Another hectic week! I think that's why they are called deadlines. You almost die by the time you cross the line. In spite of this, here I am trying to write something sensible before I brace myself to another late night work!
The past month or so has been quite different. For one I have been stuck in this vicious and never ending cycle of coding, testing, bugs etc then re-coding, re-testing and bugs again. But apart from work, of late I seem to have lots of time for myself which is kind of nice once in a while. I have judiciously grabbed the opportunity to rekindle my old romance, the only love of my life...BOOKS...my favourite past time which seemed to have taken a sabbatical for reasons unknown.
Reading some of Oscar Wilde's work and I must say experiencing pure literary magic. Just read "NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE". An interesting short story! Not sure how he manages to express such deep expressions of love, disappointment with simple words. Genius at work !
Hmm..from deadlines to Oscar Wilde..my thoughts seem to be dancing like a pendulum. My laptop is already reminding me of the huge list of things I got to do and all I can think of now is:
"The one thing I don't want to do badly now is the only thing I have to do by tommorrow !"
- Sridhar Ramakrishnan
- About me? Thinking about it, describing yourself is such a difficult task and I am puzzled how some guys out there do it so seamlessly. I am what you can call a “Yours Ordinary Programmer” and come from an already overwhelming group of people calling themselves the “IT Guys". So here goes my space mostly with things I don't know why I wrote in the first place. For those who feel it is non-sense thanks for your patience and for those who feel its quite good thanks for sticking your neck out "Be the change you want to see" Cya, Sri
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Friday, 15 January 2010
Oddities in 2009 !
Not sure if the word oddity exist, but taken the liberty any ways! The end of the year and a beginning of a new one is a time for self reflection. Mostly its not a conscious feeling. Me for one have never given thought of what happened during the course of the year but somehow wanted to write about 3 odd things that occured during the last year.
1: Modern Teleportation!
The scientific definition of "Teleportation" is disapperances and appearances of anomolies basically science of disappearing and appearing instantaneously. We have not quite managed to master this field and as of today it is scientifically impossible to teleport humans.
But this year I witnessed the modern teleportation techniques. People being in two places at the same time. There was no hi-fi technology or any hardware costs. You can be in office during the weekend as well as in the movie watching the unwatchable or be at home sick as well as in McD's enjoying a hot burger, from having lunch with a friend who never existed...All it takes is a foxy mind, a bluntly told lie and an audience dumb as a dimbo..easy ain't it...
2: Come let's Recycle!
Everyone was pitching for last year with the environment summit in Cophenhagen etc etc and the "blokes" here didn't want to be left far behind. In fact, the zeal was so much so that their half drunk coffee was religiously offered to another friend as if it were just freshly brewed from Brazil. Little did the hero of our story know that he was part of a scientific research on recycling. Anyways he showered nice adjectives at the recycling scientist and left the place happy and contented.
To the hero: Don't trust anybody dude !
To the scientist: Grow up kiddo !
3: From dish washer to Super cook !
I must confess that a couple of years back my culinary skills were limited and being the gourmet that I am was a bit worried about the future of my belly. Luckily I had some great house mates and was taken care of in a way that befits a Royal ! However over the past few months I have seen the gradual rise of the unknown soldier. All my hidden talents gushing to all parts of my brain..and there I was, the new "ME" from the realms of "dish washing" to "super cooking". With a wee bit of liberty I think I have kind of got a hang of things now and guys who are out there back home, whenever you come, there's a big shock awaiting your way !
However mutton curry, mutton biriyani,Dal Makhani and Avial will never be cooked as a mark of respect to Vineet, Junaith, Pooja and Sowmya respectively...Cullinary Ethics you see :-)
1: Modern Teleportation!
The scientific definition of "Teleportation" is disapperances and appearances of anomolies basically science of disappearing and appearing instantaneously. We have not quite managed to master this field and as of today it is scientifically impossible to teleport humans.
But this year I witnessed the modern teleportation techniques. People being in two places at the same time. There was no hi-fi technology or any hardware costs. You can be in office during the weekend as well as in the movie watching the unwatchable or be at home sick as well as in McD's enjoying a hot burger, from having lunch with a friend who never existed...All it takes is a foxy mind, a bluntly told lie and an audience dumb as a dimbo..easy ain't it...
2: Come let's Recycle!
Everyone was pitching for last year with the environment summit in Cophenhagen etc etc and the "blokes" here didn't want to be left far behind. In fact, the zeal was so much so that their half drunk coffee was religiously offered to another friend as if it were just freshly brewed from Brazil. Little did the hero of our story know that he was part of a scientific research on recycling. Anyways he showered nice adjectives at the recycling scientist and left the place happy and contented.
To the hero: Don't trust anybody dude !
To the scientist: Grow up kiddo !
3: From dish washer to Super cook !
I must confess that a couple of years back my culinary skills were limited and being the gourmet that I am was a bit worried about the future of my belly. Luckily I had some great house mates and was taken care of in a way that befits a Royal ! However over the past few months I have seen the gradual rise of the unknown soldier. All my hidden talents gushing to all parts of my brain..and there I was, the new "ME" from the realms of "dish washing" to "super cooking". With a wee bit of liberty I think I have kind of got a hang of things now and guys who are out there back home, whenever you come, there's a big shock awaiting your way !
However mutton curry, mutton biriyani,Dal Makhani and Avial will never be cooked as a mark of respect to Vineet, Junaith, Pooja and Sowmya respectively...Cullinary Ethics you see :-)
There is something about winter !
Have been busy with loads of work and I guess that is a good enough excuse for not penning down something for so long. Of late, whatever I think or do my thoughts just keep dragging me to the horrendous weather we have had for a couple of weeks here and it seems that I am having an involuntary fixation over it.
Officially it has been one of the most terrible winter out here for a long time, temperatures hovering around -2 to -3 and after all the initial excitement of snow fall it was time to brace ourselves to the chaos that followed. Initially not going to office was kind of a luxury but as days went by you just wanted to get out of the house, feel some fresh and warm air. A classic example to prove my philosophy "too much of good is bad" :-)
I call the English winter the 3 Ds..Dark, Depressing and Dull and gives me a feeling as if Lord Voldemort has taken over the muggle kingdom. And I must confess that I am quite surprised by the way we get influenced by it both in thoughts and actions. The advice you get from seasoned campaigners who have seen a lot of winters out here is to complete all things important before winter (read job hunting, Europe trips etc etc) and the logic behind is that your brain kind of goes into hibernation probably coz "There is something about winter" !
Plans change so dramatically, from wanting to work for many years in the UK to going back home and settling down..from not marrying for the next 2 to 3 years to getting married within a couple of months... It is purely inexplicable logic probably coz "There is something about winter" !
And then there is the perennial boy-girl courtships which become stronger at the onset of winter. Lonely guys who don't have their own vehicles go to office by bus and romance the cold winds before even beginning their morning work. Can't quite say that about the girls though, being the big hearted species we boys are, no one wants to lose a chance to become a brother/friend/companion to all those lonely girls out there. India is shining, Growth percentage of India is consistently above 8% but our Mr Lonely guy still goes to office by bus standing in an overcrowded bus stop, alas if only there were sisters and female friends with cars ! But I guess this is will of nature or should I say "There is something about winter" !
In a couple of days another weekend will pass by and my arch nemesis Mr Monday is getting all set to confront me. But strangely I am not too perturbed this time probably coz I have kind of made my peace with Mr.Monday or probably coz "There is something about winter" !
Officially it has been one of the most terrible winter out here for a long time, temperatures hovering around -2 to -3 and after all the initial excitement of snow fall it was time to brace ourselves to the chaos that followed. Initially not going to office was kind of a luxury but as days went by you just wanted to get out of the house, feel some fresh and warm air. A classic example to prove my philosophy "too much of good is bad" :-)
I call the English winter the 3 Ds..Dark, Depressing and Dull and gives me a feeling as if Lord Voldemort has taken over the muggle kingdom. And I must confess that I am quite surprised by the way we get influenced by it both in thoughts and actions. The advice you get from seasoned campaigners who have seen a lot of winters out here is to complete all things important before winter (read job hunting, Europe trips etc etc) and the logic behind is that your brain kind of goes into hibernation probably coz "There is something about winter" !
Plans change so dramatically, from wanting to work for many years in the UK to going back home and settling down..from not marrying for the next 2 to 3 years to getting married within a couple of months... It is purely inexplicable logic probably coz "There is something about winter" !
And then there is the perennial boy-girl courtships which become stronger at the onset of winter. Lonely guys who don't have their own vehicles go to office by bus and romance the cold winds before even beginning their morning work. Can't quite say that about the girls though, being the big hearted species we boys are, no one wants to lose a chance to become a brother/friend/companion to all those lonely girls out there. India is shining, Growth percentage of India is consistently above 8% but our Mr Lonely guy still goes to office by bus standing in an overcrowded bus stop, alas if only there were sisters and female friends with cars ! But I guess this is will of nature or should I say "There is something about winter" !
In a couple of days another weekend will pass by and my arch nemesis Mr Monday is getting all set to confront me. But strangely I am not too perturbed this time probably coz I have kind of made my peace with Mr.Monday or probably coz "There is something about winter" !
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Here comes the snow (once again) !
I can't quite understand our infactuation with snow and I guess its probably due to the fact that we are not embraced by it back home. Nevertheless news of snowfall generally excites us and why not ? After all who would miss the chance to hit the streets, play like a kindergarden kid, pelting snow balls at one another,skipping office and having hot snacks at home.
It was sometime Feb last year and all the news channels were going beserk with severe weather warnings. You generally get to hear phrases likes "This is the coldest day of the year", "The worst weather in 10 years", "Its gonna snow first time in UK after so many years" so on and so forth. As the rate of predictions grew gradually from every day to every hour our anticipation increased too. It was around 7 or 8 in the night when I caught the first glimpse of bits of ice dancing down from the skies. Within a few minutes there was happiness and excitement everywhere and I could see many people dancing out in the streets.
The next morning I woke up and went towards my window which gives an amazing view of the entire street. It was as if someone has painted white everywhere, the cars, the driveways, the trees each one of them had all been given a shower.But no the fun didn't end here.We couldn't drive till the office so me, Sowmya, Junaith, Vineet, Ashok, Prashanth started to play on the streets. It was quite funny actually to see grown up software professionals dressing up each other in snow and after 10 to 15 minutes the cars in and around us were stripped off their white coat..
Junaith's less than impressive aims, Ashok's perfect cricket throws and Sowmya recording all our misadventures was a memorable sight. As usual Prashanth Shivashimpi took some time to choose and wear the perfect costume for the occassion, but he came out nonetheless. As we were enthralled in the snow fight, I could see Nandeesh and Pooja coming towards us and they had plans of going to office. I am not sure if one could be so dutiful :-) But being who we are, we made sure that both of them didn't land up in office for the next couple of hours and Nandeesh's hair was shampooed in snow and Pooja's face was religiously pampered with a cold white face mask..
All in all it was one of the highlights of last year...
Fast forward...Its January 2010...And I heard the same news yesterday .."Worst weather in 60 years". Severe weather warnings!And yes it did snow overnight. I went for a walk around 4 in the morning and I still can't believe I actually did this ? I woke up early morning but this time I didn't feel like watching through the window. After a while when I did look outside it was more beautiful, it had snowed more heavily this time. But as I gazed on the view before me I didn't feel that excitement and I am not sure why ?
I can't say I missed them,
Nor can I say I wished they would be here,
But something in me didn't let me to enjoy the snowfall this time...
As every day passes by,
Thoughts and feelings seem to fly.
I realize you won’t be so nearby,
With me, to laugh, or to cry.
It was sometime Feb last year and all the news channels were going beserk with severe weather warnings. You generally get to hear phrases likes "This is the coldest day of the year", "The worst weather in 10 years", "Its gonna snow first time in UK after so many years" so on and so forth. As the rate of predictions grew gradually from every day to every hour our anticipation increased too. It was around 7 or 8 in the night when I caught the first glimpse of bits of ice dancing down from the skies. Within a few minutes there was happiness and excitement everywhere and I could see many people dancing out in the streets.
The next morning I woke up and went towards my window which gives an amazing view of the entire street. It was as if someone has painted white everywhere, the cars, the driveways, the trees each one of them had all been given a shower.But no the fun didn't end here.We couldn't drive till the office so me, Sowmya, Junaith, Vineet, Ashok, Prashanth started to play on the streets. It was quite funny actually to see grown up software professionals dressing up each other in snow and after 10 to 15 minutes the cars in and around us were stripped off their white coat..
Junaith's less than impressive aims, Ashok's perfect cricket throws and Sowmya recording all our misadventures was a memorable sight. As usual Prashanth Shivashimpi took some time to choose and wear the perfect costume for the occassion, but he came out nonetheless. As we were enthralled in the snow fight, I could see Nandeesh and Pooja coming towards us and they had plans of going to office. I am not sure if one could be so dutiful :-) But being who we are, we made sure that both of them didn't land up in office for the next couple of hours and Nandeesh's hair was shampooed in snow and Pooja's face was religiously pampered with a cold white face mask..
All in all it was one of the highlights of last year...
Fast forward...Its January 2010...And I heard the same news yesterday .."Worst weather in 60 years". Severe weather warnings!And yes it did snow overnight. I went for a walk around 4 in the morning and I still can't believe I actually did this ? I woke up early morning but this time I didn't feel like watching through the window. After a while when I did look outside it was more beautiful, it had snowed more heavily this time. But as I gazed on the view before me I didn't feel that excitement and I am not sure why ?
I can't say I missed them,
Nor can I say I wished they would be here,
But something in me didn't let me to enjoy the snowfall this time...
As every day passes by,
Thoughts and feelings seem to fly.
I realize you won’t be so nearby,
With me, to laugh, or to cry.
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