Signs of Recession

 

Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

 

 

 

Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

 

 

Election 2009 - Free Symbols

The first Phase of Election started today! On a curious note, I went through the Election Commission of India Portal to find out the total number of Registered and Recognized/Unrecognized  Parties. The total tally of political parties stood around 1000, considering that as a nation India is 1.3 Billion. So if there is any scope of new political entities spawning in some recent future, these are the free Symbols available for them. I did have my creative thoughts/tag lines on some of them. J

 

(LIST OF FREE SYMBOLS)

 

1. Almirah – Good place to Stack the goods even if promises are not delivered

2. Balloon – It’s all the about the Gas

3. Banana – No Comments, don’t want the feminists up in arms against me

4. Basket – Too much for a market Economy

5. Bat – Good things happen by Night

6. Batsman – Reserved for the crickets only

7. Battery Torch – Small in size but sure to light

8. Black Board – As they say, Finally Back in Black

9. Bread – Size and dimensions anyone

10. Brief Case – It’s Heavy

11. Brush - Imagine

12. Cake – Without The Cherry

13. Camera – Light Action

14. Candles – I’m still young

15. Carrot – Wait for the stick

16. Ceiling Fan –

17. Coat – Reid & Taylor

18. Coconut - ??

19. Comb (In all States and Union Territories except in the State of Kerala)

20. Cot (In all States and Union Territories except in the State of Kerala) – Lie down

21. Cup & Saucer

22. Diesel Pump –

23. Dolli

24. Electric Pole – Shocked!

25. Fork

26. Frock

27. Frying Pan

28. Gas Cylinder

29. Gas Stove

30. Glass Tumbler

31. Harmonium

32. Hat

33. Ice Cream

34. Iron

35. Jug

36. Kettle

37. Kite

38. Lady Purse – All shine but no Value

39. Letter Box – Remembering History

40. Maize

41. Nagara (In all States and Union Territories except in the North Eastern States of

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura)

42. Pressure Cooker

43. Railway Engine – Since 1887

44. Ring – Is it the suffeRING

45. Road Roller

46. Saw (In all States and Union Territories except in the State of Kerala)

47. Scissors

48. Sewing Machine

49. Shuttle – One way ticket to the moon

50. Slate

51. Spoon – Feeding hope

52. Stool

53. Table

54. Table Lamp

55. Television

56. Tent

57. Violin

58. Walking Stick

59. Whistle

 

How it changed

Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed….. from a maverick collage life to strict professional life…...   How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks but then why it gives less happiness…. How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe but then why there are less people to use them How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger But then why there is less hunger…..     Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed….. How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on but then why there are less places to go on…… How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day but then why its feels like shop is far away….. How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package but then why there are less messages & more calls……   Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed….. How a general class journey changed to Flight journey But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment…. How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop but then why there is less time to put it on………. How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….   Here I am sitting in my office @ night… Thinking hard about life How it changed….. How it changed……..

 

Games We Play

We all play games, some games we play is for fun while most of the games we play is to win! Is it our primitive instinct? Leftover of a near million years of evolution!

All around the animal kingdom you will notice younger beings playfully doing things... without much of fuss . These games ultimately manifest the nature of the animal while they grow up, helping them either to fight of flight. Same with humans, we are taught to socialize during our infancy years and form bond with the environment. Yet, as we add in ages we tend to do just the opposite-well most of us. We don't give a hoot about the environment and people who are less fortunate, we try to create a wall of amnesia. Fortune, may not be a good thing to be divided but surely there is no fortune greater enough to help people.

Did you ever wonder why? Is it because we as a race are progressive change believers! We know only how to take but seldom measure act of repaying with colored lenses. Or is it, we as a race can only speak a language, which makes us so prone to lieing. Did you ever hear a dog, cat or a lion lie? If wisdom of our religions are to be believed then they have a open ticket to heaven.

Just a thought I wanted to share!

Another year added

My Mom called me and became nostalgic about my birth - some quarter of a century ago, as she remembers I came to the planet. She vividly remembers everything, it was told that I was relatively healthy baby at birth. My family that point of time was best described as a middle class hindu undivided family, with a little stretching of imagination of the word "middle class".
I happen to be the eldest of my generation in my family of nearly 200 relatives. My father was not present at my birth, he went to a business visit some 500 kms away. The news of my birth was celebrated by my relatives and starting from the staffs at the hospital to the cleaners of janitor were given their share of sweets.
Something else was going on at that moment in my mother's mind. The room my mom shared with another lady was also expected to give birth. As fate would decide my mom and the lady started having the labor pain on the very same day. When I was born, that lady gave birth to a beautiful girl. My mom was concerned that if I would be swapped. The moment I cried for the first grasp of air in my lung, my mom saw me and noticed that I got my eyes big like her! Isn't it amazing that in a minute of birth out of comfort from my mother's womb the realities of the world started hitting me!
It's being long now, lot of things have changed. Something remains always with me, my mom's support and the golden chain that my grandpa gave me at birth. Though I occasionally disagree with lot of people. Today I want to make a resolution at least for this year I would be polite and nice to everyone and more with people who are rude! :) let's see if somethings can be changed.

My friends called me and wished me, though I don't expect anymore! It's always easier that way. My brother called me from dubai and he called me at midnight his time! Wondering what will happen if we differ the time zone by 12 hours. :)
The only issue is that I'm running temperature, hope things improve. Well, no much update of my swimming. The entire body is aching. Hope that means something.
To everyone who read me, thank you for being with me. It's always Walking With You! :)
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In the waters!

There is a big news! I have finally pulled up all my energy to learn swimming. Isn't it little strange considering so many people already adept in it. What ever be the case I did find myself to be very happy.
Before contemplating to learn swimming our group of friends imagined that one day we will be ace life savers - the Baywatch types. Searching more of strings than the wreckages. :)
When I dived in to the pool, I could reach the ground so no fear of drowning-not that I'm hydrophobic. But I couldn't float. Such a disappointment, I must admit that I was little out of mind because of the euphoria and expected to learn swimming in an hour. I tried for first 10 mins all the techniques that I did manage to google and see in television, but most of them helped me to perform some amazing water sumersaults - some of them if captured should have given Mr. Bean a run for his money. Well as always the initial euphoria died down and I came to grips with reality.

My first task was to learn breathing out inside water. It was damn tough! Never ever did I thought how difficult it would be, wish I had gills. Anyways, tried doing that for an hour with my occasional water hopping! That's enough for day 1. I presume I am on target to learn swimming very fast! What say... First consolidating the basics. :) Baywatch calling... Watching the DVDs now.

Plug in your suggestions. I'll keep you posted about my progress.

On the other side: Mark to Market rule has been modified, need to check if the model is available tomorrow. G20 meeting held but still doubtful if everyone is in the same page. And all over the world share market rose, most of them broke their 100 days DMA. My portfolio jumped 5%, cutting the losses.

One of my old friend mailed me long time back, felt good. And my company's CEO made a visit to our location and shared his input, can't say more else it will mount to violation of insider trading rule. Just kidding! Have a good time and wish the confidence is back, at least to oneself.
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What a Blackout!

My blackberry was in a mess, so couldn't blog for some days. Lot of things happened during these days, though not very significant but surely placing dots in life. :)

First my BB won't connect EDGE network. Did call up operators and call centre guys. Every time I got a text book solution. One day after calling 7 times in a day I got same old reply: "please switch off your cell and switch on!". Things were getting on my nerve, called up my relationship manager at Airtel, she did help me out with fixing up with a local airtel blackberry guy and he helped me with the concern. The good news I'm back on air. Funny thing is that, I then calls from the blackberry support asking about my concern. Typical case of right hand not knowing what left hand is doing.

In work front, started working on a research report about Banking industry in China. Felt good that I still get to do what I used to do during my MBA studies. Oh! With a slight difference it costs the client $30k.

Did start chat with a lady over the Intranet messenger, she seems sensible and nice. But everyone is like that I guess- no type casting intended though. Just the may be lost the endurance! Hope things improve.

H1B is supposed to be filed on 1st, finger crossed about the draw.

Rest is all peace, was little bit missing a girl... But life moves on!

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Marketing Basics

Marketing Concepts made easy! J


1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and say: "I am very rich.
"Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing"

2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a
gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and
pointing at you says: "He's very rich.
"Marry him." -That's Advertising"

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and get her telephone number. The next day, you
call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich.
"Marry me - That's Telemarketing"

4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up
and straighten your tie, you
walk up to her and pour
her a drink, you open the door (of the car)for her,
pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and
then say:"By the way, I'm rich. Will you
"Marry Me?" - That's Public Relations"

 5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks
up to you and says:"You are very rich!
"Can you marry ! me?" - That's Brand Recognition"

 6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you
a nice hard slap on your face. -
"That's Customer Feedback"

7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she
introduces you to her husband. - J
"That's demand and supply gap"

8. You see a gorgeous girl at a
party. You go up to
her and before you say anything, another person come
and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she
goes with him -
"That's competition eating into your market share"

9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and before you say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your
wife arrives. -
"That's restriction for entering new markets"