SLR: Day 2

I read the manual and tried out few more modes:

Diary 43: Camera Day

Yesterday I slept at around 2:45 am. Today I woke up at around 10:00 am, and saw that it was raining heavily. I had no choice, but to get ready for office. Meanwhile, I started thinking about the parcel from chennai i.e the SLR Camera. I looked up the nearest courier service office and called them up. I found out that the package has already arrived at their place. So, I asked them whether I can pick it up or not. They replied affirmatively, so I quickly got ready for office, and on the way I picked up the parcel. I was in two minds whether to go to office first or back home to keep the package. I decided to take it to office, as it was already too late and it was Gil's last day in India. The trains were running late due to the heavy rain, so I reached office at around 1:40 pm. When I reached, I found out that they had already ordered lunch, but I was not included. Anyways, I had already bought my lunch from McDonald's as I did yesterday. I just borrowed sprite from them. After the lunch, I started working on the problem that Gil gave us yesterday. The major part of the day was consumed in that. At around 7 pm, Gil started packing stuff as he had to leave for dinner and then London. We said goodbyes and then I left for home. I reached CBD at around 10:30 pm. I decided that I will take Dominoes pizza as dinner. I went home, opened the package, and there it was, the Canon EOS 1100D. I started exploring it straight away. I even uploaded a few pics to facebook. I even started watching tv episodes. Next I plan to watch the remaining part of the episode and then sleep by 3:30 am. 

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.