Diary 13: Just another day..

Yesterday, Mumbai Indians lost the match to Kings XI Punjab by 76 runs. It was more of a single sided match in the end. Nobody had the patience to make the runs. Anyways, the whole day I refrained myself from watching TV shows online, but after my dinner, I watched all my regular TV shows, and because of the slow nature of the wireless connection, it took longer than expected to complete the whole process of loading and watching. Finally, I slept at around 4:45 am. Today, I woke up at 10:00 am. I connected to the net, so that Ankit and Sushma know that I am at home. There was not much work, just a few training videos and presentations. Today, I didn't control myself and watched as many TV episodes possible. Also, I got calls from Accenture and Diamond Consulting regarding the first round of interviews, which would be conducted through telephone. I confirmed the timings for tomorrow. So, tomorrow I have two interviews back to back. My mom and sister had to go for shopping, and I dropped them off at the market place. At around 2:30 pm, I picked them up from the same market place, and came back home. Then, we had our lunch, and I again started watching the TV episodes. After some time, Gil messaged me. We had a small chat, for which I had to go back to some old training files and presentations. Meanwhile, I found out that the air conditioner of my room isn't working, so I cleaned the filter. After few issues with the start, the air conditioner started working. Then, I was surfing in the net for issues of net speed with wireless routers. I found out that in general the speed drops in case of wireless internet. I tried changing channels in the wireless router and selected the one which gave the highest speed as per speedtest.net . After that, I moved to the drawing room along with the , and started watching the IPL match between RCB and RR. Meanwhile, I set up the wi-fi in my i-pod, and was browsing Youtube videos in that. Also, I tried out something I always wanted to try - getting the audio output of the TV through the home theatre speakers. It worked, and was finally happy. I just need one more cable to implement the whole thing. Next, I started writing this post, but in between I had a business idea - restaurant booking. I wanted to discuss it with Dallas, so I logged on to Gmail and started discussing the idea with him. We started with name, then few revenue opportunities and many more small and crisp ideas. I was feeling confident, and felt like no one can defeat me. Dallas said that we will continue this discussion when we meet. The temporary available domain name is feasthunt.com, but we are looking for better names. After this, I had my dinner, and then again started writing this post. Next I plan to watch the match, and then the loaded episode of CSI:Miami. I plan to sleep by 2:00 am. 

Diary 12: Sourav Ganguly

Yesterday I wrote the Diary a bit early. After that, just a few things happened. One of the major things was that I started a shared blog along with four of my friends (till now three of them have accepted the request). I named the blog "Post Box" for now, and I will share the link to that blog soon. Another news was that of the IPL - "Ganguly going to play tomorrow". I was skeptical this time, as I expected him to play in the last match itself. After the dinner, I tried to sleep early at 12:45 am, but was not able to. I woke up and looked up the train routes  in Harbor line, as I was planning to go to office next day. I slept finally at 2:00 am. I woke up at 9:00 am, and messaged both Sushma and Ankit that I will be coming to office. Then, I went online and had a chat with Gil regarding the salary and also discussed the work for today. It was 10:15 am, and I started feeling lazy. So, I decided that I will not go. Today, I also decided that I will not watch any TV episodes, so I started working immediately. I also posted some blog posts in the new blog, which already has many visitors from India and US. I keep on working on the assignment till lunch, and after that I just waited for the IPL match between Pune and Deccan Chargers to start. Finally, DADA was playing. Pune fielded first and restricted Deccan to 136 in 20 overs. Pune were comfortable in their chase. Sourav came in at number 3, and played a very nice knock of 32 off 32 balls. It was so good to see him play after so long. I like comebacks, and he is the king of comebacks. He hit 3 fours and a six also. Let's see what he does in the coming matches. After that match, I surfed the net for a while, and started writing this post. Right now, there is a match going on between Mumbai and Punjab, and Punjab has had a very good start till now. Let's see how much they can put on the board. Now, I plan to watch the match, and then try to sleep early again, as I need to go to office at least once. I may watch one or two TV episodes of my regular TV series.

Timeless Songs

Here are few songs - both English and Hindi, which I consider as timeless. For some the lyrics standout, and for some the music.

English:

- Dream On (Aerosmith)

- Fade to Black (Metallica)

- Hotel California (Eagles)

- Winds of Change (The Scorpions)

- Beat It (Michael Jackson)

- Hallowed be thy name (Iron Maiden)

- Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Hindi

- Pyaar hua ikraar hua hai (Shree 420)

- Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya (Mughal-e-azam)

- Jeena yahan marna yahan (Mera naam Joker)

- Tujhse naraz nahi zindagi (Masoom)

- Aane wala pal (Golmaal)

- Jeevan se bhari teri aakhen (Anand)

- Jaane jaa dhundta (Jawani Deewani)

This list is not an extensive list. People are free to suggest more.

Diary 11: Wireless Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am after completing the CSI:Miami episodes. Before that, I went online with my new yahoo id and randomly wrote on chat rooms about how I am frustrated in life. Somehow, one person named Imran from Kolkata pinged me and started consoling me. In this process, he said that he has also faced the same type of problems, but is still hanging in there. I added him to my friends list and then went offline. Today I woke up at 11:15 am, and messaged Sushma that I am not coming to office as I am not feeling well. Then, I went online and told the same to Ankit. After that I started watching CSI:Miami, and watched it till the lunch time. Today also, I was not in a good mood considering the events of yesterday but was just fine. Then, my sister asked for the internet and I gave it without any hesitation otherwise it would start another argument. So, I just watched the loaded episode and then went to the other room and slept for a while as I had nothing to do. Then, I had my lunch at around 3:30 pm. I found out that my sister still needs the internet for chatting, so I decided that we need a wireless router, so that this situation doesn't occur anymore. So, I just went to the nearest mall (Little world) and bought a wireless router (Belkin). I came back, and started setting it up. It went fine for my office laptop, but was causing problems for the home laptop. Finally I gave up and called the Belkin customer support. They helped me figure out the problem, and hence both the laptops were now connected. If this would not have happened, then there was no point of a wireless router. Well, I handed over the home laptop to my sister and started watching CSI:Miami on my laptop. I watched it till 7:50 pm, and then went on to watch the IPL match between CSK and RR. This is an important match as both teams are in race to be in the top 4. Right now, I am watching the match, and as I see CSK lost its first wicket (Mike Hussey). Next, I plan to watch the match and then the CSI:Miami episodes. I want to sleep early today as I need to go to office. Also, I may not go with my father from now on as the driver has been sacked due to high fuel costs - the car had to travel some extra in a heavy traffic for me. So, I don't want to cause problems again. Train is the best option after all, and I will try to stick to that. Signing off now.

Diary 10: Terrible Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. Today I woke up at around 11:00 am. I checked my mails, facebook and all. Then, I started watching CSI:Miami. I had to pick up my sister from tuition by 12:30 pm, so I left home and then came back by around 1:30 pm. After that I again watched CSI:Miami for a while. Then, I went to the drawing room to have lunch. Now, something happened, a small fight between my sister and my mother escalated and I lost my temper. I left the table, and went to my room and threw my bag at the door. I was angry because my mother said that someone else wished her mother's day and we didn't, and she started crying. Personally I don't believe in wishing, I believe that everyday is a mother's day, everyday is important, every moment I spend together with my mother is important. But, no one would understand this. I try to teach few things to my mother, rectify those, but the result is that I get the red eye of everyone. Well, I have decided once in for all that I will stop interfering and rectifying others, and just focus on myself. I have many errors to correct. So, the rest of the day I just stayed in my room, and came out only for two occasions - evening Tea and dinner. Lets see how it turns out. My way of interacting and creating memories is not acceptable in this house, so be it. I will just live alone, aloof and take whatever comes my way. Unfortunately, this has become the only truth of my life. No one to talk to, no one to look forward, just me and my brain. Today, I watched the IPL matches on my laptop. First match was RCB v/s Kochi. RCB changed there jersey to green as they are promoting the "Go Green" campaign. Anyways, The match was pretty much one sided, and once again Gayle was explosive. Now, for the next match I expected Saurav Ganguly to play, but Pune didn't pick him for the playing eleven. I was utterly disappointed. I guess the events of the day just brought this up. Nothing went right today. I just wasted my whole day watching CSI:Miami, and thinking about my life at present. Presently, I am watching the match between Pune and Punjab, and it looks that Pune will win easily, as Punjab didn't put up scoring much (just 119). And as I am writing this post, Pune has won it. Now, I plan to watch the loaded episodes of CSI:Miami and then go to sleep at around 1:15 am.