The collection

I used to collect unique and different match box wrappers in a journal when I was 5 that habit turned into stamp collection when I turned 6 and collected thousands of it and the journal grew from few pages to a big register(lost somewhere now :-( ), developed a habit of painting when I was 7+ years and continued that till quite some time, during this period I used to wait for holidays and vacation, not for hanging out some where but to paint, initially pained with water colors and sketch pens slowly changed that into pencil sketches, collected them also, still have them but forgot about that habit of mine long back (will start that once again), At some where when I was 8-9 years old I developed a habit of making models of airplanes with soft bamboo like wood, but was not able to collect and maintain them for long, they were very fragile, as I grew that habit turned into making models of houses and other civil constructions like a model of hydro-electric plant which supports irrigation, aquaculture, tourism apart from its main cause i.e. generating electricity, during this time I built a small working model of manual projector also which displays pictures when a film is fed to it. I presented these two models in a science exhibition though didn’t fetched me any place there.  From this I started collecting electronic boards, registers, capacitors, chips etc. from broken toys, old house appliances and watches, used to design premature n amateur circuits like a battery operated gizmo lights, a turning wheel…..

 So did you figure out the head fake in this ?                                                                              From all this it seems like I developed quite a few habits and one after the other I kept moving on leaving them behind as a memory and carried the learning with me, but some thing kept following me and that is - The collection 

And I am still collecting some thing or the other, intentionally or unintentionally. Wanna have a look at my latest collection, check out : 

My Gtalk status messages collection :-) : 

1) Beer: Making women look better since … 

2) You still have moments left with you, when you didn’t get what u wanted… and some times you can live with them      

3) The hurdles are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out; they are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. They are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. – Randy Pausch

4) What is the use of the wings; if u couldn’t feel the wind on your face? 

 5) Life means uncertainties; and few things can’t be ensured 

6) I am searching myself… 

7) I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. - Thoreau, Henry David 

8) "I went up to him today and told him how sorry I was, and he said, 'Sir, we are going to beat this. We are going to build this Taj back into what it was'." - Ratan Tata & Karambir Kang(lost his whole family) 

9) Logged out Infy :( 

10) If  you can't change the world, change your world 

11) Hold ur new year bash by 1 extra sec, year 2008 is prolonged by 1 sec- source - http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE4BR1DC20081229 

12) Mugger hit my house last night... I hit him back... he escaped... went to police station...  New year is quite event full :) 

13) What is not recyclable ? 

14) All materialistic things loose influence, n all non-materialistic continue to… 

15) Cooking for self... 

16) Egg burgi rocked today | Cooking for self 

17) rajesh.ankareddy: Wondering what your next caption would be :   Back from Goa, Alive! 

18) Creative thoughts :  Counter display on the cooker to count the number of whistles  | Cooking for self 

19) wanna be  everywhere, with everyone n in everything  

20) 3 weeks into kitchen and Tips 4 amateur cooks :-) : 1.  No matter wht u cook ; gonna be gr8 so never loose hope ;)  2. Never put ur hand on ur face while in kitchen; gonna hurt u :-)  3. Any thing which is hot will tend to be hot for some time; be patient, u may starve whole night 4.  On a serious note; don’t forget to double check that u turned down the gas knob. Rest in next session, keep looking for updates :-) 

21) 45 mins for changing into a cute killing look, 30 mins ride, 10 mins walk around the pool with champagne, 1 hr under the candle light, 2 hrs dinner.... n a lifelong remembrance. 

-Sun

See u again

Hi All,

This is my last day at Infosys. Though my journey at Infosys is going to end in few more hours, I am confident that my following journey will be led to the next level, just because of what I have attained from my Infosys years.
I'd like to take this opportunity to express my deepest thanks to all who have supported, led, coached, mentored, friends and Infosys as a whole.
I will be delightful and still be part of Infosys family when ever I see all the good news about Infosys and you breaking through this tough season and becoming the best company in the world and for the world.
Some part for me is refraining me from saying good-bye to you, but I will definitely say “See you again” rather that saying “Good bye”.
As I unveil a new chapter in my life, I wish you all the very best, and please do keep in touch with me and write/call me anytime at the below E-mail/Ph. number, more than you I would be happy to listen from you.

sun.1601@gmail.com
+91 9008066442

Regards,
Suneel Kumar Mekala
Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. SAVE TREES 

Well that was my bye bye mail on the last day (12th Dec 2008) when few hours were left to quit Infosys, joined a company which is about a half the size of Infy. Immediate post resigning effects were not really great on me till some time back, missed Infy at every tiniest possible situation one could think of. Though I still miss Infy but now I am slowly settling with new n a lot more responsibilities on me and I am taking on each one of them quite confidently which is only possible because of what I attained at Infy. Yes it’s a great company to work with I miss you.  

EMTA 3.0

EMTA - Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter.

 This is second product after CMTS (check earlier post on CMTS) which I worked on. I would say this is the project during which my learning curve was the steepest if I plot a graph. Working on this was a pleasure because of many reasons, One the competency of team with which I worked, Two the manager, with excellent managing and technical competencies, Three the deadlines (which the customer himself used to feel very aggressive) to meet were very exciting, short and challenging though never found then exhaustive and unachievable and ofcourse the pleasure of working on a technology which is yet to hit the market for next few years can't be imagined. And yes it yielded me the best CRR cycle(performance measure at Infosys) for me.

 About EMTA :

EMTA is a CPE equipment which is  a slave device controlled/configured by the head end device called CMTS. It is a hardware that interfaces with the IP (Internet Protocol) network and the cable network placed at the subscriber’s premises. In other words it is a Cable Modem with voice capabilities i.e. it enables cable television operators to offer subscribers IP based telephony and high-speed data services.