Holidays..Recession...Layoffs...Satyam....Obama

Its been a while since i wrote in my blog....well I donot write at all.....let me try....

2008 has gone...what i found in 2008..well facebook and because of that few old friends...

Had our holidays to India and for the first time in my life i visited along with my finnish friends as a tourist...we went to Bengaluru...Mysore...Hyderabad and Bidar and it was kind of interesting to see these places...which i used to usually drive by in my Scooter...

A few thoughts..

Bengaluru is getting dusty year after year..thanks to Metro project...please someone please finish it yaar...but the spirit of Bengaluru still remains visit the Brigades..MG's and the commercials...

Mysore has always been my favourite place and even though the road to Brindavan was hell it surely was worth the trip and thanks to my coolest friend Kevin we had a wonderful driving trip to this place once called retired persons paradise...i wonder what they call it now...

Loved Hyderabad cause it still has the old city look and feel around Charminar e.g but yeah its less dusty and the traffic even though heavy still is on the move...great places to see there and shopping at Charmas is still my favourite hyderabadi hobby...and you should never miss the biryani there....btw i was there when the NOT SO "Satyam" owners were about to be busted cause of the murky business with "Maytas" which my cabbie informed is the opposite of Satyam... so ulta-pulta haan !! I happen to see their new addition the Ramoji studios which is a big investment and worth a visit...but I still think that it needs efforts to make it an international attraction....Ramo ji are you listening ;-)

On to...Bidar a relatively unknown place thanks to its new collector at office has a lot of places to see and the India I grew up in still intact...the old town has my school and went to see the school which has now a new building and old classrooms are now used as houses....

Spent time with my parents ...had a wonder Christmas with the relatives and friends..New Years with our dear friends in Bengaluru....went visiting our relatives and friends and shopping in Big Bazaar....and now back to the snow filled Helsinki with a lot of flu to fight with.... :-)

On the other side was not totally moved by Obama's inaugural speech....but I hope he will make the dreams of millions come true.. that is peace among people..jobs in plenty...the sound of the word recession is almost like depression and it is affecting our daily thoughts and how we go about doing our work..we need to cheer up folks put in our best effort at work and at home....

And wishing you all a very good 2009 and soon it will be 2010...