Signing Lease to Station Square :
get up around 6am and end up chatting with Narayan about our life and its latest happenings.
10:10 leave narayans house head to the Temple again. They have the Ganapathi bathing ritual. Stay there again and mediate for sometime and don't feel like leaving.
Start off from the temple after ordering a take out of Idlly, vada and onion Pakoda.
1:42 was reaching Station Sq to sign up when I get a call from the lady. Anyway end up there and sign give her the employment letter from Cognizant and give her application.
End up getting $100 lesser than thought as she wavied the Amenities fee and gives me the rent that we talked about on the first visit. 1150 and two month free for 14 month lease. So it turned out to be just about 1200 more per year or $100/month compared to the older apt. (the older apt is available only from may 1st and that means 3 weeks of Hotel stay and car rental amounting to about $1800).
woo hoooo. All set to move into new apartment on April 11 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Temple Darshan, Empowering feeling
SAT April 03 2010
11:00am set out for NJ
11:20 see a TD bank so stop by to check and end up opening an account. Applied for
Credit card too.
Drive to Costco and get a cooking set for Narayan and his wife.
1:00pm started off for the Venkateshwara Temple in Bridgewater. Was a turning out to be pleasant drive. Then suddenly I realised that the landscape and traffic was feeling more like the downtown of a city and a Rough Neighborhood . Saw SEPTA station (commuter train in Philadelphia). And I was supposed to reach the temple in one hour and it was 1:30 hrs of driving already.
Panic stuck I turned around called up Narayan and he confirmed that the road I ended up on 611 south was taking me to Philly downtown. Atlast get back to the route and reached the temple around 4:30.
Enter the temple and was suddenly stuck with some kind of empowering feeling as soon as I saw the vigraha of Venkateshwara. Ended up been there and mediating for about an hour. Then go down and have a Vada and veggie Birayani.
6pm head towards Narayans house and meet Satish, his wife and daughter there from Kasargod. Then latter Roshan (mumbai-malu) and his wife from calicut turn up at the door and we end up talking for a few hours.
Its surprising that I meet two Northern Malus in the same evening.
North Kerala is calling out to me in subtle ways. :)
Also not to forget the mail from Sara. It was very sweet of her to think about me on her trip to Italy and looking across the border from her dads house into Solvenia. Gave her my address as asked lets see if she will send the post card as promised. ;)
Right now, any bit of kindness and thoughtfulness towards me seems to make me think of the person as exceptional. After been the one who was going out of his way and not been appreciated for my efforts. It really feels very touching even when people consider me for little things and try to include me and try to make me part of their life.
Well one has to feel the bottom to be able to appreciate any upward drift.
11:00am set out for NJ
11:20 see a TD bank so stop by to check and end up opening an account. Applied for
Credit card too.
Drive to Costco and get a cooking set for Narayan and his wife.
1:00pm started off for the Venkateshwara Temple in Bridgewater. Was a turning out to be pleasant drive. Then suddenly I realised that the landscape and traffic was feeling more like the downtown of a city and a Rough Neighborhood . Saw SEPTA station (commuter train in Philadelphia). And I was supposed to reach the temple in one hour and it was 1:30 hrs of driving already.
Panic stuck I turned around called up Narayan and he confirmed that the road I ended up on 611 south was taking me to Philly downtown. Atlast get back to the route and reached the temple around 4:30.
Enter the temple and was suddenly stuck with some kind of empowering feeling as soon as I saw the vigraha of Venkateshwara. Ended up been there and mediating for about an hour. Then go down and have a Vada and veggie Birayani.
6pm head towards Narayans house and meet Satish, his wife and daughter there from Kasargod. Then latter Roshan (mumbai-malu) and his wife from calicut turn up at the door and we end up talking for a few hours.
Its surprising that I meet two Northern Malus in the same evening.
North Kerala is calling out to me in subtle ways. :)
Also not to forget the mail from Sara. It was very sweet of her to think about me on her trip to Italy and looking across the border from her dads house into Solvenia. Gave her my address as asked lets see if she will send the post card as promised. ;)
Right now, any bit of kindness and thoughtfulness towards me seems to make me think of the person as exceptional. After been the one who was going out of his way and not been appreciated for my efforts. It really feels very touching even when people consider me for little things and try to include me and try to make me part of their life.
Well one has to feel the bottom to be able to appreciate any upward drift.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Fixing in UAT again
9:00am reached reception. got txt frm ajit saying that mtg with George moved to 9:30am
Sit it out in the car. Enter around 9:20 and the security lady lets me in without escort. So get into the room and call up ajit and let him know.
9:45 he comes by and we go to meet George, nice guy who was one of the client team that interviewed me a few days ago. Then he takes me the high security War room ment for the CTI (computer Telephony Integration). The door has its own unique security code to enter and I am the only guy in Cognizant give that. hmmm niceeee.
Thou I have not got my Id card and Laptop, he gets me in so that I could help him fix some broken functions in the current Environment. They are going live with enhancements in May and hence are in UAT phase too. Ahhh again another project in the UAT phase. oh no ! it looks like UAT karma is catching up with me.
Well there starts my CTI at Merck.
George starts by telling me the details of the project and the history behind some of the happenings.
We get to the 2 issues that he has as priority.
the first one, related to spanish language, I felt we needed more info about data from the middle ware known only thru their logs, which we might only be able to get to on monday.
2nd related to internal calls ending up getting pop ups.
We go about trying to increase the log levels.
then around 12:45 head for lunch. George wanted to go to his desk and eat there while working, I decided to stay put in the cafetria. George comes back saying that he is sorry for been rude and joins me. wow! so its not a western or white folk thing when people decide to go away on their own. Its a individual personalty thing.
After going thru the months of torture of trying to figure out, what the issue was in my relationship. And why I am feeling so sensitive to certain behavior, i realize, its really not me. Different people Different attitude! Some are team oriented, some are very individualistic, which to sensitive team players like me would mean too selfish and self centered attitude. But then again its my own built up of expectations about someone special in my life.
Anyways after lunch we went back to trying to understand the problem, george heads off to a series of meetings he has after giving me access with his id.
After doing a few tests, I come up with a temp solution to remedy the symptom, THOU YET TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM and find the right solution
'PrimaryDNIS' = '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' = '{AgentExtension}'
Filter.SiebelViewBmk ?????*
FilterSpec.ANI
090_Inbnd_ANI_Int-->InboundCallNoInfoFilterSpec = 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '{AgentExtension}'
5:00 head to Station Sq and check on the apartment again and to confirm about the heat and other charges....
The new lady there tells me that the apt is no longer available for 1150 and its now 1195 and the heat and electricity comes to about $150 / month. So now the price has gone up by $200.
Meaning that I end up paying about $4000 to $5000 more per year compared to the Older apartment -> Penbrook Apts.
The go to Prembrook and try asking if the apt could be ready sooner. Looks like the people who are staying are vacating in on May 8th and the management do not know the condition of the place. Hence the issue of promising the date.
6:00pm Reach Bank of america on VanForge street after the one on Forty feet rd seemed to be have closed down for good. not really impressed.
Phew what an end to an traumatic high pressure week.
lets see sat and sunday to NJ . to the temple and then some time with narayan and family
Sit it out in the car. Enter around 9:20 and the security lady lets me in without escort. So get into the room and call up ajit and let him know.
9:45 he comes by and we go to meet George, nice guy who was one of the client team that interviewed me a few days ago. Then he takes me the high security War room ment for the CTI (computer Telephony Integration). The door has its own unique security code to enter and I am the only guy in Cognizant give that. hmmm niceeee.
Thou I have not got my Id card and Laptop, he gets me in so that I could help him fix some broken functions in the current Environment. They are going live with enhancements in May and hence are in UAT phase too. Ahhh again another project in the UAT phase. oh no ! it looks like UAT karma is catching up with me.
Well there starts my CTI at Merck.
George starts by telling me the details of the project and the history behind some of the happenings.
We get to the 2 issues that he has as priority.
the first one, related to spanish language, I felt we needed more info about data from the middle ware known only thru their logs, which we might only be able to get to on monday.
2nd related to internal calls ending up getting pop ups.
We go about trying to increase the log levels.
then around 12:45 head for lunch. George wanted to go to his desk and eat there while working, I decided to stay put in the cafetria. George comes back saying that he is sorry for been rude and joins me. wow! so its not a western or white folk thing when people decide to go away on their own. Its a individual personalty thing.
After going thru the months of torture of trying to figure out, what the issue was in my relationship. And why I am feeling so sensitive to certain behavior, i realize, its really not me. Different people Different attitude! Some are team oriented, some are very individualistic, which to sensitive team players like me would mean too selfish and self centered attitude. But then again its my own built up of expectations about someone special in my life.
Anyways after lunch we went back to trying to understand the problem, george heads off to a series of meetings he has after giving me access with his id.
After doing a few tests, I come up with a temp solution to remedy the symptom, THOU YET TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM and find the right solution
'PrimaryDNIS' = '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' = '{AgentExtension}'
Filter.SiebelViewBmk ?????*
FilterSpec.ANI
090_Inbnd_ANI_Int-->InboundCallNoInfoFilterSpec = 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '{AgentExtension}'
5:00 head to Station Sq and check on the apartment again and to confirm about the heat and other charges....
The new lady there tells me that the apt is no longer available for 1150 and its now 1195 and the heat and electricity comes to about $150 / month. So now the price has gone up by $200.
Meaning that I end up paying about $4000 to $5000 more per year compared to the Older apartment -> Penbrook Apts.
The go to Prembrook and try asking if the apt could be ready sooner. Looks like the people who are staying are vacating in on May 8th and the management do not know the condition of the place. Hence the issue of promising the date.
6:00pm Reach Bank of america on VanForge street after the one on Forty feet rd seemed to be have closed down for good. not really impressed.
Phew what an end to an traumatic high pressure week.
lets see sat and sunday to NJ . to the temple and then some time with narayan and family
April 1st , 1st day at work
With a sense of anticipation and not knowing how deep the well is I jump in...
10:15 reached Merck gate 39 - reception room 1076
got call from Ajit saying its spilling over to 10:45am. So go and sit it off in the Car and meditate... seems to calm me and help me focus more.
11am Ajit comes to the reception and takes me in, Shows me around the maze of buildings. There seems to be about 100 buildings all connected and about 10 Entry points into parking... wow.
12:10 meeting with Sangeeta the Merck Project MGR who gives me a brief about the project.
Got info about their various business groups
Our project is Model D project. => Corner stone ==> US Customer Connect (USCC).
May release - Rel 18 - Siebel 8.07 --Avvaya 7.x
Services the functional areas of :
MVCC (Vaccination)
NSC (National) - (inbound call)
NVG outbound
OMC Order management Center
DTC Distribution - Consumer.(inbound call)
Lots of acronyms been thrown around.
go the cafeteria 12:45 to 1:15 then I am shown to the room where there are about 10 Indian guys from Cognizant. Remember a few names.. let me see ..Rajshekar (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajan ( Tamil from Karnataka) helps me with info about accommodation, Bacho (Andhra Pradesh), Krish (chennai). Sudendo(bengal seems to be the newest here) staying @ penbrook Mohan (maharastra), Dharmesh (mumbai) another guy who is busy talking on the phone from Karnataka.
4:45 plan on going and visiting Narayan Reddy in NJ after visiting Temple in Bridge water, on Saturday. So talk to him the logistics of it.
5:pm Ajit helped fill out the I-9 form. very much needed for Homeland security with in 3 days of joining the company...
Drop ajit off at his house and he invites me for Tea. End up talking to him about
stocks and and playing the market. meet his family A boy and a cute 2 yr old babe girl.
Happy family, Came to US when I was in Indianapolis, he was project Manager there for the Congnizant team. I moved to Vancouver after that. Been with the same company he has his own house. .....
10:15 reached Merck gate 39 - reception room 1076
got call from Ajit saying its spilling over to 10:45am. So go and sit it off in the Car and meditate... seems to calm me and help me focus more.
11am Ajit comes to the reception and takes me in, Shows me around the maze of buildings. There seems to be about 100 buildings all connected and about 10 Entry points into parking... wow.
12:10 meeting with Sangeeta the Merck Project MGR who gives me a brief about the project.
Got info about their various business groups
Our project is Model D project. => Corner stone ==> US Customer Connect (USCC).
May release - Rel 18 - Siebel 8.07 --Avvaya 7.x
Services the functional areas of :
MVCC (Vaccination)
NSC (National) - (inbound call)
NVG outbound
OMC Order management Center
DTC Distribution - Consumer.(inbound call)
Lots of acronyms been thrown around.
go the cafeteria 12:45 to 1:15 then I am shown to the room where there are about 10 Indian guys from Cognizant. Remember a few names.. let me see ..Rajshekar (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajan ( Tamil from Karnataka) helps me with info about accommodation, Bacho (Andhra Pradesh), Krish (chennai). Sudendo(bengal seems to be the newest here) staying @ penbrook Mohan (maharastra), Dharmesh (mumbai) another guy who is busy talking on the phone from Karnataka.
4:45 plan on going and visiting Narayan Reddy in NJ after visiting Temple in Bridge water, on Saturday. So talk to him the logistics of it.
5:pm Ajit helped fill out the I-9 form. very much needed for Homeland security with in 3 days of joining the company...
Drop ajit off at his house and he invites me for Tea. End up talking to him about
stocks and and playing the market. meet his family A boy and a cute 2 yr old babe girl.
Happy family, Came to US when I was in Indianapolis, he was project Manager there for the Congnizant team. I moved to Vancouver after that. Been with the same company he has his own house. .....
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Loyalty
You will know your true friends and who will be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. The fake people just abandon you and run away in search of Greener pastures, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted. Un-Divided LOYALTY in Character reveals during tough times. Foundations of most Indian Marriages.
I mentioned Un-divided, because if one of the partners tend to have some kind of feelings or loyalty towards someone else, then they would not be able to give their 100% to the person they are with. And in time the cracks appear cause of the stress it causes and break up is inevitable.....Tuesday, March 30, 2010
1st Day at West point Phildalphia, Pa
Tue, March 30, 2010
Start day of getting print outs of all the HR documents at the Hotel office for guests.
Need to send them ASAP to the HR dept after the email asking me to do it soon.
Call Amit regarding the docs and joining time change with Merck.
12:29 pm EST had sent eamil Amit.Bhardwaj
Debra.Henriquez
1:40 EST called up amit around . said start date with Cogn is Mar-30-2010
was told that I will be paid form mar-30-2010 so all is good!
2:20 pm called up Debra Henriquez For info about the package to be sent by fedex.
4pm to 5pm extend current stay at hotel upto 11th April 2010 @ 79 + taxes = 85.32per day
then discovered that they have a deal going on Expedia comes to 59.33 per day + tax of 5.05 per day.
So then go back and ask the lady there. She seems to be very helpful felt sorry for bothering her like that.
So the 1st day I get charged @79 + taxe = 85.32per day and the remaining 13 days she worked it to 61+ taxes approx 65 per day amounting to about 811+ taxes ==>( 875.88 with taxes)
4:40pm Call up Enterprise and they say that they will be sending in someone by
5:30pm to pick me up at the best western hotel.
5:15 pm mail To Ajit regarding project Id and name.
5:45 Enterprise guy arrives and by 6:10 have the car.
Drive up and down on Broad st in search of Fedex. That needs to be shipped to Cogn-> Debra Henriquez
Find the Penn station for trains to Downtown Philadelphia. reasonable cost for 5 zones around 12 dollars onboard, and 9.75 advance for off peak. Plus $2 for peak hrs. week end round trip 9 and ten trip is 57.50
8:00pm come back to room and talk with Anil for a few mins.
8:45 called up AV who is now in CA with his family for 30 mins. Still need to coordinate SAP CRM trainning with him in Atlanta.
9:50 returned call to Narayana of Satyam.
Tried to get print out from the hotel printer room but the system seems to be used by someone every time. will try again tomorrow morning and need to drop off the docs to be sent to HR by Fedex.
And then go about town hunting for apartment to stay.
Wonder when I will get time to work on the taxes.. ahhh another major hurdle to over come.
In all this the weather outside was really damp with constant rain and this place is like a very very remote Village 40 miles from the downtown Airport.
Feeling lonely and lost in the new place. Thoughts of past seem to come and on the edge of becoming depressed again.
Going to read the Bible in the hotel before hitting the bed. :) hope to feel better tomorrow.
Have Face Book Chat with Sweet Delma. She seems so pure at heart. Hope that she keeps up her sincere god fearing simple thoughts for ever.
Well its not going to rain for ever either, soon there will be sunshine (atleast expect one from tomorrow). Cheers to a bright future. :)
Start day of getting print outs of all the HR documents at the Hotel office for guests.
Need to send them ASAP to the HR dept after the email asking me to do it soon.
Call Amit regarding the docs and joining time change with Merck.
12:29 pm EST had sent eamil Amit.Bhardwaj
Debra.Henriquez
1:40 EST called up amit around . said start date with Cogn is Mar-30-2010
was told that I will be paid form mar-30-2010 so all is good!
2:20 pm called up Debra Henriquez For info about the package to be sent by fedex.
4pm to 5pm extend current stay at hotel upto 11th April 2010 @ 79 + taxes = 85.32per day
then discovered that they have a deal going on Expedia comes to 59.33 per day + tax of 5.05 per day.
So then go back and ask the lady there. She seems to be very helpful felt sorry for bothering her like that.
So the 1st day I get charged @79 + taxe = 85.32per day and the remaining 13 days she worked it to 61+ taxes approx 65 per day amounting to about 811+ taxes ==>( 875.88 with taxes)
4:40pm Call up Enterprise and they say that they will be sending in someone by
5:30pm to pick me up at the best western hotel.
5:15 pm mail To Ajit regarding project Id and name.
5:45 Enterprise guy arrives and by 6:10 have the car.
Drive up and down on Broad st in search of Fedex. That needs to be shipped to Cogn-> Debra Henriquez
Find the Penn station for trains to Downtown Philadelphia. reasonable cost for 5 zones around 12 dollars onboard, and 9.75 advance for off peak. Plus $2 for peak hrs. week end round trip 9 and ten trip is 57.50
8:00pm come back to room and talk with Anil for a few mins.
8:45 called up AV who is now in CA with his family for 30 mins. Still need to coordinate SAP CRM trainning with him in Atlanta.
9:50 returned call to Narayana of Satyam.
Tried to get print out from the hotel printer room but the system seems to be used by someone every time. will try again tomorrow morning and need to drop off the docs to be sent to HR by Fedex.
And then go about town hunting for apartment to stay.
Wonder when I will get time to work on the taxes.. ahhh another major hurdle to over come.
In all this the weather outside was really damp with constant rain and this place is like a very very remote Village 40 miles from the downtown Airport.
Feeling lonely and lost in the new place. Thoughts of past seem to come and on the edge of becoming depressed again.
Going to read the Bible in the hotel before hitting the bed. :) hope to feel better tomorrow.
Have Face Book Chat with Sweet Delma. She seems so pure at heart. Hope that she keeps up her sincere god fearing simple thoughts for ever.
Well its not going to rain for ever either, soon there will be sunshine (atleast expect one from tomorrow). Cheers to a bright future. :)
Management Consultant.
Mon, March 29, 2010
Reached JFK in the morning. Cathy pacific CX888 landed around 7:20am after a turbulent ride and shakey landing.
got out of immigration around 9:30am as the officially Approved and Labeled as ""Management Consultant"" by the US dept of Immigration and Border Services :))))) yea another progress in 2010 and its just end of Q1 ;)... bye bye NY, Philly here I come ..... :)..... What a swing from the Lows of Feb to the Highs of March ,
funny how I was playing advisor to the Immigration official and telling them that TN is now for 3 years and that I need a new I-94 with the name of the new company I am going to work with.
10:40 Booked Avis with GPS and drop off at Philadelphia location for $250 plus. beats taking $100 taxi to down town NY and then ticket costs to Philly from NY
12: Thanks to GPS navigated thru Brooklyn and Manhattan and reach jersey city parking by PATH near journal sq. $8 parking fee.
1:00pm reach Guardian office.
Send out resignation mail to Beulah, Narayana and krishna hand over lap top and id card to Narayana. Say bye to jose and Krishna and Kishore.
1:30 out of the Guardian building.
Was so glad that i was able to exit out of the project. As they had been in Development (DEV) phase for the past 7 months and did not do anything worth while. Suddenly now its Unit and Application Testing (UAT) phase and they want me to come and do the 7 month job in 1 month. Then if things don't work the way its supposed , I would be the temporary guy they got in to take the blame..... no way am I going to be there to take the blame for someone elses Mistakes and bad planning.
And to top it all, there seems to be lots of political power struggle within Satyam - mahindra. The young Account manager Beulah had a show down with Krishna who has been playing his own games since he was with the project the longest and maybe harboring resent as he was not appointed project manager. It seems he was going to the Client and talking with them on his own and not been a team.... hot words and argument.. like little kids.... just feel lucky that I got out of that place.
2:10 get back to Parking near Journal square
Drive to Red Carpet and park in the parking to access internet.
Call up Radish Pillia of Apex 2000 (middle man/recruiter) and explain the stuff to him about the happenings in Satyam
2:40pm Start off from Red Capet parking
Around 4:50 REach Merck office in West point... 2hrs of driving in the rain and poor visibility. wow talk about stress and lack of sleep.
Call up Ajit who is Cognizant project manager and someone I worked with in Indianapolis when we were working for Client Sallie Mae and tell him i am at the Merck parking lot. He is in a meeting so says will be out soon to meet me.
Send out text msgs to Anup to call up home and tell them that i have arrived safely.
Ajit calls around 6 and is wondering where in the Visitors parking I am, turns out That I am at gate 5 and he is at gate 2. Getting scared with the cell phone rates that I will be dinged with cause of the internationla calls from US. costs about $1.3 per min.
MEt with Ajit after getting lost in the huge Merck campus. wow. then talked to him about my concerns of dropping off the car at PHI airport. He offered to drive me at night to drop off and drive me back.
So go and get into the Former Best Western hotel lady said 79 per night. (have to cross confirm).
Ahhhh what a great feeling to brush my teeth have a warm shower. My first since I landed in the morning at JFK.
8:30 Ajit comes and picks me up and after dropping off the car at the Airport which is around 44 miles..and driving thru downtown Philly get back home around 10pm.
Get text msg from Anup that he called up home and told parents.
Restaurant at hotel is closed. So walk over to the nearest intersection and find a Family owned Carols Pizzeria run by guys sounding like they are speaking Arabic.
Order a medium Chicken pizza. about $15.
had two slices and it was more than I could have eaten. And that was my lunch and dinner and also break fast I guess.
Saving the rest for tomorrow.
Phew what an coming to an end to an Hectic and very Event full month.
Everything seems to be falling into place except my personal life. ,,,,,, which seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
Well atleast I tried and tried with out giving up hope. And it takes effort from two (100+100 = 200%) to make it work and happen......
You will know your true friends and the ones that will truly LOVE you and be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. They will be there like family to support you and love you no matter what.
The fake people just run away, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted and help move on with the real and positive people who will be by your side thru good and bad times.
Reached JFK in the morning. Cathy pacific CX888 landed around 7:20am after a turbulent ride and shakey landing.
got out of immigration around 9:30am as the officially Approved and Labeled as ""Management Consultant"" by the US dept of Immigration and Border Services :))))) yea another progress in 2010 and its just end of Q1 ;)... bye bye NY, Philly here I come ..... :)..... What a swing from the Lows of Feb to the Highs of March ,
funny how I was playing advisor to the Immigration official and telling them that TN is now for 3 years and that I need a new I-94 with the name of the new company I am going to work with.
10:40 Booked Avis with GPS and drop off at Philadelphia location for $250 plus. beats taking $100 taxi to down town NY and then ticket costs to Philly from NY
12: Thanks to GPS navigated thru Brooklyn and Manhattan and reach jersey city parking by PATH near journal sq. $8 parking fee.
1:00pm reach Guardian office.
Send out resignation mail to Beulah, Narayana and krishna hand over lap top and id card to Narayana. Say bye to jose and Krishna and Kishore.
1:30 out of the Guardian building.
Was so glad that i was able to exit out of the project. As they had been in Development (DEV) phase for the past 7 months and did not do anything worth while. Suddenly now its Unit and Application Testing (UAT) phase and they want me to come and do the 7 month job in 1 month. Then if things don't work the way its supposed , I would be the temporary guy they got in to take the blame..... no way am I going to be there to take the blame for someone elses Mistakes and bad planning.
And to top it all, there seems to be lots of political power struggle within Satyam - mahindra. The young Account manager Beulah had a show down with Krishna who has been playing his own games since he was with the project the longest and maybe harboring resent as he was not appointed project manager. It seems he was going to the Client and talking with them on his own and not been a team.... hot words and argument.. like little kids.... just feel lucky that I got out of that place.
2:10 get back to Parking near Journal square
Drive to Red Carpet and park in the parking to access internet.
Call up Radish Pillia of Apex 2000 (middle man/recruiter) and explain the stuff to him about the happenings in Satyam
2:40pm Start off from Red Capet parking
Around 4:50 REach Merck office in West point... 2hrs of driving in the rain and poor visibility. wow talk about stress and lack of sleep.
Call up Ajit who is Cognizant project manager and someone I worked with in Indianapolis when we were working for Client Sallie Mae and tell him i am at the Merck parking lot. He is in a meeting so says will be out soon to meet me.
Send out text msgs to Anup to call up home and tell them that i have arrived safely.
Ajit calls around 6 and is wondering where in the Visitors parking I am, turns out That I am at gate 5 and he is at gate 2. Getting scared with the cell phone rates that I will be dinged with cause of the internationla calls from US. costs about $1.3 per min.
MEt with Ajit after getting lost in the huge Merck campus. wow. then talked to him about my concerns of dropping off the car at PHI airport. He offered to drive me at night to drop off and drive me back.
So go and get into the Former Best Western hotel lady said 79 per night. (have to cross confirm).
Ahhhh what a great feeling to brush my teeth have a warm shower. My first since I landed in the morning at JFK.
8:30 Ajit comes and picks me up and after dropping off the car at the Airport which is around 44 miles..and driving thru downtown Philly get back home around 10pm.
Get text msg from Anup that he called up home and told parents.
Restaurant at hotel is closed. So walk over to the nearest intersection and find a Family owned Carols Pizzeria run by guys sounding like they are speaking Arabic.
Order a medium Chicken pizza. about $15.
had two slices and it was more than I could have eaten. And that was my lunch and dinner and also break fast I guess.
Saving the rest for tomorrow.
Phew what an coming to an end to an Hectic and very Event full month.
Everything seems to be falling into place except my personal life. ,,,,,, which seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
Well atleast I tried and tried with out giving up hope. And it takes effort from two (100+100 = 200%) to make it work and happen......
You will know your true friends and the ones that will truly LOVE you and be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. They will be there like family to support you and love you no matter what.
The fake people just run away, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted and help move on with the real and positive people who will be by your side thru good and bad times.
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