Aloha!

I just noticed that I had not posted for almost 3 years. Coincidently, there have been no posts after the last one which spoke about my marriage!

Another frontier in life…

I have conquered another frontier in life 🙂 On the eve of 22nd Feb, I got married to my love – A and life’s entered into the next level.

Just read somewhere,
“A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he marries.” .. I follow both 🙂

DDLJ … Always a HIT

Have been watching “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayege” on a TV channel and am enjoying every dialogue and each of those hit sequences!

This truly was a great movie… one of my all time favorites!

Happy Diwali

Let’s celebrate the victory of light over darkness….

Wishing all my readers, a very happy Diwali…. May this festival of lights bring brightness and prosperity in your lives

Now… that’s Account management

The top marketing director of Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.

After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers, ‘Your Eminence, I have some business to discuss. We at Nescafe have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate $100 million to the church. If you change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘Give us this day our daily coffee’.” The Pope looks outraged and thunders, “That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the Lord, It must not be changed.” Well,” says the Nescafe man somewhat chastened, “We anticipated your reluctance. For this reason, and the importance of the Lord’s Prayer to all Catholics, we will increase our offer to $300 million. All we require is that you change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘Give us this day our daily coffee’.” Again, even more sternly, the Pope replies, “That, my son is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed.” Finally, the Nescafe director says, “Your Holiness, we at Nescafe respect your adherence to your faith, we realize that tradition is essential to your beliefs, we fully understand the importance of the word of the Lord……… ……..but we do have one final offer. Please discuss it with your cardinals. We will donate $500 million to the great Catholic church if you would only change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘Give us this day our daily coffee’. Please, please consider it.” And he leaves.

The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. “There is some good news,” he announces, “and some bad news ……. The good news is, he continues to a hushed assembly, ‘ that the Church will get $ 500 million.” “And what is the bad news, your Holiness?” asks a Cardinal. “Sadly” says the Pope, We would have to lose the Britannia Account !!!!!!

Happy Anniversary – Mr. Barcode

Today, barcodes were patented and here lies the complete patent text

Change…

Work wise, it looks like a busy October ahead. Festivals have already begun and the gifting season is in full flow! Big Business with bigger targets that’s how I would define my work in October. As a product man, this also implies that I have a busy October ahead with some stiff targets both for the supply and sales ends. I am truly enjoying being sandwiched 😉

The best part about being a product manager is I am always caught at the wrong side of the table. In my discussions with the sales team, I am THE supply side man. With the suppliers, I am THE sales man. With the marketing team, I am THE product man. And the real challenge is to sound like I understand the other side’s concerns and still put my point in a firm manner. While this is definitely challenging, it also requires me to constantly change as per the changing audience.

On the personal front too, there’s a lot changing .. While, the last couple of months took me to unlit dark corners, (this month) the shinning metal is ready to show its flame this month. My views, my interests, my opinions, perspectives and even my meal times 😉 … each of it is changing!

Friends, Change is on its way and I am all set to welcome change.

It’s about Me… Which me?

By the way, WordPress does provide an option of private blogs and “Members Only” areas but that was not the idea behind this blog. Want to know more, visit http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/private-blogs/

When I started blogging some time ago, I was not clear about what I would write on the blog. This was also the reason that the initial blog entries were far and wide with long periods of absence. But with time, the content has grown and the blog has become a platform for me to share my thoughts, experiences, successes and failures. I have also made it a point to share my lessons with the world.

The blog has helped me to connect with my friends, classmates and like minded people. It is great when people start recognizing me with my blog. While, I am happy for my blog (name, fame n all) … but somewhere down the line, my blog is being identified as me. Well.. this has been a tricky call! I have written about the good and bad times but have obviously talked about things which I wanted others to know about me 😉 and there’s much more in my life than what has been written and discussed on the blog. After all, a blog cannot replace the fun of meeting the person – in person!

By the way, I had never thought of a private blog entries but WordPress does provide an option of private blogs and “Members Only” areas but that was not the idea behind this blog. Want to know more, visit here

Old memories revisited

This picture was taken while I was in Seoul, South Korea in May 2005… The guy in blue T-shirt is me 🙂

Some advice for friends (still in university/college)

You have a year  (change that to the duration of your course) to be irresponsible, thoughtless and immature. Relax, Chill and have a nice time!

Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll always remember the time you spent hanging out with your friends. So, Stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends… when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don’t have. Eat in that college canteen… Drink ’til sunrise… and enjoy the camaraderie during those late night assignments

The work never ends, but college does! Enjoy your life before life starts enjoying you 😉