My dad never compromises anything for books, to get a book from him is asking one to move a mountain.Over the past 40 years he has spent quite a fortune on books,now our house has become too small to hold all the books.After I moved out, my room has become like a store room for his ever increasing collection.
Even though he has this huge collection,he doesn't have the magnanimous mind to give his book to anyone.To get a book from our house,one should either steal the book or get it from me or my mum when my dad is not around. In both cases he will never find out the missing book.But if one does the impossible by convincing him to lend a book he never forgets it until the same is returned back.
My uncle long long ago somewhere during the mid eighties had convinced my dad and borrowed reader s digest collector's edition of 'Write better Speak better'.But somewhere down the line he forgot the whole incident.Not my dad I have seen him mentioning about this book whenever he sees a reader digest collection or whenever he remembers that uncle.Since I wasn't a witness when the book was borrowed I could not confirm that incident.
This weekend I went to KK Nagar(that uncle s parental home) with my grandma. I was browsing through their bookshelf ,there were few bounded volumes which hardly noticed.My grandfather removed one book from deep bottom and gave it me,mentioning it was my dad's, it was the same book and to prove it my dad he has scribbled his signature dated 26/07/1979. It was like getting back the lost treasure after a generation.I don't think I m interested in reading that book but next time when I go home I will get it back to my dad who will take it back as his lost child.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Experiences of getting my hair cut !
Hair cut is one of the things I take special precautions, not because I care how they cut my hair but I care for the person who cuts my hair. My hair is dense,thick and rough,say if I had my hair grown for a month one can easily hide his pen inside it.Even if I shake my head ferociously it wont fall down.
Given this scenario I go to a barber shop and that fellow sprays water on the head,he wont realise the water hasn't gone inside. After few sprays he will start using the scissors and find he could not cut ,he will try another scissor and do the same with much bigger force.Sometimes I used to think I have come for hair cut not hair pull.Getting a hair cut was always a horrible experience from my school days,1st my dad used to scold me I didn't have a proper cut and then in the school within two weeks of time I would be asked to cut the hair again.
Then in my high school days I found the right barber,a guy who likes challenges he used to say that cutting my hair gives him job satisfaction than anything else.Till my college got over things went well.
Then my job took me to Kerala then trouble started again I had to speak to barber in different language and get things done. The first time it was a horrible experience, the guy who couldn't cut my hair started saying that the hair goes inside the scissors but not getting cut.I said to put some water on my head and then cut it,he almost pour half glass of water on my head then started cutting.I was looking like a wet chicken after the hair cut. I made a resolution that day to pour water on my head myself and then go for cutting so that it makes their job easy.But people used to ask me did I have a bath or got wet in rain etc.
To makes things easier whenever I needed a haircut I planned to go home for that weekend and get the thing done by my good old barber.Most of trips to home though I miss to visit few of friends I never miss the visit to saloon.
But this month I couldn't find time to cut my hair when I was in home.Now I had the problem to face a new barber.Today morning I went to the nearby saloon,with proper precautions taken like I wet my hair. That guy asked me whether he can cut with a machine,I said fine.After sometime he could the machine couldn't b use the hair was wet.Then he tried scissors and he was struggling after few cuts here and there,I asked him to use machine again and somehow managed to finish it off.When it was over I could he his stress level has come down and had looks of a person who has achieved something great(maybe!).
PS:I m having my hair style similar to a military person!
Given this scenario I go to a barber shop and that fellow sprays water on the head,he wont realise the water hasn't gone inside. After few sprays he will start using the scissors and find he could not cut ,he will try another scissor and do the same with much bigger force.Sometimes I used to think I have come for hair cut not hair pull.Getting a hair cut was always a horrible experience from my school days,1st my dad used to scold me I didn't have a proper cut and then in the school within two weeks of time I would be asked to cut the hair again.
Then in my high school days I found the right barber,a guy who likes challenges he used to say that cutting my hair gives him job satisfaction than anything else.Till my college got over things went well.
Then my job took me to Kerala then trouble started again I had to speak to barber in different language and get things done. The first time it was a horrible experience, the guy who couldn't cut my hair started saying that the hair goes inside the scissors but not getting cut.I said to put some water on my head and then cut it,he almost pour half glass of water on my head then started cutting.I was looking like a wet chicken after the hair cut. I made a resolution that day to pour water on my head myself and then go for cutting so that it makes their job easy.But people used to ask me did I have a bath or got wet in rain etc.
To makes things easier whenever I needed a haircut I planned to go home for that weekend and get the thing done by my good old barber.Most of trips to home though I miss to visit few of friends I never miss the visit to saloon.
But this month I couldn't find time to cut my hair when I was in home.Now I had the problem to face a new barber.Today morning I went to the nearby saloon,with proper precautions taken like I wet my hair. That guy asked me whether he can cut with a machine,I said fine.After sometime he could the machine couldn't b use the hair was wet.Then he tried scissors and he was struggling after few cuts here and there,I asked him to use machine again and somehow managed to finish it off.When it was over I could he his stress level has come down and had looks of a person who has achieved something great(maybe!).
PS:I m having my hair style similar to a military person!
Friday, May 29, 2009
A busy week...
Friday night again cant imagine how quickly this week passed and I never had time to open my laptop.Not that I was busy with work but there things apart from work which occupied my time.
Monday morning my nephew called with a great news that he has cracked IIT,knowing the preparation it takes,sacrifices to be made,amount of time need to put each day it needs persistence and strong determination to get through it. That evening I went to his house to congratulate his success and celebrate it with a good dinner.
Tuesday our team had planned for a outing,so we finished out work early and left for a resort nearby.There we had options to play cricket,shuttle etc. Since its been sometime I have had any outdoor activities, just after few minutes of playing shuttle I was gasping for breath.There were few team games we played in one I was made to act like Vadivelu. Then we had a wonderful dinner.We arranged for a cab for our return,Since I m the person staying at farthest, my place was the last destination,my cab went to all places like guindy,saidpet,porur,ashok nagar and anna nagar before reaching my home when it was almost midnight.
Wednesday tired after night s party was waiting for the day to end,night I left to Trichy to attend my friend marriage.
Thursday was in my home,it was as messy as it used to be I tried my hand by cleaning it but gave up soon after realising my efforts will be futile as it will be back to the same position very soon.I took my dad s car to thanjavur were my friend s marriage was taking place. When I took the car to Thajavur last time a tree fell on the car,so I was little careful keeping few meters away from the trees which were on the road side.Marriage was great,my friend/former team mate came from Cochin and we were talking Cochin stories.That night it rained in Trichy reminding good people bring rain to places where they go:). Left for Chennai that night.
Friday,a bad start to the day as I saw my company bus passing before me when I was going to the stop.Then I had to do a 100m sprint and catch the bus at the nearby signal.A great day at office with less work. Came home on time.
Now waiting for a good weekend!!!
Monday morning my nephew called with a great news that he has cracked IIT,knowing the preparation it takes,sacrifices to be made,amount of time need to put each day it needs persistence and strong determination to get through it. That evening I went to his house to congratulate his success and celebrate it with a good dinner.
Tuesday our team had planned for a outing,so we finished out work early and left for a resort nearby.There we had options to play cricket,shuttle etc. Since its been sometime I have had any outdoor activities, just after few minutes of playing shuttle I was gasping for breath.There were few team games we played in one I was made to act like Vadivelu. Then we had a wonderful dinner.We arranged for a cab for our return,Since I m the person staying at farthest, my place was the last destination,my cab went to all places like guindy,saidpet,porur,ashok nagar and anna nagar before reaching my home when it was almost midnight.
Wednesday tired after night s party was waiting for the day to end,night I left to Trichy to attend my friend marriage.
Thursday was in my home,it was as messy as it used to be I tried my hand by cleaning it but gave up soon after realising my efforts will be futile as it will be back to the same position very soon.I took my dad s car to thanjavur were my friend s marriage was taking place. When I took the car to Thajavur last time a tree fell on the car,so I was little careful keeping few meters away from the trees which were on the road side.Marriage was great,my friend/former team mate came from Cochin and we were talking Cochin stories.That night it rained in Trichy reminding good people bring rain to places where they go:). Left for Chennai that night.
Friday,a bad start to the day as I saw my company bus passing before me when I was going to the stop.Then I had to do a 100m sprint and catch the bus at the nearby signal.A great day at office with less work. Came home on time.
Now waiting for a good weekend!!!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
IPL season 2 got over!
One more edition of IPL got over with a thrilling final. Since I could not afford to stay awake late night I never saw all the matches but used get updates from the net or from paper.
What I enjoyed most were the blogs written by person with the name fakeiplplayer giving information about events happening in dressing room.His way of writing was hilarious and entertaining. Even though I wont be missing IPL I will be missing the blogs written by fakeiplplayer!
What I enjoyed most were the blogs written by person with the name fakeiplplayer giving information about events happening in dressing room.His way of writing was hilarious and entertaining. Even though I wont be missing IPL I will be missing the blogs written by fakeiplplayer!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Early morning at beach!!!
This weekend I went to my cousin s house in Triplicane, I never know when I will get used to the narrow lanes of Triplicane,every time I go there I get lost, call my cousin later to get the correct way. This time I was going there straight from my office ie from a different direction and it took sometime to get the route right.
My Athai is recovering from cataract operation ,there was a gang of relatives from my native to meet her. Since I didnt expect their presence and was caught unexpected,I was rallied with questions when I will marry,do I need their help,recommendations,suggestions etc. habba it took sometime, to escape from them diplomatically.
My cousin suggested me to go to Parthasarathy temple in the evening with my nephews. But after going there I was astonished to see huge crowd,there were big queues at all the sanathi's. Since I didnt have patience to wait,we quietly came back home after doing a round inside the temple.
My nephew's asked me stay that night,I said ok on one condition we are going to beach to see sun rise. Even thought its summer vacation for them and getting up early was not in their books they accepted my condition.We saw IPL that night and when we went to bed it was almost 12.Since getting up early up has become a habit for me(Thanks to my office location),I woke sharp at 5. I was surprised to see my nephews getting up with same enthusiasm. We walked from their house,found streets wet all the way,first I was convincing myself these are supposed to be dew drops but when I saw the beach sand wet it was proved that it rained that night. Since it was still dark we couldnt see the clouds clearly, my little nephew started pestering when will the sun come.Around 6 o clock we could see the sky was cloudy,it became clear there was no chance of seeing the sun, its past noon I m writing this blog still I have not seen the sun today. I was looking at sea suddenly a man nearby shouted look at that big fish,it was surprising to see two or three dolphins enjoying their morning swim near Marina,I have dolphins seen dolphins in Arabian sea ,this is the first time I m seeing in Bay of Bengal.
We were enjoying the morning breeze till 7 o clock and walked back home,my elder nephew who couldnt withstand this morning ordeal crashed right away in his bed.Morning breakfast,hot pongal with vadai was prepared by my cousin to feed our hungry stomach.Even though the sun dodged us today morning ,its always refreshing to start a day after going to beach.
My Athai is recovering from cataract operation ,there was a gang of relatives from my native to meet her. Since I didnt expect their presence and was caught unexpected,I was rallied with questions when I will marry,do I need their help,recommendations,suggestions etc. habba it took sometime, to escape from them diplomatically.
My cousin suggested me to go to Parthasarathy temple in the evening with my nephews. But after going there I was astonished to see huge crowd,there were big queues at all the sanathi's. Since I didnt have patience to wait,we quietly came back home after doing a round inside the temple.
My nephew's asked me stay that night,I said ok on one condition we are going to beach to see sun rise. Even thought its summer vacation for them and getting up early was not in their books they accepted my condition.We saw IPL that night and when we went to bed it was almost 12.Since getting up early up has become a habit for me(Thanks to my office location),I woke sharp at 5. I was surprised to see my nephews getting up with same enthusiasm. We walked from their house,found streets wet all the way,first I was convincing myself these are supposed to be dew drops but when I saw the beach sand wet it was proved that it rained that night. Since it was still dark we couldnt see the clouds clearly, my little nephew started pestering when will the sun come.Around 6 o clock we could see the sky was cloudy,it became clear there was no chance of seeing the sun, its past noon I m writing this blog still I have not seen the sun today. I was looking at sea suddenly a man nearby shouted look at that big fish,it was surprising to see two or three dolphins enjoying their morning swim near Marina,I have dolphins seen dolphins in Arabian sea ,this is the first time I m seeing in Bay of Bengal.
We were enjoying the morning breeze till 7 o clock and walked back home,my elder nephew who couldnt withstand this morning ordeal crashed right away in his bed.Morning breakfast,hot pongal with vadai was prepared by my cousin to feed our hungry stomach.Even though the sun dodged us today morning ,its always refreshing to start a day after going to beach.
Friday, May 22, 2009
What you have to face to be a developer!
This is a forward I got from my friend at a right time :)
Introduction:
Roshan D'Mello (QA Tester)
Developer (Mukesh Thakur)
Roshan D'Mello: Hey Mukesh, there is a bug in your code. Type a text in
username text box and press enter. Beep sound doesn't appear.
Mukesh Thakur: How can that be a bug? There is no requirement that beep
sound should come. Anyway, I will assign it to offshore and get it
fixed.
After 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : Roshan, bug is fixed. Please verify.
After another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because sound is not coming in
some PCs. Sound is coming in my machine, but my colleague Rajat Choudhry
is not getting the sound.
After another 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : Not a bug. I observed that your friend Rajat Choudhry has
Old IBM machine. Unlike your DELL machine, IBM machines do not have inbuilt
speakers. So, to hear the sound in Rajat Choudhry's machine, please use
head phones and then get the bug closed soon.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because sound tone is
Different across different machines. Sound is coming as 'BEEP' in my machine, but
My colleague Rajat Choudhry who is having IBM machine is getting the sound
as 'TONG'.
Mukesh Thakur : Not a bug. Get lost man. What can we do for the bug? The
Two machines are built in such a way that they produce different sounds. Do
You expect the developers to rebuild the IBM processors to make them
uniform?
Please close it.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because intensity of beep
Sound produced on 2 different DELL machines is different. My machine produces
Beep sound of intensity 10 decibels whereas my friend's machine produces
Sound worth 20 decibels. Fix your code to make the sound uniform across all
machines.
Another 2 days later,
Mukesh Thakur : Once again it is not a bug. I have noticed that the
Volume set is different on the two machines. Ensure that volume is same in both
The machines before I get mad and then close the bug.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug.
Mukesh Thakur : What ?? Why? What more stupid reasons can be there for
re-opening?
Roshan D'Mello: Sound intensity is different for machines placed at
different locations (different buildings). So, I have re-opened it.
After 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : I have made some scientists do an acoustical analysis of
the
two buildings you used for testing. They have observed that the
acoustics in the two buildings varies to a large extent. That is why sound intensity
is different across the 2 buildings. So, I beg you to please close the
bugs.
After 1 year
Roshan D'Mello : I am re-opeing the bug. During the year, I requested
The clients to arrange architects to build two buildings with same
Acoustical features, so that I can test it again. Now, when I tested, I found that
intensity of sound still varying. So, I am re-opening the defect.
Mukesh Thakur : GROWLLLL.....I am really mad now. I am sure that the
Sound waves of the two buildings are getting distorted due to some background
noice or something. Now I need to waste time to prove that it is because
of background noice.
Roshan D'Mello : No need for that. We will put the machines and run
them in vacuum and see.
Mukesh Thakur: ??
Result-----------------------
He is now in mental asylum while Roshan D’Mello has become QA Manager.
Introduction:
Roshan D'Mello (QA Tester)
Developer (Mukesh Thakur)
Roshan D'Mello: Hey Mukesh, there is a bug in your code. Type a text in
username text box and press enter. Beep sound doesn't appear.
Mukesh Thakur: How can that be a bug? There is no requirement that beep
sound should come. Anyway, I will assign it to offshore and get it
fixed.
After 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : Roshan, bug is fixed. Please verify.
After another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because sound is not coming in
some PCs. Sound is coming in my machine, but my colleague Rajat Choudhry
is not getting the sound.
After another 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : Not a bug. I observed that your friend Rajat Choudhry has
Old IBM machine. Unlike your DELL machine, IBM machines do not have inbuilt
speakers. So, to hear the sound in Rajat Choudhry's machine, please use
head phones and then get the bug closed soon.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because sound tone is
Different across different machines. Sound is coming as 'BEEP' in my machine, but
My colleague Rajat Choudhry who is having IBM machine is getting the sound
as 'TONG'.
Mukesh Thakur : Not a bug. Get lost man. What can we do for the bug? The
Two machines are built in such a way that they produce different sounds. Do
You expect the developers to rebuild the IBM processors to make them
uniform?
Please close it.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug because intensity of beep
Sound produced on 2 different DELL machines is different. My machine produces
Beep sound of intensity 10 decibels whereas my friend's machine produces
Sound worth 20 decibels. Fix your code to make the sound uniform across all
machines.
Another 2 days later,
Mukesh Thakur : Once again it is not a bug. I have noticed that the
Volume set is different on the two machines. Ensure that volume is same in both
The machines before I get mad and then close the bug.
Another 2 days,
Roshan D'Mello : I have re-opened the bug.
Mukesh Thakur : What ?? Why? What more stupid reasons can be there for
re-opening?
Roshan D'Mello: Sound intensity is different for machines placed at
different locations (different buildings). So, I have re-opened it.
After 2 days,
Mukesh Thakur : I have made some scientists do an acoustical analysis of
the
two buildings you used for testing. They have observed that the
acoustics in the two buildings varies to a large extent. That is why sound intensity
is different across the 2 buildings. So, I beg you to please close the
bugs.
After 1 year
Roshan D'Mello : I am re-opeing the bug. During the year, I requested
The clients to arrange architects to build two buildings with same
Acoustical features, so that I can test it again. Now, when I tested, I found that
intensity of sound still varying. So, I am re-opening the defect.
Mukesh Thakur : GROWLLLL.....I am really mad now. I am sure that the
Sound waves of the two buildings are getting distorted due to some background
noice or something. Now I need to waste time to prove that it is because
of background noice.
Roshan D'Mello : No need for that. We will put the machines and run
them in vacuum and see.
Mukesh Thakur: ??
Result-----------------------
He is now in mental asylum while Roshan D’Mello has become QA Manager.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Busy fixing bugs
Its hectic day I m still in office writing this blog,its day before project delivery and I m busy fixing bugs. Thinking about bugs no matter how good you do a project you end up getting a swarm of bugs.Some are funny,some are disguised,some are cruel,some doesnt even deserved to be called as one.However they are ,its pain in the neck for every programmer.
Its every developers dream to write bug free code but its only a dream rather it becomes nightmare when we finish the project. I remember a quote about programming ' for every action there is an equal and opposite malfunction'.So there is no escape from it.
When microsoft can release windows with lots bugs why cant we do the same even though we can reach their level. What better justification we could have to get bugs in the code.
Its every developers dream to write bug free code but its only a dream rather it becomes nightmare when we finish the project. I remember a quote about programming ' for every action there is an equal and opposite malfunction'.So there is no escape from it.
When microsoft can release windows with lots bugs why cant we do the same even though we can reach their level. What better justification we could have to get bugs in the code.
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