Udupi, the place I wanna come back again and again…

Class 9:

It was Class 9th trip, we(Class 9 of Loyola High School) had came down to Agumbe. We were at the sun set point, I asked my professor which is that place..? He replied, “It’s Udupi… A place that is different from any other place“

5th sem of Engineering:

Lazing around in my room was reading IEEE spectrum magazine(ya Vin you were my roomie), came across a section “Apple is gonna release Leopard“. I was fascinated by looking at the Leopard OS Desktop picture. Wow, messaged couple of like minded  people, went to college net and found out what Leopard is !!!

Stuck by Leopard UI, being a Comp Sci student was using pirated windows. Studied more bout UI and development tools available in Mac and I was fascinated.

6th sem of Engineering:

One of my senior said, “Dude, there is a Company called Robosoft Technologies in Udupi which works for Mac“… Wow, dream company to work for Me..??

7th sem of Engineering:

On placement board saw Robosoft coming down for placement in my college. This is it, went room, started preparing for it… Couple of calls and mails, got detailed info bout the company and started working for it.

Day of interview;

700 guys, pool campus..?? Is it possi, brushed up basics, wore my best formals available and went for it…

End of the day, I cleared the interview. Got placed… (Still can feel that, finally did it bro… For Mac, For me, For career, For rock…)

End of Engineering: Aug 2007: D day…

Finally I was in the company on 01-Aug-07, as a fresher and a comp sci graduate was expecting a challenging job and working for Mac a dream come true. As a trainee started with a guide(can’t take name to avoid issues).

This is where I learnt bout init and release of objects. Developing for Mac means, introduction to Cocoa. Which I did with love, learnt A, B and C of Cocoa. In mean time got ready for the project.

Once completing trainee projects, I was moved into a live project under a solid team. Which were known for their commitment and work. I just moved in as a junior, I think this was the best I ever expected in my professional career.

Team Orion

Team Lepus

Now in life, builds, defects, issues were important. Was involved in to project, gave my 200 % for it so as to learn as much as possible. Coz, this is what I had dreamt for.

Under the senior’s guidance, I learnt a lot on how to handle issues, debugging, design and managing stuff.

Vin’s Mang/Udupi escapade: Part 2…

24Oct09: Saturday, the Doomsday Day…

Got up at 7 in the morning(Damn, why do I get up so early during weekends..?) and was on my way to room as I had slept at friends room. Had seen G.I. Joe movie and I was still in the world of GI Joe, with Mithun went to our beloved hotel Khushi had tea and by then it was decided that I need to go to Mangalore…

So went to room, cleaned the room(only on weekends I can do cleaning… books, magazines and clothes… God when I’m gonna avoid those magazines..??). Had bath and gave large junk of clothes to laundry and left to Udupi around 9 am.

9 am..?? Man, I don’t even go to office so early(These going early, dont know why… mostly for a first love.?)…

Got a bus to Mang around 9.20… I was planning on what all  to do with Vin(still no idea for who all I am gonna meet) as we had whole weekend, messaged my Udupi friends (Abhay, Naveen, YPK and my great roomies) I will be returning at night with Vin… Everyone were ready for the party…

Got down in Mang and got a rick to Doc‘s(Pradeep, he is a doctor and stays in Mang and one of my great friend… a guitarist, doctor, a dancer and lot more… ) house, damn got down in between as I wanted to test my exploring skills… But after a call with Doc, came to know I had crossed his house turn long back…

Got the exact route and messaged Doc…  ”ETA in 5 mins…”

Fuck, gonna meet Vin again and that to with Doc this time… Aila, my heartbeats weren’t normal… Gathered all the possible strength and went to Doc‘s house… There on the balcony I saw the devil, aila Vin… and then Doc, you should have seen their evil smiles… God damn freaks…

Jaate hi suru hogaye aawara baata, kitne dino ke baad sab mile hai… this that, fucking that…

Then I gave a small surprise for Vin, showed him the Overdrive mag of Oct month(Check out page no 20 n 24, Mohsin Khawas is there… exposure..??). I never knew Vin n Doc will be so excited as if I have achieved something big(but my Diwali gift to all was cool right..?? another fuck you motorheart… You know why, you were blank and laughing at the other end of phone, meri toh phati thi saale…).

Their excitement inspired me, to learn more, work more, share more and do more of the nasty things… Thanks a lot guys…

Later some time we went to book a return ticket for Vin(as we all know how good Vin is there to remember things.).

Hey you got a ticket to bang on Sun night..??

Swear bro, we were sweating profusely when we were in Queue to book a ticket. Got frustrated, called Suhas(small boy, err junior in my office) to book a Volvo ticket from Udupi as he knows more bout the bookings( he travels to bang every month). But to my bad luck he was in the office…