Extremes of Tranquility

What a Weekend!!! I have spent around 3 years in Chennai not continously though(yeah hard to believe isnt it...) but this was my first trip to Pondichery..i know its shocking, because people rush to this beautiful city as soon as they visit/relocate to chennai. My case is different, pondi someway or the other went off my plans.

Thanks to my cousin and his wife, last weekend i finally made it. Hired a cab and three of us started our journey at 7.30 am in the morning. Not used to wake up this early but the excitement of this trip made my morning start at 6.30 am. Everything was planned, since it was a single day visit we wanted to cover all the places without spending much time at a single spot. Reached pondy at around 11 am. Started with Aurobindo ashram, which has lot of followers across the globe. Wanted to know more about it, so thought should be the good place to start with. As soon we entered, i was amazed by the peaceful environment in the ashram and the sense of satisfaction which was easily visible. we were there for sometime and cant express the feeling i had when i was about to leave that place. Yes..Silence does wonders...In all Place worth visting..French influence could be seen all around the place, which is worth watching..Didn't expect this could be in India..
Next we made our way to Rock beach, where sea waves splashing on the black rocks makes a spectacular view. Beautiful weather added its charm. Wish the beach could be bit cleaner but overall it was good. A glimpse can be seen in the attached pics. Walked around the beach for a while, posing and clicking pics. 1 pm at the watch and so the time for some good lunch. Had great chinese food in a restaurant called as bamboos. Among the trees we had our lunch which was quite filling. After relaxing for sometime, we wanted to head towards Auroville but were disappointed to learn that it was closed for the day. Didn't expect it would be closed on Sunday.
Next we headed towards a place called as "Paradise beach". Heard a lot about it from my friends who had been there. As soon as we reached there, we could figure out why this place is called as paradise. There was a 15min boat ride to a island which was surrounded by sea with golden sand at its shores. With sun struggling to peek from dark clouds and golden sand made that place look beautiful. I couldn't resist and went straight into the water. Waves were higher than usual that day which made the place irresistable. I am more of a beach person than mountains and somehow i have tolerated Chennai just for its beach. yeah i know makes little sense..but thats the way it is. Played on the beach for around 3hrs, and at last we had to come out since it was getting dark. When we came out we came out quite refreshed and full of energy. Paradise beach made our trip memorable. By 11 we reached Chennai..and wow..what a way to end a perfect weekend. Sometimes you need such getaways from your routine life to come back in full swing..recharged...but more so the peace and tranquility we experienced will be with us for quite some time.
Ciao,
Rohan

Crazy week!!!

Its been a crazy week at the office. Closing in on 1st independent release and lot of unwanted issues creeped up. Nothing new in this but these could have been avoided just needed better management of time and resources. Manager is a nice guy but seems to be right person at the wrong place. New to his role as a manager and hence still needs to get acquainted to tricks of the trade :). Needless to say requires support of his team, higher management and onshore which he lacks bigtime. I being oldest member of his team can see his painful eyes whenever a blasting email reaches our mailbox. He just has to speak up to those people who are more or less responsible for this. May be this is the only way to treat rather than screwing them up during performance review.

I wonder how few people run from their responsibilities and still manage to sleep peacefully at night??? How can people be so thick skinned??? My team unfortunately has such annoying people who at the critical stage take leaves just because they are married or have plans. WTH??? Nobody likes to work more than 9 hours but when it is needed i think we should not run away, just because you are being paid only for "9" hrs.
I agree that we have life outside office and we should not be in the office for more than 9 hours and should spend more and more time with our friends/family. But if this is the case, why not spend 9 hours working and finishing your job in time so that you wont have to spend even an extra minute in office. In IT it is difficult as lot of dependency is on Onshore counterparts but i think still can be managed.

I was a victim this week where i paid the price of finishing my work before time only to get additional work which was supposed to be completed by a lady who is infamously know for delegating her work to others. Me who never manage to say "NO"(don't know why) was an easy prey for her. It makes sense if she has some personal issues to look into and is acceptable once, twice but definately not every time.
As a result I have been working late nights this week only finding myself in the deeper sh** of code which makes no sense. Lot of cleanup is required which needs time which we don't have. Good news is we made some progress today which should buy us sometime till next week.

I have had an opportunity to work closely with my previous client in UK for some time and one thing i admired most was punctuality and seriousness for work. They work hard and party hard on weekends. I think this is how it should be..


Anyway..another busy weekend for me. Bangalore visit was great. Had good time with friends.Much needed change.
Now My Cousin is here in Chennai for a week so will be travelling to pondicherry and Mahabs. Chennai has only a beach which fascinates people..same in Mahabs and P'Cherry. So in all a wet weekend for me :)

2 am on the clock, peace in my mind (after all the ranting here :) another reason to continue blogging), Limp Bizkit's Behind blue eyes playing on my Laptop...its time to crash.

Goodnight..

Rohan

Bangalore Calling...

Ok, so as promised to myself..i am trying to be regular on this blog..Happening week till now..was sad my Pulsar 200cc had some troubles early this week..but now all sorted..i absolutely love this piece of machine and feel down when something goes wrong with it. Love driving my bike specially on the road along the beach..a real stressbuster for me..i may get a car one day but my bike will always be special for me..
Office is more fun this week. Work is going great, ahead of schedule and my manager is pretty relaxed which is very rare and i surely dont mind that ;-)
Plans for this weekend are looking good..Will be travelling to Bangalore with couple of friends to chill..3 months now and i cant resist being there. I absolutely love that city, specially the crowd people from all walks of life, vibrant and fun loving. Majority being from IT..i can relate to them in a way. Bangalore introduced me to some wonderful hangout places like Hardrock cafe, purplehaze, 13th floor. Had good time with my friends and loved ones there. Will live those moments again this weekend. Will be staying with V and R. Both have been my best friends in Bangalore. V is relaxed and chilled out while R his fiance is like a breath of fresh air, always upto something and is our official event manager. Looking forward for some good time,
Will be leaving from office a bit early to gear up for bangalore trip. Also have to prepare for a presentation on Friday where i will be representing my organisation to new joinees. Pretty excited..well honestly more to awesome dinner which will be hosted after the event ;-)

Will post the updates next week. Till then..
Ciao,
Rohan

Hate love storys?? Give a thought...

Ok, This is not inspired by Imran Khan-Sonam Kapoor flick..which sadly is a mediocre movie with good songs. Anyway i am not reviewing the movie now, this would take a different post altogether ;).
I dont think i hate love storys, i like them, i have liked them, lived them but my past isn't very satisfying and sometimes i think is it my cup of tea even???
When your past relationship doesn't workout, and after sometime (may be yrs depending on the emotion levels) when you are bit over it you tend to analyse why it didnt't work after all. Biased analysis wouldn't help which generally takes place every moment after the so called "break up". I am well passed the biased and unbaised stage now. Its been over 2 years now, i am still in touch with her as a good friend and she is married, happily i wish. Coming back to unbiased analysis, i think it is most important since it gives you points to ponder on which you otherwise would never care to give a thought. You understand your strengths, your comfort zone and how well you handle the situation when you are no more into it. You get the situations where you should not have taken that extreme step but would have given another chance. 99.99% relationships do not end on a sweet/positive note. There are always grudges, negative feelings no matter still how much you love that person. But sometime down the road you mature over it and analyse. I have analysed time and again, now there is no reason to think about it but when you are lonely and likely to go in marriage bond in coming months, these thoughts cross again. May be it is like " Once bitten twice shy" kind of mind frame for me where i do not want to screw up things because of my past mistakes.
I can very well relate this situation with my job where the code review result isnt very good and you are asked to review and fix again. No matter how annoying it is, but you get to learn a lot from this and see your mistakes clearly. Same as happened to me and i can say i have never repeated the same mistakes again (although made new ones ;-)......)
Ok, i think i have wrote enough on this. Beautiful sunday evening, time to go out. Wanting to buy a pair of jeans from quite some time now, hopefully tonight is the night.
Until next time..
Ciao,
Rohan

And i come back..

Back to this blog after almost 7 months. Always wanted to write my heart out here but somehow could never make it. Call me lazy..which i think i am :) better late than never is my motto ;)
The very first time i saw my cousin blog, i was very impressed with the way this works. They called it Blogosphere..You reach out to people with your thoughts...and well yes pour all you want here without thinking it twice :) On a serious note it is great way to share your views on politics, Sports, day to day happenings, rants, fights....and the list continues.
Funny reads really cheer you up when you have a bad day at office, and lastly you tend to make great friends here which otherwise are difficult to meet due to either different workbackground or location.
I am happy i could make it back here even though i lost lot of time, but i hope to make up for it in coming days..
Ciao,
Rohan