Two days back one of my friend sent an email which started like this
Folks, it's been 5 years since we rec'd our offer letters...
Its surprising to know how soon the time moves on, I started thinking about the day when I got my first job offer letter. July 9th 2004 was one of the most memorable days of my life. I still relish every moment of it. After clearing the written exam on the previous day I had to get ready for the interview in the morning,one of friend came down from Chennai was trying to help me out, lost his patience by trying to make me look presentable from properly knotting my tie to polishing my shoes. When he was done I was allowed to go to college after last minute wishes from nears and dears.
There is always a disadvantage for me when people call out the names in alphabetical order, I was there in hall by 10 waiting for my call seeing people coming and going ,waiting for my name to be called.It started becoming boring and to make the matter worst at around one o clock when I was left with another guy waiting for the call our placement officer told panel is going for lunch and he strictly us told we were not allowed to go out and wait for their anytime. Lunch was served at around 50 feet from us and no need to mention how special it would be when corporates visit the campuses. After having some seven or eighth servings the lunch time was finally over around 2 30.
Finally I was called in, by the look of my face the first question posed to me Did you have lunch? I gave my usual blush saying it can wait for sometime.Afraid I might be starved to death they asked few simple questions,write few programs. It went for ten minutes once they are done they asked to wait outside. Then I was informed to get ready for the HR round,which happened after next two hours.
It was around 7 o clock around 60 people were called to our conference room where they were supposed to announce the final list of people.I looked around saw 3 of close friends with whom I studied where also present and we sat together. When the person started reading out the names,mind it those were the most tensed moments of the day. Luckily for me my name was 3rd on the list(Thank God they didn't follow alphabetical order here),one by one all my three friends made it. After few final formalities we were allowed to leave.
When we came out the nature could not withstand the surprise started raining. There were lots of hugging and shootings and we started dancing in the rain. The spirts were so high that the people who just a minute ago were looking like professionals were like a uncontrollable bunch of hooligans.
Journey back home was another big story which needs a separate blog.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Funny(fire) Drill!
Once in three months or so in our office a particular sunny day will be chosen and past noon when the weather is particularly, hot fire alarms will start ringing. Most of us will have a look oh no... not again, what makes worse is that we will be settling down after a good lunch and we will be made to evacuate the building using the stairs coming all the way down then stand in the hot sun. Then out of no where some water will be sprayed to third or fourth floor meaning to put off the fire but it literally cleans the building walls.Then we will told the drill is over and can go back to work peacefully(!).
On the way back home I was talking with my colleague who happens to be in HR department.What she said made me jealous of the people working in that department, those people used to get mails mentioning such and such time the drill is going to happen asking for their cooperation and these people plan their breaks accordingly either spending time in the canteen or be out of the building in that particular time escaping from this monotonous exercise.
On the way back home I was talking with my colleague who happens to be in HR department.What she said made me jealous of the people working in that department, those people used to get mails mentioning such and such time the drill is going to happen asking for their cooperation and these people plan their breaks accordingly either spending time in the canteen or be out of the building in that particular time escaping from this monotonous exercise.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
~~Indian money in Swiss Bank~~
I got this article from my friend ,regarding the amount of Indian money stored in Swiss bank and how different our country can be if that money reaches back to our country and used in a proper way. Just edited few points from it.
If black money deposits was an Olympics event….
India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has
4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top
five! India has more money in Swiss banks
than all the other countries combined!
Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account
deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been
misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country’s foreign
debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?
DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS,
IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal
accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated
by them. This amount is about 13 times larger
than the country’s foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor
people can get Rs 1,00,000 each.
This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by
exploiting and betraying them. Once this huge amount of black money and
property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in
24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt,
we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign
debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount
of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central
government. So even if all the taxes are abolished,
then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country
very comfortably.
Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000
travel very frequently. ‘Obviously, these people won’t be tourists..
They must be travelling there for some other reason,’ believes an
official involved in tracking illegal money.. And, clearly,
he isn’t referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who’ve
been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin!
This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about
other international banks ?
It is further estimated by experts that one per cent of the world’s
population holds more than 57 per cent of total global wealth, routing
it invariably through these tax havens.
If black money deposits was an Olympics event….
India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has
4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top
five! India has more money in Swiss banks
than all the other countries combined!
Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account
deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been
misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country’s foreign
debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?
DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS,
IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal
accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated
by them. This amount is about 13 times larger
than the country’s foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor
people can get Rs 1,00,000 each.
This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by
exploiting and betraying them. Once this huge amount of black money and
property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in
24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt,
we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign
debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount
of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central
government. So even if all the taxes are abolished,
then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country
very comfortably.
Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000
travel very frequently. ‘Obviously, these people won’t be tourists..
They must be travelling there for some other reason,’ believes an
official involved in tracking illegal money.. And, clearly,
he isn’t referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who’ve
been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin!
This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about
other international banks ?
It is further estimated by experts that one per cent of the world’s
population holds more than 57 per cent of total global wealth, routing
it invariably through these tax havens.
Monday, July 6, 2009
A small statistics on my birthday
Day before my birthday one of friend asked me to calculate the number of people who wish for my birthday.Since I usually brag about the number of acquaintances I have ,I said it will be difficult to keep in track of those. But she asked me to give a try.
So the statistics goes like this ,it may not be accurate deviation of one or two is applicable.
No of people who called --> 39
No of people who mailed --> 11
No of people who smsed --> 8
No of people who scraped--> 62
Apart from this more than fifty people in my office wished which I am not listing here.
I liked one of the cards sent by my friend which I have attached below.
Good thing about office,since its located in far away land there are no proper restaurants nearby so my team was to contented with the treat I gave in the canteen.
But I could not escape from my uncle who made sure I get a hole in my pocket for my birthday treat :)
So the statistics goes like this ,it may not be accurate deviation of one or two is applicable.
No of people who called --> 39
No of people who mailed --> 11
No of people who smsed --> 8
No of people who scraped--> 62
Apart from this more than fifty people in my office wished which I am not listing here.
I liked one of the cards sent by my friend which I have attached below.
Good thing about office,since its located in far away land there are no proper restaurants nearby so my team was to contented with the treat I gave in the canteen.
But I could not escape from my uncle who made sure I get a hole in my pocket for my birthday treat :)
Friday, July 3, 2009
~~How American government makes business~~
I really liked this forward!
It is the month of August, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser.
The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit..
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism .
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.
It is the month of August, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser.
The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit..
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism .
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Significance of July second
Apart from being my birthday ,July second is 183rd day of the year ,which is the middle day of the year. Or we can say July 2nd marks the begining of second half of the year. Time to introspect how well the year has gone ,whether the goals are acheived ,what else challenges we have to over come. What could be done in the later half of the year.
So i thought I would revisit my new year resolutions took in begining of this year and how well I have fared in keeping them up.
1) Get up early in the morning(time not yet decided but it will be earlier than 9am which is my current raising time)
--->getting up before the sun rises(surprised myself)
2)Reduce weight(let me put 5 kgs,I know its easier said than done)
--->maybe increased it by a kg or two(utter failure), no hope in reducing in later half of the year with the quality food I get.
3)Devote some more quality time for reading books(shd be quality books)
-->Reading more than a book per week(pats on my back)
4)plans for future(MBA???)
--->still planning whats good for me(shd work it in later half of the year)
5)Last but not the least continue blogging :)
--->yupp still continuing it (keep it up)
Good to three out five resolutions are on track ,one unrealistic and other one acheivable. Lets see how it goes in later half of the year.
So i thought I would revisit my new year resolutions took in begining of this year and how well I have fared in keeping them up.
1) Get up early in the morning(time not yet decided but it will be earlier than 9am which is my current raising time)
--->getting up before the sun rises(surprised myself)
2)Reduce weight(let me put 5 kgs,I know its easier said than done)
--->maybe increased it by a kg or two(utter failure), no hope in reducing in later half of the year with the quality food I get.
3)Devote some more quality time for reading books(shd be quality books)
-->Reading more than a book per week(pats on my back)
4)plans for future(MBA???)
--->still planning whats good for me(shd work it in later half of the year)
5)Last but not the least continue blogging :)
--->yupp still continuing it (keep it up)
Good to three out five resolutions are on track ,one unrealistic and other one acheivable. Lets see how it goes in later half of the year.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The book I read...
Two weeks before I got this book in Landmark, with a catchy punchline 'a pleasure read for ages between 19-39'. Since I was searching for pleasure for sometime,I got the book. I read those chapters slowly and steadily one chapter per day ,so that my pleasure could last a long time. I finished this book today ,it was humorous and thought provoking one,giving bizarre suggestions on how to tackle some common problems which occur in day to day life.
All those ideas are narrated by Kuttapan according to the author was ruined by the over-engineered intelligence of our education system, who sees every situation in life from a completely different perspective. There were few funny suggestions on how to tackle forwards which spam your inbox or how to make use of credit card profitably,deal with girl friends. Apart from that good observation about how cricket sentiments are fluctuated in our country and how a product is marketed in the country. I enjoyed the last three chapters on how to tackle Indian traffic where Kutthapan challenges formula 1 drivers to drive in Mumbai traffic.
In one chapter detailed analysis is given why its better to watch first day first show of Rajini s movie instead of going to Tajmahal. description of the scene where is which Rajini lites the cigarette with throwing his match and cigarette is hilarious. Finally book ends with how to make your work life happy.
As suggested in the punchline its a pleasure to read it.
All those ideas are narrated by Kuttapan according to the author was ruined by the over-engineered intelligence of our education system, who sees every situation in life from a completely different perspective. There were few funny suggestions on how to tackle forwards which spam your inbox or how to make use of credit card profitably,deal with girl friends. Apart from that good observation about how cricket sentiments are fluctuated in our country and how a product is marketed in the country. I enjoyed the last three chapters on how to tackle Indian traffic where Kutthapan challenges formula 1 drivers to drive in Mumbai traffic.
In one chapter detailed analysis is given why its better to watch first day first show of Rajini s movie instead of going to Tajmahal. description of the scene where is which Rajini lites the cigarette with throwing his match and cigarette is hilarious. Finally book ends with how to make your work life happy.
As suggested in the punchline its a pleasure to read it.
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