The week before and after the 10krun

Nothing much has been happening in life after I came back from a vacation in Hyd. Got converted into a workaholic for the week as I had to complete and also get a few files updated by my team members (huge responsibility, I really wonder how all these managers manage people... its very difficult) and also increase my percentage in cedent closing (only my colleagues from Swiss Re would understand). Got everything in place by 4:30 on Friday and was on my way to meet a few friends for Go-Karting and dinner. Saturday was the day for the cleaning and rest after a long and an exhausting week and also had to conserve all my energy for the big day... the 10K run. Sunday started off the way it should as I was geared up for the run. I was overwhelmed with joy seeing so many participants running for different causes(AIDS awareness, Orphanages, reading books, different NGO's). It was really nice to see nice things happening around me and also special thanx to Kingfisher who had announced a special price the best looking runner in the Majja Run, which made the run even more colourful. The run ended at around 11:30 and we all had loads of photo sessions. Looking forward for a great week ahead...

Bush-o-nomics

Blogging after a long time, and this time its Mr. Bush who has provoked(guess this word is a misfit here) me to write.....

I really don't understand why does he have to make economic statements sans any data/info as he very well knows that his every word will be heard on every part of this globe. He was never known for is economic sense and he has just proved once again how comprehensively wrong he is to say that the demand for food in India is causing an increase in global good prices. This is what he had to say....(taken from news bits online and from the Newspapers)

"There are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That's bigger than America ... and when you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food. And so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up," Mr.Bush said, according to a White House transcript.
What I also fail to comprehend is that Mr. Bush, whose words play a pivotal role on the world economics, had such comments about India in front of such elite audience.
These comments have had an impact in India on the political front as well, with our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's silence over Bush's remarks. The BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi jumped up to the occasion said "He has got only a few days left in office and at least he should now stand up to protect the country's honour and dignity".
And by the way I really don't think that there are 350 million middle class people in India. Another info from the net.
"McKinsey Global Institute last year estimated India's middle classes numbered only 50 million"
Lets see what he still has in store till an Obhama or a Clinton comes in.
That's all on the world front.
Its really nice to be back home, have taken a day off today as I wanted to be with my sister on her B'day. Will be in Hyderabad for the weekend. Now gearing up to watch the IPL with my dad. Hope Deccan Chargers win.

IPL and all......

Its just unbelievable to comprehend whats happening on the cricket front in India..
First it was the Maharastra govt trying to say that Cricket is no longer a gentleman's game and they even go to an extent of comparing the Cheer Leaders from the US to the BAR dancers from Mumbai. While all this was happening our very own Bhajji comes to the limelight again for slaping Sreesanth and everthing goes haywire(Our media ....ufffffffff they would have shown sreesanth crying atleast 100 times is 60 minutes).

It has become very capricious, the motto should have been "Expect the unexpected". Everything except cricket is happening here. I accept, that everyone in todays world is capitulated to MONEY, but hope we all remember our basics ...
"Money is a good slave but a bad master".

Anyways lets see what IPL has in store for us...yeah to sirf shuruwat tha...
Only hope that this hope of becoming famous does not end in getting INFAMOUS.

Reclaiming my life....

Guess life's all about the vicious circle.....getting back to the good things in life. It all started this Friday. Went out shopping with friends after a long time and then went out with another set of friends for dinner.
Saturday went off to a flying start...had home made breakfast at a friends place and then shopped on the brigades and the MG's, had lunch at YO! china and then off to watch a movie(TASHAN) with friends. Then headed to Brew Ha Ha(A coffee place where one can play games) to play game of CODA (an awesome mind game) and then headed to my dance class and then went to my friends daughter's 1st Birthday party and then headed back home.

Had such an hectic day after a long time...
I know that life is esoteric, however I will never stop trying.......hmmm

BPO industry and its byproducts

Remember I played a T20 match yesterday and was just contemplative abt the BPO boom having a "blessing in disguise" effect on the other small jobs. We had actually given work for 4 people just for our luxury. We had 2 umpires, a groundsman and a scorekeeper.(we tried to play professional cricket).
Not only these, the graph of the salaries with its linear curve has made an impact on many a industry. The biggest I can say is the Insurance sector on the profit making sector and the donations in the non-profit making sector. I have seen how the mindset of people has changed over the past few years and many of them are turning to give back to the society.
That's all from me ... have a task cut out for the rest of the Sunday....hope to write soon...

My first blog

Guess this is a wrong time for me to start blogging as life is not as great as it has to be....but as they say there is never a wrong time to start a right thing...

Hope I continue blogging .......have a bad habit of starting great things and leaving it unfinished.
ok let me tell you the reason for me to start a Blog albeit the happenings in my life are pretty bad.
Was going back to hyd from mumbai and met this guy called KK(Kishore), was actually were frustrated or dejected abt life as I couldnt get thru what I wanted(hmmmm)...a quick chat with him and I was back to normal...I was so engrossed whilst he was speaking that I would have missed my flight(forgot to collect my boarding pass)...lucky that I was...everthing went well.

I went to watch the inaugural match of the IPL....man the show was great and the threesome(Shankar,Essan and Loy) were awesome .
Played a 20-20 match today(scored a duck, so won't speak much abt it)
Thats all from me for the first time blogging...hope to see you soon.
agai