Information to know when visiting Lucknow

For all you lovely people coming to the wedding.. There is some information you should have a look at:

https://sites.google.com/site/anubhavwedsniks/information-to-carry-to-lucknow

India Risen

It is not just a dream anymore, but a fact. India has risen to the levels where America needs India for its support, for information and for technology. We are not only an economic superpower, but chief innovators of the 21st century.

I was going through Barack Obama's speech today at http://www.freakygossip.com/2010/11/barack-obama-momentous-speech-video-indian-parliament/

I heard stuff like Martin Luther King, Mahatama Gandhi, the power of zero. As we used to say as kids, the Americans are trying to boost our Ego to get stuff done. We are not still happy with the increase in prices of visas for IT people. It is a bad move and the United States of America will be held responsible for their jobs by many Indians. It is the unsaid story of our guys. The President of India may or may not be moved too much by the increase in prices, but we for sure are.

Also, we will not let America dominate and do what it feels like again. We have fire in our hearts and blood to kill people who taste it!

Life is not fair, but who wants it to be!

Well as we all say, life is not fair. It shows us stuff at times that is plain out of the world. And at other times, things we know and what have been really scared of.

We must learn to accept the things we have been scared of and justify to ourselves if what we are doing feels right at a basic level, before doing it.

If it does feel right, then we are to be bold enough to support our decision, keeping in mind that we must learn and unlearn new things on the road to reaching our goal.

Dont let learning or unlearning sway you away from the goal, as that is what will drive home the happiness and joy you want actually.

2012? end of days??

What is the year 2012? Is it the year of revelation/end of days/renissance? What have the world leaders feared most? Why is this year part of all spiritual scriptures? Is it time for all to say kum-bie-yah and brace for the inevitable? Let's try and answer some of that.

Do you remember the end of world war II? What was the outcome?

Its simple - While the United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as two rival superpowers. Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What has America done to mantain its dominance? What were the challanges it faced?

America has been a nation that dominated the world war II by sheer force. Force comes at a highly expensive cost - technology, infrastructure, communication, advanced weaponry, defence trainings, assault missions, etc.

How has it funded these operations in the past?

The wealth America obtained was basically by pushing one country against the other - always. Taking someone's side, biasing the policies and decisions of the UNO, getting financial aid, using it to develop methods to be ahead of the race. America used to manufacture the highest number of millitary supplies to the rest of the world - just to keep them protected! This in turn generated huge funds which America could play with. The dominance America maintained over the nations showed right from the way the American president shook hands with the British Queen after the world war, to the way America charged over Iraq. Terrorism has been always led by american ideas at some point. People watced war moviews and read novels to understand the tactics people used to gain supremacy in the world war and the American ways of survival.

What was the move that America made wrongly?

America started depleting in resources and then saw that there was cheap labour available in the world. India and China provided a workforce that was much more economical compared to their own workforce. They resorted to means such as improving technology and trying to sell technology to the world, and trying really hard to be the superpower in that domain, and capture the markets again. They were able to withhold their technical stronghold but with rising deficit in the world markets.

It is this factor that pushed them to either decline their dominance or get more money somehow. The money markets transferred towards Europe because Russia was no longer a unified country. It was no more USSR but many Russian countries with seperate policies and seperate leaders with no unified government capable of taking over power. Meanwhile, the prices for the prishable natural resource - oil had gone up worldwide to above a staggering 130 dollars, ref. http://www.oilnergy.com/hpix/2opostm.gif, the highest in known man history. This propelled the president of the United States to attack the biggest natural oil resource known and take dominance of the oil resources on the pretext of removing terrorism from that land. It attacked Iraq by force in an act of sheer dominance and heartless killings being only greedy for the money due to the oil it will gain after. That led to unrest among the entire world thinking that if America could order a strike on Iraq, then any nation in the world could be next. People started moving against the Americans - Indians struck first blood in 2005 by starting a movement to actually take over the american dominance. Ref. http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=43057.

What is the most possible outcome?

http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm. Most possibly 2012 is the date when the world markets will collapse, bringing about a new world order and ruling central currency. It is not the end of days for sure.

I'm just too wrapped up in work mostly

Generally did I ever make an appointment with you, maybe travelling to bangalore, or meeting you in amsterdam, or maybe even in ny. I apologise. First of all thanks to the series of unprecedented events in my life, starting with the american banks, my company has put its salary slips in the defensive mode, hence I am stripped of the extra cash I could have accured and hence travelled(Sounds to me like a swell crib already :), but the list goes on..). Second, thanks to my lack of studies so far, I have not cleared any good college in or around bangalore (IIM being my preference there. I got a call from allianz, blr, but I din go for the gd. Too bad a situation to ride out for a job again next year or maybe even after that.) And last but not the least.. I'm on a quest that does not encompass anything to do with bangalore right now(And if you are smart enough you have caught very correctly what I was trying to inculcate).

For the abroad part. Simple and easy excuse. Getting a visa got tougher. I still want to travel and meet you people, but no time. As for my friends in the U.S. I'm sure you are not reading this. In case you are, I would recommend not thinking about me for a while. I might be travelling, but thats a nigh negligible possibility, considering recession and my profile in my company. Its just been 1.5 years fr christ sakes. As they say here it is hard to make a person travel before two years. Although I still conteplate on why and how my colleagues who joined with me have just returned from trips to Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

Oh and yeah.. for the friends who I drank alcohol wityh.. if you are reading this, please understand that i've been off the bottle for some time now and next time we meet, do not expect me to drink like I once used to :).

The dancing's still happening. Only a lot lesser though. Wonder what will happen after I get booked :).

Outlook on life

EA Sports is developing a lot of good games nowadays. I am personally a fan of the football games they make. There is one game I recommend people to play to gain an experience of what life has in store for them. Its called Sims 2. Its a real life simulation of people and their daily lives. Right from going to a new place, getting settled, and then making friends, getting a job, falling in love, marriage, kids, their troubles, etc. Its a lil long but its worth it. At least it prepares you for life and what it holds in store for you. Just the other day I had this colleague who told me that I had no experience of raising a baby girl and what problems/issues are commonly observed. I can now proudly say. I can now proudly say I know what its like to raise a baby girl. Sounds like an advertisement. Well the sad part is that I am not getting paid to say this. But its true for certain. For all my friends who are struggling to understand - how to keep their marriages going. Play this game before you experiment in real life. I lost hope at the part I had to raise a child in the game.

Caught in the wrong job?

Its really like one of those "Caught in the wrong job" kind of times nowdays. I'm doing development, design, architecture, and whole lot technical documents on MOSS 2007. Yesterday the client told me that he needed a development document for MOSS 2007. So I made one - 2 MB in size. Huge document containing all the best coding practices and stuff that I did not know before.

As usual -> luck is not really what I bank on and it turned out a correct investment gyan. I got raped by my manager, that this is a bible, not a best practices document. So the 180 pages document had to be reduced in size to a 30 page document, including TOC, references, etc. I mean 1/5 th the size of the original document. And then it was supposed to go to the client. I ended up mailing the first document altogether.

Bloody e-mail. Then I called back the first mail, sent an apology to the client (my performance score is expected to suck after this) and sent him the correct documentation.

What I need now is i think: http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink8127.html. Anyone for accompanying me on that?

If you feel that I love my job is the mantra you need. Hey you. Welcome to my club.

CAT exams

hey CAT.. meeeow...

Cat is one of the most competitive written examinations in India so far. It is the entrance Criteria for almost any Management college in India. It stands for Competitive Aptitude Test. The cat is divided into three gruesome sections. One is the Analytical section, then there is an English section and the third is a Data Interpretation section. Now these three sections are supposed to test the awareness of the person, the amount of speed math the person is able to do and the verbal ability of the person. There are about two lakh participants who sit in this examination every year and the competition gets more and more difficult each year.


I happen to be one of them and have no prep whatsoever. May the great lord get me above 80 percentile. Rest I leave to lady luck :).

Shit Happens.. This is the way to camouflage it

If you have had a shit day.. Look on the bright side of it.. It might change your next.. ROTFLMAO.

"Daddy!  Daddy!  I got a 100 in school today!"

"That's great, Sweetheart," said her daddy.

"Come in to the living room and tell me about it."

"Well,"  began the confession, "I got 50 in spelling, 30 in math's and 20 in science."

Awesome Truth

One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.
That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.     
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. 
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.  
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it" 
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

Flute Inspector

Beatboxing flute inspector gadget remix rocks.. The beatboxing is so real. I love it when he starts the beverly hills cop theme. Lovely stuff. You gotta check it out.

Living Life the Shared way

Its slog time all over again. MBA preparations are happening.

My final days at RVCE

It is with a heavy heart and no blood in my vins i have to start this blog. Heavy heart because i'll be leaving all my friends dear to me here, and going to gurgaon. The no blood thing, well because frankly RVCE drank all of it.
This is my first post of many, so i'll keep it short and simple.
Will miss all my friends a lot. Ad i hope i get some time everyday to write like this.

I'm posting nowadays on the frequency chat board. I feel i'm doing a good job there.. Helping people by whatever resources they need. And those which i can lawfully provide. It feels nice to interact with people from college. In this sad depressed life, their mails also seem so happy. They make me happy. Love all ppl who fight so hard. Hate the authorities, but love the teachers and all my collegues and the seniorss and all the juniors.