Rejoining Tekdi..

1 Dec. 2011 rejoining Tekdi Web Solution..? What rejoining..? then why you left..? & why are you joining again..? Almost every one asked me such queries & made me bored. It was not their mistake it was mine. Yeah i accept it that's why i'm correcting by rejoining the company. Last month got selected in a company & decided to join cause offer was good & decided to leave Tekdi. Even worked for 3-4 days at new company but i was missing something not something but everything. I got this is not what i want. Yeah it was new place it will take time to settle down it might that i don't wanted to settle over there that's why i decided to rejoin Tekdi n called to Manali mam(HR). At that movement i didn't know how she will react but i know i was right means i told whatever i think. After 2-3 days i didn't get reply n thought that Tekdi is not ready to correct my mistake & keep going to the company where i don't want to work. Next day got call from mam n told let's have meet. Meet was successful. I told all story to my parents they told just do what u like n want. Tomorrow going to company hope all my team-mates will accept me as usual. I'm just feeling that i have come from a long holiday n nothing went special during these days. At the end world has lost a better cms than Joomla..how..? Simple if Tekdi rejected me then i was thinking of creating own cms better than joomla... Hahaha what a joke. Well its not joke, it was my confidence. Leave it, just looking forward to do a better work. All the best Amol. Do Well...

Life at Tekdi Web Solution..

I was working at Diligent Technologies from last 5 months & suddenly company owner decided to shut down company. He told all employee that he is shutting down in next month so better to look for another job in coming days. I got call from Agile Technologies, selected & got joining letter. After 2-3 days got a call from consultancy regarding the job opening at Tekdi Web Solution. Tekdi is located at Karve Nager which is very near from my home as compared to Agile so decided to attend interview. It was Ashwin sir who took the interview & selected me. Finally decided to join tekdi instead of Agile.

Joined Tekdi on 11th March, Guru sir introduced with everyone. I seated at room 2 for 2-3 days, later shifted to Deepak sir's room. Initially i was studying those Joomla concept which i never studied. That time was very diffcult & environment was totally new, so i was getting bored but my colleague Amit Mahalak helped me to get used with the situation, he became my first & best friend at Tekdi. Deepak sir's room is strict(in the sense professional) as compared to other rooms its my experience after 8 months & moving in all rooms. It was going difficult for me one more person Arjun sir helped & suggest me in every situation. He is very friendly with me & always ready to help.

I started working under Guru sir. This name i never forget who helped me at every situation from basics to advanced. His nature is very good, always ready to help everyone without expectations. One more thing about him i found is that he motivates his teammates effectively. I work under Guru sir who seats at another room. Everyone at tekdi helped me like Deepak sir, Archana, Madhura, Vaibhav, Sagar n list goes on.

When were the crucial days for me at Tekdi...? Guru sir(my TL) went on leave for his marriage at that time i was the only person working on a wine-based site. I didn't even know the flow of site as well( what site does & who's who). This time i worked under Ashwin sir directly, whenever i go to his cabin my foots started shivering & feels that i was in HOD's cabin. I never forget how Ashwin sir explained me flow of the site by giving an example of haywards 5k & 10k. Every one was ready to help me but know one was worked on extension's on which i was working & to explain what i wanted to do was very difficult cause i also had confusion. That time Harshal sir helped me a lot as he worked on design part of the site. Daily i used to leave office after 8pm cause Vic said something at morning & evening. After office when i reach at home i used to check my tekdi mail account & see what new tasks were Vic has added & updated. When Guru sir joined then i took a sigh of relief even after work was going on but under Guru sir instead of Ashwin sir is always good.

At tekdi i worked on many joomla extensions like Jomsocial which is adpoted by Tekdi(seen almost every project) Sobi2, JReviews Chronoforms & many more. I wanted to work on TechJoomla's products as well & finally got opportunity in Isportconnect worked on Invitex & JmailAlerts. Worked on socialads in Infoit. Whenever i got problem in Invitex, Vaishali who seats upstairs, she directly used to come at my desk to help me out. I am quite dull when it comes to designing part so whenever i got problem KK(Kirti Kumar) was always ready to help me.

One day i was working on some template & at noon got Ashwin sir pinged to me that it looks good. I showed it to Arjun sir like i got a medal. At evening again Ashwin sir pinged me & told that template is not looking good so make it better. I told Arjun sir again but i didn't think too much on this cause sometimes it happens on what client wants.

Enjoyed Joomla day, got many things to learn. Celebration of Tekdi foundation day at Wonder Funky was great fun(read more). Later visited Tahmi Ghat with all tekdians(read more). It was great experience. Those small parties by tekdians was good cause to listen name of those foods was amazing like DilBahar, Chandrakala..! & last but not least sharing food at the time of having lunch always remind me my childhood days. Photo session with Sonali Kulkarni & dinner at harvest club was delicious. Chatting with KK, Pritam, Yogesh, Rohan during lunch time was a great fun. The bus no 78 & some beautiful girls i'm gonna miss it.

Impressed with down to earth personality of Ashwin sir & Parth sir. One more important thing about TWS, i think its the only IT company where no one smokes at least in office time doesn't it mean they might have after office. Really its not a joke Industry where girl's doesn't care about smoke n drink you won't get such company. One bad think about tekdian's is that everyone thinks that only he/she has difficult & lots of work but the fact is that in tekdi everyone has same kinda work. Tekdi needs a dedicated hardware engineer, Parth sir & Ashwin sir are best when it comes to hardware but every time to tell them doesn't looks good.

At the end it was my pleasure that i got a chance to work in a TWS. I would like to thank & good luck to all my colleagues & tekdi/techjoomla web solution. Well i hope will meet whole team at least in coming joomla day's in pune.

Amazing incident

Yesterday an amazing incident happended. I am working on Jomsocial(a joomla community component) & was trying to make things as client wanted. Tried too much on one of the issue after spending couple of hours finally solved & i wrote a post on my professional blog about how to solve that problem later.
Next day my Boss Ashwin sir googled for the same problem & he got my blog's link on first result. He pingged me & told that make sure you have made changes like this with my blog post link. I replied Ok sir. Later i was thinking that how did this guy know it & discussed with colleagues as well, finally leaved without getting proper answer.
Next day before i leaved office i had chat with him regarding my resign. After discussion i asked him 'sir, how did u get my blog?' & he replied that he was googled n got my link. O my god what a great moment it was for me. I know i'm not too talented but that moment given me such a good confidence that i can't express in words...

बालपणीतला गणेश उस्तव..

आज गणेश चतुर्थी.. मूर्ती स्थापना करून टीवी वर न्यूज बघत होतो. Reporters were asking celebrities about their experience during Ganesh festival. It promoted me to write something about how i used to celebrate Ganesh festival in childhood. लहान असताना आह्मी काही मित्रांनी मिळून माऊली बाल गणेश मंडळाची स्थापना केली. जेमतेम १२-१३ जन पण आई बाबा आले कि सगळे पळून जाणारे असे आमचे मित्र. अगोदर सगळे जन contribution करून पावती पुस्तक विकत घ्यायचो आणि गणपती चतुर्थीच्या १५-२० दिवसा पूर्वीपासून वर्गणी मागायला सुरवात व्हायची. छोट्या छोट्या दुकानातून २ रुपये, ५ रुपये मिळायचे. तेह्वा ११ रुपये कोणी वर्गणी दिली तर खूप आनंद व्हायचा. असे मिळून ३०० ते ४०० रुपये जमा व्हायचे. गणेश वर्गणी म्हटले कि कदमांच्या आण्णाची आठवण येते, कारण जेह्वा आह्मी त्यांना वर्गणी मागायचो तेह्वा ते म्हणायचे कि ते सर्व पैसे मला द्या मी गणपती बसवतो. तेह्वा त्यांचा खूप राग यायचा. शेवटी पैसे कमी पडले तर आह्मी आमच्या जवळचे पैसे द्यायचो.

१५० ते २०० रुपयाची गणेश मूर्ती आणायचो. जागेची मात्र बोंबाबॉम असायची कधी कोणाच्या पडक्या शेड मध्ये तर कधी बंद असलेल्या दुकानात. deocoration साठी आलमद जगू आणि अशपाक शेख ठरलेले असायचे. हे दोघे म्हणजे टाकाऊ पासून टिकाऊ असे काही तरी innovative करायचे तेही अगदी कमी बजेट मध्ये. अशपाक मुस्लीम असूनही तो आमच्यात रमायचा. कोणाच्या घरातून टेबल तर कोणाकडून बल्ब, वायर, पडदा, समई अश्या अनेक वस्तू आणायचो. सगळ्यांच्या आया ओरडायच्या पण आह्मी १ ना आईकायचो. गणपती आणि भगवा गुलाल हे तर combination प्रसिद्ध आहे. मंडळात उगड्या कपाळाने कोणी गेले तर त्याला नाम ओढण्यात यायचा. विसर्जनाच्या दिवशी तर या गुलालाचे महत्व काही औरच असायचे.

सगळ्यात मोठे काम रात्री मंडळात झोपायला जाण्याचे असायचे. घरी त्यासाठी पार रामायण-महाभारत व्हायचे. पण शेवटी आई सोडायची कारण शाळेचा आणि क्लासचा अभ्यास केलेला असायचा आणि मी तर फार हट्टी होतो. एकदा घरातून अंथरून-पांघरून घेऊन निघालो कि जग जिंकल्यासारखे वाटायचे. ते १०-१२ दिवस कसे निघून जायचे ते कधीच कळले नाही आणि आताही कळत नाही. विसर्जनाच्या दिवशी तर विचारू नका काय काय करायचो. चारचाकी गाडा १०-२० रुपये देऊन मिळायचा आणि त्या गाड्यातून आह्मी श्री ची मूर्ती ठेऊन विसर्जनाला घेऊन जायचो. जाताना मस्त वाजत गाजत नाचत जायचो. शेजारी आमच्या सारखेच छोटे मंडळ असायचे, त्यांच्या पेक्षा उत्तम करण्याचा आमचा सारखा प्रयत्न असायचा. आज तेच छोटेसे मंडळ इतके मोठे झाले आहे कि त्यासमोर मी लहान आहे. घोषणा देऊन देऊन घसा बसायचा. खूप मजा केली आहे & all credit goes to my friends.

अंजनी प्रशालेत तर असताना गणेश उत्सवाचा आनंद व्दीगुणीत व्हायचा. शाळेत श्री ची स्थापना व्हायची आणि सर्वात महत्वाचे म्हणजे उस्तवात व्याखानमालेचा कार्यक्रम असायचा. खूप मोठे मोठे वक्ते यायचे त्यांच्याकडून खूप काही शिकायला मिळायचे. आलेल्या पाहुण्यांचे पुष्पगुच्द स्वागत करायला मिळाले तर खूप गर्व वाटायचा. माझ्या आयुष्यात मला सर्वात आवडलेला उपक्रम. आलेल्या वक्त्याकडे पाहून वाटायचे मी पण मोठा झाल्यावर असेच शाळा मला आमंत्रित करेल आणि तो दिवस नक्की येणार याचा मला आत्मविश्वास होता आहे आणि असणार. विसर्जनाच्या दिवशी तर लेझीम पथकात सहभाग असायचा. विसर्जानंतर मुळे बाईंच्या घरी वरण भात मिळायचा त्याची चवतर सहीच. पण एक प्रोब्लेम व्हायचा शाळेत गणपती असल्यामुळे मंडळात जाण्यास जास्त वेळ मिळायचा नाही.

अजून एक आठवण मी कधीही विसरू शकणार नाही आणि ती म्हणजे शिवशाही तरुण मंडळाने आयोजित केलेल्या निबंध स्पर्धेत केलेली partiality. Basically माझा पहिला नंबर आला होता पण त्यांनी त्यांच्या गल्लीतल्या दोघांचा पहिला व दुसरा आणि माझा तिसरा नंबर काढला. हे मला त्या दोघांची नावे ऐकल्यावर लक्षात आले आणि मी मोरखंडीकर सरांना सांगितले कि स्टेजवर गेल्यावर मी लोकांना सांगणार आहे कि यांनी partiality केली आहे आणि मला हे बशीस नकोय. सरांनी माझी समजूत काढली आणि मी शांत झालो. अश्या खूप आठवणी आहेत, मी लिहित बसलो तर तुह्मी वाचत वाचत बोर व्हाल. गणपती बाप्पा मोरया...मंगल मूर्ती मोरया..

Tahmini Ghat with TWS...

It was saturday, official trip to Tahmini Ghat was already decided on the next day. I was upset cause many time visited Tahmini Ghat & on sunday...? need to do many personal things. Got up at 6am on sunday morning don't know when i woked up so early last time. Had bath, breakfast & leaved home. Around 7:30 our journey started. I was totally upset with the tour that's why didn't take any extra cloths. Around 10:30 we reached at one of the popular waterfall in Tahmini Ghat. Guys were enjoying in water. I don't want to get wet so i removed my shoes & seated while keeping my feets in water. Someone asked me to take some snaps & i went near water at that time i decided to enter in water without getting wet. But Vaibhav drenced me in water. I removed my shirt & enjoyed like a child.

We had Idlies which Shantanu brought from his home. This waterfall is good & safe but many people slipped, me too. After few hours of travelling stopped at another waterfall. This time i decided to not enter in water, me n few friends walked to see the valley. This place was great, mostly authorities doesn't allow to stop here, we were lucky cause that time no one was there. picked some pics & back towards the waterfall place where other guys were enjoying. This waterfall was more tricky & some guys were at the top. Arjun sir called me many time but i didn't. When i decide to join, he replied don't come we are getting off. Thank god i saved. Around 2pm had lunch at dhaba. It was raining heavily.

After having lunch we thought that now trip is finished & going back to Pune. We were wrong actually fun was started from here. Near a plane ground we stopped to play the games. We played Pulling Rope, enjoyed a lot. That debate with opposite team mates & game plan was unforgettable. Later played one more game don't know name but it was great fun at the same time played football. To play football in rain is great experience always. My lips hurt from KK while playing football. We were completely wet, had a cup of coffee & Kandabhiji's. While travelling played Antakashri. Later whole team dedicated songs on individuals. Guys were dedicated songs on me like a i'm drunken cause i am working on wine based site. In short lived like a child in professional life for a single day. Thanks tekdian for such a wonderful experience.... You can find some snaps Here.

१५ ऑगस्ट.. एक अविस्मरणीय क्षण

१५ ऑगस्ट म्हटल कि एक extra सुट्टी.. आता एवढेच विधान. बाकी त्या स्वतंत्र दिनाचे काही विशेष नाही. पण लहान पणीच्या काळात डोकावून पहिले तर १५ ऑगस्टचे खरे महत्व तेव्हाच कळते आणि जसे जसे मोठे होऊ तसे तसे त्याचे महत्व कमी होत जाते. मी जेव्हा शाळेत होतो तेव्हा मी तर या दिवसाची आतुरतेने वाट पाहायचो. माझी तर तैयारी १५ दिवस अगोदर पासूनच सुरु व्हायची. भाषण करण्यात मी पटाईत होतो आणि मला फार आवडायचे. मला अजून ही ते चित्र माझ्या डोळ्यासमोर दिसते. ४थी पासून १०वी पर्यंत ची इतिहासाची पुस्तके चाळायचो. काही निवडक गोष्टी एका पानावर लिहून काढायचो. आणि मग सुरवात करायचो रट्टा मारायला.. आवडीचा विषय असल्याने ते लगेच लक्षात राहायचे. पाठ झाल्यानंतर आईच्या हातात तो कागद देऊन मी तिला चेक करायला सांगायचो. आई आपली काम करत करत बघायची.

कोणताही कार्यक्रम असला कि ४-५ दिवस अगोदर सूचना देण्यात यायची आणि जे कोणी भाषण करण्यास इच्छुक असतील त्यांनी आपली नावे वर्ग शिक्षकांकडे द्यावी. माझे वर्ग शिक्षक मला न विचारताच माझे नाव त्या लिस्ट मध्ये add करायचे. हे १ विधानच झाले होते कारण मी जिल्हास्थरीय स्पर्धेतसुद्धा भाग घेतलेला होता त्यामुळे भाषण करणे म्हणजे माझ्यासाठी फार मोठी गोष्ट नव्हती. माझ्या १५ ऑगस्ट च्या भाषणात छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज, झाशी'ची राणी, लोकमान्य टिळक(माझे आवडते), महात्मा गांधी, बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर, सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल, भगतसिंग- राजगुरू- सुखदेव, बाल शिरीष, वी. दा. सावरकर. अश्या वीरांनी आपल्या देशासाठी दिलेले योगदान याबद्दल आणि तिरंगा झेंड्याबद्दल सांगायचो. खूप मजा यायची खरा देश प्रेम जागायचा. हे झाले भाषणाचे. कपडे, गांधी टोपी belt आणि shoes तर १५ ऑगस्ट ला नवीन असायचे. नवीन कपडे अगोदरच press केलेले असले तरी मी घरी अजून press करायचो. कपड्यावर perfume मारायचो.

शाळेला जाताना नानीमा दर्गाह जवळच्या फुलांच्या दुकानातून एक मोठा गुलाब घेऊन शर्टला लावायचो. ७- ७:३० ला शाळेत झेंडावंदन पार पडायचा. त्यानंतर गावातून प्रभात फेरी निघायची ती किल्ल्यातला झेंडा फडकविण्यासाठी. किल्ल्यात गावातल्या सगळ्या शाळा यायच्या पोलीस परेड करायचे. पारले चे चार बिस्कीट मिळायचे ते चार बिस्कीट खाण्याची मजा घरात आणलेल्या बिस्किटापेक्षा काही औरच असायची. त्यानंतर फेरी शाळेत संपायची. नंतर भाषणे व्हायची कोणाचे कसे झाले यावर मित्रात चर्चा व्हायची. काही मुले तर स्टेज वर गेल्यावर रडायची आणि आम्ही हसायचो मग खाऊ वाटप व्हायचा. MCC ला असताना तर मजाच होती. मजा करत घरी जायचे. तेव्हा फक्त दूरदर्शन होता दुपारी देशावर आधारित सिनेमा असायचा आताही असतोच.
आताही १५ ऑगस्ट आठवले कि माझ्या आणि आईच्या डोळ्यासमोर हे चित्र दिसते, पप्पानाही आठवत असेल सर्व पण मी कधी त्यांना विचारले नाही. तो किल्ल्यातला मोठा फडकणारा झेंडा... ते भाषण.. ते बिस्कीट.. ते नवीन कपडे.. ते गुलाब.. कधीही न विसरणारे आहे. आज असे वाटते कि, का मोठा झालो..?

First call with client..

Last week had a call with client of one of the site. It was my first call with client. I used to chat via MSN with client at Diligent Technologies. But this was great experience. The call was not planned just i had chat with my Team Leader regarding issues but we didn't figure out exactly what client requirement is, so we told our PM. He also wanted to clear that thing from client. He just pinged client & our chat started. PM was talking with him, me & my TL just discussed a little bit. He asked who's there, then PM told Guru(my TL) & Amol. Then he said Amol how are you..? I just replied 'I am fine how about you'. Later we discussed about the project. He abused to his US government cause it doesn't allow him to sell wines, but that just two lines of chat made me happy. One think i learned from him is POLITENESS. I know at Tekdi i ll get such chances many time in future, but i won't forget this little chat.

waste of time....

गेली चार पाच दिवस आजारी आहे. ताप सर्दी खोकला जणू काही माझे सोबतीच झाले आहेत. शनिवारी रात्री बाहेर खाल्ल्याचे कारण झाले. मग काय रात्रभर थंडी-ताप..! ती शनिवार ची रात्र मी कधीही विसरू शकणार नाही. खूप त्रास झाला होता. फक्त आईची आठवण येत होती. असे वाटत होते कि आज मी आईच्या जवळ असतो तर मला काहीच जाणवले नसते. सकाळी उठलो तर joints फार दुखत होते. डॉक्टर कडे गेलो injection ठोकले & १५-२० गोळ्या दिल्या. वाटले बरे होईल संध्याकाळ पर्यंत, पण आजाराने जणू ठरवले होते कि १ आठवडा तरी रहायचे. सोमवार उजाडला, बरे वाट न्हवते पण तरीही office ला पोहोचलो. पण क्षणभर ही बसावे वाटले नाही आणि निघून आलो घरी. दुसरा दिवस उजाडला कालच्या पेक्षा आज परिस्तिथी वाईट होती. डॉक्टर कडे गेलो, म्हणे कि दोन दिवसात बरे नाही झाले तर नायडू हॉस्पिटल मध्ये admit करावे लागेल. आता मात्र माझी फाटली. सुदैवाने ताप कमी झाला पण अशक्त पणा जाणवत होता. त्या दिवशी मनात १ विचार येऊन गेला, 'तुह्मी किती strong आहात हे बिकट परीस्तीथित सिद्ध होते'. या आजारामुळे माझा १ पूर्ण आठवडा वाया गेला ही सर्वात मोठी खंत. ते म्हणतात ना आलीया भोगासी असावे सादर... काय लिहणार या अश्या पळपुट्या आजाराबद्दल.
Date
4th July 2013
Extending this blog post as i'm suffering from same situation. I'm suffering from cold fever from last 3-4 days & got tested by 3 doctors. Saab sale BHMS.. Kuch change nahi hai.. only eating n sleeping now a days.. Hope i'll go office tomorrow.

Who I Am

Last night couldn't sleep properly, a question was roaming in my mind. I was trying to find out the solution of that question. Don't worry it wasn't KBC question. It was who i'm..? Who is Amol Patil. If somebody ask me to define myself. How i reply or what i can say about me. Well it depends on that person who gonna ask me.. Does it mean, i change myself depend on the person whom i am interacting. Exactly this is what i am & always wanted to be. What it results if i fire this query into my mind. Whether it hang, will reply with many results or returns an empty result set. Does it mean i really don't know who i am. Oh yes, I know who I am, but can you see? Is it as plain to you as it is to me?
When i look in the mirror & ask who i'm. It reply depends on my mood, cause it might afraid of getting break.
If i'm not good doesn't mean i'm bad.
If i'm not honest doesn't mean i'm untruthful.
If i'm not strong doesn't mean i'm weak.
If i'm not clever doesn't mean i'm dull.
If i'm not right doesn't mean i'm wrong.
Be serious.. My self Amol Patil working as a Web developer n blah blah.... But this doesn't define who I am in person, the answer to the question cannot be found in a person birth certificate, his/her religion or his degree, but it is found in a person heart and soul of a person. What i think about me is more important as compared to what others think of me.

Files name conflict

Yesterday at office, trying to solve Jomsocial issue's. Initially i didn't figure out it so i googled for the answer but couldn't find what i was looking for, checked on Jomsocial forum still didn't get. After spending half an hour got a link where i got what i wanted. There were two files opened in my text editor one from local & other one from live server. I made the changes in local file & was checking the output on live site. I spend half an hour & thought that this solution won't work for me. So again i googled but i got nothing which really take me out from this situation. While googling i realised that internet speed became slow, then how could that changes were fastly done in live file. When i look at editor's tab there were two file's opened. I made change in correct file & it worked. At the end wasted one an half hour for the task which could take half an hour. It happens sometimes when you lost concentration. Well i hope it wont happen again..

एक स्वप्नं

कोणताही फोटो पाहिल्यानंतर, आपण नेहमीच flash back मध्ये जातो. पण हा फोटो पाहिल्यानंतर मात्र मी future मध्ये गेलो. किती सही फोटो आहे हा, हो ना? नक्कीच तुम्ही सुद्धा गेले असणार. असे चित्र माझ्या आयुष्यात सत्यात कधी उतरेल. आखिर कब यार... कब आयेगी मेरी सपनो कि राणी? तेवढीच traditional पण trendy असणारी माझी बायको..! कोणत्याही बाबतीत तिला force न करणारी माझी आई. एक सुखी सासू सुनेची जोडी. आईशप्पत आईने जर ही post वाचली तर नक्कीच पुढच्या वर्षापर्यंत माझे वाजउण सोडेल. खूप लिहावे वाटत आहे ह्या बद्दल पण आता मनाला आवर घालतो. I hope you guys understand what i wanted to mean about this picture.

लोहगड... Its amazing

                    Sandy, Sachin & me had a group chat on Thursday morning, finally we decided to go for the famous Lohgad(लोहगड) fort. I called Vicky to come online but he was quite busy as usual & i told him the plan. He replied that, his dad has some business on Saturday then why don't on Sunday? I thought this plan is gonna fail. At evening Vicky called me & told that Sachin is okay on Sunday. So every one was ready as decided, but i was not sure as usual, on time 'काहीतरी गंडनार याची मला सतत भीती वाटत होती'. See what a confidence i have on my friends.

                    Finally Sunday came, we guys met at Nashik patha around 9:30 & had a breakfast & started journey towards the Lonavla. Enjoyed the riding on Pune-Mumbai old highway. At Malavali we took left turn towards Bhaje Caves which is just 2-3 km from highway. Seen Bhaje caves & somebody told that Lohgad is very near from Bhaje caves & the road is good for bike also. Actually it was raining so we didn't take risk n we didn't want to cover that distance by walking so we decided to go Lohgad via Lonavla. Here we made a big mistake.We travel upto the Lonvla toll plaza after a few meters ahead took left turn & we lost the road. We were moving round n round in Lonavla. We had some snaks n got ready for round n round. Finally a boy told the right way from Lonavla we went to the Bhangarwadi & the road is straight to the lohgad. Between this time vicky's bike was behaving like a bitch.
                    Finally we reached Lohgad, we were completely wet. It was the greate climate. it simply feeling like being in heaven. We enjoyed the Fort, i guess its a true fort, means the entrance of the fort is in better condition. Thae view of the pavna dam & tikona hills... speechless. While taking snaps we reached at the top. we moved to the Vinchukata(Scorpion Tail). What it is yaar ? I don't have word to describe it. Then we started to get down the fort. It had heavy rain fall so everywhere there was water flowing. We played in water like a small child. I still remember that moment when vicky & sachin tried to 'drown' me in water. but they didn't success. When we reached at the base of fort, we had a cup of tea. While having tea we had discussed those things which i don't wanna mention. Its very very personal guys... hey not like that, what in your mind currently. Finally we decided to go via Bhaje caves. This track was very amazing cause road was very tricky cause of rainfall. It was my turn to ride Vicky's bike, two times we slipped from the bike. It was awesome. Finally we reached on old highway & had some snacks(only snacks ahhh...) & went to home. Everybody was completely wet. When i came to home, had glass of tea & went to bed.
                    Lohgad fort is amazing. Whenever you plan for the Lohgad i would like to advice you to go via Bhaje caves(if you have bike or haven't).

you can see pics here

पहिला पाऊस...!@%$&*#

आज ३-४ वाजल्यापासून पाऊस येण्याचे संकेत दिसत होते. वातावरण सही झाले होते. बाहेर जाऊन मस्तपैकी फिरून यावे असे वाटत होते पण काय करणार, मनाला आवर घातला आणि ग्यालरीत थोडा वेळ उभे राहून 'back to work'. सहा वाजल्यानंतर मोसमातल्या पहिल्या पावसाच्या सरी पडू लागल्या. "पहिला पाऊस पडतो तेंव्हा एकच काम करायचं .... हातातली कामं टाकुन पावसात जाऊन भिजायचं ! " आता पर्यंत फक्त हेच माहित होते. पण हे विसरून कामात गुंतलो. कसे बसे ७:३० वाजले team leader ला ping केला i am leaving & he replied that yeah you can. बस sack घेतली आणि निघालो. बाहेर आल्यानंतर रोहन भेटला & he dropped me at Karve Nagar, While waiting for bus i had a cup of cutting(tea). I was completely wet.पाऊस तसाच पडत होता, पण आता मात्र मूड चेंज झाला होता काही वेळा पूर्वी हवा हवासा वाटणारा पाऊस shit shit shit वाटत होता. कपडे ओले झाले होते, आणि मी वैतागून गेलो होतो बसची वाट पाहून पाहून. Finally i decided to hire auto riksha upto Malvadi & then six sitter to reach my home. आणि पावसाला शिव्या घालत घरी आलो, वाटेत वाटले कि आत्याला call करून सांगावे कि आज कांदा भजी कर. पण आत्याची night duty आहे हे विसरून गेलो होतो. मला उशीर झाल्यामुळे आत्याने flat ची चावी जावळकर काकूंकडे ठेवली होती. पाऊस पडतच होता. After that i checked emails & facebook. I was quite tired & hungry. आणि काल आणलेली sprite ची bottle शोधण्यासाठी रेफ्रिजरेटर कडे धावलो. सकाळपर्यंत आर्धी असलेली bottle संधाकाळी भरलेली होती. भरलेली bottle पाहून आनंदी आनंद गडे झाला आणि टोपण खोलून १ घोट घेतला तर धक्काच बसला. तसला धक्का न्हवे..! आत्याने चुकून आर्धी असलेल्या sprite च्या bottle मध्ये पाणी ओतले होते. चपाती भाजी वरण गरम करून घेतले & भाताला जिरे कोथिंबिरी टाकून परतून घेतले. पण मनात १ मात्र विचार सारखा घोळत होता कि i haven't enjoyed the first rain of season. Why? why? why? या why चा विचार करत झोपी गेलो.

Feeling lonely

No one is at home.. Every1 went to Hyderabad to celebrate my sister's first wedding anniversary. Every member of my family is there besides me. What should i do? i knew that i didn't get 4-5 days leave. My Sis & Jij are very disappointed almost every family member. I hope they understand me. But as soon as the project is completed, i'll take leave for a week & will go to meet my sister. Getting very bored at home, while doing extra work like washing clothes, cooking & the list goes on...

बचपन कि यादे...

My 2 yrs cousin Srushthi told 'मी आज वाळूत खेळली आणि घर हि बनवल'.. I told her dats great, carry on. After that i came in my room n that the word 'वाळू'(sand) forced me to think something different. When i was child 'वाळू' was one of the favourite place to play with friends. We used to make 'चिमणीचा खोपा'(a small bird home), fight with friends n name of that game was 'WWF'.. ha ha ha that was very funny yaar... laying on sand while looking at sky that was amazing experience...

Old Friend

Today at morning i had some work at bank. I was just filling a form & a person said me 'hi amol' i replied a.. sorry.. i didnt get who u r... Then he replied a class... at Kothrud.. before.. 7-8 years. Then i clicked we were my classmate. Oh god still he remembered me n identified so quickly. It was very nice to talk with him, after that we had juice n talked about our carrier. When we left i went 7-8 years back, n stared to think of that time... Well it was very nice experience that guy made my day...

Yes i cried....

After a long time i cried. what amol you cried? yep guys i cried. ohhhh I don't wanna share the reason behind that. I guess every one cry when they get what they never expect from their beloved one, i could control myself but i didn't. It happened cause of confusion. But i like one thing that go & directly ask the person who is responsible for the situation & clear the things.
Forget it yaar, all was well at the end like bollywood movies.HAPPY ENDINGS

आई

आज फार दिवसांनी आई च्या हातचे खायला मिळाले तेही पुण्यात. आजी गेली होती गावी येताना आई ने चपात्या(पुणेरी भाषेत पोळ्या) & भाजी दिली होती. या वेळी चिवडा मात्र फार तिखट झाला आहे, कदाचित तिला वेळ मिळाला नसावा कारण आजी अचानक आली ना. office मधून आलो होतो खूप भूक लागली होती "फिर क्या मामू चालू हो गाय ना". खाताना प्रत्येक घासला आई ची आठवण येत होती. "सच यार ये मा भी ना रुला देती ही मेरे जैसे जवान लाडके को अपनी याद दिलाके". life me agar koi aapse unconditionally pyaar karta hai to wo hai your parents...

B'day Fool

Last day was very strange for me at office, cause it was 16 April. 16 April 198* is my official birth date. At morning when i went to office first amit wished me i thought that he was playing with me so i leaved & went to my cabin. At the door this time madhura wished me still i didn't get & said thank you. When i saw date on my desktop then i realise that everyone is thinking its my b'day today. After that i told my colleagues about my b'date story still they feel that i was lying cause i don't wanna give them party... बस क्या पक गया यार बोलते बोलते.
Thank god my team leader(deepak sir) was not aware of that, 'नाहीतर माझ काही खर नवत'. After lunch i got ping from guru sir, i told him n he get it. But other people from next cabin were thinking that i was lying n they started to pining me. I went to cabin n personally i told them. Still some of them were not agreed at the end.
Well it was nice time pass at the end of day. Thank god many other people from my company did not know नही तो.........

Broadband Connection at home..!

Finally got broadband internet connection at home hmmmmmmmm. Only i knew what i did to get it. Actually i used reliance netsetter from 1.5 years but last couple of day i realised that "Reliance वाले मुजे चूस रहे है " thats why i was looking forward to new internet connection with minimum cost, between these days i used to sit in a cyber cafe n become frnd with the cafe owner who uses reliance winmax broadband. I live at out of Pune Corporation area, here we have to fight for internet connection cause almost all companies provide their internet connections in city area only. I got idea in my mind that i should get reliance wimax broadband connection at my home which i cant afford. After that i discussed with my not well known frnds in my building, two frnds vedant n samir agreed. Thats it i called reliance salesperson, got connection after 3-4 days & using router we distributed it in 3 pcs. Now paying 700rs for 1mbps..! Its okay yaar. Finally i got it.
पर मुजे उस Caber Cafe वाले की याद आ रही है जो मुझे हर बार चाय पिलाता था, आजकल वो मुझसे बात भी नहीं करता है...

No more business with Frnds...

Don't make any business with your best friends either you lose business or best friend. I loosed both. I don't want to say anything cause 'ताली एक हाथ से नहीं बजती'. It might that i made some mistakes my friend also but at the end our friendship failed. It happened twice in my life first i lose Tus... & now Ra... Anyway it means that i need to change myself slightly. Thats the fact i have to accept it. But the problem is that 'बिज़नस दोस्तों के साथ नहीं तो दुस्मानो के साथ करना चाहिए क्या?'. I guess the orgin of the problem is "EXPECTATION".
Dont expect from anyone thats the matra to live the life happily, but how can one live without expectation. These things are all mess so lets wrap it & enjoy the life.

World Champion

Actually i should have to post this before couple of days after india won the World Cup but my internet wasn't working thats why posting so late.
Finally we won the World Cup..! team india did it. O my god i cant belive it! But its true finally i become the witness of this unforgetable moment. It was saturday there was screening in our office but the condition was that if someone wants to see the match, should work full day on next saturday. Due to this condition my colleagues went back to work but with 2 other frnds i started to enjoy Srilanks batting. It was good score around 270. Come back from office to home but there was no electricity in our building, suddenly i went to my uncle's home which is very near. When i went there sehwag n sachin was back in pavillion & i changed the channel n started watching marathi movie. At the same time, on the pitch gautam n kohli were playing good but i was not sure like everyone & game was turning. This pair had made a good platform after loosing important wickets n kohli was out, Dhoni came to play, & dats it. Slowly india was moving towards a greate victory. Finally team india won the world cup for the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. I never forget those happy tear in the players eyes. Those people who have seen the 1983 world cup they always says many things to us so i always want to see the team india while winning the world cup. Finally my dream came true. I enjoyed the Indo-Pak match at office. There are many things realted to this world cup & i'll share it with my childs their childs dont know whether they will be interested but i'm.

Wonder Funky with TekD Team

Yday had blast at Wonder Funnky on the occasion of Foundation day of the TekD Web Solution. Leaved office at 5pm reached wonder funky at 6pm started to play games. I played air hockey with Parth sir & beat him later i lost from amit. After that enjoyed bowling game while having beverages & then danced at floor after that played some video games. I mostly liked bike game. We had wonderful dinner around 9:30. At the end it was gr8 day thanks to Tekdi Web Solution. I'll bring my cousion(Nehal) on his B'day at Wonder Funky.

Bored with life

आज काल काय होत आहे मला काहीच समजत नाहीये. मन कशातच लागत नाहीये, भरकटल्या सारखे वाटत आहे म्हणजे भरकटलोच आहे. कामात तर मुळीच लक्ष लागत नाही. असे वाटते ना कि शांत अशा एका मंदिरात जाऊन ध्यानस्थ बसावे. काय tension नाहीये कोणाचा त्रास नाहीये तरीही का आसे feel होत आहे काही उमजत नाही. But i have decided, आता बस झाला timepass, उठा अमोल पाटील अजून खूप काही करायचे आहे आपल्याला..

Chaturti Reminder

Wow thats great when i heard about this from my friend, that we can now get reminders of chaturti by email (will get 2 reminders, one a day before chaturthi and one on the day of chaturti) totally free of cost, even you can get sms alert on your cell phone but for that you need to pay 1-2 rs.

How to subscribe
send a blank email to "chaturthi-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" from Your email id.
send a sms, type 'ON chaturti' n send it to 9870807070.

Get Set Go...

After a long holiday ready to join tech di web solution. company is near from my home so it takes around half an hour to reach. Impressed with the founder of this company. These guys have to done great work in joomla, its my pleasure work to with them. Definately want to learn many things from these guys & do something extra-ordinary work.

Kokan once more...

Wow..! It was great sunday. I was busy with work & interviews in the last week, my frnd Amit called me & asked "येणार का हरिहरेश्वर ला.." I replied him, 'I would like to join, but i am not sure'. He replied 'every time i give this answer'.
On friday, i called him n told that, 'I am coming with him'. Thats it but i need to finish some work before that. Finally i finished work on saterday night n sleeped at 1:30am & got up at 4:30am, Credit goes to my very best frnd(cant mention her name) who called me & woke me. I told my uncle to drop me at S.N.D.T. n amit told me 'he will be at sndt within 10-20 mins'. While sitting on PMPML bus stop's chair opend some memeries about Diligent Technologies cause its near to SNDT.
After that our journey started at 6am, we reach Harihareshwar around 10am, visited Harihareshwar Temple, enjoyed at beach & leaved at 2pm frm Harihareshwar to Diveagar. Enjoyed travelling between Harihareshwar to Diveagar. We went to 'Suvarn Mandir', took Ganpati Bappa's darshan then had konkani lunch n went to beach. We saw the sun-set at beach & started back to pune & reached home at 12am.
Can see some snaps frm Here