All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

I want to sleep.

Very first email i wrote when i arrived in USA on 26th July'2001
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--- Prasanna P Joshi <> wrote:

--- Prasanna P Joshi < style=""> Well The things facinated me..I have stop getting
facinated...THings are just tooo good to right
abt..i mean the its just to good..a must have
experience..
Yeah..i have come a long way..Nashik 9th std..to MS
in LA
never thought..but..Its all you ppls blessing and my
funda of Mango dilse milega jarur.

Well the flight was really boring..may be because it
wasn't comfortable and the food was bad.but thats
ok..its a very few times i will be flying be economy
class..after some time Raffel class only ;)

The ppl here are really good and cooperative. The
batchmates and ppl at USC are really cooperative. I
opened an account with USC credit union.. And
realised what do they mean by service.. I had tough
time getting a/c with SBI.. but here its very good.

FOOD ... well for vegi outside foods
sucks..especially Burgers etc..and its costly..i
mean...right now i feeling it costly cause
multiplying it by 47.. but will get used to spending
in $ ;)

Tried kanda pohe yesterday night..it was a joint
effort..so it failed...:) no team work in cooking..i
guess..it was pathetic..fakt smoke alarm wajala nahi
hey nashib.. The ppl i am staying with had 6
cookers..they have blown all of them but one in few
few months alone..they have kept a last one in the
memories of the privious 5..now they don't cook at
home.

Well this is a second day in LA. and my First
weeekend
went to play cricket..I played with Regular cricket
ball, with pads gloves etc..the last thing i had
expected..its very good..never enjoyed cricket so
much in india also.
Then we went to Test of india , an indian restraunt.
I had egg plant bharta ( i thought its egg bhurji,,
he he ) its apana vangyacha bharit. and chole..and i
had 2 nan.

You know what..all the things we always heard of
like disney land, Barns and nobel, Shrine ( where
oscars and ammy awards take place) u can get to see
here..
Shrine is just opposite to USC.

The santa monica beach is really good one..i will be
going there soon..may be today.

WEll u must be thinking..yeah banda gaya padhai ke
liye aur maja kar raha hai..the things is that..my
passport verification can only be done on 1st aug at
the univ..there is nothing i can do abt it. I
already have my student id and Bank a/c. and for
weeekends...the funda is U eat and sleep. in short u
have FUN.

my classes will be starting from 20th aug.
well..have i missed on anything..yes..The traffic
rules..i am really proud to be a pedistrian..u get a
lot of respect..all the cars wait for pedistrian to
cross..nobody has to stop for a coming car if he/she
is walking.

I am fine here and Enjoying..Well as u rightly
said..Finally i am where i always wanted to be..I
had been to irvine (safest place on earth.) the
houses are so nice...i mean..everything is just tooo
good to compare with india..but...Yeah big but is
there..that even though
per capita income is less but there are Very RICH
ppl ..
I am gonna be one of them ;)

the thing i hate the most here is answering m/c and
the long phone nos ..and Yeah CAMODE...and toilet
papers..
No water at all..sagale ghanerade ahet.

The best thing is that even a smallest house has a
tubbath..apalyakade pan loka chukichya goshti
lavakar uchalatat..instead of camode indians should
have had pick up TubBath.

well everything is fine here...

Keep in touch ..i will be online on weekdays from 9
to 11 pm IST for you..so lets meet someting on yahoo
messanger.


Bye for now..

YO !!! ( thats what they call it ...english version
of desi ZHAKAS)

Prasanna
The Trojan

As Is.

I found some random writings on my laptop while cleaning up some documents. These writings were written on my way to Amazing Company on the bus. Read it at your own risk, you will bump into many interesting/uninteresting things about me which you may or may not want to know.

The writings are AS IS, and reflect some of my very "coherent" thought process early in the morning which i tried to capture in words..[lol].

Today I realized that its easy to take out my laptop and work as I travel in the bus. In order to get used to this, first I plan to write some random article, mostly about how I spent the day or I plan to spend the day. Some articles will focus on my behavior, the changes I have gone thru or the problems I face. Some of them will be mere observations. As you see, all the articles will totally be about me or from my perspective, if they make amusing readings for you, I will be glad, in that case drop me a line. Thnx for reading.

Day 1:

Food is one of the most important aspect of one’s life. Today I had “good” breakfast, from generic standard it wasn’t really a breakfast but since I haven’t had a breakfast in past many months this felt good. With a full stomach one can think and focus. New ideas come to one’s mind, one feel more composed and at peace. I have decided to have good food and praise the food that I eat. For no reason I have been cribbing about the Café food at my company. Its not that bad, infact it was one of the good things I noticed during the interview process.

In a few mins I am going to see the doctor. This will probably the first, yeah it is the first visit to doctor in USA. Its strange, I have not seen a doctor for past 3 years at all and still living and kicking. I have suffered a great pain of common cough and cold, and various other health problems, but I never went to a doctor. I wonder why, I am little nervous but I am looking forward to meet her. I hope I get the required treatment.

Behavoirial changes:

I have never felt jealousy, but these days I have started noticing this in my behavior. I also use to respect every single person I met. These days I noticed that I barely have respect for others, unless they prove it. I also don’t care at all about others. These days it is always “give and take”. I always ask myself a question what’s in it for me. 99% of the time I don’t find anything significant for me, this further leads to frustration as even though there is nothing in it for me I have to continue.

I need to work on this.

I also feel that I am extremely stressed, especially because of buying the car, is it because of buying the car, or because of the work, or because of what I don’t know. But this isn’t happening the way it was in the first month. May be I should talk to Art about it.

I also need to make the workplace little better than this. I don’t really enjoy the chair./table etc. need to be peaceful. That is like junk. Talk to my manger.

Day 2 :

I chatted with X,Y and Z last night. In all the conversations I didn’t find anything useful for me, however while talking to X, I was feeling why did I call, but I opened up a little felt that we are friends. While talking to Y, I felt confidant, I was showing off a bit, but however Y was definitely benefited. I also noticed that I have really gone out of the loop, with most of the people, surprisingly I don’t find the need also to be in the loop. I also met a very old friend in my company’s reception area. It was a surprise he was there for interview. There was a great change in his personality. I was shocked. I wonder what sort of personality changes has occurred in me? One thing is for sure, I have changed, but I am not able to figure that out. People who love me, are too busy and engrossed in their life to figure this change. In last three years I haven’t’ really got in touch with anyone except miss Q. She also hasn’t seen all of me. Question is, Is it worth it? Or should I just go with the flow.

Talking to Z was most amusing, cause we were having true conversation that was nothing but intellectual masturbation. I could see what he was going thru as I was talking about the car. Do I need this sort of friendship?

Let’s decide now what I need to do.

1. Tasks : Get a handle on “Tax Consultation”
2. Pay the rent, telephone bill.
3. Cancel HBO.
4. Checkup / Medicine.
5. Laundry

Day 3

Yesterday I got my first sev-2. It was a good experience, I once again realized that I have lot to learn and I should be slogging more that I am right now. However the episode also made me think about my job profile.

That apart, I also suffered some pain last night for abt 2 hrs, couldn’t figure out the cause, but nothing seemed to work. It was rough. I am running late today and I hope it won’t matter a lot.

That’s all for today, I listened to Miss Q’s message today and it was really sweet. You know when someone cares for you. But what do you do when you don’t want to be cared by them.

Day X,

This was by far the most wonderful day. I started my day early, I didn’t rush, and I finished lot of work too. I enjoyed it. What I didn’t like is I unnecessarily committed someone at 7, and now I am going home for the same

Well never mind, what about the gym,.

I want to shop for shorts that I can wear at gym

Tue :

Got up early, had a weird dream. I experienced the most hostile customer experience in the dream, it was amazing how our mind make us see the “virtual reality” constructed based on the experiences we get in perceived reality.

I got my desk, made the same choice again, I am glad. That’s all for now, lot of work to do.

Interesting Stats

10 % of the people i know are my FAN.
in Orkut i have 188 friends out of which 19 are my fans :)

I felt very sad when i found out that Anna nicole smith died today at the age of 39.

i just now realized that i am doing a laundry exactly after 1 month. See my post on Dec 18 :)

And now i am up waiting for dryer :) pretty clockwork eh?

I had my Aa ha moment after long time. This was like that beacon who tells you that you are going in the right direction and you have it in you. Its just matter of time.

Yes, I have it in me. Not to boost, or ego, i am just feeling very joyous.

Temperature : 21F
Total Miles : 30
Kachori : $1
Pav bhaji : 4.69
Khosla ka ghosla : $2
Interval Tea : 1.97 [Home made]
Driving friends manual car w/o crashing : Priceless.

Writing this post : useless.


Lot of memories came back when i drove the manual car, only differnce was i was using my right hand instead of left hand to change the gear..... and many more things.

Things i like to eat:

1. Krispy cream donuts


2. Jalapeno Poppers [ Jack in the box ]


3. Deep dish pizza with Pinaple and Jalepenoes.


4. Veggie delight [Subway] ( See Details ...)


5. Burrito bol [chipotle]


6. Wada paav


7. Kanda pohe


8. Jeera khakara


9. Masala khari


10. Bhendi [Lady's finger / Okra] chi kurkrit[crisp] bhaji.


11. Dosa : mostly rava dosa but like other varieties too.


12. Uttappa : mostly onion


13. Satha waran tup bhaat [plain lentil soup , rice ]


14. Bhodanicha waran [Home cooked indian dish]


15. Lasanyachya phodnicha waran [One of the home cooked indian dish]


16. Peethala [One of the home cooked indian dish]


17. Bhutta (Barbaqued Corn ]


18. Aaloo tikki


19. Chaas [Butterl milk + masala]


20. Tikhat-mithachya purya [Spicy Puri]


21. Wangyacha bharit [Eggplant bharta]


22. Wangyachi rassa bhaji [Eggplant curry]


23. Dhoodhi halwa [One of the home cooked indian dish]


24. Awala supari


25. Rajasthani mouthfreshner made up of Ginger.


26. Chai with tea masala, eliachi etc.


27. Chakali [Seasonal festive item made in diwali]


28. Chiwada [Pohe, Maka]


29. Khare dane [Salty penuts]


30. Bread + Hummus

Today while washing my clothes i realized that I can't imagine life without dryer. Thnx to whoever invented this.

Realization of the day

"It is possible!"

Gain of the day :
1. Saw a complete Rainbow.
2. Saw a shooting star.
3. Realised that i can hold breath for 1 min.
4. Setup white light in my room.

Pascal's Traingle w/o formula.

    public static void PascalTriangle(int lines){
       
        int [][] triangle ;
        triangle= new int [lines][lines];
        for (int lineIndex = 0 ; lineIndex < lines ; lineIndex++){
           
            for (int col = 0 ; col < lineIndex ; col++) {
                if ( (col == 0) ||  (col == lineIndex - 1 ) ) {
                    // First and last element in Pascal's triangle is always 1.
                    triangle[lineIndex][col] = 1 ;
                }  else  {
                    if (lineIndex != 0 ) triangle[lineIndex][col] = triangle[lineIndex-1][col-1] + triangle[lineIndex-1][col];
                }
                System.out.print(" " +  triangle[lineIndex][col] );
            }
            System.out.println();
           
        }
    }

A quote i wrote long time ago.

"It is not important to fulfil expectation or stand up to expectation, it may not be always possible, what is more important is, to know the expectation, understand it and respect the expectation, fulfiling it or standing upto it is the matter of feasibility and it may be in or out of one's control "

Completed 1 yr for my Lexus. 7500 miles of comfort.

Books to Read

Head first in design patter : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007124
Algorithms : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262032937

Hibernate : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193239415X

C K & R : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131103628/

C++ Lafore : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672323087

C++ Scott Meyers : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201924889
C++ Scott Meyers : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/020163371X

Thinking in Java : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131872486


Perl : http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Fourth-Randal-Schwartz/dp/0596101058/

Perl : http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Perl-3rd-Larry-Wall/dp/0596000278

cookbook : http://www.amazon.com/Perl-Cookbook-Second-Tom-Christiansen/dp/0596003137

Perl : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596004788

Operating System : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471250600

Regular Expression : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596528124


Javascript : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596101996

Art of unix programming : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131429019

Database : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0072465638

Today's learning.
'Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. '

I hate cell phones. They eat up your time, they eat up your money, and they make you horribly dependent. Just like any other valuable resource, we humans exploit it and abuse it, to an extent that it becomes a pain point.

Shocking but true.

"I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar or who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values & people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage." (Lord McCauley in his speech of Feb 2, 1835, British Parliament) "

Nice article in the same context : http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=ZAK20050825&articleId=859

It's easy.
Its easy to have fun, you just have to take first step. I realised this when i went to kayaking yesterday. Thnx to vishal who chalked out the plan and to his parents who served us amazing food. Idli, Sambar and desi sandwitch ..all simple items but served with love made the evening special. Kayaking @ Lake washington was very thrilling especially because of the traffic lake has. There were various types of boats, ships and to add to that frequently landing and taking off water planes.

We had to learn to control the kayak quite quickly largley because of the fear of being run over by the water planes. Eventhough kayak have right of way, we never thought that the pilot could see us during landing. On retrospect, it didn't seem that dangerous, but when we were in kayak, and we saw one plane after the other approching right towards us at it was landing really scared the shit out of us.

Overall it was a great fun. Rare occasions of sunny weekends make them really special and given that there are so many things to do at Seattle, is reinforcing my decision to live in seattle more than any other city.

Summer is getting over soon, but i hope to make most out of the reminder, especially by doing simple things such as kayaking :)