The Pillais celebrated a wonderful Onam in Chennai and we wish you a very happy and prosperous Onam
Happy Onam!
Published: September 2, 2009Posted in: Kerala, Off-label
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Wimbledon 2008 men’s singles final, what a ride!
Published: July 7, 2008Posted in: People
I just finished watching half of the Wimbledon final. The second half. I have never been so nervous, excited, humbled, impressed, (a true rollercoaster of emotions), watching any other sporting event ever! I am yet to understand fully how the game’s point system functions but I tell you, I went mad for every single point earned. I wanted Federer to win and you can imagine how I felt when he was on the verge of losing more than two times before the final ‘fatal’ fall. The way he came back and the way Rafael kept his cool! Federer truly summed it up when he said “tried everything!” 
To be the best in the world and to beat the best in the world, these two gentlemen truly displayed great character speaking after the awards ceremony.
Federer(very cool and calm, with his characteristic charming smile): “I tried everything, it went a little late and everything, but look Rafa is a deserving champion, he just played incredible today…. He’s the worst opponent on the best court, but it’s been a joy again to play here, I know I couldn’t win it under the circumstances, but I’ll be back next year.”
Rafael(very happy but yet calm): “This is my favourite tournament, for me to win on this court is a dream…. I’m playing in the same time as the best player in history, Roger Federer…. He’s still number one, he’s still the best, he still has five titles here, and I just have one.”
If ever I get a DVD for a sporting event, this shall be it! And I want to get to playing tennis!
You have time to blog?
Published: February 19, 2008Posted in: People
I was so fascinated with Seth’s statement, decided to post it here! He was asked if posting a blog post everyday was “intimidating or a grind”.
His response:
“I view it as something I get to do. I spend most of my blogging time deciding what not to post.
The best work, at least for me, is the stuff you get to do. If you are really good at that, you’re lucky enough to have very little of the have to stuff left.”
What bothers me: “I spend most of my blogging time deciding what not to post“… someday, somehow I’ll get to that
Nick Vujicic – The true Man of Steel.
Published: January 27, 2008Posted in: People
This post was begun trying to do a separation/identification of all those really successful people who went out there and ‘Got what they liked’ rather than ‘Like what they got’.. Yeah we must have all come across many of them motivation stories.
What if you got something you hate? Worse, what if you’re stuck with a nightmare-come-true for the rest of your life? Here’s the story of a young man, aged 25 years, born without any hands nor legs. Do take a minute or two and think through a parents’ state of mind in finding their newborn limbless. Another minute to think of how many times the kid would have felt deep despair as he grew up.
Nick Vujicic, ‘the limbless man’, hated how he was born. He did try quit life. But today, he’s out there “Getting what he likes” and the best part – helping everyone around him live their dreams through his organization : Life Without Limbs.
We’ve got so much to thank God for. We can do so much. It’s all within us. Thanks Nick. My prayers for your new book and I hope to see you in Oprah’s show very soon.
Dare to Do
Published: July 19, 2007Posted in: Marketing, Off-label
I’ve been doin quite a few ‘daring’ things lately.. This post is not about blowing my own trumpets on them(’daring’ is very subjective; ‘hero’ in one pair of eyes, ‘zero’ in another), but Seth’s post-”that Moment” was something of an ammo pack to my activities lately. Cheers to ya Seth!
“When you are sitting right on the edge of something daring and scary and creative and powerful and perhaps wonderful… and you blink and take a step back.
That’s the moment. The moment between you and remarkable. Most people blink. Most people get stuck.
All the hard work and preparation and daring and luck is nothing compared with the ability to not blink.”
Dare to dare.. n then dare to do. At the end of it all, atleast you did!
Nothing like a day’s hard work!
Published: July 11, 2007Posted in: Off-label
Call me workaholic or be the unsavoury n call me a guy without a life(!?), but I think there’s nothin more satisfying than hitting that pillow after a whole day of solid work. I jus completed a few things a day before schedule, in the process relieved my team mate of his dependency on me, and am now going to call it a day after seeing the time touch 4:00 am.
I had a great weekend – saw the all-too-hyped Sivaji(take home – is there a woman with a more perfect figure than Shriya?), had good food, went to a Christian rock concert(healing, preaching, praying and the works), had a friendly chat with my new landlord.. all the way meant to blog on the incidences, but … my effort to post this at such a time :
there’s nothing like a day’s hard work
Sweet dreams!
Walt and Roy Disney
Published: June 23, 2007Posted in: People
I’m reading a book ‘How to be like Walt’ and I tell you there is so much we can learn from good ol Walt Disney’s life. Thanks Ashish-Sindhu for the book – I think this will be the first book I’ll ever read more than once.
I’m a sucker for love/emotions between brothers – in K3G, I shed da tears in that bench scene with Hritik n SRK! There’s this incident in Walt Disney’s life that got me all mushy again! ..
The first person to lend money to Walt was his elder bro Roy. And for the 40 years together when the two made Walt Disney the name it is today, it was always arguments with Walt wanting to do mega projects and Roy kicking in reality for want of funds.. Their company had to go public n “shareholders wealth” was always the reason for the real thick fights between the two brothers.
One fight got real ugly – lasted a year with correspondence between the brothers happening through messages and intermediaries! Roy sent a team of attorneys to final things out with Walt but the talk went ugly & loud. Roy overhearing the arguments, stepped into the room and confronted his attorney team – these guys talked with no respect for Mr. Walt Disney. Mood changes in the room and agreements were struck, but yes with Walt getting most of his wishes.
Then came Roy’s birthday n Walt comes up to him with a gift. An actual Native American peace pipe! The continuous ingenuity of Walt – absolutely marvelous. The two bros filled the pipe with tobacco n smoke in turns. At the end of the day Walt personally wrote his brother this letter:
“It was wonderful to smoke the pipe of peace with you again – the clouds that rise are beautiful. I think, between us over the years, we have accomplished something. There was a time when we couldn’t borrow a thousand dollars and now I understand we owe twenty-four million!
But in all sincerity, Happy Birthday and many more –
And I love you.
Walt”
Sigh!
