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2010-11-14T05:33:00.000-08:00

Hi
I am back after a really long time... feels great to check my blog after years together and it feels even better to write here again....

News: I am now married and mother of a 1 year daughter named Eshal

Life has changed and turned 360 degrees fr me .... Its just not the same what it used to be when i was a blogger ... :P

I am in Bangalore (i remember the old post "Bangalore Phobia" ) .. it makes me laugh at my self now tat its my hometown ... destiny !!

Well ... looking forward to restart the writer in me ...
Lets hope it is not dead or atleast not caught too much rust .. :P

Cya

2008-01-18T00:18:00.000-08:00

Kholo Kholo darwaaze…. (Taare Zameen Par )

Kholo Kholo darwaaze, parde karo kinaare ,khute se bandhi hai hawa mil ke chudao saare

Aajao patang le ke , apne hi rang leke asmaan ka shaamiyana aaj hamein hai sajaana

Kyon is qadarr hairaan tu ? mausam ka hai mehmaan tu !!

Hhmm … Duniya saji … tere liye !! Khudko zara … pehchaan tu !

Tu dhoop hai !!

Cham se bikhar ..

Tu hai nadiiii O bekhabar !

Beh chal kahiin , ud chal kahiin dil khush jahaaan teri toh manzil hai wahinnn!!!!!

hhmm … Kyon is qadarr hairaan tu ? mausam ka hai mehmaan tu !!

Baasi zindagi udaasi taazi hasne ko razi garma garam saari abhi abhi hai utaari..

Hhhhhmm …zindagi toh hai bataasha meethi meethi si hai aasha chakh le rakh le ..hatheli se dhakh ke ise

Tujhme agar pyaas hai ? Baarish ka ghar bhii paas hai !

Haaaaan roke tujhe .. koi kyon bhala ??sang sang tere aakaash hai ..

Tu dhoop hai !!

Cham se bikhar ..

Tu hai nadiiii O bekhabar !!

Beh chal kahiin , ud chal kahiin dil khush jahaaan teri toh manzil hai wahi!!!!!

Khul gayaa asmaan ka rasta dekho …khul gaya

Mil gaya kho gaya tha jo sitaara .. mil gaya… mil gaya !

Roshan hui ..saree zameen, jagmag hua saraa jahaan

hhhmm…udne ko tu azaad hai !! bandhan koi ab hai kahaan ..

Tu dhoop hai !!

Cham se bikhar ..

Tu hai nadiiii O bekhabar

Beh chal kahiin , ud chal kahiin dil khush jahaaan teri toh manzil hai wahinnn!!!!!

Kyon is qadarr hairaan tu ? mausam ka hai mehmaan tu !!

2007-09-27T00:33:00.000-07:00

Just want to write something but cant understand what to write about ..

Its 4:40 pm and Im in the office pretending to work !!!

I can hear the keyboard sound and mouse clicks …

I can hear some guys talking about a show shopper bug in their project,

I can hear my director screaming in a meeting ,

I can c some other’s busy with work, while some are completely idle …

I can hear some, busy with their client conference calls

I can see jules browsing some funny websites and playing with some complex images .. guess he too doesn’t have any work

Mario is as usual giggling and laughing. He sent me a msg on our local IP:

‘CHOR chor CHOR chor CHOR’

I call him a chora !!

Most of the chairs seem to be empty as ganesh chaturthi celeberations still continue.

Bu I don’t understand why do I have to sit on my chair and pretend I am working !?? .. L Cant I just run away , probably go for shopping or just try and catch an early bus for home.

Anyways cant help it … I tried doing some testing but a build error popped up and I dint bother to look into it………..forget it man !!

Have been kinda free past few days , which is very rare !! So I tried to study something for my certification exam that I plan to answer next month , But that too cant keep me busy for a long time …I wonder y do I get so bored !!!

Past 2 years I have never experienced this !!

My friend jayesh also is on a leave for a week… L so I have absolutely no one to share my boredom with. No one from my team is present today at work!

Oh God !! Pls give me some work before I fall asleep on my desk.

The worst part is that gmail and orkut are blocked ! Cant even chat on yahoo u knw !!

So sad na ?

I have already finished scanning every file on my system , then I tried to upload some photos on ringo to share them with my friends ..only to find that ringo too was blocked !! L .

And im fed up of browsing indiatimes , ndtv , cnnibn .. etc ..etc. I mean how much can one get entertained from the internet ?

So wat do I do now !!?

Let me think…

Shud I ask the HR and make an early exit ? .. naah.. wat wud they think of me?

Shud I speak to some old friends on the phone ? But im running short of talktime too… I feel like the most helpless human on earth..

Not many ppl will like this article .. But just incase there is someone who is sailing in the same boat as mine….. do drop in a comment and pls suggest how to drive away my boredom !!

2007-09-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

The Bangalore Phobia………

Bangalore city , the IT Hub of India.

A place where a software professional can reach great heights of career. A land of extreme professionalism. Though there is so much about this city, I have a ‘bangalore phobia’ , one of its own kind , which has an intensity more than any other phobia I suffer from like ‘thundering’ , ‘rats’ …… etc etc.

I pursue a software career in a company in Goa, and believe me my salary is not as fascinating as that of a bangalorian s/w professional but it manages to keep me content till the end of every month ! : ) at least that’s the case…’’aaj tak’’ !!! ;)

Can anyone tell me Y ?? ?? y this bangalore phobia ??! I can t tell …… its just there … need to set it free … but every attempt to do this has failed and further intensified it………….Sigh!!!!!!!

My sister being a bangalore citizen , has been the lone reason for me to visit it at least once in a year…!! [actually its her lovely kids !! ] J

Moment my goa bus enters this city .. believe me my heart beats really fast ……. L

Wat is it abt this place that scares me???

is it the CROWD?? … that makes me feel like some miserable ant. Yea…!!! … it questions me : ‘’Are u fit enuf to stand amongst the enormous crowd of s/w geeks roaming around the streets ???’’’’

…………. and at any point of time my answer is …. ‘Maybe no !! Not Yet! ‘

I always wonder ……… will I ever be !? may be not till I actually stay there.

About my attempts to drive away the phobia…… they merely involve my not so serious job hunting tasks……I don’t remember when I had updated my resume last on the job site !!! Eh…!!! Ridiculous na !!?? … coz I knw every professional in my field must do this …just to know his/her worth in the market !! the JOB MARKET !! Mayb when im completely bored of my work here …I’ll begin the JOB HUNT!!!

No matter how many months of experience I possess…. I will always feel its not enuf … is this happening to me only , OR … ‘aur koi hai!??! Jisko aise hi feel hota hoga !?!?!? ‘ pata nai !! … khair jo bhi ho !!

Goa’s charm , seems not to be ready to leave me …most of all I wud always prefer coming back to my house and having dinner with my family…So what… if I have to compromise a little on my salary here…. ? Tats ok with me !! :P

Lets see what more life has in store for me …. May b one fine day I get the chance to have a taste of jobbing in a metro city !!

Take Care all of u….. J

2006-12-23T03:12:00.000-08:00

One of the beautiful places i've got to see....

The Kala Academy Jetty built during the IFFI (International Film Festival Of India)

2006-10-19T00:12:00.000-07:00

Life as it seems……………

“Wonder where I shall be in the next few years “ …Just a thought that creeped slowly in my mind as I was done wid my project delivery today…

2 years frm now will I still be the same!? Will I still look the same !? …will I still behave the same or will the age factor come into my childish behaviour …Will I get mature then !? Will I ever mature !? he he he !!!!
I doubt totally !!!!

Well ..wherever and whatever I will be doing ..just hope I still have my friends around me Friends at work just mean so much to me. Sometimes it feels I knew them right from the beginning . It just doesn’t feel lonely anymore …I guess I’ve found a great set of people around me

While I get curious to know my future ..i also believe in Destiny !! This word mite just be the answer to the questions in my mind rite now .

I definitely want to see myself doing well in my career , and more importantly I want to enjoy my work more than I do at present .While I work towards my career I know I need to work on other things…Like weight loss , Savings , and yes a bit more patience and self confidence is what will make me perfect !!!!!
Though we know its difficult to improve perfection ….;-)

No one can know abt their future , What we can do is ..try and make the present worth living !! I realize one thing ..past is Past and can never be changed …but tho’ its natural for most of us to live in the past …..
But y shud we …!? Yes !! y ? Just try and make ur present good ….and yes don’t forget to work hard to make the future a better living !!!!!

2006-09-02T02:35:00.000-07:00

Teri Deewani ..............

From the album kailasa ..this amazing song ‘Teri Deewani…’ never fails to touch my heart. Listening to it while writing this article …I really feel lost . Lost in my thoughts. Thinking abt everything that im crazy abt……..God , Dad , Ammi , Aapa , Bhaiya , And my sweet little nephew. I am just flowing in a strong wave of emotions while the lyrics are such that I can completely relate to. There is some strange haunting quality to this song takes u in its stride very well . U just want to listen to it more and more .

Teri Deewani …also well picturised ,a clean video … signifies love and passion . Passion towards one’s love and his beliefs . I just get carried away listening to this song, feel so close to my own self ..as if I were lost in some other world..and now m back.

U must listen to this ……….Unforgettable and Unavoidable .

2006-08-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

College to Office …..

College life seems to have left my hand and I hardly had time to realize that
Good old days man ! I miss them ! I miss attending those lectures , bunking those tutorial classes we used to have at PCC .
Sitting wid friends in the corridors and discussing everyting else except studies .
Planning post exams outings …much ahead of the exams !! Cursing the college the university corrections the sem durations the local buses , the timetable the results ….uff !! and yea also the long queue in the library , paisa khao examination and the revaluation forms ! Gosh…what an experience !!!

Besides fooling arnd what I also miss is the sincerity behind studies and the so called replication of submissions, the hardwork behind the last minute preparations ….Uff!!! Those were great days . Rumours abt the results and the lastminute change in time table ….

Then came the days when i realized its time to prove my self …its time to earn urself a living ! to get a JOB!!! This word has haunted me for a long time ……I used to see my friends content with a job before even before passing out of engg ….They were too good !! However hard I tried I never succeeded in clearing those stupid aptitute tests . Huh !!

But yea …I too had my day !!
The day when I happened to clear an aptitude. Was so used to NOT clearing any campus recruitment tests …..i ignored the fact that my name was called out for the Info-ReachTest ….I dint expect that at all ! Guess I was so used to disappointment …..that I dint want to …or rather was skaid to answer my first ever tech interview !! I cudnt belive the fact that I had later cleared the interview too …..

And then started the days ….of working !
The jobbing !!!

Was too excited on joining my first job ….as I just wanted the world to know that I finally had a job. That I was not so dumb !! yes …this was what I went thru

As I was getting used to the new environment ..i also realized the feeling that slowly creeped in my mind. Independence …… I am a grown up girl now …
I had started to take things coolly (which is otherwise not my nature and my friends know that well )

Few words started to become an integral part of my life …
Routine , Projects , Team , Development Testing and last but not the least Deadline ! …..i finally came to know what a deadline is and what it takes to complete one !!
U shud remain as cool as possible…
Believe in the fact that Google can find u everything !! possibly everything on this earth ! lol!!!!
And above all ……don’t think abt the after effects …as the more u think abt the time left and the amount of work left …the more it affects ur work !!!

That’s work !!
Other aspects like Confidence …which I seriously lacked …started to build in me ! I knew I can program …I knew I’m capable of taking up tasks ! that is a great feeling one can possess !!

But what I cannot get back in life is the time I spent wid my lovely friends …
The jokes we cracked ..the laughter, the canteen atmosphere ….their support …their suggestions their comments , their opinions the fights and the compromises !!!
Life cannot give u back these moments ….Coz its those special friends whom one always remembers in happy and sad moments of life !!

2006-08-05T04:15:00.000-07:00

Goa in the Rains ........

Snaps taken during our company outing to Ponda . Thnks to my colleagues for having clicked such beautiful snpas of beutiful Goa in the rains

2006-08-05T04:08:00.000-07:00

Don’t know …..

Donno y ! I donno y this earth is round ? I don’t know why the sky is blue .
I don’t know why every morning the sun rises and then sets in the evening .I don’t know y there r starts twinkling in the sky ! I don’t know why there is water in the rivers .
I don’t know why I am a muslim and why some r hindus and some are Christians .
I don’t know why every mother cares so much for her children . I don’t know why a father works so hard to keep his family happy . I don’t know why children never think of their old parents the way they r supposed to . I don’t know why today the girls dress like men ? ..I don’t know why love has lost its essence in this world ? I don’t know where has peace disappeared from amongst us.

I really don’t know……

No one can even imagine how much pain a mother takes to get her newborn to life .
No one can ever imagine how much pain and toils a father goes thru to see a smile of satisfaction on his child’s face . Its even difficult to imagine as to y the same child then forgets all the troubles his parents had been thru to see him what he is now .

Differences between mankind today have reached heights that the world has never seen before . There is bloodshed everywhere . None trusts anyone. There is a wave of threat and fear that runs in our minds and hearts . There is insecurity .

Restlessness and selfishness . The crave to be like God (the best the most famous ) can take a person very far from his moral values , from where there is no turning back .

When we say whatever happens happens for the best…we say with full faith .Faith in God Almighty . The faith that can never be measured on any scale . It takes faith to cultivate faith !

But what I really know is that Peace used to reside here and it will when Love will have no end and no reason. When faith will lie in our hearts .When ……..

I have faith in Almighty ! I have faith in us ! I believe in God !

Just a wish I pray to come true is that our planet sees a beautiful morning where there is Faith and Love spread all over ! Where everyone is happy ! Where life seems to be heaven !

2006-07-29T05:07:00.000-07:00

Just another day

Hello readers ! Just managed to find time to write into my blog today ! ..huh ! ..m lying ....it wasnt time that wasn’t there ..it was just that i dint know what to write abt ;)

Anyways....
this blog is dedicated to nothing ……..really !!!!!!
ha ha ha !!!

Hhhhmm
my mood seems to be just perfect today ....reason being I have absolutely no work on my desk ! :))

There is absolutely no time i find for orkutting or bloggin ...thats bad na !?....huh !
To add to it is the bridge problem ...yes the Zuari bridge breakdown has added to the travelling problems ....I hardly find time for my daily exercises...and my daily chats ....;))

Eh !?…y the hell m I writing crap today !? ,….Well the next post …will definitely make more sense than this one ! this is a promise ! :)

Ok then

Hope u guys have a rocking weekend !

Cya !!!

2006-05-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

Puzzels....

Just came a cross a pussle site
chk it out ...

http://www.brainbashers.com

2006-05-25T23:40:00.000-07:00

Goa .....

Beautiful !....extremely peaceful .....and yea luckily my very own homeland ! :)

Goa seems like air and water to me ....he he ;) coz i dont think i can survive without Goa.What is it that makes Goa so cool and a wanna be destination in everyones wishlist ?..guess u need to come here and find for urself. It only seems like a small dot on the world map ..but hey its one of the world destinations ....besides kerala in India ...m proud of my GOA!!

The beaches, scenic locations, pleasant atmosphere ..and yea the Goenkars are the ones who make this place a rocking one :) Watching the sunset every evening on the beach is so relaxing ...u'd never ask for a better way to spend time..especially when uve been working like hell thru out the week ...its simply very relaxing to just sit on the beach and hear the waves and see the sun go down....hmmm lovely ! Something words cant describe !

The places id like to mention in Goa ...are the road from vasco to panjim, u get to see the amazing river side a complete stretch till the Zuaru bridge ....its so beautiful a great treat for ur eyes. Panjim the capital city has its own charm that adds to the beauty of Goa. The miramar road ...wud be a common favourite among all Goans ...with its lovely breeze that never fails to make an impression in ur mind and heart . Dona Paula...very rich in beauty ,, this place has a romanticism in it with the story of Dona and paula who fell in love wid each other and had an immortal story behind ...evenings spent at this place are completely unforgettable u wud sure fal in love with it . Streets of panjim with its timeless Protugese architecture is indeed very intersritn to explore.

Fort Aguada ..is another very beautiful place u shudnt miss if u come here . Vagator ,Anjuna Colva are the most famous beaches in Goa...u dare not miss these either ! ;)

Fortunately Goa has never seen extremely violent riots and religious fights of the kind that happen in other states ...the reason being the very own peaople of Goa ...completely soft hearted they never allow things to get worse here ! Hats off to the selfless nature of Goans that keeps this place intact in peace.

Well hoping that Goa remains the way it is .....i declare that i m proud being a goenkar !!! :)

2006-03-14T02:53:00.000-08:00

Malamaal Weekly!

im talking abt Priyadarshan's film "Malaamal Weekly".....a gr8 movie ....which will make u cry while u LAUGH !!!!..starring Paresh rawal , Om Puri Ritesh and asraani ..and not to forget Rajpal Yadav as "baaje"... this movie is definitely a paisa vassol

It speaks abta a dehaati village ..whose residents resemble every indian villager ..who is poor and needs some basic things like food but still wuldnt let go off his principles and values...

thats abt a true real Indian Villager...who knows what it is like to stay in the worst kind of living conditions ...but still doesnt loose hope ...will not stop praying ....
and he knows that he must enjoy life to the fullest

for him even a small amount like 10/- is a blessing ..... his friends and family mean more than some temptation like money !!!!
yes its money !!!
the greatest temptation !! for man !

the actors succeed in giving the movie a feel of an original village ...witht their sets , makeup and costumes ....

my favouritecharacter was baaje who has played quite a role that will make u want to shut his mouth !!!..., put him in a sack and throw him in a river..well to understand this u need to watch the movie !!!

well the ending is superb as is expected from priyadarshan's movies ....i laughed like nething

with no songs watsoever .. the movie still rocks !

A must watch ...great work frm the full team ...of "Malaamal Weekly"

2006-03-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

Songs....

As the day passes by ....i find myself humming tunes of songs which i find soothing to the ears ....
like ...daniel bedingfield 's "if ur not the one" is goin on in my mind currently ! one of my friends gave it to me and said its a nice number......

the other songs that i wud keep listening to and never get bored is Bryan Adams..."really loved a woman"...a cool song indeed ..i love the starting !...

MLTR's "someday somewhere" is my all time favourite too..dont mind listening to it forever and ever and ever......

"Please Forgive me " ,"Everything i do", "incomplete","hit by a feeling".."take me to your heart", "genie", "ur still the one", are allways in my playlist....by default!!!!!! ;)

Next comes my list of hindi music which is more interesting .....
well the best to soothe the ears is my folder called jaggu dada dont worry its not the name of a gangester ....its Jagjit Singh

undoubtedly...he is the king of ghazals ....aint he !??? his best numbers according to me are ..."tere khushboo " , "kaagaz ki kashti","baat niklegi","pyar ka pehla"...and the list goes on...
but there is one ghazal by him called.."Apni aankhon ke samunder "...beleive it or not i listen to it everyday !!!!....donno why but it makes me feel nice and closer to myself ....

there r other songs .....specially the hindi film music ....on top of this list is AR Rahman !!!!

a big name ..needs no introduction...

Saathiya , Dil Se.., and Bombay r the films whose music i enjoy like nething ....specially the theme music of dil se and bombay !

ghulam ali, sonu nigam , STRINGS and many others are really good to hear!

well wil come up with the others..soon

lemme know if neone wants a copy of neone of these songs.....;)

2006-01-26T22:56:00.000-08:00

Yeh hai meri kahaani

yeh hai meri kahaani...
khamosh zindagani
sannata keh raha hai ...
kyon zulm seh raha hai

ek dastaan purani
tanhaai ki zubaani

har zakhm khil raha hai
kuch mujhse keh raha hai

chubte kaante yaadon ke
damaan se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mein zinda hoon...........

bus yeh meri kahaani..
be nishaan nishani

ek dard beh raha hai
kuch mujhse keh raha hai

chubte kaante yaadon ke
damaan se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mein zinda hoon..........

bajaye pyar ki shabnam mere gulistan mein
baraste rehte hain har simt moot ke saaye mein
siyahiyon se ulajh part hain meri aankhen
koi nahin koi bhi nahin jo ban paye kitne ujalon ki raatein
koi nahin koi nahin hai paas na door ek pyar hai dil ki dharkan
jo apne chahat ka elaan kiye jaati hai
zindagi hai jo jiye jaati hai
khoon ke bhoont piye jaati hai
khwab kaanto se siye jaati hai

ab na koi pass hai
fir bhi ehsaas hai

diyahiyon mein uljhi pari
jeene ke ek aas hai ....

yaadon ka jangal ye dil ...
kaanto se jalthal ye dil

chubte kaante yaadon ke
damaan se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mein zinda hoon..........

well this song is from the movie Zinda composed by my all time favourites the Strings .....i love their music !!!...and what impresses me most is these lyrics ....u must listen to this one !

2006-01-24T03:21:00.000-08:00

"SQL SERVER 2005"
Comes with the CLR integration allowing us to write or rather program stored procedures and functions in more programmable languages liek C# and a whole lot of new stuff ...like xml data type, support for XQuery and ranking functions ....and yes the full text searh function and lots more

starting with..the CLR integration....
The .NET framework to be used now .makes it a lot simler to write complex stored procedures which otherwise wud have been complex...(well m not a tech writer ..m just trying to pen down my study on the SQL server 2005 )..especially the ones which require to compute values intermediatedly .....and the ones that need to return aggregate values ..etc etc...all we have to do is create a class in .NET (VB or C#)..create an assembly , then register it in the SQL db engine...and use it .

next talking abt my favourite ...XML data type (coz i really enjoyed using this feature )
Comes with the support to store xml data as column in a table or a variable..with the support to run xml type methods like query( ), exist( ) ,value( ) , and the DML capabilities like modify( )...etc ..

The pivot and unpivot funtions come very handy to rotate results like to change columns of a result set in to rows and rows into columns ....Also the varchar(max)..allows the occupation of the all the max space by data .

Also the ability to notify the end users with SQL db erros (the actual error message ....)...and not to forget the debugging facility into stored proceudures is exciting .

The full text search is one area yet to be explored ..but will cover that too very soon....

Will try to write more stuff on this abt my experience wid SQL Server 2005 ..shortly

2005-12-12T23:45:00.000-08:00

I hate bidding farewell.!!

Yes !..i hate to bid farewell !...i hate to say good bye!....i hate it!....just cant get over it today as i just said good bye to someone ...someone so special and close to my heart.....she is my Sister.

My sister has been a like a guiding star to me ....allways there to help me , to love me , to guide me !She is one person without whom this world wud have been so lifeless to me !....yea yea ..i am getting nostalgic i know!..but wat to do ..I love her so much!

Bidding farewell has allways been difficult for me .Dont know why it makes me want to do neting to stop her.But i guess i dont have the powers to do so ...(wish i had! ;) )Wat to do i really love her so much!.

2005-12-11T22:31:00.000-08:00

Me...!

Hi everyone ...
this is naina ... a 21 yr old here I am writing my first blog as an introduction to me, myself.

Me............
A software engineer by profession...... currently working for a s/w firm in Goa.
A fun loving person by nature..i am a girl who wud do nething for a real friend ....actually my friends can describe me better on that !..m very soft hearted, but dont like potraying my real self ....a total capricorn by nature.....love freaking out but hardly get the chance to do so.Wat i try to find in a person ...is patience ....strength to understand ...comic timings ....and yeah of course his mannerisms.

My hobbies...........
In my free time ...i prefer listening to music ....i am passionate about my singing hobby...and yes i do sing sometimes for my friends and family.

My Fundas in life.........
Doing something for the heck of it isnt my style at all...i believe that hardwork allways pays!......i also believe ..that a person should know himself first than trying to know neone else.

I love Goa..its a beautiful place ..and i bet theres no other place like Goa..newhere on this planet.....find myself lucky to have got a job in Goa ..it feels gr8 not to go out of this place in search of a career.

Well......
thats it abt me for now. ...u'll get to know more on the blogs coming up after this one !...

Naina.