praveenzworld

2012-02-14T11:49:00.004+05:30

sars(pradeep) pelli...

on feb12

2012-01-25T08:20:00.029+05:30

goa trip...
with chaddi frndz... had fun...:) (Gang: Rohit, Arif, Prashanth and me)

@ Anjuna beach

rohit, me and arif...

sunset...

@vagatoor beach

arif, me and prashanth (our personal doctor for this trip) @ chapora fort

church near arambol beach

baga beach night life, rohit & prashanth did parasailing (imagine parasailing during night :P)

2012-01-10T20:16:00.002+05:30

googal (pronounced as google :P) ...

a village in North karnataka. (I was looking for our fields in my village and this caught my eye :))

2011-12-27T21:35:00.009+05:30

1 yr ...

x-mas gift :)

jaise mama waisee main :P

2011-11-28T22:33:00.002+05:30

being human...
today while I was returning back to home from office, it was drizzling and I saw a terrible bike accident on OMR, he was speeding lost balance and hit the divider. He was lying unconscious, everyone gathered around him, I too joined the mob. First look, I felt he was dead, head injury one eye half open and other closed, bleeding knee, he would be in his early 30's. ppl tried to make him drink water, I didn't allow it. There was a car next to the spot, but he did not offer help.. just moved on. Ppl started calling 108 ambulance, I offered help. We lifted him with our hands put him in my car, and now no one was willing to come to hospital with me. While driving, I kept on talking to him even though he was unconscious, telling him we are reaching hospital in next few minutes...With the help of local guys admitted him in Lifeline hospital, doctor said he was out of danger...another person who came to hospital offered further help.

felt satisfied :)

2011-11-07T07:19:00.004+05:30

smruthi in chennai...
smruthi came to meet ashrath on weekend, sharath is here for 2 months and will leave to Switzerland for onsite work.

pondichery trip...

bad time management by sharath :P, smruthi had to run to catch train and she missed it.. luckily we got bus ticket to hyd....:)

2011-10-16T19:08:00.004+05:30

hang out...

2011-10-09T09:22:00.008+05:30

GA aquarium...
dolphin show

shark bite... :)

firdous

piranha
in piranha den

lion fish

2011-10-08T11:01:00.003+05:30

haritha bday...
rakesh invited me for the surprise bday party he planned for Haritha

serving biryani which he prepared bunking office

bowling - burnswick zone

2011-10-06T07:39:00.010+05:30

RIP...

"Death...the single best invention of Life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new."

a design by one of his fans

Steve Jobs, the man who changed the world with his innovative thinking... apple created products like mac, ipod, iphone & ipad which were the best in terms of technology and design. He passed away a day after iphone4s launch by Tim Cook.

2011-10-03T05:53:00.003+05:30

Helen trip...

lost picture of gangsters

2011-09-26T19:43:00.006+05:30

house warming party - tap
(House warming got postponed to oct 7)
pradeep, sumanth & konda in atlanta...

after 8 yrs playing fifa :) [We used to play in our room during engg days]

pradeep had a good time :), he even swam in 200 ft deep water hahah. I drove this jetski while going back.
the duo, we were trying all sorts to turn this jetski upside down for a long time
yeah finally.... me and sumanth fell into the water (200ft deep) at high speed turn. This is the only experience I remember in this trip.... will do it again next time.
frndz
playing poker... boring (now I m learning how to play)
at chattahoochee river

2011-09-19T05:44:00.004+05:30

chaithu came to Atlanta for weekend...

playing volleyball

bonfire

2011-09-07T23:48:00.012+05:30

long weekend.... vegas
went to Santa clara to meet KC & Naveen....

at golden bridge, san francisco

beautiful Anya... she is growing big :)

vineyard... we ate too many grapes :P
Vegas...

MGM
Aria... (love this name.... I will name my daughter 'Aria'/'ada')
did ceaser ever live here ????
Grand Canyon... long drive... it wasn't worth as we thought
all scenic views looked the same lol
back to vegas... Paris
hoover dam next morning... we were tired and hungry.. didnt enjoy
vegas..
Bellagio

we played (learned gambling on spot), I played Slot machine, Roulette and Black Jack

I came out with 10$ profit :), after loosing 50$
final day
stratosphere... roller coster, free fall rides on top of 108 floor. It was awesome.

nice trip... thnx KC, Naveen & Waseem :)

2011-08-02T05:06:00.001+05:30

little doctor...

2011-08-01T01:41:00.006+05:30

Lake Lanier Islands...
weekend trip with tap family...

2011-07-25T01:15:00.011+05:30

my name is Raj...
my alias name is raj in Roswell Rousers team for ACL :P

2011-06-27T10:56:00.001+05:30

trip to pulicat lake & tada...
pit stop
pulicat
it was very shallow.. we walked half a mile

ther you see the mountains.. thatz wer tada falls are located

the sailors :P

@ tada falls entrance

2011-05-30T07:08:00.005+05:30

first pelli choopulu :) ...
We reached their home at 1:30 pm, I was waiting em matladutharu ani..casual ga start ayyindhi. The conversation was mostly family gurinchi.. after some time, sushma came and sat in front of us. Some general conversation again, overall we spoke little and came back. I didn't speak much :)

2011-05-28T15:15:00.006+05:30

resigned Amazon...
For sometime now I didn't like being in Amazon Chennai, it was good till Nov and then things were not good. I tried for internal transfer to hyd which didnt happen.

I Joined Opus Soft chennai... client Skylight Financial.

2011-05-21T16:59:00.006+05:30

chinnu is becoming handsome day by day :)...
Video here

2011-05-01T12:15:00.004+05:30

pradeep got PG admission in General Medicine....
He initially got surgery in Sidhartha Medical college, but later took General Medicine in Kamineni Medical College.

2011-04-12T13:00:00.006+05:30

India against corruption...

How can we achieve it, two ways 1) Stop Bribing people 2) Stop Taking Bribes
From my side, I will try my best to keep off from bribing people. The only people I bribe is Traffic Police, mostly at the traffic signals. If I break rules here on, I will pay full amount and take receipts for the same.

2011-04-10T12:09:00.007+05:30

kovalam beach....
on the way...
nice shot...

mitra..

karthik capturing the moments...

Divine call...
they accepted the call... these pair got washed away by a wave
ruins of a fort at kovalam beach, washed away by waves [I built this fort :)]

2011-03-28T18:21:00.005+05:30

son of smruthi & ashrath...
veediki sharath polikalu levu :P, smruthi features vachayee.

2011-03-25T11:12:00.003+05:30

a different letter 'f' in place of 's' during British time...

I found one english transcript from 18th century which has a different letter for 's' something like 'f', and they were also using letter 's'.

2011-03-19T12:53:00.006+05:30

venkat reception...

we went to balabadrapuram, near rajahmundry. This place is so fertile, we can see more than 10,000 acres of lush green fields in summer. Venkat told me once, come to my place and know why people in telangana want a seperate state, its true I havent been to coastal andhra before and I havent seen this kinda in telangana or rayalaseema, this was a treat to my eyes :) (spent only a day)

- we were given accommodation in ITC guest house
- had taati munjelu & kobbari bondalu directly cut from tree for us :)

Venkat resigned from TCS and looking after his family businesss now....

2011-03-16T20:29:00.004+05:30

disappointed...
I screwed up AA round for Sr. Software Test Engineer @ MS

I was referred by a friend, and I got the call within 5 min of resume submission to know my availability for interviews. Which was scheduled next day.

But things came up unexpectedly at work, and I had to work late nights for couple of days. So had my interview postponed for 2 days.

1. Telephonic round (1 hr) was basically on behavioral questions and situation based, more like QA project estimations and risk calculations. They asked me SQL queries (I rate myself as 2/5 in SQL hands on, but I spent some sleepless nights to learn SQL queries & concepts ranging to from Normalization to mirroring only for MS interviews). Finally I answered all his questions and was confident to get another call
2. I was at my home for my nephew cradle ceremony, and they asked if I could come and give interviews on campus. I said okay.
3. Next day I had 5 technical rounds, ppl screwing very technically 1 hr each . I could manage first two rounds very well,
a. 1st one was in generic covering all the points I mentioned in my resume + sql queries writing on white board + SQL concepts.
b. 2nd was completely on automation, asked me to explain frameworks on white board, comparison of frameworks, many questions on C#, JAVA & QTP. He gave me a scenario and asked me how would I automate it. I gave a solution using descriptive programming using QTP. It took more than an hr, over all I did well.
c. 3rd round was more concentrated on dot net technologies, I worked only for 6 months on dot net, I did okay in this round. The interviewer was an architect, he asked me to answer at high level. I was again asked some scenarios on QA project estimations and my approach for it. In this round I was asked questions on performance testing, could not answer all of his questions
d. 4rth round was with a Project manager, he asked me all technical questions and brought one of his team member to check my coding abilities, I did good. He asked me to write a query, it was self Join, I didn't remember its syntax. A puzzle which I think did well.
e. 5th round One more project manager round, this guy literally screwed me with SQL queries, I was able to explain on how to get them, but had difficulty in writing them. I told him I would rate my self as 2/5 in SQL hands on experience (I worked in couple of projects @ CA as part of installations), then he started asking me SQL concepts, I answered well. He asked to me write a code for a program & provide algorithm on white board. And couple of practical situational questions and how would I test them, debugging & problem solving. Over all I did well. He finally asked me what I am expecting out of MS, my 5 yrs goal & expected Sal
f. Next was final round AA (this interview was supposed to be a casual round & to check if the candidate is suitable), I was pretty confident as the 5th round manager was keen to take me in (internal information)
4. Hr told me they will get back next week...as it was already late
5. I did not hear from HR for couple of days, finally I had to push my friend to schedule interview sooner (not sure if this has effected). I told HR I can come in-person(I am not good in telephone, I kind of swallow/drop words and my pronunciation is not good), but it was decided a telephonic round.
6. AA round, with Product Unit Head for 30 min, first 15 min behavioral questions, why Microsoft and other questions, did well, suddenly he asked me puzzles (aah puzzle on telephone, I was not prepared for this, I didn't understand the puzzle correctly and screwed up). I was not confident in this round, but thought they would give weight-age for technical rounds.
7. I haven't heard from the HR yet. [Internal information I was rejected in AA round]

I was not able to digest the fact the that I was rejected in AA round, and that too based on puzzles. I spent some sleepless nights preparing SQL and other stuff.
I almost thought I would be getting back to Hyd :(, disappointment ante 100% disappointment

Finally a Big thanx to Bayana for forwarding my resume & helping me out.

2011-03-12T15:15:00.007+05:30

chinnu cradle ceremony....

Kaushal his temporary name , as we didnt find a name yet :P.
couple of names shortlisted, Kayin, Kavin, keerthan.... I asked them to put Tharan (Kavitha, Kiran) last letters of their names but they did not like it.

with grandparents

2011-03-05T00:23:00.005+05:30

banging my head to understand code I wrote 2 yrs back....

we tend to forget things soon once we start working on different stuff... I am not able pick what I wrote 2 yrs back ...

(a part of code)

using System;

using WatiN.Core;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using System.IO;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml;

using System.Net;

using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ConsoleApplication

{

public class MainScript

{

[STAThread]

static void Main(string[] args)

{

//declaring Variables

String ln;

StreamWriter errlogfileWriter = null;

String filename;

try

{

//logfile

errlogfileWriter = new StreamWriter(@"\\Automation\\log\\log.txt", true);

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("##########################");

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("#### AUTOMATION LOG FILE ####");

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("##########################");

// Create reader & Open DriverScript file

StreamReader drscrptReader = new StreamReader("\\Automation\\DriverScript\\DriverScript.csv");

Driver dr = new Driver();

// XML file to capture results

//XML file code, creating new XML schema with only root tag

filename = "\\Automation\\Results\\Report.xml";

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(filename, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);

xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

xmlWriter.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'");

xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("Root");

xmlWriter.Close();

xmlDoc.Load(filename);

XmlNode root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;

//read a line of text From driverScript & assign each line from DriverScript file to variabe ln

while ((ln = drscrptReader.ReadLine()) != null)

{

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("#### TEST CASE STARTS ####");

Console.WriteLine("***********************************");

Console.ReadLine();

//executing task in the driver class

dr.Execute(xmlDoc, root,ln, errlogfileWriter);

//writing results to report file

xmlDoc.Save(filename);

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("#### TEST CASE ENDS ####");

Console.WriteLine("*********************************");

Console.ReadLine();

}

//close the stream

drscrptReader.Close();

errlogfileWriter.Close();

}

catch (Exception ae)

{

String sdt = DateTime.Now.ToString();

errlogfileWriter.WriteLine("Error Message: " + sdt + ae.StackTrace);

errlogfileWriter.Close();

Console.WriteLine("The error message is: " + sdt + ae.StackTrace);

Console.ReadLine();

}

2011-03-03T11:18:00.002+05:30

chinnu..

2011-02-28T14:49:00.008+05:30

long weekend...

traveled ~2500 km by road & rail
Chennai - Vijayanagaram - parvathipuram - Vizag - Nalagonda - Hyderabad - MahaboobNagar - Chennai

Vijayanagaram fort & palace, we went through Bobilli but didnt have time to see around. [The famous story]

palace
Amar pelli

Vizag (i liked it)
kailasagiri
rope way
Kurusu submarine

visited my dads workplace (Nalagonda) finally after many requests :D

* Met girl's parents back home (it was an impromptu meeting arranged by my Dad - venue Osmania Medical College)

2011-02-07T09:32:00.005+05:30

Tanjore & trichy...

Bala gadi pelli, had an opportunity to visit Tanjore. We reached Tirukatpally early morng 6, met Bala at his place and reached Poondi Madha Bascila church a tourist place (3km), our accommodation was provided here. This place is on the banks of river Cauvery.
rajesh & bhaskar took bath in cauvery in the morng. Water was too cold for me to get in.
Bala's wedding
Trichy Trip

we started to Trichy, on the way there was this annicut, we spent some time here

Trichy church
rock fort temple
Renganatha swamny temple (srirangam), the main idol was beautiful & huge (vishnu sleeping on serpant)

baskar, me & rajesh (aka commander)
Tanjore

tanjore palace

jothishyam
tanjore darbar hall
tanjore temple - this was built by the great Raja Raja Cholan during 1000 AD

Taking rest, I was tired, walking bare foot during day, this developed blisters on my feet, I was not able to walk.

2011-01-23T23:05:00.017+05:30

talakona waterfalls...
finally it happened this weekend, we missed out before. Sat night we decided to go to talakona waterfalls, 230 km from my place. We started at 7 am, on the way we spent some time in chandragiri fort . We had good time @ talakona (scary monkeys). Driving back to chennai was good, gave a reminiscence of playing ROAD RASH in rocky terrain. All and all I drove ~500 km to & fro

the gang (roomies)

its a snake

breakfast near chandragiri

chandragiri palace
I m Alwar
@ talakona

water was too cold

driving back to chennai....

2011-01-02T13:12:00.009+05:30

childhood pics...
why did I post my pics here, the reason being, how does my sister son look like? there's a saying that ppl will have some of the features resembling MAMA, my sister and brother look bit similar... me odd man out. I took out all the old pics to see how we looked then, and found one of my pic (second one below) has some resemblance :)

But most of his features resemble, my bro-in-law (kiran), we need to wait atleast for an year to say this.

family pic (my brother was not born then)
me :) (they say I used to cry when ever we go to a PhotoStudio)
lucky/chinnu

akka
akka, brother & me (they did not give me ball)
family pic (I think this was in my 5 std.)

2010-12-30T14:53:00.009+05:30

15th day...

self service :P

cute smile [smiling from day 2 :)], sleeps in day time no matter how much sound we create around him.
holding my finger
morng sleep... exposing to sunlight
with akka
playing with him (doesn't look like 15 day old boy... on top he was born 1 month early)

2010-12-24T19:45:00.002+05:30

babysitting :)

night outs

2010-12-15T12:28:00.006+05:30

my sister gave birth to baby boy...

first day pics... (pre-mature 36 weeks)

2010-12-10T22:46:00.008+05:30

rakesh pelli...

it was cloudy...Rakesh was showing Arundhati nakshatram :)

group pic (me, rohit & arif with me with new couple)

Reception (palamoor)

we wer best frndz during school time... old pic

2010-12-04T12:45:00.004+05:30

repeated same mistake again...... lesson learnt

u have to be in system first to change something [or] you need to have power to bring in changes, else its hard to provoke a change... even if its good an attempt, ppl don't think out of their shell (system) to atleast try understand pros/cons.

2010-11-30T18:59:00.005+05:30

me & my bikes....

Bajaj Calibre: I bought my first bike before joining Eng college. This bike was used/tested to its limits, everyone including me used it roughly. Mostly we used to travel trickies (3 ppl), college days :). My frndz used to call it B****. Finally I sold it for nice deal after 5 yrs.

Bajaj plusar 150 cc DTSi:
This was a Black Beauty, elegantly modified ;). Amazing comfort while riding.. enjoyed the best road rides. I named it ASTERIOD :), the fastest thing. (It had the name written in MOTO GP style)

Lost this bike :(, Pradeep took this bike from me & gave his CBZ. (Maintaining CBZ was costly for a student and he was traveling a lot). He parked the vehicle in college campus..and someone stole it. We found it after 6 months, but preferred claiming insurance.

Hero Honda CBZ:
Everyone's dream bike, it is so perfectly designed. Looking at the bike, u fall in love. I used this bike for 6 months. Only downside of this, doesnt give good mileage.

Pradeep still using this...(5 yrs old)
after a long time, I took a ride on this.

My dream bike:
Bullet 300 cc, I will own this some day :)

2010-11-23T18:35:00.001+05:30

Anya...

with dad

2010-11-08T17:09:00.006+05:30

hyderabad trip...

pradeep in india - went to CBIT :)

Anya posing with Uncle Praveen ;)

Dinner with family :D

finally, srinath son ne chusa.. no pics

2010-11-03T23:00:00.010+05:30

@amazon...

my desk
me as RAVAN/2 :P
glasses courtesy Sakina

deepawali sweets

2010-10-11T18:31:00.013+05:30

Dhanushkodi trip...

Dhanushkodi.. is the tip of India, where King RAMA is believed to have built the causeway to Srilanka

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rameshwaram temple
Rameshwaram bus stop, this is wer I started to write in Tamil. It took me 2 hrs time to analyze Tamil lipi, and now I can write words in Tamil (with some mistakes :))

going to tip of the Island from danushkodi Watch Video

here's Bay of Bengal and Indian ocean confluence. Srilanka, is 11 km on the other side of the shallow waters. I could not see the causeway, but the water looks to be shallow and people can swim along.
Dhanushkodi hit by Tsumani in 1964

that's the newly constructed bridge connecting Rameshwaram Island to India

sunset over the pamban river on the way back...

2010-10-06T00:10:00.003+05:30

my art in iPhone app...

thnx KC, may this App become popular soon ..... Amen :)

Download App

2010-09-21T12:17:00.011+05:30

I love India and its history ...

Digging into history after a long time, I m spending time googling information...reason we frndz are going to Dhanuskodi, the place where Lord/King Rama built Causeway to Lanka on the sea..

It has been so many years when Rama ruled, I m excited to see the causeway... man made wonder.... over the time ocean levels would have increased and submerged it, now it can be seen from satellite view. There is another instance of such kind of man made causeway on sea to conquer TYRE kingdom.. it was none other than Alexander the Great during 332 BC.

more of Indian history....
RAMA kingdom (Rama rule proves we have culture beyond Indus valley civilization)
BARATHA kingdom (The name Bharat {India})
Krishna kingdom (Mahabharata - Krishna rule)

2010-09-20T14:04:00.006+05:30

coorg team outing...

to coorg

yes... I can play chess

trekking
the gang

destination, as it was late couldn't go to the top

@ Buddhist monastery

my disciples aanchal & varun :P
we dont require gun :D
the pose

2010-09-03T13:34:00.003+05:30

bharatnatyam pose using MS paint...

getting bored in office did this

will put these using oil paints sometime soon...

2010-08-31T10:41:00.017+05:30

bannerghatta national park...

from kurnool we went to banglore, as we had only 5 hrs time we decided to visit national park

new public transport in Banglore, we were one of the first to avail this service :)

trying to capture the best shot with 8 mega pixel digital camera :P

before catching train to Chennai :D

2010-08-30T12:10:00.006+05:30

alampur temples ...

pc gaadi pelli..., we started from chennai to Kurnool by APSRTC bus... @ 2:45 am bus broke down 62 km before Cuddapah. We waited for 3 hrs on road to board an ordinary bus for next 6 hrs journey

reaching Kurnool, we planned to visit Alampur temples also known as Dakshina Kashi

Alampur Navabhrama Templesare located at Alampur in AP. There are a total of nine temples in Alampur. All of them are dedicated to Shiva. These temples date back to the 7th century A.D and were built by the Badami Chalukyas rulers who were great patrons of art and architecture. Even after a time span of several hundred years, these grand temples still stand firm reflecting the rich architectural heritage of the country.
we took local bus, alampur is 27 km from kurnool on the banks of Tungabhadra river
our transport in Alampur
temple ruins
the gang (bhanu, hima, pavan & chaithu)

Sangameshwara Temple 6th century, which got submerged in krishna river during Srisailam project was moved to Alampur

2010-08-25T22:31:00.007+05:30

math...

Out of no where I remembered a problem that was asked to Pradeep for Integraph interview 6 yrs back, which he solved.

proving (a+b)^2 = a^2+2ab+b^2 diagrammatically, it was interesting (this wakes me out of my sleep nd here it is in da blog :D)

To solve it, take a square which has side split into two measurements, that in-turn creates squares and rectangles inside that.

the diagram looks like

We have one square with side (a+b)
we have 2 squares with sides a & b
and 2 rectangles with sides a,b & a,b

Total area should be equal sum of individual areas
i.e Big square area = sum (area of squares + area of rectangles)
(a+b) x (a+b) = axa + ab + ab + bxb
(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2

:)

2010-08-13T16:36:00.002+05:30

shooter... created in MS paint

2010-08-01T22:45:00.014+05:30

Tada falls trek...

to Tada by bus
we hired an auto to Tada falls from Tada
on the way

we slipped on rocks many times... n this one was fatal

fishes eating our skin (may be they r eating dead skin)

@ the final destination
back to chennai by train

2010-07-26T11:28:00.019+05:30

kabini trip...

ek jungle ka naam kabini tha... uss jungle mein 3 bhandar the

the gang
on day one, we saw spoted deers, spoted deers, spoted deers & spoted deers

thakur..mere paas 6 haath hain
the pose
day 2, v saw sambar sambar, sambar n wild boar :D
this wild elephant crossed the river swimming...
no idea of boat name (spiral boat)
mysore palace

better know whom u r dealing with

daarrrrrgaya :P

2010-07-14T22:40:00.002+05:30

new fud diet...

1. Morning - Milk + Corn Flakes + 1 Egg Omlette + 2 Banana's + 2 Badam + Ground Nuts + 1 spoon Lion dates syrup
2. Before lunch fruit juice
3. Lunch
4. Evening Fruit salad + 2 Badam + Ground Nuts
5 Dinner (1 boiled egg)

just started this diet :) ... need to see hw many days I can stick to this

2010-07-07T22:29:00.004+05:30

brought Getz Prime gls 1.3 2007 model used car ...

2010-06-27T23:02:00.004+05:30

which car....
most of the time I am googling information on car's....and my choice of vehicle is changing day by day :) Being in chennai.. I am not able to decide whether to take a New Car or go for used one (from internet I figured out there are many problems in getting a new car in other state and transferring the registration to home state). This weekend I test drove couple of used car's palio elx sport 2001, Getz s GLS 2004 & Getz GLS 2006 ... I didn't like any.... I took Figo test drive diesel, its pickup, ride and comfort are good.. I liked it. Now that I zeroed to Figo... my roomies saw Nissan Micra on the road... and told me its looks gr8...

Now googling for Micra :), infact its better than Figo... need to take test drive.

need to wait for some more time ???? in da mean time what if Toyota launches their Etios :P

2010-06-13T20:35:00.005+05:30

angry mother earth II....
It was 1 am, I was watching movie leaning to the wall, I felt the first tremors which was abt 2-3 seconds, I could feel the building shaking. I came out n asked chaithu, had they felt the termors... he said nooo... and said probably I was too invovled in the movie. I went to take some water, I heard chaithu's voice... praveen... letz go out.. I can feel it now... second one was for abt 5-7 seconds. We quickly came down n out of the appt... and slowly ppl gathered @ appt base.
This was the second time I felt tremors in chennai, this time I was frightened a bit...... the first I felt was in aug 2009.

2010-05-24T11:02:00.004+05:30

machan (Ajay) is no more with us :(

we came to know today that ajay is no more.... he went to kerala trip (tekkady) with his HCL colleagues on friday and the mini van which they hired met with an accident. Ajay was one among the two causalities.

I still remember ajay leaving room on friday...

ajay: gave a nod that he is leaving to office and will go to tekkady directly from office

I just went to him and gave a hug, chaithu was beside him.. I gave him a hug too...

ajay: leaving the room, he said "okavela naakemanna ayi .. tirigi ralekapothe … daily meeru tineppudu oka plate pettatam marchipokandi ra …" ... it was his last word from his mouth :(

his fav pic.. ajay with chiru

2010-05-13T23:52:00.002+05:30

its my bday....itz my bday.. :)

2010-04-26T10:50:00.006+05:30

koilkonda fort trip canceled...
it was 43 C in palamoor... on top bablooo frightened us by givin hint of wild bears existence..koilkonda fort trip canceled .

"Koilkonda is located at a distance of 24 kms from Mahabubnagar. Koilkonda Fort, the erstwhile outpost of the Qutab Shahi dynasty, is perched on a hilltop was built by Ibrahim Kutb Shah, one of the Golconda Kings, and contained substantial buildings which are now in ruins. During the string in 1509, when at koilkonda, sixty miles southwest of Hyderabad, Krishna Deva Raya defeated the last remnant of Bahmani power, Sultan Mahmud, along with Yusuf Adil Shah of Bijapur, who was killed in the engagement.

To reach the top, one needs to trudge across a deep canyon on the west or a series of streams if coming through east before reaching a plight of steps that leads to the fort. To enter the Koilkonda Fort, seven gates have to be crossed. The first one spots an inscription of Ibrahim Qutab Shah that dates back to 1550. Fourth gate leads to a dilapidated palace. Along with the fort, which itself is a magnificent structure, there is also a mosque and an Idgah."

2010-04-18T21:42:00.006+05:30

new paintings...

this painting is set as my desktop background :)

2010-04-07T11:20:00.005+05:30

sachin..saachin.......sachin..saachin......

"Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of that sport,that forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."

Finally I saw him play live.. :) ..... but he was not at his best as he got de-hydrated during the match @ chennai.. scored 45

pics..

2010-04-04T14:48:00.008+05:30

Vellore trip...

1. Delayed start by 1 hr (started @ 2 pm)
2. Missed two ECR buses to CMBT
3. Delayed by 45 min @ CMBT to vellore
4. Delayed by 1 hr en-route to vellore due to our politician Stallin (Missed to visit FORT)
5. Reached Vellore @ 7:20 pm
6. Headed towards Golden Temple by public transport.... reached by 8:10 pm (oops closing time 8:00 pm)
7. Got tickets for Divya Dharshan 100 per person...
8. I haven't seen something like this before awesome... awesome... no words :P

9.Pics outside temple

the gang...
kali pose lol

10.Reached Vellore bus stop @ 10 pm, had dinner
11.Back to Chennai.. @2 am, trip worth for Golden Temple (only during night)

2010-03-30T09:20:00.001+05:30

baawda gang @ amazon ...

2010-03-29T08:44:00.004+05:30

cricket memories ...

more @College Cricket

2010-03-20T17:38:00.005+05:30

team outing ...

12 days of christmas... step :)

2010-03-09T09:55:00.012+05:30

Goa Trip 2010...palolem

our accommodation
pc gadi capture

view from cottage...
waiting for my turn ... tattooo !!!

on the way to monkey Island...
we had to cross neck deep waves.... ther was one area wherein water was to our feet height :) [captured :P] .. awesome experience

ashrath was also there in the trip :), he was in his own world (this was the only pic with him)
the gang

2010-02-26T19:11:00.007+05:30

mom retirement...

with her students...

its my gift to her ..., she loves gold more than me... lol :D

2010-02-25T11:02:00.005+05:30

pondicherry trip....
it was subash's reception, we reached pondi @ 6:30..went directly to beach road.... just walked along the beach.. had paani puri... walked around french colonies. We went to reception by 9pm had dinner.. greeted new couple and headed back to chennai....

2010-02-15T17:45:00.002+05:30

who's intelligent...

a person who works hard, earns more money and saves huge amount for his kids... by da time he realizes.. he is at the end of his life [OR] a person who enjoys/lives life n earns for his living n basic needs.

2010-02-06T16:15:00.005+05:30

joining amazon.com as QA ...

2010-01-22T14:05:00.008+05:30

its exciting...
you do things which are unplanned adhoc and at the end of day you like the way things went. when you look back you have a story to tell :P, to ppl I look like an idiot, but I know what I am doing...I like it this way :D

2009-12-15T23:05:00.003+05:30

Resigned PhotonInfotech..
Dear All,

It is with great sorrow that I am hereby tendering my resignation to PhotonInfotech effective December 15th 2009. Although there is much to say, I believe the reasons leading to this decision are known by you, and I will therefore leave them unsaid at this time.

I offer my best wishes for the team success.

Kindly accept this as my formal resignation letter and relieve me at the earliest possible.

Sincerely,
Praveen

Reasons for resigning:
1. JOB security
2. Working late hours

2009-12-09T20:08:00.003+05:30

going bald :(

I am loosing hair in quick session (stress, tension)....and started to get bald ... may be in one year it will be in full display for all :D. My dad got it when he was in 40's, I am in mid 20's :P

2009-10-24T11:49:00.003+05:30

sensing natural calamity in near future ...
I am sensing disaster in near future, natural calamity. Earth quakes, floods & famine ...

2009-10-18T19:27:00.004+05:30

"People born on May 13 Astrology."
getting bored on a weekend, I started surfing astrology...and found this, after knowing myself for 26 yrs I found this content close to what I am now :)

Tauruses born on May 13 are rare individuals who possesses unique and special talents. There is a dark side to these people, yet they are rarely moved to reveal this aspect of themselves. They have great imaginative potential, which they may need to shape through learning and experience.

Taurus Information for May 13

You should embrace: Reliability, pride, kindness to animals

You should avoid: Arguments you can't win, lack of respect for money, tension

Friends and Lovers

May 13 individuals are naturally giving and able to put their trust in someone close to them. They are quick to reveal their thoughts and feelings, and they enjoy talking about shared goals.

Love brings great joy and great disappointment to them. Because they judge with their heart and not their head, they often choose a mate who is totally unsuited to their temperament.

Children and Family

May 13 natives generally experience a somewhat distant relationship with family members. These people are not group-oriented, and their opinions are often at odds with those of the family unit. They are not particularly attentive parents, though they have a great capacity for love and tenderness.

Health

It is not easy for May 13 individuals to be sensible about health habits. They eat whatever they please, whether or not it is good for them. Although they enjoy exercise, they rarely have the discipline to stick with a workout schedule. They would much rather play a rousing game of tennis or racquetball.

Career and Finances

Although May 13 natives may be expert at a particular subject, they will most likely follow their heart and do what they love best. Many of them change careers as middle age approaches, switching from a "safe" job to something they find more emotionally satisfying. Money has little meaning for these people. They want to express themselves, even if that means giving up a potentially large income.

Dreams and Goals

People born on May 13 want to be happy. They don't like restrictions of any kind and will always take the path that they believe will take them closest to living life as they wish to live it. They don't compare their success to others; they only compete against themselves.

2009-09-28T23:04:00.010+05:30

trip to Kanchipuram....

I loved it.. the temples, sculptures... Architecture and labor involved in creating those magnanimous structures, I was in awe looking at the delicate work put at each corner of the temples. .. its a life time experience to have....

It was the best trip I had during my stay at chennai, I m planning to visit Madurai, thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Rameshwaram temples soon :)

2009-09-27T22:56:00.008+05:30

mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) trip ...

2009-09-23T21:15:00.002+05:30

Time-pass, interesting conversation with a frnd :P

me: heelo
avsrinivasa: HI
ela vunnavu
ekkada ? US lona?
me: ledhu ...bharatha gadda meedha unna mithrama..
avsrinivasa: wow
me: nevu ekkada untivi
avsrinivasa: :)
nenu CA lo vunna :)
me: em chestunnaru
avsrinivasa: issues mitrama..
me: wcom
avsrinivasa: s
:)
me: akkata
bhumi gundramuga thirugu natlu...eee wcom..kuda ninnu vadaladam ledha mitrama
avsrinivasa: avunu mitrama
me: Soumitra mama ela unnadu
avsrinivasa: kotha project vachina kuda WCOM lo ne work cheyali :(
mee mama chala bagunnadu :)
me: mana wcom mithrulu antha kushalama ?
andarini adiganu ani cheppu
avsrinivasa: ha.. anta kushalame
alage
me: pilve01 and srina02 ki special ga..monna vachinappudu iddaru chala busy ga undiri
inka mee pelli life ela undhi
avsrinivasa: alage mitrama .. iddariki chebuta
chala bagundi
koduku... janminchinadu

me: chala santhoshamu mithrama
me: chala bagundhi ani ardam ayyindhi..andhuke mamaluni marichitiri
avsrinivasa: antaledu.. monna vachinappudu kalasitimi kada.. marachitiva?
me: edho ala porugu deshamu ki vachinappudu..kalisamu kaani..maku ennadunu email dhwara rayabaramu pampaledhu kada mithrama
avsrinivasa: anna neeku dandam pedata.. english lo type cheyi :)
me: heheh ila annavu bagundhi :)
em issues fix chestunnav
avsrinivasa: dropdownButton :(
me: heheh

2009-08-21T19:12:00.001+05:30

QA team @ providence ...

2009-08-11T11:55:00.005+05:30

earth quake...angry mother earth...
It was a long journey from Portland to Chennai... (becoz of the ticket confirmation issues), I had to wait at mumbai airport for 12 hrs as all the flights travelling to chennai were full. I reached chennai @ 1 pm, I slept till 11:30 pm. I woke up had dosa's.. chit chat with chaithu. Chaithu went to sleep @ 1:20 am, I was watching TV, suddenly around 1:30 am I felt my body shaking... it was weird, it was for 2-3 seconds, and after a gap of 5 seconds it did again.. I watched my feet shaking, I realised it was a quake...I jumped of my bed and went to call chaithu... second quake was also for 3-5 seconds. Chaithu was in deep sleep, Amar woke up immediately. We discussed our experience, we were awake for another 1 hr chatting and v went to sleep again :P

2009-07-26T10:45:00.011+05:30

silver falls...

2009-07-25T01:31:00.005+05:30

an idea can change the world...
Naveen gave an idea of sharing the charge from one mobile to the other..
Concept:
When your mobile has no charge, you can charge it by plugging to another mobile. No need to carry chargers :)

I designed this model...

2009-07-21T23:56:00.004+05:30

5 bottles in life...

2009-06-30T08:19:00.002+05:30

pen sketch...

this sketch was done during a meeting with client on generic automation framework for providence projects. Bryan (Director) was sitting next to me along with Ken (client QA manager), Karthik and my offshore manager. They liked the idea and asked us to start implementation. Interesting thing was Bryan appreciated my art at the end of meeting (he was watching me sketch all through the meeting :))

2009-06-29T08:02:00.017+05:30

oregon zoo...

2009-06-28T10:07:00.014+05:30

multnomah falls...

2009-06-28T05:51:00.001+05:30

going into past :P

2009-06-11T22:47:00.005+05:30

abstract art...
I drew this picture in MSPaint... entire image contains only "Triangles"...
Planning to put this using oil paints...

2009-05-26T18:35:00.001+05:30

Back to US ... for onsite

I am back to US ... portland for onsite work with Providence Health Services...

2009-05-13T09:22:00.000+05:30

itz my bday :D ...

from chaithu

2009-05-12T16:02:00.003+05:30

song lyrics by me :) ....

(....train whistle sound at the background)....

suno baja re train ki ceeti..
dheko ja rahi hain ghaadi...
mein tho jaunga office ko late..
padegi daat mujhe manager se..(2)
sar hoga neecha mera ladkiyo ke beech mein...

kya karu... kay karroooo
kay karu.

jaane ke liye bike nahi..
ek cycle bhi nahi hain..
roj jis par jatha tha..
woh ghadi tho nikal gayeee..

kya karu.. kay karroooo
kya karu..
mein kya karu..

2009-05-11T22:10:00.003+05:30

a glimpse into 'reel & real' life :P...

2009-05-10T01:15:00.008+05:30

Indian woman...

I tried with Oil pastels :), put it as desktop wallpaper

2009-05-05T12:02:00.005+05:30

got offer from photonInfotech...

Took Amit's suggestion in joining photon, he was my previous manager @ CA and knew abt my work, finally decided to stick with Photon as it was into SOA testing. Had to choose btw Oracle which was offering good sal but same work which I did @ CA

2009-04-19T13:05:00.003+05:30

my vote...

first time vote vesa :) ... my vote to LokSatta

2009-03-19T23:50:00.006+05:30

EULA testing..

trying to apply for patent...

Problem:
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1. Common user is not aware of the pros and cons of the application, almost 90% of the users skip end user agreement which contains rules and regulations.
2. The application owner doesn't monitor the user activities.
3. They come to know when a complaint is filed against them, but to user he doesnt know what he has done, since he has not read the EULA.

Solution:
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Make end user read about the EULA

how to achieve it:
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Questionnaire to the end user about the license agreement.

Result:
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Application will not be miss used, every user using the product will be aware of pros and cons

2009-03-16T12:10:00.006+05:30

akka pelli...

another love story :)