Hello,
Last week was quite interesting. Got a chance to attend a complimentary conference conducted by IBM and other co-sponsors. It was inaugurated by a key note speech from Max Walker. Apparently he is a celebrity down under who has dabbled in international cricket, australian football, TV shows etc. His theme was "Imagination + Association = Possibilities". He seemed to start off on a good note, however somewhere down the line lost track in his own stories and time was running out. Eventually hurried up his speech constantly watching the time cue card. The rest of the session was quite interesting. The topic of interest I chose was Agile methodologies. It has been the talk in our office for a little while now. There has been a bunch of problems going on and someone said "Oh we need to go Agile. That will solve all our problems.". Until last week I didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about. Now I have some idea on what it is. Basically, they have clubbed a set of good habits for those with bad habits and given a nice little name.
Apart from the topics presented, the conference was well organized at the Hilton in Sydney. Food in corporate parties here is something that I continue to be baffled by. They really give a lot of attention to keep the taste buds working full steam. Some exotic appetizers and desserts were made available.
It was a deciding week for the Australian Masterchef. Aussies have made their preferences very clear. They prefer a cooking reality show over an electoral debate. The TV timing for the electoral debate had to be shifted after the Masterchef finale was completed. Of course I couldn't get a chance to watch it live. It was dinner time and it means Dora time at home. :-)
The local chef tried his hands at chicken tikka masala over the weekend. On googling the recipe, the wikipedia on chicken tikka masala says there are 48 different variants of the recipe. I probably came up with a 49th version of it myself. Tried a new way of making grilled tikka by pan frying bite sized pieces of marinated chicken. Came out pretty well.
Oki doki. Have a great week.
Chetty
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