Love for Beverages..

People who have tasted filter coffee surely do understand my love for it. Everytime I used to pass by coffee day stores , the fresh beans and the coffee powder used to awaken my senses.

There used to be this coffee stall , at cafe covansys in chennai, Probably me and friends used to spend at least 10 rupees a day at the coffee stall, And an hour at the cafe.. , It was fun, That strong coffee with the right amount of sugar.

Wake up in the morning to a fresh cup of hot filter coffee, that's how my day used to begin earlier. I was a coffee addict.

Now I quit, almost, But I have to try real hard to resist.

I crave for it these days, you work in the City , with starbucks in every other corner, How can you not drink coffee? It's just irresistable,

But I've almost given , thinking of how my intestines would react to caffine & milk.

I like tea too, but not as much as coffee, the taste of the coffee that remains on your taste buds, the very feeling is awesome. Tea does not have that charm, Probably good after a heavy dinner/lunch, but can never be a substitute for coffee.

To avoid caffine i drink lemon tea these days, Can't believe i've been So good :).

I wish the days are back when i can drink coffee again without any fear :).

A hot cup of coffee, a nice book of your choice, some old hindi songs (probably mukesh, manna dey or rafi) , and a nice warm day, That would make my day, and no other thoughts :)

I'm reminded of cup& saucer in chennai, A nice cozy place with a view of the Adayar Road..

Wish I can visit that place with all my friends when I go to chennai.

Super Bowl XLII Party at Our Place.

This is my second super bowl experience, Last year it was comical for Kashyap & I , because we saw it together at home.., I was trying to keep up the spirit of super bowl but he decided that he'd never watch it with me again.

This year, however we had an unexpected party at home. Call it 'TV Warming' , We invited all his cousins and one of his friends. I call it unexpected because of the turnout, We thought no one would show up , and we'll have to iterate last year super bowl. We did not want to go anywhere else to watch coz we got our new TV , & our new TV Stand. It was fun to watch the super bowl, Though the match wasn't interesting in the first 3 quarters, with neither of the teams scoring beyond their initial score, The 4th Quarter was splendid.It was not just the match but the audience too, One Kashyap's nephew was literally praying that patriots should win :).. Poor kid was pretty disappointed , so we thought we'll cheer him up by cutting a cake for the spirit of super bowl.

Like with any super bowl, 'Junk Food' was the main eat, Of course followed by a light Indian dinner and a nice big bye to everyone.

Overall it was gr8 fun experience, and hope to repeat it every year.

Mitral Valve Stenosis

As I was reading my profile and about me I re-read "Sometimes I believe in Fate and Sometimes I believe in Myself", It's a contradiction, But how do you define this scenario a play of fate or ignorance of someone.

Mitral Valve stenosis is narrowing of mitral valve, which makes the heart difficult to pump blood to the rest of the body, General problems and symptoms include angina, shortness of breath sometimes edema. It's caused due to rheumatic fever in kids, which when not treated in proper time can lead to this problem. The problem is not immediately noticed until mid age , may be late 20's or early 30's.

You have to be on medication consistently, generally patients are treated with anti-coagulents, so that blood becomes thinner. and it's easier to flow.

My dad had this problem... , He Went through open heart surgery - A surgery to repair the valve so that it aids in proper blood flow, then 15 years later a balloon valvoplasty, this did not cure his problem but further complicated it. He suffered from angina frequently, he used to sweat sometimes. He used to have shortness of breath. All this led to atrial fibrillation, A stage where heart looses it's regular rhythm and beats much faster than the regular self. Medicines are given to slow the heart rate. If the palpitation continues it can lead to stroke or a heart attack.

Now, things went on further, He started having calcification, of course visit to the hospital ICU multiple times because of fibrillation, and before his latest operation, he had a 90% blockage.
Doctors suggested bypass and a valve replacement.

Thank god the operation was successful , he is recovering and doing a lot better than what we have seen him in the past few years.

So , what do you call this an act of fate or if my grandparents would have got the treatment for rheumatic fever at the right time he would not have had this. Remember those were the days when medical facilities were not so advanced.

So , Sometimes when you are helpless.. do you just blame it on fate to keep your peace?

What is good about Programming?

As a "software" consultant, I develop software too. I use all the fancy stuff in java enterprise application development, Spring , Hibernate, Tiger. While I was debugging, today , I realised that the so called software does not have too many complicated algorithms. We hardly use any may be, We do a lot of business logic though , With While , For and If conditions. But not any complicated algorithms. Anything complicated seems to be abstracted in something called the Framework. If you know certain level of programming and good at logic you can manage through it.

But is that enough for being a good Java Consultant?, One of my friends called me up and asked me if I could send some tips for Java/J2EE interview questions, because she wanted to be prepared for an interview. Interviews are different , they ask you questions like, In Java do you use Pass By Value or Pass By Reference, Or Tell me how do you import a text file. Or How can you make a method Singleton, What is the difference between Synchronized Block and a Synchronized Method.
So, When you Actually program , You just pass "parameters" and check if the values are correct/ incorrect. How many times do you care that are you passing by value or passing by reference. I understand that it's important to know the concept, But do you actually think when you are programming?.

In our MCA Program, We struggle through to do our algorithms. There's an entire book on various algorithms, But how many do you use , It depends on the kind of programming line you get into, at least 60% of them , program only the business logic , Which is more about the business than about using algorithms.


I talk as a general programmer, Many of them might not agree, As architects or as programmers developing products, things might be different. I have no experience to talk on that :)