The Diary of a young girl - by Anne Frank, is the book which I am currently reading. I have just started reading it and completed about 15% of the book. I thought of writing a post after I have completely read it. But I could not resist writing about it. So here it is.

According to me, the book is a masterpiece, the narration of Anne Frank is so beautifully crafted, its not to be missed.

I remember having an excerpt from the Diary of Anne Frank, as a chapter, in English, not sure when, must be 6+ years ago. But at that time, I absolutely disliked the chapter. I was also wondering, how could I ever complete the entire book, if someone gave it to me. This was me as a teenager. (Errrrr ~~~~~)

Quite unusual is it? The book is written by a teenager herself, but disliked by a teenager like me. I dont have an answer as to why?? I disliked it. May be my english was very poor, or may be I was a mugpot. I have no clues.

(Being a mugpot has its own advantages, but I feel it has more disadvantages, especially when it comes to Literature, Here's a LIVE Example !!!!)

But once again a BIG THANKS TO STRAND BOOK STALL, they have given me another chance to read the entire book. This time I am not only having a great time reading it, but also enjoying it to the CORE, its absolutely beautiful, can't imagine how the time is flying by as I am reading. Its a classic in itself.

FAQ - Anne Frank fondly called her diary Kitty, "Dear Kitty"

Part II coming up very soon, hopefully I get enough time to wind it up.

Yippy,

Happy new year guys!!!!

Its been almost 2.5 years since I graduated. I do love reading books. Since my childhood days I used to read quite a bit of books(Not a voracious reader though). I started out with Famous Five. As a member of "Friends Circulating Library" in Subramanyanagar, I used to read a lot of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. But since I relocated to Bangalore South in 1999, it had been hard for me to find a library over here.

Also I was doing my engineering, so it was kind of hard for me to read anything non technical and I accept I was a bit lazy too.

But its since 2006, I am back reading some good titles, all thanks to Strand Book Stall and Strand Book Festival. Its among these wonderful books, I found a great companion.

Above all I also came across a book by Robin Sharma, which has tremendously inspired me. I have reclaimed some of my lost confidence, because of the writing of Robin Sharma. I wish there are more such Strand Book Festivals in the coming years, hopefully I get to read more.

Awesome song!!!

I love RETRO, any doubts over that !!!!

Dedicated to all those guys who are in love with beautiful women !!!!!

One of my all time favorite OST's

Boy o Boy, its been 3 months, since I have not read anything so called " NON TECHNICAL ". I have always loved to read. Sometimes complacency creeps in, I tend to keep away from books. Here's a list of books which I have right now, wish to complete asap.

1. Ayn Rand - FountainHead, We the Living.
2. Norman Vincent Peale - Power of Positive Thinking, A guide to confident living.
3. Anne Frank - The diary of a young girl.
4. Steve Waugh - Out of the comfort zone.
5. Vedam Jaishankar - Rahul Dravid , Biography.
6. Herge - Tintin.

Surprise, Surprise, is the mantra for me. Finally I am back doing something which I love the most !!!! Its something which I started in 2002, but for over an year, I was away from it.

Yes, yes, its right. I am back to this place, a place which keeps me interested much more than technology. Its true, I made a comeback at the gym this December.. I have started working out.
I go to the gym every morning from 5am to 6:15 am. And no doubts, I love it.

I pray to God to give me more strength to carry on gymming for a loooong time. I wish, I never ever drop out of gym in the future. Pls God Pls gimme tremendous strength, courage and above all quality time to work out.

One of my all time favorite songs. This song is about people who had the opportunity to achieve something great, but could not. So I wish to inspire myself, to constantly nurture my dream and chase it till the end !!!

The song is an absolute beauty, a masterpiece in itself.

Here comes Monday, the day of reckoning, Nov 11 , 2007. After nearly 11 months at a different workplace, I finally head home, the only thing i can recall is Daughtry singing Home.

Moving to a new workplace, has lots of advantages for me, it reduces travelling time, hopefully a pickup and drop close to my house, and loads of time for myself, to study , workout, read great books etc etc. Yeah, I ve waited for this day, since eleven months. Finally its here, Yippy.

Ahhh !!! Finally made some time to write. I had decided not to post any entries till I move to SJPR. SJPR stands for my new workplace location. My 6th workplace in 2.5 years
But somehow felt like writing after listening to the new song by the Eagles - " How Long ". Such an awesome song.

There has been loads of progress on my side when it comes to technology, but on a personal side, i am quite upset. There has been lots of debate on my attitude, my so called ego, which has taken center stage, atleast with one of my friend.

Anyways, I always have a Robin Sharma book which keeps me going in all such situations. After reading Robin Sharma's book for the fourth time in a row, I ve finally managed to get hold of " FountainHead ". I wish I wrap it up soon, so that I could go ahead reading the autobiography of Steve Waugh,

Till then,
Cheers, Keep rocking !!!!!!!!!!

Boy O Boy,, Not a post since a month, how rude?? .. Well frankly speaking no other option, August , September 2007, i am totally busy with work, no time to blog, and above all majority of sites being restricted at workplace.

Finally i am finding some rhythm, coming up with a post after looong time. These days I am enjoying my work like never before. Coding has never seemed so interesting.

Will hope to post more in the coming days, for now cheers.

Hey there,, Loooong time since I put up a post. I ve been totally busy all through August. A brand new workplace, Loads of work, Awesome Technology, Lots of production code, above all lot of satisfaction. This is August 2007 for me. Indeed a memorable one.

Cheers,

Why not ,
take a little chance,
Why not ,
Do a crazy dance,


This song inspired me , in other word pepped me up, to go an extra mile , not on one occasion but twice,


Hope it has the same effect on you.


Cheers

Phew ,, long time since I posted, not my fault though, my internet connection has gone for a toss, moreover these days, I am totally held up with work, and weekends its internet problem.

I would love to come up with few more posts in future.

But for now, enjoy songs from YouTube.

Cheers

Awsesome song by JD Fortune

The men from Australia at their very best

" If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. "

- Benjamin Franklin

Dolores, One more legend from Ireland, the other being " Bono and the Gang , U2"

An awesome song, by the former lead singer of " The Cranberries" . Amazing lyrics..

Me a huge huge fan of Dolores, no doubt about it..

Pick of the month for me .

Cheers,
Sandeep

As I approach the weekend, I find myself amid one of those memorable events, which I would like to remember always. Its outing time for our team. Though I was not interested in the very beginning to be a part of it, but at the end I am eating my own words. Yes, I would have made a big big mistake, if I had missed it.

We started at 7:45 am in the morning, from our office and headed to a resort 40 kms away from Bangalore. After an hour and half drive we reached the resort. The Mount View Resort is on the way to Nandi Hills. Though the resort was comparitively small than what I expected, it provided fun, entertainment, which was indeed unparallel.

We finished our breakfast and at around 9:45 am we headed straight to the cricket pitch. The cricket ground was a small one, where the best of the best bastmen found it difficult to score runs, courtesy the rules which were laid down. I was a part of the team which got eliminated in the very first match.

Thought I dint play much , I did find much interest in something else other than playing cricket. It was commentatiing. Through commentary I was able to crack some of the wild jokes. I assume both the players and the spectators had an awesome time, watching cricket and can I say listening to my commentary? well you have to comment on it.

After cricket it was lunch time. After lunch we proceeded to have a Shuttle Badminton tournament for the ladies. We ended it by the prize distribution ceremony. We left the resort at around 4:45 pm. It was a fun filled day, loads of things did happen. I wish to upload some of the snaps, sometime from now.

Its over and out from my side. I sure will post something this weekend.

Till then , cheers

As I approach my 50th post I wish to dedicate it to all the men in the armed forces.
You have made our country proud and helped us to lead a secure life

You have made the country proud

Freddie Mercury at his very very best

On this very day, I would like to remember our Kargil heroes.

It takes tremendous courage to leave a comfortable life, and join the armed forces. Subjected to adverse conditions and never ending enemies, these people do their best, spend sleepless nights so that, the other country men, can have a secure and peaceful sleep.

I salute these men of honour, who have made our country proud..

Regards
Sandeep

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Supercool lines , which are absolutely true.

" I don't work for appraisals,
Because appraisals' don't work for me,

I work to please my heart,
Because my heart works to please me. "


~~~~ Cheers

Another Awesome Retro Pick

Who says I am not a fan of Air Supply ????

Something which I am copy pasting from ORKUT ....


Here it goes ....


" Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought " .

On May 20th, we proceeded towards Sadashivgad which is at little distance from Karwar. It was famous for its fort. One more attraction is the bridge which is over the river Kali. One more prominent thing to notice is this road which leads to Panaji. The road passes through a cliff. In other words the cliff has been split to make way for this road. Its just an awesome sight. The Sadashivgad fort is located on this very cliff. As you stand on the fort you get an awesome sight of the river.

From here we moved on to Gokarna. Its famous for the AtmaLinga in the ancient temple. We did offer a puja at the ancient temple. It was indeed a holy place. No doubts about it. It was the first time that I was here. I wish I get more chances to be there. Gokarna beach is also quite prominent. But here there were high tidal waves. Hence it was a short period before we headed on towards Murudeshwara

Murudeshwara is one of the famous tourist places of Karnataka. Its famous for the idol of Lord Shiva which indeed is breathtaking. After visiting the temple we headed towards the beach once again. It was the third beach in 2 days. We spent totally 4 hrs at the beach. It was 8pm in the evening before we retired back to the hotel.

Next morning we headed towards Kudremukh, Agumbe, Sringeri, Hornadu, Kalasa.
Coming up in the next post....

We hit the roads on a rainy thursday evening, on a tempo traveller. Its indeed fun to have the company of rain especially while on a highway. We drove through Tumkur, Beerur, Arasikere and we reached Jog Falls early in the morning @ 6:30 am. Though there wasn't much an attraction at Jog falls, due to scanty rainfall during 2006, we did have a good time capturing snaps.

Then we moved on to Sirsi, which is about approximate 3 hrs drive from Jog Falls. Sirsi is famous for Marikamba temple. The temple indeed was an awesome place of visit. I wonder i never had been to that temple all these years. After offering a small prayer at the temple, we had lunch at a hotel in Sirsi. We then proceeded towards Yaana.

Yaana is a place famous for its cliffs. There are about 17 cliffs in total, that is what I heard. You could approach this place by two different routes. We probably took the wrong route and ended up walking 6 kms in total. But it was worth. Trekking is probably something which I enjoy the most on such an occasion. Walking all alone amidst huge tree cover , listening to the chirping of birds, huh, I call myself lucky to have done all these. After a lengthy trek we decided to move on. We headed to Karwar where we planned to halt for the day. The road which leads to Karwar is indeed an awesome one. You can see the Naval Base "Sea Bird" as you approach Karwar.

It was evening 5:45 when we reached Karwar. We decided to visit the Rabindranath Tagore beach. Yes it indeed was an awesome place. Standing on the beach, watching the lighthouse was indeed a special moment. For people from Bangalore, who are void of beaches, this sure was a moment to cherish. Before I could notice, it was already 8:45 pm, as we headed for dinner. It was at Karwar where we made a halt on the first day.

Second day indeed had loads in store. Coming up in the second post
"Day 2 - Sadashivgad, Gokarna, Murudeshwara

Hey there !! I am back. I ve found what I have been looking for, yes its a TOPIC. I wish to present, as a post, what I did on the three days of May 19,20,21 , 2006. Its about a trip which I was part of, something which will always remain fresh in my memory lane. Yes, it was my first trip with some of my cousins, whom I was meeting after a loooong time.

Basically my cousins grew up in different parts of Karnataka. I did not have much an opportunity to interact with them during my childhood days.

It indeed was unique, because the trip was not 1,2 but 3 full days.

I wish to come up with 3 posts, covering briefly about my places of visit.

Awesome song indeed. No doubts. Chad Kroeger at his very very very best. No words to describe how good a song is this. Listen to it, you will sure njoy this one. Rock cant get better than this.

Amazng song.

Well, its weekend time again, time to blog. But this weekend I have just kind of run out of topics. No clues about what to write. I would rather provide updates from my side, it was kind of good weekend where in I got a much, well deserved hike in salary, phew. It does open a new gate of opportunities.

Other than that I was busy all through the week, as usual coding, debugging. Hence I could not make much progress on the book by Sir Mark Tully, Oops I almost forgot I have the biography of Rahul Dravid queued up next. Hope I find some quality time soon.

One more important update is that, I will be going out on a team outing coming Friday. "Hope" I have a good time. Its my first team outing since August 2005, and to be frank I am kind of not interested in it, at all. But, but, I am governed by certain rules and regulations which I have to follow, hence cant bunk on that particular day, well lets see what God has in store for me on that day. Sure I would keep you posted about that event.

Well I end this post with a bit of inspirational thought courtesy PRAVSWORLD.com

Cheers !!

This post is my last post for this weekend. I never thought of writing this as I have already mentioned a Poll on my blog regarding humility. But a post on my friends blog has got me thinking and thinking. Also today I saw a program on NDTV where in I came across something which added to my dilemma. Hence I thought of coming up with this post.

My dilemma is , does being humble and being successful at the same time are contradictory. Does it mean if, I am inclined towards being humble indicate I am away from success. Or if I am successful, am I away from humility.

I did find an answer in my friends blog, saying striking a median does the trick.

Today, I was watching the TV show "Walk the Talk" where in Shekar Gupta, the Editor in chief of The Indian Express was chatting with Sir Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent and writer. Here it was that Sir Mark Tully recalled a quote by Dr Manmohan Singh. I am sorry to say I only heard the quote but not the relevance it made to his conversation. The quote goes like this

" If you follow the middle way you are bound to be hit from the left as well as from the right "

Once again I was in a dilemma, thinking that , if we try to strike a median between humility and success, the above quote indirectly says we are not achieving either of the two.

Well, indeed I am clueless, to be precise at this moment in time, I am aiming to be humble, rest, I will leave it to God, who the almighty decides what next.

I intended this particular post, to be in Kannada. But somehow I could not do it at this moment of time. I hope to come up with a Kannada version of this post ASAP.

I am here, on a Sunday Morning , writing about the importance of 15 July 2007. I am just back from a temple close to my house. I had been to the temple @ 7 am in the morning, in my " Traditional BRAHMIN attire (Panchey and Shalya) " to attend a "SHANI SHANTI HOMA" peformed at the Sri Shirdi Sai Temple near my house. My mom told me the pujari would help me do a Sankalpa.

I would like to give a brief intro on the "SHANI SHANTI HOMA". Its on this day 15 July 2007 that Saturn (Shani) would enter Leo(Simha). According to English zodiac signs I am a Scorpio. But according to Hindu mythology I am Karka Rashi/Cancer. According to my knowledge, Saturn(Shani) was travelling along Karka Rashi for over a period of 7 and a half years and was now on the 9th Graha and about to move to Leo(Simha).

I believe a lot in mythology and Hindu tradition and above all I believe in and also fear Lord Shani, the most. In other words I am scared of Lord Shani. Hence I had been to the temple to offer a "Sankalpa" , trying to thank him for everything he has taught me over the past 7.5 years.
This post is another attempt to thank Lord Shani .

I attribute everything I am today to Lord Shani. Over the period of last 7.5 years I have learnt many things. I have even transformed from a stubborn, tempered, proud school going kid to a mature individual. I cant say I am humble as of now, but I am trying every attempt to be humble, down to earth. Over this period I have learnt to accept Failure as the stepping stone to success , speak truth and much more.

I would like to recall a quote by the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. It goes like this " The very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise". I have indeed learnt to speak truth.

I end this post by thanking Lord Shani for what ever I am today. I was , am and will continue to fear Lord Shani all my life. But by performing a small Sankalpa today indeed, I did a small bit to impress the great Lord Shani.

As I approach Saturday evening , there is one question which continues to make me think, over and over again. That question is whether to " blog or not to blog". Since past 3-4 months I am blogging.

Today my mother asked me, " what do you write in your blog". I said "Anything and everything". Hearing this my mom asked " Who has the patience to read all your posts?"
I was indeed clueless.

Today I had been to my friends place, I met Kranti Vikram and Nitin. We had a good chat about technology, salary and as usual our good old college days. They know that I blog and I recently had sent them a mail saying I had updated it. I was kind of very happy to know that they had read my posts. They were asking about my recent posts.Vikram asked where I had stolen the poem from ?. After this question can I assume my poem atleast was kind of good ?

Yes sure I can . Well, thank you guys so much. They were also kind of surprised to see many posts from my side and asked where did I gather so much of time to blog, read about technology, write code. I found a kind of answer to my question.

The answer is blogging has become one of my favorite past time activity. I do seek happiness through blogging. On knowing people have read your posts, carries me an extra mile.

I wish to remember every such day or occasion where I have seen something different , read something different or done something different . Hence I have named my blog " Chapters of My Life" . I post about my life .. What I do, my inspirations , past time, my kind of music.

Its good to get feedback. But I do recollect everyone does not have enough time to go through my lengthy posts. To all those people who read my posts, provide feedback I can say "load of thanks going out to you guys".

Thank you Blogger.

Its 14 July 2007, I am blogging on a saturday morning about my weekend activity. Suddenly I get an idea about one of the TV shows I was once watching. I dont remember which day this show was broadcasted. Thinking its either saturday or sunday I am coming up with this post.

The show is called " Meerkat Manor " on Animal Planet. It showcasts about this wonderful animal. When I was watching this show regularly , it was all about a family or meerkats , how they would live as a part of family, how they would hunt for their food, how they would breed, how they protect themselves and their babies from predators.

Somehow these days I dont find enough time to watch Television, Animal Planet is far away. May be I am myself avoiding watching TV trying to bring in self discipline. I dont know . Anways this post is about Meerkats



Meerkat is a small mammal and a member of mongoose family. It is found in the deserts of South Africa. A meerkat might weigh 725 grams on an average. The meerkat uses its tail to balance while standing upright. The meerkat has small black crescent-shaped ears that can close when digging to keep sand out.

At the end of each of a meerkat's "fingers" is a non-retractable, strong, 2 cm (0.8 inches) long, curved claw used for digging their underground burrows and digging for prey. Claws are also used with muscular hindlegs to help them climb the occasional tree. Meerkats are primarily insectivores , but also eat lizards, spiders, ants eggs and small mammals .They are partially immune to certain venoms, and eat (after removing the stinger)

Meerkats are burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. They are very social, living in colonies of up to about 30. Animals in the same group regularly groom each other to strengthen social bonds.

A weekend getaway is something which I have always wished. Since its still a distant dream, I look out for other options to de-stress me. The city traffic, work and the travelling distance has its toll on me. I sure am a dull boy at the end of the week. A perfect hobby is what I look to , inorder to pep me up, get me going on a monday.

Off late I have been blogging a lot. It sure helps me a lot. It was Aru who introduced blogging to me. I keep wondering why I did not do this few years ago. To be honest there s nothing like blogging. It indeed is a wonderful hobby.

I also listen to music during weekends. It does give a soothing effect. I do catch my favorite show on Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, every saturday morning @ 7 am. Its called " The Indigo Time Tunnel ".
I get to listen all the awesome chartbusters from the past. Elvis , Simply Red , The Police , Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran , Air Supply, Bangles are some of the artists/bands whose tracks I adore a lot.

Apart from this, I also look to VH1 for some more awesome music. VH1 classic is one program which I would love to watch. All the awesome songs of the past are here. There is also the Vh1 Big Weekend which I think is a unique concept. Every weekend tracks are played on a theme. If I could recollect there was a theme called " Forever Young Weekend ". Songs of all the artists of who started their singing careers one or two decades ago and who were still were rocking were played. I could recollect U2, Bon Jovi , Madonna and many others were there. One more theme was " Concert weekend " . Here all the songs handpicked from live concerts were played. This sure is an awsome way to unwind.

I also visit my friends during the weekends. I have already mentioned more about this under the post " The Necessity for an evening walk ".

Lots of reading is what I also enjoy on weekends. My goal is to complete one book per week [Non technical though]. These days I am quite occupied with work , hence am bit slow, unable to achieve my target. I also enjoy reading technical stuff, mostly pertaining to Microsoft Technologies.

Last but not the least I enjoy programming. I love to code, design. All over the week I do code and debug . But a pinch of programming, debugging , designing on the weekend is always close to my heart.

So these are the activities which keep me occupied over the weekend. Apart from this I do watch television but its restricted.

Weekends never been more dearer to me, as they are now, since I have turned a pro. A perfect weekend getaway is what I have always wished. I would love to work for 5 days, the sixth day I wish to go out of town, have a ride along the country side, then come back on sunday evening , full of energy , raring to go.

I have always felt a drive along Mysore Road would de-stress me. This is very much true. The last time I was travelling along Mysore Road was with my cousins on a trip to Kerala. It did de-stress me a lot.

Though this has been a distant dream, I hope it turns into reality soon. I have two friends, who I assume, have no objections in joining me on a weekend getaway. Its Kranti and Nitin.

I even had a plan to go for a Jeep [I would not like to mention the MAKE] , which would perfectly fit in the budget and also a vehicle meant for country roads. However I could not convince my parents. They told it was a diesel vehicle and unfit for city roads. I am uwilling to buy any car other than a Jeep. Hence I am waiting for some more time before I could turn my dream of a weekend getaway to reality

Its weekend time yet again. I get an opportunity and plenty of time to write something. I have no words to describe how much happy I feel when I post something. So everytime I get a chance, I rope in something new over here. This time I wish to talk about weekends. How big the role of a weekend, has been in my life , esp after I turned pro.

I would like to mention all those things I have done on weekends , since my childhood days , to this day when I am a pro and also all those things which I would love to do during the coming weekends

Its a Monday, 09/July/2007. I have got enough time to rope in a new post before I start snooooring, grrrrrr!!!!!!!!! . This time its a pick from one of the books which I am currently reading. Infact I forgot to mention, about this in my previous post. The past weekend I not only watched the Live Earth Concert but also started reading a new book.

Its "India's unending journey" by Sir Mark Tully. I have hardly completed one chapter, that I notice some awesome, unique quotes. I wish to do a copy paste of few of those lines. So here it goes...

" I start with my school days because it was at school that I learnt much of what I later had to unlearn in India.

I came to believe there was only one way, that life was all about winning and that academic ability was the only index of intelligence. Humility was not a virtue that was encouraged. "

Such a powerful line from a person educated in Britain, makes me say only one thing.

" PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN "

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The Live Earth Concert is a 7 continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07. Its assumed that 100 artists are to perform as a part of this concert all for one cause, unity against global warming. i was watching many artist perform at this very day, but one band stole the show with awsome drumming and fabulous guitar play.

It was " The Police ". The Police is a three piece outfit formed in 1977 and which split in 1986. But in 2007 they re-united to mark the 30th anniversary of the band.

I was totally impressed by their live performance especially the song "Roxanne" and "So Lonely" . I ve made most of my weekend, ie 7th july 2007, had a wonderful time watching the concert which was telecasted on Vh1.

I hope my post about global warming, did bring in some serious truth about our own planet earth. So its time everyone played a part in reducing the emission of green house gases. I end this post on a happy note ,as on this very day " The Taj Mahal " has found its place among the seven wonders of the world.

Waah Taj, Proud to be an INDIAN ...

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the earth.

As a result glaciers are melting, sea levels are increasing, there is destruction to wildlife.It's clear that humans are responsible for the past century's warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. These gases are called the greenhouse gases.

The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.

First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.

Carbon dioxide is the most important green house gas. It takes 100 years for CO2 emission to disperse. Driving your vehicle and leaving house lights adds on CO2 quickly.

Regarding my bit to avoid global warming, I ve involved myself in planting lots of saplings over the past 7 years some of them have grown into trees. There are lots of trees in my locality courtesy the Forest Department. There are lots of nurseries close by where in I could get some of the best saplings. Apart from this I do have a solar water heating system and have avoided the use of incandescent lamps where ever possible.

Its the 7th of July, the year being 2007, i am witnessing one of the biggest concerts ever to fight the climate crisis. Its a unique concert and a unique concept, intended to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming.

I wish to come up with a 2 post series where in the first post I give a brief intro to global warming and my bit of action against global warming . The second post is about the concert and one of the bands which re-united for a cause and indeed stole the show with their awesome performance. Then band is none other than " The Police " , yes Sting and the gang.

Here it goes....

This post is dedicated to all those people who have taught me .NET , helped me to get a better picture of OOP, and above all helped me grow in this IT industry.

I would like to thank to Chandrashekar SK , N Prashanth , Rajesh Seth , Salil Kumar for their tremendous support and encouragement. Its because of you people that I am completing two successful years.

I joined Sobha Renaissance as a fresher in 2005. There sure is loads of difference between college an industry. There is a gap which needs to be filled up. I was indeed lucky to have found seniors who sure helped me out during my tough times.

Chandrashekar SK is one person whom I will mention first in the list. He too joined SRIT almost at the same time as me. He joined as a lateral. There have been many such instances where amidst his tight schedule he has helped me. Its from him I ve learned loads of technical stuff. Its he who helped with my overall technical skills, be it C# or database or coding or patterns. I owe it to Chandrashekar. Apart from being my senior and a person with loads of experience, Chandrashekar SK is a easy to approach person. I still cherish the days when we used to go out for a walk after lunch, on the roads of AECS Layout, Kundalahalli. Even today though we work for different organizations we still discuss loads of technical stuff over the telephone and on few occasions we do hook up @ Jayanagar 4th Block.

N Prashanth is the next person whom I want to mention. He too was my senior. It is Prashanth to whom I used to ask all my dumb questions. He is the person who helped me nuture my basics. I have asked almost all the basic questions and still continue to ask silly questions but his calm reply coupled with a smile does clear my doubts.

Rajesh Kumar aka Seth is the next person whom I want to thank a lot. Seth is the person who helped me write clean code. Its was my habit to write shabby code since college. Making a code work was my first goal. Cleanliness, readability of code was secondary. But it was till I met Seth. There were many such occasions after I joined SRIT when I wrote shabby code and approached Seth. It was on one such instances he taught me the importance of clean code , the spacing provided , the naming convention followed , the documentation provided. Its something which I am following since that day and will follow during the coming years. Even when I program @ home on sample projects, I do write very clean code these days. Thanks Seth , ur words have done their trick.

Salil Kumar, is another person whom I have to thank a lot. Salil is from a different technology. But he offered me loads of knowledge and inspired me a lot. He is the person who has inspired me to cultivate the reading habit. I still continue to read loads of technical books. I do a lot of coding from my home and also in office. Its very important to read a lot and keep yourself updated with latest technology. Thanks Salil for your inspiring words. It sure did the trick

I wish all the above mentioned people loads of success in their respective careers too. I thank God for helping me to get in touch with such wonderfull people. They sure are my GURUS' of .NET. I wish God grants me a wish , where in I work for a team handled by them in the near future.

Way to go guys, U rock !!!

Its the month of July and the year being 2007. July will always remain a special month to me. Its during this month of the year 2005 that I turned a pro. Its also the month when i graduated.

I am about to complete to successful awesome years in the IT industry, amidst the every so wonderful awesome Microsoft Technologies. I regret making a choice of switching to Linux during my early days in this industry. But now its Microsoft Technologies all the way, thats for sure. Linux has indeed taken a backseat.

As I approach July 12, I thought of bringing in a new post, saying thanks to all those people who have taught me, who have stood by me, who have helped me grow technically and all those people who have spent their valuable time, mentoring me, when i was a fresher. They continue to provide me loads of courage even today, but we have parted ways, in other words we work for different organizations today.

When I thought of thanking all those people, I came up with the idea of bringing it up as a 2 post series, where in I thank all my seniors ie all my GURUS of .NET . In the second post I try to thank all my friends @ SRIT in particular freshers whose career kickstarted on the same day as mine.

The year 2005-06 will go down as one of the bestest years. I sure turned from a amateur college graduate to a thorough pro ( I hope I can call myself a pro ,, critics please comment ).

Here it goes....

Its a Wednesday morning, I feel I have enough time to come up with a new post. This time its about something which I had recently read. Its about Ku Klux Klan.

I came to know about Ku Klux Klan for the first time when I was reading the book " Gone With the Wind " by Margaret Mitchell. I thought of putting it up in the blog. But somehow forgot.
It was in one of the Sherlock Holmes adventure stories that I once again read about Ku Klux Klan. (I think it was in the case of The Red Headed League)

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations in the United States These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation to oppress African Americans and other groups.

The First KKK group was formed in 1866. Formed by veterans of the Confederate Army it used to resist reconstruction. It also focused on turning down freed slaves. It often used violent methods and it was turned down in 1870.

This post is dedicated to my two friends Kranti Vikram and Nitin Kumar UK , and the people whom I met at the gym. Thanks for your support..
Loads of thanks going out to Aru , Subbu and Mridul.
Guys u rock!!!!!
And to my cousins , Appu , Munni , Raju , Sachin , Rani and my brother Santosh,
Guys ,, i ve shared some of the memorable moments of my life with you..

Here it goes ::::

Its weekend time again,
A golden day to put my thoughts on paper with a pen,

Its about happiness which I want to speak,
Something which every person tries to seek,

Indeed I am lucky to have found happiness in many forms,
Some of them, to which I ve been glued like a bee in a swarm,

Some of these happy moments, are history for sure,
Putting them in a blog makes them secure,

There are many other things which make my day,
In this post, all of which are soon going to make their way,

As a programmer , writing code ,
completing assigned tasks are my goals,

These are the things which help me,
earn my living and attain higher roles,

Debugging some of the best lines of code, not only
gives me happiness and immense pleasure,

But also improves my knowledge and
adds loads of value to my career.

Reading books by good authors, acts a welcome change,
All of which gives me an extra sight, with a long range,

Happy I am, when I hookup with my two friends on a weekend,
Everytime it turns out to be a memorable day, when my laughter never seems to end,

Talking about the good old college days, is what we cherish,
The thoughts of which are never going to perish,

Memorable it is , every time I go out with my cousins on a trip,
Any thoughts of work , is something which I try to skip,

Tonnes of jokes is what I plan to equip,
Finding all people on board, laughing with their heart out, gives the story a huge flip,

On such a occasion, happy I am ,
to stop along the highway at night,

Taking a walk, singing at the top of my voice ,
is sure an awesome sight,

My cousins try to capture my snap and
video with all their might,

Its nothing but true happiness on my face,
which shines bright,

An apple a day keeps the doctor away,
But it used to be the workout at the gym , which helped me everyday,

The gym was a meeting place, for people,
from differnt age groups and different professional background,
All of whom thought it was the best place to get unwound,

Often it turned out to be the exercise which we used to burrow,
While busy we were, speaking about our joy and sorrow,

To obtain a sculpted body, is where I failed,
But the time I spent at the gym, is when all happiness prevailed,

At the end of the day, its not money
which takes the center stage,

But its all about these countable happy golden moments,
which you are able to put on a page.

Its been yet another day , when a worry has eluded me , from getting a sound sleep at night. Its one of these days when my basics have gone for a toss.

By saying basics I mean , my basics with respect to technology. As I approach office every morning, my only wish is to get more confident with respect to my basics. But today is not my day.

I ve been let down by my own self. I ve not kept my eyes open to technology. Hence now I am keeping my eyes open at night , without sleep, thinking over and over again , kicking the bean bag. Hopefully its a lesson for me.

According to me , whatever technology we may be purusing, the heart or the core of the technology can be conquered with only strong rock solid basics. Thats my assumption. If anyone think , something else please comment.

Hopefully I have learnt my lesson and while proceeding ahead along the technical ladder, I would not make such mistakes , where in I find , ifs and buts in my basics.

I would love to brush up from level -1.

Hopefully its gonna happen this weekend.

I forgot to mention that , I get loads of support from my team , my Lead , who are ever so patient to answer my queries (all of which are silly though). Thank you guys , you guys make my day,everyday.

1. Freaking out and enjoying life doesn't need drugs or cigarettes.

2. There are relationships apart from Bf/Gf, marriage,siblings,friendship that can be very emotional and true which is beyond the understanding of many people.

3. And yeah even though U may be the best of friends there is always a limit which should never be crossed. Then it starts hurting...........

4. Improving U r imperfections after you realize it, always take some time.

5. Believe in Love , true love will never let you down.

6. Never be ashamed to go back to your old friends, friends are there to understand your mistakes.

7. Whenever you need your friend, remember that he is just a phone call away...distances can't separate friends.

8. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends

Few days back , I had recieved a mail forward, from a friend of mine, which quoted some of " the best moments in life ". Here I am bringing it as a post. Hope you folks agree with the content mentioned.

" Best Moments in Life "

1. Falling in love .

2. Laughing till your stomach hurts.

3. Enjoying a ride down the country side.

4. Listening to your favorite song on the radio.

5. Going to sleep listening to the rain pouring outside.

6. Getting out of the shower and wrapping yourself with a warm, fuzzy towel.

7. Passing your final exams with good grades.

8. Being a part of an interesting conversation.

9. "Accidentally" hearing someone say somthing good about you.

10. Listening to a song that reminds you of an important person in your life.

11. Receiving or giving your first kiss.

12. Feeling this buzz in your body when seeing this "special" someone .

13. Having a great time with your friends.

14. Wearing the shirt of a person you love and smelling his/her perfume.

15. Visiting an old friend of yours and remembering great memories.

16. Hearing someone telling you "I LOVE YOU".


You can add on with your favorite ones' too.

This weekend's official over. Its 8 in the evening and its time for me to press my clothes , gear up for tomorrow. Here I am writing a new post (Trying to keep it minimal) where in I want to tell that I ve been successful in imbibing a bit of self discipline.

Yes , my previous post did the trick. The major change this weekend was I was not at all in front of my I D I O T box. Fidee-di-deee , hurrah , I had lots of time for other activities.

For the past few weeks I was watching a bit more of this so called television , and end up with headaches , boredom , idleness . Thank god there s no headache this weekend.

I was on the verge of watching Oceans 13 this weekend , somehow escaped !!!!

I did loads of stuff this weekend. Coming up with three posts on saturday and sunday (winding it with this one) , meeting relatives over the weekend, loads of talk, lots of reading , about Queen and Freddie Mercury over the internet , lots of time sleeping , dreaming and a little bit of gardening.

I ve read three different books this weekend.

The book by Lance Armstrong , which I ve not completed though, Malicious Gossip by Khushwant Singh which infact I completed , The High Performance Entrepreneur, by Subroto Bagchi , which I ve almost completed and not to forget technical too .

I wish all my weekends are as good as this !!!

Original or Official Sound Track can be termed as the musical soundtrack sold for any movie.

I have always had a special liking towards OST 's . I feel its not just OST , its an anthem in itself. After downloading the video for the T2 , OST , I felt I had to come up with a small post , putting together all those sound tracks which I adore a lot , which I keep listening to , over and over again.

So here goes my list of all time favorite OST's

1. You could be mine , Artist- Guns 'N' Roses , Movie - Terminator 2
2. IRIS , Artist - Goo Goo Dolls , Movie - City of Angels
3. Dancing Queen - Artist - ABBA , Movie - Murial's Wedding.
4. It must have been love - Artist - Roxette , Movie - Pretty Woman.
5. King of Wishful Thinking - Artist - Go West , Movie - Pretty Woman.
6. Cant Fight the MoonLight - Artist - LeAnn Rimes , Movie - Coyote Ugly.
7. Breakaway - Artist - Kelly Clarkson , Movie - Princess Diaries 2.
8 Signal Fire - Artist - SnowPatrol , Movie - Spiderman 3.
9. There you will be - Artist - Faith Hill , Movie - Pearl Harbor
10.Heroes - Artist - The WallFlowers , Movie - GodZilla
11.I am not a girl ,not yet a woman - Artist - Britney Spears , Movie - CrossRoads
12.American Pie - Artist - Madonna , Movie - American Pie
13.Tu Kaun Hai - Artist - Lucky Ali , Movie - Bhopal Express.
14.Garaj Baras - Artist - Ali Azmat , Movie - Paap.
15.Na Janey Kyoon - Artist - Strings , Movie - Spiderman 2 (Hindi)
16.Hero - Artist - Chad Kroeger (NickelBack) , Josie Scott (Saliva) , Movie - Spiderman
17. Welcome to my life - Artist - Simple Plan , OST - The Hours

There are many more to come.

Folks , please provide valuable comments by mentioning about your favorite soundtracks' too.

Well.. I cant imagine myself coming up with two posts on the same day. Well its true. After pinning down a post about the days , when I was down , I am here hoping to write about a person , infact a great singer , song writer , musician and awesome piano man.

He is none other than Freddie Mercury also known as Farrokh Bulsara, known to the world as the frontman of Queen.

Freddie Mercury was born on the spice island of Zanzibar. He did his schooling at St Peters School @ Panchagani , outside Mumbai.

It was until late 2005 or 2006 , that I was not a huge fan of Queen. Until then I was aware that there was a band called Queen , and they had a major hit in the form of " We Will Rock You ".

But once I got to know that Freddie Mercury did his schooling @ Panchagani , Maharashtra , I was all curious to know more about them, their music.

Bohemian Rhapsody , Radio Ga Ga , Another One Bites the Dust , I want to break free , Its a kind of magic my , are my all time favorite Queen songs.

What inspired me to write this post on this very day ?

Well I saw , the video of the song , " Its a kind of Magic " by Queen on VH1 and instantaneously thought of writing about this very talented musician.

Also I am a huge fan of Freddie Mercury , his voice . Any person who checks out the song " Its a kind of magic " will surely become a fan of Queen and Freddie Mercury.

As a huge fan of Queen and U2 , I have always felt both the bands cannot be compared head to head. Both of them are the greatest.

I wish Queen was still around , giving the world some more memorable numbers. But thats not the case.

Here I end my post , quoting the Queen era as " A kind of Magic ".

Long live Freddie Mercury , long live his legacy

This time I ve chosen to write about the topic , which I ve always found hard to digest. Its about the days of my life , when my luck had ran out .

My blog was initially called " The Second Chapter of my Life " , since I started my blog with posts about my engineering days ie from 2001 which have brought loads of happiness to me. I have never mentioned anything about the days prior to 2001 , except one instance where I talk about U2.

This weekend is also very special to me . I found a new inspirational book , at one of the road side book vendors @ Domlur signal , while I was coming back from workplace. The book is " Its not about the Bike , My journey back to Life " by Lance Armstrong.

This book inspired me to bring about a post about my hard to digest days ( I hope I ve passed them ). Thank you Lance.


As I am writing this blog, I am also doing another activity in parallel. I am watching one of my all time favorite vidoes of all time " Over and Over again ". I somehow found a valid reason to download this video, this very day. There are many reasons associated with it. The prime being , It is the middle of the month , and I ve still 700 MB of download available (via ISP) . My brother told me to use this 700 MB somehow by the end of the month ( Value for Money u see !! ). Instantly I downloaded this video.

Oops , I ve not mentioned about the video.

Its from the Motion Picture SoundTrack of Terminator 2 . You guessed it right.

Its " You Could be Mine " by Guns 'N' Roses. Not only I love the song and the video there are also other things which I love. I have been a huge fan of Guns 'N' Roses, also Arnold , his moves , his walk , the way he carries the " Sawed Off Shot Gun " ( From my knowledge of past Computer Games like HITMAN , DELTA FORCE , MAX PAYNE ) , its just awesome.

I love both T2 and T3. Above all every person who has ever hit the GYM , looks @ Arnold as his idol ( I too do) . I assume all the GYM S' across Bangalore have atleast one Arnold poster.
ie Arnold at his peak

Also I am a huge fan of AXL Rose .

So with a good inspirational book , coupled with an awesome all time favorite video on board, I prepare to give a light highlight into the years of 1999 , 00 , 2001 .

It was during my PU days , there was altogether change in my personality , my attitude. All of a sudden my enthu was no where to be found. I felt as though I had lost my way.

I continued with life but I had lost all my confidence , there was no one to pump me up, no U2 tracks too. I was all by myself. The clock was ticking.

Two years into PU ...

It was now 2001, when I completed my PU exams and CET. I had a horrible result. My academic graph had taken a complete " U Turn ". With the CET rank I got , My hope of getting admission into an engineering college had almost ended.

The months of May , June of 2001 were the toughest time of my life. There are loads of opportunities other than engineering , loads of fields other than software. But the feeling of not getting a BE degree when all your counterparts get a BE degree , is totally unimaginable. And also choosing something else than software ?? , well I dint want to do that though..

My days were totally dark. Once an enthu guy I was , now was a sober gentleman. Though I never cried all during these days I was always locked up in my room, I spent most of my time sleeping (after my PU and CET results) , I used to sleep 16 hrs a day ( Can u imagine that ?? ) . I dont know why ??

My parents were on the verge of taking me to a "Pschychiatrist " or can I say they even to this day , they are , to know why ??? , to know whether I was in depression.

I too dont know the answer to this.

I hated meeting any people other than my own family members ,as where ever I went , people would always ask me

" Why my performance was so dismal .??" ,
" What was in store for the future ??" ,
" Are u still thinking of joining an engineering college ?"
" Which engineering colleges you were thinking of "
" Why dont you join a BSc course and quit when you get admitted into an engineering college ??"
" Why dont you appear for the exams one more time , the next year??"
" Why dont you join CIVIL Engineering??"
" Start making a note of engineering colleges in neighboring cities/towns".

I had no answer , I had begun to hate myself, hence I avoided literally everyone , anyone and everything.

Thank God I got admitted into a engineering college, that too close to my house , I had something to cheer for. Atleast I would be awarded the same degree as my contemporaries.

To this date this is a deep scar. Even today I ve no interest to attend any weddings , nor go to any movies. I do watch movies but only @ my place itself when someone lends his DVD or my brother gets one . Else I watch them only on " Star TV , Zee and Sony".

A lot of people ask me why dont I freak out ?, why dont I go out to Forum or join any of my friends who are going to Forum , Corner House or Tamarind or Angeethi.

My answer is I ve no interest to enter the city on weekends. I do freak out in my own ways , as written in my previous blogs. I prefer to spend my time at home , amidst nature , and all alone

The habit of locking myself up during my bad days , has taught me one golden rule. To spend time with myself all alone. I enjoy doing that the most.

I even plan to start meditating someday atleast for 15- 20 mins once in a weekend.

I do love to take time out to think , rethink , as to what should I do , what makes me happy and this move has made me really very very happy . Now I know what my goals are , the purpose of my existance , my distant dreams .

Though my dismal performance @ PU continues to be a permanent scar. I ve learnt to live with it.

Failure is the stepping stone to success.

Well its absolutely true , I ve learnt a lot after a failure.


My journey in this software industry has been awesome , and I ve been thoroughly supported by my GURUS' from my first organization Sobha Renaissace IT.

They are Chandrashekar SK , NP Prashanth , Nishad CP , Rajesh Seth and few others. I am thinking of coming up with a post dedicated to my gurus.. I sure will do that.

Well as far I am concerned , I continue to enjoy life , I thank god for that.

" I am proud to say I have made a comeback in a strong way , proving a strong point , silencing my critics ( Cant metion who ??). I hope to still grow as a more intellectual person . I hope God gives me strength. "

One thing which I really hate is to come out into the city during weekends.

I wont do that unless its necessary to the Core...

I end this post by thanking all my GURUS (Seniors) who amidst their busy routine , have taken time out , to sit next to me (when I was a fresher) , to teach me , help me debug , write better code , understand and feel OOPS and above all helped me to become a better individual

Thank you guys. I hope one day will surely come when I will be proud to work for your team..

This post is to keep me inspired always .

One monday morning , I recieved a powerful quote , as a part of my official mail.

I wish to put it up here , so that I see it everytime , I open my blog.

It inspires me a lot.

" Anytime you concentrate on the difficulty of the work instead of its results or rewards, you’re likely to become discouraged. Dwell on it too long, and you’ll develop self-pity instead of self-discipline.

No matter how much it seems to be about talent and time, 9 times out of 10 it’s really about discipline ."

This seems to be a quote from a book.

I wish to bring in more discipline with respect to myself. Doing things in a more satisfying way, making most of weekends , being more focussed , spending more time amidst mother nature , giving more time for myself , some reserved time for gardening, watering plants , watching less television , reading more, are few of them.

I pray , asking God to give me more strength to imbibe self discipline.

Its weekend time once again . I am welcoming the weekend , in the most incredible way possible. It gives me loads of satisfaction , when I write about something which I feel really good. There are many such instances in my blog , be my friends , be the books which I read or be my illness (remember blessing in disguise). It just opens up a new world in itself.

This time , I wish to write all about my favorite band, about someone whose inspired me all through my childhood days , my rookie days and continues to inspire me in every way possible.

This post is dedicated to BONO and the gang - better known to the world as
U2. " The legends from Ireland ".

It was in 1988 , I was a 4 year old kid, when I had my first acquaintence with U2 track. Yes , it was quite early. If u recall its almost 19 years into the past.

The track was " Where the Streets have no name " . It was from their 1987 album " Joshua Tree ".

Even to this day , its stands as one of my all time favorite anthems.

U2 has also provided us with many amazing songs. There are many to number. But above all the two songs which inspire me the most are

" Stuck in the moment " and " Walk On "

The band, their music has remained unchanged over a couple of decades. It has touched,inspired millions of people world wide.

There has been many a situation when I have been upset , down , felt lonely. I ve always found a U2 song , which pumps me up, gets me going again.

This post is a dedicated to a person , infact dedicated to group of talented musicians , who have touched my life in many ways , with their amazing songs.

Long Live BONO , Long Live U2.

Strange seems to be the title of my new post. Infact it is.. It is during one of these days , i am coming up with a blog.

Its the 6th of June , 2007.

I am down with viral fever since 3 days. Its sad that all these 3 days are working days. My sick leaves at my organization are all over , and my annual leaves have to be applied now. Some people say this affects ur appraisal (since i am in my First Year @ this very organization ) . Well who cares !!!!!

I ve never worked for appraisals , and i will never work for appraisals.

Though I am quite upset , tat i am unable to be present @ the office premises , due to my illness , but still I feel this whole chapter is a blessing in disguise.

Everytime i take leave during working days , I am pleased to mention that I get to spend the maximum time for myself. Myself means me all alone . I am locked up all alone in my room , no one to disturb, where I get to interact with myself. I do listen to a lot of music during this time.

I call it a blessing in disguise , as I get time to rethink my strategies , restructure my goals and objectives and above all read a book to the fullest.

I get all the time in this world , to plan and come up with steps , which will eventually help me establish a , work - personal life balance.

Everytime I fall ill and take leave during workdays , I wish to find a book , which inspires me to go back to my organization with altogether a new look , new set of goals and objectives.

The last time I was ill during a workday , I remember reading " The Greatness Guide " by Robin Sharma for a second time . A truly inspirational book , no matter how many times I read it. Prior to that I was reading " Wise and Otherwise " by Sudha Murthy which is another awesome inspirational book .

This time too I was fortunate enough to find one such awesome book . Its none other than " The High Performance Entrepreneur " by Subroto Bagchi.

Folks might be wondering , Is this guy behind opening a new organization ??? . Well absolutely incorrect. Its not that I want to build an organization from scratch , that i read this book but I am a huge fan or Mr Subroto Bagchi's writing.

I am totally impressed by his column " Times of Mind " for the Times of India , the article " The Fallen Tomato Cart " being my all time favorite.

I dont read Times of India though , I read his postings from the archive maintained at the official MindTree website.

When I found this book @ my place , I could not resist reading it . I ve no words to describe the book , One of its kind.

After having read the book , I feel totally inspired . I have also come up with a " two month planner " , where in I have pinned down my goals and objectives .

One of them includes , getting technically more stronger..

I would like to thank God for this blessing in disguise , for forcing me to slow down , to take a break , to take time out of my regular routine , to rethink , come up with a new plan and above all spend some awesome time with myself.

This blog makes loads of sense to me ,, well about others , please provide feedback

2005 was a prominent year in my life.. It was a year which marked the end of my engineering days. I dreamt of getting through campus interviews , having a job , the role of a software engineer , atleast with one of the IT Majors . This dream was no where to be fulfilled. I could not land up with a job. I graduated without having a job.

Mark my words , the winds of uncertainity were looming straight over my head . I was in a severe dilemma , as to plan what would be the right move for the future.

Being from Information Science background , I had and still have loads of love,passion for Microsoft Technologies as well as Unix/Linux programming. My other interests included Finance which still is a distant dream.

At this stage , I was not sure , where to set my goals on ...
1. To pursue a career in technology

OR

2. To pursue a career in management.


This issue was soon solved when I landed up a job with Sobha Renaissance Information Technology,which according to me is" One of the bestest companies to be associated with "

I would also like to mention that , myself not landing up a job from campus interviews , was a boon in disguise. It threw open a wide door where in I could pursue my passion ie Microsoft Technologies.

If I would have been recruited into any organization from my campus interviews , I could have been made to work on any technology testing , SAP , C , Java.

I always felt I could compromise salary , but not technology. To my surprise , my job @ SRIT was all about .NET .

I wish to thank god once again for guiding me along the right path, helping me pursue my passion (MS Technologies).

Its been close to two years , I ve turned a pro. Though my association with SRIT ended 10 months ago , I still value my experience @ SRIT and it holds a special place in my heart.
It was SRIT which taught me something , which even my engineering background dint teach me.

I dont have an exact word to describe it . I would coin it as " To keep my eyes open to technology". With this awesome phrase I have sure started on an awesome journey in this Software industry.

And about SRIT , there's another blog which is upcoming.

Finally i remembered to pen down one of my first titles after a loooonnng time .... Its weekend time.. on 1 June 2007 , I ve decided to chip in few more minutes in front of my comp ...

This post is termed " I want to break free " , for the following apt reasons ...

" I want to break free " is an awesome song by the band Queen... I was totally impressed by Freddie Mercury's vocals on this song. This song inspired me to make a new post , where in I bring out my current routine , my ideal routine ,my dreams and many other stuffs...

BTW , I am a huge fan of Queen and Freddie Mercury. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is my all time favorite.

I would like to begin by introducing myself. I am Sandeep . Working as a software engineer for some organization.... Through this post " I want to break Free " , I wish to bring out all my interests which are hidden inside me at this moment in time .

Well ,,, starting off ,, from my residential area , I do stay at a remote place, away from the city traffic, amidst mother nature , where I get to see loads of green trees , lots of birds chirping, cool breeze . To be honest its the best thing that has happend to me . But the saddest part is everyday I need to travel 40 kms to my workplace.

Unfortunately my organization does not provide me a reliable cost free commutation facility. Hence I end up commuting in different ways and also end up spending 15 hrs ,outside my house, either @ office or travelling.

This post is aptly called " I want to break free " since I want to give up all these stuff. I wish to have more time for myself. I wish to avoid this unncessary commutation / travelling , traffic uff.
" I wish to give up all these ". I sure wont elaborate on this particular sentence,

I sure want to break free and I wish , I have loads of time for myself where in I could pitch in some time for a workout (at the nearest gym ofcourse) . I also plan to join a circulating Library where in I could get my hands on some of the best books... Hope so there s a Library @ BEML Layout , RajaRajeshwariNagar.

Above all , i wish to read loads of technical stuff and sure wish to climb the corporate ladder...

Guys its close to 2 years since I ve turned pro. My interest in Microsoft Technologies has remained unchained over the past couple of years and I am looking forward to learn more stuff and apply them.

Speaking of my ideal routine , I wish to have a routine where in I have atleast two hours time for workouts every morning, then to office, travel to office should ideally take 10 - 15 mins.
Then back home @ around 7pm I wish to have some time for myself relaxing then reading some of the best books (Fiction ofcourse) for an hour , then switch to some technical book if my concentration still holds good. Then finally sleep peacefully .. grrrr (snoring)

I wish to improvise on this particular post , I would do so as when i get review comments.

Last but not the least I wish to thank God , for helping me sustain myself in this software industry.

There are many things which i regret not having done.

I wish to mention them briefly.

First of all after reading the book " Wise and Otherwise " by Sudha Murthy , the first thing that came to my mind was that i should have started my blog quite earlier..

This sure is a major concern as there are many things which i would like to share , from my past experiences, my past vacations , majority of them have vanished from my memory. I do remember few of them , which i am gonna write about in coming days. I wish I recall each and every such instance which I wanted to share.


The second thing is , my blog seems to be quite unstructured. In other words the posts are not according to chronological order. This has caused some complications. I deeply regret for not having a chronoligically structured blog.

The reason is that I do have a lot of things to share. Most of the time I end up , not updating my blog. Hence I prefer updating my blog with my past encounteres and current happenings as and when I remember them. This might cause the reader to run down memory lanes and come back to the present day. (I deeply regret this). I have also cultivated a new idea of jotting down my upcoming blog titles. Hope someday I wil make these posts more reader friendly.

My upcoming posts' TITLES

"I want to break free "
Speaking of my dreams , my interests at this moment in time

"2007 Trip To Kerala "
A 4 day 3 night trip to Kerala - Gods Own Country.

"2006 Trip To Gokarna."
A 3 day 2 night trip to Coastal Karnataka.

"2005, Life as a fresher"
Graduated without a job , in a dilemma (Be a techie or a management guy)???

" My Experiences @ Sobha Renaissance Information Technology "
Being a part of SRIT Family was sure a priced treasure indeed.

All these years i had a fixed routine.

Home , School / College , Play / Freak out , Study ..

It was late in 2002 , that all of a sudden i realized ,I could squeeze in something new into it . I had a passion for gym workouts , a passion which was hidden deep inside me for all these years . The truth is I lacked an opportunity to nurture it.

I soon realized ,there was a ray of hope , which was bright enough to wake my hibernated passion. I had ample time to study , freak out , sleep , since the college was close to my house , the travel time was as minimal as 10 mins.

This sure looked like a chance to pursue something which i was really interested in. I soon figured out that the nearest gym was 3 kms away from my house. It required some travelling before i could get there. But I was never taken back. Nothing could stop me from exercising , i thought . It sure seemed so.

I got enrolled to the nearest gym. One thing left was to decide my routine. Was it gonna be 3 days a week or 5 days a week. To my surprise it turned out to be a 7 day routine. Yes , i was exercising all days of the week.

I soon got to meet new people , all from different professional backgrounds , different age groups. This habit of mine , sure added a new dimension to my life. I got to meet a whole new bunch of people from different backgrounds and soon gained insight into how they would go about their daily routine

Within no time , i was enjoying working out in a gym, more than ever before. It helped me to ease stress. I was helping other guys out , while working with weights, as well as took others support when it was my turn.

I was wondering why was I away from the gym for many years.

My morning schedule was quite simple. Exercise in the morning and then proceed to college.
This schedule remained the same till May 2004 , after which i had lost my focus on workouts. I had switched gears and was focusing to be a professional. I thought once I land up with a job , I sure would get back to the gym within no time.

But this dint turn out to be true. Its almost two years since I have turned a pro , but am not finding enough time for a regular workout.

I hope i someday would join an organization , close enough to my house , so that i could dedicate two hours in the morning for a round of workout.

It was mid 2003 , i had almost completed four semesters of my engineering. I was awaiting a much needed break from my daily routine.

It was then, that i stumbled upon the idea of , a weekend getaway. Away from Bangalore would be perfect recipe i thought.

To my surprise , a similar thought for a weekend getaway , had just been highlighted by my aunt. Within no time , there was a plan in place . A plan which included a one day outing , visiting places around Bangalore City.

The place was decided to be Sangama & Mekedaatu. Yes you heard it right..

Sangama is a place where there is a merge of river Arkavati with Kaveri.

Mekedaatu is a place about 5 kms from Sangama. You can trek your way to Sangama .

The day begin as usual with the hired Tempo Traveller , being late by an hour. We were total 8 adults + 4 small kids on board. There was ample space for everyone in the vehicle.

Soon we all forgot our worries of being late and were enthusiastic , looking forward , for the day , which sure had plenty of surprises.

The van picked up speed as it began cruisin on Kanakapura Road. I was feeling altogether different this day. I had totally forgotten , that , my internals were soon approaching. But there was no time to think about it , for , it had taken almost 5 years , since i had been , out of Bangalore , on a hired vehicle , visiting places , i only once thought of.

After certain distance on Kanakapura Road , we stopped for breakfast. The sun shone brightly. It was turning out to be an awesome day. My joy knew no bounds.

As we moved on , we came across many villages on the way. It was Bangalore Rural . We were not much kilometers away from Bangalore , but these villages , bore a distinctive traditional look. Probably the villages were on their own , unaware of the fast development of a new civilization , in the neighborhood.

All of a sudden our vehicle reduced speed and in a few moments it was still . I was anxious , to know whats in store. It was one of the villages , after Kanakapura. To my surprise there was huge crowd gathered , in front of , what appeared to be a village community hall.

There were hoards of people, standing roadside, hence the traffic movement had slowed down. As our vehicle slowly moved on , I noticed the people had gathered for a marriage. There was excitement all around. I saw happiness all around. It appeared as though the entire village was witnessing a mega event.

The joy , happiness i saw in the eyes of those villagers was unparallel , not to be compared , something which was very unique , and i thought , such a thing was very scant in a materialistic life , which we were leading .

I thought, as technology advanced , we only had gizmos , gadgets to offer to the rest of the world. With hatred and jealousy surrounding us , we had nothing truly natural to boast about. I felt people in the modern civilization , always wore a mask , a mask , which never fell or gave away , which portrayed happiness , true love , while deep inside their heart there was unrest , a never ending worry about future , unwilling to be content with what they had , wanting more ....

Here were a bunch of people , void of Technology , unaware of recent developments , who taught a major lesson , by portraying that " Life is all about relationships , love , how much u give and how much u take , rather than sheer materialism ". This truly inspired me in many ways .

It was noon , when we reached Sangama. Soon we headed out to Mekedaatu which is about 5 kms from Sangama. Thank god there was an alternative mode of transport available , other than trekking. Now the sun was at its peak.

After an hours time we were back , at Sangama , having loads of fun in the cool water. It was something which I was devoid for many years .

We spent some more time and headed back to Bangalore.

It was almost 6:30 pm , when we reached the Art of Living Center , located on Kanakapura Road. This according to me is the most soothing place in and around Bangalore City. No doubts over that.

There was peace a plenty , at this place , and i was a huge fan of this place , at the very first instance. There was a sense of relief in me , as I was feeling de-stressed , cheerful , was filled with plenty of energy , ready to take on the world .

Soon we headed back to Bangalore . Thinking of my wonderful day , i was lonely sitting in the last seat of the van. No sooner i found myself , immersed , in the same materialistic world.
The same old regular routine. Back to college i thought. But a change was truly memorable in many ways


This outing , occupies a center stage , in the chapter of my life , as it lead to other series of memorable excursions. Hip Hip Hurray !!!

The saddest part is till date i have not got a chance to visit the Art of Living Center , for the second time . Hope this day , soon, makes its way.

The year 2001 had loads in store for me. I was running through my engineering semesters like a WhirlWind. Within no time I had completed two semesters.

It was almost the last quarter of 2002. I was having loads of fun @ college. The frequency of our evening walks had almost tripled , since the time we started it.

These days , I was not only spending my Saturday evenings , walking along the streets of BEML Layout , but also those weekdays , when we had a half day off , was thrown wide open , to pitch in , as makeshift Saturdays. We had as much fun on these days as on weekends.

Soon in the month of October 2002 my Third Semester classes started. Hardly a fortnight into my third semester , i noticed one thing. The strength of my class increased by 3.

Three new people joined my class , all of them were Diploma Candidates. Among the three, one person stood out. He was none other than Narayan GK.

Narayan GK was a down to earth guy, his thoughts were as clear and transparent as spring water. People could recognise Narayan as the most humble , modest guy around .

He had loads of expertise behind him , but, yet stood as simple as he could.

He had tremendous knowledge not only in software but also hardware. He was a trained " HARDCORE " hardware and networking guy with an year of professional experience in this field.

One thing I try to learn from Narayan to this date , is his temperment , attitude. He was as cool as the frozen ice of alaska. There were many major events, involving him , that happened during his engineering days , but none of them shook him.

Great Going Narayan. !!!!! Three Cheers. !!!!

Narayan was a resident of my neighboring locality , this proved an added advantage, coz he joined our friends circle on Saturdays. Soon we were 3 in number walking , chatting and having great food on Saturdays.

These memorable days were short lived , as in 2004 we had to part ways due to unavoidable circumstances.

Narayan also completed his graduation, and is currently busier than any of we guys. He s too pursuing a career in the field of IT . He s now put up in Central Bangalore. Though he no more accompanies us , on Saturdays , on our evening walk, the awesome memories of 2002 - 2004 , are sure enough to fill this vacuum.

Narayan I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Remember one thing " We are friends for Life ".

There s gonna be one day when we are gonna freak out harder than ever before.

2001 was fast becoming a memorable year, in my life. I was close to completing a semester of my engineering. I was now travelling more frequently to Kranti Vikram's house to discuss about our engineering subjects. It was on one fine evening , to be more precise a week before our CCP [Computer Concepts & C Programming ] Lab external exam that i visited his house . We were studying for weeks together and needed a break. Discussing college life and other stuff , playing computer games did not provide much needed break. On this very evening we decided to take a casual stroll along the streets of BEML Layout 5th stage.

Least had I expected , that this would turn into a major pastime. It not only provided us the much needed break , but also gave us an opportunity to explore our surroundings , meet new people, in other words FREAK OUT !!

BEML Layout RajaRajeshwariNagar has not undergone a major change in the past 4 years apart from a slight increase people density.

The one prominent change I noticed in BEML Layout , is the the presence of a new park , on a piece of land which once appeared of little use , covered by weeds. The park has sprung all of a sudden and it adds a new dimension to our evening walk these days.

We casually moved out on to the streets discussing our engineering subjects. Soon we approached Double Road where we came across a Bhel Puri vendor. We did give our taste buds a little exercise , but it was memorable and even to this day we cherish the thought of having CHAAT @ DOUBLE ROAD , BEML L/O RajarajeshwariNagar.

Day after Day our visits to the street side Chat store increased. Above this we were joined by new friends. Soon our friends circle grew and soon we were not the only two at the Street Chat Center but now more often accompanied by surprise visitors ( Nitin Kumar UK and Narayan GK who has yet to make an appearance in the blog. )

Even to this day we go on an evening walk along the streets of BEML Layout . Inspite of our busy lives we take time to hook up during weekends esp Saturday to make some time for an evening walk.

Some people call us crazy, for doing the same things over and over again. But be rest assured , this is gonna be the same , for years to come, until one of us moves onsite.

After all spending your Saturday evening @ a place where the number of people per sq ft area < = 1
(away from city , pollution , traffic , noise ) , is not such a bad idea , infact its an awesome idea.

Thanks guys (UKN and Kranti ) for keeping the trend ticking.

During my early engineering days i made loads of new friends. Some of them were
Kranti Vikram , Veeresh Shalamath , Vasimullah Shariff , Santhosh S , Shivaramakrishna and not to forget the ever so studious Nitin Kumar UK aka UKN.It was a great team out there , hanging out , freaking out in our own awesome ways during college hours. Being in remote area one would wonder for options , for freaking out. But there were plenty.

First being taking a break and moving towards the small shop close to Mylasandra where we used to have a casual conversation over a cup of tea. No one to disturb ,, we used to see a few trucks which would pass by this road, but other than that ,, there was total silence ...

The second option to freak out was to move to Kengeri where a lone hotel stood in the Kengeri Shopping Complex. Those days there was an awesome shade all along the Kengeri Main Road, all thanks to the large number of huge trees along the main road. Nowadays you find a bald landscape as you approach Kengeri.Most of them have been cut off to make way for a bigger Mysore Road.

The third option was an extension of the second. A drive from our college to Kengeri would ease out stress from our soul. The road was once so empty that we used to park our vehicles and literally sit on the road side for a casual conversation.

The year 2001 had many surprises in store. Some of them, which i least anticipated.

First being my admission into an engineering college.
The First thing which comes to my mind when i think of my college is the road which leads to our college. There was no asphalt. I still remember the year 2001 had excess rainfall in the month of October - November . The road literally turned into an " Inclined Swamp " where both humans as well as his inventions had a tough time mounting as well as dismounting.

The first year of my college was turning out to be as memorable as it could be , new friends , new college, empty roads leading from Kengeri to Uttarahalli and above all a remote location far from city traffic , pollution. I couldn't have been at a better place than this. May be my disastrous performance in CET was not after all that disastrous.

Second surprise was the launch of Bangalore's First Private Radio Station - Radio City 91 FM in July 2001 . The ads of Radio City read " No Electricity Try Radio City ". Radio City filled in the gap which was empty for almost 7 years.

I was a huge fan of ABBA , U2 , Bon Jovi , Bangles , Madonna , Billy Joel , but it was almost like ages since I heard these legends. With the introduction of Radio City there was a new ray of hope. To my surprise Radio City was not restricted to Hindi music.

I not only got to listen to all of the above artists but i became a huge fan of many other artists , Incubus , Goo Goo Dolls , Evanescence , Linkin Park , Our Lady Peace.

" Radio City u Rock "


Third suprise which was in store for me was the best of the above. Meeting a new friend by name Kranti Vikram A . I call this one as the best , as this led to a great chain of other memorable events ( which i will shortly write) . Kranti Vikram is a resident of my neighboring locality. Travelling to his house took a mere 10 mins. To this day this has been an added advantage.

These three were the most prominent events which took the center stage of my life during the year 2001 , which I initially thought to be dreadful , but was turning out to be fruitful.

My learning curve suddenly took a great turn in the year 2001. I slowly realised that there was so much life was offering me , and i thought two hands were not sufficient to grab them.

I immensely thank god for all that he has given me.

To summ it up;
-> a new college , with hope a to pursue a career in IT
-> a special new friend who would be a true source of inspiration for the rest of my life
-> a location away from city ensuring awesome soothing effect.
-> loads of friends @ college

The year 2002 had more in store for me which i will write shortly

Chapter 2 of my life dedicated to two of my friends who have made Chaper 2 of my life memorable. Thanks u guys : Kranti Vikram A and Nitin Kumar UK.

I would also like to thank two other persons who inspired me to write a blog.
Robin Sharma and his book " The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari "
Arvind Nagaraja - my awesome buddy , senior @ workplace and above all an awesome down to earth human being.

So here it goes -

Chapter 2 , of my life dates back to 2001 , when i was an another ordinary guy , quite upset over the dismal performance in CET , hopin to get a admission into an engineering college , dreamin of a career in the field IT.

I never knew the Chapter 2 of my life would be so much interesting, so much in store . After moving from Malleshwaram to a remote area, there was one change in me which was automatic. My temper had dropped.

After gaining admission into an Engineering college, i was a relieved man. I joined an engineering college 4.5 kms away from my house. Alas , I thought, i was in the right path. Though was worried about the placements, i just thought there was a long way to go before i turned a pro .