tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:09:23 +0000Internshipscmhrdvacation300Google ThemesStoreJetTranscendTranscend 2GBW800Western Digitalair deccancloud formationsdanushkodidell inspironmbamen magnetmonday morning blues.neonorkutparadeeprameshwaramrandomsibmsp jaintravelI am a wanderer. Usually by choice. Not mine. These are random thoughts from a wandering mind. Things penned here make no sense. This is especially true for people who don't know me, and then there are times when I look back and wonder, "What I was thinking!"http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (RAVi)Blogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-405137812882230670Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:18:00 +00002012-07-24T21:48:12.089+05:30Airtel Customer Support and their Technical Support recommend that you use airtelgprs.com as the APN for the new windows mobile phones from Nokia. However if you use the above APN on the Lumia 800 you will not be able to access the internet / download mails - pretty much do anything with your data plan. Simple solution is to not punch in an APN on the Lumia 800 and it works like a charm with thehttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2012/07/airtel-gprs-settings-for-lumia-800_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-9046005343861036631Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:18:00 +00002012-07-24T21:48:04.644+05:30Airtel Customer Support and their Technical Support recommend that you use airtelgprs.com as the APN for the new windows mobile phones from Nokia. However if you use the above APN on the Lumia 800 you will not be able to access the internet / download mails - pretty much do anything with your data plan. Simple solution is to not punch in an APN on the Lumia 800 and it works like a charm with thehttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2012/07/airtel-gprs-settings-for-lumia-800.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-1476386906285617624Fri, 22 May 2009 13:15:00 +00002009-05-22T18:45:24.704+05:30The joy of returning to Delhi was short lived. Or make that not lived. :-(Spent the weekend looking for a paying guest accommodation, as the ones i had contacted from paradeep were real opportunists, who realised that they had desperate customers who needed a place, and quick. The fact that it was only for a month added to their demands. 15 days rent as commission, for a months lease, to double http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/05/uttar-pradesh-one-town-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-726843804365098873Sat, 09 May 2009 12:25:00 +00002009-05-09T17:58:12.844+05:30InternshipparadeepAnother week has passed, slow and steady, with not much happening in the office or otherwise. A quick trip to Bhubaneshwar, for work, was am all new experience on many fronts.Have traveled in an unreserved compartment, with unreserved tickets, for the first time in my life! The mba brochures and admissions pitches fail to mention this aspect of field work in the glorified images of corporate http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/05/another-week-has-passed-slow-and-steady.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-929603243112412094Wed, 06 May 2009 04:04:00 +00002009-05-06T09:39:33.205+05:30When i got to know that i will be spending a month in orissa, i had decided that weekends will not be spent in the guest house, but travelling. I wanted to visit all the tourist destinations here before i am done with the plant stint. Unfortunately the plant works six day weeks, so the only free day is sunday.This sunday, vinit and i visited the nandankanan zoo. The zoo boasts of the largest http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-i-got-to-know-that-i-will-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-7810099091768970853Fri, 01 May 2009 18:04:00 +00002009-05-01T23:38:06.800+05:30Vinit, Kurvan and I borrowed bikes from a couple of colleagues and drove to the "Nehru Bungalow", and the estuary of the Mahanadi. The drive was pleasant, and the view spell binding.Walked or rather waded across the knee deep river to the other side, and spent some time there before returning to gd4. Uploading images on my gprs connection is painfully slow, will do it once i get a decent http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/05/labour-day-holiday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-523674958836842026Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:33:00 +00002009-04-30T17:06:03.879+05:30InternshiptravelIt has been an eventful fortnight since my last post, and the fact that i am using my phone and mail to post this is largely due to a complete lack of a reliable net connection in paradeep.The 36 hour train journey was... to be generous, boring. slept the entire time, waking up for refreshments in the form of cold, muddy water, that is called tea by the railways. The food in the train was a http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/04/paradeep-15-days-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-9037072927577825864Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-04-13T19:25:57.255+05:30Lack of Internet connection ...Lack of time ...Lack of interest ...Lack of motivation ...Some of the reasons for abandoning the blog for the better part of two years, though the last two points are the prime reasons. I hope to get back to blogging a fair bit from now on ...It has been more than a year since this page, i.e. the post creator has been visited by me. In the meanwhile, I have http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2009/04/past-year-and-half.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-8247645715560465819Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:46:00 +00002007-11-08T20:22:09.544+05:30In a couple of days that is.Exams were a breeze. They tend to be when you don't know much of what is being asked. Accounts remains a nemesis.Electives for sem II selected. Sales and Distribution Management, Operations Management II and Data Mining form my 8 elective credits in addition to the 18-odd core credits.Admissions work now gathers steam. Prospectus to be sent out, accounts (not again) tohttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/11/semester-ii-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-3535966468106385251Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:56:00 +00002007-10-18T11:43:52.843+05:30Been more than 3 months in college, don’t know what new things I have learnt, but it has been an awesome experience.20 hour days never felt so satisfying. On the academic front, I managed to do well in most courses. Accounts remain unfathomable. About half the class (me included) flunked the paper.The BComs and MComs were shocked to see 36 / 60. My first backlog paper to be written http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/10/semester-1-done-exams-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-5280665377765265115Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:28:00 +00002007-08-11T11:08:59.404+05:302 months down. Been 2 months and a few days in college and the majority are beginning to settle down to the routine. 20 hour days don’t seem as daunting, and the ingenious minds have developed methods of getting past the profs roving eye. The “was thinking” comment has now been replaced by “just a few minutes sir” and this may be replaced “just a few minutes more sir” in the coming days. http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/08/2-and-half-months-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-6789438017641448057Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:21:00 +00002007-07-17T13:08:13.345+05:30Someone surely has some free timePlease do not inform the staff / the diro.thought that i would post some details of the exams that I have failed since i joined the college ! The first month has been a revelation in this regard!Firstly, my book review got cancelled. Don’t know what they found objectionable in The Motorcycle Diaries. Half the class had reviewed one night, which had the diro fuminghttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/07/2-posts-in-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-1621183288093208256Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:03:00 +00002007-07-17T12:48:53.322+05:30Been more than a month that i have been at the college, and what a month it has been! Am still amazed at the quality of the batch ... the strengths of the individuals is staggering!A chronology of the month would be difficult to remember in this sleep deprived state, but the one thing that’s common to the entire batch is the feeling of sleep depravation. A normal day starts at 6 am and ends way http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/07/month-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-3004501264028333432Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:40:00 +00002007-06-02T20:16:15.490+05:30So it is to be the number of the devil. As the administrator of the college went to great pains to explain, we are "Stuck" / "imprisoned" etc here for another 666 days .. plus minus a couple ...expecting holidays is considered a crime, and the first week seems to be straight from hell ! Lectures, infact they call it non acads, Yoga, Gym etc, start at 6 am and last an hour, followed by an hour to http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/06/2-days-gone-666-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-8490223000601505117Thu, 31 May 2007 19:42:00 +00002007-06-01T01:22:40.750+05:30It is 1:13 AM, Friday June 1, 2007. The day that I quit being unemployed, and start off on getting my MBA ! Need to pack up, and move again. seems like yesterday, that i moved away from mumbai.The past 2 weeks have been wonderful as well as tiring. Foundation Course work on Accounts, Economics, Math, Statistics and Computers were all pretty manageable, as were the 2 interviews, book and movie http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/06/day-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-8732807093513194450Mon, 14 May 2007 10:59:00 +00002007-05-15T12:10:39.511+05:30The dept had organized a farewell on Friday, some photos from the party.Kadam decorates the cardFood all set out.Amish, Me, Dhiraj,Jayendra, Harshit,Varsha,Kadam,Sheetal,Pawar,Sameer,MandarThe speechesProf. P. C. Agrawal (Boss # 1)Prof. R. K. Manchanda (Boss # 2)Prof. Antia (Chairperson of the Department)ShahjiParagDhirajThe Gifts:Prof. Antia (Chairperson D.A.A)Prof. P. C. AgrawalThe rest of the http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/farewell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-9000936190839983427Fri, 11 May 2007 06:02:00 +00002007-05-11T11:34:34.594+05:30The last three years seem to have flown past. Still remember the day I walked into the corridors of TIFR, as a fresh engineer, starry eyed with a prayer in my heart (hoping that I don’t screw up) as I went about designing a satellite. It was a once in a life time opportunity to meet and work with some of the best brains in the country, and a dream come true. As I look back at the past 3 years,http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-begining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-4604708141199850610Wed, 09 May 2007 08:06:00 +00002007-05-09T13:50:01.930+05:30When the guide at the Hotel offered that his brother in law could take us snorkelling, I jumped at the offer. 3 hours of fun.Convincing mom to jump off the boat, into what she could see is chest deep water, but the fact that we were 1km from the shore ... was FUN. Getting her back into the boat after her 10 minute adventure was even more so.. ;)Some pics. Edward our snorkeling guide was able to http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/day-3-snorkeling-at-rameshwaram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-8413098103661043676Wed, 09 May 2007 06:45:00 +00002007-05-09T13:00:32.390+05:30danushkodirameshwaramvacationRameshwaram and Danushkodi are two places, approximately 17 km apart in the Ramanatapuram District of Tamil Nadu. Rameshwaram is approximately 160 km from the South Indian city of Madurai.A very important pilgrim centre for the Hindus, Rameshwaram, according to legends, is the place from where Lord Rama, built a bridge across the sea to Lanka to rescue his consort Sita, from her abductor, Ravana.http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/day-2-rameshwaram-and-danushkodi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-1983572367422705511Mon, 07 May 2007 07:32:00 +00002007-05-07T13:28:21.881+05:30Theres too much to write about, so will let the pictures do the talking.The main attractionThe prayer startsMaintaining RythmThe Main Pundit (from Tirupati)Crowds to rival Mumbai locals6 feet tall. - natural2 feet added by a stool. - cunningGap in the crowd. - luckthats the lord ayappa placed and first poojas being performed.doors donated generously by an aunt.As the crowds left for the other http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/day-1-mahakumbhabishekam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-8380137320098870098Mon, 07 May 2007 06:27:00 +00002007-05-07T12:09:32.947+05:30air deccancloud formationsneonvacationAir Deccan is not as bad as people make it out to be. They make the flight as comfortable as possible, but don’t expect any frills. Flight was on time, and the Rs. 20 CCD coffee on board was nice though would have preferred if it did not have to come out of a packet and i did not have to do the mixing in hot water.Cloud formations that I really liked, though the air hostess needed to be convincedhttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/05/day-0-mumbai-to-palghat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-4763821897023999975Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:37:00 +00002007-04-27T14:52:05.265+05:30I’m off on a long over due vacation this weekend. It has been nearly 5 years since my last vacation up north; Shimla and Kullu-Manali seem like a distant dream. This time I am off to Kerala and some parts of Tamil Nadu.Start the trip with a visit to our “family-temple” of koni-amman as dad calls it in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu before we leave for Palakkad, Kerala to my grannies place. A temple beinghttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/04/vacation-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-6662056774849654440Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:50:00 +00002007-04-18T18:52:19.212+05:30StoreJetTranscendTranscend 2GBW800Western DigitalOut shopping yesterday, picked up a couple of toys for myself !toy no. 1 was a a Transcend Store Jet SATA hard drive enclosure, and a Western Digital 80GB drive. Thought long and hard about a portable drive, but the prices was too much !Initial performance compros with some known reading show a nice increase in performance levels ! 10 MBPs gain over the non branded cases makes this a nice bargainhttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-toys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-7763089009930511788Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:12:00 +00002007-04-12T21:52:26.133+05:30men magnetorkutrandomRashmi is back on Orkut after a hiatus of nearly 2 months !And this is what she is greeted with from random strangers...Number 1.Friendship is not collection of heartsbut it is selection of hearts.All friends are not True.But true friends are very few,Which includes U……Number 2.past is experience, present is experiment and future is expectation.so my friend use your experience in your experiementhttp://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/04/admirers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25893384.post-174457044393904619Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:21:00 +00002007-04-12T18:21:43.190+05:30300dell inspironscmhrd The online course has begun, but I need to get cracking at it. Work pressures, project deadlines, unachievable PERT charts all loom over my head for more than 20 hours a day. The course demands 5 hours of day of studies on various topics, ranging from accounting to computers. Maths, Stats and Computers seem easier than the rest, but Behavioural Sciences gives me the nightmares that faced http://ravilakshman.blogspot.com/2007/04/past-2-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RAVi)0