Movie Review (Sicko)

Well i have always enjoyed all previous movies by Michael Moore. But earlier ones (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 911) although they were very fantastic and raise burning questions, were not directly related to me. Yes it is bit selfish of me. Anyhow this movie is about medical system in US, and this one shows how insurance companies are doing evil and crooked things, along with the cooperation of doctors and goverment in general.
I have always heard that falling sick in America is a sin. It can drain your hard earned savings very quickly. In the documentary they show that how price of some medicine in US is around 200 dollars whereas for the similar medicine it is around 5 cents in Cuba. I recently had a personal experience that on recommendation of doctor i bought one relieving medicine for my wife. I have insurance from aetna. At the time of buying i didn't pay anything as it is billed to my insurance company. Later on when i recieved the bill from insurance company, i was horrored to find that the cost of those 60 small pills were more than $2000. Which the insurance has negotiated price of $96. So i was responsible for $96. I never expected the cost of those medicine to be more than $20 or so. Then the first thought that came to my mind is that if i didn't had insurance i would have to pay that astronomical sum of $2000. God save people with no insurance. I hope soon there is soon some reformation in this whole process.
Now returning back to movie, it is a must watch movie for all of us.

Reflection

In Java programming language there is an API called Reflection which allows an object to look at its property and methods. In simple terms someone can decide what are the qualities in him/her and what are the possible things he/she can do. I wish i too have such API. Wouldn't it be fantastic that before you try to target something scarry or big, you can reflect on yourself and then decide. And now news from India. Everyday i hear this is great about our country and that is great. Sure our country is growing. Sure people are getting better living standards. But still we are very very far away and should reflect to see what we have still to accomplish. Forbes (February edition) had an article on child labor. It is painful to see that still in India 6% of the total labor is done by children (aged 7-14). This cannot be an indicative of success. Those children should be going to school and playing, not working 12 hours a day for a meager sum of 20-30 rupees.

Netflix is not evil

Couple of days ago, i had accidentally returned a DVD from library in Netflix dvd sleeve. Later when i knew about it, i got little upset thinking about the fine which i have to pay at library. But to my surprise, i got an email back from them. They were returning my DVD. I never expected this kind of service from them. This act has already increased my customer loyalty. Today i recieved it just in time to avoid any late penalty. Kudos to Netflix. Keep up the good work.

Book Review (Winning - Jack Welch)

Recently i have read "Winning" by Jack Welch. It has been one good reading in one year. The last good book i read was "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, which i had borrowed from Matt. Anyways i heard about "Winning" from Sumanji. So out of curiosity i looked for this book in sunnyvale library and got it from there. This book contains so much information. Portions which i liked most were on acquisitions and mergers, career enhancement. As still not too much experienced with industry it gave me a good to do's and don'ts in job. Overall a good book and i will suggest every about to graduate students to read it before they start their job.

My champion moments at air hockey

Finally here

So far i have been very skeptical about writing blog business. I mean why should i write something about me and myself and who gives an iota about me. But after having gone through some very interesting, amusing and informative blogs, finally i am here to share world as seen by my eyes. I am sure some of it will be nonsense. Please feel free to post comments.