Life is a gamble.......nahi kya!!

I spoke to someone yesterday who told me what a dodo I was to leave a steady job and get into stock-trading and lose money and become a laughing stock.

Well everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, I live life thoda Hatke... :))

On a serious note...
"One should always pursue your dreams if you don't, they will always come back to haunt you"

I did lose money, but trust me the thrill and excitment of day trading it next only to a Indo-Pak match in the last 5 overs. Besides I have my NCFM certification valid for 5 years and I have rented it to some broker :))
Some of the people whom I find cool are

• People who are well read.
• People who are opinionated and will stick to their stand.
• People who made money legally
• People who are good with numbers (mathematics, futures, options, lotto's, matka etc)
• People who did things to prove others wrong
• People who reply promptly (SMS,email, phone calls)
• People who have not let failures stop their conquest of life
• People who respect other people's time.
• People who have lived on the edge and ends of life and made it reasonably well.
• People who are crazy, have out of the box ideas and inventions.
• People who tell good jokes
• People who think India rocks and Bombay Lives on....

If you fit in any of these list, you are cool for me :))

Digging Bombay

There is a very popular saying in Bombay "Bombay mein do cheez kabhi bandh nahi hoti... Ra## ki Chu@@@ aur Road ki Khudai"

Indian express has documented it well and this is what it says on Mumbai Metropolitan Road Digging Authority

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=128805

It Sockss!!

While shifting to my new place a big packet of Socks juss vanished, There was chaos in my house and a search warrant had to be issued my dad, mom and me all trying to trace the missing socks. Finally I decided fuck it, ... Idea!!! I can borrow socks from my friend Amol who happened to be in town at the right moment to catch a train to Bangalore.
I went to work like a Bhaiyya, psued shoes wid no socks... thought of buying a pair at Borivali station but no shop was open. The good Samaritan that Amol is, got a pair of socks for me , I wore them in office.
Then my dad knowing my great ability to forget reminded me to buy some socks. I go to Asiatic, the dept. store in Churchgate.. the salesman showed all kinda stupid socks from adidas to Ulhasnagar ka maal ... all freaking expensive 100-150 per pair, he also offered me a discount pack of 3 for 300..... Stuff was good but no point buying it if your are gonna lose it or it vanishes into oblivion ... I tell him "I'll be back"
There is a hawker outside the Churchgate subway..... I buy 6 pairs for 90 bucks!!

I always wonder where all the socks of the world must be hiding??

A Ludhiana guy sends 1,82,689 SMS in one month:- , Watch out Hum bhi Tayaar hai!!!

A Ludhiana guy sends 1,82,689 SMS in one month:- - India News - Webindia123.com
Right now I'm at 2000-2500 sms per month
I think I can also break his record, I need to connect a data cable, a script written or nokia suite connected.... I have UNLIMITED SMS on my Reliance mobile, lemme know if you wanna be part of the SMS endeavour...
Lets do some kickass giri, Its time people gave reliance a dose of thier own treatment.

Send me your mobile details and your friends who would like to recive gyan on their mobiles :)

Vada-Pav ........Unification Snack of Bombay!!

You may ask wots da big deal about the vada-pav, well I think its the only true symbol of Bombay and is indeed cosmopolitan from every possible angle.

The marathi Manoos makes the vada.
The Moslem makes the Pav.
The Parsi-Irani most probably owns the Bakery that makes the pav.
The Goan is called Pavwallah.
You,me and 14 million other Bombayites eat the Vada Pav every other day.

Can you show me anyother food or snack jo itna kuch karta hai??


My Best Vada Pav joints
1. Outside Mithibai college - Wid butter, green chutney, sauce, rocket chutney
2. Sri Krishna, Dadar - only vada no pav, but ek dum mast... .
3. Jumbo Vada Pav, Thane - Jumbo wid lotsa Kanda
4. Outside CTO office, Fountain - Hot and tasty eat with the mirchi.
5. Outside Dadar Stn (platform #1) - Sukha chutney is asli Ghati masala with lasun (garlic)

I haven't tried the Jumbo Vada pav from the franchises around the city, so dunno how it is... Its said to be made perfect and untouched by humans, I guess that could be the reason Bombay doesn't eat it :))

Can you Crack this code???

1 13 7

you gotta tell me wot or who these numbers denote..
Clue : 3 wheels
Post your answers on the comments column?

Naya Trains for Bombaywallahs......

The so called new trains..... major Ch*$*$Pankthi....Its the same old train with some delta steel covering over the existing body and a new plastic-rubber handles, bars of steel are really weak and the trains wont last for more than 6-8 months in Bombay's crowd.
totally Thookpatti ka kaam hai...As if they have taken some Kadiya's and Welders to make a train for millions of commuters who criss cross between Match box homes and cramped offices on a daily basis.

Book Wallah's fight on.. hum tumare saath hai!!

I feel really bad for the book sellers in Fountain,Oval Maidan area whom the BMC is driving away due to some High Court order, These guys were always a part of the Bombay we all know, where else could you get the Da Vinci Code for 50 Bucks or the Harry Potter series for 200 bucks. I think this is all part of the biggies Oxford, Crossroads and Magna who want these guys out of business who really make a great impact on their bottom line.
I will not buy books from Oxford or Crossroads as a mark of protest..... Maybe if I get some book free I may change my mind :))
BMC guys also don't deserve any baksheesh for spoiling n trampling the books.

Here's what Mid-day has to say
Hawkers' novel idea: a books-only zone

Wasting time in Office.......do it here :))

Bum Lee > Deanimator


via retroblogs..

Back in da colony

2 days widout the internet connection and I was feeling like I'm in the stone age... just moved to a new house in I.C Colony, Borivali, a place where I lived since childhood. The house is kinda mess as if some tornado hit our house... Infinite raddi paper and furniture left behind by the earlier owner... I have to clean up the mess and set my things...
The new internet connection from Pacenet is damn good 64 kbps unlimited at 925 bucks,
At work tomorrow I have to outline a plan to my team to push our sales. I'm working on the draft model as of now :))
My Dad has been drinking beers non stop since last 2 days, and has been greeting all my childhood friends and then asking what is their name... I guess local amnesia has taken another victim.

I intend to make my room really cool and wacky, some cool amplifier connections,wacky compy trolley, FM radio, etc etc... not much ideas though... suggestions are always welcome...

Also I have a few furniture that the previous owner has left behind, lemme know if anyone wants them.

How a computer screws u in a game of chess!!

Thinking Machine 4: Play the Game

This is how a computer thinks when you play
chess...Awsome!!
After looking at this. you'll never regret of losing
against a machine or even contemplate reading about chess tricks !!
I also wonder how powerful Deep Blue must be!!! Gary Kasprov is total kick-ass!!

random testing yeilded this.....

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.

In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage pessimistically. You don't think happy marriages exist anymore.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Kya kool hai hum :))

 

Many people ask me friends and not so great souls "yaar tu kabhi ghussa nahi hota kya"... I say hota hai kabhi kabhi...thoda time ke liye hota hai in the heat of matter or just my immediate reaction...

What do I do?? do I get even or fcuk the person's happiness.. well no... These are something which I find so 1987 kinda stuff.... I guess in today's world of AOL... wtf is dat... that's art of living... I normally try to discover humour in every situation, do a due diligence and do a post mortem of every situation, give the culprit the benefit of the doubt...  be a good listener, hear out, not jump to conclusions and then use the great mantra "Dil Dariya G### samundar" and inculcate forgiveness... I guess forgiveness sounds too godly something on those lines... or get yourself bribed to a treat or free drink :))

"One who travels light travels the farthest" - Old Zen saying.

So I guess one shouldn't burden one self with unnecessary baggage like jealousy, contempt,  extra pride ,envy, anger
covetousness... wow, I guess if we are able to get a few of this we all be known as the Enlightened One... wid a Halo or a Bulb over our head :))

 

Disclaimer : 'any resemblance between the characters herein and real persons living or otherwise is purely coincidental'  :))

Bombay Railway History Group

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must dekko site for the 5 million who use the local train services in Bombay or anyone who think the local trains are definitely the lifeline of Bombay.

WHY ARE PEOPLE MEAN?

Random surfing on Google yielded this...Martha Beck is a writer and has been on the Oprah Winfrey show, and all the gyan is courtesy Oprah's site..

WHY ARE PEOPLE MEAN?
By Martha Beck

Someone insults you (and your little dog, too). You can retaliate, whimper—or exercise your own vast power. Martha Beck shows you how to rewrite your own character.

Why Are People Mean?
The first time I saw a T-shirt that said "mean people suck," I thought, Now, there is a heartfelt sentiment, succinctly expressed. I only wished I'd been the author. I mention this because recently I've encountered several mean people, and I've had to remind myself that the concept of authorship is key to surviving these experiences.

I don't know about you, but my favorite ways of reacting to mean people are (1) getting mean right back or (2) lying down quietly to display the word welcome! written where my spine used to be. Annoyingly, my job constantly reminds me that there's a more responsible and effective way to live. That's how it is for us authors. I say "us" because you're an author, too. Not all of us write for publication, but every living person has the power of authorship when it comes to composing our lives. Meanness emerges when we believe that we have no such power, that we're passive receptors of life's vagaries. Inner peace follows when we begin responding to cruelty—our own and other people's—with the authority we've possessed all along.

Why are people mean? Here's the short answer: They're hurt. Here's the long answer: They're really hurt. At some point, somebody—their parents, their lovers, Lady Luck—did them dirty. They were crushed. And they're still afraid the pain will never stop, or that it will happen again.

There. I've just described every single person living on planet Earth.

The fact is that we've all been hurt, and we're all wounded, but not all of us are mean. Why not? Because some people realize that their history of suffering can be a hero's saga rather than a victim's whine, depending on how they "write" it. The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves or others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.

Kaal is Fcukall!!!

Orbit National Park, Tigers, Owls, Langoors, Scorpions, bats...... and of course 2 bimbo wid their heroes...

 

makes sense.. don't worry, Even after watching the whole movie you'll say WTF!!!

 

Here's da plot...

This is about project tiger ..... saving the wild beasts in the Corbett (orbit) national park.....the jungle is haunted and lotsa researchers and tourist are killed in mysterious circumstances....

2 baba- baby jodis and 2 morons visit the national for their own trip where they encounter death and suspense and some wild animals...

 

The movie typical of any dharma productions creates hype, gets people to da theatres and fool them big time....

 

the start and the end of the movie has an item number .... first by SRK- Malaika jodi and then by the 2 baba-bay jodis....

 

lara dutta and eesha deol are in the whole movie as if they are on MTV grind, I guess no one told them about the macchars and leeches in the jungle. Vivek Oberoi still in the halo that he can bash up Sallu, carries that in the movie I can bash anyone up... John Abraham has done a bit decent role no major dialogs rendered and made decent use of the Sony Viao in the movie...

Ajay Devgan still needs to clean his cigarette stains, I thought after Gangajal he would have cleaned , but then he is filmy kuch b kar sakta hai....

 

Overall its an ok movie I give it 5/10 for the sound effects and no songs and ok level of suspense..

spotted danny devito in a sari store in udaipur.....we did a road trip to north india, the local guides force you to visit the shops and see infinite sarees..this guy was really funny, I guess the ladies man :))..........I just installed picasa and hello with the blogger feature, makes posting pics real easy without the html jhanjhat :))  

Gola!!!!!!!!!! yummy and really cool...... you can get a mixed ice slush for 5 bucks with all colors..... why am I posting this.. well I juss recovered from a bout of acute cough thanks to this gola... worth the risk?? ofcourse... maybe sometime sooonish... 

sandy's b'day 2001..........no gr8 parties since then... I hope he makes a few million dollars to throw a party like dat....As for I'm buying the lotto ticket tomorrow... 

Tuesday thunderball amt is 8.70 crores...

Tuesday thunderball amt is 8.70 crores... 

lemme know if you wanna b part  of the lottery pool , I get all my friends from office, bldg, and train to pool in and play together...

20 bucks each...

Khelna hai kya???

 

sleepy sunday...

woke up at 1.30 pm
had breaker puri bhaji and big cuppa red label chai....
then checked mail , replied to a few, got requests from around the world for Yahoo 360! invites, including one who snet an anonymous post on my blog.. had to go to his site and leave a message...
3.30 back to zzzzz
5.30 game of cricket in da bldg...
I have the bat, so i get to bat first.... out first ball duck... bowled... fought saying trial ball so got 2 balls to play...

second innings was better, survived 4 balls before hitting the ball outside the bldg, which is out :(

then watched the Truman Show on HBO, 2 packets of Kurkure, Vada Sambhar and Wafers...
and now back online... trying to solve the problems on the world with my PIV machine...

You know you are a Malayalee when.. (back by popular demand)

This is a 4-5 yr old research on my tribe, I guess nothing much has changed... we still love the Gelf,Gold and Booze.
I'm working on da latest on my tribe... till then munch diz...

1.You have rocks, sticks, leaves and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine or in your dinner.
2.You don't cook rice in a rice cooker. You do it the old-fashioned way : water, a big pot, and fire.
3.You buy corn oil by the gallon.
4.Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head.
5.Uncle Ben's takes over the household.
6.Lipton Tea is bought by the bulk, (especially when there is a sale for it.)
7.You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't.
8.The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations or any of the rest of the furniture.
9.Your brothers and sisters names rhymes or have the some letter to start with as yours.
10.MacDonald's is prounounced MAC-DOUGH-NALLS.
11.Your father and mother endlessly tell you stories of how when they first came into this country, they had to eat the cheapest parts of the chicken (eg. the back, necks, etc.)
12.During evening prayer, your Grandmother let's out a wailing belch. (If you could hear it, you know what I am talking about.)
13.You go to FOKANA / youth / spiritual conferences to pick-up chicks / dudes.
14.You have to explain to everyone, "That funny name is my father's house name."
15.Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going.
16.Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come."
17.You are teased about having two first names or else that your first name should be your last and vice versa.
18.Your mom is a nurse or she works somewhere in a hospital.
19.Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from India with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks and English words that make no sense in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange and the ever popular lime green.
20.You either really, really want to go to NYU or really, really want to stay away from it.
21."You want a stereo!" When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!"
22.You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle."
23.You have 12+ aunts and uncles from both your mother's and your father's side.
24. At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert.
25.Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat it anyway. It's still good."
26.You will most likely be taller than your parents.
27.Your parents have either made you play the piano, the violin or both.
28.Your mother constantly professes, "I am not gossiping on the phone. It is important conversation..."
29.Your American friends names suddenly turn into Malayalam names. (eg. Manay, Dhaveed (David) is on the phone for you.)
30.When your friends find out about the name your parents call you at home, you never hear the end of it from them.
31.On long road trips, Mohamad Rafi or devotional songs make the time fly by.
32.Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15.
33.You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry.
34.Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids.
35.You've had to sit through videos with scantily clad, ugly Asian women attempting to dance and walk around a temple, forest or library.
36.You have to hide the fact that you have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
37.Everybody assumes you are Hindu or Muslim, because you are Indian but you stand up strong and say, "I am Christian."
38.Everybody assumes you are Christian, because you are Malayalee, but you stand up strong and say, "I am Hindu" or "I am Muslim".
39.You page yourself before you go out, so you look important.
40. At all the Indian parties, you and the Punjabis are the life of it..
41.You have heard of Malayalee Hit Squad, and you pretend you know someone in it everytime someone mentions it.
42.You say that you are in Malayalee Hit Squad to impress girls.
43.You act like you can dance Bhanghra styles.
44.Your North Indian friends mention a Hindi movie, you say that the Tamil or Malayalam version was the original one and that it was better.
46.Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back and closet doors.
47.Your father and grandfathers have hair on their ears.
48.Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages.
49.Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher.
50.You are in an Engineering/Computer Science/Pre-Med/Med/Law program at your respective college.
51.If somebody asks you if you know a Malayalee person, your parents say, "His/Her father/mother was in my college." or else "Yes, We are from the same village."
52.You leave for college hating sambar, chicken curry, morra, and chor, but you come back home yearning for it.
53.You get angry about being compared to your other Mallu friends.
54."Patti", "Thendi" and "Potten" are commonly used expressions of insult.
55.You create a name for IRC or AOL chat rooms it's always some name like "Thenga", "Pichati", "Ethikya" or things to that degree.
56.You leave it to your parents to find your spouse.
57.You pretend that you are not a Mallu at all.
58.Your Dad teaches you all the bad words in Malayalam, and your mom gets mad at him for that.
59.People ask you why your dad wears only a towel to pick up the newspaper or the mail.
60.You have a jungle growing in the backyard every summer, with pavikya, padavalingya, etc. growing and all your friends ask you why it stinks in the back yard.
61.(For females) You're parents would freak out if you wore a crop top baring your midriff but wearing a sari is perfectly acceptable.
62.(For females) Your brother had no curfew while you had to be home at 11pm.
63.You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go.
64.Tongue scrapers are not a new fad to you.
65.To your American friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid.
66.When your American friends cringe at the thought of their parents in bed, you wonder how odd it would be to see your parents get within one foot of each other.
67.Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In India (or other native country), we studied even more."
68.Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street unless they're close by.
69.Your parents say, "Calculus? I took calculus in 8th grade!!"
70.You like $1.75 movies.
71.You like $1.50 movies even more.
72.Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names.
73.People you call "uncle" always smell up the bathroom at parties.
74.If you aren't married and you turn 25, your parents start wringing their hands and proclaim that it's too late.
75.You have never met half of your extended family.
76.Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds.
77.A horoscope must decide your wedding date.
78.Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.
79.Your parents had eight daughters in hopes of having a son.
80.You are sick and tired of answering questions about "the dot."
81.Your friends could not explain your religion to someone if they tried.
82.You could not explain your religion to someone if you tried.
83.You sound like "Apu" on the Simpsons.
84.You own a 7/11 or a motel with a name like "Roadside Inn."
85.One or both of your parents skipped at least one year of elementary school.
86.In the smallest of subcompact cars, you still can't see over the wheel without a phone book. WITH the phone book, you can't reach the pedals.
87.You have cousins you have never met, whose names you don't know, but who insist they're related to you, even though they bear NO resemblance to anyone YOU know.
88.Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try and demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting.
89.You have trouble paying attention to "minor" items like your kids' social lives, but you know the exact number of the check that you're on in your checkbook.

Tie-a-Tie.net | Learn How to Tie a Tie

Tie-a-Tie.net | Learn How to Tie a Tie

I'm not good at tying a tie... i know only the simple style... single knot... where the triangle or samosa is not proper... I'm learning, watch this space in a weeks time :))

tiring day so far....

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was in office from 10.30 to 6.30... crawling on slow net, even slower IBM ThinkPad, websites for partners and resellers in Middle East, team meeting, discussion, emails to n fro, IM, chai, lunch brk... etc etc da usual yada yada.....

 

then saw

 Robots... at Sterling with my friend Bhatta.. I guess me and Bhatta are the usual suspects for all movies arty,animation, regional and any movies that others don't watch.

totally cool movie... awesome animation and grafix... and really funny.... I give it double thumbs up...

 

If you dunno where you get the worst bhel in Bombay, don't despair I shall tell you....

its at Vithal Bhelwalla

 

 

 

 

 

near New Excelsior Cinema, VT.

We had normal bhel, at 25 bucks each it was a total rip-off... no taste at all... maha fcukall.... tasted like sawdust sadoing for years on Ice slabs.

the pani puri can be tried...for the boiled moong and rocket syrup :))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to kill a Lion - banking style

ICICI method:
hire a lion give him hell a lot of work and pay him government salary .
Restructure his job, position, boss, colleagues, designation, location every
6 months.
Remove all lions above 40 from the organization or rename them " Goats ".
If he kills 2 goats a day, give him target of killing 20 elephants a day,
when there are just 10 elephants in the jungle.
lion dies of exhaustion, overkill and restructuring.

HDFC method:
hire a lion and ask him to meow like a cat .
give him lots of ESOPs and grass to eat.
he will die eventually of hope and starvation.

Citi method:
hire the lion, make him take 14 tests and tell him that if he doesn't score
> 60% he will lose the job. Ask him to extract 60 kg meat out of a 40 kg
goat.
lion dies of the strain?

ABN AMRO method:
hire the lion. give him high impossible targets and expect a premature
delivery of these targets. If the targets are delivered, clap for him in a
town hall and if not delivered humiliate him regularly. Lion either dies of
excitement or starts behaving like Tom hanks in Terminal.

IDBI method:
hire a lion, give him a salary of a cat...
Show him suspense thriller "Reverse merger of your Jungle - Part III"

the lion dies before joining....

StanChart method:
hire a lion, motivate him to outshine other lions in the jungle.
Load him with impractical targets and if he finds the prey
ensure jackals in the jungle snatch the prey and credit
lion dies in oblivion......

Kotak method....
hire a lion, load him with targets to focus on value instead of volume.
Every quarter change the style and make his life miserable
If he survives in the system reward him with a hefty bonus else if he leaves
profit of the bank improves along with EPS...

DCB Method:
Hire a lion and make him wonder, why he is hired....

Tirupati temple takes to online commodity trading!

Finally the gods have also started investing in Futures , the next logical step would be shares, debt markets, VC funding.
It would be great if all temple, mosques, churches, gurudwara's were listed on SenSex,Nifty and managed by pro's and real gurus of management.

My top 5 list would be:
1. Tirupati
2. Sabrimala
3. Vaishnodevi
4. Shiri Sai Baba
5. Golden Temple
6.Ajmer Sharief
7. Vailankanni church
8. St. Micheals (mahim)
9. SiddhiVinayak
10. Charar e sharief (kashmir)
10.

Tirupati temple takes to online commodity trading!

won 40 bucks in lotto...

results of THUNDERBALL
7 22 25 32 36 7TB

play in a combined office pool of 18 tickets missed out on the big booty of 8.64 Cr

I think this is a best lottery site in India, you can download the previous results in *.xls format n do your own permutation and combinations or even even show it to sunita menon for your numerology.
Also you can play via sms and online....
Like was never so easy for the gamblers and punters and mathemagicians of India.

I say to myself better luck next time... apun ka b number aayega :)

Create your own magnetic fridge messages!

Create your own magnetic fridge messages!

totall fullyfaltoo site... I liked it :))

mera bharat mahan

Only in India.... 

Hulk Hogan - WWE Superstar of all time

Hulk Hogan was last week inducted in the WWE hall of fame superstar, I still watch WWE whenever I get da chance, I think its great entertainment and great unifying force.
Hulk Hogan is one of my favorite heros,da man has held titles like WWE Championship, World Tag Team Championship, WCW Championship .
Take a bow.... Hulkomania rulezz!!!!!

wotz ur marpapa name??

If I am elected, my pope name will be: Pope Heinous Roger IX What's your pope name? Name:

Indo-Pak freindship group...

In my earlier posts I had written about my views on the peace dividend.
To get the ball rolling I've started this yahoogroup for indians and pakistanis who believe in peace.
This group is my attempt to share ideas, thoughts, rants, raves, jokes across borders and into each others hearts and souls.
One can undo what the governments have done for 57 years but we can definitely start somewhere...
the journey begins here....

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indopakdosti/

Group Email Addresses
Post message: indopakdosti@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe: indopakdosti-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

back in MyZus

I've taken up a postion at my ol company MyZus, today was my first day in my new role.
For those who came in late.. check out www.myzus.com

random thougts
1. I have to clear my credit card dues.
2. pay back my loans
3. find time to finz angels n demons
4. get some sleep.

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi ........

My first reaction was WTF, have I seen this movie before coz there was a movie by da same name. I dunno whether to call it a movie or a documentry on the Naxalbari-Socialist- Marxist-Hippy-Flower Power Genaration movie, but I sincerely liked Sudhir Mishra's attempt to bring about the Naxilite's story. Being a mallu I've always had uncles and folks kinda sympathising wid da communists and naxalbari student movements but I never knew it took so much guts and madness to do something like this...
I dunno where India is headed after seeing this movie.

this is wot rediff.com has to say..
Hazaaron Khwaishein is overwhelming!

10000 $$$$ reward

Intel offers reward for original Moore's Law text- Indiatimes Infotech

I think we should try our luck in the book shops in Fountain, Kalbadevi and Chor Bazaar.. wot say??
Ebay is gonna come up wid some suprises for sure.

RED HERRING | Top 100 Innovative Companies: Aravind Eye Care System, Seeing the future

RED HERRING | Top 100 Innovative Companies: Aravind Eye Care System, Seeing the future

Way to go Dr. 'V', you definitley rock!!

ScrollingBuckle.com | The LED Electronic Scrolling Belt Buckle

ScrollingBuckle.com | The LED Electronic Scrolling Belt Buckle

awesome stuff... should b ideal for communicating in dim lit pubs n bars and on city squares :))

link courtest : retroblogs

Met our brothers from across da border.

I was at a Rotaract event for the felicitation of my friend Veena who has been elected the DRR (chief) of the Bombay Dist, met a few Pakistanis who came on an exchange visit. As part of an on going process between the clubs in India & Pakistan.
There were 5 Pakistani in the team, Drawn from different professions one businessman, one lawyer, one ad man, one shahid afridi look alike and last one I don't remember, all were really cool and very much at ease with us. Absolutely no negative vibes about any of them, I guess its da first time I hugged any Pakistani and also smoked a Pakistani Cigarette (Gold Leaves) taste very much like our Gold Flake.
Their crib was we send only our Software Programmers who I agree are not the best people to talk to. Maybe we should send our DJ's, yoga n reiki gurus, entrepreneurs, Item Bombs, Investments Managers, NEAT/BOLT dealers, Dabbawallahs etc.. our spectrum of Indians crazy yet lovable :))
There is an air of cautious optimism on both sides, lets do our bit for people to people contact.. I'm gonna write to them, create some online groups,shares ideas, views and crazy forwards on a regular basis....
I guess its a nice thing when the Governments on both sides realize the peace dividend.
My simple equation would be 1 Army tank = 10,000 schools , tell me which is better in the long run for south Asia.

links about Rotaract in Bombay
www.rcmithibai.org
www.rotaract3140.org

Photo blog on Bombay

 One of the only  foto groups on Bombay city , check out http://mumbai.mobylog.com/

anything & everything about our city..
So wotta u waiting for, Click all da crazy things about yourself and things happening around,  On Mobile or DIGIcam and send it you know where... by email or by MMS to mumbai@mobylog.com 

I've beome a fan of the CPI (marxist)

communist party of india (marxist)

Why suddenly...
Some of the reasons why I find it cool is

They are a party with really strong principles
They have solid reasons n real issues to talk about in the parliament.... the aam aadmi issues
They don't do Rath Yatras or Trishul Diksha Diwas or Chintan Baithak or Maha Yagna to save India's Problems.
They don't kill fellow Indians to grab votes.
They aren't called hinduhridaysamrats or Loknayaks, They are called Comrades.
Comrade Prakash Karat is the new G.S and looks like he is gonna kick ass.
His Wife Com. Brinda Karat is one of the most beautiful and intelligent women politicians in India.
I think its high time India had an alternative to the Congress and BJP.
I think Che Guevara and Fidel Castro had real guts to take on da Yankees

They also have some bad points, more on that later..

Ravi Nair - RIP

Yesterday had been one of the saddest days of my life, My friend Rosh's Dad was killed in a railway accident between goregaon n jogeshwari...
Our entire building junta rushed to the Borivali Railway police station, where the cops told us to identify the body or wotever was left of it... really graphic .. really sad... mutilated body...
Infinite paperwork.. panchnama... questioning and other details.. but the cops were very good, polite and helpful... We shd stop bitching abt the cops for everything..I salute you guys n sry for stereotyping.

If you traveling from andheri and Borivali towards Virar or bhayandar, mira road towards churchgate for heavens sake go return or take a bus... never ever stand outside or walk on da tracks... Pls the name of God, Ishwar or Allah juss don't play wid the Trains in Bombay... Its something which is our best friend and also can be our greatest enemy...

Hitch -- Definite Dekko..

Awesome romantic comedy , saw it on a pirated VCD with gr8 print...
I give it 8/10, really original comedy ... Will Smith rocks and so does Eva Mendes.. Definitely hot..

Plot Outline: While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" (Smith) finds game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist (Mendes) with whom he's smitten
check out imdb.com

Drop Ganguly and TEndlya

I think we should drop these two and get in Dinesh Mongia and VVS Laxman.

India leads 2-1 as I type but the Pakis are in devastating form and our over dependence on Sehwag has cost us....

Pathan and Zaheer rock... they atleast fought hard...

3 more ODI's to go... dekte hai :)

I saw compassion and selflessness today

I was in the Virar Train, the train had halted at Borivali station and was waiting for a mail train to pass... I saw a crippled kid crawling and dragging himself parallel to each compartment, I dint see a single soul give him any alms. A hijra who was seeing all this, buys a Vada Pav and gives it to the kid, No emotions, no expectance of any gratitude, as if it was some kinda duty to help.
I've always wondered we look upon them with suspicion and contempt, but they also have a story, a dark side which I guess no one really knows.

Cham Cham Bars

Though I dont find the idea of Ladies bars cool, the governments undue intrests in da ladies bars prompted me to post my rants and ramblings on the issue.. more on that later...

NIght LOver NL.....

This was one of the most happening places, will it open or not is all a big question??

One of the best ladies Bars in Bombay, Night lovers, opp Leela, Anderi(E).
Beer - 350 bucks
Waiters are well behaved compared to other places ( they dont stand in front you wid da gimme more face)

It frequented by most of the IT n BPO companies and Females also come at times.
I think its the only ladies bar in India to have a website http://www.nightlover.net/
and it also have some dance numbers by its best dancing gurls http://www.nightlover.net/live.htm



more gyan
My Freind Cnb has started a new group Sigfood - The Fine Wining & Dining Network

Please go through http://www.sigfood.org/

Media War in Bombay

Finally some one decides to take on the old lady of Boribunder :))

TOI, Mid-day, Indian Express and now DNA.
check out da story on rediff

43 things...

heard of it …
if not check it out at www.43things.com
:))
I know I can share my views wid da world… after all there are 6 billions souls on da planet…

See more progress on: make my blog to be read by every citizen of the world

zimbly joging!!

How does a baby mallu cry?
- "visa visa visa visa . . ."

Richard Branson - da dhabawallah.

Thanks to this guy's media circus the ever crowded churchgate station saw even more chaotic scenes..
I was there at da station at 11 am, most of the junta were wondering who is this firang and wot are da maal air hostess doing wid them...
wid da dhabawala getting all da publicity these days, I wont be suprised if Call Center junta re think and join this six sigma certified profession :))
maybe he should try the Virar Fast one of these days...

I'm da Power Ranger :))

Power Rangers Movie!


What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
brought to you by Quizilla

Yahoo! 360 - Want Invites??

Yahoo 360!! is live and gone public...

lemme know if ya need invites... send me a mail at satish.vijaykumar@gmail.com , I have a few invites left.

wots yahoo!! 360 .... check it out at http://360.yahoo.com/

Second Tsunami expected!!!

Tsunami alerts
follow 8.2 quake
near Sumatra
Quake is described
as aftershock
of December temblor

How Yahoo Got Its Mojo Back

Om malik on how yahoo got its mojo running...
http://www.gigaom.com/2005/03/26/how-yahoo-got-its-mojo-back
Om Malik is senior writer with Business 2.0 magazine

Tech Buzz Game - Suspended for now :((

game is suspended.. only when I started making some fake money :))

this is wot it says
System Unavailable
Thank you for visiting the Tech Buzz Game. The game is temporarily suspended while we conduct system maintenance. Market discrepancies are presently being investigated. Trading will resume as soon as possible.

ye right... Nick leesons n parekh's of the world haven't spared the online world too.. shady...

Har Rang kuch kehta hai !!!

holi
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

Though this year my holi was as colorful or mucky as previous years...
2001 was memorable ..holi wid team Myzus :))

Top 25: Innovations by CNN

Internet is definitely my favorite, I wish some one would compile the DESI 25 innovations.. or rather 25 changes of the last quater century. Remember da journey from 2 DD channels to 120 channels now.. we are still starved of quality TV :))


TOP INNOVATIONS
1. The Internet
2. Cell phone
3. Personal computers
4. Fiber optics
5. E-mail
6. Commercialized GPS
7. Portable computers
8. Memory storage discs
9. Consumer level digital camera
10. Radio frequency ID tags
11. MEMS
12. DNA fingerprinting
13. Air bags
14. ATM
15. Advanced batteries
16. Hybrid car
17. OLEDs
18. Display panels
19. HDTV
20. Space shuttle
21. Nanotechnology
22. Flash memory
23. Voice mail
24. Modern hearing aids
25. Short Range, High Frequency Radio

Places in India I've been...

indiaihavetravelled
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

Cant belive even after travelling so far n wide.. I still feel lost at times :))

check out http://sumeet.info/India/... to do India mapping urself

Happy Trading

Happy Trading
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

How to think in the trade? .. I guess thsi holds ture for all the world markets.
Got it from a Yahoogroup.

Warren Buffet's Annual Shareholder Letter

Warren Buffet's Annual Shareholder Letter
Warren Buffett is the world second richest man... He hasnt done any rocket science way of making money, He juss made 20% each year, something that any college student or retired person can do... but the studdgiri is that he did that continously for 40 years :))

The 2004 annual report is out and the letter is available online.
It’s required reading for anyone running a company – for substance, organization, style, tone, and wit.
If you feel ambitious, you can (and should) read the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters going back to 1977.

Sigfood anyone!!

I've written a review on South Indian Concerns - a Mess in Matunga

http://www.sigfood.org/Mumbai/Dadar/South_Indian_Concerns

Add sigfood to your friends list NOW!
Click here to add!
And you can keep up with updates on the best food places in Bombay, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Taiwan!If you prefer an RSS Reader this is the RSS feed link.http://www.sigfood.org/node/feed

sigfood is da brainchild of my friend Cnb... more abt him at his Gheun Tak blog http://www.livejournal.com/users/freegeek/

Transparent Screens

Transparent Screens.
probably should try these in diffrent locations and places around da world :):)
Link

Fukt Mumbai Madhye!!!

photographs courtesy Philip Greenspun

How to do a startup - Paul Graham

Paul Graham – founder of Viaweb (bought by Yahoo! in the late 1990s) and author of Hackers & Painters – has two new excellent essays up.
How To Start A Startup. Paul thinks you need three things: (1) good people, (2) make stuff people want, and (3) spend as little money as possible. All the right stuff with fun examples, lots of Paul’s trademark bluntness, and plenty of provocative questions.
A Unified Theory of VC Suckage.
RSS feed up on his site so you can have his thoughts delivered directly to your computer.

link via Brad Feld

Unique stool ..really cool

I would love to have a few of these stoolsin my house :) would definitely customise it wid my own commands :):)
Wonder if the Dhabas on da highway would like to use em ... should be cool.

http://www.greatbigstuff.com/keystool.html

101 rules for extreme metal!

awesome stuff sent by my rocker friend hippy.


01. You must listen to (and name) at least 100 metal bands (power metal not included) before you are extreme.

02. Hair must be shoulder length, longer, or completely shaved off.

03. Drummers must weigh either under 60kg, or over 140kg - No in betweens.

04. Band logos must be totally undecipherable.

05. Song tempos are only allowed to register under 40bpm (extreme), or over 240bpm (extreme).

06. Thank-you list must comprise of every extreme metal band in existence (even if you have never met the band or heard their music).

07. The police picture of your ex-vocalist’s suicide must be used for the next album cover.

08. Drummer must be limited to blast beats and grind beats (even at 40bpm)

09. Profess the glory of Satan, especially if you are an atheist.

10. Sing about ancient cultures, and invent your own language to sing in.

11. Develop cancer or a tumor of some type.

12. Refer to 1

13. Wear every manner of injury inflicting clothing - manacles, bullet
belts, spiky shin pads etc.

14. Sing about the dark lord and/or gore on your first album, and then
onto politics and life on all proceeding albums, apparently you 'have matured'.

15. Wear black. Always.

16. Drive a funeral car as transportation for the band.

17. Release an album, then a year later, re-release it with a bonus track
just to make people buy the album again.

18. Record twice as many songs as you plan to release, then ten year's later release the album as a collector's item.

19. Record a whole bunch of new songs, add a high frequency hiss, and cut the low frequencies, then release it as 'pre-band demo recordings'

20. Guitars must be shaped so that they may be used as a grievous weapon.

21. Never ever have the same band line up for any album or tour.

22. Feud with the band members that move on to other bands (good
publicity).

23. Pretend that you 'hail from Norway'.

24. Do as many side projects that are humanly possible in your extreme time budget. One band, at least, must feature a female singer (your wife, cause no one else is extreme enough).

25. Albums should either be less than thirty minutes, or exactly sixty six minutes and six seconds.

26. In summer, black clothing can be hand torn into singlets and shorts to deal with heat (NEVER use scissors)

27. Have a royal throne for a toilet seat/table seat/car seat etc.

28. Marry a girl with so many piercings, she has more metal in her than a Massey Fergusson tractor – and can never get through a metal detector at the airport.

29. Have 52 metal t-shirts - one for each week of the year.

30. Play only Jackson and/or B.C.Rich guitars.

31. The first letter of every album titles must start at A, and then progress through the alphabet. (Altars of Madness, Blessed Are the Sick, Covenant...)

32. Become a 'specialist producer' of extreme metal, and build your very own studio in the heart of the Norwegian forest (helps with Forest Metal).

33. Forest metal is running round a dark forest, with a $10 Casio Keyboard, and a $5 microphone, records your new 'extreme atmospheric project'

34. Sing about serial killers only after you've met one and formed a relationship with them.

35. Never play in key. Chromaticism is the only way.

36. Let keyboard players 'jump' from band to band (it’s the only jumping they're allowed to do).
37. Claim to have burnt down a church and gone to jail for it (even if you really haven't).

38. Say the word 'EXTREME' and cross your arms in a X shape when you shout it, as often as possible

39. Play the bass without a plectrum.

40. Play drums barefoot, or in white socks if feeling especially extreme.

41. Call everyone 'Sons of Satan' even if you are addressing a female.

42. Be involved in the porn industry in any way possible, preferably as an actor called 'Penetrator' or 'Frosty-Spire'

43. Play only Axis bass drum pedals.

44. Take speed to be the fastest band on earth.

45. Smoke weed to be the slowest band on earth.

46. Guitars must be tuned lower than Ab before they are considered extreme.

47. Guitar solos must not sound anything like Yngwie Malmsteen or blues – solos must be so fast that fingers bleed.

48. Resurrect shitty black metal bands, call yourself 'cult' and then release albums with the shittiest possible production (by referring to rule 33).

49. Television viewing media is restricted to 'The Simpsons' and 'Homicide'.

50. List 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' as your all time favourite movie, only after 'Debbie Does Dallas'.

51. Tour every country possible, but NEVER EVER New Zealand.

52. Support established extreme metal acts, become famous, and even bigger than these acts, then never have anything to do with them again.

53. Drummers: 3 bars of blast beats followed by 1 bar of drum fill. Repeat. Do not deviate from this pattern, failure to follow these instructions may make you less extreme.

54. Marshall amps suck - Mesa Boogie amps rule.

55. Never use your real name, claim your extreme parents gave you the name ‘Persecuter’ at birth.

56. Call your band 'The Next Generation in Extreme Metal' (don't forget to cross your arms) even if you sound like you came straight from the 80's.

57. Make sure your band name is the same as another band's name in
the other hemisphere.

58. Cite Darkthrone as a major influence (even if you have never heard them).

59. Have even more disturbing album artwork than the last 'yesterday' extreme band. Hire a professional uber-gore-meister-artist (primarily yourself - don't forget to change your name).

60. (a) Murder a person in another band to elevate you to extreme infamousness - publicity helps.

60. (b) Then write the rest of your albums from jail

61. Say that you've recorded at Morrisound Studios, Florida, USA, with Scott Burns as producer.

62. Organise tours with at least 9 bands on the bill - $6.66 tickets.

63. Have competitions on stage to see which of the nine bands can play the fastest.

64. Always have two (or more) bass drums.

65. Head band until you get told by the doctor that those headaches
indicate the possibility of serious brain damage. Carry on headbanging anyway because it is extreme.

66. When singing live, always do 'vocal bails' - do a low growl, because you know that when you go pussy high, you are going to fail it miserably.

67. Refer to 1.

68. Tell everyone that you are going to write all album material by yourself because the music and lyrics are headed in the wrong direction.

69. Join your wife's band.

70. Record an extreme metal video in ONLY ONE (1) of FOUR (4) possibly locations i) A Church, ii) A Graveyard, iii) A Forest, iv) A Castle.

71. If rule 70 ends up being too extensive, paint your band practice room black (it should be already, unless you are un-extreme), wear all black, and have different coloured instruments, so that viewers can only make out them, and your faces (which are white).

72. Bite a dove's head off (or substitute for any form of fowl).

73. All band photos must involve you holding a gun or axe.

74. All band photos must feature naked women looking like your loyal slaves.

75. Get rid of your drummer because he is too slow - get a drum machine instead.

76. Sing in as many different bands as you can possibly whore yourself too, and be totally un-committed to any of them. Unreliable as f@ck = extreme.

77. Record a Slayer cover.

78. After a band 'calls it a day', attempt to contact Rob Halford to start a new band.

79. Or alternatively, Phil Anselmo to resurrect a dead band.

80. Rip off as many samples from horror movies as possible to use in your extreme album. Copyright is for pussies.

81. Triggered drums are the only way to go, even if your snare sounds like a 6" tom.

82. Experience a heroin overdose, live through it, and say that you had to come back because Satan told you that you must piss more people off.

83. Say that you are a Satanist and that you only listen to black metal.

84. Say 'Morbid Angel is the best f@cking death metal band in the world".

85. A toilet is the best place to keep beer and alcohol chilled.

86. Kill your offspring if they become house/trance DJ's.

87. Admit you used to air guitar to KISS and that Gene Simmons is your
God.

88. Listen and air drum to Motley Crue's 'Dr. FeelGood' album (yes its ok to do that).

89. Splatter as much fake blood on stage and your audience as stated in the rules of accordance in hiring your venue.

90. Wait, rules are for pussies.

91. Try to get your long hair stuck in as many people's mouths as possible in the audience.

92. Sing so brutal and low, so that people, who even know your lyrics, can't sing along, thus sound pussy in comparison to you. Exert your Extreme Dominance.

93 Recording a jam session in a blizzard on the snowy slopes of Norway is part of the pre-production for your new album.

94. Destroy as many hotel rooms as possible while on tour.

95. Beware of power metal album covers that look like black metal album covers - deception can be brutal.

96. Your middle name must be that of a weapon, succeeded by the word 'The'. eg. "John 'The Missle/Axe/Torpedo' Smith".

97. Wearing leather pants means they must be tight enough to show a dick print.

98. Corpse paint is compulsory when meeting the in-laws.

99. Lay down the smack on all people not as extreme as you, exert your dominance extremely.

100. Work/Live by a steel factory and claim that 'metal has been in my blood from a young age'.

101. The most important rule of extreme metal: “In order to create art of the most truest form, one must live it.” Kill yourself and die, and only then can you write and perform the most extreme of extreme metal possible.

abzolutley mad, cool, wacky ad by Idea Cellular

a spoof on da super hit mallu movie lajjvadi this is da ultimate thing one can do to physce anyone u know or at least drive them insane :):)
get up n dance like mohanlal or prabhu or rajni...

you can download the ad out here http://www.ideacellular.com/Images/Mpegs/DialerTones-Star.MPG

and do da ultimate dance steps...

Tech Buzz Game by Yahoo!

Really cool tech game ala mock stock ex, motive is to Predict Future Technology Trends.
Though the prizes are for US nationals only, I think its definitly worth playing minus da prizes.
I've been hooked onto it already :)
Here's my portfolio as of today...
My Portfolio
Quantity Value
GOOGAD 292 $2,774.51
VIRUS 211 $482.30
BLOGGER 1242 $676.78
FFOX 295 $1,234.07
GUTENBERG 54 $651.72
MOBTXT 113 $2,430.40
KAZAA 108 $614.08
SPURL 20 $9.82
ORKUT 1396 $845.61
FLICKRTG 34 $483.51


check it out at http://buzz.research.yahoo.com
Joint Research Project Enables Participants to Buy and Sell Virtual Shares of Technology Topics
Yahoo! Research Labs, Yahoo!'s organization for advanced research in science and technology, has teamed with O'Reilly Media, the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies, to develop a joint research project called the Tech Buzz Game (http://buzz.research.yahoo.com), an online prediction market that allows consumers to forecast the popularity of technology concepts, products and trends.

DD.. no tnx!!!

If you might have watch the last match between India and Pakistan, I'm sure like millions of fans you also might have banged your head on da wall and cried in pain on the pathetic coverage of Doordarshan and the insane level of commercialization by DD.
3-4 ads between every over
ads start at any time even before the over gets over, in between the over,
exactly before any important timing of the match DD show infinite crappy ads
I think anything ..Sony, ESPN, ZEE, Star Sports should be fine but please no Doordarshan ... god have mercy on us.

DD rot in Hell!!!

coolest blog on the world of finance and investing

 

http://www.seekingalpha.com/2005/03/the_finance_blo.html

 

Seeking Alpha  The Finance Blog Resource Page: a list of the best economics, investing, venture capital and personal finance blogs.

 

One of the coolest ones on the world wide web, blog is managed by David Jackson. davidajackson@gmail.com

 

He is coming up wid a India specific blog,something on the lines of

www.ChinaStockBlog.com  more on that later.

 

p.s the link to David's blog was referred through Rajesh jain's blog :)

 

 

 

World's smallest Website !! ---

 

 Guys just click the link below and see the world's smallest website ever... it has flash games and much more.... try surfing it...

please put in your feedback..... although its pretty useless.... its an unique idea.. very well developed... too good... check it out !!

 

 

 http://www.guimp.com/

  

MyZus is Hiring...

My company MyZus (wouldn't call it Ex) is looking for two Senior Techies (Senior Technology Mgr & Project Leader )

needed to propel the company’s organic growth around the world, to help identify and hire dedicated & driven people with high potential,

MyZus is a global technology company providing software solutions for cellular operators, customer management and call
centers around the world.

Some of the qualities I think you must have -

1. Be mentally prepared for exciting and demanding

challenges.

2. Have the energy to be successful.

3. Be self-paced and self-motivated.

4. 5. Be considered "one of the best" by your peers.

6. 11. Be ready to trade short-term risks for that

ultimate "pile of gold" (or fame).

The Job Details :

1. Senior Technology Mgr - Experience ( 5 - 8 years) -

- Good knowledge of Core and advanced Java.
- Experience in J2EE Development with Application Server such as Websphere / Weblogic.
- Must have the knowledge about Application Deployment along with experience in EJB and JMS.
- Experience in JSP and Web Servers like Apache / Jakarta Tomcat / Struts.
- Experience Oracle Database Server. Preferably, he/she should have worked on version 8 or above.
- Should be proficient in XML, SOAP and WML
- Should be comfortable with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
- Knowledge about Telecom and Mobile applications, J2ME and third party component integration such as SMSC, MMSC and Payment Gateway is desired. A hand on experience in the same would be an added advantage.

2. Project Leader - Experience ( 3 - 5 years)

- Good knowledge of Core and advanced Java.
- Experience in J2EE Development with Application Server such as Websphere.
- Must have the knowledge about Application Deployment along with experience in EJB and JMS.
- Experience in JSP and Web Servers like Apache / Jakarta Tomcat / Struts.
- Experience Oracle Database Server. Preferably, he/she should have worked on version 8 or above.
- Should be proficient in XML, SOAP and WML
- Should be comfortable with Linux Operating Systems.
- Knowledge about Telecom and Mobile applications, J2ME and third party component integration such as SMSC and Payment Gateway is desired.




If you want to be part of the next hot technology company with high potential for success and

rewards, and you desire to contribute from the ground

floor and progress your career with the growth of the

company, this venture may be the ONE!

Feel free to send your resume to me at satish.vijaykumar@myzus.com or forward this to any of your friends who may be interested.

Peace.

Satish Vijaykumar

life's game.... failure...

when u fail in something you felt was right, had your passion into it... ur freidns make fun of it... wot does it make u do...
well nothing as such to me... i know i can rock it... people can send da all da drawing n da sms its ok wid me..
i'm happy i've a few freinds who inspite how stupid or crazy i'm belive in me...
for rest of em its ok ur still my freinds..

Tremors rattle Bombay,

15.14 IST.... I'm in Mittal Tower, 8th floor.... I feel myself moving a bit.. away from my laptop.. maaaaaaaaaan its an Earthquake... it last for 15-20 seconds.. but it felt endless....
Totall tense feeling... many running out of the buildings in Nariman point... a reason to run home early :)
Bombay has been lucky so far about da earthquakes, but for how long. We have 3 seismic fault lines cris-crossing across da city. Some say its all due to da God's blessings in Bombay.. viz mumbdadevi,mount mary, haji ali ..
There was an earthquake oday morning in the Andamans too... some co-relation??

rediff reports

Tremors rattle parts of Maharashtra

Tremors rattled Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra at around 1514 IST on Monday.

Though details are awaited, rediff.com received calls from Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Karad reporting tremors.

Initial reports said the earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale, was centered around Koyna in western Maharashtra.

Forbes Billionaires List Top 100

We have 3 indians Mittal, Azim Premji & Ambanis... wonder apna number kabi ayega ...
If our tally reaches around 25 then I think India should have reached a decent level of growth and prosperity.

Forbes Billionaires List Top 100

1. William Gates III, Washington, 49, $46.5, Microsoft

2. Warren Buffett, Nebraska, 74, $44, Berkshire Hathaway

3. Lakshmi Mittal, India, 54, $25, steel

4. Carlos Slim Helu, Mexico, 65, $23.8, telecom

5. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi Arabia, 48,
$23.7, investments

6. Ingvar Kamprad, Sweden, 78, $23, Ikea

7. Paul Allen, Washington, 52, $21, Microsoft,
investments

8. Karl Albrecht, Germany, 85, $18.5, supermarkets

9. Lawrence Ellison, California, 60, $18.4, Oracle

10. S. Robson Walton,
Arkansas, 61, $18.3, Wal-Mart

11. Jim Walton, Arkansas, 57, $18.2, Wal-Mart

11. John Walton, Arkansas, 59, $18.2, Wal-Mart

13. Alice Walton, Texas, 56, $18, Wal-Mart

13. Helen Walton, Arkansas, 85, $18, Wal-Mart

15. Kenneth Thomson and family, Canada, 81, $17.9, publishing

16. Liliane Bettencourt, France, 82, $17.2, L'Oreal

17. Bernard Arnault, France, 56, $17, LVMH

18. Michael Dell, Texas, 40, $16, Dell

19. Sheldon Adelson, Nevada, 71, $15.6, casinos, hotels

20. Theo Albrecht, Germany, 83, $15.5, supermarkets

21. Roman Abramovich, Russia, 38, $13.3, oil

22. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 76, $13, diversified

23. Amancio Ortega, Spain, 69, $12.6, Zara

24. Steven Ballmer, Washington, 49, $12.1, Microsoft

25. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, 68, $12, media

25. Abigail Johnson, Massachusetts, 43, $12, Fidelity

27. Barbara Cox Anthony, Hawaii, 81, $11.7, Cox Enterprises

27. Anne Cox Chambers, Georgia, 85, $11.7, Cox Enterprises

29. Stefan Persson, Sweden, 57, $11.2, Hennes & Mauritz

30. John Kluge, Florida, 90, $11, Metromedia

31. Raymond, Thomas and Walter Kwok, Hong Kong, no age given, $10.9, real estate

32. Forrest Mars Jr., Virginia, 73, $10.4, candy

32. Jacqueline Mars, New Jersey, 65, $10.4, candy

32. John Mars, Virginia, 68, $10.4, candy

35. Luciano Benetton and family, Italy, 69, $9.9, Benetton

35. Pierre Omidyar, Nevada, 37, $9.9, Ebay

35. Galen Weston and family, Canada, 64, $9.9, retail

38. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 77, $9.3, real estate

38. Azim Premji, India, 59, $9.3, software

40. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family, Kuwait, 61, $9, construction

41. Kirk Kerkorian, California, 87, $8.9, investments, casinos

42. Sumner Redstone, California, 81, $8.8 Viacom

43. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italy, 69, $8.5, eyewear

43. Michele Ferrero and family, Italy, 78, $8.5, chocolates

45. Michael Otto and family, Germany, 61, $8.3, retail

46. Susanne Klatten, Germany, 43, $8.2, BMW

46. Philip Knight, Oregon, 67, $8.2, Nike

46. Hans Rausing, Sweden, 79, $8.2, packaging

49. Serge Dassault and family, France, 80, $7.8, aviation

49. Carl Icahn, New York, 69, $7.8, leveraged buyouts

49. Keith Rupert Murdoch, New York, 74, $7.8, News Corp.

52. Rudolf August Oetker and family, Germany, 88, $7.7, food

53. Birgit Rausing and family, Sweden, 81, $7.6, packaging

54. Spiro Latsis and family, Greece, 58, $7.5, banking

55. Sergey Brin, California, 31, $7.2, Google

55. Charles Ergen, Colorado, 52, $7.2, EchoStar

55. Larry Page, California, 32, $7.2, Google

55. George Soros, New York, 74, $7.2, hedge funds

55. Reinhold Wurth, Germany, 69, $7.2, manufacturing

60. Mukesh and Anil Ambani, India, no age given, $7,
diversified

60. Mikhail Fridman, Russia, 40, $7, oil, banking

60. Vladimir Lisin, Russia, 48, $7, steel

60. Donald Newhouse, New Jersey, NJ, 75, $7, publishing

60. Samuel Newhouse Jr., New York, 77, $7, publishing

65. Adolf Merckle, Germany, 70, $6.9, drugs

66. Stefan Quandt, Germany, 39, $6.7, BMW

67. Micky Arison, Florida, 55, $6.5, Carnival Cruises

68. Philip and Cristina Green, Britain, no age given, $6.3, retail

68. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler, Germany, no age given, $6.3, ball bearings

68. August von Finck, Germany, 74, $6.3, investments

71. Eli Broad, California, 71, $6.1, investments

72. Curt Engelhorn, Germany, 78, $6, drugs

72. Friedrich Flick Jr., Germany, 78, $6, investments

72. Edward Johnson III, Massachusetts, 74, $6, Fidelity

72. Nicky Oppenheimer and family, South Africa, 59, $6, De Beers

76. Francois Pinault, France, 68, $5.9, retail

77. Philip Anschutz, Colorado, 65, $5.8, investments

77. Ernesto Bertarelli, Switzerland, 39, $5.8, biotech

77. Nobutada Saji and family, Japan, 59, $5.8, beverages

80. Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia, 85, $5.6, banking

80. Yoshitaka Fukuda and family, Japan, 57, $5.6, credit

80. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family, Britain, 53, $5.6, real estate

80. Reinhard Mohn and family, Germany, 83, $5.6, media

84. Shari Arison, Israel, 47, $5.5, inheritance, cruise ships

84. Oleg Deripaska, Russia, 36, $5.5, aluminum

84. Yasuo Takei and family, Japan, 75, $5.5, credit

87. Jean-Claude Decaux and family, France, 67, $5.4, advertising

87. Antonia Johnson, Sweden, 61, $5.4, diversified

87. Johanna Quandt, Germany, 77, $5.4, BMW

90. Maersk McKinney Moller, Denmark, 91, $5.3, shipping

91. Joseph and Moise Safra, Brazil, no age given, $5.2, banking

91. Onsi Sawiris and family, Egypt, 75, $5.2, contracting

93. Dan Duncan, Texas, 72, $5.1, natural gas

94. Michael Bloomberg, New York, 62, $5, Bloomberg L.P.

94. Gustavo Cisneros and family, Venezuela, 59, $5, media

94. Rafael del Pino, Spain, 84, $5, construction

94. Robert Kuok, Malaysia, 81, $5, diversified

94. Kerry Packer, Australia, 67, $5, media

94. Hasso Plattner, Germany, 61, $5, SAP

94. Jeffrey Skoll, Canada (lives in California), 40,
$5, Ebay

94. Viktor Vekselberg, Russia, 47, $5, oil, metals

94. H. Ty Warner, Illinois, 61, $5, Beanie Babies

103. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, Netherlands, 50, $4.9, Heineken

103. Eitaro Itoyama, Japan, 62, $4.9, golf courses

103. Rahmi Koc and family, Turkey, 74, $4.9, diversified

103. Ronald Perelman, New York, 62, $4.9, leveraged
buyouts

My Bit for da World

My Bit for da World
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

I heard Art is big money... anyone intrested in copies of my artwork... proceeds will go to da Tsunami relief fund.

A fund that could glitter

The Hindu Business Line : A fund that could glitter

If one goes by the gold mania prevailig in our country today,I wont be surprised if gold bonds n equities are worn & hung around by Desis during weddings and other occasions..

On a serious note it a good step towards creating a bigger investor pool in our nation where only 2-3% invests in equities n mutual funds, this would lead them to many other opportunites.

awesome art site.... :))

art.com artPad

ornijal masterpiece by me :))
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?id3cuanxtrs

Art.com is wonderful toy to unleash your creative side... wid cool features n replays ........

coolstoolz.. creative stuff...

coolstools
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

Should be fun to have this in India :):)
Desi mem englis stool :))

FM Chidambaram rocks

The budget was one of the shortest n most edited given by any finance ministers in recent times... no quotes no shayri's no "main hoon na" no jokes... to da points in your face.. real busines...
India has a wonderful team at the helm of affairs Manmohan,PC, Montek and Jairam Ramesh.. Sam Pitroda, I belive is also some where in the background. i think its a good time to invest in India, We have a billion reasons to be bullish.

The best thing I liked about the budget was the 10 Rs tax on any cash withdrawal over 10000 bucks... or 0.1 % .. the entire industry and the political world is up in arms about it... they have totally forgotten the other serious proposals n taxes. Reminds me to the joke about the bicycle repair man and the pakistanis.

Vajpayee and Bush are sitting in a bar. A guy walks in and asks the Barman,

"Isn't that Bush and Vajpayee?"
The barman says "Yep, thats them." So the guy walks over and says,"Hello, what
are u guys doing?"
And Bush says, "We're planning world war 3"
And the guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"
And Vajpayee says, "Well, we're going to kill 14 million Pakistanis and a
bicycle repairman."
And the guy exclaimed, "A bicycle repairman?!!!"
So Vajpayee turns to Bush and says, " See, I told you no-one would worry about
the 14 million Pakistanis!"

And yes the Sensex & Nifty are a bit low after hitting an all time high yesterday.

Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?

Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?

Some deadly conspiracy theory suggesting some thing only Uncle Sam could do.. I don't fully believe in it but at the same time some doubts still linger in my mind.
Its often said to find the perpetrators of any action, one should find the one who derives the most benefits out of it... In this say sadly the markets dint crash much nor did Oil prices rise..
I guess its mother nature at her very worst... no Uncle Sam could have done it.

Praful Patel ko popat banaya!

Praful Patel ko popat banaya!

Only Mid-day, Bombay's very own tabloid could make this a full page story :):)

Epica Awards - Cool Ad on Bapu

Epica Awards

An awesome Ad made on the Man we call the father of the Nation.

Though Gandhi's philosophies and fundas may not seem right for this century but I definitely think the would need more of his teaching coz da world needs more truth and reconciliation.

Some call him a traitor, a British agent, a baniya whatever his crictics may call but I don't think anybody else could have unified this huge landmass called India better than him.
Bapu rocks ...

They say 3 gujjus were responsible for the situation were'in today jinnah, patel, Gandhi :):)

Sensex ends at all time High!!!

The Sensex closed at 6679.33 a new closing high. The previous closing high was 6679.20 touched on January 3, 2005. The Nifty closed up 16.20 points or 0.78% at 2098.25.
The mood is bullish but last 10 minutes crash wiped out most of the gains of the Mid-caps.

All IT scrips seems to be back in vogue... all K10 scrips are back in action after lying low n dormant for 2-3 yrs of so :))

Sometimes i wonder, instead of education the FIIs and others governments about investing in India, we should educate our nation about investment opportnities in the equities and other sectors. I guess only a fraction of 100 crore people know about the stock markets and mutual funds.
I think India has all the money which can be tapped to make India a even more potent global force to reckon with :):)

till then let the Teji wind blow on.........

Lemon-Demon

Lemon-Demon
Originally uploaded by mzsatish.

check out this cool video on the lemon demon, the limbu sherbat wala in kalaghoda.
http://www.jammag.com/jamtv/images/LimeSodaMan.WMV

made by Jam, a cool youth mag, I used to work for in college years :):)

p.s now i think i need to get the vodkamartini part of me :))

Calvin rocks...

One of the primary reason I read Mid-day.
Calvin inspite of being suca brat always has something that each of us can relate to, remember, laugh and introspect or say what da F$%$.
Found 25 best of Calvin series at
http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm

Chal hatt! Negar Khan deported

Chal hatt! Negar Khan deported

Poor item bomb Negar, there are over 10 million illegal Bangladeshis majority of them living in antop hill, reay road,mumbra and Mira road our customs and cops take regular protection money and use their services as a vote bank..
Lets give Negar da benefit of doubt considering she is dumb :), to further worsen matters Mid-day comes out wid this deadly headline..

Also lets not forget for every Negar Khan overstaying and working in India there over a million Mallus,Surds and other desis living illegally in every part of this planet.

SMS Karma :))

Karma
Cause and Effect. From an absolute standpoint, karma is the circumstance of the moment. Relatively, it is the endless chain of cause and effect that defines the future events of an individuals life.

SMS
A service that allows users to send text-based messages from one device to another

This is what Google says about Karma & SMS, but I think its definitely something much more than a simple act of sharing a message or spending a buck to communicate.

I send many sms's in a day (Reliance free SMS scheme), I send to my friends, colleagues, bldg junta, friends of friends & da who's who of the SMS forwarding world.
Today I got da same SMS I sent to my friend a few days ago 4 times from 4 different friends and 2 calling to check whether I got and and 1 trying to explain da joke :))... this vicious circle continued a dozen times day and night and if the network goes berserk god only help you, you can raise the frequency to the power of 10..

SMS is da tool not only for romance but its the new mantra for Forex dealers n Stock market dealers, matka operators, hawala agents, pimps n fixers, spreading rumours and the possible shady things one can think about...
I think the top 5 SMS usage by Indians would be for
Forwarding jokes ( adult jokes, circulate more)
Stupid shyaris which no one understands
television contests (Either to win prize or have ur name on the Channel ticker)
Romance/gossip
spreading rumours
Things like SMS M-commerce,gaming,marketing, chat,research, alerts are picking up, would surely be on the top 5 in about 6 months.
Itching to sms.. nahi kya :))

addictive game - totall studdgiri :):)

http://www.stickcricket.com/tsunamiappeal/

Awesome cricket game.. a must if are lukkha in da office :):)

Gmail - Maangta Kya??

I've got 50 gmail ivites to give... lemme know if you or friends need any...
I think google is feeling the heat thanks to Hotmail n Yahoo also increasing thier space wid more features...

For a company that made Record Revenues of over a billion dollars for the last quater, the game is yet to begin..

Education??

"A poor, ill educated man created billion dollar Reliance industry. Two business graduates from Stanford and Wharton Business School, busy breaking it up. That's education".