Summer of '10

Summer of '10 is probably the time where I spent the maximum time out of family. Lots of good things and a few bad things did happen. I spent most of my time at Hosur and I still recollect the wonderful weather that was around the two months that I spent there.

May:

Early May ended with the beginning of works for Shaastra 2010. With me in charge of webops, early May was flooded with meetings and discussions. I had hit my highest GPA yet of my insti life-so that gave me a good memory to look back on. Moved to Hosur mid-may after and quickly enrolled myself as a summer intern at TVS Motor Company Limited, Hosur. I thank my "athimber" here for his support in getting the intern. A typical weekday was like this,

6.30-6.45: Get up at any point of time in this range

6.45-7.30: The daily chores of the morning

7.30-8.00: Travel to the factory.

8.00-8.10: Breakfast at the company

8.10-8.20: A brisk walk to the R&D Dept

8.20-9.10: One hour of peace

9.10-9.15: Tea break--the best part of life at TVSM

9.15-12.30:Mostly peace plus some work

12.30-1.00:Lunch--sometimes good, sometimes bad.

1.00-2.10: Post lunch peace putting period

2.10-2.15: Second tea break of the day

2.15-5.30: Mostly peace plus some work

5.30-5.45: Brisk walk back to the entrance of the company

5.45-6.15: Travel back home

6.15-8.00: Refreshing+some mail checks

8.00-11.00: Dinner+Web ops works

A weekend would be a lot different with myself getting up late in the morning and sleeping late at the night.

June:

June was very similar to the times during late May except that it had rained for a few days and the weather was particularly awesome. Had a break of 5 days at Chennai, which I welcomed with both hands and had my "athai" and "athimber"'s 25th wedding anniversary late in the month. It was celebrated with much fanfare. This was also the month when I first drove a car on a highway at 110kph. Personally, I could never forget the moment of betrayal by a certain MS scholar at my dept, who left me hanging for two days with no results for one of my intern experiments. Those two days were horrible, with my intern being at stake. Rest of the days flew by.

July:

July was characterized by last minute fights to desperately finish off the intern. The last two days of the intern were packed with a punch and I guess I pleased the industry guys with my work and report. Was back again in Chennai for the rest of the month. The days flew by with more webops work(trying to get things up as early as possible) and battling failing health. The last days were characterized by semi night outs.

Thus ended a good summer overall. It included many firsts. Hope the next summers are great too.

cheers,