tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:37 +0000The flow of thoughthttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)Blogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-2949285265489010631Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:11:00 +00002007-04-30T16:57:38.346+05:30Items I may end up buying.---------------------------1) Accutire MS-4021B Standard Digital Tire Gauge2) Coleman Colossal 20-Degree Rectangular Sleeping Bag (Oversize)3) Planet Earthhttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2007/03/items-i-may-end-up-buying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-110393560756074177Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:15:00 +00002004-12-25T06:20:14.310+05:30Had to go this wedding on Friday and was not sure about the dress protocol. Late in the evening went to the local department store to get myself a sports jacket. In the process of trying out a few and settling down on a reasonably priced one, left my nice leather jacket behind. Only the next day did I realize that it is missing. Called up the store to find that, they could not locate it anywherehttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/12/had-to-go-this-wedding-on-friday-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-110383066554413080Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:19:00 +00002007-04-30T17:02:21.538+05:30Today is a day of significance for me. I became an American Citizen. Saying the oath of allegiance, especially "I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign ... state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen.." bought up some mixed feelings/emotions. I felt I was abandoning India.With this oath and the pledge, I http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/12/today-is-day-of-significance-for-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-110220702302689715Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:19:00 +00002004-12-05T06:07:03.026+05:30Just got back from attending a show put together by Honda on their humanoid robot, Asimo. As Asimo walked on to the stage, it was a magical moment. Never before have I seen a human like robot so close. As Asimo greeted us and waved to us, my daughter and my niece both six year olds, had a very bewildered look on their faces. Not sure, what to expect from a robot, they had all sorts of questions.http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/12/just-got-back-from-attending-show-put.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-110029618115436520Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:41:00 +00002004-11-13T03:19:41.153+05:30For some,working for large company is like a working on a contract basis. Come in , do your job and go home. There seems to be no bonding among employees as is in a startup. When I started working at my current job at a large company, I was coming after about 4 years of working for startups. As days passed, I noticed that, a large company is just a cluster of smaller groups. You are working forhttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/11/for-someworking-for-large-company-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-109993680514571925Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:49:00 +00002004-11-08T23:30:05.146+05:30The rupee continues to appreciate against the dollar everyday. A rising rupee means Indian goods will be more expensive in the international markets. To offset this, productivity has to rise. Is it rising? The quota on textile and garment exports would be lifted on Jan 1, opening up the entire market to the most competitive player. While this gives an advantage to the strong larger players, thehttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/11/rupee-continues-to-appreciate-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-109968462172579918Fri, 05 Nov 2004 19:49:00 +00002004-11-06T01:27:01.726+05:30Now that George W is back for four more years, what does it hold for countries like India. If the pundits are to be believed, it is good. Bush is not against outsourcing, he is for tax cuts thereby raising the spending level of an average american, which means good for cheaper imports, he is not for cutting medicinal costs in the US, so the big pharmas dont have to reduce prices, which opens up http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/11/now-that-george-w-is-back-for-four.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-109951195485122894Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:00:00 +00002004-11-04T01:29:14.850+05:30Susir Kumar, Chief Executive of Intelenet Global Services, a back-office outsourcing company in Bombay, says it almost always happens. Whenever a new client from the U.S. or Europe arrives to visit Intelenet's sparkling, modern offices, they are appalled at what they have to go through to get there. Bombay's narrow, potholed roads are jammed to a standstill with choking traffic, and lined on bothhttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/11/susir-kumar-chief-executive-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-109849126228105102Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:20:00 +00002004-10-23T05:57:42.280+05:30My latest fear is about the stablity of American dollar. Even though the dollar has gone down significantly vs the Euro, the chances of the dollar and euro both going down against some of the asian currencies seem quite high. Why should the dollar go down. To begin with, dollar was priced so high because of the demand for it. Now that America has moved from a producer to a consumer nation, the http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/10/my-latest-fear-is-about-stablity-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-108265686842128027Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:01:00 +00002004-04-22T23:35:09.873+05:30Taking on major grocery stores, they employ highly paid workers, the CEO's get a fat pay packet, their stores cost a lot to maintain and the prices are always significantly higher than neigbourhood family stores. So, when we were told the story that large corporations can leverage their buying power to get low prices, it was all so wrong. Secondly these low caliber jobs paying decent salary andhttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2004/04/taking-on-major-grocery-stores-they.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-92201946Tue, 08 Apr 2003 05:17:00 +00002003-04-08T10:51:20.000+05:30Action is better than inaction says my colleague. Well, I feel the phrase certainly makes sense but the action does not. If America had not invaded Iraq, they would anyway be suffering from the UN sanctions and more if not equal number of civilians would have perished due to the lack of proper medicines, says my colleague. I tell my colleague, the sanctions were enforced by the British and http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/04/action-is-better-than-inaction-says-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-92069587Sun, 06 Apr 2003 03:25:00 +00002003-04-08T02:37:44.000+05:30US vetoes India's threat to act against Pak. The Bush administration has placed a restraining hand on India’s threat to punish Pakistan citing the Iraq precedent, rejecting New Delhi’s contention that it had a better case to act than Washington had with Baghdad, and promising to put more pressure on Islamabad to curtail violence in Kashmir. This is a classic case of double standards. "Iraq http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/04/us-vetoes-indias-threat-to-act-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-91591664Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:54:00 +00002003-03-29T12:50:26.000+05:30OK, more thoughts on the war. Having had plenty of discussions at work about it, decided to pen a few lines. To begin with what is the purpose of the war. Was there a provocation or is it more cautionary. Kill the guy before he uses the WMD on us. Apparently they do not have any WMDs. Bush has gone to war saying there is a need to liberate the Iraqi people from the tyrant. The way America goes http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/03/ok-more-thoughts-on-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-91093214Fri, 21 Mar 2003 01:06:00 +00002003-03-21T07:15:50.000+05:30The war has officially begun. American newspapers are talking about the air superiority that they enjoy over Iraq and go into great lengths to describe the workings of a cruise missile. Some of the operators of these weapons compare the ease of use to a Playstation. Well it is a game indeed for Mr Bush. When Iraqies are scurrying for cover, americans continue their lives just as usual. Somethinghttp://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/03/war-has-officially-begun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-89987861Sun, 02 Mar 2003 06:40:00 +00002003-03-02T12:10:48.513+05:30The problems in India are mind boggling. A lot of them seem to have a common root;corruption. How to weed out corruption. Why are the corrupt more powerful or are the powerful always corrupt. The situation in India gets complicated by the fact that we have a very large population of poor who are also illiterate and hence gullible. This segment is exploited by a few who weild power. The http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/03/problems-in-india-are-mind-boggling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-89982623Sun, 02 Mar 2003 04:17:00 +00002003-03-21T06:29:56.000+05:30Well, the day I started writing weblogs all I could think of was the war on Iraq and hence a warring start. Today, My daughter(4 1/2 years) made an interesting statement about how America has people from all over and in India you see only Indians. As our conversation proceeded I asked her if she can imagine going to school in India, to which she responded "I can't". I took that answer in a http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/03/well-day-i-started-writing-weblogs-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-89257682Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:14:00 +00002003-02-18T01:44:59.630+05:30I know more Americans who oppose the Iraq war than who support it. Newspaper editorials are opposing it. Protesters are filling the streets. A safe and conservative estimate would be 20% of Americans are opposing the bombing of Iraq. The irony is 52 million american opinions are of less importance than the support from France(pop:55 million). http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/02/i-know-more-americans-who-oppose-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060375.post-89256139Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:46:00 +00002003-02-18T01:21:46.000+05:30Everything has to start somewhere. Let this be a good beginning.http://ammadio.blogspot.com/2003/02/everything-has-to-start-somewhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rotary Bangalore Lakeside)0