Shifting to Blogger

Guess its time to complete the circle. WordPress is an awesome blogging tool but somehow, I feel like shifting back to blogger. Here’s the link to my blogger blog:

http://iwantsoma.blogspot.com/

Guitar : For starters

I have been prodding my way through the maze of learning guitar. This time round, however, I am relying exclusively on internet resources to get all the necessary gyaan. I started off by watching a few videos from youtube on how to hold the guitar properly. Then came the theory. This site offers some very good and easily comprehendable steps for starters. Using this, I have been able to identify various notes and hw the progression of the same is on the guitar fretboard. Then comes the task of learning the chords. I am still struggling to strum them neatly but I guess with some practice I should be able to do it. Meanwhile, restless as I am, I have started exploring some easy songs that I could start to play. Here are a few that I found would be interesting. Still searching for some tunes that I could play using only 2 strings.

Jog and Guitar

After finishing my summer internship, I have realized that these are the last few months of my life when I can do some cool things. Hence, I have started two things in the last few days. One is jogging about 2.5 to 3 Kms. around the neighbourhood Jubilee Park. Can’t say it was the result of my efforts. It was Sharmaji who asked me for a jog one evening and ever since I have been accompanying him. The other thing that I just started is learning guitar. Yes, again. And this time I am doing it through tutorials on the net. Will keep this blog posted on interesting things I come across while indulging in my new found interests.

In Class

I am blogging from class. Was just wondering if, on the lines of “Another Brick in the Walls” by Pink Floyd, classes are any good. What if we are all learning (due to the teaching methodology) something that is totally wrong? Scares me to sleep!

Are Diamonds Really Forever?

I recently got hold of this case study (http://www.danforthdiamond.com/education/diamonds/4cs/debeers_info.htm). It essentially talks about how a thing of no worth has been artificially made so highly priced that people think that it is a rare commodity. No prizes for guessing the commodity in question. It is diamond and the culprit is De Beers (Ya, the same one which has ads in India saying “hira hai sada ke liya” or “diamonds are forever”!). A perfect example of how people’s thinking has been manipulated by some very smart businessmen.