Saturday, August 14, 2010

-: The List :-

--> Show up <--
--> Follow your heart <--
--> Find a new perspective <--
--> Have a sense of wonder <--
--> Find people you love <--
--> Set goals <--
--> Help others <--
--> Dance <--
--> Pamper yourself <--
--> Face your fears <--
--> Go to a museum <--
--> Exercise <--
--> Limit television <--
--> Get in touch with nature <--
--> Lighten up <--
--> Get a good night's sleep <--
--> Read books <--
--> Buy yourself flowers <--
--> Don't compare yourself with others <--
--> Don't beat yourself up <--
--> Be open to new ideas <--
--> Don't focus on negative thoughts <--
--> Focus on creating what you desire <--
--> Make time just to have fun <--
--> Keep romance alive in urlife <--
--> Make a gratitude list <--
--> Love your mother nature <--
--> Want what you have <--
--> Be true to yourself <--

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Job Experience Part 2


Work is going well.
In the last post I talked about some problem I was facing with the code.
Now its all done and learnt many new features of C#.Net
Now waiting for the next assignment.

In the meantime this weekend I visited "Lonawala". Its a mystical place near Pune. A must visit.

So here comes the "Lonawala Guide Book"

Best Time to Visit :: From June - August

How to Visit :: 1. Local Train (Rs.17/person)
2. Book a Cab (Rs. 2200) {Personally, I suggest this is the best way to go due to mobility and can pull over any place you like}

Places to Visit :: There are a lot of awesome spots on the way where you can enjoy how beautiful nature is. As per some specific places, First place is the "Lonavala Lake". Nice place to see, not much to do there so. There is fencing around it, so prevent you to go near it. Good place for clicking some photographs.

The next is "Bushi Dam". Its a waterpark just without slides. Do carry extra clothes with you as it always rains during this season and unexpectedly. And in "Bushi Dam" if want to enjoy than should have spare clothes.
There is a hill where the parking lot is. Can go on hilltop and enjoy the view. The mist covers the surroundings and wind clears it. And the process is ever lasting. Can feel the little drops of water falling and sensation of shiver. The top is generally quite and can hear the sounds of water rushing nearby and the sound of the wind. It gives a feeling of magical world.

And next, get ready to soaked. There is an awesome waterfall on the way up. Good place. And there are some shops also to get some snacks. I suggest to bring it beforehand as the rates are skyrocketing there.

Than can go to visit the place where the movie "Welcome" was shot. The last scenes in which the house was shown being fall of the valley. The place is called as a "Shooting Point." Have an amazing view, can see little white streaks in a full green mountain. And if you are lucky and mist is not there, can see lonavala lake and an amazing waterfall. (Picture is of that spot)
Last but not least, go to hill top and do some trekking.

And than came the "Khandala". Its a overrated place as there is nothing to see except one "Monkey park". It has an entrance fees Rs.5. There is nothing much to do there, but there is one guy who make body tattoos and a guy with binocular saying to make you see 8 spots, like SRK's Bungalow, Sports Stadium etc..
But one of the most amazing view is the biggest waterfall of Lonavala and Express Highway ( Mumbai-Pune). Rest is not much there.
But can go to eat in Khandala as that place has some good restaurant.
On the way back to Pune, I visited a Road Side "Dhaaba". I love eating at Dhaaba's and the food of the place also turned out to be awesome. Was named "Punjabi Dhaaba" as I recall. Not sure, but you will definitely find many on the way. So stop at any place. All serve amazing food.
This trip turned out to be one the most memorable trip. Hope this guide help others also.
Adios!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Job Experience

Hello,
Joined Amdocs on 21st June'2010.
Had a training for 1 month and after that alloted the team and the project which I will be working in future. I have been honored with Sharepoint Developer in Internal IT vertical of Amdocs.

For me sharepoint was, make a point on a piece of paper and let all draw random figures using it. So from that after working for past 3 weeks and having 5 KT session, now I stand corrected; after modifying my definition in some technical terms.

As per the experience of the last days, having constant errors and debugging is taking a lot of time. Only last day learnt how to debug a webpart. Otherwise I was using try/catch blocks for getting the error messages, but on the fly debugging is much more better. Last day was full of errors and 10,000 lines of code to debug.
I wonder when we write the code the FD is so clear in our mind but at the time of implementing we make certain changes to do our work easily and sometimes also do code duplication just increasing the lines in code.
When I first finished my code it was 15,000 lines and than I spent around 2 hrs to reduce 5000 lines and now I am still not satisfied with the code my teammate has written. Need to find a better way to implement as he himself said, let first do the things as asked then will reduce the complexity. But I personally hate that approach. For me, invest sometime in thinking for better way and than start writing. Which saves time uselessly invested in again reading and making changes.

Today I think, the functioning will be proper and will finish this assignment by lunch time.
Will update tomorrow what the outcome was.

Till than...
Enjoy! Keep Smiling...