Long time no see

what a week last week was? since last friday, uptil wed. i've been sitting late upto 9 9:30 in office. the work load was too high. Couldn't get sleep, couldn't get rest, couldnt get peace of mind. but finally that has passed over. finished most of the hard work, now just need to touch up the code, and document it. The reason I put so much effort into it was that I didn't want to deal with much rework later when the code comes back from review. I don't want to see a huge LOD doc. So rather put in some mehnat at the beginning and relax at the end.
Even so, this could have taken some time less. In hindsight, I can say that I should have read the specs given to me properly. The effort would have been much less, and the whole things could have finished a lot faster. Anyways, this is a lesson to be learnt for future assignments. To properly go through the specifications given by the designer, and not to depend on some other person who doesn't know/care what he is saying, or who doesn't have the responsibility.
Another outcome of the hard work was that I got my Diwali vacation sanctioned. Chalo now a long week away from work, with my family. just sleep eat and relax all week long.
I'm also getting behind in my OCA exam studies, so got to catch up with that too. Need to catch up on the blog to. Its a real long time since I updated it. laziness, procrastination, workload - all of the reasons

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.