Diary 21: Informatica Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am, after watching the TV episodes. Today I woke up at 11 am. Firstly, I panicked because I thought that the maid servant went back from the door itself, but I found out that she has not come yet. Well she came in, made the food, cleaned the house and then went away. Meanwhile, I was confused whether we will start working on US time from today or not. Soon, I got a meeting invite for 5:15 pm, and I figured out that it will be from today. I was very much used to the US timings as I sleep late, so I had no issues. I spent most of the mid day time in watching TV episodes. Then I had my lunch, after preparing some rice for myself. Then, today was a historic day for our business plan because we had our first call, and that too a video call. We discussed strategies, and action items, and I spoke a lot with no problems. It made me happy and content, as I was doing something that is mine. Anyways, immediately after this call, I had the client call. It was an average call, where they gave us an introduction into their system. The next part of the day was fully dedicated to Informatica. Even the IPL match between KKR and Pune (Sourav Ganguly) couldn't get any sneaky stares from me during the whole time. IPL commentary was playing the role of background music as I was working deeply into the administration part of Informatica. I had to replicate the client system in our remote desktop. Although I had no experience with that, I was able to do it, and finally start the work. Ankit was frustrated with the timings, and was on his very low on productivity. Anyways, my dinner was the only break during this time. After that, I took a bath to get recharged. A backache was causing problems the whole day, and took its peak at around 1:00 am. I was helpless then, but I somehow fought it. Another fight was going on the informatica side, where I was trying to make a mapping work. It finally worked, but still has some issues related to input files. My dad came in between, and saw me working late. He suddenly offered me a glass of warm milk, and I accepted. I was already very full, but I managed one glass of milk. Then, Ankit gave up on the work, and went to sleep, so I had to send the status mail to the client. After that, I started writing this, and now I plan to watch the loaded TV episode and then go to sleep.

Diary 20: Rejection Day

Today was an odd day. I slept at around 6:00 am, after coming back from airport. I drove the whole way back. Driving at the dawn was awesome. There was no traffic, there was no sign of urgency. I woke up at around 10:00 am, with a heavy head. I had to wake up so that the maid servant doesn't return from the door. I had been accused of it earlier, so I had to make amends. I sent a mail to Gil, saying that I will start late as I was awake all night, and returned late from the airport. At around 11 am, he sent out another mail asking about our availability, because he had some new work. I was in no mood to work with my heavy head. Anyways, Ankit as usual called me, and informed me about it. I acted as if I was surprised to know about the new work, and somehow managed to skip the topic of "work from home". So, the maid servant arrived, and explained her what I needed for breakfast and lunch. Meanwhile, I came to know that I didn't get through IIM L even in the second list. In a way, it was very good. I never wanted to go to L. I forgot about it, and moved on. The middle part of the day was wasted in Yahoo messenger. The whole day, I evaded work, and gave some logical explanation of why the code is not working. At around 8 pm, I again started working honestly, and figured out the problem in 30 mins, I rectified the code within 10 minutes, and had my first client call in my new company, which I handled very nicely, and was impressed by myself. Ankit, who was supposed to lead the call, was very unsure and fidgety. After that, I sent the project to Ankit, and logged off. Then, I and my Dad managed to handle the dinner without preparing anything new. After my dinner, I continued watching the IPL match between CSK and KTK, and started writing this diary. Right now, the match is in favor of Chennai, and it seems that they will take it home. Next, I plan to watch the latest episode of house, and then continue with the third season of CSI:Miami. I will sleep at around 3:00 am.

Diary 19: Packing Day

Yesterday, after that big fight, I was not in a very good mood, so I distracted myself by watching TV episodes and also took a bath to cool off. I slept at around 3:00 am. I woke up at 10:00 am, and this time my mom didn't mock me for waking up late, but instead asked me politely. This gave a good start to my day. After that, I ate my breakfast, and started watching TV episodes. For the first half of the day, I was pretty much involved in TV episodes. I didn't talk much, but was at peace with myself. I also visited few of the data exchange training materials in between. During the later part of the day, I took my mom and sister to a shop, and waited there till the shopping was done. I could easily see the excitement in the eyes of my sister. She is all set to meet the cousins and grandparents. The whole day everyone was busy with packing and organizing. Anyways, I came back and looked at the score card of the on going IPL match between Kings XI and RCB, and was shocked to see that RCB are taking a beating from Gilchrist and Marsh. Punjab put on a huge score of 232/2 in their 20 overs. RCB were never looking good. Gayle was out for a duck, and no body was stable. Consequently, RCB lost it by a huge margin of 111 runs. I had my dinner by around 10:30 pm. Then, I started working on my business plan and the overall process flow. I made a graphical chart of how the whole process would go about. I sent out a group mail to list down the tasks at hand. I even had a chat with Akshay, who wanted to start with the website work as soon as possible. I agreed with him, and hence decided to meet up on Thursday evening. I felt really good after implementing all this. I felt satisfied, and could feel that this is what I have wanted to do all this time. Now, I plan to watch the latest episodes of HIMYM, Chuck, Gossip girl and House. Then, I will go with my mom, dad and sister to the airport to drop off my mom and sister. We are planned to leave at 3:00 am, the flight is scheduled to depart at 5:40 am. I wish my mother and sister a happy and safe journey. 

Diary 18: Cloudy Day + Bad Interview Day + Big Fight Day...

Yesterday, I slept at around 3:30 am. I spoke with an old friend of mine, and came to know that she is getting engaged. She finally found the perfect match for her, and is very happy about it. Her happiness spread to my life too, and I was smiling the whole time I was talking to her. I didn't watch any TV episodes, instead I was completing my training sessions. Today, I woke up at 10:00 am, and found out that the weather outside was very cloudy. Clouds added an amazing effect to the start of my day. I love this type of weather a lot - just before raining. Well, after that I just checked my work mail, and got ready for the interview. The interview started at 11:00 am. It was going all good, he asked me normal questions on job change etc, but then the puzzle started. It was a simple puzzle, and I solved it in one way, then he asked me for a better answer, so I tried it out, and finally arrived at a solution. The interviewer was not that helpful, and throughout was very unresponsive. Then, it was time for the business case. It was related to an insurance company. He gave me a few bits of information, and then asked me about the profitability of a particular section of insurance agents. I had very less idea about the working of an insurance company, so I struggled, and missed out a major factor of cost in the Revenue equation. The unresponsive nature added to the struggle, and there were many pause or empty moments. Anyways, the interview ended finally, and I was relieved off the pain. After that, I decided to forget about the interview and move forward. Before the interview, I started making an excel sheet about my business idea. So, I decided to keep working on that. After I was done, I shared the file with Dallas, who told me that Akshay is also interested in working on the business plan. I was happy about it, and decided to go ahead with it. Dallas also told me about a business idea which he had thought, and I supported him to go ahead with it. Akshay created a new Gmail account and shared the login details. So our very first mail account was up and running. I shared a Google spreadsheet so that we can add/edit ideas whenever we want and also independent of each other. Akshay also sent us a mail regarding business case competitions. We will look forward to such competitions in future. It will add a lot to our business skills and help us in implementing our main idea. Anyways, after that I had my lunch, and started watching CSI:Miami episodes. At around 4 pm, my mom and my sister went to beauty parlor and tuition respectively. Then, I started chatting on Yahoo, and did that till evening. After that I went on to watch the IPL match between Pune and Deccan. Then, I decided to write my diary entry, and while I was in the middle of it, a big fight started between my mom and me. It was the remaining part of the earlier fight. I tried to explain how I miss the interaction we used to have, how I couldn't play the role of a big brother to my sister, how I still cherish those childhood memories and miss that feeling of togetherness despite being not so well off then. This went on and on, and was reaching a conclusion when my Dad interfered and said that all this discussion is useless. He even commented something related to my musical abilities in childhood. He said that during my school days I didn't understand music. This accusation made me very angry, and I burst out. This resulted in a bigger fight between me and my Dad. He then went on saying things he shouldn't have said, but I remained quite. He even added a prospective of breaking up the relationship. He said that he will continue with his duty of providing money and other materialistic needs I have, but will never interfere again. I kept quite. The fight continued even after Dinner, but I just shut myself and started listening to the song "Forever Reign". It relieved me of the pain, and I started smiling. In the background, I could hear my Dad saying some other things to me, but I didn't pay attention. I know that he cannot understand me, so I just gave up and surrendered. Now, I am ending this diary note. Fear has captured me for a while, but I guess I will recover very soon. I have to live with my Dad alone from 18th May to 31st May. I will adjust myself somehow, and pass through the phase. I wish I got into some B school, then this day would have never came. A change of place and situation is very much necessary. I hope something magical happens, and I escape to some place. Next, I plan to mourn in my sadness, then watch a few episodes of CSI:Miami.

Diary 17: Wasteful Day ...

Yesterday, after I published the post, Mumbai Indians lost the match in chasing a low total of 136. After that, I watched CSI:Miami and chatted on Yahoo until I slept at around 4:30 am. Also, I found out that the AC was not working again. The people who came to repair the AC were just useless, and had no knowledge about the working of an AC. Today, I woke up at 11:15 am, and started watching TV episodes again. I found a new web comic named "Fly you fools", and was enjoying the satire projected in that comic. After that, I had my lunch at around 3:00 pm. I continued with the web comic for some time, and then decided to concentrate on the training material that I was asked to complete by Monday. There was a match going on between Punjab and Delhi, but I was not interested. I went to the other room, where the AC was working, and started with my training assignment. At around 5:30 pm, I had Tea while watching the end of the first innings of the match. Punjab managed to put up a good total of 170 in their 20 overs. Then, I took my laptop to the drawing room, and started multi-tasking (training and IPL). My mom, dad and sister had to go to the Rabindra-Nazrul Jayanti function, where mom was supposed to perform three songs. This time, I decide not to perform for various reasons. Anyways, I continued my training for some time, and then made some changes to the shared blog (subscribe and share buttons). Then, my mom, dad and sister returned from the function. I listened to the songs that my Mom sang, and was very satisfied. I felt that old touch in her voice, the same old melody, and control over voice. I was very happy, but being an introvert I kept all this to myself. Then, I ate the Paani puri which Dad brought. It was fine, but not the best which I had had. Meanwhile, there was a match going on between Kochi and Rajasthan. The match seemed a joke. Rajasthan were bowled out for 97, and Kochi chased it down in some 7-8 overs. After this display of mockery, I went back to complete my training sessions, and decided to complete the diary before I continue any further. Next I plan to continue the training sessions, and then watch any TV episodes if possible. Tomorrow I have the second round of interviews scheduled at 11:00 am with Diamond Consulting.