Mon, 12th Jul 2010
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Salsa at Vang tonite before Delware training tomorrow.
Bit of trouble waking up and getting out of bed. Kind of like my rhythm was off.
neyways ready to leave by 6:35am
Made it to work by 6:55am by beating the train/gates.
Ind team was on time by 7:am.
Kris made an announcement that Raj will no longer be able to work in US because of Visa issues. Thats a big bummer. He seems to be a guy who is very sound technically.
Called him up around 8:15am after the conf. Seems to be more a rejection cause of political policies of US than any other. Last day seems to be today and he may go back to Hyd. :(
More pressure on Kris and he is scheduled to leave for India aug 1st week, in about 4 weeks.
Life as a Indian living in US is tough with the sword of Visa rejection always hanging on top our head. Fear of losing a steady income also makes people shrink and scared to say no to unreasonable client requests.
Did not go for the BI training. As I did not see the scope in doing it today and missing out for two days due to training at delaware the next two days
Got home, called up naraya and got his voice. A few mins latter he called back and seems to be down with Cold and had not gone to work.
Was feeling too tired, again the 3 days latter effect. Went to the Bedroom for a nap and ended up getting up around 12midnight with a severe thunderstorm. Guess it was a good thing that I did not go out salsa dancing into the city.
Saw a few missed calls and voice msgs. ahhhhh
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Jul 11th New moon day/night
Sunday Jul 11 2010 New Moon
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Woke up a bit late and was lazy to pack up and move from the Days Inn in Ridgefield to Marriot at Teaneck bag and baggage. :)
At the training our table of 6 guys ended up winning the most points for the whole 3 days of accumulated points, for been on time and the quiz questions.
Reached back home by 5:45pm after starting around 3:45pm. There was one major accident besides the NewArk airport.
On the way, got a call from Bal Atwal via skype that was routed to my cell phone. Talked for a few, did not recognize him for a bit, was wondering who it was.
He asked about Eva, told him had called her a few times nothing much happening there. And as she seems to be having her own plans which I am not a part off. Looks from her blog that her interests are else where.
Well just need to keep myself busy and busier and fill up my brain with so much that I would not have time for my own personal life.
Three days of training and EATING I have gained about 5 lbs. :(
Go for a long walk around 8:pm sit by the lil lake for about 2 hrs watching the stars and sky. Its a new moon night. And supposed to be Solar eclipse in the pacific cook islands. Astrologically a very powerful time for changes.
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Woke up a bit late and was lazy to pack up and move from the Days Inn in Ridgefield to Marriot at Teaneck bag and baggage. :)
At the training our table of 6 guys ended up winning the most points for the whole 3 days of accumulated points, for been on time and the quiz questions.
Reached back home by 5:45pm after starting around 3:45pm. There was one major accident besides the NewArk airport.
On the way, got a call from Bal Atwal via skype that was routed to my cell phone. Talked for a few, did not recognize him for a bit, was wondering who it was.
He asked about Eva, told him had called her a few times nothing much happening there. And as she seems to be having her own plans which I am not a part off. Looks from her blog that her interests are else where.
Well just need to keep myself busy and busier and fill up my brain with so much that I would not have time for my own personal life.
Three days of training and EATING I have gained about 5 lbs. :(
Go for a long walk around 8:pm sit by the lil lake for about 2 hrs watching the stars and sky. Its a new moon night. And supposed to be Solar eclipse in the pacific cook islands. Astrologically a very powerful time for changes.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Jul 10th 2nd day of training
Sat, Jul10 2010
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2nd day of training. woke up after a not so great sleep. Kept waking up almost to the hour. Kind of not focused. Maybe meeting too many people, exposed to too much info, brain on hyper mode, too strong a coffee yesterday at the office HQ.
Call up Srikanth in the neighbouring room around 7:30 to be ready by 8am to reach the Marriot by 8:15am.
Have complimentray breakfast of fruits and starbucks coffee.
Day goes on, with more orientation and networking. Not really sure. But the majority of the guys been Indians, there seems to be a very distinct difference in behavior of the non-Indians and the Indians, who seem to be behaving like kids out of school. :)
And one guy constantly remarking about the american attitude towards work not been that good as Indian, Very touchy subject, and non of the Americans were rude to make any comment about it. One of the subjects was about motivating a 60 year old guy who was in that guys team.
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2nd day of training. woke up after a not so great sleep. Kept waking up almost to the hour. Kind of not focused. Maybe meeting too many people, exposed to too much info, brain on hyper mode, too strong a coffee yesterday at the office HQ.
Call up Srikanth in the neighbouring room around 7:30 to be ready by 8am to reach the Marriot by 8:15am.
Have complimentray breakfast of fruits and starbucks coffee.
Day goes on, with more orientation and networking. Not really sure. But the majority of the guys been Indians, there seems to be a very distinct difference in behavior of the non-Indians and the Indians, who seem to be behaving like kids out of school. :)
And one guy constantly remarking about the american attitude towards work not been that good as Indian, Very touchy subject, and non of the Americans were rude to make any comment about it. One of the subjects was about motivating a 60 year old guy who was in that guys team.
Friday, July 9, 2010
jul 9th off for Training in NJ
Friday, jul 9th 2010
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jul 9th off for Training in NJ. No salsa for tonite.
So what, need to start focusing on self development.
woke up 4am and need to get out of the house by 5:30 to 6am , There is a 2 hr drive, over 100 miles, have to drive past the locations of jersey city and NY down town parallel on I-95.
Started off @6am.
Sometimes reaching speads of over 80 miles per hr reached destination around 7:45am. That was good driving, traffic could have been worse.
The rent @ marriot was like $260 per night, with company discount it was like 169. Decided to check what the other guys in the camp will be doing.
Turns out that a few booked into the Marriot, others live around the area, few married with kids decided to commute 2hrs each way for the 3 days. I decided to join Srikanth at the Days Inn about 2 miles away.
Breakfast, lunch and snacks were served.
Training was a better understanding of myself as a Integrator manager. Need to get into more of Director/Administrator mode.
There were 3 guys who were with the company for more than 10 years.
The group of about 25 was 21 poople of Indian origin and 4 cacausions.
Evening booked the room from outside the hotel, hijacking the wi-fi, used Hotels.com and got the room for $81 per night. At the desk it was around $100. (Lessons learned from Hiking trip last year).
Then called up Eric the instructor as he proposed meeting up for dinner. They aready left for the river side mall for a restaurant called Monsanto steak house. So asked Srikanth if he was interested. He said yes and so drove over to that place.
Pricey, just having a piece of Steak was like $50 plus $10 tip.
But it was nice to network and getting to know the personal life styles of the two ladies from Mass. One has a dog and carries a gun. The other the unmarried and cuter one was into recruiting for the company, used to drive bikes (motor-750CC).
Back to the motel, my stomach was in revolution mode. should have had lime or wine with the steak.
Watched a bit of TV and and passed out.
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jul 9th off for Training in NJ. No salsa for tonite.
So what, need to start focusing on self development.
woke up 4am and need to get out of the house by 5:30 to 6am , There is a 2 hr drive, over 100 miles, have to drive past the locations of jersey city and NY down town parallel on I-95.
Started off @6am.
Sometimes reaching speads of over 80 miles per hr reached destination around 7:45am. That was good driving, traffic could have been worse.
The rent @ marriot was like $260 per night, with company discount it was like 169. Decided to check what the other guys in the camp will be doing.
Turns out that a few booked into the Marriot, others live around the area, few married with kids decided to commute 2hrs each way for the 3 days. I decided to join Srikanth at the Days Inn about 2 miles away.
Breakfast, lunch and snacks were served.
Training was a better understanding of myself as a Integrator manager. Need to get into more of Director/Administrator mode.
There were 3 guys who were with the company for more than 10 years.
The group of about 25 was 21 poople of Indian origin and 4 cacausions.
Evening booked the room from outside the hotel, hijacking the wi-fi, used Hotels.com and got the room for $81 per night. At the desk it was around $100. (Lessons learned from Hiking trip last year).
Then called up Eric the instructor as he proposed meeting up for dinner. They aready left for the river side mall for a restaurant called Monsanto steak house. So asked Srikanth if he was interested. He said yes and so drove over to that place.
Pricey, just having a piece of Steak was like $50 plus $10 tip.
But it was nice to network and getting to know the personal life styles of the two ladies from Mass. One has a dog and carries a gun. The other the unmarried and cuter one was into recruiting for the company, used to drive bikes (motor-750CC).
Back to the motel, my stomach was in revolution mode. should have had lime or wine with the steak.
Watched a bit of TV and and passed out.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Jul 8th training approval
Thursday, Jul 8th 2010
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Got approved and a seat for the Training in Teneck New Jersey. for 3 days over the weekend Fri to sunday. Okay this is going to be either a weekend of slogging and no partying or great party.
Lets see. need to notify Ajit about it as its on Friday and into sunday, may try to check into the marriot itself.
And again there is training at Courtyard Wilmington Newark/Christiana Mall, 48 Geoffrey Drive, Newark, DE 19713 on 13 and 14. Wow the stars of training have all lined up. cheers to getting my mind off, worring about Eva and her safety for sometime.
How is it things seem to happen in a certain way. So much of coincedence and so many things seem to happen in such a way that I could not even dream off. Most of it seems to make me feel good about the future and then suddenly when I start making plans in one direction, things seem to go out of wack. Like life is telling me just go with the flow, your detailed plans and other attractions and expectations will only collapse.
How many times can my soul keep getting beaten and raise up. Sometimes I feel like giving up. Then like a child who forgets the bad experience soon, I just seem to bounce back. Is it because of my own foolishness or my child like sincerity?
Atleast this way I am not thinking negative thoughts much. :)
You can tell someone to go to hell, that’s your right. But wait till tomorrow and see how you feel : )
advice Mr Buffet got from someone. :)
Got call and then mail from aji to go ahead with the training of tomorrow.
Called up Evi around 7:30pm her time. In Dharmasala and enjoying the nature there. :)
maybe going to Manali tomorrow or day after. Good to know that she is safe.
Lunch at home. the other guys are already crying about me not having much work to do.
So return back. need to check on the credit card at TD. guess I am not destined for the TD credit card.
Went there around 5pm and the lady there was not really helpful.
Returned home, was feeling tired. So hit the bed and woke up around 8pm, went for a walk and then talked with AV who was waiting for his flight to San Jose.
Then got down to packing for the weekend training at NJ. Should be a great weekend. will miss out of the latin festival in Philly on sat. :( aww well need to improve self more. FOCUS.
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Got approved and a seat for the Training in Teneck New Jersey. for 3 days over the weekend Fri to sunday. Okay this is going to be either a weekend of slogging and no partying or great party.
Lets see. need to notify Ajit about it as its on Friday and into sunday, may try to check into the marriot itself.
And again there is training at Courtyard Wilmington Newark/Christiana Mall, 48 Geoffrey Drive, Newark, DE 19713 on 13 and 14. Wow the stars of training have all lined up. cheers to getting my mind off, worring about Eva and her safety for sometime.
How is it things seem to happen in a certain way. So much of coincedence and so many things seem to happen in such a way that I could not even dream off. Most of it seems to make me feel good about the future and then suddenly when I start making plans in one direction, things seem to go out of wack. Like life is telling me just go with the flow, your detailed plans and other attractions and expectations will only collapse.
How many times can my soul keep getting beaten and raise up. Sometimes I feel like giving up. Then like a child who forgets the bad experience soon, I just seem to bounce back. Is it because of my own foolishness or my child like sincerity?
Atleast this way I am not thinking negative thoughts much. :)
You can tell someone to go to hell, that’s your right. But wait till tomorrow and see how you feel : )
advice Mr Buffet got from someone. :)
Got call and then mail from aji to go ahead with the training of tomorrow.
Called up Evi around 7:30pm her time. In Dharmasala and enjoying the nature there. :)
maybe going to Manali tomorrow or day after. Good to know that she is safe.
Lunch at home. the other guys are already crying about me not having much work to do.
So return back. need to check on the credit card at TD. guess I am not destined for the TD credit card.
Went there around 5pm and the lady there was not really helpful.
Returned home, was feeling tired. So hit the bed and woke up around 8pm, went for a walk and then talked with AV who was waiting for his flight to San Jose.
Then got down to packing for the weekend training at NJ. Should be a great weekend. will miss out of the latin festival in Philly on sat. :( aww well need to improve self more. FOCUS.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Jul 7th warm sleep day
Wed, Jul-07-2010
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Woke up early, was trying to call E on cell to see if they reached safely at Amritsar, Phone seems to be switched off. Hopefully everything is fine and just that they must be in the golden temple. 6:40am time to head to work.
Just barely make it past the first railway gate and get stopped at the 2nd. All because my Ginger Tea was too hot and had to cool it down. Matter of seconds and how things have a cascading effect. Like everything in life. We make choices and there is always a ripple effect. :)
Reach in time of the call @7am. 7:30 it was over, that is a record. led by RajD
Tried calling up to see if E was okay in Amritsar, still phone switched off. Not sure if the guy they met on the train led them to the right place. As she told me yesterday that their train got delayed to start in Delhi and will be reaching Amritsar at mid-night.
Got my Tracking doc in order for the bugs and fixes done.
10 to 11 status meeting with sang
Around 11amEST / 8:30pmIST was able to talk with Eva, she said she was booking hotel for or in Dharmasala and asked to call latter.
Well atleast glad to know that she is doing well. :)
Afternoon went to Rajs house to watch the ger-esp match. Lost $20 betting on Ger.
Got back home and saw the replay. Talked with Nar, told him that I did not like the fact that he tried to set me up with that friend of his. Thou I tried been the good host. She was good enough to call me and leave a message saying that she arrived safely in Huston.
Latter at night called up Anil in dallas and chatted for a bit.
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Woke up early, was trying to call E on cell to see if they reached safely at Amritsar, Phone seems to be switched off. Hopefully everything is fine and just that they must be in the golden temple. 6:40am time to head to work.
Just barely make it past the first railway gate and get stopped at the 2nd. All because my Ginger Tea was too hot and had to cool it down. Matter of seconds and how things have a cascading effect. Like everything in life. We make choices and there is always a ripple effect. :)
Reach in time of the call @7am. 7:30 it was over, that is a record. led by RajD
Tried calling up to see if E was okay in Amritsar, still phone switched off. Not sure if the guy they met on the train led them to the right place. As she told me yesterday that their train got delayed to start in Delhi and will be reaching Amritsar at mid-night.
Got my Tracking doc in order for the bugs and fixes done.
10 to 11 status meeting with sang
Around 11amEST / 8:30pmIST was able to talk with Eva, she said she was booking hotel for or in Dharmasala and asked to call latter.
Well atleast glad to know that she is doing well. :)
Afternoon went to Rajs house to watch the ger-esp match. Lost $20 betting on Ger.
Got back home and saw the replay. Talked with Nar, told him that I did not like the fact that he tried to set me up with that friend of his. Thou I tried been the good host. She was good enough to call me and leave a message saying that she arrived safely in Huston.
Latter at night called up Anil in dallas and chatted for a bit.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
July 6th tue
Tuesday, 6th July 2010
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Woke up @2:15am, we were all ready to go by 3:15am, dropped off Sreja at Philadelphia airport by 4:15am. Returned to lansdale by 5:AM and viki takes off to alentown. Try to get a few more winks of sleep in.
7am Not ready for conf call at work. so take it up thru skype.
8am, finish
by 845 completed showering and eating. time to head to work. :) for a 4 day week. :)
10am call up Eva using calling card. Seems to be on a train bound for Amritstar, scheduled to reach Golden temple by midnight. Talked for a few mins. She was not able to hear me. Seems to be planning on staying at the Golden temple, as one guy traveling with them in the train seems to be going close to it and maybe able to take them there.
Got back home around 1:15pm decided to stay back and work from home. Was having a kind of mild head aech and feeling drowsy.
Had some rice and curry and then ended up laying down and trying to connect to work a few times.
wanted to go out running or do something out doors. but ended up indoors..
woke up on the couch around 11pm and then decided to just go to sleep again in the bedroom. :(
Guess I was too tired and worn out after 3 days of hiking and hardly 2 hrs sleep on Moday night to drop of Sreeja and viki at the Phila airport.
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Woke up @2:15am, we were all ready to go by 3:15am, dropped off Sreja at Philadelphia airport by 4:15am. Returned to lansdale by 5:AM and viki takes off to alentown. Try to get a few more winks of sleep in.
7am Not ready for conf call at work. so take it up thru skype.
8am, finish
by 845 completed showering and eating. time to head to work. :) for a 4 day week. :)
10am call up Eva using calling card. Seems to be on a train bound for Amritstar, scheduled to reach Golden temple by midnight. Talked for a few mins. She was not able to hear me. Seems to be planning on staying at the Golden temple, as one guy traveling with them in the train seems to be going close to it and maybe able to take them there.
Got back home around 1:15pm decided to stay back and work from home. Was having a kind of mild head aech and feeling drowsy.
Had some rice and curry and then ended up laying down and trying to connect to work a few times.
wanted to go out running or do something out doors. but ended up indoors..
woke up on the couch around 11pm and then decided to just go to sleep again in the bedroom. :(
Guess I was too tired and worn out after 3 days of hiking and hardly 2 hrs sleep on Moday night to drop of Sreeja and viki at the Phila airport.
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