Auto biography: Thank you Adi

It's an honor and privilege to see my auto biography written by Adi. Thank you very much Adi.

All these incidents have huge impact on the way I think ,the way I approach my life and carrer, perhaps ,it is the same thinking that forced me to take up this exam .. Safe side Yaar.. If I get certified is SCM , I can try jobs in other ERP, even if Oracle crushes.

On a completely different note, my prepration is going on well ,and I'm going home to celebrate Dasara with my parents (Yep, I'm going to ride 120 KM on my Pulsar tommarow).

What next ???

Change is the only constant in life and my life is no exception.. Blogging has been my top priority for the last three months and now, I've something else to do in free time. I decided to prepare for an certification exam in Supply chain management and I've to prepare seriously to justify the amount I'm spending for the exam..

I loved blogging so much that I'm kind a addicted to it these days .I'm afraid that Introvert in me is taking over Extrovert .This is a forced break and If I continue blogging at the same pace, it means that my exam preparation is going for a toss. Please warn me, if you feel I'm crossing my limits. Here is the list of topics ,I thought of writing but I'm not sure how many of these I can finish.

1. RBI moratorium on UWB :Why I'm bothered about it?
2. Oracle is paying 8 LPA for freshers, more than people working there for last 5 years
3. Onsite - Offshore metholody : How offshore employees get screwed by onsite counterparts
4. Mergers and acquisitions: Is it the only way to grow faster ?
5. Real estate in Hyderabad : Do you want to buy house in Hyderabad or Cincinatti?
6. Federer Vs Sampras : What if both of them played in same era?
7. Lance Armstrong AutoBiography review : How he beat cancer and won seven tour de france champions
8. Oracle Vs SAP : Is Oracle going on right direction to capture SAP European market
9. Technical Vs Functional : Pros and cons of both.
10. How to approach your prospective life partner: My friend's (Raghu, YK and Kishore) views.
11. Ten people, who changed the way I think...

Following is the Picture, which shows number of hits on my blog, in the last one and half month.. Entire U.S. is covered ,which means that most of my friends are reading this page . If you observe it closely, you will see three big red circles(more than 100 hits ) in Hyderabad, Texas (my client place) and Delhi. Just wondering ,who is this Delhi wala? If you are reading this regularly and not dropping a comment, please sign my guest book...

My Day Today

Me: Life sucks.. My day was so bad.

Friend: Ya.. What Happened? Tendulkar hit Century no??

Not that re, something else.

Did you loose your mobile or met with accident something?

Grrrr...

ok,ok.. Sorry.. Tell me what was that ?

It is raining heavily here and completely got drenched..

But , you like riding in rain ,Aren't you?

Yes ,but traffic was jam and all the roads were blocked, horrible ride.. completely got wet by the time I reached home.

Anything important got wet?

Nothing.. only clothes.. oh!ya, The tickets I booked for Chennai got wet.

Are you going to Chennai? you haven't told me? Kuch kuch .. aa?

No yaar, you know the reason why I go Chennai frequently

The same old reason again?

Ya,My cousin is attending Visa Interview at Chennai Consulate

But ,You said ,you mayn't go to Chennai again after your last Visit?

Yes, I felt that that way. All F1 and H1 are over. I'm going to accompany for H4 visa...

What else? what was that made you sad?

Actually ,at work, I was asked to design solution for problem ,which doesn't exist at all .. The process here really sucks..

You first come out of Oracle Mindset, things won't be as streamlined and as process-oriented as Oracle are..

ok,ok.. Today I was badly missing Oracle Cafetira..I could have watched complete Tendulkar's Innings in the Cafeteria..

Back to Cricket.. Good.. I watched complete match today.. Sachin's Innings was so great on that pitch with uneven bounce

You watched all the sixers??

Yes.. The stright drive, lofted sixers, hook shots were great.. Leave that.. I'm sad that India lost.. Tell me something else?

Actually .. I was thinking that Darrel Hair was not bad..

Why? You said he was racist and all that stuff..

I did, but Have you ever bothered to understand his mental condition on that day.

What do you mean?

I seriously think he might have read Duckworth-Lewis Rule the day before and decided to do something more stupid than that and ended up in that controversy.

Ok,Ok.. Got to go.. There is a special program coming on Sachin on NDTV.. I have to watch.. Good night.

Poem

When i born, i black.
When i grow up, i black.
When i go in sun, i black.
When i scared, i black.
When i sick, i black.
& When i die,i still black.

And u white fella
When u born, u pink.
When u grow up, u whit.
When u go in sun, u red.
When u cold, u bluu.
When u scared, u yello.
When u sick, u green.
And wen u die, u gray…….
And u calling me coloured???

This poem was nominated for the best poem of 2005Written by an African kid.

P.S: Sudeep wrote this poem on my orkut scrap book.

Copy -paste Zindabad.. Microsoft Down down..

Remembering Room(ies)

Three years... Seems like life time... Seems like only yesterday.. Memories of hunting for room along with KK is still afresh in my memory. Exactly three years back, myself and kk came to this house after seeing the ad in Vijetha super market.. It's an very big house with three bedrooms, spacious hall, Kitchen and three bathrooms.. All for just Rs.3,000 including puppy( dog).

We were seven of us when we entered this house. Myself, Srujan and Prabodhan (Both are my cousins) in one room, KK & YK(Both are my Engg. Friends ) in the other and Vamshi & KT (C.M.C. colleagues) in the third bedroom. Me,KK & YK were just joined Oracle, Prabodhan was in search of jobs, Srujan Preparing for masters and KT & Vamshi were still working at C.M.C.

And now, after three years ,I'm the only one ( with new roomies, ofcourse) in the room. Vamshi is styaing with his parents now, KT got married, Prabodhan went to U.S and got married recently, Srujan is about to complete his masters in U.S , KK & YK are working in U.S and I'm here writing this blog . Missing you guys, esp, rides with Srujan and his aerobic excerises in b/n lunch, chatting/arguing with Prabodhan, walks with YK, KK torture , all the carrom games we played and all the leg-pulling stuff.

Then comes Sridhar Maddi, Non-drinker by his own definition ( He vomits all his drink.. Only time he didn't , had to spent more than the party amount in the hospital) and last of my cousins who stayed with me in room.. Managed to send him out (lekapothe, nenu nidralo matladuthunna ani comment chestava).. Miss you sridhar and thanks for visiting me regularly. Your words of declaring the week (you got your first job )as 'Alcoholic week' is still floating in my mind (Nee comment naku telusu.. Blagula meeda blagulu rastunnavu.. kani, naku orkut testimonial matram rayadam ledu.. anthe ga??? )

The list goes on and I stayed with more than 20 roomies in this period. Recent roomies are Sridhar Tandle,Raja and Kishore.. I can call this as interent era in room.. Heights of it was , Raja and kishore exchanging scraps in orkut with raja being in bedroom and kishore in the hall . Thank you Raja, for taking care of most of the room works... Sridhar Tandle is the last of my roomies who left recently and miss him too..

I remeber this room as the room, which welcomes you with more than 60 shoe-pairs in the first room; as the room where last six month news papers are piled up; room where you don't have to worry for preparing food ; room where everyone feels that he is better cook than others ; room where dhobi provides door-service ;room where you wait till 12 AM on saturdays to watch maa T.V ;room which is not clean (except my room ,ofcourse) ;room where bike stand was full of bikes ; room where you fight for flakes; room where we give Gaana Gaadidha and Gaana Kaaki awards to stop other roomies from singing(Congrats Sridhar & KK for winning the award for many times) ;room where left-over rice in the night is converted to Egg-fried rice, the next morning; room where you bring vegetables in the friday market ; room where you decide to go for movie just five minutes before the cinema starts ; room where you play Carrom games till 2 am (oh ya!! All those games were really fun); room which is fitness freak (Swimming,Gym,Walk, Jog, Yoga,dumbels, skipping .. you name it ,atleast one of our roomies must had tried it); room where everyone loves fruits,but no brings them;room where you go to near by lake and booze ; room where we consume atleast 2-3 dozen eggs per week(there was big fight between yk and Rakesh on how many eggs to bring per week 40 or 50) ; room where we discussed 'Srujan loves Puppy' or 'Puppy loves KK'; room where we celebrated just becoz seven of us had dinner together ,most importantly as the room which gave settlement to all of us.

It would be unfair to finish this post,without mentioning about owner's family. Vig uncle is one of the best person ,I ever met in life .. The way he does the things on his own, even at the age of 70 is truly amazing. Aunty is part of our family now.. she keeps on asking about my roomies very often and she misses Srujan as much as I do.

You stupid roomies.. Have you ever realized how much scrap you left in this room??

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UPDATE(09/11): Sridhar Maddy is not happy for portraying his character as drunkard.. I take it back.. Sridhar is non-drinker (Even as per my definition).. then what is he?? He is a teacher. He teaches how to take an drink and he loves practicals much more than theory ...

Thank you Andre

It was around 11:55 pm... I was still infront of television (It's Sunday night ,not saturday night ) watching (no, not Maa TV) a tennis match. Score board shows it's a set point for Agassi, I was a bit relaxed hoping that game will go into fifth set. Suddenly It shows Triple match point for Becker. Becker ready to serve , Agassi eyes were full of tears, It was an Ace.. All over , End of 20 + year tennis career ..Agassi burst into tears and it was a well deserved five-minute standing ovation from the crowd.



Agassi is the legend in his own style(I'm not a very great fan of Agassi though). Some of the matches he played (Esp with Sampras) will be in memories of Tennis lovers for many years. A veteran of 60 ATP titles and 8 grand slam winner and richest tennis player till date.. More about his achievements are here

The scoreboard shows that I lost today, but what it doesn't show is what I found. Over the last 20 years I have found loyalty, you have pulled me through on court and also in life. I have found inspiration - you have willed me to succeed - and I have found generosity. I thank you and I will take you and the memory with me for the rest of my life.

I love these moments in sports .It touches my heart.I almost burst into to tears ,when Kapil Dev quit Internation cricket( I was an 12 year old then) and It makes me sad ,when I think of Sachin Tendulkar's retirement.

Thank you Andre ,for your contribution to world sport. Missing your style and play.. More tributes here