Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Its called the resignation song
"Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more
My woman done left and took all the reason I was working for
Ya better not try and stand in my way
Cause I’m walkin’ out the door
Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more"
– Take This Job and Shove It, performed by Johnny Paycheck
Who hasn’t been tempted to act like the singer of this song? However, resigning from a job does involve a certain decorum, and doing it properly can only help you later.
#1: Write the resignation letter
#2: Be clear about your last day, but be flexible if necessary
#3: Confirm the handling of unused vacation days
#4: Remove important personal effects prior to your announcement
#5: Leave on the best note possible
#6: Let your important contacts know
#7: Document your current work
#8: Adjust your voicemail greeting and (if possible) disable voicemail messaging
#9: Prepare for a letdown
My woman done left and took all the reason I was working for
Ya better not try and stand in my way
Cause I’m walkin’ out the door
Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more"
– Take This Job and Shove It, performed by Johnny Paycheck
Who hasn’t been tempted to act like the singer of this song? However, resigning from a job does involve a certain decorum, and doing it properly can only help you later.
#1: Write the resignation letter
#2: Be clear about your last day, but be flexible if necessary
#3: Confirm the handling of unused vacation days
#4: Remove important personal effects prior to your announcement
#5: Leave on the best note possible
#6: Let your important contacts know
#7: Document your current work
#8: Adjust your voicemail greeting and (if possible) disable voicemail messaging
#9: Prepare for a letdown
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Daddy Yankee Gasolina
I really like this song it makes my feet tapping . But i dont understand the lyrics except the word gasolina .What does it mean "Dame Mas Gasolina"
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Game viewing at naivasha sanctuary
It is a long weeknd for us here because of "Good Friday" and the Easter holidays, and the start of the holiday was awesome by doing a horse riding and "Game-Viewing" at a wildlife sanctuary near Lake Naivasha. And even though i slept like a baby for the whole night after it , i still pain in my bum and my back is aching like anything.
I had gone there with my mates at work corky, kudzai and kudzai's friends
From Nairobi, there are two roads going to Naivasha : one going down alongside the escarpment, and one going up towards Naivasha town. The "truck" road going down the escarpment is shorter in distance but after Maai Mahiu town (first town down the hill), there are huge potholes on the road going towards Naivasha Lake. The other road, the A104 uplands, is longer in distance but in very good state as it is not used by container truck.
We took the shorter one because we were running out of time.
Lake Naivasha is the second largest and the highest lake of the
Central Rift Valley lakes. Remain of a great lake which spread through
the basins and spilling out at its southern end through the Ol Njorowa Gorge
(Hell's Gate National Park), this freshwater lake has kept much of its old colonial charm and is also the centre of a prosperous flower export business.
At only two hours drive from Nairobi, Naivasha is a great place to forget
the Nairobian urban life and do some sport activities such as hiking, walking,
biking and/or game viewing and is a popular weekend retreat for the local communities.
And we were literally at one point on the road to the lake which was 2666 mts above sea level and a stop to have a look at Mt. longonot. which i remembers from friends saying that it was once an active volcano.
The charges for horse riding and game viewing is 1000ksh for non residents. I will soon upload the pics for this trip.
I had gone there with my mates at work corky, kudzai and kudzai's friends
From Nairobi, there are two roads going to Naivasha : one going down alongside the escarpment, and one going up towards Naivasha town. The "truck" road going down the escarpment is shorter in distance but after Maai Mahiu town (first town down the hill), there are huge potholes on the road going towards Naivasha Lake. The other road, the A104 uplands, is longer in distance but in very good state as it is not used by container truck.
We took the shorter one because we were running out of time.
Lake Naivasha is the second largest and the highest lake of the
Central Rift Valley lakes. Remain of a great lake which spread through
the basins and spilling out at its southern end through the Ol Njorowa Gorge
(Hell's Gate National Park), this freshwater lake has kept much of its old colonial charm and is also the centre of a prosperous flower export business.
At only two hours drive from Nairobi, Naivasha is a great place to forget
the Nairobian urban life and do some sport activities such as hiking, walking,
biking and/or game viewing and is a popular weekend retreat for the local communities.
And we were literally at one point on the road to the lake which was 2666 mts above sea level and a stop to have a look at Mt. longonot. which i remembers from friends saying that it was once an active volcano.
The charges for horse riding and game viewing is 1000ksh for non residents. I will soon upload the pics for this trip.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Karibu
Well, it’s been about a week now since I landed here,
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to a small city in india. I find the traffic here much similar to Varanasi/Pune or Baroda.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to a small city in india. I find the traffic here much similar to Varanasi/Pune or Baroda.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
Karibu
Well, it’s been about a week now since I landed here,
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to varanasi in india.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to varanasi in india.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
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