While having paratha, aloo gobi masala and mutter palaka with Sudipto, we were chatting and I realized its amazing the number of languages I know.
Four languages: English, MArathi, Hindi and Gujarati I know since childhood. There are many additions to it since I joined Infy.
I have very good malyalam friends in Infosys since more than a year now. Malyalam even though being as complicated as it is, I do now around 20 words in it :). My room mates in Hyd were Tamil, so I learnt quiet a bit of Tamil in Hyderabad and now my roommates in Bangalore are mostly Punjabi so I am learning Punjabi as well.
I have learnt some Bengali from Soumita/ Moumita in past. One of my room mate here Sudipto is Bengali too.I find Bengali easy to understand. Also a very good friend in office is from Orissa, so I am listening to that language as well. I have Telegu friends as well.
Hmm thats quiet a handful of languages: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, English, Malyalam, Tamil, Telegu, Punjabi, Bengali, Orissa. I know 10 languages, BEAT THAT!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
13th Feb 2010
Kemo nacho! Bhalo ,khub bhalo! I said to Sudipto when I came home some time back. It was indeed a very fruitful day.
Got up at 0830 in the morning. Was in the mood to study and remarkably I solved around 75 sums of GMAT in an hour or so, that is certainly remarkable, GMAT quant seems so bull shit in front of CAT quant!!! Neways not settling with that I started critical reasoning too taday. Did around 10 questions and it went pretty well.
When you are in appropriate mood to study, you can do a lot in very little time and when your mind is somewhere else, even if you sit for hours it won't result in too much. Well we all know this by now.
How can I forget PArshubaba, sada super cook. Made multicuisine breakfast today. We had punjab de garam gobi parathe and south style seviya bath. Quite a handful breakfast. However as I found out later Parshubaba didnt come to prepare lunch explaining it with the fact that he hade made parathas in the morning. Rite now sirji is preparing dinner" Palak mutter and roti/parathe."
So back to my day, after studyin for couple of hours in the afternoon, I went to buy sada belt. I had thought of buying it from a mall, however it was out of my budget, so I got from a local shop. I got a pretty cheap deal, lets hope the belt lasts long. Fingers crossed.
Sukki. One thing famous in our area is Sukhi. It is like hybrid of sev puri and pani puri. Well not exactly as neither does it have sev nor pani...lol. It has everything of the both apart from those two. Asi, PANjabi and jassi had the signature Sukkki at our Sukki point. Today it tasted fabulous.
After that as I was well dressed, I thought of going to Oasis mall, then I thought lets go for a big ride. I went all the way to Forum on bike! First time. Actually I was tempted to go all the way to EC(Electronic City), but my logical mind told me not to as it is too far.
So I did reach Forum by myself on bike. I have been to Jayanagar before on bike, but that was early morning. This was right into the peak hours of Bangalore and I proved ,myself that I am a good enough biker ;) .
So I went to Forum, roamed around inside for an hour. And yeah incidently today was the first time I did a paid parking :P. Hmmm so many firsts today!
So I had a nice time in Forum. I started my ride back home. Had to ask an autowala, just to be sure of directions. But, I reached sada home sweet home 126/A safely in one piece to write this post.
Lessons learnt:
You gain confidence in anything by doing it and doing it often.
Bangalore traffic is bad.
Lot of pollution at red signals, everybody keeping their engines on!
Always keep an eye on passing gas stations if you are like me, who always rides in reserve ;)
Be happy in whatever you do and make each day count!
Got up at 0830 in the morning. Was in the mood to study and remarkably I solved around 75 sums of GMAT in an hour or so, that is certainly remarkable, GMAT quant seems so bull shit in front of CAT quant!!! Neways not settling with that I started critical reasoning too taday. Did around 10 questions and it went pretty well.
When you are in appropriate mood to study, you can do a lot in very little time and when your mind is somewhere else, even if you sit for hours it won't result in too much. Well we all know this by now.
How can I forget PArshubaba, sada super cook. Made multicuisine breakfast today. We had punjab de garam gobi parathe and south style seviya bath. Quite a handful breakfast. However as I found out later Parshubaba didnt come to prepare lunch explaining it with the fact that he hade made parathas in the morning. Rite now sirji is preparing dinner" Palak mutter and roti/parathe."
So back to my day, after studyin for couple of hours in the afternoon, I went to buy sada belt. I had thought of buying it from a mall, however it was out of my budget, so I got from a local shop. I got a pretty cheap deal, lets hope the belt lasts long. Fingers crossed.
Sukki. One thing famous in our area is Sukhi. It is like hybrid of sev puri and pani puri. Well not exactly as neither does it have sev nor pani...lol. It has everything of the both apart from those two. Asi, PANjabi and jassi had the signature Sukkki at our Sukki point. Today it tasted fabulous.
After that as I was well dressed, I thought of going to Oasis mall, then I thought lets go for a big ride. I went all the way to Forum on bike! First time. Actually I was tempted to go all the way to EC(Electronic City), but my logical mind told me not to as it is too far.
So I did reach Forum by myself on bike. I have been to Jayanagar before on bike, but that was early morning. This was right into the peak hours of Bangalore and I proved ,myself that I am a good enough biker ;) .
So I went to Forum, roamed around inside for an hour. And yeah incidently today was the first time I did a paid parking :P. Hmmm so many firsts today!
So I had a nice time in Forum. I started my ride back home. Had to ask an autowala, just to be sure of directions. But, I reached sada home sweet home 126/A safely in one piece to write this post.
Lessons learnt:
You gain confidence in anything by doing it and doing it often.
Bangalore traffic is bad.
Lot of pollution at red signals, everybody keeping their engines on!
Always keep an eye on passing gas stations if you are like me, who always rides in reserve ;)
Be happy in whatever you do and make each day count!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wisdom comes with age.
I was just thinking, comparing myself now and myself a year ago, or may be three years ago. Has anything changed?
Certainly with time and by staying by myself I am learning a lot in life, I am getting more mature with time. I am able to make better decisions in life.
Of course my family and friends have always been there for me throughout my life. My parents have done a lot for me during my torrid times in Mumbai and my sister has always been ready to give me much needed advise whenever I have seeked from her.
I have been lucky enough to have wonderful friends in life and had wonderful times with them. The time I spent with them in Mysore, Hyd and Bang will be cherished by me forever.
Also I have learnt how to work and succeed as a team, how to prioritize work and how to manage finances. I seriously think dad has been a major help when it comes to handling finances, I owe a lot to him. Also I cant forget all the wonderful food mom has made for me, the weekends when I used to go to Milan mall with her. I am really lucky to have such a wonderful family and I thank God and my family for the same.
I just felt like writing this post, to express how grateful and thankful I am to everyone and I promise to reciprocate whenever I get the chance.
Certainly with time and by staying by myself I am learning a lot in life, I am getting more mature with time. I am able to make better decisions in life.
Of course my family and friends have always been there for me throughout my life. My parents have done a lot for me during my torrid times in Mumbai and my sister has always been ready to give me much needed advise whenever I have seeked from her.
I have been lucky enough to have wonderful friends in life and had wonderful times with them. The time I spent with them in Mysore, Hyd and Bang will be cherished by me forever.
Also I have learnt how to work and succeed as a team, how to prioritize work and how to manage finances. I seriously think dad has been a major help when it comes to handling finances, I owe a lot to him. Also I cant forget all the wonderful food mom has made for me, the weekends when I used to go to Milan mall with her. I am really lucky to have such a wonderful family and I thank God and my family for the same.
I just felt like writing this post, to express how grateful and thankful I am to everyone and I promise to reciprocate whenever I get the chance.
Rann
Yesterday I saw this movie Rann. Very nice movie with a message. Amitabh Bachan proves again he can do any kind of roll. What is good to see is Ritesh Deshmukh in a more responsible and mature role. Good performance and nice story.
The movie shows to what extend media can go to make news and make money. How politicians do anything to come to power and how there are still few good man who stand up for the truth and the right.
Paresh Rawal is in a negative role and has done justice to the character. I would definetly recommend this movie to all.
What else, really looking forward to go home after a long time. Job is going pretty good, learning things everyday and enjoying to work in a wonderful team.
I would like to quote something which my friend wrote in facebook: "Behind every successful man there is a women. However women go only behind successful men" Some people crave only material wealth...and suffer.
The movie shows to what extend media can go to make news and make money. How politicians do anything to come to power and how there are still few good man who stand up for the truth and the right.
Paresh Rawal is in a negative role and has done justice to the character. I would definetly recommend this movie to all.
What else, really looking forward to go home after a long time. Job is going pretty good, learning things everyday and enjoying to work in a wonderful team.
I would like to quote something which my friend wrote in facebook: "Behind every successful man there is a women. However women go only behind successful men" Some people crave only material wealth...and suffer.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Settled in Project
"The most difficult part of the project is the transition, once you enter the steady state it would be smooth". This is what my team lead used to tell us from the beginning. Now we are in steady state and yes I do agree with what he had said, life is very good and relaxing now.
I worked in night shift last two weeks, sometimes I did feel sleepy a lot and was wondering if only I could have a bed to take a nap. But I had volunteered for the shift and cannot complain, good think is, that is over.Now I am in day shift and no night shift this month. Also am going home at the end of this month, Pav Bhaaij, Vaada Pav, Undhiyu, RK Veg Biryani, etc etc I can hardly wait. Long time since I went home.
Also first time I am going home after coming to Bangalore, I remember how I used to go home from Mysore via Bangalore and write a post in this blog from the Airport. Those were the days I was in training in Mysore, what we called honeymoon period in IT industry.But I feel very relaxed now. Also,I am glad I got such a good project.
Last Saturday again we had a team outing, we went for the movie Sherlock Holmes, very nice movie. Also we had lunch in Sind Sultan in Forum Mall, had a nice time. Next month again we have our project party, we had it in Christmas last time I think, we are supposed to have it once every quarter, so basically life is good. Certainly time is running very fast!
I worked in night shift last two weeks, sometimes I did feel sleepy a lot and was wondering if only I could have a bed to take a nap. But I had volunteered for the shift and cannot complain, good think is, that is over.Now I am in day shift and no night shift this month. Also am going home at the end of this month, Pav Bhaaij, Vaada Pav, Undhiyu, RK Veg Biryani, etc etc I can hardly wait. Long time since I went home.
Also first time I am going home after coming to Bangalore, I remember how I used to go home from Mysore via Bangalore and write a post in this blog from the Airport. Those were the days I was in training in Mysore, what we called honeymoon period in IT industry.But I feel very relaxed now. Also,I am glad I got such a good project.
Last Saturday again we had a team outing, we went for the movie Sherlock Holmes, very nice movie. Also we had lunch in Sind Sultan in Forum Mall, had a nice time. Next month again we have our project party, we had it in Christmas last time I think, we are supposed to have it once every quarter, so basically life is good. Certainly time is running very fast!
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