So here it goes...
Once upon a time there was a raise..that took forever to appear.
Well thats the sad story folks. The raise announcement has been delayed to third week of June, and it will be effective from June's salary(that'll appear in July)..so summers 'll b probably dry.
All this due to some 'delay' on part of our managers. Well it shud be a fair game. If I work overtime to avoid delaying my work, shudn't they do the same?? This is a forbidden question, I know...but still...it's gotta be asked.
But as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. So the lining here is that the incentive is going to come in may salary(that'll come day after tomo)...
So i'm still game for a small party(possibly at someplace in ggn), once the incentive arrives. and for my friends not in delhi, well guys n' gals..its just gotta be when we meet...
adios
Monday, May 30, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
appRAIS(E)al
thats how that word shud be spelt(hope that oxford guys are listening)...
well its the raise part that is more important...but that s getting delayed. so i still dont know how much of a hike am i goin to get...though my boss man says its goin to make me happy...hope it does.
but the rest is fine. the review of my performance was good, with the boss man being happy with my performance. so things look good.
and to all ye treat seekers....ye shall have yer day. when i meet you, you can claim the treat then.
will update this once my bank acc gets updated.
till then..keep waitin.. even I am !!!!
ciao
well its the raise part that is more important...but that s getting delayed. so i still dont know how much of a hike am i goin to get...though my boss man says its goin to make me happy...hope it does.
but the rest is fine. the review of my performance was good, with the boss man being happy with my performance. so things look good.
and to all ye treat seekers....ye shall have yer day. when i meet you, you can claim the treat then.
will update this once my bank acc gets updated.
till then..keep waitin.. even I am !!!!
ciao
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Busy, busy...BUSY!!
Ya I am busy at the moment....actually I am sort of stealing a few moments to write this.
Coding has begun. And life is beginning to get hectic. With the user interface being approved, the work has begun. And its tough taking time out to even have lunch.
All this when its really hot. So there s not much respite even after office, when the rusty old air-cooler fails to cool.
Today may be judgement day. Our appraisals are scheduled for today. Lets see how it turns up. Hope its good.....
The fingers remain crossed.
adios
Coding has begun. And life is beginning to get hectic. With the user interface being approved, the work has begun. And its tough taking time out to even have lunch.
All this when its really hot. So there s not much respite even after office, when the rusty old air-cooler fails to cool.
Today may be judgement day. Our appraisals are scheduled for today. Lets see how it turns up. Hope its good.....
The fingers remain crossed.
adios
Friday, May 20, 2005
What did I do?
This is the sequel to the last post. Lots of comments & opinions on whay should be done, and what not, but nothing near to what I(rather we) did.
First of all, to remove any misconceptions, let me describe my physique. I am 6 ft, around 85kgs, and referred to as Goliath by my friends(they use more exotic names than that, but i'll leave it here :) ).
Now, me and 3 friends(lets say A,B,C & me) go to this hotel. We order teh rice, find the roach after consuming it, and get it on the bill. So C gets outraged and calls for the manager. Who comes in the managers' place to meet us is the head waiter. the guy is really apologetic(again) and takes the bill, telling us that he'll see what he can do.
After ten minutes of waiting, we get the change back(we had given him the money), and to our surprise, there was no change.
As we get up, the manager approaches us.
Manager: "So how was the food?"
A: " It wasn't good"
Manager:"Why?"
A:"There was a cockroach in the rice"
Manager: "So everything got spoiled,huh.."
And we were shocked!!!! The guy had the audacity to say this. Not to be outdone, I add....actually its not fair on your part(the manager is staring at me now). Your waiter took the rice away...we couldn't even eat the roach, and we even paid for it.
The rest, as they say, is history...i said this loud enough for the entire hotel to hear it, so most of the faces were shockes, the ladies started poking around in their food, searching if they'd get one....and we were laughing like anything.
Oh..and the look on the manager's face was worth it. We just left after that...not even asking for the money.
The cockroach was compensated by the look on the manager's face.....
So thats about it....
What do you guys say now...was this the right thing to do??
ciao.
First of all, to remove any misconceptions, let me describe my physique. I am 6 ft, around 85kgs, and referred to as Goliath by my friends(they use more exotic names than that, but i'll leave it here :) ).
Now, me and 3 friends(lets say A,B,C & me) go to this hotel. We order teh rice, find the roach after consuming it, and get it on the bill. So C gets outraged and calls for the manager. Who comes in the managers' place to meet us is the head waiter. the guy is really apologetic(again) and takes the bill, telling us that he'll see what he can do.
After ten minutes of waiting, we get the change back(we had given him the money), and to our surprise, there was no change.
As we get up, the manager approaches us.
Manager: "So how was the food?"
A: " It wasn't good"
Manager:"Why?"
A:"There was a cockroach in the rice"
Manager: "So everything got spoiled,huh.."
And we were shocked!!!! The guy had the audacity to say this. Not to be outdone, I add....actually its not fair on your part(the manager is staring at me now). Your waiter took the rice away...we couldn't even eat the roach, and we even paid for it.
The rest, as they say, is history...i said this loud enough for the entire hotel to hear it, so most of the faces were shockes, the ladies started poking around in their food, searching if they'd get one....and we were laughing like anything.
Oh..and the look on the manager's face was worth it. We just left after that...not even asking for the money.
The cockroach was compensated by the look on the manager's face.....
So thats about it....
What do you guys say now...was this the right thing to do??
ciao.
Monday, May 16, 2005
What would you do?
Consider this situation...
You go to a very nice hotel with your friends to have dinner. After eating a substantial portion of rice, you discover a dead cockroach in it(yechh). You call the waiter & show it to him, and he profusely apologises and asks you if u'd like a replacement. You deny.
Later on, when the bill comes, you notice that the rice is included in the bill...
What do you do???
You go to a very nice hotel with your friends to have dinner. After eating a substantial portion of rice, you discover a dead cockroach in it(yechh). You call the waiter & show it to him, and he profusely apologises and asks you if u'd like a replacement. You deny.
Later on, when the bill comes, you notice that the rice is included in the bill...
What do you do???
Friday, May 13, 2005
Paraskevidekatriaphobia..
No tis is not one of my latin ramblings....this means fear of friday the 13th, and today is one...
Amazing to note how many people believe in this superstition that 13 th falling on a friday is unlucky. And even more amazing is the fact that this superstition exists in the so-called developed nations like Eurpoe, Britain, US. What's there to fear in a number , I say.
But my friday the 13th was amazingly well. I finished most of my work, got a little word of appreciation from my CE, and that's about it. Otherwise this has been a very much normal day..
though I don't know the origin of this phobia...can anyone educate me on this one?
Amazing to note how many people believe in this superstition that 13 th falling on a friday is unlucky. And even more amazing is the fact that this superstition exists in the so-called developed nations like Eurpoe, Britain, US. What's there to fear in a number , I say.
But my friday the 13th was amazingly well. I finished most of my work, got a little word of appreciation from my CE, and that's about it. Otherwise this has been a very much normal day..
though I don't know the origin of this phobia...can anyone educate me on this one?
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
A Dream within a Dream
A beautiful poem by Edgar Allen Poe... Read on
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep - while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep - while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Figure this..
that my blog now has a blog of its own...though it exists in, and carries my profile (that devilish grin creeps back on my face)...
the address is: http://diaryofablog.blogspot.com/
and I won't post on it...this blog of mine will.
aloha
the address is: http://diaryofablog.blogspot.com/
and I won't post on it...this blog of mine will.
aloha
Oh, My suffering blog
My back is broken
And my fingers hurt...
My head is spinning
Due to all that work....
And I want to write
But too tired I am....
I know this ain't sense...
Neither does it rhyme
But oh, my suffering blog...
Thou shalt have your time.
And my fingers hurt...
My head is spinning
Due to all that work....
And I want to write
But too tired I am....
I know this ain't sense...
Neither does it rhyme
But oh, my suffering blog...
Thou shalt have your time.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Protect man from harrm by wife!!!
so goes a heading in the times of India today....here's the link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1098622.cms
Sheer example of women power, I'd say. So this reinstates my belief that there are cases of men being harassed also. And I also know that there are many such cases that go unreported, of uncooperating wives, nagging wives, wives who think they are smarter and try to look down upon their husbands, sometimes even embarrasing them in public. In countries like the US, husbands are also entitled by the law to file harassment cases against their wives...but do we have such provsions in India?
Then there is this another interesting story : http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?
Daily=CAP&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T&AW=1115266656218
where a man is asking the court to prevent his wife from having an abortion. This is a really complicated set of questions out here.
1. Does a woman have the absolute right to abort a child, without the consent of her husband?
2. Does the court have enough authority to prevent a woman from aborting, on request from her husband?
3. Even if the woman is stopped from aborting the child, will she also not have the right to ever visit or see that child(considering that she never wanted the kid in the first place)?
4. Can a man be given the full responsibility of raising the kid alone(considering that the mother is needed during the first few months)?
The funniest part in this entire episode is the reason for the couple's seperation. In the husband's words: “Upon her return she began to have bouts of homesickness and said she could not bear the thought of spending the rest of her life here,”...homesickness after marriage?? Another debatable issue...
Can homesickness be a ground for divorce? Does marrying a man who lives in another state not mean agreeing to live with him far from your home??
Lets see how these two cases turn up in the future!
Sheer example of women power, I'd say. So this reinstates my belief that there are cases of men being harassed also. And I also know that there are many such cases that go unreported, of uncooperating wives, nagging wives, wives who think they are smarter and try to look down upon their husbands, sometimes even embarrasing them in public. In countries like the US, husbands are also entitled by the law to file harassment cases against their wives...but do we have such provsions in India?
Then there is this another interesting story : http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?
Daily=CAP&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T&AW=1115266656218
where a man is asking the court to prevent his wife from having an abortion. This is a really complicated set of questions out here.
1. Does a woman have the absolute right to abort a child, without the consent of her husband?
2. Does the court have enough authority to prevent a woman from aborting, on request from her husband?
3. Even if the woman is stopped from aborting the child, will she also not have the right to ever visit or see that child(considering that she never wanted the kid in the first place)?
4. Can a man be given the full responsibility of raising the kid alone(considering that the mother is needed during the first few months)?
The funniest part in this entire episode is the reason for the couple's seperation. In the husband's words: “Upon her return she began to have bouts of homesickness and said she could not bear the thought of spending the rest of her life here,”...homesickness after marriage?? Another debatable issue...
Can homesickness be a ground for divorce? Does marrying a man who lives in another state not mean agreeing to live with him far from your home??
Lets see how these two cases turn up in the future!
Monday, May 02, 2005
Why?
Why do things remain in memory even though I want to forget
why do I still hope for miracles that are not going to happen
why do I still wait for the one who has left,
and is never going to come back..
why can't I forget all this, even though I've forgiven...
why don't I just carry on with my life..
why, is this burden so heavy on my back?
Why do I still wait...for the moments that are never going to happen
why do I still plan for a future
that is not going to come.
why am I still holding on to a love..
that I have lost.
why can't I live alone again..when I've done so in the past.
Wish I knew the answers to those, but then a question remains...
Why ... do I still love her..and want her back?
Why......
why do I still hope for miracles that are not going to happen
why do I still wait for the one who has left,
and is never going to come back..
why can't I forget all this, even though I've forgiven...
why don't I just carry on with my life..
why, is this burden so heavy on my back?
Why do I still wait...for the moments that are never going to happen
why do I still plan for a future
that is not going to come.
why am I still holding on to a love..
that I have lost.
why can't I live alone again..when I've done so in the past.
Wish I knew the answers to those, but then a question remains...
Why ... do I still love her..and want her back?
Why......
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Superpower India?
Oh monday morning...u come once in a week..and we all so loath thee..
Ha..one stupid attempt to make some poetry up..oh why do I even try?
and my morning times of India says: "India, a superpower without fire"
A wonderful article, and I sincerely want to thank TOI for putting it up front. What amazes me, though, is that the highlighted fact here should be that most of the defence deals are waiting due to bureaucracy and reed-tapism...and the country blames the politicos, not that they don't deserve the blame, but not in entirity. The armed forces need to be technologically upgraded constantly.
I have a question here. Do we lack talent in India that we always have to look-out for technologies from elsewhere. When Indians can be the talented IT workers, who says they can't be dedicated and talented scientists? But as the saying goes.."its all in the money, honey!"
The state of DRDO, and other such defence research organisations is well known. There is an exodus of scientists from these firms to join IT companies offering them huge pay packets, and this is alarming. if India's defence is always going to be dependent on foreign arms supplies, all dreams of becoming a superpower must be abandoned.
A part of the defense budget must be allocated to research, so that DRDO & others are able to recruit more skilled personnel, get new equipment, and deliver on time.
This is not planning for today...its planning for tomorrow...maybe the day after too.
And maybe this future superpower can pay some heed to the people who work so hard to make it a superpower...see that its women are secure, its children not famished, and it does not depend on anyone else....for anything.
amen
Ha..one stupid attempt to make some poetry up..oh why do I even try?
and my morning times of India says: "India, a superpower without fire"
A wonderful article, and I sincerely want to thank TOI for putting it up front. What amazes me, though, is that the highlighted fact here should be that most of the defence deals are waiting due to bureaucracy and reed-tapism...and the country blames the politicos, not that they don't deserve the blame, but not in entirity. The armed forces need to be technologically upgraded constantly.
I have a question here. Do we lack talent in India that we always have to look-out for technologies from elsewhere. When Indians can be the talented IT workers, who says they can't be dedicated and talented scientists? But as the saying goes.."its all in the money, honey!"
The state of DRDO, and other such defence research organisations is well known. There is an exodus of scientists from these firms to join IT companies offering them huge pay packets, and this is alarming. if India's defence is always going to be dependent on foreign arms supplies, all dreams of becoming a superpower must be abandoned.
A part of the defense budget must be allocated to research, so that DRDO & others are able to recruit more skilled personnel, get new equipment, and deliver on time.
This is not planning for today...its planning for tomorrow...maybe the day after too.
And maybe this future superpower can pay some heed to the people who work so hard to make it a superpower...see that its women are secure, its children not famished, and it does not depend on anyone else....for anything.
amen
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