Nice composition

Don't Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

PS: this is the random mail i have recieved in the inbox. I have not composed it but yes liked it a lot to be shared with everyone.

Small happiness

Lately i have been feeling very confused. What is that makes us happy .There are moments where we don't seek happiness out of our actions but it gives us immense satisfaction .Yesterday when i was coming back from the office i gave a lift to a person who was waiting for help... it was around 10 in the night .At this late its difficult to get any public commutation from infosys .When i dropped him i saw the happiness of been lucky to have got the lift this late. That expression gave me happiness which i rarely get out of other actions where i intentionally seek happiness and joy. This gave a reason why people turn philanthropist. Its this happiness and joy that they get out of the charity . They feel a sense of satisfaction for doing good without expecting anything in return.

My first year in corporate world

It’s been almost more than a year that I have written anything . Last time I have written anything was back in 7^th semester in btech. Things have changed big time in life since then. I feel more liberated, more confident and most importantly free of any apprehensions about myself . In last one year I have gained confidence on my abilities and my overall commitment towards my goals.

On career front…Lets say I am doing what I never wanted to do .I am doing job of 8 am to 6 pm. I know this might look bad but it is not that bad at all. I am enjoying my life as of now . In Infosys I work with performance engineering group of finacle . After the day's work i get to go to gym which i enjoy the most :)

In CAT 2008 I got 94 percentile. I got more than 95 percentile in EU & RC and around 94 percentile in quants but I managed meager 40 percentile in LR .Still I never believed before I actually appeared for CAT that I could end up with such a result. So far so good ... lets hope i manage few good things as i learn more .

The value of friends

These days i am doing my final semester project in infosys mysore. The thing that i miss the most is my college life and friends. Its been awesome last 3 and half years of roller coaster ride which i have been through. When i was there in college i never felt that i will miss my friends so much as i am experiencing it now. I thought i am not that emotional types but all my predictions stand fall in dearth of reality. Friends define my life . We have been partners in crime , we have been partners in sufferings and we all supported each other like a family. At times they do corrected me where i was wrong. I have been pampered so much from my friends specially G wing mates of DAIICT that i will never in my life can forget all the wonderful moments of this short life. If i look back at my four years of the engineering studies i can very easily say that learning has been more outside the lectures and labs. I have learnt a lot from them. There have been people who actually taught me art of living in right way. I was really high headed guy who believed on extremes . One of my friend use to scold me every time he gets a chance on this perspective . I can very well say to anyone who is in his or her college life to live it to the fullest because these are the moments one cherishes all his life..... Thank you daiict for giving me all this :)

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people... But sometimes you scare yourself.

How Weird Are You?

VOIX .......My SEN project

I was just finishing testing of my SEN project VOIX and as soon as it was on verge of completion a pulse of extreme joy and happiness ran through my veins and my spirit was jumping with joy though i was calm and composed since my roommate was sleeping @ 5:40 am .
I just analysed what all the things i learnt in this project. I want to jot these thoughts which will guide me through whenever i will set out to accomplish something big or small in life.

Well Voix is my software engineering project. When we(team 18) started this project i thought its a small project in term of scope and functionalities but as we gradually delve deeper into complexity of all the issues we @ one point of time found us incapable of accomplishing few basic functionalities we promised at the start. We tried and kept trying hard and finally sail out of all the troubles finally.

I should mention that i was team leader of the team of 10 members whose one team member was our btech batch topper so i was pretty confident of my success as a team leader and after finishing the project i learnt that individuals do count in the team work.A great team member is always an asset to a team. He or she always adds something others cant fill up for. So it was an edge for us. They have very keen sense of perfection and desire to achieve that too. I also seek perfection in whatever things i undertake.

While working i learnt that when ever one faces some problem he should immediately look for solution rather than panicking about the repercussions. I used to panicky a lot before , and instead of searching for solutions to my problem i always had nagging habit of looking at obstructions rather than for ways to get over them.

Patience is one thing that can take anyone from being normal to good to better to best to outstanding ... Yes this is one thing that's important while one is on mission to accomplish anything. Goals may be small or big so will the problem be but each and every problem can be solved through perseverance and patience.

It was also my first experience of leadership. It was great learning experience for me though i was reluctant at the start to accept the authority but i am glad at the end. For a leader the most important quality is to listen more and speak less. When you will listen more , you will be able to learn a lot than when you are speaking . I learn t a lot from my team members. I learn t that people expect you to take decisions and one who is leader has to make sure that decisions tough or soft must be taken so that team does not suffer any time. I do took some harsh steps in between in this project though i never intended to but things never come on silver platter for you so you have to make things happen than waiting them to happen on own.

Last but not the least for the first time in my btech i have done something without downloading anything from Internet or ctrl C + ctrl V thing so it brings huge joy and sense of accomplishment to me than anything else. I am really very happy that i did so much of work , I am really feeling great about this project.

failure is an essential ingredient of success

I completed novel “one night @ call center”. This novel was great one and kind of eye opening for me. I loved the message it conveyed to me. It is explained what are important ingredient for success in life for anyone. The most important qualities for success are intelligence, imagination, self confidence and last but most important is failure. Last point made in the book shocked me. It’s explained there that to be really successful one must face failure. We have to experience it, taste it, and suffer it. Only then can we shine. Never be afraid of failure. If it has come across our life then god want to give us a real shot at being successful later.

That was one hell of a novel and the way chetan has written it is really commendable. When i read this movel i thought about the plight of the 95% of educated youth of india who are not hotshots iitian or iim grads but some one from average upper middle class people and the problem they have to face in real world. Actually the real world what we percieve is different from what it actually is. But messege conveyed by the novel is big catch here. All those who might not have make their mark till date and struggled a lot that does not mean its the end of the road for them. They can prove their mettle somewhere else and the present failures or setbacks will only make them fearless and stronger to deal with real world problems than those who make it to hot shots destinations (colleges ) and think that they have achieved what their purpose of life.