The week that was

Another week in Pune... a good week actually :) I moved into the new house last sunday after getting back to pune in the evening. Did a very good job by getting off at Pune University rather than at Pune Railway station. Saved me money and trouble :) Picked up my stuff from the hotel and went over to Kothrud. My room was all clean and sparkling. Didn't have a lot of stuff with me, so settled in quickly. Got myself a double-bed there. I just feel so happy saying that, no idea why :P My 2 flat mates are fun. Which is a major bonus to the house deal. :)

Traveling is a bloody pain! There is no direct bus from Kothrud to Senapati Bapat Marg (where my office is) and as a result I have to change bus at S.N.D.T. The mornings are fine, not that big a deal. But evenings are terrible. Fortunately I take a shuttle from my S B Road office to the one at Erandwane (its near SNDT) and that saves me part of the trouble But its impossible to get into a bus from there. They are all bloody packed. Once I had to walk a kilometre in the reverse direction to get an opportunity to get into a bus. From the next day onwards I decided to walk towards my house rather than the opposite. Had to walk almost 1.5 - 2.0 kms before I could see buses that had the possibility of getting in :( It is truly my only problem in Pune right now.

I have got into the Embedded and Mobility Business Unit in Persistent. Which basically means I will now start coding for mobiles, netpads and some super awesome stuff that will be coming out in the near future :) Skill set required is the same - C/C++ with QT and openGL on Linux platform. So life is chilled. I have realized that QT has become a mammoth monster. Its powerful and pretty magical :) I have been fortunate enough to get a nice Team Lead and a great project team. :)

Persistent as a big company has really provided some good stuff for employees. I have started playing TT there and intend to start badminton and gym soon. Food is really awesome. We actually look forward to lunch :) which also equates to the fact that I have once again crossed the 70 kg mark :(

A few interesting facts about Pune:

1. Parking is funny. They have boards marking on which days you can park on that particular side. So if you see a board on one side of the street with numbers 10/15/20/30, it means you can park there on those particular days. Other days, you'll be towed :P

2. There are cycle tracks on the foot path in certain places. Haven't seen too many cycles though

3. The place is teeming with girls. But all of them are dressed as terrorists, with their faces completely covered. So you see a really hot girl, you can't really rate the complete hotness because you can't see the face. Just my luck. Its Baroda all over again :( I always knew that God is a sadist. I think He's trying just too hard to prove it to me.

So that's how my second week at Pune has been. Back home for the weekend/Ganpati. :)