Lost & Found My Mobile..... :)

I actually can't believe it ....... and after this incident ...... I do believe in destiny n luck...........

Finally I got back my lost Mobile in some extra-ordinary way ......... Thank God.... Got back all the informations stored in it...... alongwith with this I got a phone with which my fingers are prolific.

So here the story start of the recovery .......


My childhood friend Ritesh called me up in my new number .....
And started scholding me of not even sharing my new number and giving my old phone to some unknown person..... I was astonished on hearing these words.....

So I asked him, did u called in my old no. I lost the phone.....He told me that somebody answered the call also but he couldn't understand what he was speaking......
I told him that I will callu back and then put down the phone.....
Then I called back in my old number and someone picked up and same problem happened ...he was speaking in Kannada and I was not able to understand (I should have learnt Kannada by now....after staying so long in bangalore approx 2.5+ yrs)....

Then I asked one of my friends in office ...Sandeep to call at the number and get the address and if required offer some money also....
Sandeep called and got the address tooo.... The address was of some place near the new Bangalore Airport (BIAL).....

We went there the next day...again Sandeep gave me the company ...coz without him I wouldn't have been able to interact with people there .....We went for a long ride and after asking few people finally reached the place after a ride of 1 hr....

there we reached one shop and a old man came......he said that his son is not there who got my mobile phone and he will bring it .....we waited there for 15 mins and after that the same old guy came with the phone ....we offered him 50 bugs ...but he wanted more ...so gave him 100 bugs....

Now I had my old phone in my hand ...... was quite glad to get it back ..... :)

Now when I see the whole episode I think the things which resulted in successfully recovery of my phones are :-

1> Outgoing calls were blocked.
2> It was a CDMA set, so the user just can't throw SIM and use some other SIM.
3> The handset has password Lock
4> The user can receive only calls when passowrd lock ...and can't see details inside
5> And timely call of my friend in my old no. and informing me....
6> Lastly, the willingness of the guy who got it ....and thought to return coz it was worthless to him.....but may be worthy for someone like me......

Still Outgoing needs to be enabled...... Already requested Twice in Reliance World.... These people are really slow ..... I saw a lot better service by vodafone guys ............

Lost My Mobile ....... :(

Last Friday, I lost my mobile . While I was riding bike, it fell down from my jackets pocket in Madiwala..... As soon as I realised this I turned back breaking traffic rules as it was a one way (madiwalla Oneway)..... But as it was already 8 pm so it was dark .....spent 30 -40 mins searching on the road...but couldn't find it ..... then called to my mobile thrice from STD booth....The response was "Mobile is not reachable".... This response did upset me ...as i thought it might have fallen down and its parts might get dispersed..... but also there was sense of relief that it should go into someone's wrong hand ..... then finally gave it up ...as i couldn't find....

Went ahead to my destination planned --> Total in Madiwala, bangalore to meet S*****, just when I reached she told me that just now she called me and I was disconnecting it ....I tried again and to my surprise someone had already taken it and was ending the call when it was ringing ...... and finally it was switched off after 2 rings....... Now I was scared for the wrong use of my mobile..... Thank god I had locked my phone with some passcode ...and hopefully the person to took the phone is not smart enough to break the code...... Then was with her for some time waiting for her bus to come........

Now the worst part I realised was the increasingly dependence of all of us on Mobile phones nowadays..... I was having trouble to recall the contact nos. of people and also didn't have any back up.....
So I thought lets go to Lalit jiyaji's home from there I can block my reliance no. and also other things ...and atleast inform at home that I have lost the mobile... I reached there ...but it was already past 11pm and it seemed they had slept .....door was locked in the Ground floor and to get the key from them (@2nd floor) I need to call .....though I can go to std booth but ...I dont recal his contact no. ...... what a tragedy .......so much of dependence on Mobiles....

went to meet Ajay (kallu) he was also not there at his PG.........Damned ...nowhere to go......

So came back to office and got outgoing blocked from my no. .......
Mailed to few people that I have lost my cell so please send me there nos......

Updated profile in Orkut (gateway for social contacts nowadays) that I have lost my number and also in Gtalk..................



seriously Now I realise how much more we have become dependent on mobiles....
I didn't lose only contacts but also my password and id for various bank and credit cards....It gave me huge tension...so got my password reset for credit cards also...

Now what abt the Birthdays of my friends.......


In simple words , Losing a mobile means huge risk of information within them and loss of connectivity with people around you........

Now got a new connection of Vodafone on a mobile phone lended by one of my friend.....

Try to get connected to all friends again..................

Wanted IMT-GaziaBad getting Nagpur..................

It seems one section (English screwed me like hell).....
None of the desired B-School is giving me call....

Yesterday recived Call for IMT-Nagpur, I desired for Ghaziabad, now I am taking a call not to attend the interview. First of all the interview is in kolkata , secon even if I get selected chances are very less that I will take admissions there ....

So Now what are the desired options I have : --


Only one PGSEM from IIM-B. Instead of running after CAT year after year

CAT 2006 -> 89.xx %ile
CAT 2007 -> 92.xx%ile

its better to get into best of the B-School. which you can get .

Though PGSEM might not have that great brand in the public as PGP from IIM-B might have....But the good part is that ...

• Its faculty will be from IIM-B ....

One can't expect better faculty in India

• I can work parallely....and earn ..while keeping in touch with the industry...

All those academic things can be applied in practice ...and also you will get experience....

so after 3 years (assuming I get cleared in CAT next year)

PGP (MBA) + 3.5 yrs Exp
or
PGSEM (MBA) + 5.5yrs Exp

Second one sounds better as first one is not 100% sure.....

So my traget is PGSEM ..test is on 3rd march ' 2008

Don't empty your spam mails without having a look

Most of us generally don't check the spam mails folder frequently..Even I don't .. just a few days ago I read one of the forwarded mails from one of my friend regarding -- a possibility of important mail coming as spam mail....

To my Surprise, after logging into my yahoo account I just thought to check my Spam Mail folder ....
I found that it contained mails from IIM - Bangalore .... That mail had my admit card for the PGSEM test.... Oh my God!!!!!!!!!! Had I deleted all those mails in spam folder or it might have got deleted by itself after 3o days ...I might have missed the admit card for PGSME test from IIM-B....

-- So, guys make a habit to check your bulk folder atleast once in a few days lest you miss out on some important mail..

Tour of Hyderabad + ICFAI (1/2/08 - 5th Feb 2008)

First Trip of Hyderabad

Though I had a prescient knowledge that Hyderabad trip will not be fruitful regarding the objective to get admission to a Good Business School, I wilfully went ahead with the plan. I started on Friday i.e. 1st Feb ' 2008 from Yashvantpur R.S. for Secundrabad by Sampark Kranti Express. As usual in Bangalore, Auto wallahs don't agree for the fair price, they always want double or 1.5 times or fair plus 20 or 30 rupees. Was able to catch one who got ready for Rs 200 bugs. though the distance is nearly 23-24 kms. That means Fair price is 120 and he was ready only for 75% extra. Anyways after reaching YPR , told "BaBye" to Bangalore for few days.

Reached Secundrabad, again the same thing common in most of the Railway stations in India -- Auto Wallahs Making one fool regarding price even if the person knows that he is making you fool.But what can one passenger unknown with the city do....rather than doing some bargaining..
Somehow got in one of the autos and booked one of the lodge for a temporary stay.

My interview was on Tuesday still I reached there on Sat morning so that I can meet up my college buddies(Avijit, Sudhir, Sandipan, Sankar, etc) who are in Hyderabad. Few juniors are also there like shruti, Jaya. After entering the lodge called mishra and sandipan to meet up....Sandy was busy while mishra was available. We meet up at Punjagutta (Equivalent to MG of Bangalore) and there I got a great Shock. Mishra, this guy was very thin and I suddenly see a person coming towards me with red specs, big Bisceps and l----o-----n-----g hairs. At first I was not even able to believe that he is mishra though I was able to recognise. From Punjagutta we went to Begumpet the place where Avijit stays alongwith Sudhir Pathak , Asutosh and Ashwini. And the secons shock was waiting for me , Mr. Sudhir Pathak , You wont believe it this guy has made a good physique like the one of Partho and he now cherish Grill Chicken though earlier he used to be a Sudh-Saka-Hari.

After having a big chit chat, I went along with Avijit for Charminar. Though Charminar looked good, but somehow I didn't find it that impressive. From the charminar area bought some Hyderbadi Pearls which are famous in India. Before that we had a lunch in Paradise, a famous restaurant in HYD, and as expected we had speciality of Hyderabad i.e. Hyderabadi Biryani and a grill chicken.




While retruning saw the Sagar with a Statue of Buddha on an island in the Sagar. That was really a beautiful view. This Lake is sorrounded by a road called necklace road. And also had a restaurant beside it called "Eat Street" which is quite good to come after evening. Nice atmosphere prevails in the restaurant.


When we came back, it was already 9 ....It was party time as Sudhir was medically cleared for a onsite trip to UK. Earlier he was blocked on Suspicion of TB, which actually came as negative in report. So they called up many friends of there...and we all were boozing out, cracking jokes, having chicken , dancing....overall a great fun..... At 1 am, I went to sleep... After that some them went for ride and the tragedy was waiting to happend, mishra fell down from bike along with Sumanta, my college friend. And both of them sustained minor injuries. Sunday just went sleeping , watching moviews, etc.

Now Monday arrived, and I had interview ,...I just prepared the content in span of 2 hrs and choosed the topic as SEZ,,,,...and again started fun.....as if I had no interview tomorrow.

Tuesday I had to wake up at 5 am -- the thing which I hate most --- waking up early....
Went to IBS admission office, got into a Bus and then reached IBS campus....which was quite far from the main city....Got registered myself and found that my Presentation was at 12:45 .....that means being idle for 3-4 hrs doing nothing .....thats quite sick......they could have alloted some timing earlier by themselves..instead of calling such a huge number of people at once... In those idle hours I already had formed a group with few people and was having fun.practiced for the presnetation. Now, when the time came for presentation I gave it and I gave it fairly good contrary to my expectation. interview was very very brief...though good...but only God knows know what they can make out in an interview of less than 5 minutes....

Now the result was expected at 7:30 - 8.... I cant wait till that as I had train from Kachiguda at 9:15 pm...so left from there early at 6 pm.......and din't collected the result.............

and here my trip to hyderabad ended...... though i missed to see ramoji City and Golconda fort ...am planning to see it next time I go there....


This wednesday morning I got my result through mail......The college which was alloctade was ICFAI MUMBAI..... in which I am not going to take admission.... Even ICFAI HYD was doubtful...but it was thinkable..... So now doors for ICFAI is also closed.....


So only two options left from here
1> WOrk + PGSEM
2> Work + CAT next year .............


:(

MBA dreams Seems to be getting shattered.....

Year 2008 seems to be a disappointing year w.r.t. MBA aspirations of mine.....


All the results misses the cut-off some-how :(

CAT - 93.18%ile - The Gateway for the most aspired B-school in India - with such a low percentile the dream of being in the esteemed B-school (IIM -> A, B, C, K, L, I , and .....Shillong) made a nose dive.... With them also went the chances of SPJain, NITIE, etc.....

XAT - 88.**%ile - Better not to discuss not worth telling even.

NMAT - Score 79 -
Cleared Sectional cutoffs but plunged in the total cut off which was 85.


SNAP - Score 82 -
SCMHRD - Didn't get call from it...God only Knows what are they looking in the profiles...I was really pissed off...........

SIBM - Cleared All Sectional cutoffs....Didn't clear the total cutoff 85....
















JMET Rank 2416 - In JMET "Doors for MBA through IITs" got preety low rank and I wont get IIT Mumbai or Kharagpur for which I aspired , so didn't apply for others....

IBSAT - Got call for Interview.....Which I guess 50% of the applicant gets.... I am not sure even if I am going to join id i get ICFAI - Hyderabad / Mumbai.......


Now results to be announced :-

FMS :- Preety low chances....helll less no. of seats with huge number of applicants ...beats even IIM's in seat to applicant ratio...


Seems MBA @ good college -> less chance....


I am trying for PGSEM also ..lets see....what happens.........

Hopefully will get some good new @ year 2008................

Gotta Spot Award @ SASKEN :)

I got my first award from Sasken...Thanks to the great wrk mail from our client.....

I got it on Jan ' 08 .......

but didn't have that pleasure of receiving it ....as much I would have ....had I got it before our Client's great work mail.....

Well then any how all the awards are welcome.......

It also had a Gift voucher Worth 1000Rs ....with the expiry date of 28 Jan '08 ....

so had to rush to a shop to use it even though the purchase might not have been required...........

Great Work mail from Client !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Work !!!!!!!!!!!


Its always a great feeling to be acknowledged for the effort you are putting in ....
It was special fro me as it came from Client's Client....

Sam Ligget, whom I adore a lot as a very efficient manager and a very straight forward person.

I am really feeling elated...... :)

I gotta Bravo !!!!!!!! yahooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26th of July, 2008 .....
It was a very memorable day ..... this was the day when I got an award "Bravo" for my contribution for ic902 from Motorola.........................

Outing with Sasians to Ramlee Guest Linee Resorts , Bangalore.........

We, all the sasians, went for a outing to a place called Ramlee Guest Line, Bangalore.....
We went for two days trip... It was an amazing tour ......
We played various games there and every game with some motivations......
And actually couldn't believe the kind of creativity we could come up with as a team to solve some problem.....
That day I realised that evry thing can be achieved with proper planning and dedication....
It has been an awesome trip .....
Would have loved to write more about it .....
But kinda busy these day !!!!!!!!!! :(

Motorola Deluxe ic902 released

The First phone which I had worked is finally released. It is a great feeling to read the awesome reviews of the phone, which also had my contribution.
The link for the details of the phone is :
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=17060
It was really awesome to read comments for the phone like "This phone is great, the best nextel phone everrrrr!! Great call quality (no more dropped calls). It has the best features of Sprint (music store, web, sprint tv) along with the greatest creation to nextel DIRECT CONNECT! IF you are with any other carrier please break your contract and throw your old phone in the garbage and replace it with the ic902."
Also more reviews are there at : http://www.phonescoop.com
This phone is surely going to rock the market.

iDENGALA in sleep Mode

Well ,
It has been a long time since iDEN GALA organised its party .......

Lets see when these people organise it again.....
Wish u people in action....soon

Self Paid Treat from Identiti @ MotoRola....

Yes today was the day we all , the identiti group members of Motorola, went to village a Roof tOp Restaurant with village type interiors....
The reason for the celebrations was .... Birthday of Many people....
No. of Birthday people.....---->>> 1.....2.....3......4......5....yes 5 people...

Siva,Rishi ,Anusha ,Uttam & Srinivas....
we all , a group of 55...but only 51 went there .....
when we all we5e going the only people whom destiny didn't wannetd to take part or wanted not to give a easy ride was me...... :(...
when we were moving for the desired desti...then only luck changed the gears and i found my bike without oil.....
so had to carry that elephant weighted pulsar for 1.5 or more kms till i find a Gasoline station...
though with the help of sumit the journey was a bit easier as he pushed my bike with his legs at the silencer end while riding another bike ....
so it saved a lot of energy...
reached there a bit late ...but yes ...I dont think that i miss anything.....
As usual had the cake cut by the Birthday geeks..... wishing i cud paste some of the pasteries in their face.... but being at the lowest level there and very new ...didn't dare to open any shits out odf mouth....
then gave them gifts thru Identiti not me....
Had a good lunch there ....
Cam back ... simple....
Meal was ok....
lets she waht i could plan for a 3 day weekens..... ;)
But that wasnt the t

Pleasure Of Work Completion before Time.. :)

Its a great feeling to complete your work before time....
Today i have completed the adding features of tone generation using two frequencies for FTM...
I had completed it yesterday ,...bUt that damn tone was not coming in speaker.... with barely no sign of problem it was free flowing in earpiece and headset....
I felt like banging my head with the wall ... But yes after going thru that code ....... found the missing part ... that too becoz of a minor error...
and edited .....
and yes feeling now awe after hearing the tone generation......
I am a happy man....