Stock Simulator from Investopedia

A colleague of mine pointed out this very helpful Stock Simulator from Investopedia. Basically it simulates the experience of trading in the stock market by connecting to a real-life data feed and allowing you to invest $100,000 of virtual cash in your choice of stocks.

This is how sample portfolio looks like:



I found it is very useful for everybody from beginners who have never placed a trade to sophisticated investors who are looking to test out advanced investing strategies.

Certainly, It can educate a person in more detail about market terminology like Limit/Stop orders,Day Order, Good Till Canceled. It also provides hands-on experience for beginners & students without getting their hands burned in stock market.

Anthon Berg's Chocolates

One of my office colleague got these very unique chocolates called “Anthon Berg” which are originally imported from Denmark.

The specialty of these chocolates is they are filled with real Liquors from inside. The Liquors variety range from Stoli Orange, Borghetti, Jack Daniel's Whiskey to Malibu Rum.

I guess, Thats the best combination one could imagine with chocolate.

Tickle Me Elmo

“T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo” was the most desired toy of 2006’s Christmas. During that time it was overly priced above $100 due to all media hype. Also this happened due to limited supply and huge demand.

No Way, I could have paid that much money for this toy. But when I saw it today on Toys "R" Us, It was listed for $36.99. So finally after thinking many many times, I bought this toy for my kid and I still think I paid too much.

Eklavya: The Royal Guard

Its been almost 6 months, we hadn’t seen any movie in the theater. So when “Eklavya: The Royal Guard” was released on 16th February; we decided to head for the theater. The decision was supported by good reviews and foreseeing no good release in near future.

The movie starts on silent note, before you settle down it goes into Intermission and soon it ends. Few times, the silence was disturbed by the baby talk done by our kid.

On positive side, Movie has great camera work and visuals, Specially the Rajasthan locations. I loved that majestic fort situated in those green mountains.

Visit to Mohegan Sun

Mohegan Sun, that was the only option I could think of, when we wanted to spend some quality time on cold evening with our toddlers. Thou I am not big fan of casino, while I was in New Jersey I always stayed away from Atlantic City as much as I could.



The good thing about Mohegan Sun is, It provides free parking, so even if you don’t win you don’t pay for parking unlike Atlantic City. You can take your kids inside; thou not in casino area and they can always enjoy in Kids area. Everything is under one roof so you don’t waste you energy walking. Also In winter you can keep yourself warm.

Most importantly this time, I did see the person who in fact won in the gambling and that was my friend who got lucky in 25 cents slot machine to win $400.

Adding Blog to Google Home Page

Now you can add this Blog to your Google Personalize Homepage, by clicking on "Add to Google" button. This way, you can read the blog entries from your Homepage rather than visiting this blog everyday.

Here is a link , If you need such kind of button for your blog.

Those Guitar Notes !

There are some songs that bring back the old memories of my guitar playing experience, which I tried to learn during those days. One of a song among them is “Isthara Ashiqi Ka” from Imtihaan, which was playing on television today and suddenly I was lost in those Guitar notes for a moment. Felt like grabbing that Guitar and playing it, But it wasn’t there.



Speaking of 'Imtihaan' movie; It has some of the most romantic songs of 90's for ex the lovely "Do Baatein Ho Sakti Hai".

ICICI Exchange Rate Gadget

Its been sometime that I've started using Google's Personalized Home in a real proper way.

There are many useful Gadgets to customize it, But for me 'ICICI Exchange Rate' Gadget turns out to be very handy one to find out Exchange Rate between USD to INR. In fact it shows the actual ICICI exchange rate not the market one.

India Rising Week on BBC

From last few days I've been noticing lot of India related artical on BBC News Front Page; It turns out that BBC World Service dedicating a week of special programmes from Saturday 3 February to Sunday 11 February 2007 looking at how India is changing.

This Special Report includes many interesting articals on Rising India.