Swimming: First day experience

It was 10.30 pm, cool breeze and cold climate. And me, just in shorts, standing alone in front of the swimming pool, hesitating to step into the water. As I stepped in, each step was so difficult. The cold water was sending shivers to my spine. I took few minutes to get immersed completely. Once I was inside water, felt that water was so warm.

First day experience was all about getting into water :)

I have been into water before, but never with an intention of learning to swim. The time has finally come. It's now or never. I should be able to swim decently in couple of months. 

One time effort

I have a colleague who is into testing. This person hardly knew about java and coding. The basic things were known but just that any given task in java would be difficult to implement. By the way, QC need not know coding unless and unless testing is done properly and has domain knowledge.

Now this person was moved to automating testing some time back. This requires a bit of coding skills and understanding the existing implementation as well. Initially the person faced difficulties and used to come to me for help with logic, constructs and debugging and I used to solve the problems This person kept coming back with problems. At that moment I understood where I went wrong.

I used to solve the problems but didn't explain it. Then I started explaining
1. What the problem was
2. How did it occur.
3. How to solve it.

Over the period of time, this person rarely comes to me with issues. Did you understand why ?

The answer is - I had put an one time effort of teaching how to solve problems rather than solving them. The effort could be of one hour, one day or even a month. But it would be just one off.

The same thing applies to everybody immaterial of age. Yes, you read it right. It applies to children as well. Children will take longer time, obviously, but it would still be one time effort. 

For example: Making children have food by themselves. What we do is keep feeding the children for various  reasons. The reasons could be quite genuine, I understand. But I still insist, teach your child how to eat. It will be one time effort. Later the child will enjoy eating and parents will be more than happy telling his/her friends that his/her child has food by himself/herself.

This is just one example. There could be many bigger problems in our children's life. We can't stand by them every time. They have to fight by themselves. If we would have taught them the basics, our child will give a try before coming for a help.

The Pinch

The 14% VAT is killing me since it has come into existence. Whenever I eat out, there is at least Rs 100/- I pay as tax. If the restaurant adds service tax then it comes up to 20%. This is too much.

When I get my salary, it is taxed before reaching my account. I am spend the taxed money, again I need to pay VAT, Service tax etc. I am not earning here, instead spending. I clearly don't understand who brought this. If at all you want to get more tax, charge it on the person who is earning and not spending.

Now when a person starts earning, he should start publishing "I started paying tax" instead of "I started earning". So funny.

This is pinching me hard. 

When I started earning, my savings were nil and never did I enjoy tasting different food. Now that I am earning a bit more, tax is just killing my enthusiasm to explore my options.

This government hogs on people's hard earned money and don't even have the courtesy to utilize it in a useful way. There is never going to be an end to common man's problems.

The Contenders

This post seems a bit odd. Don't know if I really wanted to publish it, but yet.....yes.

These are the next contenders for my parking yard.

Audi Q3

Audi Q3 because it's stunning. All my choices first go on the looks and equally they have to be good in specifications. Looks is what appeals to me more first. I should feel the "Love at first sight" :)

Though it is little beyond by budget, is still a contender. I can go a little crazy sometimes and take extreme decisions.

Mercedes A class

Had never liked Mercedes line till now. But the new A-class is barking my attention to a large extent. This is going to be launched on 30th May. Well well well.....its sleek, sporty and looks very aggressive.

BMW X3

 I had to pick a BMW because of its brand. And by price and looks, this one is better than other models. There are definitely better than X3, but are too expensive. But to be frank, this would be my last choice in the list.

Ford Eco Sport

 Phew, most likely I am gonna have this. The Eco sport has attracted me and I have loved it from first sight. It perfectly fits in all aspects for me and my family.

Renault Duster

 This was too, equally, the best fit in my budget and I still fall for its looks. But alas, N doesn't like it for unknown reasons.

Volkswagen Taigun

There would have been a tough fight between Eco sport and Taigun, if the later had a launch date of 2013. As per news, its launch date is 2016 :P