After more than 50 hours and 195 dead bodies later, finally we are safe....i bow with deep gratitude to the commandos, policemen and army who made it happen and pray for the martyrs who lost their life....and want to hang a certain Narendra Modi who could not resist indulging in petty politics in this time of need....SHAME ON YOU.....
Hope we now don't discuss how much ration we need to give to the army and appreciate the help of the departed and learn from our mistakes...
Jai Hind
November 29, 2008
November 28, 2008
twinkle twinkle little star
Please view this video on my blog....made me remember my school days...real cute...:)
November 27, 2008
Gruesome to the core
24 hours and we are still fighting the terrorists holding up the entire of mumbai to ransom...Hope this mayhem ends soon....my prayers are with people who have lost their loved ones and our brave police officers who died protecting our lifes....
A question comes to my mind....how do we defeat them?
Simple ....
1) By learning from our mistakes of 1993 bomb blasts, 7/11 attacks and ensuring our defence mechanisms are proactive and not reactive(wish the boats these guys used were stopped before they reached the coast)......
2) By getting back to work and stop these cowards from achieving their goals of breaking our routines and create panic....
Hope my lovely city never sees this day again.....
A question comes to my mind....how do we defeat them?
Simple ....
1) By learning from our mistakes of 1993 bomb blasts, 7/11 attacks and ensuring our defence mechanisms are proactive and not reactive(wish the boats these guys used were stopped before they reached the coast)......
2) By getting back to work and stop these cowards from achieving their goals of breaking our routines and create panic....
Hope my lovely city never sees this day again.....
November 23, 2008
An interesting article...do read
A casual forward sent by my sister made me visit the site....http://www.adam-khoo.com/....This website is about Mr Adam Khoo who is a self made millionaire....do visit the website whenever you have time....worth a try......Found a interesting article on his blog which am enclosing below....do read and comment....
A Blog Posted by Singapore 's Youngest Millionaire
By Adam Khoo
Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars at my offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Suzhou (China). I am in the airport almost every other week so I get to bump into many people who have attended my seminars or have read my books.
Recently, someone came up to me on a plane to KL and looked rather shocked. He asked, 'How come a millionaire like you is traveling economy?' My reply was, 'That's why I am a millionaire.' He still looked pretty confused. This again confirms that greatest lie ever told about wealth (which I wrote about in my latest book 'Secrets of Self Made Millionaires'). Many people have been brainwashed to think that millionaires have to wear Gucci, Hugo Boss, Rolex, and sit on first class in air travel. This is why so many people never become rich because the moment that earn more money, they think that it is only natural that they spend more, putting them back to square one.
The truth is that most self-made millionaires are frugal and only spend on what is necessary and of value. That is why they are able to accumulate and multiply their wealth so much faster. Over the last 7 years, I have saved about 80% of my income while today I save only about 60% (because I have my wife, mother in law, 2 maids, 2 kids, etc. to support). Still, it is way above most people who save 10% of their income (if they are lucky). I refuse to buy a first class ticket or to buy a $300 shirt because I think that it is a complete waste of money. However, I happily pay $1,300 to send my 2-year old daughter to Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama without thinking twice.
When I joined the YEO (Young Entrepreneur's Organization) a few years back (YEO is an exclusive club open to those who are under 40 and make over $1m a year in their own business) I discovered that those who were self-made thought like me. Many of them with net worths well over $5m, travelled economy class and some even drove Toyota's and Nissans (not Audis, Mercs, BMWs).
I noticed that it was only those who never had to work hard to build their own wealth (there were also a few ministers' and tycoons' sons in the club) who spent like there was no tomorrow. Somehow, when you did not have to build everything from scratch, you do not really value money. This is precisely the reason why a family's wealth (no matter how much) rarely lasts past the third generation. Thank God my rich dad (oh no! I sound like Kiyosaki) foresaw this terrible possibility and refused to give me a cent to start my business.
Then some people ask me, 'What is the point in making so much money if you don't enjoy it?' The thing is that I don't really find happiness in buying branded clothes, jewellery or sitting first class. Even if buying something makes me happy it is only for a while, it does not last. Material happiness never lasts, it just give you a quick fix.After a while you feel lousy again and have to buy the next thing which you think will make you happy. I always think that if you need material things to make you happy, then you live a pretty sad and unfulfilled life.
Instead, what make ME happy is when I see my children laughing and playing and learning so fast. What makes me happy is when I see my companies and trainers reaching more and more people every year in so many more countries. What makes me really happy is when I read all the emails about how my books and seminars have touched and inspired someone's life. What makes me really happy is reading all your wonderful posts about how this BLOG is inspiring you. This happiness makes me feel really good for a long time, much much more than what a Rolex would do for me.
I think the point I want to put across is that happiness must come from doing your life's work (be in teaching, building homes, designing, trading, winning tournaments etc.) and the money that comes is only a by-product. If you hate what you are doing and rely on the money you earn to make you happy by buying stuff, then I think that you are living a meaningless life.
-- KEEP SHARING................
A Blog Posted by Singapore 's Youngest Millionaire
By Adam Khoo
Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars at my offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Suzhou (China). I am in the airport almost every other week so I get to bump into many people who have attended my seminars or have read my books.
Recently, someone came up to me on a plane to KL and looked rather shocked. He asked, 'How come a millionaire like you is traveling economy?' My reply was, 'That's why I am a millionaire.' He still looked pretty confused. This again confirms that greatest lie ever told about wealth (which I wrote about in my latest book 'Secrets of Self Made Millionaires'). Many people have been brainwashed to think that millionaires have to wear Gucci, Hugo Boss, Rolex, and sit on first class in air travel. This is why so many people never become rich because the moment that earn more money, they think that it is only natural that they spend more, putting them back to square one.
The truth is that most self-made millionaires are frugal and only spend on what is necessary and of value. That is why they are able to accumulate and multiply their wealth so much faster. Over the last 7 years, I have saved about 80% of my income while today I save only about 60% (because I have my wife, mother in law, 2 maids, 2 kids, etc. to support). Still, it is way above most people who save 10% of their income (if they are lucky). I refuse to buy a first class ticket or to buy a $300 shirt because I think that it is a complete waste of money. However, I happily pay $1,300 to send my 2-year old daughter to Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama without thinking twice.
When I joined the YEO (Young Entrepreneur's Organization) a few years back (YEO is an exclusive club open to those who are under 40 and make over $1m a year in their own business) I discovered that those who were self-made thought like me. Many of them with net worths well over $5m, travelled economy class and some even drove Toyota's and Nissans (not Audis, Mercs, BMWs).
I noticed that it was only those who never had to work hard to build their own wealth (there were also a few ministers' and tycoons' sons in the club) who spent like there was no tomorrow. Somehow, when you did not have to build everything from scratch, you do not really value money. This is precisely the reason why a family's wealth (no matter how much) rarely lasts past the third generation. Thank God my rich dad (oh no! I sound like Kiyosaki) foresaw this terrible possibility and refused to give me a cent to start my business.
Then some people ask me, 'What is the point in making so much money if you don't enjoy it?' The thing is that I don't really find happiness in buying branded clothes, jewellery or sitting first class. Even if buying something makes me happy it is only for a while, it does not last. Material happiness never lasts, it just give you a quick fix.After a while you feel lousy again and have to buy the next thing which you think will make you happy. I always think that if you need material things to make you happy, then you live a pretty sad and unfulfilled life.
Instead, what make ME happy is when I see my children laughing and playing and learning so fast. What makes me happy is when I see my companies and trainers reaching more and more people every year in so many more countries. What makes me really happy is when I read all the emails about how my books and seminars have touched and inspired someone's life. What makes me really happy is reading all your wonderful posts about how this BLOG is inspiring you. This happiness makes me feel really good for a long time, much much more than what a Rolex would do for me.
I think the point I want to put across is that happiness must come from doing your life's work (be in teaching, building homes, designing, trading, winning tournaments etc.) and the money that comes is only a by-product. If you hate what you are doing and rely on the money you earn to make you happy by buying stuff, then I think that you are living a meaningless life.
-- KEEP SHARING................
November 18, 2008
Help required
I have a close friend of mine who lost his job due to the recession...well qualified, hard working(i bear testimony) and extremely talented....he was given one months notice by his organisation and asked to quit......sitting at home and doing nothin with no work around is the worst thing that can happen to a youngster....i have been through it and know it.....its particularly irritatin when your pesky neighbourhood aunt comes home and asks...."Beta office nahin gaya"....as if she comes and delivers food to my place everyday.....
It is at these points in time when you realise the importance of being resilient and patient....your parents might not say anything but then you can see it in their eyes and thoughts....luckily i was out of job for a month and sitting at home....but then the situation at that time was not so bad and i had a ray of hope...but knowing how the situation now is....it is very difficult to be positive and stay focussed.....
I want to help my friend but dunno how....i am not a position that i can create a job for him or recommend him to some place...the only thing i can do is keep a eye for openings for him and send across his resume.....hope that someone recognises his talent and my best wishes are with him....its at times like these that you recognise the importance of friends and i would like to help you my friend whichever i can.....
take care and see ya till the next time.....
It is at these points in time when you realise the importance of being resilient and patient....your parents might not say anything but then you can see it in their eyes and thoughts....luckily i was out of job for a month and sitting at home....but then the situation at that time was not so bad and i had a ray of hope...but knowing how the situation now is....it is very difficult to be positive and stay focussed.....
I want to help my friend but dunno how....i am not a position that i can create a job for him or recommend him to some place...the only thing i can do is keep a eye for openings for him and send across his resume.....hope that someone recognises his talent and my best wishes are with him....its at times like these that you recognise the importance of friends and i would like to help you my friend whichever i can.....
take care and see ya till the next time.....
November 16, 2008
November 14, 2008
Vertical or Horizontal growth
Promotion list was released in my new organisation which i joined a few months back...It made me wonder what is best for a person..Horizontal or vertical growth in a professional career...
To be frank i have never been among the lucky ones to get vertical growth in a organisation...the prime reason for tat being " i have not spent ample amount of time in a single organisation"....
3 jobs in 5 years is a big number for me....though it might not be tat big a deal in normal world of recruitments and placements....this has made me come to a conclusion tat you need to give yourself and the organisation you are working for sometime to recognise each other's worth....every person has their own skill set and that skill set is sometimes recognised early or sometimes with time....so being patient when the time is against you is wat one needs to aim for....it has its own pitfalls where your growth might be stunted....but once you know a organisation's ecosystem you can work around it to further your goals.....
so my goal in my current organisation is to wait till i get some vertical growth....i dunno how long it might take or if it might or might not happen....But i am prepared to wait....praying hopefully tat i can prove myself to my current organisation....
Hope tat happens....Bye till the next time.....
PS;- have been working on saturday holidays to complete a project.....hope it turns out well.....
To be frank i have never been among the lucky ones to get vertical growth in a organisation...the prime reason for tat being " i have not spent ample amount of time in a single organisation"....
3 jobs in 5 years is a big number for me....though it might not be tat big a deal in normal world of recruitments and placements....this has made me come to a conclusion tat you need to give yourself and the organisation you are working for sometime to recognise each other's worth....every person has their own skill set and that skill set is sometimes recognised early or sometimes with time....so being patient when the time is against you is wat one needs to aim for....it has its own pitfalls where your growth might be stunted....but once you know a organisation's ecosystem you can work around it to further your goals.....
so my goal in my current organisation is to wait till i get some vertical growth....i dunno how long it might take or if it might or might not happen....But i am prepared to wait....praying hopefully tat i can prove myself to my current organisation....
Hope tat happens....Bye till the next time.....
PS;- have been working on saturday holidays to complete a project.....hope it turns out well.....
November 9, 2008
Is it a crime to be 27 and a bachelor....??????
I am goin through a situation in my life where it seems the entire world has ganged up against me, particularly after my sister's marriage. And their single and sole objective is "Get Suraj married".......I have been recently facing a situation during my recent interactions with people who are elder to me.....Here goes a recent conversation with a aunty who stays in my building.....
I had just come home after a jog and was visibly tired when i met the aunty outside my building.....
Suraj;- Hi aunty how are you....seeing you after a long time...
Aunty;- i had gone to meet my son in the united states....
Suraj;- Aunty tat is nice....how is he?...u missed chanda's wedding( my sister).....
Aunty;-I know tat....i saw the pictures when i met ur mom.....
Aunty;-So now ur line is clear....when are u gettin married.....
Suraj;-Bye aunty i am tired.....Need to go change and get 2 work....
this is the conversation which normally happens whenever i meet elder people nowdays....
this has led a lots of questions in my mind which go as follows....please help me in solving them....
1) Do people turn gay if they dont get married?
2) Is marriage the sole purpose of life?
3) Does the world not have bigger issues to solve like global warming, corruption, crime and pollution, rather than worry about getting me married?
4) Is it necessary to get married just to make the society and parents happy?
5) Does a person lose his freedom(which i dread) once he gets married?
6) How can a person spend the rest of his life with someone?
7) Can a person not be single and still be happy?
8) Do you lose your friends after marriage?
and the final question......
Should a guy not be in love with a gal to get married to spend the rest of the life with her?
I am still waiting for tat love 2 come in my life and i am running out of time........
Bye friends till you hear from me the next time.....
I had just come home after a jog and was visibly tired when i met the aunty outside my building.....
Suraj;- Hi aunty how are you....seeing you after a long time...
Aunty;- i had gone to meet my son in the united states....
Suraj;- Aunty tat is nice....how is he?...u missed chanda's wedding( my sister).....
Aunty;-I know tat....i saw the pictures when i met ur mom.....
Aunty;-So now ur line is clear....when are u gettin married.....
Suraj;-Bye aunty i am tired.....Need to go change and get 2 work....
this is the conversation which normally happens whenever i meet elder people nowdays....
this has led a lots of questions in my mind which go as follows....please help me in solving them....
1) Do people turn gay if they dont get married?
2) Is marriage the sole purpose of life?
3) Does the world not have bigger issues to solve like global warming, corruption, crime and pollution, rather than worry about getting me married?
4) Is it necessary to get married just to make the society and parents happy?
5) Does a person lose his freedom(which i dread) once he gets married?
6) How can a person spend the rest of his life with someone?
7) Can a person not be single and still be happy?
8) Do you lose your friends after marriage?
and the final question......
Should a guy not be in love with a gal to get married to spend the rest of the life with her?
I am still waiting for tat love 2 come in my life and i am running out of time........
Bye friends till you hear from me the next time.....
November 5, 2008
Summer of '69 (cover) - Bryan Adams
Tend to hum this song whenever i am down and out....surely pulls me out of the blues.....
Summer of 69
got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played 'til my fingers bledwas summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a Band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
The summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choiceYa -
I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when I met you yeah
Standin on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in Summer of '69
OH
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no
Yeah
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh and when you held my handI knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Oh yeah
Back in summer of '69
November 3, 2008
Extended Sunday
Did not go to work today....an extended sunday for me.....yawn......
Watched Golmal returns....a dead movie except the last 5 minutes which are one of the funniest moments which you will ever see in a movie......
was instrospecting about my life in general the whole day and where i am goin wrong...will try 2 put plan in action and goals in place....will surely share it once i finalise em.....
one of the major goals is stop being lazy and spend less time in front of the idiot box......:)
bye till the next time.......
Watched Golmal returns....a dead movie except the last 5 minutes which are one of the funniest moments which you will ever see in a movie......
was instrospecting about my life in general the whole day and where i am goin wrong...will try 2 put plan in action and goals in place....will surely share it once i finalise em.....
one of the major goals is stop being lazy and spend less time in front of the idiot box......:)
bye till the next time.......
November 2, 2008
Music review of Dasvidaniya
Heard some really awesome music after a long time.....
Please do hear the music of Dasvidaniya.....all the songs are unique in their own sense but special mention needs to be made of the song "Mumma" sung by Kailash Kher.....it makes u go and give a hug to your mom....
Next comes "muskura" sung by Sonu Nigam (he is back with a bang) which has a old movie song feel but has excellent words....no one can not like this song... a song which creates a niche in ur heart slowly......
There is also the title song "Alvida"...again sung by kailash kher...again a rocking song with very sooothing lyrics...... album also has a remix of alvida and a muskura instrumental.....
A small album but neverthless worth listening to a number of times....please do listen.......bye.......
Please do hear the music of Dasvidaniya.....all the songs are unique in their own sense but special mention needs to be made of the song "Mumma" sung by Kailash Kher.....it makes u go and give a hug to your mom....
Next comes "muskura" sung by Sonu Nigam (he is back with a bang) which has a old movie song feel but has excellent words....no one can not like this song... a song which creates a niche in ur heart slowly......
There is also the title song "Alvida"...again sung by kailash kher...again a rocking song with very sooothing lyrics...... album also has a remix of alvida and a muskura instrumental.....
A small album but neverthless worth listening to a number of times....please do listen.......bye.......
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