A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Jun 2018 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

June is the time when winters are trying to take over South Africa in its full form. I like this month as this is the birthday month of my mother and subsequent month it's my birthday and then it's my brother and his daughter in August, September sees my daughter and my dad's birthday. It's a long continuous celebration of the birthdays in our family. 

1. 5 Years of www.TheLifesWay.com #TheLifesWay #Birthday #Blogpost #5YearsofTheLifesWay - https://www.thelifesway.com/2018/06/5-years-of-wwwthelifeswaycom_19.html - Last year I completed 5 years on my blog and wrote this blog post thinking about what I got in the previous year. I am very happy with the progress the blog has made with all the efforts put into the same. 

2. 10 Things You Never Knew About @Marvel Studio's @TheBlackPanther #WakandaForever - https://www.thelifesway.com/2018/06/10-things-you-never-knew-about-marvel.html - Black Panther was the talk of the town world over last year and I shared some of the 10 things from the movie and production side. Black Panther is much awaited in the next seasons. 

3. 1 Day To www.TheLifesWay.com 5th Birthday Celebrations #5YearsofTheLifesWay #27Dec2017 #AllTheBest - https://www.thelifesway.com/2018/06/1-day-to-wwwthelifeswaycom-5th-birthday.html - Finally I was able to finish all the pending posts which have to be written before 27 Dec was only finished by 18th June 2018. Whatever you think but I had to specifically make myself complete these pending blog posts. It took me a lot of time and thinking to finish these posts. 

Aashish Rai Jain in Cape Town 2019 Trip with Family

4. How Good is the @HuaweiZA #P20Pro #SmartphoneCamera? Watch the TV ad to find out #OOO - https://www.thelifesway.com/2018/06/how-good-is-huaweiza-p20pro.html - Huawei P20 Pro is my day to day smartphone since Sep 2018 now and I am totally in love with the same. My wife now is demanding of the same so I am giving her mines with a new battery replacement scheme going on at Huawei Service Centres for R199. 

5. Badplaas @ForeverResortSA Boasts With New Hydro and Spa @ForeverBadplaas #ForeverResort - https://www.thelifesway.com/2018/06/badplaas-foreverresortsa-boasts-with.html - Forever Resorts run many relaxing and holiday homes around the country and last year when they launched a new Hydro SPA in Badplaas, they invited me with family for a night to the event. I extended it to 2 nights by paying for my family and really enjoyed my stay at the resort. 

This year June 2019, I always look forward to seeing the Disney on Ice festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, and many other new movie premiers and new product launches. June will also see me complete 12 years in my organization and what a wonderful experience it has been! Thank You!!!

Cheers!!!

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Planning Our #RoadTrip to the #GardenRoute With Parents @Travelstart #PE #CapeTown #Johannesburg

Hi Friends, 

It was my parent’s third trip to South Africa and this time we wanted to show them Cape Town for sure but as we started planning for the same, an idea came to travel the Garden Route as we also have not seen the same since we are here in this country from the last 5 years. Earlier, I wanted to buy Honda BRV to take on this trip and during that time the car was going around 20k ZAR on sale too. I was adamant to take my own car on the Garden Route trip. After getting approvals of leaves from office, we started planning the distance and cities to stay during the trip and found that it will be difficult if we start traveling in the car from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth and then back from Cape Town to Johannesburg. 

Also, my parents were against the car travel as my father suffers from vomiting in the closed space of the car and also we will need to take some breaks to cover 1200km and it will at least take 12 hours to reach Port Elizabeth in best case scenario within road speed limits. My wife told that it’s better we check an early morning flight from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth and then a late evening flight back from Cape Town to Johannesburg. I have never booked a domestic flight within South Africa so asked some enlightened people who travel a lot. They all said book from Lanseria Airport, flights are cheaper there, book on this website and that website, on this day or that day but here I was totally confused during the weekend finding it difficult to book flights and accommodations as per our confined dates of the trip. 

Travelstart came to my rescue early morning when I came across some random post on Facebook and thought of using the same when we all sat for final bookings of places to stay and flights. My first thing was to book flights because if we don’t get flights we won’t get go ahead. My wife’s first preference was good accommodation for the extended family with kitchen specifically as we had a 1-year-old baby with us too along with my vegetarian parents. So my mom and she started looking at accommodations and she started booking them closest to the locations we intended to stay and paying them using her card and email id. I and dad were busy with flights and passport numbers to be entered and age details with right times to start from OR Tambo or Lanseria Airport and finally decided to go with Travelstart website to make our final bookings. My overall experience of using the website was awesome and I am really looking forward to using some great travel trips with them from their packages section.

The overall final itinerary looked like 
Flight to PE from Johannesburg: At 6:50am in the morning (2hrs)
Early Check-in at PE and Overnight Stay in PE
2nd Day - Travel to Plettenberg Bay and stay for 3 nights
5th Day - Travel to Pearly Beach and stay overnight
6th Day - Travel to Cape Town and stay for 3 nights
9th Day - Evening flight to Johannesburg (2hr 30min) and reach home by 11pm

It was a total of 1650km for 9 days rented car with all the most visited places seen and captured in memories and images with no traffic fines and no tension to the driver and relaxed Garden Route for everyone in the family!

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GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS In #Cinemas 31 May #GodzillaMovie @warnerbros_sa #Movies #Contest

Hi Friends, 

Godzilla is one of my favorite movie series and why it's a culture in itself I got some facts to share with you from this Hollywood Series. A new version of the movie named King of the Monsters is going to be released on 31st May so don't forget to book your big screen tickets in a cinema near you! I am sure you will forget Daenerys dragons (Game of Thrones) after seeing the trailers of this movie. 

GODZILLA: KING OF POP CULTURE - 2019 - 65th Year Anniversary

• Monument over the Toho Building – Tokyo, Japan
• Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 64 years of merchandise in the Billions!
• MTV Lifetime Achievement Award
• 32 films produced worldwide since 1954. 
• Most movie tickets EVER sold in Japan
• Name official Cultural Ambassador in Shinjuku, Japan

Pillars of the Movie Series

• Epic, a global disaster movie that expands beyond a pure monster genre, four epic monsters make this one that MUST be seen on the big screen.
• Godzilla is both the ultimate danger to humanity and its only salvation – a complex hero that evokes a sense of empathy. The last of his kind, he is putting his life on the line for the good of the world. Instinctively fighting to preserve the natural order, Godzilla is unwittingly making the ultimate sacrifice – and taking on a battle he might not win.
• Madison is an empowered, formidable teenage heroine taking charge to save the day. On a parallel path with Godzilla to save the world, she forms an unusual partnership with him, opening herself up to great danger, and adding a tangible sense of humanity, risk, and drama.
• At the forefront are the film’s human stakes and emotional connections against a backdrop of an epic action spectacle. The film is anchored in a story about a relatable family torn apart by tragedy – and reunited through the selfless courage of one.
• 65th year anniversary of Godzilla. It has a massive legacy appeal and cultural importance. This is a classic icon reimagined for our time.
• The appeal of a top-name (international) talent. With Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sally Hawkins, Bradley Whitford, and Ken Watanabe – our talent bench is deep.
• A balance of authenticity and modernity – celebrating the most popular monsters in pop culture history reinvented for the big screen in epic, VFX glory. These monsters are evolved and powerful; resonant for modern audiences yet true to their origins.
• King Ghidorah is the ultimate villain, a legendary, apex predator. He is the “Bane” to Godzilla’s “Dark Knight” – the fiercest titan of them all, the one who might just do the inconceivable – defeat Godzilla.
• Monarch has evolved from the secretive organization seen in 2014’s Godzilla to become a public-facing, high-tech hero force. By declassifying evidence files and opening up their titan tracking tools, Monarch invites fans to “join the fight.”

Brief about the latest version - 

DIRECTOR: Michael Dougherty (“Krampus)

CAST: Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,” “The Conjuring” films)

Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”)

Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”)

Kyle Chandler (“The Wolf of Wall Street”)

Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”)

SYNOPSIS:

Following the global success of “Godzilla” and “Kong: Skull Island” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic MonsterVerse: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” an epic action-adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history.

The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scbFgATmmpg

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is in cinemas 31 May © 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS, LLC

If you want to win some merchandise which includes Tattoo Sheet, Laptop Sticker, LED Light-Up Tumbler, Set of 4 Character Pins, Embroidered Godzilla Outline Hat, Godzilla Socks with Spines, Set of 4 Journals and LED Pulsing Light Headphones, head over to my twitter @thelifesway and also follow Warner Bros Twitter channel and tell me your first experience of watching a Godzilla movie and what you thought of the same? 

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@3M Sets Out to Heighten Awareness of #VisualHacking #PrivacyFilters #SouthAfrica

Hi Friends, 

As corporate South Africa gets to grips with the implications of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA), 3M has embarked on a campaign to raise awareness about the threat posed by visual hacking. It will be launching Visual Hacking Awareness Week from 21 May – 29 May to highlight this little-known but escalating threat. 

“PoPIA, like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), makes it obligatory for those holding personal information to protect it adequately and provides for punitive fines to be imposed on those who do not do so. However, because data breaches and hacking make the headlines, many companies tend to assume that the threat is confined to the digital world,” says Peter Barker, Market Manager, IT Market at 3M Display Materials & Systems Division, 3M. “The truth is that sensitive information can be illegally obtained in other ways too, and one of the most common is visual hacking.” 

Visual hacking, also known as shoulder surfing, occurs when an individual obtains information from the screen of a device being used by somebody else. It may occur in public spaces and equally in offices. Visual hacking could also include accessing information stored on paper, perhaps by using a smartphone to photograph it. 

The Ponemon Institute undertook a Global Visual Hacking Experiment in 2015-6 (sponsored by 3M) to highlight the risk of visual hacking in office environments. The results were alarming, showing that 91 percent of global visual hacking attempts were successful, with 27 percent of the hacked data categorized as sensitive, including login credentials, confidential or classified documents, and financial information. Fifty-two percent of sensitive information was visually hacked from employee computer screens. 

“Visual hacking can happen very quickly and can provide criminals with information that will allow them to enter the corporate systems at a later date. In addition, seemingly innocuous information can be used to craft successful phishing or extortion strategies. In other words, the company is at risk from low-tech as well as high-tech predators,” Name says. 

Changing work patterns are increasing the chances of falling victim to visual hacking. Open-plan offices make it easy for co-workers or visitors to obtain information from employees’ screens. In addition, more and more employees are undertaking work in non-office environments such as coffee shops, hotel lobbies, airplanes and so on. In all these cases, they are vulnerable to visual hacking. 

A further factor is a growing attention being paid to securing corporate systems in response to a flood of high-profile hacks and ransomware attacks. This has had the unintended consequence of making low-tech attack methods, like visual hacking, more attractive to cybercriminal syndicates. 

The key to reducing the risk of visual hacking, Barker says, is the development of comprehensive company policy and set of protocols relating to the issue, backed up by education. The policies should cover not only the office but also the use of company data in all locations. The Ponemon Institute research found that companies with strong visual-hacking policies experienced 26 percent fewer privacy breaches. 

A clean-desk policy, document-shredding processes and an easy way to report suspicious behavior will also help. 

“Given that screens account for just over half of all visual hacking, investment in privacy filters on all devices with screens is a worthwhile investment. Most work gets done on screens now, and so protecting them makes sound business sense in a world in which data regulations are becoming more stringent,” he concludes. “This is one threat that can be countered by a judicious combination of technologically advanced screen privacy filters and good policies.” 

3M will inaugurate Visual Hacking Week with a media event at which it will present the results of its Global Visual Hacking Experiment, contextualized for the South African environment and PoPIA. 

About 3M 

At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily. With $33 billion in sales, our 93,000 employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.

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#TheLifesWayGoals @HuaweiZA #MTN702WALK #Target25km 28Jul19 - Week 3 #HuaweiWatchGT

Hi Friends,

Week 3 started with the great news that I will be using Huawei Watch GT as my primary device to capture my walk towards 25km training and share my progress on my blog and other social media channels. I am thankful to Huawei for the same once again.

Ability to download these wallpapers from the Huawei Health App with your Walk/Run Details

3rd Tuesday has the target of 10km which was easy to do as I already did cover that on Saturday of Week 2 but this time I saved some 5 minutes of my walking time to complete the walk. This was really great and gave me the confidence to do with my walks as per plan schedule. It was tough though that I wanted to postpone the walk but somehow carried on and finished the same. 

3rd Thursday was on 23rd May 2019 which was also the results day for the Indian Election 2019 and as I was interested to know who will be the winner all across India so was awake since 330am and started watching TV and watched till the end of the day when the final results were still coming. I started walking but could not do it further than 3.75km as I was really tired and sleepy. If you are not able to sleep well, the walk or run is extremely difficult for me I could get from my body.

3rd Saturday saw me sleeping all day and was fully tired but went shopping and brought some Energade and Cadbury's 5 Star chocolate as I need to walk 12km on that day. As I completed 3km, I started drinking Energade Naartjie flavor and it really gave me instant power and I finished the 500ml bottle by the time I reached around 5km. The only problem with Energade is that it makes you pee a lot and I have to find a loo by 6.5km and soon again at around 8.5km due to the drink. I didn't drink any water for the whole walk and only drank once I reached home.

Ability to download these wallpapers from the Huawei Health App with your Walk/Run Details

Saturday also saw me changing my socks to thick ones from Jockey and with my New Balance fresh foam 980 Shoes it never gave me any problems at all. The only problem is that these shoes have already walked around 73km since I started training in them (9 walks) and since I got them from the brand in one of their activations in Feb 2014 and since then it must have seen more than 200km in last 5 years. The life of these shoes is over but I am not able to find another pair which are better than these ones. I have never felt any pain in my feet using these shoes even when I ran long ago for 5km in them without any practice. 

New Balance Shoes from Feb 2014 - almost going to take the fall!

All these walks are giving me insights into my mind and body and told me that I need to take some vitamins and energy drinks on my way to 25km. I have started eating Almonds too and need to check how Banana Shake can help me if I take it before my walk every week?

I also ordered Remedy Health Compression Socks for my tired feet from OneDayOnly website and wore them on Saturday night after my walk. It really gave me total foot support and made them relaxed. They were on sale at One Day Only website and you shall check out their deals every morning and every day at 1pm.  

Wearing Huawei Watch GT and Sony WH-1000X M3 Headphones

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