Saturday, January 30, 2010

Hyderabadi Greens - 3

One more post, if I didnt start about my Hyd journs, sure it is not possible to identify any difference between me and the prime time 'azhuga' serials in the satellite TVs..

OK, let me wrap up the blah-blah stories...Reached office again at 8 I think. Continued the Hurry-Bury stuffs... Simon - not at all happy on my today's perfectly un-organized happazards... Urged me to leave early since the next day early morning my Kingfisher starts...

Reached back home around 12 (or 1?). Mom already selected more than few options in the dresses for me to select from and I did some random stuffs...

Hit the bed and mom woke me up around 3:15.... Oh god, my physical body begging me for some good rest.... Pushed it away and stepped down to have my bath and got a call from Friends Call Taxi. Literally stunned by the driver's punctuality...

And, as  u...l started late at 4.45! The Friends Call Taxi Driver was very very upset it seems... Mom, Dad, Uncle and ofcourse Saravana with me boarded the car... God, give me a chance to make them board few flights as well... But plz make that soon!!

Reached the ever-waking, never-sleeping Chennai AP. Met the other interviewers and shared a mechanical 'hi - hello - how are you' ...

Met Sarath, (he is the HR SPOC for this interview drive) and dropped a nice tata to my family members and a sense of proud ($#&&***#####@#@) in my family members' face and an invariable excitement in Saravana's face!!

With all that, completing the Securituals, I stepped into KF airlines and the micro mini airlines whirred off to begin my second trip to Hyderabad!!!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Hyderabadi Greens - II

Mom was the one who called me last time when I was typing the last sentence of my last post... Just couldnt organize myself properly to back again to continue... K, lets continue our hyderabadi freeyani stuffs...

Informed Simon at the last moment that I need to start early for the day due to the pooja and also informed him about my next day trip to Hyderabad... He reminded me of the customer review and clarifs. He is not at all convinced with my idea of leaving the office and coming back all the way from the pooja place (which is near to my home Anna nagar aka N.S.K. Nagar ;-))

Somehow made him convinced and left the office around 5.30 I think. And that day being the 2nd day of Pongal, mom was overburdened with lots and lots of work (as usual I shd say!!). Adding a couple more pinch of salt and pepper to the injury is the day Sun decided to go for an eclipse...

Back to my ride, I reached home and finished bath, finished a good delicious naivadhya prasadha saadham and started for Parthiban uncle's home...

I know I am yet to start on Hyderabad stuffs... Will start in ... ;-)

Luv,
Venkat

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Hyderabadi Greens!!

On Jan 14th, recieved a call from my HR asking me if I could travel to Hyderabad the coming weekend for .Net interviews... I dont want to go, credits to the hell lot of pending work for my 2.2 release thats about to happen on 26th Jan... Same time, I dont want to miss this as well. For sure I know this would be a very different experience. I tried convincing them if this could happen over call as Telephonic interview and my inner mind silently saying 'Dont say yes for that :-)'. The HR person said it wasn't possible and insisted me to join... I said Yes!!

And, the next day, Friday the 15th, I was asked to come to Parthiban uncle's house for Ayyappan Pooja... The time given specified was around 6 in the evening. This was too much for me... Reason is, today the customers are joining the evening status call to review the fixed bugs and to clarify the ir-responsible sorry un-reproducible bugs. And my items were there in the list as well... And I am not supposed to miss this pooja as well since mom (and myself too) are a bit attached to it.. :-(

Hold, seems getting a call... Will be back in my next post and would continue there....