back to chennai !!!!

bak 2 chennai :)

amen

Happy birthday to a dear friend who is no longer with us now....

miss u da ... every single day. I have forgotten ur bday at times but I wont be able to forget it again for my lifetime.

Beautiful quote I came across !

I happened to come across these words of Tipu Sultan - wow

Hasadbhih kriyate karma ruladbhir-anubhuyate" (People do [evil] deeds smilingly but suffer the consequences crying)

It is far better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years

I have always admired him right from The sword of Tipu sultan in DD days ... my admiration only grew when I came across a para in Abdul Kalam's WIngs of Fire - about how he happened to see ,in NASA - a painting of Tipu sultan fighting the British with rockets..... This man had a vision which many other kings lacked - be it technical empowerment , be it secularity or be it communal harmony.

Adieu DM !

I am not politically inclined and definitely not to any of the Dravidian parties. I have admired few current day politicians - the foremost of them being Chandrababu Naidu - I have admired his grit and his vision . Vajpayee for his diplomacy - being able to earn good will universally is no easy job. Few more but I am not going into that ..

Dayanidhi Maran (or DM as I would like to refer) has never been on my fav list. I liked his proactiveness and dignified looks but never exactly admired him. But when he is finally quittin his job , I cant stop feelin a small remorse buildin in me. I will miss his cherubic smile appearing all over in the media(a bit too frequent ;-)) . He has been instrumental today in rapid growth of telephony in our country. His strides have been remarkable and the host of telecom companies we have near Chennai owe something to him.....

I am not discussing whether he has been partisan and regionalistic , whether he has flexed rules for his own network , but the fact remains that to an extent Dhiurbai's dream of every person having a phone has been nearly accomplished partly due to him.... the fact remains that the dialup rates of 24rs an hour are today down to 16 rs at peak hr and 8 rs at non peak hours and broadband which used to cost 1000 bucks for 256 kbps has come down to 250 bucks for 2MBPS, the fact remains that roaming rates have been slashed at 5 plus bucks to 2 plus , the fact remains that std rates have been slashed , ok the fact remains that both BSNL and private players and the market has a big hand in all this growth , but yeah also the fact remains that he has capitalised on the growing markets ....

Adieu DM !!

Busy Idle Busy Idle Busy Idle Busy

Busy Idle Busy Idle Busy Idle Busy

My 1.5 years of work in Wipro has been alternating between these 2 terms …. Idle and Busy.At every point of time , I have been distinctly been through one of these phase !

Either busy to the extent that 24 hours seem less and I move about like a zombie not knowing whats todays date , which day of the week it is …..

Or idle to the extent that I visit orkut , rediff and webmail every 5 mins , wait for some friend to call for a break …..browse thro the papers for a dozen times (by the end of the day all rediff links are 'red' and I can say who are the guys who visited orkut when and at what time)

The first time we really got busy was during our first one month in training. The hype which they give to the whole process plus your first-few-days-your-seriousnsincere syndrome makes things hyper. We worked 10 hours a day 6 days a week and add to that 1.5 hours up and down for transit …… I used to leave by 7 and return by 8-8.30 (depending on the guindy/ekkaduthangal traffic). No Hols (on paper atleast) …notes / sessions / tests ……. I was really wondering why they keep it so hectic , is it some kind of a strategy to get us used to hectic work schedules …

Then came the transfer to blr and the first phase of 'idle' work ;-) !!! Almost 1.5 months I was not In any team tho I was assigned to an account ……. No system too for 15-20 days !!! (like one of my managers termed this is your 'honeymoon period' - enjoy it !)

Then work came and I was fully involved till the modules were dropped ;-) (due to some architectual issues) ……. Then therafter I have been Idle Busy Idle Busy …and the last Busy is for the current phase and that’s the reason my posts are delayed !!!

I just cant stop myself from wondering why ever Work can be 'correct' - something which gets over in 9.5 hours exactly - not one min less and not one min more …

Well you can always explain saying it depends on you ….u can work just 9.5 hours if u want but practically its just not possible to relax at home when deadlines are above your head !!!
And whenever there is job , deadlines are unattainable …..

So coming to the end , which phase is better ? Its pretty difficult to say , every time I am in one phase I wish for the other phase …when I am idle I think its OK if I have lots of job but dying working is better than dying sitting idle ……… when I am busy I think - why the hell did I want work ? It was so much better the other way …. Other side of the grass is always green afterall'


Wats ur take ???

Leave ur comments junta !

A small request .... please leave ur comments irespective of whether u find em interesting or not !!

i really dont know woz reading my posts ... :-) !! and i am on the lookout for some heated debates .. maybe my posts are not that contreversial ? be on the lookout for some soon :-)

-Shyam-

tagged ..

here i go ...

1.Pick out a scar you have, and explain how you got it:

Middle finger of my left hand - I cut my tendon while diving for a catch in a street cricket match I needed a small operation to fix the mess (believe me it really happened !)

2. What is on the walls in your room?

Nothing for quite some time - in my high school it used to be lotsa sportstar posters , couple of shahrukh posters plus some beautiful ads … every inch of our room (our - brothers and mine ) was full !!!

3. What does your phone look like.

2600 , want to change for a better one but keep waitin for a better one (remember the similarity between girls and phones - u always feel after going for one , what a hurry could have waited for a better one !!!)

4. What music do you listen to?

Miles away from anything english !!! It’s a good mix of Bollywood / Kollywood only ! Lotsa fav people - Hindi - Sonu Nigam ,Shaan,Kumar Sanu ,Sukhwinder,Sunidhi Chauhan plus Lucky Ali / Pankaj Udhas , Tam - anythin by Illayaraja,Rahman,Harris Jayaraj andYuvan Shankar Raja !!! Not to miss SPB,Hariharan …..

5. What is your current desktop picture?

Vortec Space -which comes with Windows XP proffessional !!

6. What do you want more than anything right now?

I wish I knew what I wanted ….. Can nly think of Main Aisa Kyun Hun ?

7. Do you believe in gay marriage?

I personally dont believe In it !

8. What time were you born?

I don’t know the exact time but sometime in the afternoon

9. Are your parents still together?

yeah

10. What are you listening to?

Karka karka from vetaiyadu velaiyadu on 123musiq.com - live tamil radio

12. The last person to make you cry?

I am not telling that..

13. What is your favourite perfume/cologne?

Fav ? Pirkka , if u havent heard of it don’t worry its local to finland !!!

14. What kind of hair/eye colour do you like on the opposite sex?

Black /brown

15. Do you like pain killers?

Pain is necessary for winning ! But I cant bear too much of pain :-)\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>\n

16. Are you too shy to ask someone out?

Yes

17. Fave pizza topping?

Anything Veg !!! I am starved to see a veg pizza here :-(

18. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be

Onion Sambar !!!!! Made by My mom ;-)

19. Who was the last person you made mad?

I don’t really know !

20. Is anyone in love with you?

I don’t know but hope so ;-) !!!

I am not taggin any1 simply because I guess most people in my group have already been tagged b4 ...

One more (and read it as last one) note in this series..
One strange observation I find here , most of the desi crowd I find here belong to one among 2 groups … (by desi's I refer to indians,pak's,bangaldeshi's and afghans)
The first group I guess is a bit more strong …
Desi's belonging to this group just freeze in fear at the sight of another desi… they put on they super cool looks , look at a different direction with an air of nonchalance and all the timing praying fervently that the other desi just doesn’t approach him …. I don’t know if they feel that talking to another desi would degrade themselves , bhaav kam ho jaayega :-)
This is all the more bad if they have 'gore' friends with em ….. Hehe … I feel so amused to see this group that I really have a urge to go shake hands and say (hey oc tea marandhu pocha ? :-)) Hii !
The other group is my type - they beam on seeing a desi , few guys go to the extent to shake hands , and if they feel if ur from their place … I have seen people really go out of the way to help … discuss about things , crib about life here and ask some questions which literally hover about - howz my plz pal ?
The Finnish People here are among the most disciplined and courteous people I have ever seen , you can expect every kind of help from them . Desi's ka hi koi bharosa nahin hain …. Expecially bcoz the first kind of desi group outweighs the second kind of them ........

few lines to add ..

jus to add to wats written below ...

This is what i told my friend Ram ... "I miss India badly , I want to be back as soon as possible .... but at the same time I am being paid so good here that I wish the trip extends ...[:)] ... so there is an internal conflict and my mind is all confused "

And he said this is exactly what an NRI (Non returning Indian) is all about ... he wants to be back in India all the time but the thought of the money which he stands to lose doesnt jus let him follow his heart....

aNd BINGO some part of my question is answered ... Mayb i could say this

Ask yourself if you were paid the same money in India (or correspondingly same level of pay) , would you return to India ?

If you answer Well Maybe no - then ur already a part of the place you live , you luv the culture ,u luv the ppl along with the money !!!

If you answer Yes , then there you are pal - so ur not exactly a part here and u jus hang around here for the money !

and u know whats my answer ... [;)]

My First Blog after my exile

Amen !

as i start with my blog once again !

i had told 3 times that i am going to start (jus like rajni hinting at his jump to politics ;))

but i did not so far ...

and i realised its way too bad , cmon man u cant be this unreliable ...

ok done i'm starting but on what ?

hvae quite some lines of thoughts going on parallely on my mind , am wondering which one to bring to paper na blog ........

So i decided to go with this - << >> my Patriotism <<>>

and u gonna say wat crap , u got ahead to write a blog after almost a year and u dint get ny other topic... this almost sounds like a first standard essay - that too u seem a bit belligerent !!!

my topic doesnt probably really say what i am going to actually blog , but then i thought let the topic add to the suspense

ur tellin me cut the crap for the second time .......

ok boss , straight to the point !!!

b4 i start i need to tell teh circumstances under which i am writing this blog. I have blogged written about my school and college life. I promised to write a blog later on Sathyabama experiences which i still promise to do .. will do it someday promise !!! I concluded saying i am about to join wipro tech , lets see what happens ...

well lets fast forward 16 months ... (i'll cover the wipro story and the indian IT story later - again this is a promise !!!) u can think of a nice rb chowdary's super good movies / vikraman song and b4 the song ends i am in Finland ,Europe !! ah no dont think too much , no i am not coming out in a mercedes parked outside my mansion in Europe , i agree thats what happens in vikraman's sooryavansham and vaanathai pole ... but this is real life dude !!! I turn up in Finland for a project , software enginner jo tehra !!! and then ....

cut the crap for the third time , am getting serious now -

its 3 weeks since i have come here and

Whats up with m e ? I'm missing India outright serious. Senti Hindi film dialogoues appeal to me , patriotic hindi songs lure me and worst of all I see a Indian girl , i start following her ........

i am humming pankaj udhas´s chitti aaya hain .. (ther´shud be a remix now email aaya hain)

whats this phenemenon called ? i have never been so patriotic b4 , yup i luv India all the way but then this is being more of the crazy kind ...

i'm all mushy now , sunk in emotions , want to reconnect with life ... want to get back to old friends .. tell them i miss em all ' - i jus cant live my life like an european - 5 people sit around a table and jus dont talk to each other ..... wats life without the desi chai we friends used to share , wats life without the buzzing and close to irritating crowd outside my house in arcot road , the chats available all around my plz in blr .... , the din of the traffic wow !!!

the decency around and the courteousness around makes me feel odd ... i am more used to the rude behaviour of my chennai auto drivers ... , the crude remarks of the old mtc conductor , they sound more humane after all !

does this happen to everyone and do ppl get oer this with time , i cant make out . But unlike most ppl who miss their home and their friends circle more than their country ... i miss my country too !!

i'll break here rt nuv and continue in a couple of days !!!

Here i start !!

I am being a bit grumpy of late …
Wondering why ? Ever since I have come here , life is a bit monotonus …
Got to remember the diary of anne frank , her diary kitty ! Thought I need to do something like that too ..
Life is too wonderful to be spent like this . Right ?
Then I came to the decision I guess its time I rewrite my blog (and probably my life too ???)
Renew my old connections , get back to old friends … grab my life back from the monotony !
So here I go …….

i need to rewrite my blog and probably my life too .... !!! march 1 , here i come