Happy Birthday Raghav

We are celebrating Raghav's birthday tomorrow...


Its seems like yesterday when I posted
" Making the decision to have a child--It's momentous.
It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."

He is already 2 yrs now !!!!

I guess I read a lot of Calvin and Hobbes comic strip durin my pregnency ..
Raghav seems to be having a many traits of Calvin ..
I just wish he doesnot grow more notorious

A few things which Raghav does are more like these comic strips !!!
Life is not the breath you take. Its the momemts that take your breath away.

School Reunion

One of the best things about memories of school life was the freedom to try
out many new things, stay in touch with friends and having load of fun
talking and gossiping about everyone around even though there was cut
throat competition among friends. This sense of freedom is never possible
while working when our mind is clouded with coding and appraisal tensions
Amidst all these hassles, I do still manage to be in touch with a few of my
school and college friends.

I met up with some of my school friends last Saturday and I should say
that it was a wonderful evening.
One of my school mate Manick is my colleague. He sensed that
I don’t have much work. So dumped the responsibility of organizing
this get-together.So here starts all the adventure..
First I had to call up all the guys and inform them about meeting
on Saturday. Convince them that it is going to be worthwhile sending
some time with us.Second decide on the venue and time.
The second task was easier, as all guys voted for Citi Center
unanimously..Reason being "Lots of birds to watch there".

Out of the initial 13 guys, only 9 turned up on Saturday.

Harish ,Imran , Palani , Vinci .. these guys agreed to come
immediately when contacted.

Vasantha who is the sweet heart of our group..
who is that one member who enthusiastically attends all such
meetings and marriage receptions, could not come as she had to attend
another friend's wedding reception.

Archana who is going to be a bride on 16th of this month ..
agreed to come for distributing the cards, inspite of her hectic
card distribution schedule.

A few guys who showed interest initially.. did not pick up the calls
when I tried to contact them again on Saturday. Most of my school
friends are in the part of the career graph that takes off ,
so I cannot blame them for not being available for the get-together.

The 9 who made it reunion are now in different phases of life
Archana - happy bride .. getting married to her love on 17th.
She and her fiancé are comfortably settled in CTS.

Harish - Without this fellow.. I doubt if I would have ever got in
touch with my school mates again. This handsome is happily
settled with a many girl friends in E-serve.

Palani - UK return :) Thanks to the servers in his office for
being down on Saturday .

Shanmugapriya and Suresh.. I dont never speaking to these
two guys during school. It was great to get to know them ..

Vinci - the drawer of the batch, I mean .. He works for a
advertising agency .. a creative head.. He was with ...that
" Kaala venneer oothina look "

Imran - the Hunk .. now looks pretty thin.
The reason could be that he is engaged.
And getting married in Nov.
He is a rocking the HR team in Infosys.

Manick .. a good friend .. and now we are colleagues.
He rocks with goatee ;-)

Yogesh ... This fellow was virtually present during the reunion.
Thanks to mobile technology.
This person is frustrated by the females of his office
who dont share a glass of tequila with him... All the best dude

so thats about the guys ..The memories of the school and college days
are to be cherished.. And such re unions provide us a chance to relive
those memories. A few years down the lane , when friends are married
and settled in different geographical locations, these memories
are the main traces of the friendship that we shared.

Life is not the breath you take. Its the momemts that take your breath away.

Vivah

This is one movie which I wanted to watch and I finally did.
And I loved it
The movie talks about the typical Inidan arranged marriages.
Having been through all those ritual, I could relate to the movie.
And I really liked it..

Finally!!

Remember this post?

Yes .. finally ..I started driving !!
:-)

Back to phoktai

Yes .. Back to phoktai..
After a brain racking project release work for the past 6 months ..
I am back to my natural state of being phokat
No work .. no users or clients' warning or escalation mails ..
Life is not always bad ..

Forgiving and punishing - S/W version

Forgiving or punishing
the terrorists
is left to God.
But,
fixing their appointment
with God
is our responsibility
- Indian Army

Updated statement for this in S/W Industry...
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Forgiving or punishing
the Developer
is left to Manager.
But,
fixing their appointment
with Manager
is our responsibility

-Tester

Forgiving or punishing
the Manager
is left to Client.
But,
fixing their appointment
with Client
is our responsibility

- Developer

Books Tag

Picked up this interesting tag fro another blog

One book that changed my life:
Fountain Head - The determination shown by the lead character Howard Roark influenced me so much , that I Started thinking like him in some situations.

The book you have read more than once:
1. The Pillars of Earth - Ken Follet
2. Kane and Abel - Jeffery Archer
3. Fountain Head - Ayn Rand
4. Fish and Fish for Life - Stephen Lundin and Harry paul
5. Acts of Faith - Erich Segal

One book you would want on dessert island:
Difficult to answer .. probably some book like
Idiots guide to learn camel riding

One book that made you laugh:
Inscrutable Americans - Anurag Mathur
The Department of Denials - Anurag Mathur

One book that made me cry:
Abridged version of the classic - Mayor of Caterbridge - Thomas Hardy
We read this book as a part of school english sylabus.
I have cried every time I read the chapter where Henchard leaves dies leaving behind a will which says
that Elizabeth Jane should not be told about his death, that he not be buried in consecrated ground, that no one should mourn for him, and that no one should remember him

One book you wish you had written:
Ponniyin Selvan - By Kalki
This books depicts the life of the kings and queens during the Chola period.
I wish I could go back to that era.

One book that you wish had never been written:
1996 batch - 10th std History book. It was such a big book and we had to study that for two years.
I guess after our batch the sylabus was revised and the book was made half the original size.

One book you are currently reading:
Mistress - By Anita Nair

One book you have been meaning to read:
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit - By Ralph Kimball

Would like to tag
1. My Husband
2. Being Rajesh Prabhu - Rajesh
3. Think High -Prasanna

Raghav and Raghavi

This is my son Raghav










This is my daughter Raghavi

Acts of Life

I have been reading the book "ACTS OF LIFE " by Erich Segal.
Its one of the well written books I have ever read.
And I am reading this for the third time, sice the first time in 1996.
If anyone wants the PDF version of this book, leave a comment with your email address.

There are a few books which I can read even a thousand times, if time permits. Those books are
1. The Pillars of Earth - Ken Follet
2. Kane and Abel - Jeffery Archer
3. Fountain Head - Ayn Rand
4. Fish and Fish for Life - Stephen Lundin and Harry paul

Do read them .. they are worth spending some time.

Hilarious!!

Who said Nothing is Impossible.
I have been doing NOthing for so many years.
It is possible.



Father 2 his son :When i beat u, u never get annoyed.
How do u control ur anger
Son: I start cleaning the toilet seat
Father : How does that satisfy u
Son : i use ur tooth brush.

A letter from mumbai

Dear Terrorist,

Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried
to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by
planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring
death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal
disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you know
how we pass our life in Mumbai? How much it takes for us to earn that
single rupee? If you wanted to give us a shock then we are sorry to say
that you failed miserably in your ulterior motives. Better look
elsewere, not here.

We are not Hindus and Muslims or Gujaratis and Marathis or Punjabis and
Bengaliies. Nor do we distinguish ourselves as owners or workers, govt.
employees or private employees. WE ARE MUMBAIKERS (Bombay-ites, if you
like). We will not allow you to disrupt our life like this. On the last
few occassions when you struck (including the 7 deadly blasts in a
single day killing over 250 people and injuring 500+ in 1993), we went
to work next day in full strength. This time we cleared everything
within a few hours and were back to normal - the vendors placing their
next order, businessmen finalizing the next deals and the office workers
rushing to catch the next train. (Yes the same train you targetted)

Fathom this: Within 3 hours of the blasts, long queues of blood donating
volunteers were seen outside various hospital, where most of the injured
were admitted. By 12 midnight, the hospital had to issue a notification
that blood banks were full and they didn't require any more blood. The
next day, attendance at schools and office was close to 100%, trains &
buses were packed to the brim, the crowds were back.
The city has simply dusted itself off and moved one - perhaps with
greater vigour.

We are Mumbaikers and we live like brothers in times like this. So, do
not dare to threaten us with your crackers. The spirit of Mumbai is very
strong and can not be harmed.

Please forward this to others. U never know, by chance it may come to
hands of a terrorist in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq and he can then
read this message which is specially meant for him!!!

With Love,
From the people of Mumbai (Bombay)


Got this mail as a forward.
I really appreciate the spirit of mumbaikar!

DUMBOs

She is just 1 month old in this company and this is her first project.
He is 4 months old in this company and this is his second project.

He has been given the responsibility of She's Knowledge transition.

He sends a document to She which has all the technical details. Name of the document is "Business Jargons". He also send a few project documents. He instructs She to go through the documents before the meeting

Note: There are two set of documents
1st set - name of the document "Business jargons"
2nd set - Project documents

Scene : Meeting

He: Hi ! Welcome to our team
She: Thanks
He: So .. Did u get some time to go through the project documents
She: Yes... But there are too many jargons used in the project documents. I need some more time
He: Jargons .. That is a different document
She: Yes He.. Business jargons is a different document..But I am talking about the jargons in the project document
He: As I told you .. Jargons is a different document .. dont mistake that with project document
She: ( ohhh!!! GOD save me .. This fellow doesnt even understand what a jargon means!!!!) fine He.. Can we try to arrange for some sessions for discussing the project details ??

He doesnt understand what Jargon means .. He thinks "Jargon" is the name of the documents
Dont know how some people can be this dumb!!!

Hit counter

I have been getting a few hits on this blog from some new places.
There have been a few hits from New Jersey and some place in Australia.

And the person from New Jersey vists my blog pretty often. Check out the screen shot below.

Mr . NJ , Thanks for visting. btw .. just curious ..wanted to know whats so interesting about this blog. :-) It hardly has any interesting topic and is rarely updated. Anyways .. thanks for lot for visiting the blog. the increase in the hit counter makes me happy

Too many changes - I am very happy

Long time
Dont have time even to open this blog.
Too many changes in life .. I am enjoying them
Our new home .. Moved in to our own house last weekend.
The new house looks great.. All credit goes to Kiran for all his hard work to run behind painters and carpenters to bring the house to this great shape..
The best part of this house is the great view of Durgam Cheruvu from one of the balconies.. Its really breathtaking .
For those who dont know .. Durgam Cheruvu is a beautiful lake in Hyderabad. Its one of the tourist attractions here.

And them my new job. I quit my job at Keane and have joined Wipro.
Manikonda office is very good. Have not been allocated to any project still. Might have a cleint interviw in a day or two.
Please pray that I get through these interviews and get into some project. Dont want to be on bench for long. Seems like I have finished reading all preiodicals in the library.

Raghav is now with his grand parents in Coimbatore. Seems like he is having a good time there. Missing him.

Sometimes life moves too fast

A Rant

I’m bored. I’m freakin hungry. I don’t know what to blog. But I managed to whine.

"Whats up? Howz life? "
When someone asks me this question , do they really expect me to tell them that I am going nuts as my code is freaking? Do I tel him that I am hungry coz i dindt have my lunch and I hate the food which I cook?

A few questions keeps popping up in my mind ,
1. Why are we here?
2. What is the purpose of our life?
3. Do we have enough money for tomorrow to pass?
4. Does HE exist?
5. Does HE have time to answer my prayer?
6. Does HE hear my prayers?
7. How does HE manage to consolidate everyone’s prayers?
8. Does HE have any tool for prioritizing our requests and granting or rejecting them?
9. Why aren’t all HIS processes transparent?
10. What does HE have in store for me for tomorrow?
11. When will I get to eat garlic bread again?
12. Did my neighbor notice me wearing that new dress?

They just remain there. Unanswered, unattended, unmodified.

Do you use T9 dictionary? Yes NOOO What the hell is T9?

Time(Once in a life time)

On Wednesday, April 5, 2006,
at two minutes and three seconds
after 1:00 AM in the morning,
the time and date will be

01:02:03 04/05/06

This will never happen again in
your life time.

My Freined Hari , who happened to
see this post sent me the
below given information ..
check it out

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Believe me.. this moment will
come again just about a month later...
01:02:03 04/05/06 - on May 04, 2006

Something similar will happen
again this year ...
03:04:05 06/07/08 - Aug 07, 2006...
or July 08, 2006 :)

Do not want to pakau u with
various cominations...
but.. it depends on how a
person visualizes something.. agree?

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Flag Quiz .. Enjoy !!

Steps .. for COPY and PASTE

The whole cubicle was roaring with laughter when She entered her Business Unit.
Its hard to see the whole team free and together in such a light mood.
She was curious to find the reason. She couldnt wait to drop her handbag and rush to join the team.
The cubicle roared again as someone cracked another joke , when she entered her cubicle.
The moment Mr M saw her coming .. He started ..

Mr M : You want to know what happend just a few minutes back?
She: Ofcouse .. I am all ears
Mr M: You are aware of the java task I am working on , hena
She: haan re.. Mr H sent that work, right .
Mr M : Ya ya .. the same..
She: Uska kya hua ..
Mr M: Jaldi mei ho kya .. sunn .. let me explain it to you step by step..
She : Ok Jaldi bata ..
Mr M: Mr H was on sametime when i came in. he wanted me to copy a java file to the client machine. I couldnt copy it there as it was too slow. Mr H was in a great hurry.. He wanted it to be done right then.
Then he says ( says the chat between him and Mr H)

Mr H: Can you move that file to XX01?
Mr M: Unable to connect to XX01.. is someone else connected to it?
Mr H: Not sure.. Try it again.. Need this done now .. have to show it to client
Mr M: Trying ...
Mr H: Done?
Mr M: someone else is connected ..
Mr H: OHHH
Mr M: (stays slient)
Mr H: Can you copy it to some folder in citrix .. right click on the file and select COPY.. OK
Mr M: OK .. Now i am in destination folder .. ( In a nakkal tone ) should I right click there and
select PASTE???
Mr H: (Understood what situation he has dragged himself to ...in a totally wexed tone ) M.. do u have a linkline near you ???

Everyone bursts out laughing again..

Happiness!!

Sweet little pair of legs and hands tumbling and trying hard to sit without support,
described over phone - never knew it could make one so happy.


Life is not the breath you take. Its the momemts that take your breath away.