Thursday, March 5, 2009

To my friends in Bangalore (February 2009)


Dear
Joseph, Firoz, Amjad, Vineeth, Karthik & Deepu,

I am in Malaysia related to work, sorry couldnt update any one.
Here flexible working hours, was a stressful startup, i think was a capability test for me.
Ok now, leads are a very young group, they seems good and understanding.
Only two Japanese guys (they are the Operations Controllers here), rest are a mix.
Not very strict time lines, as the requirements are all impossibles :).
I think whatever impossibles in market comes straight from Pan japan to Research centre in here.
This facility is completely devoted for communication systems.
You can see some funny Japanese names like Akiro, Ashimoto, Shikoku, Konshu, Matsushita etc in all mails :).
Humid whether here similar to SG, and no need for moisturising creams and oils, feels like Trivandrum.

Happenings
1, Felt honoured before seeing the requirements :).
2, Felt nervous (worse than rocket science) after talking to the leads the second day.
3, Wanted to Run and Escape after seeing the product (Presence Server and PABX of Panasonic)
4, Regained confidence when all these Guys went for Chinese New year vacation last week, talking to my mom and my special friend gave me a moral boost and support :).
5, Had a demo today -about what can be done to improve existing stuff and porting issues to new platforms, it went fine, thanks to Ansaris & Firoz's contributions about Japanese companies and work cuture :).
4, Now after 2 weeks started taking breaks and same old story -Engineers can make puttu, dosa, fly rockets, make coffee without using coffee powder & work without monitor etc. ha ha.

History
Remembering -2006, Senega Company (Vineeth,Firoz,Joseph,Me,
Amjad,Karthik etc), Mr. Sonu (CEO without funds) , No fan, No salary, My day time college classes, Working whole nights without pay, No money for dinner at koramangala Siji's mess, All of us Joining MMP(Our life turning point), Firozs marriage, Josephs marriage, First Holland trip along with Jose and Firoz etc ...
We should not forget our roots.
I think the above factors makes us what we are and distinguishes us in the crowd where ever we go

Joseph

I will go to KL the coming week then i will ask abt Sony Camcorder.
I assume price is almost same as Singapore, should be less than Europe!!
I am staying in Cyber Jaya near to office. Its a green, silent and calm place and not having electronics malls.
Nearest city is KL Central (a transit junction ). And its a crowded place and can get anything.
We dont go there much.
How is chechi and next gen?

Amjad
You crook, dont chat much instead do some useful work, you will need money man.
Family wala banna uthna aasan nahi, OK :)
Tell regards to family and your wouldbe

Mamachi(Firoz)

You were right abt Yapanese(sorry, still dutch is coming when i am out, buha ha)
But most of the workers are local Malaysian chinese and Malaysian Indians.
One guy's name was Vishnu Monn, found his great grandpa sailed in a row boat from Trivandrum to KL.
He looks like Suppandi & not much ideas abt Kerala other than the sailing history.
Found a great soup for you -Ask Ansari Ok. Its called Buddha jumps over the wall click the below link to see.
Buddha jumps over the wall , very traditional(Kings in Qin dynasty) and costly. Served only on special occasions here. Its available in some Singapore restaurants.

I will elope and come to your castle if things dont work on both sides of the kingdom, i hope you got it :)
Regards to Sumi chechi, my apprentice (junior) how is he doing. Started moving :)?

Vini Anna
How is recruitment (frozen)?, every where firing left and right, what you think its going to be?
Then how is your family, regards to her.

Gods grace -amidst deepening recession i have found l.Job & a good job, i say thanks to all who prayed and lended support.

05/March/09
Syam.Sathyan
R&D Engineer,
Communication Development Centre
Malaysia
Aka: Achachen,Gun,Syamannen,Monoottan etc