This isn't a jot down why you shouldn't or why you should. Just a thought pattern hanging in between the two extremes. At times, I wonder how can any human being's heart be so cold and frosty. It isn't that I haven't been so myself but even then, most melt before reason or emotion. A bit of humanity, a small amount of suffering for the fellow being is all that it takes. Yet most of us so easily take the easy way out. When will we understand that it can be Win-Win world rather than a Win-Lose world ? Until then, the question remains like a Pandora's Box. You open it and misery comes out. An introspection into our daily lives will show how much fair we have been to others. The extra bit of work passed onto your friend or colleague, that extra piece of cake that you took from the plate, the best seat that you took while traveling on the bus or even the wee bit of time that you overspent before your friend's laptop/PC.
These are some of the incidents that I could remember, there are many more. It seems so good to have tasted that victory but at the cost of what ? You may say it's a dog-eat-dog world out there, but are we not a part of it ? Can't you be the change that you would love to see in others ? Every drop of water is needed to fill the ocean and so every good thing that you do may inspire someone else do so too. A small sacrifice that may hurt initially but will bring peace to your heart. It's easier sleeping with a peaceful heart than a victorious one.
Signing off for now,
Adios
9/16/2009
8/30/2009
The week that was :(
A hectic week passes by and here I stand at the beginning of another. Nothing much to say about the last week, except for the fact that certain events, that would not be erased I hope, took place. 1st, Miss Small Wonder flew away to her new destination, NY. There goes a brilliant mind from our college into the arms of America. Hope it returns back to India, both personally and patriotically. I don't wanna comment about future events, so let's wait and watch while the drama unfolds. 2nd, Learn't much at office. Now that I'm in the Testing arena, have to pick up the basics as fast as possible. Got my exposure to both the automated and manual testing process. i do hope that my little programming skills come into play during the latter stages. 3rd, last two days showed what I'm gonna be missing from college. The college had it's Onam celebrations on the 28th of this month. My job timings didn't allow me to go for it. Well, you gain some, you loose some.
Later the next day, Ghosh, Sundar and Me went for Ritu,the movie. Ghosh had come over from university after meeting a few classmates. They had come to university for applying for the provisional certificates and stuff. I don't have to do any such thing, at least for now. Soon a plan was made for going to see Ritu. Called up Sundar who was also ready to come. Thus the three of us got out by 5:45, had tea from PMG and reached the hall, Kairali Sree, by 6:05. Bought the tickets for the show and got in. The main reasons why I decided to go were :
1. Some parts of the movie were shot at my office :).
2. It was an IT-based movie.
3. Ghosh was heaping praises about the story and picturization and blah blah blah....
When we sat inside the hall, there weren't much people around. Sundar was saying that this was supposed to happen as it would be dull, art type movie. Anyways, by the time the show started, the balcony, where we were sitting, was almost filled up. In between, there was a call from home. Egged by Sundar, I finally admitted to Mom that I was at a theater. She didn't know that I had this habit of frequent visitations to the theater. Now that she finally knows makes my heart feel light. About the movie now, it was good one, a message with a touch of sarcasm. The picturization, as Ghosh had said, was great and there were several moments which, personally, I could relate to. But a word of caution, it wouldn't be advisable for "conservative" families to go and watch the movie though. After the movie, Ghosh left for his home while me and Sundar made our way to Railway Station ATM. On the way, Sundar regaled his accounts of travel to Kashi and back and how, despite his brother's advise, he didn't take his ATM card. After getting the money, we left for home. We took a long cut via the alleys, as Sundar had to smoke. Speaking about smoking, it's been a long time since I last had booze. We reached Ayurveda College junction from where I took a bus and Sundar walked his way.
That's all for the week and this weekend. Got to log into Facebook, My Mafia's waiting for me...
Signing off,
Adios..
Later the next day, Ghosh, Sundar and Me went for Ritu,the movie. Ghosh had come over from university after meeting a few classmates. They had come to university for applying for the provisional certificates and stuff. I don't have to do any such thing, at least for now. Soon a plan was made for going to see Ritu. Called up Sundar who was also ready to come. Thus the three of us got out by 5:45, had tea from PMG and reached the hall, Kairali Sree, by 6:05. Bought the tickets for the show and got in. The main reasons why I decided to go were :
1. Some parts of the movie were shot at my office :).
2. It was an IT-based movie.
3. Ghosh was heaping praises about the story and picturization and blah blah blah....
When we sat inside the hall, there weren't much people around. Sundar was saying that this was supposed to happen as it would be dull, art type movie. Anyways, by the time the show started, the balcony, where we were sitting, was almost filled up. In between, there was a call from home. Egged by Sundar, I finally admitted to Mom that I was at a theater. She didn't know that I had this habit of frequent visitations to the theater. Now that she finally knows makes my heart feel light. About the movie now, it was good one, a message with a touch of sarcasm. The picturization, as Ghosh had said, was great and there were several moments which, personally, I could relate to. But a word of caution, it wouldn't be advisable for "conservative" families to go and watch the movie though. After the movie, Ghosh left for his home while me and Sundar made our way to Railway Station ATM. On the way, Sundar regaled his accounts of travel to Kashi and back and how, despite his brother's advise, he didn't take his ATM card. After getting the money, we left for home. We took a long cut via the alleys, as Sundar had to smoke. Speaking about smoking, it's been a long time since I last had booze. We reached Ayurveda College junction from where I took a bus and Sundar walked his way.
That's all for the week and this weekend. Got to log into Facebook, My Mafia's waiting for me...
Signing off,
Adios..
8/20/2009
Into the current
So begins my life in the corporate world. It all began with a call from Fahad saying that there was a position open for a s/w tester at Qburst. It was an urgent that the position be filled as soon as possible. So he asked whether i was interested. And boy, wasn't I, a jobless, no complete degree fellow. So then he forwarded my resume to the HR. For the uninitiated, Fahad is currently employed at Qburst Technology Solutions. All this happened day before yesterday. The HR, Mr. Subin, called me up and we had a telcon, after which he told me to come over for the aptitude test and interview to be held the next day.
Yesterday, D-Day, I reached Leela Towers, that were the KD'puram branch is located at around 9:15, my bloody luck and laziness. Anyways, passed thru the aptitude and came up for the interview. A relatively less tense interview. God knows how I got thru, must be the timing of the call. Anyways, Came back to Kani by 11, and went out for shopping for today. A totally waste exercise. Me and Ajay went to buy shirts,pants and other stuff. But on reaching Big Bazaar, there wasn't one suitable dress for me, not one. So got a pack of socks from there.
Today, had to report by 10 to office for verification process. Got a bit late, anyways reached there, had the process completed and the detail information broadcast from the HR department. Got out from there by 12 and went to Ananthapuri Hotel for lunch. Came back to office within 20 min. Mine is at Technopark and so had to wait for company transportation. Met a few senior colleagues on the way to company. My first steps in the famed Technopark campus. A serene campus with a corporate touch to the surroundings. My office is in the Tejaswini building. Got a temporary visitor badge for entering the place. Anyways, got an Access card soon after. Had nothing to do basically, other than from checking out the application. The first stage of ST, exploration, was right before me and now I understand the significance of those moments. There was a thorough checking, from my side, of the app. But there were other team members, "Pullis", people far better than me. They were going thru their job, while helping me out to understand the basics of the application. So that was it as the 1st day of office. Had a small chat with my college guys in Qburst before they left for home. A tiny detail, Krishna Sharma is with me, the great "pulli" with me. Not the project, but the cabin. We share the cabin, two project teams,comprising of around 6-8 members per team. Another thing, I think there won't be range inside the office. So totally cut-off from the outside world while in office. Can't access Gmail and stuff, not for this month atleast. So most probably, this is gonna be the only medium of expression open for the time being..
Signing off for now,
Adios..
Yesterday, D-Day, I reached Leela Towers, that were the KD'puram branch is located at around 9:15, my bloody luck and laziness. Anyways, passed thru the aptitude and came up for the interview. A relatively less tense interview. God knows how I got thru, must be the timing of the call. Anyways, Came back to Kani by 11, and went out for shopping for today. A totally waste exercise. Me and Ajay went to buy shirts,pants and other stuff. But on reaching Big Bazaar, there wasn't one suitable dress for me, not one. So got a pack of socks from there.
Today, had to report by 10 to office for verification process. Got a bit late, anyways reached there, had the process completed and the detail information broadcast from the HR department. Got out from there by 12 and went to Ananthapuri Hotel for lunch. Came back to office within 20 min. Mine is at Technopark and so had to wait for company transportation. Met a few senior colleagues on the way to company. My first steps in the famed Technopark campus. A serene campus with a corporate touch to the surroundings. My office is in the Tejaswini building. Got a temporary visitor badge for entering the place. Anyways, got an Access card soon after. Had nothing to do basically, other than from checking out the application. The first stage of ST, exploration, was right before me and now I understand the significance of those moments. There was a thorough checking, from my side, of the app. But there were other team members, "Pullis", people far better than me. They were going thru their job, while helping me out to understand the basics of the application. So that was it as the 1st day of office. Had a small chat with my college guys in Qburst before they left for home. A tiny detail, Krishna Sharma is with me, the great "pulli" with me. Not the project, but the cabin. We share the cabin, two project teams,comprising of around 6-8 members per team. Another thing, I think there won't be range inside the office. So totally cut-off from the outside world while in office. Can't access Gmail and stuff, not for this month atleast. So most probably, this is gonna be the only medium of expression open for the time being..
Signing off for now,
Adios..
8/08/2009
Back to Square 1
The old times are back. Back at Kanimangalam with only half my old roomies. Now that Kani has been passed to our juniors, it feels a bit out of touch to be here. The feeling's there but yet something isn't same. Time has flowed so fast that i can't remember how these 5 years have gone by. Now it's time for me to jump into the rat race. Job hunting is the reason why i'm back here. yet nothing has been finalized. Sleeping my days for now.
This sense of desperation that's hanging around is gonna take hold soon. So before that happens, I gotta get my pants up and start running around. What else to write, oh yes, got a new mobile, Nokia 2600c from my cousin. As a gift for, I think, finally completing the B.Tech course. The mobile seems gr8 for now. Haven't tinkered around much with it. But the experiments will soon begin... Let's hope it gets thru.
Much of my thoughts, these days, seem to center on the last 2 yrs of B.Tech, no offense to the others. Feeling sad and yet relieved at the same time. Got some things left to do at college.
Another thing, this Friday, I went to college with Jasim. He had to get Sherry's course completion certificate. The sight there was unbelievable. A fight had just taken place. Some of the juniors had been playing truant for the past few months. So the seniors and their batchmates got togather to teach them a lesson. And what a lesson it was. A well planned, throughly executed stuff, like those done by kings... Took out the ones to be taught and showered them with kicks and beatings. "Ghosts of kicks don't understand words" as Javed Jaffery would say. Anyways, seems that they have finally learnt their lesson. If not, we could be seeing repeat telecasts of the incidents soon. All this excitement had to happen after we had left :(..
That's all for now...
Signing off.....
This sense of desperation that's hanging around is gonna take hold soon. So before that happens, I gotta get my pants up and start running around. What else to write, oh yes, got a new mobile, Nokia 2600c from my cousin. As a gift for, I think, finally completing the B.Tech course. The mobile seems gr8 for now. Haven't tinkered around much with it. But the experiments will soon begin... Let's hope it gets thru.
Much of my thoughts, these days, seem to center on the last 2 yrs of B.Tech, no offense to the others. Feeling sad and yet relieved at the same time. Got some things left to do at college.
Another thing, this Friday, I went to college with Jasim. He had to get Sherry's course completion certificate. The sight there was unbelievable. A fight had just taken place. Some of the juniors had been playing truant for the past few months. So the seniors and their batchmates got togather to teach them a lesson. And what a lesson it was. A well planned, throughly executed stuff, like those done by kings... Took out the ones to be taught and showered them with kicks and beatings. "Ghosts of kicks don't understand words" as Javed Jaffery would say. Anyways, seems that they have finally learnt their lesson. If not, we could be seeing repeat telecasts of the incidents soon. All this excitement had to happen after we had left :(..
That's all for now...
Signing off.....
7/27/2009
Back Home
Kolkata's back in my sights, the smell, the sounds and the air. There's something in this city that tugs at the very strings of my heart. Had a rollicking start to the days. Called up the mates once I reached home. Sat the next two days, trying to fatten up,u c I'm still the lean machine. Anyways, Vishku called up and set up the plan for saturday. Went to his home that day, Markat(suraj) came there. Had some sweets and drinks "cold only" and made our way to Calcutta's FORUM. The place looks good, the ambience was okeydokey and we had some fun. The place was filled up with gorgeous beauties of Kolkata and who would have wanted to leave such a place. Somehow, we winded up the visit after going through each and every level. Potter was on the show. And so there was quite a bit of rush that day.
After that, we made our way to the parks of Kolkata. This is the dark side, the "spicy" side of kol. These places are best sites for "HOT" stuff and to add salt to wound, the people were shameless enough to be in public viewing. Nothing extraordinaire happened and we came back after sitting through a Fountain show in the adjacent park in the evening.
Next day, Sunday. My bones were still aching from the walks and so I skipped Church. But my parents had other ideas already. They had planned ahead for a trip to the famous Bandel Church and since both siblings were present, it became a sort of penance trip for us all. So we went through the local train via Howrah. The train was filled up and yet my mom and sis got seats. There were some Shiva devotees that day going back home. that almost filled up the train. Anyways, after reaching there, had a trip round the church, prayed at all places and then came back home.
Next Tuesday, A trip with friends from the locality to South City Mall. Caught the rain on the way back and bedridden for a week. My bloody bad luck. Anyways, after that got my head steady by sunday.Yesterday.
My sis was going back to Bhilai and so had to be ready somehow. Took her to the station by 7:15 for a train that was to come by 8:15. My dad always has this "early reaching" tendency. Anyways, had a fight like always in the train with her. Gave her a few pinches and punches for the book with a extra liberal dosage of silent expletives. She had her friends for company till college. So after seeing her off, we came back.
That's all for now.. Signing off with hope to be in trivandrum for the next posting !!
Adios
After that, we made our way to the parks of Kolkata. This is the dark side, the "spicy" side of kol. These places are best sites for "HOT" stuff and to add salt to wound, the people were shameless enough to be in public viewing. Nothing extraordinaire happened and we came back after sitting through a Fountain show in the adjacent park in the evening.
Next day, Sunday. My bones were still aching from the walks and so I skipped Church. But my parents had other ideas already. They had planned ahead for a trip to the famous Bandel Church and since both siblings were present, it became a sort of penance trip for us all. So we went through the local train via Howrah. The train was filled up and yet my mom and sis got seats. There were some Shiva devotees that day going back home. that almost filled up the train. Anyways, after reaching there, had a trip round the church, prayed at all places and then came back home.
Next Tuesday, A trip with friends from the locality to South City Mall. Caught the rain on the way back and bedridden for a week. My bloody bad luck. Anyways, after that got my head steady by sunday.Yesterday.
My sis was going back to Bhilai and so had to be ready somehow. Took her to the station by 7:15 for a train that was to come by 8:15. My dad always has this "early reaching" tendency. Anyways, had a fight like always in the train with her. Gave her a few pinches and punches for the book with a extra liberal dosage of silent expletives. She had her friends for company till college. So after seeing her off, we came back.
That's all for now.. Signing off with hope to be in trivandrum for the next posting !!
Adios
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