It has been a very long time since my last post and lot has happened since then. So here is my quick update journal entry. The updates are in not in any particular chronological order.
1# After working hard for almost 2 months one of my projects went live. It is shopping cart web application implemented in ASP.Net using C#. This was a significant milestone for me and my group because this project was also a pilot project to demonstrate the benefits of project management principles.
2# I got my Masters Degree certificate. So now I officially have a master’s degree.
3# Tentative plan for my homeland trip has been finalized. But lots of work remains on different logistics issues. Tickets are one of them!
4# My sister finished her MBA in human resource and is heading for Bangalore.
5# Kelly got her first ‘real’ high paying job at CDW and has shifted her residence to Northern suburbs of Chicago.
6# This month we had two weeks of unbearable heat. The temperatures were hovering at 105 F or 40 C approx. High temperatures coupled with high levels of humidity made life very miserable. Then we had a huge thunder storm which brought in lots of rain and cooled the weather.
7# While I was thanking God for the heavy rains, I could not stop wondering about the irony of rains in Mumbai. At first I thought it was quite funny to see the flood pictures because it brought back old memories of mini floods during the monsoons when we used to play football and other ‘water’ games. But things soon became serious and sad when I started reading reports of the death toll due to floods. I called up home and got a first hand report on flood and its effects. We stay in the ground floor and we had a foot of water everywhere in the house – hall, bedroom, kitchen etc etc.
Though we did not sustain any damage in the house except for the massive cleaning that had to be done after the water receded, our car is not working any more. Hopefully the car will get fixed. Dad was telling me how small cars like Zen were completely submerged in the flood water. I can only imagine the mayhem!
I think I must have missed some more updates. I will be more regular from now on to prevent such ‘missed updates’