Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Bangalore, still India's No. 1 IT destination

Report by Gayatri Ramanathan in Mumbai | November 29, 2005 11:53 IST

The results of a recent study of information technology and IT enabled services companies by Trammell Crow Meghraj, international property consultants, threw up no great surprises.

Bangalore, for all its glitches, was numero uno destination for IT/ITES companies in the country, followed by Mumbai. Hyderabad and Pune steamed ahead of Delhi with Chennai and Kolkata bringing up the rear.

The study, which also aimed to gauge the gap between perception and reality in these cities, had heartening news for Chennai and Pune.

Bangalore stood tall across the board and topped each ranking. Perceptions about Pune were more or less in line with what the city offers. Hyderabad turned out to have a much better perception than what it is offering in reality.

Chennai was the exact opposite, offering much more value than perceived to be.

The study of over 100 IT/ITES companies across India was aimed at understanding the location or city preferences of these companies on different real estate parameters.

Out of the companies surveyed across Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, NCR (Gurgaon), Kolkata and Pune, about 42 per cent were multinational companies and the rest Indian, all with an average turnover of $40 million.

Aditi Watve, manager, land and advisory services, Trammell Crow Meghraj, Pune, says, "This apparent contradiction is exactly the biggest finding of the survey. IT/ITES commercial development seems to be the most popular option for development, mostly because of the permissible additional FSI and returns to the tune of 9 to 10 per cent. But in this process, the developers are not necessarily studying what these companies, that is, the consumers, want from the product."

Companies clearly indicated a trend towards preferring integrated townships in an IT/ITES special economic zone. Being in the neighbourhood of other prominent IT/ITES companies was seen as a necessary and important criteria.

Surprisingly, the energy efficient or green building concept did not have many takers, especially among the Indian companies. MNCs ranked this criteria much higher.

Also ready possession, plug and play developments were much more preferred to the build-to-suit, warm shell model used by most of the developers. This was also came up as one of the dampeners of the rate of growth. The average area per person demanded by all these companies is about 63 SFT per person.

Among the other surpirses thrown up by the study, outright ownership was the most important aspect overall. "This led us to believe that Indian companies were dragging the score but when Indian companies and MNCs were analysed separately MNCs also thought of it as the third most important factor. This is to a definite credit to increasing transparency in especially the commercial real estate.

"Overall, if a developer sells real estate to these IT companies, in an SEZ, that has quality residential space nearby, frontage on a prominent city road, i.e., a prestigious address in the city centre, floor plates to the tune of 20,000 to 5000 SFT, plug and play and ready possession, then it is unlikely that the developer will go wrong," says Watve.

Newly Wed...

The bride tells her husband, "Honey, you know I'm a virgin and I don't know anything about sex. Can you explain it to me first?"

"OK, Sweetheart. Putting it simply, we will call your private place 'the prison' and call my private thing 'the prisoner'. So what we do is: put the
prisoner in the prison.

And then they made love for the first time.

Afterwards, the guy is lying face up on the bed, smiling with satisfaction.

Nudging him, his bride giggles, "Honey the prisoner seems to have escaped."

Turning on his side, he smiles. "Then we will have to re-imprison him."

After the second time they spent, the guy reaches for his cigarettes but the girl, thoroughly enjoying the new experience of making love, gives him a suggestive smile, "Honey, the prisoner is out again!"

The man rises to the occasion, but with the unsteady legs of a recently born foal.

Afterwards, he lays back on the bed, totally exhausted.

She nudges him and says, "Honey, the prisoner escaped again."

Limply turning his head, He YELLS at her, "Hey, its not a life sentence, OKAY!

Classroom Laughs







Thursday, November 24, 2005

The World's Smallest Website

Claims to be the world's smallest website. Smaller than a postage stamp, the site
includes games, a webcam, weblog and multimedia all in 18x18 pixels.

Site : http://www.guimp.com/

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Yummy...

Any hungry mouths there.... Check this blog out. Your appetite will increase two folds. I found this site on my stat counter. Any bachelors out there who cannot cook can take tip or two from this blog to impress your partner- if et al you need to do that. Even if you do not intend to cook, you can get your taste buds working just looking and reading at the recipes.

Link: biscottisue.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Reason to drink

Is this a BUG or a twist in story ????????

In some remote village of India, one masterji is teaching the Mahabharat
katha to a class. He is at the 'Krishnajanma' part of it.. So let him
continue instead of me. Masterji : Dear bachcho, so Kansa heard the
akashwani that his sister's 8th child is going to kill him. He was furious.
He ordered to put Vasudev and Devki behind the bars. First son is born, and
Kansa kills him by poisoning. Sencond one is born, and Kansa thorws him off
the mountain peak. Third one is born...Now Ramu who is the smartest of the
lot puts his hand up.

Masterji (nervous & confused) : Ramu bete, whole India does not have doubt
in Mahabharata and how come u have one? Ramu Beta : Masterji, if Kansa knew
that Devaki's 8th child was going to kill him; WHY THE HELL DID HE PUT
VASUDEV AND DEVAKI IN THE SAME CELL??

The Hunt...

Sardar Dhakaan Singh is big hunter.

Once he went to a zoo. At that time big tiger escaped from its cage. The zoo officials sent everyone out of the zoo and closed the main gate.
Now the tiger is inside the zoo but wandering freely.
Zoo people requested Sardar to go inside and trap the tiger in a cage.

Scared but to avoid insult he went into the zoo in his jeep carrying a big gun.

While driving on one of the zoo's roads, he noticed that the tiger is chasing him. Feeling scared he drove the jeep fast but only to observe that the tiger is very near to the jeep.

At that time the road separated into two paths ahead, one to the left and other to the right.
Then cleverly, Dhakaan Singh put the left indicator on and turned the jeep to the road on right.

The tiger runs into the left path.With a sigh of relief, he drove forward. After some time the roads meet and the same situation arises again. Once more the road divides into two and this time our Sardar is smart enough to put the right indicator on and turned to left. This time the tiger goes into the road on right side.

After some time the roads meet again to our Sardar's misfortune and the tiger starts to chase him again.

This time the road never divides and our Sardar thought
the tiger would catch him.
Then a brilliant idea struck his mind. He slows down his jeep taking it to the left corner of the road. Then he held
his hand outside and a gives signal which is given for vehicles which want to overtake.

The tiger this time overtakes his jeep and runs forward and dissappears!


MORAL: "There are Sardar Communities in Tigers too".

Coincidence????

YEAR 1981

1. PRINCE CHARLES GOT MARRIED

2. LIVERPOOL CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

3. AUSTRALIA LOST THE ASHES

4. POPE DIED




YEAR 2005

1. PRINCE CHARLES GOT MARRIED

2. LIVERPOOL CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

3. AUSTRALIA LOST THE ASHES

4. POPE DIED

IN FUTURE, IF PRINCE CHARLES DECIDES TO RE-MARRY .... PLEASE WARN THE
POPE!!

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Monday, November 21, 2005

Wrong Place Wrong Time


Could it have been worse.... Maybe your wife finding you in bed with your secretary?????

Call the Police...

50 reasons by girls to avoid a guy's proposal...

Here are the top most replies of a girl, when you propose her...

1) Nahi
2) Chiiiii.....Kitne gande vichar hain tumhare,
3) Maine tumhe sirf ek acche dost ki nazar se dekha hai.
4) Mera pehle se ek boyfrnd hai.
5 ) Main in baton pe vishwas nahi karti, apne padhai pe dhyaan lagao,
6) tum abhi tak mujhe jaante kahan ho ?Yeh shayad infatuation hai.
7) Tumhara bank balance kitna hai…??
8) Magar last year to maine tumhe raakhi baandhi thi ..hai naa..bhaiyya..??
9) Mein abhi is relation ke liye mentally prepared nahi hoo.
10) Mein apne dady se pooch ke tumhe kaal answer karu…??
11) Itni si baat kehne ke liye itni der lagaa di?? J
12) Ye donon ke dil me hai na, to phir kya kehna!! J
13) Sorry J
14) "……Apna chehra kabhi aayine me dekha hai….. L………………………………"
15) "Main toh tumhe apna Bhai maanati hu" J
16) "Yes .. I too like you … (but hope you don't cheat on me ) " … (Which we guys most oftenly do J )
17) Phele kyon nahi bataya ab tum late ho gaye
18) Tum agar pehle mile hote to sochti. J J
19) Tumhari himmat kaise hui mere baare mein aisa sochne ki… (probably followed by a slap)J
20) Girl: mujhe sochna ka wakt do…
Guy: kitna wakt???(with hope)
Girl: saat janam J
21) Mai ek shaadi shuda ladki hu ;-)
22) Mein tumhare chotte bhai se pyaar karti hoon…
23) Now that's a real tragedy….
Girl: Hee hee ……hee hee hee…..hee ….hee……hee……
Hee hee ……hee hee hee…..hee ….hee……hee……
24) Boy: I love U!
Gal: I don't think abt all this before marriage.
25) Keep loving I don't care.
26) Tum mere liye kya kar sakte ho…
27) Kaun sa number hai mera tumhare proposals ki history mein.
Ha ha ha ha….
28) tumhe is nazar se kabhi dekha nahi
29) tumhare barre mein kabhi aisa socha nahi
30) mummy se pooch kar bataungi
31) mere bhaiyya se baat kar lo , who hi tumhe samajhayenge
32) Knyo, Tina ne "No" bola????
33) Lekin tum to Mina ke piche pade the, Kya usne thappad mara????
34) Kitne time ke liye -:) ???
35) Worst one-- Jo bhi bolna hai jaldi bolo mera beta school se aata hoga..
36) Thanks. I love you, too. J
37) Boy :- Sonya, I love U….
Gal :- Sorry , Next 3 Months tak Waiting List chal rahi hai….
38) "What?"
39) "Let's just stay away from this"
40) silence
41) girl's
42) "Give me some free space"
43) I'm the niece of your Head Of Dept.
44) My friend in college got one classic reply … "I THINK I'M ENGAGED"
45) "I think, I will have better options in future ..."
Mujhe tumse is baare mein koi baat nahi karni, then she starts ignoring, phir bhi nahi sudhare then she threatens via some common friends. J
46) My Boy friend is very short Tempered. Beware of it.
47) like you as a friend but I never thought about us like this…cant we be just good friends for ever ;)
47) Actually my younger sis likes you a lot.
48) My mummy does not like your family (if the family knows each other.)
49) "Why me?..Tumne mere meih essa kya dekha?..."she wants you to list down all the Good qualities that you even might have not seen in her. J
50) SLAP !! ....:( ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS....it is said)

DISAPPEARING WIFE

A man left for work one Friday afternoon. But,
being payday, instead of going home, he stayed
out the entire weekend partying with the boys
and spending his entire paycheck.

When he finally appeared at home, Sunday Night, he
was confronted by a very angry wife and was barraged
for nearly two hours with a tirade befitting his actions.

Finally his wife stopped the nagging and simply said
to him. "How would you like it if you didn't see me
for two or three days?"

To which he replied. "That would be fine with me."

Monday went by and he didn't see his wife. Tuesday
and Wednesday came and went with the same results.
Come Thursday, the swelling went down just enough
where he could see her a little out of the corner
of his left eye.

Bangalore Potholes...

This is the hieght of innovation or maybe spreading awareness, but, whatever it is it makes for a good reading for a couple of minutes.

Check out this link http://bangalorepothole.com/. Lists all the major potholes in the city of Bangalore. You could also do your bit in improving the state of BangaloreRoads by adopting a pothole or just simply browse around looking at different snaps of the city's potholed roads. Intersting to say the least.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Don't copy if you can't paste

Not too long ago, a large seminar was held for ministers and reverends
in training. Among the facilitators were many well-known motivational
speakers. One such speaker boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering
the entire crowd's attention, said, "The best years of my life were
spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!" The crowd was shocked!
He followed up by saying, "That woman was my mother!" The crowd burst
into laughter and he gave his speech, which was well received.

About a week later, one of the ministers who had attended the seminar
decided to use that joke in his sermon. As he shyly approached the
pulpit one sunny Sunday, he tried to rehearse the joke in his head. It
was a bit foggy to him. Getting to the microphone he said loudly, "The
greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not
my wife!"


His congregation sat shocked, murmuring. After standing there for almost
10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor
finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"

Monday, November 14, 2005

Friday, November 11, 2005

Why men have better friends...

Men always have better friends...They will stand by you, no matter what...!!!

Friends of women:
A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband, the �very �next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend's apartment over night. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirm that.

Friends of men:
A husband was not at home for a whole night. So he tells his wife the �very �next morning, that he stayed at his friend's apartment over night. So the wife calls 10 of his best friends and 5 of them confirm that he �stayed at their apartments that night and another 5 are claiming that he �is �still with them.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

I am good.......

3 girls died and was brought to the gates of heaven. Upon entering the gate they were halted by St. Peter and his obedient angel St. Peter asked the girls, "Before entering you must answer this simple question. "Which is ...?", they replied in unison.

"Have you been a good girl?", he asked the first girl.
"Oh yes", she said. "I was a virgin before I got married and was still virgin even after I got married."
"Very good", said St.Peter. "Angel, give this girl... the golden key."

"Have you been a good girl?", he asked the second girl.
"Oh,quite good", she said. "I was a virgin before I got married but was not after I got married."
"Very good", said St.Peter. "Angel, give this girl... the silver key."

"Have you been a good girl?", he asked the third girl.
"Oh no, not at all",she said. "I practically have sex with every guy I met before and after I got married. Anywhere, anytime".
"Very good", said St.Peter. "Angel, give this girl.......my room key."

Monday, November 07, 2005