How Is Everyone Doing?

Ros, Jason and myself went out for lunch on Monday (Nov 3rd, 08), first after we moved to new office. Guys, we should meet more often. I don't even know how we connect to Natasha anymore...

Merry Christmas

All of us have been guilty for not keeping in touch more. Letting work and basically stuff get the better hold of us. I totally 'fess up to that! and I'm sorry for that.

For the mates is SG, we meet up for lunch occasionally to catch up. Working with Capain on the same feature for raptor and bugging Jason all the time with my computer problems have well been great! and now I read guan's emails on PR (I used to delete them without even reading - sorry for that!)Natacha and Sreekanth, I think I oughta do more to keep in touch. I had a wonderful time with both of you but I've been bad keeping in touch!

This year had been challenging for me in terms of work as we had a few senior writers leaving the writing team just before Raptor commenced. So the jr writers had to really step up to take on the ropes and I must say I'm rather proud we did it well! And I'm looking forward to the break!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Mudpies! May the holiday season brings you warmth, happiness and lotsa love!

Lotsa love & kisses,
Jude

PS: Captain, Natacha and Sreekanth - get on facebook! the other 3 musketeers are in there. http://www.facebook.com/

A GOOD LESSON TO SHARE

A GOOD LESSON TO SHARE: The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh.To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats.They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh andfrozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The frozen fishbrought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan.How did they manage? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark. The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!!!!! Some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull ? Basically in our lives, sharks are new challengesto keep us active.If one steadily conquers challenges, one can be happy. Challenges keep one energized. We have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in the tank and see how far one can really go! "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character" – Albert Einstein