tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232918162024-03-13T23:03:55.948-04:00Paada Mudra / പാദമുദ്രReflections, Random thoughts, Musings and what ever I felt like expressing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-80429485592754716232009-10-02T20:49:00.002-04:002009-10-02T21:42:55.926-04:00Taking a Break!I am increasingly finding it difficult to maintain 3 different blogs (1 official blog - on the office intranet & 2 other on blogspot). A time has come where I need to take a break and relax while paying full attention to the most important thing in life - Family.I would not be posting anything on this blog for alteast until the end of 2010. I hope I would be able to comeback recharged - with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-39450202586693017192009-08-18T21:37:00.005-04:002009-08-18T21:52:15.809-04:00To all drivers!Anyone who had had a very close encounter in a road accident knows that all it takes is a few milliseconds to change your world, your family's world & even somebody else's world. I & SH had had a very close shave in Feb 2003 at Bangalore and the only reason we survived was helmets - The helmet almost broke into two and my head was intact... Apparently most of these awakenings/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-61958774630292129432009-08-14T19:27:00.004-04:002009-08-15T15:11:47.970-04:00Rats - For a novel protest!The pay-scale of top executives has recently invited a lot of debate and anger in the common public, especially after the US government had to bailed out a lot of companies, contrary to their general capitalistic stand on market and industry issues.In February this year, The US President Obama branded Wall Street bankers “shameful” for giving themselves nearly $20 billion in bonuses as the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-91957223152394618902009-08-04T08:38:00.002-04:002009-08-04T08:40:18.926-04:00Anything is possible... well, almost!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-46398872598480759532009-07-19T11:43:00.004-04:002009-07-20T22:09:27.475-04:00A Toy Story...Act #1 Driving back home from office along with little one.Started at 4PM since it was a FridayLO: Daddy, Can we go to the store? Me: What do you want to buy? LO: I want to buy a baby toy.Me: You already have a lot of toys to play with. What toy do you want to buy? LO: Just… a baby toy… please? I decide to go to the store, double it up with some pending grocery shopping.Since SH would anyways Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-12337086099145604422009-07-15T22:04:00.003-04:002009-07-15T22:23:00.633-04:00Day 4 - Disney's Magic KingdomSince I raved sufficiently about Magic Kingdom in the last post, I am not going to repeat that again here. Day 4 was one of those short days where we decided not to have the second entry to the park, instead decided to catch a longer sleep, & hit the pool in the hotel. It was also one of those days where the afternoon rain continued until late evening & killed the excitement. As planned Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-11697782866343733002009-07-05T12:15:00.006-04:002009-07-05T13:04:14.525-04:00Feel at home - for a change!Fourth of July calls for a lot of celebration in the United States on account of Independence day (July 4, 1776 from the British). It is a federal holiday and it is marked with a lot of fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics and concerts. And if we are in town, we never try to miss the nearest fire works that starts shortly after sunset ~ around 9 PM.This time, we had a birthdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-31143080260157218142009-07-01T17:48:00.005-04:002009-07-01T17:53:52.130-04:00Inscrutable!J: So, How are you doing Santosh?S: I am doing OK, pretty busy off-late.J: Yeah, life’s been crazy for everyone I guess… and how is your daughter?S: She is doing fineJ: Did she get the swine-flu yet?S: What!??J: I mean; does her school have cases of swine-flu?S; None, so farJ: Ohh yeah, she goes to the school here… right?S: Yeah, and I believe it originated here…J: (a long silence....)I felt likeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-90918793547718714922009-06-19T15:17:00.009-04:002009-06-19T19:28:33.675-04:00I nearly fell off my seat...Got this one through a forwarded email from a friend & I nearly fell off from my seat laughing. who ever created this one, I should say, real talent!!And well deserving for the kind of statements that comes out of people like Jayarajan. Can't they stop making a fool of themselves? രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരോടുള്ള വിശ്വാസ്യത മാത്രമേ നഷ്ടപെട്ടിട്ടുള്ളൂ. ചിന്താശക്തി നശിച്ചിട്ടില്ല! കഷ്ടം!Image courtesy: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-25982382346240902132009-06-11T17:17:00.014-04:002009-06-11T21:09:07.736-04:00Day 3 – Disney’s Hollywood StudiosDisney World has 4 theme parks and 3 Water parks in Orlando. Water parks are more or less like the Veega Land / Wonder La kind of parks – though I had been to neither of these places :) – and do not even have a good liking for Water Parks. The 4 Theme parks are Magic Kingdom – Built on the theme of the fairies and princesses, Animal Kingdom – Built on the themes of the getting to know the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-80386894463811037362009-06-10T08:47:00.003-04:002009-06-10T08:51:34.800-04:00The absent minded -Sometimes, your brain tells you to stop, take a breather and then step on the gas again. And you don't listen because of 'priorities' - A convenient name that most of the professionals use to hide behind. And after a while it starts intervening with your day to day routine.I had been having very long working hours in the past few weeks - thanks to some of the excellent support I receive from my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-85213072558998965972009-05-29T16:12:00.013-04:002009-05-29T16:42:10.021-04:00Day 2 - The day with Shamu @ SeaworldThe Day 2 started off well after a relaxed waking up at 7 & a nice & filling continental breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast was complimentary for the stay (which is normally the case for most hotels in the US) and was really filling. We have also developed a liking towards bagels, eggs, sausage & cheese off-late; but the real advantage was that little one would have a decent meal Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-50343317265953182732009-05-22T15:28:00.011-04:002009-05-29T16:32:37.778-04:00Day 1 - The 'Home Alone' StoryThe end of another tiring week and by the time I & my girls came home on Friday, it was 30 minutes past 8 in the night. We were very excited, not just by the fact that it is going to be a weekend, but that we were going to be on a week long vacation!! At the same time, we hadn’t even started packing for the week. I am a very ‘light’ traveler, (there had been instances while as a bachelor, I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-49350795363319933422009-05-20T17:17:00.007-04:002009-05-22T16:41:42.882-04:00The vacation of a lifetime!Back with a big-bang after a month of hibernation! And yes, I am planning to write a tour-diary about our week long vacation to Florida from 9th May 09 to 17th May 09 (Heavy draught of topics - you guessed it.. LOL). Hectic schedules at work, stressful days of uncertainty, and what we really wanted was a break. A good long break to chill off from the day-to-day scrambling with work & home. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-17573417456445321932009-04-14T11:21:00.003-04:002009-04-14T11:23:44.821-04:00Happy Vishu!What a better way to start a new year than by standing outside the office at temperatures close to 4 deg C for almost 45 minutes starting at 7:30 in the morning because somebody tried to toast a bagel & forgot to pick it up while it got stuck in the toaster!!! The fire alarm went off in the adjacent building early in the morning with just 3 of us in our building and none of the floor wardens Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-50152875788080226382009-03-10T12:33:00.003-04:002009-03-10T12:49:33.791-04:00The Fairy Tale ConcertI have realized that my hobbies are getting switched pretty frequently - off late. Sometimes I am on full throttle with my still camera & then sometimes into video mixing & editing. And then the next day I get bored of each of this & gets settled with a book.In between this switches, I had my baby's Annual Concert held at her school on the 6th of March 09. It was named as the "Fairy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-18471430216890523732009-02-26T22:24:00.005-05:002009-03-01T07:45:15.053-05:00In Layman's Terms...On our way back from school, walking to the parking lot...Me: How was your day baby?Baby: It was fun, Dad.M: What did you do in school?B: We played in circle timeM: And then?B: Shared my little Ariel toy during show & tell... And I passed it around for everyone to touch & feel it...M: And then?B: then... we practiced for our concert, we sang the speckle frog song....(I don't know what on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-36237017066847179332009-02-23T21:01:00.004-05:002009-02-28T07:24:26.480-05:00Thakara (തകര)A word, A statement, A comment - When used in a wrong fashion, that can ruin your day, sometimes even a week.That is what happened with me today. When you give all that you have got for a genuine cause, when you go beyond R&R in running that extra mile for your team, the last thing that you want to see is mistrust, skepticism and doubts on integrity. It just put me off today - first thing on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-21937389580664701002009-02-09T18:41:00.008-05:002009-02-09T20:35:16.410-05:00Shortcut to SuccessIs there a shortcut to success? Of course, it is a magic potion that has the following ingredients - commitment, hard work & perseverance!I stumbled upon a videoclipping from a Tamil movie - Mayakannadi - the last day (Thanks to Pam's orkut updates) and I was pleasantly surprised that even now, there are some movies made that does its small bit of social justice to the community as a medium. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-3390727708754824362009-01-11T20:50:00.003-05:002009-01-11T21:20:35.742-05:00Exploring the Frontiers of Happiness - Talk by Dan GilbertInvest a 30 mins of time in seeing this video - Pretty interesting!!Especially when Behavioral Economics is getting a great deal of attention off-late - in the wake of what we have made out of this world!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-81026654196164668572009-01-08T08:39:00.005-05:002009-01-08T12:59:05.655-05:00Won the contest - Finally!For me, 2009 does not look as gloomy as the market - after all! Things had been picking up for me (on a personal note) slowly since beggining of this year and here is the icing on the top - My photo got selected in our organization's calendar contest! Yes!! it is my photo that decorates the September 2009 month in our organization's calendar... yippeee...Thanks a bunch to my friend Lalitha, who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-48733505839657053532008-12-31T13:35:00.004-05:002009-01-08T13:02:04.265-05:00Welcoming the New YearAnother year went by... with its share of ups & downs.And it is already 2009 at some parts of the world while I write this, we share messages and wishes for a very 'Happy' New Year...There was a phase in my life when we partied (read as get drunk...) the whole night, have count downs and even light fire crackers at the middle of the night to welcome the New Year. The New Year never used to beUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-4271891572355723712008-12-03T16:07:00.002-05:002009-01-08T13:03:24.538-05:00WorriesRead in an email...We need not worry about those who have come through the boat;Its hightime we start worrying about those who have come through vote (for note).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-30400060246551950852008-11-30T17:50:00.003-05:002009-01-08T13:03:24.538-05:00And the list continues...A whole lot of my colleagues here had been asking about Mumbai & showing their solidarity & support to pray for the victims of the barbarious act. A handful of them were actually surprised by the way I responded as 'yet another one' - only people like us know how these attacks has become a part & parcel of the common man's life & it made sense to take a look back of the attacks inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23291816.post-14960130452787076222008-11-27T21:43:00.004-05:002009-01-08T13:03:24.539-05:00Sad, shocked & as blank as it can getMy mind is as blank as it can get after hearing the shocking news about the terrorist attack in Mumbai. Does killing innocent public help anyone get their revenge? or does it make any statement? I fail to understand what drives the mind of such people.More than anything, I am baffled to see the whole fraternity fail in their intelligence (everyone as a team), this being the 8th ot 9th terrorist Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6