Visited Market Basket this evening. It is like wal-mart to the locals. Eaters. More Eaters. Big Eaters are these Americans. Of the 100 odd shoppers I saw this evening, 90 of them are obese. That’s 90%. From chote chote Kids to aged. I never cared about the obesity stats of america when I read in [...]
May 10, 2007
I always thought it was just a fiction or…. am not sure if this one is inspired by the Forrest Gump movie ? I took this picture at the heart of TimesSquare in New York. Am no good at camera. But I pick this one as the best from my travel pics so far. I [...]
May 7, 2007
They say it’s lot like Bombay. That was my New Yorker Weekend.Very wild, vivid, lively, versatile and you can keep adding the adjectives to describe the city.And you will still fall short of the dictionary. Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, WTC site, Central ParkThis is what I could see in the short stay. Had the best [...]
May 4, 2007
Just over three days here in US and routine seems to be catching us already. Past three days it has been like this. - Eat 4 pieces of toast n jam. Call the taxi.- start at 7.30 in the morning.- Office hours as usual.- Go to some restaurant in the noon.- Call the taxi again. [...]
May 2, 2007
If you are travelling to US and fear that you’ll have to eat lots of non-indian food…then you are completely wrong. This afternoon lunch was at this Indian restaurant at Lowell. Udupi Bhavan. We ate Dosa and Idli while others took Indian Thali. This is also a place where you will get to meet fellow [...]
May 1, 2007
That’s the hotel block where we are put up.Towneplace Suites, Marriott. Tweaksbury. CARS! Sooo many of them in this part of the world.This country thrives on those four wheels so very much. Now I understand what inspired them for that ‘car car car elnodi car’ song. It’ll take a while for me to sink in [...]
April 30, 2007
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 [...]
April 27, 2007
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. [...]
April 25, 2007
Two companies which caught my attention in this morning’s IT Ascent. Sipera – Openings on VOIP C-DOT Alactel Reseach Centre – Openings for Wimax
April 24, 2007
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.
April 20, 2007
Atlast. We all had been waiting for this to happen for more than two years now.The long patient wait is over.
April 20, 2007
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 [...]
April 9, 2007
Yoga classes have started at office. Instructor has asked us to get some comfortable clothing. Friday evening, I was at Bangalore central, for some random shopping.Spotted Urban Yoga. Checked out their collection. But took nearly two hours to make up my mind to finally put that into the cart. Here’s how I shop. Notice something. [...]
March 29, 2007
It all started with the word “oblivion”…It means Forgetfulness.I picked up this word from one of the presentations yesterday. Over the conversation with my colleague I told“We are so plain English speaking people. The richness of the vocab is not used in our day to day talks” She said“As long as we are able to [...]
March 23, 2007
I may travel from Bangalore to Boston in a couple of days from now.Am I excited ? YesBut I don’t think I am overly excited…though this would be my first ever trip across the seas.For several reasons- It would be a tighter three week packed office days.- Weather isnt bright.- India still in contention for [...]
March 14, 2007
There was collage competition at office….We’re the joint winners with the other team. Here’s what we made…in just 30 minutes.We were given latest issue of Business world and Outlook Magazine.
October 13, 2006
If I have to describe my job, this is the top down hierarchy. Engineering > Telecom > Wireless broadband > CDMA > 1xevdo > Rev-A > Rel 5.0 > Testing > Logging framework and MEID enhancements. How extreme is the niche of work we do. Have you looked at yourself from the top ?
May 11, 2007
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