Post-Whoring

[Pitbull]

so u aren't da economist in da forum eh? never mind... i am in the process of ruling out CFA, wish i had someone who knows much about CFA to advice me

bdw so wot r u gonna buy? premio or primera or what?

Hi Isuru,

The CFA is a very good program but has a very low success rate (abt 35%). Given that you have the IT skills, doing your CFA could land you a 'Quantitative Analyst' job with one of the Wall Street investment banks or even a Research firm like 'Amba Research' - Echelon towers. Alternatively, doing your masters in Econometrics or Fincl Mathematics instead of the CFA program is also an option. Check the links below for the current openings for Quants and the indicative pay scale:

http://www.quantster.com/

http://www.hrg.net/1_quantjoblisting.html

Cheers!

[isurujosh]

What is it u want 2 know Isuru???

Tnx so much Pitbull and nadskit, can u plz give me ur e-mail addreesses so that i can consult you guyz in private!

/Note I have edited this post which earlier had further information as to what exactly i wanted to know but as Don suggested I have removed all that now!

Edited August 22, 2006 by isurujosh

[isurujosh]

Hi Isuru,

The CFA is a very good program but has a very low success rate (abt 35%). Given that you have the IT skills, doing your CFA could land you a 'Quantitative Analyst' job with one of the Wall Street investment banks or even a Research firm like 'Amba Research' - Echelon towers. Alternatively, doing your masters in Econometrics or Fincl Mathematics instead of the CFA program is also an option. Check the links below for the current openings for Quants and the indicative pay scale:

http://www.quantster.com/

http://www.hrg.net/1_quantjoblisting.html

Cheers!

wow pitbull i just checked ur profile! u have civic si !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooow!

Edited August 22, 2006 by isurujosh

[The Don]

Wonder whether we should move this to another thread such as post whoring or to private channels since sooner or later this sort of OT conversations is going to annoy others,

But I myself am facing a dilemma like you Isuru, I am also not completely satisfied with my present career path and have been contemplating on taking it in a different direction.

From your explanation about what you have done up to now, it kind of seems you were a bit torn while embarking on your career, jumping from management + CIMA into IT, but also means you have an interesting combination of skills.

Just to share some of the thoughts that passed through my mind, it is very likely that you should be prepared to take a hit in earnings if you shift to a different career path, so I guess its a matter of planning, and saving up a bit so that you can afford to take that sort of a hit. But also to put it in the context that you have only really invested 2 years in your present role, it should not take too long for you to get back on track, so it should not make too much of a different, provided you make the switch early, but I think as time goes on such a switch becomes more difficult to justify and manage as well,

Email me at [email protected] man if you need to reply to this, so we shall not annoy anybody

The Don

[Hola]

[Pitbull]

Tnx so much Pitbull and nadskit, can u plz give me ur e-mail addreesses so that i can consult you guyz in private!

/Note I have edited this post which earlier had further information as to what exactly i wanted to know but as Don suggested I have removed all that now!

Hi Isuru,

My email id is [email protected]

Cheers!

wow pitbull i just checked ur profile! u have civic si !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooow!

Hey,

I dont own it, its a part of the expat package I was offered by my employer. Wanted to get an Sti but the company wouldnt approve the purchase coz of the manual transmission, keep myself amused with the paddle shift on the civic.

Cheers!

[nadskit]

Tnx so much Pitbull and nadskit, can u plz give me ur e-mail addreesses so that i can consult you guyz in private!

My e mail is [email protected], sorry I didnt see your post before u edited it, mail me if u need any details..

Cheers

[Pericles]

Hey Nads, ur Maruti wouldn't be red, would it?

[noaim]

When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat resembled Einstein in looks & manner) that he was tired of speechmaking.

"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this speech so many times. I'll bet I could give it for you." Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's do it!" When they arrive at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.

Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about anti-matter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool. Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, "Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."

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A man was speeding down the highway, feeling secure in a gaggle of cars all traveling at the same speed. However, as they passed a speed trap, he got nailed with an infrared speed detector and was pulled over.

The officer handed the man a citation, and then as he turned to walk back to his cruiser, the man asked, "Officer, I know I was speeding, but I don't think it's fair. There were plenty of other cars around me going just as fast, so why did I get the ticket?"

"Ever go fishing?" the policeman asked the man.

"Um, yeah... so," the startled man replied.

The officer grinned and added, "Ever catch ALL the fish?"

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Two gas company servicemen, a senior training supervisor, and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighbourhood. They parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end. At the last house, a woman watched the two men from her kitchen window as they checked her gas meter.

When they had finished the meter check, the senior supervisor challenged his younger co-worker to a foot race back to the truck to prove that an older guy could outrun a younger one. The co-worker accepted the challenge. As they approached the truck in full stride, the two men realized that the lady from the kitchen window was huffing and puffing right behind them. They stopped in their tracks and asked the woman why she was running behind them.

Gasping for breath, she replied, "I'm not stupid... when I see two gas men running that fast, I figure I'd better run too!"

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When I went to get my driver's license renewed, our local motor-vehicle bureau was packed. The line inched along for almost an hour until the man ahead of me finally got his license. He inspected his photo for a moment and commented to the clerk, "I was standing in line so long, I ended up looking pretty grouchy in this picture."

The woman beside him peered over his shoulder, then reassured him, "It's okay. That's how you're going to look when the cops pull you over, anyway."

[nadskit]

Hey Nads, ur Maruti wouldn't be red, would it?

No Praveen..its suppose 2 be Silky Silver.. Y did u have any encounter with a red Maruti?

[noaim]

No Praveen..its suppose 2 be Silky Silver.. Y did u have any encounter with a red Maruti?

Supposed to be? lol!

[nadskit]

Supposed to be? lol!

No what I meant was in the book it says that colour..but I cant see any difference between Silky silver n normal silver..

[noaim]

No what I meant was in the book it says that colour..but I cant see any difference between Silky silver n normal silver..

Hmm lol ok, proably on the "pearl" side.

Dont Ask!

You can learn a lot from reading the graffiti in a bathroom, library or other public area...

The best way to a man's heart is to saw his breast plate open.

* Women's rest room, Murphy's, Champaign, Ill.

If you voted for Clinton in the last election, you can't take a dump here. Your asshole is in Washington.

* Men's rest room, Outback Steakhouse, Tacoma, Wash.

Beauty is only a light switch away.

* Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let's all get wasted and have the time of our lives.

* Armand's Pizza, Washington, D.C.

Remember, it's not "How high are you?", it's "Hi, how are you?"

* Rest stop off Route 81, W. VA.

God made pot. Man made beer. Who do you trust?

* The Irish Times, Washington, D.C.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

* The Bayou, Baton Rouge, La.

No matter how good she looks, some other guy is sick and tired of putting up with her shit.

* Men's rest room, Linda's Bar and Grill, Chapel Hill, N.C.

It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

* Written in the dust on the back of a bus,

Wickenburg, Ariz.

A woman's rule of thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

* Women's rest room, Dick's Last Resort, Dallas, Tex.

Watch out for gay limbo dancers.

* Inside toilet stall door, men's rest room?

Express Lane: Five beers or less.

* Sign over one of the urinals, Ed Debevic's,

Phoenix, Ariz.

You're too good for him.

* Sign over mirror in women's rest room, Ed

Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA

No wonder you always go home alone.

* Sign over mirror in men's rest room, Ed Debevic's,

Beverly Hills, CA

What are you looking up on the wall for? The joke is in your hands.

* Men's rest room, Lynagh's, Lexington, KY

Friends don't let friends take home ugly men

* Women's restroom, Starboard, Dewey Beach, DE

[Pericles]

No Praveen..its suppose 2 be Silky Silver.. Y did u have any encounter with a red Maruti?

Nah, saw one leaving from somewhere near ur place in the morning while I was waiting to be relieved from the shift, and wondered if it was u heading to work.

No what I meant was in the book it says that colour..but I cant see any difference between Silky silver n normal silver..

Hmm lol ok, proably on the "pearl" side.

Dont Ask!

Pure marketing. It means they couldn't be bothered to paint it so they just polished up the aluminium. What can u expect from these Indians?

[dillongt]

Twelve charged with trying to buy weapons for Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka after FBI sting

Julian Borger in Washington

Wednesday August 23, 2006

The Guardian

Twelve men arrested in the US as a result of an FBI sting operation have been charged with attempting to buy arms for the Tamil Tigers and trying to bribe American officials to have the group's name removed from a US government list of terrorist organisations.

Four of the defendants are alleged to have attempted to buy Russian shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles and guns for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from FBI undercover agents posing as black market arms dealers. The weapons are said to have been ordered by the group's leadership for use in its conflict with the Sri Lankan government, which is rapidly escalating following the collapse of a four-year ceasefire.

Some of the others are accused of a conspiracy to pay state department officials up to $1m (£530,000) to have the Tamil Tigers name removed from the state department terrorist list, which bans it from fundraising, lobbying or buying equipment in America, and also of offering bribes in return for details of US intelligence on a charity suspected of being a front for the Tigers. The officials they allegedly attempted to bribe also turned out to be FBI undercover agents.

Six of the men were charged in a federal court in Brooklyn on Monday. Three more arrests were made in Buffalo, New York, and one each in Connecticut, California and Seattle. The accused are described as being "senior LTTE supporters" with close links with the group's leadership.

Gerald Del Piano, a lawyer for one of the defendants, Nachimuthu Socrates, told the Associated Press: "We plan to fully and vigorously contest the charges."

Mr Socrates, an Indian-born engineer, was arrested at his home in Connecticut.

According to court documents, three of the defendants met two undercover officers, who they thought were arms dealers, on Long Island on August 19 and asked them to provide missiles to shoot down the Sri Lankan air force's Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets. They also asked for anti-ship weapons and AK-47 assault rifles. The undercover agents showed them a Russian SA-18 missile in a wooden crate, and the defendants allegedly offered to buy 10, saying that they would buy up to 100 later if the missiles worked well.

"These defendants allegedly sought to obtain, through a variety of means, weapons and materials to carry out a deadly campaign of violence. We will use every tool in our power to disrupt the activities of those who seek to harm others, both here and abroad," the US attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, said.

Leslie Wiser, the FBI special agent-in-charge in Newark, New Jersey, said: "This weekend's operation has severely impaired the Tamil Tigers' ability to acquire funding and weapons for their ongoing terror operations in Sri Lanka."

[noaim]

Designer must have been high when designing this!

[SpeedHolic]

That was back seat passenger and it didn't quite use up that much.

Waste of good 95 tho...

heh my fault that, but then again she had better headlights than those of ur car

[Pericles]

heh my fault that, but then again she had better headlights than those of ur car

Honestly didn't notice....

[fuzzo]

Honestly didn't notice....

shak can you pls school this boy in what to look at....

[isurujosh]

shak can you pls school this boy in what to look at....

i am totally lost as to wotz being talked about in this thread now! have i missed anything?

Edited August 24, 2006 by isurujosh

[sharkster]

shak can you pls school this boy in what to look at....

son i don't know where to start...pericles what DO you look at in those emails?

i am totally lost as to wotz being talked about in this thread now! have i missed anything?

oooh oooh fuz should we charge?seems we've got an academy here...

[Pericles]

shak can you pls school this boy in what to look at....

Are u kidding me? This was the first time I let Speedholic drive my car, and if u knew what Speedholic used to drive like before he left the country, headlights would be the last thing on ur mind if he were driving ur car! Ask madmax if u need confirmation.

Besides, I wasn't interested in the subject at all, not just the headlights!

son i don't know where to start...pericles what DO you look at in those emails?

Someones Jingle Bells, but thats besides the point...

[thushara_g]

Sri Lanka Security Tips

1. When using three wheelers check under the seat for claymore mines; these

are easily identifiable by the manufacturer`s label saying `Claymore Mine -

made in Pakistan`.

2. If, when shopping, the South African cricket team or any of its members

enters the building leave rapidly - they are under a situational threat.

3. When asked by the sentries at checkpoints whether you are carrying

bombs, do not reply in the affirmative.

4. When walking on the road in wet weather do not suddenly drop your

umbrella from the vertical to avoid being splahed by all 17 vehicles of a

VVIP`s convoy.

5. Under any circumstances do not pretend your umbrella is a gun.

6. If you have small children - do not send them to school until the war is

over.

7. If you are an orphan do not attend two day first aid camps in

Sennacholai.

8. Carry your business cards loosely on your person so that in the event of

a violent explosion they will scatter far and wide giving the firm free

publicity on your death.

9. Migrate

10. Always take a file home. In the event of being caught in a crossfire

sit down in a safe place and do some work.

11. When driving and confronted by a violent situation crawl out of the car

or get on the floorboards. If you own a Maruti follow normal procedure.

12. Do not fly the Eelam flag in Colombo or the Lion flag in uncleared

areas. If you`re not sure if the area is cleared or not fly both flags.

13. Do not join the SLMM.

14. Do not accept lifts from strangers with moustaches and evil grins -

they could be Prabhakaran... or Mahinda.

[Morgoth]

I'm sure that's an email forward or something, but I think it's sad that people are trying to make jokes out of the situation the country is in at present.

[thushara_g]

I'm sure that's an email forward or something, but I think it's sad that people are trying to make jokes out of the situation the country is in at present.

http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/8/8265.html