Going kookoo..

India is catching up in all the fields with other countries, be it technology infrastructure fashion or literature.. Everything here and there is getting inspired with some 'foren' element into it.

Only those already lying on their death beds would be unaware of the latest advancement that our country had. We have got the coveted distinction of catching "flu" - Avaian, as it is said has become the latest 'Buzz-Word' in the whole country.

Specially my mobile is singing this quite very often. Whenever i get a call from home, or i call, all what i hear now is "flu" this.. "flu" that.. and YOU ARE NOT EATING ANY CHICKEN ...!!!
(untill further notice...)

Poor me like people.. :( What to do.. we cant eat chicken at any cost it seems. Despite the hoo halla that the Animal Husbandry ministers are doing (with their 30 minutes cooked chicken at 70 degrees) the people here at hyderabad and of course back at home, are not going to move. (We do have strong determination against things that are lethal to our national interests you see.. )

Poor birds too.. Heard over 3 lakhs were killed in just 2 days to prevent Avain terror....!!! Gosh.. what a big time waste.. :|

Anyways.. I do pray to god that they refer to their 'Chicken Generating Department' and ask the fellows there to send pre vaccinated chickens to earth.. So that poor souls like me can feast and be merry.

Moreover "Whats the fun in being killed, without being 'tandoorified'...!!"

bad-boyz-logo

bad-boyz-logo
Originally uploaded by abhishek karak.

The Silver Lining..

Top 5 reasons why we should remain an Intern in the Software Industry ;)


* You don't have to do much work and no tension of deadlines as such.

* You don't have to worry too much about writing robust or error free code at all the times, since most of the stuff you write are to be re-written or trashed ;)

* You get the full respect like a regular employee outside the campus.

* You get all the goodies (tees, parties, cakes, photoshoots) and something not even the employees enjoy.. (free food :D)

* You don't have to pay taxes on the stipend you earn.
(when asked the HR coordinator pleaded to take the full amount and her inability to deduct taxes ;) )

Every dark cloud has a Silver Lining..

True to each letter.. he he.. :)

Launch in 45 Days..

45 days into office and i was a part of a Launch Party at Microsoft.

Our team MBOS yesterday evening 1930 IST (0600 PST) released Microsoft's Web Hosting application "Office Live". The team, half at Hyderabad half at Redmond, celebrated it together in a Video Conference today morning at breakfast (dinner for the people at Redmond ;))

A few pictures for the Celebrations are hanging below.. :)

Office Live comes with a horde of features along with the Web Hosting thingy. The product is available in 3 flavours. Catch the complete list of features in each here.

There are few articles about the current product, so you can go through them too. :)
Some 100,000 tokens were sent to the registrants yesterday and there has been a mixed response around the globe. Lets see what comes up next.

I might be having a list of features to boast in the next release ;)

Untill then..

Go Live.. :)

the cubes..

the cubes..
Originally uploaded by abhishek karak.

Office Live Team

Office Live Team
Originally uploaded by abhishek karak.

Me in between the team :)

Me in between the team :)
Originally uploaded by abhishek karak.

Work and Night Outs..

Well, finally I celebrated my monthly anniversary two days back. Gosh its one month since I joined and it seems like yesterday only. When I used to wander around finding my ways through the seemingly never ending maze of cubes and finally would end up in Celina’s room to guide me through. :D

It’s been great, the feeling. Being in the world’s biggest software giant does give you a kick of sort. So I remain drunk, all the time. ;)

Life is finally settling down in Hyderabad. Have almost fixed a routine kind of stuff for the office. Arrive here by midday and leave by morning ;) its tough to spend time at home doing anything else besides sleeping you see.

Got my first pay check too, and got it cashed too in a new account :D It’s a great feeling you see. But then not much is to be saved from this I guess, and by the way who wants to ;) Will go for a major shopping in few days.

Rest rocking..

:)