Good old memories

music @ dhingana.com

Incidentally I happened to listen to an awesome song, which brought me back, good old memories.

I have shared the song, which is close to 18 years old. I was 7 year old may be at that time.

I did get to watch the movie on a neighbor's VCR, at my grandmother's place. Incidentally it happened to be my summer holidays of the year 1991. Once in a while we used to get a VCR, and on such an occasion, many people of the family would sit and watch the movie.

Well, these days, everyday, I get to see, close to 5 different movies at the same time. But none of my family members accompany me. Even when many relatives come to my place, none of them are interested in watching a movie.

The same Golden moments are hard to come by again.

I still cherish those golden moments I spent @ my grandmother's place.


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Cheers

Do I give up what I love?

Sometimes, I just wonder, whether I have made a right decision not to pursue, higher education, just because, I am so happy doing coding. But looking at the current scenario, I wonder, should I have been better off, being a management guy ?

One reason, why I did not like to go in for an MBA, is because, I hate to attend meetings, and book conference rooms. I love to sit in some corner, and silent code and code till I get headache.

But after working for close to 4 years, I have slowly begun to realize the truth. There are very less opportunities to code from scratch. Moreover, coming home after work and doing some open source coding, seems to be quite difficult as of now.

Does this mean, I have to give up my love for learning new Microsoft technologies and dedicate my efforts towards becoming a Project Lead or Project Manager. I am in a real dilemma whether to give up what I really love.

Is there any way out? I am thinking. Coding open source in free time is definitely an option. But how long to code side projects, without hitting main stream.

Is there a way out.. God please show me a way out of this..

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Cheers

Speaking without delivering

Many times, I have found myself at the receiving end of criticism, regarding speaking a lot and doing a little. Yes, intentionally I do give a nice build up churning out ZERO output. It happens. But once in a while.

But what do I do, if, time and again I encounter people who just show this kind of caliber. Talking till the throat hurts and when it comes to output, they just provide nothing. Infact I have seen people who just love to talk and talk, and when its time to put them into actions, they hate to dig their hands into SHIT to make things happen. I had even once told a guy, " Why do you show off so much". But that is a way too long time back .

Can you guess the guy's reply " I am what I am " . True, after all, every person is unique. You cannot ask them to change, since it takes years of practice to just bluff around impressing everyone and escape without doing anything.

What if I encounter one such person? I just would not care, that is sticking to plain old basics. I believe in doing rather than speaking, though there are, but not many times, when I too begin to talk crap, without knowing whether its achievable or not. (But not many a times).

Disclaimer: Removed

WORKHORSE or JACKASS

" Better be a workhorse rather than a jackass "

Well, this is one " One Liner ", I just churned out of nowhere. Most of my friends would know the meaning of this one liner. If you don't know, do write a comment with your email id, will explain it to you. But I wish not to post its meaning over here. [Courtesy : some unknown reasons :P]

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Cheers

Feedback on my last post

Today I received some feedback on my last post on the blog. The feedback was about my previous post on the " Lows of my trip ". One of my friend read the post and asked me, " How come you get wild sometimes ? ".

Hmmmm....(sigh).. Well I really do not know. After all I am also a human. I do get angry sometimes. There are times when my anger just shoots up, many other times my ego shoots up and rest of the time my attitude shoots up. If none of these shoot up, my comic ssense definitely kicks in.. :P (my brother calls this comic side of mine very very cheap, do I mind, not a single percent ).

Well if I am not wrong, most of the times, its my attitude which floats above the remaining two.

As of now, not sure, how to deal with anger. May be I need to count from 1 to 100 for my red hot temper to turn colorless (and may be odorless, smoke it !!!)

Well, regarding comments and criticisms, they are most welcome, anytime..

PS :: None of my cousins', read my blog. I can be rest assured, there is no way they are gonna find about the incidents written in this post. Even if they read my blog, I would have posted a lot more by that time, and for sure, they wont dig into each and every post to find about these two incidents..

Lows of my trip

> At one moment during the wedding, I came before the recording camera man. The camera man, literally touched my back (more like a pat). Immediately I got to know it was for me coming in between his shot. Moreover I saw his dirty expression. My temper rose almost 100 times, (coz I hate to be at the receiving end of such gimmicks amidst public). I could feel my hands waiting to beat the living hell out of someone(cameraman). But somehow I controlled myself from doing that, since I did not want to create a ruckus amidst dancing and partying people. I swallowed it partially, when the photographer apologized by saying " Sorry " for 5 times. But I did not accept his apology. I did not say anything to him, nor did I look into his eye. I just nodded my head and went away.

> At one more time, @ Hotel RamDev in Belgaum, I was filling water into my 2 litre mineral water bottle, using the jug / jar placed on the table, the waiter came and told " fill water from the tap over there " (in hindi), in kind of rude voice. This time, I did not notice it, but when I came out of the hotel, my brother reminded me that it was a kind of insult, how come ur silent.
My temper shot again this time to about 500 times, and I did not want to control it. I went back into the hotel, called the manager, pointed towards the waiter, called him and scolded him nicely till my temper came down. I was about to show my middle finger, but I felt it was kinda too much. So scolded the waiter till I got a soothing relief and came out, happily. I wanted to write a feedback form. But I preferred to give it back on the spot this time, coz I know where the feedback forms land up, ie in the nearest dustbins.

And the hotel was Ramdev, it seems to be a good hotel @ the entrance of Belgaum after some medical college. The food was kinda good, but the attitude of the waiter who served me lunch was pathetic. He deserves to be fired I feel. After shouting at him this is what I could have done least to vent out my anger against him.

Disclaimer:: This incident has happened in real on 17 May 2008. The hotel in picture and the location are all true. Nothing is fictious over here. This is the same hotel which comes up in teh 1972 movie Bombay to Goa. ( I feel)

And yes, I may be dumb(silent) at that very moment, but I do strike back with a lot of venom..

Highs of my trip

> Visited YellammanaGudda
Prayed a lot, great to be back @ YellammanaGudda, awesome feeling.
> Super cousins and relatives
My cousins and relatives made the wedding most memorable one. I can recollect continuously laughing for 20+ mins ending up with a chest pain and tears in my eyes.(literally, its like laugh till it hurts. )
> Awesome food
Some of the best food I had in recent times,
> Super snaps
Got some of the best shots (according to me)
> Gala time @ Gokak falls.
Had a great time @ Gokak Falls.
> Awesome ride along Belgaum - Dharwad highway.
Travelled at a speed of 140km amidst heavy rain, that too, with 9 people on board a Sumo Victa LX. One unforgettable ride. Belgaum to Dharwad in literally 1 hr. (60kms)
> Spoke to whole lot of people.
Well spoke to a lot of people also listened to them.
> Danced as though no one saw me.
Yes yes, like last year, this year too I danced to the tunes of a brass band. It was really awesome.

Thanks for a memorable trip

After coming from my cousin sister's wedding, and a 4 day off from my regular bullshit routine, I would like to thank a few people. Here it goes...

> Firstly loads of thanks going out to none other than GOD for keeping me alive and kicking.

> My cousin who not invited us for the wedding but also arranged for travel.

> My other cousins' and relatives who had come from far off places, whom I met after a year. Thanks guys for coming.

> Another bunch of my cousins' who had arranged for accommodation in a guest house and travel to Gokak and YellamannaGudda.

> My 5 cargo trousers, which I carried all the way for a 4 day function. They came in really handy.. They took lot of abuse from me.

> My American Tourister travel bag. Though it is huge, carrying(lifting) it was a little pain, but it held too much of luggage, my entire set of clothes, my father's as well, my 2 pairs of footwear. It also took a lot of abuse, being pushed on top of the carrier of vehicles. Though there were cuts in 2 or 3 places on the leather edge, rest of the travel bag seems to be rock solid.

> My Sony ion battery (and also my dsc h7 cam). This time, I had made sure, I charged it properly, and it too bore the brunt of my use, silently. I started using flash during day time, and that too in most of the photos. But still I did not run out of battery. Three cheers for making that super battery.

Words by Dalai Lama / Instructions For Life

Got these from pravsworld.

> Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

> Memorize your favorite poem.

> Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

> When you say, “I love you”, mean it.

> When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.

> Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

> Believe in love at first sight.

> Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.

> Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.

> In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

> Don’t judge people by their relatives.

> Talk slowly but think quickly.

> When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”

> Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

> Call your mom.

> Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.

> When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

> Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.

> Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

> When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

> Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

> Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

> Spend some time alone.

> Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

> Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

> Read more books and watch less TV.

> Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.

> Trust in God but lock your car.

> A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.

> In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

> Read between the lines.

> Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

> Be gentle with the earth.

> Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.

> Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

> Mind your own business.

> Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.

> At least once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

> If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.

> Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.

> Learn the rules then break some.

> Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.

> Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

> Remember that your character is your destiny.

> Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Gokak Falls

YellammanaGudda, Saundatti

Few Photos of Mine

Dharwad City

University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

Time for everything

Phew, I had a rocking 4 day off-work, just to find myself in a situation, where I was actually having a ball. I took 2 days leave 14th and 15th May 2008, to attend my cousin sister's wedding, on 15th May @ Dharwad.

I ended up not only attending the wedding but doing a whole lot of things, most of it was not really anticipated. Like,

> Trip to YellammanaGudda.
> Traveling in luxury vehicles, free of cost.
> Spending 4 days, @ an AC room almost free.
> Laughing my heart out,
[ oh my gosh, there was a moment where I started complaining of chest pain after laughing for 20 min completely. I thought something was wrong with me. But I realized my cousin brother also complained of chest pain. It meant, the chest pain was because of continuous laughing infact laughing our heart out. ]
> Walking on a lonely road with no lights @ 10: 30 during night, just looking out for a meal, ending up with some super cool pictures as well as some cool food (rice, dal, sambar and whole lot, infact worth the 2.5 km walk we did during the night.)
> Dancing my heart out during the wedding.
> Meeting whole bunch of relatives, who had come all the way from Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Pune, Mumbai. Yup.

I would like to thank god, for putting me thru this situation, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Feels so good, to be part of a wedding. Just love it.. !!!!!

Lemme post some pics of it..

Little Wonders - Rob Thomas

This song really peps me up. I never knew a few simple selected words could end up in such an awesome inspiration song. Yep, its true, I just love this song.. No second thoughts.

Cribbing

Generally I hate to write about cribbing. But I had a conversation where in my friend was cribbing about his work place, this so called recession and its effect on him. I would like to write about the strange situation in which he is in at the moment.

My friend incidentally happens to work for a neighboring IT company. First let me write some points about the recent recession.

> Managers tend keep an eagles' eye on the team-members performance.
> The so called friends (before recession) tend to outsmart each other,.
> People generally do not want to make mistakes, especially in their work.
> Individual work is preferred over team work. After all you need to separate the milkable cows from non-milkable ones. Also easy to fire individuals rather than entire team.

The situation my friend is in, is kind of a strange one. His team comprises of an individual (Lets call him A ), who is unsure about his role. He is either trying to demoralize the entire team to save his job, or he is trying to outshine the rest of the team members.

Assume my friend is given a piece of work, which he might take 2 weeks time to complete. But this particular individual " A ", tends to shout out loud in the meeting saying, this work can be done in 4 days.

This particular individual " A " after the meeting is done, is not even bothered to help, to complete the task in 4 days, he is only interested in his part of the work.

My friend's concern is during this time of recession, what will the manager feel about him. A task which can be done within 4 days, is being done in 2 weeks. Does the manager feel, is this guy, a non milkable cow. So my friend feels he is the one in the line of firing, just because of this so called individual " A ", who incidentally happens to pass sarcastic comments about others work and try to find fault in others work.

All I can say is I am quite lucky not to be in such a team.