Entries from January 2005

January 30, 2005

Intelligent Investor

Today some chaman (joker) asked me why I invest. Off the cuff, I said the reason was to make money. On further probing, we dealt with ineresting questions like how much money is enough, dont I have enough, etc etc. I then realised that the reason I invest if that I feel bad if [...]

January 18, 2005

Action packed day

Today was filled with work, food and fun. There were CRs to verify, queries to resolve and lots of action in the office. Lunch appeared pathetic in the pantry so we (Golu, Home-rishi and me) headed to Indijoe for a buffet – was quite decent and we hogged.
Evening brought a quick dash to a dhaaba [...]

January 16, 2005

Champagne and chu-ku-nus

Veerapprawns, his wife Sam and me went to the Leela brunch today. It was a good spread, and together with the bubbly made for a lazy afternoon. Dessert was especially good. I had always wanted to try it, but didnt bring myself to spend that much, plus had no company. I’d say it was a [...]

January 14, 2005

Defend the wonder

Yesterday was one of the funniest games of AoE I ever played. Passinthru and me had gathered the troops for a late night session. He slunk off home after a few games leaving me to contend with the others. Anyway, there was Jake (Anandha), Predator (Akshay), bootcamp (Sriram) and me versus the might of Thunderbird [...]

January 1, 2005

Year of the Rooster

Being back in Bangalore is fun, except for the traffic. It seems to have become worse in the last few months. The flyover near the office seems to got concrete taken off instead of added, if that is possible.
Office is crowded with a lot of new people having joined. I arrived in the time for [...]