Sriram Scribbles

2012

2012-01-25T00:43:00.000-08:00

I am trying to keep my blog alive so that when i look back after 10 yrs i can re-live some good moments in my past.

I would like to spend a good portion of time in 2012 with my wife and little princess. I have not yet fully soaked in as father but slowly getting into the shoes and i am loving it.

I am feeling fortunate to not get into hectic work schedules at the cost of missing my family. Should see how 2012 pans out in office.

Recently went tru all my flickr albums ( 6 yrs worth ) and i was moved by all the past moments and clicks with family and friends. I am realizing these days that it is a very pleasant experience to look back at all your good moments of your past and cherishing it.

I am planning to click my daughter all tru and present her with beautiful snaps for her bdays in the years to come.

Recently took a 10 day break at DVK. It was a very fitting break in middle of office work and i truly enjoyed the moments - Vaishali a veetuku kootinadhu, pongal celebrations in DVK.

Wanted to have a good work-life balance all tru to meet my goals in personal life comfortably.

Currently looking at various options for investment for my daughter, my retirement income. Still not yet decided on the final options. Should see how it gets planned.

Back!!

2011-06-09T21:48:00.000-07:00

I am back here after a significant break ( i know this happens with me often ) but i am planning to record whats there in my mind quiet often from here on.

I was provoked to get back into recording my thought process after going tru one of my colleagues wordpress blog which he keeps it updated religiously for 7 years now....

Of late, i have been realizing the importance of keeping your health fit ( i have to lose few kgs of weight though ) , keep your thoughts simple and lead a simple life.

I wanted to keep the habit of 20 mins morning walk consistent going forward.

I am also trying to achieve a good work life balance by keeping things in control in office and spending time back @ home in things which i like doing instead of getting online to do office work. I am still trying to master the art of time management.

have a conf call now....signing off for now....

Adding to my inspiring leaders list

2009-02-13T22:22:00.000-08:00

3 weeks ago, i came to know about this lady via a company mail. She was assigned the role of CEO of Yahoo and she is 60 years old! (hold ur breath) . Then i surfed the net to a get a hold of her history and after scanning through few pages, i could conclude that she is a 'no nonsense and straight forward' person and my interpretation got more convincing evidence via her weekly mails that she is sending out to yahoos worldwide. She is a very focussed leader and i just love the focus that she exhibits while taking a decision. She inspired me so much that i have decided to add her to my inspiring leader's list. Here is the list

1. Warren Buffett( guruji for all investors)

2. Ratan Tata

3. Narayana Murthy

4. Dhirubhai Ambani

5. and now Carol Bartz(my CEO)

My Favourite Metro - Mumbai

2009-02-13T21:54:00.000-08:00

It was early 2006 when i crossed the boundaries of south india for the first time in life and i was heading towards my sister's home at India's Financial Capital - Mumbai (the real face of India to the external world). It was also my first flight experience and i had never been to the airport even once before that ;). So there were many first of kind of things during the trip.

I can even recollect the thrilled and excited mood that i was in from the moment i landed in mumbai till i returned back to bangalore. There were no words for me to explain the beauty of the city. It is HUGEEEE and the roads were damn WIDEEEE. I was wondering whether i am still in India coz North India is totally different from the places that i had been in south india(Chennai,Devakottai,Chidambaram).

I stayed in that beautiful city for 4 days and everything was new to me and i enjoyed every moment of it ( adventurous trip with my childhood friend - Muthu, visit to Big Bazaar, trip in the local trains(the most interesting one)).

I had promised my wife that i would take her to Mumbai to my sister's place. Once the recession is over, i can get back to touring the best places in the country ;).

From a career perspective, i would like to enter Mumbai as a Gurubhai and not as a visitor. Lets see if i get such a chance.

Our first family appearance

2009-02-01T00:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday it was the first time me and my wife, Valli attended a reception. The reception was of my friend's sister. It was our first family appearance among my friends circle and lot of my friends had turned up and it was a nice feeling to attend functions with your family. It was a good get together with my friends and we had good time pulling each other's legs. In total had a very good and new experience and wish to have many more such events in future along with my wife and family.

Its Exam time!

2009-01-30T21:20:00.000-08:00

It was Nov 2005, when i last prepared for a semester exam and 3 years from then, i had to prepare for my semester exams in my PGDIB course. It was very different to take the syllabus book and give a careful reading. Since i graduated, i had been reading books but not as a part of preparation for any exam. So it was also nostalgic, i was recollecting my hostel days when i used to prepare for my college semester exams. I used to get done with reading the syllabus well ahead of the others and go to bed by 9 pm irrespective of exam or non exam days. My friends used to start reading by 9 pm only and they read through out the night n manage to stay awake to write the exams in the morning also. I have also attempted to stay late in night but not for reading but jus for gossiping with classmates in the hostel corridor!! Those are the days which i would never forget.Those night chats at famous 'SNACK BAR' and mokka jokes!!I wish i go to my college n relive those moments once in a while!!Ok i have to go now for preparing for my exams tomorrow!

Started to work out!

2009-01-27T23:06:00.000-08:00

For some time now, i was getting conscious on putting on weight and was planning to go to gym to lose some pounds but was not getting into a decisive mood to do so but last week i made up my mind and decided to spend an hour daily working out. I have a cool gym in my company which i have started to use it since a week now and its convenient for me since i need not take extra effort to go to a gym outside by allocating time n travelling.

Yesterday my master asked me to put weights and push ups. I could do only partial push ups but that was good enough to freeze my arms like the ones of robots. Since i am working out after a long time, my arms got so stiff after doing push ups and working on weights.

Yahoo beats street expectations in Q4 2008

2009-01-27T22:59:00.000-08:00

Yesterday,Y! came up with Q4 2008 results and it was a pretty decent show given the pessimism that is associated with the company in the recent past.For the whole of 2008, Y! reported revenue of $5.4 billion and earnings of $424 million which is pretty OK, i would say given the current recession that we are in today. I keep track on all quarter earnings of my company and as such i am more interested in getting to know the performances of different companies and different businesses. I am particularly passionate about Y! and i believe that we have tremendous products and platform which can change the internet surfing experience but just that we don generate enough revenues out of them. I am confident that we will emerge stronger coming out of this economic slowdown and be back in very good health. Yahooooooo!!

Beginning

2009-01-27T21:29:00.000-08:00

Ok, here i am after a break for 3 months, back into blogging. My previous venture into blogging was from a different perspective driven by google adsense but now i am planning to allocate some space in blogger to capture my experiences in life into this diary alias blogpsot. So this time i am blogging purely to create a history of events in my life which i can look back at some time later in life and relinquish the moments