Sreedevi joined our group today..
So my mail communications to her paid off !! I tried freshening her network knowledge through my mails..!
Hope my managers and sreedevi dont see this blog:
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:18 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - addressing
IP address can be used to identify the Network and Host. Port will be used for identifying the receiving process.
http://172.16.100.20:80
172.16.100.20 is the IP address
80 is the port for WebServer residing in 172.16.100.20
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:11 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - socket
A process sends messages into, and receives messages from, the network through its socket. A process is analogous to a house and its socket is analogous to the door.
Socket is the interface between the application layer and the transport layer within a host.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:59 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - client/server
In the context of communication session between a pair of processes, the process that initiates the communication ( that is, initially contacts the other process at the beginning of the session) is labeled as a client. The process that waits to be contacted to begin the session is the Server.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:18 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - Higher layers
Example of session layer may be FTP session… for FTP we have to enter username/password and it gets authenticated to the server and a session is formed.
Example of presentation layer is HTML. HTML defines how to present Web pages
Example of application layer protocols are FTP, HTTP etc.. examples of applications browser, FTP client
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:16 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - TCP/UDP
UDP is User datagram protocol. UDP uses Ports to communicate from application to application. UDP provides no reliability.
TCP – Transmission Control Protocol is a more reliable protocol. TCP needs connection establishment before starting to send packets.
TCP uses a three way handshake for connection establishment
1. application sends a SYN message to the server
2. in response, server replies with a SYN-ACK
3. Finally the client sends an ACK to the Server
After this data can be send. For each TCP data packet, and acknowledgement is given back. If acknowledgement is not received back, it indicates error and re-transmission will occur.
Examples where UDP protocol can be used – hearing music over network…
Examples where TCP protocol can be used – transferring files across network
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:10 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - How to identify application?
We discussed about IP address, MAC address…
But how to identify an application… ?
For that Port is used. It is just a number..
For standard applications it is defined… say for Telnet 23, HTTP – 80 etc
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:06 PM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - Hub/Bridge
So Router is a network layer device .. !
What is Hub and Bridge ?
Hub is just a repeater, in the sense that it just amplifies signals … it can be used to extend physical layer. So it is a physical layer device.
Bridge is a more sophiscated device than Hub
a---------b--------c--------------d
|
B
|
e-------f-----------g---------------h
see eight computers connected… 4 ( a,b,c,d) to one side of bridge, and the rest to other side of bridge.
Bridge brings some sort of segmentation……… While a talks with d, e can talk with g. It separates the collision domain.
But still all these will be in the same network.. If a broadcast is send , it will reach all the computers from a-h
Router is more sophiscated.. It separates network.. Broadcasts will not pass to the other side of the router.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:35 AM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - Router
What happens if B is in separate network………..
Say A’s IP address is 172.16.100.20/255.255.0.0
And B’s IP address is 10.1.30.25/255.255.0.0.
So these are in different networks.. and there may be atleat one Router in between these two networks…..
Router is a device for connecting different networks…………
--------- So now coming to the point ----------------------------
A needs to send a packet to B
A sees address of B, and it understands that it is in different network… Now what to do ?
A can only send the packet to the gateway ( which will be the router’s IP address )
And Router will route the packet to the 10.1.x.x network where B resides.
A(172.16.100.20) ----------------------------( say 172.16.1.1)Router (say 10.1.1.1) --------------------------B ( 10.1.30.25)
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:26 AM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers - ARP
Suppose there are two machines A and B
IP address of A is 172.16.100.20/255.255.0.0, and MAC address is A
IP address of B is 172.16.100.21/255.255.0.0, and MAC address is B
A want to communicate to B>
Seeing the IP address A will find that B is in the same network.
But A does not know the MAC address of B.
So A will send an ARP ( Address Resolution Protocol )
That is very simple --- A will ask – “Anybody has 172.16.100.21 IP address – it will broadcast that “
B knows B has – 172.16.100.21 – So B will send reply
Now A knows B’s MAC address…
A will send packet to B/
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:15 AM
To: 'Anoop G'; 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: RE: OSI layers
Data link uses MAC address – 48 bit long – say 00:00:00:45:56:65
The data link layer technologies can be different – say Token ring, Ethernet etc etc..
How to handle these ?
Network layer abstracts the data link layer technologies… Network layer uses different address – IP address
IP address has two parts – Network address and host address
If my IP address is 172.16.100.20, and my subnet address is 255.255.0.0. That means 172.16.x.x is the network address 172.16.100.20 is specific address of my machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anoop G []
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:38 PM
To: 'Sreedevi V'
Subject: OSI layers
What are the different OSI layers ?
Application layer
Presentation layer
Session layer
Transport layer
Network layer
Data link layer
Physical layer
What is physical layer ?
Physical layer defines the medium of communication – say cables, connectors etc
What is data link layer ?
Data link layer defines communication between two nodes.
Let us take example of Ethernet which is the most common. ( Ethernet defines datalink layer and physical layer). Ethernet uses MAC address for addressing. Each node or netword card has a MAC address which is 48 bit long.
When node A sends data to Node B, MAC address of Node A will be the source address in the packet and MAC address of Node B will be the destination address in the packet.
Ethernet is a shared medium. Anybody can talk at the same time. If multiple persons talk at the same time, what happens ? collisions might occur and the packets will be lost. So there has to be some protocol for avoiding collisions. Ethernet uses CSMA/CD – carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance
Monday, July 31, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
lachu does not like flat culture!
lachu does not seem to like flat culture..!
when she came to the apartment she was very happy.. she was happy with her first encounter in flight and was happy to see her father..!
but in apartment she is feeling like in a jail.. she want to move out.. she thinks all the neighbouring apartments are her own rooms like in her house.. she wants to go upstairs and listen to music as she usually does...!
went with her to thiruvanmiyoor beach in the morning.. for a walk.. she does not like walking in the beach.. but liked the two cows and lot of crows who also came in the morning to the beach..!
when she came to the apartment she was very happy.. she was happy with her first encounter in flight and was happy to see her father..!
but in apartment she is feeling like in a jail.. she want to move out.. she thinks all the neighbouring apartments are her own rooms like in her house.. she wants to go upstairs and listen to music as she usually does...!
went with her to thiruvanmiyoor beach in the morning.. for a walk.. she does not like walking in the beach.. but liked the two cows and lot of crows who also came in the morning to the beach..!
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Critical Chain - Part2
Estimations are usually fun. We tend to put a lot of buffers for individual tasks.
Should we do that ?
Buffers are not needed for individual tasks. Buffers are needed only for the whole project.
People should be motivated well enough to target the individual tasks well in time.
The book "Critical Chain" addresses these issues.
Back in our DDG group, we had tried to address this problem while estimating. While estimating individual tasks, it will be reviewed aggressively and buffers were added to the end only.
Should we do that ?
Buffers are not needed for individual tasks. Buffers are needed only for the whole project.
People should be motivated well enough to target the individual tasks well in time.
The book "Critical Chain" addresses these issues.
Back in our DDG group, we had tried to address this problem while estimating. While estimating individual tasks, it will be reviewed aggressively and buffers were added to the end only.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Critical chain - part 1
Started reading Critical Chain book again --- it deals with the interesting subject of "throughput" - "identifying the critical chain of the project" etc etc - More on the book on later blogs..
I always had troubles in laying out the schedule of the project in GANTT charts. First of all estimation will be bull shit.. and secondly we dont open that estimation document again in the life time..
While scheduling the project.. we have some counts - like 7 days design, 8 days coding, xx module testing etc etc... we always put some number, some buffers in between and do some scheduling.. finally some how we will complete at some time..
My knowlege on this has not increased much despite 9.5 years in service...
In one of our projects -X( 5ys ago) , we had three modules running parallely.. depending on the code size I put Mod1 implementation - 15 days , Mod2 - 7 days, Mod3 - 13ays. Shameer(sr) was working on Mod 1, Shans on Mod 2 and me on Mod 3. It was in parallel path. Our Manager Riyaz asked me to postpone Mod 2 for 5 days as it does not affect the critical path.. That was the time when i first heard ( may be noticed) the critical path concept.. I was angry, but he wanted to use Shans for another important and urgent task.. he was looking at the "global optimisation" of the group.. But i was less concerned.. i am bothered about only my project.. why should i risk ? i was against the late start of the task, which may put me into trouble later on..! i disagreed. But being a theoretical person, he also disagreed. Finally we reached a consensus in the weekly meeting.. I admitted, we may find problems in the module, and based on his advice put 5 more days in that path for module testing.. so he agreed to retain shans.. although that added more cost to my project in terms of planned man-days..
Finally it came like this - Mod2 was delayed further because of the problems found in design review and that caused slight delay in the project also.. anyway that point i dont want to stress..
This incident came to my mind when i started reading "Critical Chain"..
Another practice which i always liked is - of Gopan. He used to do the full schedule in MSProject for scheduling and always review the estimation with schedule in proposal stage itself.
The reviews will be in different views -
=>Will see if the planned deployment matches estimation,
=>Wll see if the estimated days of each task are planned in schedule etc
These things and thoughts are simple, but we dont practice, do we ?
I always had troubles in laying out the schedule of the project in GANTT charts. First of all estimation will be bull shit.. and secondly we dont open that estimation document again in the life time..
While scheduling the project.. we have some counts - like 7 days design, 8 days coding, xx module testing etc etc... we always put some number, some buffers in between and do some scheduling.. finally some how we will complete at some time..
My knowlege on this has not increased much despite 9.5 years in service...
In one of our projects -X( 5ys ago) , we had three modules running parallely.. depending on the code size I put Mod1 implementation - 15 days , Mod2 - 7 days, Mod3 - 13ays. Shameer(sr) was working on Mod 1, Shans on Mod 2 and me on Mod 3. It was in parallel path. Our Manager Riyaz asked me to postpone Mod 2 for 5 days as it does not affect the critical path.. That was the time when i first heard ( may be noticed) the critical path concept.. I was angry, but he wanted to use Shans for another important and urgent task.. he was looking at the "global optimisation" of the group.. But i was less concerned.. i am bothered about only my project.. why should i risk ? i was against the late start of the task, which may put me into trouble later on..! i disagreed. But being a theoretical person, he also disagreed. Finally we reached a consensus in the weekly meeting.. I admitted, we may find problems in the module, and based on his advice put 5 more days in that path for module testing.. so he agreed to retain shans.. although that added more cost to my project in terms of planned man-days..
Finally it came like this - Mod2 was delayed further because of the problems found in design review and that caused slight delay in the project also.. anyway that point i dont want to stress..
This incident came to my mind when i started reading "Critical Chain"..
Another practice which i always liked is - of Gopan. He used to do the full schedule in MSProject for scheduling and always review the estimation with schedule in proposal stage itself.
The reviews will be in different views -
=>Will see if the planned deployment matches estimation,
=>Wll see if the estimated days of each task are planned in schedule etc
These things and thoughts are simple, but we dont practice, do we ?
chicken threat continues...
jojan is down with chicken pox..., krishna just came back after chicken gunia..
i dont like chicken gunia. in tamil nadu.., more than 42000 are already affected.. more in karnataka and andhra.. these days i am not getting much news from kerala..
no medicines are there for gunia.. only paracetamol and HELP LINE. u can call at the help line number and doctors are there for answering you..
i dont know.. usually i dont get these type of diseases ( TOUCHWOOD.. i dont want now also.. please ). my 365 days sneezing is possibly protecting me.. all the germs, viruses and bacterias in my body does not like these measles, chicken gunia viruses and does not allow them to enter.. they belong to my body more than my red corpuscles.. they rule my body..
Disclaimer: Propogating false info... is a crime and punishable.. i dont know whether 42000 are ill in tamil nadu or not.. i heard something like that in radio mirchi FM 98.3.. with my tamil knowledge i understood like that..
i dont like chicken gunia. in tamil nadu.., more than 42000 are already affected.. more in karnataka and andhra.. these days i am not getting much news from kerala..
no medicines are there for gunia.. only paracetamol and HELP LINE. u can call at the help line number and doctors are there for answering you..
i dont know.. usually i dont get these type of diseases ( TOUCHWOOD.. i dont want now also.. please ). my 365 days sneezing is possibly protecting me.. all the germs, viruses and bacterias in my body does not like these measles, chicken gunia viruses and does not allow them to enter.. they belong to my body more than my red corpuscles.. they rule my body..
Disclaimer: Propogating false info... is a crime and punishable.. i dont know whether 42000 are ill in tamil nadu or not.. i heard something like that in radio mirchi FM 98.3.. with my tamil knowledge i understood like that..
Donkey story
A story i heard some years back...
a husband and wife was driving in their car.. two donkeys came on the way.. husband wanted to tease wife.
he said: see, ur relatives r coming
wife replied: yes, they r my in-laws
they lived happily there after
a husband and wife was driving in their car.. two donkeys came on the way.. husband wanted to tease wife.
he said: see, ur relatives r coming
wife replied: yes, they r my in-laws
they lived happily there after
CONFIDENCE | TRUST | HOPE
I liked this forwarded mail..
CONFIDENCE:
Ones all village people decided to pray for rain.
On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an
umbrella. that's confidence...........
TRUST:
Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby
when you throw him in the air , he laughs......
because he knows you will catch him........
HOPE:
A human being can live for
40 days without water
8 minutes without air
but not even 1 second without hope....
SO ALWAYS HAVE CONFIDENCE, TRUST OTHERS AND NEVER LOOSE HOPE
CONFIDENCE:
Ones all village people decided to pray for rain.
On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an
umbrella. that's confidence...........
TRUST:
Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby
when you throw him in the air , he laughs......
because he knows you will catch him........
HOPE:
A human being can live for
40 days without water
8 minutes without air
but not even 1 second without hope....
SO ALWAYS HAVE CONFIDENCE, TRUST OTHERS AND NEVER LOOSE HOPE
Monday, July 24, 2006
Besant Nagar beach and Murugan's Idly Shop..
We have become a fan of Besant Nagar beach and Murugan's Idly shop..
Besant Nagar beach has the ambience to attract you.. Sundays are crowded, so we have started visiting her on weekdays also. You will get delicious "Mullagu Bajji"'s there.
Another point of interest is --- Murugan's idly shop.. You will get Idly and five types of Chammanti and hot sambar.. It is worth spending 5 Rs for that idly...
So mornings at Tiruvanmiyoor beach and evenings at Besant Nagar beach..
I have started becoming darker !
Besant Nagar beach has the ambience to attract you.. Sundays are crowded, so we have started visiting her on weekdays also. You will get delicious "Mullagu Bajji"'s there.
Another point of interest is --- Murugan's idly shop.. You will get Idly and five types of Chammanti and hot sambar.. It is worth spending 5 Rs for that idly...
So mornings at Tiruvanmiyoor beach and evenings at Besant Nagar beach..
I have started becoming darker !
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Manasarovar and DA VINCI CODE
Did not understand anything after seeing the movie for half an hour. Did not have my DVD remote with me, so could not get the english sub titles..
Perhaps will try DA VINCI code later after getting the remote from home.
Before that we met santhosh's father who just came after a visit to Manasarovar.. He gave a full description of his travel to Manasarovar.. the people he met, the places he went through, the climates he had to face , the feelings he had.. the objectives he had and the determination he had for this travel etc. It was nice talk. It was nice to hear that he had a one year yoga and breathing training, so that he could cope with the difficulties in the travel.. i hope he will soon blog his travel.
One off topic also came during the discussion - he never asks name or details about the unknown persons he meets in train or hospital ( he is a doctor ).. he does not like to get prejudiced by the caste or religion or profession of the person sitting in front of him.. only once the relationship is established, he asks for even the name.. because he says.. prejudice is always in our inner layer of mind.. when our outer layer gets a bond with the person.. the prejudice inside the inner layer does not come out.. ! ( once we have a drink or two the outer layer gets broken and the inner layer will get exposed !!)
Atleast doctors, teachers and policemen should never get prejudiced ! may be good tip for them !
Question of the day : How to clean up the inner mind ?
Perhaps will try DA VINCI code later after getting the remote from home.
Before that we met santhosh's father who just came after a visit to Manasarovar.. He gave a full description of his travel to Manasarovar.. the people he met, the places he went through, the climates he had to face , the feelings he had.. the objectives he had and the determination he had for this travel etc. It was nice talk. It was nice to hear that he had a one year yoga and breathing training, so that he could cope with the difficulties in the travel.. i hope he will soon blog his travel.
One off topic also came during the discussion - he never asks name or details about the unknown persons he meets in train or hospital ( he is a doctor ).. he does not like to get prejudiced by the caste or religion or profession of the person sitting in front of him.. only once the relationship is established, he asks for even the name.. because he says.. prejudice is always in our inner layer of mind.. when our outer layer gets a bond with the person.. the prejudice inside the inner layer does not come out.. ! ( once we have a drink or two the outer layer gets broken and the inner layer will get exposed !!)
Atleast doctors, teachers and policemen should never get prejudiced ! may be good tip for them !
Question of the day : How to clean up the inner mind ?
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Krrish, Chess and Vaidhehi Kathirunthal....
Saw three films during the week..
First it was Krrish.. It was all in one - Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Matrix etc.. 80Rs was the ticket fee, our final calculation showed it was worth 65Rs.. we did not like the film, but it is taken in a wonderful manner.. it will give a break for hrithik in hollywood.. he is a super hero..
Next was Malayalam film Chess... Dileep acting as "super hero".. i liked the plot of the movie.. revenge being taken against powerful enemies.. but the implementation in this case was poor.. i like dileep in chanthupottu, meesa madhavan, eee puzhayum kadannu, punjabi house... but dont like a super hero dileep.. we paid 60Rs for the tiicket.. the total worth we calculated was 13Rs ( it had raised to ..28Rs.. but at the end dropped to 13Rs because of many negative points )
Yesterday also we had intention in seeing "davinci code".. but cannot do that.. as everybody was feeling tired.. went home.. switched on T/V and it was "Rassathi Unne Kannathe Nenju Kattadi pollakiruthu..".. its one of my all time favourite romantic songs.. it is one of the first scenes of movie - Vaidhehi Kathirunthal.. I decided to see the movie ( i had seen that movie sometime in my school days).. Revathi and Vijayakanth are superb in the movie.. nice storyline.. nice songs.. it was worth 100Rs..
Now Davinci Code ?
First it was Krrish.. It was all in one - Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Matrix etc.. 80Rs was the ticket fee, our final calculation showed it was worth 65Rs.. we did not like the film, but it is taken in a wonderful manner.. it will give a break for hrithik in hollywood.. he is a super hero..
Next was Malayalam film Chess... Dileep acting as "super hero".. i liked the plot of the movie.. revenge being taken against powerful enemies.. but the implementation in this case was poor.. i like dileep in chanthupottu, meesa madhavan, eee puzhayum kadannu, punjabi house... but dont like a super hero dileep.. we paid 60Rs for the tiicket.. the total worth we calculated was 13Rs ( it had raised to ..28Rs.. but at the end dropped to 13Rs because of many negative points )
Yesterday also we had intention in seeing "davinci code".. but cannot do that.. as everybody was feeling tired.. went home.. switched on T/V and it was "Rassathi Unne Kannathe Nenju Kattadi pollakiruthu..".. its one of my all time favourite romantic songs.. it is one of the first scenes of movie - Vaidhehi Kathirunthal.. I decided to see the movie ( i had seen that movie sometime in my school days).. Revathi and Vijayakanth are superb in the movie.. nice storyline.. nice songs.. it was worth 100Rs..
Now Davinci Code ?
Friday, July 21, 2006
information over web...?
what all information can be in web....? we had a dicussion in past..
indian governments are always sceptical in providing informations to outside... i believe many of the strategic sites in india are not be in the maps of india... But from whom we are hiding info.. the people of interest say terrorist or other countries will have definitely info.. they dont need to look into indian maps
or easily they can get it from google tools... !
another discussion point was - what about using a foreign tool like google for searching information... google keeps cached information of all websites and all when we google.. even after we delete sites.. it will be in cached info of google... also we are using mail tools like gmail, yahoo etc.. i think even government institutions in india use that for official purposes.. and american companies like google, msn, yahoo etc are supposed to give info to US goverrnment if some need based on national security demands... so are we at risk?
somebody suggested we should use indian based tools instead of google.. but then it would be easy for hackers against india.. everything will lie in one place to hack...!
so what all should we keep in web and what all we should not ..? what all should we permit and what all we should not.. where should be the line drawn.. based on what all parameters -- privacy.., national interest.. etc etc
One possitive thing is that -- soon we will be able to even see people wandering in beaches using google map..! ( now also it should be possible, for paid users ?)
indian governments are always sceptical in providing informations to outside... i believe many of the strategic sites in india are not be in the maps of india... But from whom we are hiding info.. the people of interest say terrorist or other countries will have definitely info.. they dont need to look into indian maps
or easily they can get it from google tools... !
another discussion point was - what about using a foreign tool like google for searching information... google keeps cached information of all websites and all when we google.. even after we delete sites.. it will be in cached info of google... also we are using mail tools like gmail, yahoo etc.. i think even government institutions in india use that for official purposes.. and american companies like google, msn, yahoo etc are supposed to give info to US goverrnment if some need based on national security demands... so are we at risk?
somebody suggested we should use indian based tools instead of google.. but then it would be easy for hackers against india.. everything will lie in one place to hack...!
so what all should we keep in web and what all we should not ..? what all should we permit and what all we should not.. where should be the line drawn.. based on what all parameters -- privacy.., national interest.. etc etc
One possitive thing is that -- soon we will be able to even see people wandering in beaches using google map..! ( now also it should be possible, for paid users ?)
blogging can be dangerous
i never thought blogging can be dangerous..
companies has started firing people for blogging... ( go to the link in title)
governments have started arresting people for blogging.. they think it will help terrorism..
so i am in a dangerous hobby..
better stop it !
companies has started firing people for blogging... ( go to the link in title)
governments have started arresting people for blogging.. they think it will help terrorism..
so i am in a dangerous hobby..
better stop it !
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Not able to view blogs
Not able to view any blogs these days..
Perhaps my company has firewall settings..
Or if what i am hearing is true.., UPA government is banning blogs..,
Then its time to change company and/or country
Perhaps my company has firewall settings..
Or if what i am hearing is true.., UPA government is banning blogs..,
Then its time to change company and/or country
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
present happenings
Today my fatherin-law landed in chennai to inspect the flat and surroundings and arrange things so that his daughter and grand daughter will have no problems when they are here ( i know this means, my credentials are in question.. but never mind, let others take responsibilities.. )
Me and shameer went to pick him up at the railway station... we arrived early, and had breakfast from station... by the time we finished eating train arrived and we went and picked him up... he wanted to have breakfast.. so we dropped him at veg refreshment store.. and waited outside.. sometime later, when we did not see him.., i went to check for him..
when i returned shameer asked me for my apartment keys.. it was missing.. i dropped it in the floor while going.. and the cleaner lady in station was brooming it away ( sorry my english) when shameer saw it.... he could detect my keys from a distance because of the beautiful leather cover.. he went and took it.. so i am again lucky with the apartment keys..
what else... tsunami striking in indonesia hurted me very much... may be because i am living very near to the shores of chennai where tsunami striked in decembet 2004.. also may be because i joked too much about tsunami these days.. i thought tsunami's occur once in a life time.. ! i went to beach several times today... but beach and people looked normal today..
today spend only very little time at office... went to shopping at T-nagar in the evening and purchased many house hold items.. utensils etc etc... as usual i was directionless.. i dont know when i will learn to remember directions, understand maps.. etc... usually people say girls dont understand maps, but boys do.. but i cant.. i am directionless.. i will get still confused,, when going to places in changanacherry or trivandrum... or when i am asked to switch on tubes or fan in my house.. i still search for these... , and will make it correct in the last possible combination..
There are people like vinod, jojan also.. who are just opposite to me in this... i remember the 1996 december days when vinod used to go in riyaz's scooter for shopping... vinod will tell riyaz (who is driving..)" turn to north, turn to east" etc etc without specifying left or right.. he is like a compass!!!
my blog "diary" writing may stop.. once my family arrives next week.. its easy to write about jojan, shameer, riyaz... writing about family will be too personal .........! i will start personal blogs for myself !!!
these days i cannot visit any xxx.blogspot.com.. These idiots in my office seems to have blocked the sites, but i can access blogger.com and post my blogs , but cannot see it.. so there will be more grammatical and spelling mistakes than before..! forgive me ! amen.
Me and shameer went to pick him up at the railway station... we arrived early, and had breakfast from station... by the time we finished eating train arrived and we went and picked him up... he wanted to have breakfast.. so we dropped him at veg refreshment store.. and waited outside.. sometime later, when we did not see him.., i went to check for him..
when i returned shameer asked me for my apartment keys.. it was missing.. i dropped it in the floor while going.. and the cleaner lady in station was brooming it away ( sorry my english) when shameer saw it.... he could detect my keys from a distance because of the beautiful leather cover.. he went and took it.. so i am again lucky with the apartment keys..
what else... tsunami striking in indonesia hurted me very much... may be because i am living very near to the shores of chennai where tsunami striked in decembet 2004.. also may be because i joked too much about tsunami these days.. i thought tsunami's occur once in a life time.. ! i went to beach several times today... but beach and people looked normal today..
today spend only very little time at office... went to shopping at T-nagar in the evening and purchased many house hold items.. utensils etc etc... as usual i was directionless.. i dont know when i will learn to remember directions, understand maps.. etc... usually people say girls dont understand maps, but boys do.. but i cant.. i am directionless.. i will get still confused,, when going to places in changanacherry or trivandrum... or when i am asked to switch on tubes or fan in my house.. i still search for these... , and will make it correct in the last possible combination..
There are people like vinod, jojan also.. who are just opposite to me in this... i remember the 1996 december days when vinod used to go in riyaz's scooter for shopping... vinod will tell riyaz (who is driving..)" turn to north, turn to east" etc etc without specifying left or right.. he is like a compass!!!
my blog "diary" writing may stop.. once my family arrives next week.. its easy to write about jojan, shameer, riyaz... writing about family will be too personal .........! i will start personal blogs for myself !!!
these days i cannot visit any xxx.blogspot.com.. These idiots in my office seems to have blocked the sites, but i can access blogger.com and post my blogs , but cannot see it.. so there will be more grammatical and spelling mistakes than before..! forgive me ! amen.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
double cot in my house
My apartment and my neighbour's apartment belong to the same owner.. Mine is furnished and the other is not furnished.. But my double cot was in other apartment ( because the previous tenant who was staying in my apartment did not want cot ). Only a lady is staying in the other apartment..
when i took the apartment.. biju said -"dont move the cot.. let the lady use it.. anyway u are also staying here as bachelor".. i dont know whether he had any double meaning when he said that.. but being a simple guy who always thinks straight, i agreed.. let her use it... i am not selfish
but since my family is going to come here now.. now preferred to take the cot back from the lady's apartment... my apartment owner's son sent a few guys.. they came.. and repaired the faulty fan, tube, took away the old A/C and brought the cot to my apartment..
NB- i am trying to be more decent and responsible these days.. i have to change my image in tiruvanmiyoor and elnet area.. ! not decided about tidel park.. there i can still roam around. its still a safe area/
when i took the apartment.. biju said -"dont move the cot.. let the lady use it.. anyway u are also staying here as bachelor".. i dont know whether he had any double meaning when he said that.. but being a simple guy who always thinks straight, i agreed.. let her use it... i am not selfish
but since my family is going to come here now.. now preferred to take the cot back from the lady's apartment... my apartment owner's son sent a few guys.. they came.. and repaired the faulty fan, tube, took away the old A/C and brought the cot to my apartment..
NB- i am trying to be more decent and responsible these days.. i have to change my image in tiruvanmiyoor and elnet area.. ! not decided about tidel park.. there i can still roam around. its still a safe area/
Saturday, July 15, 2006
lachu coming to chennai
Lachu is coming to chennai this month end.. i have given her a new bag.. so that she will be happy to go to playschool when she comes here..
Chicken Pox, Chicken and Coffee
Last weekend when i was at home, i got a call from jojan, saying Malu has been affected with chicken pox. I thought I should not have come home. I may also have got infected. In Sreedevi's office also she said, there had been few chicken pox cases last week.
I thought not to take risk in case of lachu.. We took her to hospital and took chicken pox vaccine. it costs around 1300Rs.. Sreedevi asked me also to take vaccine.. but my purse had no extra money ! So i thought i will take homeo vaccine, which was supplied free from sreedevi's office..
Taking homeo vaccine is easy.. but no coffee, no tea.., no fish.., no chicken.. The last time i had this restriction was in "art of living" days in early 2000. AnoopG without tea is like Matiz without petrol.. also after coming to chennai i have become an addict of chennai filter coffee.. one week without these, is really difficult.
Anyway i could not stop that frequent visits to canteen though.. instead of tea, coffee started drinking horlicks, boost, bournvita, viva etc.. felt more energy..! so perhaps the forced change was good..
But yesterday but i broke the code.. I forgot to take medicine.. so in canteen i had an extra option.. no homeo medicine taken, then why spend 7Rs for horlicks.. I asked for tea.. and in evening went to Minar Biriyani and had thandoori chicken..! so all the code broken..
Chicken looks nice in the plate.. but when i start eating i usually loose interest in it. This time also it was no different.. I ate only half of the things ordered.. somebody had commented in the past that i eat like capacitor charging.. ( i dont know the electronics behind that).. everytime when i waste chicken,, i remember the "thatukada" in kazhakoottam junction.. In 1998, me and Vinod were having food from a thatukada like shop next to Revathi hotel. Me as usual ordered chicken,, but i did not like the geography of the chicken and was eating chicken without harming it much :) Vinod was sitting by side of me and was enjoying his chicken.. One person in his mid thirties was sitting in front of me and he signalled me using his eyes to give away my chicken.. My reflex is always quick.. I did give away my chicken..! The waiter in the shop was angry and he began to proceed to the man.. i stopped him in the middle by signalling with hand.. atleast the life mission of the chicken is accompolished.. it is not getting wasted.. When i remembered this story, i was sorry for wasting this chicken now.. luckily binoj and deepesh came in.. and i saw that man in them.. i gave away my chicken remainings to them.. let the new chicken also rest in peace.. no more chickens for me..
Today i woke up... and went to binoj/deepesh... they were about to leave to office.. i said we can have breakfast.. and we had dosas, vada and tea from a nearby shop.. very good feeling to have tea back in my life.. i changed their plans to go to office.. we returned back to my apartment.. they saw vertical limit and ET in my DVD, while i was busy searching for the warranty card for the stabilizer.. i could not find it.. but in the process i cleaned up the house.. and threw away many papers and most probably some of them are warranty cards for my other devices.. anyway i dont need them now..
After that we had lunch at bharani.. i preferred curd rice today.. but after curd rice.. i could not resist a strong filter coffee.. does curd and coffee match ? anyway no problem for me.. i like that !
I thought not to take risk in case of lachu.. We took her to hospital and took chicken pox vaccine. it costs around 1300Rs.. Sreedevi asked me also to take vaccine.. but my purse had no extra money ! So i thought i will take homeo vaccine, which was supplied free from sreedevi's office..
Taking homeo vaccine is easy.. but no coffee, no tea.., no fish.., no chicken.. The last time i had this restriction was in "art of living" days in early 2000. AnoopG without tea is like Matiz without petrol.. also after coming to chennai i have become an addict of chennai filter coffee.. one week without these, is really difficult.
Anyway i could not stop that frequent visits to canteen though.. instead of tea, coffee started drinking horlicks, boost, bournvita, viva etc.. felt more energy..! so perhaps the forced change was good..
But yesterday but i broke the code.. I forgot to take medicine.. so in canteen i had an extra option.. no homeo medicine taken, then why spend 7Rs for horlicks.. I asked for tea.. and in evening went to Minar Biriyani and had thandoori chicken..! so all the code broken..
Chicken looks nice in the plate.. but when i start eating i usually loose interest in it. This time also it was no different.. I ate only half of the things ordered.. somebody had commented in the past that i eat like capacitor charging.. ( i dont know the electronics behind that).. everytime when i waste chicken,, i remember the "thatukada" in kazhakoottam junction.. In 1998, me and Vinod were having food from a thatukada like shop next to Revathi hotel. Me as usual ordered chicken,, but i did not like the geography of the chicken and was eating chicken without harming it much :) Vinod was sitting by side of me and was enjoying his chicken.. One person in his mid thirties was sitting in front of me and he signalled me using his eyes to give away my chicken.. My reflex is always quick.. I did give away my chicken..! The waiter in the shop was angry and he began to proceed to the man.. i stopped him in the middle by signalling with hand.. atleast the life mission of the chicken is accompolished.. it is not getting wasted.. When i remembered this story, i was sorry for wasting this chicken now.. luckily binoj and deepesh came in.. and i saw that man in them.. i gave away my chicken remainings to them.. let the new chicken also rest in peace.. no more chickens for me..
Today i woke up... and went to binoj/deepesh... they were about to leave to office.. i said we can have breakfast.. and we had dosas, vada and tea from a nearby shop.. very good feeling to have tea back in my life.. i changed their plans to go to office.. we returned back to my apartment.. they saw vertical limit and ET in my DVD, while i was busy searching for the warranty card for the stabilizer.. i could not find it.. but in the process i cleaned up the house.. and threw away many papers and most probably some of them are warranty cards for my other devices.. anyway i dont need them now..
After that we had lunch at bharani.. i preferred curd rice today.. but after curd rice.. i could not resist a strong filter coffee.. does curd and coffee match ? anyway no problem for me.. i like that !
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Recent encounters
06/07: Replacing the A/C
Took my A/C from kingini apartment [look at my old blog]and decided to replace the old A/C here in my Shreyas apartment.. Things went on fine.. A/C was installed. The room is better now.
07/07: Key-less again
Friday - Have to go home today. So decided not to take my car. When we were just out of the apartment... jojan shouted that he forgot the keys inside.. Again... It was frustrating.. why again ?.. We did not know what to do. Anyway decided to go to office. Called house owner -- he said the extra keys are with father, and he is currently in US. So he can call father in evening and ask... But we decided better not wait till evening and get a negative answer.
We investigated all around the apartment -- We were able to slide the glass windows and see the key inside the apartment at the top of T/V. With the help of watchman, we made a long rod and tried pulling the keys from there.. but the rode was short slightly..
the next plan was remove the grills in the window. it is a bolted one ( may be to make it wasy for people like us ).. we took one spanner from the car,, we needed one more. called shameer/binoj and asked them to bring the other spanner..
when we were taking rest and waiting for the other spanner to come - jojan had an idea - he shortened the rod - and through the window he tried pushing the door lock with the rod - and he asked me to push the door from oustide - within 5 minutes we were able to break into the house - ( so professional thieves can make it faster !)
finally it was a happy ending. i decided not to duplicate my keys when we can open within less than 5 minutes -- why we need backup plans ?
Disclaimer: dont try to break into my house. It contains some old clothes and some nice books only
Today's news: My A/C stabilizer got damaged.. so my woes with A/C continue.. now i have to search for the V-Guard warranty card and service center
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Feedback to my blog
Feedback from a friend:
AnoopG
Today I feel tooo sleepy.. I don’t know what to do….no frwd mails to read (I already read all the frwds)…..no mails frm anybody…
Suddenly I think about ur blog..
Grt…”Ente urakkam poyikitti”…. “Ente kannu thurannu” (vyangayrdathilum vachyardathilum)
Vishaya daridryam nannayi athil kanunnundu…
“chuma varan kathirikkunna kudumpam” ennoru parasya vachakam kettitille..
Athupole “subject/vishayam” kitten kathirikkunna anoopG..
AnoopG
Today I feel tooo sleepy.. I don’t know what to do….no frwd mails to read (I already read all the frwds)…..no mails frm anybody…
Suddenly I think about ur blog..
Grt…”Ente urakkam poyikitti”…. “Ente kannu thurannu” (vyangayrdathilum vachyardathilum)
Vishaya daridryam nannayi athil kanunnundu…
“chuma varan kathirikkunna kudumpam” ennoru parasya vachakam kettitille..
Athupole “subject/vishayam” kitten kathirikkunna anoopG..
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Practices
Today we were eating at "Taravadu".., a kerala restaurant. One of us ( Mr.Y) should not eat meat for some days as one of his close relative has died. But we accidentally put the spoon of egg masala to green peas masala. He was then confused whether to eat further, as the spoon has become spoiled. Since he is a non-vegetarian usually, we said him no problem continue..
But that triggered a range of discussions.... One of my friend ( Mr.X) who is a muslim, if accidentally finds pork in his food ( it happens in japan, even if u tell them before, usually waiters dont know), removes the pork or gives the pork to us, and eats the rest.. I am more comfortable with that nature..
In our hindu system,,, practices we follow, reminds me of "untouchability" whether its against food or ..... we dont know what we are doing, or why we are doing..
i dont know.. how to convey what is going on in my mind...
i dont like conventions or traditional practices if they are not adding any value or not making any logic...
A range of discussions happended:
1. whether women can enter sabarimala ?
2. why women have to wear "thali", while men does not have any marriage symbol ( ring comes from western culture )
i dont know.. i dont find any problem with the above issues...
if "Ayyapan" does not like, then why should women enter ? or if "thali" can be a symbol of "i am not available" then why issues ?
but i dont like people thinking, whether someting will happen, if i eat with the same spoon that accidentally fell into "egg masala".. ofcourse we can respect pure vegetarians..
During some early times... i was rebel against the caste symbols that make visible the caste... i thought of buying "poonool" ( threads that brhamins wear) from east fort for 4Rs and wear, if that make me a brahmin...
Or what should i do to make myself a brahmin.. ? ( why i need to become brahmin: in our view points brahmin is the supreme caste )..
if community wise practices exits,,, then i should have all the privileges... i should be in the top most league. i should not miss any advantages... i should get what i want.. if so every practice can exists..
If brahmins can only do pujas,, then i am a brahmin
if socially unprivilged can only get reservations, then i am a socially unprivileged..
i dont know where i stand.. but i dislike divisions in society..
i wish some new Prophet or disciples of Prophet come and make everything correct and good..!
Dont read this,, I may change my stand tomorrow..., This is what i write on 05 July 2006
I will not say I am consistent.. i am trying to write my thinkings and expose myself for my review.
But that triggered a range of discussions.... One of my friend ( Mr.X) who is a muslim, if accidentally finds pork in his food ( it happens in japan, even if u tell them before, usually waiters dont know), removes the pork or gives the pork to us, and eats the rest.. I am more comfortable with that nature..
In our hindu system,,, practices we follow, reminds me of "untouchability" whether its against food or ..... we dont know what we are doing, or why we are doing..
i dont know.. how to convey what is going on in my mind...
i dont like conventions or traditional practices if they are not adding any value or not making any logic...
A range of discussions happended:
1. whether women can enter sabarimala ?
2. why women have to wear "thali", while men does not have any marriage symbol ( ring comes from western culture )
i dont know.. i dont find any problem with the above issues...
if "Ayyapan" does not like, then why should women enter ? or if "thali" can be a symbol of "i am not available" then why issues ?
but i dont like people thinking, whether someting will happen, if i eat with the same spoon that accidentally fell into "egg masala".. ofcourse we can respect pure vegetarians..
During some early times... i was rebel against the caste symbols that make visible the caste... i thought of buying "poonool" ( threads that brhamins wear) from east fort for 4Rs and wear, if that make me a brahmin...
Or what should i do to make myself a brahmin.. ? ( why i need to become brahmin: in our view points brahmin is the supreme caste )..
if community wise practices exits,,, then i should have all the privileges... i should be in the top most league. i should not miss any advantages... i should get what i want.. if so every practice can exists..
If brahmins can only do pujas,, then i am a brahmin
if socially unprivilged can only get reservations, then i am a socially unprivileged..
i dont know where i stand.. but i dislike divisions in society..
i wish some new Prophet or disciples of Prophet come and make everything correct and good..!
Dont read this,, I may change my stand tomorrow..., This is what i write on 05 July 2006
I will not say I am consistent.. i am trying to write my thinkings and expose myself for my review.
Monday, July 03, 2006
driving ahead
weekend was nice. most of the time was in office, as our sweden office is being closed, and we have to do all the release and QA activities from here now on... the sessions with rajesh ( lead@customer) went well.
sunday evening went to spencer plaza.. chennai feels like bangalore when we are in spencer plaza..!! reminds of brigade road sceneries..
weekend movie was always on card.. we had a debate in front of Sathyam movie complex on which movie to be seen.. smijith does not like english movies, and sudarshan hates tamil movies.. finally we had to eliminate one of them .., and this time we eliminated smijith and chose to see "MI-3".. I liked it.
The day ended with Shameer's joke:
Shameer: Tomorrow Rajesh will not be present in office
Anoop: No he will go back only on monday evening, he will be present in office
Shameer: he he .., now its 12:30., today is monday
Binoj says we can expect a joke from Shameer based on this theme, once the clock passes 12.. Sometimes it will be "i have to have breakfast today" or "i have to go office today itself" etc etc... we can expect more from him..
Matiz has brought more choices for me on the weekends.. Reached home only at late 1am..... Did not feel to sleep and saw TV for another two hous...
Now sitting in office dreaming... feeling sleepy.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
blogging.....
I dont know why i started blogging....
-> May be became nostalgic after resigning from NeST after 9 long years.......
-> May be becoming a bachelor (!) again after so many years....
-> May be because of missing lachu..........
Now thinking of blogging some serious subjects. But I dont have a clear stand on many of the social and political issues that happen around me... when the people around me comment on that issue with examples... i get influenced by that... also the more i criticize, i get addicted to the subject, and there is a high chance that i may change side..
so i dont know how to bring consistency and comment on the issues.. or may be can we ignore consistency and just open the mind.... ?
What are the possible topics:
1. Reservation
2. Pedigree
3. Heaven
4. Terrorism
-> May be became nostalgic after resigning from NeST after 9 long years.......
-> May be becoming a bachelor (!) again after so many years....
-> May be because of missing lachu..........
Now thinking of blogging some serious subjects. But I dont have a clear stand on many of the social and political issues that happen around me... when the people around me comment on that issue with examples... i get influenced by that... also the more i criticize, i get addicted to the subject, and there is a high chance that i may change side..
so i dont know how to bring consistency and comment on the issues.. or may be can we ignore consistency and just open the mind.... ?
What are the possible topics:
1. Reservation
2. Pedigree
3. Heaven
4. Terrorism
Morning walk...
See my matiz car on the right end side of the photo.. i have parked just outside my apartment,, as jojan has occupied my (no-so-good) parking space inside...
There is a Abhyas playschool inside the apartment complex if lachu likes to go .....
See my beach nearby..... Its very near to the shores in which Tsunami striked in 2004... today i woke up.., when Mary came for house cleaning and washing.. all these days jojan and co, would have taken care of Mary and i could have slept till 7:30 ( Malu also wakes up only by that time).. but now they have gone home.. i took the responsibility of opening the door...
after went to beach for a long walk... i prefer to walk thru the waves ( what u call thiramala..),, instead of the beach road...where everybody walks.......
feeling better.. should be
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