Sunday, December 31, 2006

Happy New Year Friends

Hi every one,
This might be the last post of this year.. The gone year has given us some good as well as painful memories.. but standing at the door step of a new year its time 2 carry the good ones along with us and leave the painful ones behind.. Many of our friends r faraway from us by miles in this new year eve.. miss each and every one of them a lot.. it would hav been fun to welcome this new year 2gether..
I dont want 2 make this a long post.. and u people know i am not good in that..
Wish Every one a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.. i wish and pray that 2007 be a year that brings all the success and joy u dream of in ur life..
love anand

Wedding and Varkala

Okeys...me complying with Hafeez's request and write about Anju maam's wedding and our trip to Varkala...

It was only the day before that I decided to go to wedding...we met in the afternoon at Technopark- Nibin, Sree, Anand, Sulu, Nisha and Me...Nisha had come to call some people for wedding...we had some good times with Nibin giving Nisha some sound 'advice' on family planning... :P

In the night, rather midnight, Jackie called me and said he is also coming. Then a big confusion about who in which car and we decided to leave the matter for the morning. Dinkan called me in the morning and said he is also coming.

The lovebirds came and picked me up rather late and the three of us started off.
The road was pretty damn cool and it was a very nice drive.

As we reached the hall we saw Sreenath outside with his phone...the other (mid) night too he was in call waiting for most of the time... ;-) How times change!!!

Name of the groom was written as 'Bobbin' in a board kept in front. (its Robin by the way!)

Was taken aback as we got in the hall...filled with teachers! we found others waiting in the hall- Sulu, Anand, Manee and Prabodh... Our junior batch was also there...Jayaram, Sabarish and the rest of their batch...

Dinkan came then...his brother dropped him...

Gireesh sir is going to BITS Goa (i met him at Technopark...said he is leaving on 1st...now he is doing something in IIIT-MK...plans to go to some foreign university after the BITS stint)

Then the star...our Princi came with a gift (it was written on the letter about no gifts I think...)

Hubby of Anju Maam looked pretty short to us...But I think they are the same level...just about... :-D

The marriage had some odd ceremonies...have'nt seen that type before...after the marriage it was kathi time for us...with teachers and Princi!

Princi told me to tell Rajav that it is not nice to jump jobs...hey rajavee if you are reading...Princi said so! :-P

It was pretty damn good...Danya dragged along her photos with Narayanamurthy along with her :P...hey girl...frame chaiythu nammukkathine Karakulam junctionil vekkam! atho Karamanayo? :P

Then, we went to Varkala beach...went means, it was rough journey...lots of blocks...lots!
Prabodh needed to sent a mail and fax to Anil Ambani...very busy man you know!

Finally, we stopped at Kallambalam and Prabodh and Anand went to sent the fax...some more time, idled away with we guys "freshening" up.

Then, on again...this time Anand lost his way and we had to stop again to get them back on track. (Me, Dinkan and Prabodh in Jackie's car, the rest in Sree's)

Varkala took our breath away...literally and figuratively!

Beautiful water and beautiful madammas in tiny bikinis! :D...and the trek down to the beach!

The water is amazing people!
So clear! I think I should have come here atleast once before...
The depth is also not so much...infact...at places it actually goes up from the shore...All of us entered the water...dragged the girls with us...didnt soak anybody...the sea did it for us!

Casuality: Anand's Mobile...its officially dead after the Varkala trip!

And...the babes... sighhhh :-D

Finally, we started off again...with some of us being thirsty and others wanting to let go off some :P

Decided to get some drinks from somewhere outside...reached some place and had Sharja...then Jackie's Father called him and was kalips...he was to return the car at 2 and it was now 2:30 and he was atleast and hour away from home!

So we decided to skip Sulu's home...all of us said good bye in front of her home and back home after an hour...

back to the same old m-o-n-o-t-o-n-o-u-s life...

A great day!

P.S: Pattu and Thampi landed yesterday...went to see Notebook (Nibin had highly recommended it)...I liked it...Pattu hated it...others were so-so...so take it for what's worth...

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Life at caritor


Hi my dear frnds ,

Life at caritor has been gud so far,a little tired aftr mini project and main proj but stil njoyin.It has been more than one month since i left TVM.Im missin my home n frnds.Most probably ill be reachin TVM on 5th of Jan(if i get leav on 5th).My mini proj n main proj works r over n now i need to start studyin for final test.Its on 2nd of Jan.Hav 2 get 65% to stay in Caritor.No retest no sympathy if marks below 65.Hope ill make it stil need ur prayers frnds.Pray for me.

Pinne verai enaa visheshams.Heard abt Anju maam's marriage.Some1 do blog abt tht ok.Heard it was hell lot of fun.Whn i heard abt tht,entho oru vishamam.Cldnt b a part of tht small gettogether na.Anyways v wil all meet durin Nisha's marriage.Wil njoyyyyyyy


Hudaa hafiz

Good Times...

Friends...

Its been two years since our South India Tour!
Can you believe that?
Seems like yesterday that we ran around for a bus...hiding in my house, waiting for the damn bus to come...getting in and me and Panackal admiring the beautiful speakers...

Then, mixing the drinks and getting high on the road (well...not too much! You girls didnt notice! :P)

Hoggainakkal boating...eating the freshly caught fish fried to our content and ethapazham for lunch (atleast we did!)

On to Banglore...were we blew all our money (atleast I did!)...

Went to IBM...ate some good pizza and coke! (anyone remember anything else?)

Fooling around at Forum...were you girls helped us spot the chicks!

And a special night at Bangalore...Haf, Jackie, Dinku and Me...on the roads, talking a lot...never forget in my life...(especially Haf having his first Marlboro...lights...:P)

Another night at Bangalore...a very drunk me and Jackie locked out of our room by Pappu and HK...will never forget the sight we saw as we forced the security to open the door using a spare key...
Thought HK had killed Pappu and killed himself!
He was sitting on the chair with eyes closed with a dead look...and Pappu in a very artificial position on the bed...

A day in Bangalore...a hot afternoon...Nibin, jackie and me... having wine from a wine shop to appetise and eating some good banana (that was good!) and some silk cut to boot.

Pappu still lives...so that was not true...but HK? any idea about him?

Then a hot, hot day in Mysore...Tipu's palace...my childhood idol...
Me and Jackie eating from a very disgusting shop...no money left... :-(

On to Ooty...the wonderful karakkams...a shot of smirnoff (made me a fan!) then the party...champagne...
Renju being a total asshole...finishing off the booze and sleeping off...

Flowers all around the next day...everywhere!

Kozhi going total vaal...thanks to Hafeez's prescription for toothache! :P

The journey back...

Coimbatore stop...

The Paampu scare at Pattikaadu....getting off all the finished drinking water bottles and the yellow withering flowers from the bus...

A heck of a trip...changed the life of some ;-) fun and memories for others... :-)

No one had a better trip...or better friends...
Glad to have you all in my life... :-)

P.S: lets not forget the tsunami victims...lets pray that no more disaster strikes us...may life be as beautiful as ever...

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Notebook Movie

Hai..
I hv seen the movie Notebook..I really liked the bold topic it deals..Sometimes ppl wd say that the film is a kind of documentary..But I wd say that it is a great wrk frm Rosshan Andrrews and his Crew..

I recommend every one to c this movie !!!

Have a great time and go back to ur old school days ( and even college days :) )..

wihing u all a merry x'mas and a happy new year !!!!

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

hmmm...

Hai,

Kurachu vayki poyi.. enthokeyundu vishesham??

Arokeyundu nishayude kalyanathinu??

Vereentha chennai vishesham parayan... :??

Daily routine ... office..room..walk..cousin's house..office mates meets... angane angane pokunnu.

Oru film kaanan ticket book cheythathinte ksheenam ethuvare mariyilla..

Theatre siteil keyari veliyakaryathil 200 rupakku ticket book cheythu.. snacksum book cheythu... pokan samayamayappol nalla mazha.... :((

Sulunte treat undu alto vangiyathinte..

ini neril santhikum vare.. vanakkam..

Divya

Saturday, December 16, 2006

HI...., guys Pappu is here

Hi everyone,
I've just visited our blog. Wat 2 say?? Workload has just started. But i thinks its absolutely rocking to work in my team. All are friendly. For everything there is full support from my team members whether it professional or personal. Only difference from campus are there is no sleeping classes. And we have to work a lot to earn money. And for ur information, i'm landing on 22nd Decemeber. I think pattu is the person who keeps this blog alive and himself the creator of the blog. Here me and kiru are well. Kirus work is to fire bad words at his PL. He does that almost everyday, he comes back. And onething, "njangal neat aaayi ketooo. Ini cheeethayavum vare". Hope u r enjoying. And my congrats to Anand for getting the job and his laptop. Roller for his nw job. And for SULU, for her new ALTO.

Ur loving
Pappu

Monday, November 27, 2006

hi every1

hi every1,me fine here in bnglre,first time comin in front of comp aftr reachin here,lots to tel,wil post a big one soon

hope every1 fine

take care
wit lov

hafeez

Friday, November 24, 2006

Only one way to go.......

"There is only one way to go from here...."

This is wht Dravid told after yesterdays match!!! Jesus Christ!!! How can he say things like these without any shame!!! The WORST captian I have ever seen!! Atleast Sachin,when he was captian,admitted his mistakes(The WI tour was an exception though...) But this is nothing like that. Now,We boast ourselves of the gr8 players like Dhoni(After gilchrist,its Dhoni... ), Raina, Pathan, Kaif,Dinesh,Munaf etc.etc.... So,wht the Hell is going on there,In Indian Camp???

I have made an earlier post in which I said tht I would love to see the earlier Sourav in Team...Now,I am repeating that...I just want to see Sourav and VVS, I dont care if they are in form or not. Who cares about all these stuff?? It is not as if the present Indian Team is full of In-Form Players!!! Through out the Net,the dravid and Sourav fans are fighting...So,I thought maybe I can also Join them.....


But whom to support??? Sourav?? The Most succesful Indian Captain?? Or Dravid?? The person who was single handedly responsible for most of sourav's wins?? Hmmmmm......this is a tough decision.... So,I thought that first,I would go through all what the cricket fans have 2 say... It is easy 2 find...Go to ibnlive.com..there ,u can find a lot of clashes between the dravid and sourav fans.... These are some of the interesting things that they have 2 say....

Sourav Fan Club :-

1). As I mentioned earlier, He is the most succesful captian.
2).After the 83 team,he led India to a WC final.
3).Wins in England,Australia and Pakistan. Actually,he is the only captian who won both test and one day series in Pak soil.
4).Pathan,Yuvi,Kaif,veeru are all his choices... Actually,even Dravid was in team because of sourav...
5).Aggresiveness... He is really aggresive on and off the field.(Remember the Salman Khan type show off in Lords???)
6).The inventer of a 7-4 team with Dravid asked to don Keeper's role also...


So, these r wht the Dada Army is saying... How much truth is there in it....Hmmmm...Actually,wht they are saying is 100% true,only if it is taken literally.... He is the most succesful captian,thanks to guys like Dravid ,VVS and Laxman.. Apart from some very little good knocks,Sourav had little role to play. He led the team to play in WC final,I agree....But I guess sachin was the one responsible. He was simply superb in WC. Then veeru too played his part... Sourav???Hmmmm....I dont think so...

The wins in Australia is Only because of Dravid+VVS+Agarkar( In Adelade) and sachin+VVS( In sidney).... Pakisthan...Again Dravid.. England....Dravid+sachin+Sourav... I had to admit he played well there...I still remember who well he played in Tentbridge along with sachin....He was superb.....

His aggresion....the Best part of Sourav... He is Damn Aggresive...and for that,I just like him..... He is not the one who keeps quiet.... The bad boy of Indian Cricket,thts wht they called him... But it is the same people who call Aussies as gentleman... And he brought these superb players...Thts true man...But u brought a lot of Good 4 Nothin players also.... Can't remember...Let me help.... Parthiv Patel,Ratinder Singh Sodi,deep das gupta and many many more players.... Its just that the above mentioned players clicked... So,I guess that he was just lucky...(I feel yuvi is the only exception...)


So much for Dada Army......Now lets C wht Dravid has 2 say(I mean,his fans...)

1).Dravid is responsible for most of India's win overseas...
2).Dhoni,raina,Munaf(??),Sreesant(????????????????) etc.etc.came 2 his team...(Yeah,right came..And ready 2 leave also.....)
3).A captian must b cool...Dravid is cool....
4).Most dependable player...And never had any real phase where he was out-of-form...
5).Just because of some defeats,you cant write him down...He needs Time ......


Point No. 1...Accepted...Accepted without any complains... Dhoni...OK....But same case with dada...2 many ppl came and he just clicked... Actually,Inida needed a Wicket Keeper batsman,and Dhoni was the best.. But i still prefer Dineesh Karthik as he is more better keeper than Dhoni...(But dhoni is improving..I must say...) Dravid is Cool....I agree...but he is too cool,I must say..He is never aggresive..

So,After all these points it is my time to stand with some1...Hmmmm...Let me c..... Here is it...I stand with the






"Indian Cricket Team...."




These r just players and Cricket is a game that is much larger than any individuals... So,what is the peoblem with the current Indian team,u ask heh???

1). No one is taking responsibilities for anything. The senior guys,Dravid and Sachin should take responsibilities if the batting fails... They are the senior guys and must be able to inspire the entire team!!! Bowling,I must confess that there is no one responsible enough...
And Yuvi and kaif should now b considered as seniors...Kaif has played 122 matches.... That is enough experiance mate...Now,perform or else perish....

2). Ban (Yes Ban) players from appearing in ads...They are cricketers...First play,perform well...Ads and other stuff wld b there till u retire.... And,they r earning enough money by playing...

3). Reduce the pay...Infact,I would say that give them half of what they r getting now...And Increase it as they improve playing...For example a bonus 4 a century and other good performances...

4). BCCI is THE richest body...Spend some money for under 19 and under 16 players...Arrange a lot of Overseas matches 4 them...And also for the Ranji trophy teams and India A and B teams... Give them enough match practice...

5). When the national players are free,ask them to play in ranji or other domestic matches.. This will b a good chance 4 every1 to learn...


These are the things that I feel must b done to improve upon the teams performance... Lets c what happens...But With such a performance,I dont think that V can lift WC. If v lift it,it might b because of some Individual brilliance..And also,I forgot to mention,Sack that Idiot Greg Chappel...His experiments have failed big time... Mate,Nothing personal ,mind u,but V dont need u..Get the Hell out of Here...!!!!!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Hello everyone.....

Well, Its been some time since I made My last Post....So,Here it goes....

Quiet a Lot of Things has happened....The biggest of them is tht I have Passed the Infy Training Program!!!! Wow...thts a gr8 thing!!! Then,I moved into a new Home....Outside Infy,abt 15Kms.... I have 2 other room mates also....Both from MBT.... Girish and dilip!! Both r good company....No fufu,gugu also!!! SO,ippol jeevitham adichupoly aanu!!! Here is a usual Day of My Life...

7:00 am:- wakeup...Actually,it is in turns...1 week I wake up @ 7...next week Dilip wakes up @ 7 and me @ 7:30. Then, a quick bath and frm 7:30-8,another round of sleep....

8:- Second wake up....Quick dressing and breakfast..By 9,I reach Infy!!

9-10:30 :- Checking up mails,forwarding them and checking up on ibnlive.com 4 latest news!! I have started this habit after I learned tht nammude swantham Antony is defence minister one week late!!

10:30:- Tea and some snacks... A little lattiyadi with the other people here!!

12:00:- Lunch...Usually KC and Rajappan wld b ter...Sometimes,Dicksonum Kaanum...

1:00-5:00:- Ippolakum njan enthengilum pani cheyyaru....Else,I might b having some Invigilations also....

After 5,I usually will just have another tea,Go 2 swimming pool or any other place....Cool Off....and have dinner...Pinne thirichu pokum...athra thanne!!!


Ithuvare I hav'nt started teaching...I am stuck with a project here!! My project mates are cool guys... PM also is OK.. Baaki ullavarkku sugham aanu ennu vishwasikkunnu.. Cricket onnu kalichittu ippol kurachu naalayi!!! Parichayamulla aalkar ivide kuranju kondirikkukayanu!

Ideykku Mandi kaanum onlinil!! Avalkku project kitty...The name of the project is really funny..."Death Care Managment"...Anu also got a new name..."Miss Bean"... Aval ee karyam blogil post cheyyaruthu ennu paranjirunnu...thts y i am posting it here...;-) ..Mansu,Teena,Ramu,Rajappan okke ivide undu...Rajappan eppol eethu samayamum eetho oru penninte koodeyanu!!! Choodichal "Friends" aanu ennanu avan parayaru... Avan classil parrokke padi SHine cheithu nadakkukayanu ennanu njan keetathu!!! Pekshe kasthakalathinu avan front rowil aanu irikkunathu...So,No oorakkams!! Pavam cherukkan!!!

Ivide Evaluationil ullavar chellapol US batchine patti parayunnathu kelkkam...I am stating one such funny incident....

There was a question in which v need 2 check the amount entered should not exceed 2 decimal points.... One guy in US batch did this by checking if there are "two decimal points" in the number entered. He used a for loop and checked the data entered character by character!!! Such is the case of US batches!!! Now I feel proud 2 b Indian...hehe...

Planning 2 visit Banglore this week end(Hopefully)...Kiru and Rajeev has come here 1 month back!!! Aathinte visheshams pinne ezhutham!!!!

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Reminisce...

We went to Nisha's bros engagement today...Anand, Hafeez, Sulu, Thakkudu and myself...chechis home is at Aranmula.
Me and Anand reached there at 7:20 and Haf and Taks a bit later.
The bus had lot of seats vacant. Nisha was counting on 10 of us coming! Sulu was picked up on the way at her Thonnackal Panchayath...

The bus ride was not very good. Rickety ride...and I was damn hungry after some time! They played Manasinakkare movie and semi watched it while gazing outside...
We did chat a bit towards the latter half of the journey and saw a vazhi thadayal samaram.
Nisha's Machan was calling every 5 minutes or so!
God bless that person who bought two big bags of lays and saved me from certain death due to starvation! By the time lays was finished we reached the prospective brides home...
Then the ceremony took place. After that a sadya was there.

After sadya four of us guys scooted of for a walk. The place is a total pattikaadu. Not even a pettikada in sight!
Atlast we went and sat in a desolate but clean bus waiting shed.
We sat there thinking about the good times we had over the years...laughing at our old antics...we shared a lot of light moments there...
We sat there for a long time...and returned to the house to find Sadya still going on...we returned back to our dear waiting shed...telling Sulu to call us when they were ready to leave...

After some time she called and we went there to have a photo session...that panna kaakka tickled me and God knows how horrible our photo is...
I was giggling, Anand was giggling in a bemused manner and Hafeez was also giggling...seeing this almost everybody was giggling...would make a really fabulous piece of art...unless the photographer was also giggling :P

It was a sleepy mood on the way back...we talked about our college...the rain started lashing out fairly hard and the water came inside the bus also...reminded us of our Parakkum Thalika bus in Goa...

The song from Classmates was playing in the background...
"...Ini illithu pole sukhamariyunnoru kaalam..."
How true...

No matter where we end up in life...No matter how good or bad we do at lives...Never will this carefree life return...

Adios...

Sunday, October 22, 2006

hi frinds..i am back

hi frinds...

HAPPY DIWALI TO MY FRINDS AND FAMILY....

after a long time i am back to scribble something tht happ quite a few days b4...

My parents were here for juz 1 day and whn dey left i was very sad and once again i was all alone here in this big city....eventhgh my cuz is here itz a little far frm d twn....
Last sat on Oct 1st it was our AMEX party at Fishermen cove- a Taj beach resort quite some 45 minutes from the main town...

They provided as with innova to reach te spot.. we 6 were there in it and all together 10 for the party.. I was a little excited as i was about to meet MARK CONCOR - ceo of our company.. As we were new joinees, we were supposed to have a one to one with him there.. Anyz it was quite gud more than i expected.. He is really a hardworker and when at leisure he is really amazing... He juz asked me some questions like how am i feeling this new atmospere...like wise it went on well.....

After tht it was the boozing...i stud there like staring at wht is happening in the corner.. suddenly someone called me when i turned back it was my cuz.. i was happy to c tht i was not alone there....i tuk some soft drinks...and as rajavu was also with me i felt quite relaxed... he was asked to start with beer to which he agreed and it was fun.....

After 7.30 we went to the beach... After some 30 min we came back to have the dinner...I was really sad bcoz there were oly 3 veg dishes and i was supposed to eat oly veg tht sat.... after coming to chennai i am becoming a vegterian u knw... ha ha ha................
and after the dinner at 10.30 we again went to beach....we played a lot.... and it went on till 12 in the nite....As the next day was sunday i really njoyed as i cud get back to the hostel and sleep as much as i want .......................

The talk with mark was superb....He is really frindly and he juz commented on my smile.........i was really schoked as he said " this female has a very gud smile and it makes her more pretty.."then he said "i don't know wht u guys mean like pretty here...". God know wht he meant like tht....

Last saturday sree joined me for 2 days and it was a gud time to roam around with him in spencers.. The whole story is there in his blog "putitinyellow". i njoyed a lot after a long time in chennai......CREA was also gud....It is the employee recreation club in AMEX.

I was wondering wht to do at Diwali..here streets were crowded wit people purchasing 4 diwali and 2 go out 4 a walk was undoutdly not possible.... no one was there..my frind at amex "dev" also left to his hometown 4 diwali.. he is a gud frind of mine and i feel a bit out of my tension in office bcoz of him.... and i didn't get ticket to kerala also.. my roommates were also planning to move to their places for the holidays.. i juz called my cuz in b'lore(my all time well wisher).. He buked the ticket for me 2 b'lore..and my diwali holidays tuk shape.....4 diwali i was at my cuz's place... His flat the dream flat 4 me as usual is a warm place 4 me 2 reach at any time........Here his son- atul is very much afraid of crackers and so we dropped the plan of wasting money on tht....

I njoyed the diwali from his balcony.... it was really gr8 and beautiful to watch the fireworks and sparklers from the 8th floor balcony....it was chill in b'lore and i borrowed my cuz's jacket to njoy it in full...Wit a cup of coffee in my hand nd sipping it in the cold atmos increased the beauty of it a lot more.....It went on till some 12 in the nite.. and i was feeling very sleepy as i reached his place only early in the morning... i got a gud sleep and tommorow i need 2 reach my office by 2..my train is at 6 in d morning...and tht is all my past few days news.....

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

PATTU sir


hi frnds this is our old Pattu ;-) Now known as NAVEEN SIR in infy....Pattu enna name avide aarkum ariyilaaa

Sir aayathu kaanikaan aanenu thonunu ippo he is keepin a Moustache ya ya Pattu meeeesha vacheeeee....kaalam poya poke....Paavam nammude juniors...he wil b the one who wil b teachin our juniors C n C++.....

He was sayin best thin 2 learn kannada easiky is to go behind a Kannada girl....yaa Pattu line adikaanum shremam i mean Kannada padikaan vendi line adikaan verai tayaraaayitaaanu kakshi nilkune.....ivan kaaranam aarokeyaano entho Mysore vidaan pokune ;-)

Miss u my dear frnds...hope 2 cu all durin this vaccation....elaavarum ivide ethumenu hopin...
ok byee tc

Friday, October 13, 2006

Working Class!

My training got over on Wednesday...Came through with flying colours!
Got a prize for one of the best Trainee! :D

So I joined for work on Thursday. Went there with a lot of hopes and dreams (and fear of being expelled...)
Our TL cum Manager turned out to a little chori that day...on top of it we didnt get our slots (cabin) and had to spend the whole day struggling to keep awake...
Me and a friend got access to one system and the only times I was not counting seconds was when I chatted with some friends and visited them at the main module (I am stationed in 4th Floor and all my fellow trainees barring 3 are either in 3rd Floor or in Kuravankonam office)
Lunch is pretty good here...not so expensive as I had imagined. I have blown of most of my salary almost entirely and all I have left is 800 bucks worth of food coupon...

Today got my slot, next to my TL :P and got a phone too. Today also no work...but got some style guides to learn and spent time learning the product and the styleguides.
Most of my friends got some work or the other with their TL around, so not much chatting also...
This system has got old version of office and no LCD monitor :-(
Has to tel admin to get me the latest Office version...but monitor will stay the same!
Today the TL was in a much better mood...but there is lot of pending stuff to be done and still no work!
Work allocation involves lot of stuff to be done and I hope we get some next week. I am planning to do some extra work if the case is the same next week...

Just know I saw my results...cleared s5 and s6...now next week have to go with it to company. Lets see if they decide to terminate or continue with me...Pray for me people!

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Unofficial Reunion


This happened two-three days back...
Don't remember the date...

Hafeez annu uchakku called me tell about his selection to ARS...so he will have a better idea about the date...too lazy to consult the calendar...

Annu vaikittu officil ninnu ethi system on chaiythappol system on aayilla!
Kure adhikam panikku shesham mansilaayi hard disk adichu poyathaanennu...

Angane oombi thirinja kambithiriyaayi njan Harisinte veetilekku thirichu...pona vazhiyil I called Hafeez as I couldn't talk much when he called...
Then he told that he was with Vineeth and Thakkudu and they were going to Museum. CP Ratheesh, Yogi and Nibin were there waiting. He told me to call Anand and come there.
Anand was free and so we started...

Avide ethiyappo vann charcha...evideyo entho undennum illennam...It was nice to see everybody...pinne Hafeez demonstrated how Thakkudu was slapped and appo thanne Thakkudu thirichum demonstrate chaiythu kaanichu...Aalochikaamello enthaanu sambhavichethennu...

Thakkudu was telling something about a fair going on in Poojappura Maithaanam...but vere aarum athine patti onnum kettilla...avasaanam oru idiyude insurancil we decide to go there...
chennappo there was indeed a fair going on...with giant wheels and all...

Prabodhine vilichappo he told he will join us...

Most of the guys were excited with the prospect of getting into the giant wheel...
Only two sane men among them- Me and Thakkudu :D
Njangal randu perum budhiparamaayi thaazhe ninnu...moonnu, naalu cabin layittu ellarum kayari...
appo Parambil joined us...he was here all through the evening...
Avanmar Giant wheelil kidannu nilavilikunathum rasichu njanum, thakkudum, ratheeshum wait chaiyumbo Prabodh vannu (Ratheesh had gone to make a phone call)...

The giant wheel looked a little rickety...oru pazhaya asthikoodam pole...
Then I saw the most amazing thing...
Oruthan karangunna giant wheelil kayaraan thudangi!
Yeah! athinte cabinil connect chaiyunna kambiyil thoongi...athum full circle oru 4 pravashyam karangi kaanum!
Speedil oodumbo thanne athil ninnum chaadi irangem chaiythu!

Athu kazhinju njangal avide ivide karangi nadunnu...Thakkudune merry go roundil iruthi photo edukkan ulla plan avide ninna oru vrithikettan polichu...njangale ottichu vittu...
Parambil was in high praises for the 'Maranakinar'. I was not very keen, but ellarum kayariyappo njanum kayari...Prabodh aa samayathu paisa vachu saadhanam erinju idunna setup kalikaan poyi.

Maranakinar enikku nalla pedi ulla oru saadhanam aanu...athinte molil kayarumbozhe pedi aavum.
Parambil also accompanied us. He showed a guy and told he was a vann kidu.
Avan bikum eduthu randu chuttu chutti.
Sathyam parayaalo...njan avide irunnillaane ullu!
Ratheeshum Thakkudum, Nibinum irunnu poyi!
ee karakkam oru test run maathram aayirunnu! Just to get some more monety thrown at him by the spectators...

Pinne original thudangi...Sherikkum vann aayirunnu!
Njan kure samayam ithu kaanan vayyaathe vaayinokki ninnu!
Manushyante jeevante vila verum 10 Rs!
Ivan ithu westil kaanichirnengil, Bike Honda sponsor chaiyum...shoes Nike sponsor chaiyum...Ivideyo?
Oru kayyabhathil vallathum pattiya jeevitham konjaatta!

Athil ninnu irangiyathum ellarkum bhaagyam pareekshikaan valiya aagraham!
Prabodinu 5 rs koduthu kalichappo oru chandrika soap kitti!
Hafeez, Vineeth and Takkudu shramichittu aake nadanathu avanmaarku kure kaashu koduthu!

Avide ninnu irangi adutha vann charcha!
Evidunnu aaharam kazhikum?
Nibin was trying to find a cosponsor!
Ente aduthu vannu...4 rs mathre eee prospective cosponsorinu offer chaiyaan pattiyullu! :P
Pinne Yogiye baliyaadakki nammal decided to go to Buhari...

On the way Kiran called me and told he and Pappu would be coming on 19th...oru vann partikulla scope njan kaanunundu! :P

Buhari ethaarayappo oru vann container truck (18 wheels waala) roadil kidannu abhyasam kaanikunnu!
Ore thirikalum marikalum!
Road motham block!
Yogi athinte video edithundu...

Buharil kayari Puttu/Barotta+Mutton order chaiythu...Nalla kidilan food!
Nibin thanne full kaashu koduthu (enna ente vishwasam! Allengil nammuku ivide edit chiyaam!)

Ellarodum yaathra okke paranju kazhinjappol mani pathinonnu!

Angane oru unofficial, unexpected and above all delightful reunion came to an end...
Ini aduthathu eppo, evide, aarokke...aaa...


Njan ithu ezhuthi thudangiyathu October 1stinu aanu...Hafeez told me to write and I started it...due to unforeseen circumstances (read laziness!) enikku samayathu ezhuthaan patteela...
Hafeez added that photo there...

Thursday, October 05, 2006

The spiderman returns!!!

Hii all... this was a wonderful event that happened just the day before.. as i told u, the girs stay right above our apartment.. they are on the third floor and we on the second.. there is only one key for each apartment and the door is auto lock.. last day evening we all were relaxing at the terrace.. suddenly it happened..
the girls realized that they hav forgot to take the keys from their house..
we tried to contact the manager of the flats.. pakshe no use.. then we went to the company to check if spare keys are available..
athum nadanilla.. then we came to know that this is a common thing in all the flats and theres a usual man called raghu who is called for help.. we waited till 10 at night and came to know that he is not available..
so finally we had to do something..
so we arranged a ladder.. the one used by painters made with rope and kazhukole.. and i climbed down from the terrace and got the keys. thank God they had kept the balcony door open..
angane njan jeevithathil athum nadathi.. :-) bhagyam thazhe pokathirunnathu.. :-D

Panackal from chennai!!!

Hii frnds.. sorry couldnt stay in touch for sometime.. My new number was supposed to get activated by the 1st of this month.. but it didnt happen due to some prob with airtel.. my new no is 09940052446..
i reached chennai on 28th mrng.. joined on 29th.. there wasnt much of a work till yesterday afternoon.. from yesterday afternoon our training started.. the training is rigorous..
we are into SAP team.. its a special team here in chennai.. just 9 of us in the team.. 8 of us from kerala.. a total of 4 boys and 4 girls.. we stay in the company guest house.. its a residential complex of around 400 apartments..
we boyz hav 2 apartments and so do the girls.. the girls stay right above our flat..
the accomodation is just a 10 min walk from the office.. apartment from the training, life is superb here :-)
we had karakkams during the pooja holidays.. we went to spencers and to besant nagar beach.. couldnt see chakku.. will meet her someday.. we are in outer chennai.. around 10 kms from the city proper.. and i am not used to the buses here.. they hav only numbers and i dont know anything about the chennai map or abt the numbers :-D
we are having training for only 33-34 days.. normally it used to be 100 days.. but since the company has an urgent requirement, we hav to make it fast..
we dont hav leave for the first 11 months.. so i will able to come back home only if i get 3-4 days continuous holiday :-(
anyways lets keep in touch.. miss u all.. take care byee...

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Hiiiiiiiiiiii

Hi all....

Me,danya frm infy cafe...The whole infy campus is silent and deserted today as evry one is enjoying hartal in their rooms...but there s no way for me to enjoy...the tv has not got any channels except the kannada ones(may b the rest of the channels are in bandh...)

Nothng to study as the final exam is over...I visited my class...but no one there...so thought of coming to cafe for chatting...but theres no one except haf...

the final exam was yesterday...it was okay but a bit of tension coz negative marking is there...ll ve to wait fot 3 more days to know the result...and before that the posting location ll be published...most prob i ll be posted in chennai or hybd...

yesterday after the exam v all (naveen,jackie,me,anusha,ajeena,karthika,aparna,and pratik,a north indian frnd of ours) went to a temple nearby...jsut som 3 kilometers...so took an auto...they charged us som 120 rs...good temple...felt relieved a lot...v brought with us som 16 coconuts to be broken...but there wasnt a custom of breaking coconuts there...and evryone there was surprised...the priest there was there in kerala for 8 years...so he understood our intention...there was no such place for breaking coconuts...so v did tht rt in front of the temple with priest on the lead...he showe jackie and naveen how to break coconuts...and our guys even with their full effort cldnt beat the priest in breaking coconuts...

anyways it was a gud trip...naveen n all went to ooty today...and rest of us are here waiting for the results to b published...plzz evryone pray for us...hope evryone is doing fine...how abt anoop?where r u...u not a new no?ur old no is not reachable...if u got a new one do let us know the number...hope to c u all soon...bye for now...ve to go for lunch...today theres only one food court coz of bandh...so may not get food if v go late...byee all and take care....

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

HIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!! From Huawei

Hi friendz,
I'm having nice time hre. The bangalore city is great. The problem is with my condition having a little cold, cough n fever. The thing about our batch is although all huawei is colourful, the batch is not very colourful.
Just joined in IN(Intelligent Network). Hope it matches my tastes. I'm trying to be in contact with most of my friends till now, but if i had missed anyone please inform me. Kiru n me got our first salary but my debit card got stuck in an ATM counter. So i'm a little 'Paaapar" now. Tomorrow we have a HARTHAL here. Its a bigger event here than in KERALA. But the number of HARHALs here is very low compared to there.
Although i like this city very much, i'm missing my mother's food very much. I'm missing my home very much. One thing i've to tell is that, the story the naru($#$^*****?) is writing in his blog is an exagerated n imaginary story

Yours lovingly
Pappu

hi all

hi all..
so after a long break i hope i can write something on our dear blog.
everything going fine as usual.. life getting a better meaning and shape..
All dayz like partying.. even with workload itz not tht felt with the gang around...

If bored spencers is the ultimate destination to b to relax...
Panackal is here which is a gr8 news for me....

Our CEO Mr.Mark is here for his south zone visit and the week end is going to b a "booze" party from him.... Itz plnned in a far away resort and hence arranged it as a long trip.....


else everything as usual...
bye
keep in touch...

divya

Friday, September 29, 2006

Bnglre trip

Hi frnds I wld like 2 say smthin abt my bnglre trip…first of all I thght I needed 2 go alone 2 bnglre…aftr tht only I knew Vineeth also goin…tht was really an aashvaasa news,oru company undalo

So angane oru Thursday njaan vandi kayari…reachd Kannur on Friday…ful day karakams aayirunu wit Vineeth..he showed me gr8 places s....frnds kannur is a gr8 place keto..lots 2 c n njoy ther..actually whn I told thampi abt tis,he is planning 2 visit kannur wit his huwai frnd tis weekend..Aftr kannur karakams both of us bnglre vandi kayari n reachd there on a cold Saturday morng

Thampi n Nitin chettan(BT lab-le chettan) came n tuk us 2 thampi’s room…V met wit his new room mates..Thottu was also ther keto…aftr breakfast me vineeth thampi Rajeev n 2 of huwai frnds left the rooom…hehehe destination was Forum…our old Forum itself…avide v had a gr8 time…Pinne oru coincidence polai Forum-lotu oraal ethi…”Susan” …. she was surprised 2 c us n v wer surprised 2 c her also…Pinne njaanum vineethumoke angu maari nadanu…swargathile katturumbaakandalo ennu vachu ;-)

Later in the day our objectiv was 2 find the place Malathahalli(TCS test place)…2 any1 whom v ask they wil tel ther is no such place n wil tel thers only a place called Marathahalli…so our next destination was Marathahalli…hmmm reachd there n found tht was not t test center…pinne oru 2 or 3hrs karakam n found out t way 2 reach t original Malathahalli place(it was somwher in Mysore road)…actually na thampi was of gr8 help 2 us….avan avide ilaaayirunengil hmmm donno avide kidannu karangi vellam kudichene

2 say t truth na…bnglre na…its such a horrible place keto…;-) v need 2 travel by walkin n auto n citybus 2 knw t real bnglre….kurachu adikam kashttapaadanu…thampi is actually lucky bcs he is stayin just near 2 his office…just 4 or 5mins walk…enaalum avanu oru vishamama whn thinking abt our TVM…Thampi has got a gr8 set of frnds as his room mates…adichu poli parties n also grihanaadan type frnds…so thampi has no tension abt household items n all

Next day TCS test…hehehe 15000 people wrote t test in 2days…gr8 na…ho it ws such a borin experience…my exam was at 3pm n me n vineeth reachd by 9 itself ;-)…oru patti kaadu area aayirunu…hmmm the biggest prob was my fastin strtd tht day…so no vaayinoyattams also..whn v went 2 forum no fastin so ful vaayinotam aayirunu ;-) Athum ivide parayanalo ;-)

Tht nite saw our dear bonny…avante vakka oru treat oke undaaayirunu for me vineeth n kiran…avan stil t same old kallan..aake oru change ennu vachaa ippo oru 30k bank balance undu ;-))

Ya pinne parayaan vittu poya kurachu kaaryams ;-),durin nites actually avide oke nalla cold aanu….Thampi wil wear a jacket n thn go 2 the terrace wit his fone….pinne oru 2 or 3hrs verai kakshine nokandaaa ;-) but at the same time verai oru kakshi inside the house moodi putachu kidanondu fone aayirikum ;-) yaa Thottu aanu aa kakshi ;-)

Anyways it was a gr8 trip…I understud whts t real bnglre…life ther is terrible…v need 2 adjust a lot if v leav TVM n reach som other places…anyways elaam nalatinaa alleee

Monday, September 18, 2006

Reporting from Infy Mysore...

"To err is Human, To Forgive is Not Company Policy"

This Message,I received some days ago,along with many many forwarded messages tht every Infosisian receives every day.... A nice and funny message,but the real meaning,I came to know only yesterday(means thursday).... The reason is simple...My room mate was fired from Infosys as he didnot meet the required selection criteria.... It is in 12th,not in BTech.... He said tht he didnt know tht the cutoff was 65%(he had only 60.5).... It was a sad moment.. I mean,only a day ago,did v celebrate My B'Day party(Not much yaar... only a small party).. He was all laughing @ tht time,and I didnt had a clue abt all the things tht was supposed 2 happen.. But he knew tht within 48hrs,he has 2 resign from Infy.. Tht is the cruel Irony about this whole Incident. He didnt say anything 2 me @ tht time.. Then,on thursday,he send me a mail saying all these things... He was in Tina's class,and she was telling tht he was one of the smart and helping guys ter.. Wen I went back 2 room,he was there.. I couldnt find words 2 say 2 him... Then,on friday,he left Infy,2 B'Lore,again,2 start the job hunt!! I hope tht Both Luck and God be with him... Byee mate... Hope 2 c u again,somewhere,someplace!

p.s.:-My new room mate is a guy frm Kottayam... A calm guy...Valiya samsaram onnum illa..
And,Yogi came here on saturday,and I wonder y he was here!! Hmmm... Mayb 2 c some1(???) I didnt c him..jackie told me tht thing.. Mandi and gang is here.. Heard she scored 48/50 in C#.. Ivalokke enthinanontho padikkunathu!!! Got Bonney's mail 2day.... I am posting the letter here...

"Compre Over

Hi guys,

I guess it went well…results will be out in 2 days….then within 1 week I will be leaving for Bangalore…then within 1 month I might go to Switzerland (on site)… ;-)

Howz it goin for u ppl…mail me if any help required…



Bye…
"

Lucky guy...Gng 2 switzerland.... Best of luck mate.... 2day is anusha's birthday.. Celebrations okke undo ennu aariyilla... Will blog on wht happened on Onam Celebration and also on Sept 13 soon... Time kittiyilla... Saturday mothom Cricket kandu.. OH..vann Desp aayi.. On sunday,I went 4 a movie.."United 93"...A nice movie.. Not much drag,simple and staright... Watch it if possible.... This thursday,V r having holiday... Dunno the reason though... From Dussera and Deepavali to Birthday of NRN is said 2 b the reason.. No 1 knows 4 sure y is the holiday given... Pinne enthayalum appam thinnal mathiyallo,kuzhi ennenda!! But holiday adichupolikkam ennonum vicharikunilla...as on friday,V have Module Test on JAVA.. "JAVA Jackie" ivide adichu polikkukayanu.. Front rowil irunnu padichu marikkukayanu.. Anu is also fine... She is now working real hard.. Class mothom katta bujy's aanu... Nammude classile pole exam kazhinjal choodikkarulla pole"Aaliya pottumo?? Company undo??" ennulla choodyam onnum ivide illa.. Ethra mark undu ennanu aadyathe choodyam... Mikkavarum ellavarkkum A grade thanne kaanum... OK....baaki visheshams njan udane thanne ezhutham...
OK...avante mailinu njan reply aayachu....aathunu avante marupadi ivide cheerkunnu...
I just asked if the switzerland okke satyam aano ennu??

"
Switzerland eke orru swapnam aayyi kedakkum…bench jeevithum is gr8…we play counter strike multiplayer in the night till morning 4 am…then we sleep for 2 hrs…but from now on we can sleep thru out the office time…coz u r not supposed to play during office hrs….hey I shud be careful….giving out these details is not safe ….coz our head has access to all out mail accounts…

"

Anand,wen is ur test 4 satyam da?? Dinkan is also writting alle?? Best of Luck Macha... Write the test well... All of our prayers are with u always!!!! May Luck and God Favour u guys...

And....This is just adding to this blog.... 2day,v had a cricket match...USA 11 Vs Volunteer 11... I was in Volunteer 11....Went there just 2 play some cricket,expecting nothing much from it... And V won...Won it ealsy also... And,then came a surprise....There was a presentation ceremony...and I got a gift Voucher from Infy....hehehe...Will write abt it later...in detail...It must go with a seperate post...

Byee
C Ya...
Naveen

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

sorry!!!

hi guys i am bak!!!!
actully my hr was with me when i was abt to mail.. so leave it... here itz fine not much tension........njoying each moment...

i didn't say anything abt the office na itz in the fifth floor, 2nd phase of spencerz plaza and tht itself is a time pass.. ha ha ha.....
My team mates are Preti, Dev, Vasudev, Eroll and Rajavu...
i joined on11th had some paper works to complete....
got into training today... here itz more a fun environment....
juz knowin more abt the pattern of job... learning to speak in tamil.... here all are helping friendly......

gud cafeteria.... other depts gud....

so rest all in the next mail....
bye
with regards
divya

Hi

hi guys,
whtz news????
juz trainig going on... so howz life??
here itz ok will mail a longer mail soon
bye
divya

Infy @ Night...

Here r some pics of Infy @ Night... But the actual sight is much much beautiful....



The swimming pool.... Not tht deep,but very cool,I beleive...Yes,thts right,I am planning 2 Jump into these waters very soon.....



This is a small path.... Through the Buildings,sides of cricket ground,into the FC....




The Multiplex....This is absolute beauty @ night... I have never been inside this building...I am planning 2 enter it this week end(hopefully)



Well, this is the cricket ground!!!! Official one... there is also another place 4 nets..Actually,it is abt the size of the anad ground(the nets ground)....The building shown ter is the FC1(Food Court 1)




This is the entrance road,well,u can call it lik tht... the building seen in front is ILI(Infosys Leadership Institute).....

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Me n Kiru in HUAWEI

Hi frndz,
Me n Kiru joined huawei. Gr8 life hre but prob is wid food. Food is k but missing homely food very much. Life wid full flow till now. Kiru got into Test BU me into develop section. The BU for me is not yet decided it'll in this week itself. Wat 2 say miss u all. Colorful life hre. But no good colours in hre in company. Wat 2 do?? Adjusting!!! Kiru back in track hre also. He is "sugarking". He is eagerly waiting for Sept 17th as he has a appointment in accenture bangalore wid S-s-n B-b-. Anyone who didnt get our phone no:

Me:- 9986043545
kiru:- 9886790646

Regards to all my frnds. Keep in touch.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

A Day of Pranks.....( ;-)

Well,I actually wanted 2 write about the Great Fire Drill that v had yesterday.. But Dhanya wrote about it yesterday.. So,I am writting abt. another incident that happened a couple of days ago!! None including Anu knew abt. this incident,as none were around.. It occured in FC2.... i.e Food Court 2... There was me,aby,kc,mansu,teena,santhi and another girl called manjusha(Mansu's classmate)... V all were seated there,and having dinner,when kc announced this...

kc:- eda aby,nammal innu ravile kanda karyam ippol parayatta??
aby:- eethu karyam??
kc:- innu ravile nammal orale kandu...evide kandu?? Gym-il!! Veere aarum alla,nammude shanti!!
shanti:- eda,ningal enganne aarinju aathu??
kc:-aathu mathram alla,nammal ninte video iduthitundu... ramuvinte digicamil!!! ;-)
shanti:- eda,kashtam undu...aathu delete cheyyanam
aby:- nangal aathu Mcetil ulla ellavarkkum fwd chayyum...

After tht,shanti was mood off,and didnt speak 2 us... She went and ordered a Pizza(yeah,thts right).... and sat at another table... after the meals,she just went out and just said a formal Byee 2 all of us...Meanwhile,v were organising a master plan.... In between,Tina and manjusha also became victims of our gang!!!

The plan was simple....

One of us is gng 2 call her room and talk 2 her as a person frm HR,or some one Important... And accuse her of Mis-Using ECC(Employee Care Center) facilities... Naturally,I was the choosen one,for various reasons which include previous examples!!! So,V went 2 a PCO,and the following conversation occured... The reason for this prank was simple enough... Yeah,there is a reason...V r not cold blooded people.... KC was a little hurt by that incident...so,v planned ths one..

So,I dialed her room No...She picked up the phone

Me:- Hullu,is this room of Ms. Shanti shasi-dharan Naai..r?? (As if I had trouble pronouncing these south indian words...Actually,many ppl here have trouble...)

She:-yes,speaking...

Me:- Ma'm,I am frm ECC..V have received an information tht u were misusing Gym facilities!! This is serious and action may b taken against u..blah..blah..and some kalip blah..blah!!!

She:- No...I didnt...other blah...blah...I have taken pass,I am a member of ECC...blah..blah..

Me:- OK...do u have pass??(She was almost into tears...I can understand it frm her words..SO,I decided 2 end this prank quickly!!!)

She:- Yes Sir(Oh yeah,Sir...she called me Sir.... I fall for tht word.... OH....Gives me "Romanjam" hehe ....Jocking... Others were standing outside...Mansu was laughing like hell...KC was sitting on lawn and laughing...aby was lying on lawn..)

Me:- OK...then go to facilities room,and get a photocopy of ur pass,and Submit it....

She:-OK sir,I will do it...2 whom shld I submit??

Me:- Submit it 2......

she:- 2 whom??

Me:- 2.....Mr.Krishna Chandran....

Then,I heard her slamming the Phone... I hope it is not broken.....
Every1 was laughing out here....Then KC called 2 her cell,and peace was declared!!!!
But it was damn fun tht night.....

And,in between,I learned 2 play pool,and billiards,and also tried my luck in bowling....hehe..
Now,only tennis and Gym remains!!! But I dont think tht I will get time!! This weekend,there is no cinema in multiplex... So,getting bored,eventhough I have assignments 2 complete.. And,I got the permenent ID card frm Infy....Damn...I make this Luk good!!! And Then there was this stupid fire drill yesterday... The security ppl was very serious... they were running around...V were walking slowly...some girls took the umbrella,others took their coffee mugs,2 grab some coffee... some others were waiting 4 their PC's 2 get shut down...I just locked my PC and was walking along... I heard tht in some classes,girls started screaming and were running... In Aby's class,the guard came into class and spoke something in Kannada...No 1 understood even a single word.... A girl who understood,jumped from their seat,and ran out of the class,screaming "Bomb...Bomb"..Then every1 else too jumped and started running... The situation was almost similar in other classes..In our class,the guard just came in and said every1 2 go to football court...He didnt mention anything...So,V didnt knew wht was gng on until v reached football court!!! One thing is 4 sure,If any real thing happen,most of us wld b dead!!!!

Anyways,thts it 4 2day guys....I hope Naru is having a wonderful life @ suntec....
C ya
Naveen

Friday, September 08, 2006

Induction of a Suntecian...

An year back...leave alone...three months back...if someone said I would up end up in Suntec, I would have been laughing my ass of!
Not that I am in it completely...signed the papers (Even a stamp paper! My first ever!) and got my appointment letter...
Vallathil oru kaal chavitti...avarenne full aayittu pidichu akathu idumo atho vellathil thalli idumonnu kandariyaam!

These three days were the induction programme...to be frank I expected boring lectures...but got some precious insight into the company and any good product company in general.
First day was intermittent discussions with mega breaks for tea, lunch etc...
AC conference hallil irunnu thanuthu boradichu...none of us could get the AC controls right...Pinne spent times kathiyadi and playing with the swivel chair! Nalla rasamaanu aadan! :P

14 of us joined that day. 3 of us for technical writing, 10 as software engineers and 1 lady as HR. One of the software guy was rejoining and was somehow made to sit with us in the first day. He wasn't there the second day, so 13 of us...reminds of the last supper...will I be the Christ? :P
8 girls and 5 guys. One of the guy was in our class in MCET before the first reallotment. His name in Krishnakumar.
This batch is kinda unique that all are Malayalees...almost all others had north indians in them.

And speaking of which...there are a lot of Northies here...and our COO is British. He was on leave this week, so we didn't get to meet him. Saw the induction sheet of an earlier batch and in that he was mentioned for a session.
Sessions were very good...but some made me sleepy mainly because its ages since I sat in a class...5 minutes into Quality Assurance session and I got a fine grasp of CMMI. Earlier had mugged up and thought it in a different manner.
Most of the session takers (if not all) are the top people here. Some sessions where terrific like consulting, marketing, implementation (the second implementation session was very hot! :D ;) )

Today and the first day was at Kuravankonam and yesterday was at Technopark. We are at Nila. (Sulu, we are neighbours!) Now on its three weeks product training at the new Knowledge Center in Vazhuthacaud. We are the first batch in that facility. This will be over by October 6th. After that our posting will be at Technopark.
Training is very interesting. No classroom sessions. Training will be same for all of us, tech writers and software dudes. A complete study of the various products. Then on it will be hands on training for all of us. Seems to be much better than the boring and pretty useless classroom sessions.

Software guys would absolutely rock here. They get to work on some great stuff and never have to sit in a bench.

Food is pretty good at the Kuravankonam canteen. The veg pulao on day one sucked. But today's food was great. A little expensive though. But we dont get to eat here anymore :(
A security from my school is working here now. He is a pretty cool guy. Not sulky like other security people.

Now on its a hectic time for me. Suntec pretty stringent about Internet usage from office. Will get a better idea only after we join. It seems my nocturnal life would never really end! :D

Rock on people! God bless everybody!

THE FIRE ALARM....

HIIII ALL...

IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY ,REALLY FUNNY AND A BIT FEARFUL FOR ALL OF US HERE...THE GR8 MOCK FIRE TEST...
V WERE ALL RELAXING AFTER THE LUNCH AND WAS STARTING WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY...AND THEN IT HAPPENED...

THE SECURITY MEN RAN INTO THE CLASS AND ASKED US TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING FAST...V ALL WERE ASKED TO RUN AND ASSEMBLE AT THE SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...TAKING WHTEVER V GOT IN HAND BAG,BOOKS,CELL... V RAN OUT OF CLASS...AND CLD C EVRY OTHERS RUNNING OUT OF BUILDING...SOM HOW REACHED OUT OF THE BUILDING ...AND THEN CLD C ALMOST 4000 PPL IN THIS BUILDING OUT THERE...AND ALL RUNNING TO THE SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...NOT KNOWING WHTS HAPPENING...AT FIRST I THGT IT WLD B A MOCK TEST..BUT THERE WAS AMBULANCE AND THEN SOM FIREFORCEMEN...SO I TOO WENT TO THE ASSEMBLY POINT...SAW JACKIE ON THE WAY...AND HEARD AN AMERICAN SAYING "I VE SEEN MANY FIRE ALARMS BEFORE AND THIS WAS THE WORST ONE"...ALL IN THE HOT SUN...AT ABT 2 PM...

SO THGT TO TAKE REST IN THE GALLERY OF THE GRND...BUT THE SECURITY PPL ASKED ALL OF US TO LEAVE THT PLACE AND GO TO SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...AND THERE THEY DID SOME DEMO ON HOW TO EXTINGUISH FIRE ON THE HIGHEST BUILDING (SOM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE)...AFTER SOME 30 MINUTES OF DRAMA V WERE ASKED TO GO ON WITH OUR WORKS...AND THERE ENDED THE 'DEMO FIRE ALARM'...

WHEN ASKED THE SECURITY PERSON HE TOLD FIRE ALARM DEMOS HAPPEN OFTEN HERE...AND THEN REACHED THE LABS TO CONTINUE WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS HOPING FOR YET ANTHR MOCK FIRE ALARM.....

THE FIRE ALARM....

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IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY ,REALLY FUNNY AND A BIT FRIGHTENING FOR ALL OF US HERE...THE GR8 MOCK FIRE TEST...
V WERE ALL RELAXING AFTER THE LUNCH AND WAS STARTING WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE DAY...AND THEN IT HAPPENED...

THE SECURITY MEN RAN INTO THE CLASS AND ASKED US TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING FAST...V ALL WERE ASKED TO RUN AND ASSEMBLE AT THE SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...TAKING WHTEVER V GOT IN HAND BAG,BOOKS,CELL... V RAN OUT OF CLASS...AND CLD C EVRY OTHERS RUNNING OUT OF BUILDING...SOM HOW REACHED OUT OF THE BUILDING ...AND THEN CLD C ALMOST 4000 PPL IN THIS BUILDING OUT THERE...AND ALL RUNNING TO THE SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...NOT KNOWING WHTS HAPPENING...AT FIRST I THGT IT WLD B A MOCK TEST..BUT THERE WAS AMBULANCE AND THEN SOM FIREFORCEMEN...SO I TOO WENT TO THE ASSEMBLY POINT...SAW JACKIE ON THE WAY...AND HEARD AN AMERICAN SAYING "I VE SEEN MANY FIRE ALARMS BEFORE AND THIS WAS THE WORST ONE"...ALL IN THE HOT SUN...AT ABT 2 PM...

SO THGT TO TAKE REST IN THE GALLERY OF THE GRND...BUT THE SECURITY PPL ASKED ALL OF US TO LEAVE THT PLACE AND GO TO SAFE ASSEMBLY POINT...AND THERE THEY DID SOME DEMO ON HOW TO EXTINGUISH FIRE ON THE HIGHEST BUILDING (SOM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE)...AFTER SOME 30 MINUTES OF DRAMA V WERE ASKED TO GO ON WITH OUR WORKS...AND THERE ENDED THE 'DEMO FIRE ALARM'...

WHEN ASKED THE SECURITY PERSON HE TOLD FIRE ALARM DEMOS HAPPEN OFTEN HERE...AND THEN REACHED THE LABS TO CONTINUE WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS HOPING FOR YET ANTHR MOCK FIRE ALARM.....