Prelude:
(on Ecademy )
22-Apr-08 6:49pm
Hi ,
Visited your excellent profile.
I'd like to add you to my network on Ecademy.
-Prashant
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22-04-2008
So Prashant .... why do you want to add me to your network .... also what is so great about my profile?Laurence
PS - Please at least put my name in to show you actually read my profile.
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Hi Laurence,
Sorry for a delayed response.
My sincere apologies.
Now few issues:
1. Yes, it was a mistake on my part that I didn't put your name. I accept that and I can understand your feelings over it. Sorry...
2. Even without reading your profile I could have put your name and I guess you would have believed it.
3. What is so great about your profile: Mr. Laurence, there are few things in my life that do not form part of my profile on any networking site. I was a student of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in a prestigious institution.I dropped out of the program, but liking for the subject and the fact that I had given up engineering degree program was haunting me. (BTW, Indians attach a lot of importance to education and an engg. degree then, some 25 years back, was looked upon as passport to the road of success & riches).In a wilderness that followed, took me to obtain a Ham (Amateur) Radio licence; thought of becoming a Marine Radio Officer; tried doing many courses.
In the process I obtained many degrees but could not forget my passion for engineering,technology in general and communication and telecommunication in particular.My present job has got nothing to do with communication/telecommunication technology but the subject has remained at the core of my heart.I became a gadget freak...became an audiophile, owned dedicated audio processors,owned all the formats of audio & video cassettes player/recorders.I realised that although I couldn't do engineering, definitely I can be an end user and simply use fruits of the the technologies that I earlier fancied working on. Do you know that my house has three occupants,2 internet users but 3 computers ( a desktop & 2 laptops- all for personal & not business use), 5 internet connections ( 3 broadband,1 datacard,1 usb data modem ) that has unlimited download? My funda is straight, come what may be at least one internet connection should be working. (Again, to appreciate that one has go through a society that faces frequent power cuts & interuption in telco services).
In this light when I saw you are connected with telephony, the internet,fundraising (again, I am a Rotarian), I thought you have an interesting profile.I know that I may not subscribe to your telephony or other telecom services; I may not be of any help in your fundraising activities ( I donate to Roatary International,.my local Rotary club and few organisations dealing with old-age,cancer,children, etc.), even then I may like a personality that is behind such profile.
4. I received a lot of messages from fellow networkers. My current status was also showing that " I started answering mails from my Inbox...." . I could read yours today only and after reading your message I thought this needs to be addressed on a priority basis.
5. I would like to thank you for providing me this opportunity to write on something that I have avoided so far and now should be a part of my blog and may be my profile.
6. I have tried to explain you what I felt when I saw your profile.
I am fascinated more by people, of diverse culture,their viewpoints,etc. As correctly pointed out by one of the Ecademists, most of the profiles are blatant sales pitch. But not always.And there are some others - watchers - who have nothing on offer to sell ! They are probably intrigued by the diversity (in terms of skills,attitudes and perceptions) of people in the world and like to see people with interesting profiles.
Thanks for the patience.
Best regards,
Prashant Koli
