My first CAR driving experience

I ate to my throat level to gather up strength to hold the steering, then had a big glass of orange juice. I even energized my mind by being egoistic. Went timidly to the driving school with my mom. I expected a full length theory session about driving and driving rules and ruled out any practical experience for the day. The person incharge asked us to wait for a while, later guided us to a red Maruti 800 waiting for me. My instructor was sitting next to the drivers seat and my mom comfortably occupied the back seat. This made me nervous and in the same while my instructor asked me to take the drivers seat. My heart missed a beat, my mom was tensed too. Then he asked me about my driving history and started explaining the various important parts of driving a car. I started cooling down even in the stifling heat of the sun. Suddenly after the explanation he asked me to turn the key! Added to my horror, we were on Mysore road with heavy traffic . The instructions given were continuous and my both hands and both legs were in full action. Slowly i eased out, felt the car was too simple.... got accustomed to it. I had a nice big drive and slowly returned back. My timing was complete. Thank God we reached safely. A real great achievement in my life.

"Something about office"

Early morning travel, Adigas breakfast, morning working hours, then tea break, again work, lunch time , then the "tree" meeting with team, then again back to work, noon tea break, final work till the clock ticks 5 to leave for the day - - - a very very brief outline of my course at office.

Work Perspective : The best place to work. Friendly atmosphere. Help from any member of the team including the manager. Freedom to express new ideas. Lot of enthu filled atmosphere. No restriction for almost anything. A mentor to exclusively coach you. Great appreciation and recognition even for a small achievement

Enjoy Perspective : Lot of team outings , minimum 3 per month. Birthday celebrations with cake cutting. Team outings once in a while. Tea time team fun. "Tree" meeting fun. Lots of goodies now and then from manager. Freak out with friends at any time of the day.

Freedom Perspective : The "OPEN DOOR POLICY" which we have allows us to contact anyone till CEO of the company for any issues or concerns. No restriction on any website. No time restriction. No dress restriction. No attendance policy. Work from home largely supported.

Technology Perspective : An "Idea fest" every four months where you can exhibit your own ideas, if qualified will go to "Tech Con" , if approved there too , a patent can be filed. Tech talks, Coffee talks, Knowledge sharing sessions, Presentations across labs, and lot more.

Events Perspective : Cultural events, Karate events, Celebration events like cubicle decoration, Sports events, Inter floor competitions

Services Perspective : HR services, Banking services, Transport services, Stationary services, Reimburse claim services , service desk services, IT services all work up to date

THE FINAL TOUCH - " HP - STSD , THE BEST PLACE TO WORK AT "

Mail forwards

Forwarded mails are the most common these days especially in the curriculum of an IT professional. Bulk of these usually irritate us but there are many which could contain momentous information. Pictures, facts, humor, comparison, criticism, forecasts, antediluvian things are some examples of the types of these. Lack of work , boredum at work are overcome by these mails. Not all of them assume the same importance, there can even be some nonsense mails which irritate you. My recent obsession is reading up these mails and forwarding those to many.

Reasons 'Why' people do not share their knowledge

There are many reasons for people to show no communion towards knowledge. Some of them include :

>Firstly they are not confident of the knowledge they have and are quite introverted

>Sharing of knowledge leads to "loss of importance" when it becomes a common pool

>They are aware of the knowledge they have and consider it unnecessary to share among others as they are able to accomplish tasks

>Some others consider it a waste of time

something heedful

Incessant talk
Pliant iron
Placid noise
Quandary clarity
Spurious truth
Ample scarcity
Dappled clarity
Contentious friend
Culpable praise
Derelict art
Deleterious adventure
Desolate life
Discordant views
gratuitous work
Inscrutable pain
Parochial goodness
Perverse mood
Ponderous joke
Sardonic humor

Psychiatrists

Came across this in some blog, felt interested so i have posted it :


How do two psychiatrists greet each other?

''You are fine, how am I?''

Mathematics affinity

How many ever new subjects I have come across, I am still enamored by the beauty of mathematics. I had this pertinacious feeling of getting every problem 'first' and 'right'. I found myself trying out new , craziest methods of solving questions .
First it is to do with numbers and number system... next the Algebra :
"Algebra is a cobra which makes you gabra" , all to do just with those a, b, c, d alphabets.
geometry with those angles and triangles led my mind to mad-angles. Later added up with the "theta" concept, all were equally interesting . This affinity later tuned to puzzle solving. I even harried quite few of my buddies to solve puzzles. Well if you are ready , here goes one :

" get the result of 88 by using only four 4's "

Stars and galaxies

From the times I was a tiddler I had a great interest in stars and galaxies. This admiration actually started when once I had been to a small hamlet where my grandparents stay. At nights we had to doze outside the abode to beat out the stifling heat. There, when I just laid my head on pillow , the sky was directly overhead with stars spread all around far and wide. Inbetween a beautiful, shining, calm, titillating moon appeared to rule all these stars.
I had been to a Planetarium once to view the virtual effect of all the stars and galaxies. There they happened to show the various galaxies identified, our own galaxy The Milky Way and various nearby galaxies. They also showed various constellations identified and the beliefs behind them.
At class 10th, if I have not mistaken, we had a chapter on stars and galaxies. I still cannot block out a sentence from my mind - "There are more stars in the Universe than all the grains of sand on the earth". I had stopped a breath at the sight of that sentence. I really wonder how this could all happen. This also led me to compare and contrast the minuteness of life on earth to the vastness of the Universe.
The sidereal system has had a lasting effect on me and would continue in the future too

Commonsense supercedes the five senses

Everyone would have heard of the phrases -"Don't you have common sense?" or "Don't you have sense?" atleast once in their life time. Sometimes you literally are frantic with the things around you so your common sense assumes insignificance. Recent political developments in our state also tend to show the lack of common sense among our elected leaders.
You also tend to hear - "Does it make sense?" which has the connotation of the situation faced being completely non-sense. Hence it(common sense) is one of the most desired quality expected out of anyone and it overtakes the other five senses too.

Accolades and Diatribes

When success is driving you , you are filled with accolades, whatever you do is right
When failure strikes you, diatribes surround you, even if everything you did was right

The past is no predictor of the future

If you think you have done great deeds in the past and take up that as a basis to predict your future success then you are misguided. The situation is no longer the same, its been cultivated. The hiatus between the past and future helps you to germinate to the surroundings. If you are not ready to accept this truth, then your future is dilapidated.

the greatest depth

I saw this only once....
Nothing is so ever profound....
I never knew of this before....
Never felt it later too....
The intensity was too high....
The sharpness of your eyes....
Penetrated me completely....
You knew this too...
Never did you admit....
Nor I.....

Grueling travel

Traffic on roads has extended beyond control. Whether you drive or you travel by vehicle you are a victim of this stress. Cacophony of the horns, thick black smoke from emission pipes, people haphazardly crossing inbetween, pits on roads...... you finally manage to elude from all these and end up getting caught at a traffic signal!!! such pathos for all those people who manage to battle up with the traffic with forbearance

Conundrum

don't try to identify other person's mistakes, because they would correct their mistakes and will curse you for the rest of their life for pointing their mistakes

Dream "high"

I am one person of the kind who sleeps heavily. I found the dream start flitting through my mind. I find myself soaring high and high into the unknown space, beyond the earth, beyond the sky. The path never ended but was not seeable too. After a while later i found to have struck an apogee. Then there came a gust of wind like a maelstorm which suddenly pushed me from that point . I see myself drooping down and down and down impaling the air like a bow . I now could clearly see heavy thorny land in front of me . Eyes filled with affright, hands trembling, legs shaking and body jerking-Now i knew nothing could save me, I tried to remember all good things, all good people , also the mistakes i committed towards them, but it was too late, nothing left. The moment of end approached too near, suddenly!!!! a clamor!!! my alarm rang heavily ...... slowly I opened my eyes which still found the surrounding incredible. Hands still weak from the effect took considerable time to handle the alarm. Soon i could hear dulcet voice of my mom from kitchen. I expressed an ejaculation at that, started walking slowly out of my room doddering

what's this in my hand??

Something new, Something we craved for in the past four years, something the world is rotating around, something which promotes miracles, something which gives you boldness, something which gives you dignity, something which will never satisfy you, something which promotes lot of tensions, something which you get in the corporate world, something which made Bang an IT city, something which your relatives look for, . . . that 'something' is in my hands today!!

Emotional addiction

I have always known to have been a strong person from within but rather from past three years I find myself contradicting it. This nuance was caused due to me meeting a person three years back. I still cannot forget the eyes which beholded me . They worked like an opiate to capture my emotions. I never could take up an audacious decision for myself regarding this. As a result of this the entire matter became dilapidated but till today i feel that i have shown up severe chicanery towards myself

Happiness associated with the 'feeling of completion'

Completion of tasks or work always leads to complacency. Completion of school, completion of college, completion of degree each tend to add brick by brick to build a human being. These completions are essential for an individual to achieve great happiness. Completion of an exam, used to provide a lot of relief and happiness during good old school days.
The new item added to this cart is - completion of a day, then a week, furthermore a month in office. There is a specialty associated with completion of a month in workplace as you get money and debit card into your hands.
Software engineers are known for their frequent job switches' hence their stay in a company, even for a month is valued. Although completion is good in a sense, it also reminds of more responsibilities.
Happiness at various culminations is not the same. The purity of happiness from childhood to present situation is drastically reduced. Change has influenced happiness too. . .

Equanimity

Stress, strain and pressure give a perfect description of modern life trends. In an attempt to become a paragon multi path ways are preferred, which lead to tense situations. Success is inversely proportional to tension.
This can actually be illustrated with the recent victory in the Twenty20 cricket match by Indian team. During the tense situations in the last overs the captain of the team maintained his equanimity while the batsman from the opposing team gave up himself to stress and tension , leading to a wrong decision of hitting a shot. This cost them a victory.

As people tend to grow to higher positions they need to manage large number of things, this puts them under pressure. All these situations can be easily faced with equanimity of mind.

Equanimity is usually not easy to achieve when the situation is beyond control. Various other options can be perceived in this regard. Eg Yoga, meditation . Even a pleasant sleep or a small walk can achieve calmness when executed at the right times.

Thus the great pillar stone for success is composure and equanimity.

Cell phone woes

Now that we see cell phones in everyone's hand its high time i wrote a post on it. Cell phones day by day are being upgraded with new features and so are the woes associated with them. Pre-paid customers have one kind of problem while their counterpart postpaid people have different kind of problem , all to do with currency. Upon all this the network does not remain stable.

I make a call to a friend to thank him for his help...
me: hello how r u?
frnd: hi! can u hear?
[line disconnected]
[Call again]
me: hi again, i hope u r able to hear
frnd:ya quite better
me: actually i called up to thank you for the information u provided
frnd: the network is really bad today
me :can u hear what i say?
frnd: ya , now i am able to hear. How r u doing?
me:i am doing fine. i called up to tell u ....[line disconnected]
[call again]
frnd: I think lets talk some other time, its not quite audible at all
me:...oh..ok fine. lets talk some other time, bye

There is one more problem associated with cell phone called the "CELL PHONE SYNDROME"
You can feel the phone ringing even the phone is not actually doing it. You feel to have got a message although nothing happened. This problem seemed to have been occurring most commonly as i happened to read it in a newspaper.

One more woe is that when you are quite expecting some important call you get a call from the subscriber with a list of callertunes or ringtones. It fills me with anger to the core. But the next time when you neglect a call it would surely be an important call from your manager or someone.

One more associated problem i don't really understand is why the hell these phone manufacturers make the buttons so complicated. As the number of features increase, the path to reach the basic facilities of cell phone like making a call and messaging become more complicated.

The problems go on and on with no end at all. But still you cannot spend a day without your cellphone :)

Latitude

Compared to the parents of my friends I find my parents giving me a lot of latitude regarding making friends, spending money & time. Without having realised this, for past so many years I have just led a life in confinement. I castigate myself severely for this. I have missed a lot of friendships due to this nature of mine. I hesitate myself of the days when i never spoke to many people due to my introvert nature. Now that i have improved in speaking up with people i find a lot of improvements in my surrounding environment. I feel free to approach anyone, this has filled in a lot of confidence in me. This audacious nature has helped me achieve great things and hope it does in the future too.

Success, whether academic or professional, involves an ability to survive in a new environment and, eventually, to change it.

Success is to achieve great things. It can be viewed in different perspectives. When you face a new environment it deals with how better you adjust to the environment rather than the description of the environment. Once you understand the complexities of the new changes then you can find a description for yourself in that environment. The end to this is that you would be a master to survive in the new environment. At this stage you can start changing the environment to suite the needs and the environment starts surviving for you!

It is dangerous to trust only intelligence

Intelligence is one of the most dangerous thing in some situations. We could consider this in various situations-

-A student who is studying for his exam cannot just rely on his/her intelligence, rather his hardwork usually matters. Intelligence can only help to enhance the hardwork.

-In fields like scientific, nuclear and space research, long established facts aid more, than on spur intelligence and hasty decisions

-In political field ministers need to take decisions based on experience and patience. Intelligence usually involves taking risks which might not be the right decisions. Their long term strategy is respected and not their intelligent decisions.

- This is especially true in medical field where doctors need to deal with critical situations. The most intelligent young doctor might not balance himself against an experienced doctor while dealing with a critical operation.

There are various other situations even in day to day life which always depict that intelligence cannot be the only means of achieving goals. Intelligence is not a sole basis of trust .

Pets

This post is dedicated to all those pets who love their masters more than any other human. Pets help to overcome solitude. They drive in love and dedication. They are a great source of joy to children. Even though they cannot speak , they still can show up a lot of feelings towards their master. Some people consider it an outmoded thing to bring up pets but it is impolitic on their part. The unfeigned feelings shown by them are a scarcity among humans these days. They are good tutors when they come to sharing things. They act as good substitute to humans e.g the couple who do not have children can always go for pets, grand parents who are in need for children love but devoid of it can go for pets.

Smile is an ornament which costs you nothing!

Smile can create wonders (as well as blunders! but lets keep that aside). A smile increases the beauty of a person. Even the hardest of the feelings between people are eliminated with a simple smile. Smile enhances the quality of forgiveness . Even your mirror smiles back at you when you smile at it. A simple smile may pay you back huge benefits. Even a short sms message with a smiling smiley adds a lot of value to it. Your heart feels a lot lighter if the person talking to you smiles. It fills you with a lot of confidence too. Try it out. Begin your day with a smile :)

Different medicine

Life has been changing with challenging stages. At any point i feel that I am under pressure of achieving something with deadline threatening. But this chasing around for the deadline really wakes your brain cells forcing them to be more active. The minute this is stopped you find yourself dead with nothing interesting. Brainstorming is a medicine to brain cells. As the body needs care, so does the brain. The activeness imbibed in some people's brains' is due to their continual treatment with questions to the brain. One more aspect which keeps brain active is asking more questions to itself. Never try to convince your brain. Don't ever stop it from posing questions. Free it as much as possible so that it spurs intelligence on the moment.

Overmuch "Parental love"

This post solely is to bring out certain points about parents which is love-for-children in overdose which leads to disappointed-thoughts in children.
when parents treat you the same way as you were treated at 5 years of age at the time when you are already crossing 20 years of age , the pain is understood only by you. When parents don't allow you to think and decide, but take decisions and only provide you the solution , you are punished for an uncommitted crime. You only learn to adjust and compromise for their likings. When will they ever understand that we too have to be given a chance to think and take decisions? The mistake is not with parents ... they are only trying to satisfy their child, they only want their child not to face all the difficulties they faced , but does that make the children happy???
A millionaire might want his son to travel in a car but his son might want to go around in a cycle . These are long existing problems which don't picture out to the society. All these curb your way to adult thinking. Result is that you are tagged as an unmature person by your mates!
The only solution to this problem lies in the hands of parents who need to modify the treatment to their children differently in different stages of life.

New life, New place, New challenges

Sudden entry into the new world from the old life was difficult to adjust. Now that I have completed one week of exploration in the new place I find my life ameliorating. Huge buildings, crowd of people, huge machines, enormous labs all left me as a tiny speck in between. More challenging than adjusting is the work challenge. Within one week i find myself loaded with a list of documents to read about the product I would be working on. Practicality of things is the one thing I like about my new campus. It is not just to do with a PC infront of you. It has much of thoughts and concepts involved . Most work happens in the lab (which gives an impression of a scientist!!). Invention is the company policy. There are various levels of hierarachy in the organisation starting from team member, mentor,team lead, team manager and team admin. There are different kinds of labs and each admin is incharge of a lab. Entry into the labs filled me with awe ( as the only labs i have seen so far is my college lab). Challenge is really heavy as this was the first time the organisation took in freshers. They usually prefer freshers from IIT's and experienced people. I feel great about myself to have balanced myself in the same level with them. I thank God for this opportunity.

will surely come about with more posts about my company and co-employees

Occluded paths...

Forlorn state of mine in past few days is due to work leading to ennui. Although I try to grill my head with several questions, it always answers that forbearance is the greatest solution. Gingerly I hoard a pile of things to my mind convincing myself of the bright future. Juxtaposed with my co-employees I find myself in a wretched state. Work seemed to have lost its lackluster. I fail to show sedition towards superiority. These thoughts seethe me mad to be recalcitrant toward people. My unfeigned willingness to work is never understood. Paths seem to have occluded by them self. Medley of things recently have imbued nemesis in me. I always feel that the person who stops me should be decapitated. I expect situations to ameliorate. My alacrity to work can never be stopped by anyone.... never...

Beatitude

My disinclination to study in the past semester cannot be condoned . Blithe nature of mine had left atypical dregs in my parents minds'. To bolster up my bane towards few subjects, my pals added up . As the exam dates approached in a minimal distance cryptic formulae each became an awl in different directions to the brain leading to an expedite preparation . The upshot of all this explanation is to mention about the results received a day back. Never in the past 7 sems did i feel this ignominy to check out results...... finally emerged the page of my result (my path of destiny :) )
Slowly all my fears abated on the sight of first class distinction and today 07/07/07 is a heyday to me as I am emancipated from the dreaded VTU

Travel by an "Autorikshaw"

Auto rickshaw's have always been a part of life since childhood. The travel by it is always a memorable experience.
Going back to the golden days of school life we used to travel everyday to school upto around standard 6 by an auto. How , around 30 people were fit into that small miraculous thing is a surreal thing even to this day. It leads to a new concept and new ideas of equilibrium and gravitation not found by Newton or Edison :). Added to this the skill of the driver who was our "Auto uncle" was incomparable to any gifted person of any driving field. The talent of the driver to fit in the miniature thing into 10 feet roads was an amazing fact.
Its an interesting thing to consider that an autorikshaw is big for 2 and small for 3. Although its comfort zones aren' t that high, it provides the 'travel effect' of a Pushpakviman to a middle class person. Happened to travel by an auto quite a few times the first thing you see when you enter is the description of the autodriver attached as a note on one of the sides.
Most times travel was when I had to go out of station carrying luggage, for which, some space is allocated at the back of an auto. Hats off to the person who has designed it so compact with most needed provisions.
The next time you spot an auto to travel, never hesitate , for it gives one of the lasting experiences for your life :)

Troublesome diversification

Here I am trying to update my blog once again....

From childhood till now in various stages of my life one thing i cannot miss out is people around me. I have seen vast diversifications in minds of people which is wider than the sky or ocean.

Just to illustrate let me consider only people around me at present....
The first to go about is R .she is always studying, her mind is always rotating around books, confines herself to a small room at her place . There is no second chance or thought towards other activities.

The next is P. He always thinks atleast ten times before uttering a word which is equivalent to locking his mind, tries to be good to everyone which makes his life miserable. Very shy, which absolutely doesn't match a guy. Still he is a lot respected & cheered among my buddies including me.

Next comes the mysterious M. She always confines herself to home. Socialism and she are diametrical to each other. Silence is her description. Though she is most of the time egocentric she has various good qualities towards others too. She doesn't have a loose tongue against others. That's the greatest desired aspect from my side.

These are just a few illustrations depicting the diversities of mind leaving a person in a perplexed state . While trying to adjust to people around , a person automatically loses his sense of actual behavior in his/her course of life leading a "sweet sucked out life"

Memories deep in heart

Having made an entry into the new year, the passed year has given a lot of delight. Moving into the final year of studies I find myself recalling all those beautiful days to cherish . The usually scolded canteen, the most regretful college suddenly assume importance waving their hands to us, reminding that we just have a few more days left to scold them.
I still remember entering the college on the first day with fright of ragging . Long enjoyment sessions with friends, all the beleaguering we caused and faced, long lecture sessions to some and vice versa are all kiboshed with a jerk in the final year with students managing their busy schedules. Everything assumes a beauty to itself regarding college. All the flattering we tried to put on lecturers, all the chits we rotated during exams, all the betraying we did with labs... everything seems beautiful.
The most important point is you are forced to behave as an adult with responsibilities being constantly reminded when your mind still clings to puerility. Already with a wink of an eye half the final year passed filling lots of sorrows just to push ourself to a new world of maturity