American Cockroach in Indian bathroom!

The last weekend

Gave the XML Master xam. Satisfied and relieved.
Took the Cadillac DTS to drive to Austin. hit 98mph (for international audience: 1m = 1.6km). But for the traffic would've crossed 100. missed out on that one :(

Boy! I easily remember the first certification exam i had given, SCJP, it wsa a big surprise to me. And an eye opener, these cert guys are not out there to pass on credibility to 'nothingness'.
For this exam i was prepared. Well, not as prepared as a test taker should be, but prepared enough to handle surprises :)

I realised i have lost stamina to give long exams. After just an hour of this exam i was tired and bored enough to give up the last 3-4minutes while i could still have revisited a few of the doubtful questions.

Seems, i'm not in the mood to write more...excuse me folks... ta ta.

XML Master

ich bin einen XML Master jest...
another cert in the kitty. uska fayada uthane ke liye nikalna padega current 50ooo ki demography main se...

my mom

was beginning to prepare masoor dal (ya...i cook masoor too! amazing what a man living alone would do for the paapi pate)...just pondering over how much time it's gonna take for me for the whole 'ordeal'...and i realised that mom made breakfast, lunch and dinner. 99% of the times there was new food in each of those meals (an impossible number when you are away from home!).

Ma, not a day goes by when i can't think of something good you've done for us.

a funny thing

a funny thing happened when we went to watch rdb.
after the movie ended i was waiting outside the theatre waiting for others to come out. They had gone to pay a visit to the 'su su' fairy after the 3 hour movie (he he! i know you Love that word!). And while i was waiting, this 15 something girl came to me and asked "can i dance around you?". lol! wut problem could i possibly have...if it was only a one time! so i said yes...she danced around me a couple of times and then went away.
weird,,, funny,,, made me smile.

don't make no sense to me...

So why keep running after the perfect sense?! there is no such thing as perfect sense...it only comes in bits and pieces...not even like a jigsaw that you could win if you put 'em together. There's always a piece missing ;)
what a funda...wah!

RDB 06

Incidently this is the first Hindi movie i've seen in a picture hall in US.

Rang De Basanti is an good movie. Have i done this before...what?! well given a movie 8/10!

The story, even though, unrealistic in a couple of instances has a lot that can be related to real life. The story line is different, and the caste was well sorted out. If you are in the mood, you'll love the comedy.

The movie has an explicit message for the youth of India. India is your. You have to take charge. Even the style of taking charge is not the best one, the ending justifies the result. So you gotta keep two things in mind - that you should take charge. and not in the most obvious way ;)

Saif's sister is in this one. Nothing special about her.
Rehman's music, as always amazing. 10 on 10.
Roobaroo is the best. Nice lyrics and absolutely contextual.

yippee!

just figured out that my car also has a sliding sun roof! Earlier we though it was just a moon roof...because the button din't seem to work.
But ofcourse! we never tried turning on the ignition before clicking the button ;) he he!

just gotta go to the dealer and get the darn code for the audio player and check if the CD players works good as well!

blue swede - Hooked on a feeling

Ouga Chaka ouga! ....

I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me.
Girl, you just don't realize
What you do to me.
When you hold me
In your arms so tight,
You let me know,
Everythings alright, ahahah

I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That your in love with me.

Lips as sweet as candy.
Their taste stays on my mind.
Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine.

I got it bad for you girl,
But I don't need a cure,
I'll just stay addicted, If I can endure
All the good love, when we're all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on.
...

sweet song

Today we though of trying out the pool table int he apartment recreation room...we found that they haven't given the keys to us!! :(
Atleast i can use the gym. Go there to sweat it out sometimes.

Also tried dinner at India-Palace one more time. The first time was an incident to remember. It is a legend. All of us who were there oni that day suggest India-Palace to those who comem to SA for the first time!...so they appreciate the other good things in life ;)
Tonight the dinner was okay. I guess served dinner is mostly better than buffet...

I want to be busy. I want to be so busy, i don't find time to think about things that trouble me.
I want to be busy, and do myslef some good.

then what?!

So the problem is that my clients don't know what they want from the project. The reason they don't know is two faced. Firstly, my project's Client Program Manager cannot get the business stake holders to a conclusion about what they want. Secondly, the requirement being captured are allegedly swaying away from the original business vision.
Not that it matters that the business vision came into being not too long ago. And we are probably the first scape goats ;)

We depend on other projects to make the integrated system work as such. Others also depend on us. But they are somewhat uninterested in discussing and conclusively freezing the interface agreements.

There is a lack of resources, and a Infy guy is allocated to the client to help gather Use Case Requirements, which in turn are elaborated as part of requirements gathering by Infy resources (your truly included).

Infy is doing evaluation of Content Management Tool (i hear they drastically improve and sanctify processes...although at a good cost), for a business that has required and used it for like 10 years. Infy, as far as i know might have just got their hands wet now!
Same is the case of Item Authoring tool (evaluated by me). I believe Infy has not even stepped near the sink for this ;)

neways, life goes on.
I hear, BLR2 is getting more and more projects because of the quality of resources is better and we have proved ourselves with many high risk, time constrained and techie projects.
Good to hear that.
Fear the future though!

let's see where this goes.
maybe i'll be out of this one before it closes out on all of us.

upgrade yourself

Some don't know what they want in life, no question of how to ask for it.

Some don't know what they want in life, but ask for things. Face a lot of failures. Sooner or later you get there...Because you settle for what you have.

Some know what they want in life, but do not know how to ask for it. A lot of missed opportunities. May or may not get there at all.

Some know what they want in life, and know exactly how to get it. Success in many respects.