Vintage car rally - Chennai !!!

Achan, Amma, Edathi and Yogesh @ Chennai Vintage Car Rally. Yog had great fun posing along side all the cars and he also had many many questions to ask to dad and me.

Me in traction for Slip Disk L5-S1, this is Yogu's liked places to sit - Bus Driver seat 

(from right) Pradeep, Sree, Abhi, Adi and me @ JCUS 

Taking up questions, after the final class presentation at JCUS 

My 3 darlings !!!

My adorable nephews - Harsh, Pranav and Yogesh. 

Ashokettan and Edathiamma, at the hills on the outskirts of Salala, Oman 

Yogesh !!! 

Hail Ceaser !!! (Ashokettan while in Rome) 

Amma and yogesh, at Ashokettans muscat apt. They were there for bout 3 months and I joined then for 1 month in November 2003. 

Ashokettan, edathiamma and Yogu 

Anandettan, Rajani edathiamma, Pranav and Harsh atop the Merlion at Sentosa 

Cheers - 3 brothers at the Carlsberg bar @ Sentosa (25th June 2005) 

at the Ostrich farm in Oman, Achan, Amma along with Babuettan (Cochin), Bobettan & fly, Unnyettan & Fly, Ashokettan & fly with me. It was wonderful experience being alongside the osteriches and camels. Living in the wild...... sort of feeling 

Ashok, having a look at an Ostrich at a farm in Oman 

Ashokettan, Edathi and Yogesh - Underwater world, Sentosa Island

Ashokettam edathi and yogesh at the Underwater World, Sentosa Island, Singapore 

Manikeel Shetram, a small temple near the tharavadu 'Edavalam' and 'Kooteri' 

Edavalam tharavadu !!!

Ashokettan, at Edavalam veedu, My family's ancestral house in Mavillai, Kannur dist, Kerala. This house is in Mom's side 

Achan, Amma, Ashokettan, Edathiamma and Yogesh

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Best Airlines award - 2005 !!!

BEST OVERALL - TOP 10 AIRLINES WORLDWIDE;

1. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong
2. Qantas Airways, Australia
3. Emirates, Dubai
4. Singapore Airlines, Singapore
5. British Airways, United Kingdom
6. Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia
7. Thai Airways, Thailand
8. Qatar Airways, Qatar
9. Asiana Airlines, South Korea
10. ANA All Nippon Airways, Japan

BEST LOW-COST AIRLINES

Worldwide

1. JetBlue, United States
2. Air Berlin, Germany
3. Virgin Blue, Australia

North America

1. JetBlue, United States
2. WestJet, Canada
3. Frontier, United States

Europe

1. Air Berlin, Germany
2. Vueling, Spain
3. easyjet, United Kingdom

BEST BY CLASS OF SERVICE

First class (intercontinental)

1. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong
2. Singapore, Singapore
3. Malaysia, Malaysia

Business class (intercontinental)

1. British Airways, United Kingdom
2. South African Airways, South Africa
3. Virgin Atlantic, United Kingdom

Economy class (intercontinental)

1. Malaysia, Malaysia
2. Emirates, United Arab Emirates
3. Singapore, Singapore

BEST CATERING

First class (intercontinental)

1. Gulf Air, United Arab Emirates
2. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong
3. Swiss, Switzerland

Business class (intercontinental)

1. Gulf Air, United Arab Emirates
2. Continental, United States
3. bmi British Midland, United Kingdom

Economy class

1. Thai Airways, Thailand
2. Austrian, Austria
3. Saudi Arabian, Saudi Arabia


All information from www.cnn.com/business

Test ur Emotional Intelligence !!!

What is Emotional Intelligence?

"Emotional intelligence is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships."

Daniel Goleman and the Hay Group have identified a set of competencies that differentiate individuals with Emotional Intelligence. The competencies fall into four clusters:

Self-Awareness: Capacity for understanding one's emotions, one's strengths, and one's weaknesses.

Self-Management: Capacity for effectively managing one's motives and regulating one's behavior.

Social Awareness: Capacity for understanding what others are saying and feeling and why they feel and act as they do.

Relationship Management: Capacity for acting in such a way that one is able to get desired results from others and reach personal goals.

The competencies in the first three clusters must be in place in order for an individual to be effective in the last cluster. And, it is the competencies in the last cluster that drive organization performance; these are the competencies that leaders use to inspire organizations to greatness, that salespeople use to build strong and profitable customer relationships, and that employees who deal with customers every day use to delight customers.

Click on the links and try it out.

http://ei.haygroup.com/resources/

http://www.ihhp.com/quiz.htm

http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/emotional_iq_r2_access.html


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I have managed only to get above average results, using the 3rd link and I feel that is the better of the the other 2.

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As per Oxford: EI, is something that many organizations are adopting nowadays in interviews for testing the ablity of the to be 'Manager Recruits'. GE, Boeing, Microsoft etc. apply this test as part of their interview process.

So try em out and have fun !!!