Some Photos of London Trip

Dear All,

I ma back to Chennai. Great trip and nice KT from UK counter parts. We are now geared up fully for the work in Forensics....

See you soon ..

Visited Odeon --- Red Carpet

Itz great training out here. Yesterday been to Odeon in Leicester Square for meeting my brother-in-law. Saw Odeon theatre .. wow its awesome ...will post u with some photos soon .. going again now there to meet my friend of mine during my Eng college along with colleagues.

Namaste London !

Dear Friends,

In SANS training for SEC 508, GCFA.....wow cracking my brain deeply with FIle system essentials mainly linux file systems .. close shave ...
Will come again soon ...

Best Regards,
Bala

I am back after a month's time with my Laptop ready to fire !

Dear Friends,
Iam back with a bang.
Waiting for Dhoni’s play now after a hibernation of correctly a month.

Let me start with a beautiful cut, copy and paste of somebody’s article. Hats off to that great guy.
Iam really impressed by this one so sharing.
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There was an article in Harvard Business Review some time back in which there was an interesting comment - “Average managers play checkers, but great managers play chess.”
Considering that both checkers and chess are similar Abstract Strategy board games (as the wikipedia calls them) you may begin to wonder what is the difference worth speaking about (or rather, blogging about?)

Ha, but there is.

You see, in checkers, all the pieces are uniform, they all move in the same way. In other words, they are interchangeable. Of course, one needs to plan and coordinate their movements, but they all move in the same pace on parallel paths.
Enter chess. Each type of piece moves in a different way. One cannot play chess if one doesn’t know how each of the piece moves. That is why it takes a great manager to play chess with their teams. They have to know the unique abilities of every member in the team. They even have to know the eccentricities of the members. They understand how best to integrate them into a coordinated plan to achieve a stated goal.

There is an interesting Thirukkural that comes to my mind while typing this:

இதனை இவன்முடிக்கும் என்றாய்ந்து
அதனை அவன்கண் விடல்.


(Roughly translatable as : It is the leader’s job to understand who can do one task better than others and allocate that responsibility to him.)

When I become a manager, I hope to play chess with my team, not checkers. Long live the “king”.

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I am back as if normal and will start writing my tech articles again.
May be I am going to be bit busy soon with my ethical hacking course and SANS System Forensics Training for GCFA in London this month.

Still I will catch up you all.

Happy Diwali wishes to all.

Best Regards,
Bala

Laptop in Data Recovery Mode !

oops! Itz after a long time ! Sorry .... Cordially !

Atlast I received the CDs from my brother. No use. Approached ABM Infotech Chennai for Laptop Recovery. They are trying for the past 4 days ?....Letz see whether they will make it or not !?

Apart which my home @ chennai becoming slowly beautiful by continuous efforts of mine, my father & my mother. Will attach some snaps very soon.

Will also write my analysis of already committed articles too soon..

I will be leaving to Singapore next month for SANS Forensic Training GCFA ...

Quite busy in preparations for the same....

Will catch once the Laptop is back to my hand ......

Best Regards,
Bala

I am free from Spectacles

Dear All,

Atlast I got freedom ...on 14th Sep 2007 ...after almost 18 years from class sixth...
yes...I got operated Lasik for my eyes...I am free bird now wo spec. hassles..

Hey,... My CD is on the way from US. By this week end, I will be back in form with my original style.....till then ...keep kool......

Best Regards,
Bala

Waiting Period continues ......(Sigh)

Dear Friends,

Still my Laptop is down,my hands are tied...But I am enjoying my time in different manner. Itz more about socializing with known and unknown people...Life keeps moving meeting different people ...listening different views....Hmmmm. Much philosophical right...Ya..Itz....

Yesterday I was with my uncle Dr.V.Balasubramaniyan from Nashik in spree to meet his school and college friends. He is already 74 Years young.....We met first Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan in Besant Nagar who is also 75 retired AD from Intelligence Bureau. The conversation between them is full of recalling their college and school friends name and whereabouts...Then we three went on to meet their teacher in Besant Nagar who is 87 Years old... That gentle man is too energetic than these people...He too shared so many friends detail .....Then we met Brigadier.Subramanian My uncle's close friend...They are really too good and nice....

So the lesson I learnt is, "Always cherish your good friendship over time and strive to go extra mile for keeping them in touch...Life is not about only taking care of ownself and our own family...but also do lots of good social activities and help others...."

I also visited Parthasarthy and Nanganallur Temples...along with Prasanna..

We both decided to visit more temple visit as often as we can in and around chennai...

Best Regards,
Bala