Some good and some bad news

Well, the best news first - My friend's mom is out of danger and on the path of total recovery. Although she has a lot of stitches on her face and a dislocated jaw, but hopefully the worst is behind us all.

And the second good news is - I have (finally) cleared the third semester of MSSE with an overall CGPA of 6.24. "What's great about this", you say. Well, for starters, my overall CGPA after 2nd semester was 5.19, and with 5.5 as minimum pass and only one semester to make amends (because in 4th semester we are awarded just a letter grade which does not count in CGPA calculation) meant that I needed minimum 6.19 in this semester to clear the course. (I actually got around 8.1 in this semester) - which goes on to prove that if I just study for some time before the exams, I can pass. (Well, who cares now. This was the last exam I am gonna write in a long long time, now that I have a PG degree from BITS to my name).

Also, after more than one and a half year in the same project, I am finally getting work that I enjoy doing and which is challenging (Hopefully this phase continues). Now if only we were shifted to NCR - and I would be a very happy man.

On the flip side, there are a lot of rumours floating around about Satyam and its surplus employees - again giving jitters to parents and friends alike. Thankfully I have nothing to worry about, and so am planning to stay here unless and until I get an offer from an organization based in NCR. So, lets see what comes of all this. All I can say right now is, don't worry guys. Keep smiling, like Reveda here is doing :).

BTW, keep praying for the speedy recovery af my friend's Mom. I know it helped.

This is Hashir, signing off

Over and out

Pray with me

For the first time since I started blogging I am not sure about whether or not to write this, and how to express myself.

My friend's parents met with an accident yesterday while returning back from her house. Uncle expired on the spot, and Aunty's situation is critical. The doctors are trying to stop the internal bleeding. Please pray that she recovers.

Am disabling the comments on this post, as all I request from all of you are your prayers.

Will give an update as soon as I get one

Honest Scrap award

Adarsh has given me the "Honest Scrap" award and has tagged me to say 10 things about myself - with full honesty. So, here goes - 

1. I am addicted to Wikipedia and can spend the whole day reading articles without getting bored.
2. I just love to watch the sunset. I also love nature, and greenery calms me down.
3. I love wearing shoes, and practically live in them. Conversly, I absolutely hate wearing sandals.
4. I am a movie buff, although I rarely go to a movie theatre. I usually get the DVD and watch at home.
5. I am a certified bookaholic, and can read practically any genre except for most self help books and the Mills and Boons type novels.
6. I am religious, but not conservative.
7. I absolutely love programming, and have since my class 10th.
8. I love to open my computer and reassembel it again (God! when will the warranty of my laptop end?)
9. I want to do PHd in cryptography, and work in RnD
10. I hate formal wear, and usually go to office in jeans and shirt.

Whoa, that was tough... now, I would like to pass this to the following deserving bloggers - 

Reveda and her Dad

Deepak

Sameera

Vatsal

Ramya

Kadambari

Anne

I really wanted to tag more people, but decided not to. Will do so next time, pakka (That is, if I get tagged again ;)). Till then,

This is Hashir, signing off

Over and out

A saga of nicknames

We all know about nicknames. Most of us must have one (atleast), ar atleast given some nicknames to their friends or family members.

Somehow, I seemed to have missed the Nickname bus when it passed me by. So, right from school to college and now to job, I never had a nickname - well, actually, a nickname that stuck or was popular enough to make me identify with it.

The first name I remember having (or rather, giving myself), was that of the great Indian comic hero, Super Commando Dhruv (Now I fail to understand what I saw in my skinny little self to do that then, but then that is what being  child is all about). This name never went beyond me - and till end of my +2, I never got another nickname. (The only one that came close was "Tu Fail" - a breakup of my surname - but it was only used during result distribution. Strangely, I have never failed in any exam my whole life, not counting the various entrance exams I gave.)

The same thing happened in college. While I was active in giving names to my friends and teachers, somehow never got named (or renamed) myself. It was always the plain old "Hashir" for me.

And now, even in job, never got a real nickname. The one that came close was Hash, which my onsite tech lead called me once or twice. But thats it. Still no nickname for me :(.

So, seems like my search for the elusive nickname continues. Any ideas where I can find one?

This is Hashir (searching for that elusive nickname), signing off

Over and out.