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Today, my blog turns 3 years old with 220 posts to its kitty :-) !!! Happy Birthday my dear blog !!! This blog has given me the power to express my views and harness my passion to write! Would thank Google for giving us this simple yet great blogging area...

This 60th year Republic Day gave us an extended weekend as it was on Monday. Even the partial Solar Eclipse happened yesterday, which was good in one sense - that we were bound to stay at home during the day time! So, to make good use of the time :-) we rented DVDs of two very good movies, which the second half of 2008 saw! The movies are: ' Vaaranam Aayiram ' (Tamil) and ' A Wednesday ' (Hindi). 'Vaaranam Aayiram' is a very family oriented story (more of a father-son relationship and friendship) with lot of sweet romance added! This film is worth the watch and Surya is superb in both his roles as a father and son also! Sameera Reddy, Ramya (Tamil name: Divya Spandana) and Simran add good value for their respective roles. Overall excellent family movie to watch! 'A Wednesday' is yet another excellent superb 1hr 40mins movie to watch. Its about a fight of a common man post the Mumbai blasts and how our Indian system is vulnerable to any attacks, by a...

Yesterday evening, there were some uninvited guests in my home. They were everywhere, in the living area, in dining area, kitchen, bedrooms and portico (thank god, bathroom was excluded! :O) These guests were none but the sweet Honey Bee's, which can never be sweet if they are in an attacking mode! No idea from where it came, they were all in my house, numbering 10-12!!! We started our 'Operation Honey-Bee' by first closing all the windows and doors of the house and slowly one-by-one tried to clear them off...After nearly 30 minutes of the operation, we declared the house was now safe (and so we all!)...My wife leading the numbers!! Before declaring 'All Clear' (ha ha) I was going to each and every area and scanning each corner of the wall...I was feeling as though I was counter-attacking a terrorist hidden somewhere in my house!! Anyways, it was a good experience! :-)

Confusing title right?? :-) Let me explain...On Sunday evening, we (my wife and myself) planned to visit the Cubbon Park after a very long gap! So we went to this park by 1630hrs and by the time we parked the vehicle and walked down to one of the main areas of the park (Cubbon Band Stand) it was 1645hrs. We knew that every Sunday at 1700hrs, there will be light music from a music group called "Prakruthi" backed by the Asianet - Suvarna Kannada TV channel and here we were there in front of the band stand, right on time, where the stage was being set to start the program. My wife insisted to sit there but I was bit reluctant as I was feeling not-so-interested for the program. But when the program started, I got some interest to be there and listen to the music...Guess what made me interest to be there?? It was this announcement: two Japanese folks from the renowned Toyoto-Kirloskar Motors , Bidadi plant (Bangalore) were going to sing kannada songs and that too near perfectio...

Sign Of The Times - My Submitted photo, published in the Sunday Times Of India, Page 7! :-)

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Shocking and Chilling were the two words that can describe my reaction when I started reading the letter posted on Moneycontrol website, written by the great fraudster Mr. Ramalinga Raju, the great chairman of Satyam Computers! My thoughts, calmness and patience for the employees of Satyam and especially for my very close buddy who is working in this company. This Raju guy has impacted not only Satyam folks but the whole Indian market and the Indian IT industry facing the entire world! It is a big black mark on the IT industry and now things will get much tighten where clients will demand more truth and integrity, which I think is a very huge task. Convincing people is not so easy but this has to be done...to remain in the business! Now everyone is waiting for a full investigation by the SEBI and the goverment to uncover what all *still hidden* by the Raju to this world! Hope things settle down post this and hope to see a bright light at the end of this dark tunnel!

The snaps from our 4 days Hampi and Aanegundi visit, during the last week of December 2008 is available @ http://www2.snapfish.in/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=275950153/a=100718913_100718913/t_=100718913 You need a Snapfish account to view the snaps. Let me know if you need a guest account to check it out...There are around 370 snaps and some patience is appreciated! :-) But I believe you will enjoy watching the snaps and have a 'virtual' tour of Hampi!!

Back to office today, after a much needed loooong holidays (around 15 calendar days / 8 working days!) Not in so good mood for office but had to make it :-((( Wish these holidays comes very often! :-) Not much of activities in the holidays except 4 days of outing; BLR -> Mantralaya -> Hampi / TB Dam -> Aanegundi -> BLR and the rest 10 days, carrying out house work and aloofing around ;-) Anyways, back to work now, first working day of 2009 and hope this year brings cheer to all!

Its time to treasure all the memories and say bye to 2008 , and Welcome the new year 2009 , with a bang!!! :-) Wishing you and your family a very Happy, Prosperous, Peaceful and Joyful New Year 2009!! Let all your dreams come true and let luck be at its best for you, for all your endeavors! Have fun, enjoy the year ahead...Lets continue to pledge and do good to this society and to the needy... Cheers, Pradeep and family! Pledge and Donate Eyes :: Gift Your Sight :: Make It Your Wish! http://www.freewebs.com/ giftyoursight/