Sunday, February 29, 2004
U r fired, layoff frm 2day
SEOUL: South Korea's third-largest credit card issuer fired a quarter of its workforce via mobile phone text messages on Friday, after negotiations with striking unionized workers broke down.
KEB Credit Service Co sacked 161 employees, a spokeswoman for the company's parent bank said.
" The layoff date is February 28," the message said, according to a member of the union. "We will receive applications for voluntary retirement package until February 28."
The firm said it had no method for contacting striking staff other than using the short message service ( SMS ).
Unionized workers, who make up nearly 90 percent of the firm's 662 staff, have been on strike since mid-December over a takeover by Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), fearing job cuts.
What's next? Don't be surprised if it happens in India too!
Source: Timesofindia
KEB Credit Service Co sacked 161 employees, a spokeswoman for the company's parent bank said.
" The layoff date is February 28," the message said, according to a member of the union. "We will receive applications for voluntary retirement package until February 28."
The firm said it had no method for contacting striking staff other than using the short message service ( SMS ).
Unionized workers, who make up nearly 90 percent of the firm's 662 staff, have been on strike since mid-December over a takeover by Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), fearing job cuts.
What's next? Don't be surprised if it happens in India too!
Source: Timesofindia
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Hello world!
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Yet Another Weekend At Indore!
Summer has started soaring and we wouldn’t have found a better way to spend our weekend than going to one of the amusement parks of Indore. We a group of around fifty people from our office were been to ‘Shell City’, one of the amusement parks of Indore which is around 25 Km from here. Even though we had transportation (mini bus) arranged by the office, most of the people preferred their own mode of transportation so that they could come back whenever they want. But we, a group of around ten enthusiastic people have decided to go by the mini bus so that we could have some fun on the way.
We reached the venue around 4.15 in the evening and straight away got into action with beach volleyball. As most of our guys were part of regular volleyball team, we didn’t find difficulty playing in a new surface made with raw sand and small gravel. By the time we finished two games, it was already getting late for water slides and we all shifted our focus into water games. I was waiting for someone to start the adventures with the slides and it’s Ravi who lead the show by going for the 360-degree twist and turn slide. From here on we never looked back and went on to enjoy the fun and thrill of sliding down at an exhilarating speed for around an hour.
At last we had the fun of watching tug-of-war and races by the kids, which were the real highlights of the day!
We reached the venue around 4.15 in the evening and straight away got into action with beach volleyball. As most of our guys were part of regular volleyball team, we didn’t find difficulty playing in a new surface made with raw sand and small gravel. By the time we finished two games, it was already getting late for water slides and we all shifted our focus into water games. I was waiting for someone to start the adventures with the slides and it’s Ravi who lead the show by going for the 360-degree twist and turn slide. From here on we never looked back and went on to enjoy the fun and thrill of sliding down at an exhilarating speed for around an hour.
At last we had the fun of watching tug-of-war and races by the kids, which were the real highlights of the day!
Sunday, February 15, 2004
What a day, Valentine's Day!
This time it's on a Saturday so my day started around 11a.m and the first thing to do on my list is washing clothes. After an hour-long hard work in the house I decided to go for breakfast at "Sharma Namkeens" and settled down for a plate of kachori, jelabi and a shikanji juice. From there I went straight to office around 12.30, just before entering the office, met two of my colleagues Venkat and Arul who wanted me to accompany them to 'Sewa Mandir' which is a school for the deaf and dumb, I never wanted to say no to these guys because it's for a noble cause. We took a cake for the 'Sewa Mandir' children and reached there around 1.30. To our surprise there was a marriage function going on this day wherein the couple is from owrangabad and they wanted to have their marriage in front of these physically challenged people. We also joined the crowd in wishing the couple and spent some time with the children and back after sometime.
Day is not yet over, evening is yet to come; Sriram was eagerly waiting for me and Nags to join him so that we three could freak-out somewhere. We went to Apollo arcade where Valentine's Day is already getting hot and we decided to crack something out of their delicious food items. After having few veggie burger, pizza and fruit juices we moved on to Chappan to have chilli-veg-sandwiches and then it was Sriram's turn to make sure the bellies are air tight by going for few masala-popcorns. No one wants to miss the three hours left in the day and we went for a Hindi movie Maqbool to end our day.
This time it's on a Saturday so my day started around 11a.m and the first thing to do on my list is washing clothes. After an hour-long hard work in the house I decided to go for breakfast at "Sharma Namkeens" and settled down for a plate of kachori, jelabi and a shikanji juice. From there I went straight to office around 12.30, just before entering the office, met two of my colleagues Venkat and Arul who wanted me to accompany them to 'Sewa Mandir' which is a school for the deaf and dumb, I never wanted to say no to these guys because it's for a noble cause. We took a cake for the 'Sewa Mandir' children and reached there around 1.30. To our surprise there was a marriage function going on this day wherein the couple is from owrangabad and they wanted to have their marriage in front of these physically challenged people. We also joined the crowd in wishing the couple and spent some time with the children and back after sometime.
Day is not yet over, evening is yet to come; Sriram was eagerly waiting for me and Nags to join him so that we three could freak-out somewhere. We went to Apollo arcade where Valentine's Day is already getting hot and we decided to crack something out of their delicious food items. After having few veggie burger, pizza and fruit juices we moved on to Chappan to have chilli-veg-sandwiches and then it was Sriram's turn to make sure the bellies are air tight by going for few masala-popcorns. No one wants to miss the three hours left in the day and we went for a Hindi movie Maqbool to end our day.
Friday, February 13, 2004
Happy Valentine's Day!
Valentine's Day, a day honoring love and lovers is celebrated on February 14th. There are several interpretations as to the origin of Valentine's Day...
The Feast of Lupercus
The first interpretation has this celebration originating as a pagan tradition in the third century. During this time hordes of hungry wolves roamed outside of Rome where shepherds kept their flocks. The God Lupercus was said to watch over the shepherds and their flocks and keep them from the wolves. Every February the Romans celebrated a feast called Lupercalia to honor Lupercus so that no harm would come to the shepherds and their flocks. Also during Lupercalia, but in honor of the goddess Juno Februata, the names of young women were put into a box and names were drawn by lot. The boys and girls who were matched would be considered partners for the year, which began in March. This celebration continued long after wolves were a problem to Rome.
St. Valentine's Day
As Christianity became prevalent, priests attempted to replace old heathen practices. To Christianize the ancient pagan celebration of the Feast of Lupercus, the church officials changed the name to St. Valentine's Day. To give the celebration further meaning and eliminate pagan traditions, priests substituted the drawing of Saints names for the names of the girls. On St. Valentine's Day the priest placed saint's names into an urn or box. The young people then drew a name from the container. In the following year, the youth was supposed to emulate the life of the saint whose name he had drawn.
By the fourteenth century they reverted back to the use of girl's names. In the sixteenth century they once again tried to have saintly valentines but it was as unsuccessful as the first attempt.
While it can't be proved historically, there were seven men named Valentine who were honored with feasts on February 14th. Of these men, two stories link incidents that could have given our present day meaning to St. Valentine's Day.
One of these men named Valentine was a priest during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Valentine was revered by the young and old, rich and poor, with people of all walks of life attending his services. At this time Emperor Claudius was heavily recruiting men to serve as soldiers for his wars without much success. The men preferred not to leave their wives, families and sweethearts to fight in foreign lands. Claudius became angry and declared that no more marriages could be performed and all engagements were cancelled.
Valentine thought this to be unfair and secretly married several couples. When Claudius found out, he threw Valentine in prison where he died. Friends of the priest retrieved his body and buried it in a churchyard in Rome.
Another version had St. Valentine jailed for helping Christians. While Valentine was in prison he cured a jailer's daughter of blindness. Claudius became enraged and had Valentine clubbed and beheaded on February 14, 269 A.D.
Yet another story claims that Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter and wrote her letters that were signed "From your Valentine."
All of the seven Valentines eventually evolved into one. In 496 Pope Gelasius declared the day in honor of St. Valentine. Through the centuries the Christian holiday became a time to exchange love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. Lovers' quarrels come under his jurisdiction and, naturally, he is the patron saint of engaged couples and of anyone wishing to marry.
Valentine's Day, a day honoring love and lovers is celebrated on February 14th. There are several interpretations as to the origin of Valentine's Day...
The Feast of Lupercus
The first interpretation has this celebration originating as a pagan tradition in the third century. During this time hordes of hungry wolves roamed outside of Rome where shepherds kept their flocks. The God Lupercus was said to watch over the shepherds and their flocks and keep them from the wolves. Every February the Romans celebrated a feast called Lupercalia to honor Lupercus so that no harm would come to the shepherds and their flocks. Also during Lupercalia, but in honor of the goddess Juno Februata, the names of young women were put into a box and names were drawn by lot. The boys and girls who were matched would be considered partners for the year, which began in March. This celebration continued long after wolves were a problem to Rome.
St. Valentine's Day
As Christianity became prevalent, priests attempted to replace old heathen practices. To Christianize the ancient pagan celebration of the Feast of Lupercus, the church officials changed the name to St. Valentine's Day. To give the celebration further meaning and eliminate pagan traditions, priests substituted the drawing of Saints names for the names of the girls. On St. Valentine's Day the priest placed saint's names into an urn or box. The young people then drew a name from the container. In the following year, the youth was supposed to emulate the life of the saint whose name he had drawn.
By the fourteenth century they reverted back to the use of girl's names. In the sixteenth century they once again tried to have saintly valentines but it was as unsuccessful as the first attempt.
While it can't be proved historically, there were seven men named Valentine who were honored with feasts on February 14th. Of these men, two stories link incidents that could have given our present day meaning to St. Valentine's Day.
One of these men named Valentine was a priest during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Valentine was revered by the young and old, rich and poor, with people of all walks of life attending his services. At this time Emperor Claudius was heavily recruiting men to serve as soldiers for his wars without much success. The men preferred not to leave their wives, families and sweethearts to fight in foreign lands. Claudius became angry and declared that no more marriages could be performed and all engagements were cancelled.
Valentine thought this to be unfair and secretly married several couples. When Claudius found out, he threw Valentine in prison where he died. Friends of the priest retrieved his body and buried it in a churchyard in Rome.
Another version had St. Valentine jailed for helping Christians. While Valentine was in prison he cured a jailer's daughter of blindness. Claudius became enraged and had Valentine clubbed and beheaded on February 14, 269 A.D.
Yet another story claims that Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter and wrote her letters that were signed "From your Valentine."
All of the seven Valentines eventually evolved into one. In 496 Pope Gelasius declared the day in honor of St. Valentine. Through the centuries the Christian holiday became a time to exchange love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. Lovers' quarrels come under his jurisdiction and, naturally, he is the patron saint of engaged couples and of anyone wishing to marry.
Thursday, February 12, 2004
All about Indore – Part 1
Situated at the heart of India, Indore also known as the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh has a variety of culture and food to offer. The mixed culture can be invariably seen in the typical food habits ranging from South Indian Idli-Dosa, Vada-Sambar to Dal-Bafla, a typical Malwa Food. Indore is specially known for it’s wide variety of Namkeens, Gujrati and Chineese food restaurants and Bengali sweets. The garam garam Poha & Jelabi, which you find in almost every teashop in the nook and corner is the trademark of this city. Snacks like Khaman, aaloo kachori, dal kachori, samosa, petis, Bhel puri, Pani Puri, mathri are a few to name, and the list go on…
Late night sweet stalls are another beauty of this city, which comes alive at 11 P.M in Sarafa (heart of city) where one can find mouthwatering stuffs like Gajak, Gulab Jamoon, garadu, Rabri, aalo tikiya, Gajar Halua, icecreams, milk-shakes etc., and finally tasty paan to end your day.
Opportunities never knock again; grab your share if you’re here!
Situated at the heart of India, Indore also known as the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh has a variety of culture and food to offer. The mixed culture can be invariably seen in the typical food habits ranging from South Indian Idli-Dosa, Vada-Sambar to Dal-Bafla, a typical Malwa Food. Indore is specially known for it’s wide variety of Namkeens, Gujrati and Chineese food restaurants and Bengali sweets. The garam garam Poha & Jelabi, which you find in almost every teashop in the nook and corner is the trademark of this city. Snacks like Khaman, aaloo kachori, dal kachori, samosa, petis, Bhel puri, Pani Puri, mathri are a few to name, and the list go on…
Late night sweet stalls are another beauty of this city, which comes alive at 11 P.M in Sarafa (heart of city) where one can find mouthwatering stuffs like Gajak, Gulab Jamoon, garadu, Rabri, aalo tikiya, Gajar Halua, icecreams, milk-shakes etc., and finally tasty paan to end your day.
Opportunities never knock again; grab your share if you’re here!
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