9 Over 90 Awards

Hi Guys

I am planning to Instate the 9 over 90 Awards series.
These are truly interesting times for 9 over 90. Most of us are out of those dreary school days and the lovely college days, the eldest in the group is above 30 !! Most of us are in the bread winners group and some are on the cusp of it. Its time to recognize the man of the innings . Without any preamble lets jump right into it

The Best Bahu Award : This is an easy one, and I believe there is absolute unanimity in this. As the first Bahu, this lady made a cracker of a start. Raja after Marriage is totally anew from Raja before Marriage. She cements the fact that there is a woman behind a successful man. She swarmed all the biggies that matter in this house. She is the reference material for all new bride hunt !! Finally she is the mother of the cutest baby in this universe. JAYANTHEE deserves all these acclaim every bit... There will be many other bahus entering this household in days to come but no body can come even an inch close.... Bhabi you are the best. Many of us look up to you. we truly love you !!!

Be a Rebel Award : This one is slisha controversy but nevertheless true. In a Brahmin house hold like ours not many of us tend to get rebellious but this women does !! From making Atheist(Read Anti Brahminical) remarks to playing cricket with boys in early days to calling a spade a spade to going for a post doc when she had shinning cash offers in hand to looking for a boy herself outside the community she has done it all. A Rebel at Heart and a rebel in Deed.... DHANYA PARAMESHWARAN walks away with this award. All of us love you for your rebellious spirit. You show us hope to Rebel :). While we all love you for all of your rebellious stance and more , I also want to use this forum to berate you for any atheist remarks that you may have made. The coming year is going to be interesting for you and for all of us. It will be nice to see how you measure up to the Granny's. We will have fun watching U. Until then the rumor mills can work over night. Dhanya, All of us look up to you. You just BE A REBEL!!

Every Mommas boy Award : Every mom will dream to have a boy like this. Truly a mommas kid. Not one step wrong so far. From great marks in School days to doing the Sandhyavandhanam, Madhayanam promptly, to getting a fine college admit and bagging a great job he has been a nice boy all the time. Not one step wrong. When he was in Srirangam he played to the gallery there with his regular prayers. Kept his parents happy with his brilliant scores. Kept his friends in good stead with his fine sense of humor, Kept his cousins happy with timely help, Earned laurels at work and kept the bosses happy. Not one step wrong. Ravi Shankar B - you are truly every Mommas pride. All of us would have wanted to be like you at some stage.
I don't remember one blemish in your scorecard till date. However 9 over 90 unanimously feels that there is something abt you that you are hiding from all of us :). No Secrets in 9 over 90 please.

Best Debutante and Mr Popular : Easy one again. A Quick poll of 9 over 90 members will tell you that if there is a help anybody needs then there is only one guy they can go to. Parents Association know him as Dependable Kid, Some of them call him the most responsible kid. Boys of 9 over 90 often bash him for making us look bad :). Karthyk Anantha Krishnan deserves every inch of the Mr Popular Status. He is also anointed with Best Debutante award for bagging a nice job before completion of his BE. When he started his innings in BE,It was quiet a Shaky Start but just like his Idol Sourav, recovered Quickly to come out clean. A lot of us are going to bet on him for his indomitable spirit in life. He is truly a go getter. In years to come he is the horse that you should be betting on. He is the Stock that you should be buying in bulk. All the very best to you Karthyk.


Young Achiever Award : Easy one, How many of us have had there Hoardings in mount road at age 15 ? How many of us have performed in the stage at age 12 ? How many of us make an appearance in TV with Such fine Elan that it looks like were born for it ? How many of us have CDs and cassettes released ? How many of us have received Zillions of awards from performing arts gurus. Varsha you are truly the 1 among the 9. Varsha only advise - Come out of Neyveli and live a life.

Style Bhai and Dark Horse Award : Literally and thematically he is the dark horse :) The guy in Dubai is the Bride groom in Waiting. Lives life king Size . Owns a Chevrolet, naya Ghar, Soon a Nayi Biwi ... Badiya Hain . Satish Congratulations on your marriage.


Walk the Talk Award : This one goes to a Non Member. As a couple they have always walked the Talk. They Only Preach what they practice. Adorable couple. All of us look up to them. A lot of us want to be them. I seem to fail to capture the exact words to anoint them. There are a few things that's best left unsaid. Leave it to the readers imagination.
Nattu Mama and janaki Manni walk away with the Walk the talk Award. You are really an Awesome couple. All of us love you from the bottom of our heart !

Dhanya has bowled a googly at them, lets see how they face this ball. We are watching every step you take nattu mama and we will quote you as precedence. Good luck to you. :)

We are winding up this ceremony with a quick prelude.

Last Year - The come Back kid award must have gone to Raja Anna. For a cracker of a comeback. He Started the race 500 m behind the start line and is now 1000 m ahead of all of us!

Soumya is almost Qualified for a Udaan Award - I don't know how many of you have seen the serial but its a story of a women who fights it out to achieve her dream. Soumya has, From the days i can remember , I have only heard her talking abt being a doctor. And fiught yea she did, I remember her crying coming out of the exam hall every time. She truly made it look like a fight :)
Soumya also should get the Miss 9 over 90 Award - She is the prettiest one in the group without a doubt. All of this will have to wait for her to graduate from college.

Pranith belongs to the Srishti Gang and will need form his own club there :) But all of us have no doubt that he is going to be a Casanova...




Again I am vey proud to have such illustrious Cousins.... Love all of you....

9 Over 90 Awards

Hi Guys

This I am planning to Instate the 9 over 90 Awards series.
These are truly interesting times for 9 over 90. Most of us are out of those dreary school days and the lovely college days, the eldest in the group is above 30 !! Most of us are in the bread winners group and some are on the cusp of it. Its time to recognize the man of the innings some of us have played. Without any pre amble lets jump right into it

The Best Bahu Award : This is an easy one, and I believe there is absolute unanimity in this. As the first Bahu, this lady made a cracker of a start. Raja after Marriage is totally anew from Raja before Marriage. She swarmed all the biggies that matter in this house. She is the reference material for all new bride hunt !! Finally she is the mother of the cutest baby in this universe. JAYANTHEE deserves all these acclaim every bit... There will be many other bahus entering this household in days to come but no body can come even an inch close.... Bhabi you are the best. Many of us look up to you. we truly love you !!!

Be a Rebel Award : This one is slisha contoversy but nevertheless true. In a Brahmin house hold like ours not many of us tend to get rebellious but this women does !! From making Atheist(Read Anti Brahminical) remarks to playing cricket with boys in early days to calling a spade a spade to going for a post doc when she had shinining cash offers in hand to looking for a boy herself outside the community she has done it all. A Rebel at Heart and a rebel in Deed.... DHANYA PARAMESHWARAN walks away with this award. All of us love you for your rebellious spirit. You show us hope to Rebel :). While we all love you for all of your rebellious stance and more , I also want to use this forum to berate you for any atheist remarks that you may have made. The coming year is going to be interesting for you and for all of us. It will be nice to see how you measure up to the Grannys. We will have fun watching U. Until then the rumor mills can work over night. Dhanya, All of us look up to you. You just BE A REBEL!!

Every Momma's boy Award : Every mom will dream to have a boy like this. Truly a momma's kid. Not one step wrong so far. From great marks in School days to doing the Sandhyavandhanam, Madhayanam promptly, to getting a fine college admit and bagging a great job he has been a nice boy all the time. Not one step wrong. When he was in Srirangam he played to the gallery there with his regular prayers. Kept his parents happy wih his brilliant scores. Kept his friends in good stead with his fine sense of humor, Kept his cousins happy with timely help, Earned laurels at work and kept the bosses happy. Not one step Wrong. Ravi Shankar B - you are truly a Momma's pride. All of us would have wanted to be like you at some stage.
I dont remember one blemish in your scorecard till date. However 9 over 90 unanimously feels that there is something abt you that you are hiding from all of us :). No Secrets in 9 over 90 please.

Best Debutante and Mr Popular :

Interesting times ahead

These are good times these are bad times - A tale of two cities

Truly interesting times ahead.

It could be bad, It could be good but it is never going to get boring ?
No clever planning, just seizing good opportunities.
I actually aware that I could be getting in to a mess.
But as i have said earlier its better to try and fail than not to try at all.

I am going to declare it to the world sooner than later.

Dec is going to be a month of travelling. Taking a pilgrimage, Attending a dear friends marriage, going to my dad's home town - Kerala and finally travelling to the new year :)

I am looking forward to write a tribute to quiet a few things in the coming year.
But will hold it for now !

10 K Run

Completed the Hyderabad 10 K run today. First of its kind experience for me.
I was quiet pessimistic abt completing the race. Some how managed to pull on . Glad I could finish it one go with out any pit stops. Took 1 hour 45 minutes to complete 10 Kilo Meters.

I think running is a great test of endurance. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I would like to Practice harder to master this skill. Getting up at six every day and running 5 K should help me acclimatize to marathons. Had quiet a good success in shaping myself up. Not sure abt the weight redn but with regular exercise and controlled eating habits I thing I beat myself back to shape.

Conflicting emotions, pain of waiting, Ambiguity, Loneliness
No I am not trying too overwhelm you with superlatives.
I am only trying to highlight the emotions.
A lot of things will uncover in the coming months, My MBA if at all... A new job if at all... Relocation if at all.... Marriage if at all.... Gawd this one freaks me out... I hope to hold this last one till 2008 hopefully....

but uncertainty is part of life... no no Uncertainty is life itself.

My apps to MBA are almost ready but for the recco letters. Will hope to close that next week at the latest. Will be going to ISB to submit the Apps. I guess I didn't give my heart out in the ISB App. I am counting on HKU MBAMore. Again a long wait is due to know the out comes of either of this.

Me prepared to wait it out !!

Last Attempt for MBA

2006 is coming to an end, Quiet a productive year.
Def. my year of certifications GMAT, ITIL, PMP, BB training
and 2 sweet promotions in office,
inspite of all this , I wouldnt say this was an action packed year.
Relatively low beat work, nuthing much to trigger my adrenalin.

I am dealing with quiet a few dilemmas at this time of the year , A move in job or MBA.
Have recently applied to ISB and HKU MBA. Chances seem to be quiet low for ISB, however I still will have the satisfaction havng atleast applied to ISB. Its better to attempt and fail than not atempt at all. My reccos are WIP, Will be sending the support documents by next week to the colleges. I guess I wil let 2006 go by. There is a code freeze all serious deccisions for 2006 :).
My brain can go rest :).

Doing my MBA was dream that I have been harbouring for quiet a long time, Gave my CAT, XAT couple of years ago, Didnt stand a chance! too competitive for me !

I guess this will be a last attempt for B-schools, Age is catching up with me too!
The next 2 months will be eventful. To B Sch- or not to B Sch.
Will know by Jan 2007 at the latest. I am not too perturbed by what the results are going to be

Reminiscing a Song from Munnabhai

Kitne sapne dekhe dil main hi margaye
Chad ne ke pehle hi parvat se dar gaye
Ab tho chadenge girenge dekhenge
Kya hain parvato ke par



God bless me :)

First Post

Dear Diary

I am inspired by Vivek to create my Own Blog.
Didnt know Vivek could articulate his thoughts so well.

Will make it a point to write the blog more frequently
Looking fwd to a boring weekend ...

Nuthing much to do really...

Ciao