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1. Words have meanings that we distort by @xavypaul

2. Cotopaxi by @Walter_noronha

3. Christmas week 3-day family camp, at Mandwa by @thaddeusdsouza

4. Be Yourself is all that you can do by @allys_valley

5. East Meets West ! @gloriasalis12

6. House of Asia - Great Ambience, Wide Spread, Excellent Service @cliffyboy07

7. The benefits of Procrastinating! @lasamendes

8. Building real relationships @sstanly01

Words have meanings that we distort

The word ‘brainwashing’ implies that your brain needs some washing. What is wrong

with this word? It indicates a clean brain, a clean mind, but it is used in a derogatory

manner. Let’s consider the word ‘disillusioned’. It is good that you are disillusioned;

it means you have come to reality. ‘Purana’ means that which is new in town, the

most modern, but is now used in the sense of being old. The word ‘enthused’ comes

from Greek which means God is with us; then it came to mean crazy, and today it has

changed again. In the course of time, meanings of words have been completely

changed by us or has it been distorted?

Bio

Digital marketing by profession, want to be ethical hacker someday, celebrity chef

at home, seasonal investor and an avid reader. You can contact @xavypaul

• Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 28 km

(17 miles) south of Quito,Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest

summit in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft) and is one of

the highest active volcanoes in the world (claims that Cotopaxi is the highest

active volcano in the world are incorrect.)

• Since 1738, Cotopaxi has erupted more than 50 times, resulting in the creation

of numerous valleys formed by lahars (mudflows) around the volcano.

• Many sources claim that Cotopaxi means "Neck of the Moon" in an indigenous

language, but this is unproven. The mountain was honoured as a "Sacred

Mountain" by local Andean peoples, even prior to the Inca invasion in the 15th

century. It was worshiped as “rain sender”, that served as the guarantor of the

land's fertility, and at the same time its summit was revered as a place where

gods lived

• Climbing Cotopaxi to the summit is quite popular with up to 100 climbers

attempting it on weekends. Today, mountain guide companies offer regular

guided climbs of the mountain and — as of 11 December 2012 — no

mountain peaks in Ecuador over 5,000 m high may be climbed without a

licensed guide. Climbers grade the conventional route alpine PD (Peu Difficile)

or WS (Wenig Schwierig) — or PD/WS+ (indicating "Mildly Difficult PLUS").

Adventure tourism operators in Quito also offer mountain biking tours from

the Refuge downhill along the dirt track.

Walter_noronha@

Christmas week 3-day family camp, at Mandwa

It was a glorious 2 day and 3 nights of

sailing, windsurfing, kayaking… There

were 14 kids aged 6-12. The youngest

(Noor) was a sweet 6 year old girl

who could be best described as a

purebred water baby. She just loved

the water.

There were two teenage girls, who

took to the Hobbie Cat, like ducks

take to water. By the end of the

camp they were

Among the adults, there were 3

windsurfers…all stepping onto the windsurfing board for the first time.

Then there were 5 ladies, who took a fancy to sailing the Beneteau 24.7, complete with a

ballooning big red spinnaker. By the end of the camp, they had learnt to rig the sails by

themselves – all of the sails – the mainsail, the jib and the big bright red spinnaker. They

also became adept at holding the tiller and shouting sailing terms like “tacking’ “ready to

gybe” “hard to port” “give way”

On the last day, there was an interesting session on learning to tie sailor's knots correctly.

It was interesting to watch the participants get all tied up in their ropes :)

Completing this camp, took a lot of hard work, sportsmanship and commitment for all the

participants. Their conversion from landlubbers to sailors did not happen overnight. By the

second morning there wee many who were already tired and sore all over. But they were

such good sports and so determined to learn. The weather also played its part. It was nice

and cool in the mornings and in the evenings and the afternoons were wonderfully, lazily

pleasant. Over lunch, on the second day, the participants were excitedly sharing their

experiences and here’s what was overheard. One of the windsurfers – a 50 plus guy with 2

teenage kids who were learning the Hobbie Cat, was making great progress on his

windsurfing board. He had now leant how to relax and balance and take the board out to

the marker, turn, and bring it safely back to shore and her was now hoping to learn how to

go faster and make many turns in the water. Here’s what he said. “If someone had to tell

me yesterday that you can even stand on that board for just 5 minutes, I wouldn’t have

believed in him. But here I am, now I can balance quite well and seem to have got the

basics. It did take a lot of aches and pains and a lot of falling into the water but it was all

absolutely worth it. Now I want to try and race.”

Perhaps the highlight of teh day was the Dolphins. They must have sensed this group was

having a lot of fun so they joined in - you know how playful dolphins can be? By

@thaddeusdsouza ~ Thaddeus Dsouza

Be Yourself is all that you can do

The image depicts a Lion trying to get to the level of the Giraffe. Doesn’t it look familiar. Many a times we try to copy others just to be in vogue or to show I can do it better. I across a video that was viral wherein Mallika Sherawat (No no I’m not attracting the censor board’s attention here) gave an interview in a feign American accent. Not that I have problem but are we ashamed of being an Indian. So many youngsters I meet in the youth group & they would start a conversation putting up an accent learnt from some call centre earpieces. I’m not against the accent what I’m sad about is the behavior that changes along with it.

When I joined St Xavier’s I was released into a foreign land within my own city. Coming from simple background surrounded by Maharastrian culture that was bindaas, caring & humble. I was catapulted to a world wherein people didn’t care about you unless you are in the style dude, put on some bling bling maamah. Harsha Bhogle (my idol) once said – I don’t understand why we are so ashamed in being our Indian selves is it because we want the world to know that I don’t want to be called an Indian by my tone & I am hip if I’m an American. I don’t know. Will leave the question unanswered. The only thing I have learned through these few years is to follow people & learn good qualities & being true to my roots that is my India.

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Alfred Barretto

Social Media Enthusiast | Food is my heart | Cycling is my passtime | Travelling & Trekking is my love | Socialise on Cricket, Football & Hockey | Living natural by hugging nature

East Meets West !

Picture taken 3 years back at Shiradi Ghats, Karnataka What is a journey?While there seems to be numerous definitions and many degrees of moral and spiritual significance attached to it, surely most of us would agree that it goes beyond travel escapades. My travel experiences have shaped my world view of religious sense and practice across boundaries. Indian essence truly amalgamates the East with the West uniting patrons. Of the thousands of pilgrims that flock India religious destinations, many are foreigners. India’s biggest export is self-realization - the method and techniques which have been adopted by Julia Roberts, Santana, Ringo Starr, and George Harrisonwhile embracing Hinduism. Sting recently visited the Osho ashram and is reported to be a great fan of India, having also played the sitar at the Ganges. The west has picked up the best from the east. For the adrenaline junkie that I am, with the intense high that travelling provides me, I am going to continue to explore the world with an open mind and find learning in travel experiences.

Gloria Salis, Marketing & PR professional. Life is stocked with good food & books for my craving soul. A wannabe travel junky and an aficionado of arts, fashion and anything pretty ! That makes my life the next episode of a TV show.

House of Asia - Great Ambience, Wide Spread, Excellent Service

The new-improved 'House of Asia' at Hotel Mirador is a great place to dine. I went there for a buffet

dinner with my family and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. They have a large spread with a

variety of Asian cuisines and live counters, each dish tasting better than the other. The food was

beautifully laid out across one entire stretch of the restaurant, which made the place appear less

cluttered. The ambiance was great. The foot-tapping live music added that extra zing to our taste

buds. In fact my wife and I tapped to the groovy crooner. The Staff was courteous and helpful and

made us feel at home. They also arranged a beautiful cradle for my infant son just so that we could

have a great time there. On the whole, a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend this

place to others.

Written by

Clifton Pereira

a digital marketing and web project manager by professional with a penchant for good food

The benefits of Procrastinating!

“Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today”, Thomas Jefferson has been

trying to convince us over the years never to procrastinate! But is it really true?

We give you reasons to think otherwise!

1. Creativity: Sure you can finish off the work today…but everyone knows creative

juices tend to flow better when you are up at 4:00am against a 7:00am deadline

and you’ve already finished 6 cups of coffee.

2. Efficiency: Do it once – and do it right! Procrastinating may result in lack of time

but it ensures you put your best foot forward and get things right the first time…

because you know there are no second chances!

3. Better time management: Well… if you have been procrastinating people will

argue that you don’t have very good time management skills, but on the contrary,

your time management skills improve 10 fold as working against a deadline

requires you to be very effective in a few hours.

4. Multi Tasking: A skill truly mastered by any individual who procrastinates. Only a

chronic procrastinator knows how to handle 7 things at once while trying to

convince your boss that everything is going just fine!

5. The finer things in life: In today’s day and age, you constantly hear people say,

“But I can never find the time”. That is one thing a procrastinator never runs short

of. You will always see a smile on his face because while everyone else was busy

“finishing this today”, he knows he had a great time!

- Lonan Jones & Larissa Mendes

email : Building real relationships.

Stanly is passionate about staying on top of the latest trends in digital marketing and social media so that he can create relevant and upto date solutions that generate genuine customer value.

@sstanly01

Meet today’s buyer. She is Digital Buyer. She has the upper hand when it comes to mak-ing purchasing decisions. Tech savvy and brand sophisticated, she is wise to the ways of marketing, and she expects a lot. She believes you should inform and even entertain her, but never bore or, worse, irritate her. And she’s fickle — if you don’t keep communications interesting, she’ll opt out before you know she is gone.

Email is the most effective way to build relationship with your customers.

Email is the backbone of the social web, making all the connections work. Can you imagine Facebook without email or any other web application functioning without email? It is the primary – and often the only – channel for communicating with members and customers. Everything from membership confirmations to friend requests and privacy updates – all of these are sent via email.

Why? We – consumers – are addicted to email.

What happens if your email doesn’t arrive in the inbox? Your customers won’t receive their purchase confirmations or shipping notifications. That request for a password reset never arrives.

Sadly, most of the marketers do not leverage the power of email to capture the attention of its recipients. Then they struggle to achieve ROI. And if this does sound familiar to you, here is what you should do.

a You should Talk to people and not just numbersa Always ask what it in for your customera Keep the Subject Line Relevanta Make your Content Interestinga Make sure your email has “Call to Action”a Keep it Short

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