Monday, June 26, 2006
Update
Update
Just came back from LA. It was a nice trip with family. One of my friend’s family also joined us so we had some company also. We cover Disney, universal, queen mary and bit of Hollywood … I drove both way alone which has kind of increased my confidence and it seems like I’m now in a position to handle to trip of about 350 miles in a day.
I have been ‘Conversation with V S Naipaul’ which has a good collection of Naipaul interviews. It’s a very interesting read. Gives a very nice insight into this writer whom I admire greatly and I like his work immensely. It looks Naipaul and Nabokov have become my most favorites and I am planning to explore many of their books soon. I am also planning to complete good books of Rushdie and see if I like him as much as the other two.
Just caught up with office email for last one week. Nothing major. Just some regular stuff and there was some praise for helping in fixing one of the issues. Hopwfully some of these praise mails make things easier to manage at th work front for me.
Just came back from LA. It was a nice trip with family. One of my friend’s family also joined us so we had some company also. We cover Disney, universal, queen mary and bit of Hollywood … I drove both way alone which has kind of increased my confidence and it seems like I’m now in a position to handle to trip of about 350 miles in a day.
I have been ‘Conversation with V S Naipaul’ which has a good collection of Naipaul interviews. It’s a very interesting read. Gives a very nice insight into this writer whom I admire greatly and I like his work immensely. It looks Naipaul and Nabokov have become my most favorites and I am planning to explore many of their books soon. I am also planning to complete good books of Rushdie and see if I like him as much as the other two.
Just caught up with office email for last one week. Nothing major. Just some regular stuff and there was some praise for helping in fixing one of the issues. Hopwfully some of these praise mails make things easier to manage at th work front for me.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Update
Update
After the last few weeks troubles related to fatigue and all the usual stuff , finally I am able to take control of things. Last 3-4 days have been better. I have adopted a new strategy wherein I sleep in the night whenever sleep comes to me rather than specifically going to bed and then trying to sleep. Also morning I am getting up early usually around 7. I realized that even if I am sleeping for 10-12 hrs continuous still I am feeling the fatigue whole day hence I might as well sleep limited hours and see what happens. I guess things are better with this arrangement.
So lets see how this arrangement goes. In the past things have improved but again some setbacks have also come in so sometimes.
I have read few interesting books and also got some nice books from Palo Alto book sale. I am falling in love with the Palo Alto book sale. Especially for A I got a lot of nice children’s books. I got a nice set Dr Seus books for a very cheap price. Also a lot of other interesting children’s books.
I am liking the books of Nabokov , Naipaul more and more. I have read the Lolita and heard the Lolita audiook 2 times. Planning to buy Annotated version of Lolita for my personal collection. Lolita is an absolutely stunning piece of work. Its not a book its like an artwork or sculpture. Nabokov has created a very unique style of prose. Its just amazing. Reading and re-reading Lolita again and again is going to be with me for long.
I recently finished his book Pnin about a Émigré Russian professor who is teaching in US with all his clumsiness and pecularities.
I love Naipaul’s India series books. Those are absolutely great books on India. Truly a classics.
I am reading Da Vinci and Rushdie’s Shame now. Very excited about my book readings.
This weekend there is a book exhibition in San Jose. I am hoping I will be able to attend it on this Saturday. And then we are going to LA for vacation. Planning to see Disney , universal and LA downtown/Hollywood .. Hopefully it will be a great fun. My friend A is coming from Colorado and his family is also going to join us.
After the last few weeks troubles related to fatigue and all the usual stuff , finally I am able to take control of things. Last 3-4 days have been better. I have adopted a new strategy wherein I sleep in the night whenever sleep comes to me rather than specifically going to bed and then trying to sleep. Also morning I am getting up early usually around 7. I realized that even if I am sleeping for 10-12 hrs continuous still I am feeling the fatigue whole day hence I might as well sleep limited hours and see what happens. I guess things are better with this arrangement.
So lets see how this arrangement goes. In the past things have improved but again some setbacks have also come in so sometimes.
I have read few interesting books and also got some nice books from Palo Alto book sale. I am falling in love with the Palo Alto book sale. Especially for A I got a lot of nice children’s books. I got a nice set Dr Seus books for a very cheap price. Also a lot of other interesting children’s books.
I am liking the books of Nabokov , Naipaul more and more. I have read the Lolita and heard the Lolita audiook 2 times. Planning to buy Annotated version of Lolita for my personal collection. Lolita is an absolutely stunning piece of work. Its not a book its like an artwork or sculpture. Nabokov has created a very unique style of prose. Its just amazing. Reading and re-reading Lolita again and again is going to be with me for long.
I recently finished his book Pnin about a Émigré Russian professor who is teaching in US with all his clumsiness and pecularities.
I love Naipaul’s India series books. Those are absolutely great books on India. Truly a classics.
I am reading Da Vinci and Rushdie’s Shame now. Very excited about my book readings.
This weekend there is a book exhibition in San Jose. I am hoping I will be able to attend it on this Saturday. And then we are going to LA for vacation. Planning to see Disney , universal and LA downtown/Hollywood .. Hopefully it will be a great fun. My friend A is coming from Colorado and his family is also going to join us.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Corporate /Management Crap
Corporate / Management Crap
There is a lot crap and banality going on in our internal meetings here. V has special interest in making useless and crappy discussions full of banality. Also it seems like our boss J is also a big loser. Infact now its becoming more and more clear that J is also a big chootiya if I can use that Hindi term. That’s why he is reling too much on V for useless management crap. If I analyse what V says frankly its biggest bull-shit full of useless statements.
God save us !!!
There is a lot crap and banality going on in our internal meetings here. V has special interest in making useless and crappy discussions full of banality. Also it seems like our boss J is also a big loser. Infact now its becoming more and more clear that J is also a big chootiya if I can use that Hindi term. That’s why he is reling too much on V for useless management crap. If I analyse what V says frankly its biggest bull-shit full of useless statements.
God save us !!!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Cacophony
Cacophony
This was the Word of the day in the last week’s toastmaster I was attending. Today while driving to work I was playing music of movie Gangster, since music was so groovy and entertaining I increased volume and made it loud and it suddenly stroked me how I used to hear the loud music usually new scores in the Indian streets and how I used to love that noise that cacophony .. How I miss that cacophony here in US.. Its so nice and quite its too quite. Too much of order, no chaos, maybe we need some noise or chaos at times.. in Bombay we have too much chaos and too much noise … probably we need something in between ( looks like I’m getting into usual idealistic/utopian trap ).
It is that cacophony of teeming populations on the Bombay streets that make it a lively and bursting metropolis. Though it can be too much to handle sometimes. Its like you hate and love Bombay at the same time .. Or you love to hate Mumbai…
Man I loved the music of Gangster .. all the tracks in the album are good ..wow .. rarely I find an album with all the good songs .. This one is good .. Way to go Pritam …
This was the Word of the day in the last week’s toastmaster I was attending. Today while driving to work I was playing music of movie Gangster, since music was so groovy and entertaining I increased volume and made it loud and it suddenly stroked me how I used to hear the loud music usually new scores in the Indian streets and how I used to love that noise that cacophony .. How I miss that cacophony here in US.. Its so nice and quite its too quite. Too much of order, no chaos, maybe we need some noise or chaos at times.. in Bombay we have too much chaos and too much noise … probably we need something in between ( looks like I’m getting into usual idealistic/utopian trap ).
It is that cacophony of teeming populations on the Bombay streets that make it a lively and bursting metropolis. Though it can be too much to handle sometimes. Its like you hate and love Bombay at the same time .. Or you love to hate Mumbai…
Man I loved the music of Gangster .. all the tracks in the album are good ..wow .. rarely I find an album with all the good songs .. This one is good .. Way to go Pritam …
Update
Update
It was bit of a roller caster in last few weeks. But all is well if the end is well. N was quite disappointed and distressed with me. I tried my best to make her happy again. I think she is feeling better about me now but taking good care of N is my topmost priority and will continue to improve in this area.
On the office front things are generally OK but I am not able to be as much as productive as I would like to be and it has been bit tough to remain ahead of my work. It was especially hard to complete to those projects which I do in addition to the regular trouble-shooting work.
I have to give top priority to depression/overall functional level and keep the weight loss/hdl control in the back seat. Because every now and then things are slipping and I have to keep these under control.
Things have been better on the books front. Keeping A excited with all sorts of kids books. Recently got him lots of Eric Carle & Beverly Cleary books. He is doing well and enjoying the reading. I am planning to enroll him (and possibly myself) in the summer reading program.
Recently I went to the library and browsed the full Fiction section and brought some books by Nabokov, Naipul and few assorted unknown writers. It seems like my love for books has not come down and I want to keep things interesting in this front. I want to have a best possible books experience which I can get.
It was bit of a roller caster in last few weeks. But all is well if the end is well. N was quite disappointed and distressed with me. I tried my best to make her happy again. I think she is feeling better about me now but taking good care of N is my topmost priority and will continue to improve in this area.
On the office front things are generally OK but I am not able to be as much as productive as I would like to be and it has been bit tough to remain ahead of my work. It was especially hard to complete to those projects which I do in addition to the regular trouble-shooting work.
I have to give top priority to depression/overall functional level and keep the weight loss/hdl control in the back seat. Because every now and then things are slipping and I have to keep these under control.
Things have been better on the books front. Keeping A excited with all sorts of kids books. Recently got him lots of Eric Carle & Beverly Cleary books. He is doing well and enjoying the reading. I am planning to enroll him (and possibly myself) in the summer reading program.
Recently I went to the library and browsed the full Fiction section and brought some books by Nabokov, Naipul and few assorted unknown writers. It seems like my love for books has not come down and I want to keep things interesting in this front. I want to have a best possible books experience which I can get.
