My obsession for the colour purple never lets me down when it comes to getting what really interests me. Recently, I found balls of yarn in shades of purple, something to die for, let alone starting to knit.
The one on the extreme right is called 'mole yarn', it's a Japanese yarn from a company called 'Daiso'.

Below is a picture of a scarf (now complete) that I started knitting in shades of white and pink of the same type of yarn. 8 mm knitting needles are a perfect fit for this in terms of getting the right gauge. With so many hobbies, I don't know whether to knit first or to paint.

One fine, boring, lazy afternoon I discovered two capsicums in the fridge that excited me out of my sheer admiration for them. So I decided to pick one, stuff it and finally bake it.

I got the previous night's dinner out ... and literally stuffed the capsicum. It was spinach and minced meat, though I added some more garlic and black pepper to it with some boiled macaroni. Cheese add delight to such things, since we were out of cheddar or mozzarella cheese I covered the stuffing with a slice of cheese and finally the cap.

Remember to only bake the capsicum for 10 to 15 minutes and not over do it, make it stable with a relevant baking pan or tie it with some thread. This one was big enough to suffice lunch for two. Finally we enjoyed it but before that I took a picture. :)

I shot this video last month when I was convinced that my Alexandrian Parakeet, Kotler is finally learning some words. It's now nine months old and speaking a few more words though not clear. I bought this featured acrobat back in March 2012 when he was two months old.
To begin with, it has properly learnt to mimic it's own name, 'Kotler', manner classes are still in progress though and what makes me happy is that my parrot is toilet trained too to some extent.
Being a 'Marketing' major, I am inspired and can so relate to Philip Kotler that I decided to name my bird after him. :)

Here's a closer look. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Since SZABIST BBA/MBA is over, there might be a few characters coming up that you might not be familiar with, deal with it because it's time to step into the professional world. Besides, ever since the first season you have been constantly reminded that any resemblance to any character dead, alive, undead or haunting is nothing more than a coincidence. That is also the reason that this disclaimer is always at the beginning because people judge before they think. Anyway, I admire my readers.
Enjoy! Khee, khee, khee ... :D

It's 2:30 am, as I'm trying to sleep to eventually avoid becoming an insomniac zombie ... I happen to find myself browsing quite lackadaisically. Despite my continuing, lost faith in social media (lack of awareness among the masses ... you get to know in the professional world how much of a niche segment you belong to along with your education) I logged on to Facebook to find this shining gem.
The brand team might think that agencies are capable of doing some magic or that they don't have any other work to do than to pamper their brand only, hence, it's demands all the way and an inevitable incapability to request let alone be treating someone with respect. So point 1 is to be agreed upon with respect.

Point 2: Well ... NO! Your agency will always be paid peanuts in return for all the hard work and there are chances that reasons are found to deduct whatever is being paid. While you go an extra mile, your legs could be broken for taking that efficient walk of going that extra mile. So professionalism? What professionalism? There are chances it never existed in the first place.

Point 3: Making up that already worked up mind? No, don't even ask for that because a sentence said a moment ago will be contradicted with the next and yes eventually that too is the agency's fault.

Point 4 & 5: Take designing for that matter, it's always the agency that has a designer, how else would the brand team have the expertise of designing something without having a designer? Constant revisions are interesting for them, not the agency ... while not knowing how something is done, still asking for changes is a great way of wasting time. So a big applause for the geniuses!

Point 6 & 7: Oh being rude comes with the package, besides, why would they care about bad feelings? There might also be a total lack of appreciation coupled with deliberate bad feelings.

Point 10: Giving credit is out of the league when the brand might hire someone to invent issues in the agency.

Point 11: Hahahaha! Paying invoices on time?!?! You've got to be kidding ... the brand would want every task to be accomplished before time and paying on time does not match this criteria so beware. You might be made synonymous with a beggar in return for reminding about the payment.

Point 13: Despite good work done by the agency, the team could be feeling bothered about why they hired you in the first place and would be constantly thinking about saving the peanuts they are paying you, that too, not on time. The problem lies in not trusting and not allowing innovation. There are good chances that the agency knows a brand's target audience more than the brand itself because it is the one that directly interacts with consumers.

Point 15: Knowing what they want? oh well as they say, 'ignorance is bliss'.

Point 16: A contract is one main thing, however, irrespective of the fact that you have under committed and over delivered, you could still be treated with disrespect and lack of trust. It takes a very sane and decent client to respect your work. Some brands are respectful towards their agencies while some would be so full of ...

Here's an interesting writeup or maybe a love (divorce) letter from the agency for it's client: