mugged by an Indian?

nah! I don't see that happening in USA.

Last weekend I was in Cornell. Saw the university, spoke to a few alums and helped Akshia pack his stuff..boy there was lot of stuff! We put some of it in a storage area, some in my car and some in his! We took a short trip to Corning too...met Tini & Rajesh. Had a nice time at their house...gappe maare and ate good food ;-)

Lol! Am sure Akshia wished he had a better vacation home ;-) We spend some quality time together, but God I wish I were in FL/NY/IL, i.e. a quality place!

This weekend I finally got to play a 9-hole golf course. Phew it was dehydrating! 3.5 hours in the sun hitting wayward balls! I did okay. I think the par was 40 and I did it in about 70. Not too bad I say :-p
Then we left for NY. Akshia has moved in with another guy for the time of his intership with Keybanc Capital. Driving to NY has alway been tiring. Perhaps it always will be...This time we did a little river side walk in NJ that made the drive worth it.

Went to this place called Indian street in Jersey City. Whoa! It was just like India. Any American would have been a foreigner there...a whole street for Indian stores from Patel Groceries to Hot Dosas to Indian Chinese...the whole 9 yards!
With so many desis around me, it got me thinking...would an American be as afraid to be in an Indian neighborhood, as they could be in a black neighborhood? I would not expect any desi to mug a stranger here...99.99% of the times.

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Pirates of the Caribbean

Jack Sparrow is back...back from the dead!

Johncy Depp has been his usually witty funny pirate self. It was fun to watch movie. Although, I must tell you now - if you haven't seen the second part, there is a reasonable chance you won't catch up with whats going on in the 3rd. The story is somewhat a continuation as there are regular reference back to the 2nd part (what am I saying...IT IS A SEQUEL :p)

It gets a 8.0 on 10.
I've liked all 3 of the series. The 2nd one was the best, or so I remember it.

The funniest scene for me was in the first 15minutes, when the little guy comes up from under the floor and shoots with his big gun. Ofcourse he is thrown flying back from the force of the gun! It was hilarious!

it has started

The search for the school begins. Today I begun the shortlisting process...

The annual expenses at these school are Oh-My-God high. Even apping is expensive, so you need to be really careful in choosing where to apply and where not to.

Apping drains you but at the same time helps you to discover yourself and your goals. Finding who you are is more important that those $250 in wasted b-school application money. For most, including me, its the classic chicken and egg problem - to get into the best school that matche your potential you have got to know what you are doing! At the same time, you won't know what you are doing until you actually do it and go through the whole process!
I intend to mitigate the chicken-egg problem by talking to people. By talking to graduates. Need a start...

a little proud of my Google gadget

He he! I must say, I'm a little proud of myself. Just about an hour of effort helped me create this neat new Google gadget. Something that I can use and others may be willing to use too.
Do you have a customized Google home page yet??? If you do, then here's something that might be of use to you -
See "DonationPeople" on your Google homepage »

This also means one more step towards the NuRide Google gadget!

Today I bought myself a Taylor Made golf club. After staring at the prices and the variety of available clubs for 30 minutes, I took some help from the salesman. He was very patient in explaining what the heck all the numbers on the clubs meant. And after he was done confusing me, he suggested the Taylor made #3 wood. Supposedly I'll be able to hit the ball straighter with a #3 than with a #1. I believed him and will prolly get to know for sure by tomorrow.

720 (50, 38)

worth its weight in Silver (n.a.k.a. Gold)

A new favoritism

The Civil Rights movement helped the cause of equality in employment. Businesses were required by law to hire based on merit rather than based on personal relations. Partly influenced by the reason that only the wealthy and the networked had more access to education and educational merits than most others.

But now the businesses have caught up with the game. Now that more meritorious candidates are available, a new kind of favoritism has born - relations and networking of the meritorious candidates.

The MBA makes you party to it.

retro thoughts - I

Every once in a while the thought comes to my mind whether I did the right thing to move out of Infosys. And I recall memories from my colleagues to my clients, from my offshore experiences to onsite, from team building to team management. Even Swami ji's remarks - yup, a Swami ji from the Chinmaya mission had some things to say about my switching jobs!

Today, I realize one more thing - Infosys would have given me a bridge to career development. I have to hand it to the company! But they could never have given me personality development the way I find now.
'think out of your cocoons'...those infamous words of wisdom. Well, I'm glad I did.