Did you cherish the long weekend?

I definitely did though, we did not pack our bags this time, for a change!
Saturday went off in window shopping (does this term include the numerous trails in vain, as well?)on Brigade road and browsed in my favorite book shop on Church street. Earlier I had planned to visit Indiranagar 100 ft road, but changed the venue when I heard from a friend that 100 ft was crowded with media crew and eagerly onlookers after the Honda-runover incident. Come to think of it, it is sad that pedestrians have neither safety nor the comfort of walking, eventhough walking is the best mode of transport wrt the much-voiced ecological aspect! What an irony :-(
Back to my list of things done - Went on long walks in the evening to CMH road and burnt lot of calories :-(
The next day, 4 of us headed towards Igglur dam - Shall try to post more info on this place, which is 95 Kms from Blr - and Omkar hills on the return journey. It was a long and tiring day with sun back to its scorching mode, already in Jan!
Monday was relaxing - a friend stayed back with us and we played games, watched Republic day parade in between and ate lots of junk.
In the evening, saw the movie Raaz2. That was the first horror movie I had ever seen. I was glad that I didn't get scared very much. In few scenes, I closed my eyes as I felt yucky to see the gory ones.
Enjoy the week ahead!

Recent movies

Caution: Avoid theaters showing Chandni Chowk to China & Tamil movie, Villu, for retaining ur sanity!
My weekend went off in seeing these movies. Plzzz do not repeat my mistakes.

Well, for the sake of mentioning, the first 1 hr of Villu is mindless comedy and the rest of the movie is only mindless!
Nothing more to write abt these movies.

Black day for 'Satyam'

You would also feel the same if you are associated with Satyam in anyway.
I am - having picked up Satyam stocks when they were trading >400. Also, I have friends who are ex-Satyam employees.
The current value of the scrip is 37 :-( Today, it had lost 140 INR. My second experience in having a stock that nose-dived on a single day(First one was RCOM).

Rediff(other media also) has published the letter written by Chairman Raju to SEBI where he had stated that the balance sheet was his creative place to write down numbers he wanted to.
If this is the case with one (or ex) of the IT top-5, what abt the chottu-mottu companies ?
Why do we have Auditors who are paid astronomical fees, if they are neither independent nor reliable?

Well, as an individual, I have only 2 Questions in mind:
Should I buy at these low prices hoping a buy-back or take-over or exchange ?
Or keep quiet and expect it to settle in the long term on its own ?

What's ur suggestion?

2009 - The New year

Wish everyone of you a very happy, fun-filled, successful, healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR!
Let the new year see the beginnings of things you had always hoped for and the end of those habits you want to get rid of!
How did you ring in the new year? We had been to a friend's apartment association celebration and had fun with friends. It was a bit funny as well, as the entertainment turned into playing 'Housie' after dinner on the NY eve and people like were desperately looking for the lady to announce stop of the play instead of the numbers. Finally when it ended at 11.50 pm, we had lost lot of our nails :-) Then came the DJ who preferred melodies and I agree with him, but a Ghajini number on the dance floor?
The good numbers were put off in the first stanza and I was furious when my favorite 'Bhool Bhulaiya' met that end :-(
Overall, it was fun and the beginning act was lots of laugh. Hope the laughter continues into the year as well.