job all the way till you are 55 can leave you will 70 lakhs when you want to withdraw, That is a LOT OF MONEY, and all you had to do was, simply not touch it when you are shifting jobs or when in need of money. Thats all.

I have prepared a google spreadsheet using which you can find out how much your PF will be worth when you are 55. Just key in your age and basic salary when you started contributing, and specify how much your basic grows year on year (usually it will be around 5%). Feel free to enter inputs below to see how much your PF would grow to be, just remember not to touch it (this may not be visible in feed readers, just visit the site to experiment)

Also read: Start early, retire happy | Findout why you should never buy a house | Track your MFs / Shares using Excel

The sunset was great today, what amazing idea / story / experience / thing you had today?

Wow, Rediff actually published this article on how hairstyles make successful CEOs

So much fuzz over a complait fluff is sTRESSing me…

PS: do read the comments on that page for additional entertainment

“Gyeon-Woo ,
Gyeon-Woo , I am sorry Gyeon-Woo
Gyeon-Woo , I am sorry Gyeon-Woo

I thought I am a different girl
But, I am just hopeless
Gyeon-Woo , I am sorry Gyeon-Woo “

When was the last time a movie touched you so much? When was the last time you saw an artistic performance and the same message kept coming back to you even after 2 days. When was the last time a story changed your opinion about people and the world?

My sassy girl [wikipedia] is rated as one of the best Korean movies ever made. That is all I knew when I started to watch the movie on last Saturday. It’s a love story of Gyeon-Woo and his girl. More than a love story, it’s a romantic comedy combined with melodrama.

But the story is told really well, so much so that I started feeling for the characters barely an hour in to the movie. They are so near to life and compelling. The plot is pretty much like any other love story, 2 people meet, like each other, romance develops, comedy erupts and then finally the melodrama. But the way it is told is just too good. Gyeon-Woo narrates the story. Yet true to the movie name, all you hear and feel is about THE GIRL, her pain, her love and her doubts. Towards the end she couldn’t decide what to do, and says the above lines with a tear in her eyes. The mere thought of the movie is bringing smile and love to my mood.

The movie is available on the net with English titles hard subbed somewhere, but if you are a true movie lover buy a copy of this one. You wouldn’t regret it.

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