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  • fritz Says -> bye bye 2007
    1:49 pm on January 1, 2008 | 4 Permalink | Reply
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    Well the passing year has bought its share of good and bad experiences in my life they are as follows lets start with the
    bad things

    • heart break
    • bad health (malaria,heart attack,cold,fever, food poisoning etc etc)
    • killed the company I spent 2 years building it was very hard but had to do it

    good things

    • frizilla
    • good team for frizilla
    • some of my ideas finally took off
    • saw some of the work which brother has a capability to deliver am impressed with it
    • made some new friends
    • friends chipping in to help with my own venture (thank you guys)
    • brother finally found a calling and put his head down and got his first product finally ready the launch of it is next year

    This is my last post for this year so happy new year to everyone :)

     

    • ace 5:54 am on January 3, 2008 Permalink

      heart break??????

    • frizilla 2:17 pm on April 20, 2008 Permalink

      yep heartbreak :(

    • Avis 4:49 am on April 24, 2009 Permalink

      U had a heart attack???

    • fritz 8:54 pm on April 25, 2009 Permalink

      yep but that was long time ago am gd now :)

  • fritz Says -> nice video about digg it has a catchy tune too
    2:04 pm on December 27, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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  • fritz Says -> merry christmas to all
    2:17 pm on December 25, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    merry christmas to all :)

    am still waiting for my presents where are they?????????

     

  • fritz Says -> gd ads on TV recently
    11:32 am on December 17, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    Well sometimes you feel good watching ads instead of the actual programs on TV this days.
    like the recent cleartrip ads and vodaphone ads have caught my attention

    The cleartrip ads about orange juice and the bar one about a cross dressing dude are both hilarious but I feel both are targeted to the right audience as well and the upmarket hip young generation which is the target audience for cleartrip will get the humor . but out of both the ads the one about orange juice is really good for some reason both the ads looks clich

     

  • fritz Says -> sarvesh birthday treat at martins corner
    1:35 pm on December 4, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    Sarvesh’s birthday is on the 23rd of November.
    so he had said that this year the treat will be at martins corner and must say he did keep his promise he left pune on 22nd reached goa 23rd morning and after that in the afternoon we met and went for a nice fish curry rice at city pride.
    on the next day there were two more people touching down in goa satya and abhimanyu
    so over the lunch we had our normal chit chat discussing about usual stuff our lives, technology,friends, good eating out places for fish etc etc
    so after the lunch sarvesh headed home to get some much needed sleep since he was sleep deprived because of traveling the previous night.
    I got back to my work in the office and then next day we were all suppose to go to martins corner sarvesh,fonda,satya,abhimanyu and me.

    Fast forward to next day I get a call from satya saying his bus is slow and that he has still not reached goa and that he might reach goa a bit late and will then inform us about his lunch plans. I have a early meeting next day i wind it up by 1 and am back to the office sarvesh comes to pick us up at the office and then we head off and we have not heard from satya yet who was suppose to reach goa that very morning so we call him up he says bus was delayed and he has just reached home and that he wont be able to make it for the lunch and that he will meet us in the evening.

    So on the way we have to pick up abhimanyu and saurabh both of whom are down to goa to collect their transcripts from the college since they are both headed to the US for higher studies they recently answered the GRE and scored pretty well on it so we pick them up from their college at PCCE and there is all sorts of confusion at this point will the kitchen be closed at martins corner and what will be our back up plan etc etc etc and all this time am cool because I know the kitchen wont be closed :)

    Finally after a long drive and missing quite a few accidents on the way yes sarvesh was driving and even though he was not drunk he still tends to be a hopeless driver hahahaha
    finally we are at martins corner it is a bit quite and less people are there because we are a bit too late for lunch but well we place our order
    we had martins special mocktail since everyone was ordering those even i decided to go with that instead of my usual order for some refreshing beer. then we had some starters fried mussels, french fries, squid calamari and then we moved onto main course most of them ordered chicken pepper steak and I ordered myself some nice roast tongue (must admit I left 2 small pieces of it though as I was full with the mocktail and the starters) and over the lunch our conversation was mostly about tech since we were all techies there and am sure all this talk must have bored my bro hahahaha.

    After we finished lunch we just lazied around a bit sitting there then we decided to take the long drive back to panaji on the way we just filled petrol and then got in touch with satya and told him to meet us at CCD miramar so on the way there we dropped fonda back to office and then we headed to CCD to lazy around some more :)
    there also we talked about many things like google , interesting opportunities in video startups etc etc and then finally satya showed up and then we had a good time pulling his leg because of his recent US trip then we talked about work there and here how it is different etc etc and then finally we all decided to head our separate ways but before that sarvesh had to pick up some cashew nuts for his office colleagues since he was leaving for pune the next day and he wanted to pick up some stuff from the dollar store too and he was not the only one who picked up stuff from dollar store even i picked up a can opener needed one for the office pantry and abhimanyu picked up some stuff too am sure he could not help it as he is a real shopaholic ( yes he is sick and needs help he spends a hell of a lot of money on shopping so all of us should start praying for him to get well soon )

    After that shopping spree it was time to call it quits for the day and I headed back to the office to get some work done and some surfing done :)

    well about martins corner I don’t think we will be heading there in the near future since we need to find another place to check out but the food and the rates there are both good but till we go there again am still trying to figure out another place to sample when all of us meet again in december maybe it will be chef fernandos :)

     

  • fritz Says -> interesting interview of citibanks biggest individual shareholder
    1:10 pm on November 13, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    (This) interview of prince alwaleed is a very interesting read for the past few days citi group has been in a lot of news in the international financial markets with the resignation of their CEO Charles prince after huge huge billion dollar write offs (the likes of which us mortals cant withstand just imagine if i suddenly realized that I had lost 11 billion dollar one fine day well I don’t have that kind of money :) but if I did and someone came up to me and said you lost that amount today pal my first reaction would be OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED and you should not be showing your face to me with that news dont you get scared I might just throw something I can lay my hands on at you hahahahha)

    But citigroup is not a person but a business entity and such huge one that it can absorb such huge losses without much hiccup’s but still someone had to face the wrath and it was the CEO as always who had to face the executioner and the axe.
    In the interview there are some very interesting pointers like the fact that prince alwaleed points out that they should have a person from banking and goes onto say next time no lawyer DUH how dumb are you who understands banking ?? a person from banking and why did you hire a lawyer in the first place.

    The second point is since he is the largest individual share holder and most of his personal net worth is tied up with citigroup what sort of a financial reporting system do you’ll have in place where the write offs can change in 3 weeks?? it is scary very very scary and this is something that needs to be looked at this cannot be the CEO’s mistake he just presented the details given to buy his financial team it is not that he accounted every cent of it by sitting down this discrepancy is not a concern not only for prince alwaleed but also to other shareholders of citi group and raises serious doubts about the management at the top level not just the CEO.

    Also the complaining about the the share prices hmmmm well the company is not well managed what do you expect I am still surprised with all this antics that their share prices have not sunk lower yes its a big big entity and that is the only reason that their share holders have been optimistic but if they don’t deliver well the prices can go down south and not up north if the antics continue. Well from all this it looks like the management was sleeping and all the others doing their jobs at citi were sleeping and the scapegoat was none other then the CEO from all of this the important lesson to learn is it is better to own a company then run one :)

     

  • fritz Says -> can it be done ?
    11:43 am on November 12, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    For the past couple of days there is only one question on my mind is it possible to build a company worth 1 billion dollar in 3 years yes 36 months now don’t ask me how I got the magic numbers of 1 billion or 3 years but I guess the reason for such crazy questions going in my mind are the number of interviews I see on TV of entrepreneurs and new generation of business leaders in the making taking over family run businesses in India after their studies saying that their targets are to take their family businesses past the 1 billion dollar mark and make the business more professionally managed and not family run.

    Hmm all this has certainly got me thinking is it possible to build a company in a small place like goa worth a billion dollars in 3 years well maybe it is but has it been done in goa not yet anyway I don’t think it has been done in india also yet but one place where it has been done is US and in a place like silicon valley anything is possible for example in recent history youtube.com was founded in February 2005 and in less then 3 years was sold to Google for more then a billion dollar in Google cash and stock.

    So the conclusion is if you target a global audience with your innovation then it is definitely possible to build a company worth a billion dollars in 3 years the vital factors to achieving the goal being innovation,usefulness and global audience but if you are building a small entity with focus on smaller geography then it is not possible unless maybe you start digging in your backyard and you strike oil or a diamond mine hahahahahaha :) as they say for striking it reach you don’t just require smart work but also a bit of luck :)

     

  • fritz Says -> thanx to all who care about my welfare
    6:27 am on November 12, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    Thanx to all the people who made phone calls sent sms’s and mails and had long chat sessions with me to know about my health and give advice and tips and even offered their cleartrip coupons etc hahahahaha.

    I really appreciate the concern shown and am really thankful for all the best wishes.

    Hmm from this episode I did come to know that there are a few people who want to see me alive hahahahaha yes from now on I am still pushing myself but not as much now I sleep for a decent amount and eat food on time and don’t skip meals anymore.

    But have not yet given up on pushing my mind and body but now do it a bit smarter like I told a friend few days back it is worth dying while trying in something you believe in and feel worth giving your body and mind rather then dying later in life repenting that you never had the will power to pursue your dreams.

    Well thanks once again on a lighter note the below image done by a close friend of mine selwyn is inspired by my the small incident in my life and no there are no prizes for guessing which incident hahahahaha :) so enjoy !!!!

    The image is not loading from blogger :( so here is the link chk out the selwyn’s blog and guess the image :)

     

  • fritz Says -> wow what a crib
    6:09 am on November 12, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    For all you who are wondering what is this post about well this post is about Mukesh Ambani’s proposed new residence in bombay called Antilia.

    Well I personally don’t own a residence of my own yet but will do so someday :)
    but I do follow a lot of this residential luxuries of famous people whether they are shown on forbes mag or on MTV Cribs yes I watch cribs because looking at those houses you learn what are the things you need to get for your crib when it is up.

    Well for a sneak peek at the proposed 4000+ crore residence of reliance CMD mukesh ambani the pic is given below of what the proposed architecture might look like once complete more details can be seen here in short it is

    • 27 storeyed
    • 6 floors for parking of 168 imported cars
    • one floor for an inhouse car service center
    • entertainment floor with a mini theatre with sitting capacity of 50 (looks like the rich guy does not have many friends hahahaha)
    • health floor with swimming pool and facilities for athletics
    • for visiting guests there will be 2 floors wow does this mean now all the visiting dignitaries of reliance be staying there instead of a hotel somewhere ?
    • 600 staff will be working there
    • three helipads on the terrace

    Way to go man what a place to stay hats off to you for that you should work hard and also stay in luxury and party hard after reaping in the rewards and finally the Indian Businessmen are realising it with the huge number of private jets being purchased, expensive imported cars, luxury apartments etc etc it is a good sign for a booming economy.

    This residence will go well with his new flying office worth 245 crores see (this) for more info. Wow I am just imagining what the other ambani brother is doing who is keeping a low profile with all this big ticket spendings by elder brother well its not that he does not have the money but then again he does not have as much as his elder brother hahahaha

    Well it will take some serious spending by another Indian to belittle Mukesh’s crib in India but hey it can be done even though I would say all this are the things that even I look for in a crib but there are more facilities and a hell of a lot of cutting edge tech inside and outside.
    my crib so now you know the list of luxuries that I want to own someday is not just restricted to a private island and private jet for my world travels for holidays, partying and cuisine tasting hey who wouldn’t want to just board their plane and go to italy and have a pizza and come when in the mood rather then settling for a domino’s or pizza hut one :)

    Realistically(as reality sinks in sob sob sob) speaking at present I need a single bedroom apartment of my own and a small office to work on my building empire dreams :)

    Hmm am wondering why name a residence after a mythical island ?? any ideas y ????


    (image is shown from mumbaimirror.com)

     

  • fritz Says -> finally getting a taste of martins corner
    1:18 am on November 12, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    Yes finally after months and months of planning of when we would give another shot at going to martins corner after one fail try last time see (this) for my earlier experience at martins corner we made it there yesterday though many of us had planned to come but only two of us Sarvesh and myself could make it there but that was not reason enough for us to cancel plans so we did make it there.

    We got in sat on a table close to the entrance as that was the only place remaining which was for two people rest of all the tables left were for 4 or more we noticed around a bit saw the atmosphere it was good quite homely with many families there small kids running around the wooden shack theme for the place is also good even though after sitting down we were left without a waiter and a menu for around 20 mins that was the only complaint for the night rest of it was smooth sailing and the food was simply delicious and tasted a lot like home cooked food.

    After we got the menu we placed our order for drinks I had Sweet Fresh Lime Soda and sarvesh had Lemon Iced Tea. Sarvesh wanted to have a budweiser but I reminded him that he was driving and I dont like the person who is driving the car that am in to drink :) so in order not to tease him even I didn’t order a beer for starters we ordered Mussels rawa fried and calamari masala fried the starters were served quite fast then we placed our main course order shark ambotik with rice and kingfish butter garlic fried and it was good that we ordered and decided to share as the quantity for the rice was too much and I would never have been able to finish it all by myself even two of us eating could not finish it :)
    I guess it was because both of us had good starters and drinks too and just before leaving the office I had 3 samosas.

    At the time we were having food got a call from hemant who is down in goa that he is dropping in the office so told him will be back in the office by 4:30 so we had our lunch talked about stuff and then headed off back to panjim where I was to be in the office and sarvesh had to go home rest and study for his interview next week. So Met Hemant in the office chatted for a while then he left and I got back to my office work.

    It was a fun outing and Sarvesh has decided that his birthday bash which is coming up now will be in martins corner WOW cant wait to get there again and that time there will be more people with us plus we still have that go karting outing which was planned months ago but never happened and not to forget we will again meet all of us for a friends wedding in december. looks like next two months we have lots of activities planned and outings well am looking forward to all of them and loads of quality friends time away from work :)

    Note to myself: Buy a Good Digital Camera so that the Pholog can be updated :( with photos of my adventures well the startup mode makes you a poor poor man living on bare minimums but I have to save some money to buy a digital camera soon.

     

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