tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365530212024-03-21T16:02:26.510+05:30Who Am I ?Hey! Want an ans for the above question?Just read through and let me know if you have understood anything about me :-)vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-30863710076593106482010-11-23T22:35:00.019+05:302010-11-25T10:28:20.259+05:30Happy B'day My BeTTer HalF<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Wish you many many happy returns of the day Preetz!!<br />Almost an year has <span style="font-style:italic;">just</span> passed with you, my soul mate<br />People may say "thats common for newly married"<br />I hope ours turns out to be an exception,Lets keep our fingers crossed :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq86KYUx5V1kixggvfgaSqaGaaPFz7Dwz-JWcwyHmDT1iBF3qnrBqUgiCpK4wiare99_TYzzOy1kHOAXfTgV_Fz2JQHqUXco36qUThVPu1B6W7tYrpymf65zqHTazlvl5hilS/s1600/DSC_5669+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEq86KYUx5V1kixggvfgaSqaGaaPFz7Dwz-JWcwyHmDT1iBF3qnrBqUgiCpK4wiare99_TYzzOy1kHOAXfTgV_Fz2JQHqUXco36qUThVPu1B6W7tYrpymf65zqHTazlvl5hilS/s320/DSC_5669+%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543263560349945554" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"When two people become one flesh by way of marriage, it is not only their hearts that are united, but their minds and souls as well." <br />- Julie Donner Andersen</span><br /><br />As the above saying goes..we are united by all means....<br />Hope and wish each year goes on like this forever..<br />Once again I wish you a happiest birthday Preetz !<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-81044933280965648122009-12-31T13:12:00.007+05:302009-12-31T14:07:36.725+05:30Adios 2009 Hola 2010!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />So guys here is the final post for the year 2009 <br /><br />Given the economic situation around the globe I think we as a country did a fair job in fighting the recession, As far as I’m concerned, professionally I would say it was not that bad and turned out to be a descent year<br /><br />At the Personal front I would have called it as a pretty normal year but all changed when I met my Fiancée at the neb of 2009..so a pretty normal year turned out to be a special one at the fag end.I would consider my self as a luckiest person to have her on my side in this thrilling journey of life <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk4vdoFzWFP90boQz-0OiEi3ChyJOp-wr9pO6NtaAEUIfwH4cWTPjg0djtCoR1eZEsP-fawRyOJcPInNxPjYy6q-73zQA4Qul02YK-0vLW3mJPi3m3c31E_1mhgfWGkv7Y0Og/s1600-h/4214649523_938fc20b11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk4vdoFzWFP90boQz-0OiEi3ChyJOp-wr9pO6NtaAEUIfwH4cWTPjg0djtCoR1eZEsP-fawRyOJcPInNxPjYy6q-73zQA4Qul02YK-0vLW3mJPi3m3c31E_1mhgfWGkv7Y0Og/s320/4214649523_938fc20b11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421304023345446546" /></a><br /><br />Entering 2010 with lots of hopes,expectations & responsibilities..Hope it turns out to be a very good year for all of us..Will try to keep you guys posted with latest happenings around me <br /><br />Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year ,Lets rock 2010 !!<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-60051438876700173472009-11-15T02:36:00.006+05:302009-11-15T03:16:27.313+05:302States<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Hi guys..as usual back to blogging after a long time..i thought this time let me share some thing different..title is confusing??dont worry..its just the name of the book..last week gotta chance to read this book..so thought to write down something on that<br /><br />Now Chetan Bhagat is back again with a very good story in his new release - 2states.. Youths will love reading this book…especially ones in the verge of love marriage,He has narrated this in a very cool way which in reality is not so :-)<br /><br />If this is the firs time you are hearing the author's name,here are some info on him..he has written very good books in the past and guy who studied in IIT and IIM..worked as banker and finally decided to become a writer..<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetan_Bhagat"> More About Chetan </a><br /><br />Moreover the story seems to be his own experience..I just started one evening..just to see how it goes..i kept on reading till 12AM and finished the book in just couple of days..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII6G1Q9xxxKIFR6g5yDh_YGXdniXoeOpNVxB8OmnL8Es3eCLZDyofdFPekvdiwb3qhimQRGrNva9T0XdMOfjLo594XCpqY2e-58nAJxbD2YXxutlz_zpZvF8Y11BaNDgtb23x/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII6G1Q9xxxKIFR6g5yDh_YGXdniXoeOpNVxB8OmnL8Es3eCLZDyofdFPekvdiwb3qhimQRGrNva9T0XdMOfjLo594XCpqY2e-58nAJxbD2YXxutlz_zpZvF8Y11BaNDgtb23x/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404072213317911026" /></a><br /><br />Story is about two guys from two different states (Boy from Delhi and girl from Chennai),they meet during their MBA program at IIM A, how their relationship develops and what all they have to go through in their life to finally get married<br /><br />Chetan has managed to keep the reader going all the way to the end<br />Apart from enjoying the story, there are some good things to take away from this book especially for the ones who are in love :-),just kidding,its actually for all..like how to win a true confidence<br />But in the story I just wonder how the horoscope thing never came into picture in either of the family<br />Other than that everything else is very much closely related to real life<br />One should read it at least once..its a fun..<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Here are some latest happenings around me</span><br /><br />Got shifted from Hyd and working from Blore these days<br />So spending almost all my weekends at my home town with my parents/relatives and local friends<br />work wise-nothing much change.personal front -still an eligible bachelor :)<br />will keep you posted <br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-25891281591105916642009-06-08T10:00:00.014+05:302009-08-02T01:22:53.289+05:30Niagara travelogue and U.S Experience<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />My 2 months of US trip has come to an end, In another 6 hrs I’ll be on my way back to India, I should say that it was a pleasant trip, though some times I felt little bored as I was staying alone and couldn’t travel much places because of the logistic constraints still I enjoyed the stay here. One thing I should say that you cant expect to save any thing big :) , So if one has that idea then please drop that, then you can spend a nice time !!<br /><br />After coming back from Sandy (UTAH) and spending a week at South Carolina I thought I would never get a chance to visit any new places. Here in east coast that too in this SC, NC, VA etc you are kind of stuck if you don’t have a car, then we got a long week end (23rd – 25th May) and still I didn’t had any plans for myself, All of a sudden plan for Niagara came up and till the last day things were not sure, Finally we (Anil, Lakshmi(Anil’s wife),Cute Adithi(Naani),Shivaji and myself) started our trip to Niagara (in Toyota RAV4 ) on Friday evening at 5 PM<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS5tqtK-1LJ6LyDwhjY60GYyTk9kXi0kQ0BP0W_YaImmwOxZ0pO1TawXrcr4usCrDF4_9NzyM5qiYU6z1t2Ol717nd83ucRbteeieElkc7ARk_-PLiu55Lpqx1pfuRgqvo3nT/s1600-h/OgAAADr8ioGFoARZ94SPtyS5fpYNGhWjt0IIjjp2PoYnAN3-MFCisZ5wwKOvkFmyCprQA94kOtfTSRywsyO0z8li-DUAm1T1UMF-r5EPOgpliBUuo72Qf7rvHF5d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS5tqtK-1LJ6LyDwhjY60GYyTk9kXi0kQ0BP0W_YaImmwOxZ0pO1TawXrcr4usCrDF4_9NzyM5qiYU6z1t2Ol717nd83ucRbteeieElkc7ARk_-PLiu55Lpqx1pfuRgqvo3nT/s320/OgAAADr8ioGFoARZ94SPtyS5fpYNGhWjt0IIjjp2PoYnAN3-MFCisZ5wwKOvkFmyCprQA94kOtfTSRywsyO0z8li-DUAm1T1UMF-r5EPOgpliBUuo72Qf7rvHF5d.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344811948513089410" /></a><br /><br /><br />Though I have traveled a bit already but this trip is so unique for me, In all my previous trips most of the time local travel will be in trains, buses or in cabs so I didn’t really got a chance to know lot many things, This time I got a chance to know the road rules as I was commuting daily in the car with my colleagues, The roads are so good in US, Every thing is well planned here, each state has its own set of road rules, we have separate area for everything, In fact Its a nice concept, For example if you want to take rest/fill fuel/take food then you have to leave the main road and take a separate road ,which will take you to the respective places, Those are called as “Exits” here, Again you can join back the main road. Even for getting into a town then you have an “Exit”, it’s the same concept<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-SFVyTAXUe564_Cj6rriY5sK-2_TUAaBhS4OlibNQU8Wr82v2isCOeMbLgX5ACHrnBLhQXf4Mj_eniECcG4Dt9ipL8EhmiQ8mShYuJeXZFnd5RX9csH1t5M8rF1tQ55YPG2n/s1600-h/OgAAABCpv4pOsSDRIn1ZLkmJxSfsWkMiyb99R9ep7zVUHpSKo_TULLpChkGLRy6KULd7zH-oKLnVp5LEuWW0kKzsfwUAm1T1UFFL0O-bYuPpNud3Tv04LMAL32hB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-SFVyTAXUe564_Cj6rriY5sK-2_TUAaBhS4OlibNQU8Wr82v2isCOeMbLgX5ACHrnBLhQXf4Mj_eniECcG4Dt9ipL8EhmiQ8mShYuJeXZFnd5RX9csH1t5M8rF1tQ55YPG2n/s320/OgAAABCpv4pOsSDRIn1ZLkmJxSfsWkMiyb99R9ep7zVUHpSKo_TULLpChkGLRy6KULd7zH-oKLnVp5LEuWW0kKzsfwUAm1T1UFFL0O-bYuPpNud3Tv04LMAL32hB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344811688598336178" /></a><br /><br />Oops!! I’m off the track, lets come back to the trip, yes we covered 4 states (North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) to reach New York State (Buffalo) where Niagara falls is located ,It was an amazing night drive, Speed limits were relaxed (70MPH) in Virginia and West Virginia ,so Anil(my colleague)was in full form :-)<br /><br />We took a room in a hotel near a place called Blasdell, there we slept for some time and started to Niagara Falls, It was a 1hr drive, Its must see place in US, at least once. Actually there are 3 falls there and Majority of the falls (Horse Shoe falls) lie in the Canadian Side, Other two (American Falls, Bridal Veil falls) lies in the American Side. Most of the people say that we can have a very good view of Horse Shoe from Canadian side but still it doesn’t matter, still you can have a good time. There was a small Cruz kind in which we had a close look at all the three falls, it was a nice experience <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeW0_xOR8NLxujKzPLkOWRIyp-ojd6WH2z-39PyxtcgK1B7mOq70S-3jJSkgFX5iTt1CrOnBL3k8JOL6aD9orWj0vkZOtvDiCc1lC7P8i4Dg2R0QkLv9OAXXVFnJkagjiHGj5/s1600-h/OgAAAJvfwqaSW9TBeZA7WZ48tGbjFdqUO3HObacvoytZC68kcZ25u5KNTglBeyADHG2jEQbtMfxUVOxHNJuzPXF-C2MAm1T1UAo8Mgd-fkz5Ps4ZIY-XYUSFSaq1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeW0_xOR8NLxujKzPLkOWRIyp-ojd6WH2z-39PyxtcgK1B7mOq70S-3jJSkgFX5iTt1CrOnBL3k8JOL6aD9orWj0vkZOtvDiCc1lC7P8i4Dg2R0QkLv9OAXXVFnJkagjiHGj5/s320/OgAAAJvfwqaSW9TBeZA7WZ48tGbjFdqUO3HObacvoytZC68kcZ25u5KNTglBeyADHG2jEQbtMfxUVOxHNJuzPXF-C2MAm1T1UAo8Mgd-fkz5Ps4ZIY-XYUSFSaq1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344812223160337458" /></a><br /><br />To top it all, we got a chance to experience real force of Niagara Falls (Cave of the Winds), we literally got drenched, by the time we came out of the falls it was almost night and completely exhausted. Had a view of Niagara with lightings in the night time then we managed to find an Indian restaurant with Buffet. Had good supper then next day headed towards Pittsburgh (Sri Venkateswara Temple).It’s a very famous temple in US and you get very good Sambar/Curd rice there in the lunch :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoYui4ZSqsw-m9NQElU7gLcgAqQpMdoGxmy8FzKy5gph7N6DYydhwLKaWpGkLl1frgzRPMX2ibbQ-SXm7YcjqTLhXMopKiGZtwjteei1fg-ZzCeh50-BfxSGEOkRysSVe3RIj/s1600-h/OgAAAMU95AsmPCBmzYE0dcQlUo_gkuYHfxOZHPi06U9UT2Uzg4yJlLjSL0Dh4fh-7e_AVY0yohEJRRPTWWo5FyTgtEUAm1T1UN8F8e9uEmnBHtI3G_3rbvlOkaMv.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoYui4ZSqsw-m9NQElU7gLcgAqQpMdoGxmy8FzKy5gph7N6DYydhwLKaWpGkLl1frgzRPMX2ibbQ-SXm7YcjqTLhXMopKiGZtwjteei1fg-ZzCeh50-BfxSGEOkRysSVe3RIj/s320/OgAAAMU95AsmPCBmzYE0dcQlUo_gkuYHfxOZHPi06U9UT2Uzg4yJlLjSL0Dh4fh-7e_AVY0yohEJRRPTWWo5FyTgtEUAm1T1UN8F8e9uEmnBHtI3G_3rbvlOkaMv.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344812418213524226" /></a><br /><br /><br />On the way back, got a chance to take a glimpse of Pittsburgh –city of bridges, We continued our drive back to SC, Again the early morning drive was amazing with full of fog, for some time it was very tough to drive as nothing was clearly visible, Me and Shivaji (colleague) enjoyed the drive, Niagara trip ended with a good sleep at Anil’s Place<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZRRNV3zTWKLn5bWar2AhdhPI0OO13IUJTAyYFH8rM7FkX3qHAlT6NjhEFvEGKr1KOfloOmf3hMb1hoFmbCQ2w8n-eF2p9UWLmCUtSpzUkmTqOxXbwo_yF6lOCkvoQpJnW2J6/s1600-h/OgAAADr5f3LJMUMMb2GboJpW_P9r3U29kg-8CjJ7RpY2It231SY7q32gE3kGa96yTB0SOpHL_oHHNjurwrOw-ltjfvEAm1T1UNskZha1ls7eAve72P2-7FLisVrY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZRRNV3zTWKLn5bWar2AhdhPI0OO13IUJTAyYFH8rM7FkX3qHAlT6NjhEFvEGKr1KOfloOmf3hMb1hoFmbCQ2w8n-eF2p9UWLmCUtSpzUkmTqOxXbwo_yF6lOCkvoQpJnW2J6/s320/OgAAADr5f3LJMUMMb2GboJpW_P9r3U29kg-8CjJ7RpY2It231SY7q32gE3kGa96yTB0SOpHL_oHHNjurwrOw-ltjfvEAm1T1UNskZha1ls7eAve72P2-7FLisVrY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344812827757640658" /></a><br /><br />Let me also share the food/life style which I observed here in US. Whatever people drink it will be in huge big mugs/cups, In the morning by default you can find most of the people with coffee mugs, then coming to water/cola’s 50% of the cup filled with ice cubes and rest the respective content,Coming to Restaurant apart from fast food outlets like Sub way,MacDy,KFC we can also find lot of Mexican restaurants around<br />There are quiet a variety of foods available but all have the same fatty stuff though :-)<br />These are some of the things which I tasted (Waffle,Nachos Fajita, Chicken Fajita, Burrito, Tortilla, Bagels) People take more quantity in Dinner than lunch, even the quantity and the price of the dish will be more than lunch dishes, This is some thing unique which I observed here, but all the hotels will have peak rush between 6 -7 :30 ,People take early dinner, they go to bed early and start the work early in the morning, that’s one good thing here, Even at 8 Am you can find the parking lots almost filled and at 4 pm on Friday the contrary :-)<br /><br />That's it !! I think this is the longest blog I ever wrote in my life, just thought to type down all that I experienced and observed here<br /><br />All This was possible because of my lovable colleagues,who helped me a lot and made my stay a memorable and pleasant one.Special Thanks to Anil/Sudhakar/Shivaji/Kishan and all my team members<br /><br />P.S : All the above are my personal views/observations, there is no intention to hurt any one and some of the above said may not be completely right, It’s just my perspective and understanding <br /><br />Hope I'll get another chance to come back and explore this country more :),Will be back with some other stuff after reaching India,Ciao !!<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-77716816539911733252009-05-03T02:59:00.011+05:302009-06-08T10:08:14.637+05:30A week at Sandy/Salt Lake City – UTAH<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Here I’m at the United States;country which I never thought will visit in my lifetime<br />Time is a master of all you know, we plan for some thing and it surprises us completely with some thing else. I’m not sure whether it’s the same for all but at least in my case it’s been like that right from the school days<br /><br />Even this trip to UTAH was not part of my itinerary until the last week; all of a sudden it popped up. It’s been a very tight week for me as I had to complete my requirement study for a client called –Harman Music Group. UTAH is almost central part of America and Sandy is kind of serene place surrounded by stunning snow covered mountains of “Wastach” range <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrwLVPt2er9akidIwcB3io5_lE4Gcx1j6bivWc1g0d64spmV6ZBVB54ikBG3zLA0b5XcbCUY_5okEfVyhyphenhyphenRt-MA1ng2pRn7vkX1GfJxqNIcRyAO1W7O-cJCwoglLo8aQTu-uW/s1600-h/P1010130.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrwLVPt2er9akidIwcB3io5_lE4Gcx1j6bivWc1g0d64spmV6ZBVB54ikBG3zLA0b5XcbCUY_5okEfVyhyphenhyphenRt-MA1ng2pRn7vkX1GfJxqNIcRyAO1W7O-cJCwoglLo8aQTu-uW/s320/P1010130.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331358860682345490" /></a><br /><br />Luckily I had to stay for the weekend here as my work was not over. On Sunday my Wipro Colleague (Raja) called me and told that he will come and pick me up in 10 minutes. It was a kind of shock for me as I never expected this. Then went to Walmart for purchasing some things, Wow!! It was similar to METRO which we have in India/China etc; it was overcast weather and was drizzling through out the day<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6dPgVjfv6337GevBvkE-i3Kp8-F1e5gnbSEbgW3wg9EKN2tlIYQ1H9TdT7i2FqZ22xpZcd86edFd4WoSFncnXhTRKtz1hlghKFvHMi41snCaTzlbP-DppnwdKemMm7Ayzdgz/s1600-h/P1010147(1)(1)(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6dPgVjfv6337GevBvkE-i3Kp8-F1e5gnbSEbgW3wg9EKN2tlIYQ1H9TdT7i2FqZ22xpZcd86edFd4WoSFncnXhTRKtz1hlghKFvHMi41snCaTzlbP-DppnwdKemMm7Ayzdgz/s320/P1010147(1)(1)(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331354752121678434" /></a><br /><br />Then we went for a long drive to Heber City along with his kid(Surya).We had rain till the mid of our onward journey and suddenly to my luck sun came out bright and allowed us to enjoy the drive and surrounding scenic beauty. This again was an unplanned surprising trip which I thoroughly enjoyed. Some of us like getting in to big shopping malls and all swanky stuff. But to me nature takes the precedence and then comes the rest<br /><br />So my sincere thanks to Raja who took me to these places<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvwXzDdVWC5bDEDq7grh0UXQEkszhcGqhopGTRJrmhhfDGkTHiATMa1yrieDT-AWx6AsHKGrFiy5Um6swjPoZ484D4AYUF54W7mV3IYT65RZsEC7VF0LaSY7ep8MQ_BHPg3qi/s1600-h/last.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvwXzDdVWC5bDEDq7grh0UXQEkszhcGqhopGTRJrmhhfDGkTHiATMa1yrieDT-AWx6AsHKGrFiy5Um6swjPoZ484D4AYUF54W7mV3IYT65RZsEC7VF0LaSY7ep8MQ_BHPg3qi/s320/last.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331364563936636146" /></a><br /><br />That’s it, my work got over there and now I’m back to my project in south Carolina (Greenville),Hope I’ll get some chance to visit new places here, Keep checking the blog for further updates :-)<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-83637559774157910402009-03-29T22:18:00.024+05:302009-04-04T11:51:26.918+05:30Its Recession - Time to act<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />Hey all its 2009 !!My first blog of this year and that too on Recession,In couple of days first quarter of this year will be behind us. World is witnessing the worst recession in 100 years. Daily we are hearing job cuts, companies shutting down/downsizing operations etc Stock market’s nose dive only adds more fuel to the present situation .Governments all over the world are taking corrective measures but apparently nothing seem to solve the cause (at least for short term).As I’m writing this blog Indian economy is heading towards deflation. It’s indeed appalling to note that within a span of 8 months, Indian economy has taken a complete U turn from record high inflation rate of 8.75% to almost zero % inflation (this coming week) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeeUARqY85WsM6u3edwF1AwLOZPhaz0jMhTS88Jzndu5O672MrZU7bQJ22v-PD_UcdYzofZPKoztGEkwVZroquGN8TMy1ZRLQAFErJYb2GaOSpvtrbqmVgDG1hyjOAtmtQsm6/s1600-h/Recession.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeeUARqY85WsM6u3edwF1AwLOZPhaz0jMhTS88Jzndu5O672MrZU7bQJ22v-PD_UcdYzofZPKoztGEkwVZroquGN8TMy1ZRLQAFErJYb2GaOSpvtrbqmVgDG1hyjOAtmtQsm6/s320/Recession.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318654477531826082" /></a>Recession at its peak<br /><br />Where are we heading? All goody feedbacks on Indian economy are no more appearing in the news columns. May be I feel this correction was long pending. It’s time to understand the real terms and as a responsible citizen it‘s also our duty to fight this recession by chalking out clear plans, cutting down unnecessary costs rather than panicking<br /><br />How’s the world going to come out of this mess? Given severity of the wound it’ll surely take time to heal .It’s a good time for the country, people to take stock and hone its/their skills. All of us should try to innovate in all we look at. Word – Innovation itself may scare most of the people as it carries a whole lot of meaning and make a common man think that he/she may not be a genius to innovate. To me innovation is as simple as bringing in process improvement which there by may increase the productivity or saves time, money or what ever it may be which ultimately should enhance the experience <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif9KaKQs12A91Q83jOd7PEODvXWa3qX5heMa8yMxM8SUZc0nsw7a9sGe-W6T7Twh4LPT70MTshPM3gfZlbJB4xixhPvgaJCxkXYGfekSNymEuwEFrtlS7GoUR_FdL2zNr0ywA/s1600-h/Innovation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif9KaKQs12A91Q83jOd7PEODvXWa3qX5heMa8yMxM8SUZc0nsw7a9sGe-W6T7Twh4LPT70MTshPM3gfZlbJB4xixhPvgaJCxkXYGfekSNymEuwEFrtlS7GoUR_FdL2zNr0ywA/s320/Innovation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318653583572572786" /></a>Not this kind of innovation though :-)<br /><br />As I’m discussing about innovation, this forwarded link has hit my mind (received from my PM this week- you tube video link), I was thrilled to see that video, our experience with mobiles, notebook, and internet are definitely going to have a sea change in coming years, you might have already seen this still thought to share the same with you all along with this blog, Try to peep in whenever you get the leisure time, Man behind this innovation is none other than a Indian – Pranav Mistry – try googling his name, you will get lot more interesting details<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ-VjUKAsao"> Pranav's Innovation </a><br /><br /><br />Ok guys that’s it for now, things are going as usual at my end, you know what - I’m here in Hyderabad for 9 months now, really couldn’t believe myself, this is the longest stint since I left TATA, I’ve had a good time so far, though it’s a kind of routine life (now)<br />Have got an opportunity to work in a support environment which I had never experienced and also opportunity to prove my leadership skills by managing this current project as an offshore project lead, so things are going on ok if not that great :-)<br />Wish you all a advance Good Friday and Tamil new year(for all tamilians)<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-64062637240365393322008-12-21T16:56:00.008+05:302009-03-29T22:57:01.907+05:30Looking back...<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />My last post was on "Change", we should accept change & move forward at the same time we should also not forget the past, Yesterday it was 3 AM when i hit the bed, was watching movies, there were full of dreams, It took me to the past, My days at Indore, So i decided this morning to type down all the memorable incidents. This post is dedicated to all my friends with whom i spent almost 5 glorious years<br /><br /><br />Always we get a nice feeling & fresh energy when we think about good incidents which occurred in our life. It rejuvenates us. We don't realize this in the present. We forget ourselves in the day to day routine & most of us lead a mere robotic life. Then we look back & feel that the past was really good, no pressure, no worries etc. Pressure is always there in one's life but it all depends how we tackle it.Ok enough theory, let me take you to the past<br /><br />I joined Tata on 30th July 2001.I did learned a lot in my professional life but I had lot of bitter incidents. I was never satisfied with the way things were going with me but to compensate that i had a good social life. I was gifted to meet very good personalities in my life. Babu Anna was the first person, I met. I was introduced to him by one of my senior. Immediately he invited me to stay in his house. Very nice person, always helpful & also jacks Anna. What ever i learned technically in leather half the credit should go to him.I know most of our guys will laugh on this as i used to ask lot many questions :-)<br />Then the second person I met in the office was Ravi, I still remember it was near big Mollissa machine.He was not that interested to speak with me. Just was formally speaking with me. Then Mani & in the evening i met Vasanth. All of them were kind of little reserved with me.<br /><br />Then as time passed by we slowly started mingling with each other.Ravi used to always maintain a distance.Then five of us were staying together.Me,Ravi,Vasanth,Mani & Bala.Bala was my class mate .Then later selva,veera & Shanmugam joined us.Babu Anna's wife- Kavitha akka.Every week end we used to have lunch there.Chicken at its best form.Here always i'll be made the scape goat:( Hope Vasanth will know what I'm trying to say.<br /><br />Ahh i missed one more guy-Zunaith. He is another typical person -married had a kid but this guy always things himself as a bachelor,on Friday evenings you can definitely find him at the browsing center,will be in Yahoo Chat ,trying to pick up some girls<br /><br />Selva is a very cool guy,takes things easy & always keep himself in a jovial mood.Next comes Veera-till now I've never met a hard worker like him.He sleeps for a maximum for4 hrs a day.Shanmugam was purely inspired by Veera to go out for higher studies.On a jovial front Veera is another Gemini Ganesan.More on Romance ,Ravi & Vasanth can explain a lot.But there was a silent person who used to keeps observing all his(Veera's)activities -Selva & daily he will narrate it to us. When ever Veera gets angry he comes out with bad words in his own style :-)Every month will definitely have a treat at hotel.Though we used to have only one day holiday/week we used to enjoy a lot.<br /><br />I can go on & keep adding many incidents & it will run for pages & pages.Basic motive behind this post is that this will act as a trigger point which will take you to the past for alteast few minutes & make you feel happy.Good thing is still we are in touch & would always be in touch with each other.A mail would have been still normal so I thought to reach you guys through this post.Ok guys hope you would have enjoyed this,leave your comments for sure.Will meet you all soon with some thing more...</div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-22783739349773219492008-08-17T01:14:00.007+05:302009-03-29T22:38:54.433+05:30Change is inevitable<div style="text-align: justify;">After a long break(almost after 4 months) iam blogging now,Every time when i blog i used to affirm myself that i should make this as a continuous process but it has never happened.Any way will try to improve myself.After a stint of hectic travel in my earlier project finally i got released.Whatever said & done, no one can bring back those lovely moments i had at different places with my team.Though i didn't had big job satisfaction in terms of technical learning,i got a chance to get introduced to lot many guys who are also my good friends,whom i believe are one of the intangible assets in one's life.
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<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">So now time has brought me to yet another new place-Hyderabad, Cool city interms of atmosphere,environment,people,climate(time being-may be for another 3-4 months).Though life is not going as fast as it was but i feel this phase is essential to hone my skill sets & get ready to face new challenges.Here iam staying with my junior colleagues,So far its great going.Thats it for now,Hope to blog soon
<br /></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-81151789562500697022008-04-14T10:54:00.009+05:302008-11-13T15:39:32.799+05:30China!!! thru my Eyes<div style="text-align: justify;">Recently i went to the world's biggest economy - China,This is not a typical travelogue but just wanted to share few things to show what right attitude can do good for the people or for that matter to the whole country ,Frankly i didn't had that big expectation about China,i was astounded to see the kind of massive infrastructure they have built.Then i realised the importance of "dreaming big"- as said by Dirubhai Ambani.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqyVZqWlpCVydEunRn2yBu5AfCdwwPPNXQpZXhcOLHCBeacdkwbhhLjkTq2ErIHtKQafztuQmy7p-fyD1N2E-2xEQBH-TsFmVmUYeMln1cK-Gpv66YFWtxEAmNLGC9yyx2Mi1/s1600-h/P1000491_580x435.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189695105694528642" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqyVZqWlpCVydEunRn2yBu5AfCdwwPPNXQpZXhcOLHCBeacdkwbhhLjkTq2ErIHtKQafztuQmy7p-fyD1N2E-2xEQBH-TsFmVmUYeMln1cK-Gpv66YFWtxEAmNLGC9yyx2Mi1/s320/P1000491_580x435.jpg" border="0" /></a> Above one is the maglev train station connecting to Pudong Airport </div><div align="left"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before coming to China i was under impression that European countries are sparsely populated & thats the reason they are able to maintain such a dirtless ,clean environment,When i saw china I was taken aback & it was proved that my reasonings were just an illusion,The roads were so clean,No pollution,Cool people,eager to help in spite of language barrier,Frankly for few days i was little upset with our own country's development.am afraid to say that may be we have missed the train.Having said that every country has its own pros & cons.Good thing about China is they have taken the pros of the whole world & have adopted for themselves.And this is a continuous process.Now they are very keen in learning English which is the only barrier for them to gain supremacy in the field of IT.How many of us know about software parks in China but they know about Bangalore. It's shows not only the government's attitude but also the people's.When it comes to leveraging the opportunity i think China has outreached India,Iam not speaking ill about India but still this is the fact.We waste much of our valuable time in playing dirty politics.SEZ-Special Economic Zone has been successful only in few countries & no doubt China is one of the countries which has started reaping the benefit.They target each province(may be equivalent to 3-4 districts) & develop them with all basic infrastructure in less than 7 yrs.For example Guandong is one of the province.The place where i stayed called Pudong was just an open land surrounded by waters 10 years before,Now many sky scrappers of Shanghai are only there & the worlds most speed est train(Maglev) runs there.It reaches the InternationalAirport in a jiffy(30 kms covered in 8 mins).Is this not possible in India?We have plans & it willremain as plans for another 5 years(minimum).<br /><br />So, it's a proven fact again & again,Its only the attitude which determines one's destiny.It applies to an individual & also for a country.Though we have everything still we are not the best ,it's because of many reasons & attitude in one among them.It was an inspiring trip for me.Hope the above would have also been inspirational to you.Let's start growing as an individual with right attitude & spread the same message across our known/dear one's (to start with).<br /><br />Thanks to the nature of job which is taking me to new places( don't know how long i'll be thanking-Just Kidding!!!),So Iam moving to Kolkata next week,So will be there for 2-3 months,have planned to travel North East,Will be back with some latest happenings around me<br /><br />kindly drop in your comments</div></div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-45070531925333238652008-04-03T09:25:00.003+05:302008-08-18T23:23:01.946+05:30Back With a Bang<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello,<br /><br /><br />After a long break iam back to blogging,So now in a new professional path which i never thought of but dreamt of only during my late school/college days-Working for an IT company<br /><br />For many of you including me it's a sursprise,Iam into the world of SAP now,Started of with the dream of MBA but couldnt really get where i wanted to,I was just thinking what i need to do as my sabbatical was also nearing to end<br /><br />I was left with no other option to join back Tata or resign and do some thing on which i was not very clear.At that time Vasanth ,who is more than a friend to me pitched in to help me out.Because of him iam here today in the world of SAP.Iam blessed to be sorrounded by few good persons in my life& he is definitley one among them.Iam highly indebted to all of my family members who supported me during the lean period especially my bro who influenced a lot in vital decisions. As of now, I havent accomplished any thing big but still have been successful enough in shifting my career which was my primary goal<br /><br />In recent past happened to travel some new places,Will be back with some of those experiences & lot more in my next blog,Till then have a good time & enjoy life</div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-1164612321580271532006-11-27T12:53:00.003+05:302009-03-28T20:25:22.239+05:30My MBA Expedition<div style="text-align: justify;">Right from my school days I had an interest towards MBA. May be it was a mere attraction which didn’t drive me to go for MBA after my bachelors in leather. In the second year of my professional career we got a new General Manager appointed. I slowly got attracted towards his professional life-his approach to a problem, planning, Follow up etc, he was very systematic in his work. He was new to leather industry but the zeal with which he approached the work was simply amazing .If I was in his position I would have got bogged down by a single reason that I don’t know about leather but he learnt the crux in a very short period of time. In the course of time I realized that I have stopped learning and I strongly felt that I need a change from the routine life. I always wanted to upgrade myself and to be active in whatever role I assume. My inner feelings got the strength as my interactions with G.M increased & as he was exactly like what I want to be. I started questioning myself what to be done that could bring a change in me. In the process of exploration I got the answer as MBA. <br />My expedition started off in a good way Though I started math preparation a month b4 joined the GMAT classes in the month of September & prepared for 2 ½ months. Gave the exam on 22nd November but got a low score .If I was in my old frame of mind then I would have got bogged down with this result &started thinking about other alternatives. Though I was little upset initially now I have gathered my focus to prepare again with a new zeal. In the past five months I have learned lot of things which will surely be my intangible assets. This journey has started off in a good way with mixed experiences & I will continue to post my experiences as my expedition continues</div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36553021.post-1161716520403207562006-10-25T00:30:00.001+05:302008-08-18T23:24:14.822+05:30<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi guys,<br />I welcome you all to my blog<br />This is a new experience for me and iam highly excited and looking forward to this new advneture<br />bye</div>vijai prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158368599868130713noreply@blogger.com0