Diary 94: Dhoni's Call Back Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:15 am. Today, I woke up at around 2:00 pm. I was initially shocked to see the time as I couldn't believe that I slept till 2. Anyways, I brushed my teeth, had some Tea, and then went online. As expected Gil sent a mail saying that the issues need to be resolved today, and the issue that I was handling was the one with the highest priority. So, I started working on it. Meanwhile, I was still addicted to two "remix" songs named "I wanna go" and "Till the world ends", both by Britney spears. Then, I had lunch at around 3 pm. And then I again started looking at that issue. Today, I was looking at the issue with fresh eyes, and this helped me a lot. Suddenly, I was able to see patterns in the way the whole code was running. I was finally able to point out which part of the code was faulty, and this was the "Eureka" moment for me. For the next 2 hours, I fought with the code to make it work. But as usual, the fight had its casualties. Some part of the code had to be disabled since it was that section which was the main cause of trouble. So, I composed a mail to everyone, and explained everything to them. Then, my attention moved to the cricket match between India and England. Well, it was England's day through out, but then there was an event on the field. Ian Bell was given run out controversially. He went out of the crease thinking that it was Tea already, and India knocked the stumps. Initially, Dhoni didn't withdrew the appeal, and hence received a lot of criticism from everywhere. Obviously the run out was technically right, but it was deemed against the spirit of the game. After the tea, everyone at the stadium was "booing" when the Indian team was coming back to the ground. Then, suddenly, Ian bell was there in the ground with the bat. I would say "brave" and "manly". Dhoni proved to the rest of the world that we are champions not only at the game but also at heart. I loved the decision. He set an example for everyone. This will be remembered. A truly leader he is. Anyways, the match was not going India's way. The pitch was flat and England ruthlessly hit the Indian bowling attack at every corner of the ground. After all this, I had dinner and moved back to my room. I decided to write this post while listening to those remixes. Meanwhile, I got a mail from Gil asking me about the issues. So, I replied to it with my ideas and opinions. Next, I plan to work on one of the ideas and then sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 93: Dominoes Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. I was relieved that it was a weekend now. Today I woke up at around 11:15 am. But the waking up was filled with a bit of drama. Firstly I saw a message from Akshay saying that he is not coming, and "it seems like a waste of time" for him. I was a bit taken aback by that, but I controlled myself. After that I called up the developer guy, and told him that we are not coming but asked him to prepare the cost document, to which he replied that they don't do that unless it is a final deal. So, after this, I messaged Akshay that I can understand, and also that the developer guy is not ready to give the document. Then, suddenly Akshay called me up and said that he was just joking, and he is indeed coming. He was on the way. I was elated and called up the developer guy again, who gave us the time as 2:30 pm. So, I got up, got ready for the meeting, ate my breakfast, and waited for Akshay's call. Then, after the call came, I went to pick up Akshay from the station. Well, I was prepared to bring him home, but I didn't want to reveal the Feasthunt thing to my family members yet. So, he suggested some mall to sit. We went to McDonald's first where he ate his lunch, and discussed some really important stuff such as number of target clients, cost structure, next steps etc. Then, we moved to CCD, because Akshay wanted some coffee urgently. He is a coffee addict. Anyways, when went to the CCD in CBD belapur. After that, we moved to the developer's office but he wasn't there yet. We spoke to the people there, who showed us some sites that they were working on, and we really liked them. But the main guy didn't arrive, and hence we left as my sister had to go to tuition and also Akshay had to go somewhere. So, after dropping off Akshay to the station, I went back home, ate my lunch and went to Nerul to drop off my sister. After that I started browsing random stuff and watching YouTube videos. This went on till around 7 pm, when I had some Tea. I came to know that Dravid made another century. This tour is going awesome for him. But unfortunately India were all out for 288. It's a small lead but India would have to bowl very well to restrict England. After that, Dad and my sister arrived, and they brought dominoes pizza. Well, I am not a big fan but I somehow managed it with Garlic Bread and Coke. After that, I and my sister had some chat, and singing sessions. Also, we watched some YouTube videos together. Then, I had a chat session with my cousin from Bangalore. It was quite nice. I came to know about her ambitions, and I was quite impressed by the clarity of her way to that goal. After that, I again started browsing YouTube videos, and came across desihits.com, which I loved at lot. They made awesome remixes to shitty britney spears songs. It made me love britney spears. Then, I decided to write this post. Now, I will watch some more videos and then sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 92: The "One" issue day

Yesterday I slept at around 5 am. But before that, I was able to fix one important issue with the code. I felt very happy when I did that because no one was able to figure it out that time. Anyways, today I woke up at around 12:00 pm. I went online, and realized that the there is no issue in the code, except for one. So, I took that up and tried to debug it. Slowly I realized that the error is not that simple as it seemed. Meanwhile, my sister came back home after her last unit test today. She was extremely happy because her exams went well, and were finished for the time being. Anyways, after having some lunch, I went back to the problem, and tried to solve it. We had a deadline of 5:30 pm, but clearly we were going to cross that. I and Sarvesh were basically puzzled by the behavior of the code. In between, some of the older issues also crept up but I managed to handle them finally. At around 6:30 pm, we gave up and decided to wait for Gil. I started doing time pass, and browsing randomly. Then Alok pinged me and said that he was composing the drums track for the song we recently composed. Till now, it is just an instrumental. After this, I decided to record the song myself. I took out my electric guitar and started recording it. It sounded quite nice. I added few more tracks such as bass, solo and filler. It sounded good. So, I sent it over to Alok, who was now using it to make the drums on his drum machine. He liked my recording except the filler arrpegios. Anyways, we also jammed for sometime. Then, I got a mail from Gil asking that who all are free for weekend. I mailed him saying that I was partially free. Then, Mahak pinged me and told me that she didn't get the job that she applied for. This made her angry and sad too. I tried to console her, but a part of me said that why it should be me only who consoles her, why not her boyfriend ? Then, she went away and I continued with the music sessions. After lots of discussion here and there, we finally fixed dropbox as the means for sharing the files between us. I uploaded my recording but Alok asked me to remove it, so I had to. Later, I was watching YouTube videos and all. I was revising Coke Studio songs, and shared few of them with Alok. Also, today the second test match between India and England started. England were all out for 221, and India were 24/1 at stumps. After all the chatting, I wrote this post, and now I plan to sleep by 4:15 am.

Diary 91: Too much work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 5:00 am. After completing my work, I was watching "Wall street 2", but didn't complete that because I felt sleepy. Today, I woke up at around 11:00 am. As usual, my day started with a call from Ankit. He asked me about the mails that I sent last night. I told him the exact issue that was faced by us, and then went online to check the latest issues etc. And then the hectic day started. We had a webex meeting regarding the issue. My internet was sometimes working and sometimes not. After that, I started multi tasking between movie, chatting and work. I continued with the "Wall Street 2" movie. It was just fine, and was kind of expected. I relaxed a bit during this period as I was already tired by the work last night. Then, the work load increased. There were lots of issues and we had to figure out what caused them etc. So, I and Sarvesh started exploring independently. Meanwhile, I had my lunch. After lunch, I continued to look into the problem, and it was partially solved by around 6:00 pm. Then, I asked Sarvesh to fix some other issue and pass on the file to Gil. After this, I relaxed a bit, and fortunately my net was also not working properly, so I got some free time. After he re-sent the file, I started having doubts on the approach that Sarvesh has used. I didn't get the logic of that, so I dig deeper and found few discrepancies in that. I used my whiteboard to the full use to find out the error. But, I didn't try to fix it because Gil was supposed to send us one more version which had some changes from the client side. So, I waited. Then, I started giving tips to my sister on Mathematics as tomorrow was her unit test. Meanwhile, Alok had fancied a chord sequence. So, then I decided to learn it, and then may be improvise on it. He asked me to add some classical vocals to it. Though it seemed odd at first, but then it turned out to be very nice. After a lot of experiments here and there, we decided to call it a day. I recorded the music on my iPod, so that we don't forget it. I mailed it to Alok then. After that, I reverted back to the problem solving. I realized that it is too late to sleep if I want to go to office tomorrow, so I decided to work instead. Well, the decision proved costly. I found out that there are lots of issues to be solved. I tried out few things but they didn't seem to work. Then, Gil told me the next steps and action items. I told him that we can continue in the morning, and he agreed. Then, I went offline. Now, after writing this post, I will try few more things, and sleep by 5:00 am. 

Diary 90: Work Day

Yesterday I slept at 4:30 am. Today, I woke up at around 11:30 am. I got a call from Ankit that Gil has sent the file back, saying that the errors are still there. So, we had to work on those again. I quickly brushed my teeth, and started working. I had breakfast. Then, after working with the file for a while, we had a conference call with the team. Now, I had a bit of idea about the problem, so I explained them what was happening. Sarvesh as usual was too aggressive at times, but I managed to handle it. Anyways, after the call, we started working parallely. I worked for a while, and then went on to have lunch. After lunch, I again started working. This went on till around 5:30 pm. Till then, sarvesh mailed me the changes and I verified those. After that, I went out to bring the Hindi guide book for my sister. I came back and relaxed for a while. I watched some TV, and later on had some Tea, bread and soup. Then, I moved back to the room and found out that the file is still faulty and that the errors are still present. So, after that I again started working on that. This time I was alone, as both Ankit and Sarvesh are offline. This also gave me a chance to work at night, and then not go to office next day, because of absolutely valid reasons. So, I was excited. But, when I had a look at the problem, I was frustrated again. Then, I and Gil had some calls to identify and rectify some issues. Pretty soon I realized that the problem is much bigger than anticipated. I have been making some random changes to schema throughout, which was actually not allowed. I realized that if I try to incorporate the schema changes then it can kill many parts of the project. So, somehow I managed to bring everything together and put them in a valid schema. Then, suddenly all the issues seem to be trivial. I figured out the reasons for failures and then informed the same to Gil. There were still issues left, but since it was late for me, he let me go. I even messaged Ankit that the issue was solved. Then, after all this, I decided to watch the movie "Wall street 2". Meanwhile, I started writing this post. Next, I will watch the movie till I feel sleepy and then sleep by around 4:30 am.

Diary 89: WFH and Late work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. I was watching "Sita sings the blues", but I stopped in between as it turning out to be a boring story instead of a satire. Anyways, I woke up today at around 11:30 am. Ankit called me at around 10:00 am, where I told him that I have some work, so I will work from home. Anyways, after brushing my teeth and all, I went online and got ready for the ISB feedback session. It was at 12:00 pm, so I was ready with the phone and all. I called the number, and then the concerned person gave the feedback. He said that my profile was liked by the interview profile and also that the interview was fine. I was shocked to hear that especially after the disastrous performance at the interview. He added that the main reason for rejection was my lack of experience, and that I have good chances in case I apply again. Well, this disappointed me because I was short of just 2 months for a 2 year experience profile. Anyways, after that I started working on the problem. I tried but again the same issues are coming up. Then, I decided to watch "Stanley ka dabba". It was a good movie. There were some very nice moments in the movie. But, something was missing- may be the punch or the glorification of Stanley. It was at times too unreal to believe. Anyways, it was better than normal. After that, I had lunch. Lunch was awesome - baingaan ka bharta and roti. After the lunch, I was just browsing through normal stuffs. Later on, I decided to play the guitar for a while. I called up the Webprint Guy and set up a meeting with him. Then, I took a small nap followed by a bath. I went for the meeting, which I recorded also. After the discussion, I came back home and sent the recordings to Dallas and Akshay. Then, I had some Tea and watched the TV. After that I decided to work on the problem again, and this time kill the issue forever. So, I started working on it. I even contacted Fahad to know the origins of the issue. Meanwhile, I had my dinner in form of Khichdi. Later, I contacted Gil and we had few sessions of screen sharing to fully understand the issue. I continued with the problem and finally I was able to spot the problem. Then, we again had a discussion on the correction of the issue. I tried a few things here and there, but it didn't work. But the good news was that the problem was now spotted. This went on till 3:30 am. Then, I decided to write this post. Next, I plan to sleep by 4:15 am. I may or may not go to office tomorrow.

Diary 88: WFH and Movie Day

Yesterday I slept at around 5:30 am. I was video chatting with Mahak, and also watching the movie "Band Baaja Baarat", but then it was too late so I left it in between and slept. Mahak was sad about her bf. She was not getting any attention. I tried to calm her a bit, and show the right direction. I hope she finds it. Anyways, I woke up at around 11:00 am. I brushed my teeth, and then went online. I told Ankit that I will work from home on the issue. After that, we got a mail from Gil where I found out that there have been significant changes to the part of the problem I have been working on. So, I was a bit taken aback, but started again. Also, I got a call from the Webprint guy. He wanted to schedule a meeting, so I gave him the time for tomorrow evening. Meanwhile, I completed the movie that I had left. Then, at around 2:30 pm, I had lunch. Then, I decided to watch the movie "Tanu weds Manu". So, I started loading it, and also concentrated on the problem. Then, I left the problem and started watching the movie full time. It was just fine. Nothing special and very expected. Today, my sister was super busy with her preparations for tomorrow's exam i.e. English. In the late afternoon, I came to know that India is in trouble against England, and also that Sachin is probably playing the last test match at Lord's. Bows for Sachin, he is a great inspiration. Later that day, I found out that India lost the match by 196 runs- such a shame. Meanwhile, I started chatting with Alok and Mahak. Mahak was bit down today, but recovered from her anxiety to dump her bf. That is good news. Anyways, the chat went on and on, and we shared lots of YouTube videos etc. One of them was one of Coke Studio - ghir ghir. That song gave a new high. I was literally high on emotions and adrenaline. Also, Mahak gave me this link to a documentary named "sita sings the blues", which is supposed to be a satire on Ramayana. I may watch it after writing this post. Also, I plan to watch "Stanley ka Dabba" tomorrow. Now, I plan to sleep by 2:30 am.

Diary 87: Movie(s) and Headache day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:00 am. Today I woke up at around 11:00 am. I didn't feel good though. I was feeling very lazy, and didn't feel like doing anything. Now this reminds me of the Lazy song by Bruno Mars. Anyways, the breakfast was good, it was sambar vada. I loved it. After that I moved to my room, and started looking for more movies to watch. I decided to watch "Dhobi Ghat". Although, it has received negative reviews, somewhere I thought that I would not hate it. I started watching it, and soon realized that this movie is not for normal movie going people. It is a random movie about few people. The heroine - Monica Dogra - was awesome and sexy. I found out that she is a singer too and part of the group Shaii'r and Func. Apparently, she is quite famous. In bollywood, she has sung the song - "Dooriyan" from the movie "Break ke baad". Now, this brings me to the next movie of the day. After lunch, I started watching it. It was just OK. The songs were average too. The end was expected, and there was nothing special about the movie. Meanwhile, I was also buffering another movie - "Bad Teacher". Well, there was not much expectation from the movie at the first place. It was yet another comedy flick, an odd one and an unrealistic one too. Anyways, I had a bath today also during the afternoon, and since then my head is a workshop for freaking pain. The headache has been driving me crazy, but I continued with the movies, and even wrote this post. I guess I just need some rest. My eyes are hurting too. Next, I plan to have some dinner, and then sleep by 1:00 am. Also, one more news - India has a target of 458 against England in the first Test at lord's, and they have lost their first wicket too in form of mukund.

Diary 86: Lazy and Movie(s) Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:20 am. I completed the movie "Kissing Cousins". It was good. Today, I woke up at around 11:30 am. I was frustrated that I woke up so late. Anyways, I had my breakfast, Tea and started browsing on net. I started watching the movie "Dil to bachcha hai ji". It was not that good. Very unnatural and unreal movie. Shruti Hassan was the only good thing in the movie. At around 2:20 pm, I had lunch, and watched the TV for a while. After that, I continued with the movie. Then, in the afternoon, I and my sister had a small fight on general issues. I even asked her few science questions on her wish, because her unit tests are starting from Monday. Then, the big fight started. My sister was promised Dominos pizza by my Dad recently, so today was that day. She asked me to order, and while we were choosing the menu, the bill closed in to 1000 Rs. I asked my sister to tell this to Mom and Dad, so that there is no issue later on. Well, as expected, Dad rejected it. He said that 1000 is too much. And then the fight started. My sister didn't eat the snacks mom made, and was very angry on Dad and also me because I told her to ask Dad. Mom later said that she was willing to pay for it on her own, and so I shouldn't have done that. Dad, on the other hand, was totally unmoved. He seemed angry but I didn't bring up the topic. I decided that I will try to bring things normal from my side. I ate the snacks, even chatted normally with Mom and sister. Dad seemed quiet, so I didn't stir any conversation with him. I had my dinner at around 10:00 am. After the dinner, I started watching videos of India Pak and India SL cricket world cup 2011 videos. I was loving it. I was just wondering how team India was able to reach the summit. I got only one answer - determination. If you are not determined, then you will not reach the destination. After that, Mahak messaged me on chat, and after some random chatting, she gave me the link to the new movie - "Chillar Party". She praised it a lot, so I decided to watch it. Well, the movie turned out to be awesome. I loved it. I will recommend it to my sister and mother. I cried a lot during the movie, not because the movie was emotional. I cried because it reminded me of my rich childhood, and the recent lack of friends in my life. This movie also had the same message - "never give up, be determined". After the movie, I told Mahak that everyone should see this movie - adult or a kid. Then, I started writing this post. Now, I plan to browse random stuffs and then sleep by 3:45 am.

Diary 85: Office and Movie(s) Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:30 am. I faced a 72 minute limitation while watching the movie "Pyaar ka Panchnaama". Anyways, today I woke up at 8:00 am, got ready for office, ate my breakfast, and left for office with Dad. I reached office at around 11:15 am, only to find the door locked. I called up Ankit, and he said that he was outside and was on his way. During that time, I just roamed around the floor and looked at the other offices present there. It was quite a mixture of offices ranging from Motion pictures to Shipping logistics. Anyways, Ankit didn't have the key, so we both waited for Sushma. After she arrived, we started our work. I decided to work on the latest problem i.e. the DT mapper thing. I helped Ankit with the previous problem also. We were on schedule to close the previous problem. Today, I had awesome lunch - Mutton keema and puri. In the afternoon, I and Akshay got a chance to speak with Harsh on legal and registration issues. He gave us some valuable inputs. After that, I continued with the work. I couldn't concentrate fully because I was distracted by one thing or the other. At around 5:00 pm, we all decided to leave. Dad called me up, and I said that I am on my way. I reached Bandra at around 6:10 pm, and then Dad's office at around 6:30 pm. I had to wait for a while there, because Dad was busy in some meeting. After that, we left for home. There was enormous traffic, and hence we reached very late at around 8:40 pm. After that, I had some Tea. I checked my mails and all, and then started watching the "Pyaar ka Panchnama" movie again. It was just awesome. I loved it. Meanwhile, I was chatting with Mahak, and she suggested me one more movie named "Kissing Cousins"- the name itself was so nice, I decided to watch it. But, before that I just blasted at her, and said all sorts of bad things to her. This was the effect of the movie on me. It showed how girls manipulate boys into doing stuffs and then dumping. I could somehow relate to it. Anyways, Alok also  messaged me that time. He was down with Malaria, but still active on chat. We started chatting about the girls in general before I reverted back to the movie. The other movie is awesome too. I loved few scenes in there. It is still not complete, and will watch it after I write this post. Mahak, meanwhile, was getting restless as usual. She was waiting for a job interview result. I hope she gets it. Next, I plan to watch the remaining part of the movie, and then sleep by around 4:00 am.

Diary 84: Movie Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. I watched the movie "Double Dhamaal" on YouTube. It was a very bad movie. Totally senseless, and the comedy didn't seem like comedy. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:30 am, with a call from Mahak. I was surprised but she told me that she couldn't talk properly last time on chat, so she called me up. Anyways, the phone got disconnected because the battery went down. After that, I brushed my teeth, checked my mails and all. Then, Mahak gave me the link to the movie "Zindadi Na Milegi dobara", and I decided to ditch my work and watch the movie. I was anyways tired with the question, so it would be a nice break. I started watching it, and started loving it also. It was a movie with which you can relate to quite easily. Three friends, going for a bachelors party trip. It sounded cliche but the story was different. It was not the all fun kind of movie. It was quite realistic with fights and tensions between friends, also the difference in mentalities even in between friends. Meanwhile, I had my breakfast and did a bit of work too. Though the devoted time was less, but it was enough to find out few more things about the problem. Anyways, I watched the movie in parts. I had lunch in between, had a long chat with my sister, and even had a call with Akshay regarding the FeastHunt. He was going to Delhi, so Today we were supposed to have a call with Harsh, but it didn't happen because Harsh was busy. During the late afternoon, I decided to watch the Test Match between India and England. The match was balanced. India got two important wickets, but England seemed strong in their batting. After that, I felt tired, so I had a quick nap for about half an hour. Then, I watched the TV for some time. Then, I came back to my room and browsed random sites. Then, I had my dinner. I got a call from Ankit that I should come to Office tomorrow so that we can finish the documentation of the problem. So, it will be Office Day tomorrow. Also, one more thing, today I faced a lot of problem with my mobile phone. It has reached its maximum capacity to handle messages. I had to delete a lot of messages to make it usable again. Well, after I write this post, I will watch the movie "Pyaar ka panchnama", again referred by Mahak. Let's see how it turns out. I plan to sleep by 2:00 am.

Diary 83: The complex DT Mapper Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. I watched the movie - "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" on YouTube. It showed how Microsoft stole things from Apple, Xerox and some small computer company to build its own product. Today, I woke up at around 11:00 am, due to a phone call from Ankit. He told me that there is some big problem that one of the projects is facing, and we all are supposed to help in that. There was no news about the new project. Anyways, I switched on my laptop. I found out that the wireless connection is not working. I got the hint about how the day would go today. Earlier I thought that the physical switch to switch on the wireless was broken, because whatever I do, it didn't show the indication light. Later, I figured it out that the wireless adapter is not working. So, I tried to find out how to do that manually. I tweaked here and there, and reached the device manager. There I looked for wireless adapter, and enabled it. And the wireless connection was back. I was relieved. The rest of the day was more or less, I being drowned in the DT Mapper code and trying to figure out the extremely complicated schema designs. Meanwhile, I had an awesome lunch - Baingaan bharta, Roti and Pyaaz. It was heavenly. I had 7 chapatis. Anyways, I was tired of the problem in the evening, and I sent out the status mail to everyone. No body was able to solve the problems assigned. I wanted to solve it, but it was just too frustrating, mainly because the aim of the project was not known. After that, I had some Tea, and started watching YouTube videos. Then, I started making the project scope document. I edited it a bit, and then discussed a few things with Akshay. I sent a final mail to the Webprint guy with the edited copy. After that, I went for a bath. I had nothing to do after that, so I reverted back to YouTube videos. Then, I relaxed for a bit, and headed for dinner. I watched the TV for a while, and then returned to my room. As I was browsing randomly I found out that Rebecca Black has released a new song - My Moment. I was shocked to see that. I don't like the song that much but yes, her voice sounds better. I really appreciate her courage to face the world like this. The lyrics of the song say that. Anyways, I started writing the diary after that, and now I plan to browse around for a while, and then go to sleep by 12:30 am. 

Diary 82: Office Day

Yesterday, surprisingly I slept at around 12:15 am. It took me some time to finally get into deep sleep, but I did eventually. I woke up at around 7:45 am. I suddenly decided that I will go to Office today. The reason was that if the project starts tomorrow, then it will take few more weeks before which I can finally visit the new office. So, I got ready for office, had breakfast, and left with my Dad. On the way, there was heavy rainfall, but we managed to go through that, and finally reached Dad's office in Sion at around 10:10 am. I went further till Bandra station, and finally reached Andheri office at around 11:15 am. It didn't take much effort to look up the office. The only problem was that it was raining. Anyways, as expected, both Ankit and Sushma were shocked to see me. I can understand the reaction. I liked the new office. It was a bit old, but it was good enough. I didn't like the washroom, so I didn't use it at all. I met Rohit for the first time. Mukund and Sarvesh were also shocked to see me. Anyways, the work started. We all were still working on various scenarios of the problem. I and Ankit tried to solve one of those. We discussed a lot about it, and finally stuck to one plan. While I was busy in that, Akshay reminded me of the Bistro Lunch. I felt so good that someone apart from me was thinking about FeastHunt. So, I jumped into that for a while. We were supposed to have a call before that. Somehow Dallas was very busy and so he was not responding that much. Anyways, finally Dallas was free and they both went in to Bistro. I already had lunch while chatting, and then started working on the problem again. At around 4:30, Akshay informed me that the meeting was good. I was happy to hear that. So, we decided to have a call later to discuss that. So, I called them up when I left from the office. In the call, I came to know the terms and conditions of the whole business that they are proposing. Also, one of the factor that we missed was the revenue thing. So, we need to think about it. Then, I reached Bandra, and finally on the car with Dad. I reached home at around 8:45 pm, because the traffic was too much. After reaching home, I started brain storming about the revenue structure and had a small chat with Akshay too. Also, I found out that the credit card swipe machine works with telephone and not necessarily internet. So, that is a new problem now. Anyways, we may have to figure out something. Then, I wrote this post. And now, I plan to have dinner, and then sleep by around 12:30 am.  If possible, there can be one more brain storming session.

Diary 81: Some Work and FeastHunt Day

Yesterday I slept very late. I was feeling very restless, mainly because I had slept a lot in the afternoon. I was writing a book in my mind, a book about my thoughts on various aspects of life - Self knowledge, Girls, Family, Job, College Life, Business etc. I even named that book - "One Night I Stand". The name was chosen that way because the one night stand would gain attention from the book readers and also because the whole concept and the matter would be written in one night. Although thoughts were flowing in, I wanted to sleep that time because I wanted to wake up before 10:00 am. Anyways, I woke up at around 10:10 am, with a call from Ankit asking me where I am. As planned, I said that I haven't checked my mail yet, and acted surprised when I heard that the project was postponed. Well, after that, I brushed my teeth and had some breakfast. I started watching some random YouTube videos. Soon, I realized that now I don't have any Facebook updates, which felt good. Also, I had to complete the Project Scope Document for FeastHunt. So, I worked on that till the lunch time. At around 3 pm, I had lunch.After that, I moved on to do some work on the problem that we all were solving for the last week. Meanwhile, I mailed the document that I had prepared, to Akshay and Dallas. I also told them that even if I don't make it to the lunch tomorrow, please go to bistro grill for that lunch. Anyways, after that I took a bath, and reverted back to the problem again. This went on till 7 pm, when a company wide call was scheduled. The call was mostly a status call, and informed everyone about the things that each one of us is involved in. After the call, I had some snacks. Then, I and Ankit had a small internal call, where we discussed the part of the problem that I was working on. I was nearly able to do it, but something was stopping one of the transformation to not work. I tried to rectify it, but then decided to handle it tomorrow. Then, I started random browsing and came across an album link with the photos of iGames which were held in Deloitte. Our team name was Scooby Dooby Don't and we just missed the prize. Anyways, here is the link to the album. Then, I started writing this diary, and next I plan to have dinner, and then sleep early by around 12:00 am. Also, I hope that I can get Akshay and Dallas on a call at around 11. Let's see. 

Diary 80: Sleeping and Facebook Deactivation Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. Today, I woke up at around 10:30 am. I was still feeling very sleepy. I brushed my teeth and had my breakfast. After that I just checked my mails and all, and started browsing random stuff. After that I got bored and started watching the TV. Then, I moved back again to my room and just laid down on my bed. My sister was solving Physics questions, so I was guiding her in the solutions in between. She has certainly improved but still a long way to go. Then, we had our lunch. After that, I watched the TV for a while, and then again moved back to my room to sleep. But, I was continuously pestered by my sister. She was asking me a lot of questions on Physics. Although I liked answering those but she should give her full try first. Anyways, I slept off in a while. I woke up at around 7:30 pm. I went on to check my mails and all. I realized that tonight I will start with the No Facebook week. I was going to deactivate my Facebook account. Before that I played a lot of Fruit Slasher and Pacman there. I reached a new high score on Pacman, but I am way behind Anisha and Divyansh. Anyways, I started watching YouTube videos and also downloaded the guitar pro file of the song - "Numb". I wanted the drum track of that song, for my own song - In Palko. It fits very nicely, but later I lost interest in that, as it was not sounding very good. After all this, I had some Tea and some snacks, and started playing games on Facebook again. Then, I had dinner and watched the TV for a while. After that, it was around 11:15 am, when I decided that I should deactivate the account now. So, I did that and was feeling very good already. Meanwhile, I got a shocking mail from Gil that the project that was supposed to start tomorrow, is not starting before Wednesday. I was frustrated, and he also mentioned that please come to office like normal office day. I wondered how the hell will I go. I decided that I will assume that I didn't read the mail till the morning time and then I would say that it is too late to join in. I may go on Tuesday just to show my dedication. Basically, I want work. One more thing, today we were supposed to have a conference call with the Webprint Guy but Akshay ditched it for no particular reason. After all this, I started watching YouTube videos again. Also, I found a opened Wine bottle in the refrigerator. I wonder when was it opened. I had two sips from that, and kept it as I had found it. Then, I wrote this post and now, I am planning to sleep by 1 am. I am still sleepy. Damn !

Diary 79: Lazy and FeastHunt Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:00 am. I had a long chat with Mahak, and I even uploaded the video for "Saara Jaahan". I just used one pic for it. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 11:10 am. I was still feeling very sleepy, but controlled myself. I had nothing special to do, but I decided to check some things in JAVA- especially the thing that Mahak told me yesterday. She told me that we can use java.util.Scanner package and System.in to take input from the keyboard at run time. But I found out that the input format is ASCII, so it has to be manipulated to make it workable. After that, I relaxed a bit, and started listening to songs on my Ipod. Meanwhile, I and Akshay had many calls on the schedule on the meeting today. I told him that I have to drop off and pick up my sister from tuition, so he had to be tight on the schedule. Then, I had lunch, and watched TV for a while. After fixing the meeting with the Webprint Guy, I went off to drop off my sister to her tuition classes. As I was coming back, Akshay called up and told me that no auto is ready to go to Vikhroli and that rain has caused this mass denial. Anyways, I decided that whatever happens, I will meet the guy. So, I came back home and waited for 6 pm. I rested a bit as I was still sleepy. After that I left for the meeting. I attended the meeting, I tried to negotiate price with him and all, and it seemed that he would come down but it depends on the scope of the project. Anyways, I recorded the whole session on my IPod. So, now I can revise the whole conversation and provide a proof of the meeting that took place. Then, I went to pick up my sister. While coming back, we stopped for some food and some ice cream. We even brought some for home. After that, we all sat in one room and had a nice chat about Kota and Childhood. Then, I decided to mail the recording to both Dallas and Akshay. Then, Dallas told me that there is a potential client in Andheri. Akshay and I had a discussion regarding the whole conversation. Then, I had my dinner. I watched some TV, and then had a call with Akshay regarding the next steps. After that, I moved on to watch more YouTube videos but this time these were factual videos, so I gained something from them. Today I came to know about some new games such as SlamBall, underwater Hockey, Bossaball, Cheese roll racing etc. Not only this, I found out about various types of Vending machines in the world. There are ones which make Pizza in 3 minutes, sell cars, sell houses and what not (Anything upto 2.1 million). Well, I was writing this post also at the same time. Now, I plan to watch a few more videos like that and then sleep by 4:00 am.

Diary 78: BodoMama's promotion and More work Day

Well before I start writing about today, I would like to congratulate myself, for it the 100th post in this blog. I made it till here, let's see how far I can go. I know that nobody reads this blog, but this blog is for the future me. 

Yesterday I slept at around 2:15 am. I was trying to solve the problem for a while, but then stopped. Today I woke up at around 9:45 am. I jumped on to my work mail, and started working. I had my breakfast, and kept myself busy with work and all. At around 1 pm, I got the news that my bodomama (uncle) got a promotion. He is now a Senior Manager in Deloitte. It was quite expected given his tremendous efforts and hard work. After that, I kept on working for sometime. Then I had my lunch at around 2:40 pm. Also, I informed Akshay and Dallas that I will start with FeastHunt tomorrow, no matter what. Akshay is supposed to come down to Kharghar. Then, I started watching videos on YouTube again. I played the guitar also for a while. Then, in the late afternoon, I went on to watch the TV. I watched few shows on AXN and then watched an animation movie on HBO. Suddenly the lights went off, and we moved to my room. I started to play the acoustic guitar. Dad arrived then. He informed that there were few more bombs which were defused before they could go off. It is an unconfirmed report, but anyways. Then, the electricity was up again. I moved back to normal browsing and stuff. My sister's sir had arrived for the tuition. After the tuition, we all congratulated Bodomama for his achievement. Then, I moved back to my room and started uploading the pictures in a new Picasa Album for bodomimi and bodomama to see. It took a long time as there were so many pictures and all were high quality. Meanwhile, I had my dinner and watched TV for a while. After that, I again started watching YouTube videos. I found a new artist :Demi Lovato. She has a very strong voice. I feel that she is better than Miley or Selena or etc. Anyways, next I plan to sleep by 3:00 am. Nothing more special tonight although it is a FRIDAY NIGHT. 

Diary 77: Tiny Realization day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. I had a voice chat with Mahak then, who was working on SQL Workbench. Also, she liked my cover version of the song. Here is the link. Anyways, I decided that I will not share any of my songs or videos from now on. I was not getting any response anyways, so it didn't matter. I decided to focus on other things. This was the reason that I watched a lot of inspirational videos on YouTube last night. Well, now I am going to follow a few principles very sharply - Never Give up and Keep trying, Don't fear people and failure, and always remember that success has different definition for everyone. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:30 am. I went online, and was ready to work. Although Ankit had already informed that the problem was tried again and again by Mukund and Sarvesh, I decided to give it a try. I didn't know many things about the concept that they had used, but I didn't stop. I was distracted at times, but tried my level best to return to the problem. After lots of tries, I gave it up temporarily. I realized that there is a technical limitation to it, but I was ready to face to it again, and will do after writing this post. On the other front, today I played games on Facebook too. There also I followed the same principle. It took me sometime to learn the new game, but I got the hang of it, I beat the highest score. It was an insignificant win, but still helped me keep my faith. Rest of the things went on fine. Normal lunch, and all. During the late afternoon, I decided to watch the TV. There I saw how doctors were able to separate Siamese twins who shared a liver and a nerve fiber which connected their hearts. Also, I saw a documentary on Chimpanzees as Pets. It showed how the chimpanzees who were raised by humans finally turned on the humans themselves, and had to be either relocated or killed. It was sad but true. After that we had soup with bread. Then, I returned to my room and wrote this diary. Although I wrote it quite early today, but the content is good enough. Next, I plan to research more on the problem, and then try my best to fix this. I will try to sleep early today at around 12.

Diary 76: Mumbai Blasts Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. I recorded the song "Jodi tor daak shune" using SLR last night. Today I woke up at 10:30 am. I went online on my work mail and other mails. I realized that there was no new work on the previous problem front. So, then I decided to touch the JAVA book again. I started with the Day 12 of the book today. After sometime, I reverted back to watching videos and all. Also, I started uploading the video of "Jodi tor dak shune" on YouTube. I took around 4 hours to upload it. Anyways, meanwhile I was just browsing random stuff on the net. I had lunch. After that, I was again watching YouTube videos. This went on till the late afternoon, after which I decided to watch TV. I watched the Guiness book of world records show and Just for Gags show. It was a relief from the monotonous internet stuff. My laughter was suddenly broken by a phone call from my Uncle in Hyderabad. He said that there have been three bomb blasts in Mumbai - Dadar, Zaveri Nagar and Opera House. I was shocked to hear that. I immediately called up Dad and asked him about his location. He had already crossed Vashi, so he was no where near those places. The impact of the news was so much that I even got a call from Shiny, who is my childhood friend and lives in the building right in front of me, although right now she is in Hyderabad for her MBA. Anyways, after all this, I saw that I got a pretty negative comment on my video from Alok. He said that the best thing about it was the video quality. I was hurt, but I took it as a good point, and replied back that - "Yup, after all it is Canon SLR". Well, after that I turned my focus to the blasts. It was frustrating to see how the terrorists were successful again. Then, we had our dinner. After the dinner, I and my sister had a long discussion about general topics. I explained the relationship issues between India and Pakistan also. Then I told her that she should study properly and gain knowledge so that she can be on the right side of the crowd. Then, she left, but I was still in that mode. I already knew that I am wasting my life with all this YouTube and Social Networking. I need some inspiration in life. Recent events have been a drawback, but I didn't want to be a loser anymore. I want to be great again, an expert. I looked up YouTube for inspirational videos. The search returned a lot of them, and after watching them I even shed a few tears. That made me feel light, and inspired. I wanted to test the theory, so I took the bengali newspaper in my hand and started reading. I realized I couldn't read few words in between, but I decided to continue and not stop trying. To my surprise, I was able to decipher those complex words on my own by reading further and trying again and again. I got my answer. I must not stop. That is the only way. I must continue on the path. Fear will try to bring you back, but you should continue. I use these words often but never implement it. But, I guess now the time has come to implement it. Only then I can find salvation. Next, I plan to browse the internet somewhat, and then go to sleep by 2:00 am.

Diary 75: Some more work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. I was mainly figuring out the chords of the song "Saiyyan". Although some places were grey, I managed to figure them out more or less. I may even post them here on blog, so that I can refer to them, whenever I need them. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:00 am. We were supposed to have a call at 10:30 am to discuss the strategies, but I don't know what happened. Suddenly, Mukund and Sarvesh were kind of reluctant to a call, and instead wanted to chat. Now, I had no issues, but in my mind thought that a call is obviously better. Anyways, finally we had to set up a webex meeting because Sarvesh and Rohit didn't have skype installed on their machines. I didn't understand the need for more than one, because they were all supposed to be together. I guess, they were not together, that's why  they were so reluctant at the first place. The call went on for about 30-45 minutes. We discussed various possibilities, and then finally arrived at one. We needed to do a POC(Proof of Concept) for that. So, Ankit asked me to handle the DT part of the project. It was a modification but still needed some effort. So, there I was. I opened DT after a long time. It didn't took me long to figure out what needed to be done. But, I found out that I wouldn't be able to make it to the lunch at Bistro Grill, because it would take some time to make the changes. So, I informed Akshay about it. Then, I continued working on that, and finally completed it at around 2:30 pm. I passed on my part to others, and asked them to continue. After that, we had lunch. I and my sister started talking, and she was telling me about her seat partner throughout the afternoon. She had tuition at around 5 pm, so she left then. I was feeling very lethargic, and so decided to sleep. I woke up at around 7:30 pm. I was still kind of sleepy but managed to keep myself awake. I looked into the solution that they have built, but couldn't understand the reason. Anyways, I will wait till tomorrow, and ask them. After that, I started practicing music. I was supposed to make the video for "Saiyaan" today. I realized that I was not able to sing properly with the guitar, and later realized that the acoustic guitar is better for this song. Then my attention turned towards another song - "Jodi Tor daak shune keu". It was a classic song, and I have always wanted to cover it. So, I started working on this. Finally, after some re-takes I was satisfied with the performance. The video was HD, so will take a lot of time to upload. I decided to upload it tomorrow, because my Dad would obviously switch off the router pretty soon. Also, I was not able to open this blog, because of bandwidth issues. Anyways, after all this, I started writing this blog. Next, I plan to watch few more random videos and sleep by 2:30 am.

Diary 74: Some work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 1:30 am. But, bed bugs were bugging me all night through. Also, before sleeping I started an event on Facebook. I created an event named : "No Facebook for a week". Akshay thought that we can make it big with this event, but I was not interested in that. I just wanted to do it, so that I can concentrate on other things. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:00 am. I went online on the work mail, and found out that no one is online. After that, I brushed my teeth, and ate my breakfast. I realized that I should at least announce my come back to the work, so I pinged Mukund and Sarvesh. I also got to know about the status of one of the problems that Gil sent us. We all had a rigorous chat session in which we discuss possible solutions for the problem. Sarvesh and Mukund were too aggressive. I guess the lack of the UDT (Unstructured Data Transformation) project experience was hindering their thought. Anyways, they proposed a tons of solution but Gil kept turning them down. I also proposed some, but they were not feasible because half of the work has already been done, and the client was not ready to make big changes. So, we have a lot of constraints. Anyways, Gil has asked us to try out few solutions and approaches by replicating the scenario at our side. Let's see what do we come up with. After all this, I relaxed a bit, and played the guitar. I even tried to adjust the action of my guitar, but didn't go much further with that since I didn't want to screw things up. So, then I turned towards some training material (Advanced Power center). I found that they were quite complex and required lab exercises to fully grasp. But apparently, the server is not set up yet. So, I had no choice but to go through the slides. Then, during the late afternoon, I took a break, and just relaxed. I started watching coke studio videos. Then, I ordered McDonalds for me and my sister. After that, I started watching TV. The Discovery channel showed some interesting factory processes - Ballon, Car wheel, Envelope. After that I moved back to my room, and started watching YouTube videos. Then, I had dinner, and simultaneously started watching some other shows  on TV. Later, I started helping my sister to clear up her doubts. That ended badly. I lost my temper, and we started fighting like we did earlier. Anyways, pretty soon I got a call from Ankit, and we all dispersed. I explained the whole scenario with the problem and the solutions to Ankit. We have scheduled a call next morning to discuss the issue, so that will shed more light into the solution. After that, I reverted back to YouTube and Google Plus. I realized that now, I have equal number of friends on Facebook and Google Plus. But overall, I started hating the whole social networking thing. Then, I started writing this post, and next, I plan to sleep by 2:30 am.

Diary 73: Boring and Lazy Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. I was mainly browsing the net, and doing infinite time pass. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 11:20 am. I brushed my teeth, and had some breakfast. I started watching YouTube videos again. Today, Dave Days released his new video. It was a cover song. I didn't like it much. At around 1:30 pm, I went to the kharghar center to pick up my sister from tuition. She didn't do well in her maths and chemistry tests. It was expected because she didn't prepare much. Anyways, after coming back, I sat with her, and explained the solutions to her. She was sad obviously but I tried to tell her that mistakes are fine, but the more important thing is to learn from them. After that, we had lunch. After lunch, I moved to my room and started browsing the net again. During the late afternoon, Alok invited me to a Hangout. I, Alok and his brother played the guitar together there. Although there was a time delay but we enjoyed listening and playing. After that, I moved to the drawing room to have some Tea. I also started watching the movie - "Hero No.1". I watched it after a long time. I realized that I miss such an entertaining movie. Anyways, the movie ended and I moved back to my room. After going through more random videos, I started writing this post. Next, I plan to have dinner and then go to sleep by 12:00 am.

Diary 72: Mom's Birthday and Sleeping Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:30 am. Today I woke up at around 9:30 am. I brushed my teeth, had breakfast, and started watching the TV. Everyone was in the room. Today, my aunt and cousin were supposed to leave for Hyderabad. After the debacle yesterday, they were taking the safe option of going to airport by cab. Anyways, first part of the day was spent in front of the TV. Then, my aunt and cousin started their final preparation. Then, at around 11:45 am, they left in the cab that was booked for them. As soon as they left, heavy rainfall started. We didn't worry much as the time gap was too much (flight at 4:00 pm). So, I started browsing the net, and watched YouTube videos. This went on till 1 pm, when I received a call from my aunt that they were stuck in heavy traffic jam and the cab's engine has broken down. We all were wondering what the hell is wrong, because every time they try to leave Mumbai, something pulls them back. But, today they didn't remain stuck. They changed cabs, and reached airport well within time. We were finally relieved. After that, we had lunch. Then, I moved to my room and started browsing random stuff on net. My sister came in, and asked me few doubts. I was feeling very sleepy, so I decided to sleep it off. I had a long nap and woke up at around 8 pm. I was still dizzy, but caught hold of myself. Then, I got a call from my aunt that they have reached Hyderabad. I informed the same to my parents. Then, I had some Tea, and then started browsing random stuff on net - mainly YouTube. After that, my sister wanted to clear up her doubts. So, I helped her and even scolded her for not trying the questions to the fullest. She gave up in the initial stages itself. Well, then my Dad came in, and he started explaining. Meanwhile, I started practicing the chords for Delhi Belly's song - Bhaag DK Bose. Then, I moved to the drawing room to have dinner. Although today it was mom's birthday, nothing special happened, as we already celebrated it the day before yesterday. Also, we got the news that my Dad's uncle had died, so my parents were not in the mood for celebration. I didn't know that uncle but I heard that he was more than 90 years old but still was very active in social work and all. I hope his soul rests in peace. After the dinner, I moved back to my room, and started writing this post. Now, I plan to watch more random YouTube videos and then sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 71: Missing Train Day

Yesterday, we slept at around 4:30 am. Today I woke up at 9:15 am, to bid adieu to my cousin and aunt. We all were feeling very sleepy because we didn't sleep much. Anyways, we all said goodbyes and I went back to the room to write the diary of the previous day. I ate my breakfast, and started watching some videos on YouTube especially related to Friday. After that I got a call from my aunt saying that she has boarded the local train from Vashi. I noted that down in my head and continued with whatever I was doing. Then, I was about to finish the diary when I received a call that the local train has halted just before the Kurla station and there was water everywhere. So, we started worrying. Anyways, there was lot of time left, so we were hoping that they would be able to catch the train. I informed my mom, but she was also not that much worried that time. Then, at around 12:30 pm, my aunt called me and told me that she was 1 station away from the destination. Then, at around 12:48 pm, she called me and informed me that  they missed the train. I informed my mom, and this time, she was shocked to hear that. Then, my aunt asked me to book bus tickets instead. But, my dad told them that the bus journey would not be safe during this weather. Then, after lots of discussion on phone, we decided that flight would be the safest option. So, I booked 2 tickets for tomorrow. I informed my aunt, so that they can start their return journey then. After that, I completed the diary, and went to take bath. Then, I waited for my aunt's call. I got the call after around 10 minutes, and then started moving to pick them up from CBD. I brought them back, and then we all discussed the situation. She missed a train for the first time in her life, so she was more disappointed than ever. Anyways, we forgot the situation and instead took a good rest. We all slept peacefully after having some lunch. We woke up later in the afternoon. I helped my aunt cancel her train's ticket then. After that we all started chatting and did random time pass throughout. I took out my electric guitar, and we started doing more time pass. I even sang a few songs. Then I started chatting with Alok, and we decided to hang out. But before that, we completed our dinner. Also, while we were hanging out the time crossed 12:00 am, and we all wished her happy birthday. I already had the guitar in my hands, so I played happy birthday. Alok played a solo also. It was fun. Then, everyone dispersed, and I started hanging out with Alok. We played numerous riffs and solos. My cousin and sister were also in the same room, and were able to listen to whatever I was playing. My sister was shocked to see Alok's long hair. After some long guitar session, I finally said goodbye and started writing this post. It took me a long time to write it. Next, I plan to sleep at around 2:50 am.

Diary 70: "Great" Celebration Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:00 am. I had normal chit chat with my cousin brother before going to sleep. Today I woke up at around 11:30 am. I brushed my teeth and had breakfast. Then, I started watching random stuff on TV. Then, I moved to my room. I started watching YouTube videos of guitar playing. I took out my electric guitar too. I started learning "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson, but then my cousin bro suggested "DK Bose" from "Delhi-Belly". So, I started listening to it properly, and then started picking up the first solo. I downloaded the YouTube video also. Then, at around 1:45 pm, I , my aunt, and my cousin bro left for some minor shopping. We were buying flowers and bouquets for my mom and dad. For mom, because day after tomorrow is her birthday. For Dad, because he recently got promoted. Anyways, we picked up my sister too. She just came in from School. After that, we had a secret mission to accomplish. We hid the bouquets in the car itself. My aunt planned to make a card for Dad. She has already made one for mom. Anyways, I moved on with my guitar practice, and was finally able to crack the first solo. Then, we had lunch. After that, we just lazed around the whole afternoon. In the evening, the secret mission picked up again. We started making the card, and were planning on how to hide the flowers in the house itself. So, we finally came up with something, and hid the flowers in the balcony. I and my cousin bro went for some more shopping, but were attacked by heavy rains on the way. But we were successful in bringing almost everything that was required. We had to go to "Shampa Kaki's" house to bring some stuff. I told her that I have to leave early because we were in a secret mission. Anyways, I reached home and found out that Shampa Kaki told mom about the secret mission (not the mom's birthday part). I was very angry. I boiled with anger, but controlled my emotions just to not spoil the occasion. After that, we finished our card's business, and moved to the dining room to present the cards to both of them. I took out my SLR and captured the moments. I even took two videos in HD. We were having lots of fun. My SLR camera was finally appreciated by everyone. Later, we had some awesome momos, which were made by my aunt. Then, we all sat down and watched a lot of recorded videos - marriage anniversary, assam videos, performance videos. After that, we all gathered in the guest room and my sister performed a song followed by me. After we dispersed. But, I decided to record the "Dhauur" Song. So, we moved down to record it. It was fun. I will upload it soon. Next, I secretly browsed through my cousin bro's facebook account and realized that even my sister knows about his girlfriend. I realized that I am the only one who was out of the loop. They thought that I am the only one who is out of all these stuff. Only if they knew, what I did way before their present age. Anyways, with that realization, I slept and decided to move on and concentrate on my own well being. I slept at around 4:30 am.

Diary 69: Cousin's gf and Vashi Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:00 am, after lots of fun and photo sessions. Today I woke up at around 10:30 am. Today my sister bunked her school as we were supposed to have fun today. After that, I had breakfast and started watching TV. Then, I remembered that I had to write the diary for yesterday. So, I wrote that. Then, I moved back to the TV room. There we had normal chit chat through out the day. We decided that we would go to Vashi today, to watch the movie "Cars 2". Although I had seen the movie, I agreed to go again, as there were no other movies worth watching. Meanwhile, I found out that my cousin bro has a girl friend. He left his Facebook account unlocked in the ipod, and I saw that his relationship status was "In a relationship". Initially I was shocked, but then I was kind of proud of him. He seemed serious regarding that, so it was fine with me. After all, he studied in a co-ed school. Anyways, after we had our lunch, we decided to get ready for Vashi. We started at around 4:30 pm, and reached the theater on time. The movie was in English, so my mom and my sister didn't enjoy it that much. After the movie, we moved to InOrbit Mall. There we had parathas from bhagat tarachand, and then moved to KFC for finishing touches. Dad joined us there in the mall, and had a paratha. After that we drove back home. Our dinner was already done, so there was no tension with regards to dinner. While driving back, I visited the central park region of Kharghar for the first time. At home, we started watching TV again. I found out that the third test between India and WI had started. WI were 75/3 till rain stopped play. Anyways, we all watched random shows on TV. Then, since we all were very tired after today's outing, we decided to call it a day. But, before that I wrote this diary, and next, I just plan to sleep to glory at 12:30 am.

Diary 68: Relatives and Dad's Promotion Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. I was mainly watching YouTube videos. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 6:30 am. My sister informed me that my cousin brother and my aunt are on their way from Kharghar station. I quickly brushed my teeth, and got ready to receive them. My aunt was coming to this home for the first time. Then, they arrived and we all greeted each other. My sister left for school as soon as they came in. After that, we chatted with each other, ate breakfast and listened to the songs on the pen drive. We listened to my compositions - new and old. Then, I showed the new camera that I had bought to them. I even snapped a few pictures. Then, my mom had to leave for Puja at someone's house. So, I brought my cousin along to drop off my mom at that house. While coming back, we bought some ice cream cones. The day seemed to be running very slow since I had woken up so early today. Anyways, after that we just watched some random songs on TV. Then, I took out my electric guitar and played it. My cousin was very excited to see it work. He tried his hand at the acoustic one. After that, I took bath, and got ready for the lunch. My sister would be home in around 1 hour, and my cousin was hungry, so we decided to eat. Then, my sister arrived. She was very happy to see them again. She was hyper excited. Then, later we all ate the ice cream that we had bought. Mom then called, and asked me to come at the same place to pick me up. So, I went there along with my cousin and found out that mom was no where to be seen. So, I went on exploring inside the society and managed to get the flat number. I went in there to find that mom made the same old mistake of not picking up the phone. She kept the phone inside the bag, so she couldn't hear it properly. Anyways, my cousin was waiting near the car, and finally we were out of there. Then, after coming back, we just did normal chit chat and watched random videos. But after sometime, I was very sleepy, and so I had a nice afternoon nap. After I woke up, we decided to go for Paani Puri. So, I, my dad, cousin bro, sister, aunt left for that. In the way, we bought a MoMo making machine. It was quite big, but very useful. Anyways, I dropped off Dad at Sector 12, for some meeting. Then, we had paani puri, ice cream and returned home. After we returned, Mom gave us the good news that Dad got promoted to General Manager's position. So, it was a perfect situation to celebrate. My dad was still in the meeting, so we decided to celebrate it later. Then, I took out my SLR and started taking random snaps. After that we experimented with the continuous mode of taking snaps. We had lots of fun in that. We posed in various ways and places, and saw the change in those positions later in the computer screen. It was like a frame by frame movie. Just by looking at the faces, we laughed a lot and enjoyed a lot. Then, we had dinner and then gathered in the guest room to discuss random things. We sang a few songs, and I played the guitar too. Then, at around 12:00 am, we decided to disperse. I, my sister and cousin decided to enjoy further by taking more such snaps. Meanwhile, I found out that Gil had sent us a new assignment. It was an interesting one, and I started brainstorming about it. I got the whole picture and was excited to try it out sometime. Also, Alok pinged me and mentioned his problem with Shatabdi. Apparently, she was using him - the most common problem faced by men. I advised him to just tell the truth to her, and be free of any irritation or guilt feeling. Anyways, after that I moved back to enjoying with my cousin bro and sister. My cousin bro was extremely interested in ghost stories, so we even discussed those. After sometime, we all felt sleepy and decided to call it a day. We chatted for a while and then finally went to sleep at around 2:00 am.

Diary 67: No Office and FeastHunt Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:15 am. Last night, Mahak asked me to call her up, because she needed to discuss a few things. It was an international call but I called her anyways. The discussion went fine. I gave her lots of advice on life and job hunt. I even mailed her the summary of that discussion. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:30 am. I informed my office that I am not well, and would not be available for two three days. So, I was set. I decided that I will not start by day with YouTube or anything. So, I started with JAVA. I completed the Day 11 chapter finally. Then, the most important part of the day kicked in. At around 2:30 pm, I, Akshay and Dallas were in a conference call with Harsh. We explained him our idea, and he responded very well to our queries and suggestions. He gave us very nice insights into the business side. I realized that I am not that bad a business person. His suggestions resonated with mine. His vision of the idea was very similar to what I had planned out. His next steps matched with mine. I have been telling both Akshay and Dallas to pay attention to the market survey but they were very lazy. I realized the importance of the experience of talking to the clients, and that was the exact point which Harsh told us. Anyways, after the call Akshay and Dallas called me again, to decide the next steps. After the call, I had lunch at around 4 pm. After the lunch, I was listening to songs on YouTube. I decided that I would cover "Teri Deewani" next. But then, my mom asked me to bring some things from the market. So, I went out. Unfortunately, when I was almost done with the shopping, I forgot my car keys inside the car. Then, I called up my mother, and asked her to find the other key. I gave her instructions on where to find the key. So, I walked back home to get the key from the security person. After that, I went back shopping for the rest of the things. After I was done with that, I returned home. After returning I went back to watching YouTube videos and all. I started listening the Shadab's version of "Teri Deewani", and I was spell bound. I dropped my idea of covering the song. I mean, it would be a disrespect to that version. In fact, I realized that the Shadab's version has more views on YouTube than the original version. Anyways, after that I had to help out my Dad with his credit card payment. Once again, I had to pay his bill. It was worth 16500 Rs!. Till date, I have paid around 50000 Rs on his credit card payments. It was frustrating but anyways, it was my duty. Then, we had dinner and dispersed for the night. I started watching YouTube videos again. Then, I started writing this post. Next, I plan to practice music and then sleep by around 2:30 am.

Diary 66: Rebecca Black and YouTube Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. Today I woke up at around 11:45 am. Then, I had my breakfast and checked my mails and all. I was feeling very lazy already because of the odd timings. I started listening to the Rebecca Black's song Friday (Link), and considering the popularity of the song I decided to cover that song in my own way. I tried recording a few times, but it didn't sound good, so I dropped the idea. The song is one of a kind. The lyrics are so bad, and that every other song can be better than this. Anyways, after that I had lunch at around 3:30 pm. After the lunch, I watched the movie -"Fanaa" starring Aamir Khan and Kajol. I had watched it earlier, but I watched it again. I realized that the movie is totally lame and there are so many flaws. After the movie, I moved back to my room, and started watching videos. I was putting in lots of comments on the Rebecca Black video and I even managed to get a reply from one her fan. He/she disliked all of my videos in my channel. It was quite funny. Meanwhile, I cleared my sister's doubts regarding graphs and latent heat. My mom and dad had to go to some meeting, so the dinner was delayed. We had dinner at around 11:20 pm. After that I came back to my room, and started watching videos again. I got good feedback from Janani regarding the songs I uploaded recently. Then, I made a video of the cover song and uploaded it on YouTube here. Next, I started writing this post. Now, I plan to watch few more videos and then sleep by 2:00 am.

Diary 65: Karaoke Cover and (Non) FeastHunt Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. Today I woke up at around 10:45 am, with the call from Akshay. He said that the call with Harsh had to postponed because Harsh was down with fever. The call was rescheduled to Monday. I was disappointed but I had to move on. After that, I had breakfast, checked my mails and all. Then, I moved on to listening songs online. I came across the song which I had heard long ago - Teri Justajoo by Roop Kumar Rathod. Then, I decided to record the song. But this time, instead of recording it with guitar, I used the karaoke. I made the karaoke using cool edit pro, and it was descent. After recording it, I found out that my voice sounds so better with the karaoke's effects. The background echos, and reverberations added a nice feel to my voice. I listened to the song in the Home theater, and it felt good. I uploaded it and the link is here. After that, my sister arrived from school and we all had lunch. After the lunch, I dropped my sister to her tuition class. Then, I decided to think about the FeastHunt project for sometime. After getting the whole picture in my head, I called up the WebPrint Guy to fix up a meeting. Then, at around 5:30 I left for the meeting. I explained the whole thing to him, and he also gave me a lot of inputs. He added that the whole thing would take around 3 months, and the budget would exceed 1 Lakh. I was initially taken aback, but then on close introspection I realized that when divided among 3, the investment is lesser than one month's salary. Then, I came back home, and relaxed. After a small chit chat with my parents, I went to pick up my sister from the tuition. While coming back, we had paani puri. It was not that good as we expected. After coming back, I tried to get in touch with Dallas and Akshay, but they were no where to be seen. Anyways, somehow I contacted Dallas, and told him to call me up later. But as expected he didn't. I caught Akshay on gmail chat, and fixed 10:15 as our call time. Till then, I just revised the discussion with the Webprint guy. At around 10:30 pm, Akshay reminded me of the call by pinging. So I called them up, and we had a discussion about the budget and other things. Our monday call with Harsh is supposed to be an important call. Let's see what comes out of it. After that, I practiced a few songs (vocals), and tried to record one more cover, but it didn't turn out well enough. Then, we had dinner. I even watched the Day 5 of the India WI test match for a while. WI needed 281 to win, and they were at 103/3 around Tea time. I moved back to my room then. I was just browsing random things and checking out more things on google plus. Then, I had an idea of one song per day contest, but then found out that there is already a one song per week contest that happened on YouTube. It was not a contest actually, but still. Then, I started writing this post. Next, I plan to watch few more videos and sleep by 2:30 am.

Diary 64: Google Plus and Abhishek Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:30 am. Today I woke up at around 9:15 am. I brushed my teeth, greeted my relatives and had breakfast. After that I checked my mails and all. I was all set to go to office and then meet Abhishek at Andheri. Then, suddenly a long discussion started between me and mom's choto mama. He started explaining me a lot of things. He has met Dhoni, so he was describing that incident to me. Also, he was telling me stories of his speeches at various places. Anyways, after that mom asked me to bring something from the market. That's when I decided that I can't go now. The direct train was gone. So, I called up Abhishek and after lot of convincing, he agreed to come to Vashi. He had to go to Pune after that, so it was a perfect staging area. He urged me to come with him, but I disagreed. Anyways, after that my relatives left for the train. They reached the station quite comfortably. My sister bunked school today, and so she was also there with me. Mom had to go for kitty party. So, it was only me and her. Then, the day turned towards Google Plus. I got an invite from Mahak, and I joined in. It was much like facebook with some new features such as Hangout and Friend Circles. I was not that excited. I invited many others. Alok joined in through me. At around 2:30 pm, we decided to have lunch. After the lunch, I called up Abhishek to check his location status. Then, I had bath and left for Vashi. At Vashi, I finally met him after a long time (4 years). He had false hair attached, so it was a bit weird at first. We got the bus ticket booked there itself for a Kharghar pick up. Then, we drove back to Kharghar. I brought him to my house. He met my sister first. Then, my mom came back from her party. So, her wish was fulfilled too. She wanted to meet him too. Anyways, after that we had some food, played some songs, and then left again to catch the bus. At the bus stop, we chatted a lot, mainly because the bus was very late. After he left, I came back and started playing the guitar. Meanwhile, we also tried the video conferencing thing on Google plus. I and Alok had a guitar war apparently. Then, I had dinner. After the dinner, I called up Akshay and Dallas to decide strategies on FeastHunt. I was already very disappointed with the progress. There were no inputs from them, I was the only one working here. After that I turned towards playing the guitar. I came up with three chords, and then I built over this. The result was weird. The link is here. Alok liked it, but said that the synchronization is missing a bit. I uploaded it anyways. Next, I started writing this post. Now, I plan to watch a few YouTube videos and then sleep by 4:00 am.