1971

It was created some 35 years ago.

Not many have seen it.

But every indian can recognize what this is....by reading it just once!

Well Done!

He Retires...not hurt obviously!!

Quote of the day

riding motorcycles is more dangerous than playing chess or listening to classical music!!
----a rider

INDIA

Well..some very important person (read....maalik) came down to India (Gurgaon) Center.
This decoration was done right on the entrance. If am not wrong......its a very nice attempt to get the three colours from the indian tricolor. Thats Sapient....and most of all......thats INDIA.

Bond....James Bond!!

No Gadgets, No High Flying cars, .....raw action.......Bond at its best. Loved it..!!

Cars

Cars...lots of cars!!
...quite...calm...peaceful!!
Its really hard to believe that they create a jam when they go out on road together!!

Kill Bill?

Thats our dear old Tux.

Diwali

This one makes india proud. Happy Diwali!

Ab Goli Khaa....

Schumacher

I wouldnt call myself a huge fan of this guy...but his driving has been the USP of F1 arena. You think of F1 and you imagine Schumacher roaring past in his red beast!...Didnt see the Japanese GP but read about it and it is really unfortunate that he has to leave the track in smokes!The engine gave up..he didnt!...after all we are talking about freaking engines that win races..and blow up too!! Not his fault...



* Michael Schumacher, Late. Ayrton Senna and Fernando Alonso

Surroundings # 2

Well..you have to click it this way if you want things from both sides in one shot...i guess!!....try looking at the sky...............the sky has false roofing!!...man i cracked myself up!!

Surroundings!!

Funny one..

Found this on a fellow blogger rearset's post....cant help reposting it...!!

Top ten lessons from the film Top Gun

1. Spilling coffee on the boss' shirt can be fun

2. Ray-Bans can be worn EVERYWHERE

3. Scare enemies by appearing suddenly above them upside down

4. Swirling towels constitute assault with a wetly weapon

5. You're allowed real funky handshakes on the decks of aircraft carriers

6. Daft call signs are cooler than really daft names

7. Val Kilmer was very upset at how popular Tom Cruiser became after the film

8. Kawasakis are faster than Porsches

9. Sort out any issues with/about your dad before getting in an expensive machine

10. You'll never be as cool as the enemy until the end of the film

and someone added the 11th one...

11. Group singing gets the girl!!

Looking back...

Completed a whole year out here in Gurgaon! Cant believe i survived one full year here!Honestly i never thought that i will be able to survive even 6 months.....but i guess i learnt the trick of survival quite quickly!..
Has been an eventful year....learnt many things.....and that also the "hard way"! speacially the last few months.....they have been painful....but took it as a lesson!It is not about "survival of the fittest"..its about "survival of the smartest".!! There has been some ugly memories ..and some beutiful ones too..made some amazing friends.....found some long lost friends..!!..It's just been an year...but looks like a long journey...Started last year from Score....finishing it with Copal...and will be starting this year with Sapient..!!Knwoledge wise..learnt alot..again the "Hard Way"..but that has given me more confidence...other rewards are bonus!
Really couldn't have done this without the support from my loved ones..my family!they execused me for many things....!mom sometimes thinks i have forgotten her..sorry mom...there were times when i thought i have forgotten about even myself!!miss you! miss everyone..dad..bro....everyone.!!

??

Is this what i think it is?

.....

well...you know you have worked hard....harder than you are actually capable of.......out of skin......but you are not rewarded accordingly....you dont get what you deserve.........what you'll call it??..failure??..or a lesson??!!

Failures

"Many of life"s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

Thomas A. Edison

Captain is Back!!

A ship solemnly drops coffins overboard, waiting for the sea to reclaim its own. Bobbing on water a while before they sink, the coffins are a macabre sight. Alighting on one, the black bird curiously hammers its beak repeatedly, a woodpecker-like rat-a-tat. Rat-a-tat. And then, rat-a-boom, it suddenly explodes in a flurry of feathers and gunpowder.
An arm peeks out of a hole in the coffin, periscoping around with a pistol in case of sudden danger. The wood makes way for a disheveled Johnny Depp. As he breaks off a skeletal leg from his deceased coffin-mate (thankfully off-screen) a rush of gleeful thrill runs through the audience: Captain Jack Sparrow is back.
Awesome!!
Caught Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man''s Chest on the weekend..i would say it is awesome if you can handle some really ugly pirates....devy jones...the black pearl...the flying dutchman..and captain jack sparrow.......this one should never be missed!!

Blocked!!

This is strange...honestly i failed in understanding this....A few days after seven blasts on Mumbai's suburban trains killed about 200 people, the telecom department directed all the 150 operational Internet Service Providers to block 18 Web sites, citing an increase in hate messages on the Internet.
well...there are other ways to communicate or spread hate messages....why the blogs?!

and yes...they haven't blocked the posting from Blogger.com...they blocked blogspot.!!??

10K

Cant believe this piece of machine on two wheels completed 10 tousand kms on road today!..it feels like yesterday i was on a rickshaw slowly moving towards the showroom to buy it. Time surely flies!! well...after almost 10 months and countless hours and as i mentioned 10K kms on road it still raises hell on the black tarmac! This surely calls for a celebration!!will do that!!

Black?!

So Far...So Good

Completed 4 months here in Copal!!well.....looking at my career history it will be interesting to see what happens in next two months....generally something big happens....changes..improvements..etc..etc!! But after 4 months ....and an average of 10+ hours per day and 2 well done freaky projects.....it looks good so far. Looking forward to coming months....but really...that average of 10+ never looks like coming down!!

.NET Framework 3.0

WinFX is now Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0! The good news is that the It combines the power of .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have a visually compelling user experience, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and support for a wide range of business processes. Microsoft plans to ship .NET Framework 3.0 as part of Windows Vista. At the same time, Microsoft will make .NET Framework available for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. There are new components as part of the System namspace, WPF, WF, WCF, and CardSpace.

WPF-Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon")
WCF-Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named "Indigo")
WF -Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Windows CardSpace (formerly code-named "InfoCard")

.NET Framework 3.0 adds new technologies to the .NET Framework 2.0, which makes the .NET Framework 3.0 a superset of the .NET Framework 2.0. We can think of .NET Framework 3.0 as an "additive" release to the .NET Framework 2.0, as contrasted with a generational release where software is revised across the board. (For example, the .NET Framework 2.0 was a generational release over the .NET Framework 1.0.)

cant wait to try it out....!!and i have heard that Windows CardSpace is really freaky!!

Years

Sometime you feel that you have skipped quite a many years in between..or you lost those years somewhere.....!!thats how i felt when i met an old friend ...friend from my school days....and i met him for the first time after school. Was one of my best buddies...but somehow down the lane lost touch...!!But when i met him.....never felt like am talking to him after almost 10 years...!!felt like somebody fast forwarded the time in between!!......we talked the way we used to talk at that time.....had few pints..ok quite a few pints ..and caught the game of england vs portugal in a pub. ..(worst way of crashing out man!!penalty shootouts!!)enjoyed the time.........may be those years were actually not lost!!...I dont know....seriously!!

Firefox

Downloaded and tried The new Firefox 1.5 on my thinkpad R50e. There is something about it .......it is quick and the new tabbed interface and the special search box with the facility to add any engine to it makes it more time saving and efficient. Rocking!!

Glory

I Really have no idea what it means...totally out of context...but found this really funny....have to post it up...



have to ask erik what it really means?hehe!!

4th Generation

The promos are finally coming online....the 4th generation (based on my knowledge) Bajaj Pulsar is ready to hit the roads. DTS-Fi is the word this time around. There are many modifications as expected. twin discs, front gets a hayabusa look, oil cooler, two level seats, tubeless tyres, LED tail lamp, and chain guard has become more sporty, the rear lower mud guard is out and wheel base looks a bit extended giving the machine more balance and a more sporty look. The factor to watch out for will be its price.

Visiting 360

Was going through the features of the new XBOX 360 from Microsoft. It is quite impressive:

** Three symmetrical IBM cores running at 3.2GHz each; two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total

** 500 MHz custom ATI graphics processor; 10MB of embedded DRAM and 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines; unified shader architecture

** 512MB of GDDR3 RAM memory; 700MHz of DDR; unified memory architecture

** 1 teraflop of overall system floating-point performance

** All games supported in high definition at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing

** Standard definition and high definition video output supported

** Instant, free, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live:Marketplace on Xbox Live for
downloadable contentGamer profile for digital identityVoice and video messages – even voice chat while watching movies or listening to music

** Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP PCsRip your music to the Xbox 360 Hard Drive and listen to your custom playlistsBuilt-in Windows Media Center Extender

** Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Windows Media Audio CD, MP3 CD and JPEG photo CD

I guess it is not just about gaming....it is about almost everything!

and then i went through the anticipation ratings of the games on XBOX 360.....Quake 4 gets 4 out of 5..impressive again!!
Most, if not all, of the world’s greatest game creators have signed up for Xbox 360. Microsoft finally nailed Squaresoft and ongoing support from 2K Games (GTA, etc) is a sure sign of great things to come.

Honestly ..i will not mind going for a 360....but i would like to wait for more user opinions!!

Days...

Went back in time......
Stroggs..super shot guns....frags....makron...xero..sarge.....that frantic movement of mouse...dodging the bullets and rockets..that feeling after a victory....miss those gaming days....would love to get some of it back...but that needs time....and its a bonus if i find time even for myself!!
Its amazing how technology outplays us....its like few days back we were fragging each other in Quake 3....its like yesterday Quake 4 was released....and today Quake 5 is ready to go..!!Unreal!!
I know not many gaming freaks are out there.....but for me it goes back to the Quake and Quake 2 days that i started playing on my brother's Titanic PC.

The Mania Comes Crashing In

Did someone say..."Just Do It!!"??

Connected

This is the first post from my place in gurgaon...got this broadband connection installed!!....it rocks!!......hopefully it should continue to rock!!hehe!!

King Kahn

Different Expressions...

After countless kilometers on road on my bike and listening to countless types of honk tones. Somehow in a very funny manner i have categorized them.....
sweet little honk: "I am here!"
a desparate honk: "C'mon dude what wud u take to get out of my way"
a musical honk: "am cool!am cool!...cant u see am cool!"
really angry(trying to overtake) : oi jackass, whay the f have u not checked your bloody mirror after i switched my bleeding lights on?’
serious ones (of a big container truck passing by): "you dont want to get crushed by me..do you?and you are giving me way..aren't you??"
a lound honk of a bike around midnight on an empty road: "Man i can honk!!...Yeeeeeeeehaw......i can honk!!"

Change

Its high time that i replace the hayabusa from my desktop. Saw this piece of mechanism at the City Center parking lot. Its rocking...loved it!!



It is Mercedez-Benz Kompressor SLK 200. A two-seater beauty!!

Sketch it up

came across this new product from the google labs. Google SketchUp 3D modelling tool. This one is for everyone.

Another Boring One

another boring weekend passed by..!! am really in a bad mood...planned a road trip....needed at least 3 days off for that...saturday and sunday included i needed one more day but i wasnt's allowed to take a day off....!!so the trip went down the drain..big time!! Will have to plan it again..!!....Man!!This Sucks!!

Through

Well...as i said ..boring weekends.....made it through one more!!...went to movies on saturday and sunday as well...two in a row!!...first time ever i guess..!!....Saw Poseidon on saturday and on sunday caught Zathura.



Found the second one more interesting and entertaining. After Zathura i think i better check out Jumanji too. Poseidon was good too but pretty much predictable......!!Anyways...they were good!!

Boring

Well...i guess my daily routine is getting on to me!!doing same stuff all over again everyday.....its boring...!!i know....i shouldn't feel like this... but i am like this!!...a good weekend will do..but weekends are also becoming stereotyped......a good road trip might work!!

Discs

Pretty easy and clear concept!! and that makes way for a new concept. RRR

The Last Stand

Be A Rebel

India and Pakistan
Bangladesh all in the soul
Khajuraho to Coimbatore
Say hoi oh hoi


From the Gateway of India
Upto the Himalayas
Across the Ganga Yamuna
Say hoi oh hoi

Naa koi padne waala, Naa koi seekne wala
Naa koi padne waala, Naa koi seekne wala
Apni tho paatshala, masti ki paatshala
Apni tho paatshala, masti ki paatshala

Amar Akbar Antony
Ram Rahim AbdullahS
earching for a bright star
Say hoi oh hoi

To the corners of the Earth
What is our (search??) worth?
What is our destiny?
Say hoi oh hoi

Imagine we go back in time
Free your soul, Free your mind
Take a look what do you find?
Say hoi oh hoi

Loose Control
One more time!!
Loose.. Loose..Loose Control


Man!!..what am i doing?!!?

Break In

"Break-In" sounds like forcing your way into something. But its the term used very frequently around the bikers fret. Its the way of doing few things like maintaining a certain speed for a certain number of kilometers etc, keeping the rpms low etc..etc with a new engine (The uncomfortable and irritating way). Well...surprisingly the best way is running your bike hard (the most welcomed way!!)!! found this interesting link about it!! "Warm-up" is the word i guess!!

Underworld Evolution

One of the bloodiest ever!!. All types of creatures except humans were there......over all a good movie if you can handle the bloodshed and if you have seen the first part of the sequel!! A good sunday movie!

Lesson 1.3

When suddenly out of nowhere something comes in your way, it can be any living thing including some other person on some other vehicle... Jump on your brakes before picking a choice obscenity from your sprawling vocabulary.

Once

Guess....i might do it once..but before that i should start from easier once!! No way am gonna do this in this blazing summer....may be after it!!

Birthday

It is the Birthday of a person who has a spirit that is unshakable and a heart filled with love. I Miss her on this day! well..i did forget this day...but there was some kind of feeling that was telling me that it is a special day!!

Sorry about that Mom!


Happy Birthday!!

Ice Age 2

If the first one was hilarious....this one is equally hilarious with a hint of adventure!!..saw it on sunday... it was real fun....!!

Lesson 1.2

Remember...while riding on a high way...you are not Valentino Rossi and the high way is not sepang circuit!

Lesson 1.1

while on a bike, watch your toe on a sharp turn!Its really painful if it fails to stay clear of ground!Pull your ankle back and rest it on an ankle-rest if the bike has one!

A Letter

Found this somewhere down the lane while going through different blogs. Its a letter from a Bike Magazine posted on that blog. I am putting it here (with thanks to Rearset a fellow blogger). It goes like:

Winter Bliss

December 2005, 11:15am, dull and cold, I'm painting my fence. I hear a bike wail down the bypass. Sod this! 11:26am in my kit, bike on driveway. Three hours, one tank of unleaded later I'm back with big grin and dirty, salty bike. Bliss.

Ben Langley, Lincolnshire


One heartfelt letter!!

Lesson

If you fell off your bike, you might have done something, or you didn't!!

!!

Picture of the year!!

Learning

Its been an eventful and happening 8 months here in gurgaon. I am still not clear what made me choose gurgaon..why not Bangalore, or Hyderabad or even Mumbai or Pune..!!May be some kind of inner instinct...or a..."Gut Feeling"..was involved.Whatever it was it is working so far..!!And my "Gut Feeling" ..is not letting me down nowadays(touch wood)!..Lessons learned?..there are quite few of them....like:

--There is nothing called "Preparation" for an interview! You just can't...!!What you say on that particular day and that particular hour decides about "In" or "Out". If you prepare for some questions..they will never be asked...!!

--The most popular and the most important and the most boring question ever is "Tell us something about yourself!?"

--Always stick to the skill set you enjoy working and speacialize in....a small start of the career with that skill set is much better than having a big start but with a skill set you really never expected to work on!! in due course you will start to lag! Its like the slog overs in a one day match.. first 15 overs generally set the match up!

--There is nothing called "Trying your best"! Remember what Nike says "Just Do It!".

--Whatever the status of the project is ..it should be properly documented! Those documents are what your senior looks for!

--Never loose track of the backend... you should remember the structure the way you know the route back to your home!

--Be ready for any challenge... never say "no" to a given task!!

--Logic matters.....syntax is like shifting your home to a new place!!

--Long hours spent in the office count for nothing if result is not proportional to it!...Being in office before everyone and leaving after everyone can show that you are not capable enough!

--Remember the word "Professional" ...you are being paid to do the job....never take the job personally!

--use the whiteboard on your desk..its the best place to set "reminders".

--keep the desk clean and tidy..a messy desk does not show that you are too busy. There are busier people around with a much cleaner desk.

--Keep your eyes and ears open......thats the best way of learning new things.

--Communication matters!!...being a professional is like selling yourself! remember the door-to-door salesperson.....that person always has the best product in town...at least thats how he/she presents it!!

--There is nothing called a "Secure Job"... remember the terms and conditions document you signed on joining day....they can terminate your job one fine morning...and they are not supposed to explain ...!!

--Having no work to do in office is lethal!!

--Flying high and thinking big is harmless as long as you remember in which direction the runway is and how to land?!!

--Network nicely.....remember..the person sitting next to you can be your future boss..!!

--follow the dress code ...there is a reason behind it!!

this is the most crazy one.....
--talk to yourself.....it works!!
......

there are so many of them......endless!!.....The key is....remembering each and every one of them on each step of the career!!

Heavens

Well...
Thats the Way, Heavens Say,
Its a Bad Day!!

Expensive

Wondering about what "expensive" means?!!check this

Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Country of Origin: France
Price: €1,000,000 ($1,192,057)
With its notorious production delays finally over, Bugatti's Veyron is now on sale in Europe--and the company wants to bring it to the U.S.

Pagani Zonda Roadster F C12S 7.3, Clubsport version

Country of Origin: Italy
Price: $667,321 (global)
Pagani is a boutique automaker that builds radical-looking race cars. This version of its Zonda flagship has 650 hp.

Well...honest opinions i guess!!

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, 1943

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut

"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?"
Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
Edsgar Dijkstra

"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
Bjarne Stroustrup

"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
Paul Erdos (1913-1996)

Software Project

Suzuki 18 Seater

Well....cant say if its india or somewhere else!!

Chaiyya Chaiyya

Have to put this one up..well..you can say that am doing this because i feel proud of it....
...


Chaiyya Chaiyya, yes the famous hindi song from the movie Dil Se has been used in the Opening and end credits of the Movie Inside Man. I guess its the version that was used in The Lord of the Rings, no, not the movie, the musical adaptation of the movie.

Have to

Guess what the kid wants?

My Version: Man.!!..have to see this movie today!!...c'mon guys help me out ..get me to the ticket window!!

Parking

How was it parked?

Rare Ones

Well....i know its a bit late for these pics but they are worth posting.......these are rare ones....you might not find the whole gang in this condition ...again!!.......try to look for me in the pics....no prizes for guessing...!!



And yes..in case you are curious about the similar looking white headgear in the pics.....i must tell you that its the lungi of a victim that we sacrificed that day!!....sorry venky...it was holi mate!!



When the second pic (above) was clicked ..a bucket full of colour was on its way from one of the rooftops around us ..we appear quite dry in the pic...but after the click we were soaked in more colour!

Home....

I miss home......my home.....back there ...where i grew up.........i miss mom....i miss dad......they are also there..at home!!May be this time i will somehow manage to go home for few days.....!!Hopefully!Home!

Holi Hai!!

Happy Holi to everyone!
This is my first holi away from home...!! Well.. it's been quite eventful... got some amazing friends here from previous company and they actually remembered me..called me up and we went berserk outside!!visited other friends and surprised the hell out of them ....imagine 7 guys ....with very bad sense of dressing (thats recommended when you are willing to play holi)....covered with all types of colors....knocking your door!!scary ..right?!......
we rocked!!..........
But Still...miss you mom..miss you dad!Wish i was there on this colourful day!!
neways....
Happy Holi Guys!!

Long Time

Its been long time since i last posted......sorry ppl..been busy lately.....changed job...new company..new people......its been a hectic fortnight!!hopefully will now start posting frequently...!!

Tagged!

sorry ppl..posting after quite a long gap....been a bit pareshaan lately....anyways getting back to the tag...its the tag i received from Guru....

Ten Years Ago
-i was in school, sitting in my classroom waiting for the lunch hour bell!!

Five Years Ago
-it was year 2000
-enrolled for the graduation programme
-spent alot of time at "The Inter.Net", net was never so handy!!

Last One Year
-thought alot career wise
-completed my masters
-moved to Gurgaon
-got a job
-got a bike (which doesnt sound like a GENERATOR)

Yesterday
-Went to work
-solved few tricky problems
-came back home...
-had dinner at my cousin brother's place


Five Yummy Things
-Maa ke haath kaa bana khana (miss you mom)
-Chicken tandoori that dad prepares.....(damn this bird flu)(miss you too dad)
-maggi noodles with capsicum in it
-beer with paneer tikka (yeah i do like few things in veggie category)
-Chocolate excess at Barista


Five Songs i know by heart
-none (man am hopeless!!)

Five Things I'd do if i had money
-buy a suzuki hayabusa
-buy a good house
-go for a world tour
-Thinking
-still thinking

Places I Escape To
-Never do the escape act....

TV Shows
- dont have a TV right now

5 Things I Can Live Without
-The damn cabs and the cab drivers
-traffic jams
-an idiot co-worker
-a broken indicator of my bike
-delhi's summer temperature

5 Favourite Ethnic Cuisines
-anything which looks at me and shouts "AM INDIAN"

Really Amazing

Cant help copying this from Guru!!...am shameless ..no??

Sunrise

One of the most beautiful thing to happen in a day..is the sunrise. In winters generally sunrise is quite late so am mostly on my way to office at that time and someone suddenly lights up the highway.

Thats sunrise....!!Beautiful!!

Republic

Its 57th republic day......hardly saw any tricolour anywhere here in gurgaon.....not even the small paper ones.........whats wrong with this place??!!!



.....anyways...happy republic day !!

Thoughts

Its something new for me...i have been thinking alot lately..thats quite unlike me....!! its not like that i have a problem...its just when i think of future and career ahead...all kind of thoughts cover my mind!! Work is no issue for me....have been performing well at work and the effort is being appreciated by the seniors..plus i have the domain and the technology that i like and i always wanted to work on......may be its a feeling of dissatisfaction.....may be i will have to move on to the bigger challenges...!! lets wait n watch....



for now..its work again!!..

Zinda

Went to see "Zinda" this sunday......
all i can say is that its Sanju baba's movie....besides that it has been rated "A" for the violence and bloodshed...!!I liked it....but the fact is not everyone can stand that movie...too violent at times.!!

The Soundrack is amazing...and i simply love the track "Yeh hai meri kahani"!!....
A must watch movie for strong hearted people!!

God's Message

Cold!Cold!

Man it's chilly out here......heard on the new channels....its gonna be between 2 to -1 C in the duration of next 4 days!!....hehe..hoping to survive!!

Keep On....

well.....if you think.....you can!!