The one thing that separates the professional writers from the amateurs, is that the professionals write nonetheless.


I have been rather out of ideas, partially influenced by the fact that I have been spending most of my time either on work, being ill, or on setting up Salon Solidarity - which is up already, by the way. Hence, I really have nothing much to say at the moment.


I'd rather talk.


Recently I spoke had a long chat with my parents, who are the best motivators sometimes, when it comes to sales and business, simply because they are veterans themselves. My mom would declare things that might enrage but may also inspire, like, "What is a ten-thousand dollar deal? It's nothing! I once lost a two-hundred thousand dollar deal right before my very eyes."


Women make the best friends. When I talked to Shuyi, and wailed over MSN, that I felt like the world was crashing down on me, she succintly put forth her reply: 'Take it as blanket.' Of course subsequently she told me it was a Chinese saying, but till then I thought it was highly original. It does sound highly original still, I guess, when it is translated into English.


Sometimes in the un-extreme, everyday dreariness and simplicities, there can be wondrous things put forth upon words.