Ajay - On the Road called Life

Wishing all my blog readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2006!

* Above image courtesy My Yahoo!
I should have posted this on December 1, but well it’s finally December and this is the month I always wait for eagerly every here. Well Christmas is less than three weeks away. Are you prepared for it?
Well, I’m not asking if your wardrobe is all stocked and your dresses [...]

Mumbai was once again hit by torrential rains yesterday as well as today. Didn’t know if there would be office and so decided to go to the bus stop and see. Waited in the heavy rains for a good amount of time and just as I was about to turn back, the bus arrived.
Attendance at [...]

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected as the Pope - the head of the world’s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
Read the full report

Pope Benedict XVI, formerly German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, has delivered his first, brief address as pontiff from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Full text follows:
Dear brothers and sisters, after the great [...]

Below is the report from Rediff.com:
Tremors rattled Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra at around 1514 IST on Monday.
Though details are awaited, rediff.com received calls from Pune, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Karad reporting tremors.
Tremors were felt in parts of neighbouring Goa and Karnataka too.
Initial reports said the earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale, was centered [...]

Got an email titled “Urgent Assistance”. I usually delete such emails immediately and report them as spam, and so I did just that.
Contents of the email are the usual. This is not original text, but just the gyst.
Dear Friend
It is a pleasure to contact you at this important time for a possible business transaction. [...]

Met Madam D after work at Pizza Hut in Hiranandani, Powai.
Pizza was good as usual.
Just when I went to the restroom, the lights went out, or so I thought.
Anyway, I realized that the lights were switched off to spend a minute silence in memory of the Russian school kids who lost their lives due to [...]

I have never been a big fan of cricket. However, being the India-Pakistan friendship series, I decided take time off and watch it.
Watched every part of the 5th ODI today, since this was the decider and was really pleased to watch India clinch the series!
Watching the mind was really exciting!
VVS Laxman clicked after a long [...]

Christmas in many languages

The Paranjoti Academy Chorus enthralled us with a spectacular Christmas Carols performance.