Friday, September 12, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hi from New York
It's almost going to be a week when I landed here in NY.Time runs faster then one can imagine ....Tall buildings busy streets is what you can see in this beautiful city all day long..The first impression of this city was very cold to me specially when I compare it with London...
London didn't had that many tall buildings but surely had a royal look attached to it.
I am staying in Secaucus New Jersey which is very near from NY......Hotel is pretty nice but again you won't find much to see around from there...Has a theatre and some eating joints right across the street but general stores are yet to be seen.....
I am trying to get used to this busy yet lonely life in this city...I feel people are much more lonely here then in India.One reason may be they don't like to mingle that much...
I find it pretty unusual the way words like F$@% Bi#$% etc are used in office during normal conversation or in meeting rooms......
Well all in all I am finding it interesting to know a new culture and way of life..
Will write some thing interesting in my next post.
London didn't had that many tall buildings but surely had a royal look attached to it.
I am staying in Secaucus New Jersey which is very near from NY......Hotel is pretty nice but again you won't find much to see around from there...Has a theatre and some eating joints right across the street but general stores are yet to be seen.....
I am trying to get used to this busy yet lonely life in this city...I feel people are much more lonely here then in India.One reason may be they don't like to mingle that much...
I find it pretty unusual the way words like F$@% Bi#$% etc are used in office during normal conversation or in meeting rooms......
Well all in all I am finding it interesting to know a new culture and way of life..
Will write some thing interesting in my next post.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
How much we need?
After seeing todays Fall..I think its time to relax and leave market behind for a while..On the same lines here is a small and interesting story..
A boat docked in a tiny Goan village. A tourist from Mumbai complimented the Goan fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.
'Not very long,' answered the fisherman.But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?' asked the Mumbaite.The Goan fisherman explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family. The Mumbaite asked, 'But what do you do with the rest of your time?''I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, play guitar, sing a few songs... I have a full life.'The Mumbaite interrupted, 'I have an MBA from IIM-A, and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.''And after that?' asked the Goan.'With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Panjim, or even Mumbai. From there you can direct your huge new enterprise.''How long would that take?' asked the Goan.'Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years,' replied the Mumbaite.And after that?''Afterwards? Well my Friend, That's when it gets really interesting,' chuckled the MBA valla, 'When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!' 'Millions? Really? And after that?' asked the Goan.'After that you'll be able to retire, relax and do whatever you fancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'You really are an idiot, aren't you? isn't that exactly what I am doing now?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
A boat docked in a tiny Goan village. A tourist from Mumbai complimented the Goan fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.
'Not very long,' answered the fisherman.But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?' asked the Mumbaite.The Goan fisherman explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family. The Mumbaite asked, 'But what do you do with the rest of your time?''I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, play guitar, sing a few songs... I have a full life.'The Mumbaite interrupted, 'I have an MBA from IIM-A, and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.''And after that?' asked the Goan.'With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Panjim, or even Mumbai. From there you can direct your huge new enterprise.''How long would that take?' asked the Goan.'Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years,' replied the Mumbaite.And after that?''Afterwards? Well my Friend, That's when it gets really interesting,' chuckled the MBA valla, 'When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!' 'Millions? Really? And after that?' asked the Goan.'After that you'll be able to retire, relax and do whatever you fancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'You really are an idiot, aren't you? isn't that exactly what I am doing now?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Monday, July 14, 2008
Will this control Inflation
man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Kirana store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly". This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Diwali the price of eggs shot up to Rs. 40 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "Cakes and baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc. happen. This pattern continues until the price of eggs is Rs. 60 a dozen. The man says, " There must be something we can do about the price of eggs". He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day. The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week. The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free". The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buyingagain. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customerswould start buying by the dozen again". The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, those chickens just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered theprice of their eggs. But only a few paisa. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen." Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And those chickens kept on laying. Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again. Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought Rs 200.00 worth of Petrol each time they pulled to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tanks. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the petrol coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends. Just Rs 200.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill up the tank of your car. You may have to stop for gas twice a week, but the price should come down. Think about it. Also, don't buy anything else at the fuel station; don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..."
...just think of this concept for a while.
...just think of this concept for a while.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Funny Doctor
This is a short story written by Dr Kishore Shah....he is a gynaecologist inPune and a very gifted writer....enjoy this extremely funny story .
My wife is an ENT Surgeon while I am a Gynaecologist. This can lead to somecomplications, as I recently learned to my anguish. A General Practitionercalled me up and told me that she is sending a patient of hers for anabortion. Unknown to me, she had also referred a female with earwax forremoval of the wax to my wife.I duly informed the receptionist to send the patient right in as she wasexpected (and expecting!) As Murphy lays down the laws of our hospital, itwas but natural that the patient who wanted the wax removed from her ear,landed up with me. This is the conversation that I had with the patient."Please come in. Be seated." I said with a big smile. I always have a bigsmile, when I am going to earn some money. The patient gave a feeble smileand sat hesitantly on the edge of the chair. "Relax.""Doctor, will this hurt a lot?""Not at all."The patient relaxed visibly. "You know something, Doctor, we tried removingit at home, but failed."I was shocked. "Thank God. Trying this at home can cause seriouscomplications.""I first tried to remove it by jumping up and down, but it just wouldn'tbudge."I smiled and said, "If it were that easy, who would need doctors?"She gave a cute smile and said, "Yeah! My neighbour tried to remove it withhis finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin.""Oh my God!""Yes! My mother even tried a matchstick."My blood pressure was shooting skywards. I just sputtered without utteringa word."Tell me, doctor, how do I avoid getting this dirt inside me?"I knew that it was an unwanted pregnancy, but calling it dirt was too much.I replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent thishappening. Or you could use protection at night."Now it was the patient's turn to be confused, "You mean to say that ithappens only at night?"I saw her point. "No! No! I meant anytime of the day, whenever you are inthe mood, you should use protection."She was even more confused, "It depends on my moods?"Again I saw her point. "My mistake. You need not be in any sort of mood. Itjust happens.""My neighbour advised me to go to one of those chaps who sit by theroadside.""You mean that pin man?""Yeah!"This neighbour of hers seemed to be a very dangerous man. Besides usingpins, he was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew was amongthe pins. "You were wise not to heed his advice.""But I tried his other advice. He told me to put warm oil inside and wait.However, that also did not work."This was getting more and more bizarre. Her neighbour deserved to be lockedup either in a padded cell or a barred one."But have you taken your husband's permission?"Now the patient looked confused.. "Do I have to take my husband's permission?Because if you need his sign, he is working in Dubai. We were not able tomeet for the last one year."It was my turn to be shocked. I gave a sly smirk. It was one of 'those'cases. The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual suspect. Ireassured her. "No! No! The husband's sign is not at all needed.""However, I did inform him on phone."Her husband seemed to me a very broad-minded fellow. I didn't know whetherto congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily turned toother aspects. "Its good that you came a bit early.""Actually I wanted to come early in the morning, but I had some other work.""Oh! I did not mean early today. I meant that if you had delayed thisremoval, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed aheartbeat."The patient was staring at me wide eyed as if watching a horror movie.Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to thegrotesque details. I decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will bleeda bit, but only for a few days."By now, the poor patient was trembling, "how-H-How much bleeding?""Oh, only slightly more than your menstrual period, and it will continueonly for a week or so."By now the patient was clutching her hair in her fingers and staring at mewide-eyed. I asked her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on theexamination table? Remove your clothes and relax."This was the final straw. She didn't even wish me goodbye. I saw just a blurof motion leaving my consulting room at top speed.
My wife is an ENT Surgeon while I am a Gynaecologist. This can lead to somecomplications, as I recently learned to my anguish. A General Practitionercalled me up and told me that she is sending a patient of hers for anabortion. Unknown to me, she had also referred a female with earwax forremoval of the wax to my wife.I duly informed the receptionist to send the patient right in as she wasexpected (and expecting!) As Murphy lays down the laws of our hospital, itwas but natural that the patient who wanted the wax removed from her ear,landed up with me. This is the conversation that I had with the patient."Please come in. Be seated." I said with a big smile. I always have a bigsmile, when I am going to earn some money. The patient gave a feeble smileand sat hesitantly on the edge of the chair. "Relax.""Doctor, will this hurt a lot?""Not at all."The patient relaxed visibly. "You know something, Doctor, we tried removingit at home, but failed."I was shocked. "Thank God. Trying this at home can cause seriouscomplications.""I first tried to remove it by jumping up and down, but it just wouldn'tbudge."I smiled and said, "If it were that easy, who would need doctors?"She gave a cute smile and said, "Yeah! My neighbour tried to remove it withhis finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin.""Oh my God!""Yes! My mother even tried a matchstick."My blood pressure was shooting skywards. I just sputtered without utteringa word."Tell me, doctor, how do I avoid getting this dirt inside me?"I knew that it was an unwanted pregnancy, but calling it dirt was too much.I replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent thishappening. Or you could use protection at night."Now it was the patient's turn to be confused, "You mean to say that ithappens only at night?"I saw her point. "No! No! I meant anytime of the day, whenever you are inthe mood, you should use protection."She was even more confused, "It depends on my moods?"Again I saw her point. "My mistake. You need not be in any sort of mood. Itjust happens.""My neighbour advised me to go to one of those chaps who sit by theroadside.""You mean that pin man?""Yeah!"This neighbour of hers seemed to be a very dangerous man. Besides usingpins, he was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew was amongthe pins. "You were wise not to heed his advice.""But I tried his other advice. He told me to put warm oil inside and wait.However, that also did not work."This was getting more and more bizarre. Her neighbour deserved to be lockedup either in a padded cell or a barred one."But have you taken your husband's permission?"Now the patient looked confused.. "Do I have to take my husband's permission?Because if you need his sign, he is working in Dubai. We were not able tomeet for the last one year."It was my turn to be shocked. I gave a sly smirk. It was one of 'those'cases. The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual suspect. Ireassured her. "No! No! The husband's sign is not at all needed.""However, I did inform him on phone."Her husband seemed to me a very broad-minded fellow. I didn't know whetherto congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily turned toother aspects. "Its good that you came a bit early.""Actually I wanted to come early in the morning, but I had some other work.""Oh! I did not mean early today. I meant that if you had delayed thisremoval, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed aheartbeat."The patient was staring at me wide eyed as if watching a horror movie.Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to thegrotesque details. I decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will bleeda bit, but only for a few days."By now, the poor patient was trembling, "how-H-How much bleeding?""Oh, only slightly more than your menstrual period, and it will continueonly for a week or so."By now the patient was clutching her hair in her fingers and staring at mewide-eyed. I asked her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on theexamination table? Remove your clothes and relax."This was the final straw. She didn't even wish me goodbye. I saw just a blurof motion leaving my consulting room at top speed.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Lost My Way
Not sure where I am moving where my career is moving towards...
I'm bound to wonder where,
All your glitter's going,
But I'm so far from knowing,
And none of my instincts showing.
Can't get, no, Can't get it all
I'm screaming from outside in,
Tell me where I've been
There's nowhere to return to out there,
I think I've lost my way,
But that's just not news today,
Because the story's old,
The black and white,
Have gone to grey
And you where right 'cuz,
I've finally lost my way...
Yes, I've finally my way...yeah
I'm bound to wonder where,
All your glitter's going,
But I'm so far from knowing,
And none of my instincts showing.
Can't get, no, Can't get it all
I'm screaming from outside in,
Tell me where I've been
There's nowhere to return to out there,
I think I've lost my way,
But that's just not news today,
Because the story's old,
The black and white,
Have gone to grey
And you where right 'cuz,
I've finally lost my way...
Yes, I've finally my way...yeah
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
GOAL
Life without a Goal....
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Where I am heading towards.....
Where Life is taking me towards....
Will I have to start all over ? I am not weak
I am not stupid
Then why is it making me feel like as if I am
Then why u always want to test me
Will it ever be over
Will I ever have a peace in my mind
I don't think so
Till you meet your final test and failing it miserably
Yes and its death no one can defeat it...
Not you not me or nor can anyone else....
Lets accept it gracefully.......
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Where I am heading towards.....
Where Life is taking me towards....
Will I have to start all over ? I am not weak
I am not stupid
Then why is it making me feel like as if I am
Then why u always want to test me
Will it ever be over
Will I ever have a peace in my mind
I don't think so
Till you meet your final test and failing it miserably
Yes and its death no one can defeat it...
Not you not me or nor can anyone else....
Lets accept it gracefully.......
Just Touch IT !!
In this boring last couple of months I had only one happiness which was my new Apple Iphone.You have to use it to feel it...My friend mayank brough this beauty for me from US 2 weeks back.....In those days I was quite dull ,was more concerned abt other things rather then this beauty...He called me up Saturday morning to inform that he is at home and I can collect my iphone from his house.When I met him he was surprised to find that I am not excited about my new phone but reasons were obvious those days.......I decided to give it a shot on my own for cracking and unlocking it rather then going to a professional who is going to charge Rs 1300 from me to unlock it so that it can work here in India.
When I shared this idea with Mayank he was horrified and shocked abt my idea and started convincing me not to do this stupidy and rather spend 1300 bucks but it was not abt money it was fun and excitment which I was looking at....After 30 mins of conversation it was decided if it worked fine then he will keep it for a week and if it doesn't I have to bear all the cost...I accepted his offer and went zooming on my bike at my place to try my hands on it...I downloaded a software called Ziphone ver 2.1c latest at that time and after reading the instructions I started the process of unlocking it.....
As soon I pressesd the button to start the processing for next 4 mins my heart was in my mouth...I was breathing heavy with my eyes open but still praying that it goes well other wise I am going to be under the burden of 17000 rs........And after this 4 mins of excitment It restarted and showed Airtel with signals...I was so happy I can't explain those feelings in words here but it made me so proud on my stupidity :)).....
The first call I made from that phone was to Mayank to tell him I have done all things wrongs and its not working anymore what to do now...He asked me to come and meet him in the market there without even saying a work with a face as if I am just going to cry I handed over the phone to him...He was surprised and speechless when he swithched it on...He wanted to yell at me but had to take eat his work and with a smile had to say its mine now for a week...Since I was getting late for the temple I gave him the phone and promised him to meet in the night again..................
I will keep updating the blog with various things I keep doing with this beauty......
When I shared this idea with Mayank he was horrified and shocked abt my idea and started convincing me not to do this stupidy and rather spend 1300 bucks but it was not abt money it was fun and excitment which I was looking at....After 30 mins of conversation it was decided if it worked fine then he will keep it for a week and if it doesn't I have to bear all the cost...I accepted his offer and went zooming on my bike at my place to try my hands on it...I downloaded a software called Ziphone ver 2.1c latest at that time and after reading the instructions I started the process of unlocking it.....
As soon I pressesd the button to start the processing for next 4 mins my heart was in my mouth...I was breathing heavy with my eyes open but still praying that it goes well other wise I am going to be under the burden of 17000 rs........And after this 4 mins of excitment It restarted and showed Airtel with signals...I was so happy I can't explain those feelings in words here but it made me so proud on my stupidity :)).....
The first call I made from that phone was to Mayank to tell him I have done all things wrongs and its not working anymore what to do now...He asked me to come and meet him in the market there without even saying a work with a face as if I am just going to cry I handed over the phone to him...He was surprised and speechless when he swithched it on...He wanted to yell at me but had to take eat his work and with a smile had to say its mine now for a week...Since I was getting late for the temple I gave him the phone and promised him to meet in the night again..................
I will keep updating the blog with various things I keep doing with this beauty......
Thursday, February 28, 2008
A beautiful gift on Valentines day (2008)
Every year month of feb has always been special for me coz of some good and some really bad reasons.But so far 14th Feb has always been good and interesting for me.I never felt the need of having a girlfriend on this day since every year one of my friends will be my valentine to enjoy the evening and give me the company.Last year it was Nina she came from Germany specially on this day so that I am not alone.Before that it was Aruna.But this year I had this strange feeling that I will be alone and the day will be boring and will go as any other normal day.But COLT has planned a special gift for me on this day.I started my day in a very regular and monotonus fashion by getting up early in the morning leaving for office by 7:20 and reaching office by 9:00 AM.Half of the day was passed without much excitment but suddenly I get a call from my manager stating my director is calling me in his room
Sunday, January 13, 2008
India Infoline worst brokerage house
I have been with Indiainfoline for a long time now almost 2-3 years but to be honest this company sucks big time.On the name of brokers they have people who don't even know how to operate computers.They have people with no knowledge about there own operations they are just like call operators who are there just to recieve your orders and just place them and you will be lucky if they place it correctly..
Recently I bought one future of Infy put a sell order and stoploss but when I saw its showing weakness I recoverd it immediately despite me telling to remove stopless it was not removed and as a consequenss I am short of one infy future today...
On top of it the worst part it no one is ready to accept there mistake and there calls are not recorded.so client has no proof of what he/she is saying..Now I am short of 27 thousand in my account either I am suppose to give them 27k or allow mumbai people to cover that short either in profits or loss at there own will and time they want to for whole.WHich is worst kind of service I can think of...
And another point which I missed to point its not only infy its there discretion what they want to sell and buy in my account to recover that debit.So I am merely a spectator whole day seeing my stocks going in loss in such a volatile market,
God help me and save me...
Recently I bought one future of Infy put a sell order and stoploss but when I saw its showing weakness I recoverd it immediately despite me telling to remove stopless it was not removed and as a consequenss I am short of one infy future today...
On top of it the worst part it no one is ready to accept there mistake and there calls are not recorded.so client has no proof of what he/she is saying..Now I am short of 27 thousand in my account either I am suppose to give them 27k or allow mumbai people to cover that short either in profits or loss at there own will and time they want to for whole.WHich is worst kind of service I can think of...
And another point which I missed to point its not only infy its there discretion what they want to sell and buy in my account to recover that debit.So I am merely a spectator whole day seeing my stocks going in loss in such a volatile market,
God help me and save me...
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