We reached Manila a week back and the first week in Manila was hectic and taxing but very satisffying and happy.
Oakwood premier hotel. A great view, very cosy, just right place for prinx, myself and four yeal old Gulu.
Malls are never ending. Light, music and smiles are everywhere. Helpful and friendly people.
We went to ISM for Gulu's admission. He didnt want to go.. But his expression changed when we went around the school.
Gulu is becoming naughtier everyday and lastnight, he was teasing prinx and me as fatso. How time flies and he seems to be allmost a little boy now.
Single complaint he has now is that I havent given him any cars yet in Manila.
Saw several house in and around Salcedo village and Landmark. Will choose one soon.
We were surprised that bread, potato and onion are very costly here. Too expensive. Need to make adjustment in out food habits to manage the cost of living.
Life as expats seems to be good, we are just keeping out fingers crossed.
Reached Manila, Phhillipines
I knew we were to move to Manila in May but it got delayed for various reasons and I stoped talking about it and resolved to write only when we reach Manila with Prinx and Shenna.
I write now as we have reached Manila at 5pm yesterday. We tarvelled in Malyasian airlines via Kulalalumpur. The journey was for 15 hours and Shenna harldly eat. He was not well previous two days and our packings compleltely undid his regular life and he suffered.We are staying at the beautiful Oakwood premier hotel. The view from the hotel. It is very nice in the evening with neo lights all over in huge highrises and from the slow moving lines of cars.
I have come to Manila twice before and so its kind of known to me. To Prinx, the first impression is that people are very nice and otherwise its just like Mumbai from where we come!
It confirmed my first impression too when I came here for the first time in May 2003.
Shenna, all of four, wanted to stay back in Mumbai alone and he asked us to come to Mumbai without him. Since the servised apartment is nice to his liking and he has got Disney channel and saw Mr. Bean and also found Mc Donnalds are there, he told me once that I should come to Manila more often. While coming from Mumbai, he want to go back to our home in Mumbai and so we told them that we were coming to our home in Manila. Being four year old, not being very articulate with his feelings, I woonder what emotional turmoil he is going through now that we will stay in Manila for 2-3 years atleast.
All he knows and bit apprehensive is about going to 'white' teachers. His grandma has told him that now at ISM, he will have 'white' teachers who speaks only english and he is somewhat concerned!
We have started another phase of our life as expat in another country and we are all eager to discover new things and soon settle into the normal rhythme of our regular life.
I write now as we have reached Manila at 5pm yesterday. We tarvelled in Malyasian airlines via Kulalalumpur. The journey was for 15 hours and Shenna harldly eat. He was not well previous two days and our packings compleltely undid his regular life and he suffered.We are staying at the beautiful Oakwood premier hotel. The view from the hotel. It is very nice in the evening with neo lights all over in huge highrises and from the slow moving lines of cars.
I have come to Manila twice before and so its kind of known to me. To Prinx, the first impression is that people are very nice and otherwise its just like Mumbai from where we come!
It confirmed my first impression too when I came here for the first time in May 2003.
Shenna, all of four, wanted to stay back in Mumbai alone and he asked us to come to Mumbai without him. Since the servised apartment is nice to his liking and he has got Disney channel and saw Mr. Bean and also found Mc Donnalds are there, he told me once that I should come to Manila more often. While coming from Mumbai, he want to go back to our home in Mumbai and so we told them that we were coming to our home in Manila. Being four year old, not being very articulate with his feelings, I woonder what emotional turmoil he is going through now that we will stay in Manila for 2-3 years atleast.
All he knows and bit apprehensive is about going to 'white' teachers. His grandma has told him that now at ISM, he will have 'white' teachers who speaks only english and he is somewhat concerned!
We have started another phase of our life as expat in another country and we are all eager to discover new things and soon settle into the normal rhythme of our regular life.
Buying a home
we bought a flat in Andheri (E) in Feb, 06 when the property prices have sky rocketted. Now we suffer from the burden of paying a very high EMI and live with the fear that the price may crash making our investment a very suspect decision.
we made the mistake of buying when every one was buying. Had we bought two years back, we would have got the same flat atleast 30% cheaper. This I write so that someone can learn from my learning and benefit from it.
we should have bought the flat when economy was in doldrum and no one could see any hope for future and everyone was predicting a dull future. I now know and believe its extremely unpredictable how the ecomony and a country will do in such a dynamic world environment where anything major anywhere else in the world can make all the predicts eat humble pie. I have studied/observed the share market and Indian ecomny for the last 10 years and Im convinced that everything is cyclical in nature. Sensex will fall and the low will appear as if its there forever but it would rise and then fall again. One fall and one rise in a lifetime enough to make one rich. when the sexsex falls, just buy into blue chip companies having large asset base like SAIL and BHEL in India and wait with patience and hope. One dont have to be a wizkid to indentify the multibagger, just common sense is good enough to make wealth. The tide will turn and throw handful of wealth in your lap. Samething goes for purchase of flats. Buy when no one is buying and sell when everyone is rushing to make that home purchase.
If what Im saying makes sense to you and you benefit from it someday, then come back and make the donation here. For further discussion, please write to mnish11@yahoo.com
I have learnt this lesson the very hardway and now I wait to practise it. I will tell the same thing to my son. I hope he will listen to me.
we made the mistake of buying when every one was buying. Had we bought two years back, we would have got the same flat atleast 30% cheaper. This I write so that someone can learn from my learning and benefit from it.
we should have bought the flat when economy was in doldrum and no one could see any hope for future and everyone was predicting a dull future. I now know and believe its extremely unpredictable how the ecomony and a country will do in such a dynamic world environment where anything major anywhere else in the world can make all the predicts eat humble pie. I have studied/observed the share market and Indian ecomny for the last 10 years and Im convinced that everything is cyclical in nature. Sensex will fall and the low will appear as if its there forever but it would rise and then fall again. One fall and one rise in a lifetime enough to make one rich. when the sexsex falls, just buy into blue chip companies having large asset base like SAIL and BHEL in India and wait with patience and hope. One dont have to be a wizkid to indentify the multibagger, just common sense is good enough to make wealth. The tide will turn and throw handful of wealth in your lap. Samething goes for purchase of flats. Buy when no one is buying and sell when everyone is rushing to make that home purchase.
If what Im saying makes sense to you and you benefit from it someday, then come back and make the donation here. For further discussion, please write to mnish11@yahoo.com
I have learnt this lesson the very hardway and now I wait to practise it. I will tell the same thing to my son. I hope he will listen to me.
Todller becomes boy- 18th August, 06
Our little son Shrihaan turns four today. We didnt have to think atall about what to give him. Being obsessed with cars, he just want more and more cars. Jelly and candies, to him, are just icing on the cake.
And we will go to McDonalds where another car awaits him.
Being a father I know, how much hurt and sadnedd I must have casued to my parents in my younger days.
Before, I would talk aloud when shrihaan was around that no one loved me and no one kissed me atall. He would stop doing whatever he was doing right there, come running to me, jump over me and kiss and hug me tights.
I tried it couple of days back. He was busy wit Mr. Beans in Pogo. He heard it, smiled, without taking away from the TV and said no one loved him too. I didnt get the hurt and kiss from him.
I know he has just grown little bit more. Hardly anylonger the toddler obsessed with his baba. He is knocking at the door of boyhood.
we pray that God keep him safe and healthy and help him shaping into a fine and successfuly human being.
And we will go to McDonalds where another car awaits him.
Being a father I know, how much hurt and sadnedd I must have casued to my parents in my younger days.
Before, I would talk aloud when shrihaan was around that no one loved me and no one kissed me atall. He would stop doing whatever he was doing right there, come running to me, jump over me and kiss and hug me tights.
I tried it couple of days back. He was busy wit Mr. Beans in Pogo. He heard it, smiled, without taking away from the TV and said no one loved him too. I didnt get the hurt and kiss from him.
I know he has just grown little bit more. Hardly anylonger the toddler obsessed with his baba. He is knocking at the door of boyhood.
we pray that God keep him safe and healthy and help him shaping into a fine and successfuly human being.
To myself
Im suffering as I have moved away from my learning of things whihc I know works from the bottom of my heart, yet I dont practice it.
I have seen past several months, or can say for most of my life that nothing happens to me easily and I have to slog to get and achieve things. This changed in the year of 2001 when someone taught me the benefits of prayers and meditation. Thosedays for sometime, I used to chant three times a day and I became very calm and all the things which I wanted badly started to materialise.
Last several months, I have practically stoped chanting and meditating and nothing is easy anymore.
I must start meditating and praying and chanting.
I have seen past several months, or can say for most of my life that nothing happens to me easily and I have to slog to get and achieve things. This changed in the year of 2001 when someone taught me the benefits of prayers and meditation. Thosedays for sometime, I used to chant three times a day and I became very calm and all the things which I wanted badly started to materialise.
Last several months, I have practically stoped chanting and meditating and nothing is easy anymore.
I must start meditating and praying and chanting.
Spy?
Earlier, I used to write in my own name and realised that it could lead to unwanted troubles for me and also I was getting constrained to be brutally honest.
I used to be happy those days to see someone from New York and someone from Delhi used to visit my blog regularly and used to think that my writing had hit some cord somewhere in them.
Its changed now.
I see the same two id from New youk and Delhi visiting this site and I have hardly written anything meaningful here yet and Im yet to get my flow back as I used to have in the first time.
Then I wonder who are they? Why they spend time and come back again and again? How they discovered me?
Would be nice to hear from you, my dear friends from Delhi and New york. Atleast, your frequent visits keep my sitemeter ticking!
I used to be happy those days to see someone from New York and someone from Delhi used to visit my blog regularly and used to think that my writing had hit some cord somewhere in them.
Its changed now.
I see the same two id from New youk and Delhi visiting this site and I have hardly written anything meaningful here yet and Im yet to get my flow back as I used to have in the first time.
Then I wonder who are they? Why they spend time and come back again and again? How they discovered me?
Would be nice to hear from you, my dear friends from Delhi and New york. Atleast, your frequent visits keep my sitemeter ticking!
Maruti Zen VXi for sale
A Maruti Zen VXi is available for sale in Mumbai. 2000 model. Power steering, power window, central lock, child lock, AC, music system. Have done 23000km. Excellent condition.
Staying at andheri (E).
Asking Rs. 1.75 lakh.
Contact : 9821446690
Note: Well, we finally had to sell it to Automart India. Since we were leaving and they realised it, we got a price of only 1.20 Lakh. Sincerely, hated the guy who did the deal on their behalf but then we would have just left the car if we failed to make the deal.
It helped that my company reimbursed the differential since we had to sell the car since I got transfered.
Staying at andheri (E).
Asking Rs. 1.75 lakh.
Contact : 9821446690
Note: Well, we finally had to sell it to Automart India. Since we were leaving and they realised it, we got a price of only 1.20 Lakh. Sincerely, hated the guy who did the deal on their behalf but then we would have just left the car if we failed to make the deal.
It helped that my company reimbursed the differential since we had to sell the car since I got transfered.
Homework
Neel was not particulaly interested in education when young and as we now know most of his growing up days were spent groping and peeping through the crack in the doors.
However, Neel was rescued out of this shithole by some mysterious power and today he is settled with a son. His name is Harsheel and he is close to four year of age. He goes to junior KG and get homework.
Here is the struggle Neel and his wife Agnes currently trying to face. Harsheel is good with drwaing and seems to be keen to learn. However, when he is asked to do homework, he feels the urge to have some water or feel sleepy or need to pee in random order but with accuracy of a stealth bomber. everytime, he endup getting bashed resulting is water streaming down from his eyes. Neel and Agnes wonders how to make him do homework peacefully.
Harsheel being their first child, they feel lost quite often. Agnes is a perfectionist while Neel is not. Neel being practical, let Agnes handle Harsheel's homework but sometimes he tries to intervene, very uncessfully.
However, Neel was rescued out of this shithole by some mysterious power and today he is settled with a son. His name is Harsheel and he is close to four year of age. He goes to junior KG and get homework.
Here is the struggle Neel and his wife Agnes currently trying to face. Harsheel is good with drwaing and seems to be keen to learn. However, when he is asked to do homework, he feels the urge to have some water or feel sleepy or need to pee in random order but with accuracy of a stealth bomber. everytime, he endup getting bashed resulting is water streaming down from his eyes. Neel and Agnes wonders how to make him do homework peacefully.
Harsheel being their first child, they feel lost quite often. Agnes is a perfectionist while Neel is not. Neel being practical, let Agnes handle Harsheel's homework but sometimes he tries to intervene, very uncessfully.
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