Courage...... and IT.....

Courage, it is tricky word, especially in software industry. Usually In real word, it defines you, defines your life, defines you character. The more courageous you are the more fruitful life you have. However, in the software industry, the more courageous you are, more n more n more work you have and that work is fruitful or not, aah that depends on luck, no guarantee for that. Only guarantee is that tons of work is following courageous people here.

So why people show courage here, for money? I don’t think so.

It is easy to delegate work to other and leave early (well, leaving on time is count as leaving early here), it is easy to say that it is not my issue and don’t care about it. But it will heart you inside (if you know that you can solve it better way or faster). It would be hard for you to sleep well.

When issue arrives, you will say, I will do it and that's the courage. And then…  You will be in office before every one arrives, you will be last one in office to leave and you will be working during weekends too. Your manager will see you first whenever issue occurs; your team-mates will see you for resolutions. People will respect you more for what you are doing and and and… expect you to do more n more n more…. And your family, they will miss you surely.

Then why people show courage!!!! Courage comes from your inner-self. Here courage brings lots of work and responsibilities but it brings honor too. More than honor, self-respect is why people show courage.  A feeling when you solved difficult/complex issue is not less than winning a cricket match or wining a race. It excites you and give you thrill to solve more complex things. Obviously it is slow process compare to other thrilling experiences, it is more like Chess. Mental strength is what asks this industry.

For me being courageous is pride thing and I will honor person who show courage to resolve each n every issue occurs although he is poor social life. And I salute the person who do both very well. It is tough here to having good social life with being courageous.  It is tougher to be courageous….

If it's free... it's not worth it... general perception....

Taken from one of the forwarded mail.... not sure it's true or not ... but sounds true... :) ...

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In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the DC Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:
*In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*If so, do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognise talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made . . .

How many other free things are we missing as we rush through life?

Reporting USA....

I am stealing time here to write for blog…. Seriously… not getting enough time to share my US experience…… and no funny/odd things happened to me to share… ya. Ya.. I know you all disappointed by reading this but its true… :) ……

Flight was more than comfortable and Airport procedure finished just in 10-15 minutes at both airports; it may be business class tkt effect, no queues at all. Ya ya… At all counter, they asked for my passport just to verify that I am same guy who traveling in business class as I m not looking at all business class traveler. I also got to know that ones I boarded, all seats were filled either by Aged Indians or Foreigners….. So but obvious they doubting me for stealing ticket. Anyways, I enjoyed flight as it was my 1st one (Yup, I never traveled in domestic flight even and forget USA, I haven’t been to Nepal where visa is not required) and I specifically asked for window ticket and got that. It was wonderful experience. And I have no clue how much I eat/drink/sleep during 18 hours flight including 2 hours break at Brussels. Brussels airport is surrounded by greenery and it has nice views.

And now I am enjoying USA very much except work loadL. Weather is great here (till now). It is around 25, neither hot nor cold. My office and hotel is in village kind of place so not much traffic here and most of the bungalows having big gardens at all place.

You know, I drove car on 1st day itself (obviously Amar sits beside me and driving back seat driver). From 3rd day I am driving on my own to office, yuppie….. Left hand driving doesn’t cause me much problem (may be I m leftie and it helped). But lane shifting is hell here; you need to turn neck before change the lane. Oops… why don’t it is enough to check in mirror n change like India!!! Till date, only 1 honk occurred to me though and that too on 1st day only and I haven’t honked anyone yet in 6 days, Strange!!!

1 more thing, here no U-turns... hardly you will find roads where you can take U-turns and we were on ride on Sunday courtesy Google maps… yes, can you believe!!! Google maps show KFC at wrong place & wrong route & our 3 miles drive became 30 miles. We were on I-80 by mistake and it is tough here, Inter-State highways… aah.. No exit comes till 15 miles and ahh... we reached one village after exit. It was like horror movie, at 8 pm, you don’t find single person outside and it was like deserted; virana kind of place. Luckily we spotted one girl in car in parking lot n she showed us the way to go back. So conclusion, Driving is no fun here unless you are aware of roads. Thinking to Buy GPS but I doubt on it as Google maps did the mistakes!!!!!!

Apart from that, all work work n work… even 1st weekend I spent in hotel and checking logs n mails n db entries… aah…… but anyways, it is because of workload only, I am here so… I m cool…. :)  ….

Ya… you will not find tub in washroom here…. It's all tissue paper….. yukk…

And I will upload pics soon.... keep visiting......

Finalllyyyyy...... Flying......

Finally, After doing sincere copy-paste for more than 5 years, finally company is ready to spend some money on me and sending me on site. yup, I am flying USA next week and that's the reason of no blogs since few days. I was busy with office work n more busy with visa n travel work and right now busiest in playing with my daughter, Hetsi.  aah.... why this time when Hetsi is just 11 months old... when manager asked me that r u ready? and that time only one thing in my mind, should I go and leave Hetsi's 1st birthday?? but then I am waited for this for 5 years... I feel its like stigma to my career.... each of my friends from masters went on site at least ones..... :( .... and then, Thanks to modern technology, video chat, I decided yes.... I will go and I am flying... and wait is finally paid off... Company is giving me business class tkt and car at USA... yuppeeee....

Place is Whippany, NJ... Near New York and Niagara.... so that's in plan. Bungee jumping also in the list and many other things.... Let's see how it goes....

Definitely share my experience here, will try to write humor way..

Chalo.. cya..... Hetsi is awake now..

Andheri Live.....

Too busy at office... working hours of last week, Mon:11AM to 11:10PM, Tue:9AM to 11:10PM, Wed: 9AM to 12PM, Thurs:9AM to 9:30PM, Fri: 9AM to 8:30PM.... so nothing comes to mind to write except project issues..... so here... pics taken during bus ride...

 Bridge at Andheri East-West flyover..... this bridge is in constructions since year and half... and still 20% completed... and our manager is shouting for missing one week deadline... :( .....

Traffic at Andheri East, Nr. Western Express highway... 15 minutes journey of nights turns into 45 minutes journey during day... :( ... n you can't do anything about it.....

And today's youngsters says many times that they are living on the age..... I don't believe them... below pics prove that.... 

This is what I called REALLY LIVING ON THE AGE.... :) ... taken on Andheri-Jogeshwari Western Express highway....

See ya.... Enjoy Life....