Love your job, not your company,
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you.
I think these were the words of Mr N R Narayan Murthy, not sure though.. Hmm...
I just wanted to write about an incident that happened to me some months back. Not sure whether it relates to the above quote. But never the less, worth a read.. Of Course..
The day was 3 March 2008. It was my last day @ one of my workplaces. I was working out of [***** content supressed*****] Campus. I guess last day @ an office is always crucial.
You need to get relieving letter, experience letter and some info on Full and Final Settlement, and as usual Form 16.
So I was also trying my level best not to mess up things over there, since my joining date in the other company was [***Content Supressed****].
Well.. I was done with most of the necessary things . There was this point of time where in I needed to submit my ID card and access card back to the security. Here was where I messed up and landed myself in an embarrassing situation.
One of my friends who earlier had quit the job, had surrendered his ID card, taken a temporary employee badge and entered the building to say goodbye to others. I thought of following the same way.
Here s where the real story begins.
I left my baggage in office itself.
I surrendered my Id to the security guys and signed in the registry saying I am done with it. I asked for a temporary badge, to my utter display the security said, we have stopped issuing those kinds of badges and you need to get a visitor pass.
Though it was my last day @, I am still the employee the EOD, and I am being paid for that, you see. But naaa, the security guys would not budge. I assume they did not want to give me the Employee Badge.
Btw, How can I be a visitor when I am an employee ? Is there no differentiation between an employee and a visitor. If an employee forgets to bring his Id Card will he be granted Visitor Pass ?
This is #1, I feel it was utterly humiliating and disappointing.
Here starts part 2 of the story.
I said OK.. Let me get a visitor pass at least. I need to get my baggage back and I am out of here. When I entered the room where visitor passes are issued, I found a lady who was issuing passes. As usual, she asked me who are you, I said " Today is my last day @ [***********] and I have surrendered my Id card, I need a visitor pass to get in and bring my baggage out ".
Guess what the madam says, " Why can 't you bring out your baggage and then surrender your card, why did u leave it inside the office campus ? ". This shows your actual worth. Till yesterday, the company was ready to send late night cabs to your house. Within 5 mins of you surrendering the ID, you are not even allowed to enter the campus. You need to face embarrassing questions like " why you left your baggage inside?". And guess what for a visitor pass you need a person whom you are going to visit, right ? I needed a person who could come and say yes, this ex-employee is going to visit me. I called my friend, and everything was done , I joined the other company on [**************] and the rest is history.
But now you can recollect how true is the saying
" Love your job, not your company,
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you. "
( 5 mins after surrendering your Id card, on your last day, you are a visitor to the company).
I dont call it disrespect. Its there, since the security level is so so high. But still its embarassing, you have worked there for 1.5 years and all of a sudden you are in the middle of no where. Phew.
New posts from my side
--> Love your job, not your company
--> My trip to Ooty, a detailed write up(if possible)
--> Some pics
Not such a good day for me !!!
Well today was not such a good day for me.... I am quite upset with my own behavior. It happened so, that, there was a session @ office and I was at my worst behavior. Some of my team members found me laughing, giggling very very much and even my lead observed it. I should not have exhibited such a behavior since one of my closest buddies was handling the session. I wish I could undo some or majority of my behavior. But its too late.. Here s hoping I would not repeat the same in future..
Love your job
Wanted to post about a small topic yesterday. But could not due to the power failure factor in Bangalore. Hence trying to set up a reminder post ( from my office ) so that I come back and post it sometime in future, may be 4-5 days later.
I can post from office but..... I dont want to ...
I can post from office but..... I dont want to ...
I got a study room
Well.. since you all know, my parents are constructing a new house atop my current house. So there was a need to build a platform or some kind of structure to hold up two overhead tanks. My father said instead of building a supporting wall, lets go in for a room of height 7 ft above which two tanks can be placed.
I insisted I wanted a room with a little bit more height. To my utter disappointment he said "No". Today to my surprise he told me the room height will be 10 ft or so and the cost overhead will be less than 50K. I even asked for some place to sit atop this room between or to the side of two overhead tanks. Answer :" Granted "...!!!!!
I am damn happy. After so many years I can say I have a dedicated study room.
I dont study that much, but still a dedicated study room, where there s no comp, mobile , TV etc etc , just me and some book, looks an awesome picture to me. Life is so beautiful !!!!
Still 6 months to go before it turns into reality though!!!
I insisted I wanted a room with a little bit more height. To my utter disappointment he said "No". Today to my surprise he told me the room height will be 10 ft or so and the cost overhead will be less than 50K. I even asked for some place to sit atop this room between or to the side of two overhead tanks. Answer :" Granted "...!!!!!
I am damn happy. After so many years I can say I have a dedicated study room.
I dont study that much, but still a dedicated study room, where there s no comp, mobile , TV etc etc , just me and some book, looks an awesome picture to me. Life is so beautiful !!!!
Still 6 months to go before it turns into reality though!!!
Forgot to thank god - Thanks God For Everything
Well.. its literally two weeks, since the laying of concrete for our new first floor house has been through. Just wanted to thank God for the same..
The Judgement day was 7th July. It was RCC time. I was really nervous. It was raining like anything, every alternate day. But this time the concrete work went awesome. Thanks to God. There was sunshine a plenty on that very day. Everything went well.
The RCC has been laid, can i say to perfection, yes. I really was very happy when I heard my father say 50% of the house construction work is completed.
The rest is little bit of monetary decisions here and there. I am proud of my parents !!! Any doubts.
I hope the almighty continues to support us in future as well.
Thanks Lord.
Cheers.
I am excited
Boy O Boy!! Am i excited.. yes I am .. After literally 6 months, I get to go out of Bangalore one more time.. This time to Ooty. Yes the date I ve decided is 25th July night and coming back on 27 night. Hoping to spend some quality (priceless) time with my cousins , relatives etc etc. I would love to write more about it!!
But after one week !!!
Cheers...
But after one week !!!
Cheers...
Listening to the radio after a looong time
Hello, hello, yes its midweek crisis... Aaaahh.... No clues what to do... I am back listening to the radio after a looong time. Radio Indigo 91.9 FM. The thing is I feel, Radio City 91.1FM has stopped playing English music. Thank god there is 91.9 FM.. Well, some cool songs over here Natalie Imbruglia, Def Leppard etc etc.... Btw can you hear BEP - Black Eyed Peas singing Dont Lie??? I can, awesome band, awesome song... Fergie, Will I am and gang..
Do you believe, I got a Moser Baer DVD of the movie Jab We Met.. courtesy my brother..I love movie, have watched it 3 times already. Love to watch it over and over again.... What say....
Cheers,
Do you believe, I got a Moser Baer DVD of the movie Jab We Met.. courtesy my brother..I love movie, have watched it 3 times already. Love to watch it over and over again.... What say....
Cheers,
Weekend, weekend, all the way
These days, I am not blogging regularly. don't know why.. whenever I do blog, I only write about my weekends... So here another one.. This weekend was kind of ordinary. Totally lazy, no work.. I did study a little bit. Watched Austin Steven's on Animal Planet, after that was lucky enough to find out that, The Chronicles of Narnia Part 1 was being shown on a disney channel. Well I wish I could have seen that fully. I did manage to see a bit of the movie , say 25%, but as my mom was scolding me for watching the television for so long,I had to give up. But one thing is for sure. I love the movie, esp Part I.
In the evening at dinner time, I also watched a part of the movie, Anaconda.
Well quite a ordinary as well as interesting weekend for me. So till next time..
Cheers,
In the evening at dinner time, I also watched a part of the movie, Anaconda.
Well quite a ordinary as well as interesting weekend for me. So till next time..
Cheers,
Watched a movie
Well... I did really watch a movie a few days back. The Chronicles of Narnia Part 2- Prince Caspian. Could not understand much, without the subtitles, the DVD being a pirated one( I am talking abt sound quality) and also considering the fact that I joined 25 mins late. But never the less nice time pass.
The speakers near the sofa set @ my place seem to be absolutely rotten, since these days, I end up watching movies over Pirated DVD, no 5 channel o/p. (No wonder)
I am all set to relocate to a new office. I am currently opposite to IIMB. Moving to JP Nagar 3rd phase, near Delmia.
Here s a list of my work locations over a period of 2 years 9 months.
-> Kundalahalli
-> Electronic City
-> MG Road.
-> Kormangala.
-> Embassy Golf Links
-> Bagmane Tech Park.
-> Sarjapur Road.
-> Bannerghatta Road.
-> JP Nagar 3rd phase.
And to be honest I ve met so many wonderful and awesome people in these three years.
[ Life is so beautiful, indeed !!!!!]
Its weekend time, I am looking for some books this time one by Robin Sharma and some technical books as well. Lets see, I need to read a lot...
Cheers,
The speakers near the sofa set @ my place seem to be absolutely rotten, since these days, I end up watching movies over Pirated DVD, no 5 channel o/p. (No wonder)
I am all set to relocate to a new office. I am currently opposite to IIMB. Moving to JP Nagar 3rd phase, near Delmia.
Here s a list of my work locations over a period of 2 years 9 months.
-> Kundalahalli
-> Electronic City
-> MG Road.
-> Kormangala.
-> Embassy Golf Links
-> Bagmane Tech Park.
-> Sarjapur Road.
-> Bannerghatta Road.
-> JP Nagar 3rd phase.
And to be honest I ve met so many wonderful and awesome people in these three years.
[ Life is so beautiful, indeed !!!!!]
Its weekend time, I am looking for some books this time one by Robin Sharma and some technical books as well. Lets see, I need to read a lot...
Cheers,
Set the post time
After an year of blogging, I have set the " entry post time " to Indian Standard Time. Not sure, why it took me 1 year to do that.
Cheers, Its 8:10 in the morning.....
Cheers, Its 8:10 in the morning.....
When will the markets hit 20K again?
Not sure what will I do, if that happens, but at this very moment, only thing I can say is I have stopped buying/selling shares. Don't know what happened to my mutual fund. Sure, thats also under loss. How do I get back atleast what I invested? no clues as of now. Hoping the situation gets better. One of the companies in which I invested has closed. I am running under some loss. Want to bring the average loss down by investing some more, but I wont.
Well on the other hand, if I had some of that money, I would have bought an XBox (basic model) and would hopefully have had a great time playing games, esp GTA ViceCity.
Let's see whats in store. Inflation, steel sector, high prices, people getting fired from jobs, what else. What is the solution to this?
One of my friend told me, the simplest solution can be apply for H1, get out of India atleast for next 5-6 yrs. Earn a lot and come back.
I am not behind H1, nor doing Masters. I love to be in India , esp Bangalore.
Cheers,
Well on the other hand, if I had some of that money, I would have bought an XBox (basic model) and would hopefully have had a great time playing games, esp GTA ViceCity.
Let's see whats in store. Inflation, steel sector, high prices, people getting fired from jobs, what else. What is the solution to this?
One of my friend told me, the simplest solution can be apply for H1, get out of India atleast for next 5-6 yrs. Earn a lot and come back.
I am not behind H1, nor doing Masters. I love to be in India , esp Bangalore.
Cheers,
Its very difficult to make a comeback !!!
Yes, this is what I realized today. Its really very difficult to make a comeback, in any field.
I made a comeback at the gym today. In other words I re-debuted. It had been almost a month since I had quit gym.
Owing to my total frustration at [content supressed], this summer heat and taking into account even my laziness too, I had distanced myself from the gym. I had decided to come back strong someday, hopefully the day has come, its today.
On the technical front, yes I have made a sort of comeback, with some inspiration from some of my friends. I have started reading, studying and coding a lot these days. I thank god for keeping me going all these days. I love to blog more here. Hopefully I started reading some fiction soon.
Also forgot to mention, today I almost ran continuously for about 15 mins without a break. Can you believe that. I had almost stopped running on the treadmill since 2 months. ( 1 month I was out of gym and the month prior to that the treadmill had broken down). I cant believe it myself.
I started running on a new treadmill in the gym and found it very good, infact great. Hoping to run more. I have changed my gym schedule. I would be going to the gym every evening from now on.
God give me more strength.
Cheers,
I made a comeback at the gym today. In other words I re-debuted. It had been almost a month since I had quit gym.
Owing to my total frustration at [content supressed], this summer heat and taking into account even my laziness too, I had distanced myself from the gym. I had decided to come back strong someday, hopefully the day has come, its today.
On the technical front, yes I have made a sort of comeback, with some inspiration from some of my friends. I have started reading, studying and coding a lot these days. I thank god for keeping me going all these days. I love to blog more here. Hopefully I started reading some fiction soon.
Also forgot to mention, today I almost ran continuously for about 15 mins without a break. Can you believe that. I had almost stopped running on the treadmill since 2 months. ( 1 month I was out of gym and the month prior to that the treadmill had broken down). I cant believe it myself.
I started running on a new treadmill in the gym and found it very good, infact great. Hoping to run more. I have changed my gym schedule. I would be going to the gym every evening from now on.
God give me more strength.
Cheers,
I did watch a movie this weekend : Krazzy4
Hello Hello, yes I did watch a movie this weekend, well not @ the nearest theater, but at home. (I am an all time lazy guy, any doubts over that).
Before that, I would like to say, I have been out of touch with technology off late. Its almost a month, I am not at my best. I am not studying, nor doing side projects. I am only reading and forgetting things, to be honest, not at all coding these days. I don't know why.
On weekends too, spend lots of time sleeping, watching TV(which I should stop at once.)
Seems weird. Somehow I am regrouping myself. Hopefully I will be back with full swing May 1, onwards. I would love to have a copy of " Getting Things Done " by David Allen, and read through it. Someone please give me a copy.
This weekend I got to see Krazzy4. Well don't know how the movie is rated. But the movie did remind me of certain things which I used to do during my teenage days.
I definitely remember, during school days, when I used to pray before eating food and at the end of each day before leaving school, I used to stand up and sing the National Anthem of India. Wow those were the best days of my life. Wish I could live those days one more time.
Well after watching Krazzy 4, I can say one thing, The National Anthem of India, is so so beautiful. !!!!!!!
Proud to be an Indian .
Before that, I would like to say, I have been out of touch with technology off late. Its almost a month, I am not at my best. I am not studying, nor doing side projects. I am only reading and forgetting things, to be honest, not at all coding these days. I don't know why.
On weekends too, spend lots of time sleeping, watching TV(which I should stop at once.)
Seems weird. Somehow I am regrouping myself. Hopefully I will be back with full swing May 1, onwards. I would love to have a copy of " Getting Things Done " by David Allen, and read through it. Someone please give me a copy.
This weekend I got to see Krazzy4. Well don't know how the movie is rated. But the movie did remind me of certain things which I used to do during my teenage days.
I definitely remember, during school days, when I used to pray before eating food and at the end of each day before leaving school, I used to stand up and sing the National Anthem of India. Wow those were the best days of my life. Wish I could live those days one more time.
Well after watching Krazzy 4, I can say one thing, The National Anthem of India, is so so beautiful. !!!!!!!
Proud to be an Indian .
Here 's wishing Subba ALL THE BEST
On April 18 2008, one of my closest friend, also parted ways with Wipro. I met Subba Rao, on my first day at Wipro, Electronic City. He is one ex-Wipro-ite I knew from my first day at Wipro till my last day.
After completing induction @ Wipro, we were fortunate to be in the same team @ Wipro MG Road office. After completing close to 2 months at Wipro MG Road, I moved out to different company altogether(not out of Wipro), on Jan 16 2007, but Subba still continued at Wipro.
Finally in the month of May 2007, Subba moved to the same company. Its almost one year to that day, our learning curve was its all time best. Meeting some of the best people in the industry, I can proudly say 2007, was our year. Finally after a brief stint, we moved back to Wipro Sarjapur on Nov 11, 2007.
Since then it was thorough testing time for me. I was reading like anything, hoping to move out of Wipro soon. I did find some success in the form of offers from ********* ******** (content suppressd, looks like I am boasting about myself) . I moved out Wipro on 3 March 2008.
Subba Rao has been a great help to me all through my stay at Wipro. And especially on my last day, when I was struck with all kinds of problems. Thank you Subba.
Now its Subba 's turn, he s going to join a new company as well.
Here s wishing all the very best to him.
After completing induction @ Wipro, we were fortunate to be in the same team @ Wipro MG Road office. After completing close to 2 months at Wipro MG Road, I moved out to different company altogether(not out of Wipro), on Jan 16 2007, but Subba still continued at Wipro.
Finally in the month of May 2007, Subba moved to the same company. Its almost one year to that day, our learning curve was its all time best. Meeting some of the best people in the industry, I can proudly say 2007, was our year. Finally after a brief stint, we moved back to Wipro Sarjapur on Nov 11, 2007.
Since then it was thorough testing time for me. I was reading like anything, hoping to move out of Wipro soon. I did find some success in the form of offers from ********* ******** (content suppressd, looks like I am boasting about myself) . I moved out Wipro on 3 March 2008.
Subba Rao has been a great help to me all through my stay at Wipro. And especially on my last day, when I was struck with all kinds of problems. Thank you Subba.
Now its Subba 's turn, he s going to join a new company as well.
Here s wishing all the very best to him.
Out of touch
Its since quite sometime, that, I have not posted regularly. Well, life s going on as usual, but little more exciting after I left Wipro, coz the salary factory comes into picture..... He He He.
Above that, my planned trip with my cousins also got dropped. So no plans of going out of town. Only option left with me is to be more geeky, nerdy and techie.
There s loads of new things to learn these days, a lot more coding, and loads of time to study as well.
I wish to keep on posting more. Lemme see.
I am trying to bring in people for the trip. Lemme see, how much do I succeed, since its ELECTION time in Karnataka, so people are not ready, also some of my cousins are busy with studies/work.
By the way the places which I may look to visit are:
1. Kasargod
2. Coorg
3. Kukke Subrahmanya, Charmadi Ghat.
4. Hospet, Hampi.
5. Kalasa, Chickmaglur.
6. Yeracud.
7. Pondicherry.
Above that, my planned trip with my cousins also got dropped. So no plans of going out of town. Only option left with me is to be more geeky, nerdy and techie.
There s loads of new things to learn these days, a lot more coding, and loads of time to study as well.
I wish to keep on posting more. Lemme see.
I am trying to bring in people for the trip. Lemme see, how much do I succeed, since its ELECTION time in Karnataka, so people are not ready, also some of my cousins are busy with studies/work.
By the way the places which I may look to visit are:
1. Kasargod
2. Coorg
3. Kukke Subrahmanya, Charmadi Ghat.
4. Hospet, Hampi.
5. Kalasa, Chickmaglur.
6. Yeracud.
7. Pondicherry.
Celebrating 1 year of blogging
It was last year (2007), around this time, I started to blog. It was none other than Arvind who encouraged me to write. And after reading The Diary of Anne Frank , quite recently, my love for blogging has just got doubled.
Here's congratulating myself on completing one complete year of blogging.
I wish to post more, also lots of photos from my DSC H7....
Cheers....
Here's congratulating myself on completing one complete year of blogging.
I wish to post more, also lots of photos from my DSC H7....
Cheers....
Updates from my side - My new workplace
My recent updates include details about my new work place....
Yes Yes Yes, I quit Wipro on 3 March 2008 and I have joined Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab on 5 March 2008. I have gotten a single day off and to be honest, my back's breaking.... I need a break guys. Hopefully I go out on a trip on May 1, since its a holiday for me. I will definitely post some pics if I do go out. You can look out for that.
By the way I am badly missing some of my ex-colleagues. Mridul, Aru, Subbu, where are you guys!!!!!..
So far so good... Honeywell definitely rocks !!!!
Cheers
Yes Yes Yes, I quit Wipro on 3 March 2008 and I have joined Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab on 5 March 2008. I have gotten a single day off and to be honest, my back's breaking.... I need a break guys. Hopefully I go out on a trip on May 1, since its a holiday for me. I will definitely post some pics if I do go out. You can look out for that.
By the way I am badly missing some of my ex-colleagues. Mridul, Aru, Subbu, where are you guys!!!!!..
So far so good... Honeywell definitely rocks !!!!
Cheers
Get the Message
Well.. One more interesting post for the weekend. I hope you are done with enough comments on my previous post, (10 years of not doing something).
" Get the Message ", the title seems really eye catching. It is !! It was this week's flavor of the program on VH1. The program was VH1- The Big Weekend.
As soon as I saw the program, I thought of bringing in a post here. Why?? Wait, Wait, I will tell you. Before that, let me tell you, there were some awesome, supercool songs playing out there. If you are a western music enthusiast, you have missed a ton.
Plenty of good songs, but the motto was a " A song with a message was being played ". Here were some of the numbers.
1. Phil Collins - Another Day in paradise.
2. Sole Asylum - Runaway Train.
3. Micheal Jackson - Heal the World.
4. U2 & GreenDay - The Saints are coming.
5. Billy Joel - Piano Man
6. John Mayer - Waiting on the world to change.
7. John Mayer - Daughters.
etc etc.....
I have been heavily criticized for being a western music enthu. People generally pitch in saying " Angrez ke Aulaad "... They have forgotten that they studied in English medium school.
I would like to say, why I am a huge western music fan, I think every song has a clear cut message. Each song just peps me up to do better, to get motivated. The band U2, Bono, motivates me the most. There are no second thoughts on that.
Hence I generally prefer to listen to these songs, than those songs which only speak about, love, love breaks, marriage, marriage failure. I don't say I really hate all those . I even like some songs which are inspirational.
But about rest of the songs, which are mostly about LOVE , LOVE , LOVE , I really hate it. Enough guys, get something else, its been decades together of love songs.
When I saw this program on VH1, this weekend, I thought I was right in every aspect. Hence this post is here !!!!!!
By the way, March 30, is the birthday of a Rock n Roll, hall of fame 'r. Guess who ?? Its Mr. Eric Clapton. He was born on this day on March 30, 1945. I have been a huge fan of Mr Eric Clapton. So here's wishing him a very happy birthday!!!!.
By the way , Am I crazy, ?? Its up to you to figure it out...........
" Get the Message ", the title seems really eye catching. It is !! It was this week's flavor of the program on VH1. The program was VH1- The Big Weekend.
As soon as I saw the program, I thought of bringing in a post here. Why?? Wait, Wait, I will tell you. Before that, let me tell you, there were some awesome, supercool songs playing out there. If you are a western music enthusiast, you have missed a ton.
Plenty of good songs, but the motto was a " A song with a message was being played ". Here were some of the numbers.
1. Phil Collins - Another Day in paradise.
2. Sole Asylum - Runaway Train.
3. Micheal Jackson - Heal the World.
4. U2 & GreenDay - The Saints are coming.
5. Billy Joel - Piano Man
6. John Mayer - Waiting on the world to change.
7. John Mayer - Daughters.
etc etc.....
I have been heavily criticized for being a western music enthu. People generally pitch in saying " Angrez ke Aulaad "... They have forgotten that they studied in English medium school.
I would like to say, why I am a huge western music fan, I think every song has a clear cut message. Each song just peps me up to do better, to get motivated. The band U2, Bono, motivates me the most. There are no second thoughts on that.
Hence I generally prefer to listen to these songs, than those songs which only speak about, love, love breaks, marriage, marriage failure. I don't say I really hate all those . I even like some songs which are inspirational.
But about rest of the songs, which are mostly about LOVE , LOVE , LOVE , I really hate it. Enough guys, get something else, its been decades together of love songs.
When I saw this program on VH1, this weekend, I thought I was right in every aspect. Hence this post is here !!!!!!
By the way, March 30, is the birthday of a Rock n Roll, hall of fame 'r. Guess who ?? Its Mr. Eric Clapton. He was born on this day on March 30, 1945. I have been a huge fan of Mr Eric Clapton. So here's wishing him a very happy birthday!!!!.
By the way , Am I crazy, ?? Its up to you to figure it out...........
10 years of not doing something
This April, will mark 10 years of not doing something!!!! You might be astonished to hear, what ?? you may also call me a loser, blah blah, blah, but to be honest, do I care?? Not even for a single second.
It was in the month of April, the year being 1998, I last went to a theater to watch a movie, can you believe it? Yes you have to believe it.
I somehow have managed it, thats the truth. But to be honest, I have not even an inch interest to beat the Bangalore traffic just to watch a 3 hr movie. People say, watching a movie at the theater, is altogether a different experience and quote you have missed the action.
What I say, is I don't care. I feel more comfortable watching a movie at my house, its what I have been doing all these days. But someday, I will have to go to a theater, though I am not interested, not for me but for someone else. Lets see. Till then, Cheers.
And by the way, you can call me a loser, no probs, since I don't care an inch ........ I am mine!!!
It was in the month of April, the year being 1998, I last went to a theater to watch a movie, can you believe it? Yes you have to believe it.
I somehow have managed it, thats the truth. But to be honest, I have not even an inch interest to beat the Bangalore traffic just to watch a 3 hr movie. People say, watching a movie at the theater, is altogether a different experience and quote you have missed the action.
What I say, is I don't care. I feel more comfortable watching a movie at my house, its what I have been doing all these days. But someday, I will have to go to a theater, though I am not interested, not for me but for someone else. Lets see. Till then, Cheers.
And by the way, you can call me a loser, no probs, since I don't care an inch ........ I am mine!!!
In a league of its own.
This weekend, I got to watch Taare Zameen Par. All I can say after watching the movie was that, " It was in a league of its own ". Chak De India, was also good, but TZP, was just too good. No wonder, it has bagged a handful of FILMFARE awards.
Also this weekend, I have fallen ill. I feel this week, was a memorable one, I had to say goodbye to lots of people and lots of places as well, I traveled a lot, worked a lot. I have some important updates, which I will be posting, hopefully next Saturday.
Till then Cheers.
Also this weekend, I have fallen ill. I feel this week, was a memorable one, I had to say goodbye to lots of people and lots of places as well, I traveled a lot, worked a lot. I have some important updates, which I will be posting, hopefully next Saturday.
Till then Cheers.
I Love the 80's
Another weekend is here and I am as happy as ever. Loads of time for myself to unwind. How did I do that, well lots of sleep today along with loud snoring. I also got to watch a fabulous innings by Brendon McCullum who hit 6 "6's".
I gave the photo film for development and printing, recall, I did have a spare camera along with my digital camera, just for the that moment when I felt lazy enough to open and switch on my DSC H7. You would be wondering " How can this guy be as lazy as a sloth, having two cameras all because of laziness?? ". Yes its absolutely true, I do feel bit lazy to operate that big camera of mine, something which I was warned of before, but still I went for it. Well, its worth the money, no wonder.
Evening was as usual rocking, again in front of TV. This time I got to watch VH1- " Big Weekend" , guess what was the theme? , " I Love the 80's - HairDo's ". Basically there are different flavors to the " I love the 80's " theme.
1. I love the 80's - Rock
2. I love the 80's - Pop
3. I love the 80's - Movies
4. I love the 80's - HairDo's
Lots of songs of HairDo's, the one which I liked the most, was the one which I grew up listenting to, any guesses?
Yes, Maddonna, who else, and the song was " Like A Virgin ". What a video, what a song !!! worth the scoldings which I got for lazying around, the entire day.
By the way, I don't have any book to keep me occupied, looking for the following books:
-> Straight from the Gut -
-> Winning -
by - well you know who, I guess.......
Cheers,
I gave the photo film for development and printing, recall, I did have a spare camera along with my digital camera, just for the that moment when I felt lazy enough to open and switch on my DSC H7. You would be wondering " How can this guy be as lazy as a sloth, having two cameras all because of laziness?? ". Yes its absolutely true, I do feel bit lazy to operate that big camera of mine, something which I was warned of before, but still I went for it. Well, its worth the money, no wonder.
Evening was as usual rocking, again in front of TV. This time I got to watch VH1- " Big Weekend" , guess what was the theme? , " I Love the 80's - HairDo's ". Basically there are different flavors to the " I love the 80's " theme.
1. I love the 80's - Rock
2. I love the 80's - Pop
3. I love the 80's - Movies
4. I love the 80's - HairDo's
Lots of songs of HairDo's, the one which I liked the most, was the one which I grew up listenting to, any guesses?
Yes, Maddonna, who else, and the song was " Like A Virgin ". What a video, what a song !!! worth the scoldings which I got for lazying around, the entire day.
By the way, I don't have any book to keep me occupied, looking for the following books:
-> Straight from the Gut -
-> Winning -
by - well you know who, I guess.......
Cheers,
Golden Words of Wisdom
The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.
~~~~~
Cheers
~~~~~
Cheers
Lessons learnt from " JAB WE MET "
Honestly speaking, JAB WE MET is one of the awesome movies I have watched in recent times. The story was spot on, the location was spot on , everything about the movie was just too good.
I watched in two parts. The first part was when it was shown on a popular television channel. I was watching the movie, when my cousin turned up, to invite my family to his house warming ceremony. I had already fallen in love with the movie, but this time could not help. I had to switch off the Television, but I dont regret it.
Then the coming week, I went to Dharwad to my cousin's marriage. Now too I could not watch the second part, the thought of which was really haunting me. Finally one fine weekend, I managed to watch the second part of the movie, and mark my words, it was worth the wait.
I ve learnt some lessons from the movie. Last time, I had put up a post about lessons learnt from Dil Chahta Hai. But it was an extract instead. But this time, its my learning curve. So here it goes. (Not many though)
1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.
Recollect, Aditya (Shahid) was fond of music, but finding no time due to his schedule. But after he met Geet(Kareena) , he re-realised his interest in music. btw what an awesome song, sung by....... I assume its by the Lead Singer of Silk Route. Correct me if I am wrong.
2. Balance personal as well as professional life.
I think its very mandatory to strike a chord between the two. Else you will forget to enjoy life while you chase your dreams and aspirations or you will forget your professional aspirations.
Recollect how Shahid performs @ his peak, after he returns from Manali.
3. To speak your heart out, listen to others' worries , speak about your worries.
Recollect, how Shahid feels when he flushes out the pic of his ex-girlfriend who married someone else. Well its really important to speak out to someone, tell your concerns, and at the same time listen to others worries as well.
4. To take a break, from work and travel.
After I watched the movie, I just felt the importance of taking a break from work. You can travel or do something creative.
5. To completely own your decisions.
This is one of the most awesome things which I came across watching the movie.
Recollect what Kareena tells when they are planning to make an elope from her house. To take decisions that your heart tells, and to own them completely and later, not to blame anyone for the decision.
Well, I want to re-iterate about #1.
1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.
The thing which I love to do the most, is to crack Jokes. The jokes which I utter is completely spontaneous and has nothing to do with any sorts of preparation. Above all, I do it most, when I meet cousins. But the saddest part is my brother absolutely hates it. He once said " Do you even remember that you are a Software Engineer, and work _ _ _ _ _ ". Well dont know what to make out of it. One thing's for sure, There's no stopping me when it comes to jokes, esp POOR JOKES !!!
Cheers, bye for now !!!
I watched in two parts. The first part was when it was shown on a popular television channel. I was watching the movie, when my cousin turned up, to invite my family to his house warming ceremony. I had already fallen in love with the movie, but this time could not help. I had to switch off the Television, but I dont regret it.
Then the coming week, I went to Dharwad to my cousin's marriage. Now too I could not watch the second part, the thought of which was really haunting me. Finally one fine weekend, I managed to watch the second part of the movie, and mark my words, it was worth the wait.
I ve learnt some lessons from the movie. Last time, I had put up a post about lessons learnt from Dil Chahta Hai. But it was an extract instead. But this time, its my learning curve. So here it goes. (Not many though)
1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.
Recollect, Aditya (Shahid) was fond of music, but finding no time due to his schedule. But after he met Geet(Kareena) , he re-realised his interest in music. btw what an awesome song, sung by....... I assume its by the Lead Singer of Silk Route. Correct me if I am wrong.
2. Balance personal as well as professional life.
I think its very mandatory to strike a chord between the two. Else you will forget to enjoy life while you chase your dreams and aspirations or you will forget your professional aspirations.
Recollect how Shahid performs @ his peak, after he returns from Manali.
3. To speak your heart out, listen to others' worries , speak about your worries.
Recollect, how Shahid feels when he flushes out the pic of his ex-girlfriend who married someone else. Well its really important to speak out to someone, tell your concerns, and at the same time listen to others worries as well.
4. To take a break, from work and travel.
After I watched the movie, I just felt the importance of taking a break from work. You can travel or do something creative.
5. To completely own your decisions.
This is one of the most awesome things which I came across watching the movie.
Recollect what Kareena tells when they are planning to make an elope from her house. To take decisions that your heart tells, and to own them completely and later, not to blame anyone for the decision.
Well, I want to re-iterate about #1.
1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.
The thing which I love to do the most, is to crack Jokes. The jokes which I utter is completely spontaneous and has nothing to do with any sorts of preparation. Above all, I do it most, when I meet cousins. But the saddest part is my brother absolutely hates it. He once said " Do you even remember that you are a Software Engineer, and work _ _ _ _ _ ". Well dont know what to make out of it. One thing's for sure, There's no stopping me when it comes to jokes, esp POOR JOKES !!!
Cheers, bye for now !!!
Switching ends !!!
Funny post, no meaning though, but after all its MY BLOG baby !!!!.
Well for the first 15 years of my life, I resided at Malleshwaram. Then on I moved to Bangalore South.
My cousin resided for many years at Jayanagar 9th Block . Now he has moved to Nelamangala since .
This time around, when I visited my cousin's place (on the occasion of house warming ceremony of his new house), I decided to have a casual chat about how he travels to his work place and how I travel to my workplace. The thing which came to light was quite surprising.
He started telling me about my house which I resided in Malleshwaram and I started telling about the house in which he resided in Jayanagar.
Guess what, incidentally he travels to his workplace everyday passing by my house @ Malleshwaram and I travel to my workplace everyday, passing his house @ Jayanagar 9th block.
Aint that supercoooool !!!!!
Well for the first 15 years of my life, I resided at Malleshwaram. Then on I moved to Bangalore South.
My cousin resided for many years at Jayanagar 9th Block . Now he has moved to Nelamangala since .
This time around, when I visited my cousin's place (on the occasion of house warming ceremony of his new house), I decided to have a casual chat about how he travels to his work place and how I travel to my workplace. The thing which came to light was quite surprising.
He started telling me about my house which I resided in Malleshwaram and I started telling about the house in which he resided in Jayanagar.
Guess what, incidentally he travels to his workplace everyday passing by my house @ Malleshwaram and I travel to my workplace everyday, passing his house @ Jayanagar 9th block.
Aint that supercoooool !!!!!
Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone
Phenomenal song by the 3 piece outfit called GOO GOO Dolls, from the album " Gutter Flower" .
John Reznick Rocks!!!!
A DECADE LONG WAIT !!! What it is???
Well, wondering what it is ?? Yes its almost a decade, since I last visited the Vijaya Vittala temple @ Tumkur Road, close to Nelamangala. It was in 1997, I had been there. I just loved the place. The Gitopadesham, Vishnu Avataara, everything was just spot on. Mythology at its very best.
Since then I have traveled along Tumkur Road, a lot many times, but never found the opportunity to visit the temple. Now in 2008, I revisited the temple, just to find out, nothings' changed in the past 10 years.
I had been to my cousin's place @ Nelamangala. Incidentally it was the house warming ceremony of his new house. On my way back home, I headed to the Vijaya Vittala temple. The first thing I uttered in front of the Lord was " Thanks god for keeping me alive and kicking for 10 years. " . It just came automatically. So finally the decade long wait is over. I wish I visit the temple more frequently.
Since then I have traveled along Tumkur Road, a lot many times, but never found the opportunity to visit the temple. Now in 2008, I revisited the temple, just to find out, nothings' changed in the past 10 years.
I had been to my cousin's place @ Nelamangala. Incidentally it was the house warming ceremony of his new house. On my way back home, I headed to the Vijaya Vittala temple. The first thing I uttered in front of the Lord was " Thanks god for keeping me alive and kicking for 10 years. " . It just came automatically. So finally the decade long wait is over. I wish I visit the temple more frequently.
Sixpence None The Richer -> Don't dream it's over
A song, which I hope, will inspire me to get back to work, with full JOSH!! By the way I had a rocking time @ Dharwad !!!!
Inspired to take Photos !!!!!
Through this post, I want to tell the name of the person who, inspired me the most to buy a digital cam and take photos. The truth is out, its none other than " Otto Frank ". Father of Anne Frank. (Recollect -> from the Diary of Anne Frank)
After reading the book " The Diary of a Young Girl " by Anne Frank, I became more and more inquisitive, to know about the Frank family. I started searching on the internet about who betrayed the Frank family, how were the members of the Annexe were arrested, where they were sent to after arrest.
It is through here that, I came to know that, Otto Frank, Anne's father, was very much interested in photography. I learnt that in the 1940's itself he had a good quality camera and took lots of snaps, which told the world lots of stories. Hence I thought, lemme give it a try and to be honest, it just worked wonders. Not only did I take 130+ pics, but it made the event even more memorable, an event close to my heart.
Thanks Otto Frank !!!!!
[The event I am speaking here is my cousin's marriage at Dharwad]
After reading the book " The Diary of a Young Girl " by Anne Frank, I became more and more inquisitive, to know about the Frank family. I started searching on the internet about who betrayed the Frank family, how were the members of the Annexe were arrested, where they were sent to after arrest.
It is through here that, I came to know that, Otto Frank, Anne's father, was very much interested in photography. I learnt that in the 1940's itself he had a good quality camera and took lots of snaps, which told the world lots of stories. Hence I thought, lemme give it a try and to be honest, it just worked wonders. Not only did I take 130+ pics, but it made the event even more memorable, an event close to my heart.
Thanks Otto Frank !!!!!
[The event I am speaking here is my cousin's marriage at Dharwad]
I love the 80's
Hey there!!! I was back to Bangalore on Sunday, 3 Feb 2008 from Dharwad. Since I was jobless on a weekend, I decided to watch VH1.
VH1 has a programme every weekend called " Big Weekend". Every week there are different themes and different songs are telecasted based on the theme. The theme for this weekend was " I love the 80's ". I just loved it. Loads of good songs.
Though lots of awesome songs were being played, I thought I was seriously missing something. I was wondering, 1980's is absolutely incomplete without mentioning the name of " MARK KNOPFLER " and the " DIRE STRAITS ". Guess what happened the next moment???
The song queued up was "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler. Boy O Boy. What an awesome song. What an awesome band. I totally relished this weekend's theme.
Waiting for many more Retro Picks!!!!
VH1 has a programme every weekend called " Big Weekend". Every week there are different themes and different songs are telecasted based on the theme. The theme for this weekend was " I love the 80's ". I just loved it. Loads of good songs.
Though lots of awesome songs were being played, I thought I was seriously missing something. I was wondering, 1980's is absolutely incomplete without mentioning the name of " MARK KNOPFLER " and the " DIRE STRAITS ". Guess what happened the next moment???
The song queued up was "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler. Boy O Boy. What an awesome song. What an awesome band. I totally relished this weekend's theme.
Waiting for many more Retro Picks!!!!
I am Back !!!!
Hey there !!! I am back doing what I love doing the most, blog, blog and blog.
I am back after attending, my cousin brother's marriage @ Dharwad. I have had loads of great moments over there. Lots of new friends, lots of relatives and above all an awesome place to be ie Dharwad.
I have taken close to 130 pics from my new digicam. All in all, a treasured moment.
There s some sad twist to the tale too -> The day I left Bangalore to Dharwad, a robber had entered our house compound. Thanks to the people who do a night beat, the robber was caught and handed over to the police. This was a very close call, but somehow thanks to God, no major robbery has happened.
I have visited lots of places, met lots of people above all cracked lots and lots of jokes and had a great time. I wish I could put this robbery incident to the side and cherish the celebration alone.
God, please ensure our house is safe from robbers, is all what I can pray for.
I will post more on my places of visit.
Cheers !!!!
I am back after attending, my cousin brother's marriage @ Dharwad. I have had loads of great moments over there. Lots of new friends, lots of relatives and above all an awesome place to be ie Dharwad.
I have taken close to 130 pics from my new digicam. All in all, a treasured moment.
There s some sad twist to the tale too -> The day I left Bangalore to Dharwad, a robber had entered our house compound. Thanks to the people who do a night beat, the robber was caught and handed over to the police. This was a very close call, but somehow thanks to God, no major robbery has happened.
I have visited lots of places, met lots of people above all cracked lots and lots of jokes and had a great time. I wish I could put this robbery incident to the side and cherish the celebration alone.
God, please ensure our house is safe from robbers, is all what I can pray for.
I will post more on my places of visit.
Cheers !!!!
He- Man And The Masters of the Universe ;;; My source of inspiration
He-Man, is the cartoon which has been till date the most influential cartoon for me. Not only did I enjoy watching this cartoon, but also me and my friends were crazy about He-Man toys. We played with it a lot. One of my friend had toys of all the characters appearing in He-Man. This was before GI-Joe.
Well, this cartoon definitely sparked a fire in me, a fire which burns till date and will keep on burning. It inspired me to workout. My love for workouts came from no where else but from He-Man.
I frankly accept, I do not have a muscular sculpted body, I do have a few extra pounds, which is quite visible on my blog photo. But I never get bored of workouts, nor do I get upset, that I do not have a sculpted body even though I had worked out for quite some time. I have got all my inspiration from this cartoon.
Thought I watched this cartoon in 1987-88, as a 4 year old, it was almost 2002, till I first went to the gym. But I don't regret it. Nor my interest had lessened. I just pray to god to give me more quality time to work out.
Regarding a sculpted body, well, its just a matter of time.
I also attribute my interest in workouts to Lord Hanuman, whom I am devotee of. Thank you God.
Well, this cartoon definitely sparked a fire in me, a fire which burns till date and will keep on burning. It inspired me to workout. My love for workouts came from no where else but from He-Man.
I frankly accept, I do not have a muscular sculpted body, I do have a few extra pounds, which is quite visible on my blog photo. But I never get bored of workouts, nor do I get upset, that I do not have a sculpted body even though I had worked out for quite some time. I have got all my inspiration from this cartoon.
Thought I watched this cartoon in 1987-88, as a 4 year old, it was almost 2002, till I first went to the gym. But I don't regret it. Nor my interest had lessened. I just pray to god to give me more quality time to work out.
Regarding a sculpted body, well, its just a matter of time.
I also attribute my interest in workouts to Lord Hanuman, whom I am devotee of. Thank you God.
By the power of GraySkull - "I have the Power "
He-Man, till date the most influential cartoon for me, I enjoyed this cartoon very much, as a kid when it came out in the late 1980's. I owe my fondness to the GYM to none other than Prince Adam aka He-Man.
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
One of my all time favorite songs. I want to dedicate this song to a very special friend of mine, Every little thing she does is really magic, wondering who??? keep on guessing !!!!
What Am I Reading ?? Part II
I am almost done reading the book " The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, and to be honest, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I had a great time, knowing more about the Frank family.
When I put up a post on the Diary of a Young Girl, titled Part I , somebody told me " Thanks for the KT ". Sounds really absurd, what should I make out of this?? I don't know, frankly speaking, who cares ???.
[If anyone has any clue on what it is, please post a comment]
Since I was busy with some personal work, I could not read the book in a single stretch. It took me almost 3 weeks to finish it. But at the end I can only say, " I am moved ". Its so beautiful, I have no words to describe it. Be it the Frank family or the helpers or the cats or the writing, they are all legendary. It all happened half a century ago, but when you read the book, it does not give you that impression.
What have I learnt ???
-> To be POSITIVE.
The writing of Anne Frank is filled with so much of optimism. Being in hiding, for over two years , with little food, lots of worries [lots of planes flying above you and lots of bombarding, arrests , gas chambers, deadly marches], you can be totally unsure of what is coming up next.
The writing is so wonderful that, not on many occasions, has Anne Frank deviated from being positive.
I have read so many books which have taught me to be positive, but this one is from someone whose been there, done it all and its unbeatable. Hats off.
-> To Read more and more !!!
Even when Anne Frank was hiding , she was reading and reading. It was something which I loved the most. Not to be out of touch when it comes to books. I think it has just inspired me to go an extra mile. Be it technical or non technical, I am prepared to read and read !!!!
I hope I can come up with a Part III on this. [Some pictures, some more on my learning curve]
Once again, BIG THANKS GOING OUT TO STRAND. Thank you Strand Book Stall for giving me such a wonderful book. Also a big thanks going out to my big brother, for helping me be a more intellectual person. (Infact he provides me all the books !!! )
When I put up a post on the Diary of a Young Girl, titled Part I , somebody told me " Thanks for the KT ". Sounds really absurd, what should I make out of this?? I don't know, frankly speaking, who cares ???.
[If anyone has any clue on what it is, please post a comment]
Since I was busy with some personal work, I could not read the book in a single stretch. It took me almost 3 weeks to finish it. But at the end I can only say, " I am moved ". Its so beautiful, I have no words to describe it. Be it the Frank family or the helpers or the cats or the writing, they are all legendary. It all happened half a century ago, but when you read the book, it does not give you that impression.
What have I learnt ???
-> To be POSITIVE.
The writing of Anne Frank is filled with so much of optimism. Being in hiding, for over two years , with little food, lots of worries [lots of planes flying above you and lots of bombarding, arrests , gas chambers, deadly marches], you can be totally unsure of what is coming up next.
The writing is so wonderful that, not on many occasions, has Anne Frank deviated from being positive.
I have read so many books which have taught me to be positive, but this one is from someone whose been there, done it all and its unbeatable. Hats off.
-> To Read more and more !!!
Even when Anne Frank was hiding , she was reading and reading. It was something which I loved the most. Not to be out of touch when it comes to books. I think it has just inspired me to go an extra mile. Be it technical or non technical, I am prepared to read and read !!!!
I hope I can come up with a Part III on this. [Some pictures, some more on my learning curve]
Once again, BIG THANKS GOING OUT TO STRAND. Thank you Strand Book Stall for giving me such a wonderful book. Also a big thanks going out to my big brother, for helping me be a more intellectual person. (Infact he provides me all the books !!! )
An Ode to my Teachers @ SJBIT.
Yesterday I had bunked office and was at home all day. At 7pm in the evening, I was listening to the music and all of a sudden I had one thought.
If I had the power to reverse or undo one thing, what would it be?
I started thinking and thinking. But the only thing that came to my mind was my dismal performance in CET. So I wished if I could undo that, and obtain a better CET ranking, and join a college other than SJBIT.
I finally had to settle with only a better performance in CET would be something which could be undone. But regarding a college other than SJBIT, a definite NO. I am firm on this one. I have had a glorious 4 years stay at SJBIT. I have made the most out of it, infact had a great time as a student over there. Hence I came up with a post thanking all my teachers @ SJBIT.
If it was not SJBIT, I would never have been the same person. I would never have met so many wonderful people @ college and above all, I could have been in a different organization altogether, probably doing something which I would not have loved.
At this moment I can say is I am totally in love with my job and over a period of 2 years 4 months, I have met the most wonderful and disciplined professionals in the IT Industry and it was possible all because of SJBIT.
I would like to thank Mr.RaviKumar , Mr.HanumanthR and Mr.Sampath, gurus of mine. Not only they taught the engineering subjects, but also helped me turn the focus light inwards.
Thank you SJBIT !!!!!
If I had the power to reverse or undo one thing, what would it be?
I started thinking and thinking. But the only thing that came to my mind was my dismal performance in CET. So I wished if I could undo that, and obtain a better CET ranking, and join a college other than SJBIT.
I finally had to settle with only a better performance in CET would be something which could be undone. But regarding a college other than SJBIT, a definite NO. I am firm on this one. I have had a glorious 4 years stay at SJBIT. I have made the most out of it, infact had a great time as a student over there. Hence I came up with a post thanking all my teachers @ SJBIT.
If it was not SJBIT, I would never have been the same person. I would never have met so many wonderful people @ college and above all, I could have been in a different organization altogether, probably doing something which I would not have loved.
At this moment I can say is I am totally in love with my job and over a period of 2 years 4 months, I have met the most wonderful and disciplined professionals in the IT Industry and it was possible all because of SJBIT.
I would like to thank Mr.RaviKumar , Mr.HanumanthR and Mr.Sampath, gurus of mine. Not only they taught the engineering subjects, but also helped me turn the focus light inwards.
Thank you SJBIT !!!!!
Def Leppard - Long Long Way to Go - Music Video
Awesome Song !!! by Def Leppard. One of my all time favorites. !!
Steve Jobs - Speech at Stanford Graduation Ceremony
'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss.
I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
My third story is about death.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Thank you all very much.
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss.
I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
My third story is about death.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Thank you all very much.
Simply Red - You make me feel brand new
A song which I grew up listening to. A tremendous song by Simply Red. Mick Hucknall just rocks !!!
Probably a 1980's song. I love RETRO , ain't I ???
What am I reading ??? - Part I
The Diary of a young girl - by Anne Frank, is the book which I am currently reading. I have just started reading it and completed about 15% of the book. I thought of writing a post after I have completely read it. But I could not resist writing about it. So here it is.
According to me, the book is a masterpiece, the narration of Anne Frank is so beautifully crafted, its not to be missed.
I remember having an excerpt from the Diary of Anne Frank, as a chapter, in English, not sure when, must be 6+ years ago. But at that time, I absolutely disliked the chapter. I was also wondering, how could I ever complete the entire book, if someone gave it to me. This was me as a teenager. (Errrrr ~~~~~)
Quite unusual is it? The book is written by a teenager herself, but disliked by a teenager like me. I dont have an answer as to why?? I disliked it. May be my english was very poor, or may be I was a mugpot. I have no clues.
(Being a mugpot has its own advantages, but I feel it has more disadvantages, especially when it comes to Literature, Here's a LIVE Example !!!!)
But once again a BIG THANKS TO STRAND BOOK STALL, they have given me another chance to read the entire book. This time I am not only having a great time reading it, but also enjoying it to the CORE, its absolutely beautiful, can't imagine how the time is flying by as I am reading. Its a classic in itself.
FAQ - Anne Frank fondly called her diary Kitty, "Dear Kitty"
Part II coming up very soon, hopefully I get enough time to wind it up.
Yippy,
Happy new year guys!!!!
According to me, the book is a masterpiece, the narration of Anne Frank is so beautifully crafted, its not to be missed.
I remember having an excerpt from the Diary of Anne Frank, as a chapter, in English, not sure when, must be 6+ years ago. But at that time, I absolutely disliked the chapter. I was also wondering, how could I ever complete the entire book, if someone gave it to me. This was me as a teenager. (Errrrr ~~~~~)
Quite unusual is it? The book is written by a teenager herself, but disliked by a teenager like me. I dont have an answer as to why?? I disliked it. May be my english was very poor, or may be I was a mugpot. I have no clues.
(Being a mugpot has its own advantages, but I feel it has more disadvantages, especially when it comes to Literature, Here's a LIVE Example !!!!)
But once again a BIG THANKS TO STRAND BOOK STALL, they have given me another chance to read the entire book. This time I am not only having a great time reading it, but also enjoying it to the CORE, its absolutely beautiful, can't imagine how the time is flying by as I am reading. Its a classic in itself.
FAQ - Anne Frank fondly called her diary Kitty, "Dear Kitty"
Part II coming up very soon, hopefully I get enough time to wind it up.
Yippy,
Happy new year guys!!!!
Thank you Strand !!!!
Its been almost 2.5 years since I graduated. I do love reading books. Since my childhood days I used to read quite a bit of books(Not a voracious reader though). I started out with Famous Five. As a member of "Friends Circulating Library" in Subramanyanagar, I used to read a lot of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. But since I relocated to Bangalore South in 1999, it had been hard for me to find a library over here.
Also I was doing my engineering, so it was kind of hard for me to read anything non technical and I accept I was a bit lazy too.
But its since 2006, I am back reading some good titles, all thanks to Strand Book Stall and Strand Book Festival. Its among these wonderful books, I found a great companion.
Above all I also came across a book by Robin Sharma, which has tremendously inspired me. I have reclaimed some of my lost confidence, because of the writing of Robin Sharma. I wish there are more such Strand Book Festivals in the coming years, hopefully I get to read more.
Also I was doing my engineering, so it was kind of hard for me to read anything non technical and I accept I was a bit lazy too.
But its since 2006, I am back reading some good titles, all thanks to Strand Book Stall and Strand Book Festival. Its among these wonderful books, I found a great companion.
Above all I also came across a book by Robin Sharma, which has tremendously inspired me. I have reclaimed some of my lost confidence, because of the writing of Robin Sharma. I wish there are more such Strand Book Festivals in the coming years, hopefully I get to read more.
Dr. Hook, When you're in love with a beautiful woman
Awesome song!!!
I love RETRO, any doubts over that !!!!Dedicated to all those guys who are in love with beautiful women !!!!!
Books up for grabs
Boy o Boy, its been 3 months, since I have not read anything so called " NON TECHNICAL ". I have always loved to read. Sometimes complacency creeps in, I tend to keep away from books. Here's a list of books which I have right now, wish to complete asap.
1. Ayn Rand - FountainHead, We the Living.
2. Norman Vincent Peale - Power of Positive Thinking, A guide to confident living.
3. Anne Frank - The diary of a young girl.
4. Steve Waugh - Out of the comfort zone.
5. Vedam Jaishankar - Rahul Dravid , Biography.
6. Herge - Tintin.
1. Ayn Rand - FountainHead, We the Living.
2. Norman Vincent Peale - Power of Positive Thinking, A guide to confident living.
3. Anne Frank - The diary of a young girl.
4. Steve Waugh - Out of the comfort zone.
5. Vedam Jaishankar - Rahul Dravid , Biography.
6. Herge - Tintin.
Surprise, Suprise, this December
Surprise, Surprise, is the mantra for me. Finally I am back doing something which I love the most !!!! Its something which I started in 2002, but for over an year, I was away from it.
Yes, yes, its right. I am back to this place, a place which keeps me interested much more than technology. Its true, I made a comeback at the gym this December.. I have started working out.
I go to the gym every morning from 5am to 6:15 am. And no doubts, I love it.
I pray to God to give me more strength to carry on gymming for a loooong time. I wish, I never ever drop out of gym in the future. Pls God Pls gimme tremendous strength, courage and above all quality time to work out.
Yes, yes, its right. I am back to this place, a place which keeps me interested much more than technology. Its true, I made a comeback at the gym this December.. I have started working out.
I go to the gym every morning from 5am to 6:15 am. And no doubts, I love it.
I pray to God to give me more strength to carry on gymming for a loooong time. I wish, I never ever drop out of gym in the future. Pls God Pls gimme tremendous strength, courage and above all quality time to work out.
Billy Joel - Piano Man - (1973 )
One of my all time favorite songs. This song is about people who had the opportunity to achieve something great, but could not. So I wish to inspire myself, to constantly nurture my dream and chase it till the end !!!
I'm going home
Here comes Monday, the day of reckoning, Nov 11 , 2007. After nearly 11 months at a different workplace, I finally head home, the only thing i can recall is Daughtry singing Home.
Moving to a new workplace, has lots of advantages for me, it reduces travelling time, hopefully a pickup and drop close to my house, and loads of time for myself, to study , workout, read great books etc etc. Yeah, I ve waited for this day, since eleven months. Finally its here, Yippy.
Moving to a new workplace, has lots of advantages for me, it reduces travelling time, hopefully a pickup and drop close to my house, and loads of time for myself, to study , workout, read great books etc etc. Yeah, I ve waited for this day, since eleven months. Finally its here, Yippy.
How Long ???
Ahhh !!! Finally made some time to write. I had decided not to post any entries till I move to SJPR. SJPR stands for my new workplace location. My 6th workplace in 2.5 years
But somehow felt like writing after listening to the new song by the Eagles - " How Long ". Such an awesome song.
There has been loads of progress on my side when it comes to technology, but on a personal side, i am quite upset. There has been lots of debate on my attitude, my so called ego, which has taken center stage, atleast with one of my friend.
Anyways, I always have a Robin Sharma book which keeps me going in all such situations. After reading Robin Sharma's book for the fourth time in a row, I ve finally managed to get hold of " FountainHead ". I wish I wrap it up soon, so that I could go ahead reading the autobiography of Steve Waugh,
Till then,
Cheers, Keep rocking !!!!!!!!!!
But somehow felt like writing after listening to the new song by the Eagles - " How Long ". Such an awesome song.
There has been loads of progress on my side when it comes to technology, but on a personal side, i am quite upset. There has been lots of debate on my attitude, my so called ego, which has taken center stage, atleast with one of my friend.
Anyways, I always have a Robin Sharma book which keeps me going in all such situations. After reading Robin Sharma's book for the fourth time in a row, I ve finally managed to get hold of " FountainHead ". I wish I wrap it up soon, so that I could go ahead reading the autobiography of Steve Waugh,
Till then,
Cheers, Keep rocking !!!!!!!!!!
Almost forgot blogger
Boy O Boy,, Not a post since a month, how rude?? .. Well frankly speaking no other option, August , September 2007, i am totally busy with work, no time to blog, and above all majority of sites being restricted at workplace.
Finally i am finding some rhythm, coming up with a post after looong time. These days I am enjoying my work like never before. Coding has never seemed so interesting.
Will hope to post more in the coming days, for now cheers.
Finally i am finding some rhythm, coming up with a post after looong time. These days I am enjoying my work like never before. Coding has never seemed so interesting.
Will hope to post more in the coming days, for now cheers.
Loooong time since I wrote a post
Hey there,, Loooong time since I put up a post. I ve been totally busy all through August. A brand new workplace, Loads of work, Awesome Technology, Lots of production code, above all lot of satisfaction. This is August 2007 for me. Indeed a memorable one.
Cheers,
Cheers,
Hilary Duff-Why Not
Why not ,
take a little chance,
Why not ,
Do a crazy dance,
This song inspired me , in other word pepped me up, to go an extra mile , not on one occasion but twice,
Hope it has the same effect on you.
Cheers
Updates from my side
Phew ,, long time since I posted, not my fault though, my internet connection has gone for a toss, moreover these days, I am totally held up with work, and weekends its internet problem.
I would love to come up with few more posts in future.
But for now, enjoy songs from YouTube.
Cheers
I would love to come up with few more posts in future.
But for now, enjoy songs from YouTube.
Cheers
Quote of the month
" If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. "
- Benjamin Franklin
Dolores O'Riordan - Ordinary Day
Dolores, One more legend from Ireland, the other being " Bono and the Gang , U2"
An awesome song, by the former lead singer of " The Cranberries" . Amazing lyrics..
Me a huge huge fan of Dolores, no doubt about it..
Pick of the month for me .
Cheers,
Sandeep
A day to remember - Team outing, 27 July 2007
As I approach the weekend, I find myself amid one of those memorable events, which I would like to remember always. Its outing time for our team. Though I was not interested in the very beginning to be a part of it, but at the end I am eating my own words. Yes, I would have made a big big mistake, if I had missed it.
We started at 7:45 am in the morning, from our office and headed to a resort 40 kms away from Bangalore. After an hour and half drive we reached the resort. The Mount View Resort is on the way to Nandi Hills. Though the resort was comparitively small than what I expected, it provided fun, entertainment, which was indeed unparallel.
We finished our breakfast and at around 9:45 am we headed straight to the cricket pitch. The cricket ground was a small one, where the best of the best bastmen found it difficult to score runs, courtesy the rules which were laid down. I was a part of the team which got eliminated in the very first match.
Thought I dint play much , I did find much interest in something else other than playing cricket. It was commentatiing. Through commentary I was able to crack some of the wild jokes. I assume both the players and the spectators had an awesome time, watching cricket and can I say listening to my commentary? well you have to comment on it.
After cricket it was lunch time. After lunch we proceeded to have a Shuttle Badminton tournament for the ladies. We ended it by the prize distribution ceremony. We left the resort at around 4:45 pm. It was a fun filled day, loads of things did happen. I wish to upload some of the snaps, sometime from now.
Its over and out from my side. I sure will post something this weekend.
Till then , cheers
We started at 7:45 am in the morning, from our office and headed to a resort 40 kms away from Bangalore. After an hour and half drive we reached the resort. The Mount View Resort is on the way to Nandi Hills. Though the resort was comparitively small than what I expected, it provided fun, entertainment, which was indeed unparallel.
We finished our breakfast and at around 9:45 am we headed straight to the cricket pitch. The cricket ground was a small one, where the best of the best bastmen found it difficult to score runs, courtesy the rules which were laid down. I was a part of the team which got eliminated in the very first match.
Thought I dint play much , I did find much interest in something else other than playing cricket. It was commentatiing. Through commentary I was able to crack some of the wild jokes. I assume both the players and the spectators had an awesome time, watching cricket and can I say listening to my commentary? well you have to comment on it.
After cricket it was lunch time. After lunch we proceeded to have a Shuttle Badminton tournament for the ladies. We ended it by the prize distribution ceremony. We left the resort at around 4:45 pm. It was a fun filled day, loads of things did happen. I wish to upload some of the snaps, sometime from now.
Its over and out from my side. I sure will post something this weekend.
Till then , cheers
Tribute to all the men in the armed forces
As I approach my 50th post I wish to dedicate it to all the men in the armed forces.
You have made our country proud and helped us to lead a secure life
Kargil Day
On this very day, I would like to remember our Kargil heroes.
It takes tremendous courage to leave a comfortable life, and join the armed forces. Subjected to adverse conditions and never ending enemies, these people do their best, spend sleepless nights so that, the other country men, can have a secure and peaceful sleep.
I salute these men of honour, who have made our country proud..
Regards
Sandeep
It takes tremendous courage to leave a comfortable life, and join the armed forces. Subjected to adverse conditions and never ending enemies, these people do their best, spend sleepless nights so that, the other country men, can have a secure and peaceful sleep.
I salute these men of honour, who have made our country proud..
Regards
Sandeep
About me - My own so called " Profound Thought "
" I don't work for appraisals,
Because appraisals' don't work for me,
I work to please my heart,
Because my heart works to please me. "
~~~~ Cheers
Because appraisals' don't work for me,
I work to please my heart,
Because my heart works to please me. "
~~~~ Cheers
Super cool thought
Something which I am copy pasting from ORKUT ....
Here it goes ....
" Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought " .
Here it goes ....
" Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought " .
Day 2 - Sadashivgad, Gokarna, Murudeshwara
On May 20th, we proceeded towards Sadashivgad which is at little distance from Karwar. It was famous for its fort. One more attraction is the bridge which is over the river Kali. One more prominent thing to notice is this road which leads to Panaji. The road passes through a cliff. In other words the cliff has been split to make way for this road. Its just an awesome sight. The Sadashivgad fort is located on this very cliff. As you stand on the fort you get an awesome sight of the river.
From here we moved on to Gokarna. Its famous for the AtmaLinga in the ancient temple. We did offer a puja at the ancient temple. It was indeed a holy place. No doubts about it. It was the first time that I was here. I wish I get more chances to be there. Gokarna beach is also quite prominent. But here there were high tidal waves. Hence it was a short period before we headed on towards Murudeshwara
Murudeshwara is one of the famous tourist places of Karnataka. Its famous for the idol of Lord Shiva which indeed is breathtaking. After visiting the temple we headed towards the beach once again. It was the third beach in 2 days. We spent totally 4 hrs at the beach. It was 8pm in the evening before we retired back to the hotel.
Next morning we headed towards Kudremukh, Agumbe, Sringeri, Hornadu, Kalasa.
Coming up in the next post....
From here we moved on to Gokarna. Its famous for the AtmaLinga in the ancient temple. We did offer a puja at the ancient temple. It was indeed a holy place. No doubts about it. It was the first time that I was here. I wish I get more chances to be there. Gokarna beach is also quite prominent. But here there were high tidal waves. Hence it was a short period before we headed on towards Murudeshwara
Murudeshwara is one of the famous tourist places of Karnataka. Its famous for the idol of Lord Shiva which indeed is breathtaking. After visiting the temple we headed towards the beach once again. It was the third beach in 2 days. We spent totally 4 hrs at the beach. It was 8pm in the evening before we retired back to the hotel.
Next morning we headed towards Kudremukh, Agumbe, Sringeri, Hornadu, Kalasa.
Coming up in the next post....
Day 1 - Jog Falls , Sirsi, Yaana , Karwar
We hit the roads on a rainy thursday evening, on a tempo traveller. Its indeed fun to have the company of rain especially while on a highway. We drove through Tumkur, Beerur, Arasikere and we reached Jog Falls early in the morning @ 6:30 am. Though there wasn't much an attraction at Jog falls, due to scanty rainfall during 2006, we did have a good time capturing snaps.
Then we moved on to Sirsi, which is about approximate 3 hrs drive from Jog Falls. Sirsi is famous for Marikamba temple. The temple indeed was an awesome place of visit. I wonder i never had been to that temple all these years. After offering a small prayer at the temple, we had lunch at a hotel in Sirsi. We then proceeded towards Yaana.
Yaana is a place famous for its cliffs. There are about 17 cliffs in total, that is what I heard. You could approach this place by two different routes. We probably took the wrong route and ended up walking 6 kms in total. But it was worth. Trekking is probably something which I enjoy the most on such an occasion. Walking all alone amidst huge tree cover , listening to the chirping of birds, huh, I call myself lucky to have done all these. After a lengthy trek we decided to move on. We headed to Karwar where we planned to halt for the day. The road which leads to Karwar is indeed an awesome one. You can see the Naval Base "Sea Bird" as you approach Karwar.
It was evening 5:45 when we reached Karwar. We decided to visit the Rabindranath Tagore beach. Yes it indeed was an awesome place. Standing on the beach, watching the lighthouse was indeed a special moment. For people from Bangalore, who are void of beaches, this sure was a moment to cherish. Before I could notice, it was already 8:45 pm, as we headed for dinner. It was at Karwar where we made a halt on the first day.
Second day indeed had loads in store. Coming up in the second post
"Day 2 - Sadashivgad, Gokarna, Murudeshwara
Then we moved on to Sirsi, which is about approximate 3 hrs drive from Jog Falls. Sirsi is famous for Marikamba temple. The temple indeed was an awesome place of visit. I wonder i never had been to that temple all these years. After offering a small prayer at the temple, we had lunch at a hotel in Sirsi. We then proceeded towards Yaana.
Yaana is a place famous for its cliffs. There are about 17 cliffs in total, that is what I heard. You could approach this place by two different routes. We probably took the wrong route and ended up walking 6 kms in total. But it was worth. Trekking is probably something which I enjoy the most on such an occasion. Walking all alone amidst huge tree cover , listening to the chirping of birds, huh, I call myself lucky to have done all these. After a lengthy trek we decided to move on. We headed to Karwar where we planned to halt for the day. The road which leads to Karwar is indeed an awesome one. You can see the Naval Base "Sea Bird" as you approach Karwar.
It was evening 5:45 when we reached Karwar. We decided to visit the Rabindranath Tagore beach. Yes it indeed was an awesome place. Standing on the beach, watching the lighthouse was indeed a special moment. For people from Bangalore, who are void of beaches, this sure was a moment to cherish. Before I could notice, it was already 8:45 pm, as we headed for dinner. It was at Karwar where we made a halt on the first day.
Second day indeed had loads in store. Coming up in the second post
"Day 2 - Sadashivgad, Gokarna, Murudeshwara
3 day trip to Karwar, Gokarna , Murudeshwar - May 19, 2006
Hey there !! I am back. I ve found what I have been looking for, yes its a TOPIC. I wish to present, as a post, what I did on the three days of May 19,20,21 , 2006. Its about a trip which I was part of, something which will always remain fresh in my memory lane. Yes, it was my first trip with some of my cousins, whom I was meeting after a loooong time.
Basically my cousins grew up in different parts of Karnataka. I did not have much an opportunity to interact with them during my childhood days.
It indeed was unique, because the trip was not 1,2 but 3 full days.
I wish to come up with 3 posts, covering briefly about my places of visit.
Basically my cousins grew up in different parts of Karnataka. I did not have much an opportunity to interact with them during my childhood days.
It indeed was unique, because the trip was not 1,2 but 3 full days.
I wish to come up with 3 posts, covering briefly about my places of visit.
Nickelback - If Everyone Cared (video)
Awesome song indeed. No doubts. Chad Kroeger at his very very very best. No words to describe how good a song is this. Listen to it, you will sure njoy this one. Rock cant get better than this.
Amazng song.
Updates from my side
Well, its weekend time again, time to blog. But this weekend I have just kind of run out of topics. No clues about what to write. I would rather provide updates from my side, it was kind of good weekend where in I got a much, well deserved hike in salary, phew. It does open a new gate of opportunities.
Other than that I was busy all through the week, as usual coding, debugging. Hence I could not make much progress on the book by Sir Mark Tully, Oops I almost forgot I have the biography of Rahul Dravid queued up next. Hope I find some quality time soon.
One more important update is that, I will be going out on a team outing coming Friday. "Hope" I have a good time. Its my first team outing since August 2005, and to be frank I am kind of not interested in it, at all. But, but, I am governed by certain rules and regulations which I have to follow, hence cant bunk on that particular day, well lets see what God has in store for me on that day. Sure I would keep you posted about that event.
Well I end this post with a bit of inspirational thought courtesy PRAVSWORLD.com
Cheers !!
Other than that I was busy all through the week, as usual coding, debugging. Hence I could not make much progress on the book by Sir Mark Tully, Oops I almost forgot I have the biography of Rahul Dravid queued up next. Hope I find some quality time soon.
One more important update is that, I will be going out on a team outing coming Friday. "Hope" I have a good time. Its my first team outing since August 2005, and to be frank I am kind of not interested in it, at all. But, but, I am governed by certain rules and regulations which I have to follow, hence cant bunk on that particular day, well lets see what God has in store for me on that day. Sure I would keep you posted about that event.
Well I end this post with a bit of inspirational thought courtesy PRAVSWORLD.com
Cheers !!
To be humble or not
This post is my last post for this weekend. I never thought of writing this as I have already mentioned a Poll on my blog regarding humility. But a post on my friends blog has got me thinking and thinking. Also today I saw a program on NDTV where in I came across something which added to my dilemma. Hence I thought of coming up with this post.
My dilemma is , does being humble and being successful at the same time are contradictory. Does it mean if, I am inclined towards being humble indicate I am away from success. Or if I am successful, am I away from humility.
I did find an answer in my friends blog, saying striking a median does the trick.
Today, I was watching the TV show "Walk the Talk" where in Shekar Gupta, the Editor in chief of The Indian Express was chatting with Sir Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent and writer. Here it was that Sir Mark Tully recalled a quote by Dr Manmohan Singh. I am sorry to say I only heard the quote but not the relevance it made to his conversation. The quote goes like this
" If you follow the middle way you are bound to be hit from the left as well as from the right "
Once again I was in a dilemma, thinking that , if we try to strike a median between humility and success, the above quote indirectly says we are not achieving either of the two.
Well, indeed I am clueless, to be precise at this moment in time, I am aiming to be humble, rest, I will leave it to God, who the almighty decides what next.
My dilemma is , does being humble and being successful at the same time are contradictory. Does it mean if, I am inclined towards being humble indicate I am away from success. Or if I am successful, am I away from humility.
I did find an answer in my friends blog, saying striking a median does the trick.
Today, I was watching the TV show "Walk the Talk" where in Shekar Gupta, the Editor in chief of The Indian Express was chatting with Sir Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent and writer. Here it was that Sir Mark Tully recalled a quote by Dr Manmohan Singh. I am sorry to say I only heard the quote but not the relevance it made to his conversation. The quote goes like this
" If you follow the middle way you are bound to be hit from the left as well as from the right "
Once again I was in a dilemma, thinking that , if we try to strike a median between humility and success, the above quote indirectly says we are not achieving either of the two.
Well, indeed I am clueless, to be precise at this moment in time, I am aiming to be humble, rest, I will leave it to God, who the almighty decides what next.
Importance of Saturday July 15, 2007 - My Belief
I intended this particular post, to be in Kannada. But somehow I could not do it at this moment of time. I hope to come up with a Kannada version of this post ASAP.
I am here, on a Sunday Morning , writing about the importance of 15 July 2007. I am just back from a temple close to my house. I had been to the temple @ 7 am in the morning, in my " Traditional BRAHMIN attire (Panchey and Shalya) " to attend a "SHANI SHANTI HOMA" peformed at the Sri Shirdi Sai Temple near my house. My mom told me the pujari would help me do a Sankalpa.
I would like to give a brief intro on the "SHANI SHANTI HOMA". Its on this day 15 July 2007 that Saturn (Shani) would enter Leo(Simha). According to English zodiac signs I am a Scorpio. But according to Hindu mythology I am Karka Rashi/Cancer. According to my knowledge, Saturn(Shani) was travelling along Karka Rashi for over a period of 7 and a half years and was now on the 9th Graha and about to move to Leo(Simha).
I believe a lot in mythology and Hindu tradition and above all I believe in and also fear Lord Shani, the most. In other words I am scared of Lord Shani. Hence I had been to the temple to offer a "Sankalpa" , trying to thank him for everything he has taught me over the past 7.5 years.
This post is another attempt to thank Lord Shani .
I attribute everything I am today to Lord Shani. Over the period of last 7.5 years I have learnt many things. I have even transformed from a stubborn, tempered, proud school going kid to a mature individual. I cant say I am humble as of now, but I am trying every attempt to be humble, down to earth. Over this period I have learnt to accept Failure as the stepping stone to success , speak truth and much more.
I would like to recall a quote by the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. It goes like this " The very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise". I have indeed learnt to speak truth.
I end this post by thanking Lord Shani for what ever I am today. I was , am and will continue to fear Lord Shani all my life. But by performing a small Sankalpa today indeed, I did a small bit to impress the great Lord Shani.
I am here, on a Sunday Morning , writing about the importance of 15 July 2007. I am just back from a temple close to my house. I had been to the temple @ 7 am in the morning, in my " Traditional BRAHMIN attire (Panchey and Shalya) " to attend a "SHANI SHANTI HOMA" peformed at the Sri Shirdi Sai Temple near my house. My mom told me the pujari would help me do a Sankalpa.
I would like to give a brief intro on the "SHANI SHANTI HOMA". Its on this day 15 July 2007 that Saturn (Shani) would enter Leo(Simha). According to English zodiac signs I am a Scorpio. But according to Hindu mythology I am Karka Rashi/Cancer. According to my knowledge, Saturn(Shani) was travelling along Karka Rashi for over a period of 7 and a half years and was now on the 9th Graha and about to move to Leo(Simha).
I believe a lot in mythology and Hindu tradition and above all I believe in and also fear Lord Shani, the most. In other words I am scared of Lord Shani. Hence I had been to the temple to offer a "Sankalpa" , trying to thank him for everything he has taught me over the past 7.5 years.
This post is another attempt to thank Lord Shani .
I attribute everything I am today to Lord Shani. Over the period of last 7.5 years I have learnt many things. I have even transformed from a stubborn, tempered, proud school going kid to a mature individual. I cant say I am humble as of now, but I am trying every attempt to be humble, down to earth. Over this period I have learnt to accept Failure as the stepping stone to success , speak truth and much more.
I would like to recall a quote by the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. It goes like this " The very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise". I have indeed learnt to speak truth.
I end this post by thanking Lord Shani for what ever I am today. I was , am and will continue to fear Lord Shani all my life. But by performing a small Sankalpa today indeed, I did a small bit to impress the great Lord Shani.
To blog or not to blog
As I approach Saturday evening , there is one question which continues to make me think, over and over again. That question is whether to " blog or not to blog". Since past 3-4 months I am blogging.
Today my mother asked me, " what do you write in your blog". I said "Anything and everything". Hearing this my mom asked " Who has the patience to read all your posts?"
I was indeed clueless.
Today I had been to my friends place, I met Kranti Vikram and Nitin. We had a good chat about technology, salary and as usual our good old college days. They know that I blog and I recently had sent them a mail saying I had updated it. I was kind of very happy to know that they had read my posts. They were asking about my recent posts.Vikram asked where I had stolen the poem from ?. After this question can I assume my poem atleast was kind of good ?
Yes sure I can . Well, thank you guys so much. They were also kind of surprised to see many posts from my side and asked where did I gather so much of time to blog, read about technology, write code. I found a kind of answer to my question.
The answer is blogging has become one of my favorite past time activity. I do seek happiness through blogging. On knowing people have read your posts, carries me an extra mile.
I wish to remember every such day or occasion where I have seen something different , read something different or done something different . Hence I have named my blog " Chapters of My Life" . I post about my life .. What I do, my inspirations , past time, my kind of music.
Its good to get feedback. But I do recollect everyone does not have enough time to go through my lengthy posts. To all those people who read my posts, provide feedback I can say "load of thanks going out to you guys".
Thank you Blogger.
Today my mother asked me, " what do you write in your blog". I said "Anything and everything". Hearing this my mom asked " Who has the patience to read all your posts?"
I was indeed clueless.
Today I had been to my friends place, I met Kranti Vikram and Nitin. We had a good chat about technology, salary and as usual our good old college days. They know that I blog and I recently had sent them a mail saying I had updated it. I was kind of very happy to know that they had read my posts. They were asking about my recent posts.Vikram asked where I had stolen the poem from ?. After this question can I assume my poem atleast was kind of good ?
Yes sure I can . Well, thank you guys so much. They were also kind of surprised to see many posts from my side and asked where did I gather so much of time to blog, read about technology, write code. I found a kind of answer to my question.
The answer is blogging has become one of my favorite past time activity. I do seek happiness through blogging. On knowing people have read your posts, carries me an extra mile.
I wish to remember every such day or occasion where I have seen something different , read something different or done something different . Hence I have named my blog " Chapters of My Life" . I post about my life .. What I do, my inspirations , past time, my kind of music.
Its good to get feedback. But I do recollect everyone does not have enough time to go through my lengthy posts. To all those people who read my posts, provide feedback I can say "load of thanks going out to you guys".
Thank you Blogger.
Meerkats
Its 14 July 2007, I am blogging on a saturday morning about my weekend activity. Suddenly I get an idea about one of the TV shows I was once watching. I dont remember which day this show was broadcasted. Thinking its either saturday or sunday I am coming up with this post.
The show is called " Meerkat Manor " on Animal Planet. It showcasts about this wonderful animal. When I was watching this show regularly , it was all about a family or meerkats , how they would live as a part of family, how they would hunt for their food, how they would breed, how they protect themselves and their babies from predators.
Somehow these days I dont find enough time to watch Television, Animal Planet is far away. May be I am myself avoiding watching TV trying to bring in self discipline. I dont know . Anways this post is about Meerkats
Meerkat is a small mammal and a member of mongoose family. It is found in the deserts of South Africa. A meerkat might weigh 725 grams on an average. The meerkat uses its tail to balance while standing upright. The meerkat has small black crescent-shaped ears that can close when digging to keep sand out.
At the end of each of a meerkat's "fingers" is a non-retractable, strong, 2 cm (0.8 inches) long, curved claw used for digging their underground burrows and digging for prey. Claws are also used with muscular hindlegs to help them climb the occasional tree. Meerkats are primarily insectivores , but also eat lizards, spiders, ants eggs and small mammals .They are partially immune to certain venoms, and eat (after removing the stinger)
Meerkats are burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. They are very social, living in colonies of up to about 30. Animals in the same group regularly groom each other to strengthen social bonds.
The show is called " Meerkat Manor " on Animal Planet. It showcasts about this wonderful animal. When I was watching this show regularly , it was all about a family or meerkats , how they would live as a part of family, how they would hunt for their food, how they would breed, how they protect themselves and their babies from predators.
Somehow these days I dont find enough time to watch Television, Animal Planet is far away. May be I am myself avoiding watching TV trying to bring in self discipline. I dont know . Anways this post is about Meerkats
Meerkat is a small mammal and a member of mongoose family. It is found in the deserts of South Africa. A meerkat might weigh 725 grams on an average. The meerkat uses its tail to balance while standing upright. The meerkat has small black crescent-shaped ears that can close when digging to keep sand out.
At the end of each of a meerkat's "fingers" is a non-retractable, strong, 2 cm (0.8 inches) long, curved claw used for digging their underground burrows and digging for prey. Claws are also used with muscular hindlegs to help them climb the occasional tree. Meerkats are primarily insectivores , but also eat lizards, spiders, ants eggs and small mammals .They are partially immune to certain venoms, and eat (after removing the stinger)
Meerkats are burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. They are very social, living in colonies of up to about 30. Animals in the same group regularly groom each other to strengthen social bonds.
Weekend Time - A Perfect Hobby / Weekend Activity
A weekend getaway is something which I have always wished. Since its still a distant dream, I look out for other options to de-stress me. The city traffic, work and the travelling distance has its toll on me. I sure am a dull boy at the end of the week. A perfect hobby is what I look to , inorder to pep me up, get me going on a monday.
Off late I have been blogging a lot. It sure helps me a lot. It was Aru who introduced blogging to me. I keep wondering why I did not do this few years ago. To be honest there s nothing like blogging. It indeed is a wonderful hobby.
I also listen to music during weekends. It does give a soothing effect. I do catch my favorite show on Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, every saturday morning @ 7 am. Its called " The Indigo Time Tunnel ".
I get to listen all the awesome chartbusters from the past. Elvis , Simply Red , The Police , Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran , Air Supply, Bangles are some of the artists/bands whose tracks I adore a lot.
Apart from this, I also look to VH1 for some more awesome music. VH1 classic is one program which I would love to watch. All the awesome songs of the past are here. There is also the Vh1 Big Weekend which I think is a unique concept. Every weekend tracks are played on a theme. If I could recollect there was a theme called " Forever Young Weekend ". Songs of all the artists of who started their singing careers one or two decades ago and who were still were rocking were played. I could recollect U2, Bon Jovi , Madonna and many others were there. One more theme was " Concert weekend " . Here all the songs handpicked from live concerts were played. This sure is an awsome way to unwind.
I also visit my friends during the weekends. I have already mentioned more about this under the post " The Necessity for an evening walk ".
Lots of reading is what I also enjoy on weekends. My goal is to complete one book per week [Non technical though]. These days I am quite occupied with work , hence am bit slow, unable to achieve my target. I also enjoy reading technical stuff, mostly pertaining to Microsoft Technologies.
Last but not the least I enjoy programming. I love to code, design. All over the week I do code and debug . But a pinch of programming, debugging , designing on the weekend is always close to my heart.
So these are the activities which keep me occupied over the weekend. Apart from this I do watch television but its restricted.
Off late I have been blogging a lot. It sure helps me a lot. It was Aru who introduced blogging to me. I keep wondering why I did not do this few years ago. To be honest there s nothing like blogging. It indeed is a wonderful hobby.
I also listen to music during weekends. It does give a soothing effect. I do catch my favorite show on Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, every saturday morning @ 7 am. Its called " The Indigo Time Tunnel ".
I get to listen all the awesome chartbusters from the past. Elvis , Simply Red , The Police , Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran , Air Supply, Bangles are some of the artists/bands whose tracks I adore a lot.
Apart from this, I also look to VH1 for some more awesome music. VH1 classic is one program which I would love to watch. All the awesome songs of the past are here. There is also the Vh1 Big Weekend which I think is a unique concept. Every weekend tracks are played on a theme. If I could recollect there was a theme called " Forever Young Weekend ". Songs of all the artists of who started their singing careers one or two decades ago and who were still were rocking were played. I could recollect U2, Bon Jovi , Madonna and many others were there. One more theme was " Concert weekend " . Here all the songs handpicked from live concerts were played. This sure is an awsome way to unwind.
I also visit my friends during the weekends. I have already mentioned more about this under the post " The Necessity for an evening walk ".
Lots of reading is what I also enjoy on weekends. My goal is to complete one book per week [Non technical though]. These days I am quite occupied with work , hence am bit slow, unable to achieve my target. I also enjoy reading technical stuff, mostly pertaining to Microsoft Technologies.
Last but not the least I enjoy programming. I love to code, design. All over the week I do code and debug . But a pinch of programming, debugging , designing on the weekend is always close to my heart.
So these are the activities which keep me occupied over the weekend. Apart from this I do watch television but its restricted.
Weekend Time - A Perfect Weekend Getaway
Weekends never been more dearer to me, as they are now, since I have turned a pro. A perfect weekend getaway is what I have always wished. I would love to work for 5 days, the sixth day I wish to go out of town, have a ride along the country side, then come back on sunday evening , full of energy , raring to go.
I have always felt a drive along Mysore Road would de-stress me. This is very much true. The last time I was travelling along Mysore Road was with my cousins on a trip to Kerala. It did de-stress me a lot.
Though this has been a distant dream, I hope it turns into reality soon. I have two friends, who I assume, have no objections in joining me on a weekend getaway. Its Kranti and Nitin.
I even had a plan to go for a Jeep [I would not like to mention the MAKE] , which would perfectly fit in the budget and also a vehicle meant for country roads. However I could not convince my parents. They told it was a diesel vehicle and unfit for city roads. I am uwilling to buy any car other than a Jeep. Hence I am waiting for some more time before I could turn my dream of a weekend getaway to reality
I have always felt a drive along Mysore Road would de-stress me. This is very much true. The last time I was travelling along Mysore Road was with my cousins on a trip to Kerala. It did de-stress me a lot.
Though this has been a distant dream, I hope it turns into reality soon. I have two friends, who I assume, have no objections in joining me on a weekend getaway. Its Kranti and Nitin.
I even had a plan to go for a Jeep [I would not like to mention the MAKE] , which would perfectly fit in the budget and also a vehicle meant for country roads. However I could not convince my parents. They told it was a diesel vehicle and unfit for city roads. I am uwilling to buy any car other than a Jeep. Hence I am waiting for some more time before I could turn my dream of a weekend getaway to reality
Weekend Time
Its weekend time yet again. I get an opportunity and plenty of time to write something. I have no words to describe how much happy I feel when I post something. So everytime I get a chance, I rope in something new over here. This time I wish to talk about weekends. How big the role of a weekend, has been in my life , esp after I turned pro.
I would like to mention all those things I have done on weekends , since my childhood days , to this day when I am a pro and also all those things which I would love to do during the coming weekends
I would like to mention all those things I have done on weekends , since my childhood days , to this day when I am a pro and also all those things which I would love to do during the coming weekends
Excerpt
Its a Monday, 09/July/2007. I have got enough time to rope in a new post before I start snooooring, grrrrrr!!!!!!!!! . This time its a pick from one of the books which I am currently reading. Infact I forgot to mention, about this in my previous post. The past weekend I not only watched the Live Earth Concert but also started reading a new book.
Its "India's unending journey" by Sir Mark Tully. I have hardly completed one chapter, that I notice some awesome, unique quotes. I wish to do a copy paste of few of those lines. So here it goes...
" I start with my school days because it was at school that I learnt much of what I later had to unlearn in India.
I came to believe there was only one way, that life was all about winning and that academic ability was the only index of intelligence. Humility was not a virtue that was encouraged. "
Such a powerful line from a person educated in Britain, makes me say only one thing.
" PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN "
Its "India's unending journey" by Sir Mark Tully. I have hardly completed one chapter, that I notice some awesome, unique quotes. I wish to do a copy paste of few of those lines. So here it goes...
" I start with my school days because it was at school that I learnt much of what I later had to unlearn in India.
I came to believe there was only one way, that life was all about winning and that academic ability was the only index of intelligence. Humility was not a virtue that was encouraged. "
Such a powerful line from a person educated in Britain, makes me say only one thing.
" PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN "
The Live Earth Concert - 7/7/07
The Live Earth Concert is a 7 continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07. Its assumed that 100 artists are to perform as a part of this concert all for one cause, unity against global warming. i was watching many artist perform at this very day, but one band stole the show with awsome drumming and fabulous guitar play.
It was " The Police ". The Police is a three piece outfit formed in 1977 and which split in 1986. But in 2007 they re-united to mark the 30th anniversary of the band.
I was totally impressed by their live performance especially the song "Roxanne" and "So Lonely" . I ve made most of my weekend, ie 7th july 2007, had a wonderful time watching the concert which was telecasted on Vh1.
I hope my post about global warming, did bring in some serious truth about our own planet earth. So its time everyone played a part in reducing the emission of green house gases. I end this post on a happy note ,as on this very day " The Taj Mahal " has found its place among the seven wonders of the world.
Waah Taj, Proud to be an INDIAN ...
It was " The Police ". The Police is a three piece outfit formed in 1977 and which split in 1986. But in 2007 they re-united to mark the 30th anniversary of the band.
I was totally impressed by their live performance especially the song "Roxanne" and "So Lonely" . I ve made most of my weekend, ie 7th july 2007, had a wonderful time watching the concert which was telecasted on Vh1.
I hope my post about global warming, did bring in some serious truth about our own planet earth. So its time everyone played a part in reducing the emission of green house gases. I end this post on a happy note ,as on this very day " The Taj Mahal " has found its place among the seven wonders of the world.
Waah Taj, Proud to be an INDIAN ...
Global Warming - A threat to mankind
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the earth.
As a result glaciers are melting, sea levels are increasing, there is destruction to wildlife.It's clear that humans are responsible for the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. These gases are called the greenhouse gases.
The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.
As a result glaciers are melting, sea levels are increasing, there is destruction to wildlife.It's clear that humans are responsible for the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. These gases are called the greenhouse gases.
The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.
First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.
Carbon dioxide is the most important green house gas. It takes 100 years for CO2 emission to disperse. Driving your vehicle and leaving house lights adds on CO2 quickly.
Regarding my bit to avoid global warming, I ve involved myself in planting lots of saplings over the past 7 years some of them have grown into trees. There are lots of trees in my locality courtesy the Forest Department. There are lots of nurseries close by where in I could get some of the best saplings. Apart from this I do have a solar water heating system and have avoided the use of incandescent lamps where ever possible.
Global Warming , Live earth concert , 7/7/07
Its the 7th of July, the year being 2007, i am witnessing one of the biggest concerts ever to fight the climate crisis. Its a unique concert and a unique concept, intended to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming.
I wish to come up with a 2 post series where in the first post I give a brief intro to global warming and my bit of action against global warming . The second post is about the concert and one of the bands which re-united for a cause and indeed stole the show with their awesome performance. Then band is none other than " The Police " , yes Sting and the gang.
Here it goes....
I wish to come up with a 2 post series where in the first post I give a brief intro to global warming and my bit of action against global warming . The second post is about the concert and one of the bands which re-united for a cause and indeed stole the show with their awesome performance. Then band is none other than " The Police " , yes Sting and the gang.
Here it goes....
My GURUS' of .NET
This post is dedicated to all those people who have taught me .NET , helped me to get a better picture of OOP, and above all helped me grow in this IT industry.
I would like to thank to Chandrashekar SK , N Prashanth , Rajesh Seth , Salil Kumar for their tremendous support and encouragement. Its because of you people that I am completing two successful years.
I joined Sobha Renaissance as a fresher in 2005. There sure is loads of difference between college an industry. There is a gap which needs to be filled up. I was indeed lucky to have found seniors who sure helped me out during my tough times.
Chandrashekar SK is one person whom I will mention first in the list. He too joined SRIT almost at the same time as me. He joined as a lateral. There have been many such instances where amidst his tight schedule he has helped me. Its from him I ve learned loads of technical stuff. Its he who helped with my overall technical skills, be it C# or database or coding or patterns. I owe it to Chandrashekar. Apart from being my senior and a person with loads of experience, Chandrashekar SK is a easy to approach person. I still cherish the days when we used to go out for a walk after lunch, on the roads of AECS Layout, Kundalahalli. Even today though we work for different organizations we still discuss loads of technical stuff over the telephone and on few occasions we do hook up @ Jayanagar 4th Block.
N Prashanth is the next person whom I want to mention. He too was my senior. It is Prashanth to whom I used to ask all my dumb questions. He is the person who helped me nuture my basics. I have asked almost all the basic questions and still continue to ask silly questions but his calm reply coupled with a smile does clear my doubts.
Rajesh Kumar aka Seth is the next person whom I want to thank a lot. Seth is the person who helped me write clean code. Its was my habit to write shabby code since college. Making a code work was my first goal. Cleanliness, readability of code was secondary. But it was till I met Seth. There were many such occasions after I joined SRIT when I wrote shabby code and approached Seth. It was on one such instances he taught me the importance of clean code , the spacing provided , the naming convention followed , the documentation provided. Its something which I am following since that day and will follow during the coming years. Even when I program @ home on sample projects, I do write very clean code these days. Thanks Seth , ur words have done their trick.
Salil Kumar, is another person whom I have to thank a lot. Salil is from a different technology. But he offered me loads of knowledge and inspired me a lot. He is the person who has inspired me to cultivate the reading habit. I still continue to read loads of technical books. I do a lot of coding from my home and also in office. Its very important to read a lot and keep yourself updated with latest technology. Thanks Salil for your inspiring words. It sure did the trick
I wish all the above mentioned people loads of success in their respective careers too. I thank God for helping me to get in touch with such wonderfull people. They sure are my GURUS' of .NET. I wish God grants me a wish , where in I work for a team handled by them in the near future.
Way to go guys, U rock !!!
I would like to thank to Chandrashekar SK , N Prashanth , Rajesh Seth , Salil Kumar for their tremendous support and encouragement. Its because of you people that I am completing two successful years.
I joined Sobha Renaissance as a fresher in 2005. There sure is loads of difference between college an industry. There is a gap which needs to be filled up. I was indeed lucky to have found seniors who sure helped me out during my tough times.
Chandrashekar SK is one person whom I will mention first in the list. He too joined SRIT almost at the same time as me. He joined as a lateral. There have been many such instances where amidst his tight schedule he has helped me. Its from him I ve learned loads of technical stuff. Its he who helped with my overall technical skills, be it C# or database or coding or patterns. I owe it to Chandrashekar. Apart from being my senior and a person with loads of experience, Chandrashekar SK is a easy to approach person. I still cherish the days when we used to go out for a walk after lunch, on the roads of AECS Layout, Kundalahalli. Even today though we work for different organizations we still discuss loads of technical stuff over the telephone and on few occasions we do hook up @ Jayanagar 4th Block.
N Prashanth is the next person whom I want to mention. He too was my senior. It is Prashanth to whom I used to ask all my dumb questions. He is the person who helped me nuture my basics. I have asked almost all the basic questions and still continue to ask silly questions but his calm reply coupled with a smile does clear my doubts.
Rajesh Kumar aka Seth is the next person whom I want to thank a lot. Seth is the person who helped me write clean code. Its was my habit to write shabby code since college. Making a code work was my first goal. Cleanliness, readability of code was secondary. But it was till I met Seth. There were many such occasions after I joined SRIT when I wrote shabby code and approached Seth. It was on one such instances he taught me the importance of clean code , the spacing provided , the naming convention followed , the documentation provided. Its something which I am following since that day and will follow during the coming years. Even when I program @ home on sample projects, I do write very clean code these days. Thanks Seth , ur words have done their trick.
Salil Kumar, is another person whom I have to thank a lot. Salil is from a different technology. But he offered me loads of knowledge and inspired me a lot. He is the person who has inspired me to cultivate the reading habit. I still continue to read loads of technical books. I do a lot of coding from my home and also in office. Its very important to read a lot and keep yourself updated with latest technology. Thanks Salil for your inspiring words. It sure did the trick
I wish all the above mentioned people loads of success in their respective careers too. I thank God for helping me to get in touch with such wonderfull people. They sure are my GURUS' of .NET. I wish God grants me a wish , where in I work for a team handled by them in the near future.
Way to go guys, U rock !!!
Anniversary Special
Its the month of July and the year being 2007. July will always remain a special month to me. Its during this month of the year 2005 that I turned a pro. Its also the month when i graduated.
I am about to complete to successful awesome years in the IT industry, amidst the every so wonderful awesome Microsoft Technologies. I regret making a choice of switching to Linux during my early days in this industry. But now its Microsoft Technologies all the way, thats for sure. Linux has indeed taken a backseat.
As I approach July 12, I thought of bringing in a new post, saying thanks to all those people who have taught me, who have stood by me, who have helped me grow technically and all those people who have spent their valuable time, mentoring me, when i was a fresher. They continue to provide me loads of courage even today, but we have parted ways, in other words we work for different organizations today.
When I thought of thanking all those people, I came up with the idea of bringing it up as a 2 post series, where in I thank all my seniors ie all my GURUS of .NET . In the second post I try to thank all my friends @ SRIT in particular freshers whose career kickstarted on the same day as mine.
The year 2005-06 will go down as one of the bestest years. I sure turned from a amateur college graduate to a thorough pro ( I hope I can call myself a pro ,, critics please comment ).
Here it goes....
I am about to complete to successful awesome years in the IT industry, amidst the every so wonderful awesome Microsoft Technologies. I regret making a choice of switching to Linux during my early days in this industry. But now its Microsoft Technologies all the way, thats for sure. Linux has indeed taken a backseat.
As I approach July 12, I thought of bringing in a new post, saying thanks to all those people who have taught me, who have stood by me, who have helped me grow technically and all those people who have spent their valuable time, mentoring me, when i was a fresher. They continue to provide me loads of courage even today, but we have parted ways, in other words we work for different organizations today.
When I thought of thanking all those people, I came up with the idea of bringing it up as a 2 post series, where in I thank all my seniors ie all my GURUS of .NET . In the second post I try to thank all my friends @ SRIT in particular freshers whose career kickstarted on the same day as mine.
The year 2005-06 will go down as one of the bestest years. I sure turned from a amateur college graduate to a thorough pro ( I hope I can call myself a pro ,, critics please comment ).
Here it goes....
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Its a Wednesday morning, I feel I have enough time to come up with a new post. This time its about something which I had recently read. Its about Ku Klux Klan.
I came to know about Ku Klux Klan for the first time when I was reading the book " Gone With the Wind " by Margaret Mitchell. I thought of putting it up in the blog. But somehow forgot.
It was in one of the Sherlock Holmes adventure stories that I once again read about Ku Klux Klan. (I think it was in the case of The Red Headed League)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations in the United States These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation to oppress African Americans and other groups.
The First KKK group was formed in 1866. Formed by veterans of the Confederate Army it used to resist reconstruction. It also focused on turning down freed slaves. It often used violent methods and it was turned down in 1870.
I came to know about Ku Klux Klan for the first time when I was reading the book " Gone With the Wind " by Margaret Mitchell. I thought of putting it up in the blog. But somehow forgot.
It was in one of the Sherlock Holmes adventure stories that I once again read about Ku Klux Klan. (I think it was in the case of The Red Headed League)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations in the United States These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation to oppress African Americans and other groups.
The First KKK group was formed in 1866. Formed by veterans of the Confederate Army it used to resist reconstruction. It also focused on turning down freed slaves. It often used violent methods and it was turned down in 1870.
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