My Excogitation

This is a reply to one of the blogs that I follow. Check the post in this link . Here I would be sharing my experience on this topic. For all you testers out there, no hard feelings.. :)  It so much true that almost everywhere developers consider testers as the troublemakers. Guess why? coz they really are. They think they know shit about our code. First of all no one like to hear faults in their own baby. And they think that the quality of our code is because of them. Well it might be true, but they should realize that they did no ass whooping work in actually writing it. The so called testers consider themselves as the Gods of all the application, they even think that the application is better known to them that the customer himself. All the technical difficulties that we actually went through while coding is not at all known to them, still calling themselves GOD! I have no words. Next complain from the self-proclaimed Gods are that the developers didn't do any kinda unit...

Friday had been to a hospital and heard a story about a snake-bite case. I have this fantasy of imagining myself in all the stories that been through my brain that day. And this is what happened when snake actually bit me in one of my fantasies.   Rushing to the hospital is so much fun, wish I could see the next morning sun. This thing came out of blue, bit me and spit its glue. Snake is such a bad animal; when stepped on, bites every single mammal. A single bite makes one so dizzy, that even when you are high you fell izzy. I was just on a life's restart, after this I guess its becomes short. The doc said 'son be brave', I begged him not to send me to my grave. The pain of a snake bite, one can feel only if its real and not in a reel.

At first when I heard it I was amazed as I was assigned a role called Track Manager. Then my friend explained me my responsibilities. Later I felt like a ticket collector in a cinema hall. Yes I did feel like this till I actually got to the place. But once it started I did not feel like a collector anymore I felt like a owner of that room. It was really a great experience where I had put my organizational skills to test. As our MD said this is a job which really puts one's leadership skills at test. For each of the room (or tracks as they call), there were 4 people assigned. The track manager, Usher, Audio line boy (I called him Mic-Boy) and a security. Each one of them who were assigned to my room was a specimen. The Usher was kinda leader of their group and had lot of responsibility, also he loved playing cricket in mobile and was totally into it. The Mic-boy was an expert in dealing with the audio and video, so he was always wanted by other rooms also. Last and the best, the ...

I haven't seen or felt or even smelled him, So I don't believe in the non-existent. This is a reality check. Corruption, when ever you hear this word you always think about government offices. But the truth is that it is not only in government offices but its in the whole of the theist world and this starts at every single home. Wonder why? The offerings that they give to the GOD. Its funny when people say 'I will give you gold and other stuff once everything is in my way, now do me this favor'. It doesn't make sense when you actually scold the society for being corrupted, when the root cause is actually in the every theist home. Last time when I was traveling with my family, we met with an accident and none of us got hurt. All of them who was in the vehicle started thanking GOD for saving us. They all started reasoning that the visit to the temple saved us. They totally forgot the driver who skillfully saved us. It was his experience and skill which saved us an...

Every idiots thinks they are gonna be successful, that's why they are idiots. Well they are not just plain idiots, they are titanic idiots... When I was a young kid, I was taught that worshiping GOD is the only way to be successful. If I had worshiped till now, I could have been Bill Gates. Well, later in the college I realized that hard work is the only way to be successful. I worked so hard that I was good to be called the hardest worker in the world. Then when I started to work, they said that its not the hard worker who survive its the smartest worker. Now from trying to be successful it was more a game of survival. Later I realized that working itself is not needed, you just have to show that you have worked. Boasting about others work itself was enough to be successful. Now a few days ago me and my friend was discussing about success, in that conversation I learned that 'it has to click to be successful'. No matter what you do until and unless luck (coincidence) is on...

It is about one of my related family. When I was a kid I was going to their house very often and I guess that's the reason I am an Atheist. They always used to visit the temple during the evening and then only the food was served at night. As they believed that GOD must go to bed before we had food. Heard one more belief of them, which they have lately developed. Now it seems that the lunch in their house will be served after pooja for GOD. You might think what's so weird about this, but wait its not over yet. The pooja that they wait is the pooja that happens in Thirupathi; now does it seem weird? They eagerly wait for the pooja to finish and then have lunch and its all thanks to a stupid channel TTD. They watch that channel and then once the pooja is done in that channel then only they will have food. This is the most weirdest belief that I have ever heard off.  Next time I see them doin that I wanna ask a question " What will you do if the cable or power is turned off...

Begging in India is not something new. Whether its the metros or the sub-urban towns we have beggars everywhere. We can see them in every corner of the road, in every signal, in front of the temples and malls; literally everywhere. Its now become a concept, where one can gain money easily. This is the reason I don't pay them. But I have learnt a lot from them and this is one of the lessons. Today when I was coming back from work, at a traffic signal, I saw a small boy who was begging to all the people in that signal. A few did not and a few did pay a rupee to him. Then he came by my bus. He stood there asking for some time and none paid. A person from the back seat gave that kid a rupee, thanking him he continued his job. Next a person in the front gave him 10 Rupees, now he was really happy. He thanked him and got on the footpath. The smile on his face said a lot. It was not just a smile but a sigh of relief and a satisfaction. Then he did not ask anyone else and he went off. At...

I was always fantasized by the logos. I wanted to create a logo for my blog, well since I am lazy I neva did have time to get one. Today I was actually browsing facebook and there I created an application for my blog. That application page was looking a bit dull without any image so I designed a logo with a free online logo designer. After many trials, finally I got wat I was looking for and here it is, the LOGO for this Blog...  

My view of this unique relationship is put below. A son will easily go with his mother, coz its easier to share things which the mother. In case of a daughter, she can share things with mother or father easily. But the most toughest, well this might not be the right word, would be the Dad and Son relationship or it might just be in my case. This relationship is so much vulnerable as if it is tied to an axe of ego and pride; a small slip can just cut it off. But yeah this is one of the best and a special one. As a child I always wanted my Dad to teach me stuffs like how to play games, tips and tricks that he used. But he never had time, as his work was from morning 6 to evening 7. I did not get time to spend with him. I always wanted to discuss all the serious matters with him; instead of writing in this blog. I always wanted my father to pass on stories into my ears. I had never had a Father-Son talk, which I always fantasized after seeing them in movies. I always wanted to talk to h...

These lines are the ones that came to mu mind when I really looked at it. When I looked at shit, it said "You ain't no shit, I AM!"... When I looked at shit, it said "What are you lookin' at?"; I thought "Sh-it happens"... When I looked at shit, it said "I am a monster in disguise"; I thought "What a disguise!"... When I looked at shit, it said "Sorry that I came out disintegrated!"... When I looked at shit, it said "Don't EEW at me, I was in you all this time!"... When I looked at shit, it said "Bad stomach day, huh?!"... When I looked at shit, it said "I am strong, coz u couldn't digest me, ha ha!"... When I looked at shit, it said "You have done it, now get lost"... I was thinkin' about Reduce-Reuse-Recycle & then when I looked at shit, it said "Don't even look at me"... When I looked at shit, I said "Holy Shit" ; it said ...

Dont mistake this for a rap its just a load of crap, I am not making this rhyme to get any kinda chyme, Don think of me as a gangsta and I am not any freaky monsta, Didnt expect any kinda clap from the bitches on my lap, Certainly I am no preacher to make you a good creature, Wrote this coz i had time n my brain was filled with slime.

I don't drink alcohol or do drugs or smoke. There is a unique reason for me being a straight-edge. When ever I say this reason, most of them said its stupid and kiddish. I really don't care, coz that's the truth and I am proud of saying it.  When ones a kid every one advices him to be a straight-edge. My parents and most of the elder during my younger days used to advice me not to drink alcohol or smoke. They used to say 'Don't do this coz its bad for health' . Well it might have been the same for most of us. I had a teacher in my 5th grade, her name was Menezes. She did not advice us saying not to do this and that coz its bad. She was a different one, she said 'Please do not smoke or drink, FOR ME' . I was really moved by her words. Its not because of my parents' advice or my elder's words,  I am a straight-edge just for my ma'am Menezes. Thank you ma'am.

I am so much single They all say its being ready to mingle I am not dancing for their jingle Fools are so much obsessed wit marriage. Jost coz my sis got married I will not run away gettin' carried My decisions are not gonna get varied Don get me started, I don wanna be a savage. They read and called it so gay I still do think that is the way My life is in such a huge sway That I am at the end of a carnage.

Yesterday on 16th of September 2010, in my office we had a fun event of dumb charades and pictionary.   I had lot of fun as I was one of the audience and not the one being laughed at. They had this different game; where in one would have to enact a proverb and the team mates had to guess it. Lot of proverbs came from the audience, well few of them were really weird and they got stuck into my head. I could not remember all as I have only a few kilo bytes of memory, here are a few of them which got stuck in my mind. If you get a chicken, make a chilly chicken. Don't miss a good kiss. Truth always lies. Alcohol is Divine.

I was taking a nap during my all fun weekend support. There was one bed bug which was biting me all long, I was really terrified and was angry to kill it. I woke up twice during my nap and searched for it, but my search was unsuccessful. After an hour of nap i woke up and to my surprise I saw that bloody bug on my leg. I wanted to kill that damn thing. All of a sudden it fell off, I was shocked. I thought it was acting trying to defend it from me, but it stayed still for a long time there. I took my zooming device and saw it, it did not even move. Well then i realized it was really dead. It was lying there as if it had drank some kind of poison. Oh yeah it drank my blood, now is my blood really the poison ? Should I feel happy about it being dead or sad of me having a poison blood. I also gave my blood in a blood donation camp, hope they don't use it... :)

On 29th Aug 2010, I had my MS second semester exams. The exam center was DPS Bangalore. My room was in a new building. The building was not fully constructed yet only 2 floors were done. I was searching for a rest room. In one corner I saw a man coming out of a room washing his face. So I assumed that it was the rest room. Went in, but I was shocked to see a lot of doors. I held the knob of the door, the door suddenly started to open. Right there, right there; I still cant forget that moment; a lady came out. Well I think u can guess my face and feel at that time. Not that I was shocked, stunned or ashamed; but I was really embarrassed.  I asked her sorry for some 10~15 times. Thank GOD she did not scold or slap me, she obliged with me. When I came out I found that there was no sign board. Uff, that was one incident to remember for life .

U call me, hey mister,     expecting an answer as, yes sister; I always throw you an yo,     you still catch it and go. This relationship is unexplainable,     yet it is so enjoyable. U will be there in my heart        forever without an end or start. Hey DEE ,     I could not see you flee. I wasn't brave enough to cry,     So I wrote this little fry.                          --xZs

I know, I know, I know, I get up at eight, for you all its way too late. Cursing me coz this is a shit load of hate,   yet all of you call this thing as fate. I dont agree, coz I am the bait. Once and for all I wanna get this straight, I will always get up late.                          --xZs

When I think about                   that thrust, I dunno whether its                  love or lust, They all say its a                big mistrust, At the end of it all                one side LOVE is a burst...                          --xZs

It was on 11th August, 2010 at 00:00 Hrs, my 25th birthday celebration started. Me, Cycle, Kishore and Arvind were all in Vinod's room working on Vinod's video. To my surprise all the three had schemed a party. They brought cake, chips and cool drinks. We took some pics and then at 00:00 hrs a day which was mine began. The special cake was cut and then it was time for a ride in Kishore's car. He drove us to our college, the ride was so awesome we were all really pumped up. At somewhere around 1:15 AM, there I stood in front of our college barefooted. We took some more pics there and then came back. The happiness cannot be expressed in words, thanks guys, thanks a lot for make this the most special birthday of all. I thought the celebration of my 25th Birthday ended, but how wrong can I be? On 12th, my family had arranged a celebration for my birthday. It was because of religious belief that my mom had, the birthday had to be celebrated on the next day. It was fun to celeb...

It was one fine morning, I went to the office pantry and stood in front of the coffee machine. To my luck I did not get the ready message instead the bin was full. Many if they see this message they would use the other machines. But since I had seen this kind of message, I did a reset of the machine and even though the bin was full the status turned to ready and I got my coffee.  Later a foreigner, who works on the same floor, came up to the machine and saw the bin full message. Instead of resetting the machine he actually took the bin and emptied it and got his cup of coffee. After seeing this I was totally ashamed of myself. All I did was to get my coffee and did not give a shit about the next person. But the foreigner did not just think about himself or did not wait for the maintenance people to come and clean, instead he cleaned it himself.    Damn! I was all selfish and he truly thought about others also ...

Training is the best way to sleep, Time to dump the tension heap, All I can dream of is a group of sheep, Why the hell it ended; beep, beep, beep, Damn, it was such a godly leap, Thanks to this I got a good sleep.                          --xZs

It was 04-June-2010. This was my last working day in Infosys Technologies Limited. It was morning 7:30, I didn't wanted to miss my last ride in the Infy bus and that too in my last but one window seat. I reached office around 9:00AM. My one last entry into Infosys. It was too nostalgic that day. I had to get a few approvals and had to return my Id and bus pass, to do all these Shailesh was with me. Me Yeshwanth, Shailesh, Raghava and Manohar went for lunch. Once this was all done, me and Raghava went to get my releaving letter at 3:30 PM. It was really great to hold that one letter in my hand finally. It was like a bail out letter from a prison. Probably this was the only time in the whole day I smiled and was happy. Then was my last coffee corner. This too was a memorable one. It was me, Shailesh, Raghava, Shrivatsa and Yeshwanth. The as usual coffee corner with a huge noise and loads of fun. At the end of it I was covered with nostalgia all round me. [ Pics of my last Coffe...

It was in 6th sem of BE, the round of campus interviews started. The first company was TCS, then Wipro and the third was Infy. It was that Sunday May 14th 2006, when it all started. TCS first round, the written test, was on Sunday. I did not clear the first round itself as the English question asked was of a standard which was way higher than mine, I had to pick one of the four and all my answers were guesses. Monday morning It was WIPRO. I made an improvement from the previous one and I cleared the first round. Then was the technical interview, I did not clear this round as I was unaware of many question asked. I was devastated that time. My moral was thrown deep down into hell as many of my friends cleared. I was so absent minded the whole day, still remember the small accident on the road that I had. The next day was TCS' next set of interviews so I stayed at home studying C. The D-day was Wednesday [ 17-Mar-2006 ], I went to the college at 9AM. Many of my class mates were st...

A tattoo is a marking made by inserting dark, indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Where as a tattoo for me is a revolution , which many ppl are scared to start and once started you get so deep into it, that there is no way out of it. My First tattoo, I got it on 08-05-10. I did some bench work on the tattoo parlors in Bangalore and finally got to know that Dark Arts tattoo studio is one of the best here. So finally I decided to get it done at that place. Then was the deign and cost of it. I had chosen a dragon which is flying upwards. I went to the studio. The cost was a bit high, but I agreed coz this is something which one shouldn't compromise on. The start of it was really awesome, it was like getting 120 injections per second. Then the excitement took its base by defeating the pain. Finally after 2.5 hrs of hard work from the artist, I had got a kick-ass tattoo. Coming to the reason for getting a tattoo. Fir...

The only award that I got in Infy was My team award. That was my first team and I was really happy to receive the award. That is a team which I will never forget even if I am six feet under. Though the project was tough I really enjoyed that team. It was the best team anyone can even imagine to get, and for me that was the first team in my professional life. I always thought I was really lucky to get into a team that had strong bond. The day I received this award, I was on top of this world. We even had a party at Barbeque Nation. That day I was so proud of it, told this thing to every single one I knew. On 5-5-2010 I got a mail from my SPM saying that 'Can you please hand over the team award memento to me'. I didn't know how to react to it, coz I was so low. I was never taking it home, I had planned to give it back to him on my last day at Infy. I wish this was just a dream and I wasn't awake. All of you might think that I am whinning for some small thing. But these...

It all started on that evening; Yeshwanth came up with this idea for entering the video making competition its theme was 'Save Water'. Not even thinking once I said yes; I was really excited to act. The next time when we met at the coffee corner, me and Yeshwanth came up with a base story. Then Raghava, Shailesh and Manohar added their part in it. Now the story was nearly done. I was assigned the task of Scripting. Still remember the first discussion of the script. It was me, Yeshwanth and Raghava argued for some 2 hrs and most of it in vain. Finally the script was totally handed over to me. But I was only able to write it for two scenes and then Yeshwanth did the other one. Yeshwanth took the role of the cameraman. The second scene was shot first. The location was Subway, Infy, B'lore. It was me, Raghava, Manohar [The three most important characters in the story] with us was Shailesh, Tanvi and Soumya. This scene went well with many shots. It was time for editing, trus...

It was one side love, so pure ... I love her to the core ... Don wanna leave her anymore ... Jus wanna live with her, for sure ... It was one side love, so pure ...                                                 --xZs

26th February is ' World Pistachio Day '. I wanted to celebrate this day, coz my favorite flavor of ice cream is pista. No matter where I go my first preference for ice cream is pista and everything comes second. So this day was more special to me. I had decided to celebrate it and this is wat I did to make it special. Breakfast : Nothin' Lunch : 3 scoops of Kesar Pista Ice cream. Dinner :  Half liter of Pure Pista Ice Cream. By eating nothin other than pista, I celebrated this auspicious day. From this year onwards Feb 26th my whole day meal will be pista and only pista.... :)

" Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. " -- Oprah Winfrey. For me; my Limo, Mercedes, Ferrari, Bugatti and every other thing is my bus only. My preferred seat in the bus is the 2 seater side last but one seat, the window side in particular. I never ever in my wildest dream had thought that ppl would notice me using the same seat everyday and would consider that seat as mine.  One day all of a sudden and out of nowhere a person came and spoke with me saying that he commutes in the same bus as mine. I had never seen him before, so I was still in doubt and then he said that I am the person who always sits in the last but one seat. After this my doubt was cleared and was shocked to know that people notice me in the bus. Also a friend of mine said that many ppl does not even sit in that seat as they think that I might come. Woow now that's what I am talking, I had made a s...

" You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me. " -- Shannyn Sossamon . This all started in my PU, I still remember those days, I had been for a inter college contest. In this I had made a FM transmitter, the judges came along to check all the experiments and they were very happy with what I had made. Everyone from my college and all those in that room surely thought that I was going to be at least in the top 3. In the end during the results I learned that I did not even get a consolation price. I was a lot disappointed back then, but now when I look back on that incident; I think I was just a hype. A hype so huge it almost seems real! Next one was during my exams. In the class I used to be the nerdy kinda guy who used to answer many question raised by the lecturer. I taught my friends a few times on a few topics. So with all this data, I was hyped to score good marks in exams but here I turned out to be ...

The past three months, wow one hell of a ride. First of all my decision on studying again, I never thought I would be able to do it. I have started my MS (part time). It is not easy to do a part time studying, coz u don't get much time to study and on top of it the dead line of project. Trust me you need extra strength and courage to take this kinda decision. Then came the midterm exams. This was an interesting thing, as I had not taken up a written test from past 2.5 years. It was fun to get back into the classroom, see the ppl around u writing, when all that u know is the subject title. Still was able to get out of the room first. The last exam was great as I knew that i had finished my exams, so I could enjoy the next day! Work, not the same thing always. I am one of the most luckiest one in my process area, as I have been into development projects only. Thanks to whoever was responsible for it, because of which my Technical Knowledge Spectrum is widening with every single pro...