Direct Dil Se!!

Enriching Experience @ Punjab CA Students' Convention!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:46:00 +0000

Hi Friends,

It is turning out to be an exciting year for me with lots of new experiences, the latest being the memorable and unforgettable experience of attending and participating in the Punjab State Convention of CA Students.

Whilst paper presentation was something which I had never really attempted before, there was some divine force this time which motivated me to write an article for the convention and apply for the paper presentation. Further, when I came to know of the topics given, I had to choose some topic which I could be confident with, more so because it could probably be my first paper presentation and confidence with the topic I had to present, was something which was most desirable. Finally, I chose to present on 'Convergence with IFRS' as I have been studying about IFRS and recent updates on it in Indian context in the recent times. Somehow, I managed to submit my entry for paper presentation in time and bu God's grace, it got selected for the final paper presentation.

Being called for rehearsals 3 days before the final presentation, it became as a small little trip to Ludhiana for me. In these 3 days of rehearsals, I surely learnt many new things. Also, interacting with the fellow presenters and members involved in the organising committee was an enriching experience. However, on the last day of the rehearsals, I was told to be well informed about my topic as the technical expert of the session in which my paper presentation was to be delivered, would be CA Vinod Jain Ji, Chairman, Board of Studies who was an expert in this field. Further, as it was supposed to be the first technical session, Prez of our Institute, CA Amarjit Chopra Ji might be present as well, another expert on the subject. Honestly speaking, this got me a bit nervous.

On the D-Day, when I reached the venue, I could already see a pretty good number of participants there. The inauguration happened quite on time and Prez of our Institute, CA Amarjit Chopra Ji and V.C. Panjab University, Prof. R.C. Sobti were before us. Now, it was time for the inaugural speeches by the worthy guests, before our technical sessions. The speeches were surely supposed to be something worth listening, as I had earlier came across some inspiring speeches by our Prez. In fact, it was one of his speeches only which inspired me to study on IFRS. the inaugural session got more fruitful for me as I had a small meet with Amarjit Chopra Ji and I shared some time with him.

It was now time for the start of the proceedings of convention after the inaugural session and it was the time for my paper presentation, which was 2nd in queue after a paper presentation on Role of CA in Corporate Governance. We were sharing dias with CA Vinod Jain Ji, Chairman, BOS and other dignitaries. This proud moment for some time was taken over by the nervousness of facing large audience, which however faded away slowly. My paper presentation was well received by the audience and appreciated by the experts which was highly satisfying. At the end of the technical session, Vinod Jain Ji personally met each one of us and had positive comments for all of us.

Besides all the other technical sessions by my fellow friends, one special lecture on Communication Skills by CA CJS Nanda deserves a special mention here. He really delivered a small and crispy, yet so effective speech. I hope, all those who heard it out would agree with me.

Further, between all the technical sessions and serious stuff at the convention, there were cultural evenings at the end of each day's technical sessions, which were enjoyable to the extreme. All the performances were entertaining and helpful in leaving behind all the day's tiredness. All in all, it was a wonderful experience for me at the Convention, something new, something exciting, something inspiring, something enriching. I also got in touch with some nice people out there and I hope I can continue to be in touch with them. :)

And its time for yummy lunch now. Have a good day all. God Bless. Sayonara.

Doobti Huyi Kashti!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:25:00 +0000

Hi friends,

Once again, after a very long time, I am gonna share few more lines by me, not on any happy topic though. But well, as I have been receiving suggestions, I am gonna be adding a disclaimer here that the poem is purely fictitious and no part of it is related to mine or any of my known ones life. :) Hope you like these few lines.

is dilon ki duniya mein sheeshe se dil ka koi mol nahi,

sabhi pathar dil wale kirdar huye hain..

yahaan pyar wafa sab jhoothe se lagein,

yahan toh dilon ke karobaar huye hain..

Aankhein hai sookhi chahe bheega hai mann,

humne jana hum bhi ajab fankar huye hain..

is dil ko bhi kash kisi ne dekha hota,

iske toh tukde kayi hazaar huye hain..

jisne diye the yeh gehre zakhm humko,

hum usi ke intezaar mein bekrar huye hain..

thi hmari bhi kabhi tamanna unhein apna bnane ki,

tabhi toh us kashti pe shayd swaar huye hain..

ik toofan aaya aur doob gayi voh kashti,

hum bhi doobe beech manjdar huye hain..

kya hua jo aapne wafa na ki humse,

hmari dunia k aap aaj bhi sarkar huye hain..

ik heer thi aur charcha tha ranjhe ka bhi,

aaj us ishq ko bazar mein nilaam karte hain..

aata hai naam jahan bhi wafa nibhane ka,

sabhi is anjaan diwane ko salaan karte hain..

I would surely be waiting for your comments on this one. :)

My Experience of Bank Branch Audits!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:18:00 +0000
Hi Friends,
    Its been quite a hectic and busy month for me. However, the busyness it provided me was duly compensated by the learning experiences the time provided me with. Firstly, the financial year ending, the last one in my articleship, got me busy with quite a good number of Income Tax returns. As the month of March ended, it was time now for bank audits. I could not participate in the bank audits earlier in my articleship due to graduation exams all the three years. However, this time, I made sure, I would be making the best and optimum use of this opportunity which was also supposed to be the only one in my whole articleship period.

Bank audits got me more closer to the working of the banks. Although I had been involved in the concurrent audit of one of the main branches of our city of one of the banks, I was expecting a different experience in these statutory audits. My conception was based on the fact that concurrent audit involved detailed checking of day to day transactions of the branch and there was ample time for our judgement while the statutory audit was hit with a time constraint on this issue. Hence, I was expected to be more efficient at the work, though I myself don't tend to be any less efficient any other time as well. It was a total knowledge enriching experience for me, and yes, I also learnt the art of coping up with time constraints and yet delivering to the best of our ability. Some new things to learn and new experiences to preserve with me, I used to get myself equipped with something new each day.

After finishing the local audits, we also had to visit Katra city in the state of Jammu & Kashmir for another bank branch audit. It was supposed to be a 3-4 days trip and well, it surely turned out to be an exciting one. We had a great time at Katra doing our work in the day time and enjoying the nature's beauty in the mornings and nights. As the city of Katra also marked the starting point for pilgrimage to Shri Vaishno Devi Shrine, the visit to the same was always in our minds. Eventually, my visit to the shrine got materialised, though my colleague could not go due to some other reasons. After finishing the audit work and doing all the reports, I finally started with our yatra along with CA. Vipul Arora, the senior partner of the auditor firm in which I am undergoing my training along with his daughter. It was truly a memorable experience, as Vipul Sir had lots to share with regards to his earlier visits to his shrine and his other life experiences as well. So, I got to learn many things from him during the journey both professionally and otherwise.

So, all in all, a good experience of bank audits and an exciting n memorable journey to Katra and Vaishno Devi Shrine. That sums up these last 3 weeks. :)

I hope you enjoyed reading my lone experience with bank branch statutory audits. And if you just got bored reading the whole text, I have uploaded some pics of my official trip to Katra at both Orkut & Facebook. Do check those out. :)

Bye 4 now. Take Care. Sayonara.

Aatank Ki Kahani, AAM AADMI ki Zubani!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:44:00 +0000

Pune blasts last month pushed me to write something against terrorism, some unjustifiable acts with some innocent victims. A couple of days later, I happened to watch the movie 'A Wednesday' again and well, that further propelled my desire. Do check out the below lines, which I tried writing about what a common man, an Aam Aadmi, possibly each one of us, thinks when we come across such news. I hope you would like these lines.

Nikalta hun roz jab ghar se main,

ik darr sa dil mein jagta hai..

Roz ki bhagam bhag se alag,

ik mahaul ajab sa lagta hai..

Lagta hai saansein chal rahi hain meri,

lekin pal pal mar raha hun main..

Kahin ho na jaye yehi saans aakhri,

bas isi baat se darr raha hun main..

Darta hun bakery mein khane se main,

ho sakta hain chhupa ek bomb jahan..

Ab darta hun Hotel mein jane se main,

saamne aa na jaye fir ik Kasab wahan..

Darr darr k kab tak ji paunga main,

is darr se ab mujhko azaad karo..

Safal na ho paayein iraade unke,

jo kehte hain Hind barbaad karo..

Karte hain jo Mazhab ki aad mein hamle,

shayad is baat se anjaan hi hain..

Allah Ram ya Waheguru keh do,

ghayal toh hota Bhagwan hi hai..

Chahe nishane pe unke koi bhi ho,

akhir marta toh ik insaan hi hai..

Allah Ram ya Waheguru keh do,

ghayal toh hota Bhagwan hi hai..

Stop Terror, Support Peace. :)
Spread the word and don't forget to drop in your comments.

IFRS Article in CA Students' Journal!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:19:00 +0000
Hi Friends,
     Just wished to share it with all of you that an article written by me on IFRS 1 First Time Adoption of IFRS got published in CA Students' Journal in its March 2010 issue. It was great to see my article in the journal and more great to receive nice and positive feedback on my article from the CA Members and Students fraternity.

You can check out my article by clicking the link below :
An Overview of IFRS 1 - First Time Adoption of IFRS

I would surely be waiting for your comments on my article. :)

P.S. If you are wondering, what is IFRS, it stands for International Financial Reporting Standards. India is planning to converge into IFRS by 01.04.2011 and hence, all the entities would need to use principles of IFRS 1 in the first year of reporting under IFRS.

Ik Soch Anjani Si!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:48:00 +0000

Hi Friends,

         I had been absent from my blog since a long month as my schedule kept me quite busy. However, while the busy days are expected to continue, I am back to my blogspace to share with you something which I penned down on Women's Day. I was just listening radio and some discussions out there pushed me to write some lines on the same. So, well, below are the lines portraying a gal's random thoughts regarding gender Discrimination & Female Foeticide. I hope you like these.

Kyun fark rakhta hai samaaj yahan pe,

jab har raste pe yeh jeet paati hai..

har maidaan mein, har kshetra mein,

kandhe se kandha yeh milaati hai..

Huyi Jhansi ki Rani thi ek yahan,

jo ladte ladte itihaas ban gayi..

Kalpana Chawla ya ho indira,

logon ke sapno ki woh raah ban gayi..

Wohi bitiya ab bojh kyu lagti hai,

jo usse dharti pe ane ka adhikaar nai..

Maa kahe Na Aana Is Des Laado,

tera janam yaha kisiko svikar nahi..

Hai zarurat ik awaz buland karne ki,

Kab tak rahoge is sachaayi se anjan..

Keh gaye hain Guru Nanak bhi,

"So Kyo Manda Akhiye Jit Jamai Rajaan"

Ladki rahe band yaha chaardiwari mein,

usse bhi uska tum haq dilvaao..

khatam na ho jaye ladki jaat yahan pe,

Dharti ki is nanhi chhanv ko bachao..

Mile jo aisa pyar yahan pe,

har ladki kahe yehi dua tum dijo..

Srishti ki anmol rachna hum,

Agle janam mohe bitia hi kijo..

Plz raise your voice against Female Foeticide. I hope these lines help the cause. Do reply back with your comments. :)

Ek Kahi, Fir Bhi Ankahi Kahani!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:19:00 +0000

Hi Friends,
Last week has been quite a relief as the temperatures in the city have begun getting normal. I hope the weather gets more good in the coming days. India had its 61st Republic Day on Tuesday and I enjoyed watching the Delhi Parade with my brother (on the idiot box ofcourse :P). But yes, I surely wish to see it live one day. :)

I had written a few lines on a topic which many of the youngsters face in their life, not cherishing and caring for their love and repenting thereafter. Just tried to pen down a feeling of one such guy. I hope you would like these lines :

Ik ladki yaaro chand se bhi pyaari thi,
Dil ke hmare bhi woh bahut karib thi.
Fir se huyi aaj ik mulaqat hamari,
Par aaj woh kisi aur ka nasib thi.

Kuch pal suhane us waqt huye taza,
Jab uski jaan bhi hoti hamari murid thi.
Kadrdan uske pyar ke ban na sake hum,
Jiski zindagi shayad bin mere garib thi.

Aise pyar se jane kaise hum daud aaye,
Hum anjan the, uska pyara sa dil tod aaye.
Dil uska toota par dard mujhe hone laga,
Humein laga hum apna dil kahin chhod aaye.

Fir ehsas hua humein uske pyar ka,
Milne ka puchne pe hamare inkaar ka.
Ab matlab samajh aaya mujh naadan ko,
Hamare ruth jane pe ansuon ki bahaar ka.

Mujhe pane se behtar ho shayd uski taqdir,
Rabba ik baar mila de tu mujhse meri Heer.
Uske milne pe humko hai bas ek aarzoo,
Humein chahiye bas uski muskurati tasvir.

Aaj us bhagwan ne humein fir se mila dia,
Par usne hmari muskuraht ka jawab b na dia.
Hum pad sakte the uski ankho ki woh nami,
Jab 'khush hu main' kehke sir ko jhuka liya.

I hope you liked these lines. Do post in your comments.

Life's a Race, Life's a Competition!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:49:00 +0000
A New Year and a new Decade is what we are in now and I wish all of my friends a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. It had been a great last year but not discussing it here as I guess enough of that has been discussed by me in the last post. :)

I happened to see one of the most-talked movies these days, '3 Idiots' last Sunday and well, it surely has an innovative idea which is getting the cash registers ringing for the movie. While it has many lessons for us, but a couple of these really made me go deep into my world of thoughts. In one of the scenes, Rancho (Aamir) says, "Yeh Zindagi Ek Race Hai." I further continue this statement with my questions : Is life just a competition? Are we living to survive or we are surviving to live?

Since our childhood, we are asked to top in our class. We are compared with the others and our parents say, see, that chap has got so good marks, why cant you get the same? Your classmate stood first in the university, why cant you? That boy earns a lac per mensum, have jobs dried up for you?? Seeds of this self-initiated competition are often sown in us since our childhood and we remain a part of this competition whole of our life, no matter where we have reached or what we have achieved. Such competition often sows seeds of jealousy and hatredness among each other. No matter what our own ability or talent is, what matters the most is how was the performance of the our so-called competitors and if that was not better than us, we have performed great. The rising expectations and growing competition (more often than not, an unhealthy one these days) has often been quite a big factor in the rising number of suicides by the students as they are not able to handle the pressure and live upto the expectations of their parents, relatives or society. No wonder, we get many news of suicides after Board exams results are announced. Even the character 'Joy' in the movie was a perfect example of such lapse who succumbed under the unacceptance of his talent even though he was on his way of making an incredible invention.

It is said success is a relative term. It really becomes relative when there is a comparison with others. I see so many students who have secured even 90+ marks in their respective examinations but they are not happy, they are not delighted for such a score. The reason, they got a mark less than their competitor in these exams. On the other hand, students with maybe 60+ are enjoying their result more than these 90+ students. I have witnessed several such cases and I believe that you all will agree with me too. One experience of this kind also happened with me around 2 years back. We were undergoing our computer training and we had a test one day. I got lesser marks,probably just suffiecient enough, the prime reason coz I was a bit unwell in those few days and another of my friends, who had 10 marks more than me was on cloud nine that day and was heard saying that my mother would be more than happy today as I have left Simar behind. I was quite surprised to hear this as even his marks could not be said good enough to substantiate his joy but leaving me behind was a success for him.

Why go any far, the real example lies with each of us too. We become a part of many social networking sites like Orkut, facebook and believe that we can write and whatever we wish to but the fact remains that we want more people to read what we are doing, we want more comments on our photos and our status. One day, we also start writing a blog which is said to be a mirror of our feelings and we say we will be freely expressing ourselves but one thing back in our mind says, will this post be liked by my readers, will I get interesting comments. So, knowingly or unknowingly, we be an athlete taking part in this competition.

All of us are engulfed in this useless rat race. But my question still remains unanswered - is this competition the real purpose of life? I don't intend to express that there shouldn't be any competition in our life but it should be a healthy one and in fact its more better when life is a continuing competition with ourselves only and not with others. The movie sparked off an idea for this post, so just ending it with one of its dialogue, "Kaabil Bano Kaabil, kamyaabi jhakk maarke tumhare peeche aayegi." (Strive for knoweldge & excellence and the success is bound to follow you).

And reiterating what I said above, one thing back in our mind says, 'whether this post will be liked by my readers?', so do post your comments. ;)

Goodbye 2009!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:32:00 +0000
Looking back at the year 2009, it has been a year for me which gave me more smiles than tears. Bidding goodbye to the year, I just take some time to revisit some of the important events in my life this year.

The year started with a bad note for the Indian Corporate Sector when Satyam's director Mr. Ramalinga Raju confessed window dressing the company's accounts and thus came as a huge shock to the most of the investors and the stock price crashed to the unexpected lows. With no monetary interest in the company, it came as another event which CA students, in particular, needed to study as it was expected to feature in our exams as a case study.

The first big news for me in the year was my CA Inter result which was announced on Jan. 29. Although I was expecting a good score, an All India rank in the exams was a great moment of joy and delight for me. The journey so far had been quite challeneging while coping up with B.Com and CA simultaneously, but it also magnified the happiness quotient it provided me with. Moving into the Final stage of my course, I acknowledge that the expectations are also higher upon me now and I just wish that God Bless me to fulfill all those expectations.

I had been trying to have some space of mine on the net which I could say as my own and finally, it came up as my own blog, 'Direct Dil Se', the place where you are landed presently. It has been quite a good blogging time for me and I hope I can continue it for more time.
Although this time, it took me more time than ever to update my blog, but the main culprit for that is irregular power supply in the city which also left me morer occupied in the office.

By the end of the month, it was also the time to say goodbye to our college, it was a place where we spent the last three glorious years of my life. I may always remember it as my Masti Ki Paathshala. A masti ki pathshala which made me come across some of my great friends, some nice people and some not so nice people, keeping my college life a happy one with a pinch of masala in it. :D

While we moved into the month of May, my parents touched an important milestone into their married life, they completed 25 golden years of their married life and celebrated their Silver anniversary. Small surprise by we two brothers in the night and kirtan in the evening summed up our celebrations of this moment of happiness for us. :)

As the year passed by and moved into the month of July, our B.Com results got announced and I cleared it with a reasonable score, a 70+ was what I wished to get and well, the results fulfilled my wish. It officially posted a The End note to my college life and finally, I could call myself a Graduate and add a degree after my name.

On the last note, I also hope for a more happier and joyful 2010 for myself and for all of you. The year also brings me across my finals in my CA course and I hope these go good. Your blessings and wishes are highly welcomed for the coming year.

Goodbye 2009 and bye all. Meet you in the New Year.

Will We Be Safe in Our Country Again?

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +0000

A year past the tragic incident, the question above still gets me into some thought. I had been seeing people protesting in groups after the attacks, lots of talks about the security problems in the country, not leaving out the deteriorating Indo-Pak relations. However, what still remains a prime question for most of us - Are we Safe in our Country Now or more primarily, Will We be Safe in our Country Again?

I have attempted to pen down a few lines about my thoughts on the issue, my first ever attempt in English, which I deem it as my tribute to the victims of Mumbai Attacks.

Cutting blue waters the terrorists came,
Some plans they had to play the terror game.
Launching an attack on Taj and Oberoi,

Killing everyone seemed their sole aim.
Rounds of bullets and smoke everywhere,
The attacking evil gave no signs to spare.
To all of those trapped inside,
The silence of death seemed so near.
It was our commandos' attempt so brave,
They just showed the evil its grave.
Success in salvaging the country's pride,
And all the lives did they save.
A year since Mother India started to bleed,
We seem to have done nothing but just weep.
The wave of terror stands still straight,

Country's people haven't yet got out of sleep.
Is it our loss or terror's gain?
Will we be safe in our country again?
Wake up for the sake of your land,
Let this question not bother us again.
Will there be a safer India anytime,
Will we be safe in our country again?

Disclaimer :- No part of this poem should be copied or published in any form without prior permission. Anyone desirous of doing so can contact me at simardeep88@hotmail.com.

A Tribute to Mumbai Attacks!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000
While I was trying to have some rest this weekend after a hectic week, I saw the news of Bomb Blasts. The terror quotient has been high in India since a long time and I fail to recognise the reason why a country with more than a billion heads is failing to cope up with terror. These days specifically, the news channels had been giving news of life after 26/11. It was a day which shook the whole nation. Its already been a year since the incident but the terror trails don't seem to have not been tracked yet. For many of us, the life has been going on just like always but for those who lost someone dear in these attacks, the life might never be the same.

I just tried writing a few lines on the issue and would like you to share these with you. Following lines are my tribute to the Mumbai Attacks anniversary in a sincere hope that such attacks don't happen again.

Huyi thi kahin goliyon ki baarish,
Aur uthne laga tha udher kuch dhuan.
Kuch gharon mein chhaya sannaatta us din,
toh kayi gharo ke bujhe chirag wahaan.
Salaam un veeron ko jo de gaye jaan apni,
Par hamari suraksha se samjhauta na kia.
Khud jheli goliyan seene pe apne,
par fanse huyon ko azad unhone kia.
Pani ke raste maut leke aye the jo,
Umaut ko unhi ke naam unhone kia.
Hamla kia jo Taj aur Oberoi par achanak,
toh unhone iitt ka jawab pathar se dia.
Ek saal guzar chuka hai us din ko,
par sach mein kya kuch badla hai yahan?
Badla hai mahaul ya badli hai fiza,
badla hai toh bas grah mantri yahan.
Jaago tum aur chuppi apni todo,
Kahin aadat na tumhari ban jaye sona.
Uthao awaz apni na ruko us pal k liye,
Jab tumhein bhi pad jaye koi apna khona.
Aao jad se khatm kre is aatank ko,
nai toh humein bhi pad skta hai rona.
Uthao awaz apni na ruko us pal ke liye,
jab tumhein bhi pad jaye koi apna khona.

Disclaimer :- No part of this poem should be copied or published in any form without prior permission. Anyone desirous of doing so can contact me at simardeep88@hotmail.com

Children's Day Special!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:33:00 +0000
Hi All!!
First of all, Happy Children's Day to All. We may not be termed as children in the outer world but there always stays a child inside our little heart. Never let that child die inside you.

I have tried to pen down a few lines on something I felt on today's Children's Day. I hope you would like the lines. Do comment about your views on the same. :)

Bachchon ke pyaare Chacha Nehru,
Lal gulab shervani sang rkhte the..
Unka janamdin bana hai Bal Divas,
Kitna bachon ko woh pyar karte the..
Hanste huye aansu aur roti si hansi,
Is din ki aad mein dhunde hum woh pal..
Jaane kahan rootha baitha hai woh,
Bachpan k dino ka bichhda huya kal..

In yaado se baahar jab main aayu,
Kuch kadve sach peecha na chhode mera..
Kyun hai ling mein bhed yahaan par,
Kyun hota nahi hai idher savera..
Kyun ladke ki chaah hoti hai sabko,
Kyun ab tak hai yahaan ghana andhera..
Ladki ko ghar ki lakshmi hain sab kehte,
Fir usse duniya mein aane ka kyu haq nahi..
Aye nasamjho tum krte ho bhed kyun inmein,
Jab bhagwan ne tai kiya koi farq nahi..

Kadam kadam chla ja rha tha main,
Kuch uljha hua inhin sochon mein..
Chupke se paas aayi mere ik ladki,
Shayad zakhmi inhi kharonchon mein..
Usne pucha tha mujhse kuch aisa,
Jiska nahi koi jawab mere paas..
Rakhta hun usse main aapki kachhehri,
Kya aapko bhi hai is baat ka ehsaas??

Dil mera b kare man behlane ko,
Par koi mera paas hai aaj nahi..
Mujhe bhi de do kuch khilone,
Kya mera bal divas aaj nahi??
Samjhe jo humko sabke barabar,
Aisa aaj ka yeh samaj nahi..
Mujhe bhi de do kuch khilone,
Kya mera bal divas aaj nahi??

Kya aapke paas iska koi jawaab hai??

Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Chhodenge!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:57:00 +0000
Hi All!!
Its been quite a sunny week for me and the life enjoying each bit of it. The week passed by quite exciting for me, with simply no special reasons for it. This week again, I happened to see a couple of Hindi movies. First one was London Dreams, a movie which has great dreams in it. I quite liked the movie and personally, I loved the concept. Music was not the thing that inspired me to see the movie as I thought it to be quite loud comparable to what I like to listen but well, it surely goes with the story in the movie. And well, then it was from London Dreams to Jail for me. :P A commendable job done by the ever-good Mr. Madhur Bhandarkar, though I didn't see Konkana this time in Madhur Bhandarkar's movie. I believe that the movie would surely touch your inner soul, just like it touched mine. It has no regular bollywood masala but you don't expect the same from Madhur Bhandarkar either. The movie also convinces me that Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse have a bright future ahead in acting. :D

The title of the post might remind you of the Sholay movie but I hope next time you hear these lines, you remember a few lines written by me. :D Enjoying my Sunday, I was watching Dostana on my TV set yesterday and then, I started penning a couple of lines regarding my views on Friendship (Dosti). I just thought to share those with all of you. Here these are :

Na ho dosti agar is dunia mein,
toh yeh dunia hamein jhoothi si lage,

Na ho dosti ka hansi mazak jo kahin,

toh zindagi kuch roothi si lage..

Ik dosti ke bal pe hum dunia sakte hain jeet,

zindagani mein is dosti k sang dil k gayein geet..

Rkhna na gila koi sath doston ke kabhi,

yeh sab toh hote hain man ke meet..

Dosti se nek rishta nai hum koi jante,

is rishte ki dor hum dil se hai bandhte..

Dosti ka rishta hi sbse pyara hota hai,

is rishte ke sang na koi bhi rota hai..

Hmari b Dosti ka rang kbhi fika padega nahi,

aise dil ko tumhare hum rang jayenge..

Likhvana chaho toh chahe likhva lo kahin,

Yeh vada k dosti hum ant tak nibhayenge..

Dosti hmari kb tk rhegi kayam,

is sawal mein kuch dam nahi..

Parkhna chaho toh kbhi b parkh lena hmein,

Manjdar mein jo chhod de aise dost hum nahi..

Do drop in your comments here. :)

It's Birthday Time!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000
Hi All!!
While enjoying a nice fireworks show at Golden Temple on TV screen, I take an opportunity to wish you on the Prakash Gurpurab (Auspicious Day of the Birth of the Guru) of our first Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. I have been enjoying this day resting at home as I have been fighting with the cold-causing virus/bacteria these days.

And yeah, it was birthday time for me on 29th :-) I hadn't planned anything special for the day except celebrating it with my family, being packed tightly into my daily schedule but my brother surely had his own plans for the day. However, he was successful in not giving us any clue of his visit to home from Bengaluru and well, that ended up in a big surprise to me and our whole family. :P Thanku brother. B-)

Besides that big surprise that came in the later half of the day, my day was made special through wishes of many of my friends, some expected ones and some not so expected. Here, I must confess, some of the calls were totally unexpected. :) Through my blog, I thank you all for making my day a lot more special. Here's a nice deal for all on the auspicious day of Gurpurab, those of you who missed wishing me on my b'day, you still have an extended chance to wish me. Offer open for limited period only.

Happy Gurpurab to All once again.
Sat Sri Akal.

Filmi Very Filmi!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:40:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
Still coping up with the busy and tiring schedule I am going through these days, I was sitting idle currently wiating for the office to be closed as I am done with my job, so I just thought to update my blog. Well, this post might be dedicated towards the Bollywood arena as in the past week, I happened to see four of the latest releases of Hindi Movies, and well, I would say atleast one of those surely disappointed me.
'Wake Up Sid' was the first one in the series, quite a nice movie but I am not sure though whether would like to watch it again or not :P. Ranbir & Konkana have done a good job in the movie. One of my friends liked the Ranbir's tees in the movie but well, I loved the Konkana's cake and I may use the same idea on my b'day. :)

Second one in the show was 'Main aurrr Mrs. Khanna', a movie which I had been waiting for it to release as I liked its music quite a bit and I was curious about the movie seeing its promos. It again was a nice movie with a sweet end but this time, I think I am sure I would not like to see it again as it hasn't got anything in the movie for making anybody a repeat audience, though that's strictly my opinion. I would just like to say, Kareena and Salman could have done better.

Next in the queue was 'Blue.' This movie was much talked about due to Kylie Minogue in it and a heavy budget, not ignoring the underwater stunts as they said. Talking of the music, with due regards to AR Rahman and all his fans, I believe he could have done better this time. The movie hasn't got anything much to be seen in the first half and the only better (would not say the BEST) thing in the movie was its end. No no, not that THE END banner but the ending of the story. :P

Now talking of the last one of the four, I saw 'All the Best.' Well, this movie got some comedy with my friends too as when they asked which movie I had seen and I said 'All the Best,' all of them were asking me why I was wishing them All the Best instead of answering their question. :P Coming back to the movie, the All the Best wishes worked for the movie and the flick by Golmaal director Rohit Shetty (I hope I am correct with this) has done quite nice job. Before I saw the movie, a couple of my friends too had recommended the same, and hence, some expectations were already there for the movie.

Overall, a nice filmi week for me and the ending of it was good too as I happened to see 'Fashion' on Sunday. This time, it was quite a long time, almost two months, the last time I could see that movie in full.

Well, besides that filmi week, it was Diwali time too between that time. Though I don't like bursting crackers, to celebrate Green Diwali, this time it was slightly different. We had our Tax class on Diwali morning and after the class, we and our teacher, Rohit Sir burst crackers as Diwali shagun and it was quite a fun enjoying there and bursting crackers in the morning time. At the night, the beauty of Golden Temple lit under the beautiful lights and the huge gathering of people there who had come to witness the same was worth a watch. I had great wish to go there too but could not go though.

Bye all for now. Its time to close the office.
Take Care. God Bless All.

Why do Sikhs celebrate Diwali??

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:53:00 +0000

Why do Sikhs celebrate Diwali?
Sikhs call Diwali as Bandi Chhor Divas. Mughal emperor Jahangir arrested the sixth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Hargobind Sahib, mistakenly. He was kept in Gwalior Fort.Later on realising his mistake, Jahangir repented and agreed to release Guru Sahib. The kind Guruji refused to leave the fort and demanded release of other 52 Hindu kings arrested by Jahangir, who were later released with Guruji. Guru Hargobind ji is known as Bandi Chhor because He helped the release of imprisoned ones (Bandis). After His release, Guruji returned to Amritsar
where grand celebrations were held. Harmandir Sahib was illuminated and fireworks were displayed. The day coincided with Hindu festival Diwali.

Some of the glimpses of Diwali Celebrations at the Golden Temple :

Be Positive!! That's What My Blood Says to Me!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Oh, what a tiring week it had been. However, being an exception, the busyness could not be attributed towards my office schedule. Actually, my grandmother got operated last week as she fell outside Golden Temple. After 3-4 days, she got leave from hospital and now she is at our place and I have been helping out my mom to take care of her. So, while earlier office used to keep me busy, now after the busy days at the office are gone, I got busy at home.

And well, due to the blood requirement for the operation, I also donated blood at the blood bank last sunday. The blood was just flowing out from my body and I was still sitting idle. ;-) The doctors got me around half a kg lighter as they took approximately an equivalent amount of blood out of my body. Speaking in actual terms, 350 ml of blood was sucked from my blood vein. Got this figure from the doctor who was attending me. :)

I also just confirmed my blood group from them and well, while they tested it, I got my reason for the positive and optimistic vibrations I am often known to pass on to my friends. That's because even my blood says 'Be Positive' (B +ve). Well, that's my blood group. :D Sounds quite filmy na?

It was Prakash Gurpurab (Birth Day) of our 4th Guru, Guru Ram Das Ji - on 9th Oct. It was a big celebration at the Golden Temple and a day before, large procession of sangat in the form of Nagar Kirtan was made. The whole Golden Temple was glowing with lights and there was a spectacular fire cracker show (Aatishbaazi) too. For those who missed the celebrations, you can enjoy similar celebrations on Diwali day which comes on 17.10.2009. Diwali is also celebrated in Amritsar with great enthusiasm.

On Sunday, the gurpurab was also celebrated in our area and it was a nice and soul soothing program. I enjoyed katha and kirtan there. :) I expect the photographs of the procession that took place in our area too on Sunday to reach me sooner and would try uploading the same to share with.

For now, its time to close the office and this post.

So, bye all. Sayonara.

God Bless.

Hectic September Ends!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:30:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
   First of all, I wish to express my heartiest thanks to all who liked my presentation on Shaheed Bhagat Singh and another thanks to all who cared to shared their comments on the presentation through the mail.

Well, as you might have been noticing through my posts all this September, the month had been going pretty hectic for me. However, it gave me immense delight and satisfaction to see that while majority of my friends were busy cracking nuts to finish off their work, we had already completed our job by the sunset of 29th and were quite relaxed on the last day of the month. :-) It had been a great learning time as we were ourselves better equipped with more professional knowledge. Though we had to sacrifice our Sundays and other holidays for the office work, but at the end, I surely feel the sacrifice was worth of it.

And for all the hard work done in the September, we were given a couple of days off from the office. I had thought to relax and rest in these two days but that remained in my thoughts only as our relatives from Sirsa made a visit to our city and stayed at our place. It was quite a fun though with the kids and meeting them.

However, I got some time to watch a couple of new releases - Wanted & Dil Bole Hadippa. Reviewing these movies, I would recommend 'Wanted' to all the fans of Salman and if ANY fan of Ayesha Takia is going to watch movie for her, you can lookout for any other movie of hers. :P You'll not get to see much Ayesha in the movie. Coming to Dil Bole Hadippa, it was a disappointing one from Yash Raj. Really found nothing to even comment upon in the movie. ;)

Within all these days, there was Gandhi Jayanti too and United Nations have declared it as 'International Day of Non-Violence.' I surely second this noble idea as the need of the hour is to discourage any kinds of violence and propogate non-violence in the world. Friends, its the time to do Gandhigiri.

Non-Violence does make some sense, :-)

A Tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:26:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
Today is the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and on this occassion, I just thought to share a powerpoint presentation made by me about Shaheed Bhagat Singh, one of the real heroes on Indian Struggle of Independence. You can download the presentation file from http://www.4shared.com/file/135793193/5480e1f4/Shaheed_Bhagat_Singh.html.

I think it is high time to spread the word as the real heroes of the country are getting forgotten by the country's youth especially. Do forward the presentation to all your friends and relatives and make them aware of some glimpses of life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

Inquilab Zindabad.

P.S. Just didn't get a better ending to this post than through the slogan popularised by Shaheed Bhagat Singh. :)

Days Continue to be Busy!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:55:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
Just like my last post, I expect this post of mine too dedicated towards my office experiences as the office work is not leaving me enough time for getting involved in something else. I had thought of watching some new movie this Sunday but all my plans came to an end when I was told by my principal that we would have to work on Sunday as well. And while I was at home from office, I just thought to make the best of the rest of the day and give some relaxation to my body, something my body had been really dying to have in the last couple of weeks. :)

The last few days of the month have been really busy for me, especially because of the due date for filing of returns for the assessees requiring audit is approaching and the assessees are just getting off from their sleep in fear of getting hefty penalty under the Income Tax Act.

The clients have really been late this time, but I suppose it would have been easier this time had there been no power cuts in the city during the peak office hours. 5-6 productive hours of a day are not made use of, due to the power cuts and well, there is no alternative available for us. What else can we do other than doing some overtime?

However, in the midst of these days, I am trying my best to make the most of this high learning time.

Anyways, as the end of the month is approaching and the audits are getting on the verge of completion, it gives huge sigh of relief to us.

Well, I wrote this post last night but I was not able to post it due to some technical failure at Blogger.com. So, I had just saved it to be republished later on. So, presently blogging from, in fact just republishing from office.

Anyways friends, have good amount of work before me, so bye for now. Would meet you soon, most probably at the month end.

Till then, take care. God Bless All.

Knowledge Enriching Experiences with Busy Days @ Office!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:24:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
How are you?? It has been once again a long time before I am back here to share my life with you. In the last few days, my days at the office have really been busy with some of the audits trying to test all my knowledge before the final accounts and the audit report gets finalised. I finished up two such audits today itself. So, it was a kind of victory day for me as well as our Indian Cricket team which won a One-Dayer against New Zealand in Colombo.

When I made my last post, I got along a very nice feeling on the next day while I met the Vice President of our Institute, CA Amarjit Chopra Ji. He was into our city for a Seminar for CA Professionals and CA Students on Accounting Standards - a topic which has always caught my interest. While just attending the seminar and enriching my knowledge was making me feel nice, I also happened to get replies to some of my curiousities regarding Accounting Standards and also gave a couple of replies when Mr. Vice President sent some questions to students. Overall, it was a nice knowledge enriching session during the seminar and just when it ended, Chopra Ji came near me and passed me a compliment. I felt great that time. :)

Before that seminar ended, we were also informed of the next seminar on Service Tax & VAT which was around 4 days after. While I was coming out of the seminar hall, I was just thinking of whether I would get permission to attend that seminar or not because the timings just clashed with my office timings. I somehow managed to get permission for that too. Mr. J. K. Mittal, a renowned speaker on the subject from Delhi, updated us on the latest amendments in the Service Tax made by Budget 2009. It was another good seminar to attend and the second half of the seminar saw the topic of Refunds in Punjab VAT by CA Ashok Bhatia. While it could be an interesting topic, I personally could not get enjoy much of that speech as I suppose the lack of much practical knowledge in VAT Refund Procedures was the reason. Anyhow, the seminar surely added something to my knowledge.

The month of September, as expected, had been pretty busy due to work pressure in the office. The work pressure in office is expected to increase more so in the later half of the month, just because the accountants have been busy finalising the books of accounts while fighting with the long power cuts.

I also got an opportunity to experience something new in my professional field, the details of which may find a place in my next post, because I just started working on it yesterday.

So, while this post is dedicated to some pretty nice experiences regarding my professional life I came across in the last couple of weeks, I do wish that my learning process goes on.

More on my life and the latest assignment I have handling to come in the posts to come.
Sayonara.

An Evening with Punjabi Virsa!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Hi Friends!!
I hope you all have been fine. Being late in updating my blog is getting common but keeping my schedule in mind, I try my best to update it as and when possible. However, this time was an exception and my busy schedule was not a reason for non-updation of the blog for 3 weeks. It was more a majboori this time, as my PC was under repairs for around 2 weeks, and it got finally OK yesterday.

Anyways, even though blogging after a long time, nothing really special went through my life except my brother's birthday and yeah, my new phone. My brother was here on vacation to celebrate his birthday @ home and well, we had a small dinner outing a day after with a couple of his friends. Well, his vacation also helped me a bit for the fact that my PC was getting repaired all these days and I used to use his laptop to check out my mails, though I had to postpone replying to them. May be it was a blessing in disguise, that my PC had some problems in that time only. :P

Barring the usual busy weeks and relaxing sundays not mentioning that weekly feature films, I would like to share the two weekend evenings spent by me with you all which really brought me more closer to the rich and diverse Punjabi culture. Last Sunday, firstly, it was party time and we college friends had gathered for a small party, more importantly a get-together party, as it was first time we were meeting after our college ended. It was fun and well, the meet once again reminded us that the college has ended. Anyways, the evening had more for me. After the party, I got informed that my family had gone to see a play 'B.A. Pass' written by the renowned Punjabi Novel Writer S. Nanak Singh and I had to join them. Though I got a bit late inr eaching the venue and the play had already started, I enjoyed watching every bit of it. The play was regarding a B.A. Pass student, who was made to study by his father by facing hard times in life and getting loans from other people for his studies, in a hope that he would support his father and family in his old age. However, the boy, on becoming graduate, feels like getting imprisoned staying in village, just because he is a graduate now. (Being a graduate was a luxury in those times, remember the play was written in 1952). He finally leaves his home and hurts his father's emotions. However, with a degree in hand, but no practical experience/training with him, he finds it difficult to earn his living and finally realises what wrong he has done and finally gets back to his village and home. I may not be able to convey the same emotions I felt like while watching the play, the play surely conveyed a lot more. I also plan to make a reading of the novel, though don't know if that would take an actual shape. At the same time, I also felt a bit happy on the fact that I am doing a course which not only imparts me theoretical training but also helps me equip with practical experiences. :D

And well, this Sunday, or I should say today, I have just returned from being a part of a cultural evening out here , primarily meant to celebrate a typical Punjabi festival 'Teeyan'. It is basically a time of joy for punjabi women where they enjoy swings in the rains (in the month of Saawan). It was a nice cultural program and renowned punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa was also present there. She still sounds too good and unfuses a lot of power into her voice and singing, even though being in 60's of her life. I personally enjoyed being there a lot.

While I am writing this post, I am also sensing that this might have been my last free Sunday for the next 4-5 weeks as we may have to work overtime in office incuding Sundays to complete the audit work by the due dates i.e. September 30.

I also request Rain God to bless our city with some rains through my blog. Rabba Rabba Meenh Varsa. We are really finding it hard to have some downpour in our city. I don't know where Mr. Monsoon is hiding out here.

And yes, before I end up with my post, I wish all of you, a very very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi and Happy Ramzan.

Good Night Friends. It's been a nice day today with a lovely ending.

Busy Days are Over or Back Again??

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:59:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
Its again been a week or so since our last interaction. The days gone by were a kind of mixed experience for me altogether.

First of all, what kept me busy in the last week was the returns rush in the office, July 31st being the last day for filing of returns for non-corporate & non-audit assessees. Preparing lot of returns in the office while getting lesser lunch break in between at the office turned out to be fun for us as we would turn on our PC's speakers with a lowest possible, yet listenable, voice. :-) In our quest for breaking the monotony of our tasks, I came across a really kool collection of instrumentals on the net. The instrumental collection is among the top played items now in Winamp at my office PC. :)

Now, I suppose, you all must be thinking that why have I chosen such a title since July 31st has already passed away. So, let me clarify on that please first. September 30th is the due date for getting tax audits done by the income tax assessees, so while the current time-bound tasks at hand were successfully accomplished, I can reasonably expect more busy times in the days to come, and as far as I know our different client's accoutants, they all would be coming to our office after Independence Day. So, busy days seem just a week away. Still, I hope I would enjoy those busy times as this time, I seem to fairly understand the audit processes and further, I don't have my exams in November this year to steal my enjoyment from the work, just like what happened last year.

In the last few posts, I have always written over the hot and humid weather over here these days, but my Monsoon tale from the last post seems to continue. Monsoons still don't seem sure enough to pour over here and that leaves us with a sweaty weather.

More fun was waiting for me this week as I had a kind of a relaxing sunday with a small dinner outing in the later half of the day. More enjoyment was there for me this Sunday as I got to watch some pretty nice movies : Luv Aajkal - movie with pretty nice music and I really wanted to watch it and moreover it was one from Imtiaz Ali, Fashion - a movie I can watch anytime and any number of times, PC rox and lastly, it was Saajan - again a great movie with too good songs and yeah, not to forget the weekly feature film Jab We Met. :-) Luv Aajkal turned good fun to watch as Saif & Deepika have done a reasonably good job in the movie. Lot more could have been expected from 'Jab We Met' Director and he didn't really put down the high expectations from him. Music is nice and I would recommend you to listen 'Ye Doorian' and 'Ajj Din Chadheya' songs from the movie. For the other two movies, I don't think I need to make a review of them.

It was a week of days to celebrate with Friendship Day and Raksha Bandhan coming in it, so had lots of meetha to eat this week. But one thought which I definitely would like to share with you all regarding Friendship Day is that do we need a seperate day to show our friends that we care for them. Even though I too sent all my friends the wishes for the day but still, I don't really go with the idea of Friendship Day and for all the supporters of the day, can you please answer the question that do friends get less special on the rest of the days of the year? I had also started tweeting a while ago but the day I joined, I already knew I can't be glued to it for a longer time and well, it turned true and its already 10 days since my last tweet.

Well, besides all the things I've shared with you all right now, one of the most undesirable things once again happened and my PC Operating System once again crashed. So, I ended up installing it once again 2nd Sunday in a row, though the Mission OS didn't prove to be successful as I eventually figured out that my PC was infected with a virus and I needed to format the whole drive. So, these days, am busy arranging for my disk's backup. That has also kept me away from updating my blog.

That's it for now from Simardeep Singh.

Would be back soon.

Sayonara. God bless.

A Long Wait for the Monsoon Finally Ends!! It Seems Like That :P

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:00 +0000
Hi All!!
Once again, ut has been a long time since our last interaction but it has really been pretty busy time for me, for the office work due to Income Tax Returns has been keeping me quite busy. And I expect a couple of more busy days as the due date of filing of Income Tax Returns for non-audit assessees is approaching. As it had been quite a time, I just managed to find (I should say 'steal') some time to update my blog. I am using the word 'steal' as I am still having some returns in hand to preapre.

Finally, the monsoon has arrived into our state and the temperatures are showing a downslide, though I still don't know that a rain of couple of days can be termed as 'The Arrival of Monsoon.' A meteorological can better do that job for me. Whatever we term that into, I am still enjoying the pouring raindrops and the cool breeze.

It has been quite a good time for me in the meanwhile. As I shared with you all in my last post, I went for a small vacation for 2 days to my nanke (Mom's maternal home) along with my mother. It was a great 2-day leave from the office and a good enjoyable time for me out there. Plus, it served as a deviation from my daily routine and hectic schedule.

Further, in the weekend, I happened to watch a play 'Kuch Baatein... aur Tuchh Raatein" in the city. I got the invitation by virtue of one of my friends who was a part of the acting team. :) My brother was also on weekend tour to home and we went to watch the play for celebrating our weekend. The play was nice and it managed to touch some sensitive issues in the society with great dialogues.

And well, one of the reasons mainly contributing to not letting me update my blog for around 2 weeks was that my computer was annoyed with me and hence, the windows refused to start up. :( I had to wait for a free Sunday to repair my PC Operating System as weekdays don't leave me with much free time to do that. What more to ask for, the day came and I formatted my PC and while I was reinstalling Windows on my PC, I just could not get the Windows XP Serial Key. A number of calls and SMSs to friends finally helped me get the serial key after an hour or so. But at last, my computer is once again fine now.

Friends, I suppose I should sign off from here now and get back to work.
Sayonara. God Bless.

Where's Monsoon?? Nothing Official About It!!

noreply@blogger.com (Simardeep Singh) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:40:00 +0000
Hi Friends!!
I have been writing most of my posts on a Sunday but this time, its a day earlier, a happy reason for it and a reason to cheer about. I am going on a small 2 day vacation to my Mamaji's house in Ludhiana. If you are thinking that a 2-day vacation is bit short, ya it is but I could not have afforded a longer holiday from office, nor could I have had a holiday later this month or in the months to come due to audits coming up till September. So, just thought to write this week's brief before I leave tomorrow morning.

The week started off its Day 1 with the India's Finance Budget and well, now when we understand some provisions of the Income Tax Act and other tax statutes, it was a good experience to interpret the Finance Minister's speech to know what changes he actually meant. For me, it is a good budget in a bad world economy. Moreover, it got some good and some not so good changes which we have been reading the whole week to decipher what Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, our FM has tried to enact.

The week gone has been pretty much relaxed at the office while I completed most of the tasks in hand comfortably. It got a bit tensing for me when one of the important documents got punched by me into the wrong file and I had a bad day searching for it all day. No good luck there and I had to recreate that whole document. :( It took me a whole long day.

But the most important thing not happening this week has been the rains and the monsoons. Indian Meteorological Dept has been saying that monsoon has spread all over the country but if they happen to read this post, can they post something official on it? Monsoons seem nowhere in Punjab, particularly Amritsar and that's why I chose the title for this post. There's nothing official about it. But still a hope, monsoons will come soon.

And frenz, got to catch a train at 7 morning. So, have to get up a bit early.
Good Night!! God Bless!! :-z