My ZIPPO...

I bought my very first ZIPPO yesterday...

it cost me money (a good deal of it), but was worth every paisa that I paid...

signing off...

Great Lakes, on its way...

http://www.careerlauncher.com/mba/about_mba/topbschools.html

As per the above linked ranking (done rather elaborately) Great Lakes falls in the third 'cluster'...

I think one aspect on which Great Lakes would have missed a spot in the second cluster might be the 'placement records of the last three years' parameter -> remember its a two and a half year old institution...

'Infrastructure' would again have proved to be the bete-noire of the institute, well nothing much can be done about that not till 2009 atleast...

Needless to say Great Lakes is doing good and there is no reason to believe that it will not keep up the same...

Signing off...

Day of Reckoning...

Well my boss is in...

today is the day that I intend to go talk to him about my relocation...

an actually straight forward process but when something seems super simple the odds of things going wrong increase ten fold...

hope things work-out as expected...

signing off...

Kids 'talk'...

The latest TATA indicom hoardings show Sania taking a forehand swing...

but that is not what am going to write about, it is the content that is the matter of discussion...

" What do Melbourne, London, Paris and New York have in common? " -> I'm watching the lovely lass's legs completely oblivious of a brewing conversation that the two kids waiting for their school bus were about to have...
Kid1 :- All of them are big cities, that is what... -> With a see-I-know-it look...
Kid2 :- Dumbo no, they are all capitals I think... -> Even for me Sydney was Oz-landz captal till standard 10, so I in a way I sided up with her...
Kid1 :- Who told you... -> Dpendent traits, why should always others be your source of knowledge...
Kid2 :- Your GK is soooooooow bad... -> A typical 'lil gal' pronunciation...
Kid1 :- How do you know? -> Tone had a hint of scepticism despite being unsure, I started to distance myself from the kid loyalty wise...
Kid2 :- What is your name, UNCLE? -> Dynamic, confident and resourceful but 'UNCLE', I mean she could have done a million different things to attract my attention...
Me :- Archit... -> I spoke with looking at the girl and my semi curt nod did almost but openly say that I would side up with the girl...
Kid1 :- Funny name... -> The boy either lacked instincts or the ability to read them, not a very smart opening gambit especially when I hold most of the cards...
Me :- Is it, what is your name... -> Honestly I tried to remain as calm and even friendly to a certain degree...
Kid2 :- Vaidehi Iyengar... -> Iyengar, not surprising at all -> she had a glow in her face and twinkle in her eyes, seemed enterprising...
Kid1 :- Polevenkilawalua..... -> & the kid actually had the ballocks to mock my name...
Kid2 :- Do you know the answer to that question? -> Stated straight...
I tried telling them about GRAND SLAMs and all, was'nt difficult and defenitely a kewl experience ( why would it not be, its always feels nice when you get to impart gyan and moreso when there are not one but two willing listners)...

Two vehicles arrive one that would take the kids to their school and the other one that would take me to my place of wrk...

Bound by duty...

Signing off...

Your Life -> Just a Click away...

Saw 'Click' last night...

Decent movie...

Reminded me of three movies :-
1) Bruce Almighty,
2) What Woman Wants and
3) Back to the Future...

Good performances, interesting characters and a good bit of emotional content...

The 'bed', 'beyond' and 'way beyond' sequence is one bit of the movie which is likely to irritate you, its about time these guys stopped using such stuff, hell it does'nt even have a deja-vu value anymore...

A can watch, defenitely not a must watch...

signing off...

My Id-card -> Finally…

The sequence of events...

1) Temporary id card,

2) Employee number,

3) Mail id and password,

4) Access card,

5) Id card and

6) Business cards.

Signing off...