Diary 52: Relaxing Day

Yesterday I slept at 1:30 am. I know that is very early according to my standards. But I was very sleepy that time, so I decided to call it a day. Today I woke up at 11:20 am. I brushed my teeth, had my breakfast and went online. Today I had nothing special to do, so I just relaxed by surfing the net here and there. Then I got hold of that online book -"Why's poignant guide to Ruby". This book was given to me by Alok. I decided to try it today and I realized that it one hell of a crazy book. The author was just crazy and had comics and weird examples. I kept on multi tasking between this and TV episodes. Then, I went to Nerul to pick up my sister from her tuition. I came back and had lunch. After the lunch, I again multi tasked between that online book and TV episodes. At around 5 pm, I was tired and very sleepy. So, I slept again for about 2 hours. At 7 pm, I told my mom that I am hungry and went back to watching TV episodes. After that, my sister came back home and the whole family sat in my room. The whole evening was spent in discussions of music and other stories. Dad's mobile had previous recordings and we all were listening to those. My sister was appreciating my ability to sing high octave notes. Anyways, finally we dispersed for dinner. Meanwhile, I had also set up a call with Akshay and Dallas regarding the progress of client strategies. Before the call, Dallas informed me that he spoke with another client. Then I decided to loop in Akshay also, and we had to shift the timings of the call so that we can all talk together right now. He explained the details to us. We decided that we will target more clients in the coming week and thus build our market survey. On that note, our call ended. I had dinner, and moved back here to continue watching the TV episodes. After that, I wrote this diary post and now, I plan to complete the episode and then sleep by 2 am. Also, tonight I plan to wish happy birthday to Mahak. I don't know whether she will be online or not. But anyways, I am wishing her here. 

Diary 51: Meet the Developer Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4 am. Today I woke up at around 10:30 am, by a phone call. It was Dallas. He told me a lot of things. Things about meeting the developer, deciding the strategies etc. Anyways, after the call, I brushed my teeth, had my breakfast, and informed my mom that I will go out. I took bath and got ready. The car was not available as Dad had to pick up my sister from the tuition. So, I walked a bit and caught held of an Auto. I had a long journey ahead. I reached Wadala, then Andheri, and finally Malad. It took around 3 hours, mainly because the ticket line at Kharghar station was too long. Anyways, Inorbit Mall was the location of the meeting. We met at the Cafe Coffee Day outlet there. We didn't waste much time, and started discussing our strategies regarding various types of clients. Meanwhile, the developer guy came in, and we started explaining the idea to him. He understood the concept and said that it can be built. He was concerned about the hardware integration part. We were also concerned about it, but the answers will come up only after market survey. Anyways, after the meeting, we decided to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 in the theater above us. The developer left, and we moved in to the theater. The movie was very nice. Few scenes were really awesome. After the movie, we dispersed. I returned home and they went over to Aditi's engagement party. I reached home at around 9:50 pm. After that, I had dinner and watched TV for a while. After that, I surfed the net and started watching the TV episodes. Then, I wrote this post and next, I plan to watch the TV episodes and sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 50:Janani and First Client Talk Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. Today I woke up at around 10:30 am. I went online and checked mails etc. I ate my breakfast, and the then I checked my domain - www.mydomainbitch.com. I could finally see it on my machine. I was excited. Then, I tried to find out more details about tumblr. I found out that it is a very basic site, and for any unique change, we need to change the basic HTML code. I informed Alok about the same, and we both started out exploration with HTML and CSS. I added the facebook like button, and he added the sidebar and tweet button. I have some more ideas which I will convey to him later on. Also, meanwhile, I, Dallas and Janani decided to meet up. Janani is leaving on sunday morning, and so she will be busy packing for the rest of the stay here. She will most probably get through the UPSC first phase. Let's see. I left home at around 5:30 pm, and reached kurla at around 6:37 pm. I waited there for around 30 minutes. Then, finally we met. I was shocked to see Janani. She has become so thin. It was like Janani divided by 2. Anyways, Janani was keen on visiting the Deloitte office and even go inside. I decided not to go inside, but I came in till the main door. From there, we left for Poptates, but considering the traffic, we decided to go to Aromas, which was nearby. There we ate a lot, talked a lot, laughed a lot, and also I took out my SLR and snapped some amazing shots. Later, when I shared those pictures on facebook, I was proud of myself. Janani left in between as her cousins were coming in to pick her up. We all bid her goodbyes. Then, we spent some more time there eating and drinking. After that we dispersed. But I and Akshay waited for others to go away. Then, we moved back in, and spoke with one of the waiters there. His name was Michael, and was very helpful. We even got the phone number of Aromas' brand manager. It was a step towards our first client. It felt awesome. Tomorrow we are meeting again, to discuss the strategies towards different clients. Lets see how it turns out. I came back home at around 11:30 pm. I uploaded the pictures asap, and then wrote this post. Next, I plan to watch the tv episodes and sleep by 3:30 am.

Diary 49: My domain Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. I messaged Sushma that I will not attend Office as I was working late. Today I woke up at around 11:00 am. I went online as soon as possible. Well, I was not that happy with the progress of the feasthunt project, but I always wanted to own a domain, where I would express anything I want to the world. So, I pinged Alok, and asked him to suggest a name for my domain. We went from this and that, from weird to mainstream, when something suddenly came up. It was mydomainbitch.com. It was inspired from Facebook's movie, but who cared. It was the most appropriate name. It was indeed my domain. Within minutes, I was signing up to buy the domain. I chose bigrock.in instead of godaddy because godaddy didn't accept debit cards or netbanking. Also, it was cheaper. I was totally new to all this stuff. But, I managed to pull this off, and there it was, our domain. I bought it for a period of 2 years. I was the administrator of it, and it felt good to be one. I found out that we need a hosting site as the hosting is not free. So, I and Alok decided that we will do it on tumblr.com. We will create twitter accounts using our new e-mail ids from the domain, and use it to popularize our website. Alok suggested that we assume two identities and fight on the website on relevant topics. Although I was skeptical to it, I agreed to it for now. I learned how to redirect my blog to the domain I bought. I was never aware of terms such as A record, AAAA record or CNAME record. I am still a naive, but at least I can manage my website now. Anyways, the whole day was spent in setting up this website - the twitter accounts, the website admin console, the tumblr accounts and what not. At around 7:30 pm, our site was up finally. Alok could see it, but I couldn't due to some cache issues. Anyways, I used remote desktop connection to see it, and there it was. It felt good. Next, I looked up the JAVA book for a while, and watched TV episodes also. I informed Gil that I somehow managed to complete the exercises in the newer version, and also that the DX server is down. I also informed Dallas about the new domain and said that it is a step towards feasthunt. Then, I continued watching the TV episodes and slept at around 3:15 am.

Diary 48: Office Day Revisited

Yesterday I slept at around 1:30 am. Today I woke up at 7:45 am, and got ready for office. I was feeling good about waking up early. Anyways, today I ate the breakfast at home and left with Dad to catch the ONGC bus. It came in late, and so we reached the ONGC office at around 10:45 am. From there, Dad's car dropped me to Bandra station, and I finally reached office at around 11:45 am. At office, I focused on the DX training labs. We ordered lunch although I already brought lunch today. After the lunch, Mukund left as he had no work. Ankit was going to Jodhpur for two days, so he had to leave early. I also left office by 5:20 pm. I caught up with the driver near Bandra station at around 6:10 pm. Finally, I and Dad reached home at around 8:00 pm. I started working again on the DX training. Meanwhile, I surfed facebook and checked mails etc. Mom cooked Maggi after long time, so it tasted really nice. Later, we had dinner at around 10:30 pm. After dinner, I shifted my focus to FeastHunt. I got in touch with Dallas and Akshay to get status updates. As we spoke, we decided that we should have a conference call. In the conference call, we discussed a lot of things, mainly the business side of it. I discussed few ideas I had written down earlier. Few ideas were very appreciated. Let us see how things turn out. We are planning to meet up this saturday. I hope that the meeting turns out to be fruitful. After writing this post, I plan to watch the loaded TV episode, and then sleep by around 2:30 am.