07-07-07

ha ha... today is a special day of the year.... hope u got it with the title itself.... wanted to post this msg sharply at 07:07 AM today morning... but as usual this lasy goose woke up late at 11... missed that... atlease i dont want to miss the date of the post... nJoy....

Rise of Indian Rupee and Fall of US Dollar

Ahhh.... this is the one i am dreaming of for a long time since when i started my carrer a few years ago... i was wondering ( even worrying ) why most of the talented indians are moving to USA for their jobs... then i realized its because of the global exchange rates.... but the recent trend of the US dollar in the gloabl market is showing that we may soon see one more economic revolution ( may be a downfall ) ... infact when i started my carrer i was hit worsly because of the economic slowdon driven by USA globally which made me to wait for almost a year to join in my job... since the company i was supposed to join was in a downfall as most of its US based clients are affected.... then i realized the power of the USA in the global market and was thinking a lot how they were able to reach this position as opposed to Britian who were the global leaders initially....
the below 2 articles explains this topic in more detail....
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jun/19rupee.htm
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jun/11dollar.htm
but how long this current exchange rate will continue and wether in future it will go down or up is still a billion dollar question.... thought our indian rupee is doing good against the US dollar , we are not doing that good against our competitive developing countries.... our imports / exports and our global business needs to get adjusted to this economic situation quickly to change our countries fortunes.... hope everything goes positively.... :-)

10 years after schooling

i was discussing about my college life with my colleague today and suddenly i got lost in my thoughts and realised that 10 yeards before the same period i finished my schooling and was waiting for my college admissions eagerly... the days are running very fast that in these 10 years lot of things happened in my life some with my control and some without... i finished my college.. changed 2 jobs... got married... became Dad.. moved to a new city... travelled few countries... doing a job completely irrelevant to my studies.... spending most of my time in a day with this idiot box... 10 yrs before i never saw this idiot box in my life... but now its the one with which i am spending most of my life.... when i started my high school i took biology group with the aim of becoming a doctor , but at the end of my high school i got afraid of the numbe of years needed to become a full fledged doctor ( since i am a lazy goose ) and then decided to become an engineer and took electrnics branch in my enginnering with the aim of becoming an elecronics / hardware engineer but my fate continued and i ended up as an software application developer... these thoughts were goin on when my colleage stopped the discussion and we went back to our work... :-)

Beyonce and Shakira

ye the blog title is true.. these 2 dance divas Shakira and Beyonce Knowles are together in an album now.. the album is Beautiful Liar... a must watch for the fans of these 2 magical beauties... what a dance it is... u will start shaking ur body by seeing it... this is ultimate choreography and the editing and the camera work is too great... and to highlight , the background sets and art direction is very appealing..... i got a snippet of the video in youtube... the link is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIHBRsy1lI

Products for my Digital Lifestyle

being a techie i m dreaming a lot abt my life style these days... specifically how to stuff my house with some usefull goodies and other stuff... just thought I can list down few useful PRODUCTS that impresses me currently to lead a digital life which entertains me well enough and also to keep myself in sync with the current generation ....
Let start with my living room
LCD or PLASMA TV
my preference is Samsung Bordeux 32 inches
though there are lot other good players in this field like SONY , Panasonic , Philips , etc..
5.1 Home Theatre System
my preference is Onkyo with wireless speakers
again there are lot of players in this field too with the major one being BOSE the ultimate one
and we have other companions like SONY , Philips , etc...
Motorola Moto Rokr E6 touch screen mobile phone
30 GB Microsoft Zune or Apple IPod player
Microsoft XBOX or Sony Playstation PS3
1.5 ton or 2 ton Split AC - Voltas , Onida , Kenstar , etc..
IFB washing machine
Now lets move to the Kitchen
Refrigerator - my wife's preference Samsung double door refrigerator
and same as above lot of good competitors are here too.. like Godrej , Whirlpool , Kenstar , etc..
GLEN four burner automatic cooking stove, ........................ and the list goes on...
will add more as and when i came across such impressive things...