The Legends

I watched Barathi (Tamil) movie last weekend. I am very much impressed with the way Barathi carried himself and the amount of self confidence he had. But I also noticed that he failed miserably in his family life.
I watched Kamarajar movie on independence day and got the same thought. He didn't get married...Didn't see his mom often...Hence he also belonged to the same category according to me...
That brings in the question of family life of ppl who succeeded in professional life.
I guess lot many ppl who won the hearts of many,contributed to their field,loved and admired as legends failed miserably in their family life. I dont want to argue with examples because there will be always a counter exception.
I guess this is because only ppl who breath what they doing are reaching the unprecedented heights of their carrier....and in that process they are forgetting about their life, beauties of the world and so many other good things in the life...
They are very much eccentric and live in a different world and doesn't seem to care anything about the day to day life. They are thinking only about what they want to acheive, means to acheive it...
To summarize, these legends are of the opinion that they are here,in this world,for something, to change something, to make it a better world and acheiving those is the only thing in their life.
All these are my thoughts...What do you ppl feel abt this eccentric nature of legends?

Chennai trip

Went to Chennai last weekend. Drove my brother-in-law's car from Arumbakkam to Koyambedu market and back. Since I crashed the car when I took last, I was more concerned and was very careful this time. Thankfully, didn't crash the car anywhere and reached back safely.

Went to my Aunt's place in Ambattur in the after noon. Talked a lot, Ate a lot.

Went to beach in the evening to participate in the "SCSE2002- Chennai get together". Thats what I thought. But except for Naveenan no one turned up. I once again met all those same faces who I see daily in Bangalore :(

Sunday, I promised to be there at my sister's place at around 10:30 for a pooja. But woke up only at 10:40. :( But went to my sister's place on time because they were also late :-).

Meesai came to my sister's place around 1 PM. We went to meet Paddu, gave the invitation and chatted for some 20 mins. I wish I could have spent some more time with Paddu (since he is travelling to US to pursue his MBA and hence I may meet him only after 2 years).

Went to Naveenan's place. But no one was there. Came back to my sister's place had lunch and then chatted with my sister and others for some time.

Overall, it was quiet a good weekend except for Chennai weather. ;-)

Mangalore trip

Two weeks back, I went to Mangalore for recruiting in NIT-K. Though, I been to Mangalore before (for recruiting), I couldn't get any chance to roam around and I thought Mangalore is very very small city(Actually, I thought it should be called a small town)!!!

But this time, I got some chance to move around and realized it is quiet a big city. All the interviews held at the college campus and the light house is just 10 mins walk from the campus.

After finishing the interview on day 2, we went to light house. It was really awesome. Breeze(!!!) was so strong. Waves were also really strong. We stayed there in the top of the lighthouse for 1 hour.

Since our flight to Bangalore was late in the morning, we got up early (around 7:30 AM...Yes, pretty much early for me now a days because I wake up only around 9 AM) and went to Ullal beach based on my recommendation. I previously heard from ppl that thats the only white sand beach in India and some crystal clear water. On going there, I realized everything is crap. Water is very muddy. It was also drizzling a bit. But waves were really strong. No one tried to stand in the water. Was disappointed. :(

Overall the trip was awesome one. :-)

Save when possible, Spend when necessary

Ahh...After so much time, I found something to write.

I attended a lecture on Design Patterns in our company. It was taken by Ravi Annasamy. The lecture was damn good. It was very interactive. In course of the lecture, he gave so many real world advices seamlessly.

One of them is "Save when possible, Spend when necessary". He told this to tell about inheritance and interface. "Interface when possible, Inheritance when necessary".

It was really amazing how these people correlate things that are quiet different. He also talked about some learning techniques and forwarded the following link

http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html

I found it interesting. Hence if you got some time, read it.