This is a beautiful ranch that I came across one of the blog.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
ADSL on 2567xxxx a.k.a.MTNL & Tri-Band
This is further to my earlier blog at : http://prashantkoli.blogspot.com/2005/10/mtnl-and-tri-band.html
I visited MTNL exchange at Mulund(West),on 16th Nov2005, to see progress in my ADSL connecttion for my 2567xxxx telephone no.
As usual I was made to go to 2-3 personnels before directed to a correct one. I landed at one personnel and I saw Mr.Vaidyanathan sitting there. Mr Vaidyanathan, this time, however, told his boss upfront that there was some line problem with my 2567xxxx telephone number.He took me to one of the room, asked me to wait outside the room and came back with sort of a printout which showed only 52-55% connectivity between the exchange and my line.I asked him whether this was due to [possible] poor concealed telephone wiring in my house to which the gentemen replied in negative.I was told that the 2567 exchange is a very old and this problem will be solved once my number is upgraded to new 2563 exchange; but that may take another six months.
One thing was clear here that MTNL had problem with their old exchange; all the time they were blaming for internal home telephone wiring.Now they had proved that they were playing "passing on the buck" game.
I told them that I have another telephone beginning with 2562 Mr.Vaidyanathan offered to check connectivity for that number.We went a floor down and again he came out with a printout saying that my 2562 line was getting a 100% connectivity.I was advised to cancel my ADSL connection for 2567 line and apply for ADSL on 2562 line.I did that thinking that now atleast ADSL connection on my 2562 line will start in few days...but as usual things are not so straight here, at least at MTNL...Keep on reading.....
I visited MTNL exchange at Mulund(West),on 16th Nov2005, to see progress in my ADSL connecttion for my 2567xxxx telephone no.
As usual I was made to go to 2-3 personnels before directed to a correct one. I landed at one personnel and I saw Mr.Vaidyanathan sitting there. Mr Vaidyanathan, this time, however, told his boss upfront that there was some line problem with my 2567xxxx telephone number.He took me to one of the room, asked me to wait outside the room and came back with sort of a printout which showed only 52-55% connectivity between the exchange and my line.I asked him whether this was due to [possible] poor concealed telephone wiring in my house to which the gentemen replied in negative.I was told that the 2567 exchange is a very old and this problem will be solved once my number is upgraded to new 2563 exchange; but that may take another six months.
One thing was clear here that MTNL had problem with their old exchange; all the time they were blaming for internal home telephone wiring.Now they had proved that they were playing "passing on the buck" game.
I told them that I have another telephone beginning with 2562 Mr.Vaidyanathan offered to check connectivity for that number.We went a floor down and again he came out with a printout saying that my 2562 line was getting a 100% connectivity.I was advised to cancel my ADSL connection for 2567 line and apply for ADSL on 2562 line.I did that thinking that now atleast ADSL connection on my 2562 line will start in few days...but as usual things are not so straight here, at least at MTNL...Keep on reading.....
ADSL on 2562xxx
I have had this phone particularly for Internet under MTNLs Internet Plan B. Recently they doubled the tariff across all the plans and thereby pushing out all subscribers out of 24/7 Unlimited plan…probably they want to promote ADSL…that's OK…but see their pathetic service…
On 16th Nov 2005 I applied for transfer of plan from Internet Plan B to Plan 160 (Voice) and ADSL-200P. Voice circuit was activated on the second day but as usual they have not done anything for ADSL…they had done the same to my earlier ADSL application for 2567xxxx also.
I went to Mulund (West) Exchange, on 2nd Dec 2005, to find out about work order for new ADSL….it was not at all prepared…after making me run here and there they took out my application from a heap of applications and processed….and asked me to note down a certain number which they said was my WO No…..well, what I do with that no. I do not know…and now it is 14th Dec 05 and I am still waiting for a call from MTNL for my ADSL……
...as usual they have many advetisements for ADSL connections but it seems they hardly work to fulfill their promise...one more thing which comes to my mind is that such PSEs are definitely making way clear to private operators by their pathetice services....
Story of an absconding girl-II
….why the mother insisted that her daughter was attending the school regularly?
The mother had lost her husband few years back and was living with her only daughter.The mother is herself a school teacher in one of the private schools in Thane.
When her child entered the said school she bought new uniform,books,notebooks for her child.There came a semester exam and went on very well for the girl. When the mother asked her daughter for the result first she was told that the school had not declared it then….thereafter the mother learned that her daughter had passed her semester exam but the school had not given progress card….then there was annual examination which was also passed by her daughter…
The girl went into Std.IX…..again the poor mother bought new uniforms, books etc…..the girl was attending the school regularly, was seen studying at home, preparing for all internal exams, and passed her Std.IX annual exam….however, for some reason the school had not handed over the result sheet…
…then the girl entered crucial Std.X stage…..the girl joined tuitions….and now the girl was seen attending her school, classes, doing her homework regularly….she attended her prelims….she filled her form for the Board exam….and she went for her Board exam also…..the Board result also came in and the girl told her mother that she has passed her SSC exam too. When her mother wanted to see her marksheet the girl told her that her school had kept it.The mother was nevertheless happy and she went ahead to seek admission into a famous local college…she even took a small loan to pay for so called donation to the college.
….having almost finalized entry of her daughter into the local college,she was disturbed by the fact why the school was with-holding mark sheet of her daughter….and in a zest she dashed into the school of her daughter….
….only to find that her daughter had actually not attended the school after failing in the semester exam of her Std.VIII…..
The mother had lost her husband few years back and was living with her only daughter.The mother is herself a school teacher in one of the private schools in Thane.
When her child entered the said school she bought new uniform,books,notebooks for her child.There came a semester exam and went on very well for the girl. When the mother asked her daughter for the result first she was told that the school had not declared it then….thereafter the mother learned that her daughter had passed her semester exam but the school had not given progress card….then there was annual examination which was also passed by her daughter…
The girl went into Std.IX…..again the poor mother bought new uniforms, books etc…..the girl was attending the school regularly, was seen studying at home, preparing for all internal exams, and passed her Std.IX annual exam….however, for some reason the school had not handed over the result sheet…
…then the girl entered crucial Std.X stage…..the girl joined tuitions….and now the girl was seen attending her school, classes, doing her homework regularly….she attended her prelims….she filled her form for the Board exam….and she went for her Board exam also…..the Board result also came in and the girl told her mother that she has passed her SSC exam too. When her mother wanted to see her marksheet the girl told her that her school had kept it.The mother was nevertheless happy and she went ahead to seek admission into a famous local college…she even took a small loan to pay for so called donation to the college.
….having almost finalized entry of her daughter into the local college,she was disturbed by the fact why the school was with-holding mark sheet of her daughter….and in a zest she dashed into the school of her daughter….
….only to find that her daughter had actually not attended the school after failing in the semester exam of her Std.VIII…..
Story of an absconding girl
This is a real story narrated by a headmaster of a school in Thane.
At the hay time of admissions, a lady walks into Headmaster’s room and asks why the school is not releasing/giving out mark sheet of her daughter,who studied in that school and was successful in the recently declared S.S.C.exam. She wanted to take admission for her child in a famous college in the Thane city, for which she had already made arrangements.
The headmaster asked a fellow teacher to check why were they holding on to mark sheet of the girl. To their surprise they found that no such student had appeared for S.S.C. exam from their school. The mother was told so. However, the mother insisted that the school was making mistake and asked the school to check their records discreetly as her child was attending the school regularly and has passed recent Board exam.
The Headmaster was surprised….how can it happen?…how can name of the student, a girl , not appar in their rolls?....they again checked rolls of all the divisions of last years Std.X…..they didn’t find her name in any of the division….the lady, the mother of the child insisted that her daughter was attending the school…
Fearing goof-up, the school started searching for any possible omission of on their part….they started searching records of earlier year, when the girl would be in Std.IX….still no avail….
…then they went on to search records of Std.VIII…..and lol…..they found that the said girl didn’t attend the school for more than three months continuously and when no response was forthcoming from her parents to a letter they sent to her parents, her name was removed from the school….and district School authorities were informed accordingly….
….the story ended here?
…..No….
At the hay time of admissions, a lady walks into Headmaster’s room and asks why the school is not releasing/giving out mark sheet of her daughter,who studied in that school and was successful in the recently declared S.S.C.exam. She wanted to take admission for her child in a famous college in the Thane city, for which she had already made arrangements.
The headmaster asked a fellow teacher to check why were they holding on to mark sheet of the girl. To their surprise they found that no such student had appeared for S.S.C. exam from their school. The mother was told so. However, the mother insisted that the school was making mistake and asked the school to check their records discreetly as her child was attending the school regularly and has passed recent Board exam.
The Headmaster was surprised….how can it happen?…how can name of the student, a girl , not appar in their rolls?....they again checked rolls of all the divisions of last years Std.X…..they didn’t find her name in any of the division….the lady, the mother of the child insisted that her daughter was attending the school…
Fearing goof-up, the school started searching for any possible omission of on their part….they started searching records of earlier year, when the girl would be in Std.IX….still no avail….
…then they went on to search records of Std.VIII…..and lol…..they found that the said girl didn’t attend the school for more than three months continuously and when no response was forthcoming from her parents to a letter they sent to her parents, her name was removed from the school….and district School authorities were informed accordingly….
….the story ended here?
…..No….
Friday, October 07, 2005
...Main Hoon Na...
In my last post I talked about Kal Ho Na Hon..
…Main Hoon Na…. is another such nice song that I like…
…again, such songs bring out sense of support that you wish to lend to your family…or to others who look to you for yours …
..to start with your family, your kids look for your support in the form of approvals…it is not suggested here that you give support for all their activities…and for that matter, at least in the Indian context, they will not seek or look for your support at the activities that they feel will be reprimanded by you…they are looking for your support where they feel uneasiness, may be due to severe competition, nervousness again due to any reason, loneliness, weakness or other difficulties….
…it is important that you feel that they need you and therefore, learn to accept them and be with them…
…we all know that your child has to travel path of life journey on his own…but human child need support of their elders, particularly parents, for varying periods, depending on the need…and the constant need of theirs for support…particularly for psychological support, cannot be overlooked or ignored…
…after all culture is nothing but learned traits transmitted from one generation to the other and therefore it is a cumulative sum of traits…and … won’t you like to pass on the traits which are based on love, passion and compassion?...we can definitely …
…and when I hear this song, beautifully sung by Sonu Nigam, I get a renewed vigor in me to be nice with everyone in my family…and also work hard for them…
…Main Hoon Na…. is another such nice song that I like…
…again, such songs bring out sense of support that you wish to lend to your family…or to others who look to you for yours …
..to start with your family, your kids look for your support in the form of approvals…it is not suggested here that you give support for all their activities…and for that matter, at least in the Indian context, they will not seek or look for your support at the activities that they feel will be reprimanded by you…they are looking for your support where they feel uneasiness, may be due to severe competition, nervousness again due to any reason, loneliness, weakness or other difficulties….
…it is important that you feel that they need you and therefore, learn to accept them and be with them…
…we all know that your child has to travel path of life journey on his own…but human child need support of their elders, particularly parents, for varying periods, depending on the need…and the constant need of theirs for support…particularly for psychological support, cannot be overlooked or ignored…
…after all culture is nothing but learned traits transmitted from one generation to the other and therefore it is a cumulative sum of traits…and … won’t you like to pass on the traits which are based on love, passion and compassion?...we can definitely …
…and when I hear this song, beautifully sung by Sonu Nigam, I get a renewed vigor in me to be nice with everyone in my family…and also work hard for them…
Kal Ho Na Hon
…Kal Ho Na Hon…This is one of the very few songs that moves me….for that matter I always think many might have been moved by the song……Main Hoon Na…. Is the another song that I like…and again it appears that such songs are liked by many……such songs bring out sense of support that you wish to lend to your family…or …the work that you will like to do for your family … how you will be remembered when you are no more there……most of us like our old Hindi songs…they are unforgettable…unlike the new ones…but I am amazed at people who keep on talking about the greatness of our old hindi songs disregarding certain new songs…agreed, old songs are great….but please don’t belittle many new songs, like two I have just mentioned…they are two of the great new songs. …
..it is rightly said that you are not going to carry anything with you when you will leave this abode…money, property and other things will not accompany you anywhere… people will, slowly and surely, forget you….may be for your near and dear it will take sometime to forget you…but time waits for no one…
…”yaaden”.. ”remembrances”, “ memories” will be there, however…
...so dear friends, do such things that you will be remembered for good deeds that you did...
… all of us know, or rather have a general complain that our children do not listen to us…or they pay a scant attention to us…however, please remember that this is an universal phenomena (ubiquitous) ….and age-old too… you ad me can not do anything about that…and remember how much attention did you pay to your father when you were kid?...
… we are not sure if we can give all good things in the world to our children but surely you can leave behind good memories for them to cherish when you are not around…
…and this is important from another angle: socialization…the process of making your kids know the path to be followed…so that they can leave behind their kids good memories…
…and when I hear this song, beautifully sung by Sonu Nigam, I get a renewed vigor to work best for my family…and before that to be nice with them…
..it is rightly said that you are not going to carry anything with you when you will leave this abode…money, property and other things will not accompany you anywhere… people will, slowly and surely, forget you….may be for your near and dear it will take sometime to forget you…but time waits for no one…
…”yaaden”.. ”remembrances”, “ memories” will be there, however…
...so dear friends, do such things that you will be remembered for good deeds that you did...
… all of us know, or rather have a general complain that our children do not listen to us…or they pay a scant attention to us…however, please remember that this is an universal phenomena (ubiquitous) ….and age-old too… you ad me can not do anything about that…and remember how much attention did you pay to your father when you were kid?...
… we are not sure if we can give all good things in the world to our children but surely you can leave behind good memories for them to cherish when you are not around…
…and this is important from another angle: socialization…the process of making your kids know the path to be followed…so that they can leave behind their kids good memories…
…and when I hear this song, beautifully sung by Sonu Nigam, I get a renewed vigor to work best for my family…and before that to be nice with them…
MTNL and Tri-Band
MTNL and Tri-Band
Ever since MTNL announced their ADSL Internet service I was longing to have their connection. And when they announced Tri-Band offer under DSL-NU plan I booked one on 5th July,2005.
Since then they were at their best…in their age old game of not offering service to their clients . To begin with, after having booked a connection on my existing phone line, I was told that they will start the service in another 10 days. After about 15 days their personnel came and put up an ADSL modem and went back saying that they will start connection in two days…number of calls after two days and their technical personnel arrived and checked the connection only to announce that the line was not stable and it may need some sort of tweaking…
...he goes and a call comes from MTNL declaring that there is a “Cable fault” and the fault will be rectified when the whole bunch of cable fault complaints in my locality is attended….few calls after a week and I get a reply that “don’t you know that there was a flood-like situation in Mumbai and water has sipped into the cables…we will be able to correct the fault only once the water is dried up…”
…The Mumbai rains has helped MTNL to shun from responsibility towards their customers… it rained again throughout the Gaesh Utsav and even during the last week of September 2005…
…come 30th September, 2005 and I get a call from their Exchange enquiring about Tri-band…only to be amazed to know that my Tri-band connection was never established… I was promised a visit by their engineer on the same day…I realised that local MTNL exchange have to send a quarterly compliance report by 30th September and hence the call to me…again a long wait for us (by deferring all work that day)…
… next day, the 1st Oct. , at 11 A.M. I got a call again and the so called technical personnel promised to come by noon…the person arrives just 15 min short of 6 in the evening…probably their closure time..he makes few calls, here and there, only to tell me that cable lines in my locality are not good enough to handle broadband connection…he calls up again someone in their (sub)local office and asks the other person to look into the matter by replacing the pair of cable with a good available pair…and there was again a promise of starting a tri-band on Monday, the 3rd Oct….my son who had arrived earlier on Saturday night from his campus continued to stay back at home on Monday, just to see how fast the Tri-band works (as these are the kids who are more interested in having a faster connection…obviously for downloading) only to be disappointed later in not seeing the light at the tunnel…pity scene,uh?...
…till date, 6th October,2005,after three months MTNLs adbill is burgeoning in tall claims only at the expense of not delivering the promises …
…you may say what happened to their Compliance Report dt. 30th Sept or 1st Oct. ?...I am sure that my grievance was attended to …at least in their report…
…after all “Raat gayi, Baat gayi…”
Ever since MTNL announced their ADSL Internet service I was longing to have their connection. And when they announced Tri-Band offer under DSL-NU plan I booked one on 5th July,2005.
Since then they were at their best…in their age old game of not offering service to their clients . To begin with, after having booked a connection on my existing phone line, I was told that they will start the service in another 10 days. After about 15 days their personnel came and put up an ADSL modem and went back saying that they will start connection in two days…number of calls after two days and their technical personnel arrived and checked the connection only to announce that the line was not stable and it may need some sort of tweaking…
...he goes and a call comes from MTNL declaring that there is a “Cable fault” and the fault will be rectified when the whole bunch of cable fault complaints in my locality is attended….few calls after a week and I get a reply that “don’t you know that there was a flood-like situation in Mumbai and water has sipped into the cables…we will be able to correct the fault only once the water is dried up…”
…The Mumbai rains has helped MTNL to shun from responsibility towards their customers… it rained again throughout the Gaesh Utsav and even during the last week of September 2005…
…come 30th September, 2005 and I get a call from their Exchange enquiring about Tri-band…only to be amazed to know that my Tri-band connection was never established… I was promised a visit by their engineer on the same day…I realised that local MTNL exchange have to send a quarterly compliance report by 30th September and hence the call to me…again a long wait for us (by deferring all work that day)…
… next day, the 1st Oct. , at 11 A.M. I got a call again and the so called technical personnel promised to come by noon…the person arrives just 15 min short of 6 in the evening…probably their closure time..he makes few calls, here and there, only to tell me that cable lines in my locality are not good enough to handle broadband connection…he calls up again someone in their (sub)local office and asks the other person to look into the matter by replacing the pair of cable with a good available pair…and there was again a promise of starting a tri-band on Monday, the 3rd Oct….my son who had arrived earlier on Saturday night from his campus continued to stay back at home on Monday, just to see how fast the Tri-band works (as these are the kids who are more interested in having a faster connection…obviously for downloading) only to be disappointed later in not seeing the light at the tunnel…pity scene,uh?...
…till date, 6th October,2005,after three months MTNLs adbill is burgeoning in tall claims only at the expense of not delivering the promises …
…you may say what happened to their Compliance Report dt. 30th Sept or 1st Oct. ?...I am sure that my grievance was attended to …at least in their report…
…after all “Raat gayi, Baat gayi…”
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Using USB MP3 player/recorder for text transcription
Few months back I happened to read the following post on CEO of "Goal Free Living":
"Here is a photo of Stephen Shapiro’s high tech car from his 2003 trip — well, at least back then it was. With a desk built into the passenger seat of the car, he used GPS tracking on his PC, cellular internet access (with streaming Internet radio…often listening to the BBC), voice recognition software, and a digital tape recorder that transcribes directly into MS Word.
"Having read the post I wanted to ask Stephen for success rate of such transcription. After some six months I sent him a mail and got a prompt reply :
"Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, I found the success rate to be unacceptably low. After a number of experiments, I found it faster/easier to listen to the recording and then manually type what I wanted. To get a high rate of success with the electronic transcription, I would have to speak too slowly, announcing punctuation, for it to be practical. I wish I had better news for you."
Bad news, isn't it?
Anyway, one of the use of such compact recorder lies in recording speeches at my local club. A speech will be recorded as a file and speeches can, therafter, be distributed to other members, as an attachment who could not made it to a certain meeting or it can be archived. Of course, one can go through the speech at leizure to use it in your next bulletin.
Prashant
"Here is a photo of Stephen Shapiro’s high tech car from his 2003 trip — well, at least back then it was. With a desk built into the passenger seat of the car, he used GPS tracking on his PC, cellular internet access (with streaming Internet radio…often listening to the BBC), voice recognition software, and a digital tape recorder that transcribes directly into MS Word.
"Having read the post I wanted to ask Stephen for success rate of such transcription. After some six months I sent him a mail and got a prompt reply :
"Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, I found the success rate to be unacceptably low. After a number of experiments, I found it faster/easier to listen to the recording and then manually type what I wanted. To get a high rate of success with the electronic transcription, I would have to speak too slowly, announcing punctuation, for it to be practical. I wish I had better news for you."
Bad news, isn't it?
Anyway, one of the use of such compact recorder lies in recording speeches at my local club. A speech will be recorded as a file and speeches can, therafter, be distributed to other members, as an attachment who could not made it to a certain meeting or it can be archived. Of course, one can go through the speech at leizure to use it in your next bulletin.
Prashant
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
...how best a notebook can be put to use?
.....Something......
..well, few hours back I wrote a blog after a very long period...after seven months.....then decided that I shall try to scrib on something at least once a day....that time I was at my office...having done a night shift duty and was on my back to home in our office vehicle....and I had many ideas in my mind then....back home and after having spent few hours....definitely not more than 4 hrs...I do not remember what were those things about which I wanted to write...afterall now I am 45 and forgetfulness is the order of day for me,it appears...
...one of the thing that I wonder, these days, is what to do with this IBM Thinkpad that I bought a month ago?....actually, I wanted to go for an HP/Compaq Celeron, which is available for something equivalent to US$700 as it has nice features for general purpose like firewire port,6 in 1 card reader,S-video output etc.....however, when I asked my son, who is doing his 2nd year Bachelors' degree in engg., which one I should go in for he suggested or rather insisted on buying a Centrino....and that's how I got this IBM for US$1000...
...I think I am digressing....the point is what should I do with this notebook?....basically, I thought of learning,seriously, Technical Analysis that can be used for buying/selling common stocks...with notebook I thought of pondering on charting software while commuting to and fro office which is 1 and half hour one side...
...however, by god, I have not started using any charting software in that way...I still do not have updated data to be able to use for the charting software....and first of all I will need to read thouroughly a good book on Technical Analysis....
...secondly, carrying the notebook to office seems to be not-so-worthy a proposition...for unnecessarily being admonished by my colleagues...
...having said that, I wonder what are the things that can be done using this notebook...I mean all the time I am repenting my decision of purchasing the notebook...I always have this feeling that my wife may be (secretly) cursing me for spending $1000 (I am sure I may be more than 100% wrong as she doesn't mind spending anything for me)....which is a lot of money in India....
...I asked this question to my son also...what to do with this notebook?...I asked him to take it with him to his college (he is 100 km away from home and stays in a hostel) but he doesn't like a notebbok as he likes to play games only...
...if there is any reader to this blog and he/she is kind enough to let me know what should I do with this notebook....I mean, how best I can use it....I shall be thankful for his/her suggestion(s) ...
-Prashant
..well, few hours back I wrote a blog after a very long period...after seven months.....then decided that I shall try to scrib on something at least once a day....that time I was at my office...having done a night shift duty and was on my back to home in our office vehicle....and I had many ideas in my mind then....back home and after having spent few hours....definitely not more than 4 hrs...I do not remember what were those things about which I wanted to write...afterall now I am 45 and forgetfulness is the order of day for me,it appears...
...one of the thing that I wonder, these days, is what to do with this IBM Thinkpad that I bought a month ago?....actually, I wanted to go for an HP/Compaq Celeron, which is available for something equivalent to US$700 as it has nice features for general purpose like firewire port,6 in 1 card reader,S-video output etc.....however, when I asked my son, who is doing his 2nd year Bachelors' degree in engg., which one I should go in for he suggested or rather insisted on buying a Centrino....and that's how I got this IBM for US$1000...
...I think I am digressing....the point is what should I do with this notebook?....basically, I thought of learning,seriously, Technical Analysis that can be used for buying/selling common stocks...with notebook I thought of pondering on charting software while commuting to and fro office which is 1 and half hour one side...
...however, by god, I have not started using any charting software in that way...I still do not have updated data to be able to use for the charting software....and first of all I will need to read thouroughly a good book on Technical Analysis....
...secondly, carrying the notebook to office seems to be not-so-worthy a proposition...for unnecessarily being admonished by my colleagues...
...having said that, I wonder what are the things that can be done using this notebook...I mean all the time I am repenting my decision of purchasing the notebook...I always have this feeling that my wife may be (secretly) cursing me for spending $1000 (I am sure I may be more than 100% wrong as she doesn't mind spending anything for me)....which is a lot of money in India....
...I asked this question to my son also...what to do with this notebook?...I asked him to take it with him to his college (he is 100 km away from home and stays in a hostel) but he doesn't like a notebbok as he likes to play games only...
...if there is any reader to this blog and he/she is kind enough to let me know what should I do with this notebook....I mean, how best I can use it....I shall be thankful for his/her suggestion(s) ...
-Prashant
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Suddenly.....
Suddenly….
….while browsing…or surfing the internet you invariably stumble upon someone's blog…
…today morning i.e.4th Oct 2005, when I thought of checking my blog what I found was that I had not posted anything in seven (7) long months…
...what happened to me?…was I so busy that I could not get time?…or simply that typing takes a long time and therefore you get bored?....or that it takes quite a long time for you to gather your thoughts?….yes, both the thing in my case, it seems…..but slowly I should be able to handle it well to manage writing blog evry now and then ....afterall perseverence is the name of the game...anyway it’s nice to have your blog….it’s the way to give away....or empty your emotions or thoughts ....and preserve....and then to reflect on these thoughts yourself sometime later....and many times you wonder and laugh what you were thinking then..
....okay.....at last I have written and posted something....it may be silly....and I don't expect anyone to read except me...
Amen.....
….while browsing…or surfing the internet you invariably stumble upon someone's blog…
…today morning i.e.4th Oct 2005, when I thought of checking my blog what I found was that I had not posted anything in seven (7) long months…
...what happened to me?…was I so busy that I could not get time?…or simply that typing takes a long time and therefore you get bored?....or that it takes quite a long time for you to gather your thoughts?….yes, both the thing in my case, it seems…..but slowly I should be able to handle it well to manage writing blog evry now and then ....afterall perseverence is the name of the game...anyway it’s nice to have your blog….it’s the way to give away....or empty your emotions or thoughts ....and preserve....and then to reflect on these thoughts yourself sometime later....and many times you wonder and laugh what you were thinking then..
....okay.....at last I have written and posted something....it may be silly....and I don't expect anyone to read except me...
Amen.....
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Pranav is 18 and result day..
Yesterday was Pranav's first semester result day....however, his college got it only at 03:30 PM....and they didn';t give it to anybody....probably trying to figure out defaulters on various grounds...
.....and taody is his birthday...he is 18 now....I am sure that his college is not going to give him the result as he has yet to pay his part of hostel fees.....Pranav called me at 12 Noon and said that he has to pay Rs.14150 towards hostel fees ...and that he has passed his first sem exam....I was so happy...was trying to call his mom....could contact her only at around 0130PM...naturally she was also happy....she informed all our relatives too..met her at Vashi, near Center Point...went to Lonavla.....celebrated his B'day rather not with fanfare as many of his friends have failed...satyed there overnight....gave him money for payment.........
.....and taody is his birthday...he is 18 now....I am sure that his college is not going to give him the result as he has yet to pay his part of hostel fees.....Pranav called me at 12 Noon and said that he has to pay Rs.14150 towards hostel fees ...and that he has passed his first sem exam....I was so happy...was trying to call his mom....could contact her only at around 0130PM...naturally she was also happy....she informed all our relatives too..met her at Vashi, near Center Point...went to Lonavla.....celebrated his B'day rather not with fanfare as many of his friends have failed...satyed there overnight....gave him money for payment.........
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Crash of the Sensex
Recently, there was a crash in Indian Securities market.
SEBI (Secirities Exchange Board of India) and other government agencies came down heavily on certain operators and banned trading in many scrips popularly known as penny stocks.However, in doing so, in a haste they imposed stricter trading compliance on many good B scrips by putting them in Trade 4 Trade category and by imposing 5% filter.
Although their action was justified by large section of masses, timing of action taken by them leave us much to believe in something else: selectiveness in their action;allowing enough time lap for others to close their position and importantly not allowing exit route to small and retail investors.
In a retrospect one can see that downfall in prices had already started in many stocks before the action was promulgated and thus making us believe that these agencies allowed certain group of people the exit route but blocking the same to small/retail investors.
Many leading analyst- not necessarily professional analyst (they afterall are paid dogs)- had echoed this view.
The following post was sent by me in one of the leading Investment related e-group:
"Surprisingly I also share similar views abt govt/sebi's part in this affair, of systematically allowing certain interest groups to exit from their holding before creating panicky and I have a feeling that once certain shares which are hitting lower circuits now will again be moved out of T or Z gr soon, once they have been lapped by all chors… they will be lapped by their (SEBI etc.) friends and moved out so that they can hit upper circuits from the day one of moving out of t and z gr.I feel that this is an induced/created situation and further, one can make money if you can sync your buy/sell decisions with their actions or better still ahead of their moves; anybody....if he can see hints....like a day before the panicky, TOI gave front half page news abt penny stocks when ET had not given a quarter page place also.....TOI has the largest audience in Mumbai and the news acted as precursor to fall...the news, I am sure was orchestered to have a desired effect after sellout by large player...that day mkt went down 121 pts only to recover 200 pt...closing 100up...but retail investors panicked...so the next day they could not stretch their resilience...they submitted to the pressure....265 pts down!
Really, fees for learning in financial sectors are very high but they are worth its investment...
SEBI (Secirities Exchange Board of India) and other government agencies came down heavily on certain operators and banned trading in many scrips popularly known as penny stocks.However, in doing so, in a haste they imposed stricter trading compliance on many good B scrips by putting them in Trade 4 Trade category and by imposing 5% filter.
Although their action was justified by large section of masses, timing of action taken by them leave us much to believe in something else: selectiveness in their action;allowing enough time lap for others to close their position and importantly not allowing exit route to small and retail investors.
In a retrospect one can see that downfall in prices had already started in many stocks before the action was promulgated and thus making us believe that these agencies allowed certain group of people the exit route but blocking the same to small/retail investors.
Many leading analyst- not necessarily professional analyst (they afterall are paid dogs)- had echoed this view.
The following post was sent by me in one of the leading Investment related e-group:
"Surprisingly I also share similar views abt govt/sebi's part in this affair, of systematically allowing certain interest groups to exit from their holding before creating panicky and I have a feeling that once certain shares which are hitting lower circuits now will again be moved out of T or Z gr soon, once they have been lapped by all chors… they will be lapped by their (SEBI etc.) friends and moved out so that they can hit upper circuits from the day one of moving out of t and z gr.I feel that this is an induced/created situation and further, one can make money if you can sync your buy/sell decisions with their actions or better still ahead of their moves; anybody....if he can see hints....like a day before the panicky, TOI gave front half page news abt penny stocks when ET had not given a quarter page place also.....TOI has the largest audience in Mumbai and the news acted as precursor to fall...the news, I am sure was orchestered to have a desired effect after sellout by large player...that day mkt went down 121 pts only to recover 200 pt...closing 100up...but retail investors panicked...so the next day they could not stretch their resilience...they submitted to the pressure....265 pts down!
Really, fees for learning in financial sectors are very high but they are worth its investment...
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