"I have the opportunity to race next year in the American Le Mans series in the United States, a key step towards my eventual dream of success in the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race," Drayson said in a letter to Brown.
"Unfortunately, it cannot be combined with the challenge of full time government office."
A British government minister has stepped down to follow his dream of becoming a race car driver.
Lord Drayson, Britain's defense procurement minister, is taking an indefinite leave of absence to compete in the American Le Mans series, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Wednesday.
In a letter to Brown, Drayson described the chance to compete as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" and "a key step towards my eventual dream of success in the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race."
News here and here
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
United Colors of
United colors of delhi.
These following pics particularly strike me as the things to come and the future awaiting India.
Modern Malls, Multi colored races and children of mixed parentage... well finally its the your turn, Delhi?!
Thats Wiebka from Germany, Chipo from Zimbabwe and Vik from Delhi. Snap taken in the newly built Shopping mall in New Delhi.
Look up - make a choice
Just remember that there are some people out there who are doing this..... so just buck up!
Someone is driving this great Indian auto rickshaw, unbelievable that this is found in the midst of the modern New Delhi next to the
BMWs, Landcruisers.
There is Stephen Duros who sets up lighting to shows such as these and travels half the world with the rock bands.
Brave new world.. a bit cold
I am here, in New delhi now. I got a nice big flat in the suburbs. Its big and empty.
I look forward to making a home out of it.
But i feel mentally challenged, especially due to the cold.
I have been in crowded settlmeents before (Mumbai) but my new locality has an eerie combination of wide open spaces around innumerable 10-12 storeyed buildings. The spaces actually accentuate the concrete jungle. The people or rather the housing societies are all keen on making this a great plce to live. Every building has a garland of blinking lights, put up during Diwali - the festival of lights.
Ah fuck it!
I look forward to making a home out of it.
But i feel mentally challenged, especially due to the cold.
I have been in crowded settlmeents before (Mumbai) but my new locality has an eerie combination of wide open spaces around innumerable 10-12 storeyed buildings. The spaces actually accentuate the concrete jungle. The people or rather the housing societies are all keen on making this a great plce to live. Every building has a garland of blinking lights, put up during Diwali - the festival of lights.
Ah fuck it!
Friday, November 2, 2007
100 responses in 2 days
I posted a job opening with an Indian garments related website www.garmentsonly.com who offered me a trial posting; a couple of days ago.
(They have a good support team, which makes a brief call to check if the post is for real, collect any missing data and publish the post on their site. )
The post said, looking for merchandiser for the new office of NetworkGlobalSourcing to be opened shortly in New Delhi.
In 2 days I received over 120 applications and they are still coming.
Now I wonder if such a Position would exist in other countries, especially western europe (France/italy) and would attract so many responses to a rather new 1 year old buying house with no immediate brand recall.
What does it say abt the job market in India?
(They have a good support team, which makes a brief call to check if the post is for real, collect any missing data and publish the post on their site. )
The post said, looking for merchandiser for the new office of NetworkGlobalSourcing to be opened shortly in New Delhi.
In 2 days I received over 120 applications and they are still coming.
Now I wonder if such a Position would exist in other countries, especially western europe (France/italy) and would attract so many responses to a rather new 1 year old buying house with no immediate brand recall.
What does it say abt the job market in India?
Mr Peaceful
I am currently stuck in a limbo, homeless. I have vacated my Mumbai flat and despatched all the furniture etc to the Delhi flat with a (un)Professional Mover and Packer and flew down to delhi next day, only to find that the truck wil arrive not in 2 days as promised but 4 days. Besides, the flat I have leased out in NEw Delhi is still being painted/renovated. So much for INdian punctuality.
Being left unexpectedly homeless, I arrived in the great Main Bazaar of New DElhi, home to most of the back-packers and karma seekers of the world to lease out a cheap hotel.
This is an unusual place for an indian to seek a hotel. Common, every indian surely must have an uncle, nephew, acquaintance or someone in the great family who is living or knows someone living in delhi who can offer to put you up (?!).
Its also difficult for Indians to open up conversations with the other backpackers, as usually the indians around them are trying to sell something or cheat or mug them.
So owing to this strange situation, I have been staying rather calm and keeping to myself in the last couple of days, even while having dinner in the rooftop restaurant in the hotel i am staying. The manager seems to have taken a pity on me and tried to open a conversation by asking where I was from etc. Mumbai. The next thing he says " You seem to be a rather peaceful person sir, what brings you here?" almost bumped me. I have been called many things, but peaceful is not exactly anywere close.
Being left unexpectedly homeless, I arrived in the great Main Bazaar of New DElhi, home to most of the back-packers and karma seekers of the world to lease out a cheap hotel.
This is an unusual place for an indian to seek a hotel. Common, every indian surely must have an uncle, nephew, acquaintance or someone in the great family who is living or knows someone living in delhi who can offer to put you up (?!).
Its also difficult for Indians to open up conversations with the other backpackers, as usually the indians around them are trying to sell something or cheat or mug them.
So owing to this strange situation, I have been staying rather calm and keeping to myself in the last couple of days, even while having dinner in the rooftop restaurant in the hotel i am staying. The manager seems to have taken a pity on me and tried to open a conversation by asking where I was from etc. Mumbai. The next thing he says " You seem to be a rather peaceful person sir, what brings you here?" almost bumped me. I have been called many things, but peaceful is not exactly anywere close.
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