1/09/2009 08:45:00 pm

Will your job be safe in 2009?

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“It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.” - Harry S Truman



If you have asked the same question a year before probably, for many of us the answer would have been more positive but in the present scenario for most of us it’s quite obvious that it’s going to be negative. Its really scary out there where every other day you get hear about job cuts, lay off’s and well know customer facing businesses go bank-corrupt and goes into administration.


It’s too complicated for me to talk about the economic downturn or recession but got a question - What’s the use of having all this economic experts and why is that every country passes it on calling it as a global problem?


I know for sure that before recession, ‘Human Resource Department’ in every company were so busy in hiring people to meet business standards. But wonder how they are dealing with recession? As we all know that every organizations looks at ‘Human Resource Department’ to discuss various strategies of doing cost cutting and among them would be to prepare every one for layoff. Guess answer to my question is
“UNPREDICTABLE”. Hope you all agree wit me...


12/24/2008 06:06:00 pm

Christmas Wishes...

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Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy holidays, it’s a great time of year, so spend it with your loved ones with laughter, happiness and sing along with santa… Ho Ho Ho… Have a good one.

Cheers
Rags

12/06/2008 12:06:00 am

Such an IDIOT...

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Oh dear i been such an idiot! I'm really sorry i didn't mean to make all my blog readers to feel sad. I am sorry about previous post. Its just that i tend to react in some strange way when things start going in wrong direction. 

Everyday I wake up and carry on with my normal daily routine and most of the time i am happy with what i am doing. I pray to god and seek his blessings to make me more strong to face the unpredicted tomorrow. I am just normal guy who smiles for the silliest things and laugh out loud for the dumbest. I miss my parents and friends, life isn't easy when you stay far from the people who mean a world to you.

Every time something goes wrong, it will take time for me to figure out as where and how its gone wrong and before i do, it would have gone out of my reach. So, here I am saying to myself to start over again by moving on in life hoping things will be different. Life will be easy without any complications but hey...knock...knock soon i feel like its back again ..... 'Nothing's changed'. So am I ....

As i mentioned on my previous post, will be traveling to Oxford as a part of my mission to catch up with friend and also to be honest i needed a break really!!!

Have a good weekend every one.... 'God Bless'.

 

12/04/2008 10:23:00 pm

Just when i thought ...

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"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character. Would you slow down? Or speed up"? - Chuck Palahniuk


Just when i thought everything was finally going to be all right and everything seemed to be in place, something happened which bought me straight to the ground. Its nothing but the reminder of my commitments and responsibilities. 

Oh God, why can't life be simple without much complications? why do i always think twice to take any step? When i think about my commitments and responsibilities, my life seems to be in 'STILL' mode. Nothing seems to be going in the right direction and in addition feel like burdening myself more and more. Can't keep satisfying myself with false assurance anymore, Can't keep saying that "Everything is going to be just fine", when i know the fact that its not.

I feel like banging my head and screaming out loud till tears start rolling out. Things are very stressful lately, and no its not the job. Something is like killing me from inside by not giving me a chance to figure out as what it is so that i can work on to solve it. Everything seems to be going in a wrong direction at the moment. 

Guess, i reached to the point where there is no looking back and i feel stuck. Life is so confusing and i know its too early for me to feel that way but guess its the fact and i just need to make more sacrifice and as the time passes by need to make more decisions.

On a better note, will be traveling to oxford to catch up with my best friend. Hope its going to be nice get-away...


12/02/2008 11:31:00 pm

One Of Those Days..

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"Everything has been figured out, except how to live". - Jean-Paul Sartre



Last couple of days was one of those days where i was feeling very low. I was missing home, parents and closed ones so much. I just felt like not being myself and did some weird things like blocking myself from reaching outside world. It usually takes time for me to get back to normal but kept wondering as why i feel this way?

 It took a while for me to come up with the title for this post as 'One Of Those Days' and must say it truely makes sense because its quite often i feel this way and since there is no particular reason so need to say as its one of those days. I remember one of my close friend used to say that i just need a reason to feel low. But the question i keep asking to myself is 'Why will i look for a reason to feel low'? I mean common, who wants to be sad? I kept saying myself that i need to be responsible and act like a matured adult. ( Whatever that means...lol).

On the other hand feeling low creates a lot of problem for me, like not being able to concentrate at work which is really bad and that makes my self-esteem to hit rock bottom and everything i say comes out negatively (GGrrrrr). 

Anyways, there was some good news to cheer me up, my leave got sanctioned from 23rd Jan 09 to 15th Feb 09 i will be traveling to bangalore (India) to spend some time with my parents. God knows how much i miss them....


11/27/2008 03:02:00 pm

Terrorist attack on Mumbai 26/11

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The Taj Mahal Hotel - Mumbai (INDIA)

People watching Taj going in ashes 

Indian Army working hard to bring situation under control 

PANIC
(Note: Pictures above are from BBC)


When i was on my way back home from work i got a call from my friend who told me about terrorist attack in Mumbai (India). I was so shocked by hearing the horrific news. Without much delay rushed home and started switching between BBC and NDTV news channel on which there was live coverage of the dreadful incident. 


Was awake till 03:00 am watching news channels as i couldn't sleep and also was getting more curious to know as which group or organization were behind this attack which has caused absolute KIOS in india. News channels are not sure as who is behind the attack but considering the way how attack been planned they are suspecting it must be some well known group who has done there homework. I feel sad that despite every country joining hands against terrorism, allowed something like this to happen. 

Click here to Watch BBC Coverage on the incident

11/26/2008 08:16:00 pm

Blog Addiction...

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“You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit”. – David Ryan


Am’ I addicted to blogging? I kept asking this question to myself and the answer is YES. I’m addicted to blogging just like many people are addicted to coffee, tea or cigarettes. I feel this is the best place where I can express all my thoughts, feelings and also to get to know other bloggers form different corners of the world with whom I exchange comments or advise about posts. I just love all those people who are frequent visitors to my blog and also want to thank all those who have subscribed or added my blog to their blog list.

11/24/2008 06:23:00 pm

Sunday...

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“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer” – William.S.Burroughs


I happened to get a break this Sunday after a long 45days of hectic long shifts. Had planned to go to temple and then for a cinema but have to alter my plans because of this stupid weather and also cause of my laziness, decided to stay in bed for the entire day.

So soon it’s Monday and I’m at work thinking about my Sunday which went so quick. Something interesting happened today at work. I was told from following Monday I will be in training for a different role in the organisation. In other words I have been short listed for the specialization team… Wow. I’m really looking forward for my new role.

I thank god for guiding me in each and every step...

11/20/2008 07:13:00 pm

Life goes on..

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“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” - James Dean


I don’t want to be lost in thoughts like many people do; rather I would prefer to go with the flow. In that way I don’t have to predict or prepare for tomorrow as I’m sure most of you agree that we can’t really predict as what’s going to happen tomorrow. But still somewhere I feel it doesn’t sound right as one should always be prepared for tomorrow either by forecasting or taking appropriate precautions depending on the situation. Don’t you think it totally depends on the way how you look at the situation?

The only thing that’s worrying me at the moment is about my financial planning. Its only recently I bought a plot in
Bangalore and registration is due to happen in next couple of months for which I’m so excited as this will be officially my very first asset. Addition to that I had a plan to expand my dad’s property by constructing couple of studio flats but guess need to keep it on hold because of tremendous exchange rate difference. In Aug 2008 Exchange rate was £1 = 88/- INR but according to today’s exchange rate its £1 = 74/- INR. That’s unbelievable massive difference. So, in other words financial crisis is hitting me hard ‘cause of which I need to hold back or think twice before making any move.

There is a delay but that’s definitely not going to stop me as I truly believe life just goes on ….

11/10/2008 08:32:00 pm

Sooo Tired

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I’m so tired and exhausted been soooo busy. I got so much to share … , will save it for future post.

11/09/2008 03:20:00 pm

A small thought

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I found this intersting forwarded email by one of my mate its about spreading the attitude of care for parents.

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 year’s old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow perched on their window.

The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"
The Son replied "It is a crow".
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is this?"
The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".
After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time,What is this?"
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow".
A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time, "What is this?"
This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?"
A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:-
"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time h e asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".

While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.

11/08/2008 07:24:00 pm

Prince William of Wales

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Prince William of Wales
I saw ginger haired Prince William of Wales when I was on my way to work this morning. He was entering into Millennium Stadium ‘cause of the rugby match between Wales and south Africa for Prince William Cup 08. World champions South Africa had their strong grips on the cup from the beginning of the match who deserved the ultimate victory but honestly I wanted Wales to win the cup.

11/07/2008 05:48:00 pm

My Desire for N95 8GB

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“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” - Napoleon Hill



I’m so looking forward for my birthday which is just 05 days away (i.e;13th of November). No, I haven’t planned anything exciting to do but I did plan to treat myself on my birthday and unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be happening at the moment.

I’m trying to upgrade my mobile from blackberry (pearl) to either iPhone or Nokia N95 8GB for quite sometime now and its been only recently after much research I have decided to go for Nokia N95 8GB cause of its vast features which really suits my need. But sadly, can’t go for it now as I’m working on saving money. It’s making me to feel as if my hands are tied and the only song that’s coming on my mind is – ‘I want to break free’…lol.

I was so close in owning Nokia N95 8GB this afternoon when I dropped in to O2 showroom. This sales girl who was explaining me about the tariffs rate was sure that I’m gona go for it but sadly have to disappoint her.


My Birthday:

11/06/2008 07:09:00 pm

Why do I BLOG?

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“He who has why to live can bear almost any how.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.

After spending so much of time in doing research on ‘Blogging’, designing my layout with an appropriate template which suites all my needs and dedicating time for every post which will be in random about my day-to-day thoughts and of course this blog will be dear to me for the rest of my life (Hopefully), but for some strange reason today I started to think as why I want to blog?

I’m not a writer but to be honest, blogging is really interesting. If you haven’t tried then I would definitely recommend you to try just to experience and if you get addicted then don’t blame me …lol. I had or rather still have some hard time making few of my mates to understand as why I blog. One of my mate’s question was – “Why would you want to share your thoughts with the rest of the world”? I definitely couldn’t answer that ‘because I know that it’s not an easy answer.

Every post that I post on my blog will make me to feel so relaxed ‘because it makes me to feel good when I put down my thoughts in words. Guess, I just needed a way to break my traditional blogging (Writing online diary) and reach out world to share my thoughts.

11/05/2008 06:33:00 pm

Mr Barack Obama

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"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it".
~ Mary Engelbreit



Mr Barack Obama is a new hope to America whose mantra is to bring change and its change what every one is so desperate about. This whole election thing was making me so curious every time I watch BBC coverage on US Election 08 it made me to feel that entire world was eager to see 44th President of United States.

Last night speech given by ‘Mr Obama’ made me to feel that yes it is indeed ‘Mr Obama’ who can bring the change. I really liked the way he started addressing the crowd. It goes like this - “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer”.

He also stressed by saying “The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there”.

I must say that Mr Obama has taken a centre stage now and we all know that he is there to stay being aware that world is watching him closely to see how he is going to handle pressure once he steps into the white house. I must confess that I always stayed liberal when it came to politics but this whole US election 08 has really caught my attention.

11/04/2008 10:18:00 pm

Busy..

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"My Life is very CRAZY and BUSY, but i love it that way". - Hilary Duff

I'm going absolute crazy, Its Insane. Its really freaking me out. I feel like I'm in tremendous pressure and this is all cause of my busy schedule for this month but unfortunately I can't blame it on anyone. So trying my best to be multi-tasking and working hard for the better outcome. On one hand I need to complete all pending university work before the deadline and on the other getting busy with office work by doing more overtime as and when time permits.

In my previous post I have mentioned about taking measures about stopping my unnecessary spending habits. I have now kick started by not buying weekly bus pass which i normally buy once in a week as it saves lot of time for me traveling between university and office. Since my university and work place is only 20 - 25 minutes far from the place where I live so decided to go by walk rather then spending money for bus pass... yeeey !

11/03/2008 05:53:00 pm

Financial Crisis..

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Just like many of you, this financial crisis is hitting hard on me. I’m sure you all agree that it’s been absolute disaster from past few months where every news channels and every news paper were filled with these financial crises and lay off news.

I have made up my mind to keep an eye on my expenditure by taking a bit pressure on myself. I have started tracking my expenses to reduce my spending habits and concentrate on savings.

11/01/2008 10:42:00 am

Happy Halloween

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**~** Happy Halloween **~**

10/15/2008 07:40:00 pm

Aravind Adiga

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Arvind Adiga

Today BBC had some interesting news to share other then regular credit crunch news. It’s about 33 year old Indian – born Aravind Adiga who is a writer and youngest author on the shortlist for £50,000 prize for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

His Book “The White Tiger” a tale of two Indians, tells the story of Balram, the son of a rickshaw puller in the heartlands, one of the “faceless” poor left behind by the country’s recent economic boom.

Arvind Adiga who is dedicating his award to the people of delhi (India) says the book was set in today's India and "revolves around the great divide between those Indians who have made it and those who have not".


10/09/2008 12:46:00 pm

Facebook or Orkut

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I think i should start calling myself as Internet - savvy. Honestly, who doesn't in this 21st century? I think every one who is exposed to internet are aware of the importance of social networking. I will be surprised if i meet a person who says he/she has never heard the term social networking and if you are aware of the term then probably you run an account on a popular social networking website.

When i think of social networking websites it is quite obvious that every individual country have their own popular social networking website. Since I'm from India and leaving in United Kingdom for quite some time now and when i compare this two countries about the popular social networking websites. India has taken the edge on Orkut and on facebook it stands on 5th place and on the other hand in United Kingdom there is a bit of mixture here cause people use facebook a lot and they have taken 4th position as far as popularity is concerned compared to rest of the world. myspace is also one of the popular social networking website here and talking about orkut not many people uses orkut in UK.

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