New Year Resolutions. Are they worth making?

Question is whether to make or not? Why suddenly this question comes in my mind? The reason for the same is whatever New Year resolutionｓ we make, up to what extent we are keeping these resolutions? Every year end we will decide some new things and when actually time comes to keep those resolutions we are doing the same thing uptill now what you are doing? So does it make any sense to make these New Year resolutions?2006 has drawn to a close and most of us are making our list of resolutions to keep up in the New Year. Are these lists worth making? Do we actually stick out our resolutions?New Years is a time to reflect on your past year and review the good and bad. Its the perfect time to make new promises and making new commitments

Learning japanese to gain employment edge

Before coming to Japan I learn a little bit Japanese language just to mange day today needs. After I came here I came to know about the JLPT Exams.　JLPT stands for Japanese language Proficiency test. There are certain levels in this Examination. I gave the basic Japanese test JLPT Level 4 and I passed this exam with distinction.　But still its difficult for me to converse with the people. They are very fast in talking. I can understand only few of the words in their conversation.
knowing Foreign language is always beneficial for the people who are going abroad. Learning a foreign language has always been a means of expanding one's vistas. But unlike yesteryears when French and German ruled the roost, more and more youths are now lining up to learn Chinese and Japanese to gain an edge in job opportunities. Japanese has been a popular choice for some time now. There are scores of Chinese small and medium industries that are coming to India. They need Indians who are familiar with their language in their businesses. More and more jobs are being created for teachers and translators in IT, pharmaceutical and chemical industries and scientific research projects in China and Japan.

Ragging

What will the general impression about the Ragging?Does it bad good or what?
Ask any college student what he or she was most nervous about on the first day of college and the answer will most probably be the same -- ragging. But what is ragging? Who does it and why? There is no clear definition of ragging (or hazing), but it is generally understood to be the act of college seniors subjecting juniors to teasing or practical jokes. The term includes a relatively harmless prank such as asking a junior to roll a coin around the basketball court to more serious or dangerous acts like sexual abuse and torture. Ragging initially began as an innocent tradition to get new students acquainted with each other but has gradually become a method by which anti-social elements of the institute assert their dominance on the campus.Although ragging can happen in any college, it is most prevalent in medical and engineering colleges. The reason being most students live on campus and are thus soft targets.