The Petrol prices have been hiked again and this time by a whopping Rs 3.50/- per litre.
So from now in my hometown Hyderabad (where already i think we are paying the highest price) i have to shell out 56 bucks for a litre of petrol.
I still remember when i bought my bike i used to get close to 1.5 litre for 50 bucks which was my daily pocket money (without which i cud not have survived my Btech Days).
And today i cant even get atleast 1 Litre for 50 bucks.
So wat does this mean to me...
> I have to b careful to take out my car (If possible avoid :-))
> may b i shall think of using my company transport (in which i wud waste 4 hrs per day in journey)
> Prefer to stay at home arther than vrooming on bike (which unfortunately i cant control )
Luckily My car is a Duo version and it also runs on LPG. I can prefer usage of Gas as opposed to Petrol.(But still i cant understand why shud a BMW owner pay the same as a Wagon R owner/Bajaj Chetak Owner pays )
I just wonder how Common Mango People wud take this impact. May b Naseerudin Shah can define wat a Stupid Common Man can do.
Already the Inflation is in double digit figures
Petrol/Kerosene Prices are Hiked.
Gold is at an alltime high (Poor fellow T...my collegue..he is marrying in such a dreadful time)
Vegetable prices are sky rocketing (So i asked mom to consider Chicken before buying veggies)
Multiplexes in Hyd have hiked the prices to 150 bucks (and u guyz ask to kill piracy)
Milk becomes dearer by a Rupee.
Cooking Gas price goes up by 25 bucks.
The only thing tat looks CHEAP now is my PAYCHEQUE :-(
Though i am not sure how shud one Control these prices, i sincerely pray to god to hear some gud news coming in amongst all these unhappy News.
And guess wat leaving all these Necessary things untamed, ppl luv to spend time fighting to draw lines between countries,States and Castes.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Dandeli Adventure trip.....
After a long hiatus, I thought it was time for me to do something that I never did, something very crazy enough to think differently. At the same time I got an update mailer from ghac that there was space to accommodate me for their Dandeli trip to be done on 29th and 30th May 2010.
To give a prologue, Dandeli is a small village near Hubli. Surrounded by thick greenery and a hometown for many kinds of wildlife and different species of birds.
We started off on Friday Evening from MGBS at 8.30 PM in a KSRTC Megahdoot AC bus. All the ticket arrangements have been done by our trip organizer…Nandu . A truly amazing guy who is doing this trip 3rd time and 2nd one in may 2010 to the same place (Have to appreciate his patience as I wud have nvr done this kind of stuff …go to the same place 3 times …huhhhh) A very passionate guy and cheerful person.
We reached Hubli by 8 AM. There were 2 Jeeps arranged to move to Dandeli from here. Oops forgot to mention our jeeps had some funny names..one was called Sahil and the other Dolly (we lovingly mocked dolly dolly dolly…). From Hubli it is 70 kms approx and it took 2 hours to reach the farmhouse (bcoz of the not so gud roads).
The Farm house “Stanley’s Farmhouse” resembled like one in many of our bolllywood stylish guesthouses. Situated among lush greenery it stood alone. It is being run by a group of frenz who organize the events there.
We reached the farmhouse by 11 AM. Had quick breakfast, got freshen up and we headed to start off the action . The first we headed was River Crossing. I remember doing a similar thing when I attended my Air force Selection at Mysore. Looked simple but required great gusto to push back urself especially while returning where I had to carry my whole weight on my arms (when I completed someone told me tat I shud b leaning back so tat my weight wud be shared between my hands and body equally …Kaaash this fellow wud have said this before I started…phewwwww)
Once I came back I was completely exhausted (may b its been a longtime that I had some REAL Pyhsical workout…hehehe). I sat for 10 minutes as I went completely Blank for sometime trying to catch a Breath.
After that I along with a few others came back to the Farmhouse, had lunch and started off to the Natural Jacuzzi over the river Kali. It was a great one as this Jacuzzi removed all the tireness that we had since morning and made us really comfortable with the surroundings.
At around 4 Pm we started to the White Water Rafting point some 20 kms away. There were many people already waiting . While I was amazed as to how long wud it take for all of us to complete the task , we all did it at the same time. There were 8 Rafts and each cud accommodate 8 ppl excluding the trainer. The Main trainer gave some instructions and arranged into groups of 8 and gave each group an Instructor for the day.
As we got to our raft after fighting as to who wud sit in front, I luckily was chosen by our instructor to move in to the first place (Being tall shud have its own advantages)…I and Aftab took the lead positions on either side.
Our Instructor Shankar bhai was a cool and calm goin person. He made us feel comfortable with the river by making us jump into the river…yeah even non swimmers like me jumped into the river (ofcourse with the Life Jacket+Headgear). Once we all felt ok. We kick started our raft.
Each jump in the rafting is called a Rapid. And I enjoyed every rapid sitting in the front and cruising the raft . It was amazing one and I made sure that I didn’t close my eyes when I encountered the rapid. As we raced with other rafts we kept on having head-on collisions with other rafts and drenching each other shouting “Pls don’t waste water”
It was a 9 Km Ride with 8 Rapids. The 1st and 3rd rapids were quite exciting pumping my adrenaline high.
All in all it lasted for nearly 90 minutes . Our Dolly and Sahil were waiting for us at the other end to pick us back. After a couple of photo shoots (unfortunately we cud not get snaps on the raft in the river as we cud not manage cameras in tat water splashes and had to forgo) we headed back to our Farmhouse . The cool breeze around made us shiver and by the time we reached the farmhouse we were dry.
Refreshed ourselves with a bath and chai and we gathered around the Bonfire to have fun. After some gosssips we had our dinner. As I tght the day was over, suddenly there was an announcement that we still had to do the Night Safari.
So being helpless joined my crew in their expedition to see wildlife in their natural habitat. Geared with Torches we began to illuminate our way into the deep jungle with an expert. The moon was quite bright and it provided enough natural lighting to recognize each others faces. Though I hadn’t witnessed any Wildlife in the darkness Pavan and some others claimed that they had the opportunity to see a Deer and some Flying Squirrels. Guess I was following my crews footsteps and playing with the Torch.
At one point in the jungle we all halted at a point and switched off all the torches and felt the sudden chill running down the spine.
We reached back after the night trek at around midnite 12. We called it a day and arranged our Beds in the moonlight. Watching the stars and sleeping under the blue sky in a Jungle with natural sounds around was a great experience.
…Stay tuned Day 2 to come up……
To give a prologue, Dandeli is a small village near Hubli. Surrounded by thick greenery and a hometown for many kinds of wildlife and different species of birds.
We started off on Friday Evening from MGBS at 8.30 PM in a KSRTC Megahdoot AC bus. All the ticket arrangements have been done by our trip organizer…Nandu . A truly amazing guy who is doing this trip 3rd time and 2nd one in may 2010 to the same place (Have to appreciate his patience as I wud have nvr done this kind of stuff …go to the same place 3 times …huhhhh) A very passionate guy and cheerful person.
We reached Hubli by 8 AM. There were 2 Jeeps arranged to move to Dandeli from here. Oops forgot to mention our jeeps had some funny names..one was called Sahil and the other Dolly (we lovingly mocked dolly dolly dolly…). From Hubli it is 70 kms approx and it took 2 hours to reach the farmhouse (bcoz of the not so gud roads).
The Farm house “Stanley’s Farmhouse” resembled like one in many of our bolllywood stylish guesthouses. Situated among lush greenery it stood alone. It is being run by a group of frenz who organize the events there.
We reached the farmhouse by 11 AM. Had quick breakfast, got freshen up and we headed to start off the action . The first we headed was River Crossing. I remember doing a similar thing when I attended my Air force Selection at Mysore. Looked simple but required great gusto to push back urself especially while returning where I had to carry my whole weight on my arms (when I completed someone told me tat I shud b leaning back so tat my weight wud be shared between my hands and body equally …Kaaash this fellow wud have said this before I started…phewwwww)
Once I came back I was completely exhausted (may b its been a longtime that I had some REAL Pyhsical workout…hehehe). I sat for 10 minutes as I went completely Blank for sometime trying to catch a Breath.
After that I along with a few others came back to the Farmhouse, had lunch and started off to the Natural Jacuzzi over the river Kali. It was a great one as this Jacuzzi removed all the tireness that we had since morning and made us really comfortable with the surroundings.
At around 4 Pm we started to the White Water Rafting point some 20 kms away. There were many people already waiting . While I was amazed as to how long wud it take for all of us to complete the task , we all did it at the same time. There were 8 Rafts and each cud accommodate 8 ppl excluding the trainer. The Main trainer gave some instructions and arranged into groups of 8 and gave each group an Instructor for the day.
As we got to our raft after fighting as to who wud sit in front, I luckily was chosen by our instructor to move in to the first place (Being tall shud have its own advantages)…I and Aftab took the lead positions on either side.
Our Instructor Shankar bhai was a cool and calm goin person. He made us feel comfortable with the river by making us jump into the river…yeah even non swimmers like me jumped into the river (ofcourse with the Life Jacket+Headgear). Once we all felt ok. We kick started our raft.
Each jump in the rafting is called a Rapid. And I enjoyed every rapid sitting in the front and cruising the raft . It was amazing one and I made sure that I didn’t close my eyes when I encountered the rapid. As we raced with other rafts we kept on having head-on collisions with other rafts and drenching each other shouting “Pls don’t waste water”
It was a 9 Km Ride with 8 Rapids. The 1st and 3rd rapids were quite exciting pumping my adrenaline high.
All in all it lasted for nearly 90 minutes . Our Dolly and Sahil were waiting for us at the other end to pick us back. After a couple of photo shoots (unfortunately we cud not get snaps on the raft in the river as we cud not manage cameras in tat water splashes and had to forgo) we headed back to our Farmhouse . The cool breeze around made us shiver and by the time we reached the farmhouse we were dry.
Refreshed ourselves with a bath and chai and we gathered around the Bonfire to have fun. After some gosssips we had our dinner. As I tght the day was over, suddenly there was an announcement that we still had to do the Night Safari.
So being helpless joined my crew in their expedition to see wildlife in their natural habitat. Geared with Torches we began to illuminate our way into the deep jungle with an expert. The moon was quite bright and it provided enough natural lighting to recognize each others faces. Though I hadn’t witnessed any Wildlife in the darkness Pavan and some others claimed that they had the opportunity to see a Deer and some Flying Squirrels. Guess I was following my crews footsteps and playing with the Torch.
At one point in the jungle we all halted at a point and switched off all the torches and felt the sudden chill running down the spine.
We reached back after the night trek at around midnite 12. We called it a day and arranged our Beds in the moonlight. Watching the stars and sleeping under the blue sky in a Jungle with natural sounds around was a great experience.
…Stay tuned Day 2 to come up……
Monday, May 3, 2010
few ramblings.....
Ever since i have stepped into my new office I haven’t got time to spend for myself.
Initially I felt I had a lot of time to pursue various hobbies such as Movies (I planned to join a Movie Club, but left the thght of it now), go on a trek (stopped checking GHAC meetup mails), planned to go for the famous Heritage walk from Charminar to Chowmohalla palace (hahaha..waking up at 7 AM on a Sunday …noway).
And by the time i realize that , iam already 1month old in my new role.
Expectations have started to rise, Targets have been announced, I am xpected to join the Marquee from this month end.
Day by day I am getting used to new business processes, acquinted to new frenz, and most importantly new Timings.
By the time I reach home it would be time to sleep giving me no chance to think about how to spend my time…..
Its time to pull up my socks , roll my sleeves and get it going….I have got some new movies and finding it difficult to watch them…
Initially I felt I had a lot of time to pursue various hobbies such as Movies (I planned to join a Movie Club, but left the thght of it now), go on a trek (stopped checking GHAC meetup mails), planned to go for the famous Heritage walk from Charminar to Chowmohalla palace (hahaha..waking up at 7 AM on a Sunday …noway).
And by the time i realize that , iam already 1month old in my new role.
Expectations have started to rise, Targets have been announced, I am xpected to join the Marquee from this month end.
Day by day I am getting used to new business processes, acquinted to new frenz, and most importantly new Timings.
By the time I reach home it would be time to sleep giving me no chance to think about how to spend my time…..
Its time to pull up my socks , roll my sleeves and get it going….I have got some new movies and finding it difficult to watch them…
Thursday, April 15, 2010
i BlOg BcOz.....
Let me confess that when I started blogging I had no idea as to why people blog.
One day in my office there was a flashy email saying that my colleague is the Top Blogger of the month (with his picture). Eagerly I checked onto his blog page to see why was his picture being flashed across 50k Screens in the organization. All I could find on his bloglink was an empty page. I immediately turned back to him and asked him as to what does this imply. Shaken by my observation, he immediately opened his blog and made a post.
What went behind the scene was, Blogging was a new concept introduced in our organization and to promote that , blogs were picked randomly and awarded the Best blog of the month Award. And my dearest neighbor, unknowingly started a blog (but didn’t attempt to make a post, as he wud not have figured wat this was meant to be) the previous evening but had no idea as to what to post.
So picking the queue from him (and to be a wanna be Best Blogger ), I also started a blog of mine and gradually picked up pace by contributing every now and then and extended my blog to blogger.com
Even till date my Blog Follower count is still a single digit count . So you could imagine the kind of circle I am into. None of friends blog. So they don’t read my blogs. I literally dragged many of my frenz to blogging world, while some never turned up (ending in wasting a url by creating their blog but never use it) and some stopped blogging after some time.
It is because of such callous attitude that I drift away from blogging as I find no one appreciating my writing style/ sense of humor or rather observations.
It is at times like these that I LOSE INTEREST TO BLOG.
However I am a regular follower of blogs written by my favourite bloggers, my adrenaline starts pumping up and the fever to start blogging arises.
One of them is Shrinidhi who is an avid blogger. On a regular basis I learn from him that even this can be blogged. My understanding of blogging (initially) was to vent out. He blogs with such passion that he blogs about everything- from vehicle reviews - Places to visit (I love his chandnichowk trip post) – NGO Activities to a part of – Technology Forums (recently he even LIVE blogged from a techie forum) – Social issues – Adventure stuff (currently he is blogging on behalf of a guy who is climbing Mount Everest and updates enidhi ).
The first time I met him was in a Brainstorming session held in our office in ways to improve blogging culture across the organization. Though I never maintained that rapport with him, I regularly followed his blogs, because his contents are unconventional. Normally when I blog for a season it is about politics, another season about movies ,another one abt Social issues (if u had read my previous posts u wud have observed this pattern). May be this is wat is called as PATTERN /AMETUERISH Blogs.
While Shri has always been unconventional, one day if it is about travel the next post would be something which I could not imagine (May be this is wat is called as PROFESSIONAL blogging Vamsi )
Joining Shri on my fav list is Sodium, (yes remember ur chemistry classes NAOH- Sodium hydroxide). I bumped onto his blog from nowhere and had been constantly hooked to his blog. He started to blog from his engg days at IIT. His posts peaked from regular classroom happenings - dreams sharing – professional excitements. His posts are quite witty and his take on learning’s from reality makes them interesting to read.
Offlate I have started to follow the blog of Smita. As usual I don’t know her (Thanks to internet for making this possible, now people can follow unknown’s). She is an Avid reader and the best part is she posts a review of all the books that she reads and also rates them . In short she saves my MONEY. Every time I go to Crosswords to buy a book I end up admiring every book with colorful front page. Now a days I have started to read the review by smita , only then I am daring to buy a book. Though I am not a voracious reader like her, her blog updates me about the recent books.
And it is because of people like these I BLOG.
Even though with not much fan following, I try to stay updated with my passion (if not anything else this keeps my Typing Speed constant.)
How come all these people's names start with 'S'....:-(
One day in my office there was a flashy email saying that my colleague is the Top Blogger of the month (with his picture). Eagerly I checked onto his blog page to see why was his picture being flashed across 50k Screens in the organization. All I could find on his bloglink was an empty page. I immediately turned back to him and asked him as to what does this imply. Shaken by my observation, he immediately opened his blog and made a post.
What went behind the scene was, Blogging was a new concept introduced in our organization and to promote that , blogs were picked randomly and awarded the Best blog of the month Award. And my dearest neighbor, unknowingly started a blog (but didn’t attempt to make a post, as he wud not have figured wat this was meant to be) the previous evening but had no idea as to what to post.
So picking the queue from him (and to be a wanna be Best Blogger ), I also started a blog of mine and gradually picked up pace by contributing every now and then and extended my blog to blogger.com
Even till date my Blog Follower count is still a single digit count . So you could imagine the kind of circle I am into. None of friends blog. So they don’t read my blogs. I literally dragged many of my frenz to blogging world, while some never turned up (ending in wasting a url by creating their blog but never use it) and some stopped blogging after some time.
It is because of such callous attitude that I drift away from blogging as I find no one appreciating my writing style/ sense of humor or rather observations.
It is at times like these that I LOSE INTEREST TO BLOG.
However I am a regular follower of blogs written by my favourite bloggers, my adrenaline starts pumping up and the fever to start blogging arises.
One of them is Shrinidhi who is an avid blogger. On a regular basis I learn from him that even this can be blogged. My understanding of blogging (initially) was to vent out. He blogs with such passion that he blogs about everything- from vehicle reviews - Places to visit (I love his chandnichowk trip post) – NGO Activities to a part of – Technology Forums (recently he even LIVE blogged from a techie forum) – Social issues – Adventure stuff (currently he is blogging on behalf of a guy who is climbing Mount Everest and updates enidhi ).
The first time I met him was in a Brainstorming session held in our office in ways to improve blogging culture across the organization. Though I never maintained that rapport with him, I regularly followed his blogs, because his contents are unconventional. Normally when I blog for a season it is about politics, another season about movies ,another one abt Social issues (if u had read my previous posts u wud have observed this pattern). May be this is wat is called as PATTERN /AMETUERISH Blogs.
While Shri has always been unconventional, one day if it is about travel the next post would be something which I could not imagine (May be this is wat is called as PROFESSIONAL blogging Vamsi )
Joining Shri on my fav list is Sodium, (yes remember ur chemistry classes NAOH- Sodium hydroxide). I bumped onto his blog from nowhere and had been constantly hooked to his blog. He started to blog from his engg days at IIT. His posts peaked from regular classroom happenings - dreams sharing – professional excitements. His posts are quite witty and his take on learning’s from reality makes them interesting to read.
Offlate I have started to follow the blog of Smita. As usual I don’t know her (Thanks to internet for making this possible, now people can follow unknown’s). She is an Avid reader and the best part is she posts a review of all the books that she reads and also rates them . In short she saves my MONEY. Every time I go to Crosswords to buy a book I end up admiring every book with colorful front page. Now a days I have started to read the review by smita , only then I am daring to buy a book. Though I am not a voracious reader like her, her blog updates me about the recent books.
And it is because of people like these I BLOG.
Even though with not much fan following, I try to stay updated with my passion (if not anything else this keeps my Typing Speed constant.)
How come all these people's names start with 'S'....:-(
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
forever and ever....
“….May these colleagues be the last to die doing their job for our company”, was what our CEO (of my newly joined company) said, ending his mail on a sad note.
That line made me re-read the entire mail and a sense of pride beamed in me for being a part of this company.
Though in my induction to this new firm our HR mentioned many fancy words about the firm (everyone knows whats in once u enter the dragon), little did I care to concentrate . I assumed that to be a regular monotonous sermon.
But just one week past and I end up opening this mail on one fine day, and I could not stop my excitement.
I am associated with a brand where people risk their lives to run the business and it is because of such people that we are ranked No. 1 in terms of Associate delight as per a recent survey.
Ok ok…I got ur point…may b I am a little more excited to share this news, but last but not the least how many of you feel that you work with someone where u see HERO’s in real time (not on celluliod), someone who risk’s their lives on a daily basis to report the news from the front lines of conflict.
May these Hero’s Live forever…..
That line made me re-read the entire mail and a sense of pride beamed in me for being a part of this company.
Though in my induction to this new firm our HR mentioned many fancy words about the firm (everyone knows whats in once u enter the dragon), little did I care to concentrate . I assumed that to be a regular monotonous sermon.
But just one week past and I end up opening this mail on one fine day, and I could not stop my excitement.
I am associated with a brand where people risk their lives to run the business and it is because of such people that we are ranked No. 1 in terms of Associate delight as per a recent survey.
Ok ok…I got ur point…may b I am a little more excited to share this news, but last but not the least how many of you feel that you work with someone where u see HERO’s in real time (not on celluliod), someone who risk’s their lives on a daily basis to report the news from the front lines of conflict.
May these Hero’s Live forever…..
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Curtains down.....
And here is how it feels when u send out ur last mail (ofcourse from ur releiving company's mail box)
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Dear Team,
At last the day has arrived for me to bid adieu to ABC.
Though my tryst with ABC has been brief, the amount of learning that I had during this learning mode of my career has been enthralling.
I have enjoyed my tenure here and appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you. More so as the road traveled wasn't level and straight, but I surely enjoyed the roller coaster ride and it was fun-filled and enriching.
I thank each one of you who stood by me throughout my journey at XYZ .
You can follow me on http://realitymatters-vamsi.blogspot.com/
I wish you all the very best in all your Future endeavors.
Do svidaniya
Cheers…
Vamsi
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Picture abhi baaki hei mera dost.........Hasta la Vista Baby!!!!
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Dear Team,
At last the day has arrived for me to bid adieu to ABC.
Though my tryst with ABC has been brief, the amount of learning that I had during this learning mode of my career has been enthralling.
I have enjoyed my tenure here and appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you. More so as the road traveled wasn't level and straight, but I surely enjoyed the roller coaster ride and it was fun-filled and enriching.
I thank each one of you who stood by me throughout my journey at XYZ .
You can follow me on http://realitymatters-vamsi.blogspot.com/
I wish you all the very best in all your Future endeavors.
Do svidaniya
Cheers…
Vamsi
******************
Picture abhi baaki hei mera dost.........Hasta la Vista Baby!!!!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
day before D day
And so here is my day before D day.
Am I happy ?? Am I sad?? Not sure though.
Its that kind of emotion that when you are well dressed up and suddenly there is a heavy downpour outside. You want to move out and drench yourself completely but since you have to go and meet a very important person (may be a HR:-)) you do not dare to step out and curse yourself for being a silent spectator.
Wowwww..wat an anomaly krishi…u rock!!! (cant help out ..edisi moham kadukunattu undi ani naaku ardam aindi)
Anyways everyone of us have to make some tough decisions…to estrange ur old buddies in and go out to search new fellows.
If ever Karan thapar (I wud love to be interviewed by Sherin Bahn :-)) wants to interview me tonite on CNBC tv 18 as to wat do I feel at this point of time, I wud say “I guess that’s wat is life all about…when u think that u have made ur self comfortable at a place …it (lyf) throws a new challenge asking you to face this…”
I know I know my dear reader…Looks like iam quite overwhelmed abt all dis happening to me (infact this is not the first time )
All in all to cut the crap…today is my last working day at my office (officially my relieving date is tomorrow but since tomorrow I wud b busy with my relieving formalities). Got my things packed up….my notes…my personal mails backup…my stupendously envied Coffee Mug …getting ready to move out….
Zindagi ek safar hai suhaaanaaa…yeha kab kya hoga kisney jaaana…….
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