Tidbits

This is my kick-off blog post for this year 2008! While skimming through the news today, these chunks of information caught my eyes.

Carazoo - For all car lovers in India, here is a great news! Car portals in US is a very common thing but in India, this is the first ever car portal with interactive animations. This website is very cool with lotsa features like buying a car, selling a car, choosing an old car, getting loans and interests, making your own model and of course, browsing through a lot of categories comes handy. When I checked this site and hit the column called 'My carazoo', Ratan Tata's dream of launching the cheapest car came to my mind. Although sources say that the cheapest car will have some energy consumption problems, I am waiting to see the new model. Don't forget to check out www.carazoo.com, if you are fast and furious (a car fanatic :))

Two in a tango! - Being a cricket fan, I cannot miss out the two young heroes (whom I like) making the news. First one is Daniel Vettori - This guy is calm and composed but can break records without any hitch. In the recent NZ-BAN series, NZ has won the last match by hitting 90 runs in 6 overs. Can you believe it? The run rate is 15 and I was amazed to listen to commentary online when Brendan Mccullum hit 6 sixes and scored 80 runs in just 28 balls. Although Bangladesh are termed as 'minnows', record is a record. Daniel Vettori being the captain and winning the Man of the Series award, there is another feather added to his cap which he would be cherishing for years - Yeah, he is the leading wicket taker in 2007. When there are fast paced Lees, Akthars, Orams, Khans, Vasss' are out there, spinning the balls and making the record in one day series is not an easy one. Hats off Vettori!
Second one is about the upcoming pacer in India - RP Singh. Although RPS is not the usual face in the Indian team, I can see him coming out well. His recent 4 wicket haul yesterday against the Aussies is worth mentioning. Way to go RP!

Why do you work? - Being an avid reader of the columns 'Musings', 'Do it right', 'Career Clues' and 'View Point' in 'The Hindu' opportunities, I did not miss this one. This may not be an interview question or a behavioural question to many, but has anyone been questioned like this before? Well, this is for those who would like to know the answer for this redundant question. It's definitely for money that we work. But for few of us (including me), there is something in addition to that, which make us work. Earning fat pay checks may provide monetary benefits and luxuries and act as a prime motivator, but a sense of fulfillment is what it counts for, at the end of the day. Want to read more about this? Visit http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/jobs/0712/2007122650020400.htm

An Ode to Ennui - There are two categories of book lovers - A Bibliophile and A Book worm - A bibliophile collects books and loves books for its quality and format whereas a book worm reads book in general for its content. I fall into the first category most of the times and here is a book that I would love to read. 'An ode to Ennui' is the first chapter on the book by Mainak Dhar (an IIM graduate) 'The funda of mix-ology'. Anyone might think that it's a book about fundoos of IIM life, but it's not. It's about 'What bartending teaches which IIM doesn't'. I had a chance to read the first chapter which was in the author's website and that has provoked me to read the whole book. Author has a rich vocabulary which is well noticed in his first chapter itself. If you are a bibliophile or a book worm and like to read the chapter 'An ode to Ennui', you can click http://www.getthefunda.com/

That's all about it for today! Will catch you all soon...