If only the blackberry fans could understand...

I have a BlackBerry 8900. Disclaimer: I did not buy it. It was a sweet gift from my girlfriend on my last birthday.

She tried very hard to get me an unlocked one and shelled out $4XX to buy one from BestBuy. The pain starts there. The shop assistant convinced her that it was an unlocked version although it had AT&T logos all over the box. Leaving everything out of the argument, the phone was very pretty. I could very safely say that it was prettiest and the best keyboarded phone (not the best emailing phone by any means). I used for a few months (and suffered from all the problems that an AT&T user has to go through). Now, when I am in the far east, using the phone is getting difficult by the day. I could not believe that BB doesn't support Chinese characters. Its like a Win 95 system where you need to download a million language packs to make it work. This bugger doesn't even have the ability to update its own software on a Mac. On a windows, the update only works on IE and not on any of the other browsers. While trying to update to OS 5 using IE, I still faced a zillion issues. The software wants to first update the desktop software and then the device software. But sadly, it updates neither and goes into a state of limbo. Have the engineers and architects at RIM forgotten the basics of writing software? Even a third rate development shack in the Indian hinterland can do a better job. I would seriously request the BB enthusiasts to try upgrading firmware on an iPhone. Just do it once! It will neither ask you to check for updates, nor will it keep hanging on several attempts to upgrade. Now my lovely little BB has drowned itself in the misery of an update. I just hope I can get it back to life before the night is over or my girlfriend starts calling! whichever happens later

No luck yet

Almost a month since the last post. Nothing has been happening yet.

Started...

I have been here for almost a month now. Had two interviews if I could call them so. One was with MSCI Barra and the other with United Simsen bla bla bla... The MSCI job was a decent one.

Using Dataone broadband with Mac and timecapsule

I just came back to Kolkata and am using DataOne broadband connection at home. I use a MacBook Pro and it took me a really long to figure out a way to connect to the internet. BSNL broadband in Calcutta uses PPPoE to connect. I didn't find any information anywhere. After a bit of trial and error I figured the solution.

Connecting directly:
In the network preferences just use a simple PPPoE connection type either with Airport or ethernet.

Connection with TimeCapsule of Airport Extreme:
This is the best part. TimeCapsule has a in-built functionality to connect using PPPoE. Just provide ur credentials and TC connects seamlessly without needing you to reconnect every time the connections drops off.

The BSNL connection keeps dropping and the TC solution makes my life really easy.

Are things really round?

Only time will tell and maybe it will be sooner than later. I will maybe never get over what happened with Tuki, maybe my guilt will never get the better of me. But it seems the time is around the corner in a little more than a month when I will know if things really go round.

MunMun

This lady from Kolkata has been subject of some entertainment in our lives (forgive me for the calling it entertainment). I will get to her story some other time, but for now let me just say what she reminds me of every time I see her photo galleries on Orkut. She is this the personification of this Bengali girl in the new age. She still holds reflects everything that Bengalis have been known for. The way she celebrated the occasions, her attire, her friends and the way she likes capturing moments. I have never mentioned this to her, but I love seeing her pictures. It so reminds of the a culture, a place that I have willingly forsaken. Is it bad? Is the place and its people worth running away from? I have scorned their ways and the customs. Is it bad? I think I should adapt a more tolerant view and appreciate the better parts of it.

The honeymoon

Its my personal experience that everything that you love will begin to fall out of it in some time. That is the so perishable nature of things around us. Is it us, the way we have been taught to look at things or is it a function of nature. I am trying to draw comparisons with nature to understand that ephemerality is natural or is it a creation of the mind. My emotions are very very strong and hence things close to my heart are always very special to me. Be it my belongings, my people, or my job. And till date there is only one person or thing that I haven’t stopped loving. This person is my best friend Neel. I have just not stopped loving him. I am still looking for reasons. We have fought but we have never given up on each other.
I broke up with all my girlfriends and every time it happened I think it was the sense of jaded that stopped the emotions flowing. I am again in the chasing game now. It’s been good till now. Fun I would say, mixed with a few failures or heart burns. Let me use this case to understand how to or how not to get BORED.