Well, some good news !!!

After all, some good news for the new year !!

On a lazy Saturday afternoon (or so I have to say so as to emphasize - not during office hours :) ), I thought why not, and why not only if it is just a click away !!!

So, I just sent 2 pics, of my Vietnam Trip, and bang !!! It was the PIC OF THE WEEK !!

I proudly said to my friend today that, well, my name flashed in the newspaper too :)

Clipping:

 - 10_Jan_2009 HT Cafe (Mumbai), Page no. 11 --> Parting the waters

It's a no achievement really!!

If something is to be appreciated, its the place itself, and may be my camera; but my pic on the newspaper, makes me feel happy. 

Happy for the smallest of my achievements, is all what can be said !

That's too bad !!!

Well, we do have to accept our failures, and so it goes !!

But, definitely a very poor start for the year 2009, and one of the worst moments - 

But, I have definitely not put more than 40min worth effort for the preparation. 

Well, was definitely very stupid to give the best management entrance examination, as the first mock !!!

But as *rav*n* says - 

"You were half way through already, without any effort ! "

Really, not sure, what I need to do with this thing!

Study for it even more seriously, or find some other easy way out !

Welcome to the New Year!!!

Wishing you a very happy new year, to all !!!
May this year bring fortunes, and create magic in all your lives!!!

So, one more new year, eh? Its just 15min past the new year, while I started writing this one, and there is hell lot of noise around, in my locality. I have no musical ears, but I can definitely tell, there are at least 10 different songs being played together, and gives you a remix like atmosphere, along with crackers bursting, which gives up some added beats! I have absolutely no idea, what I wanna write, but surely I do want to 'write' with the new year...

New year resolutions???? A lot.. I have decided to do some serious fun this year. Lets see how far can I go .. or how life treats me .. :P

Presenting the Wish List of mAnIaC's life for the year -

1. Learn driving a Car
Yeah... I don't even know how-to. This is a must-must activity to learn.
2. Learn Swimming
I do know swimming; however it would not let me stay alive for more than 2minutes, and hence, again a must-must activity.
3. Read some sensible books
I do read stuff off the net, but most of the reading involves self-improvement activities, like how to avoid stress, by working less and gaining more ;)
4. Developing some managerial skills
Don't know how I would be doing this; may be by not working at all and still surviving on-the-job !!

Wish to get into management soon, but don't know if I should study some management before hand. What do you think?

5. Reading newspaper
I did read the 31st Dec 2008 newspaper though, and it gave back a jolt in terms of the news we get these days!! Surely, need to catch-up!!!

6. Attending all Shaadis
At least 15 people around me are getting married this year! This surely is going to be the wedding year, and wanna make sure that I do visit, and congratulate them on their mistakes :). I don't want to miss their faces, when they are neither bachelors, nor married!!!

Anyways.. other superior wish-list exists too. Don't wanna describe that... as it would be like asking for too much from life -

7. Horse Riding.
8. Revolutionizing company by Innovating
9. 'Working', as my colleagues expect me to.
10. Not commenting in at least one meeting.
11. Sleeping at night, and getting up early in the morning.
12. Reach my office @ 09:15am
13. Revamp my old boots.
14. Making my parents proud.

And No... Losing some weight is definitely not on this year's list due to some critical personal unfavorable conditions (whoaaaa!! what a reason) ... postponing it to 2010.. yeah.. it will be the only activity for the full year then... :P

Slamming it right, and tight!

This ain't one of those funny posts! But a worth mention, for sure! This post does give a striking remark on all Indians, who just hate India!

This happened while I was on Hyderabad Airport, killing my time standing, and surfing the net. Just next to me is a Tata Indicom telephone service, where you can talk over the phone to anyone dear, anywhere! This Indian lady (only by origin an Indian I consider), walks in with 200% confidence, calls someone, and walks off! The telephone serviceman calls her loud, and asks for the call money. Listen to her response -

"
Where the hell where you, when I wanted to make a phone call? Why d hell you didn't inform me that these calls are charged? You will come only at the end asking for money, and show your typical Indian mentality!
"

I seemed absolutely calm for all but the last three words - "typical Indian mentality"!!! I just couldn't bear it, and hence in a loud sharp voice, in a sarcastic way, I got back at her with -

"You of all the Harvard graduate should definitely know that there is nothing free in this world, and so, as a typical Indian you should look for the signboards, which shouldn't be a hard thing if you could just Read! and oblige"

Well, the above words were fluent stammering, that came out of my vocals, on top of my voice. The last 12 days spent, as a training expert, definitely paid off... paid off really well. After delivering the punch, I just started walking off, just to not let her come back on me again!

I definitely don't understand this thing.
If there is some party in US, or any of the elite countries, people do skip their morning meals, and they too are driven by the word "free". So, how is it different, if my people get stacked over a SALE/DISCOUNT shop???

I totally do not find any differences, whatsoever.
She was an Indian, and thinks some of our acts as 'typical Indian mentality'! Don't know what she was proud of!

P.S: After the slamming, I did get two pats on my back, one from the telephone serviceman, and the other from a fellow passenger, which at least made me feel, that after all, it was definitely worth it :) !

Someone counting on me?

Not over exaggerating, but some one did mention one evening that I am a nice trainer ... so, after the compliment, I treated myself a grand dinner @ T*j's, and enjoyed a deep sleep ...

But when I woke up the next morning, and saw my face in the mirror in the yellow ambiance, trying to figure out how I describe myself to (not to others of course), following three things popped up within no time -

1. I am very lucky.
2. I don't work.
3. I get paid.

Are there any people who think that there is no place for them in the working world? If you are the one, I am your source of inspiration :)

Apart from the Aug 2006 until Dec 2007 period, I have never ever put any effort in any kind of work, except for the effort that goes into "portraying" the work accomplished.

I am sure, if I would try to do anything stupid like switching job to move ahead in the life, life will surely treat me pretty bad... I finally got the answer to my previous post !!!!

But any time in my life, if I ever write a book, my book will surely start with the above mentioned 3 attributes... !!!

Life treating you ??? eh..???

I see that these days, there are change in perspective of people. Well, a revolution, you might say... or you may term that as awakening... or maybe modernization...

Well... whatever that might be... my point is that people now have accepted some things exactly the opposite way it used to be thought of... well.. its not making any sense, is it???

I just went through the orkut, and read many scraps asking -

"Hows life treating you??? "

I am just wondering, isn't it the other way round, you treating your life??? It makes no sense, does it? Life treating me... what could my answer possibly be...

I could surely answer how my managers or friends treat me.. but how is life treating me?? Just repeating this phrase over and over... and I am already finding some English violation error in this phrase... not only in the grammar, but even while thinking.

Did people give up totally that they can control their lives all together? I can treat my life in a maybe positive/negative manner... but how can... well forget it!

This phrase is just knocking my brains off! I will not stop thinking about this, until I find an equivalent humorous answer to this thing!!! Any inputs, eh?

An Idiotic Virtual Recruitment Management Methodology!

I just hope and wish that once for and all, my brain focuses only on the work, I have. I am getting some really crazy ideas for now. Please dont *curse* me for the below idiocity :)

I’ve been pondering around the web and just interacting with other people, and it seems to me that there is a new emerging recruitment methodology being developed.

Let’s name it “Virtual Recruitment Management” for now.

Here’s the concept –

As faced by most of the companies in times of recession, even the best of the people are forced to leave the company.
You will be surprised to know that there are some 170 companies (very small though; many being Korean, Japanese, etc) coming to Mumbai next month, targeting to hire about 15,000 employees.

Here’s the catch. The employments are not effective immediate. They are effective 2 to 4 months from now. And this is how the budgeting would be managed (explaining in terms of How can we Implement).

Normal Scenario:

- Recruit X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: X*Y --> Jan. Give Training.

- Recruit X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: X*Y --> Feb Give Training.

- Recruit X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: X*Y --> Mar Give Training.

Total: 3*XY

Virtual Recruitment Management Programme:

- Assume that you Recruit X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: X*Y --> Jan (Don’t actually recruit/employ; no people; no KT)

[You do not actually recruit, but just that the Budget XY is reserved now. It enters the RESERVED BUDGET POOL. This budget now cannot be claimed back, by the management from our group. So you are taking the required budget that is needed, but you have the liberty of the time, so as when to use it]

- Actually Recruit 3X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: 3X*Y --> Feb

[Total Budget in the RESERVED BUDGET POOL till Feb End: 2X*Y. Still the Remaining ‘XY’ amount, has either to be adjusted (squeezed out), or loaned from the Company Management]

[KT TIME]

- Assume that you Recruit X person, (Budgeted @ Y amount / person). Total Budget: X*Y --> Mar (Don’t actually recruit/employ; no people; no KT)

[Loan payback time :)]

In the month of February, with recruiting 3X*Y people, will be more effective, as someone will take care of efficiently drafting a Training Plan (with some Classroom training).

Now with 10 seniors around, and with a plan in hand, 2hrs per week, by a mentor can be very useful, and effective.

Currently, we have a new comer, *i**l, and I see that no proper training plan is in place. May be, because, for one person, it does not make sense for some overview/classroom training.

If you have 10 people around, you always want them @ one place – the Classroom. :)

The idea is that its only bad for the mentor, but its worst for the new joinee! Half knowledge is fatal :)

*Disclaimer:

However, my idea, I understand are at a very preliminary stage, and I completely agree that it would sound too kiddish to propose/suggest it to higher management.

But just a view, I wished to share.