Majority of the companies have weekend holidays on all Saturdays and Sundays. Actually working in the office from Monday to Friday makes one really tired. So the weekend offs comes as a great blessing so that they can shed off their tiredness, forget their job tension and have a comfortable time with family or friends. Those who have enjoyed the weekend holidays for a long time cannot even think of working on Saturdays.
Unfortunately I am not having Saturdays and Sundays off on all the weeks. I have to work on alternate Saturdays and as a results I have to work on Saturdays when employees of other firms enjoy their weekends. This is really a miserable situation, but needs to go ahead. The moment we get into our office premises on Saturdays, it reminds me of an holiday as there would not be the regular gathering of employees in the premises and everything seems to be too calm and quiet.
The only off day we get in such instance is the Sunday, which is packed with a load of works and other things. I get too much engaged on Sundays and in the morning I go to the Church and would be back by around 11 AM. After that I would be having a light breakfast, then reads the newspapers, then have lunch, sit infront of the computed, takes a small nap and the day is over.
Again the thought of going to the office next day comes into my mind and feels that the single day off was not sufficient to get myself refreshed and recharged from the hectic work schedule. In my previous companies I didn't face such situation as we had office closed for all the Saturday and Sundays.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Pathetic Roads of Kerala - A Real Woe for Travelers
The roads of Kerala are notorious for its big poth holes since a long time and the poth holes have made a strong comeback this year after the arrival of monsoon rains. Kerala is such a beautiful travel destination and is one of the major tourist destination in India. A large number of travellers flow towards Kerala to view its natural green beauty. It is even hailed as 'God's Own Country', but the roads in Kerala has not yet done any justice to this title.
Every year a lot of money is spend on road maintenance and the roads are tarred every year. But as soon as the rain arrives these tarred roads gets torn apart and great poth holes develop which make the roads look really pathetic and a nightmare for travelers. A lot of major accidents occur every month due to the bad state of the roads in Kerala.
The National Highways are also not spared from the pothhole mania. The NH 47 covering the areas of Ernakulam district are in a real pathetic condition and traveling through these roads really makes one doubtful whether the title "God's Own Country" really fits for Kerala. I enjoyed a smooth journey on the roads in Cochin till June, which is the arrival month for monsoon rains. But since the rain has arrived, traveling on these roads have become a nightmare. The bad state of the roads make it the vehicles to take more time in reaching the destination and as a result I am finding it too difficult to reach my office in time.
When compared with other states, the roads in Kerala are the worst constructed one, with the corrupt politicians and contractors not spending the allotted amount for road maintenance properly. These guys mainly consider road maintenance as a means of filling their pocket and as a result end up in constructing roads with low quality and quantity materials. It is well clear that a big game is played between the politicians and the contractors, making the common man look like fools.
It seems that we need to wait till the month of October - November for the Kerala Government to start thinking of doing some maintenance word for these terrible roads in Kerala.
Every year a lot of money is spend on road maintenance and the roads are tarred every year. But as soon as the rain arrives these tarred roads gets torn apart and great poth holes develop which make the roads look really pathetic and a nightmare for travelers. A lot of major accidents occur every month due to the bad state of the roads in Kerala.
The National Highways are also not spared from the pothhole mania. The NH 47 covering the areas of Ernakulam district are in a real pathetic condition and traveling through these roads really makes one doubtful whether the title "God's Own Country" really fits for Kerala. I enjoyed a smooth journey on the roads in Cochin till June, which is the arrival month for monsoon rains. But since the rain has arrived, traveling on these roads have become a nightmare. The bad state of the roads make it the vehicles to take more time in reaching the destination and as a result I am finding it too difficult to reach my office in time.
When compared with other states, the roads in Kerala are the worst constructed one, with the corrupt politicians and contractors not spending the allotted amount for road maintenance properly. These guys mainly consider road maintenance as a means of filling their pocket and as a result end up in constructing roads with low quality and quantity materials. It is well clear that a big game is played between the politicians and the contractors, making the common man look like fools.
It seems that we need to wait till the month of October - November for the Kerala Government to start thinking of doing some maintenance word for these terrible roads in Kerala.
Weather in Cochin is Too Cool Today!!
At last the non stopping rains in Cochin seems to have withdrawed for the time being and everyone was greeted with a cool climate in Cochin today morning. There is some sunshine and it is really worth to take a walk under the sun. It was raining heavily here till yesterday night and I was afraid that the rain would spoil the much awaited weekend, but everything seems to be gloomy and Kerala seems to get some good weather for atleast some more days.
Actually rain has brought some unwanted expenses like drinking extra tea, hot snacks and taking high fared auto rickshaws to my office in Infopark Kakkanad. With the rain showing symptoms of withdrawal I can have the luxury of avoiding auto rickshaws and taking extra drinks and snacks.
I can also travel freely on my bike without the fear of getting drenched in the rain. There is no need to bear the burden of carrying the umbrella along with you and as far as I am concerned, I really hate carrying the umbrella. The reason behind this is that I usually forgets my umbrella and in the last 1 year I have lost almost 3 umbrellas in this manner.
Anyway I am eagerly looking ahead to have a bashing weekend with my family, if the weather remains cool. I would like to spend this weekend in Ernakulam itself and do not have any plan to visit my hometown in Ranni, Pathanamthitta.
Actually rain has brought some unwanted expenses like drinking extra tea, hot snacks and taking high fared auto rickshaws to my office in Infopark Kakkanad. With the rain showing symptoms of withdrawal I can have the luxury of avoiding auto rickshaws and taking extra drinks and snacks.
I can also travel freely on my bike without the fear of getting drenched in the rain. There is no need to bear the burden of carrying the umbrella along with you and as far as I am concerned, I really hate carrying the umbrella. The reason behind this is that I usually forgets my umbrella and in the last 1 year I have lost almost 3 umbrellas in this manner.
Anyway I am eagerly looking ahead to have a bashing weekend with my family, if the weather remains cool. I would like to spend this weekend in Ernakulam itself and do not have any plan to visit my hometown in Ranni, Pathanamthitta.
HDFC Bank's Online Mobile Recharging Facility Not Working
I usually recharge my pre paid mobile SIM card, with the help of HDFC bank's online mobile recharging facility. This facility saved a lot of time and was very much convenient to me as I didn't have to walk up to the nearby mobile recharging shop to recharge my Airtel pre paid card. I used this facility to recharge the SIM cards of other members in my family.
But for the last one week, I have noticed that the mobile recharge option by HDFC bank is not available and whenever I try to access this service I get an error message stating "Due to some technical issue, Mobile Recharge transactions have been temporarily stopped until further notice". This has been a matter of serious worry for me as I cannot recharge it sitting in front of my system. But I hope that this facility would be back soon and HDFC Bank will make sure of fixing this issue. I have not seen this issue with HDFC Bank's website so far, so this may be a temporary technical problem.
But for the last one week, I have noticed that the mobile recharge option by HDFC bank is not available and whenever I try to access this service I get an error message stating "Due to some technical issue, Mobile Recharge transactions have been temporarily stopped until further notice". This has been a matter of serious worry for me as I cannot recharge it sitting in front of my system. But I hope that this facility would be back soon and HDFC Bank will make sure of fixing this issue. I have not seen this issue with HDFC Bank's website so far, so this may be a temporary technical problem.
A Drenched Day in Cochin
It has been raining heavily in all parts of Kerala for the last few days and it greatly reflected in Cochin. All the roads were in a flooded state with the gutter filled roads reminding me of big pools. I was on my way to my office in Infopark, Kakkanad and really got drenched in the heavy rain which left me shivering inside the office premises.
When I started from home, it looked fine, but the moment I got on the bus the rain started its game and even inside the KSRTC bus, everyone got drenched. Luckily upon arriving in Aluva, I got the Low Floor Volvo bus by KSRTC which made my journey more comfortable. On getting down at the main gate at Infopark, there was a confusion on how to get into my office as it was still raining. But I managed to get into my office after getting a little wet.
In Kerala such kind of weather prevails usually in the monsoon season and this is really a treat to watch, especially if you are at home with your family. But if you are traveling or on way to your work place, such heavy rains are a nightmare. Since the arrival of monsoon in 2010, I have so far lost 2 of my favorite footwear as a result of constant drenching in the rains.
Anyway, I cannot wait to be home as soon as possible so that I can remove my wet clothes and stay warm. The rain also fetches me a sound sleep in the night, but makes it difficult to wake up in the morning.
When I started from home, it looked fine, but the moment I got on the bus the rain started its game and even inside the KSRTC bus, everyone got drenched. Luckily upon arriving in Aluva, I got the Low Floor Volvo bus by KSRTC which made my journey more comfortable. On getting down at the main gate at Infopark, there was a confusion on how to get into my office as it was still raining. But I managed to get into my office after getting a little wet.
In Kerala such kind of weather prevails usually in the monsoon season and this is really a treat to watch, especially if you are at home with your family. But if you are traveling or on way to your work place, such heavy rains are a nightmare. Since the arrival of monsoon in 2010, I have so far lost 2 of my favorite footwear as a result of constant drenching in the rains.
Anyway, I cannot wait to be home as soon as possible so that I can remove my wet clothes and stay warm. The rain also fetches me a sound sleep in the night, but makes it difficult to wake up in the morning.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Learn PHP Programming Quickly in Just 17 Hours
PHP is one of the most used languages in web and online tool development. PHP stands to Hypertext Preprocessor and is an interesting language if you master it properly. I am not a professional tech guy and all I know about web coding tool was the HTML. Programming languages like PHP was some kind of an uphill task for me and I was afraid whether I could learn it.
I tried many free online tutorials to learn PHP, and some how learned the basics. But the basics of PHP programming was not enough for me to involve in an intense web development project. Between I also didn't have the time to go to an institute to learn PHP on a full time basis as I am working full time for some company. It was also difficult for me to take the part time PHP training course as my job required me to stay at the office for lone hours on a frequent basis.
So I gave up the hope of mastering PHP by attending any course offered by any institutes. Since I didn't have any mentor I found it difficult to clear my doubts on PHP while trying a hand at the free online PHP course available. So I felt really desperate at not being able to find a mentor or an opportunity to learn PHP.
It was at this time, that I came to an amazing ebook Tutorial for PHP by a PHP expert named Robert Plank and it was suggested to me by one of my friend who learned PHP by himself with the help of this ebook. This eBook contains many volumes which you can select and the price of this PHP tutorial was really affordable at low cost. The author guaranteed to learn PHP in just 17 hours through his ebook.
So I decided to give it a try, but due to my heavy work schedule at my office, it took me around 30 hours to learn and master PHP programming language with the help of this ebook. This was mainly due to the work schedule and my laziness :). Any way now I have fulfilled my dream of learning the art of PHP programming at a much lower cost and of high quality. I have never expected to find such a best way to learn PHP and I felt really proud of it. I have referred this PHP ebook to many of my friends and they have all successfully mastered the PHP programming language in much less time than me. I am also happy as I helped them learn PHP quickly and fast at a reasonable rate.
The most striking part of this ebook is that certain volume of this tutorial is enriched with some useful video tutorials, which makes the learning more easier and interesting. The videos also make us learn PHP quickly and I am pretty sure that this ebook is one of the best way to learn PHP fast and with high quality.
If You also want to learn PHP programming, rather than going for the free online PHP course and PHP training, I would recommend you to spend some amount (which is pretty low when compared with other courses) for this ebook and try to master the art of PHP programming quickly. You can get this PHP course here and I am damn pretty sure that it would be worth your money.
So if you are willing to take PHP as your main profession, you can get the ebook from the below link.
Learn PHP Programming Quickly in Just 17 Hours
I tried many free online tutorials to learn PHP, and some how learned the basics. But the basics of PHP programming was not enough for me to involve in an intense web development project. Between I also didn't have the time to go to an institute to learn PHP on a full time basis as I am working full time for some company. It was also difficult for me to take the part time PHP training course as my job required me to stay at the office for lone hours on a frequent basis.
So I gave up the hope of mastering PHP by attending any course offered by any institutes. Since I didn't have any mentor I found it difficult to clear my doubts on PHP while trying a hand at the free online PHP course available. So I felt really desperate at not being able to find a mentor or an opportunity to learn PHP.
It was at this time, that I came to an amazing ebook Tutorial for PHP by a PHP expert named Robert Plank and it was suggested to me by one of my friend who learned PHP by himself with the help of this ebook. This eBook contains many volumes which you can select and the price of this PHP tutorial was really affordable at low cost. The author guaranteed to learn PHP in just 17 hours through his ebook.
So I decided to give it a try, but due to my heavy work schedule at my office, it took me around 30 hours to learn and master PHP programming language with the help of this ebook. This was mainly due to the work schedule and my laziness :). Any way now I have fulfilled my dream of learning the art of PHP programming at a much lower cost and of high quality. I have never expected to find such a best way to learn PHP and I felt really proud of it. I have referred this PHP ebook to many of my friends and they have all successfully mastered the PHP programming language in much less time than me. I am also happy as I helped them learn PHP quickly and fast at a reasonable rate.
The most striking part of this ebook is that certain volume of this tutorial is enriched with some useful video tutorials, which makes the learning more easier and interesting. The videos also make us learn PHP quickly and I am pretty sure that this ebook is one of the best way to learn PHP fast and with high quality.
If You also want to learn PHP programming, rather than going for the free online PHP course and PHP training, I would recommend you to spend some amount (which is pretty low when compared with other courses) for this ebook and try to master the art of PHP programming quickly. You can get this PHP course here and I am damn pretty sure that it would be worth your money.
So if you are willing to take PHP as your main profession, you can get the ebook from the below link.
Learn PHP Programming Quickly in Just 17 Hours
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
5 Tips for Getting Traffic to Your Blog
Blogging is one of the best way to be engaged and share your knowledge. There are many other benefits associated with blogging and one must take care to attract high and relevant traffic to enjoy these benefits.
Listed below are 5 tips for getting your blog to the top of the natural search engine results:
1. Always put original and compelling content on your blog with a frequency of atleast 1 post per day.
2. Submit Your Blog to Google's Webmasters tool.
3. Writing unique article related to your blog's niche and submitting them in articles directory with a link back to your site.
4. Submitting your blog's RSS fee to RSS Feed aggregation sites.
5. Getting Quality Back Links
Listed below are 5 tips for getting your blog to the top of the natural search engine results:
1. Always put original and compelling content on your blog with a frequency of atleast 1 post per day.
2. Submit Your Blog to Google's Webmasters tool.
3. Writing unique article related to your blog's niche and submitting them in articles directory with a link back to your site.
4. Submitting your blog's RSS fee to RSS Feed aggregation sites.
5. Getting Quality Back Links
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