tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303429473377506262012-02-12T19:28:41.078+05:30Chapters of My LifeTonnes of crap that goes through my head, accumulated at one place.Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-73558703555239941402012-02-12T19:28:00.000+05:302012-02-12T19:28:41.088+05:30Things not done in the last 6 months.Its been close to 6 months I have been back to India, from Singapore. I found a new job in India, not once but twice (not boasting, but just telling the bad situation I was into.. I had to..) I haven't blogged much in the year 2010 nor 2011. But there are loads of things which I have done.
All I can say is I am fortunate, I am thankful to my parents and God.
I wanted to write a big Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-8295229888457636132012-01-19T20:24:00.001+05:302012-01-19T20:25:38.089+05:30Tata Docomo .. !! Not again !!On a mobile which my brother purchased, there was a free tata docomo number given, and I continued to use the number even when I came back from Singapore.
Once I was back in Bangalore, I gave the docomo number to my Singapore Bank, as my Internet Banking contact detail. So the confirmation message would come to this number.
It was one of the biggest blunder I have ever done. When I tried to Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-76004595147922218402012-01-19T20:17:00.000+05:302012-01-19T20:17:23.744+05:30First post in the new yearHappy new year 2012.
I haven't taken to writing posts over here for quite sometime now. Its just that, I am preoccupied with some or the other work over the last couple of months, including those days I had not opted for company transportation, I was busy travelling by BMTC bus. And laziness as usual made me take writing not so seriously.
Apart from this, I am writing whatever comes to my mind,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-25185824283155414382011-11-12T14:36:00.006+05:302011-12-09T20:18:05.841+05:30To FLIPKART or NOTToday is one such day where in, whatever book I went searching for in Jayanagar 4th block was missing. I went to Book Paradise 2 times and then to Sapna Book House 2 times.
At the end after roaming for 45 mins, between one and the other book store, I ended up sore loser, except that something interesting happened, the second time when I went to Sapna Book House.
Well, when my search for some Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-63509852882769317352011-11-12T14:27:00.000+05:302011-11-12T14:27:43.159+05:30New post using my brand new keyboardThis post is dedicated to my new Logitech Keyboard, praying for its longer durability. I do not want to get one in anytime soon. Also my intention of writing 100 posts for the year comes alive once again.
I know 100 is a difficult number considering we are in the middle of November, but will try to write something atleast in the meantime.
CheersSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-72837099173332498612011-11-09T21:04:00.002+05:302011-11-09T21:08:42.057+05:30Working in India versus Working in Singapore - Part 2 - Interaction with END USERSThis one is my favourite. I simply love LEANER AND FITTER team structures. So let me start with my abroad work experience.
While working in Singapore the team structure was very simple, I had a manager, who in turn had his manager and then there was the END USER or client who uses what we develop. I was lucky to be involved in meetings with end users several times [I learnt a lot out of it]. So Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-44557086360350177282011-11-06T22:01:00.003+05:302011-11-09T20:49:48.527+05:30Working in India versus Working in Singapore - Part 1 - Time utilizationDisclaimer - I have no rights to use the word 'WE'. If anyone of you feel offended, please let me know, I shall change it to singular form.
Cheers, this is my first post about my work experience in India versus abroad. Its about time utilization.
I will try to write a few lines about how I end up spending my time while working in India while how I spent it while working in Singapore.
Well, Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-6586302021014876012011-11-06T20:48:00.001+05:302011-11-06T20:53:05.577+05:30Working in India versus Working in Singapore - Introductory PartDisclaimer - All the content in this post are out my personal experience. I had the privilege of working in Singapore for a while, which I absolutely loved, hence I am trying to jot down my experiences about working in India and working in Singapore or abroad for that matter. Any resemblance to any characters or for that matter anything is merely coincidental. I am not trying to bring any sort Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-40333430147784005862011-11-01T21:57:00.000+05:302011-11-01T21:57:48.167+05:30Not writing much these days.. why?these days I am not writing much. The reasons are a plenty.
First excuse being, The PC where I hook up to the internet has its shift keys disfunctional. This means I cannot type in Capital letters. [ So where am I typing this from ?]. As a result, everytime I have to use my laptop. Considering the fact that I do not have a wireless router, you can imagine the pain of connecting the modem here Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-18956102967138633092011-11-01T21:51:00.000+05:302011-11-01T21:51:17.893+05:30Back from a 1050 kms long driveIt has been a good month and a half for me now. I am able to do few things which I have always loved to do. Travel is one of them. At workfront, I have been able to code some complicated or not so easy stuffs which have really won some favor for me, considering the fact that I work as a consultant at an organization and not as a full time employee.
Regarding my travel, I made a recent trip to Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-63020337054880679952011-10-09T19:32:00.001+05:302011-10-09T20:16:26.158+05:30Bloody AIRTEL and their bloody cheap GIMMICK...Disclaimer - Sometimes in life, when I get cheated, or ditched or left out, this is the place where I vent my frustration out.. Please bear with me..
Till this day I thought airtel was a good service provider. But they suck, suck big time. My mother uses an airtel prepaid connection. For the last 3 months AIRTEL has been deducting Rs 2 every day, without sending any notice or information for a Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-76711222835010114432011-10-05T23:56:00.000+05:302011-10-05T23:56:46.642+05:30What happens if you fight with your manager at work...Disclaimer - All the events mentioned in this post are related to my life. There is nothing fictious about the below occurings.
Well, sometimes in your life, you end up encountering the repercussions of the wrong doings of your past life. One such thing which I did wrong was having a altercation with manager at work. This was in the year 2006 and it was nothing serious. It was just disagreeing Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-83631015408798607132011-10-02T15:31:00.000+05:302011-10-02T15:31:02.928+05:30Gandhi Jayanthi todayToday is october 2nd, the birth day of the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. All through my school days, I kept on reading about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, in various subjects ranging from Social Science, to English, Kannada. I was always wondering, why do we have a chapter about Mahatma Gandhi, every year in one or the other subjects. Honestly speaking, I never got an answer for that Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-47760691050014559912011-10-01T19:23:00.000+05:302011-10-01T19:23:20.675+05:30Bigg boss new seasonIn the year 2009, I enjoyed watching Bigg boss, in the year 2010, I used to watch bigg boss on youtube for few days, after which just lost interest because of the loud shouting, foul mouthing etc etc. But the main reason being reports of the show being scripted etc etc.
Not sure how much holds good or is relevant, but never mind, this year there is one more edition of Bigg boss, with a whole newSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-18953061144935424262011-10-01T19:15:00.000+05:302011-10-01T19:15:02.168+05:30How a late 500K ( VOLVO ) resulted in me a new getting a VC++ bookIts embarrassing if I post how much time do I end up spending travelling in VOLVO bus all the way from ITPL to Banshankari, yesterday was no different, infact it was just horrible, torture sitting in a slow moving bus.
Its been almost 2 weeks that I started travelling from ITPL in a 500 series volvo bus. All these days, I had avoided boarding the 500K ITPL - Vijaynagar bus due to some strange Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-43653135454129978492011-10-01T18:53:00.001+05:302011-10-01T18:53:34.911+05:30Old monitor back from repairStarted today with a good note. Today was the day, I was about to bring my old monitor from the repair shop. The poor thing had ceased working almost 1.5 years ago. Since I was away from India, there was no chance that it would end up at the repair shop.
Now that I discovered a service shop near my house, I gave it to repair last week, and after Rs 650 worth of repair, I was looking for restart Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-64206839798995147652011-09-02T18:04:00.002+05:302011-09-02T18:20:29.516+05:30To be posted sooon...I have few topics about which I am gonna write soon.
So here 's setting a reminder for the same.
--- games what managers' play
--- an article in a popular newspaper about something which I have an opinion about.
--- how I fell in love with TINTIN all over again, while I was in Singapore.
cheers,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-66327496066654734832011-08-19T18:42:00.000+05:302011-08-19T18:42:30.979+05:30Why is it so???I still am not able to come to terms with my rejections happening in the last few interviews. I am getting rejected because of so many reasons. I need to up my basics, technical skills, etc etc in the coming year, else I will end up doing people management only. [Need to write a broad post outlining the reasons for my rejections in the interviews which I am still not sure.]
Recently I came to Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-57989387715046984262011-08-16T19:29:00.000+05:302011-08-16T19:29:07.904+05:30Back in India.. lots of things to writeIts almost a month since I came back to bangalore. I have loads of things to write, but till now held it back, because I wanted to start writing with my visit to Goddess Mahalaxmi temple at Goravanahalli. Unfortunately I havent been able to visit this temple during the last one month.
And I believe its the same reason why I have not landed up with a good offer. I have loads of things to write Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-68557752005352889512011-07-06T21:18:00.013+05:302011-07-06T22:43:41.872+05:30Change is easy.. Yes.. All you need is a few interesting encounters !Disclaimer - All the content in this post are based out of my personal experiences. If I have quoted something wrong in my post, please let me know, I am very much ready to correct them or remove this post.
As I write this post, I am listening to the song "River of dreams" by Billy Joel. The topic I am trying to write about is called as " Change is easy .. how gadgets are a reflection of your Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-19630421232715272422011-07-06T18:50:00.002+05:302011-07-06T18:53:45.621+05:30Biggest sin of my lifeSo, I have mustered all my courage to write about the biggest sin I have committed in my life till date. Thanks to dumb little man and the concept of minimalism, I am a changed man. I have become more bolder. Previously if I was very scared to write about topics involving things related to my workplace and fairly distanced myself from all such stuffs.
But not any more, I do not need to worry Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-51355201081350439032011-06-25T08:11:00.000+05:302011-06-25T08:11:09.164+05:30Back againI guess I have taken too much break from blogging in the last one year. I have had lots of interesting events in the past one year. But I tend to get so much worked out at the end of the day that, I generally feel too lazy to post something over here.
But that is not the case today. Being a saturday, I am in a cheerful mood today. loads of things to be done for the day. Past couple of weeks, I Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-91202131598224952382011-05-14T20:16:00.001+05:302011-05-14T20:17:12.576+05:30Time to write somethingAfter a quite some time, I am back to writing. Its been a while. But yes, I am doing good. Time is ticking.
Another 15 more days and then I shall _________[CENSORED]_____________
The whole thing is scaring me off. But never mind, I wont look back this time.
As I write this post, I would like to mention that, it has been a great month for me. My parent came to Singapore, I could see few places Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-91479041417313483122011-04-21T21:25:00.000+05:302011-04-21T21:25:44.041+05:30Blog address back to original oneAfter holidaying close to two weeks, I have decided to change my blog address to the original one. So here it goes.
It has been a great last 2 weeks for me. especially considering the travel I have undertaken, roaming around in a foreign country with little or no help. I had been firstly to Langkawi and then to KL. Frankly speaking I am in no mood to write a travelogue of my travel. But yes justSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-86031963208779892302011-04-07T19:53:00.000+05:302011-04-07T19:53:42.872+05:30Changing my blog addressWell, I have to forcibly change my blog address for sometime. I have applied for two weeks leave at office. Since I open my blog from my workplace sometimes, the address has got stored in the browser history.
So today thought of deleting the details from IE at office, but unfortunately the clear history button is disabled.
Since I will be surrendering my password as well, I can expect someone Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-42696782254817436342011-04-02T11:01:00.000+05:302011-04-02T11:01:04.200+05:30Setting up a feed readerIts been a couple plus years, I have found reading blogs very interesting. On a boring day at work, I get pepped up by reading few blogs. In the year 2009, I had a healthy collection of blogs (mostly technical related). But the organization I was working at that moment in time, put a full stop to usage of freewares and that is how I stopped using one of the super cool utilities I have ever Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-73971979086938468572011-03-20T13:44:00.001+05:302011-03-20T13:50:00.757+05:30How do I give a title to this post...... Different encountersWhile cruising through life, you meet up strangers, some of them you get to know better, some of them you tend to keep in contact, some of them become your close friends, some of them whom you end up respecting a lot, etc etc.
This post is dedicated to one such different encounter. This event dates back to somewhere in the early months of 2010, may be April or May 2010.
While working in this Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-17553426206464033032011-03-17T19:15:00.000+05:302011-03-17T19:15:47.774+05:30Looking forward to June 2011, new additionsIn one of my previous blog entries, I had written about why I was looking to June 2011.
I also have a few crazy ideas on how to spend my time especially weekends in Bangalore. But as the day is getting nearer and nearer, its not that, the crazy ideas which I have are losing steam, but I am getting to know more and more things, which would make me happy or which I absolutely love to do.
As of Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-31780296571326799972011-03-15T20:44:00.000+05:302011-03-15T20:44:07.813+05:30One such week dayToday has been one such day, nothing much special, but just wanted to write about an incident which happened today.
I have been working in the IT industry for close to 6 years and all these years I have seen lots of code. Coding, debugging is nothing new to me. Today, something different happened.
I was interacting with this so called person at office, suddenly I was on the look out for a pieceSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-66584952253167059292011-03-06T10:58:00.000+05:302011-03-06T10:58:16.195+05:30Places to visit in 2011The more I think of coming back to India, the more I get excited. Tons of things run through my mind, and I end up thinking on for hours and hours as to WHAT ALL to do when I come back to India. Though I have listed few things which I would love to do when I come back to India, in my previous posts, I would specifically like to have a list of all the places to visit once I am in India. So here itSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-83478642324923684032011-02-26T23:58:00.000+05:302011-02-26T23:58:49.432+05:30Change in attitude....Part 2The change in attitude seems to be working.... Yes, today, I started reading from home and I was feeling sleepy at home, so guess what I did. I ended up at office on Saturday, read about whole lot of things, wrote some good code. While coming back from office, went to the library and got a book to read. Ahhh.. Not sure if I would have done the same, if I had not figured all about this so called Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-3553034324101066532011-02-26T08:08:00.001+05:302011-02-26T08:19:07.190+05:30Change in attitude....Not sure why I am writing this post.. By the way, I have no idea why do I write every time. Just to quench that inner thirst I write. Moreover some days end up being so so memorable, either because of some happenings or some thoughts which run through my mind, that I feel desperately to make an attempt to write about them in this blog.
Today is one such day. Some things are really really Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-24831900487070372342011-02-20T20:43:00.001+05:302011-02-20T20:48:08.775+05:30MemoriesHere I have another article on Memories.....
Recently one of my cousin had shared a link on his facebook account. It was none other than 90's song.
The song was "Kal college bandh ho jayega main ... " from the movie Jaan Tere Naam. This song really brought back loads of memories.. Incidentally, I happened to press the like button on my cousin's facebook entry and also commented saying brought Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-82569350127497993392011-02-20T20:01:00.001+05:302011-02-20T20:01:55.376+05:30Some inspirational stuffsFor days I have not opened my google reader. Infact when I joined my new workplace in June 2010, I asked my manager, can I use google reader at workplace. He immediately said "no". Then I asked, can I write one, so that I can subscribe to the feeds and moreover its my own written application, for which he said "no".
So I was left with no option but to save the blog url's as my favorites in the Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-46897352112606742402011-02-17T20:08:00.000+05:302011-02-17T20:08:34.922+05:30Party timeWent to a party after office. There was lots of good food and drinks, infact no music nor dancing. Had loads of good food. With a full tummy drinking Vitagen (probiotic drink) I am writing this post.
It was appraisal time at our office during January, and few people got promoted. So they combined together and hosted a party.
Ate 3-5 pieces of roti / Naan or whatever, paneer, daal, halwa, kheer,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-18536547921341179952011-02-16T21:00:00.008+05:302011-03-17T19:19:35.805+05:30Looking forward to June 2011, Part 2 of the seriesThe previous post described few things...
1. my future plans once my contract gets over in June 2011.
2. things running in my mind.
I did not write about my interests which I would love to pursue once I am back in Bangalore. Yes, I have reserved it for a separate post. There are loads of things which I would love to do once I am back in Bangalore.
I would like to write all of them as I do notSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-81781402487689491012011-02-16T20:20:00.000+05:302011-02-16T20:20:07.840+05:30Straight from my heart - Part 1This 2 series posts are very special to me. These are very close to my heart. I have spent day and nights thinking and thinking, and finally I have arrived at a decision.
I only hope this blog of mine and especially this post of mine never gets noticed at my workplace. I need to make sure, that I do not access my blog from office and clear the history from my browser.
Never mind, it should not Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-36047183681449390362011-02-12T20:17:00.000+05:302011-02-12T20:17:50.746+05:30Less blogging these days...2 months into 2011, I have written only around 6 blog posts. There is nothing to hide, my writing has come down. Though some days I feel like writing I do not end up posting it over here.
I hope by June / July 2011, I shall be back with my original form and at the end of the year 2011, I can boast of an equal number of posts as 2010.
Cheers,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-46463697522498213432011-02-12T16:13:00.000+05:302011-02-12T16:13:30.198+05:30One such weekendLast week, I had been to Universal Studios Sentosa. Sentosa is a small island resort in Singapore. It has lots of attractions. This is my second visit to Sentosa. The first time I had been with my friend, visited Fort Siloso, Merilion, History of Singapore and saw a 4d movie spanning 20mins.
This time I had primarily thought of visiting Universal Studios. Universal Studio is a theme park Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-90465784645303179552011-02-03T09:19:00.000+05:302011-02-03T09:19:52.518+05:30I read a lot of blogsYes its true. Though after I moved to Singapore, my writing has taken a big hit (though I have loads to share about what I do over here just to pass time). I do not write much because most of the time, I end up coming home tired from work, check mails a bit of facebook, listen to some songs online, and re-watch another episode of TinTin and thats it.
In such situations I miss a handy smart phoneSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-61659361508413101922011-02-02T23:32:00.000+05:302011-02-02T23:32:54.443+05:30Todays updates...Out of nowhere I am writing this post. I just feel like writing. Its 1 am in the morning. I am supposed to sleep, but since tomorrow is a holiday (as well as the day after... its Chinese new year guys on 3Feb and 4 Feb 2011). So I am taking it easy.
Planning to wake up late but yet go to office. So its been a kind a good day. I was assuming to stay at home tomorrow and sleep the whole day. But Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-11101930819975012232011-01-23T12:56:00.002+05:302011-01-23T19:27:05.438+05:30Nothing much to blog about....My writing in the last few months has taken a big hit.. Yes.. I am in no mood to write.. Just feel as though I want to come back to Bangalore ..and be myself..
These days working hard.. really really hard.. I shall remember my Singapore days once I go back to Bangalore.
Had been to office yesterday.. Working closely with testing team.. not able to close issues.. not getting sign off from them..Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-82583058945728553582011-01-14T18:57:00.000+05:302011-01-14T18:57:22.853+05:30Memories...Recently I got a marriage invitation. It was one of my class mates. I haven't spoke to him in the last 5 years. But I do keep getting few mails from him once in a while. So got this mail about marriage invite.
Why am I writing this post, is because of location where he was getting married. He in fact was getting married in a wedding hall located in Malleshwaram.
I do not know, but somehow time Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-23898629713594677582011-01-01T19:56:00.001+05:302011-01-01T19:57:48.849+05:30Retrospect.. a sneak peek into my 2010Not sure why I am writing this.. but yes.. I have to write about what I have done in the current year, what am I going to do in the coming year.
2010 as year has been quite good to me. But as I write this post, I am a bit upset, bit depressed. Let me come to the point as to why am I upset later.
But 2010 started in a good way for me. I found an offer from a new software company in Bangalore Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-25955921666965615582010-12-26T21:43:00.000+05:302010-12-26T21:43:31.588+05:30Time to partyIts almost 4 weeks, since the last time I had visited the disco. In these 4 weeks, I really had out done myself with the work, felt too much stress. So had to find a way out to destress. As I wrote in my previous post, a leave on a working day was denied to me, so had to do something on this weekend.
Friday night was one such occasion, where I stayed late, was roaming around little India, sat @ Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-74302854071908458112010-12-24T17:21:00.002+05:302010-12-24T17:31:01.214+05:30Leave or no leave..After days and days of working, I finally did some release to the QA, hoping I would get a day off after the release. I was overjoyed thinking of a one day leave during the week.
I thought everyone would agree that I had worked quite hard since last few weeks including Saturday and Sunday too and give me a day off.
So went and told my manager that I wanted to take a leave on December 24 2010. Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-36094471112661497492010-12-22T19:35:00.002+05:302010-12-22T19:48:45.512+05:30Some relief finallyAfter days and days of coding, finally did a kind of release to the QA team. There are lots of missing functionality in the code and lots of things are buggy, but still at the end of the day, my back feels a bit lighter.
Now I can look at some other stuffs. Moreover I can enjoy on this weekend. No need to think about work. But still two more days to go before the weekend comes up.
I still feel Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-23090892775599868792010-12-19T18:45:00.000+05:302010-12-19T18:45:25.090+05:30Listening to music...This week, I took some time out, to catch up with some of my old favorite songs.
Though these days, I am not actively listening to any english music, I adore the songs of yesteryears.
I love many bands. One such band is The Beatles. I knew nothing about the Beatles till 1993. On one fine day, my father took me to Brigade road, to get the Beatles tapes. I still remember that day. Coming home I Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-27991092881707614452010-12-13T18:37:00.001+05:302010-12-13T18:53:38.662+05:30One such strange day...Today was one such strange day where in I had taken leave from work,. but still ended up at workplace.
Yes, Monday blues had caught up with me. I had headache and was in no mood to go to the office. So woke up an hour late and called my manager saying that I wont be coming to work. Then again I dozed off.
But I was up in an hour's time. This time I was wondering what would I do sitting at home.Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-20059283739237331092010-12-11T19:11:00.001+05:302010-12-11T19:49:45.776+05:30Spoke to a friend after a long timeTo my surprise, I got a response from a friend, whom I was trying to contact since many days. Over the last 5 years, I have met many wonderful people at work. So this person incidentally happened to be one of my friends from my first work place.
Yes, its been almost 3 years, since I had last spoken to him, though we did kept in touch with mail.
So feeling kind a good speaking to someone after aSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-16234479455199917012010-12-11T14:43:00.000+05:302010-12-11T14:43:44.097+05:30Some inspiration from Pravs world10 steps to Success.. not sure how many do I follow religiously.. but surely worth a mention..
1. Self-Belief:
Success is begins in the mind. One has to be a believer, first, if one wishes to be an achiever. Never under-estimate yourself. You have no idea how often can you surprise yourself. So to begin with, let's get in the belief, "I Can."
2. Clarity of Vision:
There is no point running Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-9465312620900332232010-12-09T20:22:00.000+05:302010-12-09T20:22:25.410+05:30Changing blog template...Well, not sure its a ritual or what. I end up changing my blog template once in a year, or may be in the beginning of the year.
But this time I am doing it before the new year itself. Not sure why.
Also I have loads to write about my experiences in Singapore.
How it all started and how it all is shaping. But frankly speaking, I am not good at writing stuffs, as and when it happens. I love to Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-58326285805041437222010-12-01T20:05:00.000+05:302010-12-09T20:06:26.435+05:30Watched all episodes of TintinWell, well well, I finished with all the episodes of Tintin. Yup thoroughly enjoyed all the episodes. My favorites include TinTin and the Picarros, flight 714, 7 crystal balls and prisoner of sun.
But all in all relived many many childhood memories.
Cheers,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-26808658042963743822010-11-20T20:25:00.000+05:302010-11-20T20:25:11.778+05:30Tintin...Yes, I got hold of all the episodes. Feels good to relive those childhood days, which I spent reading Tintin comics..
Cheers
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-66229712791004653862010-11-20T20:21:00.000+05:302010-11-20T20:21:17.792+05:30Feeling better :)-So many days, I have not blogged.. I feel I forgotten about many topics which I wanted to write. Never mind. But I am back at it again. I am happy for that.
So for the last couple of months was busy swimming, swimming, in fact so much focused on the swimming side that I totally forgot to catch up with a friend over here.
By doing this I was feeling a lot lonely. Even at work, you catch up with Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-42107162464979410722010-11-13T12:39:00.000+05:302010-11-13T12:39:12.259+05:30Cousin's marriageI have been out of India for over 5 months now. One of my cousin is getting married in Pune on 14 Nov 2010. But sadly I am not able to attend the wedding. I have been to Dharwad and Hyderabad for my cousins' wedding, but did not want to miss this one too.
Yes, sometimes to win something you have to loose something.
Cheers,
PS: I better learn free style swimming perfectly, I have already let Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-85250328971748266102010-11-13T12:22:00.001+05:302010-11-13T12:23:55.876+05:30Lessons to learnIts been a quiet 2 months. I have not written much. I have stopped reading books since 3 weeks. The only two things which I am focusing right now is work and trying to learn swimming.
Its been almost above 5 weeks. That I started to swim. But the sad part is I have not been able to do free style swimming properly. There is no such thing called perfection when it comes to me swimming. I think Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-90035028465394978462010-10-31T14:34:00.000+05:302010-10-31T14:34:17.023+05:30If I could write moreTime and again, I tend to take so much breaks.. Am i busy.. or am I stressed or am I out of topics.. I am really not sure. But swimming on a daily basis surely keeps me occupied. Not that I have learnt free style swimming, but for sure I am trying.
I once thought of writing about the memories which I have about my engineering days. But yet again, ran short of time, words etc etc and its still Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-26606706477741642162010-10-10T19:36:00.000+05:302010-10-10T19:36:17.780+05:30Back to blogging...Not sure how many times, I have written such a kind of post. But yep, yet again, after 20 days of break, I am back, writing an entry.
Had been to Johor Bahru, Malaysia today. Was kind of good day.
Will post something in a day or two. May be some pics of Johor Bahru and Sentosa as well..
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-43431551106590574332010-09-19T17:36:00.002+05:302010-09-19T17:38:18.330+05:30Finally able to prepare Rajma dal in a proper wayI started cooking on my own, only after coming over here. Before this, never had even thought of making something on my own. Because, my mother always fed me with good food. Now that the need for me to cook had arised, I too joined the bandwagon.
In the last 3 months, I have learnt to cook rice, chapathi, dal. I cook semiya too, but in a different way. I assume not many people would agree with Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-41577210813562509392010-09-14T19:59:00.001+05:302010-09-14T20:00:24.045+05:30Time to post somethingThese days, I am getting lazy. I end up posting nothing for days together. So a few days back, I joined a nearby swimming center, not that I know how to swim, but to learn infact. So after two weeks, I can say that, I am satisfied with my progress.
Apart from that made new friends at the swimming pool, One person turned out from the same organization where I work, he sits in the same building asSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-82846155450824938942010-09-05T17:45:00.000+05:302010-09-05T17:45:15.278+05:30Its been a while :)Its almost 2 weeks since I have posted. Not that I am too busy to post, but a pinch of laziness here and there. So finally after 26 years, I started with swimming classes. Its almost 12 years since I last entered the pool. So this time, spent around 3 hours at the swimming complex which is at 5 mins walk from my place.
Had the first day's session, and tried practicing whatever the trainer had Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-60944707126335019072010-08-22T20:19:00.001+05:302010-08-22T20:21:59.632+05:30Nice way to end a weekend :)First let me write about my previous post. About me missing Bangalore, India. Yes it happens. Sometimes my mind starts to ponder over a lot of things. Ok. Now let me now tell you how it all started.
Firstly I read a lot of blogs. Here and there, I remember quite a few blog url's, ( apart from the one's I have fed into my reader. I do not use at office because it reduces productivity ). So this Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-40115118806835688122010-08-20T18:18:00.000+05:302010-08-20T18:18:25.659+05:30I miss something :)After coming over here, I have never let my mind ponder over few things. But today, I do not know why, I am kind of missing Bangalore, my parents, relatives, friends, I am missing my car, the highway runs I had in the last few months.
It was fun. I even miss out the outings or trips which I used to go out with my cousins atleast once in 6 months. Today, I was feeling as though I was missing outSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-51064152862576812702010-08-18T17:37:00.000+05:302010-08-18T17:37:26.765+05:30A thing which I haven't done for many days now :)I was pondering over few things, which I was really missing over here. Also I found out something, which I have not done, in the past couple of months. I have not had a hearty laugh. Whilst I was in my previous company, I had few friends, with whom I had got accustomed in a few months time. It is with these people I used to have a hearty laugh, looking at people doing crazy things, my friends Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-21128076922598170372010-08-15T20:15:00.000+05:302010-08-15T20:15:19.484+05:30Pet Shop Boys - Home And Dry. Here goes another gem from the PET SHOP BOYS.. This was early 2002 I guess. The first time, I heard it was on Radio City 91FM.. (now its 91.1 :P).Gem of a song.. Cheers,SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-90907888439207861002010-08-15T20:01:00.000+05:302010-08-15T20:01:40.923+05:30Pet Shop Boys - Can you forgive her? One of my favorite songs of the 1990's. How can I ever forget The Pet Shop Boys. Just found a high quality video on youtube. So here it goes into my blog. Just love the song.Still remember the days, when I used to watch the video of this,, Go West and Liberation on MTV.Good old childhood days. Reminds me of loads of things. Cheers,SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-39599439105636986732010-08-15T01:26:00.001+05:302010-08-15T01:26:25.606+05:30100 for the year 2010Its 4 am in the morning, as I write this post.
I am so happy, its 100th one for the year, in the 8th month.
So quuiiick..
Here s shouting out loud , Happy Independence Day People !!!!
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-72785992001259992802010-08-15T01:23:00.000+05:302010-08-15T01:23:00.674+05:30Hyderabad Memoirs Part 2I had been to Hyderabad, to attend my cousin's marriage. So we went by train. It was an amazing ride. No second thoughts on that. We arrived at the Kachigudda station early morning. Bride's relatives had come to the station to collect us.
I was carrying my Tourister travel bag, which was rather huge and heavy. It had clothes of me and my father and let me tell you, it contained nothing that Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-48766548470437583002010-08-14T21:12:00.002+05:302010-08-14T21:28:05.302+05:30Hyderabad Memoirs Part 1Time and again, I tend to recollect few instances which are close to my heart. One such incident is my cousin's marriage at Hyderabad during the month of November, the year being 2009.
This whole 3-4 days I spent at Hyderabad, was the best. I am not sure why I fell in love with Hyderabad instantaneously. May be because of the following few things.
> Salar Jung museum
Amazing Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-91903260207521754052010-08-14T20:50:00.002+05:302010-08-14T20:59:34.469+05:30Voila, what a co-incidence :)-Disclaimer: This post is based on a real life incident, which I have been a part of. Its been kept as abstract as possible. None of the content in this post can be assumed as fictious.
Let me write few lines, before I actually go into the co-incidence part of the post. My finger tips are itching very badly, to type something continously. :)- By the way, I am not kidding...
There have been Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-42752567281097271652010-08-14T19:44:00.000+05:302010-08-14T19:44:37.830+05:30Trying to complete 100 posts today itself..Well, I am trying to complete 100 posts by today itself, Let me see if I can do it.. Here goes the 96th one..
Happy Independence Day people :)-
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-33342643280821834902010-08-14T19:34:00.001+05:302010-08-14T19:36:27.857+05:30Was watching a movie, reminded me of my engineering days.Late in the evening, I was planning to watch a movie, the movie being Lakshya. I was very happy that the movie was available on youtube, the only drawback being it was put up in n number of parts. I thought never mind, let me atleast watch the same.
As I finished two parts, and moved to the third one, I got a message saying, this video cannot be viewed in the country of your residence. So I Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-13157049997649425702010-08-13T17:01:00.001+05:302010-08-13T21:09:49.188+05:30Kind a happy today :)-Yes, today I am happy, I got an account on Safaribooksonline.com. So now, I can read loads of books. Any book which is not available in the library, I shall search it over here and vice versa.
I have a new book to start for this weekend, apart from the one by Stephen King which I am reading.
Let me see, how much I can read over the weekend.
Cheers,
Sandeep
PS::: Donated 10$ towards Pakistan Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-82128363461597691402010-08-12T19:30:00.001+05:302010-08-12T19:31:43.729+05:30A cartoon character which I liked :)-I grew up watching cartoons, even to this day, I love watching cartoons. There are some cartoons which I really like and admire.
They are.
1. Looney toons show (fav being Bugs Bunny,)
2. Richie Rich,
3. TinTin.
4. Thomas And Friends.
5. Popeye the sailor
But my favorite cartoon character of all is none other than " ONION ".
Onion is one of the villain's assistant in the Richie Rich cartoon Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-8354321993982986992010-08-09T20:58:00.001+05:302010-08-09T20:59:28.097+05:30Looong weekend comes to an end :)-Its has been a gorgeous weekend. One pleasant one, of course. I had been to the Night Safari on Saturday and today, it was Singapore National Day celebrations. Had been to City Hall, for the parade and stuffs and ended up watching the fireworks and after that, headed to an Andhra restaurant, @ Little India, had nice Andhra food.
I shall add a few photos later. :)
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-28985102822695062872010-08-06T22:01:00.003+05:302010-08-06T22:10:29.881+05:30My admission into engineering college.After writing few posts about my childhood memories, I would like to also, write about my engineering days. Some glorious moments I have spent with Kranti, Nitin in the areas like Uttarahalli, RRNagar, Kengeri Satellite Town and surrounding places and not to forget SJBIT.
2001, was the year I got myself admitted into an engineering college. It was none other than SJBIT, close to my house, just Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-75182945791479893562010-08-06T21:44:00.000+05:302010-08-06T21:44:01.800+05:302010 Mid year...2010 started out well, pretty well. Starting with a new job, I began to travel a lot more. At office met few old friends and also made few new friends. By the end of sixth month, I joined a new organization.
Exactly two months into the new organization, I am writing this post. Its been a good year on the personal side. I feel I have grown up a bit. Staying away from parents for the first time.
Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-35074283778022841322010-08-06T21:24:00.001+05:302010-08-06T21:25:42.711+05:30Huge weekend :)Its one huge weekend coming up. Yes, its a 3 day weekend. 9 August, is National day. So Monday is off. Its been a long long time, since I have had a extended weekend. So after none of my plans have materialized I am writing this post, throwing up my hands in despair, that I could not pounce upon this 3 day leave.
I had a few plans but nothing has really worked out as of today, as I write this Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-39732001281858912622010-08-06T20:52:00.001+05:302010-08-06T20:53:20.849+05:30Work while you work, play while you play....After working for 5 years in the IT industry, I have learnt few valuable lessons. Two of them I want to share over here and how they play a prominent role in our day to day worklife.
1. Work while you work, play while you play,
2. A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
You might be wondering, what the fuck I am talking about. It might make no sense to you initially, but as I elaborate Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-24405198603598874882010-08-04T21:18:00.001+05:302010-08-04T21:18:46.533+05:30Home food after 2 months..After two months of eating here and there, I have been treated to some home food today courtesy Kapil and family. Yep, one more golden moment, found time to blog it over here..
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-20023220778080669382010-08-03T18:44:00.002+05:302010-08-03T18:55:00.769+05:30Itching to buy a smart phone :)Well, I have lately been impressed by the new gadgets available over here. Everybody over here has an IPhone.. Loads of other smart phones are also available in the market.
I still have a Nokia 1100 phone, am not sure, whether its embarassing or not. But most of the time, I do not get any calls over here.
Well, to get a Iphone or any other costly phone over here, I either have to buy it out Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-16372631664121350352010-08-02T20:07:00.000+05:302010-08-02T20:07:10.966+05:30Wish I had :)Well, had a little spare time over the weekend. Spoke to a lot of people, infact on Saturday slept at 4am in the morning. Heavy rainfall, had me awake by 6am, but managed to catch some sleep till 9 am.
Watched a couple of movies. Infact I read through the blog a person, after which I ended like kicking myself. That blogger had started blogging since the year 2004. He had loads of entries, of Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-45018592786141161462010-07-31T13:27:00.002+05:302010-07-31T13:30:53.480+05:30My travel dreamsWell I have loads of dreams with respect to travelling. Infact, if you are thinking, that I am talking about travelling abroad. Nopes, I am talking about, my travel in and around Karnataka.
There are loads of places which I love to visit along with my cousins.
> Yana, Sirsi Marikamba temple, Murudeshwar, Karwar
> Ooty, Kodaikanal, Yercaud,
> Chickmaglur, Kemmangundi, Kudremukh.
> Baba Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-83459169893146228262010-07-31T13:20:00.000+05:302010-07-31T13:20:16.862+05:30Past two weekendsLast two weekends have been kind of lazy. Last sunday went to Khansama for dinner with Kapil and family and Shreyas. Infact it was a treat from my side for my salary.
The day before, had been to a temple in Little India. It was Gurupurnima on Sunday and hence been to the temple to pray.
The week prior to this it was Shreays' treat. Had been to Malgudi, a restaurant, just opposite to Mustafa. Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-84938633698987039422010-07-31T13:10:00.000+05:302010-07-31T13:10:18.735+05:30Books I am readingCurrently I am reading Night Shift from Stephen King. Finished reading From a Buick 8 from the same author. Will start with the Cell by Stephen King shortly. :)
Cheers,
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-64558544218336859222010-07-31T13:06:00.003+05:302010-07-31T13:08:55.954+05:30Friends Circulating LibraryOf all the things I liked in Subramanyanagar, the best was Venkateshwara Bakery and the next best thing was infact, the store next to it. It was none other than Friends Cirulating Library. I never was a big time reader, until this happened. Infact my mother enrolled my brother as a member of the library. I think the year was 1993-94.
So from that year, I started reading comics, Chacha Choudhry,Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-55563886782544689642010-07-28T19:18:00.001+05:302010-07-28T19:19:18.630+05:30As a child, I was afraid of my teachers :)-I just recollected about this, a day after Gurupurnima. As a kid, I was afraid of my teachers. There is nothing wrong in admitting. I was extremely afraid.
Taking beatings with a wooden scale, teachers, squeezing our ears, even using bamboo stick, seemed to be very embarassing and even more in front of entire class.
Once, I had forgotten to bring a notebook to the class. We had the concept ofSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-23033714837550814102010-07-25T12:27:00.002+05:302010-07-28T17:14:36.982+05:30Walking on the railway tracks in the hot sun :)Some of the most memorable childhood memories, I have, is, about growing up, in the area called Malleshwaram. It was an awesome area. Loads of good people, loads of places to hang out, lots of options.
As a kid, we used to have summer holidays, infact, we had 2-3 months of holidays in a continous stretch. It was awesome. There we so many things which we got to do, during such holidays. One such Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-25136992622845307552010-07-24T10:30:00.000+05:302010-07-24T10:30:54.995+05:30On the eve of Guru PurnimaTomorrow is Guru Purnima. Yes, I am not sure, whether I blogged about it, last year, same time. But this time, I surely want to write something.
One the eve of Guru Purnima I would like to thank all my teachers, who have put me on the right track.
Whatever I am today, its because of all the teachers, who have taught me, who have scolded me, thrashed me, for my wrong doing, who have inspired meSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-73482854048359682802010-07-17T14:17:00.000+05:302010-07-17T14:17:15.122+05:30First trip to Chickmaglur in 1996My first trip to Chikmaglur was way back in 1996. I have been to many places before 1996, Hubli, Dharwad as usual, Mumbai, Goa, and some places back in and around Bangalore.
But I cannot recollect any instances of going to Chickmaglur before 1996. But this first trip to Chickmaglur was a memorable one. As memorable as it can get. I dont know how to put it, but it was magical.
I remember Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-44218407617930214502010-07-17T12:12:00.001+05:302010-07-17T12:13:40.931+05:30StationeriesDISCLAIMER - These are my childhood memories, some of the things which I liked, adored and some of the things which I did as a child. I know, when I recall those days, I feel, its absolutely ridiculous and even I feel absolutely embarassed as I am posting some of the thoughts over here. Yet I have made some courage to write over here, just to keep myself entertained, at same time, holding back Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-59962302934461915462010-07-16T22:27:00.002+05:302010-07-16T22:38:54.411+05:30A post out of nowhere...Its been almost a month since I have been here. Its a different experience all together. So thought of writing my thoughts on how do I feel about the roads over here, driving experience etc etc.
I know its a bit weird kind of topic. But still, after having driven an Indica around for 4k kms in Bangalore, and seeing variety of cars over here, I could manage an opinion of my own.
Disclaimer - Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-10815094626084737232010-07-14T20:12:00.002+05:302010-07-14T20:22:43.587+05:30First visit to Hubli, DharwadMy first visit to Hubli, Dharwad was in the year 1992. I was there to attend the marriage of a close relative of mine.
Its almost 18 years back, but still I can recollect many instances of the trip. I had been there with my cousin's family.
Hubli and Dharwad was awesome during the early 90's. Now also its awesome, but the traffic thing just got the better of it.
I fell in love with Hubli, Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-46503682479922009442010-07-14T19:36:00.001+05:302010-07-14T19:38:16.432+05:30Why do I love a weekday holiday ??I love the idea of having a holiday during the 5 working days of the week. Its something which makes me go GA GA, or you can say I feel like I am on moon, whenever there is a holiday on a weekday.
But what is the reason behind it, since when did I start loving them?
Frankly speaking, it was since I started working, I fell in love with this idea. But I can recollect it was during my childhood Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-77267995613448920642010-07-14T19:08:00.000+05:302010-07-14T19:08:26.120+05:30Few posts which I have in my mindCouple of weeks back, suddenly a thought came to my mind. How would it be, if I write about interesting days of my childhood and teenage days. Though most of them were as memorable as it can get, but I can recollect few of them very well. So here I am finally deciding to write about them.
Btw, all of a sudden how did I get an idea to write about this?
Two weeks back over the weekend, I saw fewSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-31379906622199597462010-07-14T18:42:00.001+05:302010-07-14T18:43:29.193+05:30Books I am readingI have not been able to read much during the year 2010. Main reasons being travel to ITPL, somehow lacking interest in reading, reading technical stuffs (trying to clear interviews) and unable to find good books. But, yes, I have been an avid reader of few blogs over the internet, some blogs I have gone to archives read and read and read loads of posts.
But now that I have registered myself at Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-71639246974243174182010-07-14T18:29:00.001+05:302010-07-14T18:30:53.351+05:30Thoughts of offers turned down.Finally I found some time, to write down few stuffs, which have been echoing in my head for the past few weeks. Today I am kind of confused, the ghosts of the turned down offers are haunting me badly than before. Why does the grass always look greener on the other side?
Its not that I am absolutely hating what I am doing currently, but once the thought of rejected offers, kicks in, you tend to Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-9135493109149927872010-07-04T10:49:00.001+05:302010-07-04T10:50:49.287+05:30Time to post somethingHey there.. After moving over here. I am not posting much.. Yes its true. I do not get to access internet a lot many times. So weekly once, when I decide to come to the browsing center, I make up my mind to post something. So today is one such day.
I purchased a new laptop yesterday. It made me poorer by 1099S$. I still do not have internet connection. But once I do have that, I shall regularly Sandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130342947337750626.post-4469184355356433342010-06-19T16:57:00.000+05:302010-06-19T16:57:49.374+05:30Another week comes to an end..Yet another week comes to an end.. Its been a fun week. Now weekend, spending some time at the browsing center, as well as Little India.. Kinda settled into the new environment. Workplace seems to be cool, I get going by early 7 30 am, and come back by 7 pm.
Travel is involved but nothing as compared to the one I did in Bangalore.
Cheers
SandeepSandeep Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04942663706425933705noreply@blogger.com1