Career is changed and better now

So no more hectic Fridays I suppose - its been easier with my new job which i changed last year in Sept.   I am more into the Server testing on the telecom side. But not entirely the core telecom networking job.

A typical Friday in Telecom QA

With my experience in past, i have observed a quite busy Fridays especially near the time of the nightly builds or the releases coming in. The reason being, you will need to do some kinda big regressions over the weekend, some kinda performance test/soak test and what not. And for that you may need the whole set (again a problem of searching missing pieces in your setups). Then do the required environment setup, start the automation test/scripts/whatever the method. Wait for around 30min to see, nothing is broken.. And then go home peacefully.
If you have about even 40% of things ready you will take a whole 4hrs time on the weekend - given the build(nightly or release) is ready by 12noon which is rarely the case. Other times, you just get busy running here n there for some issues which gets solved by late evening. And thus our fridays become typical busy days!! Wow i love days other than Fridays ;) But, I still look forward to Friday for the next two days it invites (weekend or saturday and sunday).

Snacks for Office

I wonder which is a good snack for the office. Don't have a full time cafeteria at office. And around 4-5pm I feel like munching on something. So whats the best food for that time, which isnt too heavy/fatty. Do not want to choose something from the vending machine, they are all oily, fried or junk stuff.
I keep granola bars at desk, just in case. But at times like today, when I am not that hungry but just want to munch on- what is the best next option? Fruits (needs to bring in morning from home), popcorn ( don't really know how to pop the packets in microwave), some nuts (needs to be really judicious about which is good and which is not), tea (how much and how many times allowable), coke (soda - wants to stay away from them), granola bars (any other option), some tic-tacs and wrigleys (dont like chewing gum at work). Hmm whats the best one to go for.. or just a mix of things? May be keeping a bag of carrots and Apple and other whole fruits is a best idea.

Lets see..

My new job

Its good that I am enjoying my new and the first job in US. Its a small team, good ppl but busy ppl, so need to find out stuff myself. Need to put in a little more effort to learn things. The technology I will be working on is Video/MPEG etc etc which is really interesting (but i always wanted to keep distance). Wish to get a good grip soon and be on track of contributing things myself.

Oh yes, life is going on good. Not at least sitting back at home and do nothing/sleep/browse. Yes its true though that towards the end of each day, i feel exhausted. And this is just my 3rd day at work. I am yet to get my driving license. Good that my office is close by to where i stay, so that not a big trouble for getting a ride. Hope to put up some more info on my tech blog with the things i am studying right now. Wikipedia has really great write-ups on this technical area.

And for everything keeping my fingers crossed for the best for my career in US.

The Job Market

At times, I am forced to believe that with the economy going down, the jobs in the software industry are also getting a setback. I have never imagined, it would take this long for me to find a job in the market with my expectation of job profile as well as salary. It isn't that my profile doesn't match, its just that, I see less number of job listing each day. Either there will be no new updates on the job sites, or there would be just a reposting of the older job description.
Its very easy to get bored of this job search and very irritating on how slow the market is, both in terms of the no. of openings an the payment options left. Hmm, nevermind coz searching for a job was never supposed to be easy but a sheer luck. If luck is eluding me right now, may be I will have a better luck next time. I am still very positive of getting a break soon.. :)

I am back Again!!!!

When I see this blog abandoned I always used to think when am I going to enter a new entry into it, isn't this a very long a hibernation? And why is it that I stopped blogging? But right now while I am writing this, I should not try to reason out the things that happened and fall back into the same trap again.

My coming back to blogging is because of the inspiration that I got from my husband. He kept saying since he read thru my blog approx a year and more back that why I stopped writing and why should I be sitting idle than writing on something to keep me busy. Thank you hubby ji.

Life has changed in these 2years and certainly going for the better tomorrow. And I am thankful for everyone out there for me, wishing me good luck. Am currently on a foreign land trying to make new friends and trying to learn new things.

Hope!!!!!

God only knows, why we keep hopes and expectation..
Today, I messed up with a good friend, just because, i was in a bad mood. Reason: I was just hoping something that i know, i shouldn't be doing and that i dont want to do it. But still i was thinking about the same thing. I tried to concentrate on my work, but unable to., Albeit, I tried not to think abt it, still was getting more and more depressed abt the same thing. I dont know why, i got such short tempered, for an hr or so. Very unlike me..

:(

Life became different Now

Life, isn't just as easy ever. And now i think, i got something new for me to aim at. Something that i know was always there that i never realised and never worked for it.
I was never afraid of hard working or for even spending more time at office. But somehow, i was distracted for some reason, from my work. Now i realised that it was the wrong thing i was doing as I lost touch with so many more important aspects of work. Good that my friend, made me realised in the easiest way to work, and work till you are satisfied. And well, I am satisfied and not yet satisfied, with the amount of work. Now i want not to give just what i can do, but also something that i can do better. I just missed how important it can be for me for my future.
I guess, i will try to first bring me upto my expectations and then will try to excel in that. Just wish i have some more time to do. I now realise, that i can do more than what i always have been doing. Something extra, which can help me too.. And i want myself, to be strong enuf to do that and prove myself yet again. Work's struggle, doesn't get over after one WIN. We need to keep WINING, till we WIN our own heart, and never ever LOOSE it.

This came to me a little late, but as is said true " Better late than never".

Indian vegetarian Buffet

:) Hmmmm, muh mein pani aa gaya. Buffet and that too, vegetarian, with lots of veg curries, gulab jamun, ice-cream, burfi, kheer, pakora, dahi bara, mango chutney, salad, and what not.. and all just for 9CAD.

Well, last weekend, have been to Toronto, for the second time, to just roam arnd and visit arnd the Toronto downtown. Had a nice time, with good and new friends, whom i know only for past 1month ;) And well, that was worth a week off, from all the tensions of work and home, and all the tensions of unnecessary things/feelings passing by.

Enjoyed my trip, and had nice paper masala dosa, and indian buffet food, in Gerrad Street. It was just like an Indian street, with ppl roaming on the roads, near the shops, panipuri, on the footpath. Loud music from the shops, all indian dresses hanging, all jewellery shops, indian kind.
Well it was a place, worth seeing a little India, in a foreign land.
If you are staying in or around Toronto, do not miss Gerrand street.

Unexpected Behavior

I could never explain, why i behave so differently sometimes. I would myself be surprised, the kind of feeling i get. A kind of feeling, so lonely, so desparate for something i dont know of, so unimportant. I feel sometimes, i am not worth of anything, a kinda feeling that wont let me do anything ahead. That wont let me think ahead. Something that forces me to be stagnant and stationary. Everypart of my body, especially the way i think will be unlike me. Will be so untrue.

And whenever i try to judge it, i get more depressed and tensed. Whenever i try to indulge myself in more engrossed activities, like studies, work, etc i will end up over-stressing myself. I will end up burning myself. And such times, just doesnt pass away, without creating a negative effect on the close by friends, nearby relatives. And i dont know how to run away from this kinda situation...


:( Kash bhagwan ne mujhe bhi "perfect to handle any situation" banaya hota :(