Diary 98: Work and Movies Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. Today, I woke up at around 11:10 am. I brushed my teeth, and went online. I got a ping from Ankit, who allotted me a section to work on. I was ready to work on it. But, I was not only figuring out the approach but also planning to code a bit of the design, so that I can test my design too. So, I worked for the next few hours. I was also listening to the linking park songs. I listened to few of them for the first time and I loved them - New Divide, Iridescent (which is a word for a surface or substance which changes color when we see towards it from different angles). I also had small discussions with Sarvesh regarding the designing part, because I had to make sure that we are all on the same page. At around 2:45 pm, I had lunch. After that, I moved back to my room and started working again. After completing the design and the coding of the part that was allotted to me, I informed Ankit and  also sent the project to the team. Then I received a design document where I noticed that the others are going for a source based design. My approach was different, it was target based. Later I asked Gil, and he was with me on this. But, he left the last opinion to Ankit. Also, Ankit asked me to come to office tomorrow so that we can discuss this thing. Moreover, Gil had scheduled a call at around 8 am in the morning. I was wondering whether I would be able to leave for office with my Dad or not. Anyways, after all this, I decided to watch a movie - "Yeh Saali Zindagi". I have heard good reviews about it. So, as I started watching I realized that it is full of foul words and all, and it quite realistic. So, I liked it. It was different and better than normal stuff going around in the market. Meanwhile, I had some Tea and started watching TV also. Today, I saw how an universe works, and more importantly how the planets are formed and why are they so different from each other. Then, I moved back to my room and continued watching the movie. Then, I had my dinner. Later, I had a small voice chat with Mahak. She was basically frustrated because her job search was killing her patience. Anyways, pretty soon I completed the movie and then moved on to the next movie which was - "Friends with Benefits". It was again suggested by Mahak, and I was anyways eagerly waiting for it. So, after lot of struggle with Google and viruses, I finally succeeded in getting a link which works. Then, I started writing this post. Next, I plan to watch that movie and then sleep by 2:30 am. 

Diary 97: Movies Day part 2

Yesterday I slept at around 5:30 am. I was watching "Yamla Pagla Deewana", which turned out to be very boring. Also, I thought that "The life zindagi" was the movie "Yeh Saali Zindagi", which I will watch sometime. Today I woke up at around 1 pm. I was not shocked because I slept quite late anyways. Then, I brushed my teeth and went online. Then I saw a mail which said that Gil said that we have to build the project from the scratch. I was taken aback at first but later realized that it would be good for the sake of the project. I had a discussion with Sarvesh too and he also had the same opinion. Then, I looked at the existing code for a while before deciding to watch the movie "Makdee". Mahak told me that it is a very good movie, so I will give it a try. Also, I started watching "Ek Choti si Love Story". It had caused quite a furor among the broadcasting committee then, but I hardly saw a few scenes which were somewhat provocative. Meanwhile, I had my lunch, when I realized that my sister had lost 200 Rs in school. She claims that someone had stolen it from her bag. Then, I moved back to my room and continued watching the movies. Then, at around 6:30 pm, I was feeling sleepy so I had a power nap till 8:00 pm. Then, my dad arrived from office and soon my sister also came back from tuition. I had some Tea, and then chicken soup. I watched the TV for a while. I was mainly watching Nat Geo, where I found out about some interesting facts such as Eggs are 10 times more stronger vertically than they are horizontally and also about the fact that magnets can destroy hard disks - which is partially true because the magnet has to be very big and must have high magnetic field. After that, I moved back to my room and completed the movies. Then I decided to watch "Rocket Singh", which was again suggested by Mahak. Meanwhile, I had my dinner and then came back to start watching it. I also took a mock interview of Mahak and gave her few guidelines on interviews. After that, I started watching the movie, and I was loving it. It was again about business and how a simple below average guy goes on to challenge one of the biggest sales company in the region. I liked the simplicity of the movie. Then, I started writing this post and now, I plan to sleep by around 4:15 am. 

Diary 96: Movies Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:00 am. I completed the movie "Badmaash Company". I kind of liked it because it aligned to my thoughts right now. In that the protagonist used innovative ideas to make profit out of loopholes in the system. Anyways, Today I woke up at around 10:30 am. I went online and realized that it is Gil's birthday today. So Xiomara, the summer intern who would be looking into business operations and processes, suggested that we plan some prank on him or just wish him through a ping. Well, I couldn't decide on the way that time, so I left it for later. Then, I started looking into the document that Gil provided. Then, my mom had to go to a kitty party, so she left. I continued working but after some time I started browsing random stuff. I discussed the copyright and ownership issue of the song writers in India and in general. Alok gave me an amazing link whether Courtney Love (wife of Kurt Cobain) had written an open letter to the record labels. After that, mom and sister both came back. I and my sister had lunch. Mom had already eaten in the kitty party. After that, I decided to watch some movie. I chose "Cycle Kick". Well, the story was amazing, but the direction sucked big time. I was frustrated that they screwed up a very good story. Anyways, I was not content with one movie, so I decided to watch one more. This time I chose "No one killed Jessica". This time, I was amazingly satisfied. For starters, I didn't know the complete story of the Jessica lal murder case, then I loved Rani Mukherjee's role in it. And to add to that, it portrayed a scene where people get influenced by the Candle light march scene from Rang De Basanti, the movie which is so close to my heart. I loved it. No one told me about this movie. Anyways, then I decided to watch some TV. There, I was initially watching the World War 2 documentary, but then shifted to a new show on Nat Geo - Dog Whisperer. I learned that Dog's psychology is different from Human's. They don't react well to extreme nurture at the early age. They become timid and are scared of everything. After this, I moved back to my room, and started browsing random stuff. Then, I had dinner. After dinner, I decided to watch one more movie - "Shor in the City". Well, I liked it very much. It is much better than those random shit movies going on in the theaters. Next, I decided to write this post, and now I may watch one more movie - "The Life Zindagi". I plan to sleep by 2:30 am. 

Diary 95: Issue solving Day

Well, before I start, I would like to say that the major part of the day was actually night. After writing the post last night, I was trying to solve the issue at hand. Sarvesh was also there with me, and was looking at those issues. Meanwhile, I and Mahak had a small fight, and she supposedly blocked me on gmail. I didn't tested whether she blocked me or not, and I continued  my work. Lots of things were discussed and finally we arrived at an acceptable solution. It was already 5:30 am, and so I mailed the latest version to the team, and slept. Today, I woke up at around 12:30 pm. I brushed my teeth, and went online. I checked my work mails. There was not much development from Gil's end till then. Meanwhile, I had my breakfast. I started listening to songs on YouTube. I decided to play the electric guitar along with them, and then recorded a small piece of music too. It was not that good, but still I kept it. Then, my sister arrived from school. She got some of her papers evaluated. She got 38 in Maths, 32 in Hindi, 22 in English, 34 in SST. Everything was out of 40. She was disappointed about English, but happy about maths. She refused to show me the papers. Anyways, I had lunch, and then moved back to my room. Then, we got a mapping document from Gil, so I started looking into it. It was a huge document, and it seemed that we would need few more days to just understand it. At around 5 pm, I, Akshay and Dallas had a call regarding the feasthunt project. After that call, I reverted to work, and also to YouTube video watching. Then, later in the afternoon, I realized that India are on the brink of losing one more Test match in England. Tendulkar made an half century but all was in vain. Dhoni was out first ball. Most of the players were out for a single figure. Lets see if India can maintain the top spot in Test Rankings. Then, I moved back to my room, and browsing random things. I decided to watch the movie "Badmaash Company" tonight. So, I put it for streaming. Then, I got a bad news that my choto mami's mother has expired. Though, I was not that close to her, but I remember her when I had met her. I don't know yet how it happened, but we all will miss her. May her soul rest in peace. Next, I started to write this post while listening to songs. Next, I plan to have dinner and then watch the movie. I plan to sleep by 3:00 am.

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.