| Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 |
| 5:04 pm |
Wheeeeeee!! My supervisor had submitted my Management masters dissertation paper to the British Academy of Management for their 2008 Conference. Yesterday I got a notification stating that the paper has been accepted!! If all goes well I will be presenting this in September! I can't believe it. |
| Saturday, April 19th, 2008 |
| 12:07 pm |
Metro is a free tabloid distributed here. Yesterday I saw a car with their advertisement. The tagline reads "News at the speed of life" which I found quite interesting although the news which they print is usuallly ****!!  |
| Monday, April 14th, 2008 |
| 9:33 pm |
Smart cars promoting Cillit Bang   |
| Sunday, March 16th, 2008 |
| 10:03 am |
The Daffodil Man ...selling daffodils to raise money for a Cancer Charity.  |
| Friday, February 22nd, 2008 |
| 7:11 pm |
This one is for Jay Leno's show  Coming from a native English speaker, this sucks! |
| 7:11 pm |
Jodhaa Akba=r
We watched Jodhaa Akbar a couple of days back. Although there is no real substance to the film, Ashutosh Gowarikar somehow manages to keep us entertained for the 3+ hours of the film which is really surprising. It isn't really a love story in the conventional sense, nor is it a historical drama. I couldn't find a genre to classify this move into. It's a mishmash of everything really. Hrithik and Aishwarya somehow manage to fit into their respective roles. Although the supporting cast did not consist of any big names they lend able support. A. R. Rehman's music is fabulous as usual!
Current Music: Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah |
| 7:03 pm |
Current situation My current situation reminds me of what Al Pacino said in Godfather III "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!!" Current Mood:  angry |
| Sunday, February 17th, 2008 |
| 6:04 pm |
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| Thursday, January 24th, 2008 |
| 8:43 pm |
I feel like the biggest loser on the planet--and it's all to do with stuff at work!! |
| Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 |
| 8:18 pm |
random thought
Sometimes you leave things/people for a while and expect them to remain the same when you go back--but it never happens!! Things change, people change! |
| Monday, December 31st, 2007 |
| 4:39 pm |
TEST
Just testing! |
| Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 |
| 5:41 pm |
graduation weekend This was a weekend which I was looking forward to especially since it was our graduation on Saturday. It was an early start as we had to get to the college first to register ourselves, then pick up our robes before proceeding to the ceremony. The graduation itself was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Since there were about 10 different cohorts in the Business Faculty passing out, it was quite packed with students and their guests. The music and the church setting made it a very special occasion for all of us. By the time we were handed our degrees it was nearly an hour and a half into the ceremony. We just couldn't wait to get out as the President's speech went on for a tad too long! Following this we headed back to the college where we had some refreshments and took loads of photos. We had our lunch at House of Lebanon and finally finished the evening with a few drinks at Ron Blacks. It was good to see nearly the whole class turn up for this. * * * Watched two movies on Sunday, Blood Diamond and 21 grams. With the miserable weather there was nothing else to do really. It was an exceptionally dry October and November until the last three or four days when it has returned back to normal with gale force winds and rain! |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2007 |
| 10:31 pm |
Have changed jobs from Tuesday onwards, this is in a consulting role with a well known brand. Hopefully it will bring me the level of client exposure that I am looking for. No project allocated yet, so spending the time on online training.
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Got my final dissertation marks and overall course marks as well, and I fared much better than my own expectations :)) !! Graduation is in 2 weeks' time, so looking forward to attending that (I didn't attend the graduation ceremony when I passed out of the Engineering class in Mumbai Univ, so it makes this one all the more special!). I'm glad that this 2 year project is finally over! It meant very less time outside work and study, but it has been well worth the effort! I don't think that I will be studying a formally taught course again, but as they say 'never say never'!
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Have been catching up with more movies of late, watched Ratatouille, The Good Shepherd, Fracture and 1408. Haven't seen any desi movies lately though. |
| Monday, October 8th, 2007 |
| 5:00 pm |
So I'm back after a breezy week long trip to India--my shortest ever.
- Met up with an old flatmate and a close friend from my days in Belfast.
- Called up a few others as well, but there just wasn't enough time to meet up with anyone else.
- You can buy a nice flat and a cool car but when you step outside on to the road, it still sucks with the ever increasing crowds, traffic and pollution--this coming from someone who grew up in Mumbai!
- Rickshaw-wallas are still a pain in the ****
- Nearly everyone I know is buying property and cashing in on the real estate boom!
- Bhelpuri and other indian junk food still rocks!
- BA is now one of my favourite airlines. I last travelled with BA in 2001 and it sucked bigtime! Looks like increased competition on the London-Mumbai route has meant that they've paid serious attention to their service.
- Movies watched during the past week--
1. Mr. Bean's Holiday
2. Live Free or Die Hard
3. Paris, je t'aime
4. Shrek 3
5. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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| Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 |
| 9:47 am |
Quote of the day
Dont go through life, grow through life -- Eric Butterworth |
| Friday, August 31st, 2007 |
| 2:38 pm |
I think that only India can manage to lose from a winning position--as seen from yesterday's ODI match against England! As TimesofIndia put it--"India snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!". |
| Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 |
| 2:03 pm |
Since it was the long weekend we had an additional day, so we went for two movies. First was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I nearly fell asleep, somehow Hari Puttar movies don't have anything interesting anymore I think. Anyway I'm not a fan of the books either. The next one was The Simpsons Movie--maybe my expectation was quite high from this one, so I'll sum up my experience in Homer's words "I can't believe we're paying to watch something we could see on TV for free!" |
| Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 |
| 3:03 pm |
Dublin skyline on a summer evening  |
| Saturday, July 21st, 2007 |
| 4:17 pm |
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| Saturday, July 14th, 2007 |
| 5:14 pm |
Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare, Ireland.  |
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