Living life the 80/20 way.

It's a name of a book by Robert Koch. I started reading self improvement books since quite a while now, and the best one is the one mentioned above.

It is based on a scientifically proven fact, it is a very practical book and I have learnt a lot from this book. It says that 80% of happiness and results in life come from 20% of efforts. We need to think about our happy times, what was so different than and try to do that more often.

We should spent more time with people we care about, we should try to achieve more with less and not more with more, which is what everybody looks for.

There are many ways of doing things, we should choose the option which will require minimum effort and will fetch us maximum result. We need to train our mind to think in this way, always look out for options and choose the best option.

Well that's some things which I read in the book, it is a very good read and I would recommend everyone to check out the book. One last thing that I would like to mention that the book says is: "We should earn to live and not live to earn".

Well apart from the book, I am having the time of my life right now, I am spending more time learning and enjoying playing sports and less time wasting on TV and on things which are not important to me or which will not make me happy.

I went for the movie "Hangover" yesterday, it was an awesome movie, I went with my room mates, we went to PVR, very nice cinema and tickets were only 100 bucks for night show, I remember giving 175 in PVR mumbai for an evening show.

Everything else is fine, our project went well and everybody is impressed by our work. I also learnt a lot from the experience and am now looking to build Competency in few technologies.

TRANSFORMATION

Yesterday I was talking to dad and I recalled an incident, once we had gone to Shoppers STop and I saw everything there was so damn expensive, I asked him if anyone would at all be buying all these branded and expensive stuff.

I went shopping yesterday and I bought the following things: 1 Reebok sweat shirt worth 800bucks, 1 Woodland Formal shoes worth 1800 bucks and one Formal Shirt from Shoppers Stop worth 1G.

The point is now that I am earning well and working in a good company, I myself buy only branded stuff. I got the answer to the Q I asked my dad longed back at shoppers stop, I got the answer when I myself did shopping at shoppers stop.

Well apart from that, my first project at Infosys got over, it was a very nice experience, our PM is very nice and friendly, I consider myself lucky to have worked with him in my first project at Infosys.

I am in Hyderabad and in my first free weekend yesterday, me and my friends went to shopoping yesterday to abids and GVK one, where I bought the above mentioned products.

I opened an account this week in LinkedIn. this is my home page in LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kartikvyas01

Everything else is fine,I am enjoyin in hyderabad...

TIBCO

Well eventually my training got over at Mysore and I got posting in hyderabad. Hyderabad being a tier 1 city I am having a good time here. Also the fact that there is a chance I may get a project, I am happy.

Currently I am undergoing 4 days vigorous training in TIBCO.It is a middleware software and something new and exciting..I am having a good time in Hyderabad. Also I will be moving out of the campus this Sunday to stay outside as accomodation is available only till then. The most important thing is I HAVE A BLACK TAG, I look at it all the time and feel happy.

Whether I will get a project on TIBCO or not, time will tell, but one thing is for sure, the hard part has just started, life in production is lot different than training,u have a manager, I have a very bad one. We have to work 12 hours, 6 days a week and not only work, give output as well..

April 2009 was very bad for me, I lost my elder brother Vaibhav, in an accident, but no one can do anything against God's will. We were very close to each other and no one can replace him. I will always remember him and all the wonderful times we spent together.

Six months at Infosys

I am back, after a long time. Again at Banglore airport. I have finished almost six months at Infosys Mysore in training.

There has been lots of ups and downs but I have enjoyed it all the way.I had flunked in my stream compre and had to give recompre.If I would have flunked in REcompre I would have been out, but thanks to elders blessings and God's grace it went well and I cleared it comfortably.

My dear sister Truptiben had a beautiful baby girl, they named her Annika, I am very happy for them and wish Truptiben and Rakeshbhai a very happy life.

Wht else IPL 2 is going on, last time champions Rajasthan Royals are in bottom half of the table, thanks to absence of PAkistan players and shane watson.

I so around 25 movies till now in Infosys multiplex, recently I saw Fast and Furious 4, awesome movie, I saw it twice, really loved all the stunts and action.

Now my extended training is going on at infosys, we do not have exit policy now so everyone is relaxed. We had our Integrated project evaluation yesterday, we scored 88%, a comfortable A.

Wht else I am happy to go home after 4 months, have lots of good food, meet family, do some shopping, watch IPL and have fun.

One month at Infosys

This is a post after a long time so its gonna be a long one...
Well guess what I am an Infoscion now, already over a month gone at Infosys, I am having the time of my life. I am living life kingsize. I have my own personal room fully firnished with an LCD tv, daily room service, a king size bed, and very good bathroom, but I am in the room only at night to sleep.

Well my training is going on, pretty hectic ,have to attend lectures, do assignments and projects and all, its a very good learning experience. I was struggling to get an A ,but in my last test I scored 90% to get an A, it is a very satisfying feeling.

The dress code here is to be followed very strictly and I like wearing formal shoes, tie and all ,so enjoying that too..We have 5 food courts here and also subway and dominoz pizza,so that is where I fulfill my apetite.

Some days back was a very bad day, it was 26/11/2008, some terrorists took hold of the famous taj mahal hotel and captured several hostages, also at various other places in mumbai experienced bomb blasts..It was a grim day for all of us mumbaikars...

Cricket..India beat Australia in the test series, the Border Gavaskar trophy. Also in the current test series against England ,we chased down a challenging target, the first day of second test is going on now, the score is india 163 for1. After Kumble retiring from test cricket , Dhoni has took over the captaincy and has a 100% track record and looks good to keep it for now.

Also tomorrow is Bhakti's wedding and my thread ceremony, hope everything goes well and everyone have fun..i am right now at banglore airport waiting to board my flight 2 hours from now.

What else I have made many new friends at INfosys, its lots of fun...I also took part in one of the competitions here where we were shown a picture and we had to write an essay on it, i did pretty well ,was not expecting to win but was hoping to win,but unfortunately I didnt.

I have taken many pictures of my room and the campus I will upload them at snapfish, also I will upload some here now, if I can.

Barack Obama

He is the new President of United States of America. He is the first black President of United States of America. During election there was a record number of turnout of people to cast their vote...Obama was the outright favorite and Obama eventually won.

He owns the word "Change", certainly giving the people of USA and all around the world a hope of a change in the current economic scenario, he is no mug though ,he is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, we can rest assure of the "Change".

He is expected to take office as the forty-fourth President of the United States on January 20, 2009. He also is currently the Junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States, and was the first to be nominated for President by a major U.S. political party.Obama is also the first candidate born in Hawaii to have been nominated and subsequently elected president.

A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, he became the first African American to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.

Obama has a very dashing personality and is confident of what he is doing, he is very young and energetic and he is more like the Bill Clinton in all respects may be better than him, he is certainly way better than Bush, at least as far as English goes..........lol. He is the people's president , he is also like some kind of celebrity, the way people react to him when they see him, it seems so. He is young and promising and we all keep our fingers crossed in the hope that he brings the "Change" he has promised.

Superman

Today was a very significant day of my life...i will never forget today...1st November 2008, many reasons. To start with today I came to know abt Superman, how a boy turned into a man and a man turned in to a Superman...

Well today I informed everyone that I am leaving first source as i received my first salary a kool 11k, I will resign on Monday, I am looking forward to a new life.. life at Infosys..it will be a whole new world and I will be on my own..I plan to get into a better shape and built up some more muscles if possible! offcourse job comes first!

Since the last 3 days ,the drop tht we get till our home has been very good for me, the car crusing at 110kmph ,zooom. I never enjoyed night life in mumbai, but zooming at 110kmph while listening to 93.5 is my idea of a fun night out...especially when it is at company's expense.

A1. This has some significance in my life too! When I take a new number I save it as A1 in my phone book, new number implies my new number...the above sentence may sound weird but well....I am feeling sleepy so not sure wht all i am typing.

In my preprocess training , I learnt abt the UK culture, and abt the queen, her royalty and all , I simply love the Queen. Also in my training I learnt a lot abt, telephone networks and computer networks...I also learnt that u pronounce telephone as telaphone and apologise as appologise and many other such things. Also I was the hummer of the class.. I used to do the biggest hummmmmmm.

I will never forget all the friends I made, Pavan, Vinay, Nitin, Somesh, Darshan, Junaid, Steve, Chetan, Naireet, Anand, Afrina, Jatin, Saurabh and Nidhi.....love you all!

HAPPY DIWALI

A very Happy Diwali to all! I remember how my last diwali was, I was not well, could'nt study and I got many kt's in the exams as well, exactly one year later, now I am in complete control and very happy with life. I am a Computer Engineer now and I am joining infosys on 10th november, start of a hopefully successful career.

There are many things I like about Diwali, the lights all around, the smile on everyone's face, the presence of happiness around and offcourse I love opening Diwali gifts, especially I love chocolates and electronics.

It is almost a month now in my job at first source, the process training has started, we are learning wht to say and wht all to do on calls, although it is no rocket science, we need to be disciplined and strictly follow the guidelines to keep or improve our quality ratings.

Also abt a fortnight from now, everybody is coming over at our place for the weddings, this time we are keeping the diwali lights right till january as we celebrate the marriage of Vaibhav and Bhakti. I hope everything goes well and everybody has a great time.

India defeated australia in the second test match of the test series, Ganguly is playing his last series, the Prince of Kolkota will be missed by many of his fans, and he did score a century in the last test match so he is quitting in style. Also MS Dhoni lead the team very well and also batted very well and was man of the match. It was his second test match as captain and he has 100% record.

I have made many new friends too at first source and hope to do so in mysore......

Life is Good

Hi all, its been 20 days in my first job, my pre process training is complete, my process training starts from tomorrow. It has been sooo much fun, even more fun than my college days, I never expected the happiness I would get in this job.

Well there is even better news, I got my joining letter at Infosys, its on 10th of november, in Mysore, which is the best training centre in the world. For me the real thing will begin then.

Coming back at my First Source job, we all learnt soo much, we learnt the basic PPEVA i.e. Pitch, pace, Energy, Volume and Articulation, which are necessary to be modulated while on call. We learnt a lot about UK pronunciation ,the culture, and from tomorrow we will learn abt the process. The timing of my process training are from 6 to 3, yes 6pm to 3am ,atleast on the first day, the reason being there is a lot of demand for CSA in talktalk.

I also got Reebok shoes today, my previous one got damaged ,so I got one for 1300 from BATA, I have to wear casuals in INfosys as well. Today I will also learn how to wear a tie, the windsor knot, Tie is mandatory on mondays and tuesdays ,its like a dream come true, INFOSYS!

Also I am looking forward to my siblings marriages ,two of them ,I wish both of them a very happy and successful marriage life.

Talk talk

My first job! A BPO ,this what I say when u call from UK: "Good Morning, welcome to talk talk broadband you are speaking with kartik. Can I start by taking your BT telephone number please?"
Damn have to make 2 presentations daily in training ,today was not good, will try to compensate tommorrow.

There are 15 of us in the batch ,2 gals in them , everyone one is very good and cooperative and work is a lot of fun. I like dressing up in formal attire and we have to follow that first 4 days every week , so I like that too!

Just to make sure that my tomm. presentation goes well I will type it right here so that I can remember it:

Students may write teachers report cards.

All our school life we have been graded by our teachers. Teachers have been giving us marks and decide our fate,but now there is some new concept coming in the educational field.

University students might soon get to assess their teachers and help decide whether they deserve promotion or not.

While recommending huge pay hikes and incentives for teachers, the university grants commission pay review committe has proposed a system of accountability in the universities and colleges across the country.

Students will asses teachers along with academic heads and colleagues. The process is already in place in the IIT's.

The mulitsource evaluation process requires the teachers capabilities to be certified by academice heads and colleagues as well.

Teachers union have already voiced their concerns about the proposal, saying India is still not prepared for it.

Multiple parameters like regularity in classroom teaching, availibility to students for consultation, participating in faculty meetings,research and other academic activities would be considered while assessing a teachers accountibility.

Though the proposal has been termed unprecedented, the english and foreign language university in hyderabad has already put the process in place.

the presentation is like ijjat ka sawal. hope i do well.