Service Anniversary :)

Now i can put in my resume that i am a 2 year experienced IT professional... yeah! completed 2 years with my company on this July 25th. Last 2 years have been really wonderful... lots of fun... lots of learning [nanu estu kalithe...adu ondu '?']... and of course lots of travelling :)

It all began with campus interview on 13th August 2004... 25th July 2005 i joined the company and so far its been a very good bonding [officially the bond period is over.. ;)]... I have gained lot of new things both professionally and personally. I have gone places... Hyderabad to Bengalooru to Chennai to California... its been worth a journey. I guess i could have done better... but that's part of life... we need to keep growing... like most of techies i too have one common complaint... that is on salary... its very less... ha ha ha !!![anybody listening...rather reading]

The First Rain...

Summer heat wave was getting worse... we had started feeling the rising temperatures... alerts were being sent across bcoz of this... it seems cali[CA] had bad rainy season previous year... so the power situation is getting worse... and there could be blackouts!! hmm [ellara mane dose toothe... US is no different..he he :)]

It had been more than 2 months here and I had only heard people talk about rains here... they say when it rains it pours... well i hadn't got a chance till this Wednesday... Finally saw the First rains in cali... it was a dull morning and cloudy... while on the way to office i and my friend talked about rain... as soon as we reached office it started raining... cool ... wonderful... took out my mobile cam and took a snap from my office... it wasn't a heavy downpour... it was normal... but it cooled off the rising temperatures... weather is now amazing.... i am remembering namma sooper song of the year.."ಮುಂಗಾರು ಮಳೆಯೇ..." :)

A ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ always makes a difference...

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಬರೀಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ತುಂಬಾ ದಿನ ದಿಂದ ಆಸೆ ಇತ್ತು... ಕೊನೆಗೂ ಈ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೀನಿ... [ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ತಪ್ಪು ಗಳು ಇರುತೆ...please adjust]ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ಯಾವುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಅನ್‍ಕೊಡಿದ್ನೋ.... its too big ಅಂತ ಅನಿಸುತೆ..!! ಆದ್ರೂ ಜೀವನ ದಲ್ಲಿ experiment ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇರಬೇಕು ಅಲ್ವ??... for example ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಮುಂಚೆ [ಅಂದ್ರೆ USಗೆ ಬರುವ ಮುಂಚೆ]ಯಾವತ್ತು ಅಡಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡಿರ್ಲ್ಲಿಲ... ಆದ್ರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದ ಮೇಲೆ ದಿನ ನಂದೇ ನಳಪಾಕ... ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವರೆಗೆ ಸುಮಾರು 25 ತರ ಸಾವಿರುಚಿಗಳನ್ನ ಮಡ್ದೀದಿನಿ... ಎಲ್ಲ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪೆರಿಮೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ನ ಎಫೆಕ್ಟ್... ಆದಿಕ್ಕೆ A ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ always make a difference... ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ.. :)

Sporting Sense...

Long long ago... hmm not so long ago [lokal boyzz style..] I was one of craziest cricket fan... specially Team India. But after the world cup debacle and the stories which followed later from being a crazy fan ... I have now become a just another normal fan :)

Finally after all nonsense with coach selection[or election by BCCI !!], team selection..... some sporting sense has prevailed in Indian Cricket. They are back to winning ways. Though beating Bangladesh was not among the greatest victories but regrouping after the world cup was necessary and that tour provided the ideal platform. Now winning against South Africa in Ireland showed some glimpses true team spirit which appeared to be lost few months back ... though we fanz always expect lot more from them!![cricket onde sports namma desha dalli jana bidade follow madodu--so high expectations yavagalu ide iruthe...]

Yesterday the probables for twenty20 world cup were announced and the famous trio [Sach, Dada, Wall] names were missing bcoz they have opted out of this tournament... well how good tat decision is I don't know... what I know is that these three players have immensely contributed for Indian cricket over a decade no matter what people say or criticise about them... They are simply great!! Now all three are aged around 34 [ considered as old men in cricket].. so I guess its a right sporting sense where old stars make way for youngsters... die hard fanz please control!!!


Coming to tennis... this weekends action was amazing... it was gr8 to see Venus Williams winning the women's Wimbledon Championship. This victory is gr8 since she was seeded low and no one gave her a chance. But she showed lot of determination to do it... As usual in men's Roger Federer won the championship for fifth time in a row and Nadal is finally catching up to him but still long way to go... anyways hats of to Fedex... Fedex and wimbledon always makes good sense!! :)