I am kind of having a perfect weekend. Perfect weekend for me means, getting to do things which I love to do.
It includes a bit of television, whole lot of reading, time to spend with myself all alone, and a bit of blogging just to tingle some thought process in my mind, (Idle mind is devils workshop, so why let it idle??? :P)
Here I am reading 3 awesome books, simultaneously, trying to finish them as soon as possible.. I am not reading one book to completion at a time, coz I am finding it difficult, I am rather juggling between these three books at the same time, reading few pages from one book for sometime and the other and other.
If you ask me which are those three books ... They are:
> Business Maharajas
> ********************************* [Name removed due to some reasons]
> Greatness Guide 2 by Robin Sharma.
Time and again I try to analyze and re-analyze my reading pattern. I am trying to find a defect in the way I read a book so that I can correct myself, but its still elusive.
There are some books which I can finish within 3 hrs, the writing is so good, I just cruise through the book in no time.
There are some books which I start reading but 3/4 through the book, I find that, this book is not for me and totally abandon it. (Though these are very small in number, may be 1 in every 15 books I read, its still a bad sign of losing interest easily or bad selection.)
There are some books which I reading completely but not at a single stretch. ( I have no regrets about that. )
Now I am wondering why my reading speed cannot be same across all the books I read? I am still trying to find an answer to this particular question.
But I did find one clue today while I was reading the book The Greatness Guide 2. In 3 hrs of continuous reading I could only cover 68 pages (The page content was not too much though) . You may be wondering why. But I have an answer. The book is so good that, I ended up thinking and thinking. Instead of reading the book to completion, at the end of each chapter I ended up doing so called reverse engineering. I started wondering whether " Have I been in such a situation? Have I done this before". That reverse engineering went to that extent, that, I started pondering over my childhood days, days as a 4 year old may be....
After all, this is what I expect from a book, a lot to think about, a lot to ponder over and above all a lot to learn and improve upon.
At the end of this post, all I have to say is, there is no pros and cons of reading a book quickly within no time. I feel reading it slowly has its own say.
For example,
>How do you feel when you find yourself in Wonderland amidst Alice, while reading Alice in Wonderland.
>How do you feel when you recollect those precious moments in time that you have spent with loved ones while reading a book from Sudha Murthy.
>How do you feel to be in the jungle while reading the Jungle Book.
>How do you feel when you figure out the lessons learnt from mistakes you made previously, while reading a book by Robin Sharma.
>And not to forget, How do I feel, when I re-read the post I put up few months ago, about being @ Bandipur forest @ 2 am in the morning!!!!!
Just priceless. Ain't the feeling just beyond my dictionary of words of description... It is.. May be I am losing the time over here, just to feel the feeling, instead of running through the pages. ("Feel the feeling", Phrase courtesy - Arvind.)
Thats what reading some books give me or do to me.
So now its time for " Hello Kaun Pehchan Kaun " on Star One and then back to Robin's book. I have some more moments to relive... Yippy ... What a weekend...
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Cheers
PS: Sorry guys the post was meant to be something and it ended up being something, coz in midway I just got a whole new idea, courtesy the super books I am reading, couldn't resist putting it here, else I may forget. So now the post is like inconclusive.
PPS: And regarding my reading pattern. Who cares or may be some other time , I am enjoying the book wholly, reading it as slowly as I can, re-reading the same thing again and again and pondering over those golden moments.....
PPPS: May be, that is why I have read the book by Robin Sharma, 10 times and I will sure read it again and again may be in multiples of 10, just to ponder over those golden moments, again and again, involving, the wonderful people and those mistakes which I have made, who / which have helped me, to be myself and tune myself into, what I am today. Miss you guys..
IT industry - Dilemma at its best..... Judgement @ its worst....
Disclaimer - Whatever I have written in this post, is completely my own individual opinion and has nothing to do with any individual, any company in particular. I have no hatred against anybody as such. If the reader finds some co-incidences relating to a particular individual or a company I can only say its fictitious. I do not want to put even myself as the actor in the scene.
So please keep in mind this post is just an elaboration of a thought which struck me in the middle of the night, when I was finding sleep hard to come by, since I had slight fever and a sore stomach, acidity or gas, I do not know.
The title of this post may add a little bit to the reader's thought process. But I am sorry this is the only title which I can think at this moment of time. Pls excuse if I am wrong...
Introduction to characters -
X -
This is the imaginary IT company in picture in the post.
PersonA -
He is a software engineer by profession, who is relatively new to the IT company. Joined less than a year ago. He earns his bread by coding and introducing new bugs (of course :P).
PersonB -
He is a manager by profession. He is a veteran in this Imaginary Company. He earns his bread by managing people, projects. (There may be an additional source of income which you will come to know later in the post.)
PersonC -
He is a system administrator by profession. He is also quite new to the imaginary IT company. He earns his bread by managing the computers in the Imaginary IT Company.
End of introduction -
Typical day to day routine of PersonA and PersonB
PersonA - codes and debugs for most part of the day. He has some songs to keep him company, just to make his coding experience a better one. He listens to songs mostly through online streaming. There are some sites available which provide the user to listen to songs online.
PersonB - Manages people and projects, gives updates to the management, makes top notch decisions about the project / projects. He is an active investor in stock markets, investing and selling on a regular basis. Even though he might not be investing, he might be actively monitoring the markets, BSE/NSE, whatever. Here comes the additional source of income. He is trying also to make a fortune out of stocks and shares.
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On one fine day PersonC approaches PersonA.
PersonC: "I would like to seize your desktop."
PersonA: "Could I know the reason?".
PersonC: " For listening to songs through streaming, which is not allowed".
PersonA: " But the mp3 website is not blocked. Hence I thought it to be valid".
PersonC: "No Sir, it takes most of the bandwidth, so its not allowed".
PersonA: " So what is the next course of action ".
PersonC: " Immediate meeting with your manager, followed by an integrity + ethics training + test".
[ PersonA in his mind : "Now what ... I think I should fall on his(managers) feet for this one .. err??". ]
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Sitting few rows to the side of him is this particular manager who is actively monitoring the stock market, investing money doing everything which is not allowed, but still at the end of the day, its the coder who gets screwed.
[Ok Ok, you may be wondering, whether listening to mp3 while working is ethical or not. I feel its unethical, or may be I am trying to make excuses via this post, I accept that, but the fact is why only few people hog the limelight for wrong reasons. Why do some people just get away or does every organization encourage to have an additional source of income via share trading?. I do not know, but inequality just hurts..]
There might be loads of people in a company who are investing and selling / buying shares, but ... you are in trouble only because of the bandwidth issue. May be the bandwidth occupies higher position than the Ethics , Conflict of Interest and Integrity or may be there is another twist.
I want to know what is the reason.
> Does the person s loyalty to the organization come into picture. If a person is in a organization for 10+ years does it mean he can attend conference calls on his speaker phone from his place.. whilst disturbing others (OF COURSE YOU DO Mr).
> I feel its the person who at the leaf node suffers whatever may be the case. I sincerely feel it. In most cases such people are relatively new to the organization and are highly vulnerable.
POST ENDS HERE ***************************************8
I have nothing against any person in this world. As I have already mentioned, this post is nothing but imaginary. If you strongly feel you as a person has been depicted in this particular post, please leave a comment, I would either remove the post or edit it as per your suggestion.
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Cheers
PS: I never imagined this post would end up being so long. Now I need to use different fonts else everything looks scary and unreadable
PPS: I ve added to the visitor count by editing and re-editing the same post again and again. It shows up in the FeedJit thing. Also to the visitor from Gurgaon. Do I know you. Can you please introduce yourself !!! (just getting curious :P)
So please keep in mind this post is just an elaboration of a thought which struck me in the middle of the night, when I was finding sleep hard to come by, since I had slight fever and a sore stomach, acidity or gas, I do not know.
The title of this post may add a little bit to the reader's thought process. But I am sorry this is the only title which I can think at this moment of time. Pls excuse if I am wrong...
Introduction to characters -
X -
This is the imaginary IT company in picture in the post.
PersonA -
He is a software engineer by profession, who is relatively new to the IT company. Joined less than a year ago. He earns his bread by coding and introducing new bugs (of course :P).
PersonB -
He is a manager by profession. He is a veteran in this Imaginary Company. He earns his bread by managing people, projects. (There may be an additional source of income which you will come to know later in the post.)
PersonC -
He is a system administrator by profession. He is also quite new to the imaginary IT company. He earns his bread by managing the computers in the Imaginary IT Company.
End of introduction -
Typical day to day routine of PersonA and PersonB
PersonA - codes and debugs for most part of the day. He has some songs to keep him company, just to make his coding experience a better one. He listens to songs mostly through online streaming. There are some sites available which provide the user to listen to songs online.
PersonB - Manages people and projects, gives updates to the management, makes top notch decisions about the project / projects. He is an active investor in stock markets, investing and selling on a regular basis. Even though he might not be investing, he might be actively monitoring the markets, BSE/NSE, whatever. Here comes the additional source of income. He is trying also to make a fortune out of stocks and shares.
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On one fine day PersonC approaches PersonA.
PersonC: "I would like to seize your desktop."
PersonA: "Could I know the reason?".
PersonC: " For listening to songs through streaming, which is not allowed".
PersonA: " But the mp3 website is not blocked. Hence I thought it to be valid".
PersonC: "No Sir, it takes most of the bandwidth, so its not allowed".
PersonA: " So what is the next course of action ".
PersonC: " Immediate meeting with your manager, followed by an integrity + ethics training + test".
[ PersonA in his mind : "Now what ... I think I should fall on his(managers) feet for this one .. err??". ]
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Sitting few rows to the side of him is this particular manager who is actively monitoring the stock market, investing money doing everything which is not allowed, but still at the end of the day, its the coder who gets screwed.
[Ok Ok, you may be wondering, whether listening to mp3 while working is ethical or not. I feel its unethical, or may be I am trying to make excuses via this post, I accept that, but the fact is why only few people hog the limelight for wrong reasons. Why do some people just get away or does every organization encourage to have an additional source of income via share trading?. I do not know, but inequality just hurts..]
There might be loads of people in a company who are investing and selling / buying shares, but ... you are in trouble only because of the bandwidth issue. May be the bandwidth occupies higher position than the Ethics , Conflict of Interest and Integrity or may be there is another twist.
I want to know what is the reason.
> Does the person s loyalty to the organization come into picture. If a person is in a organization for 10+ years does it mean he can attend conference calls on his speaker phone from his place.. whilst disturbing others (OF COURSE YOU DO Mr).
> I feel its the person who at the leaf node suffers whatever may be the case. I sincerely feel it. In most cases such people are relatively new to the organization and are highly vulnerable.
POST ENDS HERE ***************************************8
I have nothing against any person in this world. As I have already mentioned, this post is nothing but imaginary. If you strongly feel you as a person has been depicted in this particular post, please leave a comment, I would either remove the post or edit it as per your suggestion.
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Cheers
PS: I never imagined this post would end up being so long. Now I need to use different fonts else everything looks scary and unreadable
PPS: I ve added to the visitor count by editing and re-editing the same post again and again. It shows up in the FeedJit thing. Also to the visitor from Gurgaon. Do I know you. Can you please introduce yourself !!! (just getting curious :P)
Talking behind a person's back or straight on the face ???
I was watching Jab We Met with my relatives over the last weekend. I ve seen the movie 9 times but still cannot get enough of it.
During the latter half of the movie, one can see, in the Shimla hotel, Kareena shouts at Anshuman, using a foul language. Well foul language may come second in this particular context. I want to focus more on the aspect of taking out your anger on a particular person.
You can also observe, Kareena feels a little bit better after she finishes shouting at Anshuman.
I have seen orkut profiles of many people, they say, they hate people who speak behind their back.
I have so many observations against such messages:
> Firstly if a person is humble, down to earth, unbiased, I bet, no one will talk behind his back. If a person thinks people can speak behind his back, he must be getting it wrong somewhere or the other. Right?
> Secondly, as you can see from the movie, Jab We Met, if speaking behind back (atleast not on the face) can make you a bit relieved off tension/headache, what is stopping you then?
Part 2 of the post...
In this part of the post I just try to give a thought whether to speak behind the back of a person, or straight on his face..
I think both the sides are equally balanced.
You speak straight on the face or speak behind the back, you end up being a loser on either case.
Firstly, if you speak straight on the face, you may end up losing your job (at the max).
If the person, is doing wrong and you remain silent and speak behind the person's back, you may end up being a silent spectator and may even get screwed up once that guy gets noticed.
Whatever may be the case, just make sure, your head is free from such silly stuffs..
And regarding Jab We Met, the movie rocks !!!!
Conclusion::: In a corporate world, if you want to survive, then I feel, keeping mum is a better option.
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Cheers
During the latter half of the movie, one can see, in the Shimla hotel, Kareena shouts at Anshuman, using a foul language. Well foul language may come second in this particular context. I want to focus more on the aspect of taking out your anger on a particular person.
You can also observe, Kareena feels a little bit better after she finishes shouting at Anshuman.
I have seen orkut profiles of many people, they say, they hate people who speak behind their back.
I have so many observations against such messages:
> Firstly if a person is humble, down to earth, unbiased, I bet, no one will talk behind his back. If a person thinks people can speak behind his back, he must be getting it wrong somewhere or the other. Right?
> Secondly, as you can see from the movie, Jab We Met, if speaking behind back (atleast not on the face) can make you a bit relieved off tension/headache, what is stopping you then?
Part 2 of the post...
In this part of the post I just try to give a thought whether to speak behind the back of a person, or straight on his face..
I think both the sides are equally balanced.
You speak straight on the face or speak behind the back, you end up being a loser on either case.
Firstly, if you speak straight on the face, you may end up losing your job (at the max).
If the person, is doing wrong and you remain silent and speak behind the person's back, you may end up being a silent spectator and may even get screwed up once that guy gets noticed.
Whatever may be the case, just make sure, your head is free from such silly stuffs..
And regarding Jab We Met, the movie rocks !!!!
Conclusion::: In a corporate world, if you want to survive, then I feel, keeping mum is a better option.
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Cheers
I love TWITTER...
I think I just love twitter. There is no doubt in that. As I was glancing through many blogs over the internet, over the past few months, I noticed many bloggers had a link saying " follow me on twitter" in their respective blogs.
I generally used to open those twitter pages and in my first few instances I could not make out what TWITTER was all about. You may call me a dumbo. But the fact is I was more interested in the bigger blog posts than the few character twitter updates.
But somehow all of a sudden, a thought struck my mind, why not me also on twitter. Frankly speaking, TWITTER is just awesome.
Sometimes random thoughts flash across your mind. You may not be able to blog them, as you may find them silly or you may not find suitable title for them, or may even forget them. There comes TWITTER into picture.
This whole new thing of microblogging has just left me fascinated. Let me see, how I keep posting on the blog as well as TWITTER.
From now on you can follow me on twitter at :::
https://twitter.com/sandepku
PS:: Twitter Rocks...
I generally used to open those twitter pages and in my first few instances I could not make out what TWITTER was all about. You may call me a dumbo. But the fact is I was more interested in the bigger blog posts than the few character twitter updates.
But somehow all of a sudden, a thought struck my mind, why not me also on twitter. Frankly speaking, TWITTER is just awesome.
Sometimes random thoughts flash across your mind. You may not be able to blog them, as you may find them silly or you may not find suitable title for them, or may even forget them. There comes TWITTER into picture.
This whole new thing of microblogging has just left me fascinated. Let me see, how I keep posting on the blog as well as TWITTER.
From now on you can follow me on twitter at :::
https://twitter.com/sandepku
PS:: Twitter Rocks...
Upset with myself
Sometimes in life, you feel as though you are caught in the middle of nowhere. I was in one such situation over the past weekend. The house warming function at my place was organized for 14 Feb and 15 Feb. So you can expect a lots of preparation to go into that.
In the first place, it is my parents who have taken so much of tension and headache to construct the house, I thought let me atleast do a bit for the housewarming function. But things did not go my way.
I am very happy and sad at the same time.
I am happy firstly because I got leave on 14 Feb and 15 Feb which happened to be Saturday and Sunday, secondly the function went well, really well, by the grace of god. I met loads of relatives who turned up to the function,. I thank all of them, coz it was just through the telephone that my parents had invited them.
I am sad because, I went to the office till 13 Feb, could not apply for leave even a single working day. So all the preparation to the function had to be done by my parents. And that is something which I am not able to digest.
I can recollect the song by John Mayer - No Such Thing where in he sings
" And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better " ..........
I may have helped my parents with some monetary stuffs, but I think I should have done better, worked a little harder at office and taken a leave well in advance. I wish such a thing does not happen in future
By god's grace everything went very well.. Thanks God.
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Cheers
In the first place, it is my parents who have taken so much of tension and headache to construct the house, I thought let me atleast do a bit for the housewarming function. But things did not go my way.
I am very happy and sad at the same time.
I am happy firstly because I got leave on 14 Feb and 15 Feb which happened to be Saturday and Sunday, secondly the function went well, really well, by the grace of god. I met loads of relatives who turned up to the function,. I thank all of them, coz it was just through the telephone that my parents had invited them.
I am sad because, I went to the office till 13 Feb, could not apply for leave even a single working day. So all the preparation to the function had to be done by my parents. And that is something which I am not able to digest.
I can recollect the song by John Mayer - No Such Thing where in he sings
" And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better " ..........
I may have helped my parents with some monetary stuffs, but I think I should have done better, worked a little harder at office and taken a leave well in advance. I wish such a thing does not happen in future
By god's grace everything went very well.. Thanks God.
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Cheers
Are you busy @ work ,, or are you pretending... ???
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Disclaimer ::: The content written in this post are not meant to contradict any person or individual. The person in picture is none other than me. I have no hard or harsh feelings against any particular individual, (IT Guy or non IT Guy to be more specific). All the views expressed here are from my point of view.
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Frankly speaking, as a programmer, I spend almost 9 hrs in front of the computer @ my workplace. I still have one question which haunts me.
" If a software engineer says he is busy, I wonder, whether
> is he really busy or
> is he just pretending to avoid people
> or may be he's just passing time as he may be on bench (no assignments)" .
Its very difficult for me to have a convincing answer for this question, frankly speaking, I do not have answer, nor want an answer, coz, I myself have been in one of the three situations one or many times.
But let's take the a non software engineer's point of view.
Assume if I was a mechanic, if I would be repairing cars (which I would love to have done if not IT), and if I say I am busy, people around me could clearly make out that I am busy, coz I am performing some mechanical task.
But consider me as a software engineer now. If a person unaware of software / IT, asks me, are you busy and I stay " yes ", he believes it.
I am not tightening any screws but at the same time I may not be doing anything productive as well. But how does the poor chap come to know (that I am actually not busy). What if another software engineer asks me the same question without peeping into the monitor or what if I do not lift my head for 8 hrs and keep on typing something ?
People really think I am totally busy, with a donkey's workload.
But how do they know what the truth is, I may be
> Playing Solitaire
> Investing in shares via online trading / telephone trading.
> Chatting with friends over a messenger.
> Checking / Forwarding personal mails.
> Listening to songs (this one is visible.. )
> Browsing the internet for no reasons.
> .. and many more.
What made me write this post ?? No idea..
But I just wanted to bring out the IT guy's idea of being busy when seen through the eyes of a non IT guy.
[Finally a non IT guy like a electrical maintenance guy would always feel I am busy, since I am peeping into my monitor and typing or reading something. I wish they too could find out how busy we actually are.]
PS:: IT Guy tells another IT Guy " I am busy, with work / in a meeting " .. I would appreciate if you could peep into the monitor and look as to what he is busy with or ask for MOM (Minutes of Meeting).
Disclaimer ::: The content written in this post are not meant to contradict any person or individual. The person in picture is none other than me. I have no hard or harsh feelings against any particular individual, (IT Guy or non IT Guy to be more specific). All the views expressed here are from my point of view.
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Frankly speaking, as a programmer, I spend almost 9 hrs in front of the computer @ my workplace. I still have one question which haunts me.
" If a software engineer says he is busy, I wonder, whether
> is he really busy or
> is he just pretending to avoid people
> or may be he's just passing time as he may be on bench (no assignments)" .
Its very difficult for me to have a convincing answer for this question, frankly speaking, I do not have answer, nor want an answer, coz, I myself have been in one of the three situations one or many times.
But let's take the a non software engineer's point of view.
Assume if I was a mechanic, if I would be repairing cars (which I would love to have done if not IT), and if I say I am busy, people around me could clearly make out that I am busy, coz I am performing some mechanical task.
But consider me as a software engineer now. If a person unaware of software / IT, asks me, are you busy and I stay " yes ", he believes it.
I am not tightening any screws but at the same time I may not be doing anything productive as well. But how does the poor chap come to know (that I am actually not busy). What if another software engineer asks me the same question without peeping into the monitor or what if I do not lift my head for 8 hrs and keep on typing something ?
People really think I am totally busy, with a donkey's workload.
But how do they know what the truth is, I may be
> Playing Solitaire
> Investing in shares via online trading / telephone trading.
> Chatting with friends over a messenger.
> Checking / Forwarding personal mails.
> Listening to songs (this one is visible.. )
> Browsing the internet for no reasons.
> .. and many more.
What made me write this post ?? No idea..
But I just wanted to bring out the IT guy's idea of being busy when seen through the eyes of a non IT guy.
[Finally a non IT guy like a electrical maintenance guy would always feel I am busy, since I am peeping into my monitor and typing or reading something. I wish they too could find out how busy we actually are.]
PS:: IT Guy tells another IT Guy " I am busy, with work / in a meeting " .. I would appreciate if you could peep into the monitor and look as to what he is busy with or ask for MOM (Minutes of Meeting).
The new ad on television
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Disclaimer ::: The contents of this post are not meant to contradict any advertisement / individual. Its just a take from my point of view. It is not meant, to prove out a point, esp related to the advertisement. All the views expressed over here are purely my opinion and from my standpoint and nothing to do with anyone else.
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I am currently watching bits and pieces of the ongoing cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka. I was kind of attracted by a new ad shown on the television. It was the new Tata Safari ad - Reclaim your life.
Immediately one thing that came to my mind is - one of my colleague in my previous workplaces used to say " Dont burn yourself out by working too much, try to freak out more.. "
I felt this ad reflected or re-iterated the same thing..
I also immediately felt, I also need to reclaim my life. (Though I am relatively new to software industry close to 4 yrs now). I also got a thought, how about reclaiming my life, the way, depicted in the new Tata Safari ad.
Then there was an abrupt end to my thought process.
Could you guess why?
Forget owning a Tata Safari, I do not have money even to pay for its road tax + insurance.
I have to burn myself out may be for some 2-3 years in a row, save money, then think of owning one vehicle like that.
So the better option (standing in my shoes) is ....
1. Forget about the new ad... As it does not make any sense to me.
2. Do not burn yourself out, and then think of reclaiming my life.
3. Try to reclaim your life. (I insist). but may be a second hand Maruti 800 is a better option (err??)
PS:: I have one doubt -> The ad does not target people like me... or does it ???
PPS::: Going by the salary we get, with the job security in mind, I think owning a Tata Safari
will take me another good 7 - 8 years.. May be the ad is targetted at people of those age group, or may be the richer folks .. what say ???
PPPS :::: Can you guys check out the post time??
Disclaimer ::: The contents of this post are not meant to contradict any advertisement / individual. Its just a take from my point of view. It is not meant, to prove out a point, esp related to the advertisement. All the views expressed over here are purely my opinion and from my standpoint and nothing to do with anyone else.
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I am currently watching bits and pieces of the ongoing cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka. I was kind of attracted by a new ad shown on the television. It was the new Tata Safari ad - Reclaim your life.
Immediately one thing that came to my mind is - one of my colleague in my previous workplaces used to say " Dont burn yourself out by working too much, try to freak out more.. "
I felt this ad reflected or re-iterated the same thing..
I also immediately felt, I also need to reclaim my life. (Though I am relatively new to software industry close to 4 yrs now). I also got a thought, how about reclaiming my life, the way, depicted in the new Tata Safari ad.
Then there was an abrupt end to my thought process.
Could you guess why?
Forget owning a Tata Safari, I do not have money even to pay for its road tax + insurance.
I have to burn myself out may be for some 2-3 years in a row, save money, then think of owning one vehicle like that.
So the better option (standing in my shoes) is ....
1. Forget about the new ad... As it does not make any sense to me.
2. Do not burn yourself out, and then think of reclaiming my life.
3. Try to reclaim your life. (I insist). but may be a second hand Maruti 800 is a better option (err??)
PS:: I have one doubt -> The ad does not target people like me... or does it ???
PPS::: Going by the salary we get, with the job security in mind, I think owning a Tata Safari
will take me another good 7 - 8 years.. May be the ad is targetted at people of those age group, or may be the richer folks .. what say ???
PPPS :::: Can you guys check out the post time??
Check the meaning ........ OR .... Check the meeting.......
Few years before, there was a song which I loved. The song was " Check the meaning " by a band called " The Verve ". Awesome song indeed. A perfection in itself... But what s the song got to do with this post..
Here s the story...
Well, today I was in a scenario where in, I was caught actually in a wrong mood, wrong foot, wrong tone [that is what my team mates / colleagues said].
I was actually on my own, blabbering stuffs (in a meeting) , which I was not sure about, expecting something which would actually may or may not happen. In other words, I did not check the meaning before making sentences. What was the outcome ??
The outcome was that the meeting was infact nothing, as the direction of the meeting went wayward. And many of my friends were quite unpleased with the turn of events. Infact, they were strongly opposing my point of view. Morever they were not impressed, coz of the time wasted by making my bullshit point of view clear...
Actually, once in a while, I do really lose control of what I am speaking and become very demanding.. Saying "I want this, I want that"... But I often forget the point that, the world is really really not the way I want. I need to behave in the way the world is and will be.
Going ahead I need to make sure, I need to be very careful about meetings. One wrong line or one wrong quote, the whole focus drifts, turning the outcome of the meeting to be inconclusive or rather leaving many attendants angry.
Somewhere I read that 90% of all the meeting are just waste of time. After attending many meetings over a period of many years, I could well agree with the above mentioned thing.
What say
~~~~~
Cheers
Here s the story...
Well, today I was in a scenario where in, I was caught actually in a wrong mood, wrong foot, wrong tone [that is what my team mates / colleagues said].
I was actually on my own, blabbering stuffs (in a meeting) , which I was not sure about, expecting something which would actually may or may not happen. In other words, I did not check the meaning before making sentences. What was the outcome ??
The outcome was that the meeting was infact nothing, as the direction of the meeting went wayward. And many of my friends were quite unpleased with the turn of events. Infact, they were strongly opposing my point of view. Morever they were not impressed, coz of the time wasted by making my bullshit point of view clear...
Actually, once in a while, I do really lose control of what I am speaking and become very demanding.. Saying "I want this, I want that"... But I often forget the point that, the world is really really not the way I want. I need to behave in the way the world is and will be.
Going ahead I need to make sure, I need to be very careful about meetings. One wrong line or one wrong quote, the whole focus drifts, turning the outcome of the meeting to be inconclusive or rather leaving many attendants angry.
Somewhere I read that 90% of all the meeting are just waste of time. After attending many meetings over a period of many years, I could well agree with the above mentioned thing.
What say
~~~~~
Cheers
Postcards from Andaman....
Dont ask me the source of the photos, but I can surely tell, I do own them.. so no issues over here...
I was kind of moved when I saw these pics of the cellular jail. Such a harsh treatment meted out to the freedom fighters...
Here s a big salute going out to all those people who have participated in the freedom struggle and who have made me enjoy independence.
Every day of my 25 years of existence, is because of you guys. Hats off...
TZP , SDM
When the movie Slum Dog Millionaire bagged so many awards, I was a kind of a happy man.. Wow what a movie.. I was indeed exclaiming that even without watching the movie.
Next day I came to know that, Taare Zameen Par, had run out of Oscar Contention. I was kind of low.
I thought TZP was a superb movie and deserved an Oscar.
I was just wondering how did SDM bag awards, while TZP was not even in contention.
> Was it because of the director / producer.
> Was it because of the fact that it showed India on the backfoot, instead of a progressed well developed nation. (remember the dialogue in Namastey London, " India , a land of snake charmers ")
No clues as of now..
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Cheers..
Next day I came to know that, Taare Zameen Par, had run out of Oscar Contention. I was kind of low.
I thought TZP was a superb movie and deserved an Oscar.
I was just wondering how did SDM bag awards, while TZP was not even in contention.
> Was it because of the director / producer.
> Was it because of the fact that it showed India on the backfoot, instead of a progressed well developed nation. (remember the dialogue in Namastey London, " India , a land of snake charmers ")
No clues as of now..
~~~~
Cheers..
Daily Soaps .... A cause of sever headache
Everyday my parents watch 2 serials from 8 30 pm to 9 30 pm.
I tend to keep a low profile during this one hour of the day, trying to retire in my room or go to the terrace or whatever, because I want to avoid, watching or even catching a glimpse of those serials.
My only cause of concern is, why to give a thought of the troubles faced by unreal characters?
I was watching ["Name of serial removed "] one day and was shocked at the seris of co-incidences happening. After many episodes, one lady appears as the wife of a person, all of a sudden , who also turns out to be the manager of the lady whose her husband has a crush on.
My gosh, so many co-incidences?? To be honest first time I am seeing so many co-incidences, never mind, its fiction after all....
The two serials which I adore as of now are,
" Hello Kaun Pehchaan Kaun "
" MTV Roadies "
~~~~
Cheers
I tend to keep a low profile during this one hour of the day, trying to retire in my room or go to the terrace or whatever, because I want to avoid, watching or even catching a glimpse of those serials.
My only cause of concern is, why to give a thought of the troubles faced by unreal characters?
I was watching ["Name of serial removed "] one day and was shocked at the seris of co-incidences happening. After many episodes, one lady appears as the wife of a person, all of a sudden , who also turns out to be the manager of the lady whose her husband has a crush on.
My gosh, so many co-incidences?? To be honest first time I am seeing so many co-incidences, never mind, its fiction after all....
The two serials which I adore as of now are,
" Hello Kaun Pehchaan Kaun "
" MTV Roadies "
~~~~
Cheers
New Show on Radio Indigo....
Its 2 weeks since, a new show has been launched on Radio Indigo.
I am waiting to listen to it, right from the word go, but have not been able to, courtesy my laziness, my schedule, my forgetfulness, you name it, you have it.
But what is so special about this show???
1. Its a retro show, (classic rock + some legends + some trivia)
2. Hosted by (Guess the RJ) , (sounds familiar name is it?)
I was a huge fan of this particular RJ during my engineering days, way back in 2002, 2003. I enjoyed " The Late Show " weekdays night 10pm - 12 pm and " The Retro Show " Sundays 7pm - 9pm.
But hoping not to miss this Sunday, let me see. The show is " PlayBack " Sunday morning 9am to 12 pm...
~~~
Cheers
I am waiting to listen to it, right from the word go, but have not been able to, courtesy my laziness, my schedule, my forgetfulness, you name it, you have it.
But what is so special about this show???
1. Its a retro show, (classic rock + some legends + some trivia)
2. Hosted by (Guess the RJ) , (sounds familiar name is it?)
I was a huge fan of this particular RJ during my engineering days, way back in 2002, 2003. I enjoyed " The Late Show " weekdays night 10pm - 12 pm and " The Retro Show " Sundays 7pm - 9pm.
But hoping not to miss this Sunday, let me see. The show is " PlayBack " Sunday morning 9am to 12 pm...
~~~
Cheers
After a break....
Hey there .... here I am ... blogging after a lil long time..
I was facing some internet problem at home, so could not login since almost 5 days..
I have loads of things to write about, not sure where to begin from.... Few of them include...
> What I did not understand about Slum Dog Millionare.
> Daily soaps on NDTV Imagine (Mein Teri Parchayee Hoon and Radha Ki Betiyaan).
> My new orkut testimonial.
> New show on Radio Indigo...
I can also write about loads of things, which I am expecting to happen in the near future. But let it happen... So let me write about the above mentioned things in subsequent posts...
~~~
Cheers.
I was facing some internet problem at home, so could not login since almost 5 days..
I have loads of things to write about, not sure where to begin from.... Few of them include...
> What I did not understand about Slum Dog Millionare.
> Daily soaps on NDTV Imagine (Mein Teri Parchayee Hoon and Radha Ki Betiyaan).
> My new orkut testimonial.
> New show on Radio Indigo...
I can also write about loads of things, which I am expecting to happen in the near future. But let it happen... So let me write about the above mentioned things in subsequent posts...
~~~
Cheers.
New theme for 2009
Going into 2009, I thought let me put a new theme, so finally finalized a theme, which included white color.
Nothing particular about choosing white, just hoping to purify my thoughts and throw away any negativity which resides within me.
I think, the picture of Mahatma Gandhi on a white background looks amazingly supercool.
[Gosh, I could have put in white a little before, never mind, better late than later ]
Also forgot to write much in the last weeks of 2008. I have found a show on TV very interesting, its MTV roadies, audition. Some cool questions, some supercool interviewers. I wish not to view Roadies, but the auditions look pretty cool.
I also happened to watch MTV Vaults on VH1, which featured U2 - MTV Vaults. I just love U2, their music and any program on or about U2, just peps me up.
I can say one thing for sure, I have known U2 all my life, and I just love their music.
~~~~
Cheers
Nothing particular about choosing white, just hoping to purify my thoughts and throw away any negativity which resides within me.
I think, the picture of Mahatma Gandhi on a white background looks amazingly supercool.
[Gosh, I could have put in white a little before, never mind, better late than later ]
Also forgot to write much in the last weeks of 2008. I have found a show on TV very interesting, its MTV roadies, audition. Some cool questions, some supercool interviewers. I wish not to view Roadies, but the auditions look pretty cool.
I also happened to watch MTV Vaults on VH1, which featured U2 - MTV Vaults. I just love U2, their music and any program on or about U2, just peps me up.
I can say one thing for sure, I have known U2 all my life, and I just love their music.
~~~~
Cheers
Pep me up !!!
One of my goals for the year 2009, is to read more and more books. So I started to re-read a book which I had last read in 2005, when I had joined my first company.
The book is "Tough times never last, tough people do". As I began to read the book, I just found a new punch line, which I thought of pinning down in my blog title, [which infact I did].
I can also say, going into the new year, I found that line too inspiring, to keep on blogging more and more.
So here goes the line " If you dont have any advice to give, share your own story".
Then I thought, here I am sharing my own story . [Not everything, but atleast some and one more thing, I do not intend to do this for the sake of audience. Its for my sole purpose. To turn the focus light more towards myself.]
Let me hope I will write more than what I did in 2008.
~~~
Cheers
The book is "Tough times never last, tough people do". As I began to read the book, I just found a new punch line, which I thought of pinning down in my blog title, [which infact I did].
I can also say, going into the new year, I found that line too inspiring, to keep on blogging more and more.
So here goes the line " If you dont have any advice to give, share your own story".
Then I thought, here I am sharing my own story . [Not everything, but atleast some and one more thing, I do not intend to do this for the sake of audience. Its for my sole purpose. To turn the focus light more towards myself.]
Let me hope I will write more than what I did in 2008.
~~~
Cheers
#1 for 2009
Here s my first post for the year 2009.
Firstly I have to thank none other than god for keeping me alive and kicking .
Second thing is I too have some things which I would like to do in the year 2009.
~~CHeers
Firstly I have to thank none other than god for keeping me alive and kicking .
Second thing is I too have some things which I would like to do in the year 2009.
~~CHeers
Awesome song - Inspirational or Mushy ????
Off late, I have been listening to a song again and again. I am trying to figure out what the song has to say. But I haven't yet. Again its a classic of the 1980's. The song is " You can do magic " by a band called "America". They performed live in Bangalore, sometime in Dec 2007.
Some backdrop ::: [ I am a huge fan of this song, thinking it is a very inspirational song. People always criticize me for being a fan of western music, esp rock. They indirectly ask me " Are u angrez key aulaad?". (Well whatever, who cares, btw?). But the truth is, whenever I listen to some super cool english songs, they just pep me up, to do better, to go an extra mile. ]
When I first listened to the song, I felt it is a inspirational song, but when I checked out the lyrics, I found a mushy edge to it as well. Whatever may be the case, it occupies #3 position in my all time favorite list of inspirational songs.
Well, if you want to know, which songs top the list of my all time favorite inspirational songs ...... here it goes...
#1 and #2 no doubt belongs to U2.
#1 Stuck in a moment - U2
#2 Walk On. - U2
#3 You can do magic. - America
#4 Welcome to wherever you are - Bon Jovi
Some backdrop ::: [ I am a huge fan of this song, thinking it is a very inspirational song. People always criticize me for being a fan of western music, esp rock. They indirectly ask me " Are u angrez key aulaad?". (Well whatever, who cares, btw?). But the truth is, whenever I listen to some super cool english songs, they just pep me up, to do better, to go an extra mile. ]
When I first listened to the song, I felt it is a inspirational song, but when I checked out the lyrics, I found a mushy edge to it as well. Whatever may be the case, it occupies #3 position in my all time favorite list of inspirational songs.
Well, if you want to know, which songs top the list of my all time favorite inspirational songs ...... here it goes...
#1 and #2 no doubt belongs to U2.
#1 Stuck in a moment - U2
#2 Walk On. - U2
#3 You can do magic. - America
#4 Welcome to wherever you are - Bon Jovi
Dollar Bahu
One of my TODO s for the year 2009 include read as many books as possible. Technical books, I do read, but I am especially particular about fiction, autobiography, travelogues and books like these.
I think during the year 2008, I started to read a lot of unwanted books (mostly non technical). In the middle or the last part, of some of the books , I totally lost interest in the book. I do not know why. But somehow, it all went wayward.
Now in the last month of the year, I thought let me read a bit more. And all of a sudden I found two new books within my reach.
They were.
1. Dollar Bahu by Sudha Murthy
2. Nandan Nilekani 's book
I thought, lemme read one first. So went ahead and read Dollar Bahu.
Now I am thinking of reading one more book before 2009. Let me see, how it goes.
~~~~
Cheers
I think during the year 2008, I started to read a lot of unwanted books (mostly non technical). In the middle or the last part, of some of the books , I totally lost interest in the book. I do not know why. But somehow, it all went wayward.
Now in the last month of the year, I thought let me read a bit more. And all of a sudden I found two new books within my reach.
They were.
1. Dollar Bahu by Sudha Murthy
2. Nandan Nilekani 's book
I thought, lemme read one first. So went ahead and read Dollar Bahu.
Now I am thinking of reading one more book before 2009. Let me see, how it goes.
~~~~
Cheers
My new orkut testimonial
Incidentally, I happened to receive a new testimonial. It was from my honeywell friend/colleague, Muthukumaran.
I had written a testimonial for him around 4 months back. One of my friends who visited his profile immediately asked, is it barter system? I really do not think so. But it is to the outside world. What can I do?
So the testimonial had an important point which I would like to highlight of blog about. My friend says, " I have a good sense of humor ". I agree with it, but at the same time I also disagree with it.
How?
I have a good sense of humor, only when my going is good. When my going gets tough, my sense of humor just vanishes. I tend to lose patience / temper, if not often, but atleast sometimes atleast. [Gimme a break guys, I am a human after all, I tend to make mistakes, lose patience. Its all in the game].
After reading the book by Robin Sharma 9 times, I still could not come up with a way where in I could exhibit, " Grace Under Pressure ". Forget, exhibiting " Humor under Pressure". Its totally difficult. The guy who does it is a " REAL DUDE ".
One of my key goals in the year 2009 would be to improve myself on this whole issue. I do tend to lose humor, patience, under pressure. I wish I could handle pressure in a better way. So that I can get more out of that situation as well.
PS: Why am I writing about this topic is, I recently lost patience, and it took me a little while to be back, doing what I love to do the most.
~~~~~
Cheers
I had written a testimonial for him around 4 months back. One of my friends who visited his profile immediately asked, is it barter system? I really do not think so. But it is to the outside world. What can I do?
So the testimonial had an important point which I would like to highlight of blog about. My friend says, " I have a good sense of humor ". I agree with it, but at the same time I also disagree with it.
How?
I have a good sense of humor, only when my going is good. When my going gets tough, my sense of humor just vanishes. I tend to lose patience / temper, if not often, but atleast sometimes atleast. [Gimme a break guys, I am a human after all, I tend to make mistakes, lose patience. Its all in the game].
After reading the book by Robin Sharma 9 times, I still could not come up with a way where in I could exhibit, " Grace Under Pressure ". Forget, exhibiting " Humor under Pressure". Its totally difficult. The guy who does it is a " REAL DUDE ".
One of my key goals in the year 2009 would be to improve myself on this whole issue. I do tend to lose humor, patience, under pressure. I wish I could handle pressure in a better way. So that I can get more out of that situation as well.
PS: Why am I writing about this topic is, I recently lost patience, and it took me a little while to be back, doing what I love to do the most.
~~~~~
Cheers
100th post for the year 2008
Can't imagine about this one.. 100 posts for the year 2008.. In the month of December.. I openly admit 2008 has just gone by. God has been graceful in giving me loads of things. But I have not been up to the mark, when it comes to growing with age. It is something which I will take up seriously in the new year.
But 100 posts, when I look back, how on earth did I manage to write about 100 bakwaas topics. [I feel some of them are repeated , may be 5-6]. But overall nice feat... Pat on my back..
I had many takeaways' this year ...
--> cousin's marriage, met loads(mark my words) , loads of relatives.
--> new company, new colleagues.
--> different schedule altogether.(less travelling)
--> continued going to the gym for most part of the year.
--> went on a trip with my cousins to Ooty, which was the best of them all.
--> Read lots of books ( may be 12-15 overall, small in number, apart from technical ones)
--> Wrote loads of code in 2008.
--> Tried to learn lots of things in the last quarter of 2008. (have infact overburdened myself).
--> Got a little bit more health concious.
--> Kept blogging btw...
--> Found solace in loads of inspirational books and writing..
--> Last but not the least, laughed my heart out, many a number of times, more, than in 2007.
I have a list of things which I could not do or did moderately.. In other words.. somethings which I regret.
--> Not regularly listening to the radio. Lesser radio play during 2008.
--> Could not meet Nitin or Kranti many a times during the year 2008, for whatever may be the reasons.
--> Less books read... I need to read more..
I would like to thank god, for keeping me alive and kicking all through the year 2008.
One more thing worth mentioning:::
My first post for the year 2008 was a song by Simply Red::::
You make me feel brand new... Wow.. I dint notice till today. What an amazing song it is.
What a way to begin a new year blogging calendar.. Whacko !!!
~~ Cheers
But 100 posts, when I look back, how on earth did I manage to write about 100 bakwaas topics. [I feel some of them are repeated , may be 5-6]. But overall nice feat... Pat on my back..
I had many takeaways' this year ...
--> cousin's marriage, met loads(mark my words) , loads of relatives.
--> new company, new colleagues.
--> different schedule altogether.(less travelling)
--> continued going to the gym for most part of the year.
--> went on a trip with my cousins to Ooty, which was the best of them all.
--> Read lots of books ( may be 12-15 overall, small in number, apart from technical ones)
--> Wrote loads of code in 2008.
--> Tried to learn lots of things in the last quarter of 2008. (have infact overburdened myself).
--> Got a little bit more health concious.
--> Kept blogging btw...
--> Found solace in loads of inspirational books and writing..
--> Last but not the least, laughed my heart out, many a number of times, more, than in 2007.
I have a list of things which I could not do or did moderately.. In other words.. somethings which I regret.
--> Not regularly listening to the radio. Lesser radio play during 2008.
--> Could not meet Nitin or Kranti many a times during the year 2008, for whatever may be the reasons.
--> Less books read... I need to read more..
I would like to thank god, for keeping me alive and kicking all through the year 2008.
One more thing worth mentioning:::
My first post for the year 2008 was a song by Simply Red::::
You make me feel brand new... Wow.. I dint notice till today. What an amazing song it is.
What a way to begin a new year blogging calendar.. Whacko !!!
~~ Cheers
Thank you for the music
I was listening to a song by ABBA today. ABBA happens to be one of my all time favorite bands. I think its a 4 piece outfit. I have grown listening to ABBA. Even as a child who dint know English correctly, I used to sing " Fernando ". (Aint that awesome).
I thought let me put a lyrics of a song which is so meaningful and also thanks something in the most beautiful way. I think this song is more than 24 yrs old.
The song is " Thank you for the music". The lyrics goes... [Incomplete though]
I thought let me put a lyrics of a song which is so meaningful and also thanks something in the most beautiful way. I think this song is more than 24 yrs old.
The song is " Thank you for the music". The lyrics goes... [Incomplete though]
Im nothing special, in fact Im a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke, youve probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
cause everyone listens when I start to sing
Im so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs Im singing
Thanks for all the joy theyre bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me
If I tell a joke, youve probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
cause everyone listens when I start to sing
Im so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs Im singing
Thanks for all the joy theyre bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me
Songs, Music does bring a lot of joy to me, absolutely true. ABBA songs, all I can say is it just reminds me of the wonderful 80's. Aaaah.. Its so beautiful... (80's and my childhood days)
~~~~Cheers
Surprise Surprise; this december
Two days ago, I received a official mail saying, a new year gift is waiting for all the employees of the organization. And this would be a shirt (in case of gents).
So this is the December surprise. Not sure whether I am happy or not, I need to figure that out..
~~~ Cheers
So this is the December surprise. Not sure whether I am happy or not, I need to figure that out..
~~~ Cheers
Unfortunate incident
It just happened around a week back and I came to know about it today. Incidentally there was a snake bite, which happened close to my house, (same road I feel) around 8pm in the night.
Not sure venomous or non venomous, but one thing's for sure. There s this new apparent threat while walking in the dark. And considering power cuts do tend to happen, I better keep both my eyes open.
Not sure venomous or non venomous, but one thing's for sure. There s this new apparent threat while walking in the dark. And considering power cuts do tend to happen, I better keep both my eyes open.
November Rain
Not much blogging in the month of November.
Well...literally littered around for the whole month reading a single book - Straight from the Gut, by Jack and what I can say is, I cant remember or recollect so many facts / figures / dates / people / companies that the book churns out. Its been difficult to digest. Thats the truth.
Not sure which book I will read next.
Well... I always admire the group pravsworld for their amazing work. They just pep me up everytime, with their wonderful inspirational emails.
Got this one a day before. I kept on wondering whether to agree with this or not.
" People know you by what you do".. I just kept on thinking..
Let me interpret this from professional perspective (by means of work/job).
If I lose my job, how will people know me?
I do not know the answer.. I feel, if I lose my job and incapable to find another job, I think most people would distance away from me. The only 2 places where I would be welcomed would be :
1. House.
2. Gym.
I think @ these two places people know me not by what I do.. Yes. At gym, no one knows whats my profession is (apart from the trainer)...
By the way let me stop being so negative and inconclusive about job security.. Its not gonna take me anywhere after all... Apart from this nothing much to post about...
Cheers...
Arvind's wedding...
On Nov 10 , 2008, I had been to Arvind's wedding. The wedding was rocking.. Arvind s a lucky guy. Here 's wishing him all the best..
The wedding was the prime thing. But apart from that, I did meet a lot of my Wipro and Target friends. The list was huge. 20 odd guys with whom I had worked with, meeting them after 7 or 8 odd months was kind of a good feeling.
Rare are such occasions.. But I was lucky to spot one of them and cash in.. Let me post a pic of me over there, in the coming days..
Cheers..
The wedding was the prime thing. But apart from that, I did meet a lot of my Wipro and Target friends. The list was huge. 20 odd guys with whom I had worked with, meeting them after 7 or 8 odd months was kind of a good feeling.
Rare are such occasions.. But I was lucky to spot one of them and cash in.. Let me post a pic of me over there, in the coming days..
Cheers..
I am a relieved man today..
I made a comeback @ the gym today, almost a month after I had left going to the gym owing to some stupid reasons. Due to the power cuts, now I have to time my entry and exit to the gym properly.
Whatever may be the case, I can say, a donkey (issue) is off my back.. [Weird way of putting it.]
Whats so special about today? Generally I do plan such comebacks esp on Saturday. I do owe a lot, to Lord Shani, so thought Saturday is the best day.
Whatever may be the case, I can say, a donkey (issue) is off my back.. [Weird way of putting it.]
Whats so special about today? Generally I do plan such comebacks esp on Saturday. I do owe a lot, to Lord Shani, so thought Saturday is the best day.
Ahhhh... B'day bash @ workplace
It happened so, I celebrated my 25 yrs of existence, sometime during last month end. Generally I used to keep a low profile about my birthday, if not my age, at almost all my workplaces (4 workplaces to be more precise).
But for the last 3 years not many people knew when's my birthday. But this time @ Honeywell, the lid just blew off. Yes. On my birthday, in fact my name was put up on the display board at the reception. So this had to happen. I ended up cutting a cake.
Yes, I did cut a cake today, 4 November, but more than cutting the cake and eating it, I enjoyed something more, which happened in one of our meeting rooms. I was not the only one about to cut the cake, but Devender also. But the occasion/session had a special twist.
Mr Aneesh, my team member came up with the idea of writing Happy Birthday on the glass board in one of the meeting rooms. Along with it he sketched my friend and me. Me with my trademark mustache and hairdo.
It did not stop there, from there on he went ahead to sketch different stuffs which were characteristic of that person. Finally every other person in the meeting room, started drawing caricatures on the board. And also added a baseline / punchline to each caricature..
[ Mine - the punchline read - " I want to go home ". Along with it there was another pic which depicted a bed. It had a punchline " Relaxation Room "].
Awesome, sometimes you may be at the recieving end of a comedy/ gimmick, but it indeed feels great. [To know what other people really think of you].
It was just the right dose of fun. I will surely put up few pics of it, once I go to the office tomorrow.
PS ::: Thank you guys, it indeed was, very very very special...
PPS:: Thanks god, for keeping me alive and kicking for 25 years, not sure how many b'days will i celebrate in future... (keeping my fingers crossed.)
I am really bad at something.....
Its true.. I am really bad at something, which is an integral part of my day to day routine. That thing is " Googling ". Yes using search engine is an art in itself. Like the art of bike maintenance.
I am bad at both infact. I feel in todays world, a search engine can add lot of values to a programmer . Some of the stuff which have not been covered out in some of the best selling titles can be unearthed using a search engine.
I am really in a state of shock. I am unable to use google as a precision instrument in finding answers. Well, I am lucky, @ honeywell atleast, I have Mr Muthu who comes to my rescue time and again, showing the world or in fact me at least, " The Way to Google".
Yes googling for answers is an art in itself. Some people end up doing research on using Google, infact I am bad at it. I openly admit it. I have no clues how to better myself at it (as of now). But with little guidance from Muthu and a little Hands On, I feel I can better myself at it by early 2009. Let me see.
Conclusion::: What I can say is, " A person well versed with using a search engine, can see a solution to a problem and can bail himself out, when most others hang up their boots."
There are always two sides of the story. What Muthu has to say is " You better appreciate and use others code, or better get that thing ready in no time ( In other words, get expertise at it)."
That really sums it up. Its up to you to decide !!!
I am bad at both infact. I feel in todays world, a search engine can add lot of values to a programmer . Some of the stuff which have not been covered out in some of the best selling titles can be unearthed using a search engine.
I am really in a state of shock. I am unable to use google as a precision instrument in finding answers. Well, I am lucky, @ honeywell atleast, I have Mr Muthu who comes to my rescue time and again, showing the world or in fact me at least, " The Way to Google".
Yes googling for answers is an art in itself. Some people end up doing research on using Google, infact I am bad at it. I openly admit it. I have no clues how to better myself at it (as of now). But with little guidance from Muthu and a little Hands On, I feel I can better myself at it by early 2009. Let me see.
Conclusion::: What I can say is, " A person well versed with using a search engine, can see a solution to a problem and can bail himself out, when most others hang up their boots."
There are always two sides of the story. What Muthu has to say is " You better appreciate and use others code, or better get that thing ready in no time ( In other words, get expertise at it)."
That really sums it up. Its up to you to decide !!!
Found solace in a new book...
I turned pro in 2005 and ever since then I end up cribbing over and over again. Infact this cribbing about monetary and other issues has taken me to 3 different workplaces in less than 3 of turning a pro.
Looking at this, once my parents told me, " You are unfit for any industry, where ever you go you feel dissatisfied, about one thing or the other ".
This thing was hard to digest. The impact of this dialog haunts my mind even to this day and to be honest haunts my resume as well.
I am now reading the autobiography of Jack Welch, so kinda, found a solace in the book. The book churns up some great insights into GE in the 70's and 80's. ( may be even 90's I ve not read it completely as of now.. My Bad)
Conclusion : I now feel cribbing is not bad afterall.
Does the conclusion justify the post ??? : You have to read the book for yourself and find out how it justifies or coincides...
PS::: I forgot to mention a line which I read in FountainHead -> " Man's ego is the fountain head of human progress ". As of now I am not getting any clues , regarding how to infuse this great line into this post or into a new post. I will do that, may be someday later. Thanks Abhijit for reminding me...
Looking at this, once my parents told me, " You are unfit for any industry, where ever you go you feel dissatisfied, about one thing or the other ".
This thing was hard to digest. The impact of this dialog haunts my mind even to this day and to be honest haunts my resume as well.
I am now reading the autobiography of Jack Welch, so kinda, found a solace in the book. The book churns up some great insights into GE in the 70's and 80's. ( may be even 90's I ve not read it completely as of now.. My Bad)
Conclusion : I now feel cribbing is not bad afterall.
Does the conclusion justify the post ??? : You have to read the book for yourself and find out how it justifies or coincides...
PS::: I forgot to mention a line which I read in FountainHead -> " Man's ego is the fountain head of human progress ". As of now I am not getting any clues , regarding how to infuse this great line into this post or into a new post. I will do that, may be someday later. Thanks Abhijit for reminding me...
My Lil Poem
Incidentally I happened to chat with one of my friends on GTALK. It was kind of boring chat session. I used to get the reply from that person a bit late, infact very very late.
So this is the small poem which I said to that person..
" U reply so late
i just cant wait
i feel like a bait
tats not my trait ".
I hope I get a reply soon henceforth from the other side..
So this is the small poem which I said to that person..
" U reply so late
i just cant wait
i feel like a bait
tats not my trait ".
I hope I get a reply soon henceforth from the other side..
My new acquisition...
Its been a rocking Sunday. I was upto a lot of things today. I did acquire something new. Yes, it is a 2X2 soft board. I always wanted to have a softboard in my room, may be since ages. So since these days, I was planning to have one in my about to be completed study room, I just went to one stationery store.
To my surprise he did have 2 flavors, 2X2 and a 3X3 one. I wanted to go for 3X3 piece. Each feet cost me Rs 75. But the 3X3 piece was kind a huuuuge one.. I thought I would buy it for my study room atop. For my current room, I just got a 2X2 one. Its about Rs 300.
Awesome. I am excited. Now its time to put into practice, some of the stuff which I read or will read from the book " Getting Things Done " by David Allen.
Also forgot to mention in my list of incompleted books. It also includes " GTD" by David Allen.
Cheers,
To my surprise he did have 2 flavors, 2X2 and a 3X3 one. I wanted to go for 3X3 piece. Each feet cost me Rs 75. But the 3X3 piece was kind a huuuuge one.. I thought I would buy it for my study room atop. For my current room, I just got a 2X2 one. Its about Rs 300.
Awesome. I am excited. Now its time to put into practice, some of the stuff which I read or will read from the book " Getting Things Done " by David Allen.
Also forgot to mention in my list of incompleted books. It also includes " GTD" by David Allen.
Cheers,
Felt like posting
I felt like writing something, but unfortunately I have nothing to write.
But since my last 3 or odd posts have something to say about the books which I have been reading, I thought let me make a list of books which I have left uncompleted after I started to read them. Here it goes. The list is not that long. But I feel like kicking myself, since I just could not complete them.
They are:
1. Tough times never last, tough people do. - Robert Schuller
2. Biography of Rahul Dravid. - Vedam Jaishankar
3. The Life of Pi. - Not remembering the author.
4. Inheritance of Loss. - Kiran Desai
5. Agatha Christie - Partners in Crime.
6. Getting Things Done - David Allen
Hopefully I finish reading the Art of Bike Maintenance before the book just runs out of my hand
But since my last 3 or odd posts have something to say about the books which I have been reading, I thought let me make a list of books which I have left uncompleted after I started to read them. Here it goes. The list is not that long. But I feel like kicking myself, since I just could not complete them.
They are:
1. Tough times never last, tough people do. - Robert Schuller
2. Biography of Rahul Dravid. - Vedam Jaishankar
3. The Life of Pi. - Not remembering the author.
4. Inheritance of Loss. - Kiran Desai
5. Agatha Christie - Partners in Crime.
6. Getting Things Done - David Allen
Hopefully I finish reading the Art of Bike Maintenance before the book just runs out of my hand
A New " Book for the week."
Its true. I just picked up a new title to read. I have not finished reading " The Art of Bike maintenance ". I was looking out for a particular book as I mentioned in the previous posts. But could not find it. Looks like " The Strand Book Festival " is where I will be able to find it.
But instead of it, I brought another book, " Straight from the Gut" by Jack Welch.
Now I need to quickly finish reading the book#1, which I am finding little difficulty in.
Also I somehow landed with two DVD's for the weekend. " Dil Chahta Hai" which I watched today, with lots of breaks, and " Andaaz Apna Apna" which I will watch tomorrow hopefully.
Cheers,
But instead of it, I brought another book, " Straight from the Gut" by Jack Welch.
Now I need to quickly finish reading the book#1, which I am finding little difficulty in.
Also I somehow landed with two DVD's for the weekend. " Dil Chahta Hai" which I watched today, with lots of breaks, and " Andaaz Apna Apna" which I will watch tomorrow hopefully.
Cheers,
A new book altogether...
I have completed reading the book, " The Case for India".
I have picked up a new book " Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ". I am sure gonna take sometime before I finish this book. By the way this book dates back to 1974.
Hopefully my next book would be : " The Story of My Experiments with truth". I will surely write about it, if I get a copy this Saturday.
Cheers.
I have picked up a new book " Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ". I am sure gonna take sometime before I finish this book. By the way this book dates back to 1974.
Hopefully my next book would be : " The Story of My Experiments with truth". I will surely write about it, if I get a copy this Saturday.
Cheers.
Excerpt from the book " The Case For India "
Disclaimer - The below mentioned content is an excerpt from the book " The Case For India " by Will Durant.
I have been reading the book " The Case for India " for a couple of days now.
There is some awesome writing about Mahatma Gandhi.
I better get going in my usual ways, I mean the software engineer way ie Copy Paste aka Ctrl C , Ctrl V.
So here it goes... Its dated to a few years before the book was written, may be early 1920's.
Its actually what Rabindranath Tagore said about Mahatma Gandhi:
" Content removed "
Sometimes reading books about India before 1947 just makes you feel so proud. Btw it also provides a much needed break from the so called " FALSE TECHNOLOGY " which we tend to live in and boast about.
Cheers,
I have been reading the book " The Case for India " for a couple of days now.
There is some awesome writing about Mahatma Gandhi.
I better get going in my usual ways, I mean the software engineer way ie Copy Paste aka Ctrl C , Ctrl V.
So here it goes... Its dated to a few years before the book was written, may be early 1920's.
Its actually what Rabindranath Tagore said about Mahatma Gandhi:
" Content removed "
Sometimes reading books about India before 1947 just makes you feel so proud. Btw it also provides a much needed break from the so called " FALSE TECHNOLOGY " which we tend to live in and boast about.
Cheers,
I am reading a book
I have started reading a new book, " The Case for India ".. It was written in the year 1930. Looks like its a supercool book. But I am finding little difficulty in reading the same. Ask me why I will tell you..
I had an idea of finishing the book today itself by late evening, but found a good friend over the internet, so time just flew by chatting and chatting...
I just wanted to mention something about the books which I read. More often, I have found a liking towards book written during 1910, 1920, 1930's or even earlier, rather than the latter ones' of the century. I do like the recent ones'. But somehow I feel, I just adore the classics.
Here are few of them
--> Diary of Anne Frank
--> Gone With the Wind.
--> Agatha Christie books
--> FountainHead (not read completely though).
--> Sherlock Holmes adventures... (huge fan of it,, next to Diary of Anne Frank)
and many more..
As of now I am looking forward towards reading " The Story of My Experiments with Truth".
Cheers for now..
I had an idea of finishing the book today itself by late evening, but found a good friend over the internet, so time just flew by chatting and chatting...
I just wanted to mention something about the books which I read. More often, I have found a liking towards book written during 1910, 1920, 1930's or even earlier, rather than the latter ones' of the century. I do like the recent ones'. But somehow I feel, I just adore the classics.
Here are few of them
--> Diary of Anne Frank
--> Gone With the Wind.
--> Agatha Christie books
--> FountainHead (not read completely though).
--> Sherlock Holmes adventures... (huge fan of it,, next to Diary of Anne Frank)
and many more..
As of now I am looking forward towards reading " The Story of My Experiments with Truth".
Cheers for now..
So many Visitors on the blog ???
Phew.. I am quite surprised.. So many visitors on my blog.. I have no clues what so ever..
I better remove one of the photos which I have posted over here.. I do not know.. Whats happening ??
Well.. I did try to edit one of the Wiki Pages, without an account. Hence IP might have got exposed. But how on the world, did they figure out my blog? Some one please tell me.. how??
I better remove one of the photos which I have posted over here.. I do not know.. Whats happening ??
Well.. I did try to edit one of the Wiki Pages, without an account. Hence IP might have got exposed. But how on the world, did they figure out my blog? Some one please tell me.. how??
Awesome Find !!!
I have two of the most wonderful pics, I have taken in recent times... These two pics depict something really wonderful..
You will be wondering.. " What are these pics about? what do they depict ?? ".. It literally depicts independence, being independent.
As you all know, my parents are constructing a house atop my current house. These pics are from that very house. All the plastering is through. I was lucky to find these pics as they were from the bathroom, which was not plastered but would be tiled.
Generally people who do plastering write up their names.(most commonly). I saw something, which literally left my eyes moist and btw I was moved.
First of all you can understand, people involved in construction work, I mean laborers, are either uneducated or partly educated. They might not even know when is Independence day. But a carving on wet cement like this..
Hats off man.. U guys really rock.. In some days, this area will make way for some tiles. So i thought I would capture them and put it on my blog.. So that I remind myself every year, year after year, Yes Independence day means a lot to me.
I also sadly have to say, some of my friends, did have a great time on Aug 15 and Oct 2. They did booze (drink) a lot and unarguably made lot of merry. (Some sad state of things to come... by the way)
So here I end this post, saying.. Happy Independence day.
India Rocks !! Indians Rule !!!
Way to go PravsWorld
Received this one from Pravs world yesterday, on behalf of Gandhi Jayanthi.
Mahtma Gandhi.. Inspired generations and inspiring generations to come..
And Pravsworld.. hats off to U...
Here it is.. Superb one..
Its high time, I start reading " The Story of My Experiments with Truth ".
EverGreen Hero turns 85
Yes. September 26 was the birthday of Dev Anand. He turned 85.
To be frank and honest, if you ask me.. who is your favorite Bollywood star, its got to be Dev Anand. I have not just liked, enjoyed but loved his movies as well.
Last saw his movie few years back. But everything about Dev Anand movies, according to me, is just awesomely great.
Here s wishing him a very happy birthday..
To be frank and honest, if you ask me.. who is your favorite Bollywood star, its got to be Dev Anand. I have not just liked, enjoyed but loved his movies as well.
Last saw his movie few years back. But everything about Dev Anand movies, according to me, is just awesomely great.
Here s wishing him a very happy birthday..
Air Supply-Goodbye
Classic By Air Supply... Dont know whether I ve added it earlier as well..
Tremendous song.. Tremendous video as well...
Gandhi Jayanthi
As we approach, October 2, I wish to write about something which I recently saw on one of the social networking sites.
October 2 happens to be the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, he is the father of our nation.
What I observed on orkut, was that, there was a Community called " I HATE MAHATMA GANDHI ". Well, I was kind of surprised and sad looking at this. Yes, its after all some individuals opinion. No can argue with that.
But, for a person who dedicated almost his entire life, to see, his people free, I thought this was a little bit unanticipated.
In these days, people do not have even a single day to do Community Service. Yes, take my example. I have backed off on one occasion, when provided an opportunity. I feel these days, money takes the driver seat. Forget sacrificing entire life. Its a rare feat achieved by a few only.
Even Mahatma Gandhi was highly educated. But why did he chose to do something for the people of this country? Some trademarks of people who are really great leaders, visionaries.
I can salute and say, it is because of Mahatma Gandhi and many other freedom fighters that we are free today and can think about other stuffs like, ya, exceeding in so called technology.
So is it right to say " I hate Gandhi ".
I don't think so. Every Indian must be proud that a leader like Mahatma Gandhi was born in India..
That is what I can say.
October 2 happens to be the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, he is the father of our nation.
What I observed on orkut, was that, there was a Community called " I HATE MAHATMA GANDHI ". Well, I was kind of surprised and sad looking at this. Yes, its after all some individuals opinion. No can argue with that.
But, for a person who dedicated almost his entire life, to see, his people free, I thought this was a little bit unanticipated.
In these days, people do not have even a single day to do Community Service. Yes, take my example. I have backed off on one occasion, when provided an opportunity. I feel these days, money takes the driver seat. Forget sacrificing entire life. Its a rare feat achieved by a few only.
Even Mahatma Gandhi was highly educated. But why did he chose to do something for the people of this country? Some trademarks of people who are really great leaders, visionaries.
I can salute and say, it is because of Mahatma Gandhi and many other freedom fighters that we are free today and can think about other stuffs like, ya, exceeding in so called technology.
So is it right to say " I hate Gandhi ".
I don't think so. Every Indian must be proud that a leader like Mahatma Gandhi was born in India..
That is what I can say.
Manned Elevators
I have been working out of Kalyani Magnum campus for over a month now. It is located @ JP Nagar 3 Phase.
I noticed something, in the recent times... which I found different.
The elevators here are manned. I haven't seen elevators with operators @ many places. Not atleast @ places where I have worked.
Do let me know, @ any places where you have seen manned elevators. (In IT companies I mean). It really does not make a bit difference to me, whether its manned or unmanned.
But if you see, the better part of it, its generating a fair bit of employment well. And I am happy for that.
3 Cheers...
I noticed something, in the recent times... which I found different.
The elevators here are manned. I haven't seen elevators with operators @ many places. Not atleast @ places where I have worked.
Do let me know, @ any places where you have seen manned elevators. (In IT companies I mean). It really does not make a bit difference to me, whether its manned or unmanned.
But if you see, the better part of it, its generating a fair bit of employment well. And I am happy for that.
3 Cheers...
3 Day weekend... Yet again !!!
The day is 25 September 2008. The day is Thursday. Its weekend time for me. Tomorrow there is a team outing, sponsored by the company. But I am not going to be a part of it. I have good reasons, not to attend it. But, yes, some of my friends were terribly disappointed @ my attitude towards the whole event.
All I can say, is cheer up guys, there is always a next time.
So now I have an uphill task for the weekend. Do not know, how much do I accomplish.
But surely, a 3 day weekend has lit up my eyes.
Looking forward to post some more stuffs( hopefully meaningful) over here.
Till then.. Cheers.
All I can say, is cheer up guys, there is always a next time.
So now I have an uphill task for the weekend. Do not know, how much do I accomplish.
But surely, a 3 day weekend has lit up my eyes.
Looking forward to post some more stuffs( hopefully meaningful) over here.
Till then.. Cheers.
QUEEN: Who Wants To Live Forever
September 5, was the birthday, of Freddie Mercury. One of my favorite singers, of all time. Could not post anything on that day. So here I am trying to add a song which I love. Its " Who wants to live forever " by Queen.
Freddie Mercury, Brian May at their very best.
Recieving End.....
I was at the receiving end, after partly reading one of the books which I had. The result. My whole Saturday went awry. Yes, its true, sometimes, some books can literally turn your day upside down.
You have to be very careful when you choose books to read. I did make a huge mistake. When I told it to my brother, he too said, he made a big mistake bringing the book home.
He is quite wiser than me.. He had stopped reading the book, just after 55 pages. It just took me 95 pages, to realize that, I had to stop reading that stuff.
Regarding the book, I dont want to reveal it. And if you think, I am spreading hatred by means of this post. No. " One man's food is other man's poison ". Some people may end up liking the book. I have nothing against it. Just that, my day went wrong after reading 95 pages.
You have to be very careful when you choose books to read. I did make a huge mistake. When I told it to my brother, he too said, he made a big mistake bringing the book home.
He is quite wiser than me.. He had stopped reading the book, just after 55 pages. It just took me 95 pages, to realize that, I had to stop reading that stuff.
Regarding the book, I dont want to reveal it. And if you think, I am spreading hatred by means of this post. No. " One man's food is other man's poison ". Some people may end up liking the book. I have nothing against it. Just that, my day went wrong after reading 95 pages.
A little bit of this and a little bit of that...
If you have seen my blog yesterday and today, you might notice a good deal of change. I sometime read, Canara Bank, baseline, saying, " We change, for the one's we love". Do not know whether its 100% the same wordings or not. But it looked the same.
If you could recollect, I had written a post about me being pissed off, with Canara Bank Uttarahalli, the truth is, I ended up opening a FD @ Canara Bank Uttarahalli itself, coz the only reason being it was close to my house. Well, after that, I have never been to that bank, not even to get an entry in my passbook. Don't know whether the interest amount of the FD has landed in my account or not.
By the way, why did I change my blog a bit. Just like that. I felt, it needed a change. Poor chap ( I am talking about my blog). It had to bear my goofy like pic for more than a year now. So I thought, let it make way for something else.
But what will come over there.? Another Blog Feed / Comment Feed / Photo Slide Show??
Naaa Re Naa...
I have been reading many blogs off lately. Though I use SharpReader to a good extent, many times, I end up visiting blogs of people. So by clicking and clicking, I came across a common thing in many blog. Either to the right or left bottom/top side of the blog, there used to a map, with title, most commonly, visitors from different parts of the globe.
I know my blog has least visitors. Though you may think, 1500+ visitors, is still a good number, I would like to openly admit, 300+ out of them, might be, coz of me refreshing and refreshing.
So while the whole exercise took me 15 mins to complete, it also incremented visitor count by almost 10 numbers. (considering I was beating around the bush , I registered a different blog, and tried to modify their code, to point to this blog. It refused saying, an error, the user/blog is not registered, so had to go back and forth for almost 6 times.)
It was quite simple adding it. Lemme see tomorrow what shows up.
Cheers,
And forgot to tell something..
A little bit of this and little bit of that ?... I think the title matched with the post, if not completely, atleast 40%.
Btw, its a bit of lyrics from a song by Michelle Branch, where she collaborated with Carlos Santana. Its up to you to guess the song.
If you could recollect, I had written a post about me being pissed off, with Canara Bank Uttarahalli, the truth is, I ended up opening a FD @ Canara Bank Uttarahalli itself, coz the only reason being it was close to my house. Well, after that, I have never been to that bank, not even to get an entry in my passbook. Don't know whether the interest amount of the FD has landed in my account or not.
By the way, why did I change my blog a bit. Just like that. I felt, it needed a change. Poor chap ( I am talking about my blog). It had to bear my goofy like pic for more than a year now. So I thought, let it make way for something else.
But what will come over there.? Another Blog Feed / Comment Feed / Photo Slide Show??
Naaa Re Naa...
I have been reading many blogs off lately. Though I use SharpReader to a good extent, many times, I end up visiting blogs of people. So by clicking and clicking, I came across a common thing in many blog. Either to the right or left bottom/top side of the blog, there used to a map, with title, most commonly, visitors from different parts of the globe.
I know my blog has least visitors. Though you may think, 1500+ visitors, is still a good number, I would like to openly admit, 300+ out of them, might be, coz of me refreshing and refreshing.
So while the whole exercise took me 15 mins to complete, it also incremented visitor count by almost 10 numbers. (considering I was beating around the bush , I registered a different blog, and tried to modify their code, to point to this blog. It refused saying, an error, the user/blog is not registered, so had to go back and forth for almost 6 times.)
It was quite simple adding it. Lemme see tomorrow what shows up.
Cheers,
And forgot to tell something..
A little bit of this and little bit of that ?... I think the title matched with the post, if not completely, atleast 40%.
Btw, its a bit of lyrics from a song by Michelle Branch, where she collaborated with Carlos Santana. Its up to you to guess the song.
Good Programmer or not ???
Disclaimer (Yet again) :
The post which I read from the internet is authored by a well known software personality. I do not want to take any credit from his post. I would definitely disclose the URL of it, provided you let me know who are you? Else you can do a search and end up @ it as well..
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Hmmm... (Sigh).. As I read a post.. on the website of a software person. The problem is, I am sad after reading that post. I did show it up to some of my colleagues at work place.
The post was about how to screen and shortlist good programmers, and also talked about who are good programmers. It said, good programmers start young, very young. They are so much fascinated about the way things work, that they end up tweaking, tweaking, almost everything (i am talking about software related stuff) . So when about to graduate, they would have programmed in a variety of environments, (open source, closed source).
Why I am feeling sad is, I started programming @ literally 17 yrs of age, First year of Engineering. I did not tweak around with anything, doing what was needed the syllabi (my bad), (not so keep it a secret), to save my *&^. That qualifies me as an average programmer.
I always want to be seen as a little more than avg programmer. But after reading this post, not sure whether I will make it there.
But when it comes to blogging, I am happy that, I have made a start atleast, at a very young age.
I am 24 as I write this post and I started one year back, meaning I was 23 then. Though I am far away from giving gyaan (intellectual posts), I manage to write some crappy stuffs over here. I am happy for that. Going ahead, I may and want to better myself.
And regarding being a better programmer, Hmmmm....(sigh), I can only pray ...god give me more strength to make it up there ..
Btw, there is a sloppy bit of writing on this post. Do let me know.. if you find it...
Cheers,
Thanks God.
The post which I read from the internet is authored by a well known software personality. I do not want to take any credit from his post. I would definitely disclose the URL of it, provided you let me know who are you? Else you can do a search and end up @ it as well..
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Hmmm... (Sigh).. As I read a post.. on the website of a software person. The problem is, I am sad after reading that post. I did show it up to some of my colleagues at work place.
The post was about how to screen and shortlist good programmers, and also talked about who are good programmers. It said, good programmers start young, very young. They are so much fascinated about the way things work, that they end up tweaking, tweaking, almost everything (i am talking about software related stuff) . So when about to graduate, they would have programmed in a variety of environments, (open source, closed source).
Why I am feeling sad is, I started programming @ literally 17 yrs of age, First year of Engineering. I did not tweak around with anything, doing what was needed the syllabi (my bad), (not so keep it a secret), to save my *&^. That qualifies me as an average programmer.
I always want to be seen as a little more than avg programmer. But after reading this post, not sure whether I will make it there.
But when it comes to blogging, I am happy that, I have made a start atleast, at a very young age.
I am 24 as I write this post and I started one year back, meaning I was 23 then. Though I am far away from giving gyaan (intellectual posts), I manage to write some crappy stuffs over here. I am happy for that. Going ahead, I may and want to better myself.
And regarding being a better programmer, Hmmmm....(sigh), I can only pray ...god give me more strength to make it up there ..
Btw, there is a sloppy bit of writing on this post. Do let me know.. if you find it...
Cheers,
Thanks God.
Wrote a disclaimer.....
After almost, over an year of blogging, I have written a disclaimer. Why? The reason being just felt like writing one, since many days. Today, the thought just came across my mind and there it goes.
By the way... how is it.. do let me know..
And Mr Kranti Vikram, if you are reading this.. the last thing what I want, is a comment from your side.. coz.. I know, you feel, there is a comic side to my blog as well.. :P
By the way... how is it.. do let me know..
And Mr Kranti Vikram, if you are reading this.. the last thing what I want, is a comment from your side.. coz.. I know, you feel, there is a comic side to my blog as well.. :P
Something to read.. Apart from tech stuff..
So.. in my previous posts, you would have figured it out that, I was looking for something to read apart from technical stuff.. I have finally found two books, written by two of the most wonderful, highly intellectual people. Here are they..
1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. ___________________________
So I abruptly end this post.. You know why.. I need to start reading them. Which one I begin with?? Any Guesses..
Its the first one.. And considering I need to catch a few people online tonight... I better hurry up..
And regarding my earlier mentioned book... " The Shalimar Clown " by Salman Rushdie.. Its with some of my friends.. Will take some time before actually I get to read that.. may be 1 week time...
Bye for now.
Cheers.
1. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2. ___________________________
So I abruptly end this post.. You know why.. I need to start reading them. Which one I begin with?? Any Guesses..
Its the first one.. And considering I need to catch a few people online tonight... I better hurry up..
And regarding my earlier mentioned book... " The Shalimar Clown " by Salman Rushdie.. Its with some of my friends.. Will take some time before actually I get to read that.. may be 1 week time...
Bye for now.
Cheers.
Sharp Reader @ home....
Today I installed SharpReader @ home. Something which I should have done , when I was a fresher. Well.. " Better late than later "..
I wanted to put a more detailed picture of my subscriptions. But, it may seem I am boasting. So I dont want to .
Regarding the highlighted thing, its my blog.. Keep on guessing, how did I subscribe it, since you dont find any subscription url at my site. Do let me know... if you figure it how...
Regarding so many unread entries.. 877... Its not that, I ve not read them.. But again its up to you to figure it out.... " y "???
Unable to read anything..
I have not been to the office for almost a week now, owing to my fever. But one thing remained unfulfilled during these days. I wanted to read something, infact read some non technical book to be more precise.
I thought of reading The Shalimar Clown by Salman Rushdie. But somehow, you know, lazyness never has any bounds. I could not read anything. One more fear I have is that, if I start reading something non technical... it will go on and on.. I started reading about the Diary of Anne Frank in March, even though the book got over in less than 12 days, the hangover remained for almost a month after that, everyday I used to search in Google for more and more info,pictures of the Frank family, their house, their hideout etc etc. I end up doing reverse engineering.... So now you can imagine, why I am so tentative... !!!
I hope to start reading atleast from today. Lemme see.. I will post about it. I will start reading only after I get to know what the book is all about.
Other than that, I have unearthed a book on Yoga in my house. It seems to be around 20 years old. I always wanted to learn yoga and do it side by side along with regular gym. But till now I have not done that. But moving ahead, I hope to do so.
Anyways.. I will keep you updated on that.
Cheers for now..
I thought of reading The Shalimar Clown by Salman Rushdie. But somehow, you know, lazyness never has any bounds. I could not read anything. One more fear I have is that, if I start reading something non technical... it will go on and on.. I started reading about the Diary of Anne Frank in March, even though the book got over in less than 12 days, the hangover remained for almost a month after that, everyday I used to search in Google for more and more info,pictures of the Frank family, their house, their hideout etc etc. I end up doing reverse engineering.... So now you can imagine, why I am so tentative... !!!
I hope to start reading atleast from today. Lemme see.. I will post about it. I will start reading only after I get to know what the book is all about.
Other than that, I have unearthed a book on Yoga in my house. It seems to be around 20 years old. I always wanted to learn yoga and do it side by side along with regular gym. But till now I have not done that. But moving ahead, I hope to do so.
Anyways.. I will keep you updated on that.
Cheers for now..
Time ... Please.. Part 2
There are several things which I learnt about after this typhoid fever.
1. Going to the gym reduces my immunity to a great extent.(Ask me how I will tell you, but at the same time, it is something which I will never stop going to, what so ever.)
2. Three plus years of working in the S/W industry has made me literally an asshole. Sitting under air conditioning, drinking bottled/packaged water have become some of my traits now, without which I may end up either heavily sweating (may be even at room temp) or as you know end up with typhoid (water problem). I am ashamed to say that I literally need these artificial systems to lead a healthy living.
3. I went in for a blood test. All WBC, RBC count everything seems to be fine. But my cholestrol levels are under severe scanner, so hence forth,, no no no oily foods whatsoever.
And for your information, I am not supposed to eat even bakery products. Forget Icecreams. The last time I remember eating ice cream was about 2 years back. So from now on, you can expect me to be back in shape very soon provided I follow this supreme strict diet regime.
Inference:::: Chasing false money I have literally ruined myself, my life.
Well the information industry has lots to offer in terms of technology, but, given an alternative, I would definitely think twice, coz health is wealth.
Lastly.. hats off to all the construction workers and other laborers, who inspite of drinking, tap water, working in hot sun, end up with smiles on their faces, at the end of each day.
And me??? You dont see me smiling in half of the snaps uploaded here... and in the rest.. it is me, claiming a false smile (pretending)... I wish I better myself sooooon....
1. Going to the gym reduces my immunity to a great extent.(Ask me how I will tell you, but at the same time, it is something which I will never stop going to, what so ever.)
2. Three plus years of working in the S/W industry has made me literally an asshole. Sitting under air conditioning, drinking bottled/packaged water have become some of my traits now, without which I may end up either heavily sweating (may be even at room temp) or as you know end up with typhoid (water problem). I am ashamed to say that I literally need these artificial systems to lead a healthy living.
3. I went in for a blood test. All WBC, RBC count everything seems to be fine. But my cholestrol levels are under severe scanner, so hence forth,, no no no oily foods whatsoever.
And for your information, I am not supposed to eat even bakery products. Forget Icecreams. The last time I remember eating ice cream was about 2 years back. So from now on, you can expect me to be back in shape very soon provided I follow this supreme strict diet regime.
Inference:::: Chasing false money I have literally ruined myself, my life.
Well the information industry has lots to offer in terms of technology, but, given an alternative, I would definitely think twice, coz health is wealth.
Lastly.. hats off to all the construction workers and other laborers, who inspite of drinking, tap water, working in hot sun, end up with smiles on their faces, at the end of each day.
And me??? You dont see me smiling in half of the snaps uploaded here... and in the rest.. it is me, claiming a false smile (pretending)... I wish I better myself sooooon....
Time...Please.. Part 1
First of all.. no write ups for the last 12 days.. Yes.. I happened to suffer from typhoid fever for a few days. Well, the truth is my immune system had gone down so badly, that I ended up with not just fever but typhoid fever.
I have taken a much needed break from office work for a week, now.
But at the same time all my activities have been thrown out of gear.
I have taken 10 injections(straight to the nerves) of Monocef to get rid of the typhae bacteria.
I can now say, I am all fine, but you never know, when that stupid bacteria will be back with you, within a month s time. So I am under precautionary scanner.
So now you know, why I did not post anything for almost 10 days.
I have taken a much needed break from office work for a week, now.
But at the same time all my activities have been thrown out of gear.
I have taken 10 injections(straight to the nerves) of Monocef to get rid of the typhae bacteria.
I can now say, I am all fine, but you never know, when that stupid bacteria will be back with you, within a month s time. So I am under precautionary scanner.
So now you know, why I did not post anything for almost 10 days.
Nice weekend...
I dont generally want to write about, updates from my side. But this time, I dont have anything else to write. Its been a great weekend. Met my friend Subba @ Jayanagar 4th block.. Did some shopping and had some good food.
Now looking for some good movies to make the most of the weekend. Not finding one.. Let me see.
Now looking for some good movies to make the most of the weekend. Not finding one.. Let me see.
From my cousin s Camera
[Photo removed due to unknown visitors on the blog. Please excuse.
Incidentally my cousin, happened to upload photos taken from his camera.
Here is one such precious one. If u think I am over weight. Well.. dont think too much about it. Its ===> TRUE <===
Incidentally my cousin, happened to upload photos taken from his camera.
Here is one such precious one. If u think I am over weight. Well.. dont think too much about it. Its ===> TRUE <===
Well .. here is an exclusive pic of my study room
Its still under construction. Hopefully it turns out to be my study room and not any other utility room. (All the garbage in the garage might also end up there). It is quite big. Dont know the exact dimension.. But looks cool. I want to have a ladder and also some space between the tanks,. By the way I am also planning to buy one good binocular. Lemme see.
Cheers.
Who is reading my blog ????
Well.. not sure how this is happening. Incidentally the visitor count on the blog, just got incremented from 1255 to 1292 within a timespan of 5 mins. Not sure, who is reading my blog from the other side. Or is there some mistake with the software?
If you are one of them, reading my blog, please do comment.. let me know who are u ? btw I ve disabled anonymous comment. :)-
I am off. Going to listen to some Kishore Kumar songs, btw.
Good night..
And one more thing. Enjoy your stay on my blog.. Do comment..
Cheers..
If you are one of them, reading my blog, please do comment.. let me know who are u ? btw I ve disabled anonymous comment. :)-
I am off. Going to listen to some Kishore Kumar songs, btw.
Good night..
And one more thing. Enjoy your stay on my blog.. Do comment..
Cheers..
India Shining @ the Beijing Olympics
Yes its true. Its been a dream olympics. Congrats to one and all..
Thank you God
My way of saying thanks to God, for keeping me alive and kicking.
I hope your blessings are with us always.
Thanks Mom , Dad, Bro.
I hope your blessings are with us always.
Thanks Mom , Dad, Bro.
17 posts within 21 days.
Incidentally August 2008, has churned out 17 posts (18 including this one) from my side.
It is in the second position after July 2007 (31 posts).
Btw if I recollect what was so special about the month of July 2007.
1. Live Earth Concert - 07/07/07.
Where I became a huge fan of the, then re-united band, The Police (1976-84) I think. Just found out that my father is a huge fan of the Police. (Ain't that incredible).
2. Never to forget outing.
On July 27, I had been on a team outing, went to a resort close to Nandi Hills. Can't believe its 1 year old. Thanks to all the people who made that event an awesome one.
Btw whats so special about August 2008.
1. Never to forget trip to Bandipur, Ooty and encounter with some wild animals.
2. Found some new audiences to this blog. Not to keep it a secret, they are my current company colleagues.
Cheers,,,
It must have been love
Can you guess... what the post will talk about??
Guess ... guess....
If you think, I am writing about my love, my crush, love @ first sight or something, you are absolutely wrong.. It must have been love is an awesome song by the band Roxette. OST from the movie "Pretty Woman".
Incidentally this is the song which I was listening to, today, @ the gym.
I almost forgot to tell what the post is all about. For the past 8-10 months, since I am going to the gym, I always used to hear the radio play. 91.9 FM Radio Indigo used be the chosen station.
It always felt weird to hear ad-breaks while exercising. In other words, to be frank, I just would feel like taking a nap in the gym itself, instead of exercising
Well, common, I love 91.9 FM but gym is not the ideal place to listen to the radio. I always wanted to hear some upbeat songs. Songs which would help you to increase your exercise repetition count. (And btw even without your knowledge).
The good news is that, my gym instructor has brought in an MP3 player and now no more radio plays.
You must be wondering, " this song by Roxette, is this a under groovy upbeat song what this dumb guy was looking for?" . No its an absolutely mushy song. But as long as I love it, do I care?
Guess ... guess....
If you think, I am writing about my love, my crush, love @ first sight or something, you are absolutely wrong.. It must have been love is an awesome song by the band Roxette. OST from the movie "Pretty Woman".
Incidentally this is the song which I was listening to, today, @ the gym.
I almost forgot to tell what the post is all about. For the past 8-10 months, since I am going to the gym, I always used to hear the radio play. 91.9 FM Radio Indigo used be the chosen station.
It always felt weird to hear ad-breaks while exercising. In other words, to be frank, I just would feel like taking a nap in the gym itself, instead of exercising
Well, common, I love 91.9 FM but gym is not the ideal place to listen to the radio. I always wanted to hear some upbeat songs. Songs which would help you to increase your exercise repetition count. (And btw even without your knowledge).
The good news is that, my gym instructor has brought in an MP3 player and now no more radio plays.
You must be wondering, " this song by Roxette, is this a under groovy upbeat song what this dumb guy was looking for?" . No its an absolutely mushy song. But as long as I love it, do I care?
@ Bandipur : Part 2
In the previous post, I had written about my experiences @ Bandipur, Madumalai forest @ 2 am in the morning. I wanted to tell about how I felt to see mother nature @ its very best.
So here it goes...
Well... the best part of this whole drive was that.. throughtout the entire route amidst the forest, there was total darkness [thats why its a forest , me dumbo :@ :( ] , with vehicles on the road, here and there [infact its true that we spotted more deer, in terms of count, than vehicles; again its a forest, me dumbo :)]. Some stretch of the road, was awfully bad, potholes covered with water. But it hardly mattered, since the excitement in the air was so much, I literally forgot about the road.
I just felt like going out of the vehicle and reaching out to mother nature. Just trees, trees and more trees. Total silence, total peace. Then here and there you come across herds of deer, grazing. It was just awesome. But I was not supposed to venture out of the vehicle all alone @ 2: am in the morning.
An experience which I cannot describe with words. All these days, I used to watch Animal Planet and wonder how it feels like being in a forest . It was now that I really; really experienced it. It was exciting, thrilling and worth a million. [ Atleast worth a sleepless night, waiting, waiting and waiting to enter the forest ]
I would love to go to Bandipur, Madumalai again and again. Let me see. If possible with my office colleagues.
So here it goes...
Well... the best part of this whole drive was that.. throughtout the entire route amidst the forest, there was total darkness [thats why its a forest , me dumbo :@ :( ] , with vehicles on the road, here and there [infact its true that we spotted more deer, in terms of count, than vehicles; again its a forest, me dumbo :)]. Some stretch of the road, was awfully bad, potholes covered with water. But it hardly mattered, since the excitement in the air was so much, I literally forgot about the road.
I just felt like going out of the vehicle and reaching out to mother nature. Just trees, trees and more trees. Total silence, total peace. Then here and there you come across herds of deer, grazing. It was just awesome. But I was not supposed to venture out of the vehicle all alone @ 2: am in the morning.
An experience which I cannot describe with words. All these days, I used to watch Animal Planet and wonder how it feels like being in a forest . It was now that I really; really experienced it. It was exciting, thrilling and worth a million. [ Atleast worth a sleepless night, waiting, waiting and waiting to enter the forest ]
I would love to go to Bandipur, Madumalai again and again. Let me see. If possible with my office colleagues.
@ Bandipur & Madumalai @ 2:00 am in the morning
Well... Its true. I had been to Ooty 3 weeks back, which according to me was a memorable trip.
I did forget to write about it. Though I will not write about the whole two day trip in a detailed post, I would like to write a small post about my encounter with some wild animals on the way to Ooty.
Well, the day was 25 July 2008, we left Bangalore @ 10:30pm in the night. We reached Bandipur area around 1:45 am in the morning. After a little slowdown, we entered the forest around 2:00 am in the morning.
You may not find much vehicular traffic during this time of the day. Although there were few trucks coming from the opposite direction we did not find any trucks in front or behind us. With every truck which came in the opposite direction we started thinking, " this guy would have sent all the wild animals back by honking ", but we were totally wrong. The deer, bison were all unperturbed.
We were lucky to spot lots of deers all along the way. On a whole we saw around 30-50 deers, happily grazing. We also could see 7-8 wild bison which were grazing at a very close distance to the road. Then there was a herd of wild elephants just about 1ft from the road. This was a very great encounter, it was just an awesome experience altogether. Watching these animals in circus or zoo is totally different. Finally after 1.5 hrs of driving slowly we were through the forest area.
I did forget to write about it. Though I will not write about the whole two day trip in a detailed post, I would like to write a small post about my encounter with some wild animals on the way to Ooty.
Well, the day was 25 July 2008, we left Bangalore @ 10:30pm in the night. We reached Bandipur area around 1:45 am in the morning. After a little slowdown, we entered the forest around 2:00 am in the morning.
You may not find much vehicular traffic during this time of the day. Although there were few trucks coming from the opposite direction we did not find any trucks in front or behind us. With every truck which came in the opposite direction we started thinking, " this guy would have sent all the wild animals back by honking ", but we were totally wrong. The deer, bison were all unperturbed.
We were lucky to spot lots of deers all along the way. On a whole we saw around 30-50 deers, happily grazing. We also could see 7-8 wild bison which were grazing at a very close distance to the road. Then there was a herd of wild elephants just about 1ft from the road. This was a very great encounter, it was just an awesome experience altogether. Watching these animals in circus or zoo is totally different. Finally after 1.5 hrs of driving slowly we were through the forest area.
Books I read
As I earlier mentioned I was looking out for a book by Robin Sharma " Who will cry when you die ?". I did find the book and purchased it. I even read 30-40% of the book, but I did not find this book as interesting as " The Greatness Guide ". I felt a little bit disappointed. Either my reading skills have gone down or may be I did, really, not like the book. I don't know. Now I am feeling I should have read the " The Greatness Guide" for the 7th time in a row instead of buying this book.
Never mind.
I will try to concentrate a bit more, for the remainder of the book and see if I find it good.
Apart from this, I can say there s a half price sale @ Benetton Outlet @ Kathriguppe. Let me see if I can rope in 2-3 half sleeved shirts tomorrow. :)-
Never mind.
I will try to concentrate a bit more, for the remainder of the book and see if I find it good.
Apart from this, I can say there s a half price sale @ Benetton Outlet @ Kathriguppe. Let me see if I can rope in 2-3 half sleeved shirts tomorrow. :)-
To blog or not to blog
Well over an year ago, I was wondering whether to blog or not to blog. But I have carried my love for writing, for over an year now and hopefully would like to carry for many more years to come.
Here s an interesting comment posted by one of my buddies almost over an year ago, which makes a lot of meaning. I was just going back in time, to see what I actually had written over an year ago. I found this, hence posting a snap of this over here. I hope its crisp and full of meaning.
[ I am absolutely lying about why I went back in time to read my old posts. In other words I have found some new audiences of this blog and I wanted to absolutely make sure my employment is not under threat because of this blogging. Hence went back to re-check and re-edit any stuff which I have mistakenly written. To be honest, I dint edit even a single old post. So you can be rest assured, I ve not committed any offence !!!!]
Pls check out posts in the month of July 2007 to find out the context of this comment.
3 day weekend !!! Time to celebrate!!!
Well....looks like after a loooong time I am getting to see a 3 day weekend. Its independence day. Proud to be an Indian....
Its a 3 day weekend and I have 3+ reasons to celebrate. Yes, its true. Here are those:
1. Independence Day. ( Proud to be an Indian and here s a salute going out to all the people who have made me realize I am independent )
2. Gym is closed on August 15, in the evening. So my lazy bones, can remain lazy for the whole day.
3. Since Gym is closed in the evening, I get to see the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One, without any fuss. Usually I tend to get struck in the gym, unable to get home or settle down by 9pm. So, I hope tomorrow there wont be any hiccups.
4. Tomorrow is an auspicious day, considering that, there is a door frame laying ceremony early @ 8 am. Hopefully I capture some photos of it and also of my (would be) study room.
5. Lots of time to read about technical stuff, check out new books which have arrived on stands, (btw I have only Rs 1000 left). Hopefully I grab a copy of a Robin Sharma book, which I love and also some technical books.
6. Half Price Sale on Big Bazaar it seems, but I prefer National Market instead. (Avenue Road, Sapna Book stall on the way).
7. Hopefully I catch up with my friend on the weekend. (Thinking of having some Bhel puri etc etc).
8. Thinking of the movies which are on the offering this weekend.
9. Do lots of chatting on yahoo msgr and watch tonnes of videos on Youtube.
My Pick of the Week Song :
Band : MatchBox20
Song : Unwell.
Well.. above mentioned are the 3+ reasons to celebrate.
Cheers.
Its a 3 day weekend and I have 3+ reasons to celebrate. Yes, its true. Here are those:
1. Independence Day. ( Proud to be an Indian and here s a salute going out to all the people who have made me realize I am independent )
2. Gym is closed on August 15, in the evening. So my lazy bones, can remain lazy for the whole day.
3. Since Gym is closed in the evening, I get to see the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One, without any fuss. Usually I tend to get struck in the gym, unable to get home or settle down by 9pm. So, I hope tomorrow there wont be any hiccups.
4. Tomorrow is an auspicious day, considering that, there is a door frame laying ceremony early @ 8 am. Hopefully I capture some photos of it and also of my (would be) study room.
5. Lots of time to read about technical stuff, check out new books which have arrived on stands, (btw I have only Rs 1000 left). Hopefully I grab a copy of a Robin Sharma book, which I love and also some technical books.
6. Half Price Sale on Big Bazaar it seems, but I prefer National Market instead. (Avenue Road, Sapna Book stall on the way).
7. Hopefully I catch up with my friend on the weekend. (Thinking of having some Bhel puri etc etc).
8. Thinking of the movies which are on the offering this weekend.
9. Do lots of chatting on yahoo msgr and watch tonnes of videos on Youtube.
My Pick of the Week Song :
Band : MatchBox20
Song : Unwell.
Well.. above mentioned are the 3+ reasons to celebrate.
Cheers.
Power Cut @ Gym, reminds me of my childhood days..
As you all know, there s lot of load shedding, happening in Bangalore, these days. Incidentally, when I was running on the treadmill, suddenly to my surprise the treadmill came to a abrupt halt, thanks to the powercut.
My gym does not have backup power, there is one emergency lantern. I could not continue running on the treadmill, but continued with other exercises. This scenario of working out in a poor or little lit area reminded me of my childhood days.
I grew up playing hide and seek. And the best part was I enjoyed hide and seek, the most when there was a powercut. We, a group of 12-14 people would play hide and seek in kind of dark or poor lit surroundings. We were kind of helped by headlights of passing by vehicles.
So as you can see, the situation today reminds of my childhood days.. Yup worth making a note. Some things are really close to my heart which I wont necessarily like to forget....
One of them is the childhood instance mentioned above.
Life s never gonna be the same. No worries of earning. Only playing, studying no tensions, no Form 16 s , no work related meetings. All for yourself. In other words its called A A W A A R A.
Cheers...
My gym does not have backup power, there is one emergency lantern. I could not continue running on the treadmill, but continued with other exercises. This scenario of working out in a poor or little lit area reminded me of my childhood days.
I grew up playing hide and seek. And the best part was I enjoyed hide and seek, the most when there was a powercut. We, a group of 12-14 people would play hide and seek in kind of dark or poor lit surroundings. We were kind of helped by headlights of passing by vehicles.
So as you can see, the situation today reminds of my childhood days.. Yup worth making a note. Some things are really close to my heart which I wont necessarily like to forget....
One of them is the childhood instance mentioned above.
Life s never gonna be the same. No worries of earning. Only playing, studying no tensions, no Form 16 s , no work related meetings. All for yourself. In other words its called A A W A A R A.
Cheers...
New Look and Feel
A new look and feel to my blog. After having the same template for over a year now. I am changing the template. (don't know why I took more than a year to do that)
Check it out....
Check it out....
Trip to Ooty
I had been on a 2 day 2 nights trip to Ooty which I feel was a great change for me.
Visited Lots of places, saw a whole lot of wild animals and got some amazing awesome snaps.
Thanks god for making it happen.
Love your JOB
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.
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.
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