Another Announcement

As the D-Day comes closer, am getting all sorts of threatening calls from those persons whose character sketch have not been posted here!!! This gives me happiness and fear at the same time: am happy because everyone accepted the sketches with enthusiasm and fear because my 'health' now depends on me posting more sketches!!!

So, in an act of self defense, i declare once again that the next sketch will be out before the end of this month!!! Am pretty sure that those who demanded the sketch may not be that happy when they see their sketches!!

So buckle up, Dorothy, 'coz Kansas is going bye - bye!!!!

Sleepless Night

Its going to be a sleepless night for some my colleagues as they anxiously wait for the November 08 final exam results which will be published sometime tomorrow afternoon. I did see some tense faces today in Office. I wish all the very best to all my colleagues expecting the result. 

Windows Writer

Its 6.30 AM and i cant wait to test this new utility – Windows Writer. Its a blogging utility which lests u post to a blog without, like Scribefire extension for Firefox. So here is the test post!!

'A'Satya Story

Ok. I know that its not auspicious to start an year with bad news, but since all am hearing these days is bad news, i am left with no other options.

We have heard of Accounting Frauds happening in US or Europe (Who can forget legends like Enron and Worldcom??). Now Indiaalso has attained self reliance in this matter, thank to Satyam. Satyam
Computers is/was the 4th Biggest IT Company in India (or so i heard).Today, Its chairman Ramalinga Raju, in a letter addressed to Board of Directors, SEBI Chairman and Stock Exchanges confessed Accounting Frauds to the tune of nearly Rs 7100 Crores, may be India's biggest accounting fraud till date!!

The next question that arises is :How did he do it? Well, Mr Raju explains that too. Non existent bank
balances and accrued interest, Overstated debtors balances, understated liabilities etc.. He hasnt disclosed further details as to how he actually did those things without troubling the auditors and other government agencies who are supposed to verify the statements.

Now something about auditors: I know that not all the CAs are 'alphabets of trust'. But i was hoping that those who carry out audit of such big entities will be impartial and will follow the auditing standards. How wrong i was!! Corruption has stained the proffession that has so much responsibility to the general public. 53000 employees of Satyam and countless others may loose jobs, thousands of shareholders will loose their investments, all because those who are supposed to find out frauds didnt and may be even worse, aided in committing the fraud. I hope ICAI will take strict action against those who have violated the 'trust' that CAs have built over the years.

Year Ender

So here is the 'traditional' year ender, an 'year that was' post!!

If 2007 was the 'Personal year of Travel' for me, then 2008 was 'Year of Achievement'. An year ago i wrote:

"2008 is going to be another important year as i appear for my CA Finals in May. So there is a chance that by this time next year i may become an ACA!!!"

and am glad that i managed to pull that off (with a lot of help from someone up in the clouds). So it seems only natural that 2009 is the 'International Year of Astronomy', everyone is in the lookout of that luck!!

Apart from that seriously gleeful event of passing the last hurdle of becoming 'ACA', the year was pretty much normal. 2009 is also going to be very important to me as i step out of V&S after completing the stipulated 3 years of Articleship training.

Enough with these personal scrap, time has almost run out in 2008. I wish all
 

A Very Happy New Year!!

Have a rocking 2009!!!

Christmas Wishes

I wish you all a very happy

Christmas!!!

A Flash Game

It has been sometime since i did any 'Action Script'ing in Flash. So, this weekend, i decided to revisit those old days when i used to tinker with the Script. Since i dont have any clue as to AS3, i decided to work with AS2 (that is Action Script, people.Not Accounting Standards). The other day i saw this copter game and i thought to make a copy of that game with whatever scripting i know. It was not easy, 7-8 hours' continuous work and finally i succeeded (almost).Anyway, there is nothing hi-fi about this game and at less than 10KB, i guess those dial up guys (like me) can also try. I know most you havent got a clue as to what am telling. So without further adieu, here is EVADE II!!.

You can download the game here.

To Seminar National!

A National seminar has been organised by SICASA at Eranakulam on 5th and 6th (ie tomorrow and day after). Usually i dont prefer going to these 'intellectual gatherings'. However the recent turn of events have sort of inspired me to break the longstanding tradition. Yup, am going to the Seminar!! That means i have to get up at 4 in the morning (now that part really hurts) so that i can catch the 5.45 Passenger to Eranakulam. I hope all the others who have agreed to come keep their words.

So will brief you all on Sunday!!!

December 1

So am back in Trichur now after a fortnight of train journeys and 'work' in Calicut. So its obvious that i was pretty happy today (i dont have to wake up at 4 in the morning!!! wew, what a relief!!). So the journeys are over, but that doesnt mean am off the 'bank-hook' now. I have to finish that report (that 80 page booklet) within a couple of days.

Tomorrow am off to a School to finish off the Audit started by me back in May and then continued by Anoop (when i had to leave for Hyderabad in June) and now to be finished off by me. I have become a believer of Karma now, what goes around does come around!!

0555 & 1605

I bet you havent got a clue as to what those numbers mean. Well, those numbers are very much important to me these days. I have to catch the Tcr-Kannur Passenger at 05.55 AM to go to Calicut and also have to get in the Kannur-Ekm Intercity Express at 16.05 (4.05 PM) to come back to Trichur. Alhtough the morning commute isnt much of a problem although i have to wake up at 4, the return isnot that comfortable. The evening train is really crowded and most of the time you may have to stand for the better part of the journey. From the looks of it, it may take another 4 days to finish the assignment.

Sayanora Sreedevi !!

Last month it was Grita and now its Sreedevi; today was her last day in V&S. I wish her all the very best in her future endeavors.

Since Sreedevi has gone now, me the 'Senior' (which simply means Saturday=Working day) an is left with a handful of pending files. Hmmm, i have to work, really work, one of thesedays!!!

Now about exams: First group got over today and from the reactions i could gather i understand that 'Accounting' gonna be the decider in here. I have to say that one or two guys really disappointed me with their decision to skip some exams. I pressume they have good reasons for that. Anyways, wish all of 'em all the very best for the remaining papers..

Exam Feverrr & Some Animation

Its Exam time again as the CA Final exams began today. PCC exams will start tomorrow. I wish everyone appearing for Final/PCC exams this time all the very best and i hope they clear all papers in flying colors.

As i had nothing to do today (well, exactly opposite to my situation 6 months back) i thought i will experiment a bit. So i decided to try my luck in bit of 'Stop motion animation'. Usually clay figures are used for this stuff, but since its not an easy inventory to obtain, i decided to use an aold, broken table lamp (also its very easy to animate a table lamp owing its flexibility). After an hour of 'hard' work i was left with this..

Click Here to see the video.

PS: I recommend Broadband connection for viewing the video. Please be patient till the movie is buffered.

Do let me know what u think..

A Hint

Initial responses to my latest character sketch were extremely positive.So now the question is 'Who Next?' This time i have decided to break the suspense: Next sketch will be of Anoop's and God have mercy on my soul when he (and, others) come back after the exams!!!
Last but not the least, Kudos to ISRO for successfully developing and launching India's First 'out-of-the-earth' Lunar Mission (Chandrayan - 1)!!

My Salute...

My Salute to the Highest Run Getter in Test Cricket History!!!

Okay. The initial formalities are over, now to business.. It has been 10 days since i last posted, the longest perhaps after Feb 07. Although i tried to  key in the words to the tiny word editor of Scribe fire on several occasions, lack of worthy material kept me away from that 'Publish' button. But now something has come along.

I think i have said it before: like any other good citizen of India, me too is a cricket fan and like most of them, am a Sachin fan. So, today, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record of 'Highest Run getter in Test cricket', its no wonder that i decided to break my short hibernation from blogger.

My salutes to the man who proved that you can turn 'stones to milestones'!!!!

Pooja Break

So the tax audits are over; office is slowly preparing for its 6 months long hibernation (untill the next tax audit season). In all these commotion, Grita and Sumithlal decided to disassociate themselves form V&S. A lot did happen in the past week. I was in Dena Bank trying to make sense of the 'Income & Expenditure Audit' and i have to say, am not fully aware of exactly what should i do even now.
Anyways, office has closed for 2 days, thanx to Vidyarambham!! I wish everyone a very happy 'Vidyarambham' !!!!! :)

Onam Celebrations

I wish everyone a very happy Onam!! Enjoy these moments!!

Onam Animation | 2

Another Onam Special !!!




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Onam Celebrations @ KVR

Pookkalam..

Onam Animation | 1

One of my flash experiments: Onam Special!!!



enjoy!!!

Month End Closure

In these last hours of August 2008, the counter in Ledger's sidebar shows that i have 195 days of articleship left, still a long way to go! I managed to finish almost all the pending works that i had and now only one remains; and from the look of it, i will be in Bangalore during this Onam for finishing that pending assignment.
Last week i did not get time to doodle the next character sketch. However i intend to post the next one during this week. I think this 3rd one will be the last sketch of this season (the season finale) as i plunge into the tax audit madness. But i guarantee that 'i will be back' !!