I'm a little more than uSeLeSs...

Dimag mein chemical locha!!!

2008-01-01T08:10:00.000-08:00

Mere dimag mein chemical locha hain!!! All the time I think about ways of making money... Percentages... Profits... Bottom line... Investments... Return on Investment... wat not...

The pain never ends!

2007-12-31T10:26:00.000-08:00

If everything is going right in life... There has to be something to take away happiness... The pains in life never end...

I won't quit...

2007-11-15T03:30:00.000-08:00

I am not a loser... I'll learn rather than giving up easily... I'll win... Born to win!

...

2007-11-10T10:43:00.000-08:00

The more you want to do something for someone the less is the other person interested...

SP...

2007-11-04T09:39:00.000-08:00

If one gets everything one wants in life... God wouldn't exist then!!!

# writes...

2007-10-27T07:17:00.000-07:00

People can be mean... very mean and really mean!!! Someone today has been all of this... Thanks...

Something stupid!!!

2007-10-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

You have a HP…
I have a Mac…
You can shift + delete…
How can I???

(Technically delete key in macbook is backspace.)

Me and my expenses on hair cut!!!

2007-10-22T12:30:00.000-07:00

Not long back I went to The mall of the Emirates to have a haircut and it cost me 70 Dhs... Approx 840 bucks then... It would have cost 15-20 Dhs in Burdubai... However at that time I did'nt know it would cost 70 Dhs...

And yesterday I went to some crazy unisex saloon out here in Jo'burg again in one of the best malls out here... The Sandton Mall... And trust me it was 70% more expensive than what I had heard... :( it cost me 170 ZAR thats approximately 950 bucks!!! And a normal hair cut here would have cost 20 ZAR!!! Me and my experiments :P

Herez that expensive cut :D

...

2007-10-20T03:17:00.000-07:00

I miss those talks... I miss those walks...
I miss that care... I miss that dare...
I miss you dear... I miss it all...

We washed each others fears and dried those tears...
We shared our dreams and carved our paths...
Together we two took over the world…

Miles away… Zones apart…
I remember it all…
And I love you my sister, with all of my heart…

(The orignal one somehow did not get saved :( ... This is something close to it...)

Privacy!

2007-10-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

There have been lot of fights with different people on privacy issues... and things don't seem to end... May be I don't understand what privacy really is... Or why my close ones need privacy???

I wish someday I understand it...

Being Crazy...

2007-10-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

And my craziness never ceases!!! Last night I wasted (or invested who knows) time digging database to get some phone number… Is this my obsession? I guess yes…

Just to summarize:
I remember person X mentioned by person Y…
I searched for person X across all networking sites… Which was easy and found X…
Since I am not on good terms with Y I did not have access to information on X…
No more common friends between X n Me…
No outcome of Google search…
Finally searched for relatives of X… Found A & B
Found details of A…
Got contact details!!!
Passed them to the right person…

Isn’t that crazy??? In the process I ended up paying USD 50+!!! However, I totally loved doing it… lol :)

My adventures with cooking...

2007-09-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

The beginning of it...
Making of Spicy Peas :p ...
Spicy Green Peas :)

Recipe: Get some tomato onion paste from market, get some green peas from market. Add green peas to the paste… heat it add some chilly to make it spicy… And Spicy green peas is ready… lol…

I am good at....

2007-09-02T13:09:00.000-07:00

Understaning technology...
Understanding finance...
Understanding business...
Convincing people...

I want to...

2007-09-02T12:45:00.000-07:00

I want to be like the one who says "I am confident, I can surpass any IIM graduate."

Degrees matter to an extend but after that what you do, how much depth do you have, how much did you learn from your experience and how do you apply it at work and in your personal life is what matters... I remember Hanif mentioning about scratching the surface and finding that knowledge is shallow...

I want to excel... I want to set benchmarks... I want to list Efficacy on BSE and NSE some day... I'll do it all... I have a strong support of my family, my knowledge and my confidence.

Who am I?

2007-09-01T13:58:00.000-07:00

Mamma'z boy?
Possesive brother?
Repulsive friend?
Thin, lean and mean guy?
Passionate Industrial Engineer?
SAP certified consultant?
Another cyber coolie?
Egoist fellow?
Flirt?
Share broker?
Internet addict?

Driving test cleared...

2007-08-29T02:18:00.000-07:00

I cleared it...

I thought I was the world's best driver ;) and my guide in SA proved me wrong... Said I don't know how to take right turn!!! :(( was'nt that unfair...

Anyway cleared for getting a car... Finally!!!

Something to ponder...

2007-08-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

Go ahead with life as it is, with the bumps and pitfalls.
However it is, give your best to every moment.

Don't spend your time waiting for the perfect situation, something which is not very likely to come.

Life is not perfect; the way you live can make it perfectly wonderful.

2007-08-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

sukrut26@gmail.com: harshad bhai... Pune ka chashma, Dubai ki chhaddi aur Afriki chai... :D :D :D :D

Another one...

2007-08-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Sweetness of your smile...
And the charm on your face...
Have been out of the place...
Without your calming presence,
without the joy you bring in,
my world is just a large empty space.

Certified SAP MM Consultant

2007-08-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

Finally, after 25 days of academy and lot of efforts ;) (I know how much… lol) finally I managed to get through SAP Certification examination :)

And what all I did during this 25 days break… oh sorry 25 days of academy ;)

Tracked stock market during academy hours…

Chatted with friends from class…

Slept through almost all post lunch sessions :) …

Weekend outing out of Delhi :) to meet a friend…

A visit to Delhi airport to meet the same friend just 2 days before certification exam…

Maximum internet usage from training center & transit quarter…

Hmm… Lot of efforts… So how could I manage it???

The credit for certification goes to Anup Desai, he made me go through course material… revised all four books again and again... helped me remember strange controls and pre-requisites with logic behind each one of them… solved tests with me… and moreover motivated me to keep myself away from gtalk for 5 long days :)

Thanks Anup, Mr. SAP MM Consultant!!!

I have concluded I am...

2007-07-26T20:55:00.000-07:00

An extremist
An emotional fool at times
Forceful: When it comes to my ideas or my way of doing things
Difficult to approach
Scary

Another one...

2007-07-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

If you can't gain... Cut losses!!!

Strange...

2007-07-21T09:21:00.001-07:00

Strange life is, and stranger it becomes, when strangers turn important ones.

Move on...

2007-07-21T06:25:00.000-07:00

Someone said... Move on... I understood... Move on people don't care... They don't understand your care... And moreover they misunderstand...

People hardly make their own decisions... Most of them blindly follow sub-optimal solutions provided by someone else... And these someone else provide solutions with their limited understanding of the problem...

I dont explain my actions... I don't intend to... And it looks like I just move on from person to person... Hoping to meet someone whom I need not explain!!!

Incomplete verse...

2007-07-21T01:26:00.000-07:00

Whenever tears form in your eyes,
whenver you are down don't look behind, don't look beyond,
your clown is right there for you to hold on...
.....................................
I know I may look thin and lean...
I know that my eyes are very mean...
Still for you I can act like a clown and ease those lines, wipe away that frown...
And make you smile...
......................................
Just trust this clown when you are down!!!

The devil returns!!!

2007-07-20T13:49:00.000-07:00

I had lost the little devil in me... The devil I found during my TE... Used during my training at Infy... The carefree devil!!! The little devil who planed pranks... executed them... made fun... didn't give a damn to what people call CARE or COMPRE ;) ... The little devil who scared innocent people... pulled their leg... and discreetly ploted crime ;)

The devil is back with a bang... So GANG lets meet up... Let me try my tricks once again... :)

GANG how about the same campus again... Mysore... Anyone game for it?

BTW, I have learnt new tricks so beware...

The old devil with I don't care attitude is back with new pranks!!!

...

2007-07-20T13:05:00.001-07:00

Every saint has a past & every sinner has a future!!!

Bothered by the unbothered...

Scripts I am tracking...

2007-07-20T10:36:00.000-07:00

3iInfotech (Amazing presence in Mid-size ERP implementation)
Reliance Petroleum (Let the plant commission and you'll see the fireworks)
Tata Teleservices (Long term bet)
Ventura Textiles (Reliance Capital holds 15%)
Pentamedia Graphics (Amalgamation story)

I am expecting above average returns from these scripts!!!

P.S: People say I am obsessed with stock markets!!! I am sorry... It would be an understatement... He he he

So true...

2007-07-17T07:45:00.001-07:00

Echoes fade & memories die...

I paint a picture...

2007-07-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

Graduating Class of 2008 is all set for the ceremony... Proud parents of graduating students waiting for the Guest of Honor...

The ceremony starts and the awards flow one by one…

Best outgoing student of the year…

And then the stream awards… Operations… Systems… Marketing… And then comes the most awaited one… FINANCE…

And the award for this year goes to… The finance bond… First amongst equals… Maximum offers on campus… Best profile on the campus…

I am a silent spectator to this… And now it’s my turn to get a picture clicked with the FIN BOND and the GOLD MEDAL…

This isn’t just a dream… I can visualize this all so why can’t you work towards achieving this… I believe one must desire something to be alive and to accomplish great things one must dream as well as act…

I think... I believe... I dream... I paint a picture... I dare...

P.S: I am not a FAFFer... I believe in WILL power... I believe one can achieve anything if one thinks he can...

I am blessed...

2007-06-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

I wanted it and I got it all with your support... Be it computer when everyone else opposed to it... Or my idea of doing business... Or trading in equities...

I think I would'nt be what I am today had it not been you... I am blessed to have you...

I have concluded....

2007-06-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

People invariably are selfish, self-centered and insensitive...
USING someone when you need to get work done is not Management...
Seeking someone when no one is around and then abandoning is not friendship…
Sidney is right, nothing lasts forever!

Nostalgic...

2007-06-25T12:35:00.000-07:00

I hate to remember trips to Gillman Village... Chutney's... Bombay Cafe... Alexandra Hospital... Vivo... Mustafa... Bur Dubai... Choitram... Carrefour... Temple... n what not... These two countries... And those few people I bonded with... I want to forget them all...

All I know is memories remind me that I am all alone :(

A few who mattered a lot have already been dropped from messengers... It started and it ended so fast... Wish I could detach myself from all these memories...

Ego booster...

2007-06-24T12:30:00.000-07:00

You won't realize what I do until I stop doing it...

:(

2007-06-23T14:06:00.000-07:00

To meet ... To know... And to part is the sad story of the heart!!!
:( :( :(

Another one...

2007-06-03T01:32:00.000-07:00

There is no stage between 0 & 1... It's either 0 or 1... Life for me is Binary...

My firms...

2007-06-02T11:04:00.000-07:00

It all started with selling photocopy of Maharashtra Talent Search sample paper in my 8th standard... My first selling experience... And I made 2 bucks then :)

As I grew I sold Music, Emulators, Software, Software Cracks, Database, Ideas :)

And the firms were... India Music, Music India, Khushi Database, Eminent Data, Impress India, Technosoft... Ah there was one more in more unorganized fashion my Portfolio Management Service :)

Here comes another one with a big bang... EFFICACY... Let's Optimize... This time it is going to last longer than me :)

Efficacy will optimize all your flows... be it material, informational or financial :) If my HR expert agrees then Efficacy might also add personnel flow!!! Wow that sounds good "Personnel Flow"

Here is the logo for my new company...

Another phase...

2007-06-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

I would be soon off to Trivandrum... 10 days induction programme... wow!!! Another paid holiday... Really? I doubt...

Scared... Excited... My feelings are mixed... Dunno how I am going to handle it however I am sure I am going to make it big soon!!!

I fight...

2007-06-02T10:53:00.000-07:00

I had a fight and it has been a week... The person did not bother to talk for a week neither did I... Now I have decided not to look back or ever talk again... Dunno if it is a right or wrong to do however I have a feeling I don't mind coz people who think I am insignificant don't matter to me any longer...

Growth...

2007-06-02T10:46:00.000-07:00

The other day someone asked me how much would you make 5 years down the line... And I threw a figure 25L... Looking back I realized it is only possible if I grow by 40% every year... Is it too ambitious or need I find ways to achieve that number of 25L???

Optimization...

2007-06-02T10:42:00.000-07:00

I understand everyone in life tries to Optimize solutions based on:
Understanding of the problem, problem constriants, knowledge, ability, experience etc.
So effectively all solutions are optimized or I can say best outcome for an individual if they have arrived at it.

HM

2007-05-25T05:42:00.000-07:00

Life is still the same... deliverables... gyaan... experiments... Only the lab has changed...

Planning...

2007-05-20T00:26:00.000-07:00

Some More...

2007-05-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

"Life is a Zero Sum Game"

"I don't mind coz you don't matter"

My Sin Breakdown...

2007-04-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

Greed:	High
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	High
Sloth:	Very High
Envy:	Medium
Lust:	Very Low
Pride:	High

The other side...

2007-04-24T13:36:00.000-07:00

HE:
Enterprising
Protective
Self-Made man
Hard working
Has always offered the best possible
Has sailed through all the problems (Health... Wealth...)

SHE:
Supportive
Carried the torch in his bad phase
Commendable financial planning
Futuristic thinking
Created everything from scratch

Who am I to advice?

2007-04-23T23:29:00.000-07:00

Who am I to advice anyone? What do I understand of one's feelings?

I have been easily brushed off... Why is it difficult for me to make you understand my intentions... I have gone through all of this and experience has taught me things are as you see them... You get what you search... problems or solutions... confusion or peace... frown or smile...

Wish I could make you understand what is reaction and what is responding... How it matters to me how you respond and not react... Wish I was a little more wise... Wish I was a better version of what I am...

Harshad writes...

2007-02-26T21:33:00.000-08:00

Times have changed n so have friends...

MBA Schools should teach Expectations Management

It hurts...

2007-02-09T03:49:00.000-08:00

It hurts to know... Inspite of all the time we spent together... I could not create trust between us... You could not count on me... You did not find it necessary to tell me...

I feel like a loser... I feel as if I don't exist in your world... I am shattered... I am broken... I wish you understood how much you mean to me...

PR says...

2006-12-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

"If everything in life comes your way... you probably are in the wrong lane!!"

Susu says...

2006-11-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

Opportunity lost has an opportunity cost!!!

Some more...

2006-11-17T16:17:00.001-08:00

Life means missing expected things and facing unexpected things...

When you are right, no one remembers... when you are wrong, no one forgets...

...

2006-11-12T20:41:00.000-08:00

I wanna try everything in life... Just not you...

pr says...

2006-11-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

I am not greedy... All I want is everything...

Uncle we miss you...

2006-11-07T01:50:00.000-08:00

It was most stupid thing I could ever did… My Special Group Project (SGP) team was on a conference call with our mentor in the US and the line went silent for a second and out of nowhere I screamed “Uncle we miss you”… It was loud enough for my mentor to hear me… For a minute my team mates had no words… Kanishka who was then talking got a big shock… he did not know what to do… he just disconnected the line and we waited for the call again…

Tell me whom to rely on...

2006-11-06T10:28:00.000-08:00

What Hurts More???
The person you trusted hurt you
or
The person you hurt still trusts you...
(Ankit I wish I could explain this)

Person whom you rely on will hurt you the most when you dont want it to be worst...

...

2006-11-02T02:08:00.000-08:00

I am game on my terms :)

Loner writes...

2006-10-30T08:30:00.000-08:00

Have lot of friends before you are alone!!!

How true...

2006-10-30T08:25:00.000-08:00

Life is all about ASS... You are either covering it, working it off, trying to get a piece of it or behaving like one

Time to decide what you want from life...

Nidhi B says...

2006-10-30T06:11:00.000-08:00

"When people of my age were collecting stamps... I was collecting business cards..."

An old one...

2006-10-21T06:20:00.000-07:00

Red red my eyes are red...
Crying alone in my bed...

Blue blue my world is blue...
Now when I am without you...

Green green my jealous heart...
I doubted you and now we are apart...

...

2006-10-05T04:12:00.000-07:00

I dont know what it means.. I dont know how it counts..
I know you for just for few hours.. still it feels like forever...
I might fight with you everyday... but deep within I fight for you...
I might not be the best... still I am what I am... Better than the best...

Latest Avtar...

2006-08-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Nidhi N says...

2006-08-30T10:27:00.000-07:00

And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us...

Heena Writes...

2006-06-25T13:45:00.000-07:00

Wishing you good luck as you follow your dreams,
And happiness when they come true;
Ans as you journey through life may your path always lead to higher achievements,
Wider horizons and a birghter place in the sun!

Best of luck!
--- Heena.

Thanks Heena...

Being lazy...

2006-06-04T03:59:00.000-07:00

So many things to update...

Pre course readings...
Bosch Project...
A week after Infy...
Mansoons...
Stock market crash...
MacBook...
Friends from Pune to Singapore...
A day in hospital...

Hell lot of things... Will write soon...

Thankyou GANG...

2006-05-14T04:51:00.000-07:00

:( :( :(

2006-05-13T22:33:00.000-07:00

I waited… waited… waited… and waited too long…
To find if you remember me at all…

I waited for your call…
I waited for your SMS…
I waited for your E-mail…
And I waited for you to remember me all…

My wait was eternal…
And so was your forgetfulness…
I waited… waited… waited and waited too long…

Finally...

2006-05-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

Week has been hectic… Preparing loan papers, scholarship papers, visa papers and stupid stuff like that…

And finally loan papers were processed on Friday… If everything goes according to plan I'll get the money in hand by thursday :) :) :)

Being uSeLeSs...

2006-05-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

I was running from pillar to post to avail education loan… And one of these days I had been to Oriental Bank of Commerce… PSU bank… They had a tie up with my college and were offering an education loan at 9%... Wanted more details for the same…

Here goes the description of desperation…

Location: City area… Aloof from other banks… Very few people know about the bank… One of the banks that has a ATM machine (Which sometime works)

Staff strength: Five when everyone is present… Manager, Officer, Cashier, Office boy, Security fellow…

Day Friday:

Harshad: I want to avail education loan offered by your bank.
Officer: I have no info on loans come on Tuesday
(Manager was on leave for last two weeks)

Day Tuesday 10.30 AM on phone…

Harshad: Good morning, connect me to manager.
Officer: Sir will come in the afternoon. What was it regarding?
Harshad: I want to take an education loan. Give me more info on it.
Officer: Only manager can give it, come in afternoon.
Harshad: My payment deadline is approaching, how long would it take to process the loan?
Officer: Sir, come in afternoon my manager will give you all the details.
Harshad (Now totally frustrated): “Sub kuch manager ko pata hain aur who chutti par hain to bank ko tala laga ke baandh karo manager aane tak”

And I banged the phone…

Education Vs Home Loan...

2006-05-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

An attempt was made in 2001 to help students aid their education by providing Education Loan. This scheme was introduced then by Honorable Finance Minister… The ceiling for interest rate was PLR + 1%... Where PLR / BPLR is benchmark prime lending rate set by RBI…

On other hand housing loan is available at PLR – 1.75 / 1.5…

I don’t understand the rationale behind this… What are our policies up to??? Why provide an education loan at higher interest rate than housing loan??? Is education less important than house for a citizen??? Which way is our country going???

There is a hell lot of competition for providing housing loan and is processed at the speed of thought but even after paying higher interest rates banks hardly process education loans at the required pace…

Indian Bank experience in my home town… I asked manager for loan and presented all required documents… And to my surprise he said he can not process it for another week as the fellow who looks after education loan is not available… Hats off…

Political Management...

2006-05-07T12:55:00.000-07:00

Had an opportunity to visit office of top notch politician in Pune... And was amazed by the way they get their work done...

One of the PA's of this top notch politician called up Symbi infront of me & told one candidate has been admitted in their XYZ institute by him... I was shaken by his statement... No fees paid... No entrance test appeared... Direct admission... I think this was under political contact quota...

This I call political management...

Nice ones...

2006-05-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Failure is an event and it is not me!!!

Do as your heart tells you... Free yourself from the clutches of an excuse called society...

Adieu...

2006-04-30T23:30:00.000-07:00

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

The sweet part is I am moving to follow my dreams and the sorrow - the goodbyes and leaving the GANG...

For last two months this place has been everything to me... the GANG my soul... And now, as I look back over the time and get ready for my last day at Infy, I wonder where the time has gone...

Thanks for always being there to motivate, support and help me... It is rewarding having friends like you... I owe many thanks and appreciation to the GANG... I carry with me memories I can cherish for lifetime...

I hope technology will come to our aid to flatten the world between us... So keep in touch and see you somewhere sometime in the journey of life... I wish you success in all your endeavors...

Thanks GANG...

2006-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the GANG... Even after tolerating my leg pulling habit the GANG has been supportive & loving to me all the time…

Ankit… Lead me to my dreams… Thanks a ton for enlightening me on the course… Without your knowledge I would have never known and applied… Thanks a lot… Can never forget…

Swapnil… Helped me to overcome my anxiety, kept my spirits high all the time, "ho jayega" was the only sentence he repeated whenever I mentioned the word MBA… Kept calling all the time to ask how did it go and I did not respond to irritate him… Sorry buddy…

Heena… Designed a sweet card when I was leaving for interview… I fail to understand how you can be so tolerant…

Nidhi… How can I forget the number of calls and SMS’s ;)… Itna rulata hun, pareshan karta hun phir bhi kyu???

Rahul… The one who said “abe jake aa”... First person who knew about the call and told me this...

Vishal… “Phod ke aana…”

Flavia, Navin, Sayuri, Vishwesh, Zainab... Your best wishes got me this call…

Thanks to you all… Thanks for being there for me… I’ll miss your care, love and support when I leave this place…

Looking back...

2006-04-24T13:28:00.000-07:00

Out of blue one of my friend mentioned about his ex-girlfriend getting married sometime next month... Having got invitation from her... And he was hurt with all this…

WHY??? How does that matter anymore??? Where does she come in to picture in your life??? Having got out of the relationship does her marriage make any difference to you??? Are you still not indifferent to her??? I probably have hundred thousand questions he can not answer… But he defends… “It hurts... A little”

Possibly I have not gone through this and I might not understand the pain… But I still fail to understand why one can’t be indifferent after parting ways… Why not concentrate on the existing relationship??? Why let the past linger??? Why hurt your close ones even by thought of this??? For that sake why even hurt yourself???

Buddy, accept it was not meant to be and move on… I wonder if you understand… You are certainly missing the future by concentrating on past...

On lighter side… If someone ditches you and comes back shoot that b***h… If she doesn’t… Hunt her down and shoot that b***h… Same holds true for guys too ;) ...

Whatever...

2006-04-20T11:32:00.000-07:00

There are times when you try to dig out from your close one’s what’s hurting them and they wind you up you by saying... "NOTHING, I am FINE"... Specially when both the parties know deep within there is something wrong that is ruining the tranquility…

We say I am fine when we are not... We pretend to be happy when we are not... We say YES when deep within we want to say NO... We have got so used to mask our feelings...

Next time I come across such answers... The only reaction would be… WHATEVER… I DON’T CARE… Anyway no one wants to speak it :(

Follow your dreams...

2006-04-19T06:47:00.000-07:00

However impractical as it may sound, the safest and most secure way to lead your life is to follow your dream...
--Douglas Bloch, from "Listening to Your Inner Voice"

Since childhood everyone of us constantly heard “You can do whatever you like when you grow old, for now listen what we say…" And we don’t know when exactly the “grow old” thing happens… Always when we decide what we wants to do with life there is someone to tell why particular decision isn't a good idea… It's hard to hear because it's someone you respect, someone who loves you, someone who has your best interest at heart… But, why not risk??? Why not taste the worst, if it ever comes??? Why fear the unknown??? Why always play safe??? (Forget the bisleri ad here ;))

Don’t let anyone discourage you or convince you to do otherwise if you are passionate about your dream… Drop all self doubts… Follow your dreams… “At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable”

Word of caution: Follow dreams not impulses… :)

Gang bangs!!!

2006-04-15T02:51:00.000-07:00

News for the day, probably week or I must say for the entire training period…

The Gang bangs in Internet Web Technologies course…

Highlights:

A: Rahul, Swapnil, Vishal

B+: Ankit, Flaviya, Heena, Naveen

And the rocking stars for the day: Harshad, Nidhi, Vishwesh, Zainab will soon appear for the retest.

In depth analysis:

Rahul: Would claim to be prepared to submit paper on Zero and always would come out with A grade.

Swapnil: Toiled hard…

Vishal: Preparation and marks are inversely proportional :)

Ankit: Toiled hard… Was skeptical about the paper… Basically learned some parts of IWT from me and screwed up.

Flaviya: Depressed soul after getting B+, but she doesn’t know half the class has flunked.

Heena: Concentrated more on Manjunath’s score & Naveen acted more distraction with his recently adopted dress code for food court ;)

Naveen: Knew all the answers but thought why to score more than Heena and make her study more.

And now the rocking stars for the day:

Harshad: Over confident… Actually worked on most of the things… Royally screwed with just 58% score…

Nidhi: Welcome to the elite class… It’s not as bad thing as it seems… After all success is not everything…

Vishwesh: After tests, retests for whole week how could anyone expect from this poor soul to perform more… Perfectly understandable…

Zainab: I want to try out everything in life… Wining is not the only thing… Let me find out how Harshad manages to flunk every test… Is it as difficult as he portrays?

No worries… Welcome to my league guys… Hence forth to avoid confusion between two options in test the best way out is ignorance…

Complains & gifts…

2006-04-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

I hear some people complaining about blog getting more sentimental… But Swapnil agrees to my “I hate emotions…” blog and so drops senti and adds Cyco… Remember two by two in Prahar (or some other movie… Who cares???)… Nana says “Pyaar se di hui chiz rakha karte hain” (or something like that)… How can I deny Swapnil… CycoMental… ;) Hyperactive for some part of day, week or month… And completely dull for rest…

Finally, the devil in me is back… With his devilish pranks, devilish smile (as Heena says)… Beware…

Wear your attitude…

2006-04-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

Few of the attitude lines on Infy’s Intranet…

Nature made me & broke the mould!!!
--- Signifies my uniqueness on this planet… One can hardly find a sample like me… If you don’t believe me ask Naveen & Heena... About Friends episode in which Joey teaches few nice things to Chandler… Tell me Naveen… Or ask Mamma’s girl how easily I can make her cry… “Babul ki duvaye leti ja…” and many such other things… Or ask Tarun (poor soul who has to share room with me at Infy Hostel) who starts praying from the moment he wakes up … “Oh God, don’t let Harshad wake till I move out of room” & in night “Almighty let Harshad enjoy internet till I fall asleep” … :)

Caring heart for a crying heart!!!
--- This caring heart is always available for heart that weeps… Any takers?

I am not opinionated because I’m always right!!!
--- I have my own way… And can I ever be wrong?

I hate everyone equally!!!
--- As such follows the one above… It’s I, me and myself on top priority… Rest of the world comes after me… And besides me I hate everyone equally…

I hate emotions...

2006-04-12T13:19:00.000-07:00

Edited...

Removed...

Mistake.. Stupidity.. Suicide..

2006-04-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

First time… It’s a mistake…
Second time… It’s stupidity…
Third time… It’s a suicide…

Repeating the same mistakes is foolishness… And I am expert at it now… Annoying people around me with my razor talks… narrow outlook… and “I don’t give a damn attitude” has become a habit…

I wonder when I’ll learn people skills and make them feel comfy...

I wonder when I’ll stop repeating mistakes…

I am lost…

2006-04-11T12:51:00.000-07:00

Lost in old memories…
Lost in retaining close ones…
Lost in giving direction to life…
Lost in understanding emotions…
Lost in running from place to place…
Lost in analyzing what is right thing to say…

And all this makes me feel trapped… Trapped like a prisoner…

But, nothing can pin me down... I'll fly back... Coz I believe glory is in rising every time one falls…

I’ll learn to tackle it all…

Data security... My stupidity...

2006-04-10T15:51:00.000-07:00

Finally, I decided to transfer the information I had to your machine through the network... I even created a bug file... Then to make things easy I sorted the issues as vital & trivial... Later I removed the trivial issues because I recollected the Pareto’s law I learnt in my Industrial Engineering “Vital few… Trivial many”... And finally when I saved the file… I was amazed to check the file size… It showed… “Zero Bytes”... There were no vital issues...

I found myself in a fix as I had debated so much about data security over secure socket layer (SSL) and in the end the file turned out to be Zero Bytes and there was no data to be transferred...

I am so sorry... I went a little too far in bothering you with data security issues that too over SSL... But deep within I had no intensions to trouble or to hurt you... I hope you'll forgive me and will always be there to fix vital bugs!!!

P.S: I worked really hard to list the bugs… As you can see it is almost 4.30 AM… But seems that the code is fine tuned, well written and short. My skills could not report any vital bugs… I hope this doesn’t disappoints you as these days one hardly finds a code that is so optimized :)

Take care and stop worrying...

Nidhi says...

2006-04-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

Don’t see the sun by getting up early,
But just by keeping awake all night!

Ah!! Nice one... But now at 3 AM I really feel I should crash...

Edited at 4.40 AM... Wanted to crash long back but the bugs assignment kept me awake... Now I am confused whether to wait for the sun or not...

One of those days...

2006-04-08T12:20:00.000-07:00

I admit, I have been a complete jerk to people around me... I’ve been completely self-centered... And every once in a while I go through this stage where I hate myself... Today was one of those days... It will wear off and I’ll get over it, just like I do every other time... It has been just one of those days where I can’t stand to live with myself, look at myself, deal with myself...

First A grade...

2006-04-06T10:26:00.000-07:00

Today out of three tests I wrote, I scored A grade in two… Although, the tests were stupid and easy enough (User interface design & Client server concepts) and hardly carry any weight in grade point average it still feels like achievement… And credit goes to Heena who forced me sit, study, taught me concepts and solved papers with me… Thanks Heena...

I wish life had Ctrl + Z…

2006-04-06T05:15:00.000-07:00

Relationships are weird... The funniest part is when you have to be strong and pray to God to help the person get what he / she wants and his / her happiness is your sorrow!!! You feel cheated for being there... Always you lose some and you gain some... That is life...

I could not make boundaries strong, never knew where to draw a line and got carried away… I realized this after I paid a price for getting over involved into something that did not belong to me...

Will sound stupid unless one experiences it... One mistake... And you see that friendship leave; you have no hold on it, a sudden a strong blow of wind takes all the feelings out, makes the person forget all the good times, you are made a total stranger; there is no relationship at all; there is no way out...

At times I wish... Life had Ctrl + Z... I could undo the hurt... I could turn back time…

...

2006-04-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

Within you I lose myself...
Without you I find myself...
Wanting to be lost again...

Gang...

2006-04-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

Our GANG rocks in Infy campus…

And why does it rocks?

Two reasons… Every member of the GANG scored A-grade in all the module tests (Okay… Even though I am a part of the GANG I can differ on this count)… And the GANG is always seen having loads of fun!!!

Meet the gang… Starting from the left side…

Nidhi: Our “Ponds Cold Cream” girl… Ek thapal palegi (Learing to speak Ek thappad padegi) / Batamiz / Mamma are her favorite sentences… Can think of all gross things that are possible… Also known as Chotu Mochu… Golu Molu…

Vishal: Mr. State Level… MBA is one of his favorite sentences… Can speak of all gross things… Got selected to NIM… Narayan asked him to wait for some more time at Infy J

Naveen: Till recently was assumed to be most decent guy… But now speaks a sentence and everyone is in the state of shock… Call him… And wait till you hear from him “Tell me”… Most of the time is made bakra…

Vishwesh: Plays all games equally well (No lateral thinking please!!!)… Had a crush on one of the females in the class who recently introduced him to her boy friend… Has a bag full of PJ’s for the day… Won PJ of the year award… Creator of “Ek thapal palegi” and many more identical …

Zainab: Most decent lady in the GANG… Never makes fun of anyone… Has loads of fun and studies a lot… Supplies me with class assignments J…

Rahul: Rahul rocks… Our SIR… Often found sleeping in the morning sessions… Teacher wakes him up asks a question and he answers it correctly… No one knows how… Probably most feared candidate amongst staff… Plus member of SGT… Favorite word… Ex-act-ly… And don’t forget… Rahul is always right…

Heena: Ms. Benchmark for the GANG (I guess even for the class)… Sincere… Would try all the assignments… Would always jumble sequence of words… Useless you are… Can understand all gross things boys can talk of… For more read “My first project at Infy”.

Ankit: Mr. Focussed as the GANG knows him… Dedicated to learn many things… My partner in crime… And in pulling junta’s leg… Game for everything… Loaded with fun…

Swapnil: “Lal Bhadak Mal Kadak”… My first Shikar in first week of joining... Knows me as the most Kamina friend… Focused on learning…

Missing in the snap…

Sayuri: Our judge for deciding the best PJ for the day… Database of PJ’s… Can create a PJ in every sentence one talks… Got lots of good jokes too, but everyone ends up marking it as PJ to irritate her…

Flavia: Was she on the call??? Of the 18 hours she is awake, 12 she is on the call… Rest 6, she is not, just because we have sessions and some hands on exercise… Plays NFS really well…

Harshad: Known as prankster… Irritates everyone… Difficult to trust :(

Such a senti...

2006-04-01T21:27:00.000-08:00

Heart to heart,
Many miles apart,
But my love for you
Will never depart...

BTW I did not write it.. I just came across it..

Kumbh Ka Mela...

2006-03-30T23:51:00.000-08:00

For people who are scared of module tests at Infy…

Arey bhai! Test koi Kumbh Ka Mela thodi na hain ke 12 saal mein ek baar ayegi!! Pehli test na nikle to next week re-test… Na nikle to Comprehensive Test me dekha jayega… Woh bhi na nikle to Re-Comprehensive… Woh bhi na nikle to Oral… Woh bhi na nikle to Re-oral… Aur itni baar test de ke to questions bhi learn ho jayege.. Toh kyu tension hain test ka?

You know everything...

2006-03-30T06:08:00.000-08:00

Being lazy I am rarely found studying... And people have a misconception that I know it all and thats the reason I don't study…

Had a quiz on RDBMS today… As usual started studying late night yesterday and people started with… "You’ll get A grade you know the concepts in RDBMS"... I have been hearing this kind of statements since engineering days…

So I came up with an answer to this…

I know… In childhood your parents read out stories of Akbar and Birbal / Ramayana / Mahabharata for you… But my parents read out to me concepts of Industrial Engineering / Let Us C / XYZ subject…

Way to go… BTW I did not score A in RDBMS ;)

Hemant Bhansali...

2006-03-29T23:43:00.000-08:00

Hemant aka Bansi... My partner in crime since college days... Coolest guy in Industrial Department...

Personal Slogans: Live life king size. Don't just work hard... work SMART...

I met Hemant in my Third Year of engineering... We had a few things in common... The special stars (very few know what I mean by stars here), the ability to pull leg of our classmates and the urge to earn money while in college...

He was the one who ventured with me to start my first mutual fund kind of stuff...

He modified the age old Congress slogan of “Roti, Kapda and Makan” and added new dimensions to it “Car, Laptop, IPOD and Broad Band Connection”.

Strengths: Confidence… Ability to dream big...

Mission: Earn… Earn and earn more… To have and to want more that is life

Vision: Ambani ke upar pahuchneka…

I have learned lot of things from him... Helped me to overcome my stage fear... Brought out the best in me!!!

Artificial Rock Climbing...

2006-03-28T07:54:00.000-08:00

This is the latest attraction at Infosys, Mysore… The rock climbing wall… This wall is specially built to provide adequate hand and foot holds…

I tried rock climbing some two weeks back and it was a great fun… Did it again with lesser number of hand and foot holds on the wall… Slipped once and caught the hold again…

One thing was sure after I did it successfully twice... Great muscles are not required for this sport… Although it requires lot of endurance... The toe must support your whole body weight and the calf muscles and hands are stressed trying to keep the foot horizontal and holding the body close to wall… It pains a little but once the top is touched there is no joy like that…

Edited: Updated with Snap!!

5 things about me..

2006-03-24T21:48:00.000-08:00

Better to have 5 rather than 10..

05) I can act stupid to irritate anyone easily.
04) I am equally bad at all sports.
03) I am lazy.. In fact very lazy.
02) I dream a lot and rarely work towards it.
01) Inspite of all this I'm a little more than uSeLeSs :)

Yeh kya ho gaya..

2006-03-24T21:38:00.000-08:00

Socha nahin tha taqdeer yahan laayegi..
Manzil ke aane se pehle hi jaan chali jaayegi..
O, yeh to Sikandar ne bhi nahin tha socha..
Aane se pehle khushi laut jaayegi..
Humne socha tha kya, aur kya se kya hua..
Jaa rahe hai aaj yeh zamaane ko bataake..

JB toh reh gaya.. Sydenham bhi nikal gaya..
Yeh kya kar diya CET tune..

LAZY ME..

2006-03-24T09:47:00.000-08:00

I am so lazy that I hate emptying the trash in the recycle bin on my computer.. :)

Dream Company.. Dream Profile..

2006-03-21T10:28:00.001-08:00

This is the coolest company I came across when I was reading one of the blogs. This company fosters coolest working styles.. creative minds and what not..

So here goes the coolest stuff..

Company Name: Huh Corp.
Punch Line: We Do Stuff..

Some of the excerpts:

"Our female staff members are all hot, so, even if there's nothing to meet about, we'll sit and flirt with them, and charge you for the time. When one of our new-age marketing gurus or design experts or consultants has an idea, the rest of us look at him or her with serious expressions and write stuff down on paper."

"Our main consulting strategy is to convince clients that we do stuff they can't do themselves, and that we deserve lots of money for it. The best way to do this is to always look good, and always sound like we know something you don't. Because we do."

"Our creative team will come up with design and marketing ideas you never even thought of. How could you? You don't have the talent we do. Don't take it personally. That's our job. That's what we do. We do stuff."

I have already applied and have started preparing for the position "Vision Guidance Leader"... you know what it means.. in layman terms "Consultant".