Garuda Parking 10th Floor

View from Garuda Mall Parking 10th Floor.
This picture was taken longggggg time back, but I am so freaking lazy.
This picture was taken using Samsung D600 Mobile.

 

New Mac Donalds Outlet in Bangalore

Finally - there is a new Mac Donalds outlet on Brigade Road. I noticed it this Saturday while walking down brigade road.

So now we have 3 Mac Donalds Outlets in Bangalore.

1. Forum - Kormangala

2. Sigma Mall - Cunningham Road

3. Brigade Road

Height of Publicity - Modi Condoms

 I saw in NEWS today and cannot wait to share this with you all. Most probably the readers in India must have watched this on news.

Okay CM of Gujrat - Narinder Modi is now endorsing a product. The product is free condoms distributed by state government. And for the publicity he has got his pictures printed on them.

These packs are now termed as Modi condoms. Well it seems the day is not far when we may see some other politician on the packs of KS, Moods etc etc etc.

Well I leave it to your imagination what will happen - when you and your partner are all set to get into action and you pull out the condom pack - he he he ;-)

Current Indipop Scene

Case 1
Two chicks, one Firang and one is Indian-firang
One dances too much and one doesn't know how to dance

This yields to 2 music videos aired on music channels all day long, with some weird one hand movement and scary eyes. Both ending with, a sardar g getting down from a SUV or a MUV - who looks much smarter than both the ladies, by the way.

The Song in question: Kya Kehte Ho by Nic and Nicole

Case 2
One chick, this time a decent one with nice voice.
Doesn't dances as she most probably knows she cannot dance.

The song in question: Bolo na, Singer unknown

The Big Question
Who are these girls trying to speak to?
Two girls are asking kya kehte ho?
One girl is asking bolo na?

Whats wrong? I think all three girls cannot listen, or nobody is talking to them - poor girls.

Moral of the Story
Both songs combined are amazingly, 10 lines long.
So sad all these girls never got to go to school - their vocab is so poor.

Ok this is it, current Indipop scene. Some girls trying to sing, who never got to go to school.
Makes me so sad.

My humble request please don't make another song on trying to talk to somebody, even if you are trying to speak to aliens. If there are aliens, they will run away if you keep asking them to speak to you like this. Still if you cannot control, call my doggie he loves to talk.

Thank you
Thinking Thinker

To be or Not to Be - Part II

People say I have the right skills, people say I have the talent, people say I am capable of doing much more than what I am doing now, they also say I lead well.

I feel the same too, and I did take a plunge before; not once but twice; and had to come out of it for some reasons. First time all was well and I did well, second time I came out financially unhurt but mentally hurt.

Well today I am very much inspired by many people around me. But, I am in a dilemma as usual - to take the plunge once again or no. This time I will take a calculated risk and not play with all that I have got.

Well, but this time I will give it a good thought.

To be an Entrepreneur once again or not.

At 24 years one succesfull and still running venture and one which broke even financially in less than a year - and a 0 bank balance, I would say I have done well till now.

Very serious thought

Well seriously, it seems Indian soil does not suit me.

Teaching India loo manners???

There is a mall boom in Indian cities. This exposes us to world class facilities, shops etc. But, Indian public is still not prepared to absorb all these international standard facilities. Especially, the public toilets are something we are not used to. We are still a country where majority of population has NO access to toilets and those who do, still like to enjoy the pleasures of open skies.

Therefore, no matter how hard these malls try to keep their toilets clean. They always end up being dirty and stinking. Hence, public toilets are better avoided - until and unless in cases of dire emergencies.

On my recent visit to a public loo at a well known mall in Bangalore - I saw something, that I would like to share with you all. Well it seems somebody finally has taken an intiative to start, a toilet manners revolution. See the picture below -


This picture was taken at Garuda mall toilet. And, those of you who think too much - No I am not a weirdo taking pics with my mobile phone in toilets - so please no comments announcing me to be a maniac on a run - taking pics of toilets.

Happy Birthday

This post is to thank all the people who made my birthday one of the most memorable ones - by being physically present or through cyber space and telephone.

Thank you to all!!!

I did not take any pictures on this birthday, as I will remember this for a long long time to come. This is the first time that my birthday lasted 3 days :-)

 

Thanks to all, for making it such a special day.

My First Post - from Windows Live Writer (beta)

This is my first test post from windows live writer (beta).

Lets see how it comes out on the actual blog.

Time are changing; I feel I am older than what I think...

Click here...

I feel I am getting older, see how things change from class of 2002 to class of 2010. We always in every era are growing faster than the old time that has passed. This link confirms the trend ;-)

I already feel old - and this makes me feel older!!!
Booo hooo...

Everything Evolutionary!: A Conversation with Sorabh

Everything Evolutionary!: A Conversation with Sorabh

Check out the link - 'O' rated
Readers may be subjected to extreme emotions of violence.
Please read at your own risk

*O = office

Aimless Arrow...

I was thinking about aimless arrow - I do not know why?
Soon after some time I was intrigued by the idea of Aimless Arrow.

Why is aimless arrow, called aimless arrow?
Does it really have its own aim - that we call it aimless, when it does not hit the target?
The shooter should be called aimless, not the arrow as arrow never had an aim. It never went to hit a target; it was the shooter who shot it towards the aim.

Also, if arrow misses the aim taken by the shooter how do we know that, it was the target. May be it was the enviornment affecting the path of the arrow. As environment wanted to hit its own target with the arrow.

So in theory I beleive an arrow is never aimless.
Its when it does not meet our expectations we call it aimless arrow.

*there is more to this complicated thought, that I wanted to write in here. But, I was thinking about this few days back and I never cared to write it down. So this post is missing many valuable thoughts about aimless arrow. ;-)

To be or not to be...

Well life is a confusion - especially mine

When I was abroad, I wanted to come back - when I am here I want to go back there.
Can't I have a job profile - where I can balance my time between India and other countries.

What is it that I am looking for?

What is it we all keep looking for all our lives?
Are we looking for new challenges or peace and calm?

Well - I need to do some serious thinking now.
Whether I want to be outside India or 'in' India.

Pepsi - Strategic move, is it?

Ok its all over the news that Indra Nooyi is the new Pepsico Worldwide Head. First Indian woman professional. I am sure she has worked hard for the position and this post of mine means no offence to her or pepsi.

But, I am intrigued by the thought that, what else could be a better time than now to have an Indian Woman head Pepsico. To give pepsico and Indian face - a face of Indian woman. A caring honest face. Well, you all are thinking right.

When Colas and other aerated drinks are facing opposition in India, across all states for high pesticides level and their other harmful affects. This is the perfect time to bring an Indian to head the worldwide operations and show, the Indian face of the company.

I understand that there is lot of opposition to these - so called cool drinks in Europe, UK, US etc. too. But, India is one of the biggest markets; just for the fact - Indian middle class is equivalent to Middle class of all european contries combined. Although Indian middle class does not have same spending power - but this is future planning, to capture one of the biggest markets.

This is just another angle in response to the things happening around, as I tend to think a lot. So I will repeat again that this post is not to defame a company or offend Indra Nooyi - who has done Indians proud and showed what Indian women are capable of.

My Values Profile

***Your Values Profile***
Loyalty:
You value loyalty a fair amount.You're loyal to your friends... to a point.But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties.Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself.
Honesty:
You don't really value honesty.You do value getting your way, no matter what.And if a little lying is required to do that, no problem.A few white lies never hurt anyone (at least, that's what you tell yourself!)
Generosity:
You value generosity a fair amount.You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take.Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need.But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"!
Humility:
You value humility a fair amount.You tend to be an easy going, humble person.But occasionally your ego takes over.You have a slight competitive streak - and the need to be the best.
Tolerance:
You value tolerance highly.Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you...You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends.You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them.

The Five Factor Values Testhttp://www.blogthings.com/thefivefactorvaluestest/

I will be back...

Sorry guys after my last post I had been a bit busy - shifted to a new place and first morning a theft was attempted with me being in the house, early morning at 6:30AM.

So I am a bit busy with Police and stuff, job and settling in.
Police is baffled as I live in a very secure area - in neighbourhood of ex chief justice, ex SP (police), ex CM and currently serving senior govt. officials.

So I will be back in some time!!!

Cheerios

Need to make post on...

Okei since I forget so many times about the posts I wanted to make - but did not feel like it.
I am making a log of upcoming posts (I am silly, I know) -

1. Being single a bliss
2. Aimless arrow

Long Time...

Finally after some requests, pestring etc. I am posting this blog.
During this long gap, I thought about many things and wanted to post. But, I did not post - many times because of lack of time and many times it went into my diary. I think I don't want to post about those things and hold on to them for the time being.

I especially wanted to make a post on 8th of August, 2006 - as that day has lot of special meaning for me. But, that is in my diary and I will only post it, may be many years from now. If I continue to blog till then.

Ok, first and foremost my friend and guide Mr. Azahar has been travelling a lot and organizing his thoughts - so please visit his blog (link is on right hand side of your screen), he has some good pictures of Canada. Well organized thoughts is what I am not convinced of, but certainly Canada is a beautiful country.

Secondly, I am not in love - it was just a small spark, false alarm!!!

Rest, my life is in a turmoil as always; I think I should get used it by now.

What, else - I will post about more things soon.
Till then Ciao!!!

Past is catching up

Well its happening again.
It always happens in cycles (don't think too much) I am talking about when you start reconnecting with people from past, and it happens and happens and happens and then it stops again. Past two weeks had been very very hectic - parents meeting there friends from college (never met in last 30years plus); me meeting my old crush, friends, best friends etc. and all seem to come at once, one after another.

Makes me wonder!!!
Something more to think about - is our life pre-programmed???

Well, I am still very irritated at our Government controlling our surfing choices on the internet.

And yes, I think I should share this with all of you - Finally after 2 years (approx.) I think I am in LOVE or crush or I don't know. Well at least I am thinking about it, I thought it will never happen again in my life and I was happy about it. Though it is back, I now feel sad - I was happy to be not in love. Love brings so much pain.

Well that is it for today.

-Thinking Thinker

Bad Managers - Good Managers

Now that I had been working for 3 years and even tried my hand at setting up my own enterprise, here is my take on BAD MANAGERS. A manager can single handedly create a team that is 200% productive or a team that just piggy back on other teams. During these 3 years I had chance to come across managers from different walks of life and different parts of the world.

I came across managers who would walk into office and everybody is tense. Forcing, pushing everybody to work harder. This made the deadlines being met, but staff learning curve was flat and attrition very high.

Then there were managers, who were missed by the team - the rare breed. Managers who could brighten up the dullest moment with their high energy level and keen interest in their work. These managers were the best, among the managers I came across. Under them whole team functioned as a single unit rather than fragmented groups. Innovation and creativity was at its peak and all the deadlines were met and nobody was tense – everything flowed smoothly. Nobody left the team in last 5 years. Well these types of managers are difficult to find.

Some Dos:
1. Connect with your staff and understand if they need to be pushed or they are go-getters.
2. Do not stereotype and get involved in office gossip.
3. Keep your distance while connecting with the staff. Everybody should know that you are the

boss.
4. Set a career path for every employee and convey this to them.
5. Keep your team updated with latest information.
6. Accept inputs from the team.
7. Give chance to lead and innovate.
8. Lead by example and set new standards for benchmarking with own efforts. This will also

lead to respect and not FEAR.
9. Let go off the staff happily if they are looking for change. I can be 100% sure that in future

they will come back to the company if they had real good time working there.

Don'ts
1. Do not shout at your team members.

Well I will add to this list more things as and when I come across them.

-Thinking Thinker