Time Travel

Once again this post I am tagging myself from ‘Preeti post which I am being following from past some time…

And at times when I see an interesting post, I tag myself and add my own twist and realistic flavor and put up a fun filled post….

The topic of this post was rather interesting, where it allowed me travel to my past using a time-machine and meet my younger yourself

So with below set of initial guidelines I am all set and steer down time and visit myself  

1. Depending on your age, go back 10, 15, 20, or even more years.
2. Tell us how many years back you have travelled and why.
3. Pretend you have met yourself during that era, and tell us where you are.
4. You only have one "date" with this former self.
5. Answer these questions.

In this case I am setting my clock back 10 year and meet myself 10 years back in history, time would be post june-july 2001 by I am starting of with my 3^rd and final year in college and my next coming summer I would graduating.

Like most at that time I was completely clueless what am I supposed to dong in next summer when I graduate…. I have no slight idea where I was to lead….

So I have attempted to answer honestly below question:

1. Would your younger self (YYS, from here) recognize you when you first meet?

May be or may be not… as over the year I had lost 25 ponds( roughly 12kg), back lately have crew cur hair style, back in those days I had long curly hair…..

2. Would YYS be surprised to discover what you are doing job wise?

For sure my YYS would have been surprised to see I did not follow t he usual footstep of IT professional, who end up hopping from one company to another every 2-3 years, at time I myself being surprised how i am still going strong in the same organization after 8 years.

Another reason for surprise for sure would be how I managed a blog site and completed 100+ post.

3. What piece of fashion advice would you give YYS?

Guys can have t-shirts other then ‘Grey’ back then I member I used to have multiple t-shirt if grey color and few more in shades of grey ….

4. What do you think YYS is most going to want to know?

Has my short temper been sobered out. Not sure what was running in my mind back in those days… to admit the truth still date at time I loose… but I have leant, when to turn away and stay silent…  need to learn ‘Laughter Therapy’ (something similar to Boman Irani from Munna Bhai MBBS)

5. How would you answer YYS's question?

I am feeling nice for the way things are aligned currently still some work pending,,,

6. What would probably be the best thing to tell YYS?

I would say, life is like a puzzle, and will face some odd and jumbled, better approach would be spend some time and then approach it… the bets solution one will arrive on will be when one is a bit patience

And second would falling in love to person whom you have know all this years not realized that you both should be together.

7. What is something that you probably wouldn't tell YYS?

Hmmmm do I have some dark secret that I would have to hide… in that’s let it be still uncovered :-0

8. What do you think will most surprise YYS about you?

After all this years, I have a nice bunch of friend on whom I can vouch

9. What do you think will least surprise YYS?

That I am still out loud laughing… it had not slowed over the years

10. At this point in your life, would YYS like to run into "you" from the future?

Yeah if yes, then he would be surprised, as still by heart I am still the YYS...

Wall Street: Do money Sleep????

First time when I realized Money do not sleep was when I got interest on money that was in my saving account, I had my first account created when I received my first pay-check.

Till that time I had never showed any interest what happens to money when in no use.

So when I opened my saving account, and after three months when bank paid interest, I was happy to see some extra money in my account, that’s when I realized if you have money at the right place it will increase over time… so plan in a better and effective manner to see it grow with time.

Lesson learnt, ‘Investing will make sure money increases overtime’

Down the years I was working for fore an Investment bank, that is when I learned the concept of ‘Depreciation’ & ‘Inflation’, if one has to explain these terms they can define in simplest way to help understand a normal person or the definition can confuse a financial specialist.

Lesson learnt, ‘Investing is better than keeping money under bed‘

Back in 2006 when Indian stop market was on the uptrend, as each day BSE was touching new high that when a friend of mine told it is bad to keep money in bank if you have money you should be investing, that will multiple, rather than keeping in bank it will have mutant growth.

That’s when on his word I invested and in a month time I did not see investment multiply rather I saw how money evaporates.

Lesson learnt, ‘Listen to other invest plan but act on your own guts, if failed it is your bad bets, not others’

Later I started taking things in my hand, read some took some risk and started on my own.

The most inspiring words I remember quoted by ‘Warren Buffet’ the best Investor of all time. ‘Be fearful when others are greedy, And Greedy when other are fearful’

You might think after reading this post, why such a post from me, this is just outcome of the movie that I watched movie ‘WallStreet’ where ‘Gordan Gekko’ has some skill, the best quote is loved ‘Money is not the prime commodity in our lives… time is..’

So what do you have to say in this?

Do Money Sleeps

Post your comment would love to read your views...

Ganapati Bappa Moriya!!!

Back in my school days I used to wait for ‘Ganesh Festival’ main reason ‘As I would not have to study those 10days which I loved.

We used to live in ‘Morwadi’ located in Pimpri-Chinchwad township, we stayed on First floor and across the road biggest Ganesh pandal of the area would be placed, it used to be close to 40+ feet high and somewhat same width, all youngster in that area would start building up the main structure some 3 weeks before, I used to keenly watch the progress day after day, or rather during that time I used to sit by the window and study or better to say I would be patiently watching how the structure is been build.

Each and every year the theme would be same, it used to be light works they would set up 1000’s of small bulbs which would lit in different color and formation and to match they would blast of dozens of speakers across the whole lane and all latest bollywood songs would be playing from 4pm till midnight, I loved those time as those 10 days no story (I used to say Mom I am not able to concentrate lol) know I feel laughing on how I used to run away from studies….

But as the 10day approaches I would feel bad, as I would have to get back to studies ad most during that time we would have our quarterly exam, I always said then school authorities intentionally set exam just after ‘Ganesh Festival’ as they hate we kids have nice time :-0

Immersion day: it would be one such day for which I used to wait, as we stayed on first floor, out house was at prime spot, I loved the synchronized drum beats it used to last for hours before they would start slowly the immersion procession, on an average the procession last for 30+ hours, and during this time of the year Pune city would be buzzing.

I drew this before i wrote this post, i would have drawn this Ganapati image thousands of time, and each time i end up some what same.

This one i drew with my 'Charcoal' Pencil, after all this years of practicing it took less then a minute to draw.

This is one of the drum beat that you cannot avoid if you are in Pune in next 2 days, which i am badly missing.

Its time... To continue...

Are friends like the oceans wave that sweep to shore... Stays their until the next high time arrives and that when they leave with a note 'will meet when we meet'

But I guess some are not in that zone, they arrive on a big wave... And make sure their presence, ams end up with loads and loads of memories on which we both can giggle have a laughter attack...

'Joe' she belongs to the other category... We have know each other as we are part of same office team (situated separate location) but 5 and half month she happen to arrive in NY on a assignment... And that when our friendship started... She happens to call me 'Daddu' which I love lol

Each and every weekend we used to roam around... We were never to say ahhh we are tired can be plan to stay put at home, she is full of emery and can talk for ever, somewhat my type...

Today she is traveling back home (Pune) Its the time when once again a giant wave is approaching the shores and she will travel... With tons of memories left behind….

I say its start of a nice friendship that last for ever...

Some of our pics....

This one is from our Long Weekend on Chesapeake Bay Bridge, returning from Virginia,,

Friday Evening at Times Square (17 Sept)