Stories of my constant learning & continuous improvement
 
Category: <span>experience</span>

The shift that changed my everyday

As someone who has always been loyal to Android phones, the idea of switching to an Apple phone seemed unnecessary and, frankly, too expensive. Why pay more for something that seemed to do the same thing? Yet, after much consideration, I took the plunge and switched to an iPhone. What I found was surprising—more than just a status symbol, the iPhone brought several life-changing benefits that I never expected. Here’s my personal journey from Android to Apple and how it …

A short trip to Srinagar

For those of you who know, HackerRank does a mid year break where all the HackerRankers switch off for a week with weekends involved becomes 9 whole days, rejuvenate and come back more energised! Almost like a summer vacation :D. Amazing right? I know, it is such a dream!! Last year I solo travelled to Pondicherry and spent an entire week just chilling by the beaches and cafes, reading books, talking to strangers and walking around every nook and corner …

Hampta Pass Continued

Here is the Part 1 of this blog! Part 2 : Summit to the all the way down! The descend was a steep 90 degree mountain and we were going to go zig zag path. While descending we paused to have the packed lunch because the path post that was going to get worser. While having lunch started a crazy hurricain. For most of us it was the first time we were seeing snow fall and it got worse by …

Hampta Pass

Part 1: A journey from my worst day of my life to the Summit! How it ALL started? I had signed up for the Valley of Flowers trek that had to start just before COVID hit so that trek was called off. Fast forward a few years and then Raj, I and a few friends were starting to talk about signing up for a trek and didn’t want to do Valley of Flowers as it had become too popular and …

Guna Caves

The recently trending song, Kanmani Anbodu Kadalan which came up in the the trailer of Manjummel Boys, my music apps has the same song on repeat but the repeat is on the cover version by Shahid Khan! The original song is from the Tamil movie “Guna” which was shot in a very popular hill station and a tourist spot Guna Caves, in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated at an altitude of 2,200 metres, the Guna Caves are a thing of …

Unveiling and Celebrating the Richness of Diversity : Learning from Every Culture, Every Day

In this blog, I wanted to explore the fascinating tapestry of cultures that shape our world and our interactions. Working alongside colleagues from diverse backgrounds has inspired me to delve deeper into understanding, celebrating, and learning from these unique perspectives. Through my experiences interacting with many many people, I love getting the insights on navigating cultural differences in the everyday. At ever learning what I learn is to reflect on the joys and challenges of embracing diversity, striving to expand …

Addiction: Double Standards in Society

The recent passing of actor Matthew Perry, known for his role as Chandler Bing in “Friends,” sparked my thoughts on addiction and how we have differing views on various forms of it. Perry was a vocal advocate for addiction recovery and used his platform to raise awareness about his own struggles. His legacy sure shall serves as a reminder of the widespread nature of addiction. But while reading through his journey, I got reminded of the talk I had attended …

The Story of a Rescue

As most of you know, Momo, my cat is a rescue and I have written about how I got adopted/rescued by her in another blog! I wanted to share about the other rescues and most recent rescue “Vaishu”! A few months ago, I could constantly hear a kitten cry all night in my new apartment building and next morning when I asked the security about it, he told how there was a injured kitten in the basement that was bought …

Indiana Jones

Introduction Indiana Jones is an American media franchise which has a total of five movies and a prequel television series. It also has games, comics, and tie-in novels, that portrays the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr. and this role is played in all movies by Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones is a fictional professor of archaeology. The series began in 1981 with the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. In 1984 came a prequel, Indiana Jones and the …

Born a Crime

I have always been a person who believed in getting the most from every experience and not doing anything for just fun. Even while reading a book, I needed to get the full essence and learnings of the book. I have now come to realise that may be that is the reason why I never stuck to the habit of reading books. When I used to miss on a single line, I used to go back and read all over …