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		<title>I have a desk!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in my entire working life, I get to desk all to myself!! Now all you normal, desk-owning people dont go scoffing at me, you dont appreciate the value of your desk! Let me tell you how fabulous it is! I have one, two, three, four, five!! drawers in my desk. Can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the tram</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/06/on-the-tram/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was at university, and used to take the bus everyday, I had a habit of studying people on the bus. There used to be one seat at the front of the bus that faced reverse, and I used to sit there and study the faces of the people, and try and imagine what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genius at work</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/04/genius-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, there was a patient, who, for the last one month, had been on a breathing machine because no one could figure out what was wrong with her. Or how to fix her. For the last one month, every doctor in the unit, all the top brass had been scratching their head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All in a day&#8217;s work</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/03/all-in-a-days-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing quite like having your boss point out in the middle of a big meeting that you have got grey hair! The fact that said boss was concerned that I was getting grey hair because he was working me too hard is inconsequential. My standard reply blaming the MOTH as the underlying cause for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The way the cookie crumbled</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/03/the-way-the-cookie-crumbled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Date: Sometime around 1999. Setting: Four women somewhere in India. Call them A, B, C and D. They are all aged in their late teens at this time. A came from a middle-class family. Her parents were very strict. She wasnt allowed to have male friends. She wasnt allowed to be friends with girls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I absolutely HATE&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/03/i-absolutely-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House and home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;.vacuuming! Tomorrow, the property manager comes by to inspect the property. I have a grudge to bear with whoever came up with the concept of regular property inspections! However, in preparation for the inspection tomorrow, today has been dedicated to sprucing up the place. Now, those of you who know me well know that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being a woman in the 21st century</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2010/02/being-a-woman-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its International Women&#8217;s Day coming up in March. And as part of the IndusLadies.com celebration of this day, I wanted to write about being a woman in the 21st century. More specifically, about the relationships that make us who we are. The relationships in my life, that make me who I am. Enough has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every once in a while&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/11/every-once-in-a-while/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patients]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;. you meet a truly remarkable human being. Who impresses you from the word go. And whose memory will stay with you long after they are gone. Who has style. Panache. Strength of character. Just an all-around great guy. I met one such person last week. And ever since I met him, I cant help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dumb and dumber</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/dumb-and-dumber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/dumb-and-dumber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a real conversation between a doctor (Dr A) and a patient (Mr X). The lines in italics are thought bubbles above Dr A&#8217;s head Dr A: Hello Mr X, I hear you are having nose bleeds again. Its almost certainly due to the leukaemia, preventing your body from making any platelets Mr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s play a blame game</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/lets-play-a-blame-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/lets-play-a-blame-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lying]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kyle and Jackie O. &#8216;Nuff said! All of Australia knows about this. For those of you who dont, the story is that these two run a radio show in Sydney. They have a regular segment on their show where some poor soul gets strapped to a lie detector and gets asked all sorts of uncomfortable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A walk on the other side</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/a-walk-on-the-other-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/a-walk-on-the-other-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A member of my immediate family sits in a hospital bed tonight. They have just had emergency surgery, and I am thankful to say that they have come out the other end without too many problems (touch wood). I think. But the last 24 hours have been stressful, to say the least. Frustrating. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilies</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/lilies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/lilies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has left a large bunch of flowers in the doctor&#8217;s room. Expensive flowers. The kind that you can smell from the end of the corridor. Huge pink lillies, some yet to bloom, pink roses, purple sweet pea. All in an expensive pink ceramic vase. There is no name attached to these flowers. Working on [...]]]></description>
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		<item>
		<title>I am blessed</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/i-am-blessed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/08/i-am-blessed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So its all done and dusted. The MOTH, Jack and I have shifted to Melbourne. Its been almost two months infact. Thats how long it has taken to settle in. And apart from all the usual chaos that accompanies moving countries, it has been all the more chaotic than would be expected. First Jack got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing compares to you</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/04/nothing-compares-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/04/nothing-compares-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing quite like coming home after a 14 hour work-day to the sight and smell of your husband cooking steaming-hot, spicy bhurji (indian scrambled eggs). The aroma of freshly chopped green chillies, and onions sizzling in the frying pan, tingling in my nostrils. Ahhhhh&#8230;. I always knew I married the perfect man. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The long awaited end&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/04/the-long-awaited-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/04/the-long-awaited-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;of Incredibly Strange TV. For a few months now, ideas of romantic saturday nights with the MOTH have gone down the gurgler thanks to MGM channel. Ever since he discovered Incredibly Strange TV a few months ago, saturday nights have been dedicated to watching some of the most bizarre, strangest and most convoluted movies ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the winner is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/02/and-the-winner-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2009/02/and-the-winner-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[India is apparently rejoicing right now. Slumdog Millionaire swept the Oscars with 8 awards, including Best Picture. Not bad for a film that nearly didnt make it to the cinemas. Yadayadaya&#8230;. I am not so thrilled. I dont think it deserved the awards it got. I am thrilled that AR Rahman got the awards, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Idol</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/12/internet-idol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/12/internet-idol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The video speaks for itself, watch it! I couldn&#8217;t stop laughing!!]]></description>
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		<title>Jack of all trades</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/10/jack-of-all-trades/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/10/jack-of-all-trades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, we celebrated (in a manner of speaking) Jack&#8217;s 6 months with us. And I realised that I always keep thinking of posting the various antics that he gets up to, but somehow or the other, when I actually sit down to write something, I forget about it. So today, let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to kill a patient</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/10/how-to-kill-a-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/10/how-to-kill-a-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, she is probably sleeping peacefully in her bed. Tomorrow, when she comes into work, her world will be turned upside down. She will find out that she has caused someone to die. Her blood will run cold. Sleep, and peace, will evaporate into thin air. Everybody kills someone. Eventually. Or so they tell me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose character is it anyways?</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/09/whose-character-is-it-anyways/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/09/whose-character-is-it-anyways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MOTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tags]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right. Now that I have finally come down to earth after the elation experienced earlier (See? What did I tell you guys?), its time to resume what I started doing initially. Chandni tagged me for the this one, and I have to say, this is by far my favourite tag: to list my 10 favourite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumping for joy!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/09/jumping-for-joy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/09/jumping-for-joy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guess what guys??!!! I FINALLY figured out how to post links and how to post images on the blog!!! I am so thrilled right now!! Cannot wait to get started!! Holy Schmoly! I had waited so long for this, pestered the MOTH so much for this, but I am proud to say, I finally figured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not sure if I should laugh or cry</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/08/not-sure-if-i-should-laugh-or-cry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/08/not-sure-if-i-should-laugh-or-cry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is a very funny incident. And at the same time, its quite ironical, as anyone who knows me well will tell. But to properly understand the irony, one has to start at the beginning. So bear with me, but it will be well worth it, most of you will think this is absolutely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the love of money</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/06/for-the-love-of-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/06/for-the-love-of-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very angry right now, so this post might be a bit of a rant, but what the heck! Yesterday, I called up my grandparents, part of my usual sunday routine. Now, ever since my grandfather had his heart attack, our conversations somehow, have changed from a grandfather-graddaughter conversation to a patient-doctor conversation. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/05/62/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/05/62/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2008-05-27/62/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So here is a tag that has been doing the rounds lately. Now normally, I hate doing tags, but this one sounds like fun, so here goes. Rules of the tag: Various situations are given. You have to come up with a song ( or a couple) that aptly describe those situations in YOUR life. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To strike or not to strike, tis the question&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/04/to-strike-or-not-to-strike-tis-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/04/to-strike-or-not-to-strike-tis-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2008-04-28/to-strike-or-not-to-strike-tis-the-question/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question on everybody&#8217;s lips&#8230;.Are our junior doctors worth more? My slightly biased opinion? Yes, they are worth a LOT more. Do I believe we in NZ will ever get paid more, with or without striking? I dont think so. And there is my problem with the strike Anyone who believes striking for 2 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Errmmm&#8230;.Whoops!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/errmmmwhoops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/errmmmwhoops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2008-03-17/errmmmwhoops/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday was vet day. Jill was booked in to have her vaccinations and a check-up at the vet. So that was all fine, no probs there. Except, the vet looked a bit puzzled. I couldnt quite place my finger on it. Maybe we werent following proper etiquette when taking your cat to the vet. Was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobless&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/54/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/54/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2008-03-13/54/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amidst the growing mood of making changes in my life, I decided to hand in my resignation today. So I wrote an email, with the mandatory 4 week notice period, and sent it off. Do I have another job lined up? Nope. Am I taking up a new profession? Nope. Have I lost my mind? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who knew&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2008/03/50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2008-03-12/50/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;having a pet could be so much fun? The Man Of The House (MOTH) and I went and got ourselves a little 8 week old kitten over the weekend. To be honest, I dont know why we did it. We were at a garage sale, and were talking to this lady there, whose cat had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, finally, I have discovered the wonder that is Facebook. This thing is amazing!! I can spend hours on it, and not realise it. And I thought Orkut was cool&#8230;. Lately, I have found myself sneakily logging on to Facebook when I am supposed to be doing discharge summaries. Just for a quick peak. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When I grow up, I want to be just like you&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-just-like-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-just-like-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2007-11-09/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-just-like-you/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had decided a long time ago that I had no desire whatsoever to live to be of a ripe old age. Ever since I first did a rotation in a geriatric ward, my mind was made up. That whole ward was full of people, who once used to be persons, but not anymore. Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/fireworks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/11/fireworks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So on my way in to work this morning, I was listening to the radio, and they were talking about the controversy around Guy Fawkes&#8217; Day. Apparently some bright spark had the idea of banning fireworks altogether, coz apparently they are not safe. Now, speaking as someone who has grown up in India, with fireworks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons l have learnt</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/10/lessons-l-have-learnt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/10/lessons-l-have-learnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, I just realised the other day that in less than a month, I would have worked for a whole year as a house officer. ONE WHOLE YEAR! And I have survived. More importantly, my patients have survived. Well, most of them have&#8230;&#8230;Anyway. Looking back on the last year, there are a few important things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of 2006&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/01/the-end-of-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2007/01/the-end-of-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is a bit late, but one of my friends does an annual roll of thanks on his blog every new year, and this year, somehow, I feel inspired to do it too. Perhaps coz 2006 has been a monumental year for me in a lot of different ways, and I have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back after a long hiatus</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/12/back-after-a-long-hiatus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/12/back-after-a-long-hiatus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2006-12-24/back-after-a-long-hiatus/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm&#8230;.I have had a break, too long in fact. But now I am back. The elective was wonderful, in every way I imagined it. I spent three months with my beloved. And I did a  little bit of work too. I saw places, met family, made friends, and best of all, put on weight! But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anticipation!!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/08/anticipation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/08/anticipation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2006-08-03/anticipation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Man oh man! I fly off in less than 3 days. And honestly, at the moment, i feel like a little kid in a candy shop who has picked the candy she wants. But the shop-keeper couldnt take it out of the case and hand it to me fast enough. I just wana go. Better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who said anger is always bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/07/who-said-anger-is-always-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/07/who-said-anger-is-always-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2006-07-15/who-said-anger-is-always-bad/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have no qualms about it. I know it, and everyone else around me knows it too. I am an angry person by nature. I am an Aries after all. And when I am angry, you dont wana be anywhere near me. When I was young, my dad always used to tell me that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It wasnt that dreadful&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/it-wasnt-that-dreadful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/it-wasnt-that-dreadful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2006-06-23/it-wasnt-that-dreadful/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week of O+G&#8230;..finished today. And I am surprised. No, bewildered actually. Bewildered at how much I DID NOT hate it. When I did O+G in 5th year, oh man! I wanted to run out of the building every time I saw a pregnant woman. I hated every concievable aspect of the rotation, from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Confidence. None whatsoever</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/no-confidence-none-whatsoever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/no-confidence-none-whatsoever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/2006-06-19/no-confidence-none-whatsoever/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, maybe there are some of you out there that are statistics buffs. Real hardcore number crunchers. Who can work out these bloody 95% confidence intervals in their sleep. But I cant. I simply cant. For the last six years, I have struggled with confidence intervals. And I am doomed to struggle with them forever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Friend</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/my-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/06/my-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, my wonderful friend turns an unstated age. Lets just say she is older than 21 and leave it at that. But i was a bit disappointed that I did not get to make a speech at her 21st, as she very wisely decided not to have a 21st birthday party for fear that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Ideas for eligible bachelor to avoid marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/wanted-ideas-for-eligible-bachelor-to-avoid-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/wanted-ideas-for-eligible-bachelor-to-avoid-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 10:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend from back in my high school days who just turned 23 a few days ago, who shall be known as Mr TDH (Tall, Dark and Handsome). Now most of Mr TDH&#8217;s male friends agree (while turning a bit green with jealousy) that he is a very eligible bachelor, and most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian journey</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/christian-journey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/christian-journey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hmm&#8230;.so, yesterday, I went to watch The DaVinci Code with a Catholic friend of mine. I, like the millions of fans worldwide, read the book ages ago, courtesy of a kind friend who loaned it to me. And unlike that friend, I hadnt studied art history in school or anything, yet, I found the book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a (non) teenage drama queen</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/confessions-of-a-non-teenage-drama-queen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/confessions-of-a-non-teenage-drama-queen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=33</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so maybe the last time I got up on the stage and acted was back in high school, but I used to love it. I still love it. However, after leaving high school and foraying into the deep, dark, abyssmal black hole otherwise known as med school, acting, like all my other interests, went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/05/failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 10:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Something very strange happened to me on last friday. Something that is probably not an unfamiliar aspect to most people&#8217;s lives at some point or the other. Something that is as much a part of life as anything else. Failure. I got my first meeting with failure on friday. Yes. I failed at something. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long time&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/04/long-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/04/long-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vatsadave.net/?p=31</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow man, its been a month since I last wrote anything. Its just been so busy. I have been so busy. Its insane. Last week, I worked a total of 71 hours over a period of six days. And the 7th day, I dont even remember. I know it was ANZAC day, but I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social dynamics</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/social-dynamics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/social-dynamics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it, can someone please tell me, that families find it so damn difficult to get along peacefully? I seriously dont understand it. But everytime something good happens to one person, why do the others keep looking for ways in which to induce some misery amongst all the good things that are happening? Are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercury&#8230;..Part 2!!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/mercurypart-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/mercurypart-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK&#8230;.Now i dont know if this is freaky or not. The day after I wrote the last post about Mercury, I had to go see a new doctor. So I walk into his office, and what is the first thing I see? Right there, in the main foyer entrance, is a huge, life-sized sculpture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercury</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/mercury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury&#8230;&#8230;The planet that controls all things to do with communications.&#160; Astrologically speaking. Mythologically, Mercury was the wing-footed Roman God of communication, commerce and everyday routines. Astronomically, there are certain periods when due to the relative difference between the orbital distances of earth and mercury, mercury is percieved to be undergoing retrograde motion. This happens approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future career&#8230;.???</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/future-career/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/03/future-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished my last day of urban general practice today. And I had a really nice surprise today. My GP organised morning tea for me. And they even got me a very fancy digital thermometer as well. Coz I had been talking the other day about how difficult it is to get the temperatures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When men go shopping!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/02/when-men-go-shopping-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/02/when-men-go-shopping-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it, that men can never buy anything on their own unless it has a microchip embedded in it? Clothes are the biggest example of this. Tell a man he needs some T-shirts, and he will go out and buy a 6 pack of grey T-shirts that are exactly the same. Bless him! To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindsight</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/hindsight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/hindsight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone says hindsight is a wonderful thing. It makes you see things in a manner you never saw them in before. It gives you clarity, and insight into your actions. But I discovered something very sinister about hindsight lately. It may give you clarity, and it may give you insight into the picture, but its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The difference between men and women</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/the-difference-between-men-and-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/the-difference-between-men-and-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a friend sent me this email. And while there was nothing great or epiphanous about this email, it was very spot-on. I kinda liked it. Especially number 5&#8230;.So true! 1. NAMES: If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out for lunch, they willcall each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara. If Mark, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those were the best days of my life&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/those-were-the-best-days-of-my-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2006/01/those-were-the-best-days-of-my-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vatsa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This christmas has been the most amazing christmas ever. It was perfect in every sense. Every single thing about it was great. I didnt recieve any gifts that I absolutely abhorred. The one gift I had been holding my breath for came, perfectly wrapped and just the way I had imagined it to be. Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good days and bad days&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/12/good-days-and-bad-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/12/good-days-and-bad-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its strange, I never knew it was possible to have such stark contrast in life. Yesterday, my day was going real well. I had a wonderful morning at work, where I did all the right things, and gave all the right answers when being grilled by my consultant about the evidence for simvastatin doses. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking a gift horse in the mouth</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/12/looking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/12/looking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK&#8230;..Imagine this. Something that you have always been waiting for. You have dreamt about it. You have thought about it a million times, and imagined a million different scenarios in which it would happen. And then it happens. Except, it happens in the one way that you had never thought it would happen. And yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet&#8230;.Finally!</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/internetfinally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/internetfinally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, after a lot of hassling the ISP and a lot of things going wrong at every single step, we have lift-off! The internet finally got up and running on monday night. Oh the amount of hassles we had with setting up a wireless network in the new place!! First of all, I called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first day as a TI&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/my-first-day-as-a-ti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/my-first-day-as-a-ti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TI year starts today. Its suposed to be a bit scary. Its supposed to be a bit daunting. And its supposed to be amazing. Everyone tells me that TI year was their best year as a med student. Perhaps. Coz I just finished day 1, and so far its not scary or daunting. I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIME&#8230;  and the management of it.</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/timeand-the-management-of-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/timeand-the-management-of-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIME&#8230;.Its so abstract. I mean, its not something that one can touch, or feel, or see, or hear, or taste. None of the senses can detect it. Yet, it is the most important thing in our lives. Time, or in some cases, the lack of it, is the fine difference between winning and losing. TIME&#8230;.I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Word of Thanks</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/a-word-of-thanks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/a-word-of-thanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I got to say a big thank you to my dear Niral for setting up this site and the blog and all other cool features for me. Now I dont know the first thing about setting up a site, but Niral has done all the hard work for me, right from coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Insanity</title>
		<link>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/the-end-of-the-insanity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vatsadave.net/2005/11/the-end-of-the-insanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well&#8230;. This is the beginning&#8230;.But it is also the end&#8230;. I just finished my fifth year exams yesterday. And I thought I would be happy. I thought I would be jumping for joy that the menace was finally over. But I am not. I have never had a worse exam than I did yesterday. Its [...]]]></description>
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