Forgot to put this up yesterday..

The Hindu
International News
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

"Bush has asked Americans to save gasoline by driving less."

i have to admit that will solve the problem altogether but really .. What???
i never crib too much about these lines anymore though because ..
so much entertainment!! - cannot complain!

Historic eh?!??

So today the company i work for changed its name.. AGAIN!!
Been here for a year and a few month & thid is only 2nd time we are changing name.
and while the CEO was making his speech , he said it was "a historic occassion" -
How pray tell could this possibly be historic if this seems to be recurring event every year..
in fact we should all just block our calendars for same time next year ..

But i should add here that name changing is something that frequently happens to organisations i work in..
My 1st job - was for a media agency called Madison.. which moved from being an International Co. to just Madison India... Nobody knew what Madison was even when i moved there so name-change didn't make any difference.

Then i moved to Lintas - which was a popular enough name in advertising .
And they decided to call themselves "LOWE" .
what is that name?? What's a Lowe? & Why Oh why do i work for it?
Our receptionist (who was called Melody .. we will have an in-depth discussion on that name a little later) would pick up the phone & say "Hello, Lowe"..
AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

And then i joined GE Capital . Now that is certainly a big name, i thought.
Then they went and became Gecis (which is not an acronym, mind you)
And now they have become Genpact.. which i have to admit is not a bad name!!
But historic event - this is certainly not!!

Divya & me

Divya & me are planning to set up this place .. its just a plan right now.
where we set up a place which is mainly in to promoting music, dance theatre.. but is also in to arbit stuff ..
So if we had a house, say with a ground floor & a 1st floor somewhere central , we could then set this up. It would be in to:
1. music classes - where students take classes & pay you the fees and you will pay teachers a part of that
2. dance classes - same principle
3. rent out a room for play practice etc
4. have a herbal tea / snacky place where the living area is
5. have a small room for massages etc
6. play movies that interest people and possibly have discussions etc after. could also have book / plays readings, book & lyrics discussions
7. organise summer campie things for kids
8. also if there was a little garden thing, then you can get kids to work & play & plant trees etc.
9. parts of the place could be a little boutique ish .. in that if you like something you can buy it.
10. internet connection. not a net cafe but just a couple of computers with access for people to surf.
Business model is very suspect because it has not been thought about at all. But so would love to do something like this.. and soo would love to DO UP this place!! i can see it now.
we have even thought of people who could come in once in a way and take guest classes..
like kk could teach acting,
ganju could conduct sports quizzes for kids,
mons can teach singing sometime ,
someone who knows to play an instrument can teach that.. actually my brother could teach the guitar whenever he is in town.
Of course since none of these people have been asked - it is possible they none of them may want to do this.. anywayy..
But cannot say enough how much i would love to do something like this..
will keep adding to this one..