Top of the world - anoopg

If somebody would be give me money for studying and writing exams it would have been good... I really enjoyed doing that in the past..!!!

family photo - 30yrs before!!!

a family photo taken more than 30 years before! nostalgic one... Now i am in the agregroup of the people who are standing... hopefully i should have a photo now.. and also 30 years after...

btw: the dress my cousin manoj is wearing is my dress! my mother gave the best dress to him, and gave me the ugly stripes one. I protest!

UKG Classmates

It seems I have become darker by the time i reached UKG!!! Many of these friends were with me till my Pree-Degree ... and I still have contacts with atleast few!!!

Classmates!

My first classmates... ! There should not be much difficulty in indentifying me. so no prizes, but i would be curious to know ur findings!!!

Finally it happened!!!

i finally got chicken-pox and its all over my body.. hope u r happy.

last year when everybody got here in chennai, i was spared.

i have not yet decided whether to take this as a setback or a break! will decide in coming days...

Boy Cut!

Outdoor

You dont need TEETH to SMILE!

Paruthiveeran Anoop

My day at home!

I dont need medicine!

Can you identify lachu ?

Choices

"Whether to sink in self-pity or swim in the ocean of knowledge is a choice
we are called upon to make in life"

Reviews

I purchased Shivaji audio without even hearing it once. It was this news in papers that fooled me "A R Rahman finally pleases rajni fans with Shivaji music". For many days i tried to listen to its music and told myself to love it. But i dont like any of its songs. And i had to lower the volume when sreedevi enters the car. Else she will fire me on wasting 45Rs. Now anyway i have removed the cassette, and its available for second hand sale.

Mayavi is a very good comedy movie... Mammootty at his best. Gopika looks very nice in the movie.

You should not miss Mozhi. Jyothika is great, PrithviRaj is charming and Prakash Raj very vibrant..!

I dont have time for review... But please dont miss Mozhi

Sorry dilemma

"If you are sorry about something, don’t do it. If you are doing something, then don’t feel sorry about it"

- Alexis

Maturity

"Maturity - a term used in psychology to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate manner; often this implies a response that is reasoned or learned rather than impulsive"

Atleast i agree on the definition.

Now i have to see
- what is appropriate
- what should be learned and what should be filtered out
- how to control your impulses.

Pseudo Code
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In your handler put a sleep of 5 minutes
Your choice learning thread should learn the possible choices
After sleep, see whether choices are got
anyway go for another sleep
Make a decision based on the power of choices
Go for a sleep
Evaluate it again
Go for a sleep for a day

By this time there will not be any need to make a choice.... you will be relieved.

Power of choice - dont make a choice!

Consensus

"When I don't make a decision, it's not that I don't think about it. I
think about it and make a decision not to make a decision"

P V NarasimhaRao

happy blog!

When i meet any good old friend, i cant resist talking about my blog... also my orkut profile also contains blog link. and it seems i project my bad image here.

now onwards my objective is project my happy and good image. Staring with a smiley!!!

"I dont know" syndrome

I have got many feedbacks ( not only present).., but in past also.., that i dont have to be always humble and honest :)

i have to present myself in a good way - so that i dont need to say - "idont know" always expecially to juniors.

i have tried... but always i will come back to "i dont know" as that is the easiest way out.

perhaps i have got a remedy for that.. i should fight on the core-issue :) i have to know, what i should know.

perhaps i should know the things i should know better than any one else. so my integrity will be preserved !!!

And the things " i dont know".., i will say "i dont know".

Updates

- i bought a Basha DVD for Rs 34/-.. Thanks MoserBear for releasing DVDs at such a low cost.

- we now use orkut for filtering matrimonials for our bachelor friends. we find out u in orkut , read ur testimonials and scraps, find ur closer mates, investigate them and give report. ( god knows, when i will lose my job and friends because of my blog writing )

- i was not in a mood to work. so i wanted to offload some of my Todo-List. I registered for a "vaccum cleaner demo". Then I went to bank.., but it seems a holiday for bank. So i went to besant nagar beach at noon today. And found it too hot. so wanted to do car-washing!!! went there. he said it will take upto 3:30pm. I said will come back. i did not want to return to office. so i went to "muruagn's idly" and ate meals. Then went to bookstall and bought vanitha, outlook money and business world. now i wanted a place to sit and read. went to beach again. was looking for shade. and very inside the beach there was a broken monument. i slowly walked towards that.. after walking for sometime, felt it was miles away. by this time i had travelled far enough. still decided to return back. then an idea struck, and went to dollar store. nothing to purchase, i started reading all the movie stories witten on the back of VCDs. after spending a long time there i finally had to get down of the shop. Then went to the car-wash, but their job was only half done. waited another 1 hr there and finally reached office at 5pm. today no mood to work. forgive me!!!!

Investment Advice ---

I gave two investment advices in the past two weeks!

advice 1:

one of my friend was going to take "LIC money plus" insurance scheme. I notified him of the realities of "market linked" schemes. I asked him if he needs insurance or investment. I told him to consider "term insurance", as he has good financial back-up. People who have financial back-up why need insurance... The only thing is --- if something happens to them the family should get equivalent of the financial benefits which they would have got if he was alive.. only "term" insurance provides that... The other insurance are basically insurance plus investment schemes...

But i have a child education insurance scheme only which yields only some 6%.. i dont know whether i want to continue that... Instead of that i should have invested that money in MFs and plus one good term-insurance... If your partner knows how to manage money, then term insurance is better... perhaps i need to take one!

Or.. ?

advice 2:

my friend (colleague).., seeing my blog, asked me advice on how to save money for his sisters marriage which will happen in another 3 years.. i was shocked... blogs are dangerous..!

i gave him the new Mutual Funds Insight magazine ( 100Rs!!!) i bought two days before! i said i can suggest him fund houses plus equity funds if he is interested....

i told him to calculate the money he needs after 3 years! Then plan the investments to achieve that...

=>Perhaps he can --- invest 5000Rs as SIP in MS in 5 separate funds or he need not start SIp.. he can invest periodically in MFs systematically...
=> He can start buying the yellow metal... perhaps as biscuits or coins... or if his sister is sure of the ornaments then ornaments itself.. ( later she should not change that )
=> he can invest the rest in banks or debt instruments...

Anyway good.... But ater reading all these and writing i am not planning anything... perhaps i should plan for lachu's in a 22 year timeline... ( should book some NRI's son nowitself!)

I dont need any retirement fund... my last days are at manasarovar. amen.

Frustrating hobbies...

I am killing time...'

cliecking "next blog", "next blog", "next blog"... finding out new blogs and reading...

taking wikimapia and travelling through it... yesterday i travelled from islamabad to moscow..

what for 2007 ?

Reading a lot of investment magazines these days --

I have become a regular buyer of "Outlook Money", "Money Life", "Multual Fund Insight"...

I am investing more in magazines... and investing only a comparative amount in MFs :)

I hope i prepare less, and do more!

But i am a learner, not a investor..

But if you want to invest in MFs consult me.., my investing decisions may be poor, but i can give you the info that i read...

Lets make this world a better investing place !!!!

Jai Investor.

if you can't do

"if you can't do, teach. And if you really can't do, consult about it" -
Marcus Buckingham

I would better give consultation for others!!!

Suffering

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional"

Moods vary in a week

Naming!

I always like "naming" people... but sometimes the joke becomes serious and then i stop that...

today i named Raju as "Khadol Khajan" - bheema's son

That became a hit. so perhaps i should name others using characters from ramayana and mahabharatha.

In NeST me and aneeja had named many --- using Malayalam cartton characters

myself - Moli
Vinod - Boban
Anil - Vakeel
Aneeja - Vakeelinte bharya
Manaf - Patti
Varghese - Dinkan
KP/Das - Vikraman/Muthu
Suraj/Dheeraj - Lottulodukku/GulGulumal
xxxxx - Unnikuttan ( man, i cant remember his real name)
Smitha - Meena
Shaji - Chettan
Jyothi - Chechi

We stopped it when it became flash in NeST... time for restarting troubles!

Tax Savings - 2007/2008

Better to save tax savings 2007/2008 now itself...

Invest 'X' amount each month systematically to any or some of these tax saving funds --
1. SBI Magnum taxgain
2. HDFC Long term advantage fund

I like "Fidelity Tax Advantage Fund" personally , but i dont have seen any sites suggesting that fund. Probably because its a relatively new fund.

By investing systematically, you will not have to look for money to invest at the end of financial year, also it will manage the volatility of market by averaging out!

Ethical investing

One of my friend was asking for any fund which invests ethically - no tobocco, no liquor, no banking!

Does this suits him - ?
ABN Amro launches India’s first SRI Fund, which will invest in companies having ethical standards - ABN Amro Sustainable Development Fund

Details are here

threatening...

lachu putting all sorts of things to her mouth.. and trying to play hide and seek..

its a game she is loving..

God save us.

Balarishtatha

Lachu having weezing every week.

Lachu is putting pins, coins and everything in her mouth and trying to terrorize us.

God help us.

5 lessons

I liked these lessons very much...

morals:
Buy businesses, not stocks.
Watch business growth, not rise in stock prices.
The stock market is a serious long-term business, not a make-money-overnight casino.
Don't be fooled by others' so-called success stories.
Time in the market is more important than timing the market.

7 habits - review

Do i have these 7 habits ?

Be Proactive - 0%

Begin with the End in Mind - 0%

Put First Things First - 50%

Think Win-Win - 50%

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - 50%

Synergize - 50%

Sharpen the Saw - 25%

Time for eating!

Now time for a tea

Victory

Exam results

Lachu revising before exams :)

Pachakilli Muthucharam

Saw Pachakilli Muthucharam... (and thereby finally saw a Sharath kumar film at theatre..)

We were confused on whether to buy tickets online.., because each had different choice..
Preferences were:_
Binoj - Ghost Rider
Shammer - The Departed
Balaji - anything except Ghost Rider
Deepesh - Nishabdh
and Me - Pachakilli Muthucharam or Mozi

I had an inclination for Pachakilli Muthucharam as i heard that its story had connections with extra marital affairs.. which suits my age!

We arrived at sathyam, but only tickets for Pachakilli Muthucharam and ghost Rider were available, so we took tickets for Pachakilli...

The film started well... The song... "Un shirippine... " is a very good one... so start good!

Then problems coming.. Sharath's child getting diabetics.. wife goes on depression.. Sharath feeling lonely despite giving best for his family etc etc...

Then jyothika comes... I liked the way movie progresses at this time.. ( although majority did not like this part)

finally when i was hoping th extra-marital to blossom.. Villain comes... and then twists and turns..

The second half is more fast.. and more actions..

Actors are good, Songs are good, but script and direction lacks the momentum.

This film can be certainly seen if you are in a multiplex and no other tickets are available!

Wikimapia - Lets decribe the whole world

I wanted to visit SIB, GT Road, and none of my Chennai friends didnt know where it was. Tilak told me to visit Wikimapia.., and from the world view I went to chennai, searched for GT Road, then the complex etc and i found the road, connection roads etc. Tilak was surprised i have never visited this site before.

Its simply great! We can describe the locations and add more informations like Wikipedia.org. But is being misused.., people are adding "Mohans house etc etc". Only information useful for public should be there.

Anyway the Aishwarya complex next to our Shreays apartment is also marked in the site.

If you look carefully you can see me walking towards the beach!

No Hyper, only tension

Finally checked my blood pressure - Its normal 120/80 even in my high adrenaline state..

Receiving enlightment

Seems my kundalini has rised, and i have received enlightment..

- Anoopanada Swamikal

again again -- achievements

ente daivame... i am improving...

roof tiles changes ( by house owner )

Tyres changed ( although i spend - say 400-500Rs more than what jojan would have spend )

It seems i am getting efficient... !

Still lot of vERY IMportant things in my TODO list.

Small achievements - February

1. school for lachu

2. re-issue of passport

3. renewal of vehicle insurance

4. delivery of product to QA ( full of bugs)