Ad treasure hunt

We conducted this online treause hunt as part of our fest Paragana'09.

Try it out here:
http://adverb-nmims.blogspot.com/2009/11/1st-step-towards-grail.html

5 things I am enjoying and missing

I am student again and becoming a student again come with its fair share of advantages and disadvantages.

Five things that I am enjoying the most being a student again are:
1. Getting up late: for some one who had to get up regularly at 6 for the last 3 years, getting up late now is like a blessing. Sleeping late and getting up late is integral part of college life.
2. Bunking Classes:Now I don't need to ask anyone when I need a day off. I can bunk classes at my onw wish.
3. No responsibilities: No more projects, no more meetings, no more deadlines.

4. Vacations: Becoming a student again means summer, winter and Diwali vacations.

5. Student concession: Now I can ask any one for discount as a student.


Five things that I miss about not being employed:
1. Salary at the end of the month: A salary at the end of the month was a safety net which I miss a lot. Now I have to think twice before I spend every rupee.
2. Friends at work: I miss my friends and colleagues the most. They made my 3 years memorable.

3. Travelling: My work gave me the opportunity to travel four different countries.

4. Allowances: Going home has become difficult as I don't get any travel allowance now. Miss the Diwali and dussera bonuses, they rescued every time I was in need of cash.

" I want peace", M C Mary Kom

"I want peace for Manipur. It should move ahead like the rest of the country. It should be one India with Manipur in it," said four-time world champion woman boxer MC Mary Kom.
"I have myself experienced it (the volatile law and order situation). My father-in-law, who came to Delhi to support me during the 2006 World Championships, was shot dead in December that year. I still don't know why it happened. I don't know who did it," she recalled.
Mary Kom getting the Khel Ratna is the best thing that has happened to Manipur in long long time. Sports has always worked as a great unifying force and sport persons have proved to be the most successful messengers of peace. Mary Kom hails from that part of India which has been a victim of central apathy for more than five decades. This helped the land to become a hotbed of terrorism.
But inspite of the insurgency issues North-East India has regularly produced sports persons of international repute, the latest in the list being Somdev Devvarman of Tripura.
All of them achieved success not because of the system but because of their own grit and determination. It makes me wonder had there been a proper infra-structure for sports in NE, how many world beating players India would have had?
Football is the strongest force holding Manipur together, football is one weapon for which even the terrorists of Manipur has no defence. May be the government of India should focus on improving the sports infrastructure in NE as one of the resorts to curb terrorism here.

Farewell poem

I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.

Here I give back the keys of my door
---and I give up all claims to my house.
I only ask for last kind words from you.

We were neighbors for long,
but I received more than I could give.
Now the day has dawned
and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.
A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.

This Farewell poem by Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore is for all the friends I made in my last company whom I will be leaving for the beginning of a new future.

Good Bye Kingdom

I finally got to say Good Bye to kingdom of Saudi Arabia(not kingdom exists this days). Though I have not yet reached India because I am stuck in AbuDhabi airport rite now. I still have 8 hours in my hand before i board my next flight to India,my condition is slightly better than Tom Hanks in Terminal as luckily this time my office gave me Business class ticket and I got the opportunity to be in the Etihad Premium lounge, it is from their big 21" macintosh that I am composing this post. The contrast between the AbuDhabi airport and Dammam airport are startling, AbuDahbi has one of the best airports in the world and here one get to see a very good crowd from all over the world and for someone like me who as spent last three months in Saudi, where the only part of female u can see is their eyes if you are lucky may be their eyes sometime, I am enjoying every bit of it now.
Thats all for the time being, more on Saudi after reaching India.

This is a virtual world.

Ever since blogging and social networking sites came into being it changed the life of lot of people, I don't mean the writers or the reporters who were not getting employed till than. I mean the common people who normally used to be unnoticed among the lot. They got a new life a new identity in this virtual world of Internet. In this virtual world they could be what they always wanted to be in the real world; but it was not possible because they were either unattractive or because of the people around them wouldn't let them be what they wanted to be. The Internet gave them an even platform to compete with others. The girl who was never the most popular girl in college managed to earn thousand of followers and fans through her writing and bold portrayal of her inner self. The boy who was the favourite bunny of big bullies in school now could criticise or bully anyone with his writing and also get scores of people to support his views. This is a world where the blog is mightier than the sword.

Suadi Arabia VS South Korea in Office

Today in our office the world cup qualifying match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea was screened. Before you start wondering why would they screen such a match in any office in India, let me tell you that right now I am stationed in Saudi Arabia. Our client requested the screening of the match , this was a important match for Saudi Arabia to make it to the final rounds of World Cup 2010, since our consultants were Koreans it made the atmosphere even more electrifying.

While watching the match I started wondering how it will be like to watch India's match in the ongoing T20 world cup on big screen in office. A final between India and Pakistan like the last edition will be great to watch and the good number of Pakistani employees in our Saudi office will make the atmosphere very competitive. It will be great to see the pain of losing on my Pakistani lead engineer's face.
Or a match between India and England would not be bad, my PMT who is a big MAN U is a British.
It will be a great sight to see the Arabs cheering on Yuvi's sixes and Doni's boundaries.

But before my dream comes true India have to make it to the semis, lets c what Dhoni's boys do today.
Oh by the way the match ended in a 0-0 draw.