Does India Deserve This ???

A chronology of terror attacks in India :

September 24, 2002: Akshardham attack: The attack on the Akshardham temple claimed 34 lives.

Aug 25, 2003: Gateway of India attack: Two blasts near the Gateway of India claimed 46 lives.

October 29, 2005: Sarojininagar blasts: 61 people were killed in three separate blasts at Sarojini market in New Delhi.

March 7, 2006: Varanasi blasts: 21 persons lost their lives following three blasts

July 11, 2006: Mumbai train blasts: 7 deadly blasts on local trains in which 209 people lost their lives.

September 8, 2006: Malegaon blasts: Two blasts killed 40.

February 19, 2007: Samjhauta Express blasts: 66 persons killed in two blasts on Indo-Pak Samjhauta Express train.

May 18, 2007: Mecca Masjid blasts: 9 persons were killed in a blast at the Mecca Masjid at Hyderabad. 5 persons were killed in police firing which ensued later.

August 25, 2007: Hyderabad twin blasts: 42 persons lost their lives in twin blasts at Lumbini Park and Gokul chaat.

October 11, 2007: Ajmer blasts: Blast at Ajmer dargah kills two

May 13, 2008: Jaipur blasts: Serial blasts at Pink city claims 68 lives.

July 16 2008, Ahmedabad blasts: 57 dead in serial blasts in Ahmedabad.

July 25, 2008: Bangalore blasts: One person dies in Bengaluru serial blasts.

September 13, 2008, New Delhi blasts: Blasts at New Delhi claims 26 lives.

September 27, 2008, Delhi blasts: terror strikes Delhi again in which 3 people were killed.

September 29, 2008, Modasa blast: One killed in blast at Modasa in Gujarat.

September 29, 2008, Malegaon blasts: Five persons killed after bomb placed on a motor bike went off.

October 21, 2008, Imphal blasts: 17 killed in blast near Manipur police commando complex.

October 30, 2008, Assam blasts: Eleven blasts kill over 40 persons in Assam.

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SINGLISH POEM

I found this while blog hopping just now. Just to cheer anyone who's down up. :)

For those who don't know what Singlish is:

Singlish is a creole inter language native to Malaysia and Singapore. It is the first language of many younger uneducated Singaporeans, especially those whose parents do not share a native language or dialect, and is the second language of nearly all the rest of the country's residents due to the "Speak no dialect" campaign.

Wah! I heard we all now got big big debate.
They said future of proper English is at stake.

All because stupid Singlish spoil the market,
want to change now donno whether too late.

Aiyoh! Ang mo hear us talk like that also want to faint.
Even our our "U" graduates speak like Ah Beng, Ah Seng.

Singlish is like rojak, everything throw inside anyhow mix.
Got Malay, Indian, Chinese and English, can give and take.

When you donno something is under table or chair,
you ask loud loud, "Oi! Under where? Under where?"

When you see somebody behave very bad,
you scold him, "Aiyah! Why you so like that?"

When you warn your kids to be careful all the way,
you tell them, "Careful har, you better don't play-play!"

This kind of standard how to pass?
Wait, you sure kena last in class.

Other people hear you, say you sound silly.
So like that how to become world-class city?

Basically Singlish got good and got bad.
Aiyah! Everything in life is all like that.

Actually Singlish got one bright side.
I am talking about our national plight.

Other people all say we all got no culture.
All we got is alot of joint business ventures.

So we got no culture to glue us together.
End up we all like a big bunch of feathers.

Wind blow a bit too strong only we fly away.
Everybody all go their own separate ways.

But actually we all got one "culture" in Singlish.
It's like rice on the table; it is our common dish.

I know this funny "culture" is not the best around
so we must tahan a bit until a better one is found.

I donno whether you agree with me or not?
I just simply sharing my thoughts.

Composed by The Sweet Popcorn, Cornelius
"CORN" Pang on 19th August 1999

The weekend update

This was Diwali (long) weekend and we planned many a things during the week. We thought of going to Malaysia. We did a lot of research on going to Kota Kinabalu. But as I did not have my Malaysian visa we finally had to decide something in Singapore. Surya came up with this idea of going for trekking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on Saturday, Golf on Sunday and Total rest on Monday. It was a bit different Friday night this time. We did not booze and slept early to keep the energy for the trekking.

Saturday morning we started off by 10 o clock for the trek. The trek was a bit exhausting and we came back home and slept till late evening. Everybody was frustrated with the tiredness during the trek. We cooked Carrot and Beens curry which did not have any special ingredients but was very nice to eat. I slept early at 12.30AM when compared to my regular late night stays.

Sunday morning when we woke up we were still struggling to get out of the couch as everybody was still feeling the pain of the trek. We dropped the plan of going for Golf. We spent the whole day sitting at home. In the evening we went out to Harbor Front to do some shopping and watch Ben Stiller's Directed and acted Tropic Thunder movie. It was a nice movie. I spoke to Dolly, Chinni and Swetha in conference call and was awake till 4 in the morning.

Monday which was Diwali holiday in Singapore started off by waking up late in the morning (actually because of my late night conference call). In the afternoon we cooked some fried rice and had it for lunch. We decided to go to temple in the evening. Going to temple comes to mind only when there is a festival or special event in life. At 6PM me and Surya got ready in traditional Kurta - Paijama and left for the temple. After the temple we met Rajeev (Surya's INSEAD friend), Anu (Rajeev's Wife) and Satish (cousin of Prashanth who is again Surya's INSEAD friend) and had dinner at Khansama.

Finally we came home and started cursing the next day as we have to go back to work after an eventful weekend.

Happy Diwali

Token of Gift for Diwali

Today at Credit Suisse we got a pen as a token of Gift for diwali and appreciation for our good work through out this year. This is a multi-utility pen which has a Laser, Torch and the Pen.

Long Weekend

Its long weekend for the first time since May. We have so many plans for long weekends. Last time in May I was in India and went for the north trip. This time also I wanted to go somewhere. Surya and me had plans to go to Malaysia. But because of the visa problem that plan was dropped. As my passport is with the Malaysian embassy I cant even go to India or any other country. Finally Surya stepped up and planned for Bukit Gombak trek and some golfing on Sunday. Monday I am thinking of having total rest as I am suffering from lack of sleep for more than 2 weeks now.

Its just an hour that I will be leaving office and my long weekend will start. I am very much looking forward for this as I wanted a break after this hectic month at work. Shall update the weekend details soon.

Tea Time Gossip

One of my favorite times in the day at office is the evening tea time at 3PM. This consists of tea, coffee, ice milo, kaya bun etc served at the Pick n Bite stall. Its a great time to get together and gossip about the days events and what had happened in the meetings. We discuss a lot during this span of 30 minutes. Some of them are below:

Office gossip
Current Affairs
International Affairs
Movie gossip
Reviews on cars, bikes and movies
Travel & Living

So I thought from now on I can write something on the everyday gossip that we do during the tea time. Some of them might be stupid but some are really interesting.

Changes in life with Marriage News

Below are the observations I have made after the news of my marriage.

• Increase in work (This is no way related to the news but this was coincidental).
• Increase in phone bill (This was a known thing).
• Lack of sleep (I did not see this coming).
• Wishes from friends (This is obvious).
• Decrease in number of calls to home (Work and phone calls to friends and girl is giving me less time to call back home).
• Started walking and dieting (Started feeling conscious and I want to be in a good shape by the time of marriage).

One Year in CS

It was yesterday that my salary review has been done in Credit Suisse. Thats when I realized that its been a year working here. Last year Oct 21st I started my tenure in Credit Suisse. So what did I achieve all this year? Did I learn something new? Did I earn a great name at office? Did I enjoy working at this place?

Here goes my tenure details. Immediately after joining CS(Credit Suisse), I went back to India within 15 days to attend Dolly's Marriage and Vijay & Jitna's marriage. I came back and had no work at office for the next few months. I was just passing time reading Rediff.com and Cricinfo.com. Later in May I again went to India for a North India trip. Thats when I interest in travel has come up.

I started traveling since June. I went to Vietnam Twice (HCMC-1, HCMC-2, Still have to update about the Hanoi & Halong Bay trip), Malaysia Twice (KL-1, KL-2, KL-3, KL-4, KL-5, Genting, Melacca), Thailand once (Phuket-1, Phuket-2, Phuket-3, Phuket-4, Phuket-5), Indonesia once and two surprise visits to India as well. I always had this so called free time here. I downloaded hundreds of movies. Locally I have visited so many places. Made so many new friends. Met old friends who came to Singapore. So my whole year I enjoyed traveling, watching loads and loads of movies, Having fun with friends and going home now and then.

Coming to work, I haven't learned anything new in Business Objects. I have been working on an old version of it. Recently after upgrading to the latest version I have been feeling good about the work. Its just a month ago that my work has started seriously. Now the things are a bit hectic. I have learned some facts about the queries and all. When I did not have work I always wanted to do my certifications and stuff. But this did not happen.

Other than work and travelling and having fun I have learned some photography on my new camera Sony A350. Now all my trips would be accompanied with my camera. Need to learn lot more tactics and need to expertise in many areas of photography. Hope this new year of mine in CS will bring me some new challenges and some new things to learn and finish off my certifications. May god bless me and All the best to me :-).

V-Day is the D-Day

There was some speculation about fixing the marriage date. There were some dates in November, February and March in consideration. Everybody felt November was too early and March was a little bit far. So dates in February were checked for the auspicious occasion. Firsly February 5th was considered which I have already shared with most of my friends.

Later after 3 days I was told by my parents that the date has been postponed. After hearing the new date I was more excited than the marriage. Everybody likes to have occasions on special days. Now my marriage date is also a special day in the calendar. Valentines Day is my marriage date. Even my friends were excited to hear that the marriage is on February 14th.

Now I say to friends about the date as "V-Day is the D-Day"

Golden Period in Life

This post is just to write about the time in my life where I enjoyed every bit of it.

Even though I don't remember, when I was a kid at the age below 3 years there was complete freedom to do what ever I want and get all the pampering in the world.

When I finished my 10+2 and finished counseling, I had all the time in the world for 4 months to just enjoy rather than studying something.

When I finished my engineering and was free for almost 8 months enjoying the time. Even though this period is full of mixed feelings, I always managed to enjoy rather than getting tensed about the future.

When my match with a girl got fixed and I was allowed to date the girl officially with the permission of both the parents.

Wedding Bells

I did not see this one coming so early. One fine day I got a call regarding this match with the girl. My parents liked her and wanted me to speak to her. I spoke to her the same day and liked her attitude and the way she carried herself through the conversation. I was curious and wanted to see her once directly before I say yes. I went to India and when I saw her immediately I heard the bells ringing.

Four Months exactly from now, I will be taking the responsibility of a lady for a life time. Everybody is excited about the news. I want to make this moment very very special as I will be sharing everything I have to the person I have chosen to spend the rest of my life with. Now I wonder if I would have to surrender all the perks and luxuries of single hood, that is financial, emotional, physical, psychological, and even sleeping peacefully alone at night.

Finally I would say taking this decision of responsibility for life time was very courageous. I am not that excited may because of the tension, but the feeling of getting married is really nice and special.

Going Home Yet Again

Going home sounds so good. Its just not that I am going to meet parents and friends but there are many small factors because of which we feel going home is good.

Away from work (not going to office on a working day)
Away from tensions (As of now none)
Away from deadlines (Can extend :P)
Away from skipping meals (Can have 3 meals at home)
Away from Junk Food (No need of going to Pizza Hut, SubWay, McDonald's, KFC, Bread Talk or any other food court)
Away from local transport (Can drive my bike and car back home)

Anyways this time I am going for a complete different reason which I shall update very soon here. I have just now booked the ticket for Bangalore from where I shall go to Hyderabad. Tomorrow morning by 6AM I will be home.