I have been trying for a day out trip from last month onwards since its getting really bored with the daily routine. Fortunately our mentor gave an idea about a trip to Wayanad and Coorg in a single day. Since last few trips he was telling us about the story of a Jungle View Tea shop and its genuine UNNIAPPAM. So already our tongue got filled with its unknown taste.
It was a chilling early morning; I started from my place around 4.45 AM with my Unicorn towards Calicut. I gave a wake up ring to Vivek and Remil (new guy to our tour). Reached Calicut by 5.05 AM. Vivek scoot from the trip in the last minute due to LM .We have parked our bikes in my colleague’s house .Our friend has already set his Beast for a ride but last moment he changed to his new Punto. He always says “Punto is the third woman in my life “.
So our journey for a crazy UNNIAPPAM starts from now. Even though I’m not crazy about cars, I can assure Punto is superb from his words. It was mind blowing scenes outside while driving up through the ghats. Wayanad is really beautiful. I have visited this place many times but still every time it seems to be more beautiful. AR Rahman music was played behind the scene. It was a comfortable drive through ghats as the traffic was less. We took a diversion from Vythiri and travelled through Baanasura dam site. I was dreaming about the UNNIAPPAM as I have given a good build up in my family about the trip. But they just neglected saying “Are you guys crazy for trip just to have UNNIAPPAM”.
We stopped near a small tea shop on the route, its written “Jungle View Tea Shop”. Oh thank god UNNIAPPAM was ready by that time we reached. I just take a first bite and could feel the variation in taste compared to the ones that we prepare at home. It was really superb and met the customer expectation. We took few more and parceled ten each. Thanks to Remil else oh my god I would have repeated the same Ooty chocolate scenario. Mean while the shop keeper shown us some paper cuttings and magazines briefing the story of the tea shop. My friend bought a bamboo pipe for preparing steam cake alias puttu.
We moved towards Kerala border Tholpetty and to Kutta. The roads were in really bad condition and seem to be built during British reign. Now we are travelling through Karnataka, one thing I noticed nice about the travel was the bus drivers and auto drivers were gentle in their driving and were ready to wait us for a passing through in narrow roads. In Kerala we can’t even imagine such a courtesy in driving. We can visualize the cultural changes outside. Women are wearing saree in a different style. I remembered the words “Coorg is famous for beautiful girls”. But someone told “don’t play around with them gents are too strong”.
We are heading towards Kushaal Nagar which is our next destination. Kushaal Nagar is famous for Tibetan settlement areas. My friend told me that you can’t even imagine that you are in India once you reach there. So I asked him “should I close my eyes”. We have reached the place; I could see many Tibetan roaming around the city. Now I remembered the movie Yodha. We followed the sign boards towards the Golden Temple and reached one of the main Buddhist Monastery in the place. Oh god I can’t imagine, it seems to be a separate world or community. I never saw these guys in person rather in movies. We roamed inside the Golden Temple; it’s really calm and peaceful. I should have done some meditation. We roamed around the ashram area and clicked snaps in my mobile with an intention show these places to my colleagues.
We searched through different restaurants to have something different. I never had a chance to have some Tibetan dishes. But my friends already had few. We planned to have few beers as a start up drink. We could n’t find any bars nearby and we drove back to the town area. So at last found one. We have ordered KF premium, some salads and nuts. We spend around two hour by taking couple of beers. Oh it was really cool and seems to invoke a fine mood. Remil was a Vodka fan and ordered one. From there we drove back to the restaurant. We have ordered Chicken fried rice, chicken momo and a plate pork fry. I don’t like pork but my friends were great fan of the same.
Here I learned how to use chopsticks. It was fun to eat fried rice with chopsticks. Momo was really tasty. My friend told me that it’s available in NITC canteen. I should try once again. We started our return journey. I unpacked the parceled UNNIAPPAM and shared it with everyone. Two more UNNIAPPAM was enough for me to have a good sleep in the back seat. While we were reaching Kutta we got a chance to see a Kudak marriage ceremony. Bride was carrying pot overhead and bride groom dressed in different attire. All are dancing with toddy effect. It was really fun to watch. We should have attended one ceremony, may be next time. Oh sad Punto crashed her side mirror with a Santro.
Now we are heading towards Wayanad. Still good rush in Jungle View Tea Shop. We waved our hands to the shop keeper. Oh damn got stuck in a two hour long traffic jam in ghats.
Thanks to my mentor for introducing such beautiful places and dishes. Remil was really cool and everyone enjoyed the trip well.
I thought Vivek will be missing all the day out trip.
I should try at least some noodles at home with chopsticks where can I buy chopsticks in Calicut????? Momo waiting for me in NITC canteen!!!!!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Dark Chocolates
We had an Ooty drive with my 7 colleagues on last 12th September. It was really an unforgettable trip. Rather than lake and garden we roamed around a lot of beautiful places in Ooty. One of my colleague was an excellent traveller who knows each nook and corner of the place. We had driven to heights, lakes sidewalks in rain, barbeque etc.
Visited an Irani cafeteria run by an old lady from Bahai community. Oh we can’t forget the cake still tastes in my tongue. It was a special item prepared by that lady. Unfortunately we could not purchase enough cake to home as it had great demand. Better luck next time.
We had a shopping session just prior to our return journey. We roamed in shops and our experienced friend directed us to right shops . Ooty is famous for Chocolates and we too were great passionate about the same.
One of my friend had a great passion for DARK CHOCOLATE. So we planned to buy some chocolates to home. We went to Modern Confectionaries General Store run by a mallu. There was great rush in the shop and we managed to order seven independent packs of DARK CHOCOLATES of each 200 gms. I planned to get the DARK CHOCOLATES for my grandpa as he had a great crush for the same. Shop keeper told that it will take some time to pack it up and asked us to wait. So we shifted our mind to purchase other goodies. I was planning to buy some Red Wine (Non Alcoholic) for my dad. But my friend advised me to buy another one from Calicut. Then me and Binu were busy in purchasing some packets of potato fries and other eatables. Arun was busy with taking snaps with his mobile cam. He has shooted each nook and corner of the shop. Meanwhile my friends were busy with purchase of some goodies for home. We could see nice girls busy with purchasing. We had no other choice waiting for the DARK CHOCOLATES and watching the girls. There were two different counters for billing chocolates and other goodies. Unfortunately I was accidently assigned as the treasurer for the whole trip. It was the only boring job that I ever hated throughout the journey. I had to keep a note of every penny I spend across.
Meanwhile I was watching the packing of chocolates and I received the bill of Rs 525. I was busy in paying the bill as we were running short of time. I got my balance ready and was busy with keeping the account recorded. If I were correct I asked one of my colleague to collect the DARK CHOCOLATES. We left the shop.
We stopped at Gudallur for Gobi Masala Dosa. Before we start our journey, I searched for the chocolates purchased. Unfortunately we could not locate any trace of DARK CHOCOLATES in the entire cab. So everyone reached to the conclusion that i missed the chocolate at the shop itself while paying the bill for the same. From there onwards it was a hectic journey for me till Calicut. Everyone started to kick my ass for the issue of DARK CHOCOLATES. I had no other choice to keep my mouth shut for another two hours till Calicut. Arun was in leading role to hit. Everyone was busy with framing the stories to be narrated at the office next day. Even they narrated the stories to the extent that I paid the other girl’s bill.
Next day I had a very nice time in office. The stories were flashed in office as fast as light. My friends told me to call up the guys to enquire about the chocolates. For my surprise the Chocolates packs were there and they agreed me to courier it. But for my luck my friend’s cousin told me that he will get it back.
Atlast DARK CHOCOLATES reached next Saturday. It took one week for the DARK CHOCOLATES to reach Kerala from Ooty. Everyone had a nice time in enjoying the chocolates.
But still I confused whose mind run behind the girl. Is that my mind or my colleague’s whom I asked to collect the DARK CHOCOLATES. Any way Binu’s share of DARK CHCOLATES is still peacefully resting in my friend’s refrigerator.
Visited an Irani cafeteria run by an old lady from Bahai community. Oh we can’t forget the cake still tastes in my tongue. It was a special item prepared by that lady. Unfortunately we could not purchase enough cake to home as it had great demand. Better luck next time.
We had a shopping session just prior to our return journey. We roamed in shops and our experienced friend directed us to right shops . Ooty is famous for Chocolates and we too were great passionate about the same.
One of my friend had a great passion for DARK CHOCOLATE. So we planned to buy some chocolates to home. We went to Modern Confectionaries General Store run by a mallu. There was great rush in the shop and we managed to order seven independent packs of DARK CHOCOLATES of each 200 gms. I planned to get the DARK CHOCOLATES for my grandpa as he had a great crush for the same. Shop keeper told that it will take some time to pack it up and asked us to wait. So we shifted our mind to purchase other goodies. I was planning to buy some Red Wine (Non Alcoholic) for my dad. But my friend advised me to buy another one from Calicut. Then me and Binu were busy in purchasing some packets of potato fries and other eatables. Arun was busy with taking snaps with his mobile cam. He has shooted each nook and corner of the shop. Meanwhile my friends were busy with purchase of some goodies for home. We could see nice girls busy with purchasing. We had no other choice waiting for the DARK CHOCOLATES and watching the girls. There were two different counters for billing chocolates and other goodies. Unfortunately I was accidently assigned as the treasurer for the whole trip. It was the only boring job that I ever hated throughout the journey. I had to keep a note of every penny I spend across.
Meanwhile I was watching the packing of chocolates and I received the bill of Rs 525. I was busy in paying the bill as we were running short of time. I got my balance ready and was busy with keeping the account recorded. If I were correct I asked one of my colleague to collect the DARK CHOCOLATES. We left the shop.
We stopped at Gudallur for Gobi Masala Dosa. Before we start our journey, I searched for the chocolates purchased. Unfortunately we could not locate any trace of DARK CHOCOLATES in the entire cab. So everyone reached to the conclusion that i missed the chocolate at the shop itself while paying the bill for the same. From there onwards it was a hectic journey for me till Calicut. Everyone started to kick my ass for the issue of DARK CHOCOLATES. I had no other choice to keep my mouth shut for another two hours till Calicut. Arun was in leading role to hit. Everyone was busy with framing the stories to be narrated at the office next day. Even they narrated the stories to the extent that I paid the other girl’s bill.
Next day I had a very nice time in office. The stories were flashed in office as fast as light. My friends told me to call up the guys to enquire about the chocolates. For my surprise the Chocolates packs were there and they agreed me to courier it. But for my luck my friend’s cousin told me that he will get it back.
Atlast DARK CHOCOLATES reached next Saturday. It took one week for the DARK CHOCOLATES to reach Kerala from Ooty. Everyone had a nice time in enjoying the chocolates.
But still I confused whose mind run behind the girl. Is that my mind or my colleague’s whom I asked to collect the DARK CHOCOLATES. Any way Binu’s share of DARK CHCOLATES is still peacefully resting in my friend’s refrigerator.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Vampires
We a gang of 4 in my Engineering College days, call ourselves as "VAMPIRES". Vampires gang consists of me, Amal(Mr Palakkad),Rajiv alias Kunjappu and Prasad alias Palu. We were the vampires who sucks BEER instead of blood. What made our friendship even stronger? The reason is we were of similar frequency in all activities starting from scooting exams, films and beer.
We all believed in the following laws
You can enjoy a beer all month long
Beer stains wash out
You don't have to wine and dine beer
Your beer will always wait patiently for you in the car while you play baseball
When your beer goes flat, you toss it out
Hangovers go away
A beer label comes off without a fight
Beer is never late
Beer doesn't get jealous when you grab another beer
When you go to a bar, you know you can always pick up a beer
Beer never gets a headache
After you've had a beer, the bottle is still worth 5 cents
A beer won't get upset if you come home and have another beer
If you pour a beer right, you'll always get good head
A beer always goes down easy
You can have more than one beer a night and not feel guilty
You can share a beer with your friends
You always know you're the first one to pop a beer
Beer is always wet
Beer doesn't demand equality
You can have a beer in public
A beer doesn't care when you come
A frigid beer is a good beer
You don't have to wash a beer before it tastes good
(extracts from 25 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than Women: )
We used go for boozing thrice in a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). Fort Palace a three star hotel in Palakkad was our destination. We had an area in lawn reserved for us :-). Usual busy schedule of our sessions
Venue FORT PALACE - Palakkad
5.30 PM : We find ourselves occupied in lawn
5.40 PM : Krishnan Kutti chettan (our usual bearer) comes for order. We all go for ICE BEER - our favourite one.
6.00 PM : ICE beer comes with compliments. We never goes for side dishes as they are very costly.
6.00 PM to 8.00 PM : We kicks off our sessions, starts from 1,2,3 ICE beers…..cigars…. Usual talks…. College issues n gals.
8.10 PM: We gets enough mood for the day , we plans to leave. There was a common climax dialogue
"We should reunite after leaving our college days once in a year in the same FORT PALACE. We should book an A/C room here, spend whole day for beer . " Dil chahtha hai……song plays in background
8.30 PM: Noorjahan restaurant - our favourite restaurant for Malabar food dishes.
10.00 PM : Reach college, move directly to GMC (Gentle men's corner) a place next to ladies hostel. We had a policy once we drinks we should show off our skills to someone.
10.00 PM- 11.30 PM : We play around in hostel, make our friends asleep.
12.00 PM : goes to bed.
Every beer sessions had a common resolution "We should reunite at the same Fort Palace after a long time.". Did u believe it happened. Yes it happened in January 2009 (after a duration of 4 years).
VAMPIRES that sucks beer reunited in the same FORT PALACE…….it happened
We all believed in the following laws
You can enjoy a beer all month long
Beer stains wash out
You don't have to wine and dine beer
Your beer will always wait patiently for you in the car while you play baseball
When your beer goes flat, you toss it out
Hangovers go away
A beer label comes off without a fight
Beer is never late
Beer doesn't get jealous when you grab another beer
When you go to a bar, you know you can always pick up a beer
Beer never gets a headache
After you've had a beer, the bottle is still worth 5 cents
A beer won't get upset if you come home and have another beer
If you pour a beer right, you'll always get good head
A beer always goes down easy
You can have more than one beer a night and not feel guilty
You can share a beer with your friends
You always know you're the first one to pop a beer
Beer is always wet
Beer doesn't demand equality
You can have a beer in public
A beer doesn't care when you come
A frigid beer is a good beer
You don't have to wash a beer before it tastes good
(extracts from 25 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than Women: )
We used go for boozing thrice in a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). Fort Palace a three star hotel in Palakkad was our destination. We had an area in lawn reserved for us :-). Usual busy schedule of our sessions
Venue FORT PALACE - Palakkad
5.30 PM : We find ourselves occupied in lawn
5.40 PM : Krishnan Kutti chettan (our usual bearer) comes for order. We all go for ICE BEER - our favourite one.
6.00 PM : ICE beer comes with compliments. We never goes for side dishes as they are very costly.
6.00 PM to 8.00 PM : We kicks off our sessions, starts from 1,2,3 ICE beers…..cigars…. Usual talks…. College issues n gals.
8.10 PM: We gets enough mood for the day , we plans to leave. There was a common climax dialogue
"We should reunite after leaving our college days once in a year in the same FORT PALACE. We should book an A/C room here, spend whole day for beer . " Dil chahtha hai……song plays in background
8.30 PM: Noorjahan restaurant - our favourite restaurant for Malabar food dishes.
10.00 PM : Reach college, move directly to GMC (Gentle men's corner) a place next to ladies hostel. We had a policy once we drinks we should show off our skills to someone.
10.00 PM- 11.30 PM : We play around in hostel, make our friends asleep.
12.00 PM : goes to bed.
Every beer sessions had a common resolution "We should reunite at the same Fort Palace after a long time.". Did u believe it happened. Yes it happened in January 2009 (after a duration of 4 years).
VAMPIRES that sucks beer reunited in the same FORT PALACE…….it happened
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
My outsourcing days...
How you will feel if you get a chance to work in US timezones/shifts.Let me brief a busy day schedule from the list of my sleepless nights of the Outsourcing days in Chennai.
A car came near to the appartment in Chrompet.
11.30 PM
My mobile rings showing "Driver Calling"
Driver: Sir cab has come, we are late, two more picks on the way...
Me: Hey boss please wait for five minute let me finish my brushing...come inside and watch the TV
11.45 PM
Car starts journey to office in Alwarpet.Driver started his usual chats, background FM radio is in its full fledge.
I can see the empty,trafic less highways of the Chennai in the mid night.Chennai is onto deep sleep unless few outsourcing cabs are running up and downs.
12.00 AM
Reached Velachery ,
Driver : Please call that gal ..she is the next pick from this area..
Me: Yup
We picked her from Velachery and lost 15 minutes there waiting for her.Cab is going, we guys rarely speaks as we are onto different processes.
Just a wishing hai..thats it.
Meanwhile driver is getting calls from the Command centre in Office to track the cabs..this is a routine check up the office does every day.Then we had one more pick up from near to our office.
12.20 AM
Reached office.Now we begins our day...We can see many guys are leaving the office as their shift ends..everyone are rushing towards their cabs.
The funny thing is that around three thousand guys are working here in different processes in different shifts but rarely knows each other.
My search for my team starts here and locates the bay where they sits.I took my place.My testing for the headphone,Avaya phone starts.The fact is that each one will get a different place to sit each day in the office.Every team comprises of ten members with a Team lead.
12.30 AM
I completes my login process, ready to take the call.We have a lot of stuffs to do in the login process.Logging into different applications.Everything has to be set up before we take a call.
You will think what this Call refers to.Dont get confused this is not a Customer care or an Insurance outsourcing firm.But we call our self as Tech Support Engineers solving the American's technical issues in the netwrking field.This is purely a Technical Support Industry.Each and every call to our office is very important as that it counts and its our revenue.
We treat our Customers as god.Our managers tells us that we (Tech Support guys) are the bread winners for the company.Yes its the fact.
Technical support guys includes the candidates from BTech , MSc,Bsc,MBA,almost all graduate levels.
So what actually attracts them.The answer is very simple this job acts as a temporary resort for their race ahead for a good career and which provides the economical stability to stay in a metro.
Our shift starts from 12.30 AM to 9.30 AM in the morning. This is the hectic hell shift with huge call volume as its peak time of the Americans .
A call can lasts from five minutes to 1 n half hours depends on the issue.Every day we take around 30 calls.Our communications with the clients will be barged by our teamlead,quality wing etc.
So its for sure that we may get screwed up at any time if we are not in the track.If our client is happy he sends us the CSAT i.e. Customer Satisfaction Score which adds to our salary credit a few bucks.
Every one are watching their phone for the calls. If any call comes to any phone ,then we are sure we should get ready into the action and the call starts booming up.
Phone rings...
Me: Good morning Sir ,thank you for calling Technical support...how may help you today....sir...
(the usual geeting that we are taught by our trainer)
Client: I bought this product...i have this issue....bllah...blah...blah...
.........
Me : Thank you for calling....
If we attend a call we have to update the details onto many case trackers internally and externally.We have to do this in between the calls.
After a call if the client is very happy that his issue is resolved then he will say..."You guys are doing really a good work..working in the night...really appreciable and so and so.."
Every coin has two sides , so its vice versa he will shower us with all the English "fk...sk..words....".We are not supposed to say anything against,just put into mute.Thank god the Phone has alot of such facilities.
So the process continues till 9.30 , a long nine hours race in the night.But just one hour relaxation split into our own convenience.We likes these intervals,we put the phone on hold.
3.00 AM - 4.00 AM
We rushes to the lift and to the basement for a smoke.You know one thing a cigarette and a tea can keep you awake and active in the night.
Then we have alot of snacks waiting in the cafeteria like pizza,sandwitches,cakes etc with tea/coffee/rose milks and colas.But no one feel it nice to have these in this time shift.
If we really needs a break in between a call, we guys just do one thing, tell a phrase to the client "May i place you on hold for a moment so that i can research on this issue".
We put a call on hold music for them.Its just another tricky tip to get rid of a call.
8.00 AM
Me :Guys lets go and have the break fast...and have a cigarette.
Its our time to have the breakfast from the cafeteria.We may have idli/dosa/vada etc south indian vegetarian dishes.Oh god one more hour to pass.
Now we gets relaxed since we are reaching the end of our shift.
9.30 AM
We are about to leave the bay.Meets the team lead and gets his feedbacks for the day.Rushes to the basement.
Cab and driver will be waiting in the basement.
I usually sits in the front seat,pushes the seat backwards and gets ready for a short sleep before i reach my appartment through the high traffic.
The same FM starts playing in the background.Its 10.00 AM in the morning , Chennai is getting into busy and we are onto sleep.
10.30 AM
Mobile ringing , Mom calling....
Mom : Hi son how are you... , had your breakfast...
Me: yes mom had my dinner and its the time to sleep.
...
...
Me : Good night mom...
A car came near to the appartment in Chrompet.
11.30 PM
My mobile rings showing "Driver Calling"
Driver: Sir cab has come, we are late, two more picks on the way...
Me: Hey boss please wait for five minute let me finish my brushing...come inside and watch the TV
11.45 PM
Car starts journey to office in Alwarpet.Driver started his usual chats, background FM radio is in its full fledge.
I can see the empty,trafic less highways of the Chennai in the mid night.Chennai is onto deep sleep unless few outsourcing cabs are running up and downs.
12.00 AM
Reached Velachery ,
Driver : Please call that gal ..she is the next pick from this area..
Me: Yup
We picked her from Velachery and lost 15 minutes there waiting for her.Cab is going, we guys rarely speaks as we are onto different processes.
Just a wishing hai..thats it.
Meanwhile driver is getting calls from the Command centre in Office to track the cabs..this is a routine check up the office does every day.Then we had one more pick up from near to our office.
12.20 AM
Reached office.Now we begins our day...We can see many guys are leaving the office as their shift ends..everyone are rushing towards their cabs.
The funny thing is that around three thousand guys are working here in different processes in different shifts but rarely knows each other.
My search for my team starts here and locates the bay where they sits.I took my place.My testing for the headphone,Avaya phone starts.The fact is that each one will get a different place to sit each day in the office.Every team comprises of ten members with a Team lead.
12.30 AM
I completes my login process, ready to take the call.We have a lot of stuffs to do in the login process.Logging into different applications.Everything has to be set up before we take a call.
You will think what this Call refers to.Dont get confused this is not a Customer care or an Insurance outsourcing firm.But we call our self as Tech Support Engineers solving the American's technical issues in the netwrking field.This is purely a Technical Support Industry.Each and every call to our office is very important as that it counts and its our revenue.
We treat our Customers as god.Our managers tells us that we (Tech Support guys) are the bread winners for the company.Yes its the fact.
Technical support guys includes the candidates from BTech , MSc,Bsc,MBA,almost all graduate levels.
So what actually attracts them.The answer is very simple this job acts as a temporary resort for their race ahead for a good career and which provides the economical stability to stay in a metro.
Our shift starts from 12.30 AM to 9.30 AM in the morning. This is the hectic hell shift with huge call volume as its peak time of the Americans .
A call can lasts from five minutes to 1 n half hours depends on the issue.Every day we take around 30 calls.Our communications with the clients will be barged by our teamlead,quality wing etc.
So its for sure that we may get screwed up at any time if we are not in the track.If our client is happy he sends us the CSAT i.e. Customer Satisfaction Score which adds to our salary credit a few bucks.
Every one are watching their phone for the calls. If any call comes to any phone ,then we are sure we should get ready into the action and the call starts booming up.
Phone rings...
Me: Good morning Sir ,thank you for calling Technical support...how may help you today....sir...
(the usual geeting that we are taught by our trainer)
Client: I bought this product...i have this issue....bllah...blah...blah...
.........
Me : Thank you for calling....
If we attend a call we have to update the details onto many case trackers internally and externally.We have to do this in between the calls.
After a call if the client is very happy that his issue is resolved then he will say..."You guys are doing really a good work..working in the night...really appreciable and so and so.."
Every coin has two sides , so its vice versa he will shower us with all the English "fk...sk..words....".We are not supposed to say anything against,just put into mute.Thank god the Phone has alot of such facilities.
So the process continues till 9.30 , a long nine hours race in the night.But just one hour relaxation split into our own convenience.We likes these intervals,we put the phone on hold.
3.00 AM - 4.00 AM
We rushes to the lift and to the basement for a smoke.You know one thing a cigarette and a tea can keep you awake and active in the night.
Then we have alot of snacks waiting in the cafeteria like pizza,sandwitches,cakes etc with tea/coffee/rose milks and colas.But no one feel it nice to have these in this time shift.
If we really needs a break in between a call, we guys just do one thing, tell a phrase to the client "May i place you on hold for a moment so that i can research on this issue".
We put a call on hold music for them.Its just another tricky tip to get rid of a call.
8.00 AM
Me :Guys lets go and have the break fast...and have a cigarette.
Its our time to have the breakfast from the cafeteria.We may have idli/dosa/vada etc south indian vegetarian dishes.Oh god one more hour to pass.
Now we gets relaxed since we are reaching the end of our shift.
9.30 AM
We are about to leave the bay.Meets the team lead and gets his feedbacks for the day.Rushes to the basement.
Cab and driver will be waiting in the basement.
I usually sits in the front seat,pushes the seat backwards and gets ready for a short sleep before i reach my appartment through the high traffic.
The same FM starts playing in the background.Its 10.00 AM in the morning , Chennai is getting into busy and we are onto sleep.
10.30 AM
Mobile ringing , Mom calling....
Mom : Hi son how are you... , had your breakfast...
Me: yes mom had my dinner and its the time to sleep.
...
...
Me : Good night mom...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A Techie's life @ Calicut
Kozhikode (Calicut), a city in the Tier-2 list, catching the IT horizon. In old times, agriculture, fishing n industries stood as the major source of income for the city. Soon the industries shown a degrading phase n ends up. The trade at Calicut was once renowned to the world, but now its slowly gaining its popularity with the wake of IT.NASSCOM listed this City among the Tier 2 list, may be the next IT destination within ten years.
Here I introduce myself a usual crack gone behind the BTech stream like every youth who doesn't think different, just swimming along the stream. What i learned is different n what I’m working. Here I experimented a pure transition from the world of resistors/transistors/processors to the world of .NET in my home town Calicut.
I used to think what factors made me to adhere to Calicut. The reasons are very simple but conceptful,an endless list of arrears, losing the Tech interviews n like many. My race ahead for a job stopped me here in Calicut travelling across Chennai/Bangalore/Kochi.This was my first job(but second one in my profile).
In layman’s language IT ends in Wipro, Infy...n...Bangalore. They believe these are the last resorts of IT.They believe working in Metros settles down a person in life. They mix campus placements with Metros, Wipro/Infy.Even a small tea shop seller is familiar with the terms campus placements, IT, Metros etc.These guys screws up the confidence level of a great percent of the Unemployed BTech youth, like me once n not now at least employed.
So how can we think of working in Calicut in IT industry, when one comes from a locality of people who think like the laymans.Here we require strong confidence level to settle these mouths. We work with the latest technologies, going n participating through every step of Software life cycle processes including the hardware/software installations, working in teams. Here we are tied to every phase of life cycle. So what makes the difference between us n the guys working in Metros? They are involved in big processes/big teams/good packages and tied to any small phase of a big process. Their works go around those limits.
Metros guys spends their weekends in trekking..Hang outs with gals...Pubs...Multiplex...Forums,Garuda malls and many. Can anyone ever imagine how about the weekends of a Techie working in Calicut? Weekends goes with a Biriyani from Paragon...a couple of beers from KTDC...Hangouts in Focus mall...or beach. Films...Apsara...Kairali...Sree...a full day sleepy sunday.He can't ever imagine a hangouts with his gal, a couple of beers with her in Calicut, since the gals working here are 6.00 clock gals i.e. reaches before 6.00 PM in the house. ..Again a fully fledged start up week. But nowadays Calicut is showing the signs of a IT life, the booming malls are getting occupied...branded show rooms..Apartments etc.
The advantage of working here is lives within the family circle, relatives n at least this is our hometown, homely food. A great relaxation at home. Whenever I tell my friends workin in Metros that I’m here, they tell you are lucky, at least you reach ur home, homely food. For them home visit depends on the public holidays n family events.
Though the Work - life goes like this in Calicut, the dreams of Techies in Calicut are also big. We think broad from the narrow office both technically and personally.
When he started moulding his dreams...his careers...here comes a sudden "Recession" or "downtime"...This is life...a Techie..Life in Calicut........ups and downs comes unexpectedly……
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