Snow Slams China!!

"More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and
economic losses are expected to reach as much as $3 billion, Chinese
officials say.
Blizzards have snapped power lines and destroyed
houses and farmland, prompting fears of food and energy shortages.
Twenty-four people have died and some 827,000 people have been evacuated in 14 different provinces."

"We've never seen such a cold weather lasting for such long a time,"
said Tang Shan, a man in his 70s in Changsha, the capital of Hunan
province. "The last time we had one here was over 50 years ago, and not
this bad."

The snow and sleet have paralyzed roads, railways and airports, leaving tens of millions of travelers marooned.

It could not be at a worse time as an estimated 178 million Chinese will travel by train, and 22 million
more by plane for the traditional Chinese New Year also called Spring Festival..Millions more will take long-haul vans
and buses...

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Revising The Chinese Economy

"Many of the prices in China had not been accurately measured since
the late 1980s; in 2007, new data indicated that food, rent and other
items had become a lot more expensive than had been accounted for in
official measurements. Higher prices, of course, mean lower Chinese
real wages and a smaller size for the Chinese real economy.

China
is much further from world economic leadership than we may have
thought. Furthermore, poverty in China remains severe; the data
revisions imply that China has 300 million workers — about the size of
the entire United States population — earning less than a dollar a day.
Given these weaknesses in the Chinese economy, the yuan may not be so
undervalued after all."

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Its Snowing!!!

It snowed last night here.. So I am freezing even more now.. But atleast now it feels like Winter.. No too much snow.. but more is expected over the next few days....

Oh well, I am gonna be sweating it out in Mumbai in 3 days time so.. .. Life like that!!

Ads You Will Never see Today!!

Cheapest CAR on EARTH!!!!

The moment has finally come for the introduction of the world’s cheapest car. Our very own TATA is bringing out a stripped-down vehicle that will cost you around $2,500, and it’s aimed squarely for India. But its popularity need not stop there. Popularity that will last only if it does not become a laughing stock like the Reva.

One thing is for sure....This is a car for the world’s middle class. There are still billions of people who can’t afford an investment of $2,500. A scooter or a moped still the right choice. But there are also hundreds of millions of people who will be able to afford the Tata car - in China, in Vietnam, in Pakistan, in coastal Africa…. They’ll buy, as long as the quality is reasonable and it looks good!!!

India Next Week!!

Excited about heading to India and eating lots of Dosa and Butter chicken and samosa's etc etc etc..

Also catch up with some old friends...Been a long time..

Wont get to meet family this trip.. which sucks..

Trip is to Mumbai and Delhi and rushing back...

Heard this some where and thought it was very suited for people who travel often..
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"What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. "

And thats why I look forward to all the travelling I will be taking in my life.. Be whatever I want to be at that moment in time when I am in a Plane, a transit lounge or in a cab in a strane country.!!!

Quest

"Where does it come from? This quest... this need to solve life's mysteries for the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we would be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature, not the human heart. That is not why we are here." Genesis

"We dream of hope, we dream of change, of fire, of love, of death. And then it happens; the dream becomes real, and the answer to this quest, this need to solve life's mysteries finally shows itself like the glowing light of the new dawn. So much struggle for meaning, for purpose. And in the end, we find it only in each other. Our shared experience of the fantastic and the mundane. The simple human need to find a kindred. To connect. And to know in our hearts... that we are not alone. "

2008!!!

Wishing Everyone A very Happy New Year...

Have a Great one!!!