It is my last few weeks of my first job, a journey started more than five years ago when I first had the wonderful feeling of having the offer letter in my hand,working at four different places across South India starting from Trivandrum to Cochin to Bangalore to Cochin to Chennai,interacting with different kinds of people across the globe,learnt a lots of stuffs more than the coding skills for which I was hired.Looking back I do feel its an wonderful journey filled with sweet memories.
Lots of things happened during this time, getting my first salary,getting new mobiles,touring places on any holiday we get etc. One thing I will always cherish is the number of friends whom I have made during this course.
There are many things which I wanted to write but I never had time , I will try to pen down few experiences which I will never forget.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
~~Movie I saw~~
Beyond Borders starring Angelina Jolie is based on the life's of aid worker sacrificing their life and time in trying to save people across the world.It gives a brutal view of the places around the world where people are made refugees in their own land have no food to eat,water to drink nor place to stay.
Its in comparison to what Jolie does as a goodwill Ambassodor of UNHCR,the film takes us to the troubled parts of Ethiopia,Combodia and finally to Chechanya.Its a movie good movie to watch but not for the weak hearts.
Its in comparison to what Jolie does as a goodwill Ambassodor of UNHCR,the film takes us to the troubled parts of Ethiopia,Combodia and finally to Chechanya.Its a movie good movie to watch but not for the weak hearts.
Friday, May 14, 2010
~~Got this from my friend~~
Joke for the day!
Innocence at its best :
A kid, after being beaten by his mom (sitting sadly)
Dad : What happened son?
Kid : Dad, I cant adjust with your wife anymore!
I want my own wife!
Innocence at its best :
A kid, after being beaten by his mom (sitting sadly)
Dad : What happened son?
Kid : Dad, I cant adjust with your wife anymore!
I want my own wife!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
~~Ratan Tata's gesture to Mumbai victims~~
Got this from Blog,good to read about this great man!
What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims.... what every Indian should know!Share
Monday
Ratan Tata is the chairman of Indian Hotels who own the Taj Mahal Hotel Mumbai, which was the target of the terrorists on 26/11/08.
Hotel President a 5 star property also belongs to Indian Hotels.
The following is really touching.
What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims.... Don't miss!!!!!!
SALUTE TO MR. RATAN TATA
A. The Tata Gesture
1. All category of employees including those who had completed even 1 day as casuals were treated on duty during the time the hotel was closed.
2. Relief and assistance to all those who were injured and killed
3. The relief and assistance was extended to all those who died at the railway station, surroundings including the “Pav- Bha ji” vendor and the pan shop owners.
4. During the time the hotel was closed, the salaries were sent by money order.
5. A psychiatric cell was established in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel those who needed such help.
6. The thoughts and anxieties going on people’s mind was constantly tracked and where needed psychological help provided.
7. Employee outreach centers were opened where all help, food, water, sanitation, first aid and counseling was provided. 1600 employees were covered by this facility.
8. Every employee was assigned to one mentor and it was that person’s responsibility to act as a “single window” clearance for any help that the person required.
9. Ratan Tata personally visited the families of all the 80 employees who in some manner – either through injury or getting killed – were affected.
10. The dependents of the employees were flown from outside Mumbai to Mumbai and taken care off in terms of ensuring mental assurance and peace. They were all accommodated in Hotel President for 3 weeks.
11. Ratan Tata himself asked the families and dependents – as to what they wanted him to do.
12. In a record time of 20 days, a new trust was created by the Tatas for the purpose of relief of employees.
13. What is unique is that even the other people, the railway employees, the police staff, the pedestrians who had nothing to do with Tatas were covered by compensation. Each one of them was provided subsistence allowance of Rs. 10K per month for all these people for 6 months.
14. A 4 year old granddaughter of a vendor got 4 bullets in her and only one was removed in the Government hospital. She was taken to Bombay hospital and several lacs were spent by the Tatas on her to fully recover her.
15. New hand carts were provided to several vendors who lost their carts.
16. Tata will take responsibility of life education of 46 children of the victims of the terror.
17. This was the most trying period in the life of the organization. Senior managers including Ratan Tata were visiting funeral to funeral over the 3 days that were most horrible.
18. The settlement for every deceased member ranged from Rs. 36 to 85 lacs [One lakh rupees tranlates to approx 2200 US $ ] in addition to the following benefits:
a. Full last salary for life for the family and dependents;
b. Complete responsibility of education of children and dependents – anywhere in the world.
c. Full Medical facility for the whole family and dependents for rest of their life.
d. All loans and advances were waived off – irrespective of the amount.
e. Counselor for life for each person
What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims.... what every Indian should know!Share
Monday
Ratan Tata is the chairman of Indian Hotels who own the Taj Mahal Hotel Mumbai, which was the target of the terrorists on 26/11/08.
Hotel President a 5 star property also belongs to Indian Hotels.
The following is really touching.
What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims.... Don't miss!!!!!!
SALUTE TO MR. RATAN TATA
A. The Tata Gesture
1. All category of employees including those who had completed even 1 day as casuals were treated on duty during the time the hotel was closed.
2. Relief and assistance to all those who were injured and killed
3. The relief and assistance was extended to all those who died at the railway station, surroundings including the “Pav- Bha ji” vendor and the pan shop owners.
4. During the time the hotel was closed, the salaries were sent by money order.
5. A psychiatric cell was established in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences to counsel those who needed such help.
6. The thoughts and anxieties going on people’s mind was constantly tracked and where needed psychological help provided.
7. Employee outreach centers were opened where all help, food, water, sanitation, first aid and counseling was provided. 1600 employees were covered by this facility.
8. Every employee was assigned to one mentor and it was that person’s responsibility to act as a “single window” clearance for any help that the person required.
9. Ratan Tata personally visited the families of all the 80 employees who in some manner – either through injury or getting killed – were affected.
10. The dependents of the employees were flown from outside Mumbai to Mumbai and taken care off in terms of ensuring mental assurance and peace. They were all accommodated in Hotel President for 3 weeks.
11. Ratan Tata himself asked the families and dependents – as to what they wanted him to do.
12. In a record time of 20 days, a new trust was created by the Tatas for the purpose of relief of employees.
13. What is unique is that even the other people, the railway employees, the police staff, the pedestrians who had nothing to do with Tatas were covered by compensation. Each one of them was provided subsistence allowance of Rs. 10K per month for all these people for 6 months.
14. A 4 year old granddaughter of a vendor got 4 bullets in her and only one was removed in the Government hospital. She was taken to Bombay hospital and several lacs were spent by the Tatas on her to fully recover her.
15. New hand carts were provided to several vendors who lost their carts.
16. Tata will take responsibility of life education of 46 children of the victims of the terror.
17. This was the most trying period in the life of the organization. Senior managers including Ratan Tata were visiting funeral to funeral over the 3 days that were most horrible.
18. The settlement for every deceased member ranged from Rs. 36 to 85 lacs [One lakh rupees tranlates to approx 2200 US $ ] in addition to the following benefits:
a. Full last salary for life for the family and dependents;
b. Complete responsibility of education of children and dependents – anywhere in the world.
c. Full Medical facility for the whole family and dependents for rest of their life.
d. All loans and advances were waived off – irrespective of the amount.
e. Counselor for life for each person
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
~~Anand the world chess champion~~
After 11 rounds in Anand-Tolapov game with the score at 5.5 each ,it was all set for the 12th and final game, the decider. People say that its difficult to win a game with black piece but for Anand it doesn't matter, a person who can come back and snatch victories from jaws of defeat.
Though I didn't follow rest of other rounds, I sat with my uncle for this final one, it was a different experience not like watching cricket or football,we will be predicting what will be his next move and if he does the same we will give a pat on our backs. It was a thrilling game there was a time when Anand was short of a pawn ,then skillfully took the opponents queen for a rook and bishop. Finally Topalov had no where to go and conceed defeat!
Congrats to Anand once again, making India proud yet again!!!
PS: Link to the commentry of the match by Susan Polgar.
Though I didn't follow rest of other rounds, I sat with my uncle for this final one, it was a different experience not like watching cricket or football,we will be predicting what will be his next move and if he does the same we will give a pat on our backs. It was a thrilling game there was a time when Anand was short of a pawn ,then skillfully took the opponents queen for a rook and bishop. Finally Topalov had no where to go and conceed defeat!
Congrats to Anand once again, making India proud yet again!!!
PS: Link to the commentry of the match by Susan Polgar.
~~Our cubicle Decoration~~
When I entered my office on Monday ,most of my team mates were decorating their cubicles. As usual I forgot completely about the contest so my wonderful team members. With my new getup and all my PL said "We asked you to decorate the cubicle not that you should change yourself and come to office".
Since it was not to late ,we(teammates) had a quick brainstorming session on what to decorate.One thing which is common and available at each one's desk is an idol of some deity. So we decided to collect those and within short span we got enough of it to keep it in our place. To add value to our decoration we added two technical books which my teammate used to get from library and to my knowledge never opened it.In the picture below you can see the picture of our decoration.
So we had judges from external team visiting our cubicle and I had to explain the basic theme of our decoration. Thiru my team mate briefed me what to tell about each idols and warned me not to laugh while I m describing the stuffs to the people. I started of saying "We never consider going to temple and coming to office as different ritual and we show the same kind of devotion at both the places". Then I went on to add what each God symbolizes,Lord Ganesha symbolizes virtuosity which means a person with good technical skills,Shiva symbolizes intensity a person with aggression.When we combine both together we get harmony which is symbolized by Lord Buddha.Then I continued the importance of team work and books we use to read proactively so it will be useful for the next project. With much difficulty I narrated this stuff as if I seriously meant,though people around were laughing hilariously I kept my cool.
Though the prize went to the teams which decorated their cubicles with poster,grafftis,balloons etc,we were the team who won the hearts of the crowd ;)
Since it was not to late ,we(teammates) had a quick brainstorming session on what to decorate.One thing which is common and available at each one's desk is an idol of some deity. So we decided to collect those and within short span we got enough of it to keep it in our place. To add value to our decoration we added two technical books which my teammate used to get from library and to my knowledge never opened it.In the picture below you can see the picture of our decoration.
So we had judges from external team visiting our cubicle and I had to explain the basic theme of our decoration. Thiru my team mate briefed me what to tell about each idols and warned me not to laugh while I m describing the stuffs to the people. I started of saying "We never consider going to temple and coming to office as different ritual and we show the same kind of devotion at both the places". Then I went on to add what each God symbolizes,Lord Ganesha symbolizes virtuosity which means a person with good technical skills,Shiva symbolizes intensity a person with aggression.When we combine both together we get harmony which is symbolized by Lord Buddha.Then I continued the importance of team work and books we use to read proactively so it will be useful for the next project. With much difficulty I narrated this stuff as if I seriously meant,though people around were laughing hilariously I kept my cool.
Though the prize went to the teams which decorated their cubicles with poster,grafftis,balloons etc,we were the team who won the hearts of the crowd ;)
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