All my defences are down. It is not that I crave it, well sometimes I do, but it is the easiest fastest thing to have. Whether making it on the spot instantly .. takes minutes .. or start from scratch, hungry or just about full, in a hurry or you don’t mind waiting, fancy or plain, wherever, whenever, however …

Coffee in all its forms …

Instead of your daily meals, what keeps me going through the working hours because I don’t have time to grab a bite or just don’t feel like eating but have to put something in my stomach to keep me going … so coffee it is …

The weather doesn’t help at all, you’re freezing and all you need is a warm cup in your ice cold hands to breathe some warmth in it, so you get a hot cup of coffee not hot chocolate because surprisingly little do people know how to perfect a hot coco.

Keep it coming my way … cups and cups of coffee … until the time I figure out a delicious non-caffeine healthy hot drink

I love chit chatting with fellow colleagues. Especially if it is a girl and working in the same area as I am, less lonely ;P

It is not so much about talking as it is about exchanging information and learning from one another.

It is amazing if two companies have the same product but deploy it different and then you begin to exchange ideas and debates.

I love it when a guru comes along, a challenging conversation. That makes you watch every single IT sentence coming out of your mouth. Just shut up and learn, that’s what I like to do. And then BAM questions come streaming out, I can’t stop. I argue this and that and I cherish the arguing back.

Today I called my colleagues just to say HI. We ended up talking for half hour. After the initial hellos … you know this went down, this got hacked, we installed this, remember the solution, did you see this, have you ever come across this problem, what do you think about this.

Everyone needs a partner in crime, to laugh later at your screw-ups. Now most of the times, whatever needs to be done is done after employees are gone because just in case I mess up and need to get back.

Earlier Days ….

To have to deal with:

2 GHz Pentium 4 processor, 256MB of RAM, 60GB hard drive, 802.11b wireless networking, USB 1.1 ports and a battery that last for about 45 minutes!

Do I need to elaborate more. I hate Toshiba laptops.

You think people by now are more comfortable with technology. I myself sometimes get sick with all the technology. I just got my head around one thing and then another dozen new things come popping out. Nevertheless, you can’t deny how thing progress and evolve.

For example, some people have GPS in the cars or mobiles and don’t use it, it’s just a front for others to see. Using BlackBerry for calls only. Refusing to use emails, shop online, swiping their credit cards or worse owning a computer! Not installing a DSL line or banning the Internet from the household because it is the devil. For GOD’s sake they are pulling fiber to all areas right now. Digital signatures are out of the question. Training or conducting meetings via video is not necessary. And so much more.

Here people misunderstand technology. Internet is for chatting and porn. Mobile cameras for illicit behaviours. Bluetooth for taking and sharing pictures of girls, not knowing it was originally invented to connect various nearby electronic devices together at a low cost for communication and sharing.

Technology can be fun if you allow yourself to explore it in all its different forms and shapes. I think the fear factor is what holds most. Not understanding what they are about to deal with. The thing is a first step needs to be taken to break down that barrier that still holds people back from experimenting. Just let go and hop on the technology wagon

Months seem like days and days seem like hours. I can’t believe how time flies by. We just started 2007 and now it’s coming to an end. Is it really that days are going by faster or did we just got older and caught up in our lives that there is no distinction what so ever between yesterday, today and tomorrow. Did we simply forget how to enjoy the moments that make everything worthwhile?

At the end of each year we always hope that this year will be better than its predecessors. But if we think about it really hard, last year didn’t differ much than this year so why will next year be any different!!! Most importantly how different do we want it to be?

I don’t know why I wait till December of each year to evaluate what I have done. All over the year I always say I have time to do what I planned. All the sudden next year is around the corner and I have nothing to show for myself.

Nevertheless, I hope that next year will be better than this year. Not only to me but to all those around me.