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Saturday August 27, 2005 |
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I agree and now I can't deny it. I am a blog addict. I love to read blogs and love to write'em. So I created my personal blog site http://ezsaid.blogspot.com. I won't be able to write on blogs.sun.com/ashish but I can be found blabbering on ezsaid. Blogging represents democracy, don't let it die. (2005-08-27 01:48:34.0/2005-08-27 01:38:26.0) Permalink Comments [10] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/a_blog_addict |
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Tuesday August 23, 2005 |
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I was supposed to work from India when I was last there. I had to go to the Sun's office so I chose one of its' sales offices in New Delhi. There, one thing which I didn't miss was the fun people around me. I was looking for a place to stay for about a week. So over the lunch I asked one of the guys if he knew any. "Hmm you can stay in <hotel name> for about 6000/= Rs. or, over to <another hotel's name> for about 5000/= ish (a night). This is where all the Sun guys stay when they come to Delhi". For sure he was talking about the people who come to Delhi on sales trips. His confidence was telling me that the price per night was paid by Sun and not coming out of their own pockets. Afterall Rs 6000/= is close to $150. In US I have never ever paid more than $80 for a decently good room. So he asked me what was my budget? Uhh, 300-400ish? was my modest response. Nah you won't find nothing for 400 bucks here - He jumped on me. Oops I am sorry were you talking of dollars? - he tried to correct himself. I knew by then my face was red by either anger or just by embarrassment. But I was happy to see the return of dot-com sortta mentality which in US I was accidently part of. But I was sad too, coz not too long ago my manager had refused to send me to a Sun's internal class which was not even too costly. But anyway, I got a room for Rs 350/= a night not too far from the office. Everyday I used to smile at him thinking about the imbalance. Of? ... I don't know. (2005-08-24 10:36:01.0/2005-08-23 11:18:06.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/the_imbalance_of |
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Friday August 19, 2005 |
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I so believe in this theory that I am damn sure that one day I will prove myself to be the smartest person in the living world :-) (2005-08-19 13:13:40.0/2005-08-19 13:11:31.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/smart_people_start_dumb |
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Monday August 15, 2005 |
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Happy Independence day to India. I think she's been a good 59 year old nation, to the world's oldest civilization. (2005-08-16 13:38:54.0/2005-08-15 10:09:34.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/happy_independence_day_india |
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Sunday August 14, 2005 |
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So at the end I decided to hit the Thinguy's Big red button and continued it till it enlightened me of what I was doing. It told me to be careful before making your perseverance your hopes. It can well be an annoyance on the other end. (2005-08-14 18:20:53.0/2005-08-14 17:52:36.0) Permalink Comments [2] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/thunguy_s_big_red_button |
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Saturday August 06, 2005 |
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I am not the one who writes two blogs in a day but this has to be 'ged before I forget. There is an old coloradon story of two men. The first which had a gut feeling of finding a huge gold reserve in some part of the mountains. He invested a lot of money and bought all the machinaries needed. Took him months to bring the machines to the place he thought will have gold beneath it. Lots of sweat and unbelievable labor, when he started digging. Days passed by, months and months but nothing. People started calling him insane, laborours started leaving him. He got frustated. He was made to believe there was no gold there. He sold all his machines as scraps and left the place in dejection. BTW, the second guy was the one who bought the machines. Before he had to move the machines back to the ground and sell it, he wanted to give it a shot. He started digging and found the huge gold reserve just two feet under where the first guy had left it. The second guy became a millionaire. Now, what happened to the first guy? He heard the story of the huge gold reserve finding. No question about how he would have felt it. But he gathered himself and invested what he had left in other businesses. He ended up becoming a multi-millionaire himself a few years later. He attributed his success to the immense experience he gained in the mining business. If you believe you are right, don't give up just because the world thinks so. Just dig two feet more! (2005-08-06 21:22:28.0/2005-08-06 21:03:14.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/the_old_coloradon_story
I hope the Indian cricket team is keeping tab on whats going on in Ashes. One absence of McGrath in Aussies', and English went on a kill. This is called the confidence. Not like the mighty Indian batting line up who couldn't produce nothing even in the absence of three core team players in the Lankan team. First match - Jayasurya with a broken arm snatches the victory, Second match - After being down 96-6, Lankans could steady the innings and snatch it again. Time is ripe for Rahul and his gang to go to the basics and learn something from the English folks! (2005-08-06 12:05:46.0/2005-08-06 11:58:36.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/learn_from_the_english_team |
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Tuesday August 02, 2005 |
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Courtsey http://www16.brinkster.com/darkshades/shadesofdawn/Sleepy.html (2005-08-02 17:29:17.0/2005-08-02 17:26:11.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/there_is_nothing_like_a |
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I haven't slept like this in years...
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Wednesday July 27, 2005 |
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I just couldn't stop laughing at a CNN story of a guy in Nairobi, who offered Bill Clinton 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea's hands (for marriage ofcourse). Why did he get the impression of Clinton being from a farm at the first place? I don't think he knew that these many farm animals are not even allowed in the whole of New York city. And I guess this was too much of a dowry for Clintons to handle anyway. He is retired but thats a lot of milking to do. (2005-07-29 12:00:19.0/2005-07-27 15:46:47.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/40_goats_and_20_cows |
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Saturday July 23, 2005 |
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Quite of my friends wanted to know about India and what is the happening thing? So here is the ABCD of India : [A]mitabh - Yes he is a phenomenon of his own. This Bollywood "super" star in early 80's changed how the bollywood movies were made. @60+ He is still as funny and as young as it gets. [B]ollywood - The worlds' best crap (mostly) producing institute. But if you leave your brain out of the theatre, there is rarely a movie which is not worth your money. If you are tired, feeling bored, would like to see some wry fun or just wanted to catch some nap.. Any Indian theatre is the place. Obviously, it has produced some of the classics too but those 70's and 80's are long past by. [C]ricket - Oh yes! As you can call it - its the fifth major religion in India. In past few decades India succeeded to win only one world cup (and reached the top four quite a few times) but if you can find the real cricket fanatics, India is the place to see. Every single person would know the remedy of the poor performance of the team, or how simply out of this world a player is. [D]habas - These are the roadside eatery places. If you want to taste the authentic hot Indian curries these food courts, mostly near the highways, are the places to eat. In most of them you eat under a temporary shed and on some cheap dining tables or even on the benches, but the food is simply the best. (2005-07-23 19:04:46.0/2005-07-23 18:03:32.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/abcd_of_india |
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Sunday July 17, 2005 |
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http://blogshares.com/blogs.php?blog=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.sun.com%2Froller%2Fpage%2Fashish&PHPSESSID=78bc9c891b46aa667aa8f38b979d34ec Ashish Srivastava's Weblog [Report Error] General URL http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ashish News feed Syndic8.com Valuation B$1,000.00 Added 18:45 02 Aug 2004 Status Available to Trade. Industries None [Vote for which Industry this blog belongs to] [Who voted this blog's industries] Valuations are updated when the blog is re-indexed. (2005-07-17 20:48:42.0/2005-07-17 20:43:00.0) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/valued_1000_00_not_bad |
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Friday July 15, 2005 |
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So in a dark dense forest, on a pig's body there lived a leech. Over a period of time the leech got bigger and thicker by sucking the blood of the pig and started thinking as if he was a snake. One day the pig was bitten by a snake and died. A gang of Hyenas came and ate its' body. The leech got a chance and stuck to the Hyenas' body. The new blood gave him a fresh lease of life and strengthened his believes.
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Tuesday July 05, 2005 |
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Tell me its not a psychological disease, or an invisible drug giving immense ecstasy.. It can't be, but I feel like it. Visiting my blogs atleast 10 times a day just to see any comments. Or the sheer joy of seeing increasing hit counts (damn those Shift-Reloads!). Feeling of an invisible connection to the people who comment on my blogs, or have mentioned me in theirs' or have bookmarked me. The unhealthy but increasing tacit agreeements on "the other" topics with the people who discuss my thoughts. And the worse, feeling negative for the people I personally know, who left me out from their bookmarks. Hmm! Is it me or is it the blogging? It can't be me! I am perfect! And why will it be the blogging, Its just a channel - The incubator of thoughts? Then it must be this community. The new civilization of the bloggers where I just want myself to be heard and read. (2005-07-05 20:48:36.0/2005-07-05 20:17:59.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/is_blogging_a_disease |
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Friday June 17, 2005 |
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There was a textile factory busy completing a huge order for some big brand. To complete the project in time, the factory ordered an imported machine which happened to have no local support. One day, the machine stopped working and someone assessed a cost of $25000 and a few weeks to bring someone in and get it fixed. Everyone was shocked. Suddenly a local lad who was a mechanic too came up, looked around, did some tests, took a hammer and hit it near the shaft. Voila! the machine started! The president of the factory asked him how much would he charge? $5000 - the lad said. 5000? Is it not too much for just hitting a hammer - screamed the president. "Its just $10 for hitting the hammer Sir! The rest is for the knowledge of where to hit it" responded the lad with a grin face. (2005-06-26 22:13:23.0/2005-06-17 09:57:12.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/charging_a_customer |
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Tuesday June 14, 2005 |
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I always loved your music Mike! You are the best - a kind of an icon in the music world. You have showed the rest of your fans a path of Nirvana! For now on I have decided too - I won't share "my" bed with anyone nomore. First it takes a lot more time to make it and it just simply gets ruined. And hated those morning disturbances, those undesired kisses and jumping all over me... Dammit! I am talking about my old beloved dog! (2005-06-14 11:15:22.0/2005-06-14 10:43:07.0) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/thanks_mike_i_won_t |
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