Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !


Back to the time of the year when we reflect on what happened in the last 300 odd days and what to do next year. Am glad that its a different feeling every year!

This year was neither good nor bad for me, there were no significant achievements or pitfalls. I had to part with some of my good friends and colleagues, I also met some wonderful people with various talents. I happened to encounter some narrow-minded chauvinists as well...

This was also a year of learning, though it wasn't as exciting as 2003/04. I also discovered some of the things that excite me the most, things i hate the most and i also learnt to remain patient while facing such things(where an unnecessary conflict could be avoided).

This was also a year in which i wrote less in my blog but started reading more blogs ( i currently have close to 60+ feeds in my blog reader, some of which are technical blogs).

My reading habit went for a toss during the second half of this year, though i have recovered some lost ground right now, hope i dont face any Reader's block next year.

Movies! Well, this was a bad year for the city theatres as i couldn't watch many movies, mainly because of lack of company! Some of my friends don't like English movies(except of course Spiderman,Batman types), some of them are busy with their studies and some of them prefer staying indoors during weekends!

Life: Life is Beautiful, as always!

Work: It was a good year i guess, i took up a specific task in the beginning of this year and i am glad that i have accomplished more than what was expected out of me!

I am in the process of planning my next year, what i should be doing and what i shouldn't be doing, will be glad if some of my friends let me know what i should try and practice in 2007.

Hakuna matata!

Slide Share

Really cool site, might become something like Flickr or Youtube soon, Google, watch out for this one!!

http://www.slideshare.net/

Chaos speaks on Customer service

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, as i was doing my usual channel surfing, i stopped at VH1, where Eric "God" Clapton was giving an interview, promoting his new album with JJ Cale. I had never heard of that album or of JJ Cale, i was in no mood to get the finer details of the album until i heard Clapton saying some nice words about Cale:

...All through my life, i have produced various albums but none of them sounded like a 'JJ Cale' album and the best way to fulfill my desire is to co-produce an album with JJ cale, before i go under the ground. So i called up JJ Cale and asked him whether he is interested in producing an album
with me....

That evening, i decided to visit "Calypso", a Music store nearby my place to check it out. As i walked into the store, a guy wearing a bright "Calypso" t-shirt, walked up to me and greeted me(Lets call him DJ, the store sales man). I knew it was coming and promptly told DJ that i had nothing specific in my mind and i might not buy anything at all. He persisted and was showing me some good deals on some compilations. The moment i saw a Joe Satriani Definitive collection, the devil in me woke up and swallowed the part of my brain that said "Nay!". As i picked up that album and moved towards the billing section, DJ stopped me and said there are couple of other guitar artistes that i might like to try out. Then i remembered about this interview that i watched that afternoon and asked him for "that Cole album".

Then i had the shock of the day! DJ asked me whether i was talking about the "The Road to Escondido" by Eric Clapton and JJ Cale. I replied "Yes, but who is this Cale guy?". Then he gave me a 5 minute sermon on JJ Cale, his reclusive lifestyle and the kind of music that he plays. He even told me that Clapton's "Cocaine" is a cover of Cale! Well, never in my life had i received such useful information from a music store fella! I listened to all this with awe and promptly picked up the CD.He even suggested me a couple of other artistes which he thought i might like(like Neil Young, Knopfler etc, which might be partially true) but as my bank balance figure crossed my mind, i teleported myself to the billing counter.

This was a shoping experience i really cherished. Having a person in the store, who really knows what he is selling definetely helps. Now i know where to go for some good Music purchase!

Now playing: "War" by Joe Satriani