Yes Folks! I mean that damn title. It seems strange, moreover weird, but its true. I need myself a holiday to be home.
Pune, the city I work. No matter how nasty is it, at times, due to many a reasons, it has got its own positives to applaud. I love this city. I would have loved it much more, would it be at least a bit more nearer to my hometown than it is now. It takes me 24 hours, a whole day to reach my hometown from Pune by train. Damn it! Now, U dont give me suggestions to try a flight than train;You guys know where I work!
Last week, I had been to my home town. It was a stay for 6 days, out of which 3 days I was WFH, one 2-day weekend and only single Holiday! I know, now you start cursing my firm for being so mean at leaves or chiding me for being so workaholic. But I have to tell you - this vacation is very much unplanned. I had to attend a function and I was present, planning at the eleventh hour.
Home is the best place one can have on earth, for sure! Thought the holiday schedule to my hometown, this time, was pretty hectic, I enjoyed it to max. It is filled with mixed feelings that I can not put it down in words. I had been to home after a long time, may be I should have had many a things to share with my family and hence may be I should have had loquaciously talk talk and talk until some one say "shut-up! we are bored". Unlikely, I am almost dumb at home during this holiday (Thanks to mobile revolution, every thing is shared with your near and dear just as and when it happened). Not only I was busing working at home but also my family too were busy as it was a festive season.
This hectic working lives deprive us of very small happinesses. You say it a cup of tea with your family or a lunch/dinner with your best pals, whatever! Now-a-days such incidents are called parties. LOL!! One more thing that makes my holiday perfect was a day out with pals. Though this was an unplanned holiday, I was aware that this idiot would be back from Singapore. I went to his home and stayed a night there (this is why I said that my holiday is hectic). You guys never know what all nonsense topics we had been discussing all night!
When you were working in the office, time moves like it was a snail. When you were home, days pass by in an eye-flash. One eve - shopping with dad; another eve - boys day out - me dad and bro went for a film and then to dinner. And finally the function day. This is a ritual performed on a grand scale by my maternal grand parents. Every one have their presence, all my relatives, family friends etc. I had been used to this function since my childhood. But this time, to be frank, it did not impress me. I can not say concrete that this is why I felt so; the result is out of mixed reasons.
One prominently was that I lacked the enthusiasm. I dont know why, may be I am not a kid any more, I was not able to involve in the scene. Secondly, the function itself lacked the josh. May be it was due to lack of concerned co-operation. I better dont want to comment on it. Last but not the least, Its damn tough to pose a eligible bachelor pose. I felt very much uncomfortable when I am in a group. It seems like hundred of eyes were watching me. Many a people come to me and introduce themselves, say hi to me and even inquire me when I am to home when I would go back too. And the heights was that some even photographed me, damn, without my permission. I cant help! All I can do was to say All is well to myself.
The holiday ended in no time with loads of memories. Waiting for Pongal, for next Holiday to Home.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
IT Laziness
I Write Code!!
Yes folks, I mean it. Though I am in this same designation from the past three years (now this is altogether a different story), I can't spell the word of my designation, the "Programmer" (hopefully correct! didn't give a red underline).
Don't blame my teachers at my school. They did their cent and even I had put up my cent (may be more....hehehe) in my schooling days. The problem started in the recent past.
For sure, this IT industry has brought a lot of change. I don't know how much is that positive, but one among a lot of negatives is this problem. By the way, what should I name this problem?
Should I say it lack of grammar sense -- does not seem apt.
The so called famous dialog in IT industry "Lack of communication skills" -- Damn, it has nothing to do with communication.
May be I can name it something like "IT Laziness" -- Yeah, seems logical.
Don't get surprised as what this laziness has to do with wrong spelling. The problem here is not just a wrong spelling, more than that, a lot more. Adding to the sedentary working style, every ITer or ITian develops a hidden laziness in due course of time. We, software geeks, get used to auto word completions, spell checks, audio tutorials etc which make our life easy. But we forget that we are forgetting our basics.
How many of us carry a pen with us (though you may always have a laptop with you, at many times you will need a pen! Because many processes on this earth are not digitalized yet, they are still paper worked.)? How many of us use our brains to do some simple math rather than use calc in Run? How many of us confidently send a mail with out a spell check?
Its been three years now for me in this industry. This IT Laziness is at its peak with in me. I doubt I forgot how my hand writing looks like...Damn how pathetic!
Should I say it lack of grammar sense -- does not seem apt.
The so called famous dialog in IT industry "Lack of communication skills" -- Damn, it has nothing to do with communication.
May be I can name it something like "IT Laziness" -- Yeah, seems logical.Don't get surprised as what this laziness has to do with wrong spelling. The problem here is not just a wrong spelling, more than that, a lot more. Adding to the sedentary working style, every ITer or ITian develops a hidden laziness in due course of time. We, software geeks, get used to auto word completions, spell checks, audio tutorials etc which make our life easy. But we forget that we are forgetting our basics.
How many of us carry a pen with us (though you may always have a laptop with you, at many times you will need a pen! Because many processes on this earth are not digitalized yet, they are still paper worked.)? How many of us use our brains to do some simple math rather than use calc in Run? How many of us confidently send a mail with out a spell check?Its been three years now for me in this industry. This IT Laziness is at its peak with in me. I doubt I forgot how my hand writing looks like...Damn how pathetic!
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Im back....Again!
Hello World!
Damn! Dont mistake these Greetings, Its not any sample Java Program. I just want to greet all my blog followers (I doubt if any) and my blog itself, after a pretty long gap.
Its been a year and half that I had hit this page. Believe me, Blogger seemed strange. There has been many changes in its functionalities and settings. It took me time to start with....Yaaak!
I dont think that I need to re-introduce my self. Blogger is intelligent enough to identify me correctly (though after a long gap). But for all those Gajinis, Im Sreeks, a medium sized sheep in the flock of software geeks.
And the word software, reminds me of my work life! This sheep flock, I was talking earlier, consists of some millions of sheep and each sheep is owned by some one. Now the tragedy is that each sheep considers that it is providing as much wool as it can, to its owner and the owner is not feeding it with sufficient grass. The sheep has the liberty to pick its own owner by letting know the present owner well in advance that it is going to make a shift. With certain owners, the well in advance notice can be as much as 3 months also. Me, a medium sized sheep in this same flock with some owner (who cares), has the same thought process.
If you consider the same scenario from owner's perspective, the owner is always jealous of the his peer competitors. These owners lure the sheep of others owners with hybrid grass. These sheep who are starving for normal grass itself, smell the hybrid as heaven and fall out for tactics.
Hey folks, this story is just pure bullshit. I am not concerned if this resemble your work life. All the characters in the above story are purely fictitious. Any thing resembling to anyone or anybody is absolutely coincidental, unintentional and not intended to hurt any moral. Just to make sure....
Being narrated this short story, you have got me correct and sensed my present situations. Lot of things have been changed in due course of time. I am one more year older now. Technically grew strong in my competencies. Priorities in my career advancement are changed (I need to say that) and I am bit more clear now. I am just standing behind the door waiting for the opportunity to knock it. And mom says to get married!
There is lot much more going on there days..Stay tuned...I swear, I will be in touch!
Damn! Dont mistake these Greetings, Its not any sample Java Program. I just want to greet all my blog followers (I doubt if any) and my blog itself, after a pretty long gap.
Its been a year and half that I had hit this page. Believe me, Blogger seemed strange. There has been many changes in its functionalities and settings. It took me time to start with....Yaaak!I dont think that I need to re-introduce my self. Blogger is intelligent enough to identify me correctly (though after a long gap). But for all those Gajinis, Im Sreeks, a medium sized sheep in the flock of software geeks.
And the word software, reminds me of my work life! This sheep flock, I was talking earlier, consists of some millions of sheep and each sheep is owned by some one. Now the tragedy is that each sheep considers that it is providing as much wool as it can, to its owner and the owner is not feeding it with sufficient grass. The sheep has the liberty to pick its own owner by letting know the present owner well in advance that it is going to make a shift. With certain owners, the well in advance notice can be as much as 3 months also. Me, a medium sized sheep in this same flock with some owner (who cares), has the same thought process.
If you consider the same scenario from owner's perspective, the owner is always jealous of the his peer competitors. These owners lure the sheep of others owners with hybrid grass. These sheep who are starving for normal grass itself, smell the hybrid as heaven and fall out for tactics.
Hey folks, this story is just pure bullshit. I am not concerned if this resemble your work life. All the characters in the above story are purely fictitious. Any thing resembling to anyone or anybody is absolutely coincidental, unintentional and not intended to hurt any moral. Just to make sure....
Being narrated this short story, you have got me correct and sensed my present situations. Lot of things have been changed in due course of time. I am one more year older now. Technically grew strong in my competencies. Priorities in my career advancement are changed (I need to say that) and I am bit more clear now. I am just standing behind the door waiting for the opportunity to knock it. And mom says to get married!
There is lot much more going on there days..Stay tuned...I swear, I will be in touch!
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