Trip to Ooty
I had been on a 2 day 2 nights trip to Ooty which I feel was a great change for me.
Visited Lots of places, saw a whole lot of wild animals and got some amazing awesome snaps.
Thanks god for making it happen.
Love your JOB
Love your job, not your company,
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you.
I think these were the words of Mr N R Narayan Murthy, not sure though.. Hmm...
I just wanted to write about an incident that happened to me some months back. Not sure whether it relates to the above quote. But never the less, worth a read.. Of Course..
The day was 3 March 2008. It was my last day @ one of my workplaces. I was working out of [***** content supressed*****] Campus. I guess last day @ an office is always crucial.
You need to get relieving letter, experience letter and some info on Full and Final Settlement, and as usual Form 16.
So I was also trying my level best not to mess up things over there, since my joining date in the other company was [***Content Supressed****].
Well.. I was done with most of the necessary things . There was this point of time where in I needed to submit my ID card and access card back to the security. Here was where I messed up and landed myself in an embarrassing situation.
One of my friends who earlier had quit the job, had surrendered his ID card, taken a temporary employee badge and entered the building to say goodbye to others. I thought of following the same way.
Here s where the real story begins.
I left my baggage in office itself.
I surrendered my Id to the security guys and signed in the registry saying I am done with it. I asked for a temporary badge, to my utter display the security said, we have stopped issuing those kinds of badges and you need to get a visitor pass.
Though it was my last day @, I am still the employee the EOD, and I am being paid for that, you see. But naaa, the security guys would not budge. I assume they did not want to give me the Employee Badge.
Btw, How can I be a visitor when I am an employee ? Is there no differentiation between an employee and a visitor. If an employee forgets to bring his Id Card will he be granted Visitor Pass ?
This is #1, I feel it was utterly humiliating and disappointing.
Here starts part 2 of the story.
I said OK.. Let me get a visitor pass at least. I need to get my baggage back and I am out of here. When I entered the room where visitor passes are issued, I found a lady who was issuing passes. As usual, she asked me who are you, I said " Today is my last day @ [***********] and I have surrendered my Id card, I need a visitor pass to get in and bring my baggage out ".
Guess what the madam says, " Why can 't you bring out your baggage and then surrender your card, why did u leave it inside the office campus ? ". This shows your actual worth. Till yesterday, the company was ready to send late night cabs to your house. Within 5 mins of you surrendering the ID, you are not even allowed to enter the campus. You need to face embarrassing questions like " why you left your baggage inside?". And guess what for a visitor pass you need a person whom you are going to visit, right ? I needed a person who could come and say yes, this ex-employee is going to visit me. I called my friend, and everything was done , I joined the other company on [**************] and the rest is history.
But now you can recollect how true is the saying
" Love your job, not your company,
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you. "
( 5 mins after surrendering your Id card, on your last day, you are a visitor to the company).
I dont call it disrespect. Its there, since the security level is so so high. But still its embarassing, you have worked there for 1.5 years and all of a sudden you are in the middle of no where. Phew.
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you.
I think these were the words of Mr N R Narayan Murthy, not sure though.. Hmm...
I just wanted to write about an incident that happened to me some months back. Not sure whether it relates to the above quote. But never the less, worth a read.. Of Course..
The day was 3 March 2008. It was my last day @ one of my workplaces. I was working out of [***** content supressed*****] Campus. I guess last day @ an office is always crucial.
You need to get relieving letter, experience letter and some info on Full and Final Settlement, and as usual Form 16.
So I was also trying my level best not to mess up things over there, since my joining date in the other company was [***Content Supressed****].
Well.. I was done with most of the necessary things . There was this point of time where in I needed to submit my ID card and access card back to the security. Here was where I messed up and landed myself in an embarrassing situation.
One of my friends who earlier had quit the job, had surrendered his ID card, taken a temporary employee badge and entered the building to say goodbye to others. I thought of following the same way.
Here s where the real story begins.
I left my baggage in office itself.
I surrendered my Id to the security guys and signed in the registry saying I am done with it. I asked for a temporary badge, to my utter display the security said, we have stopped issuing those kinds of badges and you need to get a visitor pass.
Though it was my last day @, I am still the employee the EOD, and I am being paid for that, you see. But naaa, the security guys would not budge. I assume they did not want to give me the Employee Badge.
Btw, How can I be a visitor when I am an employee ? Is there no differentiation between an employee and a visitor. If an employee forgets to bring his Id Card will he be granted Visitor Pass ?
This is #1, I feel it was utterly humiliating and disappointing.
Here starts part 2 of the story.
I said OK.. Let me get a visitor pass at least. I need to get my baggage back and I am out of here. When I entered the room where visitor passes are issued, I found a lady who was issuing passes. As usual, she asked me who are you, I said " Today is my last day @ [***********] and I have surrendered my Id card, I need a visitor pass to get in and bring my baggage out ".
Guess what the madam says, " Why can 't you bring out your baggage and then surrender your card, why did u leave it inside the office campus ? ". This shows your actual worth. Till yesterday, the company was ready to send late night cabs to your house. Within 5 mins of you surrendering the ID, you are not even allowed to enter the campus. You need to face embarrassing questions like " why you left your baggage inside?". And guess what for a visitor pass you need a person whom you are going to visit, right ? I needed a person who could come and say yes, this ex-employee is going to visit me. I called my friend, and everything was done , I joined the other company on [**************] and the rest is history.
But now you can recollect how true is the saying
" Love your job, not your company,
Because you never know, when the company stops loving you. "
( 5 mins after surrendering your Id card, on your last day, you are a visitor to the company).
I dont call it disrespect. Its there, since the security level is so so high. But still its embarassing, you have worked there for 1.5 years and all of a sudden you are in the middle of no where. Phew.
New posts from my side
--> Love your job, not your company
--> My trip to Ooty, a detailed write up(if possible)
--> Some pics
Not such a good day for me !!!
Well today was not such a good day for me.... I am quite upset with my own behavior. It happened so, that, there was a session @ office and I was at my worst behavior. Some of my team members found me laughing, giggling very very much and even my lead observed it. I should not have exhibited such a behavior since one of my closest buddies was handling the session. I wish I could undo some or majority of my behavior. But its too late.. Here s hoping I would not repeat the same in future..
Love your job
Wanted to post about a small topic yesterday. But could not due to the power failure factor in Bangalore. Hence trying to set up a reminder post ( from my office ) so that I come back and post it sometime in future, may be 4-5 days later.
I can post from office but..... I dont want to ...
I can post from office but..... I dont want to ...
I got a study room
Well.. since you all know, my parents are constructing a new house atop my current house. So there was a need to build a platform or some kind of structure to hold up two overhead tanks. My father said instead of building a supporting wall, lets go in for a room of height 7 ft above which two tanks can be placed.
I insisted I wanted a room with a little bit more height. To my utter disappointment he said "No". Today to my surprise he told me the room height will be 10 ft or so and the cost overhead will be less than 50K. I even asked for some place to sit atop this room between or to the side of two overhead tanks. Answer :" Granted "...!!!!!
I am damn happy. After so many years I can say I have a dedicated study room.
I dont study that much, but still a dedicated study room, where there s no comp, mobile , TV etc etc , just me and some book, looks an awesome picture to me. Life is so beautiful !!!!
Still 6 months to go before it turns into reality though!!!
I insisted I wanted a room with a little bit more height. To my utter disappointment he said "No". Today to my surprise he told me the room height will be 10 ft or so and the cost overhead will be less than 50K. I even asked for some place to sit atop this room between or to the side of two overhead tanks. Answer :" Granted "...!!!!!
I am damn happy. After so many years I can say I have a dedicated study room.
I dont study that much, but still a dedicated study room, where there s no comp, mobile , TV etc etc , just me and some book, looks an awesome picture to me. Life is so beautiful !!!!
Still 6 months to go before it turns into reality though!!!
Forgot to thank god - Thanks God For Everything
Well.. its literally two weeks, since the laying of concrete for our new first floor house has been through. Just wanted to thank God for the same..
The Judgement day was 7th July. It was RCC time. I was really nervous. It was raining like anything, every alternate day. But this time the concrete work went awesome. Thanks to God. There was sunshine a plenty on that very day. Everything went well.
The RCC has been laid, can i say to perfection, yes. I really was very happy when I heard my father say 50% of the house construction work is completed.
The rest is little bit of monetary decisions here and there. I am proud of my parents !!! Any doubts.
I hope the almighty continues to support us in future as well.
Thanks Lord.
Cheers.
I am excited
Boy O Boy!! Am i excited.. yes I am .. After literally 6 months, I get to go out of Bangalore one more time.. This time to Ooty. Yes the date I ve decided is 25th July night and coming back on 27 night. Hoping to spend some quality (priceless) time with my cousins , relatives etc etc. I would love to write more about it!!
But after one week !!!
Cheers...
But after one week !!!
Cheers...
Listening to the radio after a looong time
Hello, hello, yes its midweek crisis... Aaaahh.... No clues what to do... I am back listening to the radio after a looong time. Radio Indigo 91.9 FM. The thing is I feel, Radio City 91.1FM has stopped playing English music. Thank god there is 91.9 FM.. Well, some cool songs over here Natalie Imbruglia, Def Leppard etc etc.... Btw can you hear BEP - Black Eyed Peas singing Dont Lie??? I can, awesome band, awesome song... Fergie, Will I am and gang..
Do you believe, I got a Moser Baer DVD of the movie Jab We Met.. courtesy my brother..I love movie, have watched it 3 times already. Love to watch it over and over again.... What say....
Cheers,
Do you believe, I got a Moser Baer DVD of the movie Jab We Met.. courtesy my brother..I love movie, have watched it 3 times already. Love to watch it over and over again.... What say....
Cheers,
Weekend, weekend, all the way
These days, I am not blogging regularly. don't know why.. whenever I do blog, I only write about my weekends... So here another one.. This weekend was kind of ordinary. Totally lazy, no work.. I did study a little bit. Watched Austin Steven's on Animal Planet, after that was lucky enough to find out that, The Chronicles of Narnia Part 1 was being shown on a disney channel. Well I wish I could have seen that fully. I did manage to see a bit of the movie , say 25%, but as my mom was scolding me for watching the television for so long,I had to give up. But one thing is for sure. I love the movie, esp Part I.
In the evening at dinner time, I also watched a part of the movie, Anaconda.
Well quite a ordinary as well as interesting weekend for me. So till next time..
Cheers,
In the evening at dinner time, I also watched a part of the movie, Anaconda.
Well quite a ordinary as well as interesting weekend for me. So till next time..
Cheers,
Watched a movie
Well... I did really watch a movie a few days back. The Chronicles of Narnia Part 2- Prince Caspian. Could not understand much, without the subtitles, the DVD being a pirated one( I am talking abt sound quality) and also considering the fact that I joined 25 mins late. But never the less nice time pass.
The speakers near the sofa set @ my place seem to be absolutely rotten, since these days, I end up watching movies over Pirated DVD, no 5 channel o/p. (No wonder)
I am all set to relocate to a new office. I am currently opposite to IIMB. Moving to JP Nagar 3rd phase, near Delmia.
Here s a list of my work locations over a period of 2 years 9 months.
-> Kundalahalli
-> Electronic City
-> MG Road.
-> Kormangala.
-> Embassy Golf Links
-> Bagmane Tech Park.
-> Sarjapur Road.
-> Bannerghatta Road.
-> JP Nagar 3rd phase.
And to be honest I ve met so many wonderful and awesome people in these three years.
[ Life is so beautiful, indeed !!!!!]
Its weekend time, I am looking for some books this time one by Robin Sharma and some technical books as well. Lets see, I need to read a lot...
Cheers,
The speakers near the sofa set @ my place seem to be absolutely rotten, since these days, I end up watching movies over Pirated DVD, no 5 channel o/p. (No wonder)
I am all set to relocate to a new office. I am currently opposite to IIMB. Moving to JP Nagar 3rd phase, near Delmia.
Here s a list of my work locations over a period of 2 years 9 months.
-> Kundalahalli
-> Electronic City
-> MG Road.
-> Kormangala.
-> Embassy Golf Links
-> Bagmane Tech Park.
-> Sarjapur Road.
-> Bannerghatta Road.
-> JP Nagar 3rd phase.
And to be honest I ve met so many wonderful and awesome people in these three years.
[ Life is so beautiful, indeed !!!!!]
Its weekend time, I am looking for some books this time one by Robin Sharma and some technical books as well. Lets see, I need to read a lot...
Cheers,
Set the post time
After an year of blogging, I have set the " entry post time " to Indian Standard Time. Not sure, why it took me 1 year to do that.
Cheers, Its 8:10 in the morning.....
Cheers, Its 8:10 in the morning.....
When will the markets hit 20K again?
Not sure what will I do, if that happens, but at this very moment, only thing I can say is I have stopped buying/selling shares. Don't know what happened to my mutual fund. Sure, thats also under loss. How do I get back atleast what I invested? no clues as of now. Hoping the situation gets better. One of the companies in which I invested has closed. I am running under some loss. Want to bring the average loss down by investing some more, but I wont.
Well on the other hand, if I had some of that money, I would have bought an XBox (basic model) and would hopefully have had a great time playing games, esp GTA ViceCity.
Let's see whats in store. Inflation, steel sector, high prices, people getting fired from jobs, what else. What is the solution to this?
One of my friend told me, the simplest solution can be apply for H1, get out of India atleast for next 5-6 yrs. Earn a lot and come back.
I am not behind H1, nor doing Masters. I love to be in India , esp Bangalore.
Cheers,
Well on the other hand, if I had some of that money, I would have bought an XBox (basic model) and would hopefully have had a great time playing games, esp GTA ViceCity.
Let's see whats in store. Inflation, steel sector, high prices, people getting fired from jobs, what else. What is the solution to this?
One of my friend told me, the simplest solution can be apply for H1, get out of India atleast for next 5-6 yrs. Earn a lot and come back.
I am not behind H1, nor doing Masters. I love to be in India , esp Bangalore.
Cheers,
Its very difficult to make a comeback !!!
Yes, this is what I realized today. Its really very difficult to make a comeback, in any field.
I made a comeback at the gym today. In other words I re-debuted. It had been almost a month since I had quit gym.
Owing to my total frustration at [content supressed], this summer heat and taking into account even my laziness too, I had distanced myself from the gym. I had decided to come back strong someday, hopefully the day has come, its today.
On the technical front, yes I have made a sort of comeback, with some inspiration from some of my friends. I have started reading, studying and coding a lot these days. I thank god for keeping me going all these days. I love to blog more here. Hopefully I started reading some fiction soon.
Also forgot to mention, today I almost ran continuously for about 15 mins without a break. Can you believe that. I had almost stopped running on the treadmill since 2 months. ( 1 month I was out of gym and the month prior to that the treadmill had broken down). I cant believe it myself.
I started running on a new treadmill in the gym and found it very good, infact great. Hoping to run more. I have changed my gym schedule. I would be going to the gym every evening from now on.
God give me more strength.
Cheers,
I made a comeback at the gym today. In other words I re-debuted. It had been almost a month since I had quit gym.
Owing to my total frustration at [content supressed], this summer heat and taking into account even my laziness too, I had distanced myself from the gym. I had decided to come back strong someday, hopefully the day has come, its today.
On the technical front, yes I have made a sort of comeback, with some inspiration from some of my friends. I have started reading, studying and coding a lot these days. I thank god for keeping me going all these days. I love to blog more here. Hopefully I started reading some fiction soon.
Also forgot to mention, today I almost ran continuously for about 15 mins without a break. Can you believe that. I had almost stopped running on the treadmill since 2 months. ( 1 month I was out of gym and the month prior to that the treadmill had broken down). I cant believe it myself.
I started running on a new treadmill in the gym and found it very good, infact great. Hoping to run more. I have changed my gym schedule. I would be going to the gym every evening from now on.
God give me more strength.
Cheers,
I did watch a movie this weekend : Krazzy4
Hello Hello, yes I did watch a movie this weekend, well not @ the nearest theater, but at home. (I am an all time lazy guy, any doubts over that).
Before that, I would like to say, I have been out of touch with technology off late. Its almost a month, I am not at my best. I am not studying, nor doing side projects. I am only reading and forgetting things, to be honest, not at all coding these days. I don't know why.
On weekends too, spend lots of time sleeping, watching TV(which I should stop at once.)
Seems weird. Somehow I am regrouping myself. Hopefully I will be back with full swing May 1, onwards. I would love to have a copy of " Getting Things Done " by David Allen, and read through it. Someone please give me a copy.
This weekend I got to see Krazzy4. Well don't know how the movie is rated. But the movie did remind me of certain things which I used to do during my teenage days.
I definitely remember, during school days, when I used to pray before eating food and at the end of each day before leaving school, I used to stand up and sing the National Anthem of India. Wow those were the best days of my life. Wish I could live those days one more time.
Well after watching Krazzy 4, I can say one thing, The National Anthem of India, is so so beautiful. !!!!!!!
Proud to be an Indian .
Before that, I would like to say, I have been out of touch with technology off late. Its almost a month, I am not at my best. I am not studying, nor doing side projects. I am only reading and forgetting things, to be honest, not at all coding these days. I don't know why.
On weekends too, spend lots of time sleeping, watching TV(which I should stop at once.)
Seems weird. Somehow I am regrouping myself. Hopefully I will be back with full swing May 1, onwards. I would love to have a copy of " Getting Things Done " by David Allen, and read through it. Someone please give me a copy.
This weekend I got to see Krazzy4. Well don't know how the movie is rated. But the movie did remind me of certain things which I used to do during my teenage days.
I definitely remember, during school days, when I used to pray before eating food and at the end of each day before leaving school, I used to stand up and sing the National Anthem of India. Wow those were the best days of my life. Wish I could live those days one more time.
Well after watching Krazzy 4, I can say one thing, The National Anthem of India, is so so beautiful. !!!!!!!
Proud to be an Indian .
Here 's wishing Subba ALL THE BEST
On April 18 2008, one of my closest friend, also parted ways with Wipro. I met Subba Rao, on my first day at Wipro, Electronic City. He is one ex-Wipro-ite I knew from my first day at Wipro till my last day.
After completing induction @ Wipro, we were fortunate to be in the same team @ Wipro MG Road office. After completing close to 2 months at Wipro MG Road, I moved out to different company altogether(not out of Wipro), on Jan 16 2007, but Subba still continued at Wipro.
Finally in the month of May 2007, Subba moved to the same company. Its almost one year to that day, our learning curve was its all time best. Meeting some of the best people in the industry, I can proudly say 2007, was our year. Finally after a brief stint, we moved back to Wipro Sarjapur on Nov 11, 2007.
Since then it was thorough testing time for me. I was reading like anything, hoping to move out of Wipro soon. I did find some success in the form of offers from ********* ******** (content suppressd, looks like I am boasting about myself) . I moved out Wipro on 3 March 2008.
Subba Rao has been a great help to me all through my stay at Wipro. And especially on my last day, when I was struck with all kinds of problems. Thank you Subba.
Now its Subba 's turn, he s going to join a new company as well.
Here s wishing all the very best to him.
After completing induction @ Wipro, we were fortunate to be in the same team @ Wipro MG Road office. After completing close to 2 months at Wipro MG Road, I moved out to different company altogether(not out of Wipro), on Jan 16 2007, but Subba still continued at Wipro.
Finally in the month of May 2007, Subba moved to the same company. Its almost one year to that day, our learning curve was its all time best. Meeting some of the best people in the industry, I can proudly say 2007, was our year. Finally after a brief stint, we moved back to Wipro Sarjapur on Nov 11, 2007.
Since then it was thorough testing time for me. I was reading like anything, hoping to move out of Wipro soon. I did find some success in the form of offers from ********* ******** (content suppressd, looks like I am boasting about myself) . I moved out Wipro on 3 March 2008.
Subba Rao has been a great help to me all through my stay at Wipro. And especially on my last day, when I was struck with all kinds of problems. Thank you Subba.
Now its Subba 's turn, he s going to join a new company as well.
Here s wishing all the very best to him.
Out of touch
Its since quite sometime, that, I have not posted regularly. Well, life s going on as usual, but little more exciting after I left Wipro, coz the salary factory comes into picture..... He He He.
Above that, my planned trip with my cousins also got dropped. So no plans of going out of town. Only option left with me is to be more geeky, nerdy and techie.
There s loads of new things to learn these days, a lot more coding, and loads of time to study as well.
I wish to keep on posting more. Lemme see.
I am trying to bring in people for the trip. Lemme see, how much do I succeed, since its ELECTION time in Karnataka, so people are not ready, also some of my cousins are busy with studies/work.
By the way the places which I may look to visit are:
1. Kasargod
2. Coorg
3. Kukke Subrahmanya, Charmadi Ghat.
4. Hospet, Hampi.
5. Kalasa, Chickmaglur.
6. Yeracud.
7. Pondicherry.
Above that, my planned trip with my cousins also got dropped. So no plans of going out of town. Only option left with me is to be more geeky, nerdy and techie.
There s loads of new things to learn these days, a lot more coding, and loads of time to study as well.
I wish to keep on posting more. Lemme see.
I am trying to bring in people for the trip. Lemme see, how much do I succeed, since its ELECTION time in Karnataka, so people are not ready, also some of my cousins are busy with studies/work.
By the way the places which I may look to visit are:
1. Kasargod
2. Coorg
3. Kukke Subrahmanya, Charmadi Ghat.
4. Hospet, Hampi.
5. Kalasa, Chickmaglur.
6. Yeracud.
7. Pondicherry.
Celebrating 1 year of blogging
It was last year (2007), around this time, I started to blog. It was none other than Arvind who encouraged me to write. And after reading The Diary of Anne Frank , quite recently, my love for blogging has just got doubled.
Here's congratulating myself on completing one complete year of blogging.
I wish to post more, also lots of photos from my DSC H7....
Cheers....
Here's congratulating myself on completing one complete year of blogging.
I wish to post more, also lots of photos from my DSC H7....
Cheers....
Updates from my side - My new workplace
My recent updates include details about my new work place....
Yes Yes Yes, I quit Wipro on 3 March 2008 and I have joined Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab on 5 March 2008. I have gotten a single day off and to be honest, my back's breaking.... I need a break guys. Hopefully I go out on a trip on May 1, since its a holiday for me. I will definitely post some pics if I do go out. You can look out for that.
By the way I am badly missing some of my ex-colleagues. Mridul, Aru, Subbu, where are you guys!!!!!..
So far so good... Honeywell definitely rocks !!!!
Cheers
Yes Yes Yes, I quit Wipro on 3 March 2008 and I have joined Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab on 5 March 2008. I have gotten a single day off and to be honest, my back's breaking.... I need a break guys. Hopefully I go out on a trip on May 1, since its a holiday for me. I will definitely post some pics if I do go out. You can look out for that.
By the way I am badly missing some of my ex-colleagues. Mridul, Aru, Subbu, where are you guys!!!!!..
So far so good... Honeywell definitely rocks !!!!
Cheers
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