The positives of this IPL for CSk and Dhoni.

For even the best focused men can fall down in the wrong places and go in the wrong directions to lose their cool and the focus that they had. I saw a great come back in this IPL and the greatest comeback of all is the one of the CSK, they were going down crashing at one stage and kept alive only with each player doing their part and playing their heroics at different stages of the game.  It was never a one man’s game; I for one got inspired by their unity and strength in dependence on each other. For in all this a single revival stands apart the rest of it all. An individual was coming back out of all the evils that were haunting him from the past, MS Dhoni is the man. I saw the face dull and down, with the past clearly haunting his game, decision and choice. The man truly needed a comeback, and he did regain his charm not by his own will but the spirit of the team that brought him back slowly but effectively. I for once focused more on this man than any part of the game, to be true the man whose face grew brighter with each miraculous win and his words more relaxed after every match a clear sign of the effect of team on the man (If people said it was fixed and if I were true I would rather think it to be false after seeing this alteration in a man in a season). If this can do to a man with the right team, the team I support will always be the Csk and the people in them. I am hopeful that this team can support itself to come back any number of times as long as it has its members. They just showed that a lost match, will not lead them to lose their spirit.

Drama’s in my life.

I was wondering how some stories of co incidence where utter nonsense not today in my life it wasn’t.

 Closing time for my MBA as arrived with a job in an hand I am few of the blessed with this gift. But, I was not to relish this joy easily. I was having an attendance lack in a subject and that might prevent me to graduate and going to the company to join is not possible then. Hmm, I was desperate I kept in control and finally one day I decided to go and clear this problem by talking to the people who can help. ( I was wrong) I went to the college at 1:30 pm; I went to the staff room to start the pleading process. The newly joined staff was reluctant to meddle with the system and so told me to go meet the HOD to resolve this. So I decided to enter the “ROOM”, to meet HOD “Help Of Day”. I went inside had to be all extra nice, politely asked “how are you sir” “how is running the college going”. He answered in one word “it’s all good”. ” Shoot I used up all the buttering and smoothening ammo in one go”. It was time I had to tell him the reason for my coming and the roar was never louder to me. “Karma” surely is not very kind all the mischief and bunking of classes was brought to my eyes by the HOD (Hell of day), His words bringing images back to my head better than the 3D movies I saw bunking the classes. It was one of the times when a staff in his all his rage shall bring upon all the mistakes your entire batch as made upon one person. This is was that time; I can no longer bare the suffering of this decided to create sympathy with HOD (Heart of Day). By mentioning how I cannot join job if I am not allowed to write exam because of attendance lack. Hmm, He paused for a second it was not for the best of reasons.

FLASH BACK: Going back to the past, not thinking it’s important to tell the Hod that I got placed I ignored telling him. 
A second Roar followed “you got placed and you didn’t even inform me and now you want me to help you to join the job, why should I care?”. I had to act fast and put down the fire. Worked the imaginative mind to save me, one good thing came up and I told two lies to save my day

1 “Sir I did not tell anyone about this” Why a lie? (As soon as I got the offer letter the only one who might not have known about it in the college about my placement is the HOD and may be the gate watch man who is far away from all the scene I created.)

2 “I waited to tell the news with sweets” Why a lie? (As soon as every soul started giving away sweets and ice cream to staff for getting placed after me, the only thing I did was grab their sweets and ice creams to eat)

Yes, roar subsided but the problem didn’t. I had nothing more against him anymore,  I had to take a break went to senior staff for further consultations and went back to the ROOM to meet HOD (Hope of Day) he finally took pity and relented. So, agreeing to edit my data and make absence as OD. When all is going fine and while he was about to enter it, I promise this was true “came running the mam on whose subject I have attendance lack saying” do not put attendance for that guy” the time struck 4.00 pm in the clock and all the time I spent doing a attendee job for HOD all the 3 hours staying in his ROOM just got wasted. My Jaw dropped, I was shocked and my brain went to coma stage unable to think. She started explaining and I heard nothing till she told me that I had more than required attendance and it was a system error. I literally shouted “God this is too much”. 

Sony Ericsson Txt or ck13i review

Sony Ericsson Txt Cost me 6050 Rs Or equal to 121 US $ with a discount in a Sony Ericsson show room in Chennai, this is one of the last of the Sony’s non touch phones. Being, not a huge fan of touch phones and looking for a budget phone, I needed no excuse to by this phone. The various complaints of phone getting stuck up, did stop me to think. But, due to lack of key pad based budget phones, I came back to this option.

Things that I have read on the net before buying Sony Ericsson Txt…

1)    Absence of 3g connectivity.

2)    Phone battery charge hold is not that good.

3)    Key pad keys are very small.

4)    There is no option to mute the shutter sound of camera.

5)    Phone gets stuck frequently.

6)    Picture quality is not that great.

7)    Provision of unnecessary options. ( like “friends”, Apps like “You tube”, picasa” )

What I observed in Sony Ericsson Txt

1)    Camera sound can be muted by switching the phone to silent mode.

2)    Wi-Fi option though present drains the battery very fast, other than that the battery last’s better than expected.

3)    Key pad typing takes a while adjusting to but after some time it’s not that bigger deal.

4)    Phone gets stuck when movie is watched in it and games  are pushed little too much. 

5)    Camera picture quality is good for this price. But, the picture is still better when seen in computer.

6)    Speaker sound is really good and since the mobile display is very bright the battery life increases if darker picture is used as wall paper.

Problems I Felt, other than what i read

1)    The display is very bright even after the brightness is reduced to the least.

2)    Opening the phones back cover is sometimes a challenge.

3)    No short cut options to access the running application from the outside 

On the whole a good buy, if you can get over all the challenges it posses. If you are a person who wants to buy a product and enjoy it stay clear of Sony Ericsson Txt, last of its kind from the Sony Ericsson collection.  

Complaint to sony ericsson service center provided a good result after they updated the mobile software the phone speed is reasonably well and some options that were not working well started responding. After updating i can play some games by adjusting the game screen size. The software can also be updated through the Sony web page, the only problem is you need a data cable and its not provided with this Model   

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/mobilephones/downloads/subject/updateservice/txt?cc=gb&lc=en 

A week to remember 1

A week to remember 1

Summary: Life just took me through a roller coaster ride, 7 days back got my results, 4 days back attended my first interview, 3 days back lost my phone and almost missed a train to kerala, 2 days back had a superb party at my friends house and got to know that my lost phone was found and finally today i got the results of interview. Oh my god who said living cannot be exciting.

The story

There are days that are superb and worth remembering and yet people sometimes end up forgetting them. But what about an entire week to remember that which are so mixed up with so many things that forgetting is the only that is cruel to say about the week. It all started with me performing my semester very badly, bad enough to flunk one or two papers. From then the long wait for the results began. I have to think back from exactly today 27^th jan 2012.

7 days before I got a message “ results came check it” my heart stopped for a sec and a minute worth of possibilities went through my head, none ver comforting. Nervousness set in and though this must be my 100 th result from my lower class the feeling never changed. Beginning to pray I finally typed the registration number and resumed the prayers. The suspense of getting the result is never made easy by the trraffic slowing down the connection  created by the huge number of similar enthusiastic students trying to know their fate. Finally the results where out and I need not start looking for partners who can accompany me in the next exam. A narrow escape an yes that day ended well for most of us.

4 days ago immediately after getting my results I had a chance to attend my placements my first in the Mba. Without any expectation or desires I went forward to attend the interview the coldest morning ever. a shivering ride to a very far destination around 25 kms from my house. (that was lot of shivering ) we reached at our destination in the morning 8.45 am. Hoping to leave after a aptitude test attende by 3 different colleges. Yes, it made sense for me but, hopping to know my future nemesis wen on to attend my first ever difficult aptitude exam for a job (in Mba). After a quick 30 mins of boom me along with 10 of my friend were selected for the next, not liking to see the left out friends alone, me being sure of a tough competition promised to follow them shortly. I might have done it little too soon, I got selected for the next. The clock ticked 10 Pm when we got the second result. Being the last few and still not hoping for any thing we waited to leave when our turn came we were not that keen to attend and get selected. Asking us to sell something in the middle of the night was not that very easy for us. When it was all over we left proudly saying that we came one day and left the other. But, not knowing the result a second result to wait so soon in a week.

3 days ago leaving the interview site tired and shivering again in the cold night I returned home. Sleepin like a rock waking up again in the morning was my last option. Time came for me to leave the city to visit a friends brother’s wedding in a distant place. 

Doctor + MBA = Business man

This is a story about my visit to a one of the chain of dental clinics under a single brand. Service with a smile is their way to serve. As soon as I entered all I felt was the feeling of goodness and safety. Beautiful men and women handling patients with a smile and care of a friend, I was starting to believe it was real. After minutes of getting used to that good feeling they called me into the dental room, from where i saw small group of young dentist running around to attend patience and collecting reports. From the group one fine gentle man came in to attend to me. he just looked around and started to examine me and after a few seconds ordered an X-ray. Well, he gave a good enough reason that he needed to be sure; I thought he is looking after me cool. Next showed the portrait of my imperfect teeth in his new flashy comp and asked me with a smile to take a seat near him. Wow, that was my longest 5 mins for me on that day. He made me convinced that my mouth had to be taken apart and fixed all over again, well if it was over with that I would have been happy, I could simply say yes or no and go back to the table. But, he used all possible medical knowledge that which he had learnt to scare me to the core. All the feeling of goodness disappeared I almost felt I was about to lose all my teeth and be done. Finally, after doing all the talking about everything else, other than the problem for I have come, The one that was really bothering me after that time was how to get out without undergoing all the costly treatments he said he wants to do. When he finally started the drilling process to fill the gap, the sense of security was no longer there. I saw a business man trying to drill my teeth to find some money.

Courtesy:  http://www.dentalblogs.com/

After the filling was done and after making me to bite on cotton, He simply went to his comp and told me to get up as it is over and go home (only after going home i found the filling is not done properly and was coming out). The huge bill on the way out was not very comforting and all the happy feeling i thought i had was no more with me. After reaching home the first thing I told was “wow, I made it”. Then I was left wondering why I was so scared and left me thinking back.  It only reminded me of the old days when doctors used to ask about you to gain trust and make you feel comfortable and when they came close to us it made us feel better. They never showed the worst side of us to the core, as we are all imperfect and when told of all our imperfection on a single visit which was uncalled for even though I was going to visit him again as my treatment required. I realized that a doctor who is propelled by a business behind him is a business man more than a doctor, I saw a sales man rather than a doctor and the only thing my heart was telling me is to run from there alive.  On the mad rush to be a doctor I just pray that they think for a second about the things that they are handling is alive and even if they want to make money at least with little sensitivity.