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 ???

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-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 ...