Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ruffian dint celebrate his bday ??

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Ruffian @ Hyd -- 18th Sept - 25th Sept

Immediately after reaching home, I went out for shopping and bought a new mobile. Here is the model :

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5530_xpressmusic-2832.php

It was a kind of shock to my parents because I made them spend 10 k as soon as I landed :).

Basically my trip to hyd was regarding house warming party at my grandpa's place. So I had loads of fun. I was damn tired by the end of the party.

Meanwhile I also came to know that my team got selected for Red River project second round. I felt happy. Its the first competition in which the team I am in went to second round. A sigh of relief. But I dont know that I would be facing lot of pain finishing this project.

Lokesh and Sandesh came from hyderabad to give send off to me. I felt so happy seeing them back. The last day was full of fun filled moments. I can ever never forget that.
I felt so sad leaving them and starting for hel'L'.

I came back to lucknow by train. The journey was not boring because of boppa. We came to bhopal by nizamuddin exp and from there to lucknow by some other train.

The biggest surprise was to see sonali(my class mate) at bhopal rly station. And the biggest worry was she took a magazine and till now she dint return :(. May be she might have forgotten.

By the way, This journey has got some credit. It was the first time where I reached railway station half an hour earlier. :).

Thats it

Friday, October 1, 2010

I am not what I am

I dont know what to write in this post :( .

What I would have been doing now if I dint qualify in CAT. I might have been back at HSBC, working just like this day and night. I might have been developing some new REXX code with vijay. I might have been automating the routine work processes. I might have been guiding padma and sushil on debugging programs. I might have been playing TT with vijay after office hours. I might have been watching pics on idlebrain.com with aravind. I might have been bugging aravind to explain the code that I dont know. I might have been riding my bike at 100kmph speed to office. I might have forgot my keys at the bike itself and searching my place in the office for ten times. I might have gone for team outing. I might have been crying in case I lost the cricket match. I might have asked deepthi to see my contributions to poor on behalf of my best friend. I might have asked manohar to check my mail and make the changes according to his suggestions. I might be asking deepthi to suggest a place for CSR activities. I might have listened to sivaram about his views on our big boss at U.K.

I might have gone to movie on every weekend. I might have been asking sandesh to come to my house. I might have been watching a movie that I downloaded previous night. I might have gone to my uncle's place at least once in a month.

Now, I am somewhere far from hyderabad.

I am here for some reason. May be I can restore all the above after some period of time but I cannot get my present life again.

I would like to thank my best friend for throwing me here.

I am being haunted by some bad memories. I am desperately looking for a solution. I am exhausted of trying all the options.

I dont know what to write.

Thats it

Indigo is 'L's Indigo on 18th Sept

The title of the post is about "our" journey to Hyderabad from Lucknow by Indigo flight.

It was 12 by the time we finished our exam and the flight's departure time was 2.45. As soon as I finished my exam, I ran to my room and packed the luggage by 12.20 and was there at mess by 12.30. But only one of my friends was there :(. Actually eight of us were suppose to be there. I saw boppa coming from pgp office at that time and he was cool. I asked him about the luggage and he told that he would go to room then and bring the luggage. I got irritated. It was almost 1 PM where we all gathered and left for airport. Luckily we reached airport by 1.40. There was abundant time for us to enjoy. We slowly finished the check in process. Lucknow's airport is too small. Especially the entrance part is too small to compare with the railway station's entrance.

I need to write something about Isaac here. Isaac came by bike to the airport and he came very late. He could be the last one to enter. When he started he dint have ticket. He took a printout in between and reached airport at 2.15 I think. I thought he would miss the flight. This incident reminds me my past. To be frank I always enjoy the thrill of catching bus/train at the last minute. If the train departure time is 4.45, I start at home around 4.15 and enters the station at 4.40. I remember the incident of catching garibrath express to bangalore to attend IIM B interview. The train was at 8. I entered the station at 7.59. Luckily the train was running late on that day. I mean it was late by 2mins :). My best friend always asks me one thing. "Did you ever catch the train 5 minutes early ? ". I would like to answer that question in my next post.

Anyways, coming back to flight journey. Around 20 of us are flying on that day. So i dint feel like I was away from college at that time. Especially Isaac was sitting next to me and Boppa in front of my seat. We had so much fun commenting each other. I watched south park episodes. The pilot seems to be an experienced one because takeoff and landing was excellent. We reached delhi around 3.45 I think. Delhi airport is too big. Flight took more than 10 minutes to zero the speed after landing. In delhi we shifted to another flight. By that time Isaac was starving. In the flight from delhi to hyderabad, there was some change in seating plan. Sarika was sitting by the side of Isaac. Since Isaac was starving, sarika stopped the hostess, who was going ahead to deliver the food to economic class passengers, to get the food. " Strong Lady". The commenting section went on. I continued watching south park.

I filled the feedback form given by the air hostess to sarika and Isaac. I got the lucky chance to fill it. Guess why am i saying it lucky. Its because of air hostess. I wanted to write something about this air hostess. Her name is krystal. She is amazing. She is seriously a "crystal". I bet she will definitely become a heroine if some producer sees her. I filled the feedback form and gave it to her :). The other air hostess, who gave feedback form, went to sarika and enquired about the feedback form. I told her - "I gave it to an air hostess and I think her name is Krystal :) ". She laughed at me. I too gave a killer laugh. :). Its better to forget her else my heart goes some where else.

Its almost 7 and our flight was reaching hyderabad. I can feel smiles on face. We reached hyd around 7. Almost everyone got their luggage. But My bag took so much time to reach me. I dont know whom it was searching there :). My dad sent his car. So sweet right ?. Chandu and I started for home. My driver was asking about the life there and how different it is. I answered almost all the questions.

I reached home. My dad welcomed me with a big smile on his face.

Thats it.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Understanding Questions in Term Exams is tougher than understanding a girl's heart...

Just after the 2 days of submission of final project in FRA, our end-term exams started.

Till then, I had a bad opinion on Remedial classes conducted before the term exams. But just a day before the exam I attended Remedial classes on Finance and I found it very useful. It gave me all the pre-reading required for the exam. I prepared for each and every topic. I taught anurag few topics. More importantly I slept for 6 hours before the exam. I felt active during the exam. But the point is - " The question paper was very tough". There were 8 questions. Out of which I knew 5 perfectly. I attempted the rest and it was like "trying to throw a stone on the dog in the dark with lights turned off". The result can be either I die or The dog will. I am getting tensed when ever I hear the word "results".

With all the sadness resting on my face I came back to my room and started preparing for the next exam. It was about Law. (Legal aspects in mgmt). It was all about by-hearting. But few points are interesting. I dint feel like reading at all for that subject. The exam was in the afternoon and hence, I got some time to sleep :). This time I slept for 7 hours :). It was very good effort :). Really, It gives such a good feeling to sleep before the exams. Some how I went to the exam hall at 1.50.12 seconds. This time I am lucky as no one noticed me otherwise I would have waited for atleast 15 mins outside. We have to be in the exam hall atleast 10 minutes before. Isaac failed to come and he was asked to stay back for 15 minutes and hence he lost 15 minutes valuable time :(. Anyways he might have written well. My efforts in the answer sheet was not bad. And at the same time it was not good. The questions were too subtle to understand.

ME(Economics) was the crucial exam of all. I had a very low score in quizzes and mid term exam. I had no other go. But I am sure of not getting an F in this subject. I again went for remedials. This class was also useful. I prepared very hard for this exam. I just had 4 hours of sleep. The question paper was easy as per my friends but I felt a bit tough :(. I dont know why. Anyways.. I attempted 3 questions perfectly and the rest 2 was again like "throwing the stone on a dog in the dark". Anurag was so happy after the exam. He wrote very well. I saw a smile on his face after three days.

After ME exam we had one day holiday. What can I say about this day. I dint open the book at all because I got good marks in the pre mid-term. I crossed the "D" grade region and hence I was tension free. I took so much rest. Slept and slept till I dint feel like sleeping. And more over an excitement of going home was increasing day by day. Because its just two days from then to go to home.

I started reading for the QAM (quantitative) exam from midnight(the day before). I then found out that a lot of syllabus needs to be covered. I somehow completed. I taught anurag few fundas. I wrote okayish. I sat by the side of Nishitha during the exam. I heard that she is good at studies and she proved it on that day. She was using scale for drawing the tables and also eraser (I dont remember exactly). She was writing perfectly. And my answer sheet cannot stand by the side of her. I dint use scale. The worst thing was I forgot calculator. I did so many calculations manually :(. Somehow I completed the exam. Isaac dint do well in this exam.

The last exam was an open book exam. It was about microsoft excel. I dint open the book at all till midnight. I was in the mood of going home. And Exam time has come.
Though it was an open book exam, we were suppose to search two books for the answers.
And each book had around 400 pages :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((.
Somehow I completed the exam. It was a open book exam and hence I dint do well. heheeh. :) . My brain was thinking about the flight journey and the fun I am going to have with my cousins. As soon as the exam got over, I came back to my room and packed my luggage.
Then the real fun - "the journey".

Thats it

Long Long Ago.... this blog was active !!!

Its been 27 days since I have written a post here. I was busy with project work... then exams.. then holidays... then again back to college yesterday... and already my both hands are filled with work...

First I will start with projects..deadlines..

We had to submit 4 projects in the last week. Each and every project submission taught me a new lesson. I understood that team selection is such an important thing in project. I felt a bit stress in 2 projects and the other 2 were cool.

In ITC project ( subject related to micro soft excel), our team did a very different thing. We presented an animation kind of thing in excel. I took so much time in analyzing the code and finally came up with an animation showing letters "ITC" on excel sheet using graphs. I felt happy especially when charu(my class rep) looking at me with a different facial expression and clapping.

Micro Economics Project was hell. I dont know what to say. Communication gap between team members and so much happened. After project submission, we were suppose to give a presentation on the project. Out of 5 members only two will be picked up from chits. It was such a tension moment. In some teams, the best members have come out and in some teams the others were suppose to give presentation. In my group, the luck two were Prathap and I. I know about my luck. Even in the case of 100 members I will be there if a person is to be selected :(. But it was an okay presentation. I knew most of the things on the slide. But after presentation, there was viva. The worst thing is that madam dint ask from the subject, instead she asked two general questions. One on the mobile operator swap for the same number. I dint know the answer. I bluffed something and raised my head where I saw sai telling me the answer.
I told exactly the wrong answer to Madam. Then she asked some other question on the regulations of mobile sector. Luckily, Prasad answered the question. After PPT, I felt as if I conquered the Earth.

Legal Aspects in Management : This PPT was the best of all. I enjoyed a lot. Especially the team, I was in, was damn good. The sharing of work was the best of all. I dint feel stress at any point of time. Initially Navin prasad felt bad about me as I skipped the first meeting. He directly told me not to do so. I thought I should prove myself that i am not a free rider. I got a situation for which I took advantage. Actually my team was not able to find any cases related to the topic [ cross - holdings]. That afternoon, I sat for three hours and googled. Finally I got a pdf which had 3 cases. "Oh my god" - I couldnt believe my eyes. Immediately I mailed my team. Then there was no harsh feelings between us. We all sat together and prepared the presentation. It was a very good effort because professor was very much impressed with out presentation. Though we took extra time, he dint say anything.
Through sources, we came to know that we got the highest marks. Then we all went for a treat. I had chicken. Actually Navin paid the whole amount. I still dint return him my share in the bill. :( . :).

The last project was about Finance. We took CTS and till now I still did not understand the logic of deferred tax liability and asset. I did just copy paste. It was the final project submission and hence I dint spend much time on this project.

My learnings from these projects are
1. Formation of a perfect team
2. Formation of a perfect team
3. Formation of a perfect team

Team members really play a crucial role. But, I came to know who are the free riders in the class. I am trying to shun from them in this term.

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The other part of sept 28th...

Sept 28th is an important day in my life. This day is an unforgettable day. For the past two years some magic happened on this day. I made my best friend so happy last year. This year I am alone. I am all alone. I couldnt even contact my best friend.

Thats it

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

1000 visits and 100 followers in a single day !!!!

Its true. The title of the post is about the response that has come for a blog we have written for a competition conducted by www.shareurjoy.com .
I just enjoyed applying marketing strategies for it. Really a tough ask.

Raghu and I were the team members. Raghu knows some hi-fi words and this funda mixed with a creative story has come good for us. My sis did lot of hard work in getting fans for my post. A big thanks to her. Thank you so much sister. Next credit should go to my cousin at korea. Thanks a lot bhava.
Actually the deadline was till 12 midnight and we submitted at 12.10 with so many mistakes. We have restructured the blog till 1 am and again resent it. now the question is will they accept our blog ?? :( .

By the way, the post is here

http://shareurjoy4life.blogspot.com/2010/08/seven-wishes.html

The story is a mixed blend of real story and creative story. If you guys have time please read it. Definitely you will like it.

For the first time, FRA madam felt confused in solving a problem the way I used to feel :). But it happens as she dint come with a question on hand. She prepared the question there in the class. QAM class is going deep into concepts. Its so slippery to get the grip :). ITC class is turning out to be the class for extra currics. We are allowed to bring laptop for that class and you can understand what I could have done with the laptop. Gtalk is on for 90 mins. :). Today I have spent most of the time on gtalk just to promote my post at sharurjoy4life.blogspot.com

Today is padmavathi's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PADMA. She is my junior at HSBC.I was her mentor. She is intelligent but lazy and a good girl. Last year my best friend was with me to remember me all this. This year I have to do it on my own. I have those sms with me which act as a reminder. once again HAPPY BIRTHDAY PADMA.

We are doing 4 projects simultaneously and my contribution is almost nil in most of them :).

thats it for the day