Sachin Tagged me !!

Inscribed by Hariharan

I was tagged by Sachin Sharma ... http://sachinsharma.blogspot.com/ So here goes ...

Ten Years Ago

• Finished my 12th Standard … Waiting for results …
• Was also working towards IIT JEE … but efforts were far from sufficient …
• Was planning to spend sometime at my sister's home in Chennai and get trained further for IIT JEE …
• Life was very uncertain …

Five Years Ago

• Finished my Engineering …
• Doing a on-the-job-training at my mom's office …
• Working towards getting into MBA … Apti and all that crap …
• Life was still uncertain …

Last one year

• Was in Bangalore looking out for another job, determined to move out of iORMYX
• Got two offers .. one from Span Outsourcing and another from Satyam Computers
• Took Satyam … so had to move to Chennai … was more than thrilled to be in the same city as Jan …
• Got Jan a Diamond Ring … Felt good seeing her happy …
• Got my first "Pat-on-the-Back" award for successfully executing a focused Email campaign (just 4 months into the job)
• Hunted like crazy for a house … And brought a flat …
• Facing some major restructuring in the organization
• Basically very happy with myself !!

Yesterday

• Busy day … Nothing major happened … Met our new Vertical Head …
• Got a news of a childhood friend coming to Chennai … Going to meet her after many many years …

Five Yummy things

• Plain Dosai & Sambaar
• Adai …
• Pizza from Pizza Hut …
• Pav Bhaji
• Bhel puri and Pani Puri
• Chocolates
• Bengali sweets
• The list can go on and on for a food freak like me !!

Five Songs I know by heart

I know probably more than 50 songs by heart … I'll probably list out few of my favorite

• Chaudvi ka chaand ho …
• Ai Ajnabee (Dil Se)
• Vennilave Vennilave (Minsaara Kanavu)
• Kehna Hai (Padosan)
• Nothings gonna change my love for you …
• When you really love a woman … Bryan Adams
• Chuttum Vizhir Chudardaan - BharathiyaarAasai mugam marandu pooche - Bharathiyaar

Places I escape to

• The Elliots Beach in Besent Nagar, Chennai
• The Thiruvanmiyur Beach, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
• A small beach after VGP on ECR Road, Chennai
• The Sai Baba Temple on Injambakkam, Chennai
• ECR and OMR Roads, Chennai
• Ambajhari Lake, Nagpur
• SFS Hills, Nagpur
• Amravati Road, Nagpur

Five things I'd do if I have money

• Get Jan whatever she wants to buy …
• Buy a "New" Car … Go on a loooooooong drive (of course with Jan)
• Go for a vacation to some foreign country
• Buy a state-of-the-art Music System
• Buy some music
• Buy some cool accessories to decorate my new home
• Go for movies

TV Shows

• Friends
• X Files
• Bikers Buildoff
• Monster House
• Mr Bean
• Reporter
• Any program on News Channels (NDTV and Profit, CNN-IBN, Headlines Today etc)

5 Things I can't Live without

• Passion for something
• Breathing
• Water and Food
• Clothes
• Jan (Life would be difficult)
• My parents and few friends (Life again would be difficult)
• Money (Life again would be difficult)

5 Cuisines

• South Indian
• Punjabi
• Marvaadi
• Gujarati
• Marathi
• Italian
• Chinese

People whom I would like to Tag …

• Vinod G http://vinodg.blogspot.com/
• Chinmayi http://chinmayisripada.blogspot.com/
• Sagaro http://gapp.wordpress.com/
• Sujatha http://sine-qua-non.blogspot.com/
• Parvathi http://gadfly6.blogspot.com/
• Lazy Blogger http://www.lazy_blogger.blogspot.com/
• Bhargav's Blog http://tsunamispeaks.blogspot.com/
• Aarthi Bharath http://bhaarthi.blogspot.com/
• Lalita http://lalita-and-i.blogspot.com/

Cheers ...