Another one of my favorite photos...

All the guys and all smiles in front of the lotus temple.
(I found this photo while cleaning my drive at home.)

Nah.. who gets tired if you can just do this ?

Kangaroo to the rescue.......

What happens when you get tired of coding? Well, why not outsource the coding work to kangaroo? Like this.....

The Tour

Hi folks do you remember the tour to North India. Well i think it was a turning point for our class. Remember the fun we had for the tour!

Life In Bangalore.......

Life in bangalore....... Something which I wanted to share with all of you long time back. But first there was work and than training, and as a result.... no time left. You know what comes to my mind when I'm in such situation? "Hey Man, That's Not Good! Something Is Surely Wrong."

Yes, something is surely wrong. Managing time is an art. If I'm not getting time, maybe its not the fault with my work schedule but maybe the way I plan my day. I'm in Bangalore for two months now and now I think, I'm used to life in Bangalore. That doesn't mean that I'm totally happy here. Life in goa was far better than life in Bangalore. I keep telling my colleagues about Goa and about people in goa. We are all planning to come to Goa for weekends in next two weeks time. But that's different story.

Well, now let me share some of my experiences. So, two months away from home..... Well, not such a pleasant experience, but something worth sharing. My day before 14th of August was like this :

• Get up at 7:45 AM
• Get ready and leave for work at 9:30 AM
• Reach office by 10 AM
  
• Surf, chat, listen to song till lunch break
• Eat lunch
• Hmmm, now I'm feeling sleepy so relax for some time
• Continue with surfing, chatting and listening to songs till 7 PM
• Leave office at around 7:10 PM
• I stay 2 kms away from my office so no auto stops at this time, so only option is to walk
• Reach home by 7:40 PM
• Relax for some time, listen to songs
• Prayers
• Go to sleep by 11:30 PM

This used to be my typical day plan till August 14th. My training started and my day plan changed. Here is my "revised" day plan:

• Get up at 7:30 AM
• Get ready and leave for training at 8:30 AM
• Reach training point at 8:55 AM
• Eat breakfast
  
• Attend sessions and play games
  
• Eat lunch
• Hmmm, now I'm feeling sleepy but can't even relax
  
• But energizer round to the rescue
  
• Continue with sessions and games
• Training ends at 5 PM
• Leave training point at 5:10 PM
  
• I stay 2 kms away from my office but its not dark yet, so autos are available. Yeh!!!!
  
• Reach home by 5:30 PM
• Relax for some time, listen to songs
• Prayers
• Go to sleep by 11:30 PM

This will continue for six weeks from August 14th. Today our 3rd week got over and now only 3 weeks are remaining. But is it only this much? No..... We do have holidays on weekends. What do I do during weekends? Enjoy.... Go to beach........ ???????

Ooops! I forgot I'm not in Goa. How sad. Goa is such a beautiful state and bangalore is a technology park. So, only possible timepass is hanging out in malls and going for movies. What else? If anyone knows how to enjoy here better, please let me know.

Well, when came here, I was alone from my class. Well, now so many of you are in Bangalore too so I feel relaxed now. Well, I'm not alone. If I get too bored, I can go and tell Ralu some stupid jokes and I'm sure he won't mind. Will you Ralu? Well, you better not.

So many things to share and so little time. Someday, if we all could get together than it will surely be lot of fun and hope that we will get chance for such a get together soon.

I'll share some of the photos too. Take care you guys and stay in touch.

Bye for now.

Hunting for a House in Bangalore...

Hey folks, this is my first post since i joined Siemens in Bangalore. Theres hardly anytime to be online. Most of my time is spent in the daily chores - washing clothes, Ironing clothes, searching for hotels to have dinner, waking up early, cathing the 7:00 bus.... and so on.

Life is really tough here in Bangalore. There's no one to wake you up in the morning and serve you breakfast, no one to wash and iron your clothes, no one to do all your little chores... you are all on your own. Searching for a suitable place to live in this congested city has become one of the biggest challenges we are facing ever since we came to this city. Most of the so called 2 bedroom flats in Bangalore have tiny rooms that are a little bigger than my bathroom at home, and the rent for such places is not less than 9000 rupees. The polluted air and stinky places makes life miserable.

The brokers out here are extremely street smart- they are always looking out for easy prey like IT professionals. Anyways week long hunting we finally found a decent looking 2 bedroom flat for 9000. I hope i will be well setteled in the new house by the time my next post is up....

Till then ciao....

Google Earth and PCCE

hey folks.. check out our good ol Alma Mater as seen from satelite. Images courtesy Google Earth and Euro Vision.



Reminds me of those satelite images the BBC used to show of US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan..

Remember this day folks ??

..Awesome time wasn't it...Click the collage to see it in big size !

Sigh.. the good ol days..