Shyam K’s

It’s been busy for the past couple of days at the office. People on Annual leave, on sick leave, meetings and all other personal things. The week started on the wrong note, busy right from start to the end. It’s good in one way in these quiet times. By the way, it wasn’t hot as it was to be. Lucky for us the as cool winds brought us some good change. Last night was horrible though.Warm weather continued right until this morning.

Just waiting for the weekend to come. Anyway i have classes on the week end to keep my occupied.  I may be taking my camera with me. With long sunny and bright evenings, i am planning to take some photos around St.Kilda.

Summer at last. We’ve been waiting for the sun to shine harder and hotter. What started to be a bleak summer, finally getting the feel of the hot weather, light has been shone! it was hot as today with temperature reaching 37 degrees. It’s been the hottest day of the year and more expected tomorrow. I usually don’t prefer the hot climate but for some reason have been wanting to have a hot day. Temperature are set to soar 39 degrees tomorrow. Lucky that I would be at my office chilling down in the Air con for most of the day.

Hopefully it doesn’t stay hot too long!

My work place has never been this quiet for a long time. The day started with very few problems, unusual considering the nature of my work. All of a sudden just around 10:00 am there was a buzz going around that someone has been made redundant. I could see people just standing up from their desk and doing a head count. Managers moving around with a notebook in hand means something. One by one people were called for meetings with their managers. A unknown feeling arouse within all our teams.Things unfolded very quickly as we came to know who were made redundant. Unbelievable it was.  You could see people having discussions in the kitchen, their desks. All you hear was just whispers. It was a strange day at office. I wasn’t affected but the events did have an effect one me. Well you could do nothing but watch and console the one’s affected. Hopeful that I wont have to see this situation again.

Life is strange, wish you had the power to find answers for all the “why” questions. Apparently, you might get the answer; well you may think it’s too late. Never mind if you face hardships in your life. You have to come across few hardships and I think it’ the same for everyone. Be the bravest of all or the most coward, everyone face it as heroes and that’s the way to go. Don’t stress too much if you are being laid off. It’s the best time to gather all the strength you have and let’s face it. Well, I am not laid off, but there is a something very deep in my heart and I believe they call it Sympathy. Think about the people who take decisions? Isn’t their job tough? Believe me; it makes them think as if they have committed a sin. Even more worse if there is no fault on either side. Who do we blame? Fate, destiny, the company or the one who take the decision. We need to get past this storm. Who knows what lies ahead of us? If you can weather the storm, I believe that you would have come across the best part of your life. You’d like to ponder over and over again, how’d I overcome that? Wouldn’t that be a good story to tell you children?

The Brave call their fate, destiny! The cowards call their destiny, fate! Which one are you?

I never was a fan of Formula 1. But in recent times my thoughts about this sport changed. I started to watch F1 in the year 1999 when we first had the cable connection in my home. Having heard about Michael Schumacher, I became a fan. Years progressed; the more  I got into the sport the more I started to like Ferrari and favored them to win every race. Michael is something special. If it wasn’t for him, the sport would have been less interesting. Be it the moves that he makes on the track or the controversy surrounding him, he took them in his stride and became a worthy winner. The controversy that he had created sparkled more debates and the news kept spreading. Many liked him and few disliked him for the controversy that he had created. After many years in F1, he’s become a legend. He’s left a space in F1 in recent times. Fernando Alonso was there, nearly there! but is antics at Mclaren in 2007  had the pundits thinking. He’s still far behind in catching the supreme star. Even though the last season (2007) was a thriller and kept everyone anticipating, I miss Michael. Michael’s records speak about a lot about the person he is. Ferrari were sprited by the presence of Michael. The sport feels a bit void at times without the star, but that’s part of life and part of sport. You need to miss your stars for the sport to be remembered. And yes, it’s been remembered. I’ am still following F1.

“Some times people make you remember few things; Sometimes few things make you remember people.”

It’s 25^th April – Anzac Day. I thought I should do something useful. As it’s a long weekend and being lazy, i woke up at 9.00 in the morning and saw my friends going to work. Hmm… Bad start to the day. I was doing the usual thing… surfing the internet. I just came across this page and thought let this be my first post on wordpress. The text below was taken from the Australian War Memorial website.

ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia’s most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this day.

Why is this day special to Australians?

When war broke out in 1914 Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 14 years. The new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to the Black Sea for the allied navies. The plan was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany. They landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers were killed. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians at home and 25 April quickly became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war.

Although the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives of capturing Constantinople and knocking Turkey out of the war, the Australian and New Zealand actions during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as the “ANZAC legend” became an important part of the national identity of both nations. This shaped the ways they viewed both their past and future.