Friday, April 23, 2010
Woke up with an aching body,,,, nice way, results of working out two times a day. Hmmm this thing with out TV is turning out to be good for my health. :)
Was reading someones profile and came across this :
I need trust, honesty and someone who will be loyal to me and get through thick and thin with, and be by my side through the good and bad. -- from anothers profile
When someone is not loyal how can you trust them to be by your side thru thick and thin?
So Loyalty is the crux, is it something we are born with, or is it something we develop growing? or is it an attitude we cultivate????? point to ponder!!
Around noon went walking to church and sumnytown pike and deposited 1st salary check (so filled with controversy, yet to get full amount). Then went to reset the pin on the new debit card with the Customer rep. After a series of questions and answers to prove that I am indeed the person that who the card belongs, got down to changing the pin. After about 4 attempts and manager coming by, the lady realised that my card is inactive. So ended up creating a new card for me and then it started working...
Got back to work to see the market,, AMZN was tanking. good short, now to cover.
Went to the war room to help set up the Test 5 (T5) environment for the call center agents to test.
CAlled up katie of Fry wagnor regarding the documents for the move.
left a msg. But got her latter around 4pm. Said will send me the docs by the end of close today.
Vikram coming tonite, might take him out to introduce to salsa and before that game of cricket with the TEAM.. yeaahhh
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Day of Viruses
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Almost end of month. woke up @ 6 not feeling that charged. Hope that its not the beginning of some viral infection. Have been having stomach problems the past few days.
Anyways time to get cracking and go check out if the Virus that plauged the Computers at work are still there or have they resolved the issue ....
It seems that they found a work around, fixed the symptom, not the problem. So had to wait in line for about 2 hrs and get the patch fixed at the PC shop with in the company..... This is really the hugest company I got to work in.
And during the fix they discovered that my Laptop had some other diseases... so they gave me a interim lap top upto the time they could re-image mine..... ahhh its just 2 weeks old, I would rather start installing all the software that I had loaded the past two weeks than wait for a few days for it.
So goes the rest of the day with out much happening. Met up krishna my SDM college mate (two years my junior) over coffee at the cafeteria and talked about old times in the college, the strike, I started so that I could go see the girl I was in love with and how he and many others got arrested due to that..... One of my many experiences with the crowd and real affects of politics.
Evening slowly walk back with Suvendu and Raj. they just have 10 min of walking with one lap top, I have two laptops and 30 mins of walking. but enjoyed the greenery and scenery ....
Got home and went to the gym for the 1st time in the Apt complex and did run on the thread mill. ahhh not the same as running on real ground.
then did some cycling with mountain adjustment/selection... and some bit of dumble weights.
Was sweating like crazy by then,,,, then went around the apartment complex for a walk... saw lots of young couples walking around too. aww so much of romance, wish I was with someone special like that. And the best part most of the couples were all young indians, maybe newly married.... Romancing openly in the freedom of romancing of the west. Something most of them would not attempt way back in India or in front of their other family. :)
Came back home, read for a few and then got cooking my special Chicken curry,,,, turned out yummyyyyy.... ahhh I love what I cook.
maybe after this I got to try the Salmon curry....
Almost end of month. woke up @ 6 not feeling that charged. Hope that its not the beginning of some viral infection. Have been having stomach problems the past few days.
Anyways time to get cracking and go check out if the Virus that plauged the Computers at work are still there or have they resolved the issue ....
It seems that they found a work around, fixed the symptom, not the problem. So had to wait in line for about 2 hrs and get the patch fixed at the PC shop with in the company..... This is really the hugest company I got to work in.
And during the fix they discovered that my Laptop had some other diseases... so they gave me a interim lap top upto the time they could re-image mine..... ahhh its just 2 weeks old, I would rather start installing all the software that I had loaded the past two weeks than wait for a few days for it.
So goes the rest of the day with out much happening. Met up krishna my SDM college mate (two years my junior) over coffee at the cafeteria and talked about old times in the college, the strike, I started so that I could go see the girl I was in love with and how he and many others got arrested due to that..... One of my many experiences with the crowd and real affects of politics.
Evening slowly walk back with Suvendu and Raj. they just have 10 min of walking with one lap top, I have two laptops and 30 mins of walking. but enjoyed the greenery and scenery ....
Got home and went to the gym for the 1st time in the Apt complex and did run on the thread mill. ahhh not the same as running on real ground.
then did some cycling with mountain adjustment/selection... and some bit of dumble weights.
Was sweating like crazy by then,,,, then went around the apartment complex for a walk... saw lots of young couples walking around too. aww so much of romance, wish I was with someone special like that. And the best part most of the couples were all young indians, maybe newly married.... Romancing openly in the freedom of romancing of the west. Something most of them would not attempt way back in India or in front of their other family. :)
Came back home, read for a few and then got cooking my special Chicken curry,,,, turned out yummyyyyy.... ahhh I love what I cook.
maybe after this I got to try the Salmon curry....
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Vikram move to Allentown / SDM surprise
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
up at 5:20am and did some light work out. Vikram wakes up @6 and gets ready by 7 to take off to alen town and his new house.
He drops me off at work around 7:20am. feels nice to be at work,,,, not many of the Indians around, but most of the Merck employees seem to be in by 7am... I guess they take off early by 3pm and go about their private life the rest of the evening.
Sun rise is around 5am and sets around 8pm... lots of daylight time... got to take advantage of summer time and improve my physical self.
Surprise to see Sara on FB chat from Italy.. sweet she is also coming to Van around May 1st ,, hopefully will get to dance with her a lot. Not sure if I will be able to keep up with the stamina of someone who runs 15 kms easily..... well maybe I can start working on my run. tonite to the community gym in my apt building. saw a few good looking chicks there, that should be good motivation. And maybe get them together and form a salsa club. :)
Problem at work, as the computer was not able to connect to the network. Was not able to do anything much. There seems to be some kind of virus going on. Seems to have impacted a lot of peoples computer.
I was in the process of getting on the online learning and compiling the book "PeopleSmart". The comp got into issues before I could get to the last two chapters.
Around 2 got a missed call and msg from Williams moving , Jim Feroese . Called him back and talked to him briefly. And then sent him the list of Items to move, about 18 items.
Surprise Birthday party for Bachu Ekalavaya.... his wife sent a surprise Birthday cake to the office thru another colleague.. Sweet,, who said Indian women don't know to please their men and make them feel special ,,, like kings..... now I am really feeling envious of all these guys here, who seem to be happily married to women who are willing to put up with all the constant re-location that most indians working in IT in US have to go thru.
Well it takes a special kind of attitude, that only Indian women are raised with to go along and make Family the core and center of their lives.
Started reading the e-book from the management training online on People smart, great so far and the topics covered....
4pm, on a whim go along with kris and raj to a KT secssion (knowledge Transfer). There this guy who was leaving "Krishna Venugopal" turned out to be someone who recognized me from the College days, he was my junior by 2 years. WE got talking about all the girls, the fun times, and briefly about our life and other college mates. Thou I was and am not able to remember him, he spent a lot time with my other closest friends and room mates. It was a tight circle of college big shots (guys who always caused trouble, strikes, teased girls, fights.....).
That was a surprising thing, I am meeting someone from SDM college of Engg and Tech after about 10 years. My first in the US/Canada.
He seems to have had it going really good, has two houses in New Jersey. :)
up at 5:20am and did some light work out. Vikram wakes up @6 and gets ready by 7 to take off to alen town and his new house.
He drops me off at work around 7:20am. feels nice to be at work,,,, not many of the Indians around, but most of the Merck employees seem to be in by 7am... I guess they take off early by 3pm and go about their private life the rest of the evening.
Sun rise is around 5am and sets around 8pm... lots of daylight time... got to take advantage of summer time and improve my physical self.
Surprise to see Sara on FB chat from Italy.. sweet she is also coming to Van around May 1st ,, hopefully will get to dance with her a lot. Not sure if I will be able to keep up with the stamina of someone who runs 15 kms easily..... well maybe I can start working on my run. tonite to the community gym in my apt building. saw a few good looking chicks there, that should be good motivation. And maybe get them together and form a salsa club. :)
Problem at work, as the computer was not able to connect to the network. Was not able to do anything much. There seems to be some kind of virus going on. Seems to have impacted a lot of peoples computer.
I was in the process of getting on the online learning and compiling the book "PeopleSmart". The comp got into issues before I could get to the last two chapters.
Around 2 got a missed call and msg from Williams moving , Jim Feroese . Called him back and talked to him briefly. And then sent him the list of Items to move, about 18 items.
Surprise Birthday party for Bachu Ekalavaya.... his wife sent a surprise Birthday cake to the office thru another colleague.. Sweet,, who said Indian women don't know to please their men and make them feel special ,,, like kings..... now I am really feeling envious of all these guys here, who seem to be happily married to women who are willing to put up with all the constant re-location that most indians working in IT in US have to go thru.
Well it takes a special kind of attitude, that only Indian women are raised with to go along and make Family the core and center of their lives.
Started reading the e-book from the management training online on People smart, great so far and the topics covered....
4pm, on a whim go along with kris and raj to a KT secssion (knowledge Transfer). There this guy who was leaving "Krishna Venugopal" turned out to be someone who recognized me from the College days, he was my junior by 2 years. WE got talking about all the girls, the fun times, and briefly about our life and other college mates. Thou I was and am not able to remember him, he spent a lot time with my other closest friends and room mates. It was a tight circle of college big shots (guys who always caused trouble, strikes, teased girls, fights.....).
That was a surprising thing, I am meeting someone from SDM college of Engg and Tech after about 10 years. My first in the US/Canada.
He seems to have had it going really good, has two houses in New Jersey. :)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Start the day with a quote
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
not everyone will come into your life ready-made, but there’s a difference between dusting off a diamond and fighting a battle you’re never going to win.
How and when do you decided that its dusting off and polishing the diamond or fighting a battle. Even the diamond would need lots of work before been able to command its right worth. Guess it comes down to the person who has the diamond in their hand and their patience to fight the uphill battle (as in all relationships) and their ability to convert the raw stone into its true potential.
Wished Bob Ripple a Happy BirthDay another the American casualties cause of the jobs going off to Indians. He is been thru a lot sticking by his wife thru thick and thin. Staying by her side to take care of her illiness, when he could have just said, too much work, I can't handle this anymore, I can get a better deal with another women,,,,etc WEll people make choices and that reveals their strength of character. And Bob has my earned my respect for that.
Just got back after taking Vikram to the Clinic for the drug test before his work starts Tomorrow.
Cheers.... just have to focus on the movers and coordinating with them for now and I am all set to go to Van and for a long bye bye...
not everyone will come into your life ready-made, but there’s a difference between dusting off a diamond and fighting a battle you’re never going to win.
How and when do you decided that its dusting off and polishing the diamond or fighting a battle. Even the diamond would need lots of work before been able to command its right worth. Guess it comes down to the person who has the diamond in their hand and their patience to fight the uphill battle (as in all relationships) and their ability to convert the raw stone into its true potential.
Wished Bob Ripple a Happy BirthDay another the American casualties cause of the jobs going off to Indians. He is been thru a lot sticking by his wife thru thick and thin. Staying by her side to take care of her illiness, when he could have just said, too much work, I can't handle this anymore, I can get a better deal with another women,,,,etc WEll people make choices and that reveals their strength of character. And Bob has my earned my respect for that.
Just got back after taking Vikram to the Clinic for the drug test before his work starts Tomorrow.
Cheers.... just have to focus on the movers and coordinating with them for now and I am all set to go to Van and for a long bye bye...
Monday, April 19, 2010
Long day ahead
Monday, April 19, 2010
Went to sleep late, with an over loaded stomach with all the goodies from Narayans house. And a few from temple. Was not able to sleep.
Anyways woke up around 5am but got out around 6, did some light work out and could feel the difference in my tone around the chest . Getting better at push ups..
Have to return the rental car, before that deposit the check and buy more bottle water and milk from costco . have to manage till my things get here from Vancouver.
7:20 heading off to work..
got cracking on the two days of mar that i was supposed to be an employee of Cognizant. sending out mails to the HR , amit , justin, joanna//
then around 11 head off to costco to get more water bottels, milk and cereals and tortilas.
get back home have lunch and then head off to drop off the car at enterprise.
On the ride back met an wonderful old lady "Ann" who had retired as a nurse. And since she was not able to live on her retirement had taken up part time work at enterprise. Such a sad state of affair, that the rest of the world does not get to see about americans. They end up working their whole life. no happy retirement for the majority. While the rest of the world are enjoying their senior years in glorious peace of their homes, taken care by their kids and family. The Americans are made to work and work more.
Get back to work and start the series of calls to get Katie of the moving company. who does not seem to be replying to my emails. Get her around 2 and ask her for firm dates. which she dodges and says she will get back to me tomorrow.
Tell her that I need to book the tickets to YVR based on her firm dates.
then latter not getting any call from the sub agents from yvr call her up again , get her after a few calls and ask her to give me their number so that i can initiate the call.
But she refuses to give saying corporate policy....grrr.
Evening walking out of the office, kannan and kris both offer to drive me home. But refuse and start walking with the load of the two lap tops. talk with Narayan who says he is heading to my house from NJ with Vikram..... Then get a call from AV, who is drunk on wine and is preaching to me to drink wine daily.... grrr
he goes to bed early as he did not get to sleep on his journey from sfo to atlanta.
around 11pm narayan and virkram make it to my place. The first thing they say is , this place is "posh".. whoo hooo...
Narayan leaves after seeing the house and vikram takes the main room.
cheers to new beginnings...
Anyways woke up around 5am but got out around 6, did some light work out and could feel the difference in my tone around the chest . Getting better at push ups..
Have to return the rental car, before that deposit the check and buy more bottle water and milk from costco . have to manage till my things get here from Vancouver.
7:20 heading off to work..
got cracking on the two days of mar that i was supposed to be an employee of Cognizant. sending out mails to the HR , amit , justin, joanna//
then around 11 head off to costco to get more water bottels, milk and cereals and tortilas.
get back home have lunch and then head off to drop off the car at enterprise.
On the ride back met an wonderful old lady "Ann" who had retired as a nurse. And since she was not able to live on her retirement had taken up part time work at enterprise. Such a sad state of affair, that the rest of the world does not get to see about americans. They end up working their whole life. no happy retirement for the majority. While the rest of the world are enjoying their senior years in glorious peace of their homes, taken care by their kids and family. The Americans are made to work and work more.
Get back to work and start the series of calls to get Katie of the moving company. who does not seem to be replying to my emails. Get her around 2 and ask her for firm dates. which she dodges and says she will get back to me tomorrow.
Tell her that I need to book the tickets to YVR based on her firm dates.
then latter not getting any call from the sub agents from yvr call her up again , get her after a few calls and ask her to give me their number so that i can initiate the call.
But she refuses to give saying corporate policy....grrr.
Evening walking out of the office, kannan and kris both offer to drive me home. But refuse and start walking with the load of the two lap tops. talk with Narayan who says he is heading to my house from NJ with Vikram..... Then get a call from AV, who is drunk on wine and is preaching to me to drink wine daily.... grrr
he goes to bed early as he did not get to sleep on his journey from sfo to atlanta.
around 11pm narayan and virkram make it to my place. The first thing they say is , this place is "posh".. whoo hooo...
Narayan leaves after seeing the house and vikram takes the main room.
cheers to new beginnings...
Sunday, April 18, 2010
1st Pay Check
Sunday, April 18, 2010
wake up around 6:am and go to sleep again. get out of bed @ 6:30 and finish off with the bathing and washroom.@ narayans house. have break fast.
Then go to gym with Narayan around 8 and get back by 10. Do some cycling at the gym waiting for him.
then go to wal mart and buy shower curtains and knife set. As it seems to be cheaper here.
Narayans sister and family turn up there too, seeing her after about 11 years. Great family atmosphere with lots of kids playing.
Have a lavish lunch, Mutton curry, Chicken curry, veggie curries. Veggie biriyani, white rice and yogurt. All cooked in Pakka Andhra style, spicy and yummy by Narayans wife.
@3pm say bye to all of them and head back via temple again. :) Stay there for about another hr trying to meditate thru the loud wailing of kids. then again to the Temple cafetria and got 3 tamrind rice to go. got to test it.
Saw the ad for the guruvayoor temple( http://www.krishnatemple.org/) , maybe thats where all the malus go.. maybe next time I might head there and check out the malu girls...... they are the worlds best.
Get home around 6 set up the shower curtains and then return the costly knife set brought at lansdale.
Check my mail box for the first time and discover that I have got my pay check too. kool .
Also in the mail was my corportate Credit card. cheers.
Now to focus of completing the rest of the canadian taxes and booking my flight to YVR. have to get in as much dancing as possible too when there.
wake up around 6:am and go to sleep again. get out of bed @ 6:30 and finish off with the bathing and washroom.@ narayans house. have break fast.
Then go to gym with Narayan around 8 and get back by 10. Do some cycling at the gym waiting for him.
then go to wal mart and buy shower curtains and knife set. As it seems to be cheaper here.
Narayans sister and family turn up there too, seeing her after about 11 years. Great family atmosphere with lots of kids playing.
Have a lavish lunch, Mutton curry, Chicken curry, veggie curries. Veggie biriyani, white rice and yogurt. All cooked in Pakka Andhra style, spicy and yummy by Narayans wife.
@3pm say bye to all of them and head back via temple again. :) Stay there for about another hr trying to meditate thru the loud wailing of kids. then again to the Temple cafetria and got 3 tamrind rice to go. got to test it.
Saw the ad for the guruvayoor temple( http://www.krishnatemple.org/) , maybe thats where all the malus go.. maybe next time I might head there and check out the malu girls...... they are the worlds best.
Get home around 6 set up the shower curtains and then return the costly knife set brought at lansdale.
Check my mail box for the first time and discover that I have got my pay check too. kool .
Also in the mail was my corportate Credit card. cheers.
Now to focus of completing the rest of the canadian taxes and booking my flight to YVR. have to get in as much dancing as possible too when there.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Attitude and Life of wandering
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Woke up to: ""Attitude and Life of wandering results in developing a personalty and mentality that is incapable of sticking to a Place or Committing to a Relationship. ... Does that explain why I am still single?""
Is that why my life thou seems great subject matter to talk about or as a great conversation material and invoking envy from others in a party or initial meeting, is still something to me that is missing that special someone-forever and family that most others seem to have?
Its great to experience and get exposed to lots of different exotic places and cultures, but in the end human mind is really seeking that peace and fulfillment, which only comes when one is calm and in stable. Just like Gautam Buddha, who had the world or riches and pleasure, but realised the moksha (liberalization) to Happinesss only by giving up all and everything.
To me it summerizes that no matter how far and wide you travel, no matter how exotic your experience is, in the end when the temporary rush and excitement subsides (as anything that goes up must come down) is there someone or something that makes you feel at home and at peace and fill you up with happiness. That someone who would be there no matter what ever happens outside the HOME. That someone special who would make me want to return home and look forward to returning HOME. That special love and tenderness with which she could make me feel special and loved......
And with time the seeds and fruits of our love (kids) and their life..... A loving family!
Called up home again to mom tell me about the new year horoscope stuff, about things clearing up for me getting married. About time.
Was chatting on FB with Geetha chechi and relying info between them. hehehe modern tech. One in Arabia, me in US and mom in Kerala... cheers
Got call from Narayan, so tempted to go to Jersey again to the temple. tried renting and was told that the car is not available for economy. Then called up after 2 hrs and got an intermediate size car. Well got to go with it, and satisfy the urge to travel and pray.
Chatted with Lubo, he is a good man and good person at heart. Only wish that others close to him could have got some of the goodness from him.
Went and got the car around 1pm. 2pm head to office to get the receipts for the Visa expenses scanned and sent to the mail id. Called up narayan and told him i am starting off around 3.. its already 3:20 as i was not able to find the map.. well heading out for the Temple ,, hanuman darshan. more this time as per the suggestions of my mom.
cheers and off to NJ after that.
Reached temple around 5pm, then after been there for an hr, went to the cafeteria and had their famous Veggie Biriyai. packed a few tamrind rice and onion bajji(pakoras/pakodas).
Reached Narayans house around 7:30, latter go out in Narayans new Honda CRV. wow loved the new model with its sleek features.....
Returned back to his house and got watching Hindi TV channels. It felt a bit heart warming to watch TV from back home, thou it felt a bit sub-standard. And it was me watching TV after a very long time. Also got to see the movie "Dil Chahata hai", felt like I was living the life of the character Sameer.. :((( always having my heart broken.
Woke up to: ""Attitude and Life of wandering results in developing a personalty and mentality that is incapable of sticking to a Place or Committing to a Relationship. ... Does that explain why I am still single?""
Is that why my life thou seems great subject matter to talk about or as a great conversation material and invoking envy from others in a party or initial meeting, is still something to me that is missing that special someone-forever and family that most others seem to have?
Its great to experience and get exposed to lots of different exotic places and cultures, but in the end human mind is really seeking that peace and fulfillment, which only comes when one is calm and in stable. Just like Gautam Buddha, who had the world or riches and pleasure, but realised the moksha (liberalization) to Happinesss only by giving up all and everything.
To me it summerizes that no matter how far and wide you travel, no matter how exotic your experience is, in the end when the temporary rush and excitement subsides (as anything that goes up must come down) is there someone or something that makes you feel at home and at peace and fill you up with happiness. That someone who would be there no matter what ever happens outside the HOME. That someone special who would make me want to return home and look forward to returning HOME. That special love and tenderness with which she could make me feel special and loved......
And with time the seeds and fruits of our love (kids) and their life..... A loving family!
Called up home again to mom tell me about the new year horoscope stuff, about things clearing up for me getting married. About time.
Was chatting on FB with Geetha chechi and relying info between them. hehehe modern tech. One in Arabia, me in US and mom in Kerala... cheers
Got call from Narayan, so tempted to go to Jersey again to the temple. tried renting and was told that the car is not available for economy. Then called up after 2 hrs and got an intermediate size car. Well got to go with it, and satisfy the urge to travel and pray.
Chatted with Lubo, he is a good man and good person at heart. Only wish that others close to him could have got some of the goodness from him.
Went and got the car around 1pm. 2pm head to office to get the receipts for the Visa expenses scanned and sent to the mail id. Called up narayan and told him i am starting off around 3.. its already 3:20 as i was not able to find the map.. well heading out for the Temple ,, hanuman darshan. more this time as per the suggestions of my mom.
cheers and off to NJ after that.
Reached temple around 5pm, then after been there for an hr, went to the cafeteria and had their famous Veggie Biriyai. packed a few tamrind rice and onion bajji(pakoras/pakodas).
Reached Narayans house around 7:30, latter go out in Narayans new Honda CRV. wow loved the new model with its sleek features.....
Returned back to his house and got watching Hindi TV channels. It felt a bit heart warming to watch TV from back home, thou it felt a bit sub-standard. And it was me watching TV after a very long time. Also got to see the movie "Dil Chahata hai", felt like I was living the life of the character Sameer.. :((( always having my heart broken.
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