Bhavdeep Singh Virdee!!!

Added a New Blogger in the recomendation thingie... Bhavdeep Singh Virdee, A MBA from IIT, Hockey player, consultant - Frost and Sullivan.

Interesting blog, only if you follow the comments!!!

Ad's And Photographs

I love Photography... and especially like those catchy ads in the hoardings.

I like all the ads by Sharad Haskar(the Brains behind all the Hutch hoardings)

Even as a kid I preferred the Ad's for the original programme in TV. I still keep singing (If you dont trust, Ask Anita) the 'Thums Up' 'Solidaire' 'Tvs Champ' Ad jingles.... Man these ads were aired some 18 years before. Forget Whatever Philip Kotlers marketing concepts are, this Ad will definetely catch anybody's Attention!!!

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!!!

Wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS...

I Pray that the new born Lord bring happiness and prosperity in all our lives and continue to bless and help us live in prayers!

Special Christmas wish to My readers

Anita(Pinky - My Monkey)
Victor
Lori
Sheila
Rajesh
shirene
Vijay Richard
Asif
Elizabeth
Sunaethra
Thomas Vergehese
Anand R
Pramilla Mathew
Anita Iqbal

Thanks guys for encouraging to keep this Blog up by commenting and Wish you all a Very Merry Christmas again!

Drive On The Coastal Road

If this is the one life we have why not switch off cruise control, exit the freeway & take the coast road - you know the one, with cliffs on one side & the ocean on the other. You have to really work hard to keep the car on the road - but check out the view...

Yeah, I think big

But who wouldn’t??? Living in this city & working in an industry were I create my destiny every single day. Every single thought I have pulls me further forward. From being the guy I am now & to creating the guy that I want to be. A big concept - but it’s bloody exciting & never predictable....ever.

If it was predictable then there is no fun!!!

The fact that I am pointing out in this post is that so many people do think big but don’t or can’t find the courage to take action, so nothing extra ordinary really ever happens.

One rule I have created for myself is to share my thoughts & to challenge everyone around me not to settle for second best...by sharing thoughts, goals & positive energy we all benefit in such a way that life actually takes on a new driving force - even new purpose.

I have seen this for a fact. People that were once bored & dull 9 to fivers are now the hub of the office - this transformation takes time...but I have seen this occur & indeed helped make it occur a number of times.

If more people chose to believe in themselves & not "contract out" their future to other people & organizations...the world or just the local community would be a very different place.

WHAT IF - YOU NEVER FEARED FAILURE OR REJECTION?.

WHAT IF - EVERYONE SUPPORTED YOUR DECISIONS TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE?

Forget what other people think - they will be the same ones asking for advice soon after you have put everything on the line & have come out on top. It’s not their fault, neither its wrong, you need to prove yourself before people accept you. That is how you truly become GREAT...

Again… give it a thought…

If this is the one life we have why not switch off cruise control, exit the freeway & take the coast road - you know the one, with cliffs on one side & the ocean on the other. You have to really work hard to keep the car on the road - but check out the view...

I love driving in these coastal roads… and I am glad I am driving on one!

Lunch Anyone?

I can never eat alone!

I need people to be around me when I eat. That’s why I always call a friend of mine most of the time to do lunch with me when I am at work, He works close to my office, so he is a default option!

Thankfully he agrees most of the time.

I enjoy meeting for lunches and breakfast than dinners. For me dinners are only with my fiancé or close friends that start late night with some nice cold beer and close off early morning.

Lunches are not that way! We could talk with anybody over lunch, they are not special like meeting for dinners but they just happen, and they are not usually long.

Lunches are meant to be savored. It's a very nice form of therapy half-way through the day. It's usually best with a hot meal, cold drinks, and good conversation. Good pertaining to the conversation not necessarily the topic. Nothing beats being able to catch up nearing the week's end. By this time, usually a lot has gone on. Good, bad, happy, or sad, these are what make conversations rich and worth the time.

Now, why am I writing this now?

For the first time, I eat alone, went alone for lunch!

I finished training and was walking aimlessly as I didn’t have my bike and was waiting for a friend of mine to pick me up. I passed by ‘The Breeze Hotel’ and a sign on the wall that read “Exciting Christmas Lunch Deals” – caught my attention and I went in.

It was really a great lunch I would say, the ambience was really nice and wow! Carols, decorations, the welcome cake, the crib – Felice Navidad! Christmas mood was so much there!

It was so nice… I had a good time with myself! Thought about me a lot, spoke to me a lot… it was nice and different! The food was excellent too!

Now what did I eat? A nice ham and bacon steak with mashed potatoes and olives!

Again, I can never eat alone… well may be sometimes I could!

Winter...Christmas...December...

I always loved December... I dunno for what specific reasons, it would be real funny for somebody abroad or may be even somebody from Bangalore if I say "Its cold in here in Chennai" For them it is never cold in Chennai.

I love it simple because it’s comparatively better weather and it’s such a nice feeling to ignore your alarm clock and keep sleeping in the morning. One other reason is its Christmas time… I love the feeling, the carols, the star, the crib, the late night mass everything… Most important – the new clothes!!!

I love the Christmas Eve than the Christmas day itself for some reason!!! (?)

I would love to spend at least one December abroad, may be in France, I always wanted to spend Christmas like the way they show in movies…as a whole community!!! Like Diwali here.

My Bro is lucky this time around, he would be in Bethlehem this Christmas! (Envy!) Man! That’s some place to be in for Christmas…

T. S Elliot again…

The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scrapsOf withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.

How I wish I was in school, to enjoy my half yearly vacations and have fun at home!

How I wish I was still an Altar boy at church, preparing for Christmas!

How I wish I was in my choir rehearsaling carols!

How I wish I was out the whole night going homes to sing carols!

On top of that list currently stands….


How I wish, I ignore my 0530 alarm and sleep cuddling my pillow (59 days more for a better alternative…)!

This December is more special, coz I’m dreaming of the White Christmas, 18 days away plus my wedding 59 days away!

Again, wish me luck!

Hectic, Busy, Stressed...Enjoy Every Inch Of It!!!

Not much time to update!!! This lazy ass is slogging like an ass!

Technically my day starts at 5:30 (yeah 5:30!) in the morning and I go back home for a 5 hr crash course crash.

Work is getting really hectic… working (consulting) for 2 companies and potentially another 2, hence it’s a real 18 hr day. Rain drops and dance…. Yeah not anymore… It rains; it means my day is screwed!!!

So yeah, I would love to do some ranting and rambling soon…well should be very soon…

Wish me luck!