Favorite Songs of Super-Singer Ranjani

July 2009

With cognizant winning the HealthNet IT contract, the application outsourcing team is doing pretty well. The only problem with this office could be commuting, where I need to park my corolla on the streets of Warner Center Corporate park. The parking fee inside the HealthNet campus sweeps high to 90$, totally not affordable. Otherwise the new location is greenish, corporate and with striking cool atmos.

The toughest part on earth is self-cooking.. although this will happen for another month or two, the pretty looking dishes can make anyone fool around to go mad for a real taste. Cooking for living.. huh!

Events for the month of July
My Birthday!
Kams Birthday!
Harry potter - the half blood prince. (Story..and yes this movie is story telling and with less actions. Okay to watch once.)
Aap ki khatir - Akshay khanna, Sunil, Priyanka and Amisha. Masti filmi yaaar.

Goodbye WellPATH, welcome HealthNet!

So is my last day in WellPATH, on Mar 12, the move out wasn't that easy. The hand-overs and and-shakes with the team went professional, with a candle-lit cake for the send-off. All the folks in our team (UST, Cognizant and the business) gave the warmth during the farewell. Doug, Bob and Ernie called for a lunch and Doug presented the valuable 50 Rupee table top, filled with his crazy-yet-awesome writings. Cogni team also gifted me with a digital photoframe stand.

HealthNet outsourced the IT division to Cogni folks, and that pulled me in for bringing one of its outsourced module to steady state (after IT acquisitrion). The work is challenging and interesting, although there are still hiccups in understanding the crazy design and code logic. The details will be documented and stored on public libraries of Cogni't for future references. The team is friendly and cooperative in many kinds giving the pleasure to work.

Abhiyum Nanum

Marvelous presentation. The story line is simple with the father's ingrestion over the changing life style of him with his daughter. It took a real long story for Prakash Raj to depict the intense relation between a father and a daughter. Trish and Prakash Raj played a decent and stunning role with the supporting characters cheering to the films success. Worth watching such a good movie.

San Franscisco

San Franscisco:
This Thanks-Giving we planned for an SFO trip with a huge gathering of my friends and collegues. This is indeed important for me as I will be meeting Ananthu (good old college friend of mine) and for Sharmila, its her days-out with her pup friend Mohanapriya. Note that both Ananthu's and Priya's family are in SFO.

Day one - We hired a caravan for seven and started afresh late in the night from LA. It was a pleasant, mild with cold and encouraging journey. At dawn we reached SFO and myself&family stayed at Priya's home. It was a warm welcome from both Priya and Kandhavel (Priya's hubby) as we started to roam on the beaches of SFO. SFO has its own mark of having all IT giants, locking in its silicon valley. Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, CISCO and many others. The CISCO office premises is exciting with 40&odds identical building arranged in a well framed row. I called up ananthu as he joined alone with this team. We took a cruiser and watched the SFO golden bridge at a closer shot. The cruise also covered sight seeings of the Alcatraz prison, however it did not allowed to step into the prison. We quickly geared up the steep lanes of the downtown and climbed down the crook street. This street is famous for a zig zag design and the architechtural geniosity in constructing houses alongside the road. Later in the evening we also covered the light house builiding. I spent the night with Ananthu and family and prepared for the early morning Black friday shopping. Aradhana (daughter) is totally fun filled playing around me as Vishnu (his wife) prepared delicious Idli chuttney.

The second day, ananthu could not join, however the trip was exciting at the "Mystery spot".The lady who described the mystery spot is really a total mystery with fun filled real time examples. You will be leaning towards the ground (45 degree inclination) when inside the home.. that is the so-called mystery. Then we played Volley ball in the beaches and returned back home safely. Priya made delicious supper and I went back to sleep for the next day dreams.

The third day, ananthu joined me again with family, where we all went to Napa Valley. This is famous for wine making, with a large landscape covered with grape plantations. The Castillo de Caprosa is an ideal place for everyone, where our guide detailed the in and outs of the making of the entire castle (built for attraction alone). Exciting. We then went to "Hot Geyser" where hot water raises from ground for every 30 minutes or less.. should the volcano be passive.

The next day.. planning to leave to LA. Priya and Kandhavel did a delicious crab curry with other non-veg savvies. Wonderful. We said good bye to the family and local teams who joined us on the tour and reached LA at midnight.

Get-To-Gather

Sunday, Dec 14th - We called for a get-together @my home with some of my collegues/friends. Lakshmi, Thanu, Swaroop, Rajesh, Vedha, Prabha, Ajith and Alex. Sharmila, as usual did a good job challenging her own culinary skills, with a variety of veggie and non-veg dishes. Awesome. Its another time to watch the tamil movie "Arithum ariyalum" which steamed up more laughter and fun for this party. Playing card game "Ace", really aced up the show.

New apartment

Moved to a new apartment "Americana Independence". This is three blocks away from Oakwood apartment, where I stayed for almost six full months with a few of my collegues at office. This new move is to accomodate Sharmila at home. Americana.., this place is not much of a paradise, but a real place for residents. It have a kewl swimming pool, confortable fitness center, and more space for community celebrations. The leasing officers were kind and gentle and can aptly respond to any queries, within SLA hours. I rented a single bedroom apt, which really had more space when compared with neighboring apts, but need to get a refrigerator and microwave at extra cost. A bulky A/C with buzzing sound is the music for my night dreams. Kewl place indeed.