Die hard - CFA

One week more for the exam. My CFA preparations are going on a high. After a long time, I'm seeing myself behaving so sincere, studying for the exam.

Being sincere and doing hardwork need not be boring. Somehow it's not boring for me. I'm enjoying the CFA preparation and I could feel the enriching transformation happening with me from a hardcore chemical engineer to the budding financial proffessional..............

Meet u soon............... with loads of interim experience...............

Back from the trip

Yeah!! I'm back. My trip to Faridabad, Kanpur and ankleshwar was nice and fascinating.
Yet, Not many insights.
I used to get lot of insights when I travel, many perennial misconceptions used to get cleared. one such insight is here....

On the way back to the hotel in faridabad from the factory, the tyre got punctured and the driver needed some time to change with spare one. I just rested on the shade near a hut, while speaking with the old man of the hut.

On the discussion, I came to know, that he is farmer by occupation. He has two cows also. The farm land behind the hut is owned by him.
The factory near the land has offered 1.5 crores for the land, but he has refused. He told that he don't know what to do with 1.5 crores cash, and he also added that, he need this land when he have to marry his (two) daughters. He said he is happy with dal roti, he is able to earn and he is living a satisfied life.
He doesn't go to movies or so. He doesn't have any vehicle. All his relations are in the sorrounding village. He works in the farm and live with his family.

It's as simple as that. But somehow, I couldn't digest..........

What do u say??

Boss's interruption

Heading to delhi-faridabad for three days, then to kanpur for 2 days and a week to ankleshwar, gujarat. All official trips.........

Please don't expect me to blog during these days.......

Mumbaian Holi

Let me sum it up.....

Around 9:30AM, I got the knock in my door by the kids from the society. I was dragged down and was drenched with colours. There was an arrangement of music, continous water in a hose pipe, and 3Kg of colors (look like organic ones) .

For some time, I watched the kids play..........

I found the elderly(s) of the society gathered on an anonymous flat on the construction site. I was also called there. I just went there to have a look on what's happening........ 5 bottles of blender's pride, 2 bottles of rum and countless number of beer....... at 10:00 in the morning........

Some one said, these are the substitutes of Bhang in the north.

However, I escaped in to the kids....... There were few ladies watching the dance and celebration from the corner. I don't find them playing at all. It's more enjoyable with the kids than to have the drunkyards speaking politics around........ They also came down later and displayed a grumpy dance.

About Noon (12:00), the all of them resigned....... and slowly left the place. As the place was about to become empty, the ladies occupied the place and started holi......... they played for one hour or so and left...........

Whatsoever, the celebration was rejuvenating.........

The Holi transformation

Till my adolescence, I had never sniffed a bit about holi. Actually, this particular is simply absent in Tamilnadu. In the first year of my lucknow stint, I had known about Holi but wasn't prepared. Rather I don't have many personal friends. Those itchy colleagues suddenly appeared in the morning and just soaked the colors on my body. That was really embarrasing. I strongly supported the anti-holi mission then, that practically escapists try to emphasize upon....

1. Colours are harmful to health.

2. Yeh bacchon ka khel hai......

3. Teens tend to misbehave on the name of holi

4. The usage of Narcotic "Bang" is extensive and open....

may be even more. As I gradually socialized (in to the lucknow city), next year, I played a bit of holi with some of my friends. But in the third and fourth year, I'm one of the spiritfull and vigorous enthusiast of Holi. Beyond that, I started expecting (holi). The colors, the sweets, the drowsy bang, the mind numbing excitement..... all this make HOLI at LUCKNOW, an unforgettable experience.

We roam around the city in bikes, visit each other's home, play holi with their family members, fill the stomach with gujia and the fun was becoming unlimited.

Kolkata is not so good in celebrating Holi. I really missed the Lucknow kind of Holi. (May be I didn't get much time to socialize in Kolkata.)

I'm eagerly awaiting to witness the celebration this time (for the first time in Mumbai).

What to do??

When I blog, I feel guilty about "not studying".

When I study, I feel guilty about "not blogging".

I'm not doing either of them properly.........

Jai Ho!!!!!!

A legendary masterpiece cannot be made just like that. It takes years of hardwork, selfless indulgence, and high quality self governance. AR Rehman along with other oscar winners deserve them in all respects and would be delivering us more.
I don't worry about which religion he is from, which country he is from, does his music actually indian or whom do he dedicates his award???
I've been listening his music for a long time now and most of the times, I've lost myself in his music. I could sense the creativity, talent, imagination, adeptness, synchronisation work in tandem to deliver great music from his hands.
I appreciate his work and I'm glad that a award of such honour is going to right hands and at right time...........
Jai Ho!!!!

Indian Rain in Oscar

Like ever other indian, immensely proud and pleasured for the reciept of Oscars.

Thank you world for the recognition.

Rehman & Resul deserves them and more..................

CFA

In the recent past, I've been feeling a bit empty. Felt like doing something useful. Looking for something worth to put me in.

I noticed, the accounts manager in my office was unusually happy on Wednesday last week. On deliberation, she shared that she scored high percentile in the first year of CFA exam, i.e., chartered financial analyst. Offlate, me too has sensed the need of having financial acumen. I enquired more about the exam.

She told me that

This is a three year course conducted by CFA institute, US. This is a universally accepted degree for investment professionals. we got to pay 1000 dollars, initially and exam fees for exams. If u get through the exams, the certification is equivalent to a MBA from IIM.


me: How much time you need to prepare this exam?

S: Six months of thorough preparation (an average of 2 to 3 hr daily). U may require a bit more, considering 1. that u don't have an accounts background. 2. you would have lost touch of your academics in the last 7 years.... 3. Chemical engineers are known to be week in balance sheets!!!
(ha ha ha). OK, I think, if u r really interested, U can try december exams.


me: !!! Ok, when to pay and how to pay?

S: Any time. But today is the last date to pay without fine for June and december exams. Can be paid thro' a credit card online; I had just paid for the second year exam thro' net.

me: Then, open the site again, let me see the site.

She opened the site on the net. I took out my card and paid for the june exams in a jiffy.

oh!! U should have seen her face then.

To decide and pay 55K for a 3 yr course, that too of a perfectly contrasting subject of study in approximately half a minute of time, !!! She gasped, a best of luck to me.

Buddy, I got to studdy!!!!!!!

Football on the run

After eight years or so, yesterday I had a chance to keep my legs on the football. These are kids who play in the complex (may be from 10 to 19 years) daily. Yesterday I introduced myself to them and had a 20 minute game with them. Oh!!! It was a real pleasure. Though I didn't get the touch, I used to have during my university level games. But I played with enough charm that, all the kids had instantly transformed into my fans. The only thing I don't like about them is that - some of them called me uncle.

Side effect:
It is natural, that U get enormous pain, If u straight away go and flex ur muscles like this in a football match. I couldn't sleep the whole night owing to pain, inspite of spraying relish, applying zandu balm etc.... Whatever, the game is worth it.

The Boss effect

My boss has a bad habit.

He calls 3 or 4 people at a time, and discuss with only one or two. Rest of the people have no work at all, in the discussion and have to just appreciate the material things available at his room. It's difficult to do some thing else also. The way he speaks, our brain (those who doesnot take part in discussion) does not remain in 100% consciousness, we get a hallucinating effect. I sometime scribble, sometime see the ceiling of the room, sometime forcibily take part in the discussion and get the nose cut. From the beginning of this year, I decided to scribble in the dairy in same page such that, we can try to decipher, the way the brain wavers when my boss speaks.



Here is those scribling ....... :). This is for sure, If I'm told to draw like this, I'll definitely fail. This is a collection of work of hallucinated brain on many sittings in my boss room. The credit goes to him.

Worried or wondering about

Sometime back, may be a year or so, I saw muesli (with fruits) for the first time in the shop. Being a health freak, I bought it immediately. I found the taste was yummy too. I regularly started having it as breakfast and even recommended to many people.

Recently, I found a new variety of Kelloggs (the Oat flakes) in the shop. I decided to try that one. I found this one yummy too. I switched over to kellogs. Next time onwards, when I went to shop, I picked up kellogs. When my friend asked me, “why don’t u have muesli?”, I replied, “The taste is not good in museli.”

I’m just wondering or worrying about my flickering nature of taste. Why is this happening with me?

The misdirection

As I was returning back thro' the shopping mall with my wife and kid, they seem to have got engrossed in the ambience. I asked my wife to make it fast. But that didn't work. My kid was just wandering around, sometimes demanding her to take him up.

But just I went 5 feets ahead of them, I could see the sense of urgency in them. My kid as well as my wife walked faster to catch me up. I maintained that distance till we reached the end of shopping mall. Upon reaching me, My wife yelled, "Can't you go slow? U had alway's been like this. "
I said, "what?"
I explained her the reasoning........... and recieved the smile back.

As I just recalled, I realized: why my dad has done this to us, when I was a kid, inspite of my mom yelling at him. The only difference is , My dad didn't care to explain her the reason, and my mom has permanently thought that this man is "indifferent"

The impact of "this sort of MIS-DIRECTION" between two individuals, is still un-known

The gross underestimation

I have 6 followers in Xsense, 2 each in xsensuals and xselections. But whenever I update a new post, the number of new hits is grossly different from the figure that exhibits.

Few of my friends confessed that, they are impressed and following anonymously, thanks to the X content. It is more safer.

WHATEVER AND HOWEVER, apart from my titles, my blogs are largely in the borderline category. They doesn't bear adult content. Yet, could not be categorized under 'U'. So what???

That exactly explains the "UA" category. That's how I've always been...........


I' had always been a good boy, but, have a strange internal wickedness for guilt. There's where, the pleasure is and remains................

Am I making sense??

The midnight accomplice

A bachelor or a forced bachelor, I long for a midnight friend, especially of the opposite sex. Not necessarily in person, but atleast over phone.

I don't know why?



If u r interested, please call me...............

I tried to follow Rima's venture (Results of Pshycological tests for Razigan)

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	High
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	High
Envy:	Low
Lust:	Very High
Pride:	High

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