I am not sure of 2009... but 2008 seem to be the year where I travelled a lot..:-)
After a management degree from a premier institute, I had to keep low profile for the first two years.... 2007 Dec 31st, I just wished, at 11.59 in the night, when the count down was made, How I wish I make 2008 a year of travelling around... :-) May be some times it works out.... I try to recollect what all happened with me in every month
January: I had a fantastic start to the new year with a visit to the BALAJI..:-) I paired up with my long time pal Ashish and we did Tirupathi, Kanipakkam. It was followed by trips to Visakhapatnam. Republic day was a long weekend and this time I paired up with my bestest pals, Srikanth, Chandu, Ramesh and we did Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani and my all time fav city Bombay. The month signed off in style.
February: I had my work permit in hand, and I was just waiting for some suitable date to begin my travel. I made quick trips to Vizag, and then to Bhimili along with Mom, Dad and chelli. Sister was supposed to fly to London, so it was a sort of get together for all of us.
March: The big month arrives. My first onsite assignment. March 14th, I was all set to fly to the German skies. I was quite lucky to have Srikanth who was also flying to New York on the same night. We could spend some good time at the airport. My flight departed an hour before his. March 15th, I land at Frankfurt. Awesome..... Germany greeted me with snowfalls... chillywinds..and some traffic etiquette which was awe inspiring..
April...May... The only quitest months of the year. I was working hard in office to proove I am indeed... he he forget it.. who cares !.
June: Nagesh came to germany for some training.. he was poking me enough to make a trip to Paris(FRANCE). Luckily Mohan ( Nagi's bro) joined us in the trip. 36 hrs in Paris and they still remain to be my most cherished trip ever. We were just covering everything in paris at such brisk pace, that we were always on toes... mastering the metro routes and the paris lanes..
July: This time Srini made a visit to germany for some customer visit. He motivated us enough to rent a car and travel to Austria. We did some awesome sight seeing in the Austrian Alps. 1250km in 2 days..:-) Beat that !!! we just covered everything that was approachable by road in the Alps.. Indeed I still recall the drive thru the clouds in the alps ..the lush green grasslands with the Jersey cows...
August: This time, Sreejit motivated me enough that we should meet. He was ready to come to germany... but I was not so kicked about going to Berlin.. infact I am not even today. So this time we decided it would be Netherlands. We both landed in Amsterdam.. he was coming from London. This time the trip was a relaxed one. 4 days... Amsterdam.. Brussels (Belgium).. We were so relaxed that we watched Dark Knight for the second time at a theatre in Amsterdam. Indeed a refreshing trip.
September: Business meetings kept me busy all through the month... till I was forced to travel to Spain on a business visit. It was a short trip for 2 days. I landed in Madrid.. roamed around the big wide roads with big ancient buildings. By now I have seen enough of Europe. Nothing enthused me. No more museum's please.... No more picture perfect roads... I am bored enough.
October: Wow.. the much awaited holiday in India. :-) I roamed every where I could in the 20 days. Met parents..friends... and yah ! the main highlight was meeting my soulmate in this trip. Divya came into my life.. :-) Ever since its a happy story.
November: Back to Germany. Was so tired, of europe.. no more travel please. I almost pledged. But what to do... it again followed.
December: This time the long Christmas vacation..we got set for the refreshing trip of GREECE. I was forced to spend time in Zurich (Swiss) and then close to 5 days in Greece. We toured everything in Athens, Hydra, Aegis, Porous ...Delphi.. name it..we must have done it. I was fed up by the 4 th day. I just declared to my friends that we have come for a holiday and lets relax and sip some beer on the beaches...:P
The year signed off....
2009 begins... and yah this begins with another trip to India... via Dubai... :D :D
I am not sure whats in store for this year. For me, I wish to do Italy, Swiss, Singapore, Australia, US. I am quite curious what this trailing economy offers me on the travel front. For all I know, I am also a happy person travelling in the city bus from Ameerpet to Infy office. :-) of course this if the economy helps me to retain the job... :-)
Thanks 2008. :-) I love you.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, December 7, 2008
another day has come...
Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold......
Oct 31st marked the entry of her into my life... She changed it...
I've heard people complaining about loosing their freedom at the cost of wedding... But if only loss was meant for greater gains in life... why shud one be short sighted....sounds cliched.. but yah its true.
Being young makes me immature in handling so many niceties of being in a relationship. Some times I act, as I just donot care.. some times I go making endless calls all night to listen to a bit more of her voice.....
They are times when she says, I am not bothered about her... there are times when she says how much she feels the love in me....
But still girls are girls... in a day everything changes when they come forward to argue with you... The same person who was on cloud 9 for you sending a cute teddy across continents.. will complain.."when did i do anything for her.." quite funny right. I think even the female race understands that, its just a passing feeling.
What is always strange in our relationship is, the resilience we show in making a effort to come back to terms. I have made my first call to her on Sept 13th and from then on, my avg hours of talking with her shud be at a high of around 5-6 hrs. Weekends boost with 14-15 hrs conversations.
Some one asks, what did I speak on... Only God knows !!
I love singing near her... dancing in front of cam for her... acting... eating... jesting...
May be all good phases need to end... they tend to end... neverthless for a better one to begin.
May be as we grow, the maturity in the relation also grows. What we do as kids now seem to muse us, so may be what we do in the first few weeks of love seem the same....
All in all.. I wish to keep jotting my experiences of upgrading my self from Bachelor 25.0 to Fiancee 0.15
Luv
Siva
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold......
Oct 31st marked the entry of her into my life... She changed it...
I've heard people complaining about loosing their freedom at the cost of wedding... But if only loss was meant for greater gains in life... why shud one be short sighted....sounds cliched.. but yah its true.
Being young makes me immature in handling so many niceties of being in a relationship. Some times I act, as I just donot care.. some times I go making endless calls all night to listen to a bit more of her voice.....
They are times when she says, I am not bothered about her... there are times when she says how much she feels the love in me....
But still girls are girls... in a day everything changes when they come forward to argue with you... The same person who was on cloud 9 for you sending a cute teddy across continents.. will complain.."when did i do anything for her.." quite funny right. I think even the female race understands that, its just a passing feeling.
What is always strange in our relationship is, the resilience we show in making a effort to come back to terms. I have made my first call to her on Sept 13th and from then on, my avg hours of talking with her shud be at a high of around 5-6 hrs. Weekends boost with 14-15 hrs conversations.
Some one asks, what did I speak on... Only God knows !!
I love singing near her... dancing in front of cam for her... acting... eating... jesting...
May be all good phases need to end... they tend to end... neverthless for a better one to begin.
May be as we grow, the maturity in the relation also grows. What we do as kids now seem to muse us, so may be what we do in the first few weeks of love seem the same....
All in all.. I wish to keep jotting my experiences of upgrading my self from Bachelor 25.0 to Fiancee 0.15
Luv
Siva
Friday, August 15, 2008
62nd Independence Day
It was a little India out here in stuttgart. People dressed smart in business formals gathered for a small celebration of Independence Day. Yours faithfully worked on some videos built with the team members and some sinppets from the freedom struggle.
The big Indian contingent shouting Jai Hind when posing for group foto resonated so much that we had germans working in other buildings peeping out...
Probably they wud not have seen some one shout aloud..:-) hmmmm in the foregin land,, i feel proud to be from a land of so much diversity, heritage and brilliant minds. But still as a nation we are still suffering from feuds based on Caste, Religion, Sect....
Amarnath Land Issue, Godhra, Nandigram, Naina Devi.... not to forget the "Idle Lazy Indian who knows only to crib and complain...."
At a time when many Indians showed the world, what a human mind can empower..we also have the retarders stuck with life cribbing, complaining and corrupting every one.
Anyways talking something different.. herez me pasting the gathering pics...
<<<<<<<<JAI HIND>>>>>>>
The big Indian contingent shouting Jai Hind when posing for group foto resonated so much that we had germans working in other buildings peeping out...
Probably they wud not have seen some one shout aloud..:-) hmmmm in the foregin land,, i feel proud to be from a land of so much diversity, heritage and brilliant minds. But still as a nation we are still suffering from feuds based on Caste, Religion, Sect....
Amarnath Land Issue, Godhra, Nandigram, Naina Devi.... not to forget the "Idle Lazy Indian who knows only to crib and complain...."
At a time when many Indians showed the world, what a human mind can empower..we also have the retarders stuck with life cribbing, complaining and corrupting every one.
Anyways talking something different.. herez me pasting the gathering pics...
<<<<<<<<JAI HIND>>>>>>>
Friday, August 8, 2008
Octopussy !
One of the funniest things about working in a Management Consultancy is naming your clients and projects with Code Names. So last time when we worked on a assement for "XYZ Inc" my manager called it "Blue Bird". Now people who love to take a guess may link it to a Blue Chip Company, or the Big Blue IBM.... but yah ! here I am defeating all your wildest guesses. My manager, a heavy criminal creative mind, connects companies with his own vivid imagination and justifies all of us with some insane correlation.
As far as I am concerned, I never really understood him in all the 4 projects I worked for him. Some times, it makes me mad, trying to decipher. Once I thought I understood his thought pattern and then later challenged " Oh my mighty Manager.. give me the code name and I would get the client for you.... he smiled and pat came the reply, " ok ! Ryan.. this time my name for your assignment is " Octopussy".
I was thinking, what is this wierd name, why is he giving James Bond movies to our projects. I know we do confidential work for our clients, but still being Ian Fleming and find out" Ah ! ! !this guy is nuts.
I started on... saw the movie Octopussy twice, and trying to think the possible name.
Here was my thought process:
1. Octopussy came in the year 1983. Not much clue !
2. Its about disarmament where Russian general wanted to detonate a nuclear bomb in a US air base and thereby make aggressive expansion into the West germany teritory. Not much for me !
3. Movie was shot in India... , wait a min, my manager's name is "Ramanathan C D" (wonder what these long indian names, we call him RCD). ah ! the boy from india must be giving me a indian client name. Checked our database and saw whom all we did work for in India. Could not guess anything.
4. After gruelling hours over web I decided that RCD is not such a stupid to name a project after a movie, that too a popular one.
5. Then I scrambled the word, jumbled, found the meaning of it in Greek, German, Latin what all not.
6. I could not crack..... felt like giviing it up after a day.
A long overhaul of checks, Gosh I even kept a day's leave to justify my challenge. I was thinking, shucks, like a shameless ass I would surrender before him saying " Oh my mighty man ! I could not know what your Octopussy stands for". Had a good sleep, woke up in the morning, got ready for office, fed my cat with milk and the normal Friskies which it likes a lot. Took my coffe from Starbucks ! while walking on the way, I was still sad for my defeat, ....
On the way I felt the coffee was terribly bad, cursed Starbucks, and later relaized that the milk in my house was also bad wondering what my pussy cat wud have thought.
Hang on..!!! Pussy Cat??? I jumped into a Internet Cafe in the way. Started Googling.
Pussy- Oct- Pussy Cat- Oct... all searches going wild....
After a hour or so I landed on a movie :" What's New Pussycat?"... When did it release, Oct 8-1965. Ah ! ah ! Here I am....
Oh my Lord.... Oct- Released Pussy Cat: Octopussy. After all this Being content that this is the definitive solution. I then researched more on the movie. Read its plot, actors, production company. hmm then took the protatgonist name, just like i did for the Octopussy movie.
"Michael James"......
Ok so the company might be linked to Michael James... now what could it be, searched for all companies where Michael James is the CEO, Founder... yippe got it... " Ocean Tomo"
Ha ha ha ha ! ! ! I proudly walked to RCD, it didn't matter to me much that I was horribly late.
Knock ! Knock ! Hey RCD ! so when are starting with "Ocean Tomo" ...
RCD smiles, I thought he is happy with my search ! may be I shall become the lead this cycle... amidst all these thoughts I listen from him...
Hey Ryan " We already had a kick off meeting for Ocean Tomo yesterday with the Team, I hope Stephan must have updated you last nite about your travel to Spain this evening..."
Spain..Ocean tomo.. Kick off... but RC I am not prepared, moreover I .. ( thought there is no point telling him I found the name myself... he wud not beleive in any way)..
pause..pause... RCD yells ! why r u here " Get Busy ! ! !" I yell back " Yess Mighty Gladiator"...
I walked back sad to my desk... my colleagues inform me.. " We are getting late for a meeting, RCD called all of us to inform about the new assignment... "
Yeh Baby ! ! !
I walk into the meeting... Whilst RCD starts off... he gives me a glance and a smile.. "his smile seemed 1000 applauses for my finding"...
He starts.." Hiya team we need to start our work for Ocean Tomo... and our code name for this would be... Ryan ! would you mind reveal it...
I pause for a while... Mighty RC lets call it Octopussy !
All eyes on me... and I stand up.. hey team as you all know what RC says .." For your eyes only"
!!!! Yup that's me... Brauler ... Ryan Brauler
As far as I am concerned, I never really understood him in all the 4 projects I worked for him. Some times, it makes me mad, trying to decipher. Once I thought I understood his thought pattern and then later challenged " Oh my mighty Manager.. give me the code name and I would get the client for you.... he smiled and pat came the reply, " ok ! Ryan.. this time my name for your assignment is " Octopussy".
I was thinking, what is this wierd name, why is he giving James Bond movies to our projects. I know we do confidential work for our clients, but still being Ian Fleming and find out" Ah ! ! !this guy is nuts.
I started on... saw the movie Octopussy twice, and trying to think the possible name.
Here was my thought process:
1. Octopussy came in the year 1983. Not much clue !
2. Its about disarmament where Russian general wanted to detonate a nuclear bomb in a US air base and thereby make aggressive expansion into the West germany teritory. Not much for me !
3. Movie was shot in India... , wait a min, my manager's name is "Ramanathan C D" (wonder what these long indian names, we call him RCD). ah ! the boy from india must be giving me a indian client name. Checked our database and saw whom all we did work for in India. Could not guess anything.
4. After gruelling hours over web I decided that RCD is not such a stupid to name a project after a movie, that too a popular one.
5. Then I scrambled the word, jumbled, found the meaning of it in Greek, German, Latin what all not.
6. I could not crack..... felt like giviing it up after a day.
A long overhaul of checks, Gosh I even kept a day's leave to justify my challenge. I was thinking, shucks, like a shameless ass I would surrender before him saying " Oh my mighty man ! I could not know what your Octopussy stands for". Had a good sleep, woke up in the morning, got ready for office, fed my cat with milk and the normal Friskies which it likes a lot. Took my coffe from Starbucks ! while walking on the way, I was still sad for my defeat, ....
On the way I felt the coffee was terribly bad, cursed Starbucks, and later relaized that the milk in my house was also bad wondering what my pussy cat wud have thought.
Hang on..!!! Pussy Cat??? I jumped into a Internet Cafe in the way. Started Googling.
Pussy- Oct- Pussy Cat- Oct... all searches going wild....
After a hour or so I landed on a movie :" What's New Pussycat?"... When did it release, Oct 8-1965. Ah ! ah ! Here I am....
Oh my Lord.... Oct- Released Pussy Cat: Octopussy. After all this Being content that this is the definitive solution. I then researched more on the movie. Read its plot, actors, production company. hmm then took the protatgonist name, just like i did for the Octopussy movie.
"Michael James"......
Ok so the company might be linked to Michael James... now what could it be, searched for all companies where Michael James is the CEO, Founder... yippe got it... " Ocean Tomo"
Ha ha ha ha ! ! ! I proudly walked to RCD, it didn't matter to me much that I was horribly late.
Knock ! Knock ! Hey RCD ! so when are starting with "Ocean Tomo" ...
RCD smiles, I thought he is happy with my search ! may be I shall become the lead this cycle... amidst all these thoughts I listen from him...
Hey Ryan " We already had a kick off meeting for Ocean Tomo yesterday with the Team, I hope Stephan must have updated you last nite about your travel to Spain this evening..."
Spain..Ocean tomo.. Kick off... but RC I am not prepared, moreover I .. ( thought there is no point telling him I found the name myself... he wud not beleive in any way)..
pause..pause... RCD yells ! why r u here " Get Busy ! ! !" I yell back " Yess Mighty Gladiator"...
I walked back sad to my desk... my colleagues inform me.. " We are getting late for a meeting, RCD called all of us to inform about the new assignment... "
Yeh Baby ! ! !
I walk into the meeting... Whilst RCD starts off... he gives me a glance and a smile.. "his smile seemed 1000 applauses for my finding"...
He starts.." Hiya team we need to start our work for Ocean Tomo... and our code name for this would be... Ryan ! would you mind reveal it...
I pause for a while... Mighty RC lets call it Octopussy !
All eyes on me... and I stand up.. hey team as you all know what RC says .." For your eyes only"
!!!! Yup that's me... Brauler ... Ryan Brauler
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tempest Musings
Oh yah ! a brief introduction about my blog:
I choose "Tempest" for it gives all the shades for a word which I wish to write on....
TEMPEST is A violent commotion or disturbance
TEMPEST is a code referring to investigations and studies mysterious unintentional signals.
Tempest is a comedy that was written by Shakespeare
So every time I will be following upon one theme, a story for you based on either of the 3 shades described above.
Carry on ! Happy Reading.
Luv
Ryan
P.S: All my writings are purely based out of fiction. None of the characters in the blog are real. If a true story, I do my bit to rename the characters.
I choose "Tempest" for it gives all the shades for a word which I wish to write on....
TEMPEST is A violent commotion or disturbance
TEMPEST is a code referring to investigations and studies mysterious unintentional signals.
Tempest is a comedy that was written by Shakespeare
So every time I will be following upon one theme, a story for you based on either of the 3 shades described above.
Carry on ! Happy Reading.
Luv
Ryan
P.S: All my writings are purely based out of fiction. None of the characters in the blog are real. If a true story, I do my bit to rename the characters.
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