After reading Ayn Rand - We The Living, I started with another book, " The News of a Kidnapping ", its a superb book, I am about to complete the book by this weekend.
Planning to start with another book, " The Complete Set of short Stories by Ernest Hemmingway ". Love that book, waiting to finish the current one :)
My Transport Update
Just wanted to update about the crazy little situation I am into.
My company people organized a Tata Sumo which drops me at my pickup point itself.
The cab is scheduled at 6:20 pm, but there is a clause with it.
The cab will ply only if I come at 6:20 pm. If not... Well as of now I do not know about this situation. I hope it will ply in my absence was well.
My company people organized a Tata Sumo which drops me at my pickup point itself.
The cab is scheduled at 6:20 pm, but there is a clause with it.
The cab will ply only if I come at 6:20 pm. If not... Well as of now I do not know about this situation. I hope it will ply in my absence was well.
Booked an Indica Vista Terra Tdi
Finally, I have decided to go in for a new car. Its none other than Tata Indica Vista Terra Tdi.
My budget was 4 - 4.2 lakhs.
Loads of options were available when it came to petrol vehicles. But when it came to diesel vehicle, only a single vehicle stood above the rest. It was none other than Tata Indica Vista Terra Tdi. The on-road price for me comes to Rs 3,82,000. Ain't it awesome. Its literally at the price of a petrol car.
And remember its a diesel car. No other diesel (new) cars are available at this price. I could have gone for the Indica DLS. But somewhere I read, Vista had loads of improvements compared to DLS. And it was mere 15-20k more than DLS.
I always have loved to drive a diesel. Though I have not driven Indica Vista, I still booked the car. I have driven the " naturally aspirated " indica DLS. I have never felt what turbo kick is. Soon I shall blog about it.
I am happy about my decision. The car does not have a tachometer, no power windows, no 60-40 rear seat split. But do I mind all of these. Never. I will opt for 5 spoke alloy wheels. Also inquired about Bull bar. Got to know, its not a part of standard Tata equipment. That makes me disappointed. With a 14-inch tubeless tyre I am more than happy. (I feel petrol variant comes with 13 -inch tyres.)
But all in all, I feel a real value for money car.
I did it on a Saturday. I am deeply indebted to Lord Shani. And hence I wanted to do this on a Saturday only. Hope he keeps me going.
My budget was 4 - 4.2 lakhs.
Loads of options were available when it came to petrol vehicles. But when it came to diesel vehicle, only a single vehicle stood above the rest. It was none other than Tata Indica Vista Terra Tdi. The on-road price for me comes to Rs 3,82,000. Ain't it awesome. Its literally at the price of a petrol car.
And remember its a diesel car. No other diesel (new) cars are available at this price. I could have gone for the Indica DLS. But somewhere I read, Vista had loads of improvements compared to DLS. And it was mere 15-20k more than DLS.
I always have loved to drive a diesel. Though I have not driven Indica Vista, I still booked the car. I have driven the " naturally aspirated " indica DLS. I have never felt what turbo kick is. Soon I shall blog about it.
I am happy about my decision. The car does not have a tachometer, no power windows, no 60-40 rear seat split. But do I mind all of these. Never. I will opt for 5 spoke alloy wheels. Also inquired about Bull bar. Got to know, its not a part of standard Tata equipment. That makes me disappointed. With a 14-inch tubeless tyre I am more than happy. (I feel petrol variant comes with 13 -inch tyres.)
But all in all, I feel a real value for money car.
I did it on a Saturday. I am deeply indebted to Lord Shani. And hence I wanted to do this on a Saturday only. Hope he keeps me going.
Thoughts of buying a new car
Ever since, I could not finalize on the used Scorpio, I have not been able to find interest in looking out for used cars. Yes, I may not use a car as a daily commute to work. An used car could have chipped in, but now I have thoughts of buying a new car.
Thoughts of buying an used car
Today was an eventful day for me. I did lot ,learnt loads infact. I recently saw an ad in my company intranet, about a Scorpio for sale. The Scorpio was about 5 year old and done about 50k kms. The asking price was Rs 435000.
Though, till date, I never had thought of owing such a huge vehicle, I somehow made all the guts and courage in the world to interact with the owner.
Since he was from the same company as I am, I could easily approach him for the vehicle inspection. The date was fixed, ie today.
I recently got my driving test completed, and I did not have an inch idea of what to do. But somehow mustered enough courage to visit a nearby mechanic seeking help.
The mechanic was quite helpful, and I visited the house of the person, who was selling his vehicle. I was quite impressed with the car. It was in mint condition.
I told the mechanic to go ahead and have a look at the vehicle. He did. In about 20 mins time, the inspection was done and I was ready to go back home.
After coming back the mechanic told me to go for the vehicle only if the price is brought down to 3.8 lakhs.
Some of the key observations which the mechanic told me was:
> Though the owner insisted the vehicle had run for 50k kms, mechanic told me the vehicle had well run over 1 lakh kms.
> The seats were all neat and redone. The mechanic told me this situation comes only if the seats are worn out, and they wear out only if its used too much. So the question of 50k kms was far from thought.
I was also advised to drive a smaller vehicle before buying such a huge vehicle. Though I have always loved to drive the Mahindra Bolero, it seems that day is far too away.
I am literally confused on what is to be done. But I feel my plans of having a Bolero / Scorpio have just been flushed out and I need to re-think on what I really need to buy.
I have been given a green signal for an Indica. But now I am running low on confidence. I need to gather all the courage in the world to buy a car.
Cheers,
Though, till date, I never had thought of owing such a huge vehicle, I somehow made all the guts and courage in the world to interact with the owner.
Since he was from the same company as I am, I could easily approach him for the vehicle inspection. The date was fixed, ie today.
I recently got my driving test completed, and I did not have an inch idea of what to do. But somehow mustered enough courage to visit a nearby mechanic seeking help.
The mechanic was quite helpful, and I visited the house of the person, who was selling his vehicle. I was quite impressed with the car. It was in mint condition.
I told the mechanic to go ahead and have a look at the vehicle. He did. In about 20 mins time, the inspection was done and I was ready to go back home.
After coming back the mechanic told me to go for the vehicle only if the price is brought down to 3.8 lakhs.
Some of the key observations which the mechanic told me was:
> Though the owner insisted the vehicle had run for 50k kms, mechanic told me the vehicle had well run over 1 lakh kms.
> The seats were all neat and redone. The mechanic told me this situation comes only if the seats are worn out, and they wear out only if its used too much. So the question of 50k kms was far from thought.
I was also advised to drive a smaller vehicle before buying such a huge vehicle. Though I have always loved to drive the Mahindra Bolero, it seems that day is far too away.
I am literally confused on what is to be done. But I feel my plans of having a Bolero / Scorpio have just been flushed out and I need to re-think on what I really need to buy.
I have been given a green signal for an Indica. But now I am running low on confidence. I need to gather all the courage in the world to buy a car.
Cheers,
Read a new book, in a single day
I am so happy today, I started reading a new book today morning and finished it by afternoon, isn't it impressive. On the contrary, I do have another book which I have been reading since a month.
The book which I read in a single day, is " How to Handle your BOSS ".
It definitely tells us about some nice tricks, to handle your bosses.
It sure was a good read.
And yes today is "Gandhi Jayanthi". Proud to be an Indian :)
Cheers,
The book which I read in a single day, is " How to Handle your BOSS ".
It definitely tells us about some nice tricks, to handle your bosses.
It sure was a good read.
And yes today is "Gandhi Jayanthi". Proud to be an Indian :)
Cheers,
Company transport
It seems weird, but I always end up having a panga with company transport guys. Be it my first company , second or third, there seems to be no pickup and drop facility close to my house.
@ Wipro, the shuttle used to go via Uttarahalli Road, but they refused to give a stop / pickup point, I had to walk around 1.5 kms just to reach the pickup point, which made me quit Wipro (yes I uploaded my CV because of this ).
@ Honeywell, I do have a pickup point close to my house, but the drop point is 3kms away from my place. Have you ever imagined about such a scenario where in you are picked up at some place and dropped at some other place. I mean it looks silly and weird, but I am at the recieving end of it.
@ Wipro, the shuttle used to go via Uttarahalli Road, but they refused to give a stop / pickup point, I had to walk around 1.5 kms just to reach the pickup point, which made me quit Wipro (yes I uploaded my CV because of this ).
@ Honeywell, I do have a pickup point close to my house, but the drop point is 3kms away from my place. Have you ever imagined about such a scenario where in you are picked up at some place and dropped at some other place. I mean it looks silly and weird, but I am at the recieving end of it.
Junk food at office
I saw an advertisement on the televison, about a lady eating pani puri and the vendor advising her about the ill effects of junk food. About improper digestion, burping etc etc.
So, I was wondering, after moving to new campus, I have easy access to Junk Food every evening. though I eat only once / twice a week (which is tooo much), I had an idea of intaking fibre by having Oats or Cornflakes? I hope I do not end up with an upset stomach.
What say??
So, I was wondering, after moving to new campus, I have easy access to Junk Food every evening. though I eat only once / twice a week (which is tooo much), I had an idea of intaking fibre by having Oats or Cornflakes? I hope I do not end up with an upset stomach.
What say??
Driving test
Today was my driving test. I needed loads of luck and confidence.
Yes, with loads of luck, "GuruBala" and Gods grace, I cleared it.
There were 12 people who had to drive. The instructor stood in the main road, watching them drive. But when my turn came, I had to drop him back to the RTO. Hence he came along in the car with me.
Frankly speaking, I did not have any issue, on my mind, about what if the engine stalls. And believe me, I took a U turn and drove amidst traffic, even in 4th gear.
My instructor was stunned, coz he thought I was a dumb guy.
Yes, the lesson I learnt was, if we stop worrying about end results, we can perform better.
Worrying about engine stalling, and other stuffs, would have led me to nowhere.
Yes, with loads of luck, "GuruBala" and Gods grace, I cleared it.
There were 12 people who had to drive. The instructor stood in the main road, watching them drive. But when my turn came, I had to drop him back to the RTO. Hence he came along in the car with me.
Frankly speaking, I did not have any issue, on my mind, about what if the engine stalls. And believe me, I took a U turn and drove amidst traffic, even in 4th gear.
My instructor was stunned, coz he thought I was a dumb guy.
Yes, the lesson I learnt was, if we stop worrying about end results, we can perform better.
Worrying about engine stalling, and other stuffs, would have led me to nowhere.
Driving classes - Session # 14, 15 , 16, 17, 18
Phew so many classes just came and went away. I improved considerably during these classes. Yes, I now could drive with more confidence and 25 - 9 -2009 was my driving test. I was suppose to drive for my license.
Last two sessions I was trying out on the reverse gear. Did learnt it though, not master it.
Cheers,
Last two sessions I was trying out on the reverse gear. Did learnt it though, not master it.
Cheers,
Watched a movie in a cartoon channel
Watched Jab We Met on Pogo TV. I was surprised to see Jab We Met being aired on Pogo. Could not make any reason behind it, considering the channel is meant for kids.
Later came to know some of the adult scenes and adult words were edited/removed.
Surprise, Surprise, isn't it??
Later came to know some of the adult scenes and adult words were edited/removed.
Surprise, Surprise, isn't it??
Driving classes - Session # 13.
Today, was my 13th session, I am 5 sessions away from finishing them all. No clues on buying a car yet. I drove today after almost 2 weeks. But I felt little bit high on confidence. I drove amidst very very heavy traffic. But still managed with one or two hiccups here and there.
I shall take my test this Friday, I need to bunk office for that.
Let me see.
Cheers.
I shall take my test this Friday, I need to bunk office for that.
Let me see.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 12 as on 5th Sept 2009
Though my Driving class Session 12, was dated 5 September 2009, I could not blog about it, since I found nothing encouraging in that particular session. I drove amidst heavy traffic. But I was bit sad about my driving. I then postponed taking driving sessions for about 2 weeks, till today ie 21 September 2009, due to some urgent official work.
So as on 5th September 2009, I am quite quite, upset about my driving skills,.
So as on 5th September 2009, I am quite quite, upset about my driving skills,.
Stuck in the moment
Its been a looong weekend, but a boring one. Its almost 20 days, but still I am not able to complete reading the book which I had begun.
I have two more books queued up in line, but lacking the enthusiasm these days.
Travel is taking up loads of my time. And I end up doing nothing on weekdays.
I feel as though I am staring at a deep pit full of shit, my future seems to be dull, black and full of boring days.
Feels like I am stuck in the moment.
But I would like to thank God for keeping me alive and kicking. I just hope these boring days just pass away, and I hope I shall be back blogging about my happy days.
Cheers.
I have two more books queued up in line, but lacking the enthusiasm these days.
Travel is taking up loads of my time. And I end up doing nothing on weekdays.
I feel as though I am staring at a deep pit full of shit, my future seems to be dull, black and full of boring days.
Feels like I am stuck in the moment.
But I would like to thank God for keeping me alive and kicking. I just hope these boring days just pass away, and I hope I shall be back blogging about my happy days.
Cheers.
Altogether a new workplace
I have moved out of Kalyani Magnum Campus located @ JP Nagar 3rd phase. I am now put up at Orion campus, located @ OuterRingRoad.
This appears to be my 11th different workplace( location), in a span of 4 years. Feat in itself.
Cheers,
This appears to be my 11th different workplace( location), in a span of 4 years. Feat in itself.
Cheers,
As on 6th September 2009, Sunday
> I am still reading the book Ayn Rand - We the living.
> Still not done with my driving classes.
> Have some other commitments before actually I invest in a car.
> Feeling some heat, because of work.
> Wanting to read loads of stuffs, but lack of time and my mood swings are constant threats.
> I am enjoying being all alone, all for myself.
> I am happily listening to the radio and coding :P.
> Surprisingly, none of my buddies are online on GTALK. ???
> Still not done with my driving classes.
> Have some other commitments before actually I invest in a car.
> Feeling some heat, because of work.
> Wanting to read loads of stuffs, but lack of time and my mood swings are constant threats.
> I am enjoying being all alone, all for myself.
> I am happily listening to the radio and coding :P.
> Surprisingly, none of my buddies are online on GTALK. ???
Is blogging ur heart out, controversial ???
I was today wondering, whether, this power to express ourselves and publish it, controversial?
Here and there I find examples, where people have landed up in soup, because of blogging, though they have not blogged anything hatred.
But, but, such is life.
I have blogged about something which ends up with visitors from all parts of the planet.
Yes, I have written about SJBIT. Do a google search for yourself, with the word, SJBIT, you will find my post. Though my post is heartfelt, (nothing bad I have written), I am still scared, what reaction it invokes to the reader.
I wish some of my fond teachers, read through that and comment. I would be on moon :)
Cheers,
Here and there I find examples, where people have landed up in soup, because of blogging, though they have not blogged anything hatred.
But, but, such is life.
I have blogged about something which ends up with visitors from all parts of the planet.
Yes, I have written about SJBIT. Do a google search for yourself, with the word, SJBIT, you will find my post. Though my post is heartfelt, (nothing bad I have written), I am still scared, what reaction it invokes to the reader.
I wish some of my fond teachers, read through that and comment. I would be on moon :)
Cheers,
What am I reading?
My driving classes have been suspended till next Monday. The plan is to take the remaining 7 sessions on consecutive days and wind up with a Driving License test at the RTO.
Looks crisp. Hope I gain more confidence in myself, by next Saturday.
So having loads of time, I recently finished reading a Perry Mason mystery book.
So thought of starting with a new one. This time it is Ayn Rand - We The Living.
Hoping to finish it soooon..
Cheers.
Looks crisp. Hope I gain more confidence in myself, by next Saturday.
So having loads of time, I recently finished reading a Perry Mason mystery book.
So thought of starting with a new one. This time it is Ayn Rand - We The Living.
Hoping to finish it soooon..
Cheers.
Watching ad's on the television
Today, the whole day, I was at home. I watched a whole lot of stuffs on the television. Watched an advertisement on the television, which showcased, a boy and a guy, who had not taken any sick leave over the past year and have won accolades in their school and workplace respectively.
I was wondering whether, have I ever been through such a year, and yes, to be frank and honest, in my 8th standard, I had not taken a single sick leave. Not that I was not all that fit and healthy, but somehow too much of luck was on my side.
But what I feel is, it a waste trying to attend school/ office all the days.. Sometimes we need time all for ourselves. Weekends are perfectly alright. What I have figured out is a leave on a weekday is equal to nothing else. I feel its the best way to recharge.
And yes, during my 10th standard, the leaves which I took went, up to 15, for the whole year, and that is another kind of a feat in itself.
Cheers,
I was wondering whether, have I ever been through such a year, and yes, to be frank and honest, in my 8th standard, I had not taken a single sick leave. Not that I was not all that fit and healthy, but somehow too much of luck was on my side.
But what I feel is, it a waste trying to attend school/ office all the days.. Sometimes we need time all for ourselves. Weekends are perfectly alright. What I have figured out is a leave on a weekday is equal to nothing else. I feel its the best way to recharge.
And yes, during my 10th standard, the leaves which I took went, up to 15, for the whole year, and that is another kind of a feat in itself.
Cheers,
Driving classes - Session # 11.
Yup, my 11th session, 7 more, and its all over..
Today I drove on steep roads. Engine did stall 2 times, but that should be fine.
Cheers,
Today I drove on steep roads. Engine did stall 2 times, but that should be fine.
Cheers,
Driving classes - Session # 10.
Not much progress when it comes to driving. I am getting bored day by day driving a petrol vehicle. Seems like I will complete my remainder of the classes on a Santro itself.
I need to gear up for driving a petrol vehicle, mentally. Driving seems to be so boring these days, I want a diesel vehicle.!!!!
I need to gear up for driving a petrol vehicle, mentally. Driving seems to be so boring these days, I want a diesel vehicle.!!!!
Get over it.. !!!!!!
I am listening to this super song by Eagles, " Get over it ". I just remembered something to blog about. After working for 4 years in Indian IT industry, I just found out, there seems to be a single career band when it comes to software. Thats the managerial band.
I somehow feel, as we put in more and more years in the Indian IT Industry, there seems to be a technical stream which tends to vanish. I feel we all end up on the same boat, being a manager, booking conference rooms, attending meetings, approving timesheets.
Its not just the recession which is playing a hard ball. But even the thought of career growth seems to be making some people sick. Don't want to mention who though..
This scenario ideally happens since there are no new development projects which are being undertaken, be it recession or not. But there seems to be whole new technologies coming out.
Enthusiasts are waiting to rope in new technology. But there seems to be a lack of projects where we can make use of this technology.
This definitely tends to frustration. So just wanna say... Get over it.. :)
PS: I had recieved a mail about an article written by an ex IT Company employee which clearly mentions about the kind of projects being undertaken in many companies.
I somehow feel, as we put in more and more years in the Indian IT Industry, there seems to be a technical stream which tends to vanish. I feel we all end up on the same boat, being a manager, booking conference rooms, attending meetings, approving timesheets.
Its not just the recession which is playing a hard ball. But even the thought of career growth seems to be making some people sick. Don't want to mention who though..
This scenario ideally happens since there are no new development projects which are being undertaken, be it recession or not. But there seems to be whole new technologies coming out.
Enthusiasts are waiting to rope in new technology. But there seems to be a lack of projects where we can make use of this technology.
This definitely tends to frustration. So just wanna say... Get over it.. :)
PS: I had recieved a mail about an article written by an ex IT Company employee which clearly mentions about the kind of projects being undertaken in many companies.
Driving classes - Session # 9.
Saturday, I drove a Santro for the third time. Frankly speaking I am beginning to hate petrol cars. They seem to be bit boring to drive. I do not know why, but I loved driving the Indica.
The same feeling I am not getting while driving a Santro. I am easily getting bored while driving a Santro. I do not know why. Its got good horse power, good torque, does a good speed within the city, is quite zippy too.
But my heart and mind both prefer a diesel I feel.
Let me see , whether tomorrow I get to drive the Indica or not.
The same feeling I am not getting while driving a Santro. I am easily getting bored while driving a Santro. I do not know why. Its got good horse power, good torque, does a good speed within the city, is quite zippy too.
But my heart and mind both prefer a diesel I feel.
Let me see , whether tomorrow I get to drive the Indica or not.
Driving classes - Session # 8.
Session #8, drove the Santro only, still the problem of engine stalling while trying to move in the firs gear remains. I am beginning to hate myself. This used to happen rarely in an Indica. Why the hell, Santro engine stall so many times.
Secondly drove with a little more confidence in traffic, with plenty of buses coming in opp direction.
But my interest still seems to be lacking when it comes to driving, I somehow want to get a licence and stop this gimmick called learning to drive.
Secondly drove with a little more confidence in traffic, with plenty of buses coming in opp direction.
But my interest still seems to be lacking when it comes to driving, I somehow want to get a licence and stop this gimmick called learning to drive.
Driving classes - Session # 7.
After a week's break, here I was about to drive a Santro. Firstly I had lost all my interest, which I had to drive in a week's time (after the break). Secondly, I preferred a diesel vehicle not a petrol vehicle. So was somewhat tentative to start with.
I observed a whole lot of difference between a Santro and an Indica. Finally after driving Santro for one day, you would expect me to say, I fell love with it ??, not really, I proudly say, I prefer a diesel. I am the one who hates the zippy factor.
Santro was quite quick and responsive, it was generating high torque at a very low rpm, which according to me was quite non-essential. It had loads of horse power, lot more than Indica.
But with Indica, the vehicle was quite slow in reaching the same speed, less on horse power, but was more of a beauty to drive.
And believe it or not, the engine stalled 2 times on the first day I drove it. I was quite unhappy with this whole incident.
So at the end of class #7, I can manage driving in morning traffic, but in peak traffic,i am still unsure.
I observed a whole lot of difference between a Santro and an Indica. Finally after driving Santro for one day, you would expect me to say, I fell love with it ??, not really, I proudly say, I prefer a diesel. I am the one who hates the zippy factor.
Santro was quite quick and responsive, it was generating high torque at a very low rpm, which according to me was quite non-essential. It had loads of horse power, lot more than Indica.
But with Indica, the vehicle was quite slow in reaching the same speed, less on horse power, but was more of a beauty to drive.
And believe it or not, the engine stalled 2 times on the first day I drove it. I was quite unhappy with this whole incident.
So at the end of class #7, I can manage driving in morning traffic, but in peak traffic,i am still unsure.
Back with driving classes
Finally somehow, I managed myself to go back to the driving school after a week's time to resume my driving classes. It was certainly a difficult task to do, since I had lost all my interest and enthusiasm for learning how to drive. I could have learnt driving 2 years back and brought a car quite earlier, but I did not. The reason being I am very moody. My mood swings quite frequently and somehow I lose interest in many stuffs quite quickly.
One such thing was learning how to drive, second thing is buying a car. Yes its true, my enthusiasm to buy a car has halved. As I find no real reason to buy a car.
But I made up my mind to resume driving classes, since:
> I had paid money while enrolling and my parents were now making fun of me, saying I am fit for nothing. ( Well they never understand how quickly my mood swings, how can I tell them that I have no more interest left in driving a vehicle.)
Finally when I went to drive, I ended up driving a petrol vehicle, what happened next, well , its up in the next post.
Cheers
One such thing was learning how to drive, second thing is buying a car. Yes its true, my enthusiasm to buy a car has halved. As I find no real reason to buy a car.
But I made up my mind to resume driving classes, since:
> I had paid money while enrolling and my parents were now making fun of me, saying I am fit for nothing. ( Well they never understand how quickly my mood swings, how can I tell them that I have no more interest left in driving a vehicle.)
Finally when I went to drive, I ended up driving a petrol vehicle, what happened next, well , its up in the next post.
Cheers
Stuck in the middle
I have not blogged anything for the last few days. The reason being nothing going as per plan. Everything seems to have come to a standstill. My decisions, my timing, my schedule, everything is just stuck or thrown out of gear.
Firstly its almost a week since I last went to my driving classes. The instructor seems to have disappeared. Hopefully not with the money I have given. I am at the recieving end of lots of criticism from my parents with things related to my driving classes.
Secondly I am not able to go to a Tata showroom and decide on what car am I gonna buy, what is the EMI, what is the downpayment. Fuck man. I have never been so much out of sorts in the last one year.
Moreover, work related stuffs, nothing interesting happening at workplace. I have loads of things to be sorted out before I actually " be my normal self". Not sure when's that gonna happen.
And my PC at home seems to be having some kind of problem. It keeps on rebooting all the time, testing my patience, time and again.
I can only pray to God and keep my fingers crossed, hoping for the best. Let me see.
But one thing is for sure, I can thank God for whatever he has given me, for what situation I am currently into. No more complaints, now its time for me to work a bit harder and stop making noises like this on the blog.
Cheers.
Firstly its almost a week since I last went to my driving classes. The instructor seems to have disappeared. Hopefully not with the money I have given. I am at the recieving end of lots of criticism from my parents with things related to my driving classes.
Secondly I am not able to go to a Tata showroom and decide on what car am I gonna buy, what is the EMI, what is the downpayment. Fuck man. I have never been so much out of sorts in the last one year.
Moreover, work related stuffs, nothing interesting happening at workplace. I have loads of things to be sorted out before I actually " be my normal self". Not sure when's that gonna happen.
And my PC at home seems to be having some kind of problem. It keeps on rebooting all the time, testing my patience, time and again.
I can only pray to God and keep my fingers crossed, hoping for the best. Let me see.
But one thing is for sure, I can thank God for whatever he has given me, for what situation I am currently into. No more complaints, now its time for me to work a bit harder and stop making noises like this on the blog.
Cheers.
Prime Circle - 'She always Gets What She Wants'
Just listened to this song on the radio.
Fell in love with this band from South Africa
Driving classes - Session # 6.
Call it luck, call it co-incidence, call it by God's grace, I do not know how to explain it. It was just 2 driving sessions before, I was unable to shift to second gear, instead I was applying fourth gear.
I got sound thrashings that day. The very next day, I managed to apply second gear, but I was still at the recieving end of some scolding because of engine stalling.
Now today being the 6th session, I countered most of the stuffs. I drove with all my vengeance. I thought let me drive as if there is no tomorrow. It worked. The engine stalled 2 times, well, my inexperience in traffic, but rest of the places, I was shifting gears at very ease.
I drove quite well today, pat on my back, which left even my instructor surprised. I mean, not a huge achievement, but this is my 6th session and I am comfortably driving in 4th gear. Wow, must be God's grace.
Let me see how do I drive tomorrow.
Cheers.
I got sound thrashings that day. The very next day, I managed to apply second gear, but I was still at the recieving end of some scolding because of engine stalling.
Now today being the 6th session, I countered most of the stuffs. I drove with all my vengeance. I thought let me drive as if there is no tomorrow. It worked. The engine stalled 2 times, well, my inexperience in traffic, but rest of the places, I was shifting gears at very ease.
I drove quite well today, pat on my back, which left even my instructor surprised. I mean, not a huge achievement, but this is my 6th session and I am comfortably driving in 4th gear. Wow, must be God's grace.
Let me see how do I drive tomorrow.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 5.
Yesterday was my fifth session. It went partly well and rest of the part went horribly wrong. I had problem in shifting gears the previous session. This time around I was quite confident on them, 1st 2nd, 3rd 4th, I did it all. I was so happy I could do it with ease. But my happiness did not last long.
I faced huge problem while downshifting. I could not shift the gears down as easily I did it the other way round. The car felt like it was over sensitive. It refused to pickup speed in second gear and hence stalled 3 times. (my bad, I had to press the gas pedal hard on an ascent or I had to downshift.)
Never did I feel scared, but my instructor told me "Its not the correct way to drive. You are not following my instructions." And yes he was visibly upset, very upset.
When I thought about what had happened when I came home, I quickly realised what had gone wrong.
1. The car did not have power steering, I was nervous while downshifting on curves and turnings, waiting for them to pass before I actually shifted the gear down. In order to shift gears while making a turn I needed to control the car single handedly. I was quite held back with this approach. (the width of the car seems to be bothering me.)
2. 80% of the time I was trying to steer the car amidst traffic people that I hardly noticed the drop in speed, which made the car to stall. I do not even look at the odometer. I keep looking straight on to the road. I mean, the car looks huge, maneuvering needs to be precise else there will be a scratch. I keep on concentrating on this forgetting about gear shifting.
I am hoping I will drive more confidently tomorrow. Lets see..
Cheers.
I faced huge problem while downshifting. I could not shift the gears down as easily I did it the other way round. The car felt like it was over sensitive. It refused to pickup speed in second gear and hence stalled 3 times. (my bad, I had to press the gas pedal hard on an ascent or I had to downshift.)
Never did I feel scared, but my instructor told me "Its not the correct way to drive. You are not following my instructions." And yes he was visibly upset, very upset.
When I thought about what had happened when I came home, I quickly realised what had gone wrong.
1. The car did not have power steering, I was nervous while downshifting on curves and turnings, waiting for them to pass before I actually shifted the gear down. In order to shift gears while making a turn I needed to control the car single handedly. I was quite held back with this approach. (the width of the car seems to be bothering me.)
2. 80% of the time I was trying to steer the car amidst traffic people that I hardly noticed the drop in speed, which made the car to stall. I do not even look at the odometer. I keep looking straight on to the road. I mean, the car looks huge, maneuvering needs to be precise else there will be a scratch. I keep on concentrating on this forgetting about gear shifting.
I am hoping I will drive more confidently tomorrow. Lets see..
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 4.
Somehow I was ridiculed about, for blogging about these driving classes. For a moment I was all set to delete the posts, since there was no hide option available.
It may look silly to an onlooker, but somehow I feel the enthu, hovering around me which makes me to type these posts.
So, today was my fourth day. I am driving with more confidence also applying brakes. I still sometimes make a huge left turn, which really pisses off my instructor. I need to look into that as well.
Today I tried applying 1st and 2nd gears. First gear did work quite well, the engine dint stall, while letting the clutch off. But somehow I was unable to apply the second gear itself. It used to land up in 4th instead of 2nd. I need to work on it too.
One more thing was applying clutch as soon as I braked. This is not happening and engine is stalling. I mean I need to apply clutch more harder. So let me do with more power tomorrow and see. I need to get less curses from my instructor. That is my aim.
Still lots to be learnt before I actually drive properly.
Cheers.
It may look silly to an onlooker, but somehow I feel the enthu, hovering around me which makes me to type these posts.
So, today was my fourth day. I am driving with more confidence also applying brakes. I still sometimes make a huge left turn, which really pisses off my instructor. I need to look into that as well.
Today I tried applying 1st and 2nd gears. First gear did work quite well, the engine dint stall, while letting the clutch off. But somehow I was unable to apply the second gear itself. It used to land up in 4th instead of 2nd. I need to work on it too.
One more thing was applying clutch as soon as I braked. This is not happening and engine is stalling. I mean I need to apply clutch more harder. So let me do with more power tomorrow and see. I need to get less curses from my instructor. That is my aim.
Still lots to be learnt before I actually drive properly.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 3.
Today was my third session. I felt a little bit more confident. I was driving after a gap of a day. But none the less, I was raring to go. Drove a good distance covering lot of humps and sharp curves.
I was much much more confident on braking today. I did apply brakes quite well infact.
I drove the car single handedly while I was trying to give signals using my right hand. Well rare feat for me, a first time driver and that too driving without power steering amidst quite a traffic.
I was driving a diesel vehicle, tata indica to be more precise, which has run for almost 70K kms. Not even a single moment did I feel any vibration nor sound.
I still cannot feel the so called vibrations what people are talking about when it comes to a diesel vehicle.
As of now looking forward to drive more confidently. Let me see.
Cheers.
I was much much more confident on braking today. I did apply brakes quite well infact.
I drove the car single handedly while I was trying to give signals using my right hand. Well rare feat for me, a first time driver and that too driving without power steering amidst quite a traffic.
I was driving a diesel vehicle, tata indica to be more precise, which has run for almost 70K kms. Not even a single moment did I feel any vibration nor sound.
I still cannot feel the so called vibrations what people are talking about when it comes to a diesel vehicle.
As of now looking forward to drive more confidently. Let me see.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 2.
Today was my second day at the driving school. Everything started off quite well. I was hoping and praying not do repeat the same mistakes of day 1.
Infact I did not. The problem of oversteering and understeering almost disappeared. I now tried to focus on the braking part. But sadly, I am still not confident on braking. My instructor told me to apply clutch whenever I apply brake. It did not work out on the second day. I felt little uneasy in doing so.
One more problem which I noticed was while taking left and right turns. Left turn has to be taken quite crisply. Right turn has to be taken with a little bit more curve.
I did it the exact opposite. My left turn was way too much curvy. I was always focussed on the rear wheel on the left side.. Let me see, I need to pick up quickly.
Cheers
Infact I did not. The problem of oversteering and understeering almost disappeared. I now tried to focus on the braking part. But sadly, I am still not confident on braking. My instructor told me to apply clutch whenever I apply brake. It did not work out on the second day. I felt little uneasy in doing so.
One more problem which I noticed was while taking left and right turns. Left turn has to be taken quite crisply. Right turn has to be taken with a little bit more curve.
I did it the exact opposite. My left turn was way too much curvy. I was always focussed on the rear wheel on the left side.. Let me see, I need to pick up quickly.
Cheers
Driving classes - Session # 1.
I planned to take driving lessons from morning 6 30 till 7 am.
So first day, I was wondering, whether I will start in an empty stretch of road or a play ground.
But to my surprise, I started off in a main road, with full control except gear shifts. I did not expect that.
I have never driven a car before, but somehow drove it without getting scared. There were lots of trucks, buses coming in the opposite direction, I drove it all along with few mistakes.
The instructor told me the car did not have power steering, but I ended up driving with almost single hand. May be its a power steering, need to cross check.
I was very poor in braking, almost ignoring the brakes.
It was day #1, and my right leg was quite reluctant to let off the gas pedal and move to brakes. My left leg was itching to move to do the braking. But somehow I controlled myself from not using the left leg. There were 2 occasions when I almost hit the gas pedal thinking it to be brakes (my bad, need to improve), and 2 more occasions when I ended up getting zapped while making a turn. (I regret, hope not to do it again).
All in all I drove on wide roads and some very very narrow roads. I did not get excited nor scared. But I was low on confidence. Thats for sure. Need to check how do I drive tomorrow. Till then.. Cheers
So first day, I was wondering, whether I will start in an empty stretch of road or a play ground.
But to my surprise, I started off in a main road, with full control except gear shifts. I did not expect that.
I have never driven a car before, but somehow drove it without getting scared. There were lots of trucks, buses coming in the opposite direction, I drove it all along with few mistakes.
The instructor told me the car did not have power steering, but I ended up driving with almost single hand. May be its a power steering, need to cross check.
I was very poor in braking, almost ignoring the brakes.
It was day #1, and my right leg was quite reluctant to let off the gas pedal and move to brakes. My left leg was itching to move to do the braking. But somehow I controlled myself from not using the left leg. There were 2 occasions when I almost hit the gas pedal thinking it to be brakes (my bad, need to improve), and 2 more occasions when I ended up getting zapped while making a turn. (I regret, hope not to do it again).
All in all I drove on wide roads and some very very narrow roads. I did not get excited nor scared. But I was low on confidence. Thats for sure. Need to check how do I drive tomorrow. Till then.. Cheers
Started with driving classes
Recently, all of a sudden, I had sudden interest in learning car driving. I do have plans of buying a car in near future, but not that concrete plan. But somehow lumbered out some courage to go and join a driving school.
I enrolled over the past weekend, in a driving school, which is not so close to my house. You may be wondering, why join a driving school not so close to my house??
Well, I wanted to learn how to drive a Tata Indica, found this driving school near Uttarahalli, having one, so went and joined.
My driving sessions are to be covered over a period of 18 classes each of 30 mins.
I would love to post all in all 18 entries over here. Let me see how do I do that..
Cheers.
I enrolled over the past weekend, in a driving school, which is not so close to my house. You may be wondering, why join a driving school not so close to my house??
Well, I wanted to learn how to drive a Tata Indica, found this driving school near Uttarahalli, having one, so went and joined.
My driving sessions are to be covered over a period of 18 classes each of 30 mins.
I would love to post all in all 18 entries over here. Let me see how do I do that..
Cheers.
On the way to Kodai
We left Bangalore on 17 evening at 11pm and were struck at Hosur RTO. It took an hour from there and drove all the way to Kodaikanal. Some of the pics on the way are here..
Trip to Kodai
Back to blogging after long time. What made me blog this time was my trip to Kodaikanal over the last weekend, with my cousins.
The trip was unsure till the very last day, with people joining in, people dropping out. I thought I would never make it to Kodai on 18 and 19th July 2009. Even if I could make it, I felt it would be heavily pouring @ Kodaikanal.
Now that the trip has been realized, I have had the time of my life, and I am back, here to blog about those wonderful memories which still remain with me.
I had been to loads of places, some of them whose name I remember, I would love to post some of the pictures of them as well.
Let me post it as a part of different series of pics..
The trip was unsure till the very last day, with people joining in, people dropping out. I thought I would never make it to Kodai on 18 and 19th July 2009. Even if I could make it, I felt it would be heavily pouring @ Kodaikanal.
Now that the trip has been realized, I have had the time of my life, and I am back, here to blog about those wonderful memories which still remain with me.
I had been to loads of places, some of them whose name I remember, I would love to post some of the pictures of them as well.
Let me post it as a part of different series of pics..
In the line of Fire
I read an article in today 's newspaper, about layoffs in a very popular company in Bangalore. It did not come as a surprise to me, because many of my friends over there told me earlier itself, that there is going to be a layoff. The article said, the people who were laid off were mostly entry level professionals.
Lets give some thought into it. Entry level professionals meaning people who are at the LEAF node in the organization. It generally includes freshers, software engineers, programmers (like me of course) and few other people.
But why do the entry level people only are targeted? Just because they do not have any prior experience or they do not add much value (in case of programmers)? I do not have an answer for this.
Rest of the post has been indiscriminately removed...
Lets give some thought into it. Entry level professionals meaning people who are at the LEAF node in the organization. It generally includes freshers, software engineers, programmers (like me of course) and few other people.
But why do the entry level people only are targeted? Just because they do not have any prior experience or they do not add much value (in case of programmers)? I do not have an answer for this.
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Extract from Pravsworld , about MJ
Got a mail from pravsworld about quotes of Micheal Jackson. I have been a fan of MJ if not a huge fan. The first time I came to know about MJ when I saw MJ's poster in my cousin's room way back in 1988. I was a 5 year old, and my cousin was in his early teens. He surely loved MJ's moves.
When I got this from pravsworld, I was very keep to put it up here:: so here it goes..
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Michael Jackson Memorial
I was touched watching Michael Jackson Memorial yesterday.
As a kid, I remember hearing of this legend probably even before I saw him, hearing about his dance before I saw him dance, hearing about his music before I listened to it. When I saw him, when I watched his dance, when I listened to his music - he was undoubtedly an legend.
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. His music will last forever.
Remembering Michael Jackson - here are his select quotes & videos. My tribute to this icon who moon-walked on this earth.
Michael Jackson Quotes:
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson
“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life.” - Michael Jackson
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson
“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.” - Michael Jackson
“When I see children, I see the face of God. That’s why I love them so much. That’s what I see.” - Michael Jackson
“You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town.” - Michael Jackson
When I got this from pravsworld, I was very keep to put it up here:: so here it goes..
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Michael Jackson Memorial
I was touched watching Michael Jackson Memorial yesterday.
As a kid, I remember hearing of this legend probably even before I saw him, hearing about his dance before I saw him dance, hearing about his music before I listened to it. When I saw him, when I watched his dance, when I listened to his music - he was undoubtedly an legend.
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. His music will last forever.
Remembering Michael Jackson - here are his select quotes & videos. My tribute to this icon who moon-walked on this earth.
Michael Jackson Quotes:
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson
“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life.” - Michael Jackson
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson
“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.” - Michael Jackson
“When I see children, I see the face of God. That’s why I love them so much. That’s what I see.” - Michael Jackson
“You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town.” - Michael Jackson
Learnings from a DOG - extract from pravsworld
What A Dog Teaches You
A dog teaches us a lot of things, but we never seem to take notice. These are some of the lessons you might learn…
- When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
- Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
- Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
- When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience.
- Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory.
- Take naps and stretch before rising.
- Run romp and play daily.
- Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
- Avoid biting, when a simple growl will do.
- On warm days stop to lie on your back on the grass. On hot days drink lots of water and lay under a shady tree.
- When you’re happy dance around and wag your entire body.
- No matter how often you’re scolded don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout. Run right back and make friends.
- Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
- Eat with gusto and enthusiasm, stop when you have had enough.
- Be loyal.
- Never pretend to be something you’re not.
- If what you want lies buried dig until you find it.
- When someone is having a bad day be silent, sit close by… and nuzzle them gently.
Baby snake spotted in front of my house
It was 23 June 2009. The time was evening 7 :30pm, I was about to enter my house through the front gate, immediately I saw a creature just in front of the gate. Yes it was a baby snake.
Recently I had encounters with earthworms, leeches, centipedes etc etc. Some of them I have mistaken to be a snake. Incidentally I saw an insect the previous Saturday and I thought it to be a snake. I touched it with a small stick, it moved in such a way that, it made me feel, boy is this a snake.
When my father saw it, he just laughed at me saying its a earthworm or any other insect but not a snake. After all snake babies tend to grow a little bigger.
But this very day, what I saw was a real snake baby. I was about 20 cms away from stepping on to it. I realized immediately and backed off another 30 cms. But still I was very close. I could clearly see its raised hood. I think and I hope its a rat snake. I was surprised to see the baby snake take its stance even after seeing me. It did not move an inch. I wanted to show the same to my parents. I called them from outside.
But they did not hear, moreover I did not want to call neighbors instead and also there are some pathetic (loser) assholes who tend to throw stones, infact stone slabs on snakes as soon as they spot one of them. Yes there are such morons near my place. Both educated and uneducated losers, who do not have basic sense.
So I moved towards the gate, trying to make sound using the knob of the gate so that my parents come out. I knew the snake cant hear sounds and only can sense vibrations.
As I made cranking sounds with the gate knob, the snake tried to move into the bushes. And recollect the snake moves very fast, but this one was hesitant to go, it was almost saying, " dont go public , you better fuck off ". But somehow I had to make the snake go back to bushes, since my brother or anyone can step on to it. I would not like this to happen, nor those morons to spot one of them. So I was quite happy to see it back to bushes.
One thing I am still scared is that it still moves around one of those bushes close to my gate. And recently my small cousins 5-10 yrs age, were playing around the same bushes with their cricket ball. The ball went into the bushes and we managed to get it. But my mother and aunt were consistently scolding to forget the ball, since there could be such creatures, I infact ignored the call and ventured into the partenium filled empty site and got the ball. May be I survived to see just another day.
Learnings:
Take your parents or elders advice seriously.
Do not try to be a HERO, unless its in front of the camera.
Respect Snakes.
PS:: If it was an adult snake and if it had given me a surprise, I even may have pissed in my pants, who knows .
Recently I had encounters with earthworms, leeches, centipedes etc etc. Some of them I have mistaken to be a snake. Incidentally I saw an insect the previous Saturday and I thought it to be a snake. I touched it with a small stick, it moved in such a way that, it made me feel, boy is this a snake.
When my father saw it, he just laughed at me saying its a earthworm or any other insect but not a snake. After all snake babies tend to grow a little bigger.
But this very day, what I saw was a real snake baby. I was about 20 cms away from stepping on to it. I realized immediately and backed off another 30 cms. But still I was very close. I could clearly see its raised hood. I think and I hope its a rat snake. I was surprised to see the baby snake take its stance even after seeing me. It did not move an inch. I wanted to show the same to my parents. I called them from outside.
But they did not hear, moreover I did not want to call neighbors instead and also there are some pathetic (loser) assholes who tend to throw stones, infact stone slabs on snakes as soon as they spot one of them. Yes there are such morons near my place. Both educated and uneducated losers, who do not have basic sense.
So I moved towards the gate, trying to make sound using the knob of the gate so that my parents come out. I knew the snake cant hear sounds and only can sense vibrations.
As I made cranking sounds with the gate knob, the snake tried to move into the bushes. And recollect the snake moves very fast, but this one was hesitant to go, it was almost saying, " dont go public , you better fuck off ". But somehow I had to make the snake go back to bushes, since my brother or anyone can step on to it. I would not like this to happen, nor those morons to spot one of them. So I was quite happy to see it back to bushes.
One thing I am still scared is that it still moves around one of those bushes close to my gate. And recently my small cousins 5-10 yrs age, were playing around the same bushes with their cricket ball. The ball went into the bushes and we managed to get it. But my mother and aunt were consistently scolding to forget the ball, since there could be such creatures, I infact ignored the call and ventured into the partenium filled empty site and got the ball. May be I survived to see just another day.
Learnings:
Take your parents or elders advice seriously.
Do not try to be a HERO, unless its in front of the camera.
Respect Snakes.
PS:: If it was an adult snake and if it had given me a surprise, I even may have pissed in my pants, who knows .
Here s saluting a legend.
French Open this year was a goood one. I enjoyed it every bit of it.
I thought Federer played so so well, in the semi final match, I felt like bowing down and saluting the person. His energy, enthusiasm and love for the game is just uncomparable. I remember sending an SMS to my friend in the middle of the night, saying I want to bow down to Federer.
Way to go Mr Federer. Hats off, for your performance.
Cheers
I thought Federer played so so well, in the semi final match, I felt like bowing down and saluting the person. His energy, enthusiasm and love for the game is just uncomparable. I remember sending an SMS to my friend in the middle of the night, saying I want to bow down to Federer.
Way to go Mr Federer. Hats off, for your performance.
Cheers
Registerd @ Indiblogger
I registered my blog @ indiblogger.
I do read many blogs. Most of them being technical blogs. I mostly keep my posts about myself and some fictious stuffs. But somehow I felt like joining the network of Indian bloggers. Hopefully I can get some tips and tricks from there and also try to better myself @ writing.
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Cheers
I do read many blogs. Most of them being technical blogs. I mostly keep my posts about myself and some fictious stuffs. But somehow I felt like joining the network of Indian bloggers. Hopefully I can get some tips and tricks from there and also try to better myself @ writing.
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Cheers
Nightmarish Monday
I have had a good sleep, but its a kind of nightmarish monday. Indian Cricket Team is out of T20 world cup. I can understand. Tired pair of legs. Playing too much of cricket. It was bound to happen. I wish they were into semis.
Loong time since I have posted. My computer has had a major breakdown. I have no clues on what to do regarding it. I wanted to write about lots of stuffs. Some of the stuffs I have already forgotten.
Let me see, how can I go about it.
Cheers
Loong time since I have posted. My computer has had a major breakdown. I have no clues on what to do regarding it. I wanted to write about lots of stuffs. Some of the stuffs I have already forgotten.
Let me see, how can I go about it.
Cheers
Good old memories
music @ dhingana.com
Incidentally I happened to listen to an awesome song, which brought me back, good old memories.
I have shared the song, which is close to 18 years old. I was 7 year old may be at that time.
I did get to watch the movie on a neighbor's VCR, at my grandmother's place. Incidentally it happened to be my summer holidays of the year 1991. Once in a while we used to get a VCR, and on such an occasion, many people of the family would sit and watch the movie.
Well, these days, everyday, I get to see, close to 5 different movies at the same time. But none of my family members accompany me. Even when many relatives come to my place, none of them are interested in watching a movie.
The same Golden moments are hard to come by again.
I still cherish those golden moments I spent @ my grandmother's place.
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Cheers
I have shared the song, which is close to 18 years old. I was 7 year old may be at that time.
I did get to watch the movie on a neighbor's VCR, at my grandmother's place. Incidentally it happened to be my summer holidays of the year 1991. Once in a while we used to get a VCR, and on such an occasion, many people of the family would sit and watch the movie.
Well, these days, everyday, I get to see, close to 5 different movies at the same time. But none of my family members accompany me. Even when many relatives come to my place, none of them are interested in watching a movie.
The same Golden moments are hard to come by again.
I still cherish those golden moments I spent @ my grandmother's place.
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Cheers
Do I give up what I love?
Sometimes, I just wonder, whether I have made a right decision not to pursue, higher education, just because, I am so happy doing coding. But looking at the current scenario, I wonder, should I have been better off, being a management guy ?
One reason, why I did not like to go in for an MBA, is because, I hate to attend meetings, and book conference rooms. I love to sit in some corner, and silent code and code till I get headache.
But after working for close to 4 years, I have slowly begun to realize the truth. There are very less opportunities to code from scratch. Moreover, coming home after work and doing some open source coding, seems to be quite difficult as of now.
Does this mean, I have to give up my love for learning new Microsoft technologies and dedicate my efforts towards becoming a Project Lead or Project Manager. I am in a real dilemma whether to give up what I really love.
Is there any way out? I am thinking. Coding open source in free time is definitely an option. But how long to code side projects, without hitting main stream.
Is there a way out.. God please show me a way out of this..
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Cheers
One reason, why I did not like to go in for an MBA, is because, I hate to attend meetings, and book conference rooms. I love to sit in some corner, and silent code and code till I get headache.
But after working for close to 4 years, I have slowly begun to realize the truth. There are very less opportunities to code from scratch. Moreover, coming home after work and doing some open source coding, seems to be quite difficult as of now.
Does this mean, I have to give up my love for learning new Microsoft technologies and dedicate my efforts towards becoming a Project Lead or Project Manager. I am in a real dilemma whether to give up what I really love.
Is there any way out? I am thinking. Coding open source in free time is definitely an option. But how long to code side projects, without hitting main stream.
Is there a way out.. God please show me a way out of this..
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Cheers
Speaking without delivering
Many times, I have found myself at the receiving end of criticism, regarding speaking a lot and doing a little. Yes, intentionally I do give a nice build up churning out ZERO output. It happens. But once in a while.
But what do I do, if, time and again I encounter people who just show this kind of caliber. Talking till the throat hurts and when it comes to output, they just provide nothing. Infact I have seen people who just love to talk and talk, and when its time to put them into actions, they hate to dig their hands into SHIT to make things happen. I had even once told a guy, " Why do you show off so much". But that is a way too long time back .
Can you guess the guy's reply " I am what I am " . True, after all, every person is unique. You cannot ask them to change, since it takes years of practice to just bluff around impressing everyone and escape without doing anything.
What if I encounter one such person? I just would not care, that is sticking to plain old basics. I believe in doing rather than speaking, though there are, but not many times, when I too begin to talk crap, without knowing whether its achievable or not. (But not many a times).
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But what do I do, if, time and again I encounter people who just show this kind of caliber. Talking till the throat hurts and when it comes to output, they just provide nothing. Infact I have seen people who just love to talk and talk, and when its time to put them into actions, they hate to dig their hands into SHIT to make things happen. I had even once told a guy, " Why do you show off so much". But that is a way too long time back .
Can you guess the guy's reply " I am what I am " . True, after all, every person is unique. You cannot ask them to change, since it takes years of practice to just bluff around impressing everyone and escape without doing anything.
What if I encounter one such person? I just would not care, that is sticking to plain old basics. I believe in doing rather than speaking, though there are, but not many times, when I too begin to talk crap, without knowing whether its achievable or not. (But not many a times).
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WORKHORSE or JACKASS
" Better be a workhorse rather than a jackass "
Well, this is one " One Liner ", I just churned out of nowhere. Most of my friends would know the meaning of this one liner. If you don't know, do write a comment with your email id, will explain it to you. But I wish not to post its meaning over here. [Courtesy : some unknown reasons :P]
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Cheers
Well, this is one " One Liner ", I just churned out of nowhere. Most of my friends would know the meaning of this one liner. If you don't know, do write a comment with your email id, will explain it to you. But I wish not to post its meaning over here. [Courtesy : some unknown reasons :P]
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Cheers
Feedback on my last post
Today I received some feedback on my last post on the blog. The feedback was about my previous post on the " Lows of my trip ". One of my friend read the post and asked me, " How come you get wild sometimes ? ".
Hmmmm....(sigh).. Well I really do not know. After all I am also a human. I do get angry sometimes. There are times when my anger just shoots up, many other times my ego shoots up and rest of the time my attitude shoots up. If none of these shoot up, my comic ssense definitely kicks in.. :P (my brother calls this comic side of mine very very cheap, do I mind, not a single percent ).
Well if I am not wrong, most of the times, its my attitude which floats above the remaining two.
As of now, not sure, how to deal with anger. May be I need to count from 1 to 100 for my red hot temper to turn colorless (and may be odorless, smoke it !!!)
Well, regarding comments and criticisms, they are most welcome, anytime..
PS :: None of my cousins', read my blog. I can be rest assured, there is no way they are gonna find about the incidents written in this post. Even if they read my blog, I would have posted a lot more by that time, and for sure, they wont dig into each and every post to find about these two incidents..
Hmmmm....(sigh).. Well I really do not know. After all I am also a human. I do get angry sometimes. There are times when my anger just shoots up, many other times my ego shoots up and rest of the time my attitude shoots up. If none of these shoot up, my comic ssense definitely kicks in.. :P (my brother calls this comic side of mine very very cheap, do I mind, not a single percent ).
Well if I am not wrong, most of the times, its my attitude which floats above the remaining two.
As of now, not sure, how to deal with anger. May be I need to count from 1 to 100 for my red hot temper to turn colorless (and may be odorless, smoke it !!!)
Well, regarding comments and criticisms, they are most welcome, anytime..
PS :: None of my cousins', read my blog. I can be rest assured, there is no way they are gonna find about the incidents written in this post. Even if they read my blog, I would have posted a lot more by that time, and for sure, they wont dig into each and every post to find about these two incidents..
Lows of my trip
> At one moment during the wedding, I came before the recording camera man. The camera man, literally touched my back (more like a pat). Immediately I got to know it was for me coming in between his shot. Moreover I saw his dirty expression. My temper rose almost 100 times, (coz I hate to be at the receiving end of such gimmicks amidst public). I could feel my hands waiting to beat the living hell out of someone(cameraman). But somehow I controlled myself from doing that, since I did not want to create a ruckus amidst dancing and partying people. I swallowed it partially, when the photographer apologized by saying " Sorry " for 5 times. But I did not accept his apology. I did not say anything to him, nor did I look into his eye. I just nodded my head and went away.
> At one more time, @ Hotel RamDev in Belgaum, I was filling water into my 2 litre mineral water bottle, using the jug / jar placed on the table, the waiter came and told " fill water from the tap over there " (in hindi), in kind of rude voice. This time, I did not notice it, but when I came out of the hotel, my brother reminded me that it was a kind of insult, how come ur silent.
My temper shot again this time to about 500 times, and I did not want to control it. I went back into the hotel, called the manager, pointed towards the waiter, called him and scolded him nicely till my temper came down. I was about to show my middle finger, but I felt it was kinda too much. So scolded the waiter till I got a soothing relief and came out, happily. I wanted to write a feedback form. But I preferred to give it back on the spot this time, coz I know where the feedback forms land up, ie in the nearest dustbins.
And the hotel was Ramdev, it seems to be a good hotel @ the entrance of Belgaum after some medical college. The food was kinda good, but the attitude of the waiter who served me lunch was pathetic. He deserves to be fired I feel. After shouting at him this is what I could have done least to vent out my anger against him.
Disclaimer:: This incident has happened in real on 17 May 2008. The hotel in picture and the location are all true. Nothing is fictious over here. This is the same hotel which comes up in teh 1972 movie Bombay to Goa. ( I feel)
And yes, I may be dumb(silent) at that very moment, but I do strike back with a lot of venom..
> At one more time, @ Hotel RamDev in Belgaum, I was filling water into my 2 litre mineral water bottle, using the jug / jar placed on the table, the waiter came and told " fill water from the tap over there " (in hindi), in kind of rude voice. This time, I did not notice it, but when I came out of the hotel, my brother reminded me that it was a kind of insult, how come ur silent.
My temper shot again this time to about 500 times, and I did not want to control it. I went back into the hotel, called the manager, pointed towards the waiter, called him and scolded him nicely till my temper came down. I was about to show my middle finger, but I felt it was kinda too much. So scolded the waiter till I got a soothing relief and came out, happily. I wanted to write a feedback form. But I preferred to give it back on the spot this time, coz I know where the feedback forms land up, ie in the nearest dustbins.
And the hotel was Ramdev, it seems to be a good hotel @ the entrance of Belgaum after some medical college. The food was kinda good, but the attitude of the waiter who served me lunch was pathetic. He deserves to be fired I feel. After shouting at him this is what I could have done least to vent out my anger against him.
Disclaimer:: This incident has happened in real on 17 May 2008. The hotel in picture and the location are all true. Nothing is fictious over here. This is the same hotel which comes up in teh 1972 movie Bombay to Goa. ( I feel)
And yes, I may be dumb(silent) at that very moment, but I do strike back with a lot of venom..
Highs of my trip
> Visited YellammanaGudda
Prayed a lot, great to be back @ YellammanaGudda, awesome feeling.
> Super cousins and relatives
My cousins and relatives made the wedding most memorable one. I can recollect continuously laughing for 20+ mins ending up with a chest pain and tears in my eyes.(literally, its like laugh till it hurts. )
> Awesome food
Some of the best food I had in recent times,
> Super snaps
Got some of the best shots (according to me)
> Gala time @ Gokak falls.
Had a great time @ Gokak Falls.
> Awesome ride along Belgaum - Dharwad highway.
Travelled at a speed of 140km amidst heavy rain, that too, with 9 people on board a Sumo Victa LX. One unforgettable ride. Belgaum to Dharwad in literally 1 hr. (60kms)
> Spoke to whole lot of people.
Well spoke to a lot of people also listened to them.
> Danced as though no one saw me.
Yes yes, like last year, this year too I danced to the tunes of a brass band. It was really awesome.
Prayed a lot, great to be back @ YellammanaGudda, awesome feeling.
> Super cousins and relatives
My cousins and relatives made the wedding most memorable one. I can recollect continuously laughing for 20+ mins ending up with a chest pain and tears in my eyes.(literally, its like laugh till it hurts. )
> Awesome food
Some of the best food I had in recent times,
> Super snaps
Got some of the best shots (according to me)
> Gala time @ Gokak falls.
Had a great time @ Gokak Falls.
> Awesome ride along Belgaum - Dharwad highway.
Travelled at a speed of 140km amidst heavy rain, that too, with 9 people on board a Sumo Victa LX. One unforgettable ride. Belgaum to Dharwad in literally 1 hr. (60kms)
> Spoke to whole lot of people.
Well spoke to a lot of people also listened to them.
> Danced as though no one saw me.
Yes yes, like last year, this year too I danced to the tunes of a brass band. It was really awesome.
Thanks for a memorable trip
After coming from my cousin sister's wedding, and a 4 day off from my regular bullshit routine, I would like to thank a few people. Here it goes...
> Firstly loads of thanks going out to none other than GOD for keeping me alive and kicking.
> My cousin who not invited us for the wedding but also arranged for travel.
> My other cousins' and relatives who had come from far off places, whom I met after a year. Thanks guys for coming.
> Another bunch of my cousins' who had arranged for accommodation in a guest house and travel to Gokak and YellamannaGudda.
> My 5 cargo trousers, which I carried all the way for a 4 day function. They came in really handy.. They took lot of abuse from me.
> My American Tourister travel bag. Though it is huge, carrying(lifting) it was a little pain, but it held too much of luggage, my entire set of clothes, my father's as well, my 2 pairs of footwear. It also took a lot of abuse, being pushed on top of the carrier of vehicles. Though there were cuts in 2 or 3 places on the leather edge, rest of the travel bag seems to be rock solid.
> My Sony ion battery (and also my dsc h7 cam). This time, I had made sure, I charged it properly, and it too bore the brunt of my use, silently. I started using flash during day time, and that too in most of the photos. But still I did not run out of battery. Three cheers for making that super battery.
> Firstly loads of thanks going out to none other than GOD for keeping me alive and kicking.
> My cousin who not invited us for the wedding but also arranged for travel.
> My other cousins' and relatives who had come from far off places, whom I met after a year. Thanks guys for coming.
> Another bunch of my cousins' who had arranged for accommodation in a guest house and travel to Gokak and YellamannaGudda.
> My 5 cargo trousers, which I carried all the way for a 4 day function. They came in really handy.. They took lot of abuse from me.
> My American Tourister travel bag. Though it is huge, carrying(lifting) it was a little pain, but it held too much of luggage, my entire set of clothes, my father's as well, my 2 pairs of footwear. It also took a lot of abuse, being pushed on top of the carrier of vehicles. Though there were cuts in 2 or 3 places on the leather edge, rest of the travel bag seems to be rock solid.
> My Sony ion battery (and also my dsc h7 cam). This time, I had made sure, I charged it properly, and it too bore the brunt of my use, silently. I started using flash during day time, and that too in most of the photos. But still I did not run out of battery. Three cheers for making that super battery.
Words by Dalai Lama / Instructions For Life
Got these from pravsworld.
> Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
> Memorize your favorite poem.
> Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
> When you say, “I love you”, mean it.
> When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.
> Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
> Believe in love at first sight.
> Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
> Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
> In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
> Don’t judge people by their relatives.
> Talk slowly but think quickly.
> When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
> Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
> Call your mom.
> Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
> When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
> Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
> Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
> When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
> Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
> Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
> Spend some time alone.
> Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
> Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
> Read more books and watch less TV.
> Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
> Trust in God but lock your car.
> A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
> In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
> Read between the lines.
> Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
> Be gentle with the earth.
> Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.
> Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
> Mind your own business.
> Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.
> At least once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
> If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
> Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
> Learn the rules then break some.
> Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
> Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
> Remember that your character is your destiny.
> Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
> Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
> Memorize your favorite poem.
> Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
> When you say, “I love you”, mean it.
> When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.
> Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
> Believe in love at first sight.
> Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
> Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
> In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
> Don’t judge people by their relatives.
> Talk slowly but think quickly.
> When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
> Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
> Call your mom.
> Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
> When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
> Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
> Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
> When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
> Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
> Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
> Spend some time alone.
> Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
> Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
> Read more books and watch less TV.
> Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
> Trust in God but lock your car.
> A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
> In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
> Read between the lines.
> Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
> Be gentle with the earth.
> Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.
> Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
> Mind your own business.
> Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.
> At least once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
> If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
> Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
> Learn the rules then break some.
> Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
> Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
> Remember that your character is your destiny.
> Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Time for everything
Phew, I had a rocking 4 day off-work, just to find myself in a situation, where I was actually having a ball. I took 2 days leave 14th and 15th May 2008, to attend my cousin sister's wedding, on 15th May @ Dharwad.
I ended up not only attending the wedding but doing a whole lot of things, most of it was not really anticipated. Like,
> Trip to YellammanaGudda.
> Traveling in luxury vehicles, free of cost.
> Spending 4 days, @ an AC room almost free.
> Laughing my heart out,
[ oh my gosh, there was a moment where I started complaining of chest pain after laughing for 20 min completely. I thought something was wrong with me. But I realized my cousin brother also complained of chest pain. It meant, the chest pain was because of continuous laughing infact laughing our heart out. ]
> Walking on a lonely road with no lights @ 10: 30 during night, just looking out for a meal, ending up with some super cool pictures as well as some cool food (rice, dal, sambar and whole lot, infact worth the 2.5 km walk we did during the night.)
> Dancing my heart out during the wedding.
> Meeting whole bunch of relatives, who had come all the way from Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Pune, Mumbai. Yup.
I would like to thank god, for putting me thru this situation, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Feels so good, to be part of a wedding. Just love it.. !!!!!
Lemme post some pics of it..
I ended up not only attending the wedding but doing a whole lot of things, most of it was not really anticipated. Like,
> Trip to YellammanaGudda.
> Traveling in luxury vehicles, free of cost.
> Spending 4 days, @ an AC room almost free.
> Laughing my heart out,
[ oh my gosh, there was a moment where I started complaining of chest pain after laughing for 20 min completely. I thought something was wrong with me. But I realized my cousin brother also complained of chest pain. It meant, the chest pain was because of continuous laughing infact laughing our heart out. ]
> Walking on a lonely road with no lights @ 10: 30 during night, just looking out for a meal, ending up with some super cool pictures as well as some cool food (rice, dal, sambar and whole lot, infact worth the 2.5 km walk we did during the night.)
> Dancing my heart out during the wedding.
> Meeting whole bunch of relatives, who had come all the way from Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Pune, Mumbai. Yup.
I would like to thank god, for putting me thru this situation, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Feels so good, to be part of a wedding. Just love it.. !!!!!
Lemme post some pics of it..
Little Wonders - Rob Thomas
This song really peps me up. I never knew a few simple selected words could end up in such an awesome inspiration song. Yep, its true, I just love this song.. No second thoughts.
Cribbing
Generally I hate to write about cribbing. But I had a conversation where in my friend was cribbing about his work place, this so called recession and its effect on him. I would like to write about the strange situation in which he is in at the moment.
My friend incidentally happens to work for a neighboring IT company. First let me write some points about the recent recession.
> Managers tend keep an eagles' eye on the team-members performance.
> The so called friends (before recession) tend to outsmart each other,.
> People generally do not want to make mistakes, especially in their work.
> Individual work is preferred over team work. After all you need to separate the milkable cows from non-milkable ones. Also easy to fire individuals rather than entire team.
The situation my friend is in, is kind of a strange one. His team comprises of an individual (Lets call him A ), who is unsure about his role. He is either trying to demoralize the entire team to save his job, or he is trying to outshine the rest of the team members.
Assume my friend is given a piece of work, which he might take 2 weeks time to complete. But this particular individual " A ", tends to shout out loud in the meeting saying, this work can be done in 4 days.
This particular individual " A " after the meeting is done, is not even bothered to help, to complete the task in 4 days, he is only interested in his part of the work.
My friend's concern is during this time of recession, what will the manager feel about him. A task which can be done within 4 days, is being done in 2 weeks. Does the manager feel, is this guy, a non milkable cow. So my friend feels he is the one in the line of firing, just because of this so called individual " A ", who incidentally happens to pass sarcastic comments about others work and try to find fault in others work.
All I can say is I am quite lucky not to be in such a team.
My friend incidentally happens to work for a neighboring IT company. First let me write some points about the recent recession.
> Managers tend keep an eagles' eye on the team-members performance.
> The so called friends (before recession) tend to outsmart each other,.
> People generally do not want to make mistakes, especially in their work.
> Individual work is preferred over team work. After all you need to separate the milkable cows from non-milkable ones. Also easy to fire individuals rather than entire team.
The situation my friend is in, is kind of a strange one. His team comprises of an individual (Lets call him A ), who is unsure about his role. He is either trying to demoralize the entire team to save his job, or he is trying to outshine the rest of the team members.
Assume my friend is given a piece of work, which he might take 2 weeks time to complete. But this particular individual " A ", tends to shout out loud in the meeting saying, this work can be done in 4 days.
This particular individual " A " after the meeting is done, is not even bothered to help, to complete the task in 4 days, he is only interested in his part of the work.
My friend's concern is during this time of recession, what will the manager feel about him. A task which can be done within 4 days, is being done in 2 weeks. Does the manager feel, is this guy, a non milkable cow. So my friend feels he is the one in the line of firing, just because of this so called individual " A ", who incidentally happens to pass sarcastic comments about others work and try to find fault in others work.
All I can say is I am quite lucky not to be in such a team.
Back to blogging
Over the past month, I have not been able to blog anything infact. There are loads of things which have happened over the last month, I also have learnt quite a lot of things.
Firstly I had problem with my computer, so could not blog anything.
I could have blogged from a cyber center, but as usual I am quite a bit lazy.
Secondly after working on a project for over an year now, I got released from the project. I did need a break, which I definitely got after this move.
Thirdly, I will be going to Dharawad, on May 14 to attend a marriage. So hoping to have a great time @ the marriage party.
Cheers..
Firstly I had problem with my computer, so could not blog anything.
I could have blogged from a cyber center, but as usual I am quite a bit lazy.
Secondly after working on a project for over an year now, I got released from the project. I did need a break, which I definitely got after this move.
Thirdly, I will be going to Dharawad, on May 14 to attend a marriage. So hoping to have a great time @ the marriage party.
Cheers..
Handling active criticism
You may be wondering, when you look at the last few posts of mine, that, Am I cribbing a lot??. I also removed one of the posts, thinking that, I was criticizing a lot. Hopefully I will write more about more myself and some of my experiences, acquaintances.
In one of my all time favorite books, there is a line saying, there is a solution to the aging problem. It is learning. Yes its true. Mark my words, its a brilliant line infact.
You can learn a whole lot of things.
> Work related.
> Professional life related
> Personal life related. etc etc.
You can also learn from a variety of sources
> Books.
> From people who are kind enough to share their thoughts and insights.
> From internet.
> Also from your critics.
In this post I would like to write, about handling active criticism. How do you react to it. Or you can rather say, how did I react to it??
Over the past few months, I have been lucky enough to be at the receiving end of some great criticism, advice @ workplace. But all was not quite well over the past few months.
Infact I hated criticism, I hated it, when people said, this could have been better. Why, why? I do not know, nor did I make any effort to analyze the whole thing. Things just whizzed away, I always kept running away from critics. I was indeed afraid of them.
Critics, were some of my friends, colleagues. Sometimes I would even lose my temper and angrily say, this is the only way I can do it. (How bad I feel, when I recollect that day, when I said this.)
Now after few months, things have changed. I am ready to listen and adapt as per even my friends advice. Its a remarkable change, I thought today, when all of a sudden I started to think about it.
When I tried to understand what really caused the change, I was shocked to learn that, when I was not so confident, not so well equipped with knowledge, on/about a particular task, I turned my backs on the advice or criticism recieved.
But once I found a better approach of doing things, I gained more confidence, I found myself listening to the advice of other people, started to debate on different ways to do things.
Yes, that is what I want to infer, the more you are confident about yourself, your approach, the more you can handle criticism. But also you need to be willing to work hard and be disciplined to be confident.(that is the catch point).
I would like to say sorry to all my friends who have been so kind to share their insights and advice, but inturn I turned my back to their advice, sometimes even raised my voice, in dis-agreement. Hope you have forgotten it guys. :)
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Cheers.
In one of my all time favorite books, there is a line saying, there is a solution to the aging problem. It is learning. Yes its true. Mark my words, its a brilliant line infact.
You can learn a whole lot of things.
> Work related.
> Professional life related
> Personal life related. etc etc.
You can also learn from a variety of sources
> Books.
> From people who are kind enough to share their thoughts and insights.
> From internet.
> Also from your critics.
In this post I would like to write, about handling active criticism. How do you react to it. Or you can rather say, how did I react to it??
Over the past few months, I have been lucky enough to be at the receiving end of some great criticism, advice @ workplace. But all was not quite well over the past few months.
Infact I hated criticism, I hated it, when people said, this could have been better. Why, why? I do not know, nor did I make any effort to analyze the whole thing. Things just whizzed away, I always kept running away from critics. I was indeed afraid of them.
Critics, were some of my friends, colleagues. Sometimes I would even lose my temper and angrily say, this is the only way I can do it. (How bad I feel, when I recollect that day, when I said this.)
Now after few months, things have changed. I am ready to listen and adapt as per even my friends advice. Its a remarkable change, I thought today, when all of a sudden I started to think about it.
When I tried to understand what really caused the change, I was shocked to learn that, when I was not so confident, not so well equipped with knowledge, on/about a particular task, I turned my backs on the advice or criticism recieved.
But once I found a better approach of doing things, I gained more confidence, I found myself listening to the advice of other people, started to debate on different ways to do things.
Yes, that is what I want to infer, the more you are confident about yourself, your approach, the more you can handle criticism. But also you need to be willing to work hard and be disciplined to be confident.(that is the catch point).
I would like to say sorry to all my friends who have been so kind to share their insights and advice, but inturn I turned my back to their advice, sometimes even raised my voice, in dis-agreement. Hope you have forgotten it guys. :)
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Cheers.
Is it luck ?
Last month, I was reading a book, which is one of my all time favorites. I have read it many a times, thought lemme read it once more.
There is an interesting event mentioned in one of the chapters.
A woman meets a famous painter in a busy street. She greets him and asks him to sketch something for her. The painter immediately comes up with a sketch and hands it over to the lady.
He also tells her, its worth a million. The surprised lady immediately asks, worth a million?, it took only 30 seconds to draw that out, to which the painter replies, it took me 30 years, to draw it in 30 seconds.
Cute, very cute isn't it.
There are many such incidents where in I have repeatedly done the same task again and again to gain familiarity with it. But the real twist in tale comes here. What if we do not have the opportunity to try the second time.
Assume a programmer is trying to code a bit @ workplace. He fails first time, betters second time, but still fails and starts for the third time. But what if his first/second time failure is fatal? What if there is no second/third time chance for him, since he may have lost his job by then.
I feel here luck comes into picture.
You need to be lucky enough to find a proper place and your enthusiasm to try must not come down. Else, the case can be drastically different
There is an interesting event mentioned in one of the chapters.
A woman meets a famous painter in a busy street. She greets him and asks him to sketch something for her. The painter immediately comes up with a sketch and hands it over to the lady.
He also tells her, its worth a million. The surprised lady immediately asks, worth a million?, it took only 30 seconds to draw that out, to which the painter replies, it took me 30 years, to draw it in 30 seconds.
Cute, very cute isn't it.
There are many such incidents where in I have repeatedly done the same task again and again to gain familiarity with it. But the real twist in tale comes here. What if we do not have the opportunity to try the second time.
Assume a programmer is trying to code a bit @ workplace. He fails first time, betters second time, but still fails and starts for the third time. But what if his first/second time failure is fatal? What if there is no second/third time chance for him, since he may have lost his job by then.
I feel here luck comes into picture.
You need to be lucky enough to find a proper place and your enthusiasm to try must not come down. Else, the case can be drastically different
Interest... How do I make myself interested??
Interest is a superb word. I have been been fascinated by this word, a lot more since I joined the software industry.
By the time, I realized I was interested in studies or not, I completed my schooling. I did not hate studies that much. I think right through my school days, I just studied and studied, never wondered whether I am really interested in studying the subjects or not. How bizarre, but actually its true. [I can write loads about this whole thing, but some other day.]
By the time, I realized I was interested in programming, I completed my engineering. Well, I was anyways interested in programming that is a different issue.
So I thought, before any task let me make myself interested in the task, and then try to approach it. [Assume: I have a book in front of me, let me make my mind to think that, the book is interesting.]
The result was a total flop.
My mind failed to accept thing as interesting. [Though I find coding very interesting, but I cant force myself. I may sometimes lose interest in that too. ]
So it was literally impossible to force my interest into something.
I only wish to make my mind interested in a task, and do the task and check the outcome. I feel the outcome will be super success.
I think more than dedication, you need interest in the first place.
Also I feel, trying to hold interest is like grabbing sand in your hand. The more tight you hold it, the more it falls off.
Example, you can see my number of posts on my blog, its a result of interest, by the way.
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Cheers
By the time, I realized I was interested in studies or not, I completed my schooling. I did not hate studies that much. I think right through my school days, I just studied and studied, never wondered whether I am really interested in studying the subjects or not. How bizarre, but actually its true. [I can write loads about this whole thing, but some other day.]
By the time, I realized I was interested in programming, I completed my engineering. Well, I was anyways interested in programming that is a different issue.
So I thought, before any task let me make myself interested in the task, and then try to approach it. [Assume: I have a book in front of me, let me make my mind to think that, the book is interesting.]
The result was a total flop.
My mind failed to accept thing as interesting. [Though I find coding very interesting, but I cant force myself. I may sometimes lose interest in that too. ]
So it was literally impossible to force my interest into something.
I only wish to make my mind interested in a task, and do the task and check the outcome. I feel the outcome will be super success.
I think more than dedication, you need interest in the first place.
Also I feel, trying to hold interest is like grabbing sand in your hand. The more tight you hold it, the more it falls off.
Example, you can see my number of posts on my blog, its a result of interest, by the way.
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Cheers
New album
I am hearing a lot about U2's new album " No Line On the Horizon". I have not heard any songs of the album, but heard about the album, on the radio. The Rolling Stone magazine calls the album the best in last 18 years.
My observation
My reading habit for the year 2009, seems to be going good, since I have read almost 5 books in the last 3 months. I recently was reading an autobiography. I wish not to disclose the name. To be honest, I just love AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. There are just unparalleled. I learn loads, from autobiographies of great people. So I wish to read as many as I can.
Recently I completed one such autobiography, of a very impressive personality. I enjoyed the book thoroughly no doubts about it. But it was a line, in one of the chapter, which literally puzzled me.
The author goes on to write, quoting that, he himself has an indentation towards aiming high, achieving high and being a great performer.
The only thing which came to my mind was that, is the author boasting? I always feel, its for others to judge whether a person is a high performer or not. (after reading the book)
After all, its the author's book, he can write whatever he may want. After reading the book, I hoped to get a feeling of appreciation towards the author, thinking him as a great achiever.
But in between if he tends to quote himself as a high achiever, doesn't that look a bit weird. Or may be I have not read many autobiographies. There may be other persons who would like to openly proclaim that they are high achievers.
I do not know.
Disclaimer :: This post has nothing to do with my current or previous employers.
Recently I completed one such autobiography, of a very impressive personality. I enjoyed the book thoroughly no doubts about it. But it was a line, in one of the chapter, which literally puzzled me.
The author goes on to write, quoting that, he himself has an indentation towards aiming high, achieving high and being a great performer.
The only thing which came to my mind was that, is the author boasting? I always feel, its for others to judge whether a person is a high performer or not. (after reading the book)
After all, its the author's book, he can write whatever he may want. After reading the book, I hoped to get a feeling of appreciation towards the author, thinking him as a great achiever.
But in between if he tends to quote himself as a high achiever, doesn't that look a bit weird. Or may be I have not read many autobiographies. There may be other persons who would like to openly proclaim that they are high achievers.
I do not know.
Disclaimer :: This post has nothing to do with my current or previous employers.
Its not liking what you have, its wanting what you like..
I just came across this line, in one of the books, I was reading over the last weekend.
It says, [May be my wordings are not that all correct, but still]
" A reasonable man, tries to adjust himself to the world,
An unreasonable man, tries the world to adjust to himself,
The progress of world however depends on the unreasonable man."
I have nothing against this particular quote.. It just sent me thinking and thinking for an answer, which I do not have at this moment in time, not sure whether I will I have it or not.
My only doubt is, " Should a person, go on doing things which he loves, or should he do things which are presented to him in the most fabulous way ".
Assume the scenario of a person working in a company, [Just Another imaginary Company]
The person may or may not be interested in the work what he is doing.
---> Should the person continue to work for the company, with whatever tasks that have been given to him, (which he likes or dislikes), just thinking about a better position he may land in the same company after a few years / months ?
---> Should the person, quit the company and do things which really fascinate him, forgetting about the so called career which he may build up after a few years of service.
In both the cases, the person may end up on the losing side..
In the first case, he may think, I have lost all my years, doing things which I do not really like, and the so called career which I have built up does not look any more interesting.
In the second case, he may think, I have lost out on a career, and may be ended up jobless, in pursuit of things which he was really interested into.
Now where do we and how do we strike a balance, between the two.
How do we enjoy things what we are doing, and how do we do things which we really enjoy.
Should we compromise on any one of them.. Well.... I have not even a single clue...
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Cheers...
It says, [May be my wordings are not that all correct, but still]
" A reasonable man, tries to adjust himself to the world,
An unreasonable man, tries the world to adjust to himself,
The progress of world however depends on the unreasonable man."
I have nothing against this particular quote.. It just sent me thinking and thinking for an answer, which I do not have at this moment in time, not sure whether I will I have it or not.
My only doubt is, " Should a person, go on doing things which he loves, or should he do things which are presented to him in the most fabulous way ".
Assume the scenario of a person working in a company, [Just Another imaginary Company]
The person may or may not be interested in the work what he is doing.
---> Should the person continue to work for the company, with whatever tasks that have been given to him, (which he likes or dislikes), just thinking about a better position he may land in the same company after a few years / months ?
---> Should the person, quit the company and do things which really fascinate him, forgetting about the so called career which he may build up after a few years of service.
In both the cases, the person may end up on the losing side..
In the first case, he may think, I have lost all my years, doing things which I do not really like, and the so called career which I have built up does not look any more interesting.
In the second case, he may think, I have lost out on a career, and may be ended up jobless, in pursuit of things which he was really interested into.
Now where do we and how do we strike a balance, between the two.
How do we enjoy things what we are doing, and how do we do things which we really enjoy.
Should we compromise on any one of them.. Well.... I have not even a single clue...
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Cheers...
Wondering why ???
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 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...
~~~~~~~~
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
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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
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Cheers
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