A Lazy Saturday Afternoon...
I am right now in a familiar situation, 1.5 days ahead of me and nothing to do !Last weekend was pretty good, watched 3 movies , had good food and sleep :-)

Watched "The Day After Tomorrow" last Saturday ( Got a big kela in Symphony theatre, where Potter was weaving his spell). The Movie did surprise me ! I expected the movie to have the usual fundas like detonating a nuclear bomb in the centre of the hurricane, building plastic walls and dropping them in Atlantic (to prevent huge waves from entering NY), creating a anti-hurricane( with a reverse spin) that will bring down the original hurrricane etc. Dunno whether the U.S prez address in the end created any controversy in US !

After that, i watched "Philadelphia" - courtroom drama. I was wondering whether this movie will produce the same effect if Washington and Hanks swapped roles ! Had they swapped roles, i guess, it will turn to a 'nigga-hero-fighting-for-his-rights' movie.

The next day, i watched Potter ( got Black tickets for 150 bucks), it was just like the first two movies. I regret spending that much for this movie ! Just after two days, the same movie was shown in the local cable television !!

Now Playing: "Shiver" - Coldplay

Yet another Weekend !
Weekends are becoming too boring, if i dont find something interesting to do during weekends, i will soon face the "Blue Chip burnout" Syndrome. Guitar seems to be a good diversion and i have asked my colleague about having some Guitar Jam sessions(LOL !!). Lets see if it works out.According to my friend, Indian Software Engineers are socially challenged people ! I feel that is true, as most of the engineers out here in Bangalore slog day and night, facing a series of deadlines ( deathlines ?) throughout the year!

This weekend, i plan to watch Potter. Heard that the Mexican director of this movie is notorious for producing certain "kind" of movies. Lot of mixed reviews for this one, hope i get a ticket this time !

Now Playing: Ready to meet him -- DMX

Who wants to be a millionaire ?

This is the 107 th time i am receiving a mail from Ramani Malik (?), who is a legal practitioner in Nigeria. His client, Mrs. Maryam Abacha,widow of Late General Sanni Abacha (??) is looking for a trustworthy and understanding person who will help to receive,accommodate and safeguard this fund amounting to US$28,600,00. So, out of a billion Indians out there, they have spotted me ( Yes , me, the "chosen one" ), to safeguard that amount ! They are just waiting for my decision ! Whoa ! How generous !!

This Nigerian Mail scam has become a big nuisance. This time i replied to that mail, let me see whether i get a reply !

Yana Gupta and Zero Watt Bulb
This incident happened some 5 months ago. I normally used to take a bus to reach my office ( which was some 5 kms from my house ). While i was waiting for the bus, i noticed the following board just above the bus shelter :
Line 1 :This Bus Shelter is provided by
Line 2 : yana Gupta on 14/4/2002

I realized that my feet were not on the ground after reading that !! Yana Gupta contributing a Bus shelter in some unknown locality ( Which claims itslef to be Asia's largest Extension ) !!I never really expected the famous Czech born Supermodel to be involved in such things ! Why can't she have her photo also in that board ? (Yeh Dil maange more...yeah ;-) )

For some reasons, i stopped taking the bus. Two weeks back, i happened to cross the same old bus stop. I noticed that the Bus stop was glowing now after the elections and immediately i looked for the board, expecting a Yana Gupta photo with that killer smile on her face .
The Board read :

Line 1 :This Bus Shelter is provided by
Line 2 : Satyanarayana Gupta on 14/4/2002

Who moved my Cheese ?? Or did the Cheese move by itself ?
I read this book by Spencer Johnson, which talks about how one should face changes in life/work/surroundings etc. After reading that, i just looked back at my life and realised that the biggest break in my career came when i was ready to face a major change. Well, i have told this story n+1 times and i dont want to narrate that again !!
Strange that Life's biggest decisions are made in 2 minutes :-)
As of now, the only problem which i am facing is lack of time , this is perhaps a universal problem. I am struggling to manage time(Infact, this blog entry was written over a span of 5 hours !). Even though i reach office pretty early and leave late, i am not able to finish the day's work. Will think about this in the weekend ( D(a)emon, this will screw my weekend ;-) )
This week went really well and i am eagerly waiting for the weekend. No plans for this weekend, i guess it will be the usual stuff ( saturday night show, sunday lunch in KK ), Oh yeah , we have F1 this weekend. F1 is my lost love. After watching the Fireworks in Monaco , i realised that F1 is no longer a one Team show. I am really looking forward to a good F1 season.

Now playing: 'Woman'- John Lennon

New way of Protest ...
These Romans, Oops, Indians must be crazy !! One of my friend has decided to abandon Times New Roman font to protest Sonia Gandhi’s expected elevation to the PM’s post !!

Now Playing: "Poo Kodiyin Punnagai" -- Iruvar

Home Sweet Home
Something about my weekend, well, i watched 'PASSION OF CHRIST'--Not recommended for weak hearted. As my friend puts it, It has got more violence than Kill Bill !

Sunday was spent effectively on hunting a house and we finally zeroed down on one. I guess the behaviour of house owner played a very important role in our decision. Though we visited two other houses, we weren't impressed with the owners. From their speech we could clearly make out that they dont want to give the house to bachelors.

Now Playing : "Drums on Fire" featuring Sivamani and James Asher. Pretty good ones i shud say. Sivamani is in full flow ( as usual),that's an amazing performance. This is perhaps one of the best fusion albums ever made.

An interesting situation ...
This was a mail i got in cluenatix, theoretically this situation is possible.
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How Musharaff Became India's PM

Al Qaeda stages a military coup in Pakistan. Promises to hang Musharaff for
talking peace with India. Pervez Musharaff asks for American help. America
is caught up in its presidential elections. UK doesn't want to help too, as
election is due anytime. So the US president requests India to help
Musharaff. Not wanting to antagonise America, India provides shelter to
Musharaff. Al Qaeda labels Musharaff as a traitor.

Musharaff is flown to India. Is provided a high security home in Shimla by
the Government of India. He praises India sky high for helping him in his
hour of need. He becomes the toast of Indian Media. Musharaff loves the
adulation.

John Kerry wins the US election. Decides to withdraw troops from Iraq and
Afghanistan. Talks of leaving Al Qaeda alone as long as they don't impede
peace in the western world.

Musharaff sees no scope of returning to Pakistan. So decides to stay put in
India. Champions the cause of democracy, liberal thinking and peace in TV
debates, press interviews and conferences.

In recognition of his work of being the sole voice of dissent against Al
Qaeda, the Nobel Prize committee awards him the Nobel Peace Prize.

Yesterday's military man becomes the new poster boy for peace. Musharaff
profusely thanks India for it. Showcases India as the next big melting pot
from all international fora. Becomes the darling of the Indian media.

Delhi Outlook Magazine does a cover story on him titled 'The Indian Ataturk'
in which Musharaff expresses his desire to become an Indian citizen. Al
Qaeda is livid. Issues a fatwa against Musharaff for this act of treachery.
The clamour grows for granting him citizenship.

The Government of India clarifies that like all foreign citizens, he will be
granted citizenship only after 10 years of residence in India.

Musharaff declares 'if that be the case, i will wait for a few more years.'

Exactly 10 years after his defection to India, Musharaff becomes a legal
citizen of India.

Pervez Musharaff's popularity soars. Political parties like Samaj Party,
RJDI and BSPI woo him to join their party. Musharaff gives in. Joins Samaj
Party. Contests the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the very rural Etawah in
Uttar Pradesh. Wins elections with a thumping majority.

The 2014 Lok Sabha elections throw up a hung parliament. Samaj Party holds
the key with 60 seats. Forms a rainbow coalition with all the ' leftist and
other progressive forces' in India. And stakes claim to run India. Pervez
Musharaff, being the most distinguished gentleman, is automatically elected
as the Leader of the Samaj Party in Parliament.

The President of India, invites the 'Progressive Front' to form the
government. Samaj Party, by virtue of being the single largest party in the
coalition, gets to decide who's Prime Minister. Samaj Party announces Pervez
Musharaff as the Prime Minister.

There are mild roars of protest across India. Leftists point out that 'if a
foreigner named Sonia Gandhi could be Prime Minister in 2004, why not Pervez
Musharaff?'

The Hindu South writes a stirring editorial in support of Musharaff saying
'respect the people's verdict'

NDTVI argues that by electing Musharaff, India will be getting its first
Nobel prize winning Prime Minister.

A stunned and silent India accepts Musharaff as its Prime Minister.

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CTRL+ALT+DEL

This is perhaps the most widely used key combination in the world. I read a news article about the creator of this interesting key combo somtime back. David Bradley aka Dr.Dave was working in IBM when he faced the problem of restarting the machine, when it hangs. It took just 5 minutes to make that deadly combo work !
During some event, he got an opportunity to share the center stage along with $Bill Gates $. This is what he said when he started his speech : "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous" -- ofcourse Gates wasn't amused ! His only remaining lifetime goal is to be a clue in Newyork Times Crossword puzzle !! What an interesting goal !

Well, why am i talking about CTRL+ALT+DEL ? I just saw this news headline " Its CTRL+ALT+DEL for Chandrababu Naidu " ! Personally, i feel that Andhra people have done a big injustice to him. People should remember that there is no free lunch ( or power ).It was also sheer bad luck that elections came when there was severe drought in the state. Better luck next time , CEO ;-)

By the time i am typing this, the verdict of Indian people is clear, they want a change in the Government. But still, anything can happen in next few days, so lets keep our fingers crossed !

Over the last few days, i have been working late, till my head hits the keyboard ! I really need to change my working style. Hope the situation improves....

Planning to watch Peter Pan or Passion of the Christ this weekend. I guess tickets shouldn't be a big problem, i am sure i will get company :-)

Now Playing: Tera Chehra --Adnan sami

Useless research ...

Useless Research #1 :
"...BMW drivers have more sex than owners of any other cars and are much more active than Porsche drivers, a new German car magazine has found. The German magazine Men's Car found in a survey of 2,253 motorists aged 20 to 50 published in its inaugural May issue that male BMW drivers say they have sex on average 2.2 times each week while Porsche drivers have sex 1.4 times per week. ... " ( Times of India 4th May 2004)

Comment : What a waste of time and money ! I am surprised to know that there are people who still sponsor such stupid research !!

Useless Research #2 :
Being the proud owner of a GMAIL account, i tried out a small (but silly) experiment. According to GMAIL terms, each new user can invite two of their friends to use gmail. I invited one of my colleagues and i sent another invite to my friend. I thought that these two people can invite four more, thereby getting gmail access to all my friends. But it turned out to be a disaster , as those users, who got their account via 'invite' mode dont have the option to invite others !! In the process, i missed out an opportunity to invite one of my best friends :-(

Comment : Prioritize your requirements before experimenting with such valuable things ( yeah, right now GMAIL account is "my precious" )

Useless Research #3 :
I am currently on top of the world, being in sixth floor of the building that is named PLUTO ( inspired by Walt Disney ?? ) , so i normally spend a lot of time waiting for the elevator. There is this girl X ( who is also located in the same 6th floor), who instead of waiting for the elevator in 6th floor, goes to 5th floor and waits for the elevator. She gets into the elevator in 5th floor , comes upto 6th floor and again goes down to ground floor. Why is she doing that ? Why cant she wait in 6th floor and get into the elevator ?
She doesn't have any friends in 5th floor as she is the only person in the elevator , when the elevator comes up to 6th floor . Even if no one else is waiting for the elevator in 6th floor, she goes to the fifth floor and gets into the elevator ! This is a typical 'Lateral Thinking' puzzle, still trying to figure out why she is doing that....

Comment : This research was carried out by a team of people, who spent a lot of time waiting for the elevator. Believe me, my contribution to this research is very minimal ;-)

Benefits of Bloggin....
1. Easier to fill PS Diary ( very helpful for me :-) )
2. Helpful in builidng a social network
3. Will be useful , if i plan to write my autobiography
and above all

A FREE GMAIL ACCOUNT !!

Sweet deal !
A recent survey by BBC has revealed that more than 70% of the people would reveal their passwords in exchange for a bar of chocolate !! How sweet !! Hackers and other Network security analysts will be jobless if they know about this. I am not sure how many souls in NASA/Micro$oft/ISRO have given access to outsiders. If i get a chocolate for every password i reveal, i can start a confectionary store !! ( Sweet braggart :-) ) .

Now playing: " When Love and Hate Collide " - Def Leppard

Budding Poet !!
Whenever i read something about Shakespeare or when i come across Thirukural( written by a Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar), i wonder how they would have written their first poem. The other day, i was talking to my colleague about this. He told me about his "Poetry writing skills" during his college days. It seems he once wrote an "ode" to a girl, it goes something like this :

" Fish cannot live without water,
Leaf cannot live without sunlight,
You cannot live without air,
And i cannot live without you ! "

The girl was really impressed and immediately gave a green signal !!

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Now playing: "Pennyroyal Tea" - Nirvana Unplugged

Training day !
I am currently attending( rather, forced to attend :-( ) a training on Six Sigma . The training sessions end on Friday and i guess i will be dead by that time ! The class sucks and i can't even sleep peacefully in the classroom ( Only 10 fellas are attending this training). Even the instructors know that the topic is dry, but why can't they put some life into their talk ?

Check out this site, it gives u numerous examples of bad design methodologies. I found it pretty interesting.
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Met Panvista sometime back in the Railway station. He blogs quite regularly ( come on, there is enough space for everyone in cyberspace), check out his thoughts @ http://panvista.blogspot.com

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Now playing: " Brothers in Arms"- Dire straits

Ghost in my Machine
Atlast, the truth is out, my machine is haunted !! I installed Google toolbar last week ( pretty good utility, i hope it is famous). When i restarted the machine ( i normally shutdown when i leave in the evening, Fear of the "dark" ), the toolbar is gone. I checked all the settings and i was forced to believe that i hadn't installed the toolbar. I installed it again and when i restarted the machine, voila ! Its gone !!
Sometime back, when i was using IE, some software got installed without my permission ! I had to struggle a lot to clean up the mess. My machine wont shutdown, i need to "pull the plug" to bring it to a halt !!

Yoda says " I have a bad feeling about this ! "

India- Elections 2004
Elections are around the corner, you can find the usual mud-slinging, boasting, image tampering etc happening in media. I just read a report that sms campaigning might as well get a boost this time. So guys beware of sms spam !!
Almost everyday, some 3 or 4 movie bollywood personalities are joining political parties. They should consider their status post-elections. They just go around, wave their hands and get a bagful of dosh. After the elections they are forgotten , irrespective of whether their party comes to power or not. Only some "intelligent" beings have remained in the political arena after that and have even bagged some MP/MLA seats ( and sometimes CM seats :-) ) in the next elections !

God bless Murphy !
There was a possibility of something going wrong in our application and it did go wrong in the wrong time ( which was a bad time for us ). We worked on that for some 16 hours and still we couldn't trace the root cause for that. Suddenly we get a mail from the customer that everything is fine in the application. God only knows what happened !! That cost us some two days of work !
Today i went to a dermatologist to find out the reason behind some rashes in my skin ( in the neck ). He told me the usual reasons (change in soap, Fungal infection etc. ). He then gave me one tablet ,Fluconazole. Out of curiosity, i googled for that , the first link really shook me !! I got tensed and as i browsed other well known medicine sites (including the famous Pfizer of Viagra fame ), i came to know that it was a antifungal agent !! Thank got, its only a Fungus !!

Oscar checklist !
Me and my friend RL prepared a small list, which lists down 'THE' factors that must be present in a movie so as to get a Academy award Nomination.

1. It should be narrated by a drawling gruff voice
2. It should have at least one flashback scene
3. It should begin in a tragedy and end with healing or vice versa
4. It should have an amazing soundtrack.
5. Somebody important must die in the end.
6. It should have at least one character in one of the leading roles
from a different race/ethnicity.

This checklist was prepared after a 'careful' study of many Hollywood movies which won Oscars/ was nominated for Oscars.
you can verify with this year Nominations.
watched 'Cold Mountain' and was happy to see 5/6 factors present in that movie, no wonder it won an Oscar Nomination.
To be honest, the movie sucked badly and was highly overrated !!

Things that occur during a Project Release
From my experience with the past projects, these are the most common occurances during a project release :

1. The network is down for most of the day :-(
2. The food starts sucking in cafeteria .
3. You get tied up to some very silly error which ruins the entire day ( ofcourse , half of that is eaten up by network problems )
4. You have a strong urge to go on a vacation :-)
5. You will have a list of things to do. By the end of the day, you will find that none of the items in the list is crossed out !!
6. And finally, after doing the release, you find that the Customer has gone on a vacation and he wont be back for another week !!

Crazy Problems !!
Last two days was spent in addressing a problem faced by the customer. They are not able to view the reports but the reports are visible from everywhere else on earth !! We knew that there is a DNS error or something which is causing that problem but they were not accepting it !! Had to spend a lot of time to make them realize that !!

Started reading GEB and at once got entangled in the 'strange loop' :-)

Quote of the day : " My world is getting smaller everyday !! "

Been there , done that !
Been to RTO office today morning to get my Learner License. I went through a Driving school and so i expected no problems. But the driving schoolwala put me in some wrong queue. Wasted some 30 mins, before i was asked to move to the end of some other queue. After that they asked me to take a test ( where the answers were marked right below the Question !!), now wonder i maxed the test and they asked me collect the LL from Driving school .Some 3 hours wasted for this nonsense ! Adding to my woes, the Autos were on strike today, so i had to catch a bus and reach the office :-(

Kurt Godel, My Girl and the 12 Monkeys
Yesterday evening, i visited 'Forum' . a Shopping Mall + Movie Complex , newly opened in Koramangala. The movie complex is still under construction. The major attraction ( at least for me :-) ) is 'Landmark' book store. Its looks very similar to the one in Spencer Plaza, Madras. I purchased Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, i think i will take atleast two years to read this book !!
After that, i went to RL's house and watched two movies , My Girl and Twelve Monkeys.My Girl is a really cool movie, where a 11 year old girl faces lot of changes in her Life,environment and her body. Read the review here
Macaulay Culkin also has a minor role in this movie. Twelve Monkeys is a Sci Fi thriller feat. Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. Man, Brad Pitt acts at last !!

A Bad Day
It was a really bad day, i wasn't doing well (Just the previous night , i managed to clean up my room and throw out some 2 Kgs of dust, thereby catching a severe cold ! ). In the morning i got a call from the Quality engg. team that they are gonna conduct a audit. boom, that spoiled my mood. In the afternnon, Quality engineers came for the audit. The first question they asked me was 'Is this your first audit ?? ', it sounded more like ' are u playing ur first one day international against Aussies ??'. After some 2 hours of audit, they raised few NC's and left. I heaved a big sigh of relief !!.
But that audit also spoiled my plan of attending the talk by Apache Founder here in Bangalore Linux Users Group. Life sucks !

Just another day ...
Well, Feb 14 has come and gone , relief for all 'singles . According to one survey ( just another damn survey ), 67% of the people in this world doesn't have a partner. So Lets be happy :-) .
Last two days, I am having my lunch in Andhra Restaurants. ( Kamadhenu and Krishna Chinai ), I liked the food. The food served in Krishna chinai was too hot ( typical andhra ), just a small pinch of their gongura is enough to bring tears in ur eyes, but that was an amazing Lunch ( Tears in Heaven ??).
I was following this Perl Haiku contest, finally it is over. Though the traditional 5-7-5 was not present in most entries, it was a very good read. All entries here.

M$ goes Open Source ;-)
Its out now, i was expecting this for a long time. I am sure M$ will try their best to downplay this, first thing they might probably do is to stop all searches on Win2k source code ( might require google's help :-) ). More on Source code leak here. I guess Bill had a really bad Friday the 13th !!
I dont think this source code leak is gonna affect us, even without the source code, we had couple of MyDoom's. Lets see, how M$ handles this situation.....

Happy Valentine's day
So its Feb 14 again, Happy Valentine's day. People who got a velentine, enjoy !! Poeple who dont have a valentine ( like me :-( ), try hard to get one this year !
Gala time for Times of India, Fabmart etc who promise to deliver 'goodies' to you beloved ones.
Heard that most of the gift shops which stock 'Valentine Gifts' have beefed up their security , probably they are expecting something from the Mumbai Cartoonist :-)

Me in office today, no plans for the evening as of now.

What drives life and other philosophical stuf....
well, really frustrated even to think about this ........but anyway, i have to tell u that In this age, Traffic is the thing to watch out !!
For a long time, i was analyzing my life, something like what guides it, where am i heading to, what hinders my route etc. and i found that the ultimate problem in this world is TRAFFIC !!
Think of this real life scenario ( from the life of great philosopher Pamcrates Descartes, staying in Jayanagar, Bangalore ) . Let us call him X.
1. X plans to jog everyday. But if he goes for jogging, he has to start late for office ( say 8.30 AM), which will enable him to reach the office by 10 PM (at the earliest ). The point to be noted is that, his office is 4.5 kms away from his house !! This is bcos of the traffic in the route which he takes( which is probably the only route he can take !)
2. Ok, X reaches office at 10 AM , and what he finds during Breakfast time ( at 10 ?? ), well, a big queue , waiting for bread slices ( bcos, all other popular items are 'over' by that time ! ). frustrated , he goes to his workplace !!
3. What should he find when he clicks google.com, "CONNECTION TIMED OUT ". Sometimes, he gets "network busy" message ( for a change perhaps).
Having , found out the root cause of all troubles in the world, i propose to find a solution, called Pamcrates Laws, which shall be followed by everyone in this World ( and Mars too, if they dont wanna cross swords with martians ). This will be extended to a Universal solution, which will be available in all languages ( i have sent a search squad to catch Babel fish ).

So, wait for some more time....

CATB
Read Cathedral and the Bazaar completely !! Earlier, i just read that in parts . Now ESR has added a lot more to the original essay. One advantage watching "OS Revolutions" movie, is that i can imagine how ESR would have presented this paper in Linux Kongress !! Really Funny !!
This sentence interested me a lot : "Interestingly enough, you will quickly find that if you are completely and self-deprecatingly truthful about how much you owe other people, the world at large will treat you as though you did every bit of the invention yourself and are just being becomingly modest about your innate genius. We can all see how well this worked for Linus! " . Guess ESR got that right too !!

Who's Mistake ?
This happened yesterday night in Jayanagar 4th block Shopping area ( perhaps 'the' happening place after Brigade road !). A couple was walking on the road (yes, Road ! ), leaving their little kid to 'explore' the world by himslef. They were walking by the roadside parking lot, when all of a sudden, a vehicle that was in the parking lot started moving. The driver did not notice the little kid behind the vehicle !! But luckily, some bloke (not me , i was on the other side of the road ) jumped from somewhere and saved the kid ! I expected some emotional scenes after that, but contrary to my expectations, the mother started hitting the kid for being so 'indisciplined' !! That kid was hardly 3-4 years old ! How can u expect a little kid to know all traffic rules ? The parents of that kid are really irresponsible, allowing the kid to walk in a Road, which is notorious for its traffic problems. Tough times ahead for that poor kid....
Shocked to read about the conspiracy behind the Intel Techie's
death . (read it here ) Never expected the fiancee to be involved in this ! Guys who are planning to marry, beware ! Just confirm with ur would be about any previous affairs , before jumping into marriage !!

A Long weekend .....
Good to have a long weekend. This time , none of my friends were here, so i called up to find whether my 'Bangalorean' friend Sundi was there. To my Surprise, he was alive and he invited me to his place for the weekend. There we watched "Reservoir Dogs" and " Ek Hasina Thi".
Reservoir Dogs , i guess is a reallllllllllllllly low budget Hollywood movie. The way in which every scene is shot is pretty different from what u get to see in other movies.The camera doesn't move for most of the time, just "Zoomin" happens. Dialogues are coooool and funny !! Pity that Kaizad Gustad copied the story for his "Boom" (which is perhaps the worst movie made in Bollywood )
"Ek Hasina Thi " reminds me of a Sidney Sheldon novel ( i remember the character name "Tracy, but i dont remember the Title), where the Heroine, who gets punished in Jail for someone else's crime, takes her revenge.
And Finally , we watched "Virumaandi", A lot of hype was created for this movie. Direction is ok, the way in which two people narrate the same story is new to tamil cinema , Cinematography is great. The "Bull Fighting" scene is the highlight of the movie. Other than that, the story sounds all too familiar,nothing different !!

Today is Republic Day . People say that India is "Shining" and the "feelgood" factor is there, this reminds me of the 'lacha' which we had last August in BITS where we jammed on this topic. Like any other lacha, this debate did not have any result. Personally, i feel that from Manmohan Singh era, India has made a very good progress in all fields. Per capita Income has increased ( a bit ) , the purchasing power has increased among the masses and general awareness is also there. Lot of bad things have also crept in ( Soap operas, Talk shows where people talk rubbish, Corruption ...) and number of scams and scandals have increased. But i guess that in general, India has progressed over time !

Back with a Bang !!
Blogging after a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time !! My previous blog entry was on the day i got my offer from Honeywell.( stopped blogging from the day i took up the offer !)
Well, 2003 is gone and i feel sad that 2003 is a part of history. Lot of things happpened in the second half of 2003 , lemme try to list them :

1. Moving from Data Management Group to Datawarehouse /Business Intelligence group
2. Shifting to Jayanagar (from Indranagar) with Ponp
3. A very good kerala trip !!
4. Wing Treat in Park Sheraton
5. Night outs, Night outs and More Night outs (in office of course !)
6. BLUG (+ OS Revolutions !! )
7. Mysore,Goa trip
8. Weekend Movies
9. Went Mobile ( still my Network Follows )
10. Rushdie, ESR, salinger, Dilbert .....
11. Quiz ?? :-(

Well, i am now working in a area totally unrealted to my degree ( which was in 'tronics and instrumentation ). Honestly, i dont remember anything in Electronics now !!

Will try to blog regularly starting from this day !