Graphite Sketch

This one is done using only graphite stick...

Acrylic Painting - Blue Vase

Blue Vase

My Art Work

The painting that i did recently after a very long time using Acrolyic colours..

Check out my other art works at ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/deepak.dr83/MyArtWork

Moonlight, seashore, hand in hand..

Pencil art...
Smile ..

Share Market .. Game on...

Shares, the buzz word which I have been hearing a lot these days. So thought why not give a shot. And so it begins with my idbipaisabuilder account. People who have experience in the past guided me to do it with small investment (anyways I don't have a large amount to invest also that's a different story). Last week that is 21-Jan-08 to 25-Jan-08 the market was down and it was a pretty good time for retailers like me to invest in shares, keeping long term in mind. So I bought the shares of A group and B group companies. I prefer to stick with delivery than intraday stuff. Hmm but the brokerage rate is pretty painful not to mention the tax. One of my colleagues whose doing this for a long time advised me to keep the shares for a long term at least a year, in which case you need pay tax, ok that’s a relief..

Some things which experienced people told me about share market business..

• Never be too greedy cause you could loose everything..

• Tension, a thing which should be managed properly..

• Long term investments are a good idea..

• Invest in all possible sectors, not concentrating on a particular sector like IT, power etc.

• Start with a small investment..
  

Another good investment is the IPO’s (Initial public offering).. Order it, get it and sell it .. Simple as that.. but before buying the IPO of that company have a background check of that company.. talking of IPO’s lets see how Reliance Power is getting allocated.. Many of my friends, colleagues and family members have applied for it..

Apart from this if you really want to stay out of the ticker, scrip code, 52week low/high.. Another solution Mutual Funds, put the money and you can stay relaxed at least to some extent. Because you are sure of minimum returns..

Last but one least, do vote for the poll which you will find at the top of the blog..

Lastly .. MUTUAL FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET RISK. PLEASE READ THE OFFER DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING.
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Call Taxi >>

The other day one of my friends had to leave Chennai and had a lot of luggage’s to be moved, so we decided to book for a call taxi. The train was scheduled for 23:30. We called one of the well known call taxi service (which happens to be very ‘FAST on the TRACK') by 10:00 in the morning and I asked them to come by 21:30. Those guys got the address and mobile number and gave me a confirmation number kind of stuff. In the late evening me and my friends thought we will just call those guys and check it up. We called them by 19:00 and they said ‘your taxi will be reaching your place by 21:30 and the driver will call you’. The time was 21:15 and we did not get any call from the taxi driver or we did not see any signs of the taxi. It was 21:30 and things were a little tensed so I called those guys and asked what happened to the taxi; he puts me on hold for a while and I could hear him talking with someone of the other side, after a while he says ‘sir your taxi will be coming soon’. I waited till 21:45 but still no signs of taxi. With no other go, I again called him; he gave me a number and said this is the driver’s number. I jotted it down, but when I called that number it was going to a person who is not a driver and does not work in that call taxi service!!. Ok, so hell with this taxi, we decided to take an auto and managed to get one just outside the house. We somehow managed to get there before time.

The call taxi service guys never called me and did not even bother to find out what happened to the customer. So please be careful when you book a call taxi and make sure you ask him to come in way advance.. you will be on the safe side.. Of course you can complain about this to their officials and take a severe action but time once lost is lost forever..

The word Sacrifice.

This is a little vague one.. If you are looking for jokes this is not the topic..

Someday everyone in this world will have to sacrifice one or the other to get something. One will understand the real meaning of the word only when he undergoes the agony of sacrificing something for the sake of others.

Some forfeit their personal life for professional, some sacrifice professional for personal; some for the happiness of others discard their own happiness. But of all these some sacrifices has to be made without any choice which is more tormenting than anything else.

People live abroad to earn handful so that their family can survive in their motherland sacrificing the happiness of seeing them everyday, people depart cause their happiness is not appreciated by the ones surrounded by them. Sacrifices are made for the sake of a better tomorrow, money, society, comfort and can go on ..

The point is when it happens one will be happy and another will be sad and there is no much win-win situation in these kinds of games. The decision has to been taken considering the personal, professional life in the line of the future. Once it is done there is no turning back and you will have to travel along the road taken. You will be traveling either in the road of others happiness with your broken heart or in the road of sadness with a smiling heart. But whatever it is the sun will rise the next day and you will have to live it, you cant escape the days ahead. When there is no hope for your dreams the only way to live is accept the life as it comes and search for happiness in the days ahead. Of course you will have to learn to live with a MASK of happiness again for the sake of others. And as they say 'Time is the best medicine' for such predicament, may be it is ....

You might have already undergone it or may be yet to undergo it.. But i have done it more than once..

If it was a really boring one, i m sorry will have a good post next...

First Class Vs Second Class in MRTS

Ya it has been a long time since i posted ..

I work for a company which is located in one of the busiest place in Chennai; it is none other than T-Nagar. This place is famous for many things such as Pollution, Parking, traffic jam, bargaining, shops, more shops, people, people and more people. If you have Rs. 500 you can get two shirts and jeans and at times even more. Yup you will find shops with such low prices (don’t ask me about the quality, come on you can’t expect everything). Anyways you will also find standard shops known for its Name. Parking - Now that is something you wont find that easily here. If you find a place to park your vehicle, trust me you are one of the luckiest person in this world.

I preferred coming by train to this place because any other mode of transportation will make you frustrating that may be because of the bad road, traffic, hot sun or because of a idiotic driver in front of you or any combination of the mentioned reasons. Anyway nowadays I come by bike for a change. My father advised me to a get a first class pass for the train and so I did.

The following are the interesting things I found about a first class coach and a normal second class coach. In second class you will find people in lungi, along with well dressed person; basically it will be a colorful one. On the other hand in first class coach you will find people with Genesis, Louie Philip, Van Heusen and other high branded shirts with Levi, black berry pants, not to mention the shoes. You accidentally step on other persons foot the words that will come out of your mouth is "I am sorry" / "Excuse me" and the victim would just smile or say "its ok" or may stare at you.. On the other hand you enter a second class and accidentally stamp a person; before you could open your mouth there will be at least three people shouting at you.. well it wil include from class c words to some words which you will have to search in a dictionary of the bad words..

Well the best part in second class (which I personally like) is there will be many groups of people who will be discussing on water problem, politics in their work to politics in our country and goes on .. It wil be funny and interesting to hear those conversations; you don’t need an IPOD for keeping yourself occupied in the train journey .. oh ya talking about music.. there will be blind people who will sing or who will be good in some instruments and will play it from one station to another .. some give a rupee or two to them .. I don’t use the word beggar to describe them cause I appreciate their music and talent always.. Seriously u will also appreciate it if you get a chance to hear it.. you wont find these people in I class anyways.. Grrrr...
This a very little about the suburban trains in Chennai .. you can actually write a whole book which I don’t want to do as of now..