Worst Birthday Ever !!

Its 9th January and I am in my hotel room in Madison, WI. It was the worst birthday I have had in my life.

I spent the day alone and without much to do, and even worse I am paying 10$/day for the internet I am using here. Bad news had started flowing in from the 7th itself when i lost some fantastic opportunities to the recession. Then my flight to Detroit got delayed by 4 hours, so when i reached Madison at 10 i was tired, down and out physically. So i switched my phone off and went straight to sleep without caring about the people who would try to call me at midnight. Selfish of me but i wanted to give more importance to the interview that was waiting for me the next day.

And i woke up at 4 A.M. to prepare myself for the interview and more bad news followed into my mailbox and chat windows. I got a little behind on my schedule and had to skip breakfast before leaving for the interview. Not a big setback but i would have preferred a stomach full of food ;). The only high point of the day was the trip to the fantastic campus of Epic Systems. I personally think by far they have the best "workspace environment" aesthetically and materialistically I have ever seen. It feels like a very posh mansion inside their offices. It was fantastic to sit there, attend presentations and give interviews. I thank Epic for the opportunity they gave me. But my personal rules for calling a day fun are very different than how I spent this 8th January.

No big worries, I am sure I will get more birthdays which would be much more fun. I am glad 8th Jan 2009 is over now, maybe the rest of the month would be better. At least, I hope so.

Ciao

2009

Now that I am finally sober and over with hang-overs I thought lets write the first post of the year.

2008 was a year with lot of ups and downs and even more mids. Here is what i learnt in the last one year.

1.Always, always, always have a considerable stash of hidden money which is never to be used, just the presence of the stash makes one very comfortable.

2.After 2.5 years in a foreign land i finally started to feel homesick, and would be going to India at first opportunity I get.

3.Nothing is more fulfilling in life than "Peace of Mind".

4.Education(formal+informal) is what differentiates between men.

5.There will be times in life when nobody but a select few friends and family will stand by your side, make sure you earn the right to their favors.

As for 2009, I have the following goals

1.Get Employed.

2.Find myself some new "good" friends, god forbid but I think I am about to loose some I already have.

3.Meet and hug my MOM.

4.Accrue some specific materialistic possessions.

5.Take better care of my health and body with exercise and healthy food.

Ciao

My idea of a Ideal week

This is how I would like my general life to be for the next couple of years.

Monday - Work Hard day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Do some serious coding/design/planning at work, hopefully on something new, something that has not been carried forward from Friday.
Get back home from work, get a healthy dinner, watch TV, go to sleep.

Tuesday - Work Harder Day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Do some hardcore coding/testing, read about new technologies if time permits.
Get back home from work, visit a temple, get dinner, read a book, go to sleep.

Wednesday - Work and Communication day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Coding and other work related issues, update resume if possible/necessary.
Talk to family, visit a friend maybe/social networking. Get back home, get dinner, watch a movie and off to bed.

Thursday - Take it easy day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Take work lightly, socialize with work people(an hour of sports maybe), a lavish lunch maybe. Get back home, get wine/beer, watch a movie maybe. Eat light and go to sleep.

Friday - Work Hardest Day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Work, work, work and work.
Eat out, get home, maybe video games, go to sleep.

Saturday - Party Day/Go-out

Complete house chores(grocery, cleaning, car-wash etc etc).
Gym(if possible)
Video games, and when sun sets booze and rock n roll ;).

Sunday - Relax and Hobby Day

Read, sleep, eat, sleep/shop/hobby/movie/beach, video games, sleep :)


Lets see if i ever spend a single week like that :).


Ciao

Operating Systems

Now its official and formal, I am doing terribly bad with the only course of this semester CIS 657 Principles of Operating Systems. Two mid terms and a project have been total disaster for me.

Honestly speaking I am not afraid to do bad(A mistake is the second best way of learning as long as you don't repeat it), neither am I amazed by the fact that I am doing bad, but I am totally perplexed about the the question "Why am I doing bad?".

I am not dumb(IQ of 133, current GPA 3.5), to say the least I am fairly decent with C programming, I have already studied two courses of Operating Systems in college. I am working hard, I attend class regularly and I even understand most of it in class. And still I am doing terrible in the course.

God, please tell me why am I doing bad.

Klueless 4 is DONE !

It has become an annual thing for me now. I also wait for it eagerly much like I wait for the thanksgiving break ;).

Anyways Team Klueless I thoroughly enjoyed it this year, in fact Klueless 4 was much better than Klueless 3. Kudos to you guys.

If you dont know what am I talking about, try this link and give it a shot. I assure you, you will not regret it.


And you might notice I have improved greatly on my rankings from last year. I hold the coveted number 23 in the Hall of Fame.

Ciao

It's A Hard Life

Each day new problems keep coming into my life, and they are getting bigger by the day :D. Job search, economy, CIS 657 just to name a few.

I am definitely going home anytime soon, mostly not for another year.


Ciao