Be a Maverick

Miss you Dad.....

2010-05-26T08:35:00.000-07:00

It’s been one year….. I miss my dad very much. Still remember last year going home late after work, giving him a glass of water asking him to be calm…. But next day morning he was no more….. It’s very difficult to accept that he is not physically present in my life anymore ….. Being the only child I have spend so much time with him… During my childhood days my aunt used to say even if I ask for an airplane my dad will get it for me….

I used to have 13-14 goldspot (Popular cool drink at that time) when I was young…. And he made sure that I get it whenever I ask for it….. 3-4 Fruit salads at Ashoka hotel…. He took me there daily….. Whatever I want, whenever I want…. How much ever I want it was there… and it’s only because of you dad… Every birthday my dad used to get me McRennett cake…. A tradition which is followed every year with only three people present - dad, I and mom.….

Dad you gave me a great lesson at the end of your journey, to be bold; what life is all about, and what all must be done when you are alive…… You have given me so much happiness in my life….. its very difficult without appa, You are the most loveable person on earth and I wish I am atleast 20% of what you were to me and others.

Miss u a lot……

Always Yours
Ramu

Life is a circle - Back to Square one

2009-12-09T20:48:00.000-08:00

Today is a day to cherish….. want to know why…. I have found the best 5 reasons to be single;
1.Only a small hole in your purse for Petrol and mobile bill.
2.Lots of time to complete your personal work .
3.No arguments, no hard feelings….. just relax and chill.
4.You will understand the need of your friends and parents more, who no matter wat; will never leave you.
5.Deep and early sleep.

Days pass through like years

2009-12-09T04:45:00.000-08:00

Can’t believe I am capable of saying this, but recently an event happened in my life and every single day is like a year, I am absolutely lost; to say the least…. The other day I reached home by 7.45 P.M, that itself was news to my mom , then I sat In front of her and offered to help for dinner , I have never seen her laugh so much ……. She half laughed and half coughed for 5 mins and asked me wats the problem……???????

I only write blog when I am depressed……. I should first change that attitude…. May be I am in this bad state because I have not expressed wat I really feel when I am in good mood……. I will take it as a good lesson and move forward in life…….. hope I will always be god’s favorite child and he helps me come out of this depression.

Heart Warming Experience

2007-10-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

It’s been one year since I started blogging….. There has been many occasions where I thought I should post a pic which caught my eye and inscribe about it … I wanted it to be so perfect that I waited for almost a year for it…. I actually consider myself as a person who has good photogenic sense and all (Comedy la)…. So just imagine how I have controlled this aspiration in my mind for such a long time…..

India 20-20 World cup victory snap, Boris Becker Wimbledon snaps, Lewis Hamilton F1 snaps, Friends series snaps with Matthew Perry and Matt Lee Blanc, Sensex upward moving graph, close friends leaving HP, my gang of school friends, Goa trip snaps, Rajini Sivaji stills, Aishwarya rai, Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom II, 1000 odd snaps taken using my Camera mobile.. etc etc. These are few of the things which come to my mind now; these pics initiated the thought of me having a go at it…..

Finally the moment has come and I am really happy and overwhelmed to do it………………

Never in my dreams had I thought that I will post my own pic….. not even if you somehow manage to mesmerize me or something ... but it has happened….. This was given to me as a gift from a dear friend….. Asha on Oct 15th 2007 at 8.40 P.M. Needless to say about the time and the effort she has put in to create this… you can see for urself…. This lass has many talents and everytime she surprises me with her creativity.

She succeeded in surprising me this time too… that too big time… you will never believe I even forgot to react when she gave me the gift…. People around me even teased her ….well for the first time in my life I think I owe one person an explanation for my behavior….

To say the truth I was spell bound….. I was really touched and weighed down by the gesture that I was not able to react… was wondering whether I deserve this from you or from anyone else for that matter….. was wondering why so much crowd attention for me….. was wondering where you got the time to do it…. Was wondering from when did you have so much patience in completing a task…. Was wondering how am I going to preserve this….. so many questions that I forgot to react…

Asha, may be I am really a dumb ass as people quote for not reacting… but... you have made Oct 15th 2007 as one of the most unforgettable days in my life and you gave me a gift to cherish for my life time…. I don’t have my photos framed … My mom scolds me for that… Infact I rarely get myself pictured…. I can assure you that this art is going to be my remembrance about my Youth for time to come and you are the reason for it….

“Thank you” might not be the fitting word to use her….. You sure made feel on top of the world on that day and not many people have done that……

Gosh – I do feel good when I smile

2007-09-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

Recent past has not been great for me. Lots of worries and problems, well that’s life right…. There are some positives and negatives…. But with all this going on…. I forgot that there is something called a smile or rather enjoying life……

I watched one English movie today and it was kind of an emotional movie….. One scene was so touching that I stood up started to smile seeing what’s happening on the screen…. I paced around my room, back and forth till the scene was complete….. It was a happy scene…. And I laughed seeing the end…. My heart felt light….. I had cold and cough today… but for a moment my body forgot that I was ill….. I kept smiling for some 15 minutes after the movie got over and guess wat; my mom came out of the kitchen and said hey u look good today…… All the problems which I had in my mind vanished for a few minutes….. At that moment I realized “Hey man you have not been smiling for a while”….. Then I sat to analyze why am I not smiling?

There are a number of reasons for me not to smile, which is not worthwhile to discuss here. But whatever may be the problem…. One should take some time out to enjoy life…..Does this happen only to me…. No right… everyone has problems….. But does everyone forget to smile like me…. I don’t think so…. May be few like me…. But definitely not everyone…..

There may be times when something is bothering you and suddenly you become serious….wats is that u achieve being serious, showing a stiff face to the ones who are near and dear….. Even though it doesn’t happen knowingly…one should have the ability to realize that life is too short to be filled with only worries. When you have the time on your side, enjoy… what’s the probability that the same situation will be presented before you in the future……..

Some moments are rare to occur….. and being clumsy at that point will not only make u unhappy but it was also lead you to long for love and affection in the future. Do you need a reason for you to smile, yes everyone does, but when an opportunity is presented to you… don’t ignore it and mourn for it later.

From now on… when I am a bit serious and not in a so called good mood, I am going to make sure that I am gonna live the moment and make others enjoy my company. Worries will be kept aside and will be remembered only when necessary. I wanna savor all good memories in my heart and live life peacefully.

Hope I achieve this dream; yes it is really a dream for me and ofcourse a big step too… I got a SMS this week from one of my friends….. Happiness is like a FM radio station… when you tune the right link… the songs you like will start ringing in your ears…… I shall start to tune in the right link, hope it enriches my life.

Farewell My Friend

2007-07-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

The last one of the breed is also going today out of Hp following others. This one is pretty special, as only to this person I had made my first attempt of developing a friendship at Hp. The funny thing is she attracted my attention using popcorn, slowly friendship grew and I have to admit it has grown through some tuff strides and hurdles.

She is as bubbly as you can imagine… ready to do adventures things when asked for, willing to be dare devil, always has a passion for life and has a different way of enjoying it. But you have to be careful with her (esp the close ones) – don’t be on a funny mood and let out words which will affect her dignity. I once did that, and I am still suffering, she wont even touch me for fun, as I once said “Don’t keep ur hands on a teenage guy” during the early days. I have always felt jealous when she is playing around with other guys, even though I understand her better than most. she won’t even come near me and always maintain that distance.

I have always liked her company… best or worst….. She has given me the right direction in most of the difficult situations and more importantly was with me. I have been with her for the past 4 years and enjoyed her company thoroughly, I would get most offended when she scolds me, dunno why…but that’s always been the case…. May be she is too harsh or something…..

First girl with whom I have had a long ride on a bike (Ambattur to R.A Puram), that too when I had little experience in driving a two wheeler, First girl who gave me a diary milk on valentines day and on the same day for the first time ever brought me down on my knees with a red rose addressing her. First person to call me up before my exams and give me shocking news without giving any respect to my study preparation bcoz she wanted to be the first person to inform me.

You have clinched on to me on two occasions – one at the beach scared of a monkey and the other one was on a boat ride at wayanard, can’t ever forget in my life. These are only a few memories among thousands of fruitful moments, which if I start to explain will never end. She has accompanied me for 3 tours till now outside Chennai and all have been fun.

She always has thought me as a flirt till now, wish somehow she could change her mind only on that point, as I have come off my heights in that area of expertise. Will miss you dearly, cant say why; because of the distance you keep from me or for your scolding, but occasionally you too have shown some affection on me , that’s a rarity but that the way our relationship has been all these years.

Farewell my friend, though you are out of HP, you can always count on me for any sort of help, farewell again. I know you won’t like me being emotional or anything of that sort when you are leaving, so with a smiling face I am saying – “Have a great life outside HP”.

On Womens Day

2007-03-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

In the past i.e. 1900’s-1980’s women were portrayed as one who does all the household works and takes good care of the husband and her children’s.

The main reason for portraying women like this was because men were considered superior to women because they earn more and majority of men compared to women were educated. Considering the situation at that time and since I was not there to witness it probably you can say that women were treated in a manner which they dint deserve.

Since earning women at that time were very low in number the tax slab for women was also higher compared to men, this move by government must be really appreciated as it encouraged young girls to follow the trend set by earning women and claim the benefits given by the government.

Now the recent Taxation policy released by our finance minister also gives more leverage to women than men, women have been given a luxurious tax slab of 1.35 lakh, while men are given a mediocre 1.10 lakh. The finance minister has followed the trend of giving benefits to the female community and we can’t completely blame him as he is the one person who is well educated and knows what he is doing, many tax reforms introduced by him are good examples to vouch this statement.

But as common people, do we agree to this different tax slabs to men and women, lets take few examples and discuss this issue.

Various women organization have been chanting for a while now for equal rights for women i.e. 50-50, if everything is to be equally divided why should the tax slab be different.

I work in a MNC and when I turn my head around in my office women are a good percentage higher than men, you have to actually long to a see a male companion to have coffee with or to have a dirt talk. The number of fresher’s out of college who are women are higher than men and more campus interviews are conducted at women’s college by major MNC companies.

Ok, lets say may be the truth is that women are more intelligent at college level and thru their smartness they get jobs easily ( I am prepared to analyze this at each and every level) , wat happens after they get married, while they are in the job, maternity leave of 3 months with paid salary. Wat they go thru for giving birth to a child is a feeling you cant express and three months is too short in my opinion so lets not dig into this issue any further.

After the child is born, when the couples go out with the child you can easily see that the child is the responsibility of the father… the father will be running behind the child to feed the child while the mother will be watching the scene with laughter. Even yesterday I saw a similar situation happen in a restaurant.

Women population as a whole is also in increasing trend, tax reforms are formed with the purpose to collect money for major government activities, if women who have easily outplayed men in the current environment are more in number and they get all the benefits how come the tax paid to the government will increase and who will be on the losing side.

March 8th is regarded as women’s day, is there any day for men…… I don’t think so….. Women give birth and they are bound to be workshiped, but here also the benefit to the women is comparatively more than men.

I am sure many of us have heard of the term “house wife” or “home maker”, I have always wondered the origin of this term and curious to know its inventor .Apparently, house wife or home maker is a term used to refer to married women who is not officially employed to get a handsome salary but in all fair terms does fair bit of work.

I am sure going at this rate in the near future there will be lot of demand for a particular job… people will be standing in big queues for this job - “house husbands”.

I am not saying that the tax slab for women must be reduced… men and women are almost treated the same in India right now and this should make the government think that both have the equal right to pay tax at a equivalent rate with a similar tax slab.

I am not against the benefits women have got all these years, I am just worried about the fact that if everything is to be treated the same (sometimes its slightly sliding towards the women’s side) the tax slab must also be the same.

Relationship – The End Result – Guy’s Point of view

2007-01-31T11:44:00.000-08:00

After two blogs about relationships……. Ppl have started to ask me wat are you trying to say here… (I was hoping something nice about my blog, but this is wat I get………) so here goes my attempt to explain wats the end result of broken relationship….

Since I am a guy I would be able to explain better form a guy’s point of view (although many girls will definitely see this as partiality)…….. When girls say no to you for any reason…… think from your heart whether you really like the person and want to spend the rest of your life with that person…… small “TIT for TAT” will happen in any relationship… ignore the small fights…… does the girl really care that you should not get hurt… if so wait for that person to come back to you and believe me they will eventually…… however this happens in most rare cases….. After you had it once from a girl… u cannot expect any mercy from her for sure…..

From my experience ( of seeing others… lemme be specific atleast this time ..) once a girl says no to you and you feel hurt …… stop persisting…..believe me she would have thought it over and said done for the good… she would like you to be her friend…. She will call you on friendship day and wish you….. but nothing else…. If you still persist before you know it ….. the next call will be on next years rakki day….. so better be careful… don’t persist….. once a relationship is over… its over for the good… no matter how many times you try to bundle up the old feelings and throw it out… it will always be there in your memory…. It will never be the same……

The general theory ( I know that all the girls I know are going to hate me for the rest of my life for saying this … but this is wat I feel) is – “sometimes a girl has to kiss a lot of frogs before she can find her prince and few guys will just be one of those frogs who if allowed will turn to a clingy toad (feeling for it)…….. so guys take life as it comes…. Enjoy the dating scene before you become old…… if you live in your past then you will be stuck with your own sorry company and nothing else…..

This ofcourse is not the ground rule for end of a relationship… individuals differ…. So there is every chance that there can be exceptions and I am one too.

My Birthday - Just another Day

2006-11-13T15:00:00.000-08:00

All my friends and relatives called up…… People I dint even expect called up or msged…….. This time wishes were more than any other year……

I received gifts from most of my close friends….. all were perfect….. I had cut 3 cakes this year……. Last one was from cakes and bakes and was really gud……

In the morning made my father and mother happy…spend time with them…... Went to temple and escorted them to a nice hotel…. Afternoon not much , expect the usual stuff of tracking the share market…… relatives came home and after that headed for office…….

Gifts I received were from Priya – one nice t-shirt… whatever dress wear she has given me till now.... ppl have said that I look smart in those…. In all probability this shud also be one of my favourties..….. Asha gave one bouquet (beautiful flowers) with diary milk, Kalpana gave one bouquet with Mobile panel (she thought I needed one very badly… actually everyone did) …… Niyaz and Rahman (ppl who taught me share market ) gave one Miami blues eyewear – Polaroid which is wat i wanted for a long time , Gino Mom and Linz gave me a cute small Teddy bear (which i have hidden in my closet bcoz anyone who sees it will definitely flick it) , Prashanth (Officer) gave me one smiley ball and cake…….my team celebrated with cake on my face…Relatives also gave plenty of gifts..…But yet…..

This bday is slightly different from my previous ones….. there was nothing amusing to look fwd to .…… was not at all excited even for one minute that its my bday…. Previously it was not like that ….always there will be a element of surprise which I will look fwd to…..……dunno why… I dint expect anyone to call at 12…… I almost snoozed for some 30 mins…dint see many of my close friends during the day …..I forgot to even have dinner…….. Just wondering that may be people in their mid twenties ( I have to accept that I am stepping into 25 range now) are matured enough and take their bday as just another day….

Anyways I am still grateful and thankful to people who remembered that I was born on Nov 13th…..Thank you all for your wishes.

Break up - A learning experience in life

2006-10-30T15:19:00.000-08:00

Life is full of surprises and you learn new stuff at every level…. Sometimes you have to learn it the hard way, i.e. shedding tears and showing emotions along the way…. Let’s take the basic concept of breakups and analyze how much opportunity is there for anyone to learn and feel in life….This is my way of looking at things… atleast at the end of it… you wud have gained some knowledge, if nothing else…..

Breakups does happen between couples…. I have personally seen more breakups rather than successes in love. Why does this happen…… When does a relationship actually termed as broken .. its when one partner is willing to continue the relationship while the other partner doesn’t want to continue…… when both accept to depart, its not a break up….its more of a MOU (Memorandum of understanding) between the two….. So what happens to the person who wants to continue the relationship after the break up… should he/she be sad…. Well they are entitled to… unless you are in there position you wont know it….right….

First few months - The person who is not willing to accept the break up will always thrive for love and affection and try to live in past memories, thinking about the sweet moments they had when they were partners and just refuse to give the thought of existence of breakup. It will be very hard for you to believe what just happened. You will constantly look for a call or mail from your partner…But there wont be any…. When you try to call, ur partner wont pick up… this will get you even most frustrated and will make you strive for more affection.

This is the stage where one feels the guiltiness….. you will feel…. All the If’s and But’s in life and this thought will start hovering around ur mind…. Avoid being alone during this period….the mental stress and pain in this period will be more and thought of life sucks, well everything sucks and why life… will come to ur mind… Don’t worry you will pass through this….

Level two is the most difficult period of break ups…. Believe me you will do stupid things of which when you think about it latter. You will definitely have a laugh…. Desperate tactics will be adopted by you to try and win back their love and affection…. You will show anger over your friends and except them not to react to it… (Wat will the poor people do….) The fear inside you will come out and make you do crazy things for which you will get nice scolding’s from your partner… You will feel like doing certain things for him/her on special occasions , but anything you do for them at this point will only trigger their frustration on you , this is the most difficult part , a friend will have more right on your partner than you and you are not allowed to express wat you feel , a volcano is built inside your heart waiting to explode …. This will increase your BP and you will have sleepless nights…looking at the roof…. Thinking wat have you done… wasted so much time on some one who doesn’t even give respect to your feeling….. You will pass through this too… but with some amount of time consumed….

Level three is the stage when you start thinking.. Is the relationship really over?…..for some time you wudn’t have spoken to ur partner and would not have realized it too…. You will laugh more… you will be with your friends more and start enjoying, even if the enjoyment lasts for only a while…. Your first enjoyment after the break up occurs here…. You would have thought abt the relationship over and over again… its ups and downs… and by now… you wud have realized where are you and wats the best thing to be done right now… Prioritize your life goal and ambitions and start working towards it….. being sad and thinking about the past is not going to get us anywhere (pls note that I am including myself here) ….. when your mind thinks abt your partner.. just concentrate on other things…. Your friends have to play a big part here understanding your situation…. And I am sure any true friend will help you out.…..

If after all the above three stages are thru and still your mind doesn’t leave thought of your partner… Hats off dude/girl…. You are madly in love with him/her and continue to do so for the rest of your life…. … but your partner is not quite blessed to be with you…… to live a wonderful life with you….. to experience what is to be like to be the most loved person in the whole world….. to laugh all the time with you…. To enjoy life with you…..

Ok, enough of looking at from the angle of person who got “ditched” ( I shud not have used this word…) … lets analyze wats in the mind of the person who actually said that lets end the relationship… there cud be reasons for break ups…. Reasons as silly as you are not smart/cute anymore or as dramatic as my family won’t accept us…. The reasons might be valid or not Valid… but the important thing is that the thought has come to their mind that this is not going to work out….. Sometimes there won’t be any reason or fights also….but just the circumstances are held up in such a way that it’s best to depart……

Love is a Commitment, its not an entertainment; so be true to your love… Don’t lose your love for other commitments…..Please try and keep the relationship alive if you don’t have any difference of opinion with your partner and want to spend the rest of your life with your partner…. be true to urself and do what is best for both, don’t hurt each other in the process…. Its so easy to say I don’t have any feelings for you anymore…..but latter in your life when you are in need of love…. All the wonderful moments you had in the relationship will be doing circles over your head .. and this shud not make you regret the decision you have taken to dissolve the relationship.

Investment in Stock market – in Layman’s Language

2006-10-23T08:38:00.000-07:00

Seeing the number of comments I have received for my Earlier two blogs, I have become quite sure that no one is going to visit my blog and this has encouraged me to discuss about a topic I am not quite familiar with … Investment in Stock market…….so here goes… My attempt of explaining something which is beyond my Imagination and reach.

If you have 5000 bucks, what do you do.. Will you invest it in bank deposit..... I would say that’s the safest thing to do provided that you are investing in a govt bank… The next best thing would be Postal savings account, NSC and Mutual Funds…… if you are a little greedy and have a flare for finance in your mind and of course the time to research and do analysis then you should go for share market……

So what is Share Market…It’s an Exchange board where the shares of various companies are bought and sold…. Its looks pretty simple na… now the question is how should one buy and sell shares, from whom, what companies should we invest….. Of these three questions, third one is the most difficult to handle, we will try to maximize the possibilities of finding a solution to that question at the end of this discussion.

To trade in stock market one should have a DP account and a Trading account, A DP account is nothing but savings account that you maintain in your banks, the only difference is instead of money to your credit, there will be shares to your credit in DP account. Trading account is Mandatory to be in stock market….The money you give/receive by way of buying/selling of shares must be maintained in the trading account…. Nowadays people prefer online trading … therefore go to your nearest brokerage house and open an Online Trading account and DP Account. In the Trading account you are required to maintain a specific balance, it’s like a surety that you will pay the money for the shares you have bought in the market and there is a specific limit for trading in shares. For buying and selling of shares in large quantities you need to maintain a Hugh balance in your trading account…

Now after opening the Online account….. You need a have basic knowledge about the share market to deal with shares…. There are two kinds of market – Primary Market and secondary market….. Primary Market is the IPO market… IPO is Initial Public offer by a company to the public which is not listed in the stock exchange…. The company advertises in various newspapers and TV channels about the issue, number of shares issues and the value of the shares offered, usually the price will always be range bound with respect to the PE Ratio of the company.

Depending upon the number of bids received from the public, the company will allocate shares to the retail investors and the shares will get listed in the stock exchange after 20 days of closure of the issue which could be at a premium or at a discount. For example if the issue price band is between 60-72 RS, the company will generally fix the price of the share after the closure of the issue and it will usually be at the upper price band. Then if the shares get listed on the BSE and the NSE (Bombay stock exchange and National stock exchange are the two stock exchanges in which people trade in equities) at 84 RS, then it got listed at a premium of 12 RS, therefore if you got 100 shares allotted and if you sell the shares immediately on listing you will get a profit of 100*12 (84-72) = 1200RS. Cool na….

This is primary market… usually I would say it’s the safest place to invest in stock market, of course please do go by the company reputation and market capitalization and brand name, don’t go for every IPO. Ok now how to apply for IPO and how much one can invest. In the advertisement for Initial public offer… the company will mention the minimum number of shares one can apply and in what lots to apply. For example in the above example of price band of 60-72 RS, the company might say that the minimum shares to be applied will be 100 shares and further in lots of 100 shares, so for retail investors the maximum limit is 1 Lakh RS, Retail investors will mostly apply at the upper price band always ( 72 RS) , as there is a likely wood of getting more shares , You can apply to a maximum of 1000 shares and a minimum of 100 shares and further in lots of 100, pls note that above 50K you have to attach a PAN card Xerox along with the application. Application can be found in any of the stock broker’s office. You have to fill out the form the number of shares applied and along with the Cheque have to submit the application to the broker.

Once the application form is submitted (before the closure of the issue), the company will take 15 days to allot shares to you, depending upon the number of shares you have applied, shares will be allocated to you in your DP account, of course there could cases where you have not been allotted any shares…. Few trail runs in the primary market will make you an expert and in future IPO’s you will be able to figure out what is the exact number of shares to be applied to get shares allocated in your name. After 20 days of the closure of the issue, the shares will get listed in BSE and in NSE....you can either sell it on listing for a meager profit.. or you can keep track of the share for sometime and sell it at a higher price… this all depends on the name of the company and its market capitalization.

Trading can be of two types – You can do Intra day trading or else you can go for delivery based trading of shares in your account. Intra day is buying and selling of shares in the same day itself and delivery is you do only one transaction on a day i.e buying of shares and take delivery of it in your DP account, the shares will get credited to your account two days from the date you buy the shares.

Now for secondary market….. Once shares are listed in both the exchanges, you can trade in the shares; you can buy, sell and short sell shares. I mentioned earlier that the latest trend is to have an online account. After you open and online account and have sufficient cash in your trading account…. You can start trading in stock market. Buying of shares is to buy any share in the market, to sell shares you will need to have those shares in your DP account, for short sell you need not have the shares in your DP account, you can sell shares, but you will need to cover that up before the end of the day, Generally people go for short sell if you have a feeling that the share price will come down at the end of the day… so for example a share when the market got opened was trading at 220 RS and you know that its going to come down in the latter part of the day.. you can short sell the share at 220 RS and in the latter part of the day as you predicted the share value comes down to 206 RS , then buy it back again and you can njoy a decent profit of 14 RS per share.

Now for the climax, what companies should we pick and choose and trade in share market. Analyze the market first, before you invest in a company, look at its past records, results, dividends, acquisitions, mergers, goodwill etc, wait for the right time to enter… watch the stock for atleast 6 months before you enter the stock….see whether any news triggers boost the value of the shares, if you get any price sensitive information about the company (i.e. to be short- Trade secrets) that would be of great use.

There is also something called options and futures, which I am not going to discuss now, as people have to first get the knowledge about equities and once done they can have a go at this topic. All said and done… Its not easy to be in market, 9 out of 10 people will come out of market with a loss and only one person will succeed and that one person would have complete knowledge about the market. You need to watch the market, its ups and downs and after 6 months start trading… see how it goes…..

I am discussing all this for people to know about what’s happening in stock market, my intention is not to get you all in stock market bcoz stock market is only for people who are willing to dedicate certain amount of time and their sleep from their normal life and njoy the benefits… Not for all… Think well before you invest.

Our Mega Trip to Goa....

2006-10-06T08:07:00.000-07:00

A trip to remember and cherish all our life, it was very memorable and I enjoyed each and every moment of it.. So I decided to draft all the memories here and save them forever.

The trip was due for a very long time, actually lets say, it was a decade before we finalized the dates for the trip. It actually started with a hugh chaos – some falling out, some busy with work… it was so funny that even at the last moment, we were not sure who all were coming and who is pulling out of the trip .

At last… on 29th SEP 2006, the Train to “Vasco” was scheduled for departure at 2.10 P.M and 8 of us were eager to get in, while two of our friends, Balaji and Jai were all in sogam mood for sending us off for the dream trip… Guess wat, the train came to central Railway station only at 4.00 P.M and it started to move at 4.30 P.M. Since Jai was in deep sorrow, he left us early, but balaji was so happy that he ate 2 packs of Vegetable rice we had brought for the trip and 2 full liter bottles of water , this is not just to pull balaji’s leg… this is for our memories.....

We had a nice time in the train,. the reason being, there was a Big Marvadi family next to our compartment with beautiful girls roaming around in Jeans and T-shirt passing by, giving us looks… making us feel all as if we are in a swimming pool all drenched and wet. We ate all the vegetable rice and mutton prepared by Kishore’s Mom, which was nothing less than delicious, at precisely 12.00, three guys from Bangalore, Naga, Ashok and the Unbelievable Ethiraj , joined us, I was in deep sleep at that time since I was in night shift and haven’t slept in the early part of the day…., From wat I heard Ethiraj said he had heavy dinner but while these words were coming out of his mouth… he had more chappatheis than anyone in our gang… goes to show how unbelievable Ethiraj is in our gang...the real entertainer…

One whole day of trip… we played cards… joined other gang members and partied a lot.. now the Marvadi girls were more interested including aunties and started to give us looks, especially Harish as he and Jakka had a permanent interest in them…. At 3.15 P.M we landed in “MarGao”… we took a Taxi to the Bus stand where we got a Bus to Panaji, main city of Goa… we had a discussion about where to stay and after some time we decided that we will stay in the city of beaches “Calangute”…. We reached Calangute Via Bus at 7.00 P.M, everyone went everywhere in search of a decent place to stay, as a result one group of people booked one flat and the other group were fond of one resort specially made for honeymoon couples, with TV, Swimming pool and gud facilities …. It was decision time, we finally agreed for resort… and it was a Gud decision.

We reached the resort by 8.00 P.M and jumped into the swimming pool and after that we were not able to do anything… so went for drinks – the big ones were one quarter 8 PM Whiskey and one full Black & White scotch with other minor drinks – I have to mention here that this was Anand’s Treat…… I had a great time…. I was a bit dizzy and slept around 1.00 A.M….. Others slept little late…..Next day 1st Oct 2006 early morning, every one went for early morning beach volleyball in Calangute Beach… was really funny the way that everyone played diving and flying in the beach.

We had lunch in the resort itself as it was raining heavily outside.. we blamed the weather and at 3.30 P.M we decided to go to Calangute Beach to see all the babes in the water and believe it or not, we had a wonderful experience which I can’t discuss here as there is a possibility that I might face a violation of code of conduct here in my Blog. Now how can I describe the babes, sorry girls….. Just imagine if all the figures in Satyam cine complex and all the figures in spencers are put together in one single place with very little usage of clothes and multiply the number of people by 20… that’s Goa for you guys… Simply rocking to the core… after Calangute beach we went to Baga beach where we were not able to go to the disco as we needed pairs ( we guys were so handsome that we dint trust Goa girls) … hence spend some time in the beach and on the way back to the resort in th night… four of us. Myself,Partha, Basker and Ethiraj saw actress Namitha… she looked gud.. to say the least…… again had dinner in the resort… slept with usual drinks – This time 8 PM full with teachers Whisky Full… was gud…..

Next day 2nd October 2006, in the morning we again had a great time in the swimming pool with volley ball… finished our breakfast and we had hired bikes…. Totally 6 bikes for 11 of us… I had the luxury of driving alone with my Pulsar 150cc for most part of the day…..First, we again went to Baga beach to see it in the day light… we took snaps…. Then we went for Anjuna beach… this was one of the most amazing beaches I have seen in my entire life… We had to climb down the rocks to go near the beaches….Wat more, it was raining heavily….. and it was a beautiful view… we took many snaps….. then our next destination was the Chapora Fort in Rain….. Again was totally stunned by the view… it was amazing to be in such a place in the rain with clouds passing near you.. I am close to 75 kgs and I was physically pulled back numerous times by the wind and passing clouds…. Totally amazing……. After that, from a distance we saw Vagator Beach and headed for the resort, where we had lunch and one peg of 8 PM whisky . Nine of us (except for Jakka and Ashok – as they preferred Body massage) decided to go to panaji for the Cruz ride….. we boarded Cruz at 7.30… the ride was pretty cool and a whole new experience.. Ethiraj was the highlight of the day so far , he made everyone laugh…One cannot forget the Baba still he had posed for camera..basker almost fell in the sea after seeing that pose... it was so funny..... after the Cruz we returned our bikes myself and Jakka went for the Tattoo… I Had an Arc shaped tattoo on my right hand, First time in my life I was a Game for Tattoo and it came out well…. and headed for Dominos Pizza…..had dinner and in heavy rain reached our resort… No drinks 2nite…...

3rd Oct 2006 … we hired a Quails and headed for Aguada fort in the morning……. This fort was also Gud…. Took snaps… By this time I had a feeling the tour is going on so well…. No fights…. This will not be the case in any given day,…..something was missing and I was wondering when the bubble is going to burst...…..Suddenly Partha was sick … we took care of it and headed for the South Goa… Visited Big Church – “Basilica of Bom Jesus” – It was a privilege to visit the place and get know about its history and the saint…. After a small tour of the museum we left for Vasco…as our Bangalore friends were due for departure from Vasco…. Ethiraj was all in emotions not bcoz of leaving us.. but bcoz of missing the flight ride and the Airhostess…..On the way back to Calangute…. Wat I was wondering Happened…. Anand raised the topic of being dissatisfied with the food offered in the trip and blamed me as one of the reasons …… I had tears in my eyes but soon Anand understood it was not a particular persons fault and I dint want to spoil such a wonderful trip so we were on our track again…….We checked out and had to catch a Bus for Mumbai At 5.30 P.M… It was a Sleeper bus and the ride was Okie…

4Th Oct 2006… According to the original plan we had to reach Mumbai at 6.30 A.M… but our bad luck we reached only at 10.00 A.M bcoz of tire puncture and that too at a place which is like a close relative of Tambaram…. Its called Jui Nagar… we completely enjoyed the train ride from Jui nagar to CST for 45 mins… in all the rush… everyone were stepping on top of everyone. I have never seen so many people in one single compartment….. No words to describe….. From CST we took a cab to Gateway of India….. We had sandwich and Milkshake… Saw BSE stock exchange ( I practically live there everyday, one of my unforgettable moments) Reserve bank of India… Taj Hotels….. Mumbai city was full of Taxis’ After Gateway of India , we went to Fashion street for some shopping….. after some one hour of shopping we found out that the time was 1.20 P.M and our flight was at 3.10 P.M and one of my closest friend Archana was waiting in the Airport from 1.30 P.m……we had to take a train from Church gate, full of rush……reached santa Cruz at 2.35 P.m…. took an auto and reached the airport at 2.50 P.M….. Ran around the whole of the airport….. Gud Na…… If anything was missing in this trip it was adventure… and it had to come last …. Reached the required place at 3.00 P.M, saw archana for 2 mins….. and had to board the flight…… 5.45 P.M reached Chennai… Jai and Balaji came to receive us……like a royal Gang we took a Tavera and dropped everyone at their door step

The whole trip was organized by Anand… Hats off dude… Accounts by Kishore….He is really gud……. Amazing job… But next time give me a chance in this dept guys….Jakka managed the tickets booking… Basker chose the places and the Fort was really wonderful… Harish was full of energy, Naga, Ashok, Partha all kept quite and spoke at the right time with great sense of humour…..Raghu was an important part of this group, he was the caretaker of the entire lot….. Ethiraj was simply superb and chanceless…. Everyone played their part and most important , it was all fun…

On the whole.. it was a dream trip…. Which will live in our hearts forever….11 Of us having such a wonderful time in a unknown city is a great achievement and we owe it to each and everyone of us who came for the trip…….Great job guys.. Hope we all will do the same thing some other time……

Relationships causes and solutions...

2006-09-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

This is my first Blog and guess wat the first topic I am going to discuss is about relationship…..

Have you ever been involved in a relationship, I am sure everyone of us at some point of time in our life have atleast had a thought about relationship with the opposite sex….. The question is does it always end in marriage i.e. succeed …May be… But quite a number of cases break up due to some extraneous or not so important issues….

Every couple are not meant to be made for each other… Small quarrels here and there will happen in a relationship…. So when it happens what shud one do….. .It might be a big issue, a bomb blast in their little heart , an unforgivable insult, a question on ur self respect…anything. When it first occurred, but when you go down the line, after some one year or so you will realize that the quarrel was nothing but a small misunderstanding…. And you will feel why did we break up for such a silly little thing….How many of us have felt like that…..many…..

People should learn to forgive and sacrifice when there are in a relationship…..after all we are living in this world to share our happiness and sorrows with another person …

So wat are the causes of break up… lets analyze…..first Jealousy…. Is a Little bit of jealously good for the relationship… Some couple express irritation if their mate is blissfully unconcerned and supremely trusting in their relationship…..You are entitled to be protective of your relationship….You have “invested” in the relationship and its future, and you would be deeply hurt if suddenly everything turned soar….. Its fine to tease a little…. As long as your partner never feels their trustworthiness is really in question… On the other hand jealously can be a corrosive feeling… It undermines trust and feeds feelings of insecurity and fear.. It’s no fun….

Next on the queue will be EGO or rather shud I say “Emotionally going overdrive” I have never been quite able to understand wat exactly EGO is and why it causes so many problems….. Superiority in a relationship must be avoided at any point… partners must understand that they are to be treated equally… on the same platform.. This is the foundation of a good relationship…... To love unconditionally you will have to learn to sacrifice your self, your desires, and most importantly your ego….

Third on the list would be Expectations…..Giving unconditional love requires you to love without any expectations. It is very difficult to only love and not demand anything in return in today’s world where everyone is selfish and egotistic. But even in this world we see many examples of unconditional love, for example the love a mother gives to her child, the love between two life partners and the love bestowed upon siblings.

First of all you have to remember that you are not supposed to expect anything from the person you love. There might be situations when you don’t get in return wat you give…. In that situation you should not complain and argue… Always one shud have in their mind that Loving others and giving them everything you have will make you happy and more importantly have a smile on your face…….But more importantly you need to have a strong will power….to be able to love unconditionally without any expectations…

“Never Walk away from a True relationship, when you see some faults, Be patient and Realize that no body is perfect. It’s not PERFECTION that matters… it’s the AFFECTION…..” I had received this message via SMS few days back and felt how true this message is for a wonderful relationship… I wish every couple think like this and there are no break ups….. But if only dreams become reality….