PM's son trial

I love this to be heard, son of a PM to be put on trial in that country. This was one news I have ever wanted to hear from the political arena. Okay it can be prejudice, just again a way set to soar up popularity charts. Anyways this is the kind of JUSTICE that I can think of, leaving alone the acquittal of the person from the charges unless the person is really innocent. If thats implemented in India I really love the way how the sucking kith n kin of political assholes will be screwed n sued, FUCKERS.

six flags

Had been to six flags for the first weekend at LA, this place was real nice to have spine chilling rides, that too operating till 2000 hours unlike India, where the time is usually aroung 1800 hours. This was the best place I've ever seen as far as theme parks are concerned. Well, I was there on my company's account, & the best part was yet to come. The dinner sucked however.

There was one person named ERIC who was the event organizer while at the dinner & he was really blasting. Well I guess people in LA as far as I've met are really helpful, smiling & wishing as you see one, maybe I'm yet to date with the bullies to change that opinion. I would prefer not to. Shall soon upload photos to my YAHOO.

1st week at work

The first week at work at LA, UBOC is a good thing that I can think of, people at work are really helpful, friendly & polite. This I didnt expect from the client. Starting from the account manager of my company, one jovial, friendly man who is always at his high spirits doing things, to the project manager of UBOC who told situation is under control & is in your hands, all were really nice to me, or do I feel so due to the change in environment.

The workplace should be easily a 100 sqft cube dedicated exclusively for me, a 2000 running terminal (okay thats the basic), admin access to my machine, 24X7 internet, floppy, CD & USB accesses were things that I didnt experience at offshore. So I'm just loving it.

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD.

virgin flight

Started to LAX on sunday night, 21 August 2005, by Singapore Airlines. Being my virgin flight I was quite concerned about the jet lag, however I was able to beat it without concerns & much efforts by simply watching movies while on the flight all day long & all night long :)

The worst part of the travel was 16 hours travel between SIN & LAX & even more worse was the transit of 10 hours at SIN. This sucked since I didnt know that there was a free city ride for transit passengers :(

At least while returning I should go for that & watch out the city for its mixed culture & passion for BUSINESS, obsession indeed should I say.

Well landing at LAX was the best thing as personnel cleared the customs & I-94 set to the maximum possible date. Coming out the taxi guy didnt want a tip from me since this was first time US for me. What to say, way to go to the Hilton at Montebello. Reaching this place was really easier for me to do since the freeways were really free to check in the hotel at the least possible time. Happy night to get to work on Tuesday, without jetlag, of course.

kaanamal ponavar patriya arivippu

The person featured in this photo is missing from Chennai, India, from the night of August 21, 2005. If found anywhere please email nganapathysubramaniam@gmail.com immediately.
Just Kidding, this is the first snap on my webcam before leaving home :'(

brakes

Heck I didnt get my tickets for 2oth night to LA & got through only for 21st, which is Sunday. I shall reach LA only on 22nd, Monday evening 5. Thats one business day lost. Also I've got a break journey at Singapore for about 10 hours. I dont know what kind of impact will this make. But it seems my luck is such that I will make it to work on the very next day of travel, like it happened with Kolkata.

SUCCESS IS COUNTED SWEETEST...

First time in my history & geography, I'm leaving my home land as a whole & going to LA, at least for the next 3 months, that too with someone else's money :) However, the moment I heard the client has confirmed my trip to his place, it was a dream come true, for all those 22 months I've been waiting for something like this, challenging work, new ambience & total irresponsibility at residence (mind it, its not HOME). Few of the expected did happen last year when I was in Kolkata for the transition of my previous project to Chennai, but now I believe the time has come to prove who I am with my acumen & talents. Having promotions set to come round the corner this is one GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY I shouldn't miss.

Now its ENDRENDRUM PUNNAGAI time, except for the fact that I shall not be seeing my folks :(

phone bills

I have an airtel mobile phone connection for which I was paying a decent monthly amount that I thought was reasonable. But for the past 2 months the tax rates are so high that it forms almost 20% of the total bill or 25% of the charge on usage. SHIT.

This month there was yet another bomb in the bill, the corporate plan I'm currently subscribed to, has risen to 125 bucks instead of 100 bucks, that too with no prior notice. This not only increases the uasge charges but also the fucking taxes I pay along with that. I just cant imagine paying a fifth of the bill as tax. C'mon this is totally unjustified :@

commercial bloopers

Of late the commercials have no real sense & relation to what they are promoting. Ad agencies & their hirers dont think about this I suppose. For example the stayfree secure ad sucks, a lady asking for more of things since she gets the nappies at a cheaper cost, can I ask her why she doesnt bleed a year's quota in just 3 continuous days? ;)

Airtel BLUEBERRY is yet another blooper where the stupid people try to figure out where the competitor is sitting rather than how he wins the deals.

Without any relation to the newspaper/mag dhinamani campaigned a "SUNDAY-NA RENDU" ad. At first shot I thought it was a condom commercial.

Why the hell are mothers of Arjun's classmates bothered about his mother when they want to know what makes Arjun that competetive? This is the Arokya milk blooper.

The recent tiger biscuit commercial sucks while the very first one was really great, bearing something like EAT HEALTHY THINK BETTER in the jingle.

I just cant stand the stupidity of not just the agencies that create such bloopers, but also those of the brands that approve such bloopers :(

brains without ....

Its always beauty without brains or brains without beauty, this deadly combo rarely occur in the same person. After all the media hypes & failure on herself to put a decent fight Sania, I thought she was tits without guts. But now I think she has started silencing her critics including myself :P She has found herself a spot in the top 50 tennis divas. She is the second INDIAN after ramesh krishnan to do so, I heard. She is also a probable of acquiring a spot in top 30 :D

Well if things go well for INDIA I'm sure happy, but when people make it to sports for the sake of utter marketing, its mere stupidity. Hopefully she should prove she is worth the media hype & tits with guts ;)

While time passed by :D

Whiling away time when still awaiting the client interview is one endurance test, having submitted my resume to the local managers last week itself I just can't hold when the client will intimate me, whether I'm hit or miss.
This time I eventually dropped by gradschools & mapquest. Decent sites that feature the status of univs at USA & their location respectively. I had a good time with them, locating univs in the maps & trying out their various statuses in various regards. Another related site to the maps & location is google maps, this was pretty nice & this introduced me to Google Earth, but the 200 megs doesnt allow me to download @ home & the office web policy doesnt at the workplace. SO unable to try my hands on that, however I'll do that one day for sure. Another best stuff was finding out the address of a person in USA given his/her phone number, this was one amazing stuff I didnt expect from Google ;)

Thiruvasagam

Selective verses picked from Maanickavaasagar's THIRUVAASAGAM by Ilaiyaraaja & fixed to his tunes with the help of Budapest Symphony Orchestra is really nice to listen, soothing enough, but I just cant accept it as the maestro's masterpiece. The verses have been mixed with English which makes it sound like SUNDAY MASS CHOIR, not to offend anyone. For that matter some tracks sound like movie tracks. I can understand the maestro's love for classical western music but I cant imagine that to be tailored to TAMIL verses which are of course devotional. The use of symphony in movie HEY RAAM was of more utility in bringing the right effect than the usage in this, I suppose. Or is it the hype created during the release ceremony that has brought the feeling of disappointment in me with this.

Bottomline is: Thiruvasagam by Ilayaraaja is good to listen but not a masterpiece, of course not offending any.

Release

At last the day has come for me to cherish after a long time in my career. After having served JPMC for 21 months its now time to move on to another account & I think it should be the one I was thinking of, decent technologies & onsite opportunities :)

My career looked deserted as if going to the ruins since I joined chase account on 12 December 2003. since then i had been working on almost everything except .NET, though i had one PoC in .net & MCAD certification following it.

I shall be meeting other project & account managers for my next assignment I suppose.

use time

making best use of time, that too when there one in ample is difficult & to accomplish I always resort to the internet. first go: HSW. trying to know how disc & drum brakes work was my first concern ;) of the day & then I saw this link in HSW home page for body building. it referred to askmen. second shot: the corporate firewall & web policies restricting the site under the category society & life styles allowed only 60 minutes of viewing during the 0900-1800 time slot. I made the maximum of it - 60 minutes ;)

all i saw was only body building stuff & healthy eating, though many referred to the American living. never mind. I was brooding the site for almost an hour never minding the time flying by. it didnt look like an hour, realised only after the firewall blocked me from further access to the site :(

it was really nice to know facts on how to build & work out better from askmen :) it also included dating tips ;) :P it was only after an hour i looked into the braking issue.

unconnected

Whats software development without the internet???

Its one pointless argument that due to security reasons the developers are not connected to the internet, when everything one can do across the firewall is sniffed & privacy violated to all extents. when this has happened there is no sanctity in saying "DUE TO SECURITY REASONS" as an established reason to be disconnected from the internet. people from onsite pity those at offshore saying "WHAT dont you have your comp connected to the internet & so cant search the online MSDN for that latest fix" or "so you cannot download that latest plug-in, but the client requires that, so get it somehow"

this is crap when you talk of coding without internet, it has become not just a part of life but a necessity. when these great people will understand this? no idea when we will be connected for permanent.