Seating here on the Rainy day, when I look back at 2005.
I see many achievements / accomplishments to feel satisfied about.
Obviously, It will be the one of the important year of life, due many reasons. No need to mention it.
Wow, I did blog all the last 12 months !
"the basic economic resource is no longer capital, nor natural resources nor 'labor'.
It is and will be knowledge." ---- Peter Drucker
I found this signature line in one e-mail.
During the Last three days, I've seen different kind of New york.
The streets were overly crowded due to Subway strike.
The view was like "All the Ants coming out of their colonies".
For me it was the fastest commute, I ever travelled between work & home as there were no cars allowed in the Manhattan.
Speaking of "Different kind of New york", I've also witnessed 2003 Black out & 09/11.
Atleast in the Mp3 Player market.
This is a new mobiBLU Cube 1 GB MP3 Player introduced at walmart this week.
This weekend I get a chance to try out all the Voice-Chat tools out there in market, And the Winner is "Skype".
It has the best reliable/crystal clear sound quality.
In Today's Rediff Business Section had few encouraging news.
This is the second time, that I've locked myself out of the apartment.
I wasn't lucky as first time, when because of summer the windows were open and I could jump in. To make the matter worst this time, I had the Doctor appointment.
On top of that when I called doctor to inform about my delay, She couldn't wait for much longer as she was following the Ramzan month.
So overall, It was crises for 30 min. The thing is, In crises sometime you meet helping people and some time a**. All you got to do is Calm Down !
Here is Part-I, Finally after visiting all ToysRus stores in the area, we landed up on Toysrus store in Elizabeth ( 3%tax) for all this stuff on the rainy day.
'Jeevan Kya Hai'...? Well, thats title of Jagjit Singh's new Ghazal album. For me, First time after marriage, I am listening Music - Gazals...Quiet for a Sunday evening...
"Ek Kami thi...Taj Mahal Main
Humne Teri Tasbir Laga Di
Jhoom Ke Jab Rindon... Pila Di "
Mama Mexico, One of the Best Restaurant in NYC and The Best One for Mexican food.
I had coincidental chance to visit it for Lunch, which was suppose to be our Prod Phase-I rollout celebration, but it turns out Phase-I rollout isn’t quite successful yet.
Anyhow speaking of Mama Mexico, the Restaurant has it own authenticity…The food, The atmosphere…The lighting arrangement …and finally the way the make Guacamole at your Table…Now that’s what I call… On Dem
and
I observed that, the front of every New York City MTA bus
were emblazoned with "Everybody hates Chris" poster.
So how could I forget the timing, the only thing, I had to remember was "It's on UPN".
Being a fan of "Everybody loves Raymond", this is the show I am looking fwd
for this season. We both liked this cool guy,
This is how they look like from top,
Katrina/Rita/Emily Or Ophelia/Dennis/Adrian.
World Meteorological Organization is running out of Names for Storms, Hurricanes.
Here is a cool Hurricane Tracker animation,
It shows, how they came and disappeared.
08:30 : Donate the car
Finally after many failed attempts to sell the non-working car
I had to donate the car.
09:30 : Deposite the license plate to DMV.
Well, that was easy one.
10:30 : First Car Service
It was the first 5000 miles service, It wasn't bad at all than i had expected.
I've spend most of the time, watching 10 TV's , Free coffee, Bagel & small muffin
Nachos & Newsweek.
12:15 : Doctor's appointment
Here is something funny about Indian Road Signs,
While travelling across the country, I've noticed that most of the time "Speed Bump" (Speed Breaker) signs are posted almost on the edge of bump or sometime you will even see after the actual bump.
Isn't it ? that this sign is to warn the driver and not to inform the driver that
" You've crossed Speed Bump"
And Boy ! Do we really we need so many bump at single place ?
The UN Summit is going on in the City, and Mr. Manhoman is in Manhattan.
While having lunch on the Park Ave, Two of my friends could glance at his Motorcade.
He is having a busy schedule, some of the items on his agenda are
These were the business News, I saw today in Dow Jones flashing news Headlines in Times Square.
Coinsidently...Just scrolling one after another.
Friday night (09:25), It was the sold out! A big disappointment!
So it was the Saturday morning 12:25 show, which we’ve made it.
And when we came out the movie, we saw a long Queue for the 03:25 show.
We were glad about our 12:25 shows decision,
We also got the best seats in the hall (center seats from last 2 rows).
Believe me, The angle does matter when you see a movie on big screen.
Speaking of movie,
Salaam Namaste was perfect movie to watch for,
Specially in the current phase of life we are going thru…Pregnancy and Parenthood.
In many scenes, we could relate ourselves to the scene. some of them were
We are getting ready for the Little One !
Here is our first shopping...
Still there are plenty of items in the list,
I will be posting that as and when we will go for it.
so don't be surprised, if you see lot of baby stuff here in the next few months.
In Past, when I use to go for shopping
I used to visit only Men's Section.
Then after marriage, Women's Section.
And I guess now you will see me mostly in Kid’s Section.
Late but at last, We have seen The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy).
It was my wife, who insisted on watching all three.
As per I am concern, I am not a big fan of Sci-Fi or fantasy movies.
Long time ago, a friend had offered me Halls Defense Vitamin C Supplement Drops.
Since then I've been looking for it at various places like Wal-Mart,Target.
Finally, few days back I found it at CVS Pharmacy while picking up prescription drug.
It says:
Halls Defense® Vitamin C Supplement Drops help keep you going,
because each delicious fruit-flavored drop delivers
100% of the Daily Value of Vitamin C.
No wonder, at the end of the day one drop freshens up my mood,while I wait for the bus.
Here in the US, You hardly have choice between Pepsi & Coke, unless your local Sabzi-Mandi Store imports Thums Up from India.
Yesterday, after longtime I've grabbed Thums up bottle while picking up Milk from Grocery Store.
On Cautionary note, I would like to add Never try Thums up if you had Espresso coffee shot 5hrs before. It may lead to Sore Throat Congestion, which currently I am suffering from.
Releasing on Sep 9th. We have already marked our Calender .
Check out more Melbourne masti with Salaam Namaste
Salaam Namaste
I just thought , Why not maintain a list of Google's acquisitions;
I am sure, this list is gonna go bigger and bigger in near future,
as I nead this new
"Google expects to collect $4.04 billion by selling 14,159,265"
I've been walking and walking and walking in NYC since last 5 yrs.
Be it Downtown or Midtown, Grand Central or Penn Station, Park ave or 5th ave.
Lincoln Tunnel or Holland Tunnel , Port authority or South Ferry.
But Every time, I change the combination of Ave & Street to reach my work place
I feel like a tourist. It feels like I've never been in this Corner before.
My wife's friend has given her this "Garbh Sanskar CD".
After listening first few lines itself, you feel so relax and smoothing.
Indeed, it is Music for Healing & Wellness.
Specially, the track "Address To The Child" - By Amitabh Bacchan is so meaningful, followed by classical Mantra's from Bhagavad Geeta.
After visiting IKEA no of times, this is the only thing I found suitable for our apartment.
We are trying to make over our Living room by giving it Indian style.
Lets see how it shapes up...!
Finally, Mangal Pandey....is out on Screen !
I always wondered about Amir's decision of working on one film at time,
That too when your next film get releases after 4 Yrs.
Is'n it Life is too Short ...!
And Chances are, Your only one Film may not be sucessfully...commercially !
Oh, By the way I found his blog (Amir's Blog ) !
Here is one of photo from his blog.
What's with his surprising expression ?
Did he get any Ctl-Alt-Del message Or Is it Pop-up Ad message ?
Mangal Pandey
M.B.A. Students Bypassing Wall Street for a Summer in India.
Following is a extract from NY Times articale:
Graduate students from some of the top business schools in the U.S. are vying for internships
at India's biggest private companies.
This summer, Omar Maldonado and Erik Simonsen, both students at the Leonard N. Stern
School of Business at New York University, did something different.
Bypassing internship opportunities on Wall Street, just a subway ride away from their Greenwich Village campus, they went to India to spend the summer at an outsourcing company in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi.
"The India opportunity grabbed me," said Mr. Maldonado, a Boston native.
"I wanted to get a global feel for investment banking and not just a Wall Street perspective."
India can be a jolt to a first-time American visitor. In Gurgaon, a small town despite its tall office complexes and shiny new malls, Mr. Maldonado and Mr. Simonsen share an apartment
where the power fails several times a day. Temperatures are regularly above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.
The two men said they came prepared to find inadequate infrastructure,
but were not prepared for the daily frustrations of Gurgaon. There is no mass transportation system, and shopping, even for something as basic as an umbrella, can take hours. They rumble to work in an auto rickshaw - a motorized three-wheeler that seats two and is a ubiquitous form of transport in Indian cities.
But the sophistication of the work being done in Copal's Gurgaon office contrasts with the chaotic city outside. Mr. Simonsen said he was amazed. "I came expecting to see number-crunching and spreadsheet type of work;
I didn't expect American banks to farm out intricate analytics," he said.
The two students are working on a project that analyzes investment opportunities for clients across 23 countries.
Infosys Technologies, the country's second-largest outsourcing firm after Tata Consultancy Services, discovered how popular India had become as an internship destination for Americans when the company began recruiting: for the 40 intern spots at its Bangalore headquarters, the company received 9,000 applications.
Only those with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.6 or more made it to a short list, and
then they were put through two rounds of interviews.
The final 40, who cut a wide academic swathe from engineering schools like M.I.T. and
Carnegie Mellon to business schools like Stanford, Wharton and Kellogg, have since arrived
on campus for average stays of three months. The interns work in areas from marketing to technology.
They live in a 500-room hotel complex on Infosys's expansive campus in the suburbs of Bangalore, exchanging coupons for meals at the food court and riding
the company bus downtown to decompress at the many pubs and bars.
Interns like Mr. Anders are getting a close view of social changes that are happening in India.
Outsourcing has created thousands of better-paying jobs and spawned communities of young
people who can afford cars, apartments and iPods.
"I thought the stipend was the down side," said Mr. Anders, "but coming here is a priceless experience."
As of today, Here is latest update
(Source: BBC)
Now every time, my wife asks me "Which is the tallest building?"
I can answer it officially correct.
I'm feeling Lucky ! How abt u ?
All you need to do is just type in "sagarmitkari" in google and
Click "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.
Finally, They did it.
As he said "It looks like this big patient is cured,"
Here is awesome snapshot !
"Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves at his spacewalking crewmate, Astronaut Steve Robinson, during the August 1 extravehicular shared by the two mission specialists.
Robinson can be seen in Noguchi's helmet visor using the new digital still camera outfitted for EVA exposure."
You can get Perfect WallPaper Size Picture here.
Oh...man I love that Outfit !
Out of Blue, I was humming this song "Mile Sur Mera Tumara"...Remember the old DoorDarshan ? So thought to google on it.
And Surprisingly I found this amazing home video created by MIT students.
A Must Watch ! ( More info abt Mile Sur Video )
Since, I’ve been working in the Banking Industry from last 5 yrs,
especially on Data Warehousing Projects.
I thought I-Flex would be interesting company to work for to suit my background skills.
And today I read this news "Oracle to buy majority stake in i-flex"
According to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
"I-flex is the hottest software company in the banking industry, signing more new customers
than any other banking software company in each of the last three years"
People use to talk about Mumbai's Rain in the Past,
Saying "You can’t predict about Mumbai’s Rain & Poona’s Girls"
I bet, In future People will talk more and more about
July 26th Rain and their experience.
Tag:Mumbai
As Courtesy of Netflix, I’ve finally seen the God Father!
As they say, Its one of the Best movie made on this planet.
Here are the Quotes that took my attention.
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Now listen: I want somebody good -- and I mean very good -- to plant that gun. I don't want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?"
Tag:Godfather
…and I thought last week was the only busy one !
Talk about this week, I’ve been playing with Numbers, trying to match digit by digit; What was once and What is current.
The unexpected Production issuese do take their own time.
All Good things; comes to an End
and So does the Antakshari after 12 yrs of long run.
Tag:Indian Television
Here is Last One on March 29th and now its July 14th.
You do the math...I think its 3 months + few weeks and some days here and there...!
I remember one time Barber asked me "Did you came out from Prison...man? "
The highest amout I paid for hair cut was $25 + $2 tip
and that was the worst hair cut I ever had !
Tag: Hair Cut
Now days I rarely listen to the songs, But yesterday night I was browsing on MusicIndiaOnline and I accidentally stumbled upon these forgotten 90 songs.
These were the songs; I grow up on as a teenager.
Every song and every year has special place in memory lane.
Now Listening these song is like a going back in past.
Here is a album if you feel like listening : My Forgotten 90's
If you are miss that Indian style bakery products here in New Jersey, then there is one Hot Bread Shop which provides range of bakery products from Nankhatai, Pastry, Veggiepuffs, Muffins, Cake without eggs & variety of breads baked fresh.
We do visit place, once a month especially for their Grilled Vada Paav.
Tag: Bakery
It turns out to be a great long weekend in NY Upstate, a town called Ithaca.
Highlights were:
Recently, The firm has replaced old Coffee machine on our Floor With FLAVIA S350 .
The Slogan says "Inspiration at Work"
Specialty of the FLAVIA S350 is, Its authentic Cappuccino.
Flavia Say
“It's created by combining our high quality Espresso Roast coffee with our own velvety smooth Creamy Topping. The coffee Filterpack and the topping are brewed separately to ensure that each cup has the same careful balance of top quality espresso, smooth milky froth and delicious flavor. The result is a carefully crafted, creamy tasting treat. No instant cappuccino can compare.”
I did give a try and its one of the best !
Updated on July 5th 9:30 am: There are no more Cappuccino Filter Packs in pantry.
It happen to be all the fruits were at home and I wanted to check out the color quality of my 1.3 megapixel Sony DSC-U10 camera.
Not bad....huh ?
Tag: Fruits
Paheli seems to be Promising! Bollywood is having good year so far in the last 1 months B & B, Parineeta and now Paheli.
Updated at 6:35 pm: Paheli is NOT Promising.
Got the Digital print photos from
Kodak Gallery [previously known as ofoto ]
Print quality is superior and soon I will order more and more.
Tag: Bollywood
I’ve been watching NBA Playoff from last 4 yrs.
First 3yrs it was interesting as LA Lakers were playing.
But this year it was not much exciting as before.
I am wondering if NBA is loosing its popularity.
Tag: NBA
Its summer time and I am seeing most of the people in T-shirts now.
I am also shopping around for the T-shirts for this season.
Here are my fav brands; Famous for their polo T-shirts & their exclusive Trade mark logos.
Brand & Logo
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Here comes: "www.sagarmitkari.com"
Finally, I did register my own domain name.
Here are the things that inspired me to go far it:
You have imagined that,
One day you will get married;
Soon your wife will become pregnant;
In evening you will be seating on sofa, Watching a TV…
Suddenly the baby will start kicking.
Well, Guess what? It’s happening…Baby is kicking a lot and I can feel it from outside.
Thou you got to be very patience & quiet; while listening to the movements.
On Scientific note, After 5 months baby can hear the outside things.
No wonder, Abhimanyu heard all about Chakravyuh while he was inside the womb.That was the story I heard.
Now we are concered about, what will be the impact on our baby as we are watching too much hollywood movies ?
It happen to be one of my classmate friend has operated on my Father.
Now the thing is, I am not able to re-collect him in my memory by his name;
What more awful is, I spoke with him on the phone
and I am still not able to figure it out "Who is he?"
To make the matter more complicated, I can’t acknowledge that I don’t know him as it will look inappropriate.
What is encouraging is, Some People do remember me after all these years.
Tag: Friend
One of my fav South Indian Dish...and I've noticed that I like anything made-up of Onion & Tomatoes.
Tag:Food
Yes, It was a point pleasent beach...Smooth sand, Blue water,Good food & Great crowd.
One of the best in New Jersay Shore.
Well, Thats was "Summer'05" On the Sand.If you are trying to read.
A Point to note is "It's very difficult to write on Sea shore sand,
b'coz sea waves will erase it as soon as you write next word"
Tag:Beach
The thing about Tom Hanks is, He makes his own world in any given situation. Same thing he did in "Cast Away" and same here in "The Terminal".
Only difference is in Cast Away he was alone, where in The Terminal he is surrounded by people.
Tag:Movie
In India the show "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" is telecasted on Friday
but here in the US its on Monday 7:00 pm.
While it refreshes you for sometime,
When the song selection is good and singers are well tuned.
But for me, It reminds me that the Big Day Monday is gone and still 3 days need to go!
"Aab Taliyo Se Zor Dar Swagat Ki Ji Ye...Shaan Ji Ka"
Tag:Indian Television
