5 Things About Sleep – A Must-Know
If you wonder how come you are still so tired even though you had 8 hours of sleep everyday, you may be surprised to learn that it is actually quite normal. It could probably be due to the activities you engage and the food you consume during the day or before bedtime. Here are some findings which perhaps can help explain your sleepless nights. 5. Get used to being tired, hit the desk The bottom line is that a good night’s sleep is within the reach of most of us if we follow common-sense guidelines for sleep hygiene: - Go to bed at the same time nightly. - Set aside enough time...
read moreAlways Will I Seek the Seed of Triumph in Every Adversity
I must say…reading Og Mandino’s book entitled “The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II The End of the Story” is very addictive. Again, this books has sold millions copies till date and been translated into several other languages. In this book, Og featured The Ten Vows of Success. The subject title belongs to the Fifth Vow. Og explained each Vow in such simplicity that it is easily understood by the readers. I truly believe whoever reads it will benefit tremendously from his knowledge. In this Vow, I have learnt that “Every defeat, every heartbreak,...
read moreLittle did we realise what our greatest asset is
As I was reading the latest issue of Times magazine, I came across an article that talks about “ideas that are changing the world”. One of them would be our jobs being the new assets now. It used to be when we are trying means and ways NOT to work, and making passive income and investments, such that we can have more free time to ourselves. Times when we talk about the new properties whether they are worth investing, or when the latest designer brand or clothing is out and comparing whether who has more collector items. Somehow, it seems like we got more materialistic and everything...
read moreBook Translation – Keeping the Faith Part 2
As the saying goes…”Whatever happens, happens for a reason” After I have read Paulo Coelho’s The Fifth Mountain, I continue to read his another book entitled “Like the Flowing River”. This is a collection of reflections from Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, he offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, travelling and the nature of good and evil. What actually caught my attention is when I read a particular short story on “The Other Side of the Tower of...
read moreHuman vs Machine Translation – Which is better?
Machine Translation (MT) is generally understood as the process in which a “machine” (specificaly a computer program or software) is substituting words and phrases in one langauge to another. But if you do understand a little bit of the language in which you have translated your document into, you will quickly notice the translation problems. And the end result is definitely not what you have desired and clearly not of publishable quality. MT Softwares consist of dictionaries and algorithms to compose a sentence according to grammar rules of a language. The inherent difficulty...
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