Educated to become Irresponsible...

Yes,thats the word I have got for the set people who have learn a lot still don't know the simplest of simple things in life.

Wondering what I am speaking about its none other then the state of Drivers on Road creating these unproductive congestion just to satisfy their ego that they were the ones who reached the Congestion Point first ha ha losers real losers pretty soon they come back to earth just to realize that they are ahead of none and its not a 100mts Olympics Race to reach this point. Its simple a futile effort to make life worser for one and all.All that knowledge,all that money, and all that experience,on road has failed to enlighten their small mind to let go their ego,to let go others to drive away understand everyone is getting late to office or back home,but closing all possible outlets on the road doesn't make any sense.

I know I am not perfect with traffic rules,but I am sure am far far sensible. Today morning I was in a middle a terrible congestion from a junction met by 5 Cross Roads 4 of then narrow ones.Vehicles from every direction successful reached the junction.But its just too late,many other have done so sooner only road where vehicles were moving a little was to my left but that to was fast getting filled up by those most irresponsible citizens(The ones I was speaking about in the previous para).The second these people see a queue on road waiting,god gives them the intuition to simple take to the right hand side drive a free passage for those fortunate ones can digest atleast those bikers who come front maybe even those auto guys who were born with a driving license,but never the ones who sit inside those Santros,n Sumos who simply see to that they block any possible route for exit.

Back to the scenario..Road to the left was moving and vehicles are lined up at the road to my right to go through that moving road peacefully...an auto and Qualis try to block that passage from behind me.....
I simply rotated my vehicle 90 degree so that neither of them can block it..Everywhere else its a jam. I thought of the simplest rule to congestion clearance...Block all the routes and clear the one that is most free flowing.

I got a sense of relief and success when I saw a few vehicle move ahead and clear the way..not for too long when someone blocked that simply by moving their car in between,well supported by an auto.I realize that I failed badly,wanted to get down and throw a Stone at the car,but feared that I might get booked on a nuisance case :). Fed up I myself took the left and found my way out between those vehicles just to find a Huge Car blocking the road I had to take...what can I say..."IT ALL HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA"

Whacky Weekend In Chennai!!!

This blog post is a typical snapshot of the activities i did last weekend from 2oth Jan - 22nd Jan in Chennai.
It started of with a visit to my childhood house in Annanur(now Thirumullaivayil) with my dad.Following it was a my stay in my moms cousin house(also the place where my mom and uncle grew up.Saw the Mirror which my mom used to stand before for hours together when she was young :) )

Then met Few of my friends from Sindi Model Senior Secondary School,Chennai....
Next day was filled with Cricket in excess.
Morning 6.30-8.30 - ground cricket with office tigers team
here n there lotsa - Cricket 2005 Pc Cricket with brother
afternoon 2hrs - Indoor cricket

Had been to the popular Marina Beach,Chennai almost after more then 4-5 years...with my family,moms cousins arun and prabhu and thier friends sarathy,bhaskar,karthik and Mouli...
dont remember when was the last time i spoke sooooo much....
its was a hell of a blah blah blah

Atlast Salty Beach Water Waves find me

Boating @ Marina (not me someone else :) )

Evening Sky Near Beach Filled with Kites.Also seen in the Light House

It Gets Darker

Had also visted relatives house for Lunch that same day..was fun good food,good people around nice experience when compared to the monetonous me,myself and my house experience in bangalore.

Finally Ended up with having nice tiffin @ Murugan Idly shop for dinner!!!!
And surprisingly next days WL - Wait Listed ticket confirms and am on my way back to Bangalore....

TGWIN - Thank God We Are In Novell

Significant events of 2005 in my life

(Not in any order)

My Best Friends Wedding.

It was probably the most memorable event in my life so far,to see my best friend getting married and move into married life.Was fortunate enough to attend it at the muhurtham :). Those few moments where her life takes a turn.

Getting Sisters from Juniors.
Best find of the year 2005 was to get a gang of sister from my super-super juniors. Used to spend awesome time during my college lunch hours in their class and in BDA Complex(next to my college).

Microsoft Student Ambassador.
Me and few other fellow student champs were made as Student ambassadors glad to get that recognition for our contributions as student champs to the community.

Personal Planner (module of Pragati-Open Source Project Tracking Tool at Novell Software Development (I) Pvt Ltd)
If there will be something I will be proud of till my lifetime it will be this tool,me and my team(Sushma,Swetha and Tabassum) started to develop under Mr.P Abrachan our project manager,mentor and the tools client.It was for this tool I got introduced to 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Personal Software Practices(Yet to finish both the books,details are too heavy to digest by my little innocent brain :) ).Developing this tool in novell was a great experience and it totally changed my perception towards products,analysis,oodesign,testing and what not. Today am still continuing my work for Pragati at Novell only because of the opportunity I got to work on Personal Planner.Thanks to all who were involved with me on this and while in novell
[My Team] Abrachan(PM),Satyanarayana(Dev),Krishna Kumar(SQA),Sridhar(Dev),Hari Krishnan(Designer-planner is good looking even to my eyes only after the design he made),Pavan Kumar(SQA),Kishore(SQA),Arunodayanath(statistician),J Veeraraghavan(MD) and Never to Forget Shalini Madhavan(Dev-was also handling all the communication with my college team who were working on Pragati).

The End...College Life and Begin...Work Life
The Much awaited Paradigm Shift in my life happened on August 3 2005 ...The day I joined Novell as a consultant was one of the most interesting career decision I took with absolutely no idea where its leading me to. I am still in the process of understanding the consequences as it goes in Matrix Movie: "We never make the choices,the choices are already made,we are here to understand the REASON,The PURPOSE of our very existence"

Parents Decision To Shift to Bangalore-End of Am the King style Bachelor Life :)
just kidding am still the king in house,that's what my family says...And quiet interestingly I agree to it.!!!

Working for Placement activities in my college[Vemana Institute of Technology]
Again I was fortunate enough to join hands with Mr.Prachet Bhuyan(HOD CSE dept),Mr RaviKumar(HOD ISE dept) and Cool Dude Sat(officially called as Satish,Student[ISE dept]),to work on all placement activities in the first half of the year. It used to give me immense satisfaction always to be part of this team and while working with companies that come to my college for campus placement.

New neighbor's arrive
Roshan and Divya moving in as my neighbor's was a pleasant event I don't want to miss talking about. They,my another neighbor sister Shalini and myself are still continuing to enjoy life time passing,almost gossiping(but not really coz neither of us enjoy gossiping)

Modern Ramayana Play by my college mates
Moving to more fun...Was the modern ramayana play that we enacted for our last college fest. Probably would not have been a significant event for many but for me it is as I was compering and also because of the loads of fun we had doing it.
[WE] Myself(Compere and as Ganguly),Rakesh(Lakshman),Arjun(Munna Bhai MBBS),Vikram(Rama), Nagaraj(Mass-Hanuman), Kalyan(Ravan), Sushma(Sita), Uttam(Cirket(Munna bhais dost)), Kaviraj(Audio Journalist),Darshan(Comedy News reporter)


College Graduation ceremony
Was significant as I was able to walk on to the dais and recommend our college Management to improve the placement facilities which I wanted to do for a long time improved a bit over the period (ofcourse nothing to do with me going and telling :) but atleast I got that satisfaction).Yet to become excellent.

Novell Brainshare Europe 2005
Pragati and personal planner got exhibited there and won lots of admiration. Proud to be part of the team involved.

Trip To Mahabaleshwar with Family
Man!!! How can I ever forget that for a heavenly trip to Mahabaleshwar near Pune Maharashtra. Spent the best moments with family after a long time. Terrific family reunion.

Two New Friends in life
Got two new friends after college life and interesting neither of them are from my office he he.Already have started raising hand or smiling at soooooo many people in office whenever we crossed for lunch or othertimes.People Networking and adding new nodes to my network never slows down.

Looks like this blog post will never end maybe because I am the type of person..Who will see even the smallest event in my life with utmost significance and enjoy them heartily.
If by chance anyone feels I have missed out one such event...Please send a angry mail to my inbox for me to apologize and add it to the list. :)

Friends Birthday Party on 31st Dec 2005

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18 Rules for Leading Life

12 Inspiring Words

Time
Making optimum use of it ensures that goals get achieved than we could imagine.

Success
Symbolic Proof that we are moving in the right direction.

Vision
Anticipating new trends and evolving to satisfy them.

Quality
Withstands the tests of time and endures forever.

Target
Raises our level to display extraordinary performance.

Technology
Provides the cutting edge to become faster,better & More Accurate.

Dream
The power to convert fantasies into graphic reality.

TeamWork
Rising above the competition.

Satisfaction
Enriches true feelings and makes our world happier.

Relationship
Co-operation strengthens ties into a lasting association.

Achievement
It inspires you to rise & reach the top of the world.

WINNER
The power held by a winning combination is phenomenal.

Thavamai....Thavameerunthu..."A Tribute to Fathers"

Yesterday I saw this movie "Thavamai Thavameerunthu" by Cheran tamil director. A Classic Movie depicting the Value of a Father in ones life. The kind of sacrifices he does and the pain he goes through in doing so. A must watch for a sons and daughters who are becoming adults, earning and becoming independent. The movie as advertised is really a Novel on Screen moves so intriguing and swallows the audience into it. It also speaks about various aspect of family and togetherness. Doesn't give anything on a overdose just the perfect amount of love,pain,suffering,and ofcourse happiness.
Movie goes to a pleasant ending which itself is masterpiece.

Hats off to Saran....He gets added to my must see director.

Seminar in my College!!!

Had got an opportunity to get back to my college for giving a seminar on FOSS.in and final year project.After attending the event and collection loads of info i wanted to share it with someone. When i realized my college juniors wanted to attend the event but couldn't do, made up my mind to given a session about it.
Immediately I approached my college HOD Mr.Prachet Bhuyan and Mr.Ravikumar to plan it up. They had suggested that I would be rather useful if i speak from final Year Project perspective.
The session went very well, had just put down all the thinks which I would have told to my junior regarding final year project, on the slides. It was quiet interactive and I could feel the rush in me....Which I USED to get when I had given seminars during college life. Alls well that ends well. After a long time got a opportunity to go to the nearby restaurant with few of my college lecturers for a nice hot COFFEE :) . Am still not out of it...Hoping that my juniors will really get benefited.

My TeamImage Created by C Harikrishnan To be printed on T- Shirt
Having Dinner with my Team....i dont believe i belong there..as there were MDs,PMs,SQAs,Sr Techs,Graphical Designer and who not...but i was always treated as part of the team. My first entry into software industry is in such a team and am learning from the people with experiences. Typically a fresher would want to be in a team of same age. But the kind of acceptance that was given to me here...be it by words,or my ideas....i feel i was never really left out. Hats off to thier Proffesionalism.!!!

Ice Cream With sisters!!!
Sunday i had been to Corner House a popular Ice Cream shop in Bangalore where we get delecious ice creams with lots of variety apart from the standard ones, for treating my dear sisters gang (college super-super juniors). Had lots of fun and ofcourse lots of ice cream guess its quiet well seen in the snap....
Used to spend time almost daily during lunch hours in college with them...nowadays after work started looks like get togethers like such are the best way to keep the Dear ones Near :)

Bharathiyar Songs...

I had always wanted a collection of bharathiyar songs with me..finally yesterday got an awesome CD..am listening to them and working in office...somehow i believe it will improve my productivity.
His song are so meaningful and soothing....my all ttime fav is Nalla thor Veenai Saidhaen athai nalam kaeda puzhidiyhil viduvathundo (means: I had done a good thing how can i let it go to dirt)

Rain Rain Go Away !!!!
Its has been raining cats & dogs in Bangalore...half the city is floating.
All due to extensive colonisation of low lying valley areas...Man Proposes God Disposes.
Today morning, i had a great time coming to my office through lakes....my bike was smoking like a chain smoker. A very important entry point To IT Land towards Electronic City on Hosur Road...was heavily gaurded by Police and Co..to prevent innocent passer-bys like me from entering.Result: Start a Journey to Office through unknown routes. What will have to be faced in the way...only time had anwered. Ended up drivin across deep water and roads worser then the ones i have got used to.Am now waiting for my shoes to dry up to wear them back!!!!!
As the old poem goes..Rain Rain Go Away...Little Bangalore wants to Play.

Self Motivation is the key...
Today am facing a situation where i need to be assertive,proactive and highly self motivation. As a fresher in software industry my experience as how it works is minimal probably due to the fact that i remained more techie in my college life.I knew people who had good exposure to industry its types,the way it works and environment etc...I sometimes feel i should have put some effort on that by interacting more on such matter.
"Lack of pressure and enough challenge has made me underperform"
I need to self-motivate,self-organize,self-plan and try to do more work as i know i am capable of doing more,doing better then what i have been so far...
Its all about pushing myself first to my limits and then beyond it....

Back to Business!!!

After a long week break at my Native in Chennai,am back to work. I had been to chennai,as my granny expired last week and i had to attend the rituals. I wanted to support my Dad & Mom who were the sole forerunners of the rituals..and had loads of work and responsibility on them. Thank god..they got few supportive hands..from other members of my dads..family.
Since almost 4-5 years i have not been in touch with most of my relatives and cousin,spending a week with them now., was really a new experience.
My long week trip with those lonely train journeys provided me the oppurtunity to redefine my goals in my work life. I understood where i am,what my roles are and slowly started to realize how to achieve the 7 habits of Highly Effective people in my life.
As it say, Every thing in life is created TWICE. I have created my Dream once in my mind...its the time to fulfill it.

My First Blog!!!
From the day i learnt what Blog stands for,I had always wanted to start blogging...but that was around an year ago...and today i am here typing my First Blog Hoping I nurture and build this habit.