Freewill

Was thinking about the concept of freewill. The whole concept seemed meaningless. No one does anything just because he likes it. 'Liking' could be one of the considerations when one decides on a choice, but is definitely not the only one. Especially, in a country like mine, I don't think one can find many people whose decisions are solely influenced by their 'liking'. People do a lots of things for others. People do not do a lot of things because they wont 'look good'. People take great efforst to do things just because it is the 'norm'.

simple example - how many Indians go on a world trip. Or, atleast go one a one month trip ( say during switching jobs or whatever.. ). Does it mean that we are not fond of travelling? It's just that staying jobless for one month ( esp. when you are capable of getting a job ), is unusual. And no one would approve of losing one month's salary. Or, simpley put, it's just not the norm.

Well.. I should not be complaining / commenting so much, as I myself have done a lots of things because that was the norm then. Otherwise, I would have been an MSc / PhD in Physics and not a BE in Computer Science. And, I would have stuck to my first campus job , than pick up this one. ( Though, I don't regret for both is a different issue ).

Finally, a getaway from the hot bangalore weather. This 3 week at London is going to be a good relief in terms of the nice weather, how so ever screwed up be my position at work. But, who said my work life at Bangalore was not screwed up. Though the weather here is a little hotter than what I expected, it's still a better place than bangalore.

Flew Srilankan airlines through Colombo ( a short 1 hour waiting period, thankfully ). Colombo seems to be a nice place, atleast from what I saw near the airport. Should go to some places in Lanka on a nice tour some time. The 10 hour journey from Colombo to London was more painful than what I expected.

I see a lots of Indians around. Of every 4 people I see, atleast one person seems to be an Indian. Some parts of the city are unbelievably indianized. So much to the extent that there is Saravana Bhavan at East Ham. Guess, it won't be long before one of those Saravana Bhavan look-alike props up some where here.

In terms of work, I am starting to realize, how much disconnected higher ups are, with the grass roots level. An efficient communication mechanism, and a concerned management would make the system lot efficient than they currently are. The taller the hierarcy, the more inefficient the system tends to become. Sounds like the typical words from a die-hard, anti-mgmt techie? Well.. that's what I am !