e-cigarette!!

I was excited to read the mail that smoking will be strictly prohibited in EGL golf link park.Its one of the good things happening around....I was happy because this was something practical, "can be enforced" thing and hope banning of smoking wil be successful here. Union Minister's move to ban public smoking of cigerettes may not become a holistic success....I fear this law will be lost somewhere! Atleast such a law in our work environment should be and will be a success.
This was the topic of discussion for more than a couple of times for me shruthi and shilpa....We would always talk about girls smoking, huge ash trays here and there, more than a dozen of guys smoking together and it was a nightmare to walk across that path.Everybody knows the hazards of smoking....but still its not been easy for majority of smokers to quit. Now the question is how will these addicts manage with the rule coming to force. I have seen addicts whose minds dont run without taking a break for smoking!Lately, my concern was for the companies which have hired these smokers....and my imagination----practically how will the work move if these guys are not allowed to smoke in and around the building....!they'll have to walk atleast for 10-15 mins to help themselves....this is keeping in mind that whole of EGL park is "no smoking zone" and they have to come out of it for smoking! I guess it takes atleast one hour for a person to start working again .3 such breaks a day?? I think it'll be that....then lunch break for an hour atleast....so a min of 4-5 hours break/day!!v r supposed to work min 8hrs/day! just cant imagine the outcome of this routine! a real problem to think!
Well, every problem has a solution! Today morning again was excited to see the word "e-cigerette" !! I was tempted 2 much to click on it for details....but before that just 2 mins....wht I thought is...this should be some virtual thing, which would help addicts to get releived....thought it'll be some software....may be u would get smoke or flames after u launch it !!!!!!!or can send cigerettes like e-mails and peple will get satisfied receiving it, a lighter or a match stick sent with it would be striked, and u would enjoy virtually!!!!( I know its a poor imagination !).....but when I started reading more abt it, it was not at all what I had guessed! Take a look!
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/47284
oooof what all people invent,discover!!!! hey nyways this is actually a good stuff coming around....There is absolutely no harm for the passive smokers I guess....cool....pretty expensive!now this one actually is "burning your money before the cigerrate and burning your body after smoking"....High time smokers you quit it!

Am I happy....

2 days back , I was walking briskly to reach home( pg :( ) as soon as possible. It was lightly pouring and these are really nightmares for me. I leave office 15-20 min late, it starts raining and my day gone. cant bear with those muddy roads....walking on road will be like walking in a river. I had never even dreamt that I would shop an umbrella! never in my life till now had used an umbrella!!Only thing that was running on my mind was to reach home before I get drenched.suddenly I could not avoid watching a girl on roadside , sitting on the footpath she was eating corn.her eyes were somewhere else....was she dreaming...without my knowledge I stood there for few seconds.
what came to my mind was a completely diff thing. To be frank,I really didnt feel sympathetic towards her.These days I have no soft corner for beggars.Have heard,seen and read most of their dramas and it has become a "profession"and "business" today.The first thing that came to my mind was "she is so happy"....was I jealous of her for a sec??!I dunno!yes with all the unfortune with her,she was kinda enjoying that moment.how relaxed she is,doesnt think about tomorrow,no responsibilities,no duties,no commitments, does she worry abt the pollution,population and terrorism!no stress,no tension....days pass as she sees.so nice! whatever u do or u dont do,life will be going on....y do v worry so much everyday.think abt every action,worry abt the unseen future,regret for the past days.Life is so easy,if u r a beggar.something to eat-to survive....not very hard to get,and u r done.no worries.every1 will die one day,and for dying someday,how much v struggle the whole life.2 secs felt "she is more happier than me"!me and dad had once discussed on this,and all that came into memory.I continued to walk. Let me put a short story related to this which my dad had told....
Once upon a time, there was a beggar girl in a town.One day the prince of that empire was on his rounds and saw her.She was so beautiful and the prince decided to marry her.But when the girl heard the proposal,she was scared abt the "royal life" and refused.When the prince forced her, she said,"u dunno my background and how I have lived life so far.Beg with me for one week,ur opinion may change after getting to know abt my life. Even then if u r ready to marry me,I will be ok with that". The prince agreed.From next day,both started to beg together,the prince in disguise ofcourse. 1st day....2nd day....3rd....4th....5th....the girl was shocked.She had thought the "prince" would give up the very first day!At the end of the 6th day,she realised how dumb she was.How bad it was on her part to make the future king of the empire to beg in his own land.How blind she was,she could not see the fortune knocking her.she went to the prince...apologised and said "this is enough, lets go to the palace and live happily forever". Guess what the prince said....
" Wait for another 2 hours. I'll finish begging the other 2 streets, taste in those houses will be extremely good and nothing else can compete with the mixture from all houses(of 2-3 days) !"
May be the prince was right! coz many times v eat such bad food inside AC rooms!
Hmmm thats not the point,thats not life....was that a dissappointed look...she will have got that corn as alms...will she be thinking when again she will get something to eat...whatever,I dont know.how v live is important,and all those "known philosophies",yes I completely agree. But one should learn to enjoy life and get satisfied easily. I have seen so many people- never happy,never satisfied,how much ever success they have achieved,how much ever money they have,....they dont know what happiness is....
These days I have started to enjoy every little issue/thing. It feels gr8.A sincere smile,some few mins talk,a melodious song,some humour inbetween, just sit with ur loved ones-parents,siblings,friends for half an hour.I tell U,u'll feel extremely relaxed and happy.what not! it really works.Take life easily!so....Am I happy?? YES, and will be happy forever :)

"SNAPSHOT"

I liked the concept of "snapshots"....which is point in time copy and a read-only copy which can be restored later for read-write purposes. wondering!!??? howcome something technical from my side!hang on u'll come to know....
These snapshots generally, by default are taken at every 1 hour and u can restore whichever snapshot u want and continue from there. So far so good.
I wish someone had taken "snapshots" of our lives,v could go back, correct our mistakes,in a way-really design our lives.so nice na!I want snapshots from my +2 class.Not that I'm not happy for what I am,but I'd love to take life in a completely different direction and see how it goes! if not from +2 ,atleast badly I want the snapshots of 4 years BE! one per year(fair enough!)....I would restore my 3rd year snapshot i.e

snapdrive snap restore -file /mnt/4NI04CS074/shu -snapname NIE:/cs/shubhada:SNAP3

>>file restored successfully .

happy :)...I make all the changes....(1) my semester marks improve(5th and esp 6th)
(2) 2 accidents on my crown are removed
(3) v 3 utilize our time in a better way than worrying too much about others!
and many more .......
shubhada, all this at the cost of 1 extra year....another year with VTU! totally 5 years .... hmmm "u want something u should sacrifice something".....okay, hey wait, if I am restoring one year,Y will I do only that...I would rewind the "life clock" and "life calender" also!ok something nice...carry on....
ok done. now, I dont want to continue, I want my 4th year back....which was so nice!such good marks....nice fun....change in the way of life(with many lessons and realizations)....I try this

snapdrive snap restore -file /mnt/4NI04CS074/shu -snapname NIE:/cs/shubhada:SNAP4

>>Error :command failed: unable to find the snapshot

aaaa????

snapdrive snap restore -file /mnt/4NI04CS074/shu -snapname NIE:/cs/shubhada:SNAP4

>>Error :command failed: unable to find the snapshot

what the hell!?

snapdrive snap restore -file /mnt/4NI04CS074/shu -snapname NIE:/cs/shubhada:SNAP4

>>Error :command failed: unable to find the snapshot

noooooooo....

guys!when u restore a snapshot, all other snapshots taken after that are no more valid....:( This will now mean another year more with VTU. no way acceptable!

see friends I cant even enjoy virtually, this technology puts a constraint then and there! I can conclude "snapdrive" fails on /Life/shubhada

WAIT ! The very purpose of "snapshots" is data protection and recovery right, it happens in life also....snapdrive is installed in every brain....the whole content of snapshot will be etched in memory which stays there permanently. U can restore it time and again and send back, with the only difference----it remains a read-only copy forever!what if I have a brain-haemmorhage .... :) every prob has a solution....this is the time for "disaster recovery"....get back to ur dairies which r equivalent to tapes and disks ;)

Now time to decide....u should either change snapdrive s/w to meet ur requirements or change the attitude towards life. 2nd is better :) :( . past is past....never again can get back those days,and every min spent now is gone forever! with this, get up....got to meet shil,shwe and su take a "snapshot" which remains evergreen for the rest of life :)

BACK TO COLL DAYS!

A gr8 experience!after a month of "professional life", was taken back to coll life environment....guess how??something even i had not expected....training for 2 weeks was scheduled from 25th of this month for another one week. Its basically a bird view of technologies and products here.some talks Quite interesting and some others go over head.one gr8 thing that happened is v really enjoyed these 4 days.ask how! exactly like v would do in our coll days.Attending classes and seminars for the sake of attendance,sitting back passing comments,laughing all the way trying to hide ourselves! finally come out and burst out!Some sessions were really interesting and informative but unfortunately many others were too boring.V would get completely bored especially in the post-lunch session...whatever the reasons may be!First day,there were experienced people in the crew and also geeks with master degree holders from IIT's. Some first 2 sessions, questions were shooted like anything,many irrelevant though!I felt many were completely unnecessary in the sense I felt in no way those information would help,and gradually u'll get to know as u work on products,also some info u'd get on the net if browsed rather bugging people here for info which just tax memory,and no 1 would be prepared to collect such statistics on mind! Well, let me not get deep into it! coz the more important and interesting issues r yet to come to light;)
Me and Shruthi were sitting physically there but mentally completely lost!What was going in our minds:r v the only 2 dumb girls here,not much things going into our head,feeling this session is of no use to us,and wondering how r others able to concentrate so much!after some time,decided to have a look on every1 else....first shock!a guy who was in the first seat in the morning session, and used to ask questions for every slide,and would never get convinced,had moved to the last seat!What was more interesting was, he from IIT-Chennai and was playing with a guy from IIT-Delhi! and what were they playing----"chukki ata"....a game of joining dots!....and they were playing this on tissue paper!!oooooooooof typical IITians :D!they continued this for the rest of the days as well!cool,really they've enjoyed! V couldnt control our laughter....next our eyes went on Sneha and Nivedita....crazy girls,they r trying their handwriting from left hand!after sometime I see again,seriously they r thinking something and making kinda points....stared for 2 more secs, got to know they r playing "cows and bulls" so nice! I remember the days v used to play inside classroom!, bingo,bollywod and more than that "fighter planes",i'm not getting the proper name for that,Prashali,what is that??????v used to play for nearly 2-3 periods!How can I 4get the dumb charads v were playing during class hours,across 3-4 benches!one in the bench starts laughing and the whole bench starts shaking!how many times VKA has stared at us. really frightening look she used to give,and for my luck/fate she became my project guide!but at last all ends well....she gave 95/100 for the dumb project!I suddenly remember 1 of the lecturer of sadvidya,physics dept....again there also our routine was sitting in last benches and laughing,he used to catch us so fiercely and a lecture after that for not less than 30 mins! god...i had got caught once and he asked a question,I answered :)physics had become one of my favourite subjects at that time and I used to fairly know things.He had not guessed that I'd answer!may be he was planning to spend the rest of the time targetting me,he was not ready to accept my correct answer,started with some theory all just to confuse us and finally came back to my answer, followed with his usual lecture!V were so helpless those days!whatever happens,should accept!another day,with a diff lecturer,and yes from physics again!"genda"-what all used to call him,he was taking current electricity for our class.One of the useless class was his and v all unanimously felt it was waste of time but used to attend min no. of classes for the sake of attendance!and dont ever imagine of taking notes of his sessions....but,sometimes I strongly feel I have to do somethings which every1 without a second thought skip!yes,I was maintaining notes for his sessions.In that class,it was Harini and Varsha who were completely involved in gossiping and got caught!they were sitting 2 benches ahead of me.he asked for their notes which were filled with lyrics of songs,cartoons this and that....they were asked to move out and for my surprise he suddenly asked for my notes!I was so happy after that to see his shocked face,he turned the pages nearly 4-5 times ensuring its my book and the stuff there was "physics".He knew very well that no 1 in the class would have maintained notes and had not even in his dreams expected that I'd have made sucha thing!his attitude towards me changed from that day,started giving a smile always from then!and nearly after 3 years since I left sadvidya,happened to see him near my house and he could very well recognise me with name!I had 1 more bad exp with YRR....hey it hink could have made a diff post for my sadvidya experiences....all most all bad ones :( yeah,coming back, me and shruthi were releived,thank god!no problem with us!v r like evey1 else and yes can say better ;)v too played BINGO,but just 1 game.2 girls in front of us!again experienced ladies who were so active for the starting sessions had completely come down.By this time it was dificult for 2 of us to control laughter,seeing others plays and faces!The 2 girls in front of us were very carefully examining and comparing their lunch coupons!!godd! what all things people do to kill time! after that even i turned mine and Shruthi's coupons back to see what was there;)By this time,every1 was damn bored....well the correct word would be "too tired",there were no questions,no interactions and 1 hour session would end in 40 mins!A very needed break v would get,at which time I used to return to my cube and try finish some tasks,for which Shruthi would always scold me ;)oooof another girl, completely slept,how dare she could do that! she could've walked out instead!nyways they were also points of entertainments for us!another guy,again a "specimen" after asking all high funda questions and doubts,asked "is ontap a filer??!"U can guss how me and shru would've reacted for that!that guy next tossed an orbit-may be or something like that to his mouth,next secong starting shaking hands vigorously..shruthi started "He is getting fits....see see"....I was getting scared if v'll be caugt for laughing like hell....next he bent his chair so low and was moving back and forth!"This guy will definitely break that chair today!"and v bursted again!One guy used to frequently go out and come....and would carry his mobile such a way that every1 gets to know hes gettng a call!shruthi again " how many calls he gets a day, y will no 1 call us??", and my answer "I too get hutch calls nearly 6-7 a day ;)shruhti started drawing my pic finally!"what not! hmmm another girl, daily used to come nearly 40 mins late, the first session would've come to an end!again would extend her breaks for atleast 10-15 mins....finally used to enter the post lunch session,with the dress changed and fresh make up!!!!!gr8 !! hey appreciate our observation skills,what not have v noticed!our next observation, y do people get 2-3 cans of tropicanas together!I dont feel like drinking that at all....completely filled with sugar and ,,,,,,,,,,,,other preservatives....one can i drank and the whole day felt like puking!leave thats individual "taste"!
Next today HR training....about coll to corporate life....thought it'd interesting, but not as expected. V had really enjoyed such training after 6th sem in coll which was the CII traning....unforgetable days! But this here didnt attract much,dunno the reason....may be v very well know those things or the time for implementaton of those "thoughts","values" and "actions" has come and its becoming difficult for us to accept!now dont ever ask me what this means....
Lets c how it'll go tomorrow!and for the next week,it looks completely technical.hope things dont go over my head and these sessions will really help some way!

First 5 days !

Finally the day came which ended my "student life". Very first day had the experience of "traffic jam". If I remember properly,was late by 5 mins I guess.Was asked to fill some papers and that took half a day. Then I met my manager . I had already met him once during my interview, 5 months before though!do I have a very poor memory or some confusion?? he appeared totally different to what I had thought. But yes, I could recall my interview day , later after 2days when I again spoke with my manager . Same thing happened with another person who had taken interview for me! ok me writing something like this....is this making sense??what if it doesnt?? nyways my blog , my wish !
Manager introduced my "buddy"- who will be the point of contact for all help(tech and general) , and he took me around, showed my cubicle....introduced the team members, took for lunch etc etc . He showed my cubicle and way to his' in such a good way , I could easily make to my seat from the next day without roaming here and there! laptop was being configured , and I was asked to study some materials, this continued for the rest of the days with some assignments. I really find difficult to recognise people....remembering names....if they r in my team or not....1 face seems familiar, where have I seen before ! some1 is coming should I smile or not....what if the other person doesnt recognise me !All this happened all the 5 days!!That'll get better after some more days :)
My only problem is food! morning before finishing my plate, a glass full of milk will be kept in front of me . All this happened coz I asked aunt to give me half cup of coffee and I cant drink the whole! she shifted to milk :( I had stopped drinking milk nearly 6-7 years ago! and now, every morning feel like puking. Next I tell her to please fill only half the tiffin box . she says yes, but everyday only half the box will be empty when my stomach is full! Thanks there is place at NetApp for food waste. I know its bad to throw food like that when in India..................................but still I'm helpless. I cant take the box unemptied !Night again I really get tired to finish the plate....and aunt inbetween keeps telling....'you should b like this...tht....eat that.....'. Only thing that came to my mind was....if only I was at my home, and my mother had done all this to me....I'd have shouted at her, kept the milk glass untouched and brought back the box as it is ! next, how disciplined I am at their place! daily I fold my bedspreads as soon as I get up!wash my clothes! wash my plates! keep the shoe neatly at the rack....fold my clothes...offff what not! I think aunt will die if she sees my room at my house!
hmmm coming back, 5 days passed so quickly!hey I felt happy to be there actually . Really a great place to work. Got to learn many things . have a gr8 scope for improvement. One blunder I did ! .... had to mail to some desk requesting for the subscription of dl-btc-all. I dunno what I was thinking! I was actually studying some stuff, a script was runing parallely , and I got msg from shruthi to subscribe for this ! instead of addressing to the desk, I sent the mail to dl-btc-all. This mail goes to every1 working for NetApp at Bangalore! offfff within no time, my inbox was filled with mails from many, correcting my mistake ! I deserved that for spamming every1 with my mail! hey, also the otherway its so nice of them na...they bothered to correct me! whatever, had a hearty laugh after that with shruthi !
So , my "professional life" has started! and I have some training also regarding that in the next week. Lets see how that and my work after that goes."All the best Shubhada, I wish u dont make any more blunders there, its ok even if u dont come up with wonders for some time!"