I am back. After a long break, I felt that today was the time to finally pick up from where I left and start blogging again. Things have changed considerably since my last post. This is a different year, the budget is out and the stock markets are going haywire.
The year started with a bang. There was nothing much for me to do on the new year’s eve, except for the usual and obvious. Hit a party and dance the night away. Of course, this too has suddenly started feeling too much cliched. I intend to enter the next year in a different fashion - maybe a secluded beach getaway … far from the maddening crowds. Or an adventure trip to some exotic location. This is the most that I have been able to plan for now. The coming months will give better shape to these sublime thoughts.
On the work front, things are exciting as usual. There have been a lot of interesting projects to work on, and a few short sojourns into unchartered waters (read new businesses). And along the way, there has been immense learning and new insights. The last couple of months have also seen a lot of action in the online space - with social communities gaining prominence, new startups redefining business models as we had known them, and everyone I had known at some point in my life popping up on Orkut :-). The social networking phenomenon has caught the fancy of masses, so much so that people are not even scared to lose their jobs as they ‘waste’ time here.
My late night dinners have been on the rise - a major boost was provided by the new Maruti Swift that my roomie picked up on a whim. We were just trying to be productive one fine Sunday when we ended up checking out some used cars. We were planning to go for a Maruti Zen at the most, but then slowly shifted loyalties to a Maruti Wagon R, and then to Maruti Esteem. It was a chance visit to a Maruti showroom couple of hours later, and we booked the car. Just like that. Shopping on a whim gets a new meaning here :-). Coming back to late night dinners, the canteen at International Airport is the best place to grab a bite in the early hours of morning. At times when I have been working late in office, coming back home to change and then going to airport to grab a bite has become more comfortable now - thanks to the new car. There are a couple of plans in the making on how we should avoid car showrooms again and hit some adventure spots near Bombay in the coming weekends. The trips will, of course, find a place in these blogs posts - as and when they happen.
I had started reading Dynamic Competitive Strategy last month. It is sad but I am still on the fifth page. That is another activity that I wish to start soon. It has been an extremely busy time but I have enjoyed every bit of it, nonetheless. Here is coming back to the blogosphere again and hope to keep the flame burning.
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