Many heavy pocketed business iDeAs!!!

I seem to have a lot of Business iDeas lately. But they seem to have just one problem. All of them are too heavy on my pockets! So, anyways, as these not be implemented by me, there's no risk in leaking 'em out.
Would surely be happy to update this post, as life goes by!

So, here they are -

1. Buy a property in Mumbai Outskirts, and rent it for marriages:
The trend nowadays in Mumbai, is to select the marriage dates, as per the availability of a marriage hall. I wish to somehow, convince my friends Nirav, and Ajay, who i assume will be earning quite well, in a few years to pool in the money, to buy this property.

Implementation Methodology:
During the first six months, just lend the whole of the ground for marriages. Say 30,000 bucks per day basis. No catering, nothing doing, just take this on rent, and give it back to me as you took it. If its not clean enough, I will charge you 5000 bucks extra.
Now, next six months, as I would have developed many contacts, I will give complete marriage arrangements' solution and will provide just about everything - decorations, photographer, catering, even the expensive bride and groom's rang of wardrobes on rent.
Gradually, I will create a 6 floor building altogether, and simultaneously 3 small halls would be available readily (1st, 3rd and 5th floors). 6th floor will be a business meetings suite, and will be given to corporates only. 4th floor will be a store house. On 2nd floor, I will have a "SALE" on every second Sunday of the Month, where in you can come, and sell just about anything!

Now, with so much of money, for sure, will again go, and buy a land, and the cycle would continue.

Surely, this would be it !!!

2. Creating an ICE World in Mumbai (exists in Hyderabad already):

I am really very unsure why don't we have any ice skating grounds around in Mumbai (except Essel World) for now! I know, the maintenance is high, and its not so easy, but there would be some business person somewhere, who surely has the initial capital to host this !!!
Just imagine yourself, entering into a mini-world full of ice. Will have the following for sure in this world -
- Igloo made of Ice
- Will have artificial snow falls.
- Ice Dance (instead of Rain Dance).
- Snow man, for sure.
- Will serve ice-cream (or even hot coffee), in an ice-cup.
- Will have all the chairs and table of the restaurants made in ice.

Simply superb!

To be continued ... chk this out for more!

How do we pass our time in IT?

One of my dear friends blogged about how we pass our times of our life?
Life's too long to remember. But I surely commented, as usual, about the ever exciting IT life.

Here's my comment for IT to him -

Years 1 - 2
- What is it that is done?
Years 3 - 4
- What is it that is supposed to be done?
Years 5-6
- Why is this thing supposed to be done?
Years 7-8
- Did we understand what is to be done?

In real or 'ideal' life, its supposed to be exactly in the reverse fashion (Read from Years 7-8 and back). Its hilarious!

Wonder, why I did stop at Year 8?

Coz Year 9 and on.. you just stop thinking !

13 Point someone, yet again!!!

Read this one, before it again disappears!

This time too, no success!!!

But am happy (Grapes are definitely sour), heh heh !!!

Funny Grading Processes, it has been! Its just my 2^nd Grading Process in the IT life, and I’ve lost the top grade’s charm already.

So, what exactly did happen, in my meeting, where I almost lost it? All those typical reasons yet again; I was almost there, but I just couldn’t cross the bridge over; (Well, I am yet to see the bridge which does not exist, leave aside all those special techniques I require to develop to ever cross it).

What I did during this year, which went wrong? Or Rather, What I should have avoided, which the top grader cautiously avoided, to get on the top.

• Did spend a bit of time in figuring out something, which was not known by the entire team.
• Moved to a great project (a dream project actually), and pulled back (But was very happy to be back, frankly. Grapes definitely not sour, this time).
• Imagine yourself given a Task A, while you go onsite. But after a week or two, you are given an additional Task B, which your project strongly requires and you finish it excellently. Due to this, Task A takes a back stand, and you show some loose threads in there. Acceptable? You really think? Nah… The real lesson I got was Task A was actually my primary task, and needed my total ownership.
• Could not handle 16 people at once. (Such a shame!)
• Debated out my superior (again, a good friend), trying fruitlessly, to prove that he was actually wrong at managing. (This was the most fatal reason, I frankly think).
• Provided with real lessons learnt (which are harsh for obvious reasons). Many people did warn me to put the standard lessons which do not raise any eye brows.
• Spent my useless effort in being one of the Innovators of the Year 2008. Did my project gain anything out of this? Duh- uh! What a waste!
• Shared all what I know, with the entire team. Disastrous! Just imagine you found out something by researching for 13 days, which you share with the entire team in exactly 37 odd minutes. So, if the same task is given to someone else, he completes it in 1 day (i.e. with 13 times more efficiency as compared to me). What a disgrace!
• Kept my group active and lively, by sharing some of my foolish remarks.
• Provided with some crazy, but good suggestions in possibly all fields:
• Business Communications
• Business Ideas (Widely accepted).
• Cost cutting solutions.
• Innovating.

Of course, none of the above earned even a single penny to my project.

• Thought that this time at least, since I was an all rounder, had a slight hope of getting the top grade.
  This is like doing the same mistake twice in a row now. Boy, will I ever learn from my own mistakes!

So, what are the plans for the New Year? Any changes in me? Well, definitely!

• Will I work as a work machine, as expected to which given an input, you get the expected output? Nah... I believe in working logically, not always efficiently! Will ask myself two things –
• Which is the correct way (not the faster one) to do this?
• Why am I doing this?
• For getting the top grade for your employee, they have to fight. I say, why fight ever? I will give no reason for them to fight. It’s a heinous crime, you see!
• I will continue with my slow-paced attitude, and sharing all that I understand, and make the entire group efficient, and hence myself lesser efficient.

To hell with the grade! Top graders are chosen round robin anyways!

You want efficient and effective behavior? Well here I hide underneath my desk!!!

* The Usual Disclaimer:

The current top grader is one of my very good friends around, and all my allegations and talks against him are highly exaggerated and baseless; rather thoughtless. Of Course, I cannot think of having any opposition from such good, and powerful top graders too. J. The last line was again a punch back, for which I don’t want to add another disclaimer; Just Go to Label “*The Usual Disclaimer”.

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 :) !