GMAIL!!

finally got a GMail account. since it is only thru invitations, i got one of my friends to invite me.

don't know how he came to get an account. well it does say 1 GB and it does provide it. Not that i've

checked it. Also i had read somewhere that the whole thing is based on JavaScript so it is fast. u r

damn right its fast. es pwhen i move between the screens. its instant, just like running an applcn on

ur own pc. even the spell checker is quick. Will use it primarily for storing all my files. let's see.

the link for inviting others gets activated only after a week or so, so i'm eagerly waiting for that

to happen.
work is going fine. getting more involved in the scheme of things. they're giving more responsibility

to us. right now sitting after office hours, waiting to use the micro vault! going home tomorrow, hope

no unforeseen circumstances.

Launched INto ORBIT

Visited the InOrbit Mall in Malad. Another entrant to the large number of shopping malls mushrooming up throughtout the country. Well, it is a typical mall, with all the international brands. But what I liked about it was the look from outside. It is spread over a huge area. with no underground stuffy parking. It reminded me of the Pavilion in Durban, South Africa. It was comparable too. Didn't seem we were in India. The roads around it (though private) were clean and wide. Just at the entrance, a 'mandap' was being decorated for the coming Janmasthami festival. The interior
was also real nice. Though many of the shops were still empty but the ones that were there had an international look to it. Ritu Kumar, Shoppers Stop, Crossword, and international chains such as Marks and Spencer, and others. Felt like I was walking through the Pavilion again. Though compared to the Pavilion, InOrbit is quite small. But India is improving too.The selection was awesome, so were the prices!! But the Warehouse type of super markets which are gaining popularity in India will suit the Indian public for whom price is the first and foremost factor. But these type of malls will suit to the upper-middle and upper class of the metros. They have the resources to use these new facilities.

Pathethic show

felt disgusted while watching the 2nd match against England. The way the team plays. not even as a team. just a group of individually minded players. The way Ganguly got run-out was amateurish. If the captain doesn't know where he is heading, what do you expect from the rest of the tema ??!! this series and the one before it wasn't worth watching, not even worth playing. no wonder sachin sat out of the tournament. there was some rumour about him having a fight with ganguly. must be true. we won the last match on sunday, but that too by a close margin. Sometimes the Indian cricket team raises the hopes of the whole country by winning a tournament or series convincingly and then suddenly brings it all down with a strange reversal. You start to wonder whether this is the same team that has won against Australi, Pakistan, the same team that reached the World Cup final.
Oh well, the Indian man has learned to cope and deal with these ups and downs in cricket. He has to face much more greater challenges in his daily life. But it would be a satisfying end to a hard day's work if he can come home and watch a match in which the Indian team works as a team and beats the hell out of the opposition.
One of the things which could be done is to make specialized teams according to the home ground or the opposing team.
We've seen that M' Kaif and Ashish Nehra have performed consistently in England and against England. Then these two people SHOULD be in the team whenever we're playing against England. People may say that this may lead to complacency in the team. But that kind of smugness is already prevelant, where a player takes his position in the team for granted. See the performance of Sehwag in recent times. Even the senior players need to be reminded sometimes that if they don't perform they can also pack their bags and give a chance to other younger players. A new kind of discipline will be needed if India wish to become World Champions once again.

No net! :-(

it's hard living without tea or coffee! Every morning I make a decision not to drink too much

tea. but whenever I see that beautiful cup steaming with hot tea, I just lose all my

resistance. I wonder what it would be like to absolutely stop having tea. I wonder how many

days I could take it. Will try it out someday But I'll control for now

Aargh!! All these reports I'm making are eating my head out. All this 'pensions', and

'capital', and 'opted/not-opted', 'challan' and 'return'. I think I'll take retirement early

after dealing with all this!! :-)

Couldn't control Had to have a cup of tea. Didn't have anything else to pass the time. They've

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Ah! finally completed the report. Been doing it from one month nowwh

was writing out some queries in oracle. found out one interesting one which shows a list of

currently logged-in users along with their login times. here it is

select username, schemaname, osuser, machine, program, logon_time from v$session
where schemaname<>'SYS'
order by username, logon_time

5:10pm - using someone else's login to post this blog! :-( Stupid net not working.anyways

that's all for now. hope everything gets alright by tomorrow. oh yeah, the Eagle has landed! ;-)

No more cofee!

A new day. A new start. Yesterday, like other days when the boss isn't around wasn't eventful. Just did what I do usually. Started

reading 'How to stop worrying ...' by Dale Carnegie. Was going through the Cat-urshot evaluations of urpercentile. many people who HAVE

work experience are getting good scores in CAT. and since from what I've heard, the B-Schools do give preference to people who have

some experience, I'll plan accordingly.
Another day with Crystal Reports. Whatever I do today, no tea or coffee(obv not) for me today. Even if I fall asleep on my

desk! :-O Got many mails to mail. Bye, see ya!