And what a day it was :)

As I start office on a Sunday in Dubai 2 days after my birthday. About 180 odd emails wishing me a happy birthday and awaiting my response. I thought of ways by which I could answer everyone in detail and that brings me to blogger. Thanks everyone, I am very happy & feel heavily blessedJ, yes thanks to the gifts, I feel rich again :).

Presenting to you... The birthday FAQs...
I give you answers to questions you have asked me, will ask me or never wanted to ask me on my birthday.

Q1) Happy Birthday dear, what plans for the day eh!
Thanks so much for your wishes. I & Somya (my sweet, beautiful, lovely & adorable wife) planned to spend the day out of the house. So here's what we did.
-Cake cutting in candle light @ 00.00hrs.
-Movie & Lunch with a famous movie star and a good friend (Mr Mathews – I think he played Neo in Matrix ;) or was it Mr Anderson?).
-The star to the Christmas tree was the Dinner which was at romantic cruise on the Dubai Creek.
It truly was a Wow. (Pictures available on demand @ pay per viewJ)

Q2) Hmmm… So…. How old am I now…?
You ask this every year, seriously how did you pass your math tests? I was born in 1980, so that makes me 18 right! No, I am not sending you my passport copy for validation and if you think I am lying, keep guessing ;).

Q3) And what else, whats up these days?
I am in Wipro Dubai finishing my summers, the last 8 months and next 6 months will be spent in Manila doing my MBA @ AIM (http://www.wsgsb.aim.edu.ph/). I decided to take a 16 month vacation in Manila and the only place I was getting would allow me to stay if I pretend to be a serious person who spent some time each day in air conditioned classrooms. The MBA ends in Dec this year (hopefully) and I will be one more entrant to the club of overqualified, underpaid yuppies.

Q4) What gifts did I receive?
I am assuming you are looking for benchmark data here to see what you should send. Cash is readily accepted. You can also send gold biscuits if you are too materialistic. If you are my banker, thanks I will forget the loans.

Q5) Wondering If I remember your birthday?
I have put a part of my brain on the internet and connected it to a website. Trust me I would love to be part of your special day, Please click on this and fill your birth date this is a personal reminder and its perfectly safe to put it here (if you haven’t done it yet). http://www.birthdayalarm.com/dob/5373697a2568310b363

If you forgot to wish me, dude I am hoping you will send me a bigger gift to compensate ;). It was a great day and we celebrated life yet again. To me each day is special(taken from a flop movie), be it Sunday or Tuesday (Monday could debated on). I am happy to have friends that surround me on my special day. Btw I remember your birthday and am the first one to wish you. Here are my wishes for the yr 2008-09 in advance.

Cheers!!
Catbert

About a year ago....

Well I decided to cut the crap and to get going on wasting a few more bytes over the internet. If you are from the office i work please at stop reading this, the boss monitors the reports regularly!!

After about 8 months of sleeping on a sponge bed and looking outside Dorm room 401 I have finally landed myself outside the AIM campus. The first phase of my MBA is over and I am now doing an internship in Dubai.

Life in Dubai has been full of surprises. Its been a 2 weeks and i haven't seen any camels. The day i got down i got into a cab and people were talking to me in hindi. Well there must be a lot of indians here I thought, and yes it turns out yet again we are a majority of the population.
People back home need to start taking family planning seriously man.

I am not complaining too hard on this one though, makes my life easier. I never feel like a foreigner in any place i go to. I can get my Roti and Daal absolutely anytime I want to eat. Plus the cabbie speaks me mother tongue. I get to play cricket almost whenever i want so ya on second thoughts, guys back home keep up the good work and forget what i said earlier.

If you are planning to stay here, better invest in a tread mill, the only place where you can get a free home delivery for a can of coke. I must admit the place can spoil you and the water you drink adds pounds around your waist.

Dubai remains till date Bollywoods favorite Don hideout and its tall buildings the perfect den for plans to take over the world. For now i have to settle with planning my internship and the only don in sight is my boss!

There is so much more to talk about this place but work is worship and u dont pay me to write yet! take care and keep those comments coming.