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Outsourced

Arun Vishnu — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:08:52 +0000

Outsourced

I am watching a movie called Outsourced in star movies. Itz an old movie, released in 2006.

Synopsis

Outsourced is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance. Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) spends his days managing a customer call center in Seattle until his job, along with those of the entire office, are outsourced to India. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his new replacement. As he navigates through the chaos of Bombay and an office paralyzed by constant cultural misunderstandings, Todd yearns to return to the comforts of home. But it is through his team of quirky yet likable Indian call center workers, including his friendly and motivated replacement, Puro (Asif Basra), and the charming, opinionated Asha (Ayesha Dharker), that Todd realizes that he too has a lot to learn – not only about India and America, but about himself. He soon discovers that being outsourced may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

Itz not finshed yet but seems like a nice film. It shows a forigner’s life in India, due to the cultural and all. I missed itz first 15mnts.I want to download and watch . Why dont you? Sorry, don’t download. Go for the original DVD

A Software Engineer’s feelings…..

Arun Vishnu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:56:00 +0000

It was raining heavily outside. Dark clouds gathered in the sky and nature was in its ominous best. I took a break from my work and went to the pantry to grab a cup of coffee. I had a sip and went near the window to see the rain pouring down heavily outside the glass structure. I was inside our huge office building, unruffled by even the fierceness of the nature.

Through the heavy transparent glass, I could see a small girl trying to hold on to her umbrella which the wind was snatching away from her. I felt sorry for the girl, and was happy that I was not in a similar pathetic situation. Yes. I take pride for the fact that I am a software engineer.

I have everything which a common man would envy; money, status, respect, you name it I have it. I always wanted to be software professional and here I am, working for one of the best firms in the world. But then, am I really happy? Now, I could see an imprint of my palm on the other glass window, through which I reminisced my past, basked in the warmth of the sun shine.

My childhood was so much of fun. I vividly remember those rainy days, when I hugged my mother tightly during sleeping listening to all the stories told by her. Now, I have a big house here, but then it is just a house, not a home. My parents are pretty far away from me now. I have a cell phone to talk to them everyday, but then I really miss those dinners which I had with my family everyday. I could easily afford to taste all the different cuisines these days, but the best of food there, lack the love and affection which is present in the food prepared by my mother.

I threw a lavish party for my colleagues for my birthday, but then they would never replace the birthdays when my friends secretly brought a cake and at the end, half of the cake would have ended up on my face. The couple of hundred bucks that u save for a long period just to give a treat to your friends in the road side chat shop can never give the pleasure even after spending a few thousand bucks these days.

The scene of me crying and refusing to have lunch on the day when I fought with my best friend in college canteen came to my mind. Today, she has gone far away from me, taking away my love and with it my life, but I am sitting and coding here with a false smile on my face. Everyday I meet new people, but then I long ceased to make a new friend.

It’s true that I have a lot of things now. I have a nice bed, but no time to sleep. Lots of money, but no friends to spend it with. The latest designer clothes, but a worn out body . Quite a few to flirt, but no one to love. Awards for technical excellence, but no reward for the crave for peaceful ambience. A confident demeanor, but a reluctant and apathetic mind. Full of rain, but no sunshine even in the farthest distance.

Now, I could see the small girl on the road enjoying in the rain with her umbrella firmly in her grip. She might not have all the comforts which I have, but then she has the innocence and fun which I lost a long time back.
I have decided to come out of this false fantasy, even if it is at the expense of losing the tap of the software engineer. I am going to again enjoy my life. I am going to go out in the rain and play with the small kid now. I removed my tie, and went near my computer to shut it down.

Just then, I saw a new mail alert in my mail box. I slowly opened outlook and I found a message from my manager with an attachment saying that there was a critical defect in the code and I have to fix it soon. I convinced myself that I am not going to get bogged down again by these pressures and stick to my decision. I ignored the mail and went to the rest room. After a couple of minutes, the software engineer in me came out, his shirt tucked in with the perfect tie knot, sat before the computer, and started typing,

Hi XYZ,

I am looking into the defect and will send the patch files before EOD.

Regards,
Software Engineer.

(From a forwarded email)

GTalk hangs when winamp is playing

Arun Vishnu — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Google IM (GTlk) hangs/crashes if you use it with Winamp 5.5.

To solve this problem: Create a new file winamp.m3u under your Winamp directory (By default it is C:\Program Files\Winamp\). It worked

Extend Your Life With iMac

Arun Vishnu — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:47:00 +0000

Your .Mac membership gives you 10 GB of online email and file storage, as well as instant access to everything you need to extend your Mac experience to the Internet:

Web Galley for sharing photos and movies (requires iLife ’08)
Website hosting with iWeb (included with iLife ’06 or later)
IMAP Mail and webmail
Groups
Sync
iDisk storage
Backup

You can share photos and movies online, send and receive email, publish your own website or blog, sync and back up important data, and more. Setting up your account on your Mac takes just a few seconds, so you can make full use of .Mac right away.

I signed up for a trial membership of 60days. Don’t know whether i can try all those things because now i am working in Flip Media. If you have time don’t wait.. Try your mac life

THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Arun Vishnu — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:11:00 +0000

The New7Wonders organization announced the following 7 wonders to represent global heritage throughout history.

The Taj Mahal, India

Christ Redeemer, Brazil	Chichén Itzá, Mexico

The Great Wall, China	Machu Picchu, Peru

Petra, Jordan	The Roman Colloseum, Italy

The 2007 Oscar Awards

Arun Vishnu — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:03:00 +0000

The 79th Annual Academy Awards were held on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland.

Best Picture The Departed Director: Martin Scorsese

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Best Actor : Forest Whitaker

Film: The Last King of Scotland

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Best Actress : Helen Mirren

Film: The Queen

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Best Supporting Actor : Alan Arkin

Film: Little Miss Sunshine

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Best Supporting Actress : Jennifer Hudson

Film: Dreamgirls

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Best Director : Martin Scorsese

Film: The Departed

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Other Awards

Animated Feature Film: Happy Feet

Art Direction: Pan’s Labyrinth

Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth

Costumes: Marie Antoinette

Documentary (feature): An Inconvenient Truth

Film Editing: The Departed

Foreign Language Film : The Lives of Others

Makeup: Pan’s Labyrinth

Music (Original Score): Babel, Gustavo Santaolalla
Music (Original Song): An Inconvenient Truth
“I Need To Wake Up” – Music and Lyrics by Melissa Etheridge

Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima

Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls

Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Departed

Writing (Original Screenplay): Little Miss Sunshine

Honorary Award: Awarded to Sherry Lansing

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Honorary Award: Awarded to Ennio Morricone
For his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.

Inside Harry’s Real World

Arun Vishnu — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:58:00 +0000

Hi, I read a story in young world about J K Rowling, which shows how she wrote Harry Porter. I think it is interesting. So iam copying the story. It is written by Nita Teresa. She wrote that Rowling gets the story from her son, when she tried to make him sleep. The conversion between Rowling and her little son is
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Rowling: When dady was a little boy, he knew a few magic tricks.
Child: Was he a wizard? Did he went to wizard school?
Rowling: Yes. He had a magic wand and a magick cloak. Do you know how he got a scar on his forehead?
Child: You said that he got it when he tried to break a beer bottle neck-with his forehead.
Rowling: No, darling, he got it when someone tried to kill him.
Child: Who is that someone?
Rowling: You know who.
Child: No, you know who.
Rowling(really drowsy): I cant say his name. It is terrible bad luck.
Child: Yes, but between you and me, what is his name?
Rowling: Aaaaargh!! His name is Voldermort.
Child: Voldermort…Voldermort.Does that mean, I brought him back from dead? will he killed daddy?
Rowling: On that sweet though, honey,go to sleep. Chapter 2 of the story tomorrow.
(Hopeful)
Leaving a whole night, for her child to think about wizards JK , reaches a blisful state and falls asleep.
But 5 minits later her child asks, “Mommy,do you think Voldermort is Rusian?”
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NIta continues, A well begun story is half done, especially with a 7year old to ignite your creativity. She bet Rowling’s kids are really proud of her. If my(Nita’s) kids also have asked all the right questions, may be even I would have writen a billion doller successful story. But till that happens, someone please tell my kid a story.