This is another great pic . Thats a Superman T-shirt inside.
Caption: Superman who needs to have a bath, needs to be shown directions to the treadmill and also some training from Frankflin Air hostess training institute.
Courtesy: Image: Pallavi, Caption: Chirag,Hemanth
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Another pic from the trek
Monday, January 12, 2009
National Himalayan Winter Trekking Expedition (Reaching Dalhousie)
We were part of the "National Himalayan Winter Trekking Expedition" starting at Dalhousie organized by Youth Hostel Association. Name sounds fancy? Well only the name does.
More on that later though.
There is a great saying, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Duh! Isn't it obvious?
But my first step was actually in the reverse direction i.e cancelling the trek as Leena fell sick. Hence she had to drop off the trek. Our original plan was to do the trek and bring in the new year in Himachal itself. But instead, i cut my trip short and decided to return after the trek while Leena took rest at her mother's place at Nasik.
I met the Gang (i.e Varun, Arun, Amit and Uttaran) at the New Delhi Railway Station.
Yeah, all of them are smiling(seems more like they are doped). Uttaran seems fit for the Center Shock Commercial. He is losing hair but claims to be in denial. He trying all sorts of Hair styles; wants to do a "Bucket List" of his hair before them falling. What does the hair think?
"I just want to fall off before freaking people out!"
Anyways, now we had a whole day to kill in Delhi. The train to Pathankot was in the night. So First Stop, was Karim's in Old Delhi near Jama Masjid. We took a tonga ride. tonga - horse driven cart for the uninitiated.
Oh wait! What about the after-effects of a 36+ hrs train journey from Bangalore to Delhi ?
Uttaran, the self proclaimed foodie and also the person who claims to have lived in Delhi for 4+ years gave the orders.
The food looks tasty and obviously unhealthy.
Now, after the meal "normal" people would do some sight-seeing in Delhi. We headed to Connaught Place. Stood outside a cinema hall comtemplating whether to watch the [cough]horror[cough] movie, "Rab Ne Baani Di Jodi". I wished "Rab" would "rub" some wisdom into us. And guess what? Next Stop, TGIF !! Yayee, an overpriced pub. Now thats something you don't find in Bangalore.
Uttaran with his rusty knowledge then directed us to another pub which supposedly played decent rock music. The rock music playing club was now a sports bar with all TVs all over the place showing anything but the current "Test Match between Ind and Eng" and playing Disco songs with the singer going "OOww!" every now and then.
The rates were high, the happy hours freebies were quite sad. Hence after half-an-hour of free water and AC, we coolly walked out.
Next stop Barista!! Obviously. If you want have the best coffee its Delhi dude, not Bangalore!
After Ozzy and Arun showed off their out of tune guitar skills, Uttaran his writing-random-numbers-in-empty-boxes appearing-to-solve-sudoko skills and Varun his just-sit-and-stare-in-the-sky skills, we finally headed to Old Delhi Station.
Once the train started chugging along, I got to know Varun's entrepreneurial ventures during his college days which still funds his overexpensive wardrobe. We discussed everything under the sun including office gossip, emacs v/s vim and so on.
We reached foggy Pathankot next day morning. If you want to know, Pathankot is a dusty and dirty litttle town (just like any other town i guess) with a strong military presence.
We had breakfast (lovely parathas) and headed down to the bus stop.
Yeah, i know we look like two shady guys trying to sell dope to school kids. Alright, i don't but Varun surely does. and yes we seemed on a high.
After 4 hrs of travel, we reached Dalhousie. Dalhousie is a town with a old-world charm slowly giving way to tourism and everything that comes with it (tourists, garbage etc). Our base camp was just a 5 min walk from the bus stand. It had a building with beds to sleep, hot water to have bath, mobile charging points and also had free wifi access. Sadly we all work for a company where no one can afford a mobile with wifi capabilites.
Wait a sec! Building? Beds? Hot water? I thought this was a trek! and also wheres the snow?? I was roaming around in a half sleeves T-shirt . Was it winter, really?
Yeah, Coming back to the title "National Himalayan Winter Trekking Expedition" . Himalayan ..no snow! Winter no way. Trek? Wait and watch, things are going to get worse.
We got ourselves registered, dumped the luggage, cleaned up (in all sense) and headed down market place for some shopping. Rest of the gang, sans Anna reached the camp at night. We had our first encounter with a mountain goat a.k.a God father.
and then next day, we had another encounter with another [cough] mountain goat [cough] whose toothbrush had been used to clean everything except his teeth.
Take A closer look at the brush.
We had a early morning exercise where the leader caught Uttaran faking his exercise (You can fake that too) and called him a 60-year old man and also an insult to Bangalore in pure Kannada.
Then we headed to Panch Pula(Bhagat Singh's Uncle's memorial...yayee) for our acclimatization walk.
The great Anna, joined us for the acclimatization walk and complained. " Its not cold, lame trek, comparisons to Sar Pass and so on". I got to hear this till i found a cure, more on that later though.
We mostly walked on the road. What kind of acclimatization walk was this? I later realized, it was actually to get acclimatized to walk on the road with heavy shoes, heavy jacket and heavy bag because this is what we did exactly on the first day of the actual trek.
Yeah so no trek, just a hike for the first day atleast.
You can have a look at the Trek Pics
Stay tuned for part 2 .
More on that later though.
There is a great saying, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Duh! Isn't it obvious?
But my first step was actually in the reverse direction i.e cancelling the trek as Leena fell sick. Hence she had to drop off the trek. Our original plan was to do the trek and bring in the new year in Himachal itself. But instead, i cut my trip short and decided to return after the trek while Leena took rest at her mother's place at Nasik.
I met the Gang (i.e Varun, Arun, Amit and Uttaran) at the New Delhi Railway Station.
Yeah, all of them are smiling(seems more like they are doped). Uttaran seems fit for the Center Shock Commercial. He is losing hair but claims to be in denial. He trying all sorts of Hair styles; wants to do a "Bucket List" of his hair before them falling. What does the hair think?
"I just want to fall off before freaking people out!"
Anyways, now we had a whole day to kill in Delhi. The train to Pathankot was in the night. So First Stop, was Karim's in Old Delhi near Jama Masjid. We took a tonga ride. tonga - horse driven cart for the uninitiated.
Oh wait! What about the after-effects of a 36+ hrs train journey from Bangalore to Delhi ?
Uttaran, the self proclaimed foodie and also the person who claims to have lived in Delhi for 4+ years gave the orders.
The food looks tasty and obviously unhealthy.
All satiated after the meal
Now, after the meal "normal" people would do some sight-seeing in Delhi. We headed to Connaught Place. Stood outside a cinema hall comtemplating whether to watch the [cough]
Uttaran with his rusty knowledge then directed us to another pub which supposedly played decent rock music. The rock music playing club was now a sports bar with all TVs all over the place showing anything but the current "Test Match between Ind and Eng" and playing Disco songs with the singer going "OOww!" every now and then.
The rates were high, the happy hours freebies were quite sad. Hence after half-an-hour of free water and AC, we coolly walked out.
Next stop Barista!! Obviously. If you want have the best coffee its Delhi dude, not Bangalore!
After Ozzy and Arun showed off their out of tune guitar skills, Uttaran his writing-random-numbers-in-empty-boxes appearing-to-solve-sudoko skills and Varun his just-sit-and-stare-in-the-sky skills, we finally headed to Old Delhi Station.
Once the train started chugging along, I got to know Varun's entrepreneurial ventures during his college days which still funds his overexpensive wardrobe. We discussed everything under the sun including office gossip, emacs v/s vim and so on.
We reached foggy Pathankot next day morning. If you want to know, Pathankot is a dusty and dirty litttle town (just like any other town i guess) with a strong military presence.
We had breakfast (lovely parathas) and headed down to the bus stop.
Yeah, i know we look like two shady guys trying to sell dope to school kids. Alright, i don't but Varun surely does. and yes we seemed on a high.
After 4 hrs of travel, we reached Dalhousie. Dalhousie is a town with a old-world charm slowly giving way to tourism and everything that comes with it (tourists, garbage etc). Our base camp was just a 5 min walk from the bus stand. It had a building with beds to sleep, hot water to have bath, mobile charging points and also had free wifi access. Sadly we all work for a company where no one can afford a mobile with wifi capabilites.
Wait a sec! Building? Beds? Hot water? I thought this was a trek! and also wheres the snow?? I was roaming around in a half sleeves T-shirt . Was it winter, really?
Yeah, Coming back to the title "National Himalayan Winter Trekking Expedition" . Himalayan ..no snow! Winter no way. Trek? Wait and watch, things are going to get worse.
We got ourselves registered, dumped the luggage, cleaned up (in all sense) and headed down market place for some shopping. Rest of the gang, sans Anna reached the camp at night. We had our first encounter with a mountain goat a.k.a God father.
and then next day, we had another encounter with another [cough] mountain goat [cough] whose toothbrush had been used to clean everything except his teeth.
Take A closer look at the brush.
We had a early morning exercise where the leader caught Uttaran faking his exercise (You can fake that too) and called him a 60-year old man and also an insult to Bangalore in pure Kannada.
Then we headed to
The great Anna, joined us for the acclimatization walk and complained. " Its not cold, lame trek, comparisons to Sar Pass and so on". I got to hear this till i found a cure, more on that later though.
We mostly walked on the road. What kind of acclimatization walk was this? I later realized, it was actually to get acclimatized to walk on the road with heavy shoes, heavy jacket and heavy bag because this is what we did exactly on the first day of the actual trek.
Yeah so no trek, just a hike for the first day atleast.
You can have a look at the Trek Pics
Stay tuned for part 2 .
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Three pics from the trek!
Here are 3 pics that at best describe my antics during the trek. A blog is surely in order. But for now..
Collecting Garbage.
Collecting Money.
Don't ask what i am doing to Hemanth.
Collecting Garbage.
Collecting Money.
Don't ask what i am doing to Hemanth.
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Friday, December 05, 2008
Similarities between Terrorists and MBAs !
- A small bunch of them can create havoc in the entire country.
- They are used to bringing down things.. Buildings, Companies, Economies.. You name it. MBA = Masters in Bringing down Anything.
- Both go through extensive training from the top in the their field.
- Their jobs are high risk.
- For any project, their planning is extensive.
- One is promised 74 virgins in heaven, other gets 7 figure salary.
- No matter what they do, they can screw you and get away with it.
- They will give a valid reason for all their actions (like bomb blasts, screwing finances) .
Any more suggestions folks? I'll append it to this list and give proper credits. :)
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
A "jihadi" Thereom
Thereom : A "jihadi" goes to heaven for a righteous act (read suicide act) where there are 74 virgins waiting for him.
Corollary 1 : Once the "jihadi" reaches heaven, he finds the virgins are 74 of his "jahadi" brothers who died in the righteous act.
Corollary 2: If you die a virgin, you might get to make love to a dead jihadi
Corollary 3: No one dies a virgin, Life "screws" everyone.
Update: I forgot to thank prempanicker and vedang from twitter world from where i got inspired! So here it is guys...a big thanks !
Corollary 1 : Once the "jihadi" reaches heaven, he finds the virgins are 74 of his "jahadi" brothers who died in the righteous act.
Corollary 2: If you die a virgin, you might get to make love to a dead jihadi
Corollary 3: No one dies a virgin, Life "screws" everyone.
Update: I forgot to thank prempanicker and vedang from twitter world from where i got inspired! So here it is guys...a big thanks !
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Definition Of Democracy.
India is the largest Democracy in the world. What does Democracy really mean?
Democracy means :
- Anyone can shit/spit on the road.
- There are no need whatsoever to follow traffic rules.
- Anyone can protest on the roads and damage personal and public property.
- Anyone can launch verbal/physical attacks on certain communities while the govt. sits and watches mutely.
- Where arrests of "influential" individuals are more of a shenangian and their bailouts are faster than Shoaib Akthar's bowling.
- Money can buy almost everything including votes and ministers.
- Polticians use the British divide and rule policy to get vote banks.
- Internal Enemies are more than external ones.
- Cricrket/Bollywood/Politics gets more coverage than the "real" Heros who sacrifice their life for the Nation.
- Where "potential" terrorists are arrested, then released on ground of "not enough evidence" who then certainly go on and cause terror
- Anyone can enter from land or sea and terrorize the entire nation.
- The Police have to use Normal Revolvers against AK47s, grenades and top cops die needlessly.
- Media can broadcast vital information about Marcos, NSG during their counterattack on terrorists, and the terrorists can watch TV and get live updates.
- Media continuously broadcast the count of dead people and time since when the standoff is going similar to live updates of cricket matches.
- Media are allowed to cause panic because of anything from LHC Collider to bomb blasts.
- Peoples' memory of bomb blasts is that of a goldfish and we shamelessly say Citizens spirit cannot be broken .
- Government promise the sun and the moon, but not a zero tolerance to terrorism.
Definitions of democracy on the Web:
- the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- majority rule: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Quantum Of Solace: Movie Review
Quantum of Solace is the latest flick from the James Bond Franchise.
Daniel Craig does certainly stand out from other actors who have portrayed the classic super spy over the years. His panache, cold blue eyes and personality stand out. Coupled with hand to hand combat, chasing criminals over rooptops sans the usual gadgets is what made Casino Royale (prequel) stand out. They could have really give the Bourne franchise a run for their movie. To some extent in the last part they achieved this.
But in Quantum of Solace they went overboard . To make matter worse, the movie lacks any story but has the usual hero sets out the avenge the death of loved ones, two timing villians etc .(very common in 90s' Bollywood movies) . This is where the movie falls flat and fails to impress.
The usual Bond fan expects 4 things ... Gadgets, Cars, Larger than Life villians and most importantly hot babes!
Unfortunately coupled with a bad bollywold style story lime and total lack of the above, means that almost everyone is disappointed.
Daniel Craig does anything but act. He runs, chases villains, drives bikes, cars, flies planes, run agains, chases villains again and so on.
Also You need to have seen the Casino Royale to get any link of what is going on.
The action sequences are good but not good enough to carry the film through.
Overall. i would say this movie is watchable only if you have nothing else to do, otherwise do yourself a favor and go see the Bourne Series or even the Transporter ones.
Daniel Craig does certainly stand out from other actors who have portrayed the classic super spy over the years. His panache, cold blue eyes and personality stand out. Coupled with hand to hand combat, chasing criminals over rooptops sans the usual gadgets is what made Casino Royale (prequel) stand out. They could have really give the Bourne franchise a run for their movie. To some extent in the last part they achieved this.
But in Quantum of Solace they went overboard . To make matter worse, the movie lacks any story but has the usual hero sets out the avenge the death of loved ones, two timing villians etc .(very common in 90s' Bollywood movies) . This is where the movie falls flat and fails to impress.
The usual Bond fan expects 4 things ... Gadgets, Cars, Larger than Life villians and most importantly hot babes!
Unfortunately coupled with a bad bollywold style story lime and total lack of the above, means that almost everyone is disappointed.
Daniel Craig does anything but act. He runs, chases villains, drives bikes, cars, flies planes, run agains, chases villains again and so on.
Also You need to have seen the Casino Royale to get any link of what is going on.
The action sequences are good but not good enough to carry the film through.
Overall. i would say this movie is watchable only if you have nothing else to do, otherwise do yourself a favor and go see the Bourne Series or even the Transporter ones.
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Stress: Are you really stressed out?
I spoke about the above topic at my 2nd speech at Toastmasters'
I have expanded over my previous post
Good Afternoon to all,I am Chirag Jog.
My topic for today is "Are you really stressed out?"
Do we feel you all are really stressed? Too much work pressure, travelling in so much traffic, rash drivers, drivers
talking on their cells, etc
Do you feel life was easier, simpler in the past? And do you feel your life will be more stressful in the future?
Lets see if this common feeling is really justified.
My was talking to my father the other day. He was visibly irritated because a rash driver
speaking on his cell, carelessly overtook him. He said "Life has become so stressful."
So much traffic! complemented by bad drivers.
Once the Nano comes out, traffic condition will worsen and we will be more stressed.
Life in general seems stressful. People say that competition has increased manifold.
Competiton for jobs, for education, for getting the right life-partner.
Along with that the inflation rate is high. Petrol has become costly.
The list is infinite. Things were so better in the past. Life was so simple.
Or were they really?
Lets move back in time a bit. Say 1980s. Was life less stressful then?
One would say, there was no rat race, no competition ! Yes thats true!
There were no jobs either! People today with just a degree can atleast hope to
work in a call centre if not anything else.
I remember when i was a kid i met a rickshaw driver who was a double graduate but couldn't find a job.
This surely would add stress to our life!
Lets talk about communication.
Life was so simple no cell phones, simple landlines
A parent wouldn't know when would she talk to her son who is working in another part of the coutry.
She also wouldn't know whether the letter she wrote will reach in time or would reach at all.
This surely also would add to stress. right?
Also the traffic then was so less. Not a lot of vehicles on the road.
Well, yes thats true!
When you actually wanted to a buy Bajaj scooter, the waiting period was more than year.
Now the maximum you have to wait is 3 weeks.
Now this unnecessary waiting period would surely
to stress. No?
Lets move back in time even more.The prehistoric era.
Where humans lived in caves. Was there less stress then?
Man didn't know when his next meal would come from?
would it even come at all. Man didn't know which wild animal will he have face and when?
I am sure all these things surely did add stress to one's life!
I am surely all these examples are self explanatory.Stress is a negative human emotion just like anger,frustration,sadness etc.
The surroundings have nothing to do with it. It is something that is generated in our minds.And hence
it is can be controlled just like any other emotion! So just relax, and enjoy the pollution, traffic and
the fellow rash driver as much as you can!
Back to the toastmaster!
I have expanded over my previous post
Good Afternoon to all,I am Chirag Jog.
My topic for today is "Are you really stressed out?"
Do we feel you all are really stressed? Too much work pressure, travelling in so much traffic, rash drivers, drivers
talking on their cells, etc
Do you feel life was easier, simpler in the past? And do you feel your life will be more stressful in the future?
Lets see if this common feeling is really justified.
My was talking to my father the other day. He was visibly irritated because a rash driver
speaking on his cell, carelessly overtook him. He said "Life has become so stressful."
So much traffic! complemented by bad drivers.
Once the Nano comes out, traffic condition will worsen and we will be more stressed.
Life in general seems stressful. People say that competition has increased manifold.
Competiton for jobs, for education, for getting the right life-partner.
Along with that the inflation rate is high. Petrol has become costly.
The list is infinite. Things were so better in the past. Life was so simple.
Or were they really?
Lets move back in time a bit. Say 1980s. Was life less stressful then?
One would say, there was no rat race, no competition ! Yes thats true!
There were no jobs either! People today with just a degree can atleast hope to
work in a call centre if not anything else.
I remember when i was a kid i met a rickshaw driver who was a double graduate but couldn't find a job.
This surely would add stress to our life!
Lets talk about communication.
Life was so simple no cell phones, simple landlines
A parent wouldn't know when would she talk to her son who is working in another part of the coutry.
She also wouldn't know whether the letter she wrote will reach in time or would reach at all.
This surely also would add to stress. right?
Also the traffic then was so less. Not a lot of vehicles on the road.
Well, yes thats true!
When you actually wanted to a buy Bajaj scooter, the waiting period was more than year.
Now the maximum you have to wait is 3 weeks.
Now this unnecessary waiting period would surely
to stress. No?
Lets move back in time even more.The prehistoric era.
Where humans lived in caves. Was there less stress then?
Man didn't know when his next meal would come from?
would it even come at all. Man didn't know which wild animal will he have face and when?
I am sure all these things surely did add stress to one's life!
I am surely all these examples are self explanatory.Stress is a negative human emotion just like anger,frustration,sadness etc.
The surroundings have nothing to do with it. It is something that is generated in our minds.And hence
it is can be controlled just like any other emotion! So just relax, and enjoy the pollution, traffic and
the fellow rash driver as much as you can!
Back to the toastmaster!
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KDE 4.1 or Gnome ?
I have been using KDE 4.1 for sometime now on Fedora 9. Prior to that, i have used both Kde and Gnome on Ubuntu.
So which is better? Which one wins the game? Well i am sure there would be a lot of blogs, articles etc abt kde vs gnome.
The applications/tools i use most often are:
1. mutt + getmail + postfix : For Sending/Receiving IMAP mails
2. Firefox : To Surf the Net
3. Amarok: Listen to Music
4. xchat-gnome : For IRC
5. Pidgin : Chat client for ST/gtalk/yahoo
6. IBM proprietary stuff like Notes, WECM etc
7. VLC Media Player: For watching movies.
8. For almost everything else, the Konsole, i.e the command line.
Over the past couple of (busy) months, i have realized it doesn't really matter which Desktop environment i use, as long as
these applications work fine for me; and these applications do work fine for me in either settings.
Yes, KDE 4.1 has the new jazzy plasma desktop and GNOME has its own Compiz-Beryl features. I have never used them
and surely do not need them. They are cool "candy-floss" features though, but surely not useful.
So which is better? Which one wins the game? Well i am sure there would be a lot of blogs, articles etc abt kde vs gnome.
The applications/tools i use most often are:
1. mutt + getmail + postfix : For Sending/Receiving IMAP mails
2. Firefox : To Surf the Net
3. Amarok: Listen to Music
4. xchat-gnome : For IRC
5. Pidgin : Chat client for ST/gtalk/yahoo
6. IBM proprietary stuff like Notes, WECM etc
7. VLC Media Player: For watching movies.
8. For almost everything else, the Konsole, i.e the command line.
Over the past couple of (busy) months, i have realized it doesn't really matter which Desktop environment i use, as long as
these applications work fine for me; and these applications do work fine for me in either settings.
Yes, KDE 4.1 has the new jazzy plasma desktop and GNOME has its own Compiz-Beryl features. I have never used them
and surely do not need them. They are cool "candy-floss" features though, but surely not useful.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
This is what i felt after i got my Salary Hike !
This is how i felt after i got my salary hike ....if you can call it a hike!!!
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An Update for Oct 2008!
So no blogs in sometime. Thought i'd write about something. But i can't think of anything in particular.
Here are some updates in general :
- Planned a trek in December to Dalhousie
- Started using Twitter actively
- Enjoyed a trip to Goa in Diwali
- Improved my car driving skills
- Product Release Done...so jobless
- Improved Pool playing skills (have a pool table at work)
- F1 season over ! Nothing else worth seeing on TV except Friends and Seinfeld re-runs
- Haven't watched a movie for more than a month except re-runs of No Entry, Malamaal Weekly, Bhagan Bhag, Guru on TV
- Saw a bunch flats...planning to buy one
- Listened to every Tom,Dick and Harry's opinion about Economic Crisis, recession, stock market crash, real estate bubble bursting etc
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Children Of Heaven
Children Of Heaven is an Iranian Movie directed by Majid Majidi . It is about a brother who has lost his little sister's school shoes. The movie makes us realize who innocent kids really are.
All the actors have acted very naturally giving the movie the "real life" effect. Story is kept short and simple. The direction is very good.
The only focus of the movie is children and their innocence. Truly worth a watch.
As Mr Hemanth would say, "Do Yourself a Favor and see this movie!!"
All the actors have acted very naturally giving the movie the "real life" effect. Story is kept short and simple. The direction is very good.
The only focus of the movie is children and their innocence. Truly worth a watch.
As Mr Hemanth would say, "Do Yourself a Favor and see this movie!!"
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Internet Has Standards !
Yes this is true.
Next time you write a blog, article or anything that can be published over the Internet.
Remember this: Internet Has Standards
Else
Next time you write a blog, article or anything that can be published over the Internet.
Remember this: Internet Has Standards
Else
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Successful Experiment
Whenever you come back from an outing say a trek or just a picnic, your mood will instantly turned of after seeing those dirty shoes. Sometimes it could be your sparkling white sports shoes that had to go under.
We suffered this emotion during our recent outing. Fear not,my dear friends i have a good solution to all such problems.
Just put those dirty shoes into the washing machine!
Yes you heard me right! Washing Machine !!
We had heard/read about washing the shoes in this machine. After being hesistant initially, we decided to take this chance.
The machine soaked, washed, rinsed and spinned the shoes. In the end, my shoes came out sparkling white!! OK not sparkling but pretty decent to repeat this experiment.
The washing machine also remained cleaned.
So go ahead and give your shoes the special treatment it deserves
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
This is the right time to change your job!
For all those in two minds about changing their jobs, this is the right time ! Don't think twice go for it .
Why is now a good time ? The U.S markets are not recovering. With recent bad news coming from both Lehmann Brothers and Merrill lynch, things are probably set to get worse. Although, not all sectors are affected yet. The fall in the US markets could very well trigger a chain reaction across all sectors and markets. In the coming 4-6 months things might just go from bad to worse. Companies will limit their spending . Hiring will freeze. Bargaining for a good pay packet will be tough.
Even if people are get a chance to switch jobs, the salary rise will not be as high as the usual (30-50 %) .
So, make up your mind now!
Have a great Day!
Why is now a good time ? The U.S markets are not recovering. With recent bad news coming from both Lehmann Brothers and Merrill lynch, things are probably set to get worse. Although, not all sectors are affected yet. The fall in the US markets could very well trigger a chain reaction across all sectors and markets. In the coming 4-6 months things might just go from bad to worse. Companies will limit their spending . Hiring will freeze. Bargaining for a good pay packet will be tough.
Even if people are get a chance to switch jobs, the salary rise will not be as high as the usual (30-50 %) .
So, make up your mind now!
Have a great Day!
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Out sick again?
I have been out with malaria supposedly couple of weeks back and now had a relapse (with higher temperature).
I was strictly adviced against working by a lot of people.
There were only 2 things i could do i.e reading and watching some movies.
Reading:
I read some really good books like
I also saw these movies:
1. The Godfather: Adapted from the classic novel by Mario Puzo (titled with the same name) . A must watch classic movie.
2. Schindler's List : A classic movie from Speilberg's stable. It tells the true story of Oskar Schindler who helps rescues thousands of Jews from the
holocaust.
3. The Machinist: A psychological thriller starring Christian Bale
4. WALL E : Another awesome animation movie from PIXAR
I am ready to get back to work after a really long break.
I was strictly adviced against working by a lot of people.
There were only 2 things i could do i.e reading and watching some movies.
Reading:
I read some really good books like
1. The Economic Naturalist: Follow this link
2. India in Slow Motion by Mark Tully : The author travels across the length and breadth of India and tells inspiring stories of people who are fighting corruption and bureacracy while adding bit of humor and history to it.
3.The Motorcycle Diaries by 'Che' Guevera: It is a memoir of the great revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevera, long before his became Che. He takes a journey across South America along with this friend, which opens his mind and moulds him into the charismatic leader
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch : A truly inspirational "last lecture" give by CMU Professor Randy Pausch who has 10 tumors in his liver and only 3 months to live
5. Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Still reading) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb :
Just started reading this one. It talks about ( as the topic states) how sometimes we just get "lucky" and how there is a lot of randomness in nature especially in the stock markets.
2. India in Slow Motion by Mark Tully : The author travels across the length and breadth of India and tells inspiring stories of people who are fighting corruption and bureacracy while adding bit of humor and history to it.
3.The Motorcycle Diaries by 'Che' Guevera: It is a memoir of the great revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevera, long before his became Che. He takes a journey across South America along with this friend, which opens his mind and moulds him into the charismatic leader
4. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch : A truly inspirational "last lecture" give by CMU Professor Randy Pausch who has 10 tumors in his liver and only 3 months to live
5. Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Still reading) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb :
Just started reading this one. It talks about ( as the topic states) how sometimes we just get "lucky" and how there is a lot of randomness in nature especially in the stock markets.
I also saw these movies:
1. The Godfather: Adapted from the classic novel by Mario Puzo (titled with the same name) . A must watch classic movie.
2. Schindler's List : A classic movie from Speilberg's stable. It tells the true story of Oskar Schindler who helps rescues thousands of Jews from the
holocaust.
3. The Machinist: A psychological thriller starring Christian Bale
4. WALL E : Another awesome animation movie from PIXAR
5. Street Kings: Keenu Reaves starrer about a corrupt cop who tries to correct things when his parter get killed. A regular cop movie one guy fighting against corruption. Watch L.A Confidential Instead.
I am ready to get back to work after a really long break.
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Stress...!
My dad was talking to me about the amount of stress we and the future generations were going to face. More Traffic (due to the Nano!), more pollution, more idiots talking on mobile phones while driving etc etc.
I thought for a few seconds and responded, "Stress is an emotion of the human psyche just like happiness, sad, frustration etc"
Humans have always experienced stress. Just that the reasons of stress vary.
Today the reasons are different from the ones yesterday. But you can't say that its more or less. People (especially from the older generation) tend to think that older times were better times, less stressful times. This retrospective utopian thinking is surely misplaced.
In the 60s and 70s, communication was really poor. One wasn't sure of the next time he would get to listen to his son or daughter's voice who were probably in the U.S . People graduating from college weren't sure getting jobs.
If we go even further back in time, prehistoric era where humans lived in caves and hunted for food; there was no certainity of when the next meal would come?
whether it would come at all? There were other things to worry about like wild animals, shelter, clothing etc
So circumstances change over time, and so do things that can add stress to your life and also things that reduce stress.
Let me reiterate the fact that stress is a human emotion just like sadness, anger and frustration. This is a good thing, as it can be brought under control.
So Learn to reduce stress in life by controlling rather than complain about it!
I thought for a few seconds and responded, "Stress is an emotion of the human psyche just like happiness, sad, frustration etc"
Humans have always experienced stress. Just that the reasons of stress vary.
Today the reasons are different from the ones yesterday. But you can't say that its more or less. People (especially from the older generation) tend to think that older times were better times, less stressful times. This retrospective utopian thinking is surely misplaced.
In the 60s and 70s, communication was really poor. One wasn't sure of the next time he would get to listen to his son or daughter's voice who were probably in the U.S . People graduating from college weren't sure getting jobs.
If we go even further back in time, prehistoric era where humans lived in caves and hunted for food; there was no certainity of when the next meal would come?
whether it would come at all? There were other things to worry about like wild animals, shelter, clothing etc
So circumstances change over time, and so do things that can add stress to your life and also things that reduce stress.
Let me reiterate the fact that stress is a human emotion just like sadness, anger and frustration. This is a good thing, as it can be brought under control.
So Learn to reduce stress in life by controlling rather than complain about it!
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
61 reasons why India is special !
On the occasion of the 61st Independence Day, i ponder on what makes India so special, so different from rest of the world . I have accumulated 61 different reasons. Check it out.
Disclaimer: I know, every country is unique in its own way.
Disclaimer: I know, every country is unique in its own way.
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