Diary 93: Dominoes Day

Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. I was relieved that it was a weekend now. Today I woke up at around 11:15 am. But the waking up was filled with a bit of drama. Firstly I saw a message from Akshay saying that he is not coming, and "it seems like a waste of time" for him. I was a bit taken aback by that, but I controlled myself. After that I called up the developer guy, and told him that we are not coming but asked him to prepare the cost document, to which he replied that they don't do that unless it is a final deal. So, after this, I messaged Akshay that I can understand, and also that the developer guy is not ready to give the document. Then, suddenly Akshay called me up and said that he was just joking, and he is indeed coming. He was on the way. I was elated and called up the developer guy again, who gave us the time as 2:30 pm. So, I got up, got ready for the meeting, ate my breakfast, and waited for Akshay's call. Then, after the call came, I went to pick up Akshay from the station. Well, I was prepared to bring him home, but I didn't want to reveal the Feasthunt thing to my family members yet. So, he suggested some mall to sit. We went to McDonald's first where he ate his lunch, and discussed some really important stuff such as number of target clients, cost structure, next steps etc. Then, we moved to CCD, because Akshay wanted some coffee urgently. He is a coffee addict. Anyways, when went to the CCD in CBD belapur. After that, we moved to the developer's office but he wasn't there yet. We spoke to the people there, who showed us some sites that they were working on, and we really liked them. But the main guy didn't arrive, and hence we left as my sister had to go to tuition and also Akshay had to go somewhere. So, after dropping off Akshay to the station, I went back home, ate my lunch and went to Nerul to drop off my sister. After that I started browsing random stuff and watching YouTube videos. This went on till around 7 pm, when I had some Tea. I came to know that Dravid made another century. This tour is going awesome for him. But unfortunately India were all out for 288. It's a small lead but India would have to bowl very well to restrict England. After that, Dad and my sister arrived, and they brought dominoes pizza. Well, I am not a big fan but I somehow managed it with Garlic Bread and Coke. After that, I and my sister had some chat, and singing sessions. Also, we watched some YouTube videos together. Then, I had a chat session with my cousin from Bangalore. It was quite nice. I came to know about her ambitions, and I was quite impressed by the clarity of her way to that goal. After that, I again started browsing YouTube videos, and came across desihits.com, which I loved at lot. They made awesome remixes to shitty britney spears songs. It made me love britney spears. Then, I decided to write this post. Now, I will watch some more videos and then sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 92: The "One" issue day

Yesterday I slept at around 5 am. But before that, I was able to fix one important issue with the code. I felt very happy when I did that because no one was able to figure it out that time. Anyways, today I woke up at around 12:00 pm. I went online, and realized that the there is no issue in the code, except for one. So, I took that up and tried to debug it. Slowly I realized that the error is not that simple as it seemed. Meanwhile, my sister came back home after her last unit test today. She was extremely happy because her exams went well, and were finished for the time being. Anyways, after having some lunch, I went back to the problem, and tried to solve it. We had a deadline of 5:30 pm, but clearly we were going to cross that. I and Sarvesh were basically puzzled by the behavior of the code. In between, some of the older issues also crept up but I managed to handle them finally. At around 6:30 pm, we gave up and decided to wait for Gil. I started doing time pass, and browsing randomly. Then Alok pinged me and said that he was composing the drums track for the song we recently composed. Till now, it is just an instrumental. After this, I decided to record the song myself. I took out my electric guitar and started recording it. It sounded quite nice. I added few more tracks such as bass, solo and filler. It sounded good. So, I sent it over to Alok, who was now using it to make the drums on his drum machine. He liked my recording except the filler arrpegios. Anyways, we also jammed for sometime. Then, I got a mail from Gil asking that who all are free for weekend. I mailed him saying that I was partially free. Then, Mahak pinged me and told me that she didn't get the job that she applied for. This made her angry and sad too. I tried to console her, but a part of me said that why it should be me only who consoles her, why not her boyfriend ? Then, she went away and I continued with the music sessions. After lots of discussion here and there, we finally fixed dropbox as the means for sharing the files between us. I uploaded my recording but Alok asked me to remove it, so I had to. Later, I was watching YouTube videos and all. I was revising Coke Studio songs, and shared few of them with Alok. Also, today the second test match between India and England started. England were all out for 221, and India were 24/1 at stumps. After all the chatting, I wrote this post, and now I plan to sleep by 4:15 am.

Diary 91: Too much work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 5:00 am. After completing my work, I was watching "Wall street 2", but didn't complete that because I felt sleepy. Today, I woke up at around 11:00 am. As usual, my day started with a call from Ankit. He asked me about the mails that I sent last night. I told him the exact issue that was faced by us, and then went online to check the latest issues etc. And then the hectic day started. We had a webex meeting regarding the issue. My internet was sometimes working and sometimes not. After that, I started multi tasking between movie, chatting and work. I continued with the "Wall Street 2" movie. It was just fine, and was kind of expected. I relaxed a bit during this period as I was already tired by the work last night. Then, the work load increased. There were lots of issues and we had to figure out what caused them etc. So, I and Sarvesh started exploring independently. Meanwhile, I had my lunch. After lunch, I continued to look into the problem, and it was partially solved by around 6:00 pm. Then, I asked Sarvesh to fix some other issue and pass on the file to Gil. After this, I relaxed a bit, and fortunately my net was also not working properly, so I got some free time. After he re-sent the file, I started having doubts on the approach that Sarvesh has used. I didn't get the logic of that, so I dig deeper and found few discrepancies in that. I used my whiteboard to the full use to find out the error. But, I didn't try to fix it because Gil was supposed to send us one more version which had some changes from the client side. So, I waited. Then, I started giving tips to my sister on Mathematics as tomorrow was her unit test. Meanwhile, Alok had fancied a chord sequence. So, then I decided to learn it, and then may be improvise on it. He asked me to add some classical vocals to it. Though it seemed odd at first, but then it turned out to be very nice. After a lot of experiments here and there, we decided to call it a day. I recorded the music on my iPod, so that we don't forget it. I mailed it to Alok then. After that, I reverted back to the problem solving. I realized that it is too late to sleep if I want to go to office tomorrow, so I decided to work instead. Well, the decision proved costly. I found out that there are lots of issues to be solved. I tried out few things but they didn't seem to work. Then, Gil told me the next steps and action items. I told him that we can continue in the morning, and he agreed. Then, I went offline. Now, after writing this post, I will try few more things, and sleep by 5:00 am. 

Diary 90: Work Day

Yesterday I slept at 4:30 am. Today, I woke up at around 11:30 am. I got a call from Ankit that Gil has sent the file back, saying that the errors are still there. So, we had to work on those again. I quickly brushed my teeth, and started working. I had breakfast. Then, after working with the file for a while, we had a conference call with the team. Now, I had a bit of idea about the problem, so I explained them what was happening. Sarvesh as usual was too aggressive at times, but I managed to handle it. Anyways, after the call, we started working parallely. I worked for a while, and then went on to have lunch. After lunch, I again started working. This went on till around 5:30 pm. Till then, sarvesh mailed me the changes and I verified those. After that, I went out to bring the Hindi guide book for my sister. I came back and relaxed for a while. I watched some TV, and later on had some Tea, bread and soup. Then, I moved back to the room and found out that the file is still faulty and that the errors are still present. So, after that I again started working on that. This time I was alone, as both Ankit and Sarvesh are offline. This also gave me a chance to work at night, and then not go to office next day, because of absolutely valid reasons. So, I was excited. But, when I had a look at the problem, I was frustrated again. Then, I and Gil had some calls to identify and rectify some issues. Pretty soon I realized that the problem is much bigger than anticipated. I have been making some random changes to schema throughout, which was actually not allowed. I realized that if I try to incorporate the schema changes then it can kill many parts of the project. So, somehow I managed to bring everything together and put them in a valid schema. Then, suddenly all the issues seem to be trivial. I figured out the reasons for failures and then informed the same to Gil. There were still issues left, but since it was late for me, he let me go. I even messaged Ankit that the issue was solved. Then, after all this, I decided to watch the movie "Wall street 2". Meanwhile, I started writing this post. Next, I will watch the movie till I feel sleepy and then sleep by around 4:30 am.

Diary 89: WFH and Late work Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:00 am. I was watching "Sita sings the blues", but I stopped in between as it turning out to be a boring story instead of a satire. Anyways, I woke up today at around 11:30 am. Ankit called me at around 10:00 am, where I told him that I have some work, so I will work from home. Anyways, after brushing my teeth and all, I went online and got ready for the ISB feedback session. It was at 12:00 pm, so I was ready with the phone and all. I called the number, and then the concerned person gave the feedback. He said that my profile was liked by the interview profile and also that the interview was fine. I was shocked to hear that especially after the disastrous performance at the interview. He added that the main reason for rejection was my lack of experience, and that I have good chances in case I apply again. Well, this disappointed me because I was short of just 2 months for a 2 year experience profile. Anyways, after that I started working on the problem. I tried but again the same issues are coming up. Then, I decided to watch "Stanley ka dabba". It was a good movie. There were some very nice moments in the movie. But, something was missing- may be the punch or the glorification of Stanley. It was at times too unreal to believe. Anyways, it was better than normal. After that, I had lunch. Lunch was awesome - baingaan ka bharta and roti. After the lunch, I was just browsing through normal stuffs. Later on, I decided to play the guitar for a while. I called up the Webprint Guy and set up a meeting with him. Then, I took a small nap followed by a bath. I went for the meeting, which I recorded also. After the discussion, I came back home and sent the recordings to Dallas and Akshay. Then, I had some Tea and watched the TV. After that I decided to work on the problem again, and this time kill the issue forever. So, I started working on it. I even contacted Fahad to know the origins of the issue. Meanwhile, I had my dinner in form of Khichdi. Later, I contacted Gil and we had few sessions of screen sharing to fully understand the issue. I continued with the problem and finally I was able to spot the problem. Then, we again had a discussion on the correction of the issue. I tried a few things here and there, but it didn't work. But the good news was that the problem was now spotted. This went on till 3:30 am. Then, I decided to write this post. Next, I plan to sleep by 4:15 am. I may or may not go to office tomorrow.