Vishal's Blog

Shifted to Wordpress

2006-08-19T03:15:00.000-07:00

After the monumental failure of the undersigned to install a mere hitcounter on this blog , a one-man committee was assigned to look into the reasons for such a disaster.In what can be called a first in the history of committees, the decision to shift from Blogspot was arrived in approximately 45 days, 4 hours and 11 minutes (the shortest in the history of the undersigned's life).

New Blog

Vi$hal.

my johari window - 21 ppl

2006-06-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

Arena

(known to self and others)

adaptable, calm, helpful, introverted, quiet, trustworthy

Blind Spot

(known only to others)

able, accepting, brave, clever, confident, dependable, dignified, friendly, happy, independent, intelligent, kind, knowledgeable, logical, loving, mature, modest, organised, patient, reflective, religious, responsive, searching, self-assertive, sensible, shy, silly, warm, wise, witty

Façade

(known only to self)

Unknown

(known to nobody)

bold, caring, cheerful, complex, energetic, extroverted, giving, idealistic, ingenious, nervous, observant, powerful, proud, relaxed, self-conscious, sentimental, spontaneous, sympathetic, tense

All Percentages

able (19%) accepting (9%) adaptable (14%) bold (0%) brave (4%) calm (42%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (19%) complex (0%) confident (9%) dependable (19%) dignified (14%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (4%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (4%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (38%) introverted (23%) kind (4%) knowledgeable (47%) logical (14%) loving (4%) mature (9%) modest (14%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (14%) patient (38%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (28%) reflective (9%) relaxed (0%) religious (4%) responsive (4%) searching (9%) self-assertive (4%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (23%) sentimental (0%) shy (19%) silly (4%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (9%) warm (9%) wise (9%) witty (9%)

Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 26.6.2006, using data from 21 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view vishalp's full data.

monsters game

2006-06-25T22:11:00.000-07:00

check this out:

http://world2.monstersgame.co.uk/?ac=vid&vid=31106002

Bombay Dreams

2006-05-29T03:52:00.000-07:00

Mapping Bombay through sound bytes)

http://www.geocities.com/kurnalrawat/bombaysonic/bombaysonic.html

click on the red dots to hear it!!

courtesy - http://bombaylives.blogspot.com/

God, i miss my city!!!

Money IS Everything

2006-05-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

We had an interesting conversation the other day at lunch. My roommate has gone to London for training and he is not able to adjust there (weather,food,time zone,etc...). The topic of discussion was whether it is worthiwhile to leave your country for a job, just for the money.The discussion itself lasted for 10 minutes but a phrase came up which I have heard so many times and still am not able to agree to - "Money isn't Everything".

My view :
Try saying that phrase "Money isn't Everything" to a roadside beggar. I bet he will throw his bowl at you.Try saying it to the father who is struggling to make enough money to get his daughter married; or to the parents whose only child is suffering from a rare disease and they can't afford treatment; or to the poor farmer ........ you get the drift.

I know these may be extreme cases and many may differ with me saying that the phrase is not meant for everyone.I totally agree with you. Let me modify it for you -
"Money isn't everything for those who have enough of it."

What is your view ?

Funny and interesting videos

2006-05-08T22:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whGVaLoIvkw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBGrlFOG6R4

http://www.holylemon.com/Boooo.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oV4rqjcew

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2139555376132383479

Khoon Chala - RDB

2006-04-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

Today,my office organised a blood donation camp with Jeevan.

Donated 350 ml.

Felt Good.

Reminded me of the above song.

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Chennai-First Impressions

2006-04-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

Contrary to popular public perception, chennai is not just about hot weather,bananas,coconut trees, beaches and madrasis who refuse to speak hindi.
it s also about........about..........ah well........

After almost two months in chennai, i can add to/modify that list :
1) "HOT" weather
2) water shortage/dirty water
3) lots of bananas and coconuts
4) long clean beaches (i have yet to visit one)
5) madrasis who are trying to learn hindi (about time too)
6) good traffic sense (far better than mumbai....you'll find traffic policemen at every signal,junction and street corner actively managing traffic.....in mumbai this happens only when a minister or some big shot visits)
7) Clean Streets (a complete contrast to aamchi mumbai)
8) well disciplined people
9) overcharging autos (there is no meter system here......autos charge as they deem fit......say if you need to got to a place 1 km away, one auto will quote 50 bucks while another one barely 5 meters behind him will quote 20!!!!!!!!!............so bargaining helps - and thats where the next problem comes in)
10) language problem- im not contradicting point no 4. its just that apart from the numbers, madrasis have still a long way to go as far as the national language is concerned.......even the limited hindi they speak is difficult to decipher because of the inherent tamil accent........so lesson learnt ....learn tamil to survive in chennai)
11) big shops.........believe me a single sarvana store can compete with any of our malls in terms of number of products and size. there are almost 10-15 such shopping complexes in my area... and god knows how many more all over chennai..the biggest of them being spencer plaza which i can safely assume to be almost as big as our crossroads and r mall put together, if not bigger.
12) all in all. its a city which was very traditional,dull and slow... and is now on the threshold of being a truly cosmo city like mumbai of delhi.my bet is that in probably 2-3 years time it will be developed enough to truly deserve the tag of being one of the four metros of India.

maybe i have missed a few points here which i will post as and when i remember but this is as much as i can think of.

How I landed in Chennai

2006-04-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

When I got the call for an interview for a job at Irevna, it was late evening and I was just entering my building back from work. I remember, while in the lift, I had decided that I'll go for the interview for the sake of it......just to improve my interview skills(since I was to start a full-fledged job hunt next week onwards)........and partly becoz I wanted to see the Grand Maratha Sheraton. So, come tuesday Feb 7, I walked into the double doors of the G.M.S. fully expecting nothingI sat for the excel test and halfway into it, I was pulled out for the Interview. After a few technical and admin questions, they made an offer on the spot and gave me till thursday evening to confirm.

Believe me,those were the most ....(cant think of a word) ..........2 days of my life. to go or not to go? and then after going through all the pros and cons i decided to go. there were a very specific set of reasons due to which that i made that decision, but i will not reveal them as yet. they will come out in time.

but at the moment, chennai beckoned.....

"Finally" my first post

2006-04-19T01:53:00.000-07:00

I had thought of starting my blog ever since I accepted my new job in chennai. but due a lot of reasons,i couldnt. but today since there seems to be a breather in the work sched, i decided to do my first post.
Just a quick intro - I am a mumbai bred gujju,23,C.A. and presently working as a research analyst with Irevna, Chennai; previously with NCDEX for a year.
So here goes..........