I came across this interesting but sad article where the husband is seeking a divorce because she lost some 30L in the stock market crash. Ridiculous really!

A few days back I decided to invest some money in mutual funds although I am not a finance expert. The going was good and my investment doubled. I had completely forgotten about it and when I recently checked(after the market crash) I saw that that the value of the shares had actually come down 20% below what I had invested. I called up to ask the mutual fund agent to get an idea on when the situation would improve. He just answered ” Boss, when the stocks were booming you didn’t even bother calling me thanking me. Now that the market it crashing everyone calls me asking for an explanation”. It sounded very sane.

If I were the wife, I would just slipper the guy for having played with my life. Twisted World!!

Yayyyy. Week-end is finally here. And I’ve been getting around. I’ve been able to lose a good 6-7 kilos after havinf joined my new company. No, the food isn’t bad. In fact, It is better and healthier compared to a load of junk I was existing on before here. So I’m feeling quite good. And No, I don’t buy my food from my office cafeteria.

Airtel have released this awesome ad which has half of India’s celebrities in it. Amazing. I’ve always had this deep, profound respect for the brand, that is AIRTEL. Whatever products I’ve used of theirs, they’ve always delivered their promises. So I’m looking forward to Airtel Digital TV. Will I change from Tata Sky to Airtel DTH? It these were the only two options, hell yeah! I would Airtel over Tata anyday. But I have choices and good ones at that. My local cable wallah provides an amazing array of 300 odd channels for a lesser price than Tata and Airtel. So he is a serious contender. Lets see what happens.

The guys at the Stock Market have been wondering when the ground will open up and swallow them. There are rumours of one or two well know banking institutions going down in India too. If that happens, India will have to look down a barrel for the next 5 years until there is some hope for economic improvement. Interestingly Dow Jones in the US is back to where it was some 10 years back. With the inflation increasing by the day, and the stock markets tumbling around the world… I am just waiting for it to hit the bottom and start building up towards a sturdier future. So the Economic Boom has ended for the world and consequently in India. Here on, you’ll see private business operators madly getting in line to get a piece of the Indian Market’s Real Estate. Economic Boom… It was good while it lasted.

I’ve also been successful in selling my first item on Ebay. My 4 months old Blackberry Curve 8310. I was in two minds and had just decided that I would keep the phone for the next 6 months when someone bought the phone off me on Ebay! Anyways, the decision is made and I’m looking at a few phones. Blackberry Bold is very tempting but the width and size really puts me off. Blackberry Javelin is gonna take some time for a launch in India and I can’t be without a phone that long. Nokia N96 looks good except for the Symbian Software which really slows down over time. Sony Ericsson haven’t really made any groundbreaking stuff from the last Sony Ericsson K850i I had. Same old same old. So I still haven’t come to a decision on it.

And I went and got a Sony PSP. Thoroughly enjoying it man. I also got a game free with it. NFS Underground Rivals. I’ve been able to listen to music, swap memory cards, view pictures, connect to the wi-fi and most importantly kick some Dodge ass with my Toyola Celica on NFS. Amazing device. Simply Wow…

What a week it has been…Nice!