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  • A T M 2:07 PM on April 30, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Paris Airport 

    My next flight from Paris is on time but I have an hour to go.
    The airport is just beyond my expectations.Truly international.I dont mind spending all my life at airports.Wish I could take pictures. I think they have some restriction.
    - I had an aerial view, few minutes before landing here at Paris.The city or the surrounding areas of airport looked neatly arranged chocolates in a box with lots of greenery.
    - The long waiting queue at the airport was full of senior citizens. I don’t see many young people.
    - An incident near the transit. A couple from US were shouting at the guards who were letting the passengers take the right bus. Female security assistant had heard the flight number wrongly from the couple due to strong French accent. 2ET was heard 2ED
    Couple missed bus. I suppose they missed the flight as well.
    - I wanted to make a local call inside Paris. There are no phones ? I wanted to exchange my rupee for euro to make the call. Amex person said ” Min. of 10 euros” “10 euros for a local call ? forget it”

    - Met many indians on the way. anand vishwanathan – works at HCL perot, leaving to cinnicatti Prosenjit sen – works at Caritor, leaving to Buffalo Dint ask the next seater lady’s name. She works at iflex leaving to Phoenix.

    - I think I should do lot more international assignments. Meet. Talk. Move On.
    - Food was nice in the flight. Travelling in economy is not that bad.
     

    • goli 7:55 AM on May 11, 2007 Permalink

      I am surpised none left a comment, so i decide to …:-)

      >>>>>- I think I should do lot more international assignments. Meet. Talk. Move On.

      do u have a coice ?


      >>>>>- Food was nice in the flight. Travelling in economy is not that bad.

      give me break ..!, flight journey more than couple of hours sucks !!! and the food, lets not talk abt it.

  • A T M 11:45 AM on April 27, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Bangalore – Paris – Boston 

    Friends tease me.
    In spite of the fact that I was the first to be placed among the batch, I haven’t seen much of the world.
    Had a great urge to go around, but not been so lucky.
    The farthest travel by air, so far has been Bangalore – Delhi.
    So this would be my first ever overseas trip.

    Bangalore – Paris – Boston

    Look forward to some posts from the unseen land.

     

    • Anonymous 4:40 PM on April 27, 2007 Permalink

      hey happy birthday … n hav a good flight n a good time ! am sure u’ll enjoy n u will have a good enriching experience :)

    • A T M 2:22 AM on May 1, 2007 Permalink

      I had a good time over the flight. But my back will take some time to recover. 20 hours of journey has done some damage.

  • A T M 4:49 AM on April 25, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Looking for Jobs ? 

    Two companies which caught my attention in this morning’s IT Ascent.

    Sipera – Openings on VOIP

    C-DOT Alactel Reseach Centre – Openings for Wimax
     

  • A T M 9:35 AM on April 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Update on the travel 

    Update :
    My travel is finally confirmed. I will be leaving Bangalore on 28th , Saturday midnight.
    Reaching Boston on Sunday afternoon.
    Stay is for three weeks. Returning back on 20th of May.

     

  • A T M 7:04 AM on April 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    The long wait is over… 

    Atlast. We all had been waiting for this to happen for more than two years now.
    The long patient wait is over.

     

  • A T M 5:03 AM on April 20, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Sometimes you don’t need super models… 


    Over the weekend I was at Landmark book store to pick up some intro book on yoga.
    Either it’s too expensive, the content isn’t well put or they are boring.
    I must have browsed 30-40 books and finally to buy none.

    Our yoga trainer gave away this two pager hand-outs y’day. Look at the pictures. She drew them herself.

    Sometimes you don’t need super models,ace photographer or a great writer to illustrate the postures ! Two lines and a circle is just good enough.
    I complimented her “Nice and Simple pictures”
    She said “Looks simple. Not so easy. Try sketching”
    I thought a bit and yea she’s right. She must have tried them few ten times before she depicted them here.
    Anyways. Awesome cartoons.Amazing simplicity.

     

  • A T M 9:34 AM on April 18, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Lati and Longi 

    mapquest generates location map if you specify the latitude and longitude values….

    Latitude: 12.924 deg N
    Longitude: 77.669 deg E

    Our office location is marked with a star

    Where did I get these accurate values for Latitude and Longitude?!
    Our Lab BTS is powered with a GPS receiver.

    This is a better picture if you want to know how this globe is dissected into latitude and Longitude.

    Location values for Bangalore would be roughly around these values

    Latitude: 12.924 deg N
    Longitude: 77.669 deg E

    N and E here represents North East. Right hand top portion of the globe.

     

  • A T M 7:59 AM on April 17, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Thank you Doctor 


    How cool is that. Angioplasty.
    My brother will have to undergo this in a day or two.
    I was bit tensed till I read about this technique.
    In Angioplasty Doctors reach the patient’s heart without cutting open the chest.
    They’ll do it all through a needle injected from the thigh portion.
    That means no knife, no blood and he’ll be back in action in a week’s time !

     

  • A T M 7:31 AM on April 14, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Movies and Subtitles 


    It has been my most religious practice for several months now. One Hollywood movie per week.
    This started long before, I got the British Library membership.

    Dont know if this one still exists. There was one ( coffee bar + library) in airport road behind intel’s office,called Leisure Hours. They used to play movies over the weekend on a jumbo screen. That was my weekend adda till I found out British library.

    Office boys of Leisure Hours knew me for just one thing. That I would never watch a movie without the English subtitles in the bottom. Those were my early days of watching movies from the west. So, subtitles were sort of a necessity. And partly due to the noise of a coffee making machine in the background. Over a matter of time, I got this addiction. I would never watch a movie burnt on a CD, because VCDs were never available with the subtitle option.

    Funny thing is, Subtitle option, is actually not meant for non-native speakers of english but for the hearing impaired. There is a majority of people who think that subtitles take away the pleasure of a full-screen viewing. True probably. But I feel screenplay-writer’s magic somehow goes unnoticed if you have muted the titles. For me lines are more important than circles.

    North by NorthWest. Hitchcock’s finest. Watch this once with the titles on.

     

  • A T M 6:59 AM on April 14, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    1 message received 

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    But you will like this one from http://www.mytoday.com/ . Not a slick one by looks. But there’s enough substance.

    I am subscribed to their services. There are different categories to choose from. News, Jokes, Career Tips, Word for the day, etc. These are the ones am currently subscribed to.

    You pay AirTel only when you sign up for the service for the first time. There after all the SMS services are completely free of charge.

    + To start receiving updates on a topic, sms START to 9845398453
     

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