After writing few posts about my childhood memories, I would like to also, write about my engineering days. Some glorious moments I have spent with Kranti, Nitin in the areas like Uttarahalli, RRNagar, Kengeri Satellite Town and surrounding places and not to forget SJBIT.
2001, was the year I got myself admitted into an engineering college. It was none other than SJBIT, close to my house, just 4.5 kms away.
I can remember, the first year of our college, there was no proper connectivity roads from the Kengeri road to college, It was recently laid out mud road, and there was no sign of asphalting.
Our first semester, was in the month of September or October. I can recollect, how our vehicles's wheels spun and spun as we tried to negotiate the incline. It was a big exercise. And above all it rained heavily.
After months and months of being at home, finally I was out and made few new friends, two of whom I have already mentioned, few others I shall write about if possible like Veeresh, Narayan and Vasim.
It was fun, I felt after few years, I too could work in some MNC's. At the same time, Radio City 91.1 FM had just started its operations in Bangalore. Believe it or not. I rediscovered my lost interest in rock music because of 91.1 FM. Thank you guys.
And the next four years, were like a roller coaster ride for me. And after 5 years of graduation, I have never been back to my alma mater (since 2005) even once, yep, thats my bad. Hopefully sometime in future will make it.
So here I am remembering those golden moments, those windy days, those rainy days, trying to blog about them, trying to relive them yet again.
Hopefully I can write few more interesting stuffs which I went through during the year 2001-2005.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: As I write this post its 12 30 in the night and Kapil has just started towards Mustafa, to purchase groceries..
PPS:: You may find a similar post if you dig a bit deep into my blog. But I dont mind, writing about it again.. Do I??
2010 Mid year...
2010 started out well, pretty well. Starting with a new job, I began to travel a lot more. At office met few old friends and also made few new friends. By the end of sixth month, I joined a new organization.
Exactly two months into the new organization, I am writing this post. Its been a good year on the personal side. I feel I have grown up a bit. Staying away from parents for the first time.
When it comes to my learning curve, it still remains the same. I think its up to me to up my tempo, so that rest of the year remains equally exciting for me. Lets see,
Also, lately I have been putting across a lot of posts. Some of them are about my childhood memories, some of them are general posts. Every now and then, when I sit in front of laptop, I end up writing something or the other. But its good. So hitting the century mark by the 8 th month itself. Feat in itself. :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Exactly two months into the new organization, I am writing this post. Its been a good year on the personal side. I feel I have grown up a bit. Staying away from parents for the first time.
When it comes to my learning curve, it still remains the same. I think its up to me to up my tempo, so that rest of the year remains equally exciting for me. Lets see,
Also, lately I have been putting across a lot of posts. Some of them are about my childhood memories, some of them are general posts. Every now and then, when I sit in front of laptop, I end up writing something or the other. But its good. So hitting the century mark by the 8 th month itself. Feat in itself. :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Huge weekend :)
Its one huge weekend coming up. Yes, its a 3 day weekend. 9 August, is National day. So Monday is off. Its been a long long time, since I have had a extended weekend. So after none of my plans have materialized I am writing this post, throwing up my hands in despair, that I could not pounce upon this 3 day leave.
I had a few plans but nothing has really worked out as of today, as I write this post. Let me see, if tomorrow holds something in store for me.
I have got my Malaysian Visa stamped, but no tickets booked to Malaysia as of now.
Have plans to go to Indonesia as well, but no company.
Also have plans to go to night safari tomorrow. Let me see if this atleast works out. Can have something to tell on Tuesday to my colleagues. Else its a shame, sitting all the days at home.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Sitting at home, means, I get loads of time to work on some pet project.
I had a few plans but nothing has really worked out as of today, as I write this post. Let me see, if tomorrow holds something in store for me.
I have got my Malaysian Visa stamped, but no tickets booked to Malaysia as of now.
Have plans to go to Indonesia as well, but no company.
Also have plans to go to night safari tomorrow. Let me see if this atleast works out. Can have something to tell on Tuesday to my colleagues. Else its a shame, sitting all the days at home.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Sitting at home, means, I get loads of time to work on some pet project.
Work while you work, play while you play....
After working for 5 years in the IT industry, I have learnt few valuable lessons. Two of them I want to share over here and how they play a prominent role in our day to day worklife.
1. Work while you work, play while you play,
2. A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
You might be wondering, what the fuck I am talking about. It might make no sense to you initially, but as I elaborate upon my story, I would like to tell, how these two above quotes, fall into place.
While working in the IT industry, sometimes the learning curve is high. You may need to learn a few new things every now and then. But sometimes, people want to learn a few extra or additional things or work on stuffs simontaneously. Like working on pet projects, learning new technology which may be of no use when it comes to actual work. So what I would like to tell is that, its better to get involved in actual work at office totally. Learning new technologies which are of little use at work is absolutely a rubbish idea, after all we are not being paid to learn stuffs which we dont really use.
Infact, if we cannot keep up with latest technology its our problem. We need to work our asses off at some place other than workplace to learn new things. Yes, office time needs to be dedicated to office work only.
There were times, when infact, I actually had the itch to work on something in parallel, learn a new technology in parallel. But though most of the times, I have resisted the temptation, few times are there when though I have not worked on pet projects, I have got myself lost among loads of blogs which are available on the internet.
The end result of trying to learn new things at office just leads to more and more distraction. It also leads to boredom while doing the work allocated to us. Its like trying to catch two rabbits at the end of the day we are having none.. Not happy with office work, not happy with personal learning curve.
Infact, sometimes, I feel like taking an oath, saying, I would never read blogs at workplace. I would never think about learning new things at workplace unless they are actually required.
But yes, we need a break after all, thinking this, I just open another blog, and phew there goes an hour of productivity.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: I feel somewhere there is a balance between these two. May be an organization which has an open culture, to do what love to do the most at the same time, get the office work done as well.
1. Work while you work, play while you play,
2. A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
You might be wondering, what the fuck I am talking about. It might make no sense to you initially, but as I elaborate upon my story, I would like to tell, how these two above quotes, fall into place.
While working in the IT industry, sometimes the learning curve is high. You may need to learn a few new things every now and then. But sometimes, people want to learn a few extra or additional things or work on stuffs simontaneously. Like working on pet projects, learning new technology which may be of no use when it comes to actual work. So what I would like to tell is that, its better to get involved in actual work at office totally. Learning new technologies which are of little use at work is absolutely a rubbish idea, after all we are not being paid to learn stuffs which we dont really use.
Infact, if we cannot keep up with latest technology its our problem. We need to work our asses off at some place other than workplace to learn new things. Yes, office time needs to be dedicated to office work only.
There were times, when infact, I actually had the itch to work on something in parallel, learn a new technology in parallel. But though most of the times, I have resisted the temptation, few times are there when though I have not worked on pet projects, I have got myself lost among loads of blogs which are available on the internet.
The end result of trying to learn new things at office just leads to more and more distraction. It also leads to boredom while doing the work allocated to us. Its like trying to catch two rabbits at the end of the day we are having none.. Not happy with office work, not happy with personal learning curve.
Infact, sometimes, I feel like taking an oath, saying, I would never read blogs at workplace. I would never think about learning new things at workplace unless they are actually required.
But yes, we need a break after all, thinking this, I just open another blog, and phew there goes an hour of productivity.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: I feel somewhere there is a balance between these two. May be an organization which has an open culture, to do what love to do the most at the same time, get the office work done as well.
Home food after 2 months..
After two months of eating here and there, I have been treated to some home food today courtesy Kapil and family. Yep, one more golden moment, found time to blog it over here..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Cheers,
Sandeep
Itching to buy a smart phone :)
Well, I have lately been impressed by the new gadgets available over here. Everybody over here has an IPhone.. Loads of other smart phones are also available in the market.
I still have a Nokia 1100 phone, am not sure, whether its embarassing or not. But most of the time, I do not get any calls over here.
Well, to get a Iphone or any other costly phone over here, I either have to buy it out for close to 900SD or opt for a 2 year contract.
I am not confident of going for either of them. I have to be in Singapore for 2 years or shell out 900SD and additional for usage.
But sometimes, looking at how people use their smart phones, even I get tempted to get one. Its been two months I have resisted the temptation. Having a smart phone with an internet, will allow me to blog, whatever comes to my mind, as and when it comes, apart from that, can tweet. These two things come instantly when I think about smart phone. I think this carries a lot of weight, since, my previous post has been out on the golden moments while engineering.
Is it really worth it, can I hold back the temptation? Is it really worth to up the tempo of blogging. I really do not know. Apart from these two things like blogging and tweeting, I really do not find much any other uses. May be I can click photos on the go and upload simontaneously, but, is it really necessary for me to go trumpetting about the photos which I have clicked. I dont think so.
Its easy to get a phone over contract like its around 50SD per month for a period of 2 years, along with the data plan.
So rite now thinking over. By the way, if I get a HTC windows enabled phone for a good price, I am planning to buy it out. Lemme see.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: As I write this post, I have been invited by Kapil and family for dinner tomorrow night..
I still have a Nokia 1100 phone, am not sure, whether its embarassing or not. But most of the time, I do not get any calls over here.
Well, to get a Iphone or any other costly phone over here, I either have to buy it out for close to 900SD or opt for a 2 year contract.
I am not confident of going for either of them. I have to be in Singapore for 2 years or shell out 900SD and additional for usage.
But sometimes, looking at how people use their smart phones, even I get tempted to get one. Its been two months I have resisted the temptation. Having a smart phone with an internet, will allow me to blog, whatever comes to my mind, as and when it comes, apart from that, can tweet. These two things come instantly when I think about smart phone. I think this carries a lot of weight, since, my previous post has been out on the golden moments while engineering.
Is it really worth it, can I hold back the temptation? Is it really worth to up the tempo of blogging. I really do not know. Apart from these two things like blogging and tweeting, I really do not find much any other uses. May be I can click photos on the go and upload simontaneously, but, is it really necessary for me to go trumpetting about the photos which I have clicked. I dont think so.
Its easy to get a phone over contract like its around 50SD per month for a period of 2 years, along with the data plan.
So rite now thinking over. By the way, if I get a HTC windows enabled phone for a good price, I am planning to buy it out. Lemme see.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: As I write this post, I have been invited by Kapil and family for dinner tomorrow night..
Wish I had :)
Well, had a little spare time over the weekend. Spoke to a lot of people, infact on Saturday slept at 4am in the morning. Heavy rainfall, had me awake by 6am, but managed to catch some sleep till 9 am.
Watched a couple of movies. Infact I read through the blog a person, after which I ended like kicking myself. That blogger had started blogging since the year 2004. He had loads of entries, of his college days.
I too had few great years at college. SJBIT was a great great college. No wonder, I am what I am today, because of SJBIT. If I had started writing in a blog back in the yaer 2004, I would have a handful of entries.
My stay at the college, above all, my friends Vikram and Nitin, how we roamed around in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, eating roadside Bhel Puri. It was fun. The turn of events.
Not sure what was in store for us at the end of engineering, but we walked, talked, played cricket. I only wish I had a blog at that time.
Hopefully I can recollect few incidents and write it down over here. But yes, some of the golden moments have just gone by..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Watched a couple of movies. Infact I read through the blog a person, after which I ended like kicking myself. That blogger had started blogging since the year 2004. He had loads of entries, of his college days.
I too had few great years at college. SJBIT was a great great college. No wonder, I am what I am today, because of SJBIT. If I had started writing in a blog back in the yaer 2004, I would have a handful of entries.
My stay at the college, above all, my friends Vikram and Nitin, how we roamed around in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, eating roadside Bhel Puri. It was fun. The turn of events.
Not sure what was in store for us at the end of engineering, but we walked, talked, played cricket. I only wish I had a blog at that time.
Hopefully I can recollect few incidents and write it down over here. But yes, some of the golden moments have just gone by..
Cheers,
Sandeep
My travel dreams
Well I have loads of dreams with respect to travelling. Infact, if you are thinking, that I am talking about travelling abroad. Nopes, I am talking about, my travel in and around Karnataka.
There are loads of places which I love to visit along with my cousins.
> Yana, Sirsi Marikamba temple, Murudeshwar, Karwar
> Ooty, Kodaikanal, Yercaud,
> Chickmaglur, Kemmangundi, Kudremukh.
> Baba Budangiri, Mulayangiri, Kumaraparvata.
> Coorg,
> Mangalore, Udupi, Malpe
> Kerala, (bottom part - Cochin, Center part- wayanad, thrissur,munnar, Top part - Bekal, Kannor)
> Pondicherry.
> Goa
As of now, I can only dream of going out with my cousins. Not sure when they materialize. By the time they materialize people would have spread out. Lesser time for each other, no holidays. :(
I feel I just had the last best trip before coming over here. It was to Yercaud. Had a blast over a couple of days.
Cheers,
Sandeep
There are loads of places which I love to visit along with my cousins.
> Yana, Sirsi Marikamba temple, Murudeshwar, Karwar
> Ooty, Kodaikanal, Yercaud,
> Chickmaglur, Kemmangundi, Kudremukh.
> Baba Budangiri, Mulayangiri, Kumaraparvata.
> Coorg,
> Mangalore, Udupi, Malpe
> Kerala, (bottom part - Cochin, Center part- wayanad, thrissur,munnar, Top part - Bekal, Kannor)
> Pondicherry.
> Goa
As of now, I can only dream of going out with my cousins. Not sure when they materialize. By the time they materialize people would have spread out. Lesser time for each other, no holidays. :(
I feel I just had the last best trip before coming over here. It was to Yercaud. Had a blast over a couple of days.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Past two weekends
Last two weekends have been kind of lazy. Last sunday went to Khansama for dinner with Kapil and family and Shreyas. Infact it was a treat from my side for my salary.
The day before, had been to a temple in Little India. It was Gurupurnima on Sunday and hence been to the temple to pray.
The week prior to this it was Shreays' treat. Had been to Malgudi, a restaurant, just opposite to Mustafa. So weekend's going in this fashion. Apart from that, have not travelled a lot on weekends.
Spoke to Sushant, who is currently in Malaysia.
This week, I head to library to drop the borrowed books :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
The day before, had been to a temple in Little India. It was Gurupurnima on Sunday and hence been to the temple to pray.
The week prior to this it was Shreays' treat. Had been to Malgudi, a restaurant, just opposite to Mustafa. So weekend's going in this fashion. Apart from that, have not travelled a lot on weekends.
Spoke to Sushant, who is currently in Malaysia.
This week, I head to library to drop the borrowed books :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Books I am reading
Currently I am reading Night Shift from Stephen King. Finished reading From a Buick 8 from the same author. Will start with the Cell by Stephen King shortly. :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Cheers,
Sandeep
Friends Circulating Library
Of all the things I liked in Subramanyanagar, the best was Venkateshwara Bakery and the next best thing was infact, the store next to it. It was none other than Friends Cirulating Library. I never was a big time reader, until this happened. Infact my mother enrolled my brother as a member of the library. I think the year was 1993-94.
So from that year, I started reading comics, Chacha Choudhry, Tintin and Mandrake, and many more. But I enjoyed reading Famous Five apart from all other books. I did not like Secret Seven that much though. so by the year 1999, when I was supposed to relocate to South of Bangalore, I had read many books of Hardy boys, Nancy drew and many many more..
Infact there were days, when I used to read two books per day, morning- afternoon - hardy boys, afternoon - late evening, Nancy Drew. (During holidays I meant). Loved reading them along side listening to MLTR, (Paint my love).
So finally in 1999, said goodbye to Friend's circulating library and transferred my account membership to my friend Abijit.
But since 1999, I have found it difficult to find a library in South of Bangalore. These days, I get books from Strand book stall / festival or from Avenue road.
Lately I heard, Friends Circulating Library ceases to exist and its given way to a browsing center. I have never been to Subramanyanagar after 1999. Sad to hear this update.
After coming over here, I have found Bugis National Library a metro station away, and have become its member. Its been 3 weeks since I ve been a member, and I ve almost read 4 books by Stephen King.
Wow, I could manage only 1 per month whilst I was in Bangalore, thanks to my travelling and the IDIOT box.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Yes even after 11 years, I can still remember my account number, It is infact 374 .
Long live the legacy of Friends Ciculating Library
So from that year, I started reading comics, Chacha Choudhry, Tintin and Mandrake, and many more. But I enjoyed reading Famous Five apart from all other books. I did not like Secret Seven that much though. so by the year 1999, when I was supposed to relocate to South of Bangalore, I had read many books of Hardy boys, Nancy drew and many many more..
Infact there were days, when I used to read two books per day, morning- afternoon - hardy boys, afternoon - late evening, Nancy Drew. (During holidays I meant). Loved reading them along side listening to MLTR, (Paint my love).
So finally in 1999, said goodbye to Friend's circulating library and transferred my account membership to my friend Abijit.
But since 1999, I have found it difficult to find a library in South of Bangalore. These days, I get books from Strand book stall / festival or from Avenue road.
Lately I heard, Friends Circulating Library ceases to exist and its given way to a browsing center. I have never been to Subramanyanagar after 1999. Sad to hear this update.
After coming over here, I have found Bugis National Library a metro station away, and have become its member. Its been 3 weeks since I ve been a member, and I ve almost read 4 books by Stephen King.
Wow, I could manage only 1 per month whilst I was in Bangalore, thanks to my travelling and the IDIOT box.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Yes even after 11 years, I can still remember my account number, It is infact 374 .
Long live the legacy of Friends Ciculating Library
As a child, I was afraid of my teachers :)-
I just recollected about this, a day after Gurupurnima. As a kid, I was afraid of my teachers. There is nothing wrong in admitting. I was extremely afraid.
Taking beatings with a wooden scale, teachers, squeezing our ears, even using bamboo stick, seemed to be very embarassing and even more in front of entire class.
Once, I had forgotten to bring a notebook to the class. We had the concept of classwork and homework, notebooks, one for classroom writing and one for writing exercises at home. I had not brought one of the book. I was so scared, that I will be made to stand out of the class, that I wasted two hours pondering over it and when the class was over, I can recollect, the book was never needed. What a waste of time.
This might be the reason, I ended up carrying bucket loads of books to school, out of fear. (Might be, I am not sure, I cannot prove it, because I have forgotten about it).
As I approached high school, I can recollect, it became an obsession to carry lesser and lesser books to the class. Infact, we used to show each others' bags just to see whose carried more books. The fear just gradually came down and down as I grew with age.
One more instance I can recollect, I literally forgot to complete my homework on time, and was about to get a signed letter from my parents, saying I was out of town and was not able to complete homework on time. But luckily, I stayed back at home for some more time and completed the same.
I still wonder, why I was so afraid of my teachers. May be it brought discipline in me. But I feel, fear results in lesser self confidence.
And in my case, it might have resulted in losing bucket loads of time. May be I could have read another TinTin comic or a Famous Five book or something else,
And as I grew up, as the fear gradually came down and after which what happened, well.. thats another story.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Taking beatings with a wooden scale, teachers, squeezing our ears, even using bamboo stick, seemed to be very embarassing and even more in front of entire class.
Once, I had forgotten to bring a notebook to the class. We had the concept of classwork and homework, notebooks, one for classroom writing and one for writing exercises at home. I had not brought one of the book. I was so scared, that I will be made to stand out of the class, that I wasted two hours pondering over it and when the class was over, I can recollect, the book was never needed. What a waste of time.
This might be the reason, I ended up carrying bucket loads of books to school, out of fear. (Might be, I am not sure, I cannot prove it, because I have forgotten about it).
As I approached high school, I can recollect, it became an obsession to carry lesser and lesser books to the class. Infact, we used to show each others' bags just to see whose carried more books. The fear just gradually came down and down as I grew with age.
One more instance I can recollect, I literally forgot to complete my homework on time, and was about to get a signed letter from my parents, saying I was out of town and was not able to complete homework on time. But luckily, I stayed back at home for some more time and completed the same.
I still wonder, why I was so afraid of my teachers. May be it brought discipline in me. But I feel, fear results in lesser self confidence.
And in my case, it might have resulted in losing bucket loads of time. May be I could have read another TinTin comic or a Famous Five book or something else,
And as I grew up, as the fear gradually came down and after which what happened, well.. thats another story.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Walking on the railway tracks in the hot sun :)
Some of the most memorable childhood memories, I have, is, about growing up, in the area called Malleshwaram. It was an awesome area. Loads of good people, loads of places to hang out, lots of options.
As a kid, we used to have summer holidays, infact, we had 2-3 months of holidays in a continous stretch. It was awesome. There we so many things which we got to do, during such holidays. One such thing, which might sound not so good, is walking on the railway tracks during afternoon time.
There are many such occasions, I can recollect, when after having afternoon lunch, sleep was difficult to come by, and, it being holiday time, I was always, wanting to play. So when I got bored of playing cricket, hide and seek, reading books or finishing my summer holiday homeworks, I used to walk along the railway tracks.
Yes, it might sound bizzare, but yes, doing bizzare things, gives me happiness, (not sure about you), like walking along railway tracks, and recollecting about them, writing about them, may be 15+ years later.
There is a railway line which passes close to Malleshwaram, which then goes to Yeshwantpur railway station and then to Tumkur etc etc.
So when nothing was left to do, me and my friend used to walk along the railway tracks. Dont worry, its not on the railway tracks, it is alongside railway track, at a safe distance from where trains used to go.
It was loads of fun, watching different trains go by. Meanwhile in between, all the train services were suspended, not sure if I am correct, because there was a conversion of railway line from meter gauge to broad gauge.
So there I was spending almost many afternoons, in the hot sun, after lunch, watching the workers as they laid new tracks.
It was fun, doing these kind of things over holidays. Sometimes, I feel, I am lucky. Even though, I did not have computer, internet or cable TV those days, still we had a great time, doing things, which people only can imagine doing.
One such thing was walking along railway tracks. I am sure, not many people would have grown up doing this.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Please note, I have always maintained a safe distance from trains and I have never walked on the railway tracks.
As a kid, we used to have summer holidays, infact, we had 2-3 months of holidays in a continous stretch. It was awesome. There we so many things which we got to do, during such holidays. One such thing, which might sound not so good, is walking on the railway tracks during afternoon time.
There are many such occasions, I can recollect, when after having afternoon lunch, sleep was difficult to come by, and, it being holiday time, I was always, wanting to play. So when I got bored of playing cricket, hide and seek, reading books or finishing my summer holiday homeworks, I used to walk along the railway tracks.
Yes, it might sound bizzare, but yes, doing bizzare things, gives me happiness, (not sure about you), like walking along railway tracks, and recollecting about them, writing about them, may be 15+ years later.
There is a railway line which passes close to Malleshwaram, which then goes to Yeshwantpur railway station and then to Tumkur etc etc.
So when nothing was left to do, me and my friend used to walk along the railway tracks. Dont worry, its not on the railway tracks, it is alongside railway track, at a safe distance from where trains used to go.
It was loads of fun, watching different trains go by. Meanwhile in between, all the train services were suspended, not sure if I am correct, because there was a conversion of railway line from meter gauge to broad gauge.
So there I was spending almost many afternoons, in the hot sun, after lunch, watching the workers as they laid new tracks.
It was fun, doing these kind of things over holidays. Sometimes, I feel, I am lucky. Even though, I did not have computer, internet or cable TV those days, still we had a great time, doing things, which people only can imagine doing.
One such thing was walking along railway tracks. I am sure, not many people would have grown up doing this.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Please note, I have always maintained a safe distance from trains and I have never walked on the railway tracks.
On the eve of Guru Purnima
Tomorrow is Guru Purnima. Yes, I am not sure, whether I blogged about it, last year, same time. But this time, I surely want to write something.
One the eve of Guru Purnima I would like to thank all my teachers, who have put me on the right track.
Whatever I am today, its because of all the teachers, who have taught me, who have scolded me, thrashed me, for my wrong doing, who have inspired me. Yes, I would be a goner without you guys.
As I type these words, I can recollect many of my teachers, right from LKG to my engg days. I have had some great teachers during my study days.
And a special thanks going out to my teachers of SJBIT. SJBIT was my last official place of study. After which I have never been to any college for any degree. I have been taught by few people at office, but SJBIT was the last formal one.
SJBIT always occupies a special place, it was close to my house, in an area which was fun to learn. Going to college was such fun.
Also a big thank you to all people who have taught me .NET. CSK, Seth, Salil, Prashanth, Thank you so much guys.
Its because of all these wonderful people, I still have loads of enthusiasm to learn new things and apply them.
Happy Guru Purnima.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: You might be wondering, why, every now and then I write a post thanking my teachers? Its true, whenever, I get something like a hike in salary or get some appreciaton for some good work, or clear a company interview, it always reminds me of my teachers, mentors, because of whom I could do it.
So time and again, I shall keep writing a post thanking my teachers.
One the eve of Guru Purnima I would like to thank all my teachers, who have put me on the right track.
Whatever I am today, its because of all the teachers, who have taught me, who have scolded me, thrashed me, for my wrong doing, who have inspired me. Yes, I would be a goner without you guys.
As I type these words, I can recollect many of my teachers, right from LKG to my engg days. I have had some great teachers during my study days.
And a special thanks going out to my teachers of SJBIT. SJBIT was my last official place of study. After which I have never been to any college for any degree. I have been taught by few people at office, but SJBIT was the last formal one.
SJBIT always occupies a special place, it was close to my house, in an area which was fun to learn. Going to college was such fun.
Also a big thank you to all people who have taught me .NET. CSK, Seth, Salil, Prashanth, Thank you so much guys.
Its because of all these wonderful people, I still have loads of enthusiasm to learn new things and apply them.
Happy Guru Purnima.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: You might be wondering, why, every now and then I write a post thanking my teachers? Its true, whenever, I get something like a hike in salary or get some appreciaton for some good work, or clear a company interview, it always reminds me of my teachers, mentors, because of whom I could do it.
So time and again, I shall keep writing a post thanking my teachers.
First trip to Chickmaglur in 1996
My first trip to Chikmaglur was way back in 1996. I have been to many places before 1996, Hubli, Dharwad as usual, Mumbai, Goa, and some places back in and around Bangalore.
But I cannot recollect any instances of going to Chickmaglur before 1996. But this first trip to Chickmaglur was a memorable one. As memorable as it can get. I dont know how to put it, but it was magical.
I remember having summer holidays at school, during that time, my father along with the colleagues of his office had planned a trip to Chikmaglur, infact Koppa. Infact a relative of one of my father's friend had a estate in Koppa, so we were all invited.
Few collegues of my father along with their kids came along in a rented Matador, yes those days TT was considered to be expensive, since Matador was available and it could seat more people than TT.
Infact I remember catching cold a day before the trip. I was worried, how would I ever manage it. I somehow took some homeopathic medicine and started on the trip. Would you believe or not, my cold just vanished as I left Bangalore and reached out other places.
I still remember, we passed through Kunigal then to Holenarasipura, where the driver of the rented vehicle had his house. We stopped at his place, where he loaded a 25 kilo jowar sack into the back of the vehicle, so we had to keep our luggage in the seating area.
Then we had lunch at Hassan, yes, we proceeded towards Koppa. It was 8 45 pm in the evening when we reached over there. Next day, we proceeded to Shringeri, then in the evening to Agumbe to watch the sunset.
Yes these are my memories of my first trip to Chickmaglur, way back in 1996. Yes, it was as beautiful as it is today. I can write more about the places I visited. But i do not want to. You can get that information anywhere on the internet.
I can also recollect having bath in the pond which used to run across in the backyard of the estate.
I have been to Chickmaglur after this few other times, but never been to the estate, yet again. May be someday, I shall get another invite.
Cheers,
Sandeep
But I cannot recollect any instances of going to Chickmaglur before 1996. But this first trip to Chickmaglur was a memorable one. As memorable as it can get. I dont know how to put it, but it was magical.
I remember having summer holidays at school, during that time, my father along with the colleagues of his office had planned a trip to Chikmaglur, infact Koppa. Infact a relative of one of my father's friend had a estate in Koppa, so we were all invited.
Few collegues of my father along with their kids came along in a rented Matador, yes those days TT was considered to be expensive, since Matador was available and it could seat more people than TT.
Infact I remember catching cold a day before the trip. I was worried, how would I ever manage it. I somehow took some homeopathic medicine and started on the trip. Would you believe or not, my cold just vanished as I left Bangalore and reached out other places.
I still remember, we passed through Kunigal then to Holenarasipura, where the driver of the rented vehicle had his house. We stopped at his place, where he loaded a 25 kilo jowar sack into the back of the vehicle, so we had to keep our luggage in the seating area.
Then we had lunch at Hassan, yes, we proceeded towards Koppa. It was 8 45 pm in the evening when we reached over there. Next day, we proceeded to Shringeri, then in the evening to Agumbe to watch the sunset.
Yes these are my memories of my first trip to Chickmaglur, way back in 1996. Yes, it was as beautiful as it is today. I can write more about the places I visited. But i do not want to. You can get that information anywhere on the internet.
I can also recollect having bath in the pond which used to run across in the backyard of the estate.
I have been to Chickmaglur after this few other times, but never been to the estate, yet again. May be someday, I shall get another invite.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Stationeries
DISCLAIMER - These are my childhood memories, some of the things which I liked, adored and some of the things which I did as a child. I know, when I recall those days, I feel, its absolutely ridiculous and even I feel absolutely embarassed as I am posting some of the thoughts over here. Yet I have made some courage to write over here, just to keep myself entertained, at same time, holding back these memories for many more years to come. Some of the memories dates back to mid and latter part of 1980's, when I was still writing in a four lines book, trying to improve my handwriting :). Yet I can recollect them, yes by God's grace.
As a child, I loved so many things. I cannot name them and I cannot remember many of them. Infact one thing which I can still remember is I love stationeries. [I somehow felt the smell of a brand new eraser to be very attractive.]. How do I remember it?
Answer is very simple. I still love stationeries. Everytime I went to the stationery, my eyes lit up. I wanted to buy so many things in a stationery shop. Initially, as a kid, love to buy pencils, erasers, stickers, labels of cricketers, cars. Yes I think everyone can recollect we used to have two books, One calle CW and the other called HW. [ Classwork and Homework]. We used to have labels on top of them identifying to whom it belongs to. I am referring to those labels over here.
After few years, when I was introduced to a fountain pen, I started liking Hero pen. I loved to write with a Hero pen. Everytime I went to a stationery shop, just wanted to buy a Hero pen. But yes. I could not.
Also I would like to share an occasion where I used to get stationeries for free. As kids, we all used to celebrate our birthday. So whenever there was a birthday, there used to a free distributiion of pencils, sharpners and erasers to all the kids of the class, by the birthday boy. And yes it was one of the most joyous moments I can ever recollect.
Though at the places where I have worked, over the years, we generally are provided free stationeries, the joy does not match up to the joy what we felt when we got free stationeries on someone's birthday. Not sure why.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Recently I had purchased a 400 page long unruled notebook, in India, to write something. Could not bring it over here. Also saw a drawing book @ Mustafa. I somehow feel like buying it..
As a child, I loved so many things. I cannot name them and I cannot remember many of them. Infact one thing which I can still remember is I love stationeries. [I somehow felt the smell of a brand new eraser to be very attractive.]. How do I remember it?
Answer is very simple. I still love stationeries. Everytime I went to the stationery, my eyes lit up. I wanted to buy so many things in a stationery shop. Initially, as a kid, love to buy pencils, erasers, stickers, labels of cricketers, cars. Yes I think everyone can recollect we used to have two books, One calle CW and the other called HW. [ Classwork and Homework]. We used to have labels on top of them identifying to whom it belongs to. I am referring to those labels over here.
After few years, when I was introduced to a fountain pen, I started liking Hero pen. I loved to write with a Hero pen. Everytime I went to a stationery shop, just wanted to buy a Hero pen. But yes. I could not.
Also I would like to share an occasion where I used to get stationeries for free. As kids, we all used to celebrate our birthday. So whenever there was a birthday, there used to a free distributiion of pencils, sharpners and erasers to all the kids of the class, by the birthday boy. And yes it was one of the most joyous moments I can ever recollect.
Though at the places where I have worked, over the years, we generally are provided free stationeries, the joy does not match up to the joy what we felt when we got free stationeries on someone's birthday. Not sure why.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Recently I had purchased a 400 page long unruled notebook, in India, to write something. Could not bring it over here. Also saw a drawing book @ Mustafa. I somehow feel like buying it..
A post out of nowhere...
Its been almost a month since I have been here. Its a different experience all together. So thought of writing my thoughts on how do I feel about the roads over here, driving experience etc etc.
I know its a bit weird kind of topic. But still, after having driven an Indica around for 4k kms in Bangalore, and seeing variety of cars over here, I could manage an opinion of my own.
Disclaimer - The thoughts written over here are completely of my own. I have to prove no one wrong. All my comparison done is by my own driving experience. People may completely disagree with my point of view.
I have driven my car in and around Bangalore. I have run through many rough roads, passed over many potholes, cross many humps, some of which I had to downshift to first gear and few other may be 2 or 3 where in the bottom part of my car touched the road (with 5 people on board).
But still I was very happy with Indica Vista Terra Tdi. It used to give me good mileage and it had bucket loads of space. But when I saw other cars, many a thing still eluded me. Like the initial pickup of a diesel hatch was very low. Every other petrol car used to overtake me when I slowed down and crossed a hump. It never bothered me. Since I was very much aware of it while buying the diesel hatch.
The problem of poor pickup once cropped up on the two lane Kanakapura road, where I had to overtake, a sand truck, when the driver gave me a handsignal to overtake, I dint have enough zip, rest of the time, there was on coming traffic. But in every other situation, it worked well, really well. Infact it was a gem.
Initially I used to think, what is the point in having a high end car sedan / SUV in India, you need good roads to touch great speeds. Its a waste of money. But after seeing loads of cars over here, I feel, owning a sedan in India and driving it on pothole and hump laden roads of Bangalore is the bestest thing.
Why?? Check out below.
There are no roadhumps over here, absolutely no potholes. the only hump I could see is in my office within the campus, where there is a deviation to the basement parking.
Diff - How will you test your car's shock absorbers on a flat well laid out road.?? Even an entry level hatch can match the comfort of a sedan on this road. (might be the leg room and AC etc mite come into picture but apart from this, I feel rest is the same).
In India, if you have a high end car, you can put it to thorough test and then find out whats the real comfort in the highly paid car.
Most cars over here I see are automatic geared.
The real fun comes with gears, without gears it more like driving a F1 car in a computer game, where you want to compete with people but with less pain. Or you can imagine driving a ungeared two wheeler.
I feel its with humps and potholes which determine that, its an awesome feel to own a huge high end car in India, coz its there where you can literally outperform the smaller cars. Yes I had to slow down at every pothole whilst the bigger SUV s with 15 inch + wheels just glided over them
And regarding high speeds which comes into picture. There are superb roads in and around Bangalore, so you can put it to test there.
If I am given an option to choose between speed and manuverability, I would definitely choose the second one.
Cheers,
Sandeep
I know its a bit weird kind of topic. But still, after having driven an Indica around for 4k kms in Bangalore, and seeing variety of cars over here, I could manage an opinion of my own.
Disclaimer - The thoughts written over here are completely of my own. I have to prove no one wrong. All my comparison done is by my own driving experience. People may completely disagree with my point of view.
I have driven my car in and around Bangalore. I have run through many rough roads, passed over many potholes, cross many humps, some of which I had to downshift to first gear and few other may be 2 or 3 where in the bottom part of my car touched the road (with 5 people on board).
But still I was very happy with Indica Vista Terra Tdi. It used to give me good mileage and it had bucket loads of space. But when I saw other cars, many a thing still eluded me. Like the initial pickup of a diesel hatch was very low. Every other petrol car used to overtake me when I slowed down and crossed a hump. It never bothered me. Since I was very much aware of it while buying the diesel hatch.
The problem of poor pickup once cropped up on the two lane Kanakapura road, where I had to overtake, a sand truck, when the driver gave me a handsignal to overtake, I dint have enough zip, rest of the time, there was on coming traffic. But in every other situation, it worked well, really well. Infact it was a gem.
Initially I used to think, what is the point in having a high end car sedan / SUV in India, you need good roads to touch great speeds. Its a waste of money. But after seeing loads of cars over here, I feel, owning a sedan in India and driving it on pothole and hump laden roads of Bangalore is the bestest thing.
Why?? Check out below.
There are no roadhumps over here, absolutely no potholes. the only hump I could see is in my office within the campus, where there is a deviation to the basement parking.
Diff - How will you test your car's shock absorbers on a flat well laid out road.?? Even an entry level hatch can match the comfort of a sedan on this road. (might be the leg room and AC etc mite come into picture but apart from this, I feel rest is the same).
In India, if you have a high end car, you can put it to thorough test and then find out whats the real comfort in the highly paid car.
Most cars over here I see are automatic geared.
The real fun comes with gears, without gears it more like driving a F1 car in a computer game, where you want to compete with people but with less pain. Or you can imagine driving a ungeared two wheeler.
I feel its with humps and potholes which determine that, its an awesome feel to own a huge high end car in India, coz its there where you can literally outperform the smaller cars. Yes I had to slow down at every pothole whilst the bigger SUV s with 15 inch + wheels just glided over them
And regarding high speeds which comes into picture. There are superb roads in and around Bangalore, so you can put it to test there.
If I am given an option to choose between speed and manuverability, I would definitely choose the second one.
Cheers,
Sandeep
First visit to Hubli, Dharwad
My first visit to Hubli, Dharwad was in the year 1992. I was there to attend the marriage of a close relative of mine.
Its almost 18 years back, but still I can recollect many instances of the trip. I had been there with my cousin's family.
Hubli and Dharwad was awesome during the early 90's. Now also its awesome, but the traffic thing just got the better of it.
I fell in love with Hubli, Dharwad because of its, then calm streets, good food, and the weather.
Infact, I travelled to Belgaum first, I can recollect I stayed at Hotel Satkar. Then I came down to Dharwad. Those days, the steam trains used to run between Hubli to Dharwad. So the Dharwad station had a turn table.
It was fun going to the station, sitting there watching trains come and go by. Now the story is different, the twin cities have changed a lot. The turn table still exists in the railway station, but it has never been used after the conversion to broad gauge has happend.
We visited lots of places around Dharwad, Yellamana Gudda, Gokak, Saundatti, Ramdurg,
Apart from this, we also purchased lots of Dharwad Pedha from Mishra Pedha.
Also one more incident I remember was @ Belgaum, where I ate Kunda for the first time. My parents gave me Kunda ,mixture and milk and told me to have the same. I found it very very difficult to consume milk with a sweet. Could not eat much of it.
Apart from this, I can also recollect, my mother and aunt, took us to the Potdar jewellers in Belgaum. I recollect sitting there for more than an hour, while my parents were discussing about some pattern on the jewel they were planning to order. (I have never again been to that place till date, coz there was absoultely no need).
So these are my sweet memories or recollections of my first trip to Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum.
I might have gone to Hubli or Dharwad before this, but I do not remember anything about the same.
I have travelled to the twin cities a lot many times after this, yes, everytime, I have fallen in love with the twin cities more and more.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Its almost 18 years back, but still I can recollect many instances of the trip. I had been there with my cousin's family.
Hubli and Dharwad was awesome during the early 90's. Now also its awesome, but the traffic thing just got the better of it.
I fell in love with Hubli, Dharwad because of its, then calm streets, good food, and the weather.
Infact, I travelled to Belgaum first, I can recollect I stayed at Hotel Satkar. Then I came down to Dharwad. Those days, the steam trains used to run between Hubli to Dharwad. So the Dharwad station had a turn table.
It was fun going to the station, sitting there watching trains come and go by. Now the story is different, the twin cities have changed a lot. The turn table still exists in the railway station, but it has never been used after the conversion to broad gauge has happend.
We visited lots of places around Dharwad, Yellamana Gudda, Gokak, Saundatti, Ramdurg,
Apart from this, we also purchased lots of Dharwad Pedha from Mishra Pedha.
Also one more incident I remember was @ Belgaum, where I ate Kunda for the first time. My parents gave me Kunda ,mixture and milk and told me to have the same. I found it very very difficult to consume milk with a sweet. Could not eat much of it.
Apart from this, I can also recollect, my mother and aunt, took us to the Potdar jewellers in Belgaum. I recollect sitting there for more than an hour, while my parents were discussing about some pattern on the jewel they were planning to order. (I have never again been to that place till date, coz there was absoultely no need).
So these are my sweet memories or recollections of my first trip to Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum.
I might have gone to Hubli or Dharwad before this, but I do not remember anything about the same.
I have travelled to the twin cities a lot many times after this, yes, everytime, I have fallen in love with the twin cities more and more.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Why do I love a weekday holiday ??
I love the idea of having a holiday during the 5 working days of the week. Its something which makes me go GA GA, or you can say I feel like I am on moon, whenever there is a holiday on a weekday.
But what is the reason behind it, since when did I start loving them?
Frankly speaking, it was since I started working, I fell in love with this idea. But I can recollect it was during my childhood days, that I first experienced weekday off and YES, I still remember the same.
The year was, I think 1986, and I was in pre-nursery. I have stayed @ Malleshwaram for the first 15 yrs of my life. So the pre-nursery was close to the railway tracks, somewhere in Malleshwaram West.
It was one such days, (during a weekday), that a leave was declared, not sure why. I came to know about the holiday only once I reached the pre-nursery. Infact my father used to drop me over there.
So I came back home and yes, I had food and slept, played and played the whole day.
It was the beginning, since then I have had so many days off during the week, many of them have been memorable, once in HighSchool, the school was closed on a working day, that too on the day of a test. Nice. So the whole day we played cricket and came back and started revising for the next day.
Such is the impact of a weekday off on me that, in my first company, I have bunked office few times on Monday, not because I was unwell, but just due to the fact that, I am lazy and wanted a day off during the week. And yes, the whole idea peps me up !!!
So here goes the first post in the collection.
Cheers,
Sandeep
But what is the reason behind it, since when did I start loving them?
Frankly speaking, it was since I started working, I fell in love with this idea. But I can recollect it was during my childhood days, that I first experienced weekday off and YES, I still remember the same.
The year was, I think 1986, and I was in pre-nursery. I have stayed @ Malleshwaram for the first 15 yrs of my life. So the pre-nursery was close to the railway tracks, somewhere in Malleshwaram West.
It was one such days, (during a weekday), that a leave was declared, not sure why. I came to know about the holiday only once I reached the pre-nursery. Infact my father used to drop me over there.
So I came back home and yes, I had food and slept, played and played the whole day.
It was the beginning, since then I have had so many days off during the week, many of them have been memorable, once in HighSchool, the school was closed on a working day, that too on the day of a test. Nice. So the whole day we played cricket and came back and started revising for the next day.
Such is the impact of a weekday off on me that, in my first company, I have bunked office few times on Monday, not because I was unwell, but just due to the fact that, I am lazy and wanted a day off during the week. And yes, the whole idea peps me up !!!
So here goes the first post in the collection.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Few posts which I have in my mind
Couple of weeks back, suddenly a thought came to my mind. How would it be, if I write about interesting days of my childhood and teenage days. Though most of them were as memorable as it can get, but I can recollect few of them very well. So here I am finally deciding to write about them.
Btw, all of a sudden how did I get an idea to write about this?
Two weeks back over the weekend, I saw few kids playing hide and seek whilst I was sitting in the park and muching over Murukku, it looked cool, I thought, miles away even in India, we used to play hide and seek when we were teenagers / kids, may be till 10 yrs back. So like is I found enthusiasm to write about my childhood days.
So thought about it for a day and came up with a whopping 15+ items in a single attempt. I hope I recollect more, I hope I write about all of them and also I hope I label my posts.
I have no particular interest in knowing that, anyone else apart from me is reading these posts. These posts are just for keeping me entertained and making these childhood memories everlasting.
So here are the topics:
1. Why do I love a weekday holiday ? Story behind it.
2. My handwriting as a kid.
3. Introduction to my childhood friends ( N, Nsis).
4. Why do I love stationeries.
5. Why do I collect coins?
6. My summer holidays at my grandmother's place.
7. Playing hide and seek, in the dark, during evenings, across localities.
8. Hubli, Dharwad visit for the first time.
9. Music I listened to as a kid.
10. Small wonder @ N's house.
11. Richie Rich @ N's house.
12. Cycling across Malleshwaram, Mysore Lamps.
13. Of playgrounds and cricket.
14. Walking on railway tracks in hot sun, during holidays.
15. Friends Circulating Library.
16. Vivekananda College grounds and cricket.
17. Watching old movies on DD1.
18. Trip to Koppa, Chikmaglur.
So planning to start one by one and add more entries to this list.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Btw, all of a sudden how did I get an idea to write about this?
Two weeks back over the weekend, I saw few kids playing hide and seek whilst I was sitting in the park and muching over Murukku, it looked cool, I thought, miles away even in India, we used to play hide and seek when we were teenagers / kids, may be till 10 yrs back. So like is I found enthusiasm to write about my childhood days.
So thought about it for a day and came up with a whopping 15+ items in a single attempt. I hope I recollect more, I hope I write about all of them and also I hope I label my posts.
I have no particular interest in knowing that, anyone else apart from me is reading these posts. These posts are just for keeping me entertained and making these childhood memories everlasting.
So here are the topics:
1. Why do I love a weekday holiday ? Story behind it.
2. My handwriting as a kid.
3. Introduction to my childhood friends ( N, Nsis).
4. Why do I love stationeries.
5. Why do I collect coins?
6. My summer holidays at my grandmother's place.
7. Playing hide and seek, in the dark, during evenings, across localities.
8. Hubli, Dharwad visit for the first time.
9. Music I listened to as a kid.
10. Small wonder @ N's house.
11. Richie Rich @ N's house.
12. Cycling across Malleshwaram, Mysore Lamps.
13. Of playgrounds and cricket.
14. Walking on railway tracks in hot sun, during holidays.
15. Friends Circulating Library.
16. Vivekananda College grounds and cricket.
17. Watching old movies on DD1.
18. Trip to Koppa, Chikmaglur.
So planning to start one by one and add more entries to this list.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Books I am reading
I have not been able to read much during the year 2010. Main reasons being travel to ITPL, somehow lacking interest in reading, reading technical stuffs (trying to clear interviews) and unable to find good books. But, yes, I have been an avid reader of few blogs over the internet, some blogs I have gone to archives read and read and read loads of posts.
But now that I have registered myself at the National Library @ Bugis, I am able to borrow upto 8 books for a period of 21 days. Yes, thats a whopping large number. I love reading, yes, my wish is to read through loads of FAMOUS FIVE books all over again.
It would bring back loads of childhood memories or infact teenage memories, some of which I shall document shortly.
So as of now reading Carrie by Stephen King. Awesome read, reading while I am travelling in metro, reading while I am walking in the station, that much I am loving the book. I hope I do not end up reading it at workplace.
Apart from this book, I also found, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, " The story of my experiments with truth " @ Mustafa. So brought it and started reading it, but somehow in midway lost touch and its been a week and a half since I stopped reading it. Need to finish it quickly.
Apart from that I have 6 other books from Library amongst which is another book by Stephen King. Will read that one too, very soon.
Cheers,
Sandeep
But now that I have registered myself at the National Library @ Bugis, I am able to borrow upto 8 books for a period of 21 days. Yes, thats a whopping large number. I love reading, yes, my wish is to read through loads of FAMOUS FIVE books all over again.
It would bring back loads of childhood memories or infact teenage memories, some of which I shall document shortly.
So as of now reading Carrie by Stephen King. Awesome read, reading while I am travelling in metro, reading while I am walking in the station, that much I am loving the book. I hope I do not end up reading it at workplace.
Apart from this book, I also found, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, " The story of my experiments with truth " @ Mustafa. So brought it and started reading it, but somehow in midway lost touch and its been a week and a half since I stopped reading it. Need to finish it quickly.
Apart from that I have 6 other books from Library amongst which is another book by Stephen King. Will read that one too, very soon.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Thoughts of offers turned down.
Finally I found some time, to write down few stuffs, which have been echoing in my head for the past few weeks. Today I am kind of confused, the ghosts of the turned down offers are haunting me badly than before. Why does the grass always look greener on the other side?
Its not that I am absolutely hating what I am doing currently, but once the thought of rejected offers, kicks in, you tend to start thinking too much about them, then you start making mental calculations about how much you could have saved in India and how much you can save over here etc etc and you end up with a number which you are not impressed and you start re-calculating all over.
Yes its true, this thought shall haunt you for days together. But for me I have learnt to deal with it. Though I cannot escape from such thoughts, I tend to get over it pretty soon, like in a day's time. So tomorrow should be a brighter day for me.
But in such situations its more convenient to think about the positive side of the situation rather than the monetary side. And above all God gives all of us the best of opportunities. So I should consider this to be a golden opportunity and move on. Yes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Its not that I am absolutely hating what I am doing currently, but once the thought of rejected offers, kicks in, you tend to start thinking too much about them, then you start making mental calculations about how much you could have saved in India and how much you can save over here etc etc and you end up with a number which you are not impressed and you start re-calculating all over.
Yes its true, this thought shall haunt you for days together. But for me I have learnt to deal with it. Though I cannot escape from such thoughts, I tend to get over it pretty soon, like in a day's time. So tomorrow should be a brighter day for me.
But in such situations its more convenient to think about the positive side of the situation rather than the monetary side. And above all God gives all of us the best of opportunities. So I should consider this to be a golden opportunity and move on. Yes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Time to post something
Hey there.. After moving over here. I am not posting much.. Yes its true. I do not get to access internet a lot many times. So weekly once, when I decide to come to the browsing center, I make up my mind to post something. So today is one such day.
I purchased a new laptop yesterday. It made me poorer by 1099S$. I still do not have internet connection. But once I do have that, I shall regularly post something.
By the way, I have a new thought of posting a whole bunch of articles on my childhood memories. Those memories which can never be erased. Those memories are evergreen. So one day, I finally got a thought to put something over here. I know, no one apart from me, would be interested in the same. But it would leave me much happier. Yes blogging makes me happy - MARK MY WORD.
So once I have internet at my house, I shall post random topics about my days as a kid, as a teenager and also some posts relating to my engineering days.
So I have loads of topics to write about. I shall single them out in my next post.
Till then..
Cheers,
Sandeep
I purchased a new laptop yesterday. It made me poorer by 1099S$. I still do not have internet connection. But once I do have that, I shall regularly post something.
By the way, I have a new thought of posting a whole bunch of articles on my childhood memories. Those memories which can never be erased. Those memories are evergreen. So one day, I finally got a thought to put something over here. I know, no one apart from me, would be interested in the same. But it would leave me much happier. Yes blogging makes me happy - MARK MY WORD.
So once I have internet at my house, I shall post random topics about my days as a kid, as a teenager and also some posts relating to my engineering days.
So I have loads of topics to write about. I shall single them out in my next post.
Till then..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Another week comes to an end..
Yet another week comes to an end.. Its been a fun week. Now weekend, spending some time at the browsing center, as well as Little India.. Kinda settled into the new environment. Workplace seems to be cool, I get going by early 7 30 am, and come back by 7 pm.
Travel is involved but nothing as compared to the one I did in Bangalore.
Cheers
Sandeep
Travel is involved but nothing as compared to the one I did in Bangalore.
Cheers
Sandeep
Bangalore is Bangalore
A week away from Bangalore, India, I realize Bangalore is Bangalore. There is nothing close to being at home and being at Bangalore. I used to hit the highways on weekends with pretty ease. I would drive a lot, infact lot, 100+ kms within half a day on Saturday. Now I am gonna miss all those things.
Yes for sure. But this is an altogether different experience. Sometime in my life I had to spend time out on my own. I have been with my parents for all these years, now was the time to stop thinking about luxury leisure etc etc and it was the right time to get some right exposure.
I see loads of cars in Singapore, all are of different makes. You name a make of car, there you have it in Singapore. I saw one Scorpio parked the other day over here. Apart from that, I can see lot of Swifts. Apart from that, I see Pulsar bikes here and there and also Yamaha Rx100.
So found a cyber center which is cheaper than the previous one with 1$ per hour. So am into it again.
Yesterday evening had been to Mustafa's center on Syed Alwi road, which is pretty close to where I reside. In the shopping center, I bumped into my friend, with whom I spent the next two hours. We were chatting, sitting in front of the shopping center, meanwhile his friends were busy shopping as they were leaving to India by Monday.
Finally, they could not find a cab on the busy Syed Alwi road and I decided to show them Lavender MRT.
To their chance, they spotted a cab and off they went.
Also had been to the Expo at Suntec City Mall. Found a laptop from acer for 1198$ i5 processor 4 GB RAM, loads of goodies with it. But I feel, it was too early for me to buy a laptop. Will wait for some more time.
So till next time..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Yes for sure. But this is an altogether different experience. Sometime in my life I had to spend time out on my own. I have been with my parents for all these years, now was the time to stop thinking about luxury leisure etc etc and it was the right time to get some right exposure.
I see loads of cars in Singapore, all are of different makes. You name a make of car, there you have it in Singapore. I saw one Scorpio parked the other day over here. Apart from that, I can see lot of Swifts. Apart from that, I see Pulsar bikes here and there and also Yamaha Rx100.
So found a cyber center which is cheaper than the previous one with 1$ per hour. So am into it again.
Yesterday evening had been to Mustafa's center on Syed Alwi road, which is pretty close to where I reside. In the shopping center, I bumped into my friend, with whom I spent the next two hours. We were chatting, sitting in front of the shopping center, meanwhile his friends were busy shopping as they were leaving to India by Monday.
Finally, they could not find a cab on the busy Syed Alwi road and I decided to show them Lavender MRT.
To their chance, they spotted a cab and off they went.
Also had been to the Expo at Suntec City Mall. Found a laptop from acer for 1198$ i5 processor 4 GB RAM, loads of goodies with it. But I feel, it was too early for me to buy a laptop. Will wait for some more time.
So till next time..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Reached on 5th June, started with work on 7th June
Yes.. I finally relocated to Singapore on 5th june 2010. And its been a week, now that I am kinda adjusted to this place and joined work as well, I have a now found a cyber center where in I could punch in few lines.
First of all, let me tell you something, in my 26 yrs of existance, I have never stayed away from my parents. Not even for a month's time etc etc. I have never travelled alone without my parents to other town ie away from Bangalore.
Now I was in a situation where in I had to relocate to a different country altogether, stay away from parents, relatives etc etc. But I accepted the offer, it is a good learning for me.
Thats it for today. I do not have a laptop to keep posting regularly.
Thanks God for this wonderful opportunity, to learn, to grow up. I would like to thank Goddess Mahalaxmi of Goravanahalli, my prayers are answered. Thanks God.
Cheers,
Sandeep
First of all, let me tell you something, in my 26 yrs of existance, I have never stayed away from my parents. Not even for a month's time etc etc. I have never travelled alone without my parents to other town ie away from Bangalore.
Now I was in a situation where in I had to relocate to a different country altogether, stay away from parents, relatives etc etc. But I accepted the offer, it is a good learning for me.
Thats it for today. I do not have a laptop to keep posting regularly.
Thanks God for this wonderful opportunity, to learn, to grow up. I would like to thank Goddess Mahalaxmi of Goravanahalli, my prayers are answered. Thanks God.
Cheers,
Sandeep
A special thanks going out to special people
I would like to thank God for whatever I am today. I had been to Goravanahalli Sri Laxmi Goddess temple in the month of February. I had written a previous post about the same, but I had not written as to what I had prayed for.
So here it goes..
I had prayed to Goddess to relieve me of my current job, ( which involved travelling to ITPL ) and also requested for some luck in finding a new job
Infact I would like to write that, my prayers have been answered. I now have a brand new, different workplace, to report to. Thank you Goddess for answering my prayers.
I also have loads of people to thank.
> My teachers.
> My parents
> My mentors who taught me .NET
> My friends at my ex organization Satish, Sharath and Naveen.
Cheers,
Sandeep
So here it goes..
I had prayed to Goddess to relieve me of my current job, ( which involved travelling to ITPL ) and also requested for some luck in finding a new job
Infact I would like to write that, my prayers have been answered. I now have a brand new, different workplace, to report to. Thank you Goddess for answering my prayers.
I also have loads of people to thank.
> My teachers.
> My parents
> My mentors who taught me .NET
> My friends at my ex organization Satish, Sharath and Naveen.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Out the blues.. finally...
Friday, 28 May 2010 , was my last day at my previous organization. Everything went really really well. Came home with kinda happy feeling. Next day, I had a house warming function to attend. Somehow made my mind, to attend the function and did the same. But my body was pulling me to one side.
Past one month had been a total drain out for me. I travel close to 70 kms per day. Apart from that, weekends also had loads of travel for me. So finally I gave up. Saturday evening, I realized I had bad flu coupled with throat infection.
Two days and I was completely on antibiotics. Since yesterday, I am on a little higher dose. Friday 4th being one of the important days of my life. Loads of things to look forward. Hoping the grass is greener on the other side.
If not also, I have no one to blame. If I succeed in doing whatever I have planned, I shall have another story to tell, else I surely have failure as an option. But I have tried.
So as of now, happy with my antibiotics and listening to Peter Frampton - Show me the way..
Apart from that, washing my clothes and getting ready for Friday.
One of my closest friends and mentors., Chandrashekar S K is getting married on 4th June. Here s wishing him a happy married life in advance. Its sad, I cannot attend his marriage nor reception. But yes, I am very very happy for him.
He is the one who taught me .NET. So thanks to him..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Past one month had been a total drain out for me. I travel close to 70 kms per day. Apart from that, weekends also had loads of travel for me. So finally I gave up. Saturday evening, I realized I had bad flu coupled with throat infection.
Two days and I was completely on antibiotics. Since yesterday, I am on a little higher dose. Friday 4th being one of the important days of my life. Loads of things to look forward. Hoping the grass is greener on the other side.
If not also, I have no one to blame. If I succeed in doing whatever I have planned, I shall have another story to tell, else I surely have failure as an option. But I have tried.
So as of now, happy with my antibiotics and listening to Peter Frampton - Show me the way..
Apart from that, washing my clothes and getting ready for Friday.
One of my closest friends and mentors., Chandrashekar S K is getting married on 4th June. Here s wishing him a happy married life in advance. Its sad, I cannot attend his marriage nor reception. But yes, I am very very happy for him.
He is the one who taught me .NET. So thanks to him..
Cheers,
Sandeep
GoodBye (current org) ... Hello.. .(next org)
Yesterday was my last day at my current organization. The day went pretty ordinary. Nothing really exciting.. But I was more than happy to tell myself, that I will no longer be travelling the roads to ITPL.
The day started with me wishing few people good bye.. Then after which I needed few documents to be completed, since the concerned person was on leave. It was none of my job, it all happens.
At the end of the day, I can say, I am smoothly relieved. I got the resignation acceptance letter. Will get relieving and experience letter in a few days.
So since my task is done, I would like to thank few of my friends namely...
Naveen, Sharath and Satish...
We have had some great discussions over great food at Kadamba (ITPL) on Friday's in particular.
Apart from that, we had loads of things to discuss at workplace.
I wish all these guys a very best for their future, and yes, here I am trying to get ready for the next organization,
Cheers,
Sandeep
The day started with me wishing few people good bye.. Then after which I needed few documents to be completed, since the concerned person was on leave. It was none of my job, it all happens.
At the end of the day, I can say, I am smoothly relieved. I got the resignation acceptance letter. Will get relieving and experience letter in a few days.
So since my task is done, I would like to thank few of my friends namely...
Naveen, Sharath and Satish...
We have had some great discussions over great food at Kadamba (ITPL) on Friday's in particular.
Apart from that, we had loads of things to discuss at workplace.
I wish all these guys a very best for their future, and yes, here I am trying to get ready for the next organization,
Cheers,
Sandeep
Short Story #2 :)-
Short Story:
Scene ::
Guy #1 : While travelling to ITPL in the so called cage (ITPL shuttle), in the morning, one guy was proudly boasting, " My new car touched 120 kmph easily on Hosur Road ".
Guy #2 & Guy #3 : " how can you drive your 1 week old car at that speed ? "
Guy #2 : Since the engine bore is new, it should be driven carefully at max speed of 80 - 90kmph.. for atleast a month..
Guy #1 :: Oh Thanks for the information.. I will take care hence forth.
Actors in the story::
Guy #1 :: Manager in a reputed IT Company. Has been driving cars for over 5 years. This new car being his second acquisition.
Guy #2 :: Looks like a mechanical engg by profession ::
Guy #3 :: By stander or a regular interupter in others' conversation. (and that too with a loud voice).
Things which surprised me::
On an average, Even an SSLC drop out owning a moped knows, not to drive the new vehicle at higher speeds, since there is a run-in period.
Why the fuck, the Guy #1, a manager in a reputed IT company with years of driving experience behind him, and with the power of internet (blackberry) behind him, not know about this. I mean how can he forget about the run-in period, that too being his second car ?
Neva mind, nothing drastically happend. But yes.. sometimes, makes me wonder, what do managers actually manage ???
Cheers,
Sandeep
Scene ::
Guy #1 : While travelling to ITPL in the so called cage (ITPL shuttle), in the morning, one guy was proudly boasting, " My new car touched 120 kmph easily on Hosur Road ".
Guy #2 & Guy #3 : " how can you drive your 1 week old car at that speed ? "
Guy #2 : Since the engine bore is new, it should be driven carefully at max speed of 80 - 90kmph.. for atleast a month..
Guy #1 :: Oh Thanks for the information.. I will take care hence forth.
Actors in the story::
Guy #1 :: Manager in a reputed IT Company. Has been driving cars for over 5 years. This new car being his second acquisition.
Guy #2 :: Looks like a mechanical engg by profession ::
Guy #3 :: By stander or a regular interupter in others' conversation. (and that too with a loud voice).
Things which surprised me::
On an average, Even an SSLC drop out owning a moped knows, not to drive the new vehicle at higher speeds, since there is a run-in period.
Why the fuck, the Guy #1, a manager in a reputed IT company with years of driving experience behind him, and with the power of internet (blackberry) behind him, not know about this. I mean how can he forget about the run-in period, that too being his second car ?
Neva mind, nothing drastically happend. But yes.. sometimes, makes me wonder, what do managers actually manage ???
Cheers,
Sandeep
Short Story #1 :)-
Short Story:
Scene :: While returing home from ITPL, in my so called cage (ITPL shuttle), I sat in front of a lady. The lady was accompanied by a guy (might be her friend) who also sat in the same seat.. I thought this guy was trying to impress her.. Never mind..My bad..
Result :: I ended up listening to whatever the lady spoke for a period of 1 hr 45 mins.. (I mean she spoke continously all through the journey with or without a lil break )... , and that too, 95% was all .... whatever...
Inference :: What a pathetic way to welcome, a well deserved weekend..
Question to be asked :: Why did that lady (or ladies) speak so much ??
To whomsoever it may concern :: Avoid sitting in front of ladies.. as long as the lady is unknown to you.. esp when you are travelling for such a long time..
Tips :: Try playing music a bit loud to distract her, or just get lost from your seat to somewhere else ... ( I should have tried this )
Jeee..
Cheers,
Sandeep
Scene :: While returing home from ITPL, in my so called cage (ITPL shuttle), I sat in front of a lady. The lady was accompanied by a guy (might be her friend) who also sat in the same seat.. I thought this guy was trying to impress her.. Never mind..My bad..
Result :: I ended up listening to whatever the lady spoke for a period of 1 hr 45 mins.. (I mean she spoke continously all through the journey with or without a lil break )... , and that too, 95% was all .... whatever...
Inference :: What a pathetic way to welcome, a well deserved weekend..
Question to be asked :: Why did that lady (or ladies) speak so much ??
To whomsoever it may concern :: Avoid sitting in front of ladies.. as long as the lady is unknown to you.. esp when you are travelling for such a long time..
Tips :: Try playing music a bit loud to distract her, or just get lost from your seat to somewhere else ... ( I should have tried this )
Jeee..
Cheers,
Sandeep
One last time from Reliance Connect @ ITPL :)
Its my last day, @ ITPL, at my current organization. Not sure how the relieving process is. Having loads of doubts whether I will get relieved today or not. But I am positive.
So as of now, I am posting this entry for one last time from Reliance Connect Cyber Center in the Creator building of ITPL. This cyber center has been helpful for many guys including me, who have no access to personal mails at office. I would like to thank my friend for his Reliance Connect ID " bornfrick ", the account which I did get recharged for a mere Rs 20 for half an hour. I would like to thank my friend who had enough patience to register himself as a user at the cyber center.
So here I am sending my last day mail from my personal ID to official ID so that I can send the same in the afternoon to my friends.
Thats it from me as of now. Will update the blog either tonight or tomorrow afternoon, hopefully I will get relieved by that time.
Jeee. Thanks Reliance Connect.
Cheers,
Sandeep
So as of now, I am posting this entry for one last time from Reliance Connect Cyber Center in the Creator building of ITPL. This cyber center has been helpful for many guys including me, who have no access to personal mails at office. I would like to thank my friend for his Reliance Connect ID " bornfrick ", the account which I did get recharged for a mere Rs 20 for half an hour. I would like to thank my friend who had enough patience to register himself as a user at the cyber center.
So here I am sending my last day mail from my personal ID to official ID so that I can send the same in the afternoon to my friends.
Thats it from me as of now. Will update the blog either tonight or tomorrow afternoon, hopefully I will get relieved by that time.
Jeee. Thanks Reliance Connect.
Cheers,
Sandeep
One of my all time favorite posts
Never knew such an inspirational post even existed. I have been reading Robin Sharma books a lot number of times, but this post just provided me the right kind of inspiration when I needed it most, that is now.
So here is the link to that post. Hope it inspires you too..
http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/11/25/assrockets-and-opportunities-or-why-i-changed-jobs/
Cheers,
Sandeep
So here is the link to that post. Hope it inspires you too..
http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/11/25/assrockets-and-opportunities-or-why-i-changed-jobs/
Cheers,
Sandeep
One of my favorite Bollywood superstar
Long time, since I have written about a movie I watched or something related to Bollywood. Incidentally I happend to watch Feroz Khan's Jaanbaaz on Friday Morning. Yes, I bunked office, even during my notice period. Can't help.
I have grown up seeing Feroz Khan's movies. ( I can remember watching Qurbani n number of times and Dharmatma. Apart from this I had seen Jaanbaaz, but only once.)
So watched the movie again. Yes, awesome movie, somehow I fall in love with movies of Dev Anand, Feroz Khan and few others. Will watch the movie again, if it comes up in future.
But here's a big salute going to the great man, for his unique style of film making and acting.
Hats off.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: Love the song Har Kisi Ko Nahi Milta.... Listening to it over and over again :)
I have grown up seeing Feroz Khan's movies. ( I can remember watching Qurbani n number of times and Dharmatma. Apart from this I had seen Jaanbaaz, but only once.)
So watched the movie again. Yes, awesome movie, somehow I fall in love with movies of Dev Anand, Feroz Khan and few others. Will watch the movie again, if it comes up in future.
But here's a big salute going to the great man, for his unique style of film making and acting.
Hats off.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: Love the song Har Kisi Ko Nahi Milta.... Listening to it over and over again :)
Nightmare of a weekend
It was one such weekends, where in loads of events were happening, but at the same time, instead of me being overjoyed, I was kind of dull..
There were loads of things happening around me.
1. Visit to Lord Venkateshwara and Godess Padmavathi temple in Tirupati.
2. Kranti's marriage over the weekend @ Tirumala.
3. Abhijit's engagement.
Infact, I would have cherished this weekend for years to come if not for one gloomy incident involving, AIR INDIA aeroplane. Its something which really shook me. Somethings are beyond our control. But still I am very very upset.
Here's praying to GOD to give more strength to all those people who are in need of it.
Cheers,
Sandeep
There were loads of things happening around me.
1. Visit to Lord Venkateshwara and Godess Padmavathi temple in Tirupati.
2. Kranti's marriage over the weekend @ Tirumala.
3. Abhijit's engagement.
Infact, I would have cherished this weekend for years to come if not for one gloomy incident involving, AIR INDIA aeroplane. Its something which really shook me. Somethings are beyond our control. But still I am very very upset.
Here's praying to GOD to give more strength to all those people who are in need of it.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Need to feed my reader with URL's
Its going to be one huge task for the coming days. Over a period of 5 months I have accumalated loads of blogs, many of whom I keep visiting atleast once a week. Now my aim is to put all of them in google reader.
Last time, I had a huge collection of blogs which I pumped into SharpReader and exported as .OPML file. But unfortunately, in my previous organization, they banned all freewares and had to uninstall SharpReader.
After which I have never been able to import my .opml file into google reader. Main reason being laziness. So this time, I am planning to store a whole bunch of blog urls intosharpreader (google reader) so that, the next time, I keep track of them and also can access them elsewhere.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Last time, I had a huge collection of blogs which I pumped into SharpReader and exported as .OPML file. But unfortunately, in my previous organization, they banned all freewares and had to uninstall SharpReader.
After which I have never been able to import my .opml file into google reader. Main reason being laziness. So this time, I am planning to store a whole bunch of blog urls into
Cheers,
Sandeep
Its strange, what people end up counting
Yes, its true, people end up counting whatever they can. They count hen, chicken, pigs whatever..
One fellow in my shuttle has counted how many road humps are there from Uttarahalli to ITPL.
Kudos to this gentleman. Nice feat.
According to his calculation there are 44 road humps from Uttarahalli to ITPL.
Jeee, thanks.
Cheers,
Sandeep
One fellow in my shuttle has counted how many road humps are there from Uttarahalli to ITPL.
Kudos to this gentleman. Nice feat.
According to his calculation there are 44 road humps from Uttarahalli to ITPL.
Jeee, thanks.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Bus puncture
It was second time in two weeks that, the ITPB bus in which I was travelling had a flat tyre. I mean, my travel in the evening takes 2 hours of time, amidst all this there is this flat. Infact it happened right in front of Brook Fields, Kundalahalli.
I have loads of memories with respect to Kundalahalli. Incidentally, the first company which I ever worked for was Sobha Renaissance IT, was few feet away from where this flat happened.
So remembered those good olden days, the period from July 2005, to Sep 2006, the people with whom I worked with etc etc. SRIT has given me loads, I will run short of words infact to tell how much I am indebted to this particular organization.
Anyways.. sometimes having a flat tyre is not so bad.
Cheers,
Sandeep
I have loads of memories with respect to Kundalahalli. Incidentally, the first company which I ever worked for was Sobha Renaissance IT, was few feet away from where this flat happened.
So remembered those good olden days, the period from July 2005, to Sep 2006, the people with whom I worked with etc etc. SRIT has given me loads, I will run short of words infact to tell how much I am indebted to this particular organization.
Anyways.. sometimes having a flat tyre is not so bad.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Yet another busy weekend.
Not sure why weekend's have become so busy these days. For the past few weeks, not able to anything on the weekend, forget weekdays.
This weekend was one such, loads of people coming in on both the days. Meeting them, chatting with them, time is just flying away.
Sunday evening was a very busy one indeed. Loads of relatives. Engrossed in a discussion about friend's marriage, other functions etc etc.
Now back to work tomorrow again.
Manic monday.
Cheers,
Sandeep
This weekend was one such, loads of people coming in on both the days. Meeting them, chatting with them, time is just flying away.
Sunday evening was a very busy one indeed. Loads of relatives. Engrossed in a discussion about friend's marriage, other functions etc etc.
Now back to work tomorrow again.
Manic monday.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Bringing the blog visibility ... back to public
Its been almost a month since I made my blog private. The main reason behind it was, I did not want someone to read it. (let me be more specific about it.. its a female). Now that the other people who read my blog (mostly the gentlement) are rest assured that its not them, I would like to iterate that, I had expressed extreme anger in my posts for this particular person. Hence thought of avoiding the posts going public.
Since I had no options, I ended up making the blog itself private. Now that one month has gone by, I have suddenly realized, I have not blogged lately. I feel, I need to write more. Just for the few posts where in I express anger over this particular person, I ve nothing else to hide.
So moved those posts into a new blog altogether, so that I did not lose track of those posts. Now back to blogging where everything is public.
Loads to write about, my recent trip to Yercaud Hogenekal.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Since I had no options, I ended up making the blog itself private. Now that one month has gone by, I have suddenly realized, I have not blogged lately. I feel, I need to write more. Just for the few posts where in I express anger over this particular person, I ve nothing else to hide.
So moved those posts into a new blog altogether, so that I did not lose track of those posts. Now back to blogging where everything is public.
Loads to write about, my recent trip to Yercaud Hogenekal.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Sample Resignation letter. :)
I would like to inform you that I am resigning from my position as Account Executive for the Smith Agency, effective August 1.
Thank you for the opportunities for professional and personal development that you have provided me during the last five years.
I have enjoyed working for the agency and appreciate the support provided me during my tenure with the company.
If I can be of any help during this transition, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Your Signature
Thank you for the opportunities for professional and personal development that you have provided me during the last five years.
I have enjoyed working for the agency and appreciate the support provided me during my tenure with the company.
If I can be of any help during this transition, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Your Signature
A reason not to post
For the past few days, I have not blogged anything. In the first four months of this year, I had lots to write about. Now all of a sudden I seem to have gone quiet.
Also, I have turned my blog private, with access only to a few people. Is that the reason not to blog. I feel its one of the reasons. The other reasons include,
> Lack of interest at workplace.
> My hatred towards travelling to ITPL.
> Not luck when it comes to finding new jobs.
So these are the reasons.
May 1st I am planning to go out of Bangalore, with my cousins. I feel the trip is confirmed. Waiting for May 1.
Hope to blog something before that.
Till then,
Cheers,
Sandeep
Also, I have turned my blog private, with access only to a few people. Is that the reason not to blog. I feel its one of the reasons. The other reasons include,
> Lack of interest at workplace.
> My hatred towards travelling to ITPL.
> Not luck when it comes to finding new jobs.
So these are the reasons.
May 1st I am planning to go out of Bangalore, with my cousins. I feel the trip is confirmed. Waiting for May 1.
Hope to blog something before that.
Till then,
Cheers,
Sandeep
Sony Music System.
After so many days of speculation, went ahead with a music system and speakers. It left me poorer by Rs 12850.
So here are the components.
> Sony Music system.
> Sony Speakers in the front.
> Plok Speakers in the back.
Hopefully I will enjoy my long drives hence forth.
Cheers,
Sandeep
So here are the components.
> Sony Music system.
> Sony Speakers in the front.
> Plok Speakers in the back.
Hopefully I will enjoy my long drives hence forth.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Going into a looong weekend. :)
It is going to be a looong weekend. We have a holiday for Good Friday. Tomorrow I am taking off on the occasion of Brahmopadesham of my cousin.
So all in all a 4 day extended weekend. Hoping to turnaround few things.
Lets see how it goes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
So all in all a 4 day extended weekend. Hoping to turnaround few things.
Lets see how it goes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Came home late... :(
Today our ITPL bus Route 1A, managed to kiss an Innova near Nirmala Stores, BSK Ist stage. The bus was stopped after few metres. The innova driver was quite co-operative, after all it was his mistake, he came too close to the bus.
At the end re-realized, driving huge vehicles comes with loads of responsibility. I was telling everyone, that I love to drive a Bolero, but frankly speaking, it comes with loads of responsibilities.
Will sure try to drive better in near future.
Cheers,
At the end re-realized, driving huge vehicles comes with loads of responsibility. I was telling everyone, that I love to drive a Bolero, but frankly speaking, it comes with loads of responsibilities.
Will sure try to drive better in near future.
Cheers,
Joined Facebook
Met my cousin today, in one such conversations, he asked me whether I had an account on facebook. I have recieved facebook invites from loads of people, but never even thought about joining.
But today, I asked, him whats so good in Facebook. He said just join you shall come to know.
I joined Facebook, still exploring, but I am used to orkutting, this seems to be a new environment.
Lets see how it goes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
But today, I asked, him whats so good in Facebook. He said just join you shall come to know.
I joined Facebook, still exploring, but I am used to orkutting, this seems to be a new environment.
Lets see how it goes.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Tyre update
I had posted about my flat tyre two posts back. So thought of going to a tyre shop and all of a sudden yesterday, visited a tyre shop at Hosakerehalli. Asked about the damage and solution. Incidentally, the tyre had taken a hit while being run over a sharp stone / object and developed a tear.
Unfortunately, the tyre cannot be replaced, since it was not a manufacturing defect, is what, the guy at the shop told. So with no option, requested for a tyre repair. He told about some process or melting the tyre and fixing it, could not understand even an inch of what he said about the repair. The whole thing would cost about Rs 350 and so, just went for it.
I had one particular doubt, I have driven 1300 kms on my car, I did not expect a tear such early, for which he said, he had seen tyres which have taken a hit from a sharp object, on cars, which are not even registered. So I was indeed lucky.
Second thing I was lucky about was the puncture happening right in front of my house. Now I wonder, how would it be in the middle of nowhere, sweating it out, trying to replace a flat tyre. Yes, quite difficult.
Here's praying for no more flats.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Unfortunately, the tyre cannot be replaced, since it was not a manufacturing defect, is what, the guy at the shop told. So with no option, requested for a tyre repair. He told about some process or melting the tyre and fixing it, could not understand even an inch of what he said about the repair. The whole thing would cost about Rs 350 and so, just went for it.
I had one particular doubt, I have driven 1300 kms on my car, I did not expect a tear such early, for which he said, he had seen tyres which have taken a hit from a sharp object, on cars, which are not even registered. So I was indeed lucky.
Second thing I was lucky about was the puncture happening right in front of my house. Now I wonder, how would it be in the middle of nowhere, sweating it out, trying to replace a flat tyre. Yes, quite difficult.
Here's praying for no more flats.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Is watching IPL fun or boring ??
Was wondering about this question. IPL has moved back to India. Saw the scores of a couple of matches, being excess of 200. Just got a thought in my mind. The score of each match is becoming more and more predictable. Since there is no swing, seam nor spin, its a batters paradise. Adding to the misery, the dew factor pitches in.
Is it really worth watching or following it?
Not sure.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Is it really worth watching or following it?
Not sure.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Lessons learnt on Ugadi...
Well, learnt two important lessons on Ugadi day.
First being how to replace a flat car tyre. Good learning.
Second one being an embarassing one. I went out in a car to a store, without carrying a mobile and ended up calling home from Re 1 coin booth.
Yes, I headed to a store in my car, as I had some work. In midway, not only I had to call the store owner, also my house. Without a mobile I did not have much choice, ended up calling from a coin booth. Felt a bit embarassing. But yes, such is life. Time and again you ought to remember where you are coming from.
Wrt to a flat tyre, I had a puncture just opposite to my house. I was lucky it happend in front of my house, since it was the first time. Sadly found out a crack on the side of the tyre. Not sure how it has happened. Hopefully I can replace it at the showroom with a new one for minimal cost, if its a manufacturing defect.
But also learnt how to replace a car tyre. Did it within 25 mins. A feat in itself, considering the fact that, I did it all alone reading from the manual and it being the very first time.
Now on I can do it even quicker. Hopefully no more flats, here's praying to GOD.
Cheers,
Sandeep
First being how to replace a flat car tyre. Good learning.
Second one being an embarassing one. I went out in a car to a store, without carrying a mobile and ended up calling home from Re 1 coin booth.
Yes, I headed to a store in my car, as I had some work. In midway, not only I had to call the store owner, also my house. Without a mobile I did not have much choice, ended up calling from a coin booth. Felt a bit embarassing. But yes, such is life. Time and again you ought to remember where you are coming from.
Wrt to a flat tyre, I had a puncture just opposite to my house. I was lucky it happend in front of my house, since it was the first time. Sadly found out a crack on the side of the tyre. Not sure how it has happened. Hopefully I can replace it at the showroom with a new one for minimal cost, if its a manufacturing defect.
But also learnt how to replace a car tyre. Did it within 25 mins. A feat in itself, considering the fact that, I did it all alone reading from the manual and it being the very first time.
Now on I can do it even quicker. Hopefully no more flats, here's praying to GOD.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler - So far away
Me being a huge fan of Mark Knopfler, could not resist posting this video. Love this song.
New Seat covers @ Ceralli Automotive
Finally after few months, I thought about going in for a seat covers for my car. Choices were lot. I had heard about some cheap seat covers costing Rs 1500 and some good seat covers, at the showroom for Rs 5000. I even thought it would be the same else where.
So had noted down an advertisement in the newspaper about a shop which does seat covers.
When I went there, saw two types of seat covers. Pure leather, costing Rs 20K. And seat covers which are non leather, not sure about the material, will write about it soon. Pure leather costed Rs 20K and the other one Rs 8.5 K for my car.
And yes there were loads of customers. I had gone with 5K worth seat covers in my mind, now 8.5K was the minimum Somehow I did not think twice. I gave and advance of 1K and the color being beige and ash. I am bad at remembering suffs, Will surely edit this post once I recollect the color combination and the material.
Alongside seat covers also ordered for a arm rest worth 1.5K. Thought it would be helpful on highway drives. Frankly speaking, its worth for highway driving only. City driving needs so much of gear change, there is no scope for resting your left arm on that.
[ Moreover, my gearshift is not that buttery that I can move around with a finger. I need to use a lil bit force (lil bit mind u ). at least to shift to first and second gears, rest gears I can manage with palm with minimal force. ]
The good part is that its attached to the passenger seat, and is foldable. And yes, it adds very much comfort to the passenger in the front.
So overall a pretty nice experience.
The showroom being Supreme Overseas Leather Garments. (Ceralli).
The shop is located at BSK II nd stage, near Upahara Sagar.
Will put up pics sometime soon.
Cheers,
Sandeep
So had noted down an advertisement in the newspaper about a shop which does seat covers.
When I went there, saw two types of seat covers. Pure leather, costing Rs 20K. And seat covers which are non leather, not sure about the material, will write about it soon. Pure leather costed Rs 20K and the other one Rs 8.5 K for my car.
And yes there were loads of customers. I had gone with 5K worth seat covers in my mind, now 8.5K was the minimum Somehow I did not think twice. I gave and advance of 1K and the color being beige and ash. I am bad at remembering suffs, Will surely edit this post once I recollect the color combination and the material.
Alongside seat covers also ordered for a arm rest worth 1.5K. Thought it would be helpful on highway drives. Frankly speaking, its worth for highway driving only. City driving needs so much of gear change, there is no scope for resting your left arm on that.
[ Moreover, my gearshift is not that buttery that I can move around with a finger. I need to use a lil bit force (lil bit mind u ). at least to shift to first and second gears, rest gears I can manage with palm with minimal force. ]
The good part is that its attached to the passenger seat, and is foldable. And yes, it adds very much comfort to the passenger in the front.
So overall a pretty nice experience.
The showroom being Supreme Overseas Leather Garments. (Ceralli).
The shop is located at BSK II nd stage, near Upahara Sagar.
Will put up pics sometime soon.
Cheers,
Sandeep
How important is it to read instruction manual ?
Frankly speaking, I am a kind of lazy person. In real life I come across many devices and stuffs many of which have instruction manuals. So just wanted to write about Instruction manuals of those devices. Unfortunately I do not read instruction manuals. Even if I read, I do not remember most of the instructions on how to operate and blah blah blah.
Unfortunately not reading instruction manual is a big big drawback. Reading and forgetting is like a sin. I have installed Central locking / Keyless entry onto my car. The key chain has 3 buttons. Two of which are to arm / lock and disarm / unlock.
When you either try to arm or disarm there is a siren which beeps twice before the door gets armed / disarmed. Since few days, I found out that, there was no siren, but the door was getting armed / disarmed properly. Even the buzzar while taking reverse was not effective.
I thought and thought and decided that I shall visit the showroom today and check if there is a fault. Minutes before leaving for the showroom, I had to gather the warrantly form for the central locking thing. It came alongside the instruction manual.
To my surprise there were lots of permutations and combinations with 3 buttons as such.
And when I went through the instruction set, I found
" Pressing ARM and DISARM buttons simontaneously would turn off the siren ". In other words its meant for silent ARM and DISARM.
So pressed the same two buttons in the same fashion and yes, the siren was up and running.
Phew saved some fuel and time for me and yes, some grace as well. Else people at showroom would have thought " Ohh this guy seems to be an illiterate ?? "...
Hmm, whatever...
Cheers,
Sandeep
Unfortunately not reading instruction manual is a big big drawback. Reading and forgetting is like a sin. I have installed Central locking / Keyless entry onto my car. The key chain has 3 buttons. Two of which are to arm / lock and disarm / unlock.
When you either try to arm or disarm there is a siren which beeps twice before the door gets armed / disarmed. Since few days, I found out that, there was no siren, but the door was getting armed / disarmed properly. Even the buzzar while taking reverse was not effective.
I thought and thought and decided that I shall visit the showroom today and check if there is a fault. Minutes before leaving for the showroom, I had to gather the warrantly form for the central locking thing. It came alongside the instruction manual.
To my surprise there were lots of permutations and combinations with 3 buttons as such.
And when I went through the instruction set, I found
" Pressing ARM and DISARM buttons simontaneously would turn off the siren ". In other words its meant for silent ARM and DISARM.
So pressed the same two buttons in the same fashion and yes, the siren was up and running.
Phew saved some fuel and time for me and yes, some grace as well. Else people at showroom would have thought " Ohh this guy seems to be an illiterate ?? "...
Hmm, whatever...
Cheers,
Sandeep
Blogger Wishlist
A few days back, I removed one of my posts from the blog, since a search using my current company name, ie my workplace, yielded my blog post as result.
I just wondered for a moment, was there a way to make specific posts obscure from search engines. Its possible to make an entire blog post entries to be unfound on a search engine. But can it be applied post by post. Not sure, but just a wish :)-
Cheers,
Sandeep
I just wondered for a moment, was there a way to make specific posts obscure from search engines. Its possible to make an entire blog post entries to be unfound on a search engine. But can it be applied post by post. Not sure, but just a wish :)-
Cheers,
Sandeep
Drove my heart out, on a highway.. What a way to welcome weekend. :)
As per my yesterday plans, I was supposed to drive out on Mysore Road, today. Yes I indeed drove for about 135 kms to be precise. The whole yesterday night, I spent GTA 4, I slept late at around 12 30 am, aware of the fact that I was supposed to leave home by 5 am for the drive.
Sadly, I could wake up only at 5 45 am. So left home at around 6 10 am. As I approached Mysore Road, got an idea of a different route. Thought about driving to DoddaAladaMara, The Great Banyan Tree.
So looked around for Amrut Distilleries and Rarajeshwari Dental College, took a right turn and proceeded towards Ramagondanahalli. I thought of returning back once I reach The Great Banyan Tree. But somehow keep on driving and reached Magadi instead.
The road was good one, lots of curves, overtaking was a bit pain, as well as giving way to others. But quite a nice scenary all around the road. So finally reached a fork where there a sign saying Kunigal 22 kms left, Dabaspet 34 kms right.
Thought and thought and finally decided to go for Dabaspet, since Kunigal way too far. So took the road to Dabaspet and in between took a right turn to Nelamangala.
Unfortunately there were no sign boards, and finding exact route was difficult. Finally managed to reach the National Highway and took a right turn which leaded me to the NICE road. And from there it took less time to reach home.
So this was my driving session for this week, thoroughly enjoyed driving but the heat was a bit of concern.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Infact, there was nothing to cheer, as I came home, Since the ECS amount clearance on behalf of the car loan for month of Feb 2010, had not happend, HDFC guys had called up saying they will come home in order to collect cheque or DD for that. What crap, None of my fault , ECS problem whose fault, Grrrrr?
Got lots of scoldings from my parents for choosing HDFC bank for loan and clearing the loan from SBI bank.
Sadly, I could wake up only at 5 45 am. So left home at around 6 10 am. As I approached Mysore Road, got an idea of a different route. Thought about driving to DoddaAladaMara, The Great Banyan Tree.
So looked around for Amrut Distilleries and Rarajeshwari Dental College, took a right turn and proceeded towards Ramagondanahalli. I thought of returning back once I reach The Great Banyan Tree. But somehow keep on driving and reached Magadi instead.
The road was good one, lots of curves, overtaking was a bit pain, as well as giving way to others. But quite a nice scenary all around the road. So finally reached a fork where there a sign saying Kunigal 22 kms left, Dabaspet 34 kms right.
Thought and thought and finally decided to go for Dabaspet, since Kunigal way too far. So took the road to Dabaspet and in between took a right turn to Nelamangala.
Unfortunately there were no sign boards, and finding exact route was difficult. Finally managed to reach the National Highway and took a right turn which leaded me to the NICE road. And from there it took less time to reach home.
So this was my driving session for this week, thoroughly enjoyed driving but the heat was a bit of concern.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS:: Infact, there was nothing to cheer, as I came home, Since the ECS amount clearance on behalf of the car loan for month of Feb 2010, had not happend, HDFC guys had called up saying they will come home in order to collect cheque or DD for that. What crap, None of my fault , ECS problem whose fault, Grrrrr?
Got lots of scoldings from my parents for choosing HDFC bank for loan and clearing the loan from SBI bank.
Obsessed with driving
Not sure, how I came up with the title. But frankly speaking I love Mysore Road. Its simply superb. I have been living in this part of the town since almost 10 years. But its only since 2006 that I fell in love with Mysore Road. I just love to go out on a drive along Mysore road, quite frequently.
There were plenty of such occasions when I have been to places close to Mysore and stuffs, with cousins on a rented vehicle. But these days, I am more obsessed with myself driving along Mysore Road.
I love to drive every weekend along Mysore Road, I feel its the perfect way to unwind after a week's work. The smell of diesel on an early morning coupled with cool breeze plus the superb road. Its just irresistible.
Simply feels superb to hit the highway. So if any of you guys find me along Mysore Road, from Kengeri to Maddur, feel free, lets catch up over a cup of highway coffee.
Cheers,
Sandeep
There were plenty of such occasions when I have been to places close to Mysore and stuffs, with cousins on a rented vehicle. But these days, I am more obsessed with myself driving along Mysore Road.
I love to drive every weekend along Mysore Road, I feel its the perfect way to unwind after a week's work. The smell of diesel on an early morning coupled with cool breeze plus the superb road. Its just irresistible.
Simply feels superb to hit the highway. So if any of you guys find me along Mysore Road, from Kengeri to Maddur, feel free, lets catch up over a cup of highway coffee.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Eventful day today :)
Today was an eventful day. Spoke to loads of people over the telephone. Overall I am happy, today being Friday and there are absolutely no worries. 2 days of time I get all for myself. Yes, its worth the 5 days of work, is all I can say.
Infact had charged up my mobile battery, but still was about to run out of charge.
There were some good news at the end of the day given by my friends. That even cheered me up.
As of now listening to
> Faith Hill - This Kiss.
> Phil Collins - Something happened on the way to heaven.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS: Pls don't ask why was I speaking so much over the phone. Yes, the reason is obvious.
Infact had charged up my mobile battery, but still was about to run out of charge.
There were some good news at the end of the day given by my friends. That even cheered me up.
As of now listening to
> Faith Hill - This Kiss.
> Phil Collins - Something happened on the way to heaven.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS: Pls don't ask why was I speaking so much over the phone. Yes, the reason is obvious.
My workplaces over a period of 4 years 6 months
Have indefinitely removed this post, since a keyword (company name) in a search engine yielded my blog as result. Hence thought of not taking any more chances.
Cheers,
Cheers,
5 March, exactly 2 years before, on this very day
5 March 2008, was a significant day. It was on this day that I joined HTS Bangalore. I was very happy on that day. I was moving into a new company, closer to my house, very less travel etc etc.
Now 5 March 2010, I am even out of Honeywell, currently put up at SG , Bangalore. Learnt loads of things at HTS, met loads of interesting people, continued blogging, wrote some crazy programs on my laptop, above all, got a handful of salary, which really improved my economic condition.
Yes, I dreamt about the first step in the direction of higher salary @ HTS, It was fantastic, to have a good pay :) Infact achieved lots at HTS. Thanks to all my colleagues and managers over there. Also met a few fellow employees of HTS who also blog.
But life simply moves on. Here again, meeting some superb individuals, new projects and yes again, these events keep on repeating. Hopefully will continue blogging in future also. LOL :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Now 5 March 2010, I am even out of Honeywell, currently put up at SG , Bangalore. Learnt loads of things at HTS, met loads of interesting people, continued blogging, wrote some crazy programs on my laptop, above all, got a handful of salary, which really improved my economic condition.
Yes, I dreamt about the first step in the direction of higher salary @ HTS, It was fantastic, to have a good pay :) Infact achieved lots at HTS. Thanks to all my colleagues and managers over there. Also met a few fellow employees of HTS who also blog.
But life simply moves on. Here again, meeting some superb individuals, new projects and yes again, these events keep on repeating. Hopefully will continue blogging in future also. LOL :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
Coming home to a superb movie
As I came home today and switched on the television, I was in for a surprise. I was glad to see one of my favorite movies DCH being shown on one of the movie channels. Though I could not see the entire movie, but even bits and pieces of this movie just pushes me an extra mile ahead.
Its been 9 yrs since it released, even today I feel its fresh, I am ready to watch it again and again. Planning to play it the next time I go on a trip with my cousins. Hopefully my wish comes true in a month.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Its been 9 yrs since it released, even today I feel its fresh, I am ready to watch it again and again. Planning to play it the next time I go on a trip with my cousins. Hopefully my wish comes true in a month.
Cheers,
Sandeep
A so called IT Guy... :)-
These days I travel a lot everyday, infact 70+ kms in total. I do not find anything positive to write about my travel, I have posted few blog posts about me cribbing about moi travel. What else can I do.
There is nothing exciting about to blog about my workplace nor this travel. In this post I would like to write about the good manners of the so called IT guy / gal (not sure who it is) who works at ITPL and travels in the same shuttle or BUS (BMTC) as I do, route being ITPL / ITPB 4N, ITPL to Uttarahalli.
Every evening since the distance we travel is around 40 kms people get loads of food parcels and keep on eating all through the journey. At some point of time you will find either one or more people munching and munching on something. I ve no issues with this whatsover as long as you dispose the left over food, or wrappers properly. Properly means in a dustbin in your own house.
But this so called IT guy tends to leave behind a huge chunk of wrappers in the shuttle itself, hoping for BMTC staff to clean it off. Once I even asked that particular person to take his belongings, (I did not know it was left over food), to which the gentleman replied, it is the leftover of what I had eaten and carelessly went ahead and got down leaving behind his left over food wrapper in the bus itself. This is what pisses me off. Literate people littering here and there. No sense of ownership
No wonder its pathetic quality of code that ships from India, because, in every project you will find people littering in and around the source code, no proper ownership and responsibility.
What made me still more angry was, I saw an unattended wrapper of food parcel today morning. Yes, you can imagine, something you have eaten and thrown it in the BMTC bus which is not cleaned up in the morning. Though it was not stinking, but sad to see the pathetic mentality of the so called IT Guy.
You might be wondering, so many people travel in the same bus during the day, how would you say its the IT Guy.?? Well in the evening our's is the last trip. And yes, food parcels in the ITPB bus means its the gift of the IT guy.
Cheers,
Sandeep
There is nothing exciting about to blog about my workplace nor this travel. In this post I would like to write about the good manners of the so called IT guy / gal (not sure who it is) who works at ITPL and travels in the same shuttle or BUS (BMTC) as I do, route being ITPL / ITPB 4N, ITPL to Uttarahalli.
Every evening since the distance we travel is around 40 kms people get loads of food parcels and keep on eating all through the journey. At some point of time you will find either one or more people munching and munching on something. I ve no issues with this whatsover as long as you dispose the left over food, or wrappers properly. Properly means in a dustbin in your own house.
But this so called IT guy tends to leave behind a huge chunk of wrappers in the shuttle itself, hoping for BMTC staff to clean it off. Once I even asked that particular person to take his belongings, (I did not know it was left over food), to which the gentleman replied, it is the leftover of what I had eaten and carelessly went ahead and got down leaving behind his left over food wrapper in the bus itself. This is what pisses me off. Literate people littering here and there. No sense of ownership
No wonder its pathetic quality of code that ships from India, because, in every project you will find people littering in and around the source code, no proper ownership and responsibility.
What made me still more angry was, I saw an unattended wrapper of food parcel today morning. Yes, you can imagine, something you have eaten and thrown it in the BMTC bus which is not cleaned up in the morning. Though it was not stinking, but sad to see the pathetic mentality of the so called IT Guy.
You might be wondering, so many people travel in the same bus during the day, how would you say its the IT Guy.?? Well in the evening our's is the last trip. And yes, food parcels in the ITPB bus means its the gift of the IT guy.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Good old memories... yes a get-together of sorts.
After a year and a half finally met my college friend UKN. Sunday was a fantabulous day. Did loads of things apart from coding and playing games. In the evening met UKN and went for a treat at the Best club, shakti hill resorts. It was a long while since we 3 guys (UKN, Kranti and me) went out for a treat together. UKN being at onsite.
Relived few good old memories of college.
So this weekend was superb. Hopefully next weekend shall be the same. Will surely blog about the same.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Relived few good old memories of college.
So this weekend was superb. Hopefully next weekend shall be the same. Will surely blog about the same.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Abba - Chiquitita
Phenomenal song by ABBA. Have been a fan of ABBA for over 2 decades. Can listen to their music over and over again.. for years..
what say?
Three idiots - Lessons learnt..
Finally I managed to watch the movie 3 idiots. No big deal on guessing how I managed to.
But all in all it was a good movie. Brought back memories of the book Five Point Someone, which I had read some years back. So here I am trying to write 2 - 3 points which I could take away from the movie as lessons.
> Choose whatever you love, as your work. As a result work will be more fun instead of usual work. There is no point being someone else, chasing interests none of which are ours.
> Journey is more important than destination. There is no point of being the best, if there is no fun on the way.
> Third point is about the interview. Till now I have given so many interviews, most of the interviews I have pretended to be someone else. Especially Managerial rounds, I find it very difficult, to clear without bluffing. So hence forth, I shall be more frank.
> Not to take things seriously, If not this job some other job, should be my motto hence forth. There is no point of crying over those companies which I could not join due to interview failures.
Cheers,
PS:: I hope I am an improved man. :P
But all in all it was a good movie. Brought back memories of the book Five Point Someone, which I had read some years back. So here I am trying to write 2 - 3 points which I could take away from the movie as lessons.
> Choose whatever you love, as your work. As a result work will be more fun instead of usual work. There is no point being someone else, chasing interests none of which are ours.
> Journey is more important than destination. There is no point of being the best, if there is no fun on the way.
> Third point is about the interview. Till now I have given so many interviews, most of the interviews I have pretended to be someone else. Especially Managerial rounds, I find it very difficult, to clear without bluffing. So hence forth, I shall be more frank.
> Not to take things seriously, If not this job some other job, should be my motto hence forth. There is no point of crying over those companies which I could not join due to interview failures.
Cheers,
PS:: I hope I am an improved man. :P
What is right, what is wrong... ??
I have always keep wondering, what will I be doing in 10 years time. Sometimes, I tend to think too much into this topic. Some of my friends tell me, I am taking too much tension, this guy is tensed, blah blah. I keep on asking myself, what is in store for me over the next 10 years.
I do not have an answer for that. But still I end up thinking and thinking about it, wasting a lot of time.
I have blogged around half a dozen times may be, that I am interested in coding and coding only. I have even blogged about the market conditions here in India.
So has the time come to move out India in search of a new opportunity. I really do not know. I have changed so many companies in the last 4.5 years of work, that I feel, the word outsourcing is just a gimmick.
So many MNC's outsource their work to India, people are losing jobs in other countries because of that, keeps on buzzing here and there.
While doing engineering, I was dreaming that I would get loads of options to code. But but, never mind. I cant continue this sentence.
I do follow a few blogs on the internet. Frankly speaking, So I was going through one of the blogs of an software architect. In the comments section of one of the posts, I found a comment by a person, quoting, that he wanted to do MBA and move out of software jobs since, most of the jobs were outsourced.
The architect's reply was superb, saying there are plenty of jobs which are not outsourced. Yes, its true. The quality jobs are still not outsourced.
So now please tell me, is it right to move out the country in search of better quality jobs, (not sure you may land in that or not, but what there in trying), or persist in this so called Indian corporate ladder.
Not sure, why I am posting this again and again. I feel I am fed up. There is no other place to vent out my frustrations. What can I do?
PS::: I have changed so many companies, but whenever I join a new company in India, whatever may be the salary, the first thought that comes to my mind in the first two months is to quit.
I went to Goravanahalli temple to pray to God, to help me land in a job which I really love. I cannot adjust myself to the company, I can adjust myself only to my job and nothing else.
I do not have an answer for that. But still I end up thinking and thinking about it, wasting a lot of time.
I have blogged around half a dozen times may be, that I am interested in coding and coding only. I have even blogged about the market conditions here in India.
So has the time come to move out India in search of a new opportunity. I really do not know. I have changed so many companies in the last 4.5 years of work, that I feel, the word outsourcing is just a gimmick.
So many MNC's outsource their work to India, people are losing jobs in other countries because of that, keeps on buzzing here and there.
While doing engineering, I was dreaming that I would get loads of options to code. But but, never mind. I cant continue this sentence.
I do follow a few blogs on the internet. Frankly speaking, So I was going through one of the blogs of an software architect. In the comments section of one of the posts, I found a comment by a person, quoting, that he wanted to do MBA and move out of software jobs since, most of the jobs were outsourced.
The architect's reply was superb, saying there are plenty of jobs which are not outsourced. Yes, its true. The quality jobs are still not outsourced.
So now please tell me, is it right to move out the country in search of better quality jobs, (not sure you may land in that or not, but what there in trying), or persist in this so called Indian corporate ladder.
Not sure, why I am posting this again and again. I feel I am fed up. There is no other place to vent out my frustrations. What can I do?
PS::: I have changed so many companies, but whenever I join a new company in India, whatever may be the salary, the first thought that comes to my mind in the first two months is to quit.
I went to Goravanahalli temple to pray to God, to help me land in a job which I really love. I cannot adjust myself to the company, I can adjust myself only to my job and nothing else.
A visit to Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple @ Goravanahalli
This Saturday, was an awesome one, I shall remember it for a long long time.
Firstly, I went to Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple @ Goravanahalli.
Secondly. I drove a lot, a huge number of kms infact, 300kms infact, that too for Rs 500 worth diesel. Aint it incredible.
So let me tell you about the temple. Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple is at a distance of 110 kms from my house. The roads are superb. No trouble driving till there infact. I joined the National Highway at Jalahalli Cross.
I visited the temple for the first time. Fell in love with the place. I had a special prayer thing to ask to Goddess, the thing which I do not want to blog about here. I hope my prayers get answered. I wish to go the temple once again. Somehow I feel, I want to go there yet again. Not sure when that will happen. But till then good old memories I have.
So let me tell you about driving. I drove for 300 kms. The roads were absolutely beautiful. I had no issues driving. And I got a very good mileage. Though the overall distance was supposed to be ~ 200 kms, I drove a 100 kms extra to Janapada Loka and Kamat Lokaruchi.
But all in all wonderful experience, superb temple. Wish I be there sometime soon.
Cheers,
Firstly, I went to Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple @ Goravanahalli.
Secondly. I drove a lot, a huge number of kms infact, 300kms infact, that too for Rs 500 worth diesel. Aint it incredible.
So let me tell you about the temple. Goddess Mahalaxmi Temple is at a distance of 110 kms from my house. The roads are superb. No trouble driving till there infact. I joined the National Highway at Jalahalli Cross.
I visited the temple for the first time. Fell in love with the place. I had a special prayer thing to ask to Goddess, the thing which I do not want to blog about here. I hope my prayers get answered. I wish to go the temple once again. Somehow I feel, I want to go there yet again. Not sure when that will happen. But till then good old memories I have.
So let me tell you about driving. I drove for 300 kms. The roads were absolutely beautiful. I had no issues driving. And I got a very good mileage. Though the overall distance was supposed to be ~ 200 kms, I drove a 100 kms extra to Janapada Loka and Kamat Lokaruchi.
But all in all wonderful experience, superb temple. Wish I be there sometime soon.
Cheers,
After so much criticism, finally some appreciation....
You guys might be wondering, what am I writing about. What criticism and what appreciation??
It has something to do with my car, which I purchased 3 months back. The car is Tata Indica Vista Tdi. A decision which I took on my own. I read so much about diesels and their maintenance related stuffs on the internet. Apart from that all my relatives own a petrol vehichle and most of them a Maruti vehicle in particular.
When I told them that I was keen on buying a Indica diesel, there was no one who really said, go ahead. They even told, the car is like a truck and there is loads of vibrations which can be felt. They even started suggesting Maruti car for me. But I was struck on to Indica and purchased the same, inspite of loads of criticism.
Now after 3 months, I met a person , who is driving a Maruti Alto and appreciated Indica Vista infact. He asked me what is the mileage, I told him about the usual city mileage and since I had predominantly driven on the highway recently I told him, for Rs 500 worth diesel, I had covered 265 kms on the highway.
He too appreciated the Indica Vista car for its space and superb engine. And yes when it comes to the Tdi engine, Tata's have the best as far as I know. No regrets about buying an Indica.
Cheers.
It has something to do with my car, which I purchased 3 months back. The car is Tata Indica Vista Tdi. A decision which I took on my own. I read so much about diesels and their maintenance related stuffs on the internet. Apart from that all my relatives own a petrol vehichle and most of them a Maruti vehicle in particular.
When I told them that I was keen on buying a Indica diesel, there was no one who really said, go ahead. They even told, the car is like a truck and there is loads of vibrations which can be felt. They even started suggesting Maruti car for me. But I was struck on to Indica and purchased the same, inspite of loads of criticism.
Now after 3 months, I met a person , who is driving a Maruti Alto and appreciated Indica Vista infact. He asked me what is the mileage, I told him about the usual city mileage and since I had predominantly driven on the highway recently I told him, for Rs 500 worth diesel, I had covered 265 kms on the highway.
He too appreciated the Indica Vista car for its space and superb engine. And yes when it comes to the Tdi engine, Tata's have the best as far as I know. No regrets about buying an Indica.
Cheers.
And then.. the pantry erupted.. with joy
Today was the final day of the second test match and RSA were almost about to snatch a draw to dethrone India from the #1 ranking. Around 3.45 pm many employees gathered in the pantry, most of them were guessing the test match would end in a draw. I had moved out of the pantry a few minutes back.
Two overs before the end of play, India was able to get the last wicket, and win the test match. And there was a huge roar from the audience in the pantry. That was a superb moment. I could hear the roar from a distance away. What a way to shout guys!!! that too at workplace...keep it going...
Cheers,
Two overs before the end of play, India was able to get the last wicket, and win the test match. And there was a huge roar from the audience in the pantry. That was a superb moment. I could hear the roar from a distance away. What a way to shout guys!!! that too at workplace...keep it going...
Cheers,
Beyoncé - Halo
Love this song by Beyonce.. Awesome song.. Could not resist posting it over here. .:)
One hell of a song.. koi shakh
Cheers,
Shivaratri - A night to remember
We had an official holiday on the occasion of Shivaratri. So I was at home relaxing and chilling. Over the years I have some superb memories of Shivaratri. I have seen loads of people being awake all through the night.
I was staying at Malleshwaram for the first 15 years of my life, ie during childhood. Growing up in Malleshwaram is always special. That place is a different world altogether. Venkateshwara Bakery, Friends Circulating Library, Malleshwaram Railway Station, Mysore Lamps, Yeshwantpur APMC Yard, Malleshwaram 8th Cross, 18th Cross, Vylikaval, Govardhan Theater. these were some of my favorite spots. I was cycling to many of these places.
It was during Shivaratri on one such superb year, not sure which year. I saw a bunch of my friends playing cricket under streetlight, during the night, just to avoid sleep. I mean aint it awesome. No traffic, no noise, some stray dogs here and there, some drunkards here and there. I too played on the streets infact main roads for quite some time, before going to bed.
You might be wondering why I am writing about this particular thing. This Shivaratri too, after 10+ years, something similar happend. I saw a bunch of people playing cricket under streetlight on a vacant site. I mean, aint it awesome, it indeed brought back loads of memories of my childhood days which I spent at Malleshwaram.
Playing hide and seek in the dark, story telling in the dark, loads of other stuffs. These days, I hate to spend time in the dark, I mean during power cuts, those were the days, when I was wishing for a much longer duration of power cut.
Things have changed. I miss the good old days, Malleshwaram etc etc.
Cheers.
PS::: My favorite spots in the last 10 years.
Kengeri Satellite town, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Global village surround, Nelamangala above all home sweet home..
I was staying at Malleshwaram for the first 15 years of my life, ie during childhood. Growing up in Malleshwaram is always special. That place is a different world altogether. Venkateshwara Bakery, Friends Circulating Library, Malleshwaram Railway Station, Mysore Lamps, Yeshwantpur APMC Yard, Malleshwaram 8th Cross, 18th Cross, Vylikaval, Govardhan Theater. these were some of my favorite spots. I was cycling to many of these places.
It was during Shivaratri on one such superb year, not sure which year. I saw a bunch of my friends playing cricket under streetlight, during the night, just to avoid sleep. I mean aint it awesome. No traffic, no noise, some stray dogs here and there, some drunkards here and there. I too played on the streets infact main roads for quite some time, before going to bed.
You might be wondering why I am writing about this particular thing. This Shivaratri too, after 10+ years, something similar happend. I saw a bunch of people playing cricket under streetlight on a vacant site. I mean, aint it awesome, it indeed brought back loads of memories of my childhood days which I spent at Malleshwaram.
Playing hide and seek in the dark, story telling in the dark, loads of other stuffs. These days, I hate to spend time in the dark, I mean during power cuts, those were the days, when I was wishing for a much longer duration of power cut.
Things have changed. I miss the good old days, Malleshwaram etc etc.
Cheers.
PS::: My favorite spots in the last 10 years.
Kengeri Satellite town, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Global village surround, Nelamangala above all home sweet home..
Listen to the radio
Long time since I actively tuned into 91.9 FM Radio Indigo. I have not been able to catch with newer rock songs off late. My knowledge about the latest hit rock songs, on the charts is absolutely zero.
[ Most part of my head is pre-occupied with travel from ITPL to Uttarahalli ].
I came home early today, and apart from reading some stuffs here and there I planned to listen to some songs. I wanted to listen to some songs apart from those on my mp3 player or those being played on the radio.
Heard So Far away from me , by Dire Straits, playing on the radio. Not sure whether its a slow rock song, but sure its a evergreen song :)-
Cheers,
[ Most part of my head is pre-occupied with travel from ITPL to Uttarahalli ].
I came home early today, and apart from reading some stuffs here and there I planned to listen to some songs. I wanted to listen to some songs apart from those on my mp3 player or those being played on the radio.
Heard So Far away from me , by Dire Straits, playing on the radio. Not sure whether its a slow rock song, but sure its a evergreen song :)-
Cheers,
Trying to interpret the meaning of OUTSOURCING....
Disclaimer:: The below post consists of only my thoughts and has nothing to do with any person or entity. All similarities are merely coincidential.
Here I am trying to interpret the meaning of outsourcing.. I am looking from a developers point of view. Where a person codes to bring up a new software into the market. Outsourcing can be considered as any software development work which comes to India. Please refrain from thinking about Maintenance or other stuffs.
I feel outsourcing is another gimmick. It is nothing but another management strategy to depict profits made due to outsourcing. Let me explain about the real project / product development. The project needs a lots of code to be written, the foundation needs to be built with some strong and steady code.
On top of this code, the developer codes more business logic or utilities which inturn make use of the foundation code. Every step either the coding related to foundation or code related to business logic, involves lot of design activity.
What I really feel is much of this core work never gets outsourced, I mean to say is much of the foundation is laid in places apart from India, what work comes to India is nothing but writing small business logic on top of the foundation.
Many people feel this should be more than enough. But the truth is the design aspect of this also is controlled else where and is not outsourced to India. What finally comes to our hands is writing of some code, which has been designed and approved by someone outside India.
So what outsourcing is really this ?? Its nothing but a gimmick where management asks to step up profits by outsourcing work to India. In the end you can imagine what work really comes to India.
If this is wrt to development related activity, you can imagine what about maintanence related stuffs.
If such work comes to India, where is the place for a person like me who likes to CODE.
There exists only Managers, and the only organization ladder which exists is the management stream, ie becoming a project manager.
Sad state of affairs, but what to do.
Cheers,
Here I am trying to interpret the meaning of outsourcing.. I am looking from a developers point of view. Where a person codes to bring up a new software into the market. Outsourcing can be considered as any software development work which comes to India. Please refrain from thinking about Maintenance or other stuffs.
I feel outsourcing is another gimmick. It is nothing but another management strategy to depict profits made due to outsourcing. Let me explain about the real project / product development. The project needs a lots of code to be written, the foundation needs to be built with some strong and steady code.
On top of this code, the developer codes more business logic or utilities which inturn make use of the foundation code. Every step either the coding related to foundation or code related to business logic, involves lot of design activity.
What I really feel is much of this core work never gets outsourced, I mean to say is much of the foundation is laid in places apart from India, what work comes to India is nothing but writing small business logic on top of the foundation.
Many people feel this should be more than enough. But the truth is the design aspect of this also is controlled else where and is not outsourced to India. What finally comes to our hands is writing of some code, which has been designed and approved by someone outside India.
So what outsourcing is really this ?? Its nothing but a gimmick where management asks to step up profits by outsourcing work to India. In the end you can imagine what work really comes to India.
If this is wrt to development related activity, you can imagine what about maintanence related stuffs.
If such work comes to India, where is the place for a person like me who likes to CODE.
There exists only Managers, and the only organization ladder which exists is the management stream, ie becoming a project manager.
Sad state of affairs, but what to do.
Cheers,
Usual Weekend
Its been another usual weekend. Nothing new, nothing exciting. I am wondering what to do to make stuffs interesting. I thought let me join a new organization. It will make me more enthu towards my work. But it turned out the other way round.
Drove yesterday for around 150 kms. Was kind of satisfied. But the everyday travel to ITPL coupled with the drive had made me tired to the core. Slept a lot yesterday. Lots to look for this week. Including one holiday on Friday. Yippy.
Cheers,
Drove yesterday for around 150 kms. Was kind of satisfied. But the everyday travel to ITPL coupled with the drive had made me tired to the core. Slept a lot yesterday. Lots to look for this week. Including one holiday on Friday. Yippy.
Cheers,
Some pics from the latest game which I am playing.. GTA 4
Here are some of the pics whilst playing GTA4, phenomenal game, enjoying every bit of it. Some of the cars which I drive in the game. The picture in the middle was a mangled car, which was refusing to move.. :)
Cheers,
My New PC Game, GTA4.
I have seen the game GTA since many years. I have not been able to play the game even once, because of some issues wrt to hardware requirement and stuffs like that.
Now that I have a good PC, I have started playing the 4th edition of the game.
Frankly speaking, GTA 4 has phenomenal graphics. Worth playing. I wish I get more time to play and play.
Way to go RSG.
Cheers,
PS:: My brother is playing another edition of GTA, San Andreas :P
Regarding NFS undercover went on with 15 levels, but soon realized none of the cars were getting unlocked. So moved to a new game altogether.
Now that I have a good PC, I have started playing the 4th edition of the game.
Frankly speaking, GTA 4 has phenomenal graphics. Worth playing. I wish I get more time to play and play.
Way to go RSG.
Cheers,
PS:: My brother is playing another edition of GTA, San Andreas :P
Regarding NFS undercover went on with 15 levels, but soon realized none of the cars were getting unlocked. So moved to a new game altogether.
A New post out of no where
Amidst all these travelling which I do from Uttarahalli to ITPL, close to 70 kms a day, I somehow have found some time to write a new post. Otherwise I am in no mood to write anything these days.
Most of the time, I shall be cribbing about my pathetic decision to join a company in ITPL.
Now cribbing aside, here is some writing.
Close to my house is a dog kennel. A place which provides shelter for many dogs temporarily. Owners bring their pets here and drop them so that they can move out of town, without a worry about feeding the dog.
Over all these years, I have seen one strange dog behavior, that too about stray dogs. A locality may have few stray dogs wandering in front of the houses. But whenever a dog from a neighboring locality enters another locality, the dogs of the locality start chasing it and probably will even bite it. So there is never an open acceptance of dogs from other locality.
Now when I saw in this kennel, there were many dogs from many owners. All these dogs were quiet and they barked in unison. I was wondering how is this possible. The dogs though not stray come from different localities and are never aware of each others presence but still how could they get along so well.
Then I recollected the old saying in HINDI, " APNI GALI MEIN KUTTA BHI SHER HOTA HEY ".
So the rest is understood.
Cheers,
PS:: Somehow felt like writing about this thing.
Most of the time, I shall be cribbing about my pathetic decision to join a company in ITPL.
Now cribbing aside, here is some writing.
Close to my house is a dog kennel. A place which provides shelter for many dogs temporarily. Owners bring their pets here and drop them so that they can move out of town, without a worry about feeding the dog.
Over all these years, I have seen one strange dog behavior, that too about stray dogs. A locality may have few stray dogs wandering in front of the houses. But whenever a dog from a neighboring locality enters another locality, the dogs of the locality start chasing it and probably will even bite it. So there is never an open acceptance of dogs from other locality.
Now when I saw in this kennel, there were many dogs from many owners. All these dogs were quiet and they barked in unison. I was wondering how is this possible. The dogs though not stray come from different localities and are never aware of each others presence but still how could they get along so well.
Then I recollected the old saying in HINDI, " APNI GALI MEIN KUTTA BHI SHER HOTA HEY ".
So the rest is understood.
Cheers,
PS:: Somehow felt like writing about this thing.
Unleashing the gamer in me..
Long time since I actually blogged. Over the weekend, I purchased a new PC. And yes, after years of waiting, I am actually, unleashing the gamer in me.
Started with NFS Undercover. Cool one.. Will try to complete as many levels as possible before I start with another game altogether..
Cheers,
Started with NFS Undercover. Cool one.. Will try to complete as many levels as possible before I start with another game altogether..
Cheers,
Solar Eclipse today
It was solar eclipse time today. I was told not to eat anything whole day long.
I leave my home for office at around 7 am. I ate my early morning breakfast at 6 45 am. Then I left for office. I did not have anything during office time. I came home around 8 10 pm and had dinner around 8 20 pm.
I am not boasting about my achievement. It was an extremely hard and difficult day for me. Not to eat anything, nor drink water all day long. I somehow managed to reach home.
I thank my teachers and God for whatever I am today. I cannot imagine how people lead a life where they cannot get food 2 times a day. I feel I am indeed blessed to have good food.
Thank you God.
Cheers.
I leave my home for office at around 7 am. I ate my early morning breakfast at 6 45 am. Then I left for office. I did not have anything during office time. I came home around 8 10 pm and had dinner around 8 20 pm.
I am not boasting about my achievement. It was an extremely hard and difficult day for me. Not to eat anything, nor drink water all day long. I somehow managed to reach home.
I thank my teachers and God for whatever I am today. I cannot imagine how people lead a life where they cannot get food 2 times a day. I feel I am indeed blessed to have good food.
Thank you God.
Cheers.
Great to follow Robin Sharma on twitter..
I use twitter quite often. I do keep on tweeting whatver comes to my mind. I have a few people whom I follow on twitter. One of them is the great Robin Sharma. I have been a huge fan of Robin Sharma. Robin Sharma's book The Greatness Guide has truly and tremendously inspired me a lot.
I discovered something which I always wanted to do. That is coding. I owe a lot to Robin Sharma and his superb book.
Today one of his tweets had a superb message. I thought of blogging it over here.
Here it goes.I am copying it over here. I hope it inspires you too.. :)
"You risk everything by risking nothing." Donny Deutsch (read his book "Often Wrong, Never in Doubt")
Awesome, I recollect there are certain risks which I plan to take. Lemme see, how it works about. :)
Cheers,
I discovered something which I always wanted to do. That is coding. I owe a lot to Robin Sharma and his superb book.
Today one of his tweets had a superb message. I thought of blogging it over here.
Here it goes.I am copying it over here. I hope it inspires you too.. :)
"You risk everything by risking nothing." Donny Deutsch (read his book "Often Wrong, Never in Doubt")
Awesome, I recollect there are certain risks which I plan to take. Lemme see, how it works about. :)
Cheers,
Some things which I would love to do or want to do (whtever).
Here is a list of things which I would have loved to have done. But I haven't. Some of them are possible. Just need to make my mind.
1. I would love to be a geek, full time geek. All kinds of stuffs included apart from coding.
2. I would love to code for a lifetime. I have made up my mind. Only God or the Indian IT Industry can stop me in this.
3. I would love to write a tech blog, which includes side projects on .NET and stuff.
4. I would love to work on open source stuffs all by myself. Tools which get listed on codeplex. Some super project which is kind a new.
5. I would love to master WPF- Windows Presentation Foundation.
6. I want to be a hard core gamer. ( I have brought a new PC, need to check how much I can unleash the gamer in me.) I have enough fun unleashing the turbo charger in my car :P
7. I want to listen to radio on a constant basis.[ 91.9 FM ]
8. I want to drive out of Bangalore every weekend.
9. I have always loved to drive a Mahindra Bolero or a Tempo Trax aka Force Gama. These two are my dream machines. I know its literally impossible for me to own a Tempo Trax in town. I can someday think about Bolero though. As of now I cannot afford it, some day, I shall definitely drive a Mahindra Bolero :). [As of now more than happy with Indica TDI ]
10. I would love to move out of India, in search of better coding opportunities.
11. I would love to read more. Loads of fiction books and books pertaining to .NET and coding.
12. I would love to follow more blogs on sharpreader.
13. I would love to see my car giving a mileage of 16+ kms per litre diesel in city limits.
14. I would love to be a better human being.
1. I would love to be a geek, full time geek. All kinds of stuffs included apart from coding.
2. I would love to code for a lifetime. I have made up my mind. Only God or the Indian IT Industry can stop me in this.
3. I would love to write a tech blog, which includes side projects on .NET and stuff.
4. I would love to work on open source stuffs all by myself. Tools which get listed on codeplex. Some super project which is kind a new.
5. I would love to master WPF- Windows Presentation Foundation.
6. I want to be a hard core gamer. ( I have brought a new PC, need to check how much I can unleash the gamer in me.) I have enough fun unleashing the turbo charger in my car :P
7. I want to listen to radio on a constant basis.[ 91.9 FM ]
8. I want to drive out of Bangalore every weekend.
9. I have always loved to drive a Mahindra Bolero or a Tempo Trax aka Force Gama. These two are my dream machines. I know its literally impossible for me to own a Tempo Trax in town. I can someday think about Bolero though. As of now I cannot afford it, some day, I shall definitely drive a Mahindra Bolero :). [As of now more than happy with Indica TDI ]
10. I would love to move out of India, in search of better coding opportunities.
11. I would love to read more. Loads of fiction books and books pertaining to .NET and coding.
12. I would love to follow more blogs on sharpreader.
13. I would love to see my car giving a mileage of 16+ kms per litre diesel in city limits.
14. I would love to be a better human being.
How about this, for a career ?
Recently I came across a blogpost, on one of the technical blogs which I read. Let me give a short history about my blog reading interests.
As a developer I always loved to read blogs. I used to read a few of them. But after joining Honeywell, I began to read a bit more of them and then came SharpReader into picture and I started reading a whole lot of blogs. I still have my Exported Subscription file (*.opml) file in my mail. Unfortunately both Honeywell and my current organization have not been so friendly in promoting the use of " FREE TO USE " feed readers. Hence I have not been able to import my opml file into reader. But let me practice using google reader for now.
Ok thats a bit of history.
Now I still remember some of my favorite technical bloggers url. I happened to read one such blog. The author studied electronics and music , then graduated with Computer science bachelor and master degree. He was a part of a UK based band, and then stopped it all and came down to programming. Now he has been a programmer for last 13-14 years. He is an amazing programmer, I wish someday, I could be a bit atleast like him.
Recently he posted an article, where he said, he would quit programming, since he found his talent else where. That is music.
It kept me thinking and thinking. I am so much in favor of UK or US or any other country other than India. It allows you to lead a life of your own.
I have seen bikers, their fulltime passion for bikes, programmers and their dedication for coding for a period of over 25 years. I have seen musicians and their passion for music for their entire lifetime.
In other words, they all enjoy what they are doing and that too big time.
But here in India, people ask me to settle down in a a company. Do whatever work which comes to me, rather than do the work which interests me the most. People advise me not to change too many companies. And everywhere I go, people tell me you will end up as a manager in sometime. Forget about coding. Don't take it seriously.
I mean this is one thing which I do not like about Indian software industry. There is no scope nor respect for coders. Everyone who studies in an engineering college dreams of becoming a project manager someday. No one is interested in coding for more than 4 years.
If you code for more than many years, people think you are unfit to become a manager.
How about this for a career, I was wondering. What a lightyear gap between Indian market and those markets.
Someone please tell me how to pursue coding as a career for another 10-15 years. I am running out of time and answers.
Cheers,
As a developer I always loved to read blogs. I used to read a few of them. But after joining Honeywell, I began to read a bit more of them and then came SharpReader into picture and I started reading a whole lot of blogs. I still have my Exported Subscription file (*.opml) file in my mail. Unfortunately both Honeywell and my current organization have not been so friendly in promoting the use of " FREE TO USE " feed readers. Hence I have not been able to import my opml file into reader. But let me practice using google reader for now.
Ok thats a bit of history.
Now I still remember some of my favorite technical bloggers url. I happened to read one such blog. The author studied electronics and music , then graduated with Computer science bachelor and master degree. He was a part of a UK based band, and then stopped it all and came down to programming. Now he has been a programmer for last 13-14 years. He is an amazing programmer, I wish someday, I could be a bit atleast like him.
Recently he posted an article, where he said, he would quit programming, since he found his talent else where. That is music.
It kept me thinking and thinking. I am so much in favor of UK or US or any other country other than India. It allows you to lead a life of your own.
I have seen bikers, their fulltime passion for bikes, programmers and their dedication for coding for a period of over 25 years. I have seen musicians and their passion for music for their entire lifetime.
In other words, they all enjoy what they are doing and that too big time.
But here in India, people ask me to settle down in a a company. Do whatever work which comes to me, rather than do the work which interests me the most. People advise me not to change too many companies. And everywhere I go, people tell me you will end up as a manager in sometime. Forget about coding. Don't take it seriously.
I mean this is one thing which I do not like about Indian software industry. There is no scope nor respect for coders. Everyone who studies in an engineering college dreams of becoming a project manager someday. No one is interested in coding for more than 4 years.
If you code for more than many years, people think you are unfit to become a manager.
How about this for a career, I was wondering. What a lightyear gap between Indian market and those markets.
Someone please tell me how to pursue coding as a career for another 10-15 years. I am running out of time and answers.
Cheers,
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