Lifes Best Experiences

Happy to share this information that my brother has started blogging and his blog address is http://lifes-best-experiences.blogspot.com/

He has started by stating a small incident which happened in his 5th grade. Few things I liked in his blog (not necessarily in order)

• short and simple( KISS staregy)
• powerful message in the centre
• a good closing note
• a very good connect ( sharing some personal incident, as you all know nothing connects better than that and it takes us all our school days where similar incident have happened.)

Great start Vaish. Keep it going and all the very best.

PS: one thing I just wanted to add here, some thing which happened 11 years before in some one's life stays on top of their mind and se, its not a happy one though (I am not going to argue whether its right or wrong) .. this clearly states.. as people, as human beings we have to make sure how we are making others feel..esp through our actions and words.. it would stay for years together.. real time example

Buzz140- Tweeter unconference

Back to blogging after many months. Always wanted to write something, but dont know why it didnt materialize.

I attended Twitter unconference, last sunday in Photon Infotech, organized by the Knowledge foundation. I got to know about this from Kiruba.com and I registered in their Wiki. hope you all would have seen some articles in Ergo and times.

Sessions started little late, as supposed to start by 9AM. All the speakers were given a time duraton of 14 mins.

@Kiruba gave us a curtain raiser followed by @Mukund, of Buzzgain started his talk with a light bulb joke and most of them didnt know including me..

an awesome session by @aishwaryarao, of 10ft under on personal branding. awesome slides.. most of them were pics.. slides are there in slideshare i think..

Met one of my college sr/prof Patrick and made some new frends.. following them now in twitter.

a fun quiz happened post luch and left after a group snap.. missed the TEDxChennai brainstroming session :(

Actually a good day and went well. I liked it and got to know lot of new things and people.

Started using Twitter big time now and you can follow me @Ramkasi

one of my pic

That is Satish of SNR Technologies sitting next me(to my right)..

PS: forgot to tell you got an T-shirt too.. the guy to my left is wearing it

Happy Diwali- Wishes from New Jersey

Hi Friends and my blog readers, My Diwali wishes to all.. Let this Diwali bring lot of joy, brightness, Happiness and Hope in your life.

This wish comes from NJ.. Miss India during this festive time.. Miss you Chennai. This is my first post after coming here and I was thinking whether to write about my experiences or not then decided to write. So Diwali is a good occasion though. This is my first diwali outside India. Went to Venkateshwara temple here in Bridge water. Awesome place and lot of indians and the temple is mix of Nothie and Southie style. Has about 15 gods and very well maintained. Lot of people. nice crowd. They also have a good cafeteria underground. .and had nice dinner. ( after one and half month saw and ate a DOSA . phew!! )

Have to go to office.. No holiday here.. waa waa waa. My office in Chennai has declared two day off, so it give 4 days off incl the weekends..

Lot of things in the country of dreams has inspired me. I am going to start a new series called "This is America". - where I gonna write about wats this country abt, how it different from ours, ( u can get a better understanding of this place), how the people are? and lot more.

so that's the trailer.. wait for the main picture..

Folks out there in India, esp in Chennai , have fun bursting crackers.. enjoy these moments, you will realise the importance of friends, family and such festivals when you are left alone. Take it from me.

Life's Little Instruction Book

I got this as a mail forward and i really liked. I believe Life is so simple and we always try to make it complex and worry for little things and missing out the big picture. You can have a look at the list.. 

Have a firm handshake. 

Look people in the eye.

Sing in the shower.

Own a great stereo system.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Always accept an outstretched hand.

Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.  

Whistle.

Avoid sarcastic remarks.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.  

Lend only those books you never care to see again.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.

When playing games with! Children, let them win.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

Be romantic.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it  first seems.

Don’t allow the phone to interrupt important moments.  It's there for your convenience, not the caller's.

Be a good loser.

Be a good winner.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

Keep it simple.

Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.

Don’t burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same  river.

Live your life so that your epitaph could read, No Regrets.

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you'll regret the things you  didn't do more than the one's you did.

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Remember no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those  who helped you.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for  you.

Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital; you need only stay a few  minutes.

Begin each day with some of your favorite music.

Once in a while, take the scenic route.

Send a lot of Valentine cards. Sign them, 'Someone who thinks you’re terrific.'

Answer the phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.

Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.

Send your loved ones flowers. Think of a reason later.

Make someone’s day by paying the toll for the person in the car behind you.

Become someone’s hero.

Marry only for love.

Count your blessings.

Compliment the meal when you're a guest in someone's home.

Wave at the children on a school bus.

Remember that 80 per cent of the success in any job is based on your ability to deal with people.

Prepare for glory!

My brothers of the sword! Let no man forget how menacing we are … We are the Producteers and we set bench marks …

It has been more than a year we had our 11th Anniversary celebrations - The Star Trek 2007. Do you know what's waiting for us on August 2nd 2008 ? Royal fun and feast!!

This year we are not just going to have fun outside our Global Innovative Centre, but also in the way, we have never seen before. The Royal way! In Kings Style ! A new age has begun. An age of Producteering! This has paved way to create a new history and this deserves king-size celebrations and the reason being all of you.

Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river and all the people outside know we are different. We are Producteers who live, dream and breathe products.

Wear your Armor - Your shield, your greaves, your helmet .. Bring your family and friends to defend those who win. Be there to play all the royal games and let’s have a battle of FUN and laughter. Be a winner in ever game and take away royal gifts.

Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Come and witness this year’s winners of the various rewards and recognition at Aspire. This day will never be forgotten, nor will the Producteering Kings and Queens who participated in it.

We the Directors of Da Vinci take immense pleasure in welcoming you all to an all empires-celebration … Star Trek 2008 !

Prepare for glory!

Star Trek-12th Anniversary celebration's @ Aspire Systems

Hi All,
Its been 2 months I have written. Now back with a bang! Inviting you all for our office 12th Anniversary Celebrations on August 2nd , Saturday in Don Bosco School Auditorium, Egmore. Be there to have fun.

Here is the invite for you.

Count your Blessings

Have you ever Appreciated what you have??
Have you Counted your Blessings before??

If No, then its high time.. Most of us always worry about the things we dont have, things we want to have, planing to buy and on how to we can mange to get it.. Every one is so busy in chasing money.. working from morning till night..

Why I am saying all this is we are so busy in converting our dreams to reality and we have forgetten the little moments of Happiness, small sharing and caring for others, Stopping there to help some one and looking back the way we have come in life and thanking the people who have really helped us to reach the position where we are today.

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“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,

but by the moments that take our breath away”

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One beautiful and my most favorite quote from the Movie "The Hitch


This is an Awesome webclip for 5 mins. Very good pictures with powerful information. Its real and for sure you will be moved. Still wondering what it is about.. (Small teaser .. read those two lines at the bottom). click the link or the picture to watch the webclip.





This webclip will make you realize the real need to appreciate what you have and "Live Life" with a contented heart. Hope you all will agree to what I am saying here.

Take a break, think when you go back home from office, or before you hit the bed.. think about what you have, thank the people who have given you all and most important point Thank GOD.

1st Anniversary Celebration-Ramz-Thoughts turns 1.

Its time for Celebrations. Ramz-Thoughts has stepped in to second year successfully and its time to thank all my readers and friends for their continuous support and feedback. Many of you have written to me, many of you have directly conveyed your thoughts and feedback. My heartfelt thanks for all of you.

I never thought I would come up to this level. One year is a great achievement for me. Few of you who know me personally, would definitely appreciate this, because I'm such a Lazy butt. But Gods grace and certain things which I wanted to share with you have made me to write in the blog so far and you readers have always complemented me to keep things going. Last couple of months I was totally out of posting when many of you have asked me what happened, and asked me to keep posting.. That encouragment is keeping making feel the importance to write good post for you all.

I just wanted to share few statistics of my blog. I really wanted to do this for a long time and its an right occasion to do that.

My blog has been visited so far by around 3500 people. 9-10 visit per day.
I have around 30 subscribers;
Katrathu tamil posting and Happiest Moments in Life
are Hit posts of my blog in the year 2007-2008. Got few comments and many of you have conveyed your feedback too.

I have written about 50+ posting last year. So this years objective is to write 50 posts within 6 months ( more frequent posts). Nothing more.. Nothing less...

Hoping for the best.

Galamores 2.0- Ethnic Week Celebrations @ Aspire Systems

This is a Special guest posting by one of the Directors of 'Da Vinci' the cultural club at Aspire systems. Her name is Namita . This post is all about a great experience worth sharing. Its about the Ethnic week celebrations we had during last week of April. I really wanted to put that in my blog. But I couldn't do it. Thanks to Namita, for this wonderful posting. Lets start reading..

The countdown began and Ethnic Week dawned with new hopes, new dreams and new wishes.

Directors of Da Vinci, the entertainment club as called at Aspire, waited endlessly for the D-day to finally arrive on the 22nd of April 2008 with more fun … more colours and more spices … exactly what the Directors promised every Aspirian during the Ethnic week celebrations from the 22nd – 25th of April 2008.

With weeks of meeting up in conference rooms and planning (or rather chit chatting and teasing each other and more important dragging others who were busy coding and de-coding for small help and finally thanking them for letting us waste their time !), Ethnic week, popularly known as GalaMores took off in great style and landed with a little disaster ! But little did it dampen our spirits … We were still rocking … the Krazzy 4 directors (very coolly flicked from the movie ‘Krazzy 4’ but very aptly named by another Krazzy Director!) … Don’t get us wrong here. We are actually 6 directors but one was in a release of a project and the other was holding the mini-version of our large scale celebrations at the back office in the city ... so, thus formed the Krazzy 4 .. identified by their krazzy ideas in their krazzy minds in their krazzy style !

GalaMores revolved around enriching each Aspirian to pay tribute to their culture and to India. But ask anybody what GalaMores means, we can capture some very funny and cute blank stares, or a lot of errs … and huh’s ! For your information, ‘Gala’ means ‘to be happy’ and ‘Mores’ means ‘a group that share the same values, traditions and ethics’ so put them together to get the dynamic meaning of the magic word ‘GalaMores’.

Trust us when we tell you that we had a ball during the planning and execution of GalaMores. Our weekends were spent for shopping of this mega event and decorating our office .. moments that will remain fresh even before we are just about to be dug 7 feet under ground ! Most of our time was spent talking and teasing and burying ourselves into the thin crust pizzas ordered from Dominos. One look at us, people would think we have not eaten for days together ! After the huge ordeal of filling our tummies and presuming we have gained energy, we plunged ourselves into decorating our office.



With everything set, we got back to our homes to welcome the bright day with all smiles and laughter and with a goal – to spread the message of love and belonging among each other.

The entire week moved smoothly with the ethnicity of Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern culture spreading the message of togetherness in the workplaces, thus bonding all with the common element of “brotherhood’ and “unity”. And what made it more happening and interesting? The rasagulla wala, chaat wala, pani poori wala, kulfi wala and a typical tea shop that helped spread the electricity of excitement all over Aspire.

The directors felt the need of having a video where Aspirians from different states would welcome the audience in their language. This most definitely would be one of the most unforgettable moments of our lives .. Getting them together, and deciding on what to say and re-recording it like a never-ending process, made our hands and heads full. A set of hooligans video shooting another set of hooligans is worth a scene ! One look at the video will help conclude the kind of fun we had while shooting. But the video could not get the popularity it was supposed to have gained, reason which you will read about in a couple of minutes.

The last day of GalaMores saw Aspirians come ethnically dressed, depicting their roots. One could see pride brewed with their culture as Aspirians walked in to the office with bright smiles. And we knew our days and hours of toil had finally paid off …

I don’t know how many of you will agree to this but I personally feel for something good to happen, something bad also has to happen and fortunately for us, we didn’t face much of a problem … but we did 

During an hour’s celebration that we called for, had our team come from our city office, after travelling for almost an hour. There was a dance, song and group song from Aspire’s music club, Rock Darbar arranged for the Aspirians, after which would be the crowning of Ms. Ethnic and Mr. Ethnic. But what went wrong ?! The most important element of a function … the sound system ! Oops ! And that did it … With an audience of 300 people and the sound system not working, the function almost went for a full toss but our MC’s managed the entire show without putting us into much of a trouble. The programme ended with the kulfi wala cooling all with his lip smacking kulfi candies … Here I definitely wouldn’t want to miss telling you the dirty stares we got by the end of the programme, which none of us enjoyed but that evaporated from our minds as soon as we started getting compliments. We knew we had finally done it but with a sad note, the week full of action had finally come to an end.

With all the hulla bullas and goof ups around, irrespective of whether others enjoyed it or not, we had a blast … starting from the weeks of planning to the hours of execution … A day like this to come again would be a far off dream but who knows what life has in store for us … we might just end up holding another event that makes no real sense to anybody around and the sole objective would be the magic words – ‘to just freak out’ and ‘have fun’ !

I hope you all by now would have got a clear idea of fun we had during those days. from bottom of my heart I'm saying we had real FUN and made people to turn around and notice 'What's happening here in Aspire'?. We started this year with a big and a successful event and lot more to go. Thanks Namita for writing in my blog.

Wanna see how our clients liked the Kulfi...??



Now its time for your comments ...

Chennai: A new look

Hope you all would have noticed the change. I am not talking about the Times of India. No one can say NO.

Yes I am talking about the removal of hoardings and AD boards across the state. This time I realized the power of the Government. As soon as they got the orders from Supreme Court, The authorities plunged in to action, removed the Flex banners. From day two, they have started removing the metal frames which holds the banner/ Hoarding. Now its almost removed. As a result we have got a clean city. No hoardings. No girl will smiling at from on, No bikes, No TV's No Movie stars and their movies, No Jewelery and lot of other No's....

But we have got used to this AD's and hoarding on the road and Mount road is the best place of all esp near the Gemini flyover till Spencer's. We used to spend time, when we stand in the signals and when we drive pass that place. Spencer's signal is one big signal and you have to necessarily kill you time in hot sun from on without any Entertainment quotient.

So its a great loss to many and it I am sure it will open the doors of new media advertising again. Traditional media-Newspapers TVs, and radios will gain by this move. They say this hoarding industry is 25 crore turnover industry and for sure the great is loss not only to the board owners but also to the people involved in it, like the printers, Flex paper guys, the people who sell these spaces or agents and people who work on to put the hoardings in place.... Apart from them, the major loser are the Advertising Company. They now wont have such an easy option to catch eye balls of the people who are on the move.

So I believe the internet advertising will also gain by taking some share from this closed business and direct advantage for the TV, News paper and Magazines and Radio's. I am also not very sure how long will the city be clean without the flex banners.

One additional information: I had a chance to be there on one of the hoardings in OMR, near Thoraipakkam, posing for my company Aspire systems.. he he he....

Photo's from Flickr; Source: Vinod;