Got a bunch of hearty wishes from my friends and sibblings on the new year 2007. And quite good number of forwards from my e-friends.
And this year is really going to be happy because it has got more holidays (52 weeekends + 11 local holidays). I got a mail saying that this year has got maximum number of weekends. I got a doubt after reading that. a non leap year consists of 52 weeks + 1 day. So, whichever day the Jan 1st is, the number of weekends will be 52. In case of a leap year + the Jan 1st is on Sat, there will be 53 weekends. Even in that case, we lose two holidays (Since Jan 1st is on saturday, Dec 25 of the previous year was also on saturday, and some local holidays like pongal may fall on Saturday (Jan 15th)).. ethu eppadiyo, the number of weekends will not add much. The good thing about this year is "pandigais thethi weekendsle illai".. (no festival on weekends). A software engineer should really feel proud of this and should forward the mails to their adjacents.
how was my 2006?
it was a good year in my career, learned lots of management tricks, and some technical things too. On the personal side, it was a very good year. I know I was not able to cope up with certain things, others expectations etc. I regret for this, and I dont know whether i deserve their forgivance.
I read lots of books. particularly indian history books. I was always reluctant to history, but got inspired by the works of my friend, and read books related to indian history.
how was new years' eve and Jan 1st?
I usually hear mokkai jokes like, "I slept last year, and woke up this year", "I am taking one year leave" etc.. but this time I escaped from these jokes on Jan 1st. On new year's eve, I went for shopping (I call it year end shopping). Happy to see that others are also shpopping, and keeping the economy healthy :-). This new year might have definitely given good revenue for telephone operators. It was anticipcated that 1 billion SMSes would have got exchanged in India. Source: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/12/30/2203035.htm
how will be my 2007?
Expect the unexpected.
What I dont understand?
Yesterday (Jan 1st), I saw a big queue in a hanuman temple for Dharshan. What I dont understand is, how January 1st became an auspiciuos day for Hindus?
Why did I do shopping on new year's eve? Why didnt I do the same on tamil new year?
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Monday, December 11, 2006
Stuck in infinite loop!
Recently I read on Dhirubhai ambani's Orbit theory, which impressed me very much.
(Yes, you guessed it right, this article about his theory).
Being a soft(ware) engineer, I would like to represent his theory using the following simple C code, and here you go.
while (level) {
if (condition) {
continue;
}
level = level->next;
}
everyone have their own definition of "level", and "condition". "orbit" is the definition given by Ambani for "level".
(Yes, you guessed it right, this article about his theory).
Being a soft(ware) engineer, I would like to represent his theory using the following simple C code, and here you go.
while (level) {
if (condition) {
continue;
}
level = level->next;
}
everyone have their own definition of "level", and "condition". "orbit" is the definition given by Ambani for "level".
Monday, November 06, 2006
Phoolwala - On valentines day
(Note, I have not mentioned about this in valentine's day post).
11:30 AM. A office boy came to my desk and asked me whether I am Krishna. He said I go a phone in the next room. I went there, and attended the call. here is the conversation:
Me: Hello
She: Sir, this is XYZ calling from phoolwala.com. and we have to send you a bouquet.
Me: what?? (I showed as if I am surprised, though I was expecting many bouquets on a Valentine day ;-) )...
She: yes, sir. anyone can send any bouquets to any one through phoolwala.com, and someone has sent it for you...
Me: Ok, what should I do?
She: you give us your phone number, we will send SMS message and you confirm.
Me: (I gave my number without second thought...) and she hung up..
I was thinking who could that be... I told to my friend Mr.J, about this and we was surprised too..we came up with some theories, but no luck, not able to gues who has sent me a bouqet...
after 30 minutes, I got a call.
She: (a different She), sir this ABC calling from a consulting firm? would you be interested in.....?
Hmm, I said no and hung up. appuram thaan realize pannaen, how the phoolwala made me a fool wala..
11:30 AM. A office boy came to my desk and asked me whether I am Krishna. He said I go a phone in the next room. I went there, and attended the call. here is the conversation:
Me: Hello
She: Sir, this is XYZ calling from phoolwala.com. and we have to send you a bouquet.
Me: what?? (I showed as if I am surprised, though I was expecting many bouquets on a Valentine day ;-) )...
She: yes, sir. anyone can send any bouquets to any one through phoolwala.com, and someone has sent it for you...
Me: Ok, what should I do?
She: you give us your phone number, we will send SMS message and you confirm.
Me: (I gave my number without second thought...) and she hung up..
I was thinking who could that be... I told to my friend Mr.J, about this and we was surprised too..we came up with some theories, but no luck, not able to gues who has sent me a bouqet...
after 30 minutes, I got a call.
She: (a different She), sir this ABC calling from a consulting firm? would you be interested in.....?
Hmm, I said no and hung up. appuram thaan realize pannaen, how the phoolwala made me a fool wala..
Friday, September 22, 2006
Disbelievers
Theism - The art of Disbelieving in the Inexistence of god,
Atheism - The art of Disbelieving in the Existence of god.
Oh my god, this planet is full of disbelievers...
Atheism - The art of Disbelieving in the Existence of god.
Oh my god, this planet is full of disbelievers...
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Smart workers
I found the following statement in a UML book and it is simply good.
Cats are smater than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez.
And it motivates smart workers like me ;-)...
Cats are smater than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez.
And it motivates smart workers like me ;-)...
Thursday, September 14, 2006
MOTD
Management expects consistent performance from Engineers,
Engineers expects consistent recognition from Management,
And both never worked together.
[ey dandanakka danakkunakkaaa ;-) ]
Engineers expects consistent recognition from Management,
And both never worked together.
[ey dandanakka danakkunakkaaa ;-) ]
Sunday, September 03, 2006
ஒரு கவிதை...
After a long time, I tried a kavithat in tamil.. here is the result:...
மாலை நேரம்
சாலை ஓரம்
விடைப்பெற்றது சிவப்பு நிலா
நாளை வருகிறேன் என்று....
மாலை நேரம்
சாலை ஓரம்
விடைப்பெற்றது சிவப்பு நிலா
நாளை வருகிறேன் என்று....
Sunday, August 20, 2006
August 26, 2005, Bangalore.
I was in chennai, with my parents. I was shocked to hear the news when my roomie called from bangalore.. my head was spinning, and I started to bangalore along with another friend. after couple of calls, we changed our path and ended up at Salem, instead of bangalore..
It was the demise of my beloved friend who met with accident at inner ring road. Being an excellent driver, a man with great reflex, the accident still remains a mystery for us. The one who admitted to hospital, also disappeared and not able to track.
He has been my inspiration right from my college days. He is the one who taught me programming, taught me histories, taught me philosphies, etc, and the list is long.
2005 is a black year in my life, missed my grandpa and him, both of them being my role models... Though I dont believe in souls and re-birth, sometimes I feel that the concept of souls should be true, and they should appear in my life, at some point..
It was the demise of my beloved friend who met with accident at inner ring road. Being an excellent driver, a man with great reflex, the accident still remains a mystery for us. The one who admitted to hospital, also disappeared and not able to track.
He has been my inspiration right from my college days. He is the one who taught me programming, taught me histories, taught me philosphies, etc, and the list is long.
2005 is a black year in my life, missed my grandpa and him, both of them being my role models... Though I dont believe in souls and re-birth, sometimes I feel that the concept of souls should be true, and they should appear in my life, at some point..
Monday, July 31, 2006
Robert frost quotes | more
came across some quotes from robert frost...
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/robert_frost.html
and excerpts from the above link:
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. (though this is not applicable to S/W industry ;-) )..
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/robert_frost.html
and excerpts from the above link:
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. (though this is not applicable to S/W industry ;-) )..
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
1998, August, Electric train - Singara Chennai
After making a decent score in higher secondary, I secured a seat in a college in chennai. August, 1998, was the first days of my college life. I think it was third weekend, on which I planned to meet my cousin sister at Minjur. (sub-urban areas of chennai). Now, minjur has become famous after ghaana ulaganathan used it in his song (manapponnu vizhangu meenu minjooru thaanungo...). My cousin said there are periodic trains from chennai central and I can catch one of those and get down at minjur which is 45 mins from chennai central.
Since I did not know much about chennai, those days, I tried to explore by taking longest path from the college. and the path went like this...
Caught a bus at Gandhi mandapam at Guindy and got down at Karunanidhi arch in saidapet.
Went to Saidapet railway station for a train to Park (chennai central). After waiting for few mins, a train to beech arrived. Before that, I asked four or five people which train should I catch.. the answer was same, "beech pora train...". The Train was very much crowded, and enough crowd at the station to make my journey a horrible one.. atlast, I managed to find a coach which was less crowded. And the train started immediately after I entered the coach... After the train started I felt some un-easiness and looked at the other passengers in the coach. Oh Man, all were ladies and women.. A gentle lady near me told its a ladies coach. Hmm, it is a news for me, I never knew electric trains have reservations for ladies. She recommended to get down at next station and change the coach. I agreed (in fact, I have to).
Mambalam station: My parents were advicing me to be careful with electric trains, since it stops only for few seconds and it moves fast. As soon as the train reached the next station, Mambalam, I got out of the ladies coach and get into the next one. And the train started immediately.. Again a surprise, the coach was very less crowded, and I thought everyone got down at Mambalam. There was one guy smoking, inspite of some warning boards there.
Nungambakkam: Some ticket checker got into the coach and started checking the tickets, while the train was heading towards Egmore. I showed my ticket. He said this coach is a first class, and my second class ticket is good for nothing, here. It was a painful surprise for me... He caught the other guy also, who was finishing up the last puff of his cigarette. I was calculating how much I have in my purse, some fifties... got some unnecessary imagination of counting Kambiis in jail...
Chetpet: First, the checker was asking the other guy to pay the fine. The other guy said, he know some commisioner etc..(in vivek's style).. but nothing worked out for him. Atlast he paid the fine and the checker turned back to me... I said, "Sir, I new to this city.. first time electric train, study in college..." was olarifying a lot with my arai-kurai english and I showed my ID card. Dont know what he thought, but he relieved me without asking for the fine.. and I took the next train for Park, of course, this time in the right coach.
Park: got down at park, in fact, 3/4 th of the train got down.. I have seen central station only few times (when I went to Hyderabad during my skool dayz), and also in some tamil movies (wheneve the director wants to show Chennai).. After couple of enquires I crossed the subway and went to the central r/w station. Not able to locate trains to Minjur.. later someone told it is the next building, where sub-urban trains depart.. Atlast caught a train reached Minjur safely...
Catching and travelling in electric trains are always interesting.. It is the place where I started liking some old songs, which blind people sing and ask for help.... I am humming the song "koduthathellam koduththaar athu yaarukkaga koduthaar...." and closing this....
Since I did not know much about chennai, those days, I tried to explore by taking longest path from the college. and the path went like this...
Caught a bus at Gandhi mandapam at Guindy and got down at Karunanidhi arch in saidapet.
Went to Saidapet railway station for a train to Park (chennai central). After waiting for few mins, a train to beech arrived. Before that, I asked four or five people which train should I catch.. the answer was same, "beech pora train...". The Train was very much crowded, and enough crowd at the station to make my journey a horrible one.. atlast, I managed to find a coach which was less crowded. And the train started immediately after I entered the coach... After the train started I felt some un-easiness and looked at the other passengers in the coach. Oh Man, all were ladies and women.. A gentle lady near me told its a ladies coach. Hmm, it is a news for me, I never knew electric trains have reservations for ladies. She recommended to get down at next station and change the coach. I agreed (in fact, I have to).
Mambalam station: My parents were advicing me to be careful with electric trains, since it stops only for few seconds and it moves fast. As soon as the train reached the next station, Mambalam, I got out of the ladies coach and get into the next one. And the train started immediately.. Again a surprise, the coach was very less crowded, and I thought everyone got down at Mambalam. There was one guy smoking, inspite of some warning boards there.
Nungambakkam: Some ticket checker got into the coach and started checking the tickets, while the train was heading towards Egmore. I showed my ticket. He said this coach is a first class, and my second class ticket is good for nothing, here. It was a painful surprise for me... He caught the other guy also, who was finishing up the last puff of his cigarette. I was calculating how much I have in my purse, some fifties... got some unnecessary imagination of counting Kambiis in jail...
Chetpet: First, the checker was asking the other guy to pay the fine. The other guy said, he know some commisioner etc..(in vivek's style).. but nothing worked out for him. Atlast he paid the fine and the checker turned back to me... I said, "Sir, I new to this city.. first time electric train, study in college..." was olarifying a lot with my arai-kurai english and I showed my ID card. Dont know what he thought, but he relieved me without asking for the fine.. and I took the next train for Park, of course, this time in the right coach.
Park: got down at park, in fact, 3/4 th of the train got down.. I have seen central station only few times (when I went to Hyderabad during my skool dayz), and also in some tamil movies (wheneve the director wants to show Chennai).. After couple of enquires I crossed the subway and went to the central r/w station. Not able to locate trains to Minjur.. later someone told it is the next building, where sub-urban trains depart.. Atlast caught a train reached Minjur safely...
Catching and travelling in electric trains are always interesting.. It is the place where I started liking some old songs, which blind people sing and ask for help.... I am humming the song "koduthathellam koduththaar athu yaarukkaga koduthaar...." and closing this....
Thursday, June 29, 2006
A rose between two thorns
[Jinnah, Louis Mountbatten, Edwina Mountbatten].
Their meeting had begun with an unhappy gaffe, a gaffe poignantly revealing of the meticulous, calculating Jinnah to whom no gesture could be spontaneous. Realizing he would be photographed with the Mountbattens, Jinnah had carefully memorized a pleasant little line to flatter Edwina Mountbatten, who he was sure would be posed between the Viceroy and himself. "
"Alas, poor Jinnah! It was he and not Edwina who wound up in the middle. But he couldn't help himself. He was programmed like a computer and his carefully rehearsed line just had to come out. 'Ah,' he beamed, 'a rose between two thorns'."
(excerpted from the famous Freedom at Midnight)..
This book is very interesting and is giving a picture what was happening in 1946 - 47...
Their meeting had begun with an unhappy gaffe, a gaffe poignantly revealing of the meticulous, calculating Jinnah to whom no gesture could be spontaneous. Realizing he would be photographed with the Mountbattens, Jinnah had carefully memorized a pleasant little line to flatter Edwina Mountbatten, who he was sure would be posed between the Viceroy and himself. "
"Alas, poor Jinnah! It was he and not Edwina who wound up in the middle. But he couldn't help himself. He was programmed like a computer and his carefully rehearsed line just had to come out. 'Ah,' he beamed, 'a rose between two thorns'."
(excerpted from the famous Freedom at Midnight)..
This book is very interesting and is giving a picture what was happening in 1946 - 47...
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Some funny Tamil to English translations
Some funny translations that we use in day to day life to show our Peterness.
Bad donkeys, small wall...
Donkey doesnt know camphor smell...
Yesterday rainle grown up mushrooms..
This side, that side is green.
and our peterness continues..
Bad donkeys, small wall...
Donkey doesnt know camphor smell...
Yesterday rainle grown up mushrooms..
This side, that side is green.
and our peterness continues..
indraya thathuvam
Thennai marathukku keelai kallu kudichchalum
ilaneer nu thaan nenachukkuvanga..
- Kicha, 2000 A.D
ilaneer nu thaan nenachukkuvanga..
- Kicha, 2000 A.D
Thursday, June 08, 2006
3 and Me
Sometime back (after the death of Pramod Mahajan), I received a mail which contained some facts(?) about the role of "3" in Pramod Mahajan's life. One sample is, he died on 3rd of May...
Three, being my favorite number, I started finding how 3 is playing a role in my life.. here are some:
I am the 3rd child for my parents (this might be a reason why 3 became my favorite number...)
I know 3 natural languages and 3 programming languages...
my door number is 7, which has 3 ones in binary.. (ithu konja overnu enakkae thonuthu)..
my date of birth is multiple of 3.
month of birth is also a multiple of 3.
3 big crushes in my life (so far ;-) ).
"tamizh" kku moondrezhuththu, "uyir"ukku moondrezhuththu, intha "kichcha"kkum moondrezhuththu...
me stopping here since I have received a mail saying "3 things in life.... Good one...", me going to read it now..
Three, being my favorite number, I started finding how 3 is playing a role in my life.. here are some:
I am the 3rd child for my parents (this might be a reason why 3 became my favorite number...)
I know 3 natural languages and 3 programming languages...
my door number is 7, which has 3 ones in binary.. (ithu konja overnu enakkae thonuthu)..
my date of birth is multiple of 3.
month of birth is also a multiple of 3.
3 big crushes in my life (so far ;-) ).
"tamizh" kku moondrezhuththu, "uyir"ukku moondrezhuththu, intha "kichcha"kkum moondrezhuththu...
me stopping here since I have received a mail saying "3 things in life.... Good one...", me going to read it now..
Monday, May 15, 2006
Tamizh FANaticS
A short conversation...
He: Why you guyz are hesitant to learn our national language, Hindi?
Me: Sorry we cannot help out, that's problem with the government..
He: Hmm, looks like TN Govt has to take some initiatives on this front...
Me: Hey, I meant the Central govt which has declared Hindi as National language,
instead of Tamizh..
He: ?!?!
Me: Udal mannukku uyuil Tamizhukku...
Note: Me is not me.
He: Why you guyz are hesitant to learn our national language, Hindi?
Me: Sorry we cannot help out, that's problem with the government..
He: Hmm, looks like TN Govt has to take some initiatives on this front...
Me: Hey, I meant the Central govt which has declared Hindi as National language,
instead of Tamizh..
He: ?!?!
Me: Udal mannukku uyuil Tamizhukku...
Note: Me is not me.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
if (nxtCM == Mr.V)
Tomorrow is election in TN. DMKs are keeping their fingers crossed for something good to happen, this time. Some new parties are emerged in this election. One such political party is under the leadership of Mr.V. People are thinking that he can do many good things to TN. But, IMHO, it will be difficult for him to form a corruption and a successful government. The reason is, DMDK is formed with support of many other minority groups, and for sanctioning something good, he has to get approval from everyone. He cannot form a government better than MKs. (some parties like Lok paritan which is not made from minority and other coalition supports, can definitely make a difference).
Anyways, on a lighter side I could see many a good things will happen if Mr.V becomes CM of TN. (please read it UnSeriously ;-) ).
a) the first thing he will do after becoming CM is, he will go to Pakistan border, and will talk to Paki militants for ten minutes. Every ten minutes from then every militant will start supporting Indianisms.
b) On the way from Kashmir, he will go to Delhi parliament for a Talk with our PM. Mr.V will talk in Tamil only, fortunately APJ will be available for translation. And also, APJ will clarify Mr.V that Tamil is not our national language.
c) will bring Top vidum potti (athaan pambaram) in Olympics. Starring Mr.V jointly with Suganya will represent India.
d) Once in a year, he will take a day off and will go to US for helping NASA engineers. (Note: Even there he will talk in tamil with NASA engineers and of course they will learn Tamil in 24 seconds).
e) For the next 5 years, there will be un-interrupted power supply to whole TN (Narashimha watchers can understand this).
f) High courtle enna judge vanthalum theerpu solrathu namma Mr.V ya thaan irukkum.
g) Last but not the least, we will not get his movies for next 5 years, happaadaa.
I'm afraid that he may say, "tamillae enakku pidikkathae orae vaartha "arasiyal" thaanda, ngggu" after the results.
Anyways, my support is for Amma. Mithavanga ellam chumma.
I am sure that my last two statements will determine the fate of TN for the next 5 yrs.
Anyways, on a lighter side I could see many a good things will happen if Mr.V becomes CM of TN. (please read it UnSeriously ;-) ).
a) the first thing he will do after becoming CM is, he will go to Pakistan border, and will talk to Paki militants for ten minutes. Every ten minutes from then every militant will start supporting Indianisms.
b) On the way from Kashmir, he will go to Delhi parliament for a Talk with our PM. Mr.V will talk in Tamil only, fortunately APJ will be available for translation. And also, APJ will clarify Mr.V that Tamil is not our national language.
c) will bring Top vidum potti (athaan pambaram) in Olympics. Starring Mr.V jointly with Suganya will represent India.
d) Once in a year, he will take a day off and will go to US for helping NASA engineers. (Note: Even there he will talk in tamil with NASA engineers and of course they will learn Tamil in 24 seconds).
e) For the next 5 years, there will be un-interrupted power supply to whole TN (Narashimha watchers can understand this).
f) High courtle enna judge vanthalum theerpu solrathu namma Mr.V ya thaan irukkum.
g) Last but not the least, we will not get his movies for next 5 years, happaadaa.
I'm afraid that he may say, "tamillae enakku pidikkathae orae vaartha "arasiyal" thaanda, ngggu" after the results.
Anyways, my support is for Amma. Mithavanga ellam chumma.
I am sure that my last two statements will determine the fate of TN for the next 5 yrs.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Is it a bad day?
Yesterday, the longest evening in my life. I was fully tired yesterday, after a trip to coorg on the weekend. I planned to leave early in the evening, at 4:00 PM. My cell phone was not functioning properly for the past couple of weeks, so I decided to go to a nokia service centre, which is on the way to my house. and also near to Christ college, who will miss the fun of parking vehicle near christ college and roaming there.
The nokia centre was crowded and I registered my name. I was waiting there for half an hour and later asked the receptionist, when will be my turn? After hearing that it will take atleast an hour, I decided to come back to office and started back to the nokia centre by 5:30 PM. I got my turn soon after that.
Nokia rep: sir, what problem do you have with your phone?
Me: If i speak, the person on the other side is not able to hear the voice,
and sometimes my keys locks.. (and I showed my fone).
N: (after looking at my phone) we cannot do any upgrade on your phone,
but you can give for service.
Me: Ok. (that why iam here.)
N: if your phone has any component fault then we cannot fix it, you may need to go
to infantry road.
Me: then, what else will you do?
N: we will clean your phone, keypads etc.. and see whether it will work.
(phone clean panrathukku oru service centreaa?)
N: and you have to pay 50 bucks for it, if it works.
Me: hmm, 50 Rs for cleaning the phone.. (Which I could have very well done in my house :-().
N: one more thing, your phone may get dead!
Me: why?
N: one in 1000 cases it will go dead, but I am sure it will not happen to you
(it looked like as if she was keeping track of the count ;-), and why did she told me when she is sure? ).
Me: Ok.
N: one more thing, you may lose your taata?
Me: taatava? which taata?
N: taata sir taata.
Me: oh, datava. I am fine. (In fact, i was very desperate to repair it).
N: your name?
Me: I told.
N: can you please spell it?
Me: K.r.i.s.h.n.a r.a.m.
N: ok sir, please sign here.
Me: after looking at the sheet, "hello my name is not rao, but Ram".. (naama andrha meals saaptu valarnthathu avalukku eppadi thaan therinjatho?).
N: ok sir, please wait outside, I will calll you.
After 10 mins, she came and told my phone cannot be repaired. and asked me to collect the same from "dispatch counter" after 10 mins. It was 5:50, and I was feeling hungry by that time and decided to go to a Sagar nearby. I was back to the centre by 6:05 and the security did not let me in, since their working hours is till 6:00. I was not able to convince him, but he convinced me very well and asked me come tomorrow. With disappointment, I came outside.
I was surprised to see my vehicle missing from the platform. Panic. Later the security told the police ppl have towed my vehicle and asked me to go to koramangala police stattion.
after withdrawing some cash from ATM, I went to an auto fellow for koramangal police station. He did not look like a tamil guy (i thought it was the time to improve my hindi) and...:
Me: Koramangala police station aaghaya? (hey I tried to mean aayegha.. but my poorness..)
He: (laughed, but understand what I tried to ask him), sir, koramangala police station nahe aayegha, humae uthar jaana hain..
Me: I smiled and got into the auto.
HE: sir, which language you are? (he asked me in English, and he is good in English also.).
Me: Tamizh.
He: tamilaaa, enakkum tamil theriyum sir.
Me: neenga adichcha jokku, oru tamil padathula yaerkanavae vanthathu thaane..
He: he he, aaman sir. neenga ethukku police station poreenga?
Me: ennoda vehiclai kadamai thavaratha police kaaranunga thookittu poyitaanga..
He: oh, athukku neenga Adugudi police station ponum, inga illai.
Me: seri, angayae vudunga...
He: Ok, talk to the police guyz in tamil/kannada, and tell him that you are unemployedd...(Etc, ippadi naraya advicee.., namma neram theriyaama romba advice pantaaru).
later he told he is doing part time BCom, and he is planning to join BPO/call center after couple of months. a good aspiring student :-). he dropped me at the police station. my friend joined me there and we waited there for an hour or so.. after an hour, the police waala came and told my vehicle would be in madiwala police station..
again took an auto to madiwala police station and found my vehicle. ended up paying 500 bucks (300 for fine + 200 bribe for my expired pollution control certificate). :-((. after I told that I am unemployed, new to the place etc, I got 50 bucks back. :-). later watched a detective movie from mamutty and went to bed. the dreams were bad. I was playing chess with my friend, because of that I was missing my exams, later losing the chess game...(I got many a different interpretations for the same)..
Today, I went to the service centre and got my phone back. She did not ask for 50 bucks, since they thought my phone is not repaired and the good news is my phone is working fine now. They are the real experts in cleaning the phone..Surprisinlgy, they do the same for most of the customers. Looks like fixing in hardware is simpler than in software ;-).
The nokia centre was crowded and I registered my name. I was waiting there for half an hour and later asked the receptionist, when will be my turn? After hearing that it will take atleast an hour, I decided to come back to office and started back to the nokia centre by 5:30 PM. I got my turn soon after that.
Nokia rep: sir, what problem do you have with your phone?
Me: If i speak, the person on the other side is not able to hear the voice,
and sometimes my keys locks.. (and I showed my fone).
N: (after looking at my phone) we cannot do any upgrade on your phone,
but you can give for service.
Me: Ok. (that why iam here.)
N: if your phone has any component fault then we cannot fix it, you may need to go
to infantry road.
Me: then, what else will you do?
N: we will clean your phone, keypads etc.. and see whether it will work.
(phone clean panrathukku oru service centreaa?)
N: and you have to pay 50 bucks for it, if it works.
Me: hmm, 50 Rs for cleaning the phone.. (Which I could have very well done in my house :-().
N: one more thing, your phone may get dead!
Me: why?
N: one in 1000 cases it will go dead, but I am sure it will not happen to you
(it looked like as if she was keeping track of the count ;-), and why did she told me when she is sure? ).
Me: Ok.
N: one more thing, you may lose your taata?
Me: taatava? which taata?
N: taata sir taata.
Me: oh, datava. I am fine. (In fact, i was very desperate to repair it).
N: your name?
Me: I told.
N: can you please spell it?
Me: K.r.i.s.h.n.a r.a.m.
N: ok sir, please sign here.
Me: after looking at the sheet, "hello my name is not rao, but Ram".. (naama andrha meals saaptu valarnthathu avalukku eppadi thaan therinjatho?).
N: ok sir, please wait outside, I will calll you.
After 10 mins, she came and told my phone cannot be repaired. and asked me to collect the same from "dispatch counter" after 10 mins. It was 5:50, and I was feeling hungry by that time and decided to go to a Sagar nearby. I was back to the centre by 6:05 and the security did not let me in, since their working hours is till 6:00. I was not able to convince him, but he convinced me very well and asked me come tomorrow. With disappointment, I came outside.
I was surprised to see my vehicle missing from the platform. Panic. Later the security told the police ppl have towed my vehicle and asked me to go to koramangala police stattion.
after withdrawing some cash from ATM, I went to an auto fellow for koramangal police station. He did not look like a tamil guy (i thought it was the time to improve my hindi) and...:
Me: Koramangala police station aaghaya? (hey I tried to mean aayegha.. but my poorness..)
He: (laughed, but understand what I tried to ask him), sir, koramangala police station nahe aayegha, humae uthar jaana hain..
Me: I smiled and got into the auto.
HE: sir, which language you are? (he asked me in English, and he is good in English also.).
Me: Tamizh.
He: tamilaaa, enakkum tamil theriyum sir.
Me: neenga adichcha jokku, oru tamil padathula yaerkanavae vanthathu thaane..
He: he he, aaman sir. neenga ethukku police station poreenga?
Me: ennoda vehiclai kadamai thavaratha police kaaranunga thookittu poyitaanga..
He: oh, athukku neenga Adugudi police station ponum, inga illai.
Me: seri, angayae vudunga...
He: Ok, talk to the police guyz in tamil/kannada, and tell him that you are unemployedd...(Etc, ippadi naraya advicee.., namma neram theriyaama romba advice pantaaru).
later he told he is doing part time BCom, and he is planning to join BPO/call center after couple of months. a good aspiring student :-). he dropped me at the police station. my friend joined me there and we waited there for an hour or so.. after an hour, the police waala came and told my vehicle would be in madiwala police station..
again took an auto to madiwala police station and found my vehicle. ended up paying 500 bucks (300 for fine + 200 bribe for my expired pollution control certificate). :-((. after I told that I am unemployed, new to the place etc, I got 50 bucks back. :-). later watched a detective movie from mamutty and went to bed. the dreams were bad. I was playing chess with my friend, because of that I was missing my exams, later losing the chess game...(I got many a different interpretations for the same)..
Today, I went to the service centre and got my phone back. She did not ask for 50 bucks, since they thought my phone is not repaired and the good news is my phone is working fine now. They are the real experts in cleaning the phone..Surprisinlgy, they do the same for most of the customers. Looks like fixing in hardware is simpler than in software ;-).
Friday, April 07, 2006
Google Analytics
Analytics. I think this is a very recent product from Google. This can be used for analyzing a website. Basically, for collecting statistics like ppl visiting the website, their region etc. And does analysis on the data collecting and displays in kicha-friendly format.
www.google.com/analytics
First you may need to request for an ID. Once Google gets a free slot you, it will give you a script which should be added to your website. I got one such and have added to my blog. It may take a while for getting one.
It looks like lots of people around the world are looking through my blog :-).
here are some region:
Santa Clara, Bangalore, Madras, Bombay, Scottsdale, Warwick, Muenchen, Winchester,
Saint Louis, Vishakhapatnam, Sedgwick, Bhopal, Raleigh, Walldorf, East Hartford, and the list is big. (In fact, I dont know most of the cities, where they are located. anyways, thanks for all of your visits!).
Do you wonder how google gets city location? It has become very easy to track an IP Address. We can easily find upto the granularity of ISP and also it's location.
Look at http://www.dnsstuff.com/.
Open this page, you will get where you are, at the top right corner of the page!
www.google.com/analytics
First you may need to request for an ID. Once Google gets a free slot you, it will give you a script which should be added to your website. I got one such and have added to my blog. It may take a while for getting one.
It looks like lots of people around the world are looking through my blog :-).
here are some region:
Santa Clara, Bangalore, Madras, Bombay, Scottsdale, Warwick, Muenchen, Winchester,
Saint Louis, Vishakhapatnam, Sedgwick, Bhopal, Raleigh, Walldorf, East Hartford, and the list is big. (In fact, I dont know most of the cities, where they are located. anyways, thanks for all of your visits!).
Do you wonder how google gets city location? It has become very easy to track an IP Address. We can easily find upto the granularity of ISP and also it's location.
Look at http://www.dnsstuff.com/.
Open this page, you will get where you are, at the top right corner of the page!
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Software engineer and Indian Politics
As TN election is nearing, situation is becoming HOT in TN. I was chatting with my friend who is doing his MS in germany. He is bit curious to know about the happenings in TN. I told him about the "balti"(/somersault? ;-)) of vaiko. We were discussing how shitty the politics is.
Actually, I did not find much difference between politics and our corporate life.
I can tell many of the incidents that happens in day-to-day life of a soft engineer, (which can be easily correlated to politics).
00) during interviews: HR asks, "why do you want to join our company?" (this is mostly posted to freshers). then the candidate will start saying that "i have gone through your company website, and i found my frequency of thoughts are inline with the goals of the company"... or some crap like this. everyone knows what that guy will do after a year. put his papers....
01) the most funny part is: guys coming back to the same company. in exit interviews, the same HR will ask, "why do you want to leave our company?".. and the candidate says , "the pay is not good, i do not foresee, much growth in this org." etc.. I know many guys returned back to the same organization working in some other company for 6 or more months.. the corporates accept those candidates, also. the worst part is, the package will be more than what he would have got if he has continued his career...
10) Non-co-operative movement (as what Gandhi Ji did). happens particularly between the US team and the indian counterparts.
10) heights of politics in giving promotions, salary hikes, US trips, etc..
I do not see differences between a software engineer life and politics.
Actually, I did not find much difference between politics and our corporate life.
I can tell many of the incidents that happens in day-to-day life of a soft engineer, (which can be easily correlated to politics).
00) during interviews: HR asks, "why do you want to join our company?" (this is mostly posted to freshers). then the candidate will start saying that "i have gone through your company website, and i found my frequency of thoughts are inline with the goals of the company"... or some crap like this. everyone knows what that guy will do after a year. put his papers....
01) the most funny part is: guys coming back to the same company. in exit interviews, the same HR will ask, "why do you want to leave our company?".. and the candidate says , "the pay is not good, i do not foresee, much growth in this org." etc.. I know many guys returned back to the same organization working in some other company for 6 or more months.. the corporates accept those candidates, also. the worst part is, the package will be more than what he would have got if he has continued his career...
10) Non-co-operative movement (as what Gandhi Ji did). happens particularly between the US team and the indian counterparts.
10) heights of politics in giving promotions, salary hikes, US trips, etc..
I do not see differences between a software engineer life and politics.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Joy of working in a small company!
It has been 15 months since I joined this networking company, a Santa clara based. The company as such is a small one, and we were claiming ourselves to be pioneer in metro-ethernet.
Now, it has got acquired by a Telecom giant and a fortune 500. Going back to a huge organization, again. I felt really great and happy working in the small company. Besides some minor disadvantages, I have seen lots of advantages. a few are:
a) clear visibility to the top management.
b) great responsibilities on my shoulders! believe me, I was responsible for three components, and I did significant contribution on all.
c) flat hierarchy and more transparency than bigger companies. (I assume, this would be the case in all the companies).
d) and good work pressue.
and more flexibilities like not wearing badges, going in short pants etc ;-).
the only sad part is no one knows about the company. particularly, it becomes difficult to face relatives. once in my native place, i met one of my relatives.
my mom introduced me to him and she said I work in bangalore. and my relative immediately asked, "oh, are you working in wipro?"... (I dont know how people conclude that Wipro is the only company in bangalore, or is it that his sone is working in wipro?). I said "no, but in Company X". he asked, (just like that), how much you would be drawing, around 50K? First I was shocked to hear the way he asked and also about the figures.. later, I told I am drawing some decent salary, which is more than sufficient for my daily needs... his face became red...
anyways, I love working in small companies, not sure whether I will get a chance in future! Happy working.
Now, it has got acquired by a Telecom giant and a fortune 500. Going back to a huge organization, again. I felt really great and happy working in the small company. Besides some minor disadvantages, I have seen lots of advantages. a few are:
a) clear visibility to the top management.
b) great responsibilities on my shoulders! believe me, I was responsible for three components, and I did significant contribution on all.
c) flat hierarchy and more transparency than bigger companies. (I assume, this would be the case in all the companies).
d) and good work pressue.
and more flexibilities like not wearing badges, going in short pants etc ;-).
the only sad part is no one knows about the company. particularly, it becomes difficult to face relatives. once in my native place, i met one of my relatives.
my mom introduced me to him and she said I work in bangalore. and my relative immediately asked, "oh, are you working in wipro?"... (I dont know how people conclude that Wipro is the only company in bangalore, or is it that his sone is working in wipro?). I said "no, but in Company X". he asked, (just like that), how much you would be drawing, around 50K? First I was shocked to hear the way he asked and also about the figures.. later, I told I am drawing some decent salary, which is more than sufficient for my daily needs... his face became red...
anyways, I love working in small companies, not sure whether I will get a chance in future! Happy working.
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