iBlog: Nishit Shah

I just love traveling and have never said NO to anyone who has asked for company while traveling. These days have got interested in Backpacking and traveling alone. I have put up a map of states that I have visited in India and also a world map. The world map only has a couple of entries but will fill it up soon I haven’t traveled much to the east and north-east and would love to take this journey soon.I have seen only in pics n vids that North-East is very beautiful.

visited 14 states (40%)

On the world map, I have just been to one country outside India, Thailand. This is one post that I will keep updating as I travel more. Keep geo-taggin

visited 2 states (0.88%)

I am back from my vacation but a freak accident happened. I slipped last week while diving in my swiming pool and dislocated my shoulder. Damn. It does pain if I move my hand. Hence docs have adviced to wear a sling around my arm for the next 3 weeks My right hand is gonna be completely immovable.  I knew everyone is gonna ask me wot happened, so I acted smart and stuck a paper on my sling with the FAQ as shown

The FAQ written on this page are as follows:

What?? Dislocated Shoulder.

How?? Slipped while diving in a swimming pool.

How Long ?? 2-3 Weeks.

Does it Hurt ?? YES!!

How do you ……… ?? Plan B

This saved me from answering everyone in office. It was fun to watch ppl come near me read this, smile n go.  I won’t be blogging much till my hand is fine. Will write in detail about my Thai trip soon.

The cycling bug had bit me for a while and I had made up my mind to buy one soon. I had a couple of Firefox bikes in my mind but in the end I ended up buying a Raleigh. I bought a new Raleigh M200X grey and silver 26″ cycle with 18 speed gears from Hyercity Argos(the one in the pic above is a blue one). Its absolutely light in weight and the braking system is pretty good too. I had checked out loadsa bikes but one thing was sure that I wanted an imported one and with gears. I didn’t like any of the Indian one available in the market, be it Atlas, BSA, Hero, et al. Raleigh cycles are available in India only through Hypercity and they home deliver it (in Bombay) through their HyercityArgos channel.

The bike is super cool and very smooth. I enjoy riding every bit of it. Need to learn the art of changing gears in a cycle properly. It seems that I need to build up a lot on stamina I get completed exhausted in just a couple of kms. Wanna start a triathlon soon , where I will be running, cycling and then go off to swim. Its even more fun cycling when its drizzling. The roads are uneven and the jerks are sometimes really bad. I wanna buy a good cyclocomputer which calculates the distance covered and the speed. The only thing I hate is that I have to carry my cycle back to my room everyday coz if I keep it in my parking lot, some dumbf*&%(*s keep playing with the gears and change it.

The guys at Firefox are always upto something new and innovative. And now since Firefox 3’s release is round the corner they have come up with something really amazing that will assure them a place in Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours! Its called as the Firefox download day. Download Day is their attempt to set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours and will occur on Firefox 3 launch day.Download Day will coincide with the general availability of Firefox 3. The clock will start ticking when Firefox 3 goes out the door! They don’t have a definitive date for Firefox 3 yet, but it should be in June. Want to be a part of this record breaking event? Just pledge to download Firefox 3 on the Download day.

There are many ways to get involved in spreading the word. Also, we are planning to host a Firefox party, so watch this place for more info!

Now that IPL is over, I can spend some time to blog something. I was too carried away by it and didn’t miss even a minute of it during the final stages. It was one hell of a tournament. Amazing stuff. Kudos to Mr. Lalit Modi for creating a Blue Ocean.( Read the Blue Ocean Strategy for more info.)

concept:

The metaphor of red and blue oceans describes the market universe. Red oceans are all the industries in existence today—the known market space. In the red oceans, industry boundaries are defined and accepted, and the competitive rules of the game are known. Here companies try to outperform their rivals to grab a greater share of product or service demand. As the market space gets crowded, prospects for profits and growth are reduced. Products become commodities or niche, and cutthroat competition turns the red ocean bloody. Hence, the term red oceans.

Blue oceans, in contrast, denote all the industries not in existence today—the unknown market space, untainted by competition. In blue oceans, demand is created rather than fought over. There is ample opportunity for growth that is both profitable and rapid. In blue oceans, competition is irrelevant because the rules of the game are waiting to be set. Blue ocean is an analogy to describe the wider, deeper potential of market space that is not yet explored.

• Indian Premier League is super hit. I enjoy watching every bit of it. My favorites are Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab.
• Just watched Notting Hill for the second time. I still fancy Julia Roberts.
• Angelina Jolie still has best lips in the world.
• Def Leppard’s India tour has been postponed from May to October.
• Kenny G will be playing in Bombay on 11th May @ Taj Lands End.
• Still can’t make up my mind between Fusion and Cosmic at Firefox Super Bikes.
• Completed reading I bought The Monk’s Ferrari in one sitting. Among the best books I have read by an Indian author.
• Cannibal Holocaust is one of the most controversial movies I have ever seen. Worth a watch !
• Have been humming Oxygen from Bryan Adam’s new album 11 whole week.
• The new news channel News X from INX Network is pretty good.
• IdeaCampPune has been postponed and it will now be held on 17th May instead of 10th May. I’ll be attending this.
• Proto.in Online meet was super successful. Was logged in for a while.. then got disconnected. But couldn’t login back. Now after reading Vijay’s post at Proto’s Blog, I came to know that the chat application had limit of 60 users. BTW I am definitely going to Delhi for Proto 2008 July Edition.
• According to Mr. Bush the food shortage in US is because Indian middle class is growing. Does he mean that there won’t be any shortage if people here are undernourished ?

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