I am back with a Miss !!!

Trying to guess by the blog title who the Miss is? ;) Well, I might just disappoint you this time. I am not referring to any girl here, rather I am referring to miss that means "regretting the absence".

Well, the story continues.. I have been missing many important event's of my life's journey and here I am all set to miss another one. :(

The company I work with, Symantec, is organizing a STAR (Symantec Technology and Response) wide event to celebrate the recent success of our NAV/NIS consumer release. It is organized as one of the most innovative and thoughtfull event which is to have all the fun, food and entertainment events for a full day long in a naturesque place. Its on 13th Nov 2009 and I am gonna miss its memory. But never-the-less, I have a reason to miss this event that surpasses any joy that I might have got in attending this event. I am going to see my new born Nephew "Vihaan" for the first time during this same time of event when my brother is celebrating his birth (brithday-28th Oct. 09) at my home town. :) I am rather excited about my visit to home than having missed the office gathering..

As I started my post with, this is not the first time I am missing an important event due to its clash with other priorities. I have missed quite a handfull like below:

1. My School's 25th year, Silver Jubliee, function, when I was in class 9th.
2. My School's Farewell function and the grand party, when I was in class 12th and it was my farewell as well.
3. My Engineering college's Department farewell night when I myself was in Final year.
4. My professional life's first work company Symantec Corporation's Silver Jubliee Grand function organized when I was about 6 months old in my work place.
5. And here goes the recent one.. My company's acclaimed high innovation, highly fun filled celebration (which is sure to leave a lot of memories) to celebrate our hard work that made our product a success.

There are more to above, but seeing above list's I am now taking these misses as routines in my life..

[Well guys, this is my post after about 34 months of break.. I now plan to keep my blog up. :) ]

One Fantastic Eve.

That was the time of half freedom. The last string of work was tying us restraining from becoming a lukkha of final semester. On 8th Dec'06 morning, my MTP (MTech Project) report of Stage-II was submitted. Presentations for the same were scheduled on 17h. After 17, it was sure a celebration time.. But still the feelings showed up on 8th evening too.. :D

It was one of the best evening in its own genre.. A comibination of things that I havent tried before..
Well, we first went to "Go-Karting" in Hiranandani. I did this for first time. I came at 1st rank with Avg. session lap time of 00:35:48 seconds. Good for the beginner, I suppose.. :)
Next, it was turn of "Banging/Dashing Cars". Its always a fun banging others..
Then it was time for some food (God, I love food !!). We went to "KFC", then "Galleria" for the same.
Lastly it was time to relax. We spent some good time in "Cafe Mocha". Jayesh's Takila shot of Coffee will always be a memory.. ;)

A good time for 4hrs.. IIT doesnt refrain us, but the system doesnt give us regular time for such wonderful eve's..

There was even more left for the day.. We came back and joined the birth day celebration of 4 of our friends at 00.00am at night,, followed by movie at room.. Isnt it a great way to use time !! :)

Doing What you want to do.

Its always so much of a satisfaction in doing/achieving whatever you have ever thought to do. And it add's to your satisfaction when its done with extra incentives and results..
I had always thought of organizing a batch celebration together in open air. After becoming CR (Class Representative) for CSE MTech 2nd Year, I very much wanted to have a freshie intro session to be organized in OAT (Open Air Theater) of our great hostel Hostel-12. I could not do it since after the Departmental Freshie Welcome event, got late enough to get dark outside. :( Alas!! I missed that chance.. (But still I settled for 2nd best in going to lake side. ;) )

But as said, "There is some good in everything that happens". On new year eve of 2007, I got chance to get my desire done. Despite not getting total support of batchmates for any celebration (due to academic load), I still organized a New Year Party on the Hostel-12 OAT. Both batches of CSE MTech 1st and 2nd year were part of it. The added attraction was the Bonfire celebration. It still gathered a nice number of my pals to join. Although I expected more people to be there on the get together, but it was a satisfaction from within to have done what I had always wanted to do while being a CR of my batch.
I indeed felt, "Life is too short not to make the best and the most of everything that comes your way everyday."

So, do whatever you want to do in your life. Never keep any emotion/desires pending to the best of your effort. Live upto your dreams. Only then you can enjoy your real self. :)

Among the happiest days of my life.

Few days back I was enjoying some of the happiest days of my life.
I got placement in Symantec Corp. Pune from IITB campus and right then on the same day I went to my home to attend my brothers marriage. Double most happy moments occured together in my life, with no tension left at that moment. :)

1st Placement phase in IIT was from 2nd to 9th Dec. I had confirm reservation for 9th night and 10th morning. But when I got placement confirmed on the early morning 3.30 am on 8th Dec., I planned and left on 8th evening itself. I got few days to spend with my brother before making him sit on ghodi for the Baarat. His marriage was on 12th Dec. '06 from Shahdol for which we left our home Durg on 11th evening. My placement in 1st phase helped me to stay home 2 extra days than planned. I returned back on night of 17th Dec.
Needless to say, I enjoyed the whole week to my fullest. One of happiest man at that time.

I am not putting up here all the fun I had during the trip, coz there are many worth mentioning and I dont have time to put up all here. Anyhow, those moments will never get away from my heart.

Fighting a BAD day!!

Today is just another day, but not as usual to me. Some day you wake up and find that you are not in a good mood. It contributes from everywhere. Be it your talk to your friend, be it negligence by someone, be it a bad dream. All seems to be against you & conspiring..

The source of bad mood may be varied for me, but the hidden conciousness had caused it for me today.. Sometimes you just cant stand these.. Dissatisfaction turns to Anger, Anger becomes Hatred, someones smile seems laugh, or even listening to someones name makes u go mad.. I hope I dont hurt someone today!!

The best way to avoid foul mood is, what I thought, to write it down. Hope this will help me get back to normal early..

Similar feeling!!

Ohh no!! Its coming again. I can sense this.. Having witnessed it various times before, I can tell u for sure that its the same.
Last Diwali too I got the same feeling, and after this Diwali vacation is coming to an end now, I am getting it again..

What is this feeling??
"The feeling that I wasted my vacation. Ohh, I could have gone to home instead." :D

Anyways, taking this wholesome deal was not a big deal either. No matter how less I worked, I did something. :) Having went to home, I would have taken atleast 2 more days to get into the mood of study.. This should mean that the feeling I am getting is deceiving and I did the right thing staying here.

Having recently been to home for Brother's Engagement (during Dushera) & with most judicial semester on the way, I am happy that I took the right decision.

I missed my home, but with friends in here the feeling is subdued. Do u wana know what I am waiting for now?? Well, I am waiting for my friends to come and share a lot of sweets.. Yummie!!

Happy Diwali..

Why this mentality?

Nomenclature: WD -> Work Done

1. Max u(WD by Leader) - v(WD by public)
subject to condition:
u,v > 0 &
u/v > 4 (Magic Number!! :D)

2. Max (Chaos + Effort Required for WD)
subject to condition:
Support/Motivation/Involvement by public is minimum &
Prob. of progress/success is still maximum
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I know guys, Its a very fuzzy way to express myself. Dont break your head on above.. ;)

The thing is, people expect default behavior from the leaders. Want everything to go right, but yet without their own invovlement. This is a general scenario which I can very well associate with the term 'Indian Mentatliy'.

When criticizing the govt. people talk about bad roads, pollution, thrash, crimes, mismanagement, etc. They want everything that can be corrected and go right, to indeed go right.. But the catch is, without their any contribution (except for the critcism).

I remember when I talked to few people about the "Juhu Beach Cleanliness Drive" early this year, many people had a laugh at it. They believe that things cant go right. They are not willing to do their part (not also when they themselves are throwing wastes). But they still want Indian Beaches to be clean like any foreign nation's famous beaches.
When and How will this Indian Mentality will change?? The above is just an example and if you really think, you can find N no. of examples where you yourself can play a part in improvement.

People also expect things to be defaulty done by the leader, without junta itself showing any interest in it. Tell you friends, this is the age of expressivenes. We need to emphasize on our demands to get things done. Even if some leader is interested in doing something new, he may atlast avoid it if the task dont get people motivated. So try to be expressive.
The power of expression and a hand of support can take things to a better level.