The striking similarity...

A lot of you might share my opinion on this issue.It's the striking similarity in looks between the canadian actress Cobie Smulders & and our very own Katrina Kaif.

This is Cobie

This is Katrina
















before going into detail about who looks better etc, we should accept the fact that anyone who does'nt know cobie and knows katrina and watches cobie on TV or something for the 1st time, would definatly think she's katrina... and vice versa! hey wat's katrina doing in an american tv series?  or, hey wat's cobie doing in this hindi film, dancing around with this shirtless/topless guy?

Both of them are picture perfect! extremely beautiful, incredibly hot. no doubt about that.

The first time i saw cobie was in the TV series "how I met your mother". I started watchin this series, as people suggested it to me and they said it's funny n things like that. It's a good series no doubt. but trust me from the 3rd or 4th episode i kept watching the series, episode after episode, season after season, just for one reason... and you know what it is.

And talking about Katrina kaif, saw her 1st as a kingfisher calender model, then in the movie "boom" and then so many other movies and now she is asia's sexiest woman (she became that maybe because of her 'powerful' boy friend and his influence but who cares) and etc etc etc...

both these acctresses look so similar that we can say that cobie is the hi-fi, sophisticated, 'imported' version of Katrina and/or katrina is the desi version of Cobie.

but upon closer observation one would definatly pick cobie over katrina...

no matter what the similarities are... and no matter what the differences are... both of them rule! I think it's worth dying for any one of them...

and I think all the guys would have the same opinion!!!

for quick reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobie_Smulders

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_kaif

My favourite actor

for a very long time, i've been telling everyone that the following 2 actors (obviously apart from rajnikanth who cannot be compared with anyone else) are my favourites:

1)Al Pacino
2)Robert De niro

but i think its high time now to chose one among the two to be my number 1 favourite. the other one can always take the 2nd spot... :)

    

            Vs

Now lets see a few facts about the two nominees and why they deserve to be my favourite (all time) actor :-)

Al pacino - 8 times nominated for academy award - won once for 'scent of a woman'

Robert deniro - 6 nominations - won twice for 'godfather part2' and 'raging bull'

so what if they got nominated and won a few oscars? many people have done that...

wait...

lets list out a few fine works by these men (maybe 3 each):

• Alpacino in 'scent of a woman' - amazing performance - retired army man, blind through out the movie, super attitude, "get me 2 john daniels on the rocks" .
• Deniro in 'raging bull' - boxer (Jake Lamotta) - sadomasochistic rage, sexual jelousy, best anti-hero movie ever. a martin scorsese(god of all directors) movie, but without deniro it would have been too dark!          

     

• Alpacino in & as Godfather 1,2,3. - Michael Corleone - following foot steps of vito corleone, michael was simply amazing especially godfather 2 was out of the world. killer performance. he's the best...

         

    

• Deniro in 'the taxi driver' - a young taxi driver who turns out to help a young girls out of a problem - amazing story - again a scorsese film, but deniro stole the show. his calm and composed attitude in this film was simply superb. any besides who can forget the legendary "you're talking to me...?"
• Alpacino's best (my opinion) - Scarface - have you played GTA vice city? if you have, then you'll love this movie and vice versa. even otherwise this movie is totally lovable. 100% amazing. story about a cuban refugee (al pacino as tony montana - tommy vercity in GTA) coming to america and becoming a huge drug dealer/don. Al pacino at his best. he redefined the word 'cool' in this movie. any al pacino fan will have this movie in his top 3. this movie is a must watch.

          "Say hello to my little friend..."
                                                         

• Robert Deniro - as Al capone in 'the untouchables' - he comes as this italian-american gangster - he makes you think that he's the don of all dons. godfather can eat his socks!!! Al capone's the best. though he's not the lead role in this film, he steals the show. my favourite among all roles played by him.say sanjay dutt copied his style from him in this movie.

                                      

having seen all this, now I am in a sivere dialemma to chose one among the two... ok lets see the other parameter.

looks - deniro is definitely more charming than alpacino. evident from movies taxi driver, godfather part 2 where he plays young vito corleone etc.

acting performance - Al pacino definitely has an edge over deniro in this (I feel)

Comedy quotient - Alpacino tried during his later age movies. but Deniro scored with his performance in 'meet the parents' etc...


ok now overall rating (by me) to both these legends will be:

• Al pacino - 9/10
• Robert Deniro - 9.5/10

therefore ladies and gentlemen "my favourite" actor award goes to the raging bull, Mr. Robert Deniro

From now on... he'll be my favourite actor.

dear Mr Al Pacino: pls dont worry. you'll be in the 2nd spot.

The BIG MAC Index!

that's a big mac...

The Big Mac (from Mc Donalds) is the hamburger. consisting of two 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties, special "Mac" sauce, Iceberg lettuce, American Cheese, Pickles, and Onions, all served on a three part Sesame seed bun. It is one of the company's signature products.

Big mac index
The Big Mac Index was introduced in The Economist in September 1986 by Pam Woodall as a semi-humorous illustration and has been published by that paper annually since then.

The index also gave rise to the word burgernomics.

Burgeronomics

Burgernomics is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity, the notion that a dollar should buy the same amount in all countries. Thus in the long run, the exchange rate between two countries should move towards the rate that equalises the prices of an identical basket of goods and services in each country.

Our "basket" is a McDonald's Big Mac, which is produced in about 120 countries. The Big Mac PPP is the exchange rate that would mean hamburgers cost the same in America as abroad.

Comparing actual exchange rates with PPPs indicates whether a currency is under- or overvalued.



pls visit the following link to get a general idea about the big mac index...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F9xIj1YDxo



more on the Big Mac Index... pls visit following link.



http://pds8.egloos.com/pds/200807/25/25/e0023325_48895c6ff0471.jpg



it make us wonder, why India is not on this list.

the Big Mac index, which lists the PPP of almost all the developed and developing nations, does'nt list India. One reason could be that majority of the Indian population is against consumption of beef, so Mac D, when they came to India had to reconsider and change their usual menu. which inturn made them not to have the Big Mac on the menu which is primarily made of beef. we do have other burgers like the Mac Chicken etc. but what's the use..., no Big Mac... no place in the Big Mac index...



Now here's a bonus video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xedkk1xvgeo
enjoi watching!

3 wonderful years in GODREJ...

Let this one post be a quick summary about the time i've not been blogging. 3 sweet year. my association with godrej.

Joined in the month of oct 2006 and worked there with full satisfaction till Jul 2009. had to quit for my MBA at IIT Madras (will come back to that later).

I joined the MHE division of Godrej as a graduate engineering trainee (GET) and then became Executive - Sales and resigned from the company as Senior Executive -Sales. Job was not easy, not at all boring, and definitely not discouraging or demotivating. I had visited allmost all the major manufacturing companies in the regions of tamil nadu and pondicherry. And with my kind of profile i had to deal with various kinds of people in organization ranging from CEOs to Security guards. The amount of learning I got from this sales job cannot possibly be measure with any nominal or ordinal scale... [:)]. it was huge and beyond measurement. pls keep reading for justification...

My profile involved selling industrial equipments in B2B market. some of those were niche equipment. and selling them was a task as huge as the 'mount everest'. honestly not exaggerating... lots and lots of cold canvassing, client visits, discussions and not to forget the travelling, were involved in closing orders/deals. the strike rate was 1/100. If you meet (not contact) 100 prospects, 20 of them will show interest, 10 of them will be genuinely interested and call you for techno - commercial discussions. and finally one guy will buy your product. and that is not easy. this situation was common among all sales guys in this particular market. this is mainly due to the intensive competition from many local player who were ready to give similar products at half the price... what to do... life is not fair after all. But when you get an order in this kind of business, let me tell you, you feel like god. the happiness, satisfaction, sense of completion, pride etc cannot be explained with words of any language known to man...

Inspite of poor strike rate I was considered a hero in my organization (trust me) as I was selling products which were considered very difficult to sell (once again trust me). one of them was a traded product from America, for which godrej was the distributor in India. My collegues are still proud of me for building the population of this particular range of equipments from the scratch (at least this is what they told me...). All my colleagues were extreamly supportive especially my boss (the person 3rd from the right in the above pic). everytime i got an order he used to tell me to have a beer that evening [:]). he was my first boss and in my opinion the best boss anyone can have...

Work apart, the amount of fun I had with my colleagues also cannot be measured. everyone was very close with me and treated me very special. we used to go on combined calls etc. we enjoyed work together. had lots of fun at work and outside office as well. and not to forget the amazing times that we had during the ABP - annual business planing (conferences), that happened once a year. 3 conferences that I have attended with my colleagues one at Ramada - Goa, 2nd at Kumarakom lake resort - Kumarakom, and the 3rd at Orange county - Coorg, were all amazing experiences...

I wolud like to thank all my colleagues very much. I am still in touch with all of them and will be in touch for ever.

Overall I would like to rate my experience in Godrej as 25 (on a scale of 10). - yes you read it correct.

Starting my 2nd innings...

I have'nt been blogging for a very loooooooong time! now decided to start again...
my second innings of blogging begins! i hope there wont be a new 3rd innings (hope this 2nd one last for a long time with regular updates).

let me first give myself a nice 'welcome back' drink... :)

ILLUSION! - Awesome Stuff!

FOLLOW THESE STEPS:






1) START BY CLICKING THE PHOTO ABOVE



2) STARE AT THE DOTS IN THE PHOTO FOR 30 SECONDS



3) THEN LOOK AT THE WALL NEAR YOU



4) A BRIGHT SPOT WILL APPEAR



5) TWINKLE A FEW TIMES AND YOU WILL SE A FIGURE

Chennai---------Mumbai---------Chennai!!!!!

-One huge suitcase in my left hand, and an equally huge travel bag hung on my right shoulder, and a heavy jerkin in my right hand! And me, with my glasses on.-
anybody who was present in the Chennai central railway station on 3rd November between 9pm and 11pm wud've witnessed this scene.!.8-)

I(along with 5 othr ppl-my colleagues) was sent to godrej Bombay for tech/product training. My 1st time in Bombay!

Just as I thot, the whether was cold and pleasant! New place, new ppl around,
Now the training also started well! An American gave us some training on a newly launched traded product. Tat happened thru-out the 1st week!

Then the second week onwards actual training started!
i had never thot a 'forklift' will have this many things to learn about! Thanks to Mr. F N Bharucha, our trainer, without whom the whole scenario wud've been dead! He, also helped us to use our free time effectively. Mumbai dharshan was also too good!
Now i know abt each n every inch of the fork-lift truck! We also had some hands-on experience on the FLT (forklift), i.e., driving classes!!!!! Real fun!

Meanwhile we had time to visit places like Matheran(hill-station), gateway of INDIA, elephanta caves, and the famous marine drive of bombay! And we also visited a few MALLs.

Above all these, for the 1st time in 22 yrs, i spent my birthday outside chennai, and away from my home! Thanks to my colleagues. i was given a surprise at the midnight on the eve of my b'day(dec-1).
And the whole training crew, including our trainer, wished me the next day! So, cake no: 2 was also cut. it was a unique experience, never before.

And now it was time to leave bombay, by this time i had made the comparisons between the 2 cities in ma mind!

Chennai

1. Land is measured in mtrs/ft

2. Buses and auto rickshaws are the
Lifeline of the ppl!
3. rickshaw-walas demand atleast 50 bucks
For 3 kms(say)(they poccess excellent marketing skills).

4. '1 out of 10' will be good looking


5. Spice n salt is added wit everything


Mumbai

1. in millimeters

2. TRAIN is the life line

3. rickshaw-walas go strictly with the
Meter, will not cross 10 bucks.

4. '9 out of 10' will be good looking
(Jai maharashatra!!!!!)

5. Sweet is added wit everything


phewwwwwwwwwww!


Now i am back in Chennai!
Will surely say the Bombay trip was a nice experience!

THIS is the day!!!!!8-)

hey everyone!:) guess wat!
i've become an employee now! means its time to say good bye to my anti-fit jeans, denim shirts, sports wear, north-star shoes etc! and now its over to full formals!
i still cant believe this is happening!

GODREJ AND BOYCE MFG CO LTD!

tats where am gonna work! a 110 yr old company....... tats a fctr i can boast off at!!!!!!!!!
now i am a part of it!
have been recruited for the material handling division, where they manufacture forklifts and similar industrial products!



V Sasikumar B.E.
Sales Engineer-product specialist
Material Handling Division
Godrej And Boyce Mfg Co Ltd
Chennai

tat'll be in my visiting card soon!

thou the interview process including medical test got over 3 months ago, i got my call only a week back! anyways, its better late than never!
and i cant wait to attend the training programme at bombay, which's the head office!

"the more power one gets, the more responsible he becomes"
i saw Tobey Maguire say this dialogue in spiderman! i shall take it as a general advice..........

responsibilities as in, at work as well as at home!

still i feel tat everything in my life has happened perfectly(so far)! right move at the right time! i dint move anything thou!
the sagitarian's luck, once again proved!

bottom line is -> am a happy man now!

had enuf fun for the past 21 yrs! now its time to get serious!

good luck to myself..........................!

mission accomplished...!

Atlaaaaaaaaaaast!
aftr 4 yrs of hard studyin, bunking, mugging, sighting, bitting, kalaaying, resultku waiting, reval appying, mokkai potting, orkuting etc etcing.........
the mission is accomplished!!!!!!!

now i can proudly say "I AM A B.E."

but on othr hand the wondrfull 4 yrs have come to an end! can never forget this 4 yrs in my life! they say this is the time when we happen to change frm boys/grls to men/women! tat is true! how many experiences! some good, some bad, some funny, some enjoyable, a few embarrasments! but lots of enjoyment!

college life taught us so many things! the things tat we learnt out of the sylabus is more than tat in the sylabus!!!


any junior who comes accross this post, this is for u-- "do not miss the college life fun! its a once in a life timething! never before and never aftr! during our school days we wer children! and aftr college we get more responsiblities etc! so live life at the same time know u're role! this is the essence of college life!"

and now i hope my "life aftr B.E." will be good!!!!!!!!!!

Sound amplification!

Hey every one! try the below link out, its really intrstin to see the sound varyin and gives u the amplifying effects!

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this is a must see link! don miss!!!!!!!!

The ultimate wedgie!!!!!

last friday, i.e, january 20th was a grt day to me........ rather unforgetfull.

being in the final semester, we have many free hrs every day in college.....
same way we had many free hrs tat day..... I, being the laughingstock of the class, genrally the victim of ridicule and an object of jokes(am proud to be this!), was centered by my frnds, abt 5 or 6 of them...... and 1st one of them sggsted abt tearing my vest(inner baniyan)...... everyone correlated and tat happened........ but tat dint bother me much...... since tat was my 7th or 8th such experience..... after all, wat are frnds for.....

but soon aftr one fellow sggsted abt givin bumps,(merciless kicking of one's butt) to me, tat too dint bother me too much, as tat had happened almost every day of my coll life.....!!! so imagine the scene, 3 ppl lifted me, 1 wit two legs and 2 othrs with an arm each..... this was the time when it all happened. suddenly one B*****d shouted to all..... "machan lets do wedgie....." (machan meaning frnd, in chennai)



one of my frnds, a gud, playful, and(more importantly)stout guy, wit all his might pulled ma under wear out...... thats it, it came with his hands. not completely but one half..... the othr half remained inside...... i underwent a very similar situ as seen in the pic..... thou not tat cruel.....
every thing happened in a jiffy.
once again grt laughter, happiness everywhere......! aftr all, tats more important.
now this is the peek of fun ,boys can have..... of course the victim being an exception..... lol, but in my case it's not tat way...

wat a grt guy he is..... the fella who invented the underwear. bcos tat day i had grt difficulty ridin my bike,bak home........

My Wishlist

They say it's the season of miracles..
I thought why not come out with my own wishlist ..who knows..if God decides to take a peek into my blog..they might actually be granted..
First I thought of that simply awesome holiday package they are offering..
Then I thought about that cute grl asin in the movie gajini..I might ask for a girlfrnd who looks exactly like her..if not better..
Then I thought of a miraculous way when I could pig on tandoori chicken and chocolates and ice creams and other favorites for one whole week without twinging in the guilt of gaining weight..
Or I could simply ask for waking up one morning to find that I am a pro in kung fu...

All these and more...

But that doesn't suffice!! :(

What is THE ONE thing that I would like to have ..that could change my life substantially and of those around me....

I thought..and thought..and thought...

and am still thinking......... for the time being let these wishes 1st get fulfilled.....

'Rapidex course' in madras baashai...

learn tamil in 1 hr...... among the various types of tamil spoken in tamil nadu (varies acc to the slang and slight moderations), the tamil spoken in CHENNAI(madras) is of unique significance..... this is famously known as 'Madras baashai'..... (baashai meaning language)...... now here's some easy tips to practice the unique baashai.....
MADRAS BAASHAI 4 U
now go thru the above tutorial and excel in the language.....

The end of "dada' s rowdyism"!!!!

last week was a good one to all the cricket fans in India. the selection commitee which made a bold and beautiful decision by expelling saurav ganguly from the team had perhaps made the right move at the right time..... so now ganguly haters and true indian cricket fans can join hands to celeberate......
I am fully with the selectors that the current Ganguly has not merited a place for him, at least, the last 12 months with pathetic avgs of 24.90 and 17.41 respectively in 2005 Tests and ODIs.
He was in the team since march this year clearly on the basis of past performance and the goodwill of the Kolkata block which is now setting kolkata ablaze.Ganguly is never deserved to be in the team this long.....he managed to hang on, not being in form for so long, because of Dalmia and his pretty politics. Ganguly ,the most successfull indian captain, bla bla, is all history now..... tat cant be told a reason to favour him.Not to forget Ganguly scultted the cricketing careers of V.V.S.Laxman, J.Srinath, sadagopan ramesh, Anil kumble and V.Prasad .He finally got wat he deserved; it’s time for him and for Dalmia to make a graceful exit.
ganguly always was selfish..... had played many selfish innings..... so its time now for him to pay... how corrupt he is a palyer Ganguly did not utter a single word when 80000 crowd insulted dravid & his team at the eden gardens. now no one can deny the fact tat,the team is well balanced and things like that..... the exclusiom of sourav from the test team for the next match is indeed a wise decesion and it can be justified with the following reasons...... the team (a) want to persist with Yuvraj Singh, the man of the series againstsouth africa, (b) cannot ignore Wasim Jaffer's Ranji performances and that (c) Saurav, if included, cannot be made to sit on the bench.

anyway this decision has come in the right time i shud say........ and i should say tat rahul dravid will definitety prove a better captain for the team......

Road accedent !

Two dez back i met wit a road accident..... dec 10th was'nt a great day for me...!

at arnd 7.30 in the eve got a msg frm my frnd, he called me to the beach. thot it wud be a grt idea , so wit grt difficulty aftr telling all lies to my mom, escaped frm home... and to be precise the reason i told her was tat am gonna buy perfume... aftr tat i went to the beach, met all frnds there and we thot of hitting the nearby fast food.... tat also happened pretty well as planned. now it was gettin late for me ,so i left the place and hurried to the nearby deparmental store and bought the
perfume...(now i can go home fearlessly)!!

now its the main part of the day. i took my bike and started towards home which is 1 or 2 km away..... one of the busiest traffic signals in south madras ,the signal in besant nagar near foodworld, does not have traffic lights. usually there's a traffic constable who takes care of it... thank goodness there were 2 of them tat day. all citizens feeling safe, happiness everywhere(sarcasm), i drove down the signal wit the permission of one of the cop,only to find out tat the othr cop had given perm to anothr guy frm anothr side...

and u know wat next, the othr guy who was a pro driver avoided my contact and flew past... and i wit the same intention did some aerodynamics and applied brakes etc only to skid down wit my bike..... visualize me lying in the juntion of 4 roads wit my bike some 4 or 5 mtr apart...

not at all funny.... now, as usual crowd gathered. men helped myself and my bike to recover...
and a kind hearted lady offered me juice , which she had in her shopping bag(dont worry, i dint drink)... i thanked her. now some one was missing frm the sight.... who...?

both the cops were no wer in sight... tamilnadu police is always famous for there escaping skills, tat too when there service is needed... tat moment i owed to myself, no more beach visits no more fast food etc.... how silly, the next momenet i took back the owe.. every thing tat i thot was cancelled.....

both me and my bike underwent damages , but still in working condition..... i escaped wit minor scratches and hurts in my limbs, and the bike wit headlight glass and indicator breakage and handle bar n fork bend....... is tat enough.....? tats actually too much....

went home , got scoldings as usuall(since its my 4th such exp) and the day went off....

i m ok now the bike is in service center.and will be ok by tomorrow.....