JD's evolution...!

@ various stages of my life...!

And 'it' happened...!

It was so nice evening of Tuesday -January 20, 2015. I just returned to home, from the college where I attended Infosys recruitment drive and waited eagerly for the result along with my dad and bro. And with a cup of coffee too.

Exactly at 6.10 PM, 'Hey baby, en heart ah vitu plz konjam' (RajaRani) song rang in my mobile. Yup, it was my ringtone then. The screen showed 'INCOMING CALL -  Gopi.fd.nec'. I slid the green icon to answer the call.

"CONGRATS da" - The first word I heard in that call. And I guessed and got that in few nano seconds.(after all I have waited longtime for this moment only). It was 'TCS' Gopi, who  told that message first to me. With phone in one hand, I showed the 'ThumpsUp' signal in other hand to my dad. Yeah, he too got that. Yes...I was selected in the interview and got placed @ Infosys.

Undoubtedly, that was one of the best ever evening I have ever had. After that call, received continuous calls and messages from friends and relatives. Literally got wet in the SHOWERS OF WISHES..!!! :-))

'Getting placed' - The best ever thing happening to an engineering student...! Though the real challenges start after that only, atleast it gives some meaning and pleasure for 4 years of study.

Definitely its the result of hard work, perseverance and practice. And little bit luck too. If the first three things are perfect, then automatically fourth thing join with us & help us to reach our goal.

And that 'feel' after getting placed...! Extreme happiiieee...no..! Adhukum mela...!!! No words of any language can explain that feel completely. Only those who experienced that moment know the beauty of that feeling.

Learnt many things from the placement drives I attended.

TCS - if u r lucky enough u will get TCS..if u r more luckier u won't get TCS..! ( In my clge if u get placed, thereafter u couldn't attend any other drives. TCS is the first recruiter of my clge. My talented friends who got placed in TCS, were not able to attend Cognizant, Accenture, IBM and Infy and some other better companies than TCS. So according to me it was So. ;-) )

CTS - Never give Up. Everything happens for a reason.

When we are positive, nothing could affect us. No one can stop us from reaching our goal!

"If U r really passionate about something, the whole world conspires in helping U to achieve it" - Paulo Coelho .Yeah. Its true. & 'it' happened...!

Looking forward for Infosys...! & The start of my career. No matter how it will be, I'm gonna make it fine..! & yeah..I can.
Evlavo panrom., idha panna maatoma..! :-)

- JJD - infoscion ;-)) 14.2.15

New Year...New Beginnings...2015

2015 has come.

An important year...!
Four years of my college journey is going to end & hopefully will start my fresh career in this year.

Stepping into this new year with lots of expectations and dreams. Also with the faith and confidence to achieve and make them true.

Just as like other years, this year too have taken new(!) resolutions and goals. Hope will keep up them.

Expecting a wonderful, jubilant, delicious & blissful year ahead..!

    "Dear God, may my days be guided by You..& fill me with peace and strength to boldly face the challenges"

Digital Fortress - A TechThriller

'Digital Fortress'  by Dan Brown.. - Wat a novel...!!!

Fantastic brain teasing tech-thriller ride...!!

Really more than a novel : Cryptography- at its best...!

Cipher texts, Caeser's algorithm, Brute-Force attack and more - even our
textbooks couldn't explain those in that much detail..!!!

‎ReadingNow...‬
‪#‎MindBlowing‬ & ‪#‎Mesmerised‬

Music + A.R Rahman = Magic

"the earth has music, for those who listen" - Shakespeare

Yes..and only few who makes that music even better to listen with their instruments and creative

style of presentation and uniqueness. And of course, A.R Rahman - the Academy and Grammy

award winner, is one among them.

From the film Roja [1992], his reign in musical world continues. He has become the undisputed

king of music in Kollywood. His works in Bollywood and Hollywood films are also notable. The

National awards and Filmfare awards which decorate his showcases are the best compliments

and examples for his works and efforts.

Apart from films, his individual music albums and concerts are also so special. Its pretty sure, that there

will be no Independence Day / Republic Day functions without playing ARR's 'Vande Mataram' song.

'Chinna chinna aasai' - The tune which i practiced very first in my keyboard @ my music class..! :-)

His music have not only rhythms and beats, but also have soul and deep feel. Many of his

compositions are suits better in every situation. They are one of the easiest ways to overcome

the depressions and also the biggest source for motivation.

Once SPB told about ARR that Rahman has reached enormous heights and gained lots of fame

by his music; but still his feet are in earth. Yes..ARR is such a man of simplicity and humbleness.

Evenafter getting Himalayan level and even more name and fame, his quality of being simple never

changed. Might be thats too one of his success formulas. (#BeingSimple)

Almost, all of my favourite songs are the compositions of ARR. The BGMs he composed for many

films became the identity for those films. Many movies were run, is running and definitely will run

just for his songs and BGMs.

After receiving the Oscars, in the same stage he told the words ''Ella pugazhum iraivanukae". Though he won the award for the English movie, he quoted that in his mother tongue Tamil. When asked about that he told "Never forget where you came from". Recently, he told the same words in Tamil again afterreceiving the Honorary Doctorate given by Berklee College of Music.

Be Simple & Unique ; Whatever U Do, Give Ur Best  ==> Life lessons i learnt from A.R Rahman...!!!

- jjd   24.11.2014

Cricket - Sachin - Commercialism

Sachin Tendulkar - One of the very familiar names to the Indians and also for the world cricket fans.
He has gained a lot of fans worldwide by his stylish and classic style of play.

He is the man, 'Made for Making Records'...!!! His hobbies are scoring Hundreds. And of course he is the leading run scorer in the cricket.

His special LegGlance and other classical shots are the TextBooks for the batsmen.
Many say him as God of Cricket. Yes, if the cricket is a religion then definitely he might be God.

Since India has high population, it is the place where many multi-nation companies want
to establish their market by promoting their products targetting youths. They chose cricket and cricket players to advertise their brands and products. Cricket is the only game which have many breaks (between overs/wickets/innings), and that breaks can be converted to promote and advertise their product. It ultimately developed cricket and cricket players in India and in other side they directly discouraged other games including our National game Hockey (because there won't be that much breaks for advertisements..!! ).

But nowadays one good thing is those cricket and bollywood stars are promoting hockey and football leagues.Certainly there's too business for them behind it, atleast some interests on those forgotten games have been increased.

Many corporates and brands sponsored Sachin and used him as their Brand Ambassador. Yes, their strategies really worked very well. Most brands in today's Indian market became successful only by his TV commercials and promotions. Especially the brand BOOST and the slogan "BOOST IS THE SECRET OF MY ENERGY" became extremely hit. It impacted in me and i too repeated it in my
childhood (#SweetMemories).

I still remember - i bought my first bat in 6th standard. It had MRF brand stickers. I just bought it because Sachin too used MRF bats (He was MRF Tyres' brand ambassador then.So). At that time i dont even know that the names are just stickers to advertise and thought MRF bats are more powerful than the BRITANNIA and DSM bats which have been used by Ganguly and Dravid then.

I started playing cricket with Tennis balls. Those tennis balls were also given for FREE with the BOOST. Those balls came with the Sachin's signature. No. It was his autograph..!!!

Later started to play with Stumper balls in an empty plot near my house. Now too that continues in my college grounds and sometimes in Hostel varanda just outside the rooms - gully cricket.(Hope, my hostel warden won't read this...!!!)

Sachin - one of the reasons for me to watch and play cricket. After him, not so much impressed by any other players.

He played cricket around 22 years. Though his passion and desire drived him through all his way, its damn true, in many times when he was Out-Of-Form, his place in the playing squad was secured by his sponsors for their promotions. They are also one of the reasons for his 22 years of cricket.

The place he left in Indian cricket as well as in World cricket is bigger one...Definitely the Cricket will miss him. But the sponsors won't. They have new young players and will drive their life with them.

Sachin's fame and glory will exist until cricket exists. And cricket will exist until the commercials exist...!!!

  [p.s: My blog's title "LIVING IT MY WAY" is too inspired from Sachin's biograpy's name "PLAYING IT MY WAY".]

Me and Steve Jobs

Don't exactly remember, how i got to know about him.
May be by his images with Apple i-products' launch presentations.

From the beginning, i have an eye on Apple i-products for its smartness and stylishness.
May be that too the reason for me to closely watch Steve Jobs.

Until his death i thought him as Just another person in the digital industry and former CEO of Apple Inc.,  But the editorials and other articles which came as the tribute to Steve Jobs after his death changed my perspective about him. That articles kindled my eager to know and learn more about him.

And yeah, I started about study him. Thanks to the internet which helped me to gain lots of loads of data about him. When you try to know about someone completely, you become mad on them either by directly or indirectly. It happened in my case too.

'The God Of The Digital World’ slowly started occupying me. His quotes, speeches and innovative ideas have energized and boosted me in many situations. Especially one of his favorite quotes "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" is also became my favorite too. And i liked the Apple's "Think Different" also. Steve Jobs became an inspirational person for me.

His Attitude, Brilliance, Braveness and Courage to take risks, Determination and dedication in work, Enthusiasm, Faith, Geniusness, Honest , Intelligence, Jovial , Keenness, Love and Leadership, Motivation and Managerial skills, Nitency , Optimism, Perseverance, Quality, Responsibility, Sharp and Smartness,  Tenaciousness, Untaundability, Vision , Xtremity, absolute Zeal for new ideas ; these are my 'A to Z' observations from Steve Jobs.

Not only for Apple Inc., his contribution to the NeXT and Pixar Studios is also notable one. It is not easy for everyone to succeed immediately in whatever they start. But his hardwork and burning desire helped him to achieve that in NeXT and Pixar.

He always Stayed hungrily and foolishly, that resulted in many innovative digital gadgets and applications which made the entire World smart today.

And me also started to be "Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish" in Steve Jobs' way. Too try to think and be different. Just read that we have to Work hard until we do not need any Introduction. Working for it..Hope oneday i will make it...!!! 
               
-Proud STEVE JOBSian @ jjd  / 19.11.2014