I have been listening to country music since 2 years and was eagerly seeing the CMA awards. This made to research the previous year awardees and i started listening to those songs that got awards in previous years. One such song is Whiskey Lullaby. It has touched my heart.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Head Shrinks with Diet and Exercise
Some months ago, i made a collage of my face. The old fat face (with pink T shirt)was taken in June 2006 and the lean face was taken in Jan 2008 (Red stripe T Shirt).
In Nov 2008, i took the picture of my face again (White shirt). Now its fat again...effect of tasty food from mother in law :(
Its hard for me to believe that these faces belong to the same person, that too me.
Monday, November 03, 2008
AK Namashivayam Alias AK47
My Friend Who planned everything
AK Namashivayam alias AK47 is my college mate and room mate for 3 years during my under graduation in puttaparthy. He plans everything in advance. Everyday he used to take one set of underwear and towel as a preparation for his bath the next morning. He always obeys all the rules and studies to the best of his abilities. After he finished his graduation in math, he went on to become a professor in a college near his home town, Salem. After a couple of years, i heard that he passed way due to some sudden illness. He planned for everything, i am not sure what he would have done if he knew that he would die at such an young age.
AK Namashivayam alias AK47 is my college mate and room mate for 3 years during my under graduation in puttaparthy. He plans everything in advance. Everyday he used to take one set of underwear and towel as a preparation for his bath the next morning. He always obeys all the rules and studies to the best of his abilities. After he finished his graduation in math, he went on to become a professor in a college near his home town, Salem. After a couple of years, i heard that he passed way due to some sudden illness. He planned for everything, i am not sure what he would have done if he knew that he would die at such an young age.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
South Texas MAiZE in Honda near San Antonio
This place is 30 miles from San Antonio. It is a great place for kids and biggies. The activities there includes shooting corn, riding in tin cylinder pulled by a tractor, corn popper jumping, worm slide. Their sweet pop corn is so good. They have a maze thats fun to go around.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
I am an inventor in a Patent
I co-invented a Mortgage Affordability calculator. The company is filing a patent application today for this calculator. What a nice feeling....
My New Job
I got into a new profile in my existing job...People in my profile are called Marketing Analyst...What a name....Ok, the flashy name for the department is "Marketing Intelligence and Business Analytics" It sounds very professional. After doing typist (oops...Business Analyst) job for over 3 years, i have come a calculator job. What a great career boost. 26 keys to 10 keys...
Who reads my blog anyway....
Off late, i have not been receiving any comments for my blog. So i was thinking not many of my friends read it or even open it. 2 days back, i posted my birthday photo and suddenly i see 2 visitors posting their comments...1. Tarun.... and 2. Jadayampalayam Rajesh...I was wondering how did rajesh come to blog on this specific day...may be he is checking it.....Also Tarun....thanks for checking guys and wishing me...OK, i should stop it, it looks more like Orkut to me now...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
My weekend with my college friends
This is the mail that my friend Anand sent about the get together
Had a gala time last weekend. Globe trotter prabhu landed in houston from Cancun on saturday morning . We drove down to San antonio and reached pudu's home on saturday afternoon. Had sumptuous lunch made by kavita which included payasam also. Went to the space needle and river walk in the evening. Then pudu and kavitha opened the world of mexican food to us. was really good and enjoyed the food. thanks to bill gates and his thoodhu .... who else but prabhu for sponsoring the dinner. then we went home to drop the ladies and the 3 gentleman went to the sin clubs for some time. On the way back we it was really good to listen to kannadasan songs and spoke to soma for a brief .
next day morning , kavitha's dosa and krispy creams donuts made our stomach's to explode and the grand finale ended with cinnamon rolls and thayir sadam and maavadu oorga for lunch.
we were teasing that Rishi will beat pudu to shame with all his manmada leelas after some time.
i could see a new hari , taking care of Rishi changing his diapers , giving him food , making him sleep etc .But i could also see that he was waiting for an opportunity to come out and hang out with me and prabhu on saturday night. koozhukum aasai and meesaikum aasai is there in every one of us.
that is the update on last weekends majaa in San Antonio.
thanks to pudu and kavitha and kavitha's mother to excellent hospitality shown to us.
Had a gala time last weekend. Globe trotter prabhu landed in houston from Cancun on saturday morning . We drove down to San antonio and reached pudu's home on saturday afternoon. Had sumptuous lunch made by kavita which included payasam also. Went to the space needle and river walk in the evening. Then pudu and kavitha opened the world of mexican food to us. was really good and enjoyed the food. thanks to bill gates and his thoodhu .... who else but prabhu for sponsoring the dinner. then we went home to drop the ladies and the 3 gentleman went to the sin clubs for some time. On the way back we it was really good to listen to kannadasan songs and spoke to soma for a brief .
next day morning , kavitha's dosa and krispy creams donuts made our stomach's to explode and the grand finale ended with cinnamon rolls and thayir sadam and maavadu oorga for lunch.
we were teasing that Rishi will beat pudu to shame with all his manmada leelas after some time.
i could see a new hari , taking care of Rishi changing his diapers , giving him food , making him sleep etc .But i could also see that he was waiting for an opportunity to come out and hang out with me and prabhu on saturday night. koozhukum aasai and meesaikum aasai is there in every one of us.
that is the update on last weekends majaa in San Antonio.
thanks to pudu and kavitha and kavitha's mother to excellent hospitality shown to us.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
My New Analytics Blog
I have started writing a new blog on analytics. Thinking about numbers have always given me a lot of joy. My journey continues with this blog.
http://easyanalytics.blogspot.com/
http://easyanalytics.blogspot.com/
Monday, October 06, 2008
Customer Lifetime Value
The concept of customer lifetime value is in existance since 90s. In simple terms, it means the total sum of profit a customer brings to the company in present value terms. If the cost of aquiring the customer is more than the customer life time value, then the company should not be acquiring the customer. Sounds familiar?? Yes, this is the same ceoncept used in investment decisions since 1000s of years.
I wonder why Wamu is sending me bulky mailer with checks every month, when i have never used them and i have not used their credit card much.Instead of spending that $5 on me every month, they should be spending on someone else.
I wonder why Wamu is sending me bulky mailer with checks every month, when i have never used them and i have not used their credit card much.Instead of spending that $5 on me every month, they should be spending on someone else.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Living with Plantar fasciitis
I stopped running completely since april 2008 after i had injured my foot after a 10 mile run in Jan 2008. Its almost 9 months now. I still have the pain when i apply pressure to the pain spot on my foot. My podiatrist adviced me to wear New Balance with Sole insole for running, asked me to perform strectching exercise of my planter fascia and told me that i am better than most people who cant even walk due to the heavy pain associated with Plantar fasciitis.
Coming back to the main story, i stopped running since April 2008. After the first 4 months, the pain completely disappeared. But when i ran 2 miles once, my pain reemerged. So,i had to stop again. Podiatrist adviced that i take it slow and i did. I walked for a mile or two once a month. But then, i still had the pain. My leg is always demanding complete rest. However, my taste buds are not. As i am addicted to good, tast food and over eating i started putting on weight. Increased from 148 pounds to 160 pounds gradually. So, now, i have decided that i will run, after if i continue to have Plantar fasciitis. I will be in close consultation with my podiatrist and monitor my foot constantly, so i dont miss medical oversight.
Come on...
If i can have diabetes and still eat bagel everyday, I should RUN everyday even though i have Plantar fasciitis.
Happy Running...I have put my iPod and Nike+ kit to work. Watch for graphs soon on this blog.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Apple September 2008 Keynote by Steve Jobs
I love the key note address from Steve Jobs. As always, he was brillinant this time. iPod Nano comes with this cool feature called GENIUS. This feature automatically creates playlist based on song that you play. This selection uses preference patters from 650 million iTunes users. I think its similar to the Netflix model of recommendations. Also, itunes has the ability to provide you with songs that are similar to the one that is being played, but you dont possess. What a great marketing. iTunes 8.0 that is released today has this Genius.
Another great thing i noticed is that iPod Touch has Nike + ipod built into it. So, all that one needs is the chip that goes into the nike sneakers.
Sole Ultra Softec Review
My Podiatrist prescribed me an arch support from either PowerStep or Sole. I tried Power Step for a week and then moved over to Sole. Initially, i thought Sole is not a great brand, till i saw the product manual and their website.
Imagine, you putting your sole into oven preheated to 200 degrees and keeping inside for 2 minutes for it to mold into your foorshape when you put them on. I was amazed at the video that they have posted on their site.
The insole costs $49 from New Balance Store in San antonio. On the Sole website, it is available for $44. I am putting this insole into New Balance 1224 Shoes. I can feel the arch support on my left foot which is a flat foot. My right foot has proper arch naturally. So even though i wear this insole, it hardly makes any difference. You need to buy this expensive insole only if you have a flat foot and you run atleast 2-3 miles a day or if your Podiatrist prescribes it. My Podiatrist is Dr Richard Bellacosa from San Antonio Podiatry. I like his treatment style. He uses a digital recorder during the visit and talks into the recorder about my problems and his prescribed solution.
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