It's break time

Well after Newyork Nagaram - Surya does it again..... nice song and choreography..that suits him..till the first-half of the movie "varanam ayiram"....well i am not the prince charm dreaming with this except that it captures "Lodhi Garden"..which makes me think about the online chat i had with someone(don;t guess only that person knows whom i am referrin here) ..about having a "walk-a talk" , it is not that i am day-dreaming but it is about having a nice walk-talk in Lodhi Garden with someone who has been inspiring me to get into the blogspace & thru this pursue some interesting stuff i like to do...(atleast look to explore) and someone whom i have developed a lot of respect without even meeting...that discussion will include alternative developments in India etc etc.may not even happen but "respect and inspiration will stay"...well that is a different context to this nice song except that Lodhi caught my eyes and thoughts on the walk i hinted long before.....
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ku2f94_-gjs/
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http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgFAJw11rk&feature=related
Gautam Mennon claims he doesn;t write script for heroes ..but should've have realized that he dragged the movie(probably scribble a little like i do) and screen a dis-jointed second half and that does spoil the first-half efforts.Surya is quite natural always and no disappointments....well i wanna write more on the movie...but it is break-time................................................

Action continues

It has been a week since i made yet another launch "to do" things ,giving myself a chance to improve on the biggest problem 'postponing"and saying "from to'ow" while it has not been too bad it hasn't been perfect as well.

1.Wake up @ 5:15 alarm definitely extended till 7 almost 5 days,

2.Burn 100 calories in the gym/day meaning atleast 20-30 mins work out - 3/7 days so far.....

3.Maintain transaction records...never good in maintaining finance numbers(but working in a bank that too analytics mm.) ..it is never going to happen.

4.Huge learning list not even touched....

5.List continues  on and on as it has been years of postponing....

I am giving an "asusual chance" ...encouraged by the upcoming break...will do it all regular after finishing the break= no action for next 20days....and this lazy..action continues..........

5K @ express

The purpose of my blogging has a meaning given at the end...

It is more of a follow-up of last blog as i happened to mention my friend and editor deepu,one thing which i realize and was important and could've made the difference in my life and career.After completing Master's(wow ask what STATISTICS), i still do not know what to say in interviews on those correlations and regressions as my normal curve is always negatively skewed when it comes to statistics as a tool to use,i give a bold answer saying business case outcome need not make statistical sense and have been successful only with American interviewer's as frankness counts.During my first job, my friend mahesh who is doing his Ph.d in US was practising his subjects with part-time classes in an university in BLR , i like teaching but not statistics sadly there was a need and i managed to get thru to teach MBA guys.A start-up university and my first class was "blinking statistics" and i started addressing the students saying - "before getting into the subject i would like you guys to understand that statistics is a tool but not the only tool".First class 1996 Bsc , 1st ever class i remember professor asked what is statistics?? and me who dreamt doing some research in science or in sports media/analyst when asked said "statistics came from a greek word..." and that professor gave an angry look and maintained it for atleast a month and never had an impression on me till i finished Master's.

Well i managed to complete all and earning a decent salary infact better industry package all that but i now feel it just costed that normal curve to be negatively skewed from satisfaction inspite of the positive look on the status and earning and job and comfort.

In 2003 i was still looking for a job and my friend deepu (wasn;t sure if he had joined the leading daily then or was doing a freelancing in PTI or times) naturally a journalist asked my interest to work as sports data person and then improve from there on and he would try to seek an opportunity in chennai @ express and that the package would be only 5K if an option exists and if i get it.But situation that time forced me to go elsewhere and keep getting good jobs,good pay etc but not only the current turmoil day by day i realize -that 5K break would have given made a lot more positive impact and the difference even if i now were to earn 25-30k salary in that field i would;ve been satisfied in the end.While there is no going back and it is past it haunts me now badly. Trying to get more into some actual areas of interest(this was just a particular case in the past) is a goal in pursuit(i cannot list 2-3 different things here)...and this space and network should help gain more confidence and seek some remedy on the 5K@ express loss.But this space here is one way i can improve along with different possiblities i am seeking - the revival period all started with this space......

(it doesn't mean that i am doing my job for the heck of it)

"The Baggy Green Mis-array"

Me and my friend Deepu(who is a chief sub sports editor in the leading news..  in chennai for long now)  have been great followers and supporters of Aussie cricket irrespective of the opponents .I remember 1996-2001(both completed colleges in different departments)- break time chats were either spent in literature/Mass communication or Microbiology. While the view have been criticized widely we both go more with the passion of sports let it be tennis,F1,football and we stick to our support always extending it - irrespective .It was not a chat  just about who won or lost or what a six we get deep into those crucial moments,strategies adopted by a player/captain,talent exposed,what could have made the difference to the result and there have been times i have missed classes when conversations continued beyond break.It has been atleast 3-4 years now that one-day according to me  has lost its form and to watch or put time test cricket makes  more sense.I try not to miss even a test match especially Steve Waugh's era.While the Australian captain's have a history behind leaving a strong,young energitic winning team starting from Allan Border-Taylor-Waugh now Ponting the punter- "  who how ????".The best of Aussie cricket has always been the fighting ability and perform under pressure even if it is to lose the game  in the end and never panic while "pressure under progress".One of the discussions we both had from IPL  started   till now is its influence in real cricket in its unrealistic world,who cares about the money,charm and the inside-edge hits and its excitment???.It definitely had brought in reluctance to the game among players even with overseas guys,it has taken thoughts to a level of making it more of a time-pass,money making skilled game rather than improving it from its real form.Symonds is a good example surprising to read  someone wearing the baggy green take a fishing break skipping an important team gathering and he also happens to be one of those most wanted 20-20 IPL guy.Many players even retired citing various reasons while we do not know if it was true the timing when IPL money poured in makes it a reasonable answer and it has done bad to the cricket world and i am upset that it has really making in the morale of Australian cricket as well.Hope the current turmoil in the market puts a pause to the flow of IPL and the Oz regain their "tough mode of cricket".On the other hand punter's attitude raises the eye-brow , spat with Lee (that too in field) and his decision to let it go.The thought doesn;t come bec'z they lost it now there have been worses loses this was not as bad as when they lost it inspite of having a follow-on options and ending up innings defeated in Kolkata under Waugh - it is not just about winning or losing but it was the attitude which inspired and now failing with punter.How on the world did he chose and atleast not stop the flow when he had a choice to bundle the opponent and failed to go for the kill, in this context i would rather drag the media comment further asking how cricket's top dog's neither woke-up nor watched around to give themselves a chance to bark.It  is never a question of defeat but rather the manner, it definitely marks an era of surprising uncertainity when ponting shd keep it flying high before the hand-over.Criticism may be high on his decision to go by his thought but then that's why he is  leading to make his own  choices so the answer from him is not about the lost match rather how he failed to bring the team,Oz spirit together and never showed a fight thru the tour? , recent results definitely is going to be a challenge to solve for ACB which surprisingly hasn;t reacting in its typical manner, in my opinion punter deserves the treatment soon

TURNI TURNIN TURNED 30

              It was Nov12,1978 4 a.m 21 mins(image is the hospital i was born in that hills) - a foggy, cold morning..and there was a cry through the hills  surrounded by thick forests and tea plantations -  the voice of that noice was me "SK SARAVANAN" and that cry baby was "crow baby"(what some people repeatedly told how i looked like)  and it is Nov12,2008..here is that cry baby now unluckily in  Singapore completing another decade to turn 30.While there are several ambitious,inspirational plans asusual and telling myself from today i will do this that blah blah......I definitely have some different plans this time , planning to revisit my left-behind ambitions and work on atleast some of those - wishing myself to work towards it with dedication this time for it to give me a return......

                      One thing i will definitely   do is to improve this blogspace alongside..it all started with Joyful , Adorable , Natural , Admirable .  .  feeling and i want to continue...thanks to the inspirational author......

                    I say unlucky in singapore as  i feel the need to getback to India fast in the current economic conditions,even the regular pastamania chef doesn't seem to enjoy the siutation and my presence here...the last time when  i went there he made it 'super-spicy' that it was "Rain and tears thru my nose".............my friend in Delhi asked me yesterday "how does it feel..your thoughts??"...well last sunday with excitment i had a post dinner quick bite of orange-choclate creamy biscuit,a bar of kit-kat and a nice sugar coated donut,,,so the answer  to him is  i wish it remains sweet 30 - while i bite the donut let the sugar coat bite  my cheeks ..and the sweet remains hidden in the dimple..well i cannot comment how "special" this year might be on a different note as i don;t agree with the practices...will be interesting to c how i tackle that....

But my mom tells it was quite an  incident ..unexpectedly..well before the due date(a month or so) with  my dad posted in a place with transport scarcity or no connection hill station(imagine 1978) ...they were lucky to get a taxi which came for somene's function and was parked to leave the next day ..something like that... they managed to pick that to be dropped at the group garden hospital some 20 kms through the hills.......else she said it was scary without any transport in the forest and they were really worried how to reach hospital..at that time...thanks to that taxi....