My 1st accident

I have a very good track record, no accidents or even a scratch on my bike in last 3+yrs. Today was my 1st accident, and here goes the story


Now... this is a story all about how
my life got flipped, turned upside down,
and I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there
I'll tell you how I met with my 1st accident fair.

In... Hyderabad I started to drive,
and 3yrs I drove car and bike,
chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
and without an accident I burnt all the fuel.

When a friend sent a sms "I'm up to no good"
I was driving on the road with no hood,
I replied back how sweet I am ,
when everyone on road I gave a damn.

I lift my eyes "bang" I hit the rear,
the auto driver gave me the worst stare,
His legs scratched and my handle bent,
all I could do is offer my money unspent.

I pulled up to friends house about seven or eight
and I yelled to her "yo home, and I feel great,"
I looked at my bike, still scratch less,
and decided it was all in gods bless.



So, thats the story. I know I screwed the song, but it started very nice in my mind, but soon I couldn't find the right words, and too tired to spend more time :D
So My bike and I stand scratchless, while the poor auto guy had his legs scratched and auto with a big dent. I offered him 200bucks and left the place, went shopping for office furniture and now back home.

Hungry, dinner time :-)

Cribbing !

I'm going bald !! Nope I don't have a bald head yet, but I know I'm going bald.

A year back girls in my office used to cry over the fact that my hair is more silky. I always loved to take care of my hair. For the last 6months I neglected it, very badly. And for the last two months I have been roaming around in the sun without any headgear.

You know what happens, the hair becomes dry, very dry. And also start to have a receding hairline, which sucks. But then do I really have an option?? If I use any headgear (helmet or cloth), I'd have flat hair by the time I go to meet my clients. If I do not use a helmet I have receding hair :(


God save me :( I don't want to die bald.

The excitement !!

What happens when a kid who just started his business, gets to meet a multimillion dollar company chairman and ceo through his contacts, shakes hand, sips tea at his residence and discusses work with him?

He grins. Oh yah, my uncle introduced me to some xyz who is a classmate of this abc, chairman and ceo of a lmn company. And later xyz and I met this abc. xyz was telling me later that I had this constant smile on my face and a spark of excitement in my eyes which apparently is a good thing coz it reassures the person :-)

So yah thats how my Sunday went. Woke up at 5:30AM, got ready and met these people from 9 to 12 !! Not that I would have had any better thing to do, but I do miss the lazy sunday morning.

I know how silly this post sounds/reads, but I'm a bit excited. Hence the post.

Lessons learnt:
1. Take tea/coffee when its offered, don't overact :P Its a sign of disrespect if you reject whats being offered at the persons residence.
2. Put on easy to remove shoes when going to meet at a residence.

Updates !!

There are probably a million things I want to pen down:

1. Work is good, pretty smooth start till now. I have one employee working full time, one part time, one consultant and two on contract basis for electrical works.
2. Also jumping into LED works. Its all energy saving afterall :-)
3. It JUST started raining, as I'm writing this :D
4. Life is getting boring apart from work excitement. Waiting for friends to get married.
I attended a marriage recently, an acquaintance from business and I realized how much fun it would have been if all my friends were in India. sob sob

5. I'm expanding my office to take over the whole hall. Roomies are being supportive, poor guys :D
6. I have to buy a lot of office furniture. Already bought a all-in-one printer. Need three computer tables, two chairs etc.
7. My friend is coming from Dubai to help me with the technical stuff. He'll stay for a few days with me.
8. My brochures and website would be ready by wednesday. I'm sooo excited :D
9. Ahh ...what else, oh yah I lost 5pounds :D I'm fit again.

The only sad story rt now is I keep having these silly fights with someone I really don't want to. Life is sooooo simple but some people just complicate it huh!!


I could write a lot more, but I got to be elsewhere now :-) adios

Tensed ?

I always knew I have a good knack to run business', but never knew starting one would be such a hassle :-). There are a million little things to take care of and its a chicken or the egg story at every step!!

Phew ...

Business kickoff is good, but looking at the number of solar power plants coming up, I'm really tensed about the new competition. I really feel, I should have started back in 2008 when I initially decided, but then no point thinking over it rt :-). Looks like I have lost the opportunity to build a solar plant till 2013, atleast for public purchase. Ofcourse we never know how things would go in the private sector.

There is this incredible wealth of information I have acquired over the last few months, (inspite of my laziness ;) ) which I just hope I could put to proper use. All I need from here, is patience, persistence and self motivation.

I hired an engineer who will be my trump card for the next step, he is expected to join from June 1st, which means I'll have to take an office space or atleast 2 cubicles/cabins. More costs.

I'll be using tempest advertising for all PR related stuff including website, brochure etc etc. Doesn't come cheap, but then I could invest that time in my business. Outsourcing is how we have lived.

Just few updates from the back of my mind, got a long day ahead, time is running by, and its already Friday :( wish the clock rotates back 1yr :D


On a different note, as a sequel to this post (http://saaketh-preetham.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-cheat-on-her.html) I bought a new mobile, my 3rd phone in 6yrs. I had to sell the HTC due to its battery backup. Bought a Nokia 7230 (http://www.nokia.co.in/find-products/products/nokia-7230), basic features, no touch screen (I don't like touch), good battery backup, wide screen. Thats all I need :-) n Oh its a slide phone, I always had a thing for slide phones :-). Strange that Nokia didn't come up with a piece like this earlier. But better late than never isn't it.


I had a nice 3day trip home, not to relax though, along with few family members. I had to sleep for a day after coming back :D but it was worth it. Had lot of laughs, miss cousins, it would have been a blast if any/all of them were in India. huh !!