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Introducing the Asus Zenfone 2

As a Asus user (Laptop), i’m pretty much impress with this brand, or to say well, i’m pretty much impress with it’s design: Sleek

I think when Someone goes to get a phone, they usually will first look at the overview of the phone to see if he/she can carries the phone well, well in a sense where they will think: does the phone suits them, just like how the Top designers in the world would want the models to wear their designed clothes and carry them well, but not everyone will give that perfect feel for the designers. We are talking about an Asus Zenfone 2, the sleek design with the iconic ASUS concentric-circle design adorns both the fascia and rear key, a beautiful, tactile effect that’s achieved through precision machining – producing a mere 0.13mm pitch that looks as premium as it feels and it would definitely makes everyone carry them well.

Zenfone 2, the first ever phone in the world that has a 4GB ram.

4GB Ram powered by a 64-bit 2.3GHZ Super Quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 Processor, to put it into layman term, this phone is running at a super high speed, it means that no lagging, plenty of space to run whatever games you played on the phone. Back in our times, we use to have phone that has only 1GB Ram, and then we get disappointed that certain games are not able to run in the phone, you are able to download it, then you get real excited that: “Yes! Finally, I get to play it, and then comes the disappointment whereby your game is lagging every 1 sec since you started it.”

This generation where we called it the Z generation are so famous for it’s selfie taking, every day, every hour, every minute, every second you would see at least one selfie photo taking happening around you, with the new Asus Zenfone 2 highly intuitive control layout and most importantly the physical rear key at the back of the phone, snapping selfie has never been so natural before, regardless whether you are a left handed or right handed, the ergonomic factor Arc design has built it this way. And no more complains that the photos are not clear because Asus Zenfone2 has a front camera of 5mp while let’s say Samsung Note 4 has a 3.7mp front camera. And if you are thinking 1.3mp wouldn’t make any difference, then you are wrong. So why wait? Pick up the phone and just tap it right away.

We don’t use to have such problem complaining on how our phone is going flat, then comes the portable battery where you see others are carrying around with the phone, wires are hanging out while they are walking. What if I tell you that you can charge your phone up to 60% within 39 minutes? which means that your phone is getting charge 15% every 10 minutes. I use to have a Iphone and the charging process is taking such a long time that I gave up literally waiting. With the ASUS Boost Master technology, your battery charge faster than the traditional devices, so, simply just plug in your phone while you are in a meeting, plug in your phone once you reach home to prepare for a date, plug in your phone while you feel that it’s going to be flat, and by the time you finish doing whatsoever things, your phone will probably be fully charged.

We use to get a phone and test out the camera in the shop where lightings are everywhere, then by the time we get the phone and tries to take a photo outside which has low lightings, we realise that the image is not up to standard, it’s dark, and we can’t do anything about it but to use flash. Through a combination of pixel-merging technology, which joins four adjacent pixels to form a new pixel, and advance image processing algorithms, low light mode increases light sensitivity by up to 400% which means that the image you took in low light places, would be 400% brighter than the usual phone. Say no to flash photos in low light compound.

So what are you still waiting for? Get Asus Zenfone 2 now!

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I’m learning when every project takes place

it’s been a month since I wrote something here, reason being I’m travelling a lot for the past 1 month. From attending meeting in Hyderabad to project management in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. It’s been a tough month for me.

So i was saying that I was handling a project in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, it’s a Immersion Programme where Singapore students visit India to study two electives. And these students happen to be from my Alma mater and they are my juniors.

12 days in Bhubaneswar, 14 days in Rourkela and 5 days in Delhi, Jaipur, Agra

But I didn’t manage the delhi project, so I was back the day before the students went to Delhi trip, so here’s my journey.

HYDERABAD

Had a presentation in Institute of Public Enterprise and I learn a lot from the Founder of our Company: Rajesh Panda. The way he portray himself in front of the student was different, he opens up to them, making them understand the importance of being a global resource.

In the evening we had a small break at a place named: Heart cup coffee, I know the name sound like a cafe but it’s nothing like that. The environment is nice, soothing, calm and the food was good the only thing is that the beer that we had was too pricy: Rs 500 for a 300ml beer, judge yourself people!

I too had a dream; a dream of opening up my own restaurant, what kind of restaurant? You guys must be wondering. I always imagine my restaurant to have this calm, soothing environment, it has to be mainly make out of wood structure, having my own brew, showcasing all my mum’s recipe in the menu and most importantly a stage for unplugged Hindi songs. So who’s in to open a restaurant with me? My two housemate: Dev and Hardic definitely, unconditionally raise their hand if I ask them, they were they one who suggested me for the past one month.

 23 Hours drive from Hyderabad – Vizag – Bhubaneswar

So, a long and tiring journey ahead for us! Yes, you didn’t read it wrongly, My boss actually drove 23 hours from Hyderabad Via Vizag to Bhubaneswar! You can imagine how painful my butt was! We simply had to experience it once isn’t it? And how often can we have a road trip like this?

And finally we reached our destination: Bhubaneswar @ Empires Hotel the day before the students’ arrival from Singapore via Delhi

It’s my first time here in this hotel, previously when I manage the students in Bhubaneswar we stayed in Sun green hotel, a hotel near Big bazaar area. So what’s so good about this hotel? This hotel is bigger than the previous hotel we stayed in, environment wise, it’s clean and having a traditional look just makes people feel like they are in India. They have a swimming pool at the top level which I think wouldn’t accommodate all the guests if all of the guests in the hotel visit it all at once. They have a so call gym at the top level beside the swimming pool which accommodates I think 5 people and massage service is available with only 1 masseur, so tell me about it how I enjoy my stay there?

Okay, at least the food there was good, but good food comes with a expensive cost.

Wifi is available at Rs 500 per day, which connection gets cut every 5-10 minutes, net speed is slower than my 2G net package in my phone, perhaps they are using 0G, I got no idea how anyone can provide a service that is so bad and still charge. If you guys are staying there, I would recommend you to just use that money to get a 3G network in your phone or even better, get a dongle.

Okay, fine, at least the swimming pool looks really nice, it gave me a ‘Delhi 6’ movie scene feel when I visit the swimming pool, who knows someone may use this place as movie scene, you guys can thank me later.

Can’t help but took a panorama photo at the top level, the security guard over there must be wondering why am I turning one big round with my phone.

And here we go, our first Industry visit to Tech Mahindra in Bhubaneswar, okay, it’s not my first visit, I have been here for the 4th time even way before they changed their name to ‘Tech Mahindra’. I like this place, it’s a place where dreams do come true, I like their concept, especially their concept of Young ‘CEO’ when they shared with the students from Singapore and not forgetting a group photos with the presenters from Tech Mahindra and their newly built building at the background with the Logo ‘TECH Mahindra’.

    

Okay, I’m caught red handed, I’m enjoying myself on the beach at Bay of Bengal, Puri. We brought the students to Chilika lake to look for dolphins and then to the Puri Beach to enjoy the big wave!

More information on Puri Beach: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puri_Beach

On the boat back to where we came from after a hot afternoon on the lake and the beach. The sun that is setting gives the water a reflection of it’s diamond glaze.

Konark Temple

My fourth time visiting the Konark temple and I think that the price range is so unfair, I know there’s a difference between Indian and tourist price but to have India origin priced at Rs 10 and tourist at Rs 250 that’s a freaking 25 times more. At least have some leniency on the poor tourists.

Anyway, If you are here in Bhubaneswar, it’s a must visit place! But don’t expect the magnetised floating temple, because that existed hundred years ago.

Rourkela

I went to Rourkela two days before their arrival to settle on the accommodation in National Institute of Technology Rourkela, and also to prepare one of Singapore delicacy for them: Chicken Rice, having that thinking that they probably are missing the food in Singapore.

At least I did manage to make the ‘Aachar’ that every one recognise, and the chicken was smooth enough after the 3 hours of ‘Cold’ bath and the soup was indulge with chicken flavour after using 6 chicken to cook it.

Students experience Rangoli for the first time in India

The students are here like I said for an Immersion programme, and experiencing the culture in India is part of the curriculum and that too for learning Rangoli in NITRKL.

Not forgetting to mention the firecracker experience for all of them. It’s illegal to play with firecracker in Singapore, ever since the fire outbreak in the olden times (as houses were built by straws and not bricks) and other injuries accident that is related to firecrackers, firecrackers is banned in Singapore. It is only during festive/national event, under supervision, and by the government, that we get to see and not play with firecrackers.

Death of our Founding father

We are all in India when our founding prime minister #Lee Kuan Yew has passed away, and nothing much we can do about it, we could not abandon our programme and send the students back to Singapore. All we can do is to create a memorial session for him in India on the state funeral day 290315.

Everyone was feeling really sad, especially when you are not in your own country to do that, even I lost the chance to see him one last time. Without him, Singapore wouldn’t be so developed, without him Singapore wouldn’t have last this long, Without him Singapore wouldn’t have their own water, it’s because of his far vision that Singapore has become a 1st world country.

This time round, I’m not really satisfied with my management, in terms of programme were cancelled, didn’t manage to get permission to one of the Industrial visit, schedule being ‘hijacked’ by whatsoever reason, I felt that I can do better in that, but me doing better is one thing, but if whatsoever people that is coordinating with me is not doing the same thing, I feel that it will not work. You see, it takes two hands to clap, how can I manage everything?

I understand one thing after all the management projects: Not everyone is cut out to be a coordinator, it takes passion, you don’t ask for monetary in return, you have to do it unconditionally, we complain because we want them to improve, if you can’t even accept the feedback which is also the fact, then how can you grow as a institution?

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
#Winston Churchill

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this.
#Willie Mays

Just like how Willie Mays had said: You must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport and for what I’m sharing it is the dedication to your chosen role, if you are not prepared to work hard for it, and keeps on telling that things is not possible, it’s impossible, then I can tell you that you will not go far in your life, and to not do things just because you are scared of taking the responsibility, well, I’ve got nothing much to say about being that way, you are just not the cut out for the roles.

Farewell

I’m a very emotional person and I hate bidding farewell, it’s not a very long time with these guys, but the bond has been built and this bond will stay forever in my heart.

On the very day of our leaving, all of them came to hug us goodbye, tears were floating around my eyes, I didn’t want to let them see it, I really can’t bear to leave them, they are like our children, taking care of them, not letting them fall sick even though I fall sick during the trip with them, getting worried if one goes missing, locating the best restaurant for them just so they will like the food here in India, all this things, It’s really hard to manage, and then I realise, my parents has been doing that for me all these years, and I can really understand from their shoe how bad I was.

My tears rolled down my cheek as I boarded the train, having a stack of cards and photos given by them to me and my colleague, we both were crying while reading it (只差没抱在一起). All this messages:

Thank you Gary, if not for you, we wouldn’t know how we can enjoy our trip
Thank you Gary for bringing us to many good places
Thank you Gary for taking care of us, we will miss you!
Thank you Gary for cooking for us, we won’t forget you.

You don’t need any monetary return, and I don’t need that, because being appreciate for all the hard work that you had done, that’s really enough for me.

Simple things that make you happy

I think that the simple things that make me happy are those small little things that friends are willing to do for you.

When I had a cut on my foot, friends will do everything to stop you from bleeding, if you tell them you will clean yourself and they said: “No, Sit down and I will clean for you.” This is what makes me happy, this simple things just prove the friendship that we both have.

When I’m feeling sad and crying, they will be the one that comes to you, slapped you real hard, then hugged you and tell you that everything is gonna be alright. They will be there for you, and they will have their shoulder ready for you to cry on.

When things doesn’t go the right way, they are there to make you feel right, if not, they will make sure that they will do something to make you feel right.

When you feel that you need some advice, they will be the one that to listen to you meticulously and then give you advice that you don’t even know it existed.

And just when you thought that no one remember your birthday, they will be the only ones that remember them, not forgetting to wish you Happy Birthday right at midnight sharp, or surprises you at your doorstep with a birthday cake, wishing you a happy birthday with many days of return.

When you like someone, they will be the one creating opportunity for you, they would call you out for a coffee, but ended up you are the only one with him/her, or they will call you out for dinner and you ended up with the one you like.

When you break up with someone, they will be the one comforting you, giving you 101 reason why single is good even though they have been single all their life or not getting into any relationship before. They will be giving you advice that you didn’t know that it would have come from them instead of some Love Guru.

When you tell them that: “Hey bro, I’m really feeling down today, could you leave me alone.” They are the one that won’t leave you alone.” Because friends leave no one behind.

When you tell them: “Hey bro, I really feel like drinking tonight.” Without any questioning they would buy a dozen a beer and comes to your room to drink with you. And they will be by your side till dawn.

These small little simple things makes me happy, because they are not spoken in reality, everyone will have that one friend that will be with you no matter what happen, and those little things that they did, just become very important to you.

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The dreams that I have to follow, the passion and direction that I shouldn’t give up so easily

01 November 2009, 2000 hours

“Jump and you will be free Suraj, no one likes you in this world, everyone hates you, everyone thinks that with you around, there’s always trouble, so just jump.”

27 September 2009, 1900 hours

Friend A: “Suraj, can you come my place? I need your notes from the history class.”
Me: “Sure”

Me: “Stop it! What are you doing? *Trying to push him away* Please, please, please don’t do this to me
Me: “No! No! Please! Stop! NO!”

I was raped that night

03 October 2009, 0700 hours

“Why did you spread rumours about me in the school? Who do you think you are?” I was bashed up by my Friend A for things I did not do.

03 October 2009, 0800 hours

Teacher A: “Suraj, you shouldn’t have spread rumours of your classmate (Friend A).
Me: “Believe me Teacher, I did not! It was not me!”
Teacher A: “Still you shouldn’t have done it!”
Me: “He raped me…”

Silence took over

04 October 2009, 0700 Hours

Principal: “Mdm, I understand it’s a very difficult moment for you, but I would suggest you and Suraj to go for the counselling session, you will feel better.”

Mom left the office, she did not spoke to me, she did not.

05 October 2009, 2000 Hours

Mom: “Where have you been? I SAID WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?”
Me: “I was revising in school”
Mom: “Don’t forget what you had done in school!”

Tears rolled down my cheek
Mom: “You come back home from school immediately, do you understand? Answer me! Do you understand?”

I walked away

15 October 2009, 0830 Hours

Friend B: “Hey look at him, it’s so disgusting, he actually spread rumours about Friend A, and he had sex with him.”

Friend C: “Yes! I have heard, so shameless, how can anyone do that?”

Friend D: “So cheap and disgusting, how can he still comes to school?”

16, 17, 18, 19, 20…31 October 2009 and it goes on and on every single day

01 November 2009, 2000 hours

“Jump and you will be free Suraj, no one likes you in this world, everyone hates you, everyone thinks that with you around, there’s always trouble, so just jump, JUMP JUMP!”

“Ring….Ring…Ring…” The melody broke off my inner speaking

I picked up my phone reluctantly.

Me: “Hello?”
Friend E: “Where are you?”
Me: “I’m sitting on the ledge in the carpark of a mall”
Friend E: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?”
Me: “I…I…I don’t want to live anymore..I just want to jump”
Friend E: “Which mall are you located at?”
Me: “The one near our school”
Friend E: “I’m at the mall, you just wait! I’m coming”

1 Minute later she came

Friend E: “What do you think you are doing there? Come down”

Me: *Tears rolled down my cheek* “I don’t want to live anymore, There’s nothing left for me, everyone hates me.”

Friend E: “What are you talking about? Do you think once you jump down from here everything will be alright? Do you think that by doing that you will be free? Think of your parents, do you think they will be fine? Suraj, you are so selfish, you think by jumping down of this building, you will be free, you have no burden, yes! You are right, you have no burden, but you are the burden to your family, how would your family think of you? How would your teacher think of you? They would have thought that it’s their fault that they didn’t notice the stress you were in, your parents would have blame themselves the whole life that it’s their fault that they blame you for everything. What about god? He created you differently from everyone else, and you didn’t cherish your life, you wanted to jump and end everything? Have you ever wonder why this was happening to you? Have you wonder it was a obstacle that you have to go through? Have you ever wonder if you jump what will happen to you? You pray to god for courage, does god give you courage or does god give you the opportunity to gain courage?”

“Think of it Suraj, after all my talking here, I’m standing here, and you are sitting there, do you think it just randomly happened? or was it arranged?”

Me: *There’s still a lot of things I have not done yet, I’m still young, I haven’t gotten my house yet, a house purely decorated and design by me, I have my dreams waiting for me, dreams of building an orphanage, dreams of helping kids globally, giving them clothes, food, education, dreams of building a “Home” for them where they all belong. Why did I even have such action? Why did committing suicide even came to my mind? I was someone with dreams and directions, and then what happen now? How did I even come this far? What will my parents think of it? What if I did jump? What will happen to them?*

*You pray to god for courage, does god give you courage or does god give you the opportunity to gain courage?* This sentence has been portraying in my mind over and over again

Did I? Have I? Would I?

The moment that filled me with optimism and hope for the future, the dreams that I have to follow, the passion and direction that I shouldn’t give up so easily.

I turned back, step off the ledge and ran to my friend. Thank you Dost.

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Towards a Cleaner India

I think coming from a city where littering gives you a fine, spitting gives you a fine, I kind of have the right to comment on this or perhaps write something related to it?

Okay, you see, I’m not trying to bring down anyone here, or to perhaps make a hooo-haaa about it, I’m just trying to make people see the big picture about it or to make people feel how I felt.

I’m from Singapore, I guess by now those who have read my posts would know that. Singapore is a “fine” country they said, which if you are a quick-minder you could have gotten the meaning out of it.

If you walk on the street in Singapore, you will probably see one or two sweet wrappers on the ground, or perhaps some plastic bag that flown off from somewhere. But never you will see a pile of rubbish at the side of the road or even on the street. I would have say that reason being rubbish bin are provided everywhere, yes, It’s one of the strategies.

Developing Singapore’s cleansing Infrastructure | The route to clean streets

To combat littering, the government placed adequate numbers of litter bins at Convenient spots in public places as well as carried out regular emptying and disposal of the bins’ contents. The concern for detail even extended to the provision of small boxes at bus stops in which commuters could easily dispose of their used tickets instead of discarding them on the ground. These measures made it easy for the public to comply with new anti littering regulations introduced in 1968.

At present, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has about 6000 litter bins deployed all over the island, with an average of one bin every 5-25 metres. The design and placement of the bins is regularly reviewed to maximise their usage and street cleaniness. For instance, a smoking ban at bus shelters introduced in 2005 led to the relocation of bins outside the bus shelters so that smokers can easily dispose of their ash and stubs.

To prevent bins from overflowing, the minimum designed capacity is 150 litres and emptying is carried out at least once a day. The NEA also installs screen disposal areas to cater to large trash volumes at major outdoor events.

 

So this bin here was apparently overflowing to a state where people start dumping rubbish at the side of the bin because to these people out there, as long as it’s beside the bin means that i’m not littering, and where’s the cleaner to make sure that the bin doesn’t overflow? Something to think about.

Understand that someone is doing up a campaign regarding sweeping the street etc, but I got to say, instead of that, why not start educating your people not to litter, that’s 1 point, the 2 point is, deploy your bins people! Without those bins where do you throw your rubbish? I mean if I’m having a sweet, and I unwrap the wrapper and I have to search for bin to throw the wrapper, but walking on the street, I see no bins around, and what do people do? Just throw it on the ground, and it goes back to square 1 because if 1 throws on the ground, the second one will then the third, fifth, sixth and it goes on and on and on.The 3rd point here is, employ people to clean, create job opportunities for the people in India, it’s a win-win situation.

“Everybody can see the point of a neat home, clean kitchen, clean food and healthy children. But responsibility stops too often at the doorstep. We must create a public awareness of everyone’s duty to keeping Singapore clean. We can and will achieve higher standards by first improving cleansing services and second everyone, at home, at school and at work, is making his effort to see that waste, rubbish and litter goes into proper bins for the cleansing workers to regularly collect.

As standards of social behaviour rise, so social pressures will increase against anti-social behaviour of the unthinking or the incorrigible. The road shall not be littered. Drains are not dumping grounds for refuse. The public park is your own garden and must be kept spruce and green for your own and everybody else’s enjoyment. Lifts, staircases, passageways of either homes or offices are extensions of the home. Everybody can learn and acquire the habit of treating common user areas as one’s own home, to be kept clean and maintained. And new laws have been passed to assist in inculcating these new habits even on the erring few.

We have built, we have progressed. But no other hallmark of success will be more distinctive than that of achieving our position as the cleanest and greenest city in South Asia. It requires organisation to keep the community cleaned and trimmed particularly when the population has a density of 8500 persons per square mile. And it requires a people conscious of their responsibilities, not just to their own families, but also to their neighbours and all others in the community who will be affected by their thoughtless anti-social behaviour. Only a people proud of their community performance, feeling for the well-being of their fellow citizens, can keep up high personal and public standards of hygiene.”

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in a speech during the inauguration of the ‘Keep Singapore clean’ Campaign on 1 October 1968

Little girl: Why do we call the man who picks up garbage bag from our home everyday as kachrawala (garbage man)?

Mother: Because he collects kachra (garbage)!

Little girl: How come he is kachrawala (garbage man). He collects garbage and keeps the environment clean. He should be called safaiwala (cleanliness man) and it is we who spread more garbage so we should be called kachrawala (garbage man).

Love

Standing on the street for the past one hour at the same spot puffing the 10th stick, the floor in front of me having burnt Sutta all over, 1, 2, 4, 5…6…10, feeling abandon, what is wrong with me, I ask myself. Love is so unpredictable, love just makes you become selfish, love just doesn’t make you think right, love change you, love just don’t make you who you are.

Why always you have to act to be the understanding one, why can’t someone just be the understanding one, was I too selfish? or was it just another crush that crash you right inside?

Clock is clicking, yet I didn’t want to leave the spot, time doesn’t stop because you feel hurt, it doesn’t stop because you want it to, it doesn’t stop because you had to, it stop because love wants it to.

Will you turn your scooty around because I stand here even after you left? Will you just take a second in you thought to even think of that? I’m selfish afterall.

Turn and I will be the happiest man on earth, leave and I will be the saddest man on earth, it’s just a split second of verdict, a split second of decision, a split second of your choice that decides the fate, the fate that was meant to be

Happy Chinese New Year

Yesterday 18 Feb 2015, was our Chinese new year eve, everyone that is working from all parts of the world is back at their home at this time to have reunion dinner with their families, but I didn’t went back, I was in India. Reason being I just started my career over here and it’s not possible to take my leave after working for a month. My family did told to start work after chinese new year, but I didn’t want that, I have completed my national service back in 31 Oct 2014, and I have been idling back at home in Singapore for a period of nearly two months, and if I start work after chinese new year, it would be me, Idling for another 1 more month, which I think it’s highly impossible for me.

So, I uses the App: Line to call up my mum last night while she’s having the reunion dinner back at home, they were having steamboat which is also called ‘Hot pot’.

Hot pot (also known as steamboat in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Brunei), refers to several East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly slicedmeat, leaf vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. Vegetables, fish and meat should be fresh. The cooked food is usually eaten with a dipping sauce. In many areas, hot pot meals are often eaten in the winter during supper time.

I requested a half day off yesterday from my boss as I told him that it’s new year eve and I’m suppose to have reunion dinner, so may I request for a half day off so i can prepare my dinner back at home. My boss, staying in Singapore for the past 14 years, definitely understand the importance of a reunion dinner, perhaps he may even accustom to it. So i went to Star bazaar inside one of the mall in magarpatta city named: Season. I must admit that I should have come to the super market the first thing I came to Pune, I have been here in Pune for a month, I mean not counting travelling here and there, yea, I’m in Pune for a month, and I have not been to Star Bazaar before.

What so special about this star bazaar?

It is because, they have this!

From the left, it’s the Vegetarian Oyster Flavored Sauce usually we use it to fry our vegetable, chicken, almost anything, and it’s delicious, and it’s the authentic chinese fry. Don’t ask me how is it vegetarian when they use oyster? I can only tell you, it’s like a mock sauce where by they uses mushroom to substitute it with Oyster.

In the middle you can see it’s Light soy sauce, when we say soy sauce, the first thing that comes to your mind is just simply soy sauce right? I understand that in India, there’s only one type of soy sauce, but that soy sauce that you have been using for cooking, it’s the ‘Dark’ soysauce that we are refering it to, and it’s not what I always use to marinate the fish, chicken etc. So I manage to get the light soy sauce in star bazaar under the international goods section.

Last but not least: ‘Sesame Oil’ I have been searching for this for a very very very long time! In India it’s Tulip oil, if i’m not wrong, but the tulip oil that India have, doesn’t have that particular smell, it’s a type of aroma that brings out the flavor in the food, if somehow your place do sell this, buy a small bottle of it, open it up when you reach home, and smell it. You can add in soup, or you can use a bit of it to stir pan fry your chicken, or you can use it to marinate your chicken, trust me, it taste awfully delicious.

So right after purchasing all the food, I went straight back home to prepare the food for the evening.

Had to prepare the broth for 3 hours, using corn, cabbage, mushroom, minced chicken balls, fish bone, chicken bone to boil it with low fire. The broth is then use as the soup base for the ‘Hot pot’. Chicken were being sliced into Chota pieces so that it’s easy to cook using the induction cooker while we are seated in the living room, same goes for the fish, and then the prawn were being wash and left on a plate for consumption.

I don’t know if you guys have heard of this campaign: #EyeamIndian where by north east indian are getting discriminated, reason being they have those chinese eyes that looks different. So to make a stand for themselves, people all over India have been doing the ‘EyeamIndian campaign to support the north east Indian, and so we did too! Doing something special for the people on new year eve!

And thanks for the company guys! Even though I prepared everything but still you guys took out the time to accompany me and of course sharing the cost of the food etc. And of course, having the ‘hot pot’ for the very first time, I got to teach all of them how to prepare the food and how to have them! Of course, at the last part, they wishes everyone 新年快乐 which means Happy New year in Mandarin.

In memories of Nishant Rawat & Soumya Baral

I barely know them, but this is for you guys Nishant Rawat and Soumya Baral.

As I open my facebook this evening, I saw a few of my friends from NITRKL put a Diya as profile photos in their facebook, I was curious, was it some kind of well wishes or what? So i went to look through each and everyone’s facebook to find out what really happen, but something hit me as hard as it can be, it was not something I wanted to hear.

I try to understand the situation, opening up Monday Morning to get a look at what really happen, the truth, the reality, the one sided story, whatever you call it, but the link doesn’t open, and so I talked to one of my friend Ravi and find out what really happen.

As I’m writing this, my tears were rolling around my eyes, death, not everyone is willing to face, death, something that just no one wants to talk about it. Tell me death, we will simply just walk away, death, is just something so unpredictable.

Ravi told me what had happen, maybe he has heard it somewhere or they were already spreading around in NITRKL, I’m not quite sure, I’m just too dishearten to even want to know what exactly happen.

There was this final year outing by Civil Branch to picnic at Gudguda water fall, and something bad happened. I was told that Soumya slipped and fall into the water and to save him Nishant jumped in, Soumya was not found during the search and Nishant died in the hospital as I was told. I’m not really sure what has happen or what exactly happen, if you know what really happen, please tell us.

I don’t know them, I may have seen them, I may have met them or even cross our paths before, I’m not really sure, but when I know what has happen to them, my heart hurts, especially when NITRKL comes really close to my heart. I can’t really imagine what will happen to the people left behind, their parents, how they will feel, losing their sons just like that. My mind already portrait images of their parents when they receive the news from the police. Death, no one wants to be near it. Such bright future ahead of them, but that too happen, life is so vulnerable.

I went through both of their facebook, and all was left is just memories, memories of the past 4 years, memories of friends, college, brothers, sisters, family. A mixed tinge of feeling just hit me right in the face, what if all this just happen to me? What will be left of me? What will happen to my family?

Life is so vulnerable, no one can predict what will happen tomorrow, all we can do is thank god that we are still alive at this particular moment, thank god that we are still breathing, thank god that we are able to wake up every morning to see what is left for us in this world.

I don’t know about soumya, if body is not found we will not give up, there’s a saying: “if you live we want to see you, if you die we want to see the corpse”, no one is going to give up, as long as there’s a glimpse of hope, I just pray that you will be found, saved and everything is alright for you.

Nishant, are you at this moment looking from above? Are you at this moment trying to talk and communicate to any of us? I admire your courage brother, I really admire you, not everyone has that courage to jump in to save someone, it doesn’t matter if you manage to save Soumya, at least you try, I really admire your spirit brother, You sacrifice yourself for your friend, someone who is not even related to you, and not even mentioning some people out there are fighting against their own family. Nishant, if you are somewhere out there, wandering and wondering, please do not feel scare, I’m here and everyone is here out here praying for you, your soul will be free and in peace, those memories you left behind, no one is going to forget it, no one will ever be, if there is next life, I really want to meet you, I really do.

Meeting Dr Manoj P. from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Met up with Dr Manoj P. from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham a few days back, you may not know his background but let me first introduce him and you will see our connection.

Dr Manoj P. joined Amrita University in 2007 after fifteen years of international work experience, where he headed the International Initiatives Office from Coimbatore. He was educated in Singapore where he Majored in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.

He completed his Masters in Information Studies, majoring in Information Systems from NTU and has an MBA in IT Management from University of Surrey, UK. He was a Naval Officer in the Singapore Navy for thirteen years where he specialized in Electronic Warfare and, in the rank of Captain, he took volunteer retirement in 2000 to pursue a career in IT and worked in an International law firm as an IT Manager. He then moved on to be the Singapore Country Manager for Softbridge Solutions, an IT service provider with offices in Japan, Singapore and India.

Subsequently he left Singapore and moved to Australia where he worked as a IT Security Analyst in Sydney. Dr Manoj P. has a keen interest in IT Security and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

And yes if you are asking if he is a Singapore Citizen, he is.

The moment I see him, we already have this connection, and people may not recognize that Singaporean accent in him, I may have felt it while discussing about our plans for the college.

You see, being in another country, when you met someone who is actually from your country, you somehow felt delighted, because you know that he is too contributing to the education sector in India. Just like how the show in Singapore: ‘Find me a Singaporean’ portrait on Singaporean working overseas, you will feel the warmth from it

Meeting with Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, Indus Business Acadamy, Bangalore

Met up with Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, Indus Business Academy this afternoon and I must say it’s a fruitful trip for me and i’m honored to be able to meet such wonderful person in my life.

Indus Business Academy has become a different Business School under his lead.

How different is it from the rest of the Business School?

It’s not a normal Business School, yes, they teaches Management skills, Marketing, Public Relationship, Human Resource like all other Business School, but there’s one thing that makes them different, the skills set development.

The believe in creating a whole new CEO, and it’s not what you think! Their CEO represent: Creative, Enlightened, Organic Leader, they believe that the future need this type of CEO, in fact we feel that we need it now! 

The photo above shows a red arrow down the stairs, it’s actually the direction to the Institute below, and the green arrow show the direction out to the main gate as portrait as graduating and goes up to the corporate world.

There is 3D we focus on: Discourse, Dialogue, Discussion

As we walk further down, there was a Omega stand in the middle, and I can tell you, every structure is there for a purpose, and even this “Omega”. In the middle of the omega it portrait a flag that has 3 color representation: Green (Profit) Red (Responsibilities) Saffron (Good Governance).

If you look at my “ugly” drawing above, you will see how I try to connect all around the Omega, and no matter how many times you connect across, it will always form a ‘T’ and the “T” represent the Truth. Nobody bothers to walk one big round to get to where they want, they just want to cross it, short cut it, and therefore it comes back to them.

What is hope? Hope is Higher Order Purpose Existing

In Indus Business Academy, everything has it’s purpose, and they are not only taught physically, they are taught to grow mentally and physically, they are open to all and creates an all new leader.

What is think out of the box? People are setting a box structure there and let you think out of the box, why a box structure?

I was shared during the meeting that IBA wasn’t called Indus Business Academy, it was Indian Business Academy as the main focus here is Indian, but during accreditation, they was told to change the name, because they are not allow to use that during a certain time in the 1960s, then came Indus.

As quoted by Dr. Subhash Sharma document:

Indus is an evocative word invoking in our mind the idea of Indus valley Civilization and entire Indic tradition. Indus as ‘Indian in Us’ captures the essence of this tradition and Indus as ‘Indian in US’ captures the essence  of the impact of India on the rest of the world

-From Indus (Indian in Us) to Indus (Indian in US): A New Age of India’s soft power

A all rounded Director that not only is knowledgeable and at the same time selflessly pass on to his students, I really appreciate such human beings that still exist in the world.

Arey hello hello O beauty

Lagti ho cutie cutie

Jaise tape tandoor mei roti

Vaise tape tumhari beauty

 

Jab tum chalti ho beauty

Hil jati hey tah dharti

Mit Jati hey sub riti

Phir jati hey sub niti, Arey hello hello O beauty

 

Kahin bhook se marte peasant

Kahin chal rahi beauty pageant, Arey hello hello O beauty

 

Jab chale tumhare fashion

Hil jate hain kai nations, Arey hello hello O beauty

Sab dekhen tumhari soorat

Hoti hai sab ko hairat, Arey hello hello O beauty

 

Yeh to hai ek nai culture

Kuch log yeh dete lecture

Insaan bane jab vulture

To kyon na hove hulchul, Arey hello hello O beauty

 

Yeh hai mind ka colonization

Body ka liberalization

Spirit ka mutilation

Ise kahten hain globalization, Arey hello hello O beauty

 

*Beauty in this poem also refers to Capitalism

-By Dr. Subhash Sharma

Shunya Poems

My Experiments with Corporate Rhymes

It’s our honor to be invited to plant a tree in Indus Business Academy and if I were to name this tree, I would have name it: The story-telling tree. Every part of a tree tells a story, no matter is it the story of the plant growing, the leaf that drops, the roots that grow, every part is a story and even death has it’s story. The plant is like the connection between us and IBA, just like Dr. Subhash Sharma has said: “As the plant grows, our connection grows”