Written a long time back..was in drafts and just published it..
Few years ago i believed that i was an practical pessimist i guess that doesn't hold good anymore..I am now more of an optimist oozing with confidence and grit of a man on mission.Past few months i have not been myself and that is clearly shown in my recent posts..there always used to be my soul in the posts but nowadays its not the same..reasons may be numerous..trying to hide something or in the phase of transisition but doesn't matter..my posts are still good and they do tell about myself.
Last few months a lot of things have happened which could have broke me but i am bloody strong that i have stood strong without even a tear spent..Lost my grandpa..hit by recession..lost a good friend ( she got a guy )..trip got canceled.fell ill..health has deteriorated(still haven't been to doc)..but i still feel great about myself..I have always loved myself and have started to feel greater about myself..But one thing that has always haunted is me losing ppl..what the crap is that..can't i ever be successful in friendship..donno what goes wrong..have had numerous friends till now and will have many more but i wish someone would tell me what actually is wrong in me that my friends can't hold on to me..my friends have always made me feel special in their lives until they find someone..Donno what to write..But i have learnt living life this way..
No regrets..
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Year of 2010
Bit late but better than never..Back to writing a blog and living in tradition of writing a blog in January..The topic pretty straight forward my yearly update :-) i just hope i don't copy paste everything from my fb and twitter profiles..
Let me change the format of the yearly update from the month by month as i usually did..Why?????
Change is the only constant? or i am too old to remember the dates (will write from remains of memory or memory remains)..ok enough its just that i prefer to give importance to the things that have happened rather than the time... let me see..habits usually die hard..
Year started on a good note with a new client being added to the company profile and a big client with a good prospect of growth and the trial period was an excellent success and growth has been tremendous with team growing from 3 ppl to 11 and we handling more than 70% of the customers..A professional organization and a very good one to grow with..Hope to see more success and growth with the client..
Then we had a change of management in another client place and hence had to cut down the resources but me and my partner being strategist planners we ensured all was well we just did a bit of reshuffling of resources across clients.
Family pressure regarding taking away my independence(marriage) had started in October and the agitation if you may call it was 2 months old but still the warrior in me fought on :-)
Dad had started looking for a plot or house in and around Rajajinagar but as always we had a argument and the proximity had to me maximum of 2 kms from my current home :-) We saw many some priced as high as 12.5k per sq ft....and then zeroed in on some but every house had some or the other point me or dad disagreed upon..
Then finally we saw a plot about 0.4 kms from my home and initially i had outright said no and didn't even visit as i had to cross West of Chord Road but my friend suggested me to have a look and i did and then we finalized on it but the owner was an entrepreneur in US and he was coming down in June so registration had to wait on till then..But i loved the plot...
The IPL started and kept me glued to the tv for the first few days and then had me glued to cricinfo for few more then preferred to look at scores of RCB matches and the points table..
RCB had a good performance and Dravid had some pretty good knocks..End of the day they reached semis and were knocked out by spirited Mumbai.. But finally were able to win a match convincingly against DC in all 3 years of IPL..RCB were more like chokers when it came to playing against DC..
Oh yeah..before the IPL Kallis, White, Merwe, Morgan, Boucher and Steyn had a privilege of being at HRC at the same time as me and a few friends were...
My birthday is a day i look forward to not for the gifts or wishes alone but for the time i introspect and i loved the way i have grown in every aspect but i am never contented or satisfied..Still a lot more things to and i always want something more and get bored easily with monotony and something which has already been done/achieved..
May is the month my company completed its first year and i felt really proud and kicked about it...First time in my life deciding on pay raise or hikes certainly made me feel good..
We had a small get together of sorts where we just ordered pizza and gave all my employees wrist watches and sweets...Promise guys the party will be on in a few years for anniversary celebrations:-)
Prospect of new clients joining was looming large and hence had to be on my toes with getting infrastructure in place..hire resources etc..all was done and new client did come in but lasted just 3 months..its a secret but there was misappropriation of funds and false advertisement of Google analytics to get more investors..I cannot name the client :-) One of the clients i was happy to let go as they absolutely had shabby process and its difficult for off shore companies to work if process is not solid..Happy that i got the big name in my client list though ;-) ..
Oh..i think now i came to about July or August and there it was the topic of marriage..it blew up and i had no cover so had to give a go ahead for ctrl+f with a set of crazy criteria and thankfully been able to reject everything even without meeting anyone from past 8 months..Don
t know till when i can do that but been successful so far...
Then i got my vision correction done and am happy about it...i can wear sun glasses now...not can i just have to bloody wear it to protect my eyes from all the dust and pollution around..That reminds me that i had to meet my Doctor and it has just been a delay of just 6 months for now...
Dentist is just a month away from being one year..Hope he doesn't charge me more for going late :-P
The plot registration was done and the owner of the plot was a very good guy and i got instantaneously close to him and still maintain contact with him and he shares me his success story and also has promised to let me know of any opportunities that may arise as well.
Then the planning of the house happened not without its share of arguments between me and dad..I always felt arguments get the best of every person and end product will be superior and i agree to it..me and my dad never agree on anything unless we have a discussion and have our say :-)
The plan came out well and when we were supposed to start the construction..Tarle happened with the neighbor..he has not left a single inch of space but expects us to leave 3 feet..we had left 1.6 ft and then i spoke to our engineer and told that just leave it and lets proceed and we did so.
My point is if 100 ppl make a mistake it doesn't become right just because he has not followed the rules doesn't make sense for us to break the rule and argue saying u have not followed and so won't we..sounds kiddish..
The plan is awesome and love it..Ground floor of parking space then a duplex home and finally a floor for office.. I am not a fan of having office and home at the same place but financials and time saving takes a priority here for time being than my likes..My office works 24 hours and hence it is safe and convenient that i stay as close as possible..
Now now and now let me talk about my first trip to Goa....Did i love it?? yes i loved every moment of it and certainly asking for more.....Now i clearly get why in DCH those guys planned one trip to Goa every year... for the serenity of Goa...Man makes me go back.....But missed my best friend as he was not able to make it for personal reasons...looking forward to spending time with him there..We can talk about everything under the Sun and above it and beyond it as well..I would love that to happen in Goa..perfect ingredient for relaxation...Lets see when and if it happens..But overall mesmerized by Goa and won't care the company can go there alone as well..
Then got a very big project from a leading company..ok i think i can reveal this AOL and we did a good job and we are promised more work and yes already in talks with more stuff..
Then finally we decided to launch or re launch our website..Being a web development company and building corporate websites for many companies it was a shame that i was still sticking to a kiddish website i had built for fun in a matter of hours on Feb 2009 even before the company started or idea chipped in i had this website and probably for fun then :-)
The website certainly took a lot of my attention from many things that were happening around and made me focus and the result made me happy..it came well and it was well received..
Then i got a new found interest for discovering good music especially english classics..so the search is still on and have got some awesome collection and i keep listening to glory while working..Helps me focus..
Ok i am getting bored..will add more later...not sure..
Let me change the format of the yearly update from the month by month as i usually did..Why?????
Change is the only constant? or i am too old to remember the dates (will write from remains of memory or memory remains)..ok enough its just that i prefer to give importance to the things that have happened rather than the time... let me see..habits usually die hard..
Year started on a good note with a new client being added to the company profile and a big client with a good prospect of growth and the trial period was an excellent success and growth has been tremendous with team growing from 3 ppl to 11 and we handling more than 70% of the customers..A professional organization and a very good one to grow with..Hope to see more success and growth with the client..
Then we had a change of management in another client place and hence had to cut down the resources but me and my partner being strategist planners we ensured all was well we just did a bit of reshuffling of resources across clients.
Family pressure regarding taking away my independence(marriage) had started in October and the agitation if you may call it was 2 months old but still the warrior in me fought on :-)
Dad had started looking for a plot or house in and around Rajajinagar but as always we had a argument and the proximity had to me maximum of 2 kms from my current home :-) We saw many some priced as high as 12.5k per sq ft....and then zeroed in on some but every house had some or the other point me or dad disagreed upon..
Then finally we saw a plot about 0.4 kms from my home and initially i had outright said no and didn't even visit as i had to cross West of Chord Road but my friend suggested me to have a look and i did and then we finalized on it but the owner was an entrepreneur in US and he was coming down in June so registration had to wait on till then..But i loved the plot...
The IPL started and kept me glued to the tv for the first few days and then had me glued to cricinfo for few more then preferred to look at scores of RCB matches and the points table..
RCB had a good performance and Dravid had some pretty good knocks..End of the day they reached semis and were knocked out by spirited Mumbai.. But finally were able to win a match convincingly against DC in all 3 years of IPL..RCB were more like chokers when it came to playing against DC..
Oh yeah..before the IPL Kallis, White, Merwe, Morgan, Boucher and Steyn had a privilege of being at HRC at the same time as me and a few friends were...
My birthday is a day i look forward to not for the gifts or wishes alone but for the time i introspect and i loved the way i have grown in every aspect but i am never contented or satisfied..Still a lot more things to and i always want something more and get bored easily with monotony and something which has already been done/achieved..
May is the month my company completed its first year and i felt really proud and kicked about it...First time in my life deciding on pay raise or hikes certainly made me feel good..
We had a small get together of sorts where we just ordered pizza and gave all my employees wrist watches and sweets...Promise guys the party will be on in a few years for anniversary celebrations:-)
Prospect of new clients joining was looming large and hence had to be on my toes with getting infrastructure in place..hire resources etc..all was done and new client did come in but lasted just 3 months..its a secret but there was misappropriation of funds and false advertisement of Google analytics to get more investors..I cannot name the client :-) One of the clients i was happy to let go as they absolutely had shabby process and its difficult for off shore companies to work if process is not solid..Happy that i got the big name in my client list though ;-) ..
Oh..i think now i came to about July or August and there it was the topic of marriage..it blew up and i had no cover so had to give a go ahead for ctrl+f with a set of crazy criteria and thankfully been able to reject everything even without meeting anyone from past 8 months..Don
t know till when i can do that but been successful so far...
Then i got my vision correction done and am happy about it...i can wear sun glasses now...not can i just have to bloody wear it to protect my eyes from all the dust and pollution around..That reminds me that i had to meet my Doctor and it has just been a delay of just 6 months for now...
Dentist is just a month away from being one year..Hope he doesn't charge me more for going late :-P
The plot registration was done and the owner of the plot was a very good guy and i got instantaneously close to him and still maintain contact with him and he shares me his success story and also has promised to let me know of any opportunities that may arise as well.
Then the planning of the house happened not without its share of arguments between me and dad..I always felt arguments get the best of every person and end product will be superior and i agree to it..me and my dad never agree on anything unless we have a discussion and have our say :-)
The plan came out well and when we were supposed to start the construction..Tarle happened with the neighbor..he has not left a single inch of space but expects us to leave 3 feet..we had left 1.6 ft and then i spoke to our engineer and told that just leave it and lets proceed and we did so.
My point is if 100 ppl make a mistake it doesn't become right just because he has not followed the rules doesn't make sense for us to break the rule and argue saying u have not followed and so won't we..sounds kiddish..
The plan is awesome and love it..Ground floor of parking space then a duplex home and finally a floor for office.. I am not a fan of having office and home at the same place but financials and time saving takes a priority here for time being than my likes..My office works 24 hours and hence it is safe and convenient that i stay as close as possible..
Now now and now let me talk about my first trip to Goa....Did i love it?? yes i loved every moment of it and certainly asking for more.....Now i clearly get why in DCH those guys planned one trip to Goa every year... for the serenity of Goa...Man makes me go back.....But missed my best friend as he was not able to make it for personal reasons...looking forward to spending time with him there..We can talk about everything under the Sun and above it and beyond it as well..I would love that to happen in Goa..perfect ingredient for relaxation...Lets see when and if it happens..But overall mesmerized by Goa and won't care the company can go there alone as well..
Then got a very big project from a leading company..ok i think i can reveal this AOL and we did a good job and we are promised more work and yes already in talks with more stuff..
Then finally we decided to launch or re launch our website..Being a web development company and building corporate websites for many companies it was a shame that i was still sticking to a kiddish website i had built for fun in a matter of hours on Feb 2009 even before the company started or idea chipped in i had this website and probably for fun then :-)
The website certainly took a lot of my attention from many things that were happening around and made me focus and the result made me happy..it came well and it was well received..
Then i got a new found interest for discovering good music especially english classics..so the search is still on and have got some awesome collection and i keep listening to glory while working..Helps me focus..
Ok i am getting bored..will add more later...not sure..
Monday, May 31, 2010
No Wonder am Wandering..
I have always been very focused and never have i seen myself having long term goals.
Its always been phase by phase..When in school it was about getting good scores not even knowing what i wanted to do next..When in college was to focus on getting into good college..When in college to get a placement..Once in company was just to learn work and enjoy whatever i was doing..My only long term goal was to be my own Boss, which came in as an opportunity and i grabbed with both hands and legs as one of my friends point out..When i have reached this point is where i am having trouble..I am not an outright technical guy but at the same time not the managerial type but have the confidence in doing well on any of the roles and have done well in the past..but what do i like to do..question which has been haunting me for quite a few days now..i want to be a manager and also wants to get involved as a developer..i know its not that easy looking at how demanding a managerial role is but i am willing to put in that extra effort..working for 14-15 hrs a day is not alien to me..
Being a manager all you need to do is design process, monitor the work, build out strategy, asses the progress, send status reports, bill the clients, build out salary slips, budget, attend meetings on all levels, daily scrums, to strategic planning meetings, to decision making on new tools to be procured etc..This is all good work i agree but am i too young to be taken out of the challenging environment of development..break my head to fix a bug..google hours together to built a new feature..search for new plug-ins that can be used, design the framework for a new feature, try to search code to do a ctrl+c and ctrl+v..Miss all the fun..
But at this point my focus has to be on my company because its 2 clients and 9 people depending on me to sail the ship and a partner who trusts me undoubtedly to lead the team..
May be some time in the future i do get into development scheme of things..Hope it won't be too late..
Its always been phase by phase..When in school it was about getting good scores not even knowing what i wanted to do next..When in college was to focus on getting into good college..When in college to get a placement..Once in company was just to learn work and enjoy whatever i was doing..My only long term goal was to be my own Boss, which came in as an opportunity and i grabbed with both hands and legs as one of my friends point out..When i have reached this point is where i am having trouble..I am not an outright technical guy but at the same time not the managerial type but have the confidence in doing well on any of the roles and have done well in the past..but what do i like to do..question which has been haunting me for quite a few days now..i want to be a manager and also wants to get involved as a developer..i know its not that easy looking at how demanding a managerial role is but i am willing to put in that extra effort..working for 14-15 hrs a day is not alien to me..
Being a manager all you need to do is design process, monitor the work, build out strategy, asses the progress, send status reports, bill the clients, build out salary slips, budget, attend meetings on all levels, daily scrums, to strategic planning meetings, to decision making on new tools to be procured etc..This is all good work i agree but am i too young to be taken out of the challenging environment of development..break my head to fix a bug..google hours together to built a new feature..search for new plug-ins that can be used, design the framework for a new feature, try to search code to do a ctrl+c and ctrl+v..Miss all the fun..
But at this point my focus has to be on my company because its 2 clients and 9 people depending on me to sail the ship and a partner who trusts me undoubtedly to lead the team..
May be some time in the future i do get into development scheme of things..Hope it won't be too late..
A Typical Weekend For Me
A man who has been branded as workaholic is usually a man who does nothing other than work on the weekdays but i don't think his weekends would be so boring :-)
yes weekend is when i try to relax and have some fun.
Perfect recipe for a good weekend is venturing out on Saturday and being lazy on a Sunday.
I would prefer every weekend to be a perfect dish with the above ingredients. If it happens..this is how it goes..
Getting up early in the morning may be around 8:00(mind you..this is after closing shop around 4-5 on friday(saturday morning)
Making it to the movie barely on time with just stuffing a piece of whatever grandma feeds and a full glass of milk going full throttle into the tummy.
Watch the movie with a small nap in between :-)
buy some pop corn and tons of Cola in the interval..
Go out for lunch to some chinese/pizza/north Indian and crib saying Idly sambhar is what i should have had and this restaurant sucks..
Window Shopping..
Sankey Tank .. have ice cream and Corn (Jola) before entering..Enjoying the nature at Sankey tank..Talking everything under the sun which makes sense and some not..
Passing the ball among friends to decide the place for early dinner..End up going to a couple of places since there never is an unanimous choice..
Hit the Cd shop..rent some old movies and some new ones..Watch one of the movies and simultaneously read the book..Yes i don't like doing one thing at a time..
Sleep around 2-3 after parents try all methods from sweet words to scolding to put me to sleep..
Sunday get up around 1-2..
Have brunch..
Go back to sleep with either music or movie on lappy..
Get up and take bath around 5-6..
Just go out for a walk around and have some chats..
Come back..Have dinner.. Sleeeeeeppp..to wake up to another workaholic week..
yes weekend is when i try to relax and have some fun.
Perfect recipe for a good weekend is venturing out on Saturday and being lazy on a Sunday.
I would prefer every weekend to be a perfect dish with the above ingredients. If it happens..this is how it goes..
Getting up early in the morning may be around 8:00(mind you..this is after closing shop around 4-5 on friday(saturday morning)
Making it to the movie barely on time with just stuffing a piece of whatever grandma feeds and a full glass of milk going full throttle into the tummy.
Watch the movie with a small nap in between :-)
buy some pop corn and tons of Cola in the interval..
Go out for lunch to some chinese/pizza/north Indian and crib saying Idly sambhar is what i should have had and this restaurant sucks..
Window Shopping..
Sankey Tank .. have ice cream and Corn (Jola) before entering..Enjoying the nature at Sankey tank..Talking everything under the sun which makes sense and some not..
Passing the ball among friends to decide the place for early dinner..End up going to a couple of places since there never is an unanimous choice..
Hit the Cd shop..rent some old movies and some new ones..Watch one of the movies and simultaneously read the book..Yes i don't like doing one thing at a time..
Sleep around 2-3 after parents try all methods from sweet words to scolding to put me to sleep..
Sunday get up around 1-2..
Have brunch..
Go back to sleep with either music or movie on lappy..
Get up and take bath around 5-6..
Just go out for a walk around and have some chats..
Come back..Have dinner.. Sleeeeeeppp..to wake up to another workaholic week..
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Aall izz Well or Is it?
Recently i saw a very nice blog written about the after effects on him after watching the '3 idiots'..Yeah..all will not be well after you watch the movie..it is so well made with scenes and dialogues in every part of the movie which can make you think and think and think..
Yeah..the sure on the face message of the movie is do what you love and not follow the popular choice if that is not what you don't want to be...but..do you feel in reality this can happen?..This should happen is a different scenario..will it happen is my question..just think about a minute..are you ready to allow your kid to go play cricket and make a career out of it..Think...think...Guys..come back to reality..every day we try to be as careful as possible..we want to be cent percent sure that our decision has to be fruitful..be it buying vegetables or planning a trip..We Indians go to super markets and buy the toothpaste which gives tooth brush free and not the one we want..and you guys are going to leave that mentality aside in your kid's future..This is what passed through my mind..
And next is the scenario of my life..about a guy who didn't know what tomorrow means..yep..at school i never knew what studying for tests or exams meant..my parents used to ask me questions and i used to answer and write in exams..the trend was the same till 8th standard..how i wrote my exams is still a mystery to me and probably that is exactly why i couldn't crack my engg exams so well..in terms of my goals or what i wanted to do..i seriously was blessed for the fact that i didn't exactly know what the popular or in thing is cos i was not the one to discuss about future or movies with my cousins..i was more interested in knowing if they had the same chapters as i had in that class..see even there i was least bothered about my future..But in 5th standard i had one aim of having my own company or basically be my own Boss..i think that is the only idea or goal about future i had..i always stuck to it..not sure due to my fondness to it or my character of being committed to things..later sometime in school..grew attachment towards being a software engineer cos it looked nice to write that in slam books..so stuck to it..ha ha..what a planned future..i didn't about IIT's back in school..Didn't know much about MES or St.Jospeh's college even on the day of my 10 results..if not for my friends i would probably have never known much about these colleges.The only time i was passionate about something was in 2nd pu when i wanted to become chemical engineer..reason was it was different and i was good at chemistry..or fear of other subjects for which i don't have an answer..but as far as i am concerned i have become what i wanted to become but even after that i at times feel is this all..make no mistake..there is still lot more to do in what i am doing..i am happy but now i feel i need to create a new goal for myself..cos i need spice in my life..
Yeah..the sure on the face message of the movie is do what you love and not follow the popular choice if that is not what you don't want to be...but..do you feel in reality this can happen?..This should happen is a different scenario..will it happen is my question..just think about a minute..are you ready to allow your kid to go play cricket and make a career out of it..Think...think...Guys..come back to reality..every day we try to be as careful as possible..we want to be cent percent sure that our decision has to be fruitful..be it buying vegetables or planning a trip..We Indians go to super markets and buy the toothpaste which gives tooth brush free and not the one we want..and you guys are going to leave that mentality aside in your kid's future..This is what passed through my mind..
And next is the scenario of my life..about a guy who didn't know what tomorrow means..yep..at school i never knew what studying for tests or exams meant..my parents used to ask me questions and i used to answer and write in exams..the trend was the same till 8th standard..how i wrote my exams is still a mystery to me and probably that is exactly why i couldn't crack my engg exams so well..in terms of my goals or what i wanted to do..i seriously was blessed for the fact that i didn't exactly know what the popular or in thing is cos i was not the one to discuss about future or movies with my cousins..i was more interested in knowing if they had the same chapters as i had in that class..see even there i was least bothered about my future..But in 5th standard i had one aim of having my own company or basically be my own Boss..i think that is the only idea or goal about future i had..i always stuck to it..not sure due to my fondness to it or my character of being committed to things..later sometime in school..grew attachment towards being a software engineer cos it looked nice to write that in slam books..so stuck to it..ha ha..what a planned future..i didn't about IIT's back in school..Didn't know much about MES or St.Jospeh's college even on the day of my 10 results..if not for my friends i would probably have never known much about these colleges.The only time i was passionate about something was in 2nd pu when i wanted to become chemical engineer..reason was it was different and i was good at chemistry..or fear of other subjects for which i don't have an answer..but as far as i am concerned i have become what i wanted to become but even after that i at times feel is this all..make no mistake..there is still lot more to do in what i am doing..i am happy but now i feel i need to create a new goal for myself..cos i need spice in my life..
Sunday, December 27, 2009
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..
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..
Saturday, July 18, 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..
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..
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