Friday, December 10, 2010

எண்ணம்

எண்ணம் அழகானால், எல்லாம் அழகாகும் ...

Friday, August 6, 2010

If i Quit

Recent times, "have put my papers" have become fashion of the day..Hardly people stick for 2-3yrs in a company..I am an exception though..
I have seen many people with change in attitude in their notice period. Questions come in mind -"Do i really need to work", "Who cares"..etc etc..
Initially a question would be of the format "Yeah, i shall do it"..later it would change to, "The complexity is too high that i need to check the feasibility"..then at the fag end it would be"do i really need to do it?"..
Of course people are paid for the notice period. I personally feel, commitment should be the same throughout. But i also have some good friends, who have worked the same way, till their last working day!!. Hats off to them
Between , I am neither a manager nor a HR. I am just a engineer. Readers should not get these questions in their mind, so i am making myself clear here...
Hope i follow the same, when i get a chance to quit too.

Some courtesy plz..

On my way back to home from office, was waiting in the signal..It had started to drizzle by then..There was a public transport which had halted in the signal too. These days, we find some buses in chennai which ply with automatic door locking system,. Though they claim its automatic door, its controlled by the driver. The doors doesn’t have any intelligence of its own.
A old couple was knocking the bus door, driver took a notice and refused to open..I felt bit annoyed seeing it..By then it started raining very heavily..
First instant i felt, its wrong to board a bus in the signal. These days most of the signals are fitted with timers, we had couple of seconds for the signal to turn green.
They were repeatedly banging the door, and the driver turned deaf ears..Then the old couple staggered to walk and managed to reach the payment...What is he going to loose by letting them in?? Is he giving a place in his home for them to stay?? Is it too much of courtesy to expect from a third person??

Monday, May 31, 2010

Trek to Nagalapuram-05/30/2010


I had registered with CTC(chennai trekking club) for quite sometime now. But so far haven’t got an opportunity to join them. Fortunately made it for social trek to nagalapuram with some of the kids from premavsam home on 05/30/2010. We were asked to assemble near koyambedu by 5.20am. I kept my alarms by 4.20 in cell phones, actually I kept two alarms, as I very well knew I would snooze it and doze off. Managed to get up early and reached koyambedu by 5.20. My dad dropped me. He felt very in secured, though I explained him so much about CTCs, as like any other parent, he asked questions like – how will you go with strangers?, is it safe etc etc..Convinced him to an extent. After meeting the people there, he felt bit comfortable, but I could see him take a note of the vehicle numbers..I was wondering, what if someone else notices that, wont they think bad??..But that’s the parental thing..
We started from koyambedu and reached the home at porur in some half an hour time. I met my other friends at the same place. As soon as we entered, it was so moving to see the kid’s excitement. They were jumping with joy.. All kids were rushing towards balaji(calling him balaji anna..vanga..)..he was crowded with some 10 kids, they were holding his hands and happily welcoming him to their home.. Next favorite person in the group for the kids is peter uncle..it was awesome to witness..We took the kids , and headed towards nagala. Its roughly 125kms from chennai. In the midway we have a place called utukotai, where we stopped for breakfast. All were given idli parcels, with tasty sambars..After breakfast we resumed our travel and in some one hr drive reached nagalauram
By then sun was straight above our head. Caps were distributed to the kids. Food packets were distributed for lunch, which we were asked to keep in our bags. Each trekker was given a responsibility of taking care of the kid. But it was just the other way. A kid named balaji accompanied me, but my walking speed was too slow for him, and he almost ran away from me., initially there was no shade, and we were walking under the sun for 1 hr. All were asked to apply sunscreen, but I don’t think that would have had much effect on us, and in sometime I tanned like charcoal.
Initial terrain was rocky, some places were muddy, slippery ..Then after a walk for one hour, we were able to witness some trees, and we entered the foothills of nagala. Took some interim breaks there. After sometime, we witnessed a stream flowing. Kids started jumping into it. I thought that was the destination, and I felt, “Oops for this small stream, did we walk so much??”. By then someone said, no its just some 30% of walk, we need to walk further..We dipped our legs in the initial stream and it was refreshing.
Walked further, there were narrow trails, bumpy ones, slippery paths, rocky terrains..Whoever was beside me, I grabbed their hands and walked..One was commenting “ I think you will push me”..I also remember there was one guy, with grey t-shirt, I don’t know his name..He really had a difficult time with me, I was taking his help often on slippery paths. I was making him slow as well..He would help me , then march forward..but his bad fate, often had to encounter me ..thanks to that unknown person ..March, march, march..finally we reached the falls..it was worth the walk..very very pleasant and cool waters welcomed us..Din take much of time to jump into it..swimmers helped the non swimmers ..I used the rubber tyres and tried floating ..was successful to an extent ..after splashing in water for sometime, we were damn hungry..We were given parcels of lemon and cud rice..That was like a heavenly delight..Spent time sitting on the rocks and chatting..Next thought came in my mind- “how will I walk back?”..No other go..have to do..but return was much more pleasant..In fact took us less time..Took some sanps here and there..Tilak, peter, sudhir uncle, balaji are some of the names I remember. Tilak would encourage me, “common, its easy..jump, jump”…such a great ppl with great mindset..one can learn what really modesty is from CTC guys..It was indeed a great break for me..Finally we assembled near the cars..Sunita dugar, offered me some buns..I was in a state, where I would eat anything edible..finally said good bye to all, and started..I got down at some point near my home..back to home, sweet home..:)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

சொற்கம்

பசித்தவுடன் சோறு ..
படுத்தவுடன் உறக்கம் ..
என்றும் நட்புடன் சூழும் நண்பர்கள் ..
கண்ணில் கண்ணீர் சொரியும் முன் , அதை ஏந்த இரு கைகள் ..
நந்தவனமாய் ஒரு குடும்பம் ...
இதுவே சொற்கம் அல்லவா?

Sunday, May 2, 2010

My Visit to santhome

Last weekend i happened to go for an english play with my cousin..The play was casted at alliance franciase (nugambakkam). Just thought would give a try, as i always end up going to movies..It was indeed a good experience, and i had a good time..The crew were college students. I was amazed to see them follow their passion and dream..The entire crew managed to run the show with sponsors.
For long, i wanted to visit the santhome church..Being a chennaite for years, have not been there even once..From the play we headed to the church..It was a very big church with amazing architectural significance. When we visited, we happened to witness a wedding too. I do the remember the name of the bride (Grace). It was truly a different experience. There is also a museum at the same venue.
It was really a different and great weekend for me..

Sunday, March 28, 2010

குரல்

கண்ணில் கண்ணீர் வந்ததும் , ஜோர் என மழை பெய்தது ..
ஏன் இந்த கண்ணீர் , என்று கோபமாக இயற்கையின் குரல்...
" இனி எப்பொழுதும் சிரி" என்று தலையில் கொட்டி பாடம் உரைத்தது இயற்கை அன்னை

அம்மாவின் உறக்கம்

அசதியில் நீ உறங்கினாய்
உன் குறட்டையும் எனக்கு சங்கீதமாய் ஒலித்ததே ..

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A day @ offic!

Day starts with morning alarm @ 9AM, then with a boost (boost is the secret of my energy!!)..slowly will drag myself into office by 11. Mail checking, oops 1 hour gone.. Check all important sites, gmail, orkut, facebook etc.. Refresh, refersh , refresh until a new scraps comes in...If nothing works out, ping someone who is idle in gtalk!!

Time is 1PM, oh my god, have done lot of work..let me go for a lunch break..I sincerely follow the advice not to eat in a hurry..so i tell it to myself ..take your own time to eat..

Back to cube by 2pm..let me do some justice..will work for sometime...

3pm, time for a tea break..return to cube, attend some meetings (just a group discussion to decide nothing can be done, but optmistically trying to bring out, out of box solutions)...

Finaly, OMG so much work I have done..now time to rush to the cab!!
I can hear the mind voice of the reader now "company velangidum!!!"

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Matinanda kaipulla...

As any other org, in mine too, for any fresher we have stuffs like mentoring, evaluations, reviews..blah blah blah..
Today i was introduced to a guy who is a fresher..we were three in the meeting room..me, my lead and the young clad..Question started with tell me about yourself, final year project etc etc..As any fresher, his talks was accompanied by constants sir's and madam's..My lead interupted, dont call me sir..Ours is a very friendly enviroment and has a open culture..(oh is it!!)..
There were series of questions, i was a silent spectator, thinking (kelvi kekardu easy, badila sollu thambi!! read it in Gilli style)..He was asked to complete his evals in stringent deadline of 3 weeks time..And a certification is must, else will not be let into project (Gosh! when did this rule come in)..
Then topic diverted to commitment, ownership, creativity, and finaly moved to philosophy..I was crying, aiyo oh no...the fresher was adviced with bhagavat gita chanting" do your duty, dont expect anything in return"..I was praying, plz dont enter in it further, luckily the philosophy stopped..After some discussion for half an hour, the meet ended with all the best..I sighed "oh god, finally its done..thankoos"..
When the guy moved out, only thought that was lingering in my mind was "matinanda kaipulla..evlo adichalum thangaran, evan rumba nalavannnnnnnnnn"

Friday, February 12, 2010

Me as a programmer...

This weekend, planned for the movie -"Tamil Padam".Heard its very comical one..I started checking some online bookings for the tickets..There wasnt any tickets in any good theatre. Desperate to kill my boredom, tried booking in a "ok type.." theatre..Movie plan was with my cousin.
As in any website, you can select your seats, I chose two and clicked next for the payment gateway. Only three seats were available by then..Then i realised i had chosen the wrong credit card type, as i couldnt navigate back opened a fresh window for booking. To my dismay those two seats were greyed out. Though i havent made payments on a selection, ticket is deemed to be booked..I thought, somewhere someone like me would be the programmer for this stupid site :-)
Then i refershed..refreshed..for some 10mins..nothing positive worked...
After sometime, tried in an other browser, and luckily it was available..So the programmer is now in a decent grade. If it hadnt worked in other browser, i would have cursed him/her even more badly..
If this is the case, once could click all the seats, and quit without making payemnts isnt, which would incur great loss to the theatre owner...
In yet another site, a drop down menu throwed an error -"null 0"..Again somewhere some programmer had written, and somewhere a tester like me had tested :-)
World is small, and we keep witnessing it!!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Monday, February 8, 2010

பார்வை

கருப்பு கண்ணாடி அணிதிருந்தேன் , உலகமே கருப்பாய் தெரிந்தது ..
நீல நிற கண்ணாடி அணிதிருந்தேன் , உலகமே நீலமாய் தெரிந்தது ..
கண்ணாடி கயர்டி பார்த்தேன் , உலகமே அழகாய் தெரிந்தது
நாம் மற்டவர்களை பார்க்கும் பார்வையும் இப்படி தானோ??

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Just for gags

Dec, Jan is the peak season for all tax consultants....I am really bad at it..being in the industry for some 3 odd years now, i still find it very difficult to calculate my taxes and savings.
We were approached by one consultant ( it was a she)..me and my friend patiently listened to all those stuffs, as if were future ambanis..
She was explaining to us about an insurance scheme..these were her words "The insurance coverage is 15lakhs"..i was thinking if to tell it in a point blank way, "common dude if you die, your family would be paid 15L"..After explaining to us for almost some 10 or 15 odd mins, she asked us, do you have any questions..I kept quiet, smiled saying "nothing mam, will contact you if needed"..
Before i could finish, my friend asked her -" when will we get that 15L ( with a innocent tone)???"..
I really couldnt hide my laughter..but with patience , the consultant said "thats only in case of risk mam"..
even still i used to tease her , with the same odd tone " when will we get that 15L"..If she happened to read this piece, i would definetly end up getting a slap!!!