Unforgettable Moments

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Resolution Time : What to do different this time

What to do different this time..Go ahead to set a resolution !!! How to do different things to achieve more than what you have achieved before !!! whether doing things differently hardly make any difference !!! There are lot many questions which will keep coming to your mind and keep doing the brainstroming all the times when you want to do things in a better way.....So why not we take those it this way so that we will enjoy the most and the best of everything.... Here are the things which we can do to achieve the best of the best.

EXPLORE

SMILE

PLAY

DREAM

IMAGINE

LIVE

GIVE

WONDER

True Feeling from a Software Engineer

It was raining heavily outside. Dark clouds gathered in the sky and nature was in its ominous best. I took a break from my work and went to the pantry to grab a cup of coffee. I had a sip and went near the window to see the rain pouring down heavily outside the glass structure. I was inside our huge office building, unruffled by even the fierceness of the nature. 
Through the heavy transparent glass, I could see a small girl trying to hold on to her umbrella which the wind was snatching away from her. I felt sorry for the girl, and was happy that I was not in a similar pathetic situation. Yes. I take pride for the fact that I am a software engineer. 
I have everything which a common man would envy; money, status, respect, you name it I have it. I always wanted to be software professional and here I am, working for one of the best firms in the world. But then, am I really happy? Now, I could see an imprint of my palm on the other glass window, through which I reminisced my past, basked in the warmth of the sun shine. 
My childhood was so much of fun. I vividly remember those rainy days, when I hugged my mother tightly during sleeping listening to all the stories told by her. Now, I have a big house here, but then it is just a house, not a home. My parents are pretty far away from me now. I have a cell phone to talk to them everyday, but then I really miss those dinners which I had with my family everyday. I could easily afford to taste all the different cuisines these days, but the best of food there, lack the love and affection which is present in the food prepared by my mother. 
I threw a lavish party for my colleagues for my birthday, but then they would never replace the birthdays when my friends secretly brought a cake and at the end, half of the cake would have ended up on my face. The couple of hundred bucks that u save for a long period just to give a treat to your friends in the road side chat shop can never give the pleasure even after spending a few thousand bucks these days. 
The scene of me crying and refusing to have dinner on the day when I fought with my best friend came to my mind. Today, she has gone far away from me, taking away my love and with it my life, but I am sitting and coding here with a false smile on my face. Everyday I meet new people, but then I long ceased to make a new friend. 
It's true that I have a lot of things now.I have a nice bed, but no time to sleep. Lots of money, but no friends to spend it with. The latest designer clothes, but a worn out body . Quite a few to flirt, but no one to love. Awards for technical excellence, but no reward for the crave for peaceful ambience. A confident demeanor, but a reluctant and apathetic mind. Full of rain, but no sunshine even in the farthest distance. 
Now, I could see the small girl on the road enjoying in the rain with her umbrella firmly in her grip. She might not have all the comforts which I have, but then she has the innocence and fun which I lost a long time back. 
I have decided to come out of this false fantasy, even if it is at the expense of losing the tap of the software engineer. I am going to again enjoy my life. I am going to go out in the rain and play with the small kid now. I removed my tie, and went near my computer to shut it down. Just then, I saw a new mail alert in my mail box.. I slowly opened outlook and I found a message from my manager with an attachment saying that there was a critical defect in the code and I have to fix it soon. I convinced myself that I am not going to get bogged down again by these pressures and stick to my decision. I ignored the mail and went to the rest room. After a couple of minutes, the software engineer in me came out, his shirt tucked in with the perfect tie knot, sat before the computer, and started typing, 
Hi XYZ, 
I am looking into the defect and will send the patch files before EOD. 
Regards, 
Software Engineer.

Europe Visit

My first trip outside India and this was the Europe trip (specially covered Germany and Paris). This trip started on 28th of march 2008 and ended on 13th April 2008. It was full of uncontrolled fun and amazing visits. It was very cold there when i landed there. Temperature would be around -2'C. But it was keep on changing everyday. I have from my german colleague that april behaves in its own way and it was going the same way.
My 2nd day at Mannheim was one of my memorable day. Some unusual things happened that
day. As Germany is famous for its world class BEER and one called Hefa Wizen i liked the most.
It is a product from wheat and so tastes very smooth. After having a nice night out at Heidelberg
with Raki-Taquila, Zambooka, Hefa-wizen and donar kabap( very filly), me and Sathish one of my DART colleague were going back to the Tram station at heudelberg. The wind was very cold and it was around 00:20 am when the tram came and next day we had to catch a train for Black Forest at around 7.00 am. So we both were rushing to have a short sleep. On 30th march, around 5.30 am, Sathish called me and asked 'hey brijesh whats d time, i said its just 5.30 am without looking at the landline number time but the actual time at that time was 6.30 am.
We reached the station to catch our train but there was no train at that time and the next train was around after 40 minutes. We thought may be we have missed our train. So we had our breakfast and then we started for Black Forest. On the way to Titisee Lake( near to Black Forest), we got down at Freiberg and there what we saw was unbelievable. The time was running 1 hour fast. we saw two clocks one was showing 9.00 am(wall clock) and the other clock at the station was showing 10.00 am. Then we thought its because of Day Light Saving.
After that we covered some places at Freiberg like Castle, Freiberg Tower and the church which was constructed in 1530 AD. atlast we reached at Titisee lake view. It was awesome. first time in my life I was walking thru the snow and playing with that.

So that's was my trip to Black Forest. Unforgettable moment.

Live your best Life

You are here to live one of the best life according to u. It can be a life full of fun, full of masti or something to achieve which is next to impossible.

Don't let go of hope,Hope gives you the strength to keep goingWhen you feel like giving up.
Don't ever quit believing in yourself,As long as you believe you can,You will have reason for trying.
Don't let anyone hold your happiness in their hands,Hold it in yours, so it will always be within your reach.
Don't measure success or failure by material wealth,But by how you feel,Our feelings determine the richness of our lives.
Don't let bad moments overcome you,Be patient, and they will pass.
Don't hesitate to reach out for help;We all need it from time to time.
Don't run away from love but towards love,Because it is your deepest joy.
Don't wait for what you want to come to you.Go after it with all that you are,Knowing that life will meet you halfway.
Don't feel like you've lost,When plans and dreams fall short of your hopes.Anytime you learn something new,About yourself or about life,You have progressed
Don't do anything that takes away,From your self-respect.Feeling good about yourselfIs essential to feeling good about life.
Don't ever forget how to laugh,Or be too proud to cry,Or too stubborn to smile.
Don't ever forget a friend who truly loves you,As it could be that friend who is true to your needs.Don't ever forget who helped you grow as your needfor more seeds may often re-appear.
With all the above, live life to it's fullest.

My best ever trip to GOA ... 9th Dec 2006 - 11th Dec 2006

One of the most memorable trip in my life.

On this trip we were eight guys. Members on the trip were( from the Left)...myself, Varun kapoor,Mohit gulati(standing behind), deep(gol matol), Gaurav garg, Ashish agarwal, Saurabh sharma, Rahul vats( not in the photo). The person standing next to saurabh is his uncle.

It was a long time when we were together after passing from college in 2005( 6th june 2005).

we planned to go for a trip where we all can meet and share our life's expected and unexpected experiences.

It was 3rd of sep 2006 morning 6.50 AM. Gaurav got up early as he used to go to his office early.he was reading times of india and he saw an advertisement where Air Deccan Air irlines was offering ZERO rupees air tickets to fly anywhere in india( inclusive of taxes) between december 2006 and jan 2007. He shared this news with us (saurabh, brijesh, ashish, mohit and vats). The moment we decided to go for a trip somewhere and then ideas started flying. And then suddenly someone said.....WHAT ABT GOA???......and then we decided ...ok its done..we will go to GOA during dec 2006 but still the dates were not finilized.

Gaurav with Ashish went to office( Vmoksha Technologies Bangalore) and decided for 9th dec to 11th dec as the dates for the unforgettable trip to GOA. and then the 6 tickets were booked for 1857/- only per person as the flying fares to goa and coming back.

Journey from Bangalore/Pune/Mumbai to GOA Airport

After booking tickets from Bangalore to Goa, we have informed about the ticket booking to Deep( Infosys Pune) and Varun ( TCS Mumbai). Deep has checked his availability during that time ( 9th dec Saturday to 11 dec Monday). And after that he was ready to come over there. Varun had no problems with this as if he was ready to go there anytime. You just need to inform him and he will be ready without giving any chance to the second thought to come into his mind. And then the plan for the GOA was set.

8th Dec 2006 07.20 PM Pune.

Deep has to describe this


8th Dec 2006 07.20 PM Mumbai
Varun has to describe this.


How these two guys met before leaving from Pune, the bus was abot to leave in just 5 minutes and these guys were not in picture. The driver had started the Bus and Deep was trying to convince him that VArun will arrive here shortly but the driver was not ready to listen any more. Suddenly from some where Varun arrived and then they both started their journey together from Pune Bus station to Goa around 9 PM on 8th Dec 2006.



9th Dec 2006 11.05 AM. Bangalore

We 6 (bangaloreans) left the house around 11.05 Am to reach Airport. Airport is around 4Kms from our house. We had our flight at 12.20 PM. but when we reached there we heard it that the flight got delayed by 25 minutes. Any ways this all u can easily expect from Air Deccan Airlines which is famous for low cost and late time flight.

We started our journey around 12:45 and reached GOA airport( Vasco airport) around 1:45 PM ( exactly one hour). But before that we saw an amazing scene. Just 5 minutes before landing on the Goa airport , we were flying on top of ARABIAN SEA and the look was amazing . It was like as if we are not in India but we were somewhere in Dreams land. Goa was covered with very beautiful scenic beauty from all the sides.

We all met there at the airport with Saurabh’s Uncle waiting for all of us there with the Qualis. His uncle is a captain of the ship.

9th dec 2006 2.15 PM

Goa Airport to Vasco Residency GOA..

Then we directly went to Vasco residency. Sauarbh’s uncle had arranged the Qualis as well as the room for our stay in Vasco residency. We booked a big room. It was a 6 seater room with 2 fans, a TV with cable connection and a very nice balcony.

The photo as you see on the top was taken by Rahul Vats on the balcony.

9th dec 2006 3.10 PM
Vasco Residency to SHIP..

We had some tea and snacks there and then directly we rushed to the SHIP near Vasco port. It was a huge ship. I had never seen such a big ship in my life in reality. Saurabh’s uncle is the captain of that ship. The ship name was _______. ( need to ask Saurabh’s uncle).

We went inside the ship, had some more snacks which includes tea, lemon juice and some pakodas with other people on the ship.

We left the ship around 4.00 pm and rushed to Uncle’s house. Auty had prepared a lot of very good varieties of delicious items includes gajar ka halwa coffee n many more. Not able to remember all those stuff. After that we left for Bogmalo beach.

9th dec 2006..5.54 PM
Maiden journey to Bogmalo Beach, Vasco ..

It was around 6:30 PM when we put our first steps on the sand of Bogmalo beach. silent wind was blowing all over the way.

Bogmalo is just another small fishing village, surrounded by a pair of palm fringed
headlands at the northern end of Colva bay. The presence of the sandy beach at the
end of the cove makes it even more picturesque and breathtaking.

As the waves lash the parapets of the open-air restaurant, the drone of the
restless Arabian Sea lulls to sleep even the most insomniac.

The meaning of the lines above is:

samudra ki lahren shor karte huye kinaare aa rahi thi aur ja rahi thi...aise me hum log kaise rok paaate ek doosre ko......fir kya tha.....fatafat kapde utaarna shuru aur kood pade Bogmalo ki lahron me...

Friendship : Best Definitions

My Definition:
If you kick him he doesnot mind and if he kicks you, you dont mind...

Its not just a relation....its a relation of feelings.....its a relation between minds and soles...

Friendship is a relation among you and someone with whom you enjoy a very close and mutual affection.
Friend is a person that you can trust, you can discuss everything including problems, and who helps you if you need it.

In teenage life friendship is one of the most determining factors. I mean: your social future depends on with whom you make friends. Most of the teenage friendships are shallow, so these won’t take long. But of course, there are real friends who stay friends after years.

Everybody needs one friend at least because everybody needs somebody whose mentality, taste, opinion in different topics and personality is similar to his/hers. This person can be one’s love or a friend. In front of this person we don’t have to be ashamed, we don’t have to be secretive because we can entirely trust this person because (s)he keeps our secrets and give advice when it’s necessary.

The importance of friendships is to have people around you to depend on and lean on if bad times come, to make life easier and happier and to help getting through bad times.