1.618 - Divine Proportion

Skoda-india down the drain?

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:27:00 +0000

for further action,
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*** Customer is the king! if you can't respect your customer, you are not worthy to be in the business!

Ridiculous...

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:16:00 +0000

The much awaited iPhone is finally launched in India.

I just received an SMS from Vodafone which reads:

"Your wait is about to end! iPhone 3G arrives on Aug 22. 8GB model is for Rs 31,000 and 16GBRs 36,100.To get your iPhone before others, visit one of the select Vodafone Stores & confirm your booking by paying Rs 10000 on August 20 or 21. You'll get an appointment to collect your iPhone after paying the balance amount. For list of the select Vodafone Stores,go to www.vodafone.in/iPhone. Save this SMS-you need to show it at Vodafone Store".

Original Cost of 8GB model - $199 which roughly works out to be 8,600 INR. I am not getting mine for such outrageous pricing! Have to explore different options...

Summary of my Life!!!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:29:00 +0000

How true...

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:40:00 +0000

Beowulf

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:06:00 +0000

Beowulf - in IMAX 3D.
Sunday night well spent!

There's nothing great about the film except for the amazing experience of watching it on 3D... (Angelina Jolie too!)

Moral of the story - Watch this video!!!

So, if you need to avoid a monster, control your temptations! :)

SYNOPSIS: In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf.

WTF??

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:04:00 +0000

I've been sending regular mails so that I can be in contact with my friend and it so happens that none have been delivered till now!
Just to be sure, I sent one to myself from my GMail Id to my work Id & Yahoo Id and the mail got delivered to my Yahoo Id immediately but not to my work Id!
This is so f*%*in' great!
Now I hate Microsoft Exchange server!

Update - www.bvbalumni.org

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:48:00 +0000

Updates on www.bvbalumni.org

Moved to a new & faster server.
Implemented a new template with more AJAX features.
Spruced up the forums, gallery, etc.
Added new features - Groups & Individual blogs for the users.
And, we are now a registered non-profit organization in the USA by the name - BVB ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

Finally, I can take some rest and spend some time on my own site which will be a showcase for designs by me & senthil. We are in the process of selecting a nice domain name for the site.

Om Shanti Om - All (not) Wells.

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:25:00 +0000

I was (un)lucky enough to get a ticket for Friday evening show of the movie!

This is just another typical SRK movie with the usual romance, masala, etc. There's nothing great to talk about except for the cute Deepika Padukune even though she hasn't got much on-screen presence.
The first half of the movie is based in the '70s where, SRK is a struggling actor who is madly in love with Shanti to an extent that he is seen chatting with a poster of the 'Dreamy Girl'. SRK's portrayal as a Tamil actor where he is imitating Rajnikanth had the whole audience enjoying the scene. It was hilarious to listen to the Tamil pronunciation - "Daaii... Yenna Raascalla...!!!" Tragedy strikes, when SRK learns that his dream girl is already married and finally, both die before the interval.
Overall, the first half is watchable compared to the second half of the movie which is set in the recent times.
The second half is predictable as it is based on reincarnation and how SRK learns about his past life and wants to take revenge on the person responsible for killing Shanti. SRK is the super star in this new life and Deepika is a mediocre girl who is his fan and faints every time she sees him up-close!
The last song of the movie had everyone on the edge of their seats literally. There was so much impatience among the audience as everyone had this when-will-this-movie-get-over look! Well, I was among the first few rushing to the doors even before the movie got over.

Overall Rating - Avoidable (2.5 out of 5).

Well, this long weekend turned out to be more frustrating for me than I had imagined. I got myself locked out of the car at Jubilee Hills on Thursday night(10:00 PM) with no one around to help and followed by the torture of watching Om Shanti Om on Friday. So, I stayed indoors for the next two days playing Culpa Innata :)

Incidentally this post is the 200th on this blog and I am not very excited about it!

A brilliant Ad for Sony VAIO

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:05:00 +0000

Agency: Ignited Minds
Client: Sony
Product: Vaio TX
Creative Director: Mike Wolfsohn
Art Director: Tim Washburn
Copywriter: Jason Carter
Production Company: Brasilera Filmes
Director: Bia Flecha
Photography director: Zé Bob Eliezer
Post production / 3D: PIX POST
Executive Producer: Magda Barbieri / Diego España
Producer: Pedro Araujo
Sound : Estudio Angels

Link from Creative Criminal.

BVB Alumni

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:32:00 +0000

Lot of things/discussions happening again among the team members which is a good thing. :)

I am in the process of redesigning the site and we are also moving the site to a new server. Hoping to have a smooth transition. More updates soon...

Records Broken!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:59:00 +0000

Saturday Morning - 5:05 AM - Whitefields, Kondapur - 5:17 AM Airport, Begumpet (12 minutes is the best I have managed so far!)

Successfully dodged a Tata Indica a few minutes back on Jubilee Hills Road No. 45 at 100KMPH on my bike. The a**h**e changed his lane suddenly and he too was at the same speed! (If I had been unsuccessful, this post would never have been written!). I have never shouted at someone on the road... well, that record too stands broken as of today.

My next aim - Drive a Bugatti Veyron at Autobahn. :)

And, The these two weeks of silence (& still continuing) is pretty hard on me... What did I do wrong this time? (This has also set a new record!)

you can't do what comes naturally?

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:13:00 +0000

Wow!

This is some news worth following up!

Really, natural things should not banned! :P

Google Notebook

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:09:00 +0000

Another cool feature by Google and the firefox extension is just great!

Just have to select a text on any web page and right click to add it to a notebook which is an elixir for someone like me who is always online and information savvy! :)

Why not get it implemented?

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:25:00 +0000

"If these people feel so threatened they should not come out in public places."

A great observation by the Delhi High Court.

tolmolbol

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:48:00 +0000

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No longer Anonymous :)

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:40:00 +0000

Something funny happened on my blog last week - I get a mail in my GMail Id saying that someone has left a comment on 'Last Day Mail...'.

Since it was an anonymous comment, I tracked down the origin of the incoming link. The search term was "Director at Intelligroup" and it had originated from WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Bangalore, Karnataka from the IP - 203.91.207.# on Oct 17 2007 2:56:30 pm.

Mr. Anonymous was curious to know about the details regarding my experience with my previous employer. I happened to give some of the details as you can see in the comments part of the said post.

I had asked a question in the last comment to anonymous - May I know the reason you did a search on "Director at Intelligroup" and landed on my blog?
For which I never got a reply till now!

Today I got the information from my sources that Mr. Anonymous, who is currently a Manager at Wipro has been offered a position with Intelligroup in the senior management and was doing a small research on the net which led to my blog!

Ha ha!

P.S: My blog will not allow anonymous commenting from now on!
I speak and express what I feel is right. And I am not afraid of anyone!

Kimi is Champion

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:46:00 +0000

As expecetd, Kimi wins!

Hats off to ferrari and Hamilton knows where he belongs now...

Fish have boons?

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:52:00 +0000

Clicked at Tolichowki, Hyderabad.

Last day mail at Intelligroup!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:50:00 +0000

Original Version:

Hi,

The day has finally arrived. Most of you, sometime or the other have asked me when I would be leaving Intelligroup and as it happens, Friday, the 5th of October, 2007 turns out to be my last day here at Intelligroup.

I wish I could mail "It was great being with Intelligroup" kind of mail like everyone else does. But, Alas, this is not the case with me.

My decision to quit was taken the day I got my confirmation as I was given an average rating to my Employee Manager by the Person who did not have any idea about the work I was handling and which put me in the least salary band in my batch. Hours and hours of slogging and staying late to complete the work was never recognized and appreciated during my tenure with my project. The reward I had received for all the hard work I put in was by being intentionally left out of the Appreciation mails, for instance, Salary Survey, JAT & AR Sub-Projects, etc. Every time I spoke up in protest, I was branded with an "Attitude Problem". Even though I had to go through such hardship, I have never let my deliverables get affected as the satisfaction I got from the work was more important rather than being recognized or not.

But, As of now. however, I don't want to look backwards for very long.

I just want to "Keep moving forward", opening up new doors, and doing new things...

I would like to thank everyone who have supported and stood by me during these past two years.

This is a small world and If we are destined to meet, let our destiny decide on that... 'till then, GOOD BYE...

I wish you all luck for your future endeavors.

---------------

Thanks and Best Rgds,

*****

"The Crazy one! A Misfit. Rebel. Troublemaker. A Round peg in the square hole. The one who sees things differently. I am not fond of rules. No respect for the status quo either. You can praise me, disagree with me, quote me, disbelieve me, glorify or vilify me. About the only thing you can't do is ignore me. Because I change things. I invent. I imagine. I heal. I explore. I create. I inspire. Maybe I have to be crazy. How else can I stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

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Sent Version:

Hi,

I wish I could mail "It was great being with Intelligroup" kind of mail like everyone else does. But, Alas, this is not the case with me.

But, As of now. however, I don't want to look backwards for very long.

I just want to "Keep moving forward", opening up new doors, and doing new things...

I would like to thank everyone who have supported and stood by me during these past two years.

This is a small world and If we are destined to meet, let our destiny decide on that... 'till then, GOOD BYE...

I wish you all luck for your future endeavors.

---------------

Thanks and Best Rgds,

*****

The original version which I was supposed to send was modified as per my friend's request! But, still I am posting it here for my satisfaction :)

I'd like to thank the TI guy for the text written after 'Thanks & Best Rgds" as I got it as a forward & the description completely applies to me!

For you...My Friend!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:51:00 +0000

15 mins past 5 and she was still not there,
Why do “I” have to wait; now that’s not fair,
“Don’t wait, you zombie”, my ego yelled out,
“Hold on, jobless hero” was my heart’s shout!

So I closed my eyes to try and look occupied,
Was she going to come or had she just lied,
She was popular so she probably had “airs”,
Time to curse something, the park, “NO CHAIRS”!!!

From the words she had written, I had in my mind,
Painted a picture of hers, just one of its kind,
Short hair, spectacled, probably carrying a book,
Was how, I had convinced myself, she would probably look!

Just when I had decided “Move on dude, its time”,
I saw a distant figure approaching draped in yellow lime,
Long hair, graceful and a face so bright,
“Dumbo, I told myself”, you got nothing right!!!

We met; we spoke, for a brief little while,
Not a word I remember, I blame it on the smile,
Our meeting ended with many things unsaid
And made me write this, with many thoughts unread!!!

BITSian Memories again!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:27:00 +0000

I was just going through my mail archives in Yahoo and GMail...

I really miss those wonderful days...

The above drawing is of Nagarji's Redi and I completed a dare handed out to me by one of my friends here in my third year!

The dare was to paint "I AM SEXY" on a white T-Shirt and spend half an hour at the Redi wearing it. I did look like a fool for sure... but, when you are doing something for a friend, does it really matter? The joy on her face seeing me there in that T-Shirt is all that is important! :)

I know I have been out of contact with most of you and I might not meet you all again for a long time... but I still cherish those "Days of our Lives".

Keep moving forward!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:27:00 +0000

The ending scene of Walt Disney's "Meet the Robinson's" has the following words:

Around here, However, we don't
look backwards for very long.

We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and
doing new things, because we are curious...
And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Well, to cut the long story short, I am moving out of Intelligroup soon. More to follow...

Inside Google...

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:29:00 +0000

Link from kiruba.

25

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:19:00 +0000

The one & only entry for July - I turn 25 by the stroke of midnight today! :P

Just one thing to say

And miles to go before I sleep...
And miles to go before I sleep...

An Amazing weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (1.618) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:12:00 +0000

It's been raining like crazy on Friday & Saturday and we decided to hit the road and visit the places we haven't till now for the past two years! So, first thing after I woke up at 1:00 PM on Saturday, we visited the Gandipet Lake (Osman Sagar) and then Hima Sagar followed by a very expensive dinner at Zafraan Laguna at Lumbini Mall on Banjara Rd No. 2.

Sunday's plans were to visit NagarjunaSagar Dam. We roamed around the city to find an exit which would lead us to NagarjunaSagar and we got lost for almost two hours... but, now I can say that I have seen old Hyderabad completely :)

The road leading to NagarjunaSagar is amazing and i made the Maruti 800 reach 130 Kmph.

Check out some of the photos we took on my Nokia N72 in the slideshow above.