My first takes with Shaky Hands

Diary 42: Heart Crushing Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2 am. Today I woke up at around 10:00 am, and got a call from Ankit. I told him that I am about to leave now. He said that Gil was planning a session. I asked him to schedule it later. Then, I got ready for office, and left without having any breakfast at about 10:50 am. Finally, I reached Andheri at around 1 pm. I called up Ankit and asked whether I should pack my lunch from McDonald's or wait for later. He said that I can pack it as they already have had lunch. Even Sushma asked me to pack something for her. Anyways, I reached office. I had lunch straight away and then Ankit told me that Gil has asked us to look into few things. So, most of the mid-day was spent on that. Today Sushma left early because she was not feeling well. During the latter part of the day, Gil took a session on administrative properties of Informatica, DX and so on. This went on till 8:15 pm. After that, we dispersed and I left for Andheri station. I got into the first train I got and reached CBD at around 10:40 pm. I was unsure about my dinner plans, so I decided to eat out. I went into three star hotel here. There was no one except me, so I decided to use this opportunity to conduct my survey of the three star hotel. I called up a waiter who was working there, and started asking him questions. I came to know that few of the four/five star hotels already use online table booking, which crushed my heart. I came back home and looked up google, and found 4-5 sites online table booking sites in India. I mailed the links to Akshay and Dallas too, let's see what is their view on this. Anyways, all hope is not lost, but the whole thing has become more complex and tougher. I hope we can survive the competition and move forward. Next, I plan to sleep by 2:30 am with a disappointed heart.

Diary 41: Good, very Good day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:00 am. Today I woke up at 9:15 am. I kept on shifting the time of my travel, till the time I realized that I have to make the 10:57 am direct train. I got ready for office as fast I could. I was very hungry, so I even made nuggets fry in the quickest possible time. So, I left home and some how managed to reach CBD in time and also board the train in time. I reached Andheri at 12:15 am and office by 12:35 pm. As soon as I reached, I came to know that they are ordering food from subway. So I also ordered one subway for me too. Meanwhile, I started with JAVA, and informatica installation on my local machine. Soon, the food arrived and made us happy. Gil paid the bill for it so it was even better. Anyways after that I was busy in figuring out the connection issues between remote machine and my local informatica powercenter client. I even posted a discussion on the informatica support, and the person even called me up to help me. Well, ultimately it was Gil who solved the problem. The problem was with the hosts file. Today, Ankit and Gil finalized an office space too, although the paper work is left, but I guess it is more or less final. It is not very far from the present office, so not a big problem for me. Later part of the day was spent in just general net surfing and all. Then at around 8 pm, we decided to move towards Yoko Sizzlers for dinner. Gil left early to hold the table for us. We reached there by 8:45 pm, and then ordered various sizzlers. Except Gil and me, no one had sizzlers before. So I was guiding them on their choices. Gil ordered a beef sizzler, and I ordered a chicken sizzler. Meanwhile, I asked Gil whether he has heard about Open Table and also whether he has used it. I even asked him few details about real life situations, and the whole discussion was very helpful. Then, we all dispersed and I left for Andheri station. I boarded a train to Wadala, and then from Wadala towards CBD. I reached CBD at around 12:00 am. I fooled the parking guy and gave him lesser money. I drove back peacefully to home, and started watching the ongoing match between India and WI. India were well placed, so I moved into the room inside. I realized by now, that the internet connection was not behaving correctly. After lot of ups and downs, it finally worked, and I started watching the CSI:Miami episode. Also, I came to know that Dallas and Akshay were not able to go to Rodas, and instead planned a lunch there on Sunday. Let's see how it turns out. Next I plan to complete the episode and then go to sleep by 2:45 am.

Diary 40: Good Day overall

Yesterday I slept at around 1:30 am. I was furiously trying to think of ideas to implement a solution for feasthunt. I had few doubts, so I noted them down in my head, and moved ahead. Meanwhile, I caught a glimpse of the one day match going between India and West Indies. Later I came to know that India won by 4 wickets. Today I woke up at around 8:45 am. I got ready for office by around 9:25 am. I left for CBD and then boarded the train to Wadala. I realized mid-way that I didn't bring water with me. Anyways, at Wadala road station, I somehow managed to catch the next train to Andheri, and reached Andheri at around 11:00 am. I reached office by 11:25 am. Gil was not there yet, as he was awake till 4:00 am last night. I was very hungry but I decided that I will directly have lunch. I was offered the new laptop but I declined and instead gave it to Sarvesh. He was happy, but I didn't want my collected materials, softwares, bookmarks etc. to disperse. After that Gil arrived, and then we all discussed many things including our expectations, history of formation, description of the projects at hand etc. Today, the new hires started using the tool, and hence I was there whenever they needed help. I was happy about it. I also touched the JAVA book for a while, but nothing substantial happened. Our team discussion went on and on till 4 pm, and so we had a delayed lunch. I ordered Veg today also. Gil, Sushma and Ankit left to look for office spaces at around 4:45 pm. After that, I started looking into Feasthunt. I got some interesting links and references, which changed my view point very much. I left office at 5:30 pm, and then boarded the direct train to CBD. On train, I decided to utilize the time and framed few of the survey questions, and even few business models we can follow. Finally I reached home at around 7:50 pm. Then, today luckily the AC guys came in. They embedded the PCB on to the AC, and then it started working. I told them that I will pay them later and they agreed. Then, I started multi tasking between TV episodes and feasthunt research.  Meanwhile, I ordered my food from McDonald's again. I got the food at around 10:45 pm, and I was done by 11:00 pm. Then I, Dallas and Akshay had a call at around 11:15 pm, in which I explained them what to ask the clients, what type of business models we can look into etc. Let's see what happens tomorrow, when they actually go and ask the manager or the person concerned. After that, I decided to wash the dirty clothes as I was short on cloths to wear through the week. Then, I started writing this post, and next I plan to finish the washing and then watch the loaded TV episode. I plan to sleep by 2:00 am.

Diary 39: Extreme Anger Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3 am, after watching the TV episodes. Today I woke up at around 6:50 am, and got ready for office by around 7:25 am. I just ate one piece of cake for breakfast, and left to catch the 7:57 Andheri bound train. I reach well before time, and comfortably boarded the train. The train was very crowded but I managed to hold on. I reached Andheri at around 9:30 am, and office by around 9:50 am. I came to know then that Gil is coming in a different flight and will reach office by 6 pm. This one news made me extremely angry, although I didn't show any anger, I just stopped talking for some time. I was frustrated because the one time I managed to reach office amidst rains and train crowd, I got deceived. Anyways, in protest I started with the remaining part of JAVA book. Apparently I finished the Day 6 of the book, and was about to complete even the Day 7, when I got too tired and left it. Meanwhile, I took a huge step and decided to buy the Canon EOS 1100D SLR for Rs 23,700 from e-bay. Divyansh's model arrived today. At office, we ordered lunch from outside, and I preferred Veg. today. We all were very hungry because we all skipped breakfast. We all were tired of waiting for Gil. The time passed by but there was no sign of Gil. At around 8:00 pm, Gil finally arrived. He was handsome and dashing as expected. Despite being a jolly person, he was a extreme hard worker. He just traveled 18 hours straight, and then got back to work right away. He brought us new laptops too. He said that we should keep the newer ones, as they are more powerful and have more battery life. The only problem is the screen size, which is much smaller than the present one. I am resistant to change simply because my configurations and all are already done in this laptop, and I don't want to waste time in setting up the whole thing again. Let's see what happens. I left office at around 8:30 pm, but it was difficult to find an Auto to the Andheri station. One of the autos left me near the market, and I had to walk to the station from there. In the way, I decided to take two burgers from the Andheri station McDonald's as I had little hope that I would find anything eatable in Kharghar. Anyways, I took a train to Wadala. At Wadala road station, the connecting trains were so close that I tried to catch the next train by running across the whole station from one end to other. While I was climbing the staircase, I realized that I will not be able to make it, as I released too much energy in too less time. I was dangerously exhausted. I took in deep breathes to make up for the high rate of oxygen consumption. After I cooled down, I felt a lot of heaviness in my head and shoulders. It was a condition where I was sleepy but couldn't sleep. Somehow, I managed to reach CBD. From there, the journey was smooth. The one at the car parking charged less due to some reason. I was feeling good again, and drove the car to my home peacefully. On reaching home, I decided not to watch the match and also not to watch the TV series. I am planning to sleep today. I have already informed Gil that I will be a bit late tomorrow as it was a long day today. Now, I plan to sleep at around 12:15 am.