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Three and a half months after coming, living and loving a new place, the time has come, quite suddenly to leave. I have been transferred to Bangalore, err Bengaluru. Transfers are common in jobs as you all may have experienced. Indeed they are even necessary and desirable. But in this case I was truly very disturbed to be forced to leave Mumbai. Not really because I loved the city. I don't love the city. I love the people. I made great friends, got lot of love and felt perfectly at home with the surroundings. I was kinda in sync with the nice life I had. Getting up in the morning in my Thane flat, going to the office by company bus sleeping, getting to the canteen(I keep forgetting the names even now :( ), having idli sambar or veg cheese sandwich. Then studying the library or working in the lab, chatting with friends, and my 'daughter', sipping coffee and discussing about Mo One etc. In one single email, all that changed. I have no regrets. I have made a promise to myse...

It was after that wonderful Alibaug trip that we went to celebrate her birthday in Mumbai , right after office hours. Went to KFC and ordered some buckets and a veg snacker or something. Clicked a few pics here and there and got out. For some reason her mood was really off. Pandey went to buy a couple of clothes. I hoped to cheer her up by gifting something myself( a gift from my mom just did not cut the cake). I went in and was completely confused. All kinds of clothes, women's garments were for sale, clothes about which I knew nothing, understood nothing and do nothing. I could only make out the price tags and the color. Well not even the color entirely. Anyway finally I found a sweet pink suit. A shop attendant really helped me a lot. She looked and behaved very sweetly. I bought it and quietly took the gift and kept it right in front of her. She hesitated in the beginning but ultimately gave in. I could not make out much of an expression from her face then. In fact she rem...

So finally my work in Mumbai is coming to a close. Over the weekend we went to Alibaug, a quiet town about 1.5 hours from Mumbai. It has a number of beaches, pleasant climate, hills to suit those wishing for some adventure. Within 30 kms from the center of Alibaug one can go visit the beaches or climb onto the hills around, especially the wonderful Kankeshwarya Mandir(I am sorry if I get the spelling wrong). Alibaug Beach - Serene and Untouched The rooms that we were put up in were ok, and all day was spent in relaxing. By the time it was afternoon, we went to the hill temple, climbing about 1000 steps one at a time. The breathtaking view from above was awesome. The horizon spreading into the infinite – the hills, the Pratapgarh fort in the distance and Alibaug town below was a magnificent display of natural splendor. Of course, the most important reason I loved the trip was that she was with me. She really struggled to get up the slopes. Anyway somehow she managed. The templ...

Lan box (Photo credit: degra™ ) The last month went in a flash. I did not even get time to breathe properly. As for the information I missed sharing is that I passed the L1 certification exams and thus sealed my post in the company. As for the silly things I do - I am going to write about that now. Last night I got a situation. My unlimited internet limit had exceeded. So I was left with a painstakingly slow connection, and oh boy it was such a pain. I decided to do something about it. Switching my wireless on I found that about 10 wireless routers were switched on nearby. I thought to myself, why not try checking the routers. I got hold of this wonderful software called Reaver on Google Code. I downloaded the source code and compiled it. The program is so simple and destructive, it blew my mind away. reading the comments it is obvious that many users have successfully used it. So I thought why not give it a try? I ran these on my own Ubuntu 12.04 system, updated to the...

Some things sometimes escape me. This post I am writing without even thinking properly. I find it quite strange, interesting and scary to understand what is going on. I really like this girl. She is strong, has a personality, our frequencies match. I find her really nice and I admit that if this goes on I will be in love in no time!The next one and a half months will have all the answers for me. This is something I may begin to dread - this approaching deadlines and all. God knows what He has in store for me, but hopefully things turn out well - for me as well for her. I am not ashamed to say that I would like to be with her. <3 The present training is making me go nuts. Truly. Today was really disgusting. The day started pretty well, whatever was being taught - I could grasp it real well, but unfortunately after the afternoon, things changed and the assignments completely pissed me off. And oh yes, to catch the bus, she and I had to run and it was fun!

Life has changed so suddenly and so much so quickly. Just about a month ago things were something, and now, they are so different. It is difficult to sometimes fathom what is going on. I feel if this is all a dream, whether I will just wake up the next day in my home. My room. Talking about my room. It is nice. Top floor, but still nice enough. In any case I am content living here. I don't have a bed - that's all. It sure did take some time to get used to all this. Life in a city entirely by myself, the realization of being a grown up, necessity to take up responsibilities and so on. Thankfully the training is good, though sometimes gets boring. Besides I have got some excellent friends. So yeah, time goes by pretty well, hundreds of miles away from what I knew to be my home. First second module test was over. The Oracle results are not yet out. The Module Practical Test went pretty good enough for me thought the MCQs were not that good for me. Nevertheless UNIX tests were...

The first module test is over. I scored 81 percent. Not really killer stuff but I am ok with that. The test was on Pseudo Code and so I feel it was better to be done away with lightly. Slept most of the time in office today. Had a bad dream last night and a disturbed sleep. Nevertheless, the exam was fine. The Daily quiz before was a disaster. I don't know why. The answers were correct. Still I scored only 48 percent. Ankit believes it to be a system error. But in any case my marks won't change. :( After the exam we played Damsharaj for some time. I can't act in those situations. Not really a Hindi movie buff honestly. But I did my best. :P Migmar is the sweetest girl I have met here. Pandey ji the funniest. I will meet more. Till then wish me luck for the next Module tests. :)