So I shifted to Bangalore last week and by Tuesday felt like a fish out of water wondering if I'd done the right thing... Sniff sniff... its always a bit nostalgic leaving... Somehow I thought I wouldn't feel it considering the amount of travelling I've been doing but then 12 years in one place was a lot longer than my other best of 4. Still things seem to be fitting in now...
Well, the first week at work here was anything but lite... And trust me sitting in a conf room for a large part of the day is not exactly 'fun'. :-) Still I somehow got through the week and was kinda relieved that the weekend had come and that I'd actually be home to do something instead of just coming home to sleep! It was really a learning week, especially the travelling. 1.5hrs each way and well all I can say is that I'm glad I had those 50 songs on my trusty V3i to listen to while on the bus.
Cut to the weekend. Man I had a large set of items set to go like getting a new cell number, picking up a bag and setting up the wireless LAN in the house. Phew seemed like a lots tasks and in the end I was amazed that I got all of it done on Saturday itself!
The cell connection was ready in like half and hour. Man I never knew that a government agency like BSNL could operate that fast. I still remember having to wait 10 days for Hutch in Mumbai to activate my number! Hmpf! Go Gov! Got the bag as well pretty easily, but then the wireless LAN had me in tangles. Finally got a piece of info that I should connect my broadband into a normal LAN port instead of the internet port. Thing works like a dream now. I also managed to add access control and WEP security (whatever that is...). The security stuff had me in twists at the beginning but then it worked out well in the end.
So that explains what the cake was but then what's the icing I'm sure you're wondering. Well... I checked out the results for the CNET quiz and woooooo hoooooo I got the marks I needed to pass! :-) Exactly 50% marks that were required. Man I can still remember the days of trying to get 90% and all and now its down to just passing! Oh well... guess the times have changed. LOL!
So that's the 50% icing on my cake this week. Just can't wait to see how the coming week turns out.
Well, the first week at work here was anything but lite... And trust me sitting in a conf room for a large part of the day is not exactly 'fun'. :-) Still I somehow got through the week and was kinda relieved that the weekend had come and that I'd actually be home to do something instead of just coming home to sleep! It was really a learning week, especially the travelling. 1.5hrs each way and well all I can say is that I'm glad I had those 50 songs on my trusty V3i to listen to while on the bus.
Cut to the weekend. Man I had a large set of items set to go like getting a new cell number, picking up a bag and setting up the wireless LAN in the house. Phew seemed like a lots tasks and in the end I was amazed that I got all of it done on Saturday itself!
The cell connection was ready in like half and hour. Man I never knew that a government agency like BSNL could operate that fast. I still remember having to wait 10 days for Hutch in Mumbai to activate my number! Hmpf! Go Gov! Got the bag as well pretty easily, but then the wireless LAN had me in tangles. Finally got a piece of info that I should connect my broadband into a normal LAN port instead of the internet port. Thing works like a dream now. I also managed to add access control and WEP security (whatever that is...). The security stuff had me in twists at the beginning but then it worked out well in the end.
So that explains what the cake was but then what's the icing I'm sure you're wondering. Well... I checked out the results for the CNET quiz and woooooo hoooooo I got the marks I needed to pass! :-) Exactly 50% marks that were required. Man I can still remember the days of trying to get 90% and all and now its down to just passing! Oh well... guess the times have changed. LOL!
So that's the 50% icing on my cake this week. Just can't wait to see how the coming week turns out.
