June 26, 2012

A Volleyball Match @ Hotel between Staffs & Room Guests

Few Days back we had a Volleyball Tournament among our Staffs Vs. Room Guests. It was interesting. The guests belong to Ireland and England, they are our regular long staying guests.
We had the match at our Darbar Lawn sporting area.
Besides the volleyball tournament, we also had badminton sports among staffs on regular basis.
Here are some pictures...















June 23, 2012

Weird Carrot........Funny too..........

Like other days, when today I was on my hotel rounds in the morning, I found our regular vegetable supplier unloading the vegetables from his vehicle (it was a regular practice for all the hotels). While transferring carrots from his huge sac to our baskets for weighing, I found a weird Carrot....actually not so weird, rather I can say some funny way naturally grown carrot. 

I just took it in my hand, then washed and shown to my colleagues to have a laughing session...

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Fate.......Destiny...........Life...........

Fate...............Don't know what else will show me..
Faith.............Don't know whom all I need to have..
Trust.............Don't know how many time I do to all..
Energy..........Don't know how many day I can hold on..
Destiny.........Don't know where it will take me..
Confident.....Don't know I am lacking or not...
Stupidity......Don't Know whether it is good for me sometimes..
Love.............Don't know how to measure...
Friends........Don't know who all real or fake...
Depression..Don't know why it comes sometimes..
Loneliness...Don't know how many more days to bear..
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LIFE...........Don't know what else will surprise me......

June 18, 2012

First Day of my Driving....

Today, morning at 7:30 am, for the first time I drove a car.................Yes...I did....because I was learning driving and today was my first day of learning.....it was thrilling and quiet enjoyable...

I always had intention to learn driving as soon as possible but didn't get scope or chance to do so...finally got the chance and no more delay on that....Got up at 4:45 am, finished my morning works and got ready by 6:00 am, reached Driving School at 6:30 am, waited for sometime...it was 7:15 am and I sat on driver's seat.......first day itself I drove around 10 kilometers...it was long straight road....wow.....cant forget ever....

Well, I am even more excited to get the Driving License soon.......


 Photo is not mine...it is taken from google....

Wisdom From Africa........A Fantastic Story......


Wisdom From Africa

"An European anthropologist studying the habits and customs of an African tribe found himself surrounded by children most days. So he decided to play a little game with them. He managed to get candy from the nearest town and put it all in a decorated basket at the foot of a tree.

Then he called the children and suggested they play the game. When the anthropologist said "now", the children had to run to the tree and the first one to get there could have all the candy to him/herself.

So the children all lined up waiting for the signal. When the anthropologist said "now", all of the children took each other by the hand ran together towards the tree. They all arrived at the same time divided up the candy, sat down and began to happily munch away.

The anthropologist went over to them and asked why they had all run together when any one of them could have had the candy all to themselves.

The children responded: "Ubuntu. How could any one of us be happy if all the others were sad?"

Ubuntu is a philosophy of African tribes that can be summed up as "I am what I am because of who we all are."

Bishop Desmond Tutu gave this explanation in 2008 :

"One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality – Ubuntu – you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity."

June 16, 2012

DSPS Training Manager, Mohan's Welcoming @ Zinzi Pub, Bangalore

Davanam Sarovar Portico Suites, one of the Sarovar Group of Hotels, which is opening up shortly by end of this June month, we few Training Managers (Aishwarya Shyam, Joy Bhattacharya and I) went there to greet the Newly Joined Training Manager, Mr. Mohan Anand.

Director - Training, Mr Zubin Ghiara was also there in Davanam for Mohan's induction.
We had been in Zinzi Pub (Madiwala, Bangalore) for Mohan's Welcoming party.

JUST A POSE FOR CLICK

IN THE COMPOUND OF DAVANAM @ 8:30 PM

BIG BOSS DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THE FRAME WHILE TALKING

WAY TO ZINZI PUB........ESCALATOR....

SMILEY BUDDIES

EK AUR PHOTO HO JAYE

HOLD ON....LEMME SERVE THE PIECE FIRST...

SHAKE A LEG

SHY MOHAN

THIS IS WHY WE CALL HIM BIG BOSS

JOY NEVER MISSES CHANCE FOR SNAPS

June 14, 2012

A Fantastic Article from Times of India......

I was gong through an article of Times of India, dated 08 June 2012, found very interesting in depth and liked it too....
The message which was briefed through examples are fantastic and clear, and also applicable to all of us in our daily life.......

So here goes the article.....Story.......

Sita and Gita, two little mice, lived high up in the mountains in the cave of a great rishi. Proximity to the master ensured that a bit of his tapa rubbed off on them, as they scurried about in his cave all day. The rishi treated them like his children, but he wanted them to learn more. So, he packed them off to the city one day for more exposure.

Mice being mice, they were scared. The rishi promised them that if ever they were in a jam, he would be there to help. “But how?” they squeaked. “Join your hands together, as if you are in a satsang; take a few deep breaths, and connect with me,” he told them, reassuring them that help would then reach them in a trice.

And poof! Without further ado, the two mice found themselves in a busy metro, in the middle of a busy road. It was June, and the heat was unbearable. Around them, people were honking madly in their big cars, overtaking each other and cursing pedestrians and cyclists in their way. The light was red and along with a host of harried pedestrians, Sita and Gita scurried to the far side of the road, when a four-wheel drive jumped the lights and almost ran them over! They looked indignantly at the driver, but he sped away, phone to his ear.

Just Let It Go
 Hearts pounding, they watched the SUV disappear down the road, and the two mice shouted, “Can’t you see the red light!” Recalling the words of their beloved rishi, they joined their hands, and taking a few deep breaths, connected with him and asked how best they could deal with the crisis.
 “Let go — don’t carry your anger with you.” The driver was gone and they could do nothing, could they? “It’s not for you to judge; it is between him and the Supreme. Let Him handle it, rather than getting locked in another endless karmic cycle of action and reaction,” the sage advised, and added, “why must you spoil your face for other’s follies.”

This Too Shall Pass
Sita and Gita now ran into a media office nearby, and found themselves in the middle of a staff meeting. It was election time and reporters and editors were huddled together strategising on how to cover the elections. There was talk about redesignation of duties, of leave being cancelled and of late working hours.
 
A reporter was looking tearful and gloomy, wondering how he would manage it all, given the fact that his wife was battling a tough pregnancy, and the baby was due any time. The fellow needed divine intervention and the mice connected once again and channelled this to him — “This too shall pass!” This was lesson No 2. A crisis would eventually blow over. Meanwhile, what you needed to do was to keep your mind from ‘spinning’, and be rooted to the present moment.


How Does It Matter?
Back on the road, the mice hopped into the handbag of a woman, piggy riding their way to her home. She was surprised to see her husband home —sad and gloomy; he had had a tiff with his boss who had asked him to quit! Would his wife’s salary see them through till he found another job? But even as he sat there, his countenance changed. He could strike out as a freelancer, find a part-time job, till something came up. It would hit his ego, yes, making just a quarter of the salary he was earning till now. Sita and Gita had once again put their hands together for an answer and this is what they got: ‘How does it matter?’
 Okay, so the guy did not have a dream job, was making less money than before but there was the promise of abundance ahead, for he would be undergoing enriching experiences. Perhaps it was time for him to switch to something new, by mowing down his ego. After all, nothing in life is random.

The mice now had three mantras to help them deal with the June madness in the big, bad city:

·    Let go
·    This too shall pass
·    How does it matter?

(Info courtesy to Times of India)

June 12, 2012

My Friend Aishwarya's Birthday Celebration.......

09 June is the birthday of my friend Aishwarya Shyam. Aishwarya is the Training Manager of Savanah Sarovar Premiere, Bangalore. We celebrated her birthday at BAGEECHA Restuarant in Bangalore in the evening. We were a group of friends gathered over there, including our GM, F&B Manager, Sales Manager of Swanska Hotel, GM of California Resort, F&B Manager of Davanam Sarovar Portico, and few others.
It was awesome evening although it was dry day at Bangalore on 09 June' 2012.

Here are some pics.....

Birthday Baby Aishwarya

Aishwarya & Shyam (Wife & Husband)

Showing b'day present

A snap with Aish & Shyam 

Jodi Forever

Now...that's what is called Adda.....Get together

Another Moment

June 09, 2012

Staffs' Birthday Celebration for June' 2012

Like every month, today we have celebrated our Staff's birthday at "Open Hut" banquet area. In this month of June, we have 20 birthday babies including our Executive Chef, Executive - HR and Manager - F&B Sales.
We celebrated in usual way starting with giving Best Employee Award for last month (May' 2012) to Ms. Usha Rani Nag (Hostess) for her outstanding performance, followed by birthday babies cake cutting and gifting them by GM.
Here are some pictures......