Wednesday, May 25, 2005

The Great Adventure n some misadventure

I am having enough work to keep me occupied for 12 hrs a day 6 days a week thats TCS........... Anyways I get Sunday n I really enjoy it.....
Caution- It’s a long story so have patience……But a real adventurous story……….

This Sunday Sai, Nishad, Rajj n me met at Coffee Day at Ispahani Centre (Chennai) there we discussed abt The Alumni Meet.....n then went to see the Hotel Residency Towers n GRT Grand days..... Bla bla bla

After that we meet Al gates n wished him A Happy B'day.............

Later on we decided we all shd have a 'Boyz Party', well I donno what a 'Galz Party' is............. Anyone from Anu, Kuku, Gayu, Anto tell me as Astha Is not telling me................ (Remember the Party which these gals had on Kuku’s B’day). Thanks to Al gates we went to a decent place n then he left for Temple……

The Party Begins………. well Rajj became really high because of the "Ambience"….. There we had a discussion abt what we will give to our parents from our first salary… well all of us were planning to give something from our salary one year down the line except Nishad, as he is planning to give something from his Summers stipend……. that’s ITC……….. We also discussed that there r going to be only 24 gals in the 22nd Batch… N no one knows as to how many will turn up or already booked..…….. Anyways who is interested in Girls…

Then we decided to move to Satyams to see a movie, Night 10.15 show………… We were already having a cash crunch ‘cas of the Party….. so we decided to see the movie in the Rs. 10 seat we did a Head-Tail as to whether to see Hitch or Star Wars…. The coin decided Star Wars…. So we stood in the line for one n a half hrs, sweating n waiting for the counter to open….

In between Nishad n Sai went out n Rajj n me were only left in the queue… when the counter opened then we gotto know as to tickets will be given only to the one who is standing in the queue….. so we got 2 tickets……… No way on earth two of us were going to watch the movie leaving the other two,,,,,, So we all took out whatever we had from our purse n in all we had Rs 250… So we went n took the tickets for XXX 2 (Rs 50 each) the moment we took the tickets 4 guys came to us n said that they want to watch XXX 2 so give us the tickets n in return we will give u 4 Star wars (Rs70 each) ticket which we have got the balance amt u all pay us………….. But we had only 50 bugs with us so we Bargained n got the tickets exchanged by paying another 40 bugs that’s a profit of 40 bugs we got the tickets worth 280(70*4) for 240 bugs (50*4 + 40)…(Well that’s Bargaining).. They we went n sold the two Rs10 tickets for 30 bugs….. again a profit of 10 bugs……. Then finally we were into the theater Rajj n me had sweat like hell………… In fact we had a sweat bath in the process........
Once the movie started it was really fun…. Hey all fans of Star wars plz don’t get offended………. It’s all mokkai……We didnt understand anything wat was going on the screen.... but mokai was going to heights, as we started branding the tubelight fight(watever u call it... Saber)
4 of us were chatting like anything, ppl around started giving us a dirty stare.... had we went a little further... they would have chucked us out of the theatre..... thank got we reduced our mokai n volume....
We were wondering as to how these ppl were fighting with tube lights n all….. n the air traffic was really optimized….. as no traffic Jam, no red lights n no mid air collisions…. In fact at one point we felt we were obsessed by the 'red light' thing ………….so we stopped it….. Interval was really fun n I am looking forward for the movie ‘Aniyan’ as I was really impressed by its trailor,,,,..
hey RDX system is a gift to watch.... the colors on the screens r stunning n amazing... which cannot be expressed...one will have to experience it.... but the sound was a big let down... didnt meet up our expectations......

Well the ads in the Interval were really cool or shd I say Hot……. After the interval back to the movie same tubelight fight….. then when the movie was abt to end Nishad’s frd called him to ask when is he coming, the reply Nishad gave was really funny…. Well what to do man the movie is not getting over the moment it gets over I will come……….. Poor Guy watching the movie ‘cas of a coin (remember the Decision by toss)….. Finally the movie got over we all clapped but we were surprised when others were also clapping, we thought we were the only ‘Ignorant once’…………. Then I went to Sai house as I couldn’t go back to my place at 1 am…………. No bus no train and 30kms to travel ………….

Well in all this I would like to thank Rajj ‘cas without him our adventure wouldn’t have become a real adventure for his generous pocket n poor guy we made him poorer by a huge amount that day….

Anyways we had fun n Enjoyed a lot…I’m waiting for the Next Sunday

Thanks for reading my mokkai,,,,,,,

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Life @ TCS (Thatha Click-Click Services)

Well first of all caution this is a huge one so have patience…..well “Those who don’t have patience in life are patients of life.” (Sakka Mokkai)

Well for me life in Chennai has been pretty hectic……….. everyday I travel for three hours in the train n bus ……. 45-50 mins in Train n another 25-30 mins in the bus One way…. Well I have been getting up at 6.30 so as to reach office by 9.30 am. Well in BIM I have never got up so early not even during exams……… So I leave my home at 8 am n reach back at around 10 pm (hectic Schedule naa)

Well now coming to the life in TCS…. For the first 3 days we had an “Induction program”(IP). In that we were told about the project in which we have to work. All this was happening in the TCS “Sankalp” (Determination) Conference Hall…. Everyday we used to come at 9.30 am and from that time we used to have round table conference till 6 pm, in between few employees used to come n give us Gyan about how life is in TCS n what all the project was about…….. Infact all of us gave our introduction some infinite times……………… But in most cases people were surprised to know that we were doing MBA 'cas they used to think as to what all we will do in this project………………. Then in that conference hall we all used to have heated debates …….

On the first day of the IP we were generally wetty n talking to each other, but we were generally getting to know abt the project….. At the end of the first day we were told that u all wont be that wetty from tomorrow so we were given documents to read that’s how we became busy………. Then on the second and third day same thing was done………….. on all the three days we used to come at 9.30 then had one session till 11…. Later we used to go for coffee from 11 to 11.30 then come back n have discussions till lunch… Lunch was scheduled from 1 to 2.. Then another session then Tea from 4 to 4.30 pm…… Then another gyan session n finally leave the office by 6………….

Now once our training was over on Monday (25th April) we were put into various components. As for me I have to add a new functionality to the existing product….. Well we have been told to read the project documents which run in GBs…….. I have been reading quite a lot, I was feeling a bit restless just reading those documents but then I was told as to these people over here had to read those docs for 3-4 weeks n I am lucky as I have to read it for 1 week only …………. Well the lunch in TCS is pretty good……………

I am in TCS n the project is in the eClearSettle product of TCS… It’s a PRODUCT and a registered trademark…. It has 23 components………… Well eClearSettle offers a comprehensive suite of products for clearing and settlement of financial instruments … So we r getting to know quite a few things about Clearing n Settlement n Financial Market n bla bla bla……( If I start telling about all that n my mail will run into MBs…………. )

Well it’s a live project and we need to meet some very tight deadlines……… I have been working even on Saturdays,,,,,,,,,, Well life becomes hectic once u r out of college so when I go back after my summers I will enjoy my time in the college…… Those of u who r already working I need not say anything but those who r still studying guys enjoy ur time in college those days wont come back……………….

Carpe Diem