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.