Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Who I am

What makes me happy/ gives me the most joy- Hanging out with my friends, loafing about in front of my 52" TV playing FIFA on the PS2 or watching Arsenal.

The thing that bugs me the most- when my employees screw up, when my family nags me

My biggest strength- My drive and ambition

My biggest weakness- I spend a lot of money- dont save any

Famous people who inspire me the most (role models)- Vijaya mallaya, Richard branson, Thierry henri

If I had a choice between a million dolars, an Oscar (for acting), a Nobel Prize (specify which one) and an Olympic Gold medal, I would choose- Really who give a S*#^t for the Nobel Prize or the Oscar or the Gold medal

One famous person I would love to be- Richard branson and the reason is- 8 billion (sterling) reasons

My Job

My current occupation- I run the Indian arm of my family's garmet export house (Silk Threads Inc)

How long I've been doing this-
About 2 and a half years

Why I chose this in the first place- Always wanted to run my own show

The best thing about my job- get to call the shots

My least favourite thing about my job- the screw ups

In 5 years where do I see myself when it comes to my career- Expanding the company more- carving out a space for myself in the market
My inspiration when it comes to my job

My career role model- Branson maybe...
Started out small and made it big

One person who's job I would love to have- Cant say...mallaya maybe

Given a choice between a million rupees (1 crore) or appearing on the cover of 'The Economist' and 'Fortune' magazine I would choose- The money... I can use it

When it comes to my job
The devices I use the most-
laptop, mobile, PC

The device I think is the most useful when it comes to work, one I simply couldn’t do without- definately the laptop and mobile..... keeps me connected- can work wherever

Hanging out

1) The various places where you would find me on a Friday/ Saturday night- TGIF, Stone, Shikara, my own apartment

How often do I go out in a week- 2,3 times

One place where I love to be alone- My own apartment- noone nagging me

You can usually catch me here with my friends- TGIF, Stone, The Big Chill etc etc

And how often a week- twice

The reason we like this place is- ambience, nice people, good food

Technology and me

1) All the various Tech related items that I personally own- alrge screen TV, PS2, laptop, mobile...

2) My favorite ones out of these. The ones I simply couldnt do without- laptop, mobile, Tv

3) Things that I own but can do without- cant say.....not many things

4) If someone offered to buy me any device I wanted I would choose the following (be as specifc as possible- too many things...... the new Audi

5) During the day, you would find me using the following devices- laptop, mobile

6) The best thing that Technology allows me to do- always atay in touch, surf, entertain myself...

7) The greatest Invention of all time- PC

My Mobile

1) My current phone- Sony Ericsson P990i

2) On any given day what all I do with my phone- call, text, click pics

3) Things done with this phone that I couldnt with my previous one- click good pics, mms

4) What excites me the most about my phone- its design, the scroller, looks really good

The Web

1) 1 word I would use to describe the Internet- communication

2) The 5 things that I use the net most for-mails, surf, download, get info, book tickets (sometimes)
My favourite Internet activity- downloading

The amount of time I spend daily on the Internet- 5-6 hours

3) The names/links of the top 3 websites that I visit most frequently;
For work-google, gmail,
For Recreation (chatting, social networking etc)- facebook, google, gmail
For information/ knowledge- google

4) People say that the Internet is useful only for recreation/entertainment purposes and that it doesnt really make life simple
What I think about this- it has really made life simpler. Communicate easily and cheaply. Saves time, things move faster.

Music and Movies

Music
The Greatest
1) Artist/ Band of all time- too many

2) Musical Devices
The various devices I own through which I listen to music (including brand) - car stereo, TV (vh1)
My favourite one out of these - car stereo

The top 10 songs I play the most on my favourite music device - Punjabi
3) Music Occasions
When do I typically listen to Music- Car
4) Getting Music
Where do i get most of my Music from- Limewire
Why so- Faster and cheaper
Movies and me
1) How often I see movies in the Hall and the last 2 movies I saw there - 2-3 times a month-American Gangster

Shopping

1) The last 3 things that I shopped for- Shirt, Cologne

2) Places that I love to shop in- Malls, GK1 market

What about these places I like so much- closeby, all under one roof

3) My favourite brands (across all categories- electronic, clothes, cars, apparels etc)- Sony
4) The amount of times I shop in a month- Twice
5) The Last Tech item I bought - Games for the PS

Pictures

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Please add the following pics
1) Your mobile
2) Other Tech devices that you personally own (Camera, Car etc)
3) Some snaps of your home
4) places where you typically hang out