Eventful 2009

This being the longest weekend i had in a long time and fact that i had not planned to relax has helped me relax. So been watching a lot of tv just to realise that the number of channels have been increasing but the quality of programmes have been coming down..over the 3 days i just liked the Hanuman, Bheem shows on pogo..Cricket matches and couple of new channels..MTV and Channel V have been taken to dogs i tell you..While surfing the channels on Times Now i saw a programme 2009 in 60 minutes and i saw it for about 6 minutes before surfing the channels again.
Then when i started surfing the net i understood why people find net more interesting than tv , atleast i am of this opinion. So i thought let me put my 2009 on my post and also that it had been really long since i wrote something.

Like all 24 years of my life so far, 2009 was a mixture of good and bad moments..come on argh..i will be saying the same throughout my life cos all years will have its share of good and bad things..

January -
A major release happened at Injoos and it waa good. I liked my effort in building about 5 good themes and then mixing matching copying made the count to about 25.

February -
Got a pay cut.
Designed,developed and hosted my website all in 5 hours and till date have not changed a word :-D have been planning to revamp it and hoping to do it real soon.
My freelancing work got real big cos i was co ordinating between US, Hyderabad, Banashankari and got the project done. In fact i had 2 projects completed by then.
We were planning for a trip and the destination was Goa bt got changed to Ooty..
The time was march and then got changed to June and for records neither of the destinations nor timeframes worked out :-D

March -
The month that forwarded my life 4-5 years cos i had always goal to have a company of my own, was always focussed but had expected to try it out when i was around 27 or 28 but an opportunity knocked and i didn't find it hard to accept it at all. Only thing that made me think was how will i be still part of Injoos where i loved and learned every moment of my life. I was no way going to leave it and at the same time i didn't want to leave the opportunity so i had to do my balancing act which i have been doing well all my life so working for 16 hours was a routine to me so decided to go for it.


April -
I got confirmation of the company and the start date was may 4, yes for a novice who had not even lead a team or interviewed anyone or anything had to rent an office space, hire people, get internet lines, furniture and whatever is necessary in less than a month, precisely i got confirmation on april 8, so i got the office space by april 10 and one by one all fell in place due to great help from my dad and my dear friend Srinivas who was always there for any help i needed.
And then the big moment of informing my manager at Injoos and still wondering if i would be given a chance to work at Injoos, but the talk was so smooth and gave me more confidence, strength and assurance that i can carry things through and so the things have been pretty good.

May -
Yep..office started and i got the first hit when the senior most person who was supposed to lead didn't join and we were left with 5 people who had finished engineering about 20 months ago but i had the confidence we would carry it through and we did..we were hit again when one other person had to quit..we moved on and hired another person.
First month was about getting used to training and timings for the employees..
RCB lost the final of IPL..

June -
The biggest thing was getting the laptops from customs and realizing that moving things in Indian offices is so not quick..Damn!!!
Was just the routine of office and home..seldom home..

July -
Part of big enhancement of User Profile and was happy to be part of it..
Had lot of work on the enhancement and lot of responsibility at my office too..

August -
User Profile launched and it had come out really well..
The team at my office had been doing good and the client was happy to give us another unit and that means more systems, bigger UPS and more people.
Got everything done but drama unfolded in september.
My sister got married :-)
I bought my Iphone after planning to get it from US for nearly 5 months..yes i spent 29,650 INR for it but i love it ;-) my phone not the money i spent.

September -
Person leading the team got selected to Navy and so we had to let him go.
Out of the hired people one of my closest friends from college quit unexpectedly and we had to tell client to hold off and i was heart broken.
We got a quick replacement to the existing team and that is when i had to officially fire the person cos he was too baaaad..
Had been to 2 Champions Trophy Matches and every moment was worth it..

October-
For a person like me to take tough decision on someone was difficult but had to for the benefit of the company and i did it..Yes i fired someone..
We had a trip to Kgudi..nice relaxed trip..Thing about trips is everytime u r in trip u keep planning for the next and u want to go for more trips but seldom does those blossom..
Grandpa's one year ceremony.

November -
Prospect of 3 new clients..
Yes had to hire people and i did and they started on December 1 with a probation of 3 weeks..
Have been looking for a bigger house or big plot..only and only at Rajajinagar..to be precise within 2 kms of my home :-)
Rates are so unbelievable...

December -
new team was real strong and they help their own and did a fantastic job and after 3 weeks of probation. client has asked us to hire 2-4 more people and so i have scheduled interviews :-).
Had a team outing at Injoos..Loved it..
Had to get my eyes operated..postponed to January..

Movies this year -
Have watched a real lot of movies in theatre this year and would want to do so from now on..
Delhi ..Kaminey..Avatar 3d..Rocket Singh..Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani..Dostana..3 idiots..etc...

Hoping a great year ahead and wishing you all a very happy new year..
Good Bye 2009..

My Friends

Weekend has been good and relaxing for the fact that i have not ventured anywhere out of my house..now coming to my friends..i have been thinking a lot about this since a couple of months..probably an year or so..the best i felt was write about my feelings for each of them..at the end of it they may like me more or hate me but really that is not the purpose of this post.Its just what i feel for them and to show my kids how my friends were.
Let me talk about each one individually..

Friend 1 -
Before : One of my very best friends till date..our friendship dates back to nearly 15 years and good thing is there were never really rough moments between us anytime..grew up together.We were like 2 bodies one soul..always there for me..knew me inside out..only person whom i knew could pep me up when down.. our conversations would stretch from movies to cricket to people to country to music to all that makes sense and nonsense too..never left me alone..Couldn't stay without meeting each other for more than a day or 2

Now: Times changed found the girl of his life..too busy with life and no time for anything other than career and life which obviously doesn't include me..it takes a special occasion for us to meet..We think now what to speak to each other..Talking has stopped a long way back..
All the best in life..

Friend 2 -
Before : Second of my very less set of best friends..grew up together can say till school..after school though we were and we are friends the magic didn't strike well enough cos we couldn't spend quality time with each other..used to be part of the group only when he had spare time..always had a reason to change our decisions of going to a movie or hotel and always had a 'no' as an answer for our plans..Good friend..


Now : Busy with life and partner..a bit selfish and opportunist but thats how some people are...Talks about bringing back the magic of our friendship little does he know that i had moved on long time back and his attitude is the one that stops me to work on getting friendship back to where it was if not better cos i donno if it would really last.

So this part of my post has been grossly misunderstood..what i have meant in the above paragraphs is just some things that have happened in our lives that doesn't mean there was nothing good about our friendship..we have had some of the best moments of our lives together..
Always there when he knows i am sad about anything..best part about him is his memory..has a very good memory and keeps reminding the good moments we had together and keeps relating things..I would definitely ask him suggestions on places for food and parking..He has a sweet gf who is more sensible and mature than this idiot :-)..she is very good friend of mine and deserves equal respect to everyone else in the post and you don't find a different section for her cos i have never seen them as separate..
He along with friend 1 have been my strength and inspiration..
People if you felt i have nothing positive to talk about him come speak to me and i can talk about it for months..
We are friends for life..

Sister 1 :
Before : A junior at school got introduced to me in a purely coincidental circumstances..never really knew we would go on to be so close but we did..Used to share everything and anything and always looked up to me for strength and focus..didn't really matter is i had exams next day she had to talk to me for a couple of hours..she being my first sister..loved her a lot..there couldn't be a day passed without our conversation..during these years she grew from strength to strength and went on to become a very successful person in life..

Now : Busy with her focus towards her family and career..i am the last on her list of friends but let me tell you she has very little friends..now we speak as we are acquaintance and nothing more..we need a valid reason to talk to each other..calls wouldn't last for more than 2 minutes..

Friend 3 :
Before : She was my sister's best friend and we became the closest of friends..first girl with whom i felt comfortable talking to..she admired me and we couldn't stop telling each other whats happening at that moment..mobile service providers made huge profit cos of us :-D
She had feelings which i couldn't reciprocate and she moved on..

Now : Back into my life after a couple of years but friendship didn't change and she is happily married now.

Friend4:
Before : Got together during our PU days but really got close from 4th semester and we grew together from then on and still growing together..total opposite personalities but still we compliment each other very well..no hint of tact or secrecy in him..always there for company be it goiing to return a rented cd or filling up petrol or buying clothes..never do we talk about each other but we always lend support to each other..value each others company a lot..we have got so used to each other that we can't stay away (touch wood)..Feels good to have a buddy who is simple non nonsense and no strings attached kind

Now :no change yet :-)

Sister 2 :
Before : Got to know her in 5th semester and somehow chords stroked immediately and we got close so close in no time..People wondered if we knew each others over years..Nice person..always had things to tell you..always bored to study..dream t a lot..filled the void of a sister in my life..loved her a lot..at times she was my kid sister and sometimes my elder one..:-)

Now : Times changed..fell in love forgot to tell me..got married and living happily..

Friend 5 :
Before : A sweet girl got introduced to me during a fest at college and we have been very close since then..nice girl..looks up to me for advice..respects me a lot..always there for me and expects the same from me..staying in hostel she feels my home is her local guardian and my parents love her as well..they find a daughter in her..

Now : No change yet :-)

Sister 3 :

Before : My friend's sister but a very very close sister to me as well..She likes me and respects me equal to her brothers and i love the fact as i always love having sisters..Simple girl..if there are no exams she will come out with us and i like teasing her..

Now : No change yet :-)

Wrote my feelings in this post..just like Abraham Lincoln told one of his subordinates to express his anger on paper i did the same about my feelings..

These people have had a huge influence in my life..There have been numerous other friends but these fall into the special bracket..
None the less one thing is friendship also comes with a validity..As my first post goes 'Change is eternal'

Myself as a friend : Bestest of friends..moody but still there..helps me focus and determined in life..Good thing about the things that has happened is that it has helped me to concentrate on my career and goals as the only thing i had in life other than my family was work..helped me a lot in growing..

And one small conclusion i had not written last time around is that everyone in this post are the best of my friends and am always there for them and they are always there for me..
We are all friends for life..

Cheers!!!Loved writing this post..

Great Weekend

Its been really a long time since i penned down my thoughts..there has been a lot of things that has happened over these months..

First my dream of starting my company bloomed..i believed in myself but yet felt it was close to impossible for a boy from middle class family to realize such a big dream but it happened..Probably that has kept me busy from blogging..

But am breathing a bit freely from last 2 weeks..previous weekend was a good one with 3 good movies..'Gafla' in hindi..'Shoot at sight' in english and 'Vinayakadu' in telugu..Needed a good break and got it but this weekend was better..

Weekend started with some spine chilling music by Nirvana..
First 3 official meetings scheduled for saturday got canceled and then had to go out with one friend in the morning and with another in the evening but both got canceled..so it was good rest day for me till i decided to go shopping with my dad..went to brigade and entered the Levis showroom but out of so much collection i didn't like even a single jeans there and then went to Lee where the collection wasn't too good..stepped into Pepe showroom..i always liked the pepe brand but never really bought it due to cost factor but this was the day of spending so went and really loved the collection and fit and bought 2 jeans and 2 short casual shirts..cost a whopping 6,400 but due to discount came down to 4000 and the surprise was at the bill counter when my dad paid the bill ;-) .. in the evening just bought some essential stuff for office and then picked up about 5 dvds out of which one was a pathetic movie called ' Kambhakth ishq' ..crap movie i tell you..Script writers and directors still feel showing a bit of skin and using some raunchy double meaning jokes makes a movie hit..pity those idiots..

Sunday was brothers sisters day..me my friend and our sister had booked tickets for 'new york' i bet this is a good movie in sometime now..Real good movie..its story based and very little entertainment quotient in the movie..what made the movie special was the realistic ending rather than the miraculous happy ending usually bollywood movies have..Like to watch movies with a story and a strong one..Then had lunch at mcdonlads and desserts at Gelato..Liked the ice cream but cone sucked big time..my hunger for shopping hadn't really ended the day before..so checked out some stuff at Levis and again the collection looked mediocore..found a couple of neat t shirts at Pantaloon..picked them up and headed back home..Evening went to meet a friend and spent some quality time..came back to watch the match between Roddick and fedrer..stepped out a few minutes to meet a couple of friends and to return the cd but couldn't move an inch for nearly 2 hours..what a match..Roddick just shocked fedrer until the second set tie break..then it was pure awe to watch the relentless exhibition of pure ecstasy and grand strokes i have ever witnessed so far in tennis..first time in my life did i choose tennis over cricket and i felt it was worth it..It was a great win for Fedrer but for me respect for Roddick just doubled..from the times in 2004 and 2005..this time around his game was so mature..what i love about Roddick is that he plays by instinct and power..love the rawness of his game..Fedrer tamed the rawness on previous occassions but here roddick's tennis had a new element called maturity..On a personal not it would have been an icing on the cake to witness Roddick win but its fine..There is always another day..


Nice weekend..Rejuvinated.. Replenished..Refreshed..Refuelled..

Friday the 13th

I have heard and read a lot of things about friday the 13th myth and stuff, there have been horror movies made based on this.

But this friday the 13th has been interesting for me, we friends had decided to go on a trip but it got cancelled or postponed as it stands due to unintended and unavoidable reasons,so we in unity had to take an unanimous decision to cancel the trip for now.

The day has been bundled with lot of energy, started with me having a shave at 2 in the morning and got a real quick and neat shave, felt nice..had good sleep..got up late as usual but got ready soon and was driving at a speed higher than my usual.

First half of the day at office i was filled with lot of enthu and fixed quite a good number of bugs and was texting many of my friends and was always with my music.I somehow had this intution of something good happening and positive spirited energy was running in my veins..It felt real good.Then we had a meeting about the effects of recession at office, though recession is something which people don't like i saw it as an opportunity, this is the time when people have to give their best but knowing me i have always given my 100% to anything i do but i saw this as a great opportunity to exercise my marketing and business skills of which i am praised of by my friends, some people have gone to the extent of sayin that i am born with an MBA.. though it sounded bit kiddish at times i feel i have that ability in me.I am going to do my best in this without letting it affect my development job. I am quite possitive about our company actually becoming  successful in this recession phase itself, i just am not able to pen(type) down my excitement.But rest assured Injoos is going to make it big within april and thats the bottom line.

I drove at real good speed while coming back from office as well..nice songs..especially 'feel' by Robbie Willaims and Karunesh's punjab gave added more energy..

And about tomorrow being valentine's day, it doesn't matter to me as it is another day for me but thanks to Muthalik i felt the need to celebrate V day but no time for it and it also seems like the coward has now decided to hide down the drain.

How i wish Muthalik's parents had his ideology and hadn't married we wouldn't have cheap fellows like him to throw thrash upon.I just don't understand how these narrown minded bloody politicians resort to such cheap tricks and how people follow them, donno whom to blame cheapos or people...If the one Mr.Muthalik is so damn concerned about Hindu culture let him first follow the principle of respecting fellow human.

And as far as my plans for V day are concerned not a big fan of it but wouldn't mind seeing it as an opportunity just to chill out and its a plan too early but surely i am gonna celebrate my next V day with  a girl..i am 23 and its time that my chick finds me soon..

And friday the 13th has been good and will be good for me.

Cheers..

Mixed Bag

Here i am and this is me and no where esle to write...la la la...

I have lot of things to write about right from being part of the biggest release i have seen so far to finally applying for a credit card and planning for trips and accomplishing my first financial goal and successfully completing 2 years in my professional career and feeling good about playing cricket and Obama becoming president as if i care..he he..and lots more..

Now i started new year with luck on my side,friends gathered and we kept playing uno and with luck on my side and using a bit of smartness was really playing good..Deprived of sleep and being hungry reached home at 6 to get bisi bisi dosas from mom...yummy and then slpet till 12 45 till i got a call from my friend who wanted me to be with her for the day..so got up got fresh and went to pizza hut and then to new megamart at Devegowda petrol bunk...i must admit it is better than brand factory and has real good collection..day passed by..i would call it a good begining..

The biggest thing that has happened so far in my professioanl career has been the last 2 months where i have had ample opportunity to learn and understand lot of things..i just can't explain how exciting journey it was but the result has been wonderful and really i feel elated to see Injoos.com now..let me just give u few snippets..i don't think ever in any company a founder sits next to you and suggests font colors,sizes and structure..we literally designed and developed a corporate site in not more than 3 days..then u have a senior who just estimates the effiency before u even complete ur question..then the CEO hust keeps giving lot of valuable information and feedback..He is certainly a welath of valuable knowledge..In brief i am enjoying my professional life..

Then i shaved my head at Tirupathi and happy with my new hairdo...he he..have no clue why i did it but it feels good..

On 11 jan i completed my 2 years in my career and feels good..Finally i applied for credit card..Got an HSBC bank savings account..

I have always wanted to visit certain places and never have been able to go there yet..the first one is Coorg..i have decided on this place for as many as 5 times and never been there..Hampi is one more place i want to visit but have never planned for it..Goa!!!!No comments..

Let me see i am hoping to see atleast one of these places this year..

Going to Wonderla for sure this year..come what may.. 

Too bored to blog..Ciao..Sorry for a bad blog post