Vrooooooooom.......

I finally managed to get my driving license here in Singapore thanks to a last ditch effort after my better half managed to get her license converted last week. I am extremely excited and have been google'ing, onemotoring, oneshift'ing since last week to compare various models of cars and narrowed down on;

• Nissan Latio
• Chevrolet Aveo, and
• Toyota Vios
• Mazda 3 SP Sedan aaa

I guess it will take a couple of weeks more for me to decide on which one to buy, wish me good luck and send in your suggestions...;-)

* Latest as of 15th Aug, 2008, celebrating Indian Independence :-)

Prize Catch!

I've been wanting to post this for a long time, infact more than a month now.

After very little preparation (maybe a month or so) and lot of inspiration from my wife and a good friend / colleague, I ran the Singapore Marathon 2007, 10 KM run for men and completed it in about 82 minutes. While its definitely not something to boast of in terms on the time taken and the top guy finishing it in 35 minutes, I am still (one month now) excited about the finish for the reason that I won the finishers medal and this happens to be my first medal win in my lifetime. Whoa!

Since the marathon, Its been a different story. I am jogging regularly these days and planning to run this year's 10 KM marathon, and target to finish it in 45-50 minutes! Wish me good luck :)

Moving on...sigh

While some might read the title with a big relief, I would like to clarify that I am not going to stop blogging. Read on...

Just 10 months have passed by, since 've migrated from 'filter coffee' chennai to 'fine' singapore to join one of the top private bank's in the world but I 'am already changing jobs! The move is definitely a blend of excitement and disappointment. While the excitement awaits me in the form of what I had always enjoyed doing at where I probably belong to, disappointment in terms of my inability to adapt to a new workplace, new team especially a new domain might probably haunt me for sometime now. I guess I need to do a lot of homework if I were to continue to be what I am in the years to come...Anyways, wish me good luck with my new assignment!

Saddening...

It was yet another Tuesday morning at the office till there were mild tremors felt during 11:50 AM, just before lunch. Almost everyone on the floor felt it, and sitting on 20th floor is no joke. The tremors lasted for about 30 seconds or so but were really frightful. We had been out for lunch and the roads were much crowded than it usually used to be and we found people talking on their mobiles about the tremors. Soon after, we were back at our office and a fire alarm went off causing a bit of a panic after we were asked to evacuate. It was then played down as a false alarm. Shortly after, we again felt mild tremors, atleast not as serios as earlier. It was then on news we found out that there were a two quakes in Indonesia and quite a few lives lost. Pretty sad day after a lot of partying last evening for a farewell.

burp!

not having packed lunch from home, i tagged along with a few other colleagues of mine who started for lunch. I thought we were going to Lau Pa Sat, the food court until one of my colleagues had other planes. we decided to go to The Soup Spoon. being a vegetarian, i was kinda reluctant till another colleague of mine assured there was plenty of choices for vegetarian. i assured myself and walked towards the outlet which was just past Lau Pa Sat opposite to our office.

I should say, the choice of vegetarian food was more than usual levels for a singapore restaurant. for the soup, i had to decide among Tangy Tomato with Basil, Velvety Mushroom Stroganoff, Meatless Minestrone Soup and Roasted Pumpkin with Caramelized Apple. Minestrone being my favorite, i apparently settled for with Falafel with Hummus wrap and an Iced Lemon Tea though there were choices of sandwich and salads.

I should say the food was awesome! Nothing more, Nothing less! Looking forward for another lunch / dinner to the soup spoon.

Bon Appétit!

brrrrr

its close to two weeks since we moved to the new office place, one of singapore's landmark buildings, in raffles and it certainly feels like sitting in a ice box / fridge. i guess the temperature set must be in negative! LOL its just that we've not had snow but definitely as cold as the snowcity in jurong east. one of my colleagues already calls this place a snow city!

it looks like we are working in colder regions of europe / canada, but i only wish i was really there ;-) outside the office, the place is a big oven!