Published on June 11, 2015June 11, 2017 by Nayar

Got the Driving License

Started the journey to start back in July 2011 by first Setting the Oral Test for Driving License.

Then passed the theoretical Oral exam like a boss. It’s just another exam afterall :3

July 2014, went for first practical test. Failed road test but managed somehow to pass the parallel and reverse parking.

October 2014, failed road test.

February 2015, failed road test again.

June 2015 finally managed to pass and got the driving permit 😀

My driving was still mediocre IMO. Car stalled on few occasions, car going slightly back on uphills while going off etc. The police officer said my driving was OK but most importantly, I didn’t breach any of Highway Codes i.e. I respected all white lines, yellow boxes, took signals from police officers, signaled my actions using flashers and hand.

The police officer was great. He was not just sitting mouth shut and just talk when something was wrong. He kept talking about stuffs from beginning till the end. He was friendly. That’s really helpful to relieve stress and give the best in that difficult situation.

Anyways, I end here. In total, I think I spent around Rs 15,000 – 22,000 in the process since 2014. Each driving session costs me Rs 350 at Port-Louis. Rs 250 to the instructor and Rs 100 to travel to Port-Louis via bus.

Want a Heavy Truck License now :3

Published on June 3, 2015 by Nayar

Gimp for Toilet papers?

Did you know Gimp has a predefined template for desinging for toilet papers?

Shall we make a toilet paper design contest?

Published on May 27, 2015April 16, 2017 by Nayar

HTML5: Labels

W3School has this code snippet for doing Checkboxes

<input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Bike">I have a bike<br /> <input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Car">I have a car

The result is like this
I have a bike
I have a car

Problem is, people have to specifically click on the checkbox. Lazy people like me would like little cursor movement as possible. Use of labels[1] is important.

Now that I added label tags, click on the label and the checkbox gets activated. Same applies for Radio buttons

Published on May 13, 2015 by Nayar

Forever Living,Ponzi Schemes, Banks, Interest

I was invited to an event on marketing organised by Forever Living few months back. The guy started by explaining all the types of jobs that exist: white collar, blue collar, etc and proceeds to say all jobs suck. Wouldn’t we want the perfect job. A job where we wake up when we want, we work how much we want and blah blah.

They say you have no earning limits. It really sounded like a “perfect job”. The only catch here is that you need to pay around Rs 18,000 and you get a bunch of products for you to try and sell. Isn’t that a pyramid scheme? Your recruiter invested, when he hires, he gets his money back and so on?

Ofcourse, if the people really sell, money can infact come into the company by “normal” means of selling. If the selling activity is higher than the pyramid amount, the pyramid will not crash. It is a risk.

British American Insurance (BAI) has been on the news a lot lately. Why are they being sued? I’m no accounting guy. Let’s say BAI makes a ponzi scheme. But invests the money collected into other businesses so as the revenues are higher than the pyramid amount. Everyone can get money back. It is a risk again.

Banks don’t keep your money idle. They invest in something. If it is profitable, then they return with interest. But they only invest in stuffs they are sure to win. Loans to people who have to pay back or they go bankrupt and live on the streets. But hey, remember Global Economic Crisis? Legal banks with legal methods caused it from my understanding. It crashed just like a ponzi scheme can.

The only thing legal is “interest”. The thing destroying the society.