Yes, today I am happy, I got an account on Safaribooksonline.com. So now, I can read loads of books. Any book which is not available in the library, I shall search it over here and vice versa.
I have a new book to start for this weekend, apart from the one by Stephen King which I am reading.
Let me see, how much I can read over the weekend.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: Donated 10$ towards Pakistan Flood Relief Campaign.. Jee, there goes my good deed for the day :)-
A cartoon character which I liked :)-
I grew up watching cartoons, even to this day, I love watching cartoons. There are some cartoons which I really like and admire.
They are.
1. Looney toons show (fav being Bugs Bunny,)
2. Richie Rich,
3. TinTin.
4. Thomas And Friends.
5. Popeye the sailor
But my favorite cartoon character of all is none other than " ONION ".
Onion is one of the villain's assistant in the Richie Rich cartoon series.
I particularly like the way he keeps on eating onions. :)-
And the first time I saw Richie Rich cartoon was in N's house way back in 1993-94 may be.
Cheers,
Sandeep
They are.
1. Looney toons show (fav being Bugs Bunny,)
2. Richie Rich,
3. TinTin.
4. Thomas And Friends.
5. Popeye the sailor
But my favorite cartoon character of all is none other than " ONION ".
Onion is one of the villain's assistant in the Richie Rich cartoon series.
I particularly like the way he keeps on eating onions. :)-
And the first time I saw Richie Rich cartoon was in N's house way back in 1993-94 may be.
Cheers,
Sandeep
Looong weekend comes to an end :)-
Its has been a gorgeous weekend. One pleasant one, of course. I had been to the Night Safari on Saturday and today, it was Singapore National Day celebrations. Had been to City Hall, for the parade and stuffs and ended up watching the fireworks and after that, headed to an Andhra restaurant, @ Little India, had nice Andhra food.
I shall add a few photos later. :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
I shall add a few photos later. :)
Cheers,
Sandeep
My admission into engineering college.
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??
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)