Win with English

I was attending coaching classes for an entrance exam, when a professor - different from the regular one- walked into the class. I really did not care for this professor as I really liked the regular one - but I was too quick to judge! This class turned out to be one of my most memorable ones and I am - to this date- still in touch with him! Following are some of the learnings I took out of the class:

Always - there is no exception - always, be the winner, for that is the only person the world remembers. If you come in second- remember - You are the first among the losers! If you come in third, you are a loser amongst the losers, you are unfit to even top the losers.
Only a loser talks about sportsmanship and the spirit of participating. Have you ever seen or heard someone saying this to a winner?

The discussion then moved on to English and how intelligent people maximized the utilization of their knowledge of the language.
There is a phrase in English(of course derived from Latin) : Mea Culpa - meaning: I have sinned. There was this British general who was leading his army in Battle in India and won the battle. He sent a telegram to the Queen with the words "Mea Culpa" baffling everyone but the Queen who was smiling! Do you know what it meant?
Well, he had gone for war against a kingdom called Sindh and his telegram conveyed the meaning "I have Sindh". Well, what more can be said - English can be interesting!

A Beginning

It has been over 20 years since I first thought about what God's plan had been when he put me on his Earth. To this date, I do not have an answer to that question. I would not say that I have tried to find an answer to the best of my ability, but then I do not even know what the best of my ability is. Though, I am no closer to an answer, I have realized one thing - unless I do something about it, I am going to live and die with almost no impact on this world. I gave it a lot of thought and decided that the least I could do was to share some of my interesting discussions with people who I consider to be higher up in the ladder to me. Unfortunately, I realized that nobody really wanted to listen to the Ramblings of a demented mortal :-(. But the good thing was - this was a realization shared by many others and that was why they had invented blogs - Blog all you want, all you can and let the others decide if they find it interesting. I liked the idea and so, here I am. You must have liked it too - for here you are!
I have no specific topics in mind and am definitely not a critic. But I am a Hindu and it is most likely that my posts may be biased by that fact. I must warn you though, my mind runs in hyperdrive when it is frustrated and it is at this time that I am most likely to post here. Beware, behold and thankyou.
-GG