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Friday, August 15, 2008

Celebrating 61 years of independence...

On this auspicious occassion today, when, as Jawaharlal Nehru has said, " India awoke to life and freedom" 61 years ago, I want to express the immense pride and honour that i feel to be born as a citizen of this country....

Through this post I want to say how fortunate i feel to be an Indian....

Freedom didn't come to us out of nothing... It came out of the sacrifices made by our forefathers, our freedom fighters, and i realise that, we all should....

So, Happy Independence day! Jai Hind... Jai Bharat!!

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

SKYPE!

For those who dont know---> Skype is a software that allows users to make calls over the internet.....


Though iv had a skype account for a long time iv never really had the chance to use it coz the only one i voice chat online is my brother and he simply refuses to use anything other than gmail or yahoo...


But yesterday sis Edith suddenly suggested using that to communicate (Coz come on! International calls are s*** expensive!!!!! Talk once n then ur credits are over!) And before we knew it sissies Edith, anni and I were conferencing!!!! It was sooooo much fun! I mean the wonders of technology are really commendable!!! We can talk to people miles and miles away from and its ALMOST free!!!!!!!! Simply amazing!

N then there was no stopping me! ;)

Today morning i ended up speaking to my best friend in the US for 90 minutes!!!! It was crazy! It was almost like she was back home in Pune again!!


Now, theres always yahoo or google! WHy do i HAVE to use SKYPE??? Well, the reason is, I think Skype gives u maximum clarity as far as sound reception is concerned! And besides thats something my sissies and i experimented with together and strated using together! So i guess its skype for me!


**Cant believe im actually making a post out of this!!!!!**

Monday, August 4, 2008

Sudden realizations.....

U know, there are several occassions when theres something bothering u.... U hate that feeling and u want it to go away but it just doesn't until u finally sit down and think it over and the reason for ur discomfort hits you hard... You suddenly feel so disappointed/upset/frustrated!

I mean its a phase.. Its not like you go into depression or anything...

Well something like this happened to me recently... Sunday 3rd August 2008 was FRIENDSHIPS DAY (Technically, the first sunday in August is celebrated as Friendships Day). N like everyone else i too had big plans for this day! Wanted to pay a visit to all my friends n surprise them! But little did i know what was going to happen..

Well i'd given a pre-employment exam/campus exam for a company called Krawler Networks on wednesday that week.... The exam was so tough (Not just for me, for everybody) that i didnt think i would get through... But i knew one thing for sure, that i wasn't the worst...

N totally contrary to my expectations i was informed on saturday that i was selected for the second round and had to go to the company at 11:30am on Sunday.. (Friendships Day!!) But i was thrilled! It was my first attempt ever at any such exam and i was among the 12 people out of 120 who gave the exam! That sure was a confidence booster! But we didn't know whether the second round would be a written round or an interview...

However, in our attempt to be on time we all reached there 45mins prior to the required time!

Anyhow, it was my first ever experience of the "Professional" world... Its so different and so much more refined tha the current "Academic" world we are in.. So really impressed with the "look" of the company, we finally started our "exam", yes, contrary to what we thought, it was yet another technical exam and not an interview round!
Well, they could have warned us this is what it would be but they didnt!

Anyhow, the first question itself took us an hour or 2 to complete! Which i tried to the best of my abilities.... We thought that would be it! But no!!! The next thing the examiner/software professional asks us to do is---> Solve the questions that appeared in your first round again!!!!!!!!!!!!
N guess what! He wasn't gonna give us question papers again to see wt the question exactly was!!! So basically we were supposed to REMEMBER 3 long programming problem statements at that moment and acutually code them!!!!!!! I mean is this a memory test???? And anyhow, whats the point of repeating the same questions??? Weren't we selected for this round coz we did SOMETHING right in that round?? ATLEAST TELL US WHATS GOING ON?!?!? At that moment my only thought was "Im doomed!!!" But surprisingly, i could remember what id done and i could code what i remembered...

However in the midst of all this irritation, anxiety and frustration, it suddenly hit me! What exactly is bothering me?? Is it the fact that we've been sitting there for 4 hours now w/o even a glass of water? Or is it the poor lighting in that office? Or the fact that my friendships day is ruined? Or the problem of not being able to completely solve what im doing?? No, it wasnt any of this...

It was the fact that i was just NOT enjoying what i was doing! I had practically not uttered a word in those 4 hours.. I was sitting all by myself and doing something I DONT REALLY ENJOY!!! Something my hearts not into ATALL!!!!!!! Thats the problem!!!
And believe me, this sudden revelation made me feel like i was pushed off a cliff!
I had that same sinking feeling which u have when u feel u'v lost someone....

But now what iv learnt from that is that i must, in my profession look for other avenues that may be open to me... I admit im NOT a hardcore programming person... But im sure that there is something out there belonging to MY FIELD that will most definitely interest me... I just have to find it... N im sure i will....