Case Challenge 2007

It was a memorable weekend at Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany trying to give some business solutions for Q-Cells, the main sponsor of the Case Challenge 2007. There were participants from differnet Business schools of Europe ranging from Glasgow till Barcelona. I learned many new things from this Business case , how to tackle a case study, how to present Business solutions.

Crenfield Business School,Glasgow emerged as winners of this case challenge, no doubt they are the deserved winners! Amazing presentation and Business solutions they offered to Q-cells...I could realise what UK MBA is all about by looking at their Business solutions...I initially thought MBA is all blah blah...after this Case Challenge I realized what Management and Business are all about...I will take this experience in Leipzig a long way in my career....

Sathish Kumar.

SUN TV in Internet

That was a big relief for me....Yes SUN TV in internet...I was really searching for tamil channel in internet live streaming for long time..finally isaitamil.net provided an opportunity to watch SUN TV in the internet...But I dont know how long this service will continue...It really gave an Indian feeling inside my room when I hear the music "SUN TV IN TAMIL MAZHAI" :)...check out this link www.isaitamil.net ....

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

Dinner with a German family on Christmas Eve

Recently I had a chance to have a dinner with my German mentor family in Hamburg.It was indeed special to have a dinner with a German family on the eve of christmas...because I heard from many Germans that inviting for a dinner on the eve of christmas by a German is the pinnacle of showing their love and affection...It was good to be there...Thanks to Merkel family who showed great hospitality right from the time I entered the house till I returned to catch the train...Thanks to NIT which gave me the opportunity to know how the Germans celebrate the christmas evening...It was certainly an evening to remember...Hats off to the Merkel family!

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

ICE WORLD ,Lübeck,Germany

Recently I had a chance to go with my juniors to ICE WORLD in Lübeck which is an hour journey from my city Hamburg...Honestly in my opinion,it wasnt great as it was expected...but still quite good with ice sculptures....We were about to do skating..but taking into considerations of our prior experience in skating...we decided to quit it...The city(Lübeck) as such is a small one....with old buildings...a small river flowing across the city...with christmas celebrations on the streets...it was nice to be there...More importantly,we had a gang which can make any trip in the world interesting....(As usual,I made a movie with the photos we took...)



Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

The Year 2006

Another year has come to an end....The year 2006 was all in all a mixed experience for me...with excitements,with some disappointments,with some usual stuffs...On a scale of 10,I would rate 2006 with 8..I thought,I could summarize the experiences which I had in this year...its going to be the repetition of what I expressed in my previous articles...:)

Horrible Jan-February:
Horrible months of the year...with winter at its peek...exams at the most depressing times...Thank god I managed to escape through one of the toughest mental depression I had...

Working March-April:
I did nothing other than working in the office compensating for the hours which I lost during exam time...New semester started....Things were getting better...

Amazing May-June:
One of the best moments I had in Germany..THE GREAT SUMMER...the weather was at its best most of the times...Worldcup football match...trips to Essen,Dortmund,Konstanz,Freidrichshafen(South Germany)...It was quite opposite to winter...

Examining July-August:
Crab time...except for the fact I found a lifetime friend in this month...:) Had to confine to the room with books and previous year question papers...Thank god...I managed to finish all the therotical subjects for my MS during this time...

Awesome September-October:
I got my MBA admission and accomodation schlorship during this time..I spent most of the time in German class preparing for my Certificate Deutsch exam...It was really fun to be in German class...like kids...:)

Stressful November:
It was bit stress during this month because I need to finish the pending programming work in my partjob since I was scheduled to start my internship in AIRBUS...But at the end of November,I had one of the most memorable trip to Italy...I certainly loved it...

Peaceful December:
I had one small disappointment..my internship project was cancelled,I couldnt continue my internship in AIRBUS...Iam peacefully continuing my Project work in the topic "Analysis of Security Features in IPv6"...

Iam really satisfied how 2006 went for me...As I said 8 out of 10 is not a bad score either..;)Lots of things need to be done in 2007(every year we say this na...;)I have couple of targets for 2007 which I hope will be fullfilled...

Tschüss 2006!
Sathish Kumar S

Disappointment at AIRBUS

I was extremely happy when I got my internship in AIRBUS.But the happiness was thrashed into pieces in few days of my entry,when the project allocated to me has been cancelled.This is the problem with big firms where nothing is sure.I was asked to work in Excel sheet instead of programming which I felt is killing of time...I asked them to relieve me since it doesnt suit any of my career goals...Thank god..they relieved me without any fuss...and more importantly I held(break) the student job which I was doing for almost one year...Now iam back to the cove with Labview..:)

Sathish Kumar S

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY HAMBURG-HARBURG (TUHH),Germany.

The TUHH is one of the youngest universities in Germany as well as one of the most successful. Between 1982 and today an attractive architectural ensemble was created on the TUHH campus in the south of Hamburg. The campus, with its modern buildings, fits most naturally into the surrounding parkland. With the combination of beauty and function the university has become a landmark in city-planning.

The park-like campus provides a multifaceted environment, inspiring both social and intellectual exchange. The atmosphere can be clearly described: young, innovative, unconventional, original and creative - ideal for the development of new ideas in engineering. The fundamental principles of the TUHH are unique in Germany; priority is given to research, interdisciplinary studies and innovation. Also central to TUHH approach is a close working relationship with regional industries and, more recently, the achievement of international scale.



Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

Memorable trip to Italy

Recently I had a chance to explore the beautiful parts of Europe...ITALY...I tried to cover four cities of Italy in five days...Pisa,Florence,Venice and Rome..Thanks to ryanair for the cheap tickets to fly from Germany to Italy...Thanks to Hostelworld.com for the information about cheap and good hostels.At the end it turned out to be a great and memorable trip for us...I certainly enjoyed each and every moment...I really thank god who gave me this opportunity to explore some beautiful places on the globe...

SCIENTIFIC PISA....



Pisa,I heard about this city when I was in Ninth standard,when my Physics master explained Galieleo's experiment of gravitational forces...I never thought,I would visit Pisa anytime...The leaning tower of Pisa is a scenic view and there is a palace close by..the lush green grass adds to the beauty...Certainly a day to remember....other than the leaning tower...I would say nothing much to see in Pisa...



OVERHYPED FLORENCE .... :)



Next to Pisa,I moved to Florence...I heard great things about this city...but honestly speaking...there are many Indian cities which are far better than Florence...Its a overhyped city...:) It has beautiful river...small mountains...amazing architectural buildings and Michealango point where one could get the panaromic view of the whole city of Florence...we took the city tour bus which was roaming around the whole city...sat on the top of the bus..got down at special places and took loads and loads of photos...



ROMANTIC VENICE.....



Venice..no words to explain...Sexy,Romantic Venice...When I reached Venice,it remembered me of an Indian City Allepey....With bactwaters..with amazing buildings,with boat rides(Gondolos)...with scenic view of the houses...with some breathtaking churches...simply amazing...Venice has to be travelled with girlfriend or with wife...oh poor guy Iam still a bachelor...Night life in Venice is even more splendid...with lights glittering across the river...I wont forget Venice for many reasons ;)....



GIGANTIC,HISTORIC,SPLENDID ROME...



Rome...the capital city of Italy...Rome is unimaginably big...I have never seen any European city with such a big crowd...Reminds me of Calcutta in India with underground metros with people pusing each other in to the train...:) When I say about Rome..what comes to our mind is VATICAN CITY...I was standstill when I looked at the Vatican Palace...Gigantic pillars...huge architectural buildings..simply amazing...Had a chance to climb to the top of the palace...which gives the panaromic view of the whole city....then comes the Collosium...when I entered this place...the movie GLADIATOR came in to my mind...most of the Collosium is damaged...and renovation works are taking place...who cares...(had a count of visiting seven wonders of the world...(Taj Mahal,Eiffel Tower,Pisa and Collasium already visited) still three more left...lets see)...Each and every building in Rome is a monument...Took tonnes and tonnes of photos...Rome...A day to remember in my life...


Having lived in Germany for one year,I found Italy totally different from Germany...The trains never run to the schedule...oh no..they dont even start at the right time...:) the cities are choatic...the people cant even speak single word in English..the food is totally different...If I remember properly I drank some 25 cups of CUPPACINO in the whole trip...And important incident happened in the trip...I lost my camera when I was drinking CUPPACINO in a restaurant..I literally lost all my 1000 photos which I took in Italy...then I asked the person in restaurant...THANK GOD...he safely held the camera which I forgot when I was paying the bill...It would have been a terrible trip without those photos...I have all my photos now and I have made some movies with those photos...If you are interested to see the photos and movie...get back to me... :)

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

Freshers Party 2006

Recently we had a party for the freshers who arrived from India in Technical University Hamburg-Harburg,Germany.The party started with more boring stuffs with introduction,more advices,more fundas...blah blah....but followed by thunderstrom dancing and partying....we introduced alcohol in this Indian party for the first time...Danced to the core...drank some beer,vodka.It is altogether different partying with our own Indians...no need to care for anything..Hope freshers enjoyed this party....

RISE OF INDIA...My MBA Presentation

Recently I had a chance to give a presentation about INDIA for presentation and facilitation skills subject in MBA...Thanks to the teacher who asked us to select anytopic...I took this opportunity to say about my country to my classmates who comes from different corners of the world...This was a chance I was waiting for many days to prove what INDIA is and what INDIANs are capable...Yes..!

But when I was in India,I hardly had any patriotism...only during Independence day and Republic day when I used to march with the tricolor flag in school...But after coming here and losing many valuable things back home,made me realize what homeland is and what homesoil is...Thanks to the technology..They recorded our presentation and I have uploaded my presentation...


I REALLY FELT PROUD WHEN I DID THIS PRESENTATION...WHY NOT IAM AN INDIAN!
JAIHIND!

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

The state of being drunk!

Drinking..the habit which I hate right from younger age...I hate drunkers...but I slowly started as a social drinker with a glass of beer with my cousin in Bangalore(Brigade Road)for his birthday party...then continued some glasses of wine in some gettogethers,parties in India...I couldnt imagine hardly one day when I was drunk in India..I was always restricting to one or two glasses because as I mentioned before Iam a social drinker...:)

But things changed when I drink with Germans...I coulnt restrict to one or two glasses because you know they sponsor me for the extra glasses..hehehee...I was drunk for nearly five times in Germany in this one year...All these time...thank god...I was having the control of walking on my own...heheeee....Iam a person who blabbers even if iam not drunk..just imagine how the situation would be if Iam drunk...to give you simple example...I said to my boss when I was drinking with him.."I will work for Indian Space and will launch a rocket which will target Germany"..you could imagine what other sentences would be! But the funniest part when Iam drunk is...I could realise,know,feel whats happening around me but why people say then a person is drunk...Hey I wrote this article when Iam drunk just to prove a point that Iam not drunk! heheeeee :)

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

Friends forever...

Recently I had an opportunity to chat and talk with my school friends who were sitting in different corners of the world...Thanks to skype which connected us from different parts of the globe...Can you imagine or give an example of group of friends who travelled all the way right from the age of 10 and still maintaining a bond of friendship...yes its none other than Vivekananda Vidyalaya,Avadi school friends...

We had a chat at the same time..irrespective of the time zones in different parts of the world...To give an idea of where we are now and what we are doing...

1.Saravanan,Software Engineer working for E-Bay client in Unites States of America(USA)
2.Naresh,doing his Master's thesis in GE Electrics,Ulm,Germany
3.Sathish ...oh thats me na...doing my MS and MBA in Germany
4.Damodharan...Chemical Engineer working in Dubai,UAE
5.PalaniSwamy,Kamlesh..software engineers working for Cognizant Technology Solutions..soon I will update both their profiles...guys working in US!
6.Sridhar..Engineer cum MBA..working as a marketing engineer in Chennai,India.
7.Parthiban...Mechanical Engineer working in Whirlpool,Pondicherry,India.

It gives me a great sense of satisfaction and proud to see where we are now...Because we have travelled a long way in different phases of life...shared all our happiness and sorrows together...Neither we werent born with a silver spoon nor we had an opportunity to study in so called great schools in Chennai,India...But its the bond of friendship which made us to be in the place where we want to be...All of us are in the age group of 23.24...still a long way to go in our career and life...But Iam sure...wherever we are...whichever place we are...whatever we do....our strength of friendship will never be schackled...Just a question for you...When I write a blog after 10 years about our friendship...just think and imagine how the profiles of ours would be!

YES WE ARE GOING TO ROCK!!!!
Cheers Guys...
Sathish Kumar S

Partying at German friend's birthday....

There were many parties which I attended in Germany,but the one recently I attended was a special one...the reason is simple..it was my best German friend's 30th birthday party...honestly saying one of the honest German friend whom I rubbed shoulders with...God...I drank to the core...God knows how many bottles of beer I drank...I was dancing with passion with Germans..who really like to dance a lot...More importantly,I blabbered a lot(normally I do even if iam not drunk...just imagine when Iam drunk to the core ..heheeee)...From these parties,I could get the clear insight of how these Germans enjoy life...honestly speaking...these parties can give fun when Iam here in Germany..but not anymore when Iam married or staying in INDIA...I would like to watch Megaserial...because u know Iam a nice guy...heheheee

Indonesian Musical Instrument

Recently I had a chance to perform an Indonesian Musical Instrument on stage along with my Indonesian friends...Its called "Anklung".Basicall this instrument comes from Java Islands,Indonesia...Its made of bamboo sticks and the music is produced by striking them together in a synchronized manner...It was really a nice experience for me to play this instrument...but asusual made hell lot of mistakes on stage ;)...but at the end turned out to be a classical performance...Basically my knowledge in playing musical instruments is Zero...I hardly ever played any musical instrument in my school or in college days..Thanks to my close Indonesian friend Indrawan Poetranto who accompanied me insipte of my inability to play any instrument hehehe...

My Speech (in German) in my small firm...

Recently I gave a breakfast to my German colleagues for my birthday and for completing one year of work in my small firm CIS-SOLARTECHNIK....I did this in German so that they can understand properly...;)

Hallo zusammen,

Ich bin aufgeregt auf Deutsch zu reden, um meine Gefühle auszudrücken, was ich alles in diesem Jahr erfahren habe, was alles passiert ist…. wenn ich mir meinen Kalendar ansehe, sagt er mir dass ich seit einem Jahr in Deutschland bin… Die Zeit vergeht schnell. Es waren unterschiedliche Erfahrungen bis jetzt: auf der einen Seite hatte ich eine Menge Spaß und Spannung… andrerseits viel Stress, viel Heimweh…viele Enttäuschungen… aber im Allgemeinen würde ich meinen Aufenthalt in Deutschland nicht bedauern. Auf einer Skala bis zehn…würde ich meinen Aufenthalt mit einer sieben bewerten. Ich mag Deutschland wirklich sehr gern.

Ich hatte einige Befriedigungen in diesem Jahr ...keine Frage...mein Studentenjob bei der CIS Solartechnik....An dieser Stelle möchte ich den großen Respekt gegenüber meinem Chef Dr. Juan Rechid erwähnen… um ehrlich zu sein....einer der größten Persönlichkeiten, denen ich in meiner bisherigen Karriere begegnet bin.....egal, ob er mit mir schimpft oder mich lobt...Ich mag ihn sehr...es ist seine Offenheit…Ich bin die einzige Person bei CIS, die nicht Deutsch spricht und trotzdem fordert er mich heraus…Ich habe verschiedenste Dinge in dieser Firma gelernt, nicht viel technisches, aber was noch viel wichtiger ist… die deutsche Arbeitskultur…die deutsche komplexe Denkweise...(unglaublich wie Juan denkt!)...German life style...(der Hauptgrund, warum ich mir Deutschland ausgesucht hatte).....Es ist nicht nur Juan, sondern die ganzen Mitarbeiter, die so nett sind…***

Die Art wie Andreas mit mir redet, wie er fragt, wie alles läuft…
Die Art wie Christian lächelt… und mir sein Lächeln Glück bringt…
Die Art wie Costo mich ärgert… Ich mag dich wirklich…du bist einer der witzigsten Menschen, die ich kenne…
Wolf….den Respekt den er einem entgegenbringt, wenn man sich zum ersten Mal sieht…(später nicht )…Scherz!
Rudi…wow…was für ein Lächeln, eins der schönsten Lächeln, die ein Mann besitzen kann…
Micheal….einer der besten deutschen Freunde, die ich habe…Micheal…wie kann ich die Nächte vergessen, die wir auf der Reparbahn durchgefeiert haben….wie wir das Deutschland-Argentinien-Spiel in der Bar gesehen haben…oder die Tage an denen wir mit Tino und Cati bis drei getrunken haben…
Maria…eine der Älteren, … die fürsorgliche und liebe Art… Ich habe großen Respekt vor ihr!
Christian Rapp….Rapp…mein Kollege an der TUHH….Rapp….du bist einfach toll…du bist so offenherzig ….Ich mag dich Rap….
Cathrin…deine Stimme….Ich mag deine Stimme…
Christian Hessing….Ich wollte auch immer so lange Haare haben wie du … du warst immer so geduldig, wenn ich mit deinen Haaren gespielt habe und dich genervt habe…

Im Großen und Ganzen…meine Familie in Deutschland ist nichts….,aber die kleine Firma CIS…ich vermisse meine Familie in Indien...Aber auf der anderen Seite ist CIS keine Informatik Firma.Das ist ein wirkliches Problem für mich…Ich würde definitiv gerne in einer Informatikfirma wie Airbus, Siemens, IBM, Intel, EADS etc. arbeiten…Ich finde es richtig schwierig eine Thema für meine Studienarbeit zu fnden…der einfache Grund: CIS ist keine Informaikfirma. Dennoch bereitet mir die Arbeit dort eine große
Freude: sehr gute Kollegen, last but not the least…Geld für das Leben hier!…..Wohnheim, Essen,… Ich freue mich euch mitteilen zu können, dass ich ein Stipendium für das Wohnheim bekommen habe, nun muss ich es nicht mehr bezahlen und was mir eine große finanzielle Last nimmt…und nun würde ich gerne andere Teile Europas Italien, England, die skandinavischen Länder...

Ich möchte, dass ihr wisst, dass wenn ich die Firma verlassen sollte, dann nur weil es nicht meinem Gebiet entspricht und ich es einfacher mit einer Studienarbeit oder Diplomarbeit hätte….und nicht wegen des Geldes oder der Kollegen…denn bis jetzt bin ich sehr glücklich dort…

Im Ganzen war dieses Jahr für mich sehr aufregend…neue Kultur, neue Leute, neues Klima, neues Essen…alles anders, aber ich hab es genossen…nun bin ich soweit, dass ich zwar Deutschland nicht als mein Zielland bezeichnen würde, einfach wegen der Sprache…glücklicher oder unglücklicher Weise habe ich Englisch ab meinem 3.Lebensjahr gelernt…und es ist wie meine zweite Muttersprache…ich würde es bevorzugen in Indien oder in einem englischsprachigem Land mein Leben zu führen…
Aber keine Frage… wenn ich dieses Land verlasse, werde ich die deutsche Pünktlichkeit, harte Arbeit und ihre Ehrlichkeit mitnehmen… und Deutsche achten auf Umweltfreundlichkeit…und die deutsche Art Bier zu trinken…

Bevor ich meine Ansprache beende, möchte ich noch wenige Worte über meine Heimat Indien loswerden. Ich liebe dieses Land mehr denn je seitdem ich hier bin. Ihr sollten wenigstens einmal im Leben dieses Land besucht haben…Es ist einfach klasse! Es ist nicht, wie ihr euch Indien vielleicht vorstellt….Ihr werdet in den nächsten Jahren noch einiges über dieses Land im Zusammenhang mit Informationstechnologie und Raumfahrt hören. Danke für all die Zeit zusammen….Ich hoffe, dass unser Bund für lange anhält und danke für all die Unterstützung während des letzten Jahres beim CIS… Ich liebe CIS!

Auf Wiedersehen….

My Satisfactions and Disappointments at the age of "24"

Oh god,Iam getting old..Iam 24 today..Life is so fast..24 years has finishied..I thought I could summarize my satisfactions and disappointments which I had through these years in a nutshell manner.Let me start with my satisfactions then disappointments :) because Iam a satisfied man at the age of 24.

SATISFACTIONS:

1.Its very difficult to be fully satisfied in life because human mind is so demanding and greedy ,nevertheless I should be satisfied with what I have got through these years..Gifted parents...My mom and dad...greatest gifts in my life..My dad-my idol,my role-model and my Mom...no words to explain...sanctity of love and affection...they gave me everything what a child would ask for..good education..good environment...everything everything..I cant question them,"why papa you didnt do that for me".I certainly have to be satisfied with what my mom and dad gave to me.

2.Next to parents,comes my school friends..who could do anything and everything for friendship..one of the best circles of friends one could ever imagine..the way we complemented each other..the way we travelled together in different phases of life..Now everybody is sitting in different corners of the world striving for excellance..but still maintaining a bond of friendship even today...I certainly have to be satisfied with what I have got from my school friends...

3.Next comes my city..Chennai(previously called Madras)...I am really satisfied that I was born,brought up and did my education there..I have always been arrogant about my city..Chennai...one of the best cities in the world...heheheee...mixture of class,culture,traditions,modern,sophisticated...Many people reading this wont agree,but never mind...Iam really proud to be from Chennai(Madras)...Next comes my part time job in Germany during my Masters which gave me great job satisfaction which I couldnt get even when I was working in Indian Software Industry..and a great intelligent boss to rub shoulders with...


Well these are my satisfactions but there are many disappointments too...its human mind na....


DISAPPOINTMENTS:

Everybody has certain disappointments during different phases of life...for me..one of the greatest disappoinment was...I COULDN'T DO MASTERS IN US...this will always ring in my mind throughout my life...because such is the passion I had for MS IN US...ONE OF THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENTS IN MY CAREER ...Next disappointment...I HAVE NO BROTHERS AND SISTERS...IAM THE ONLY CHILD...I always felt,I should have had one sister to express and share my feelings and thoughts...To live without any siblings is one the greatest disappointments for me...Nother disappointment which is slowly vanishing..of my mom saying..."I should have been a doctor"...Not because I couldnt get Medicine seat its just because I left the Medicine seat which I obtained...:) This disappointment is slowly vanishing,with now my mom saying..."I am a happy mother now"...Thanks to my MS and MBA....

Next disappointment was my first job in HCL CISCO,the job which I obtained at the end of third year of my engineering by campus interview..couldnt give the job satisfaction and environment which I was looking for..such a hostile team members...such a crap work...The disappointment was so high just because I carried the tag of HCL CISCO for full one year during my final year of engineering but couldn't convert into great fortunes in my career.My first job was a great disappointment for me ...

DREAMS:

Even though I had many disappointments and satisfactions in this 24 years...I always have some dreams and vision which I hope to be fullfilled in the next coming years..

1. I want my country INDIA to be one of the superpowers of the world in economy and forerunner in the field of Information Technology and Space.I want my children and grandchildren to live in developed INDIA...I always carry the tag that INDIANS are the best in Thinking...no one can match Indian way of thinking in Mathematics and Engineering (I hope US professors will agree to this point)...

2.Secondly I need a career which will give me full job satisfaction and good environment to nurture my skills in programming and management..When I go to bed in the night...my heart should say...I have done real good work today...such is the satisfaction I need in my career...

3.Last but not the least of my dreams....A caring,beautiful,charming wife of my wavelength :) with whom I would like to spend second half of my life....

Above all these satisfactions,disappointments and dreams,at the end of the day,I would like to lead a simple life,a good son for my mom and dad...and hopefully a nice husband for my wife in the future...:)

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

My one year stay in Germany

One year in Deutschland...sep23th 2005 and now sep23th 2006...so fast...with lots of excitement,with lots of fun,with lots of stress,with lots of loneliness,with lots of disappointments and at the end of the day when I look at the calendar ...it says 'Iam in Germany for one year...'.

The journey started off with emotions and sentiments and excitement at the airport when I took my first flight journey...Chennai-London-Hamburg...The first initial days were really exciting to experience the hanseatic city of Hamburg...new people,new culture,new language,new food,new education,new life altogether.I thoroughly enjoyed my initial stay in Hamburg...but after that slowly winter started to creep in..slowly homesick started to play its role...slowly stomach started to speak..:) slowly studies started to accumulate...slowly euros started to threaten..and in peak winter it all blasted...I had one of the toughest mental depression during winter which I havent faced before...

Technically I didnt learn much because it was just a repitition of what I did in Bachelors...except for few subjects and courses in which some Professors were really awesome..Exams...certainly not like in India..did some thinking in exams after a long gap of time...At the end of the day....when I look at my technical learning in this one year...I would say...hardly few things...More than technical aspect,I have
learnt other aspects of life ...to lead a life on my own legs...(cooking,washing,time management,cost management,international exposure)...My best moments which I had in Germany is certainly my parttime programming job which gave me great job satisfaction and had a chance to meet great personality Dr.Juan Rechid.....

Once the winter went...it appeared as if new life started to begin..with sunshine most of the time...sun rising at 4 in the morning and setting at 11 in the night...gave me real freshness..clarity in thinking....and summer was mostly occupied with Worldcup football...One of the best moments I had in Germany is during this time..especially cheering up for Germany in bars along with German colleagues..it was just quite opposite to what I experienced in winter...Had a chance to go to Hockey worldcup as well...unfortunately India's worst ever performances in Worldcup tournaments...my long dream of watching International match when India plays in abroad has been fulfilled....

Thanks to my schengen visa...Got some chance to explore various parts of europe...Paris,Berlin,Bremen,Köln,Dortmund,Dusseldorf,Ham,Konstanz,Sylt(nude beach)and looking forward to cover some more places before I finish my studies...Friends...made some real good german friends...and ofcourse newly found close friends but had some misunderstandings with some international friends...but I dont mind them since they arent worth to be called as friends...

More than technical aspect,I learned various other aspects to lead a life individually...I would rate this one year in Germany as 7 on a scale of 10...It will be bad if i say Germany is Bad...I certainly enjoyed my stay here for one year but but I MISS INDIA,I MISS MY MOM...INDIA IS CERTAINLY THE BEST.....

Sathish Kumar S

Hockey World Cup Germany 2006..

WorldCup football in Germany and now World Cup Hockey in Mönchengladbach,Germany...Recently I had a chance to see the world cup hockey match between India and Argentina in Warsteiner Hockey Park in Mönchengladbach,Germany.It was a sad tournament for Indians finishing in 11th place...thank god not in Last place...:)The atmosphere was buzzling hardly few Indian supporters....(they are none other than students from Hamburg University of Technology....)It is always my dream to watch an international cricket or hockey match especially when India plays in abroad..Still I havent seen cricket match in abroad...Hoping for the Indian team to travel to England or Netherlands...:)

Sathish Kumar S

Mom's Love...

Mom...god's greatest gift in life for any individual on this earth...It is intense in my case since Iam the only child to her..she combines all her love and affection and pours everything to me which has to be shared by my siblings...unfortunately I dont have any...I could recollect my childhood days when I used to wait for her in the evening,sitting anxiously on the balcony...staring at the roads...waiting for her to return from office...atlast brings me a piece of chocolate and gives it to me..I could still remember how she dresses me and takes me to school...It was always difficult in her case to grow me up when compared to others since she is a working women and she didnt have the support of any of my relatives or grandparents...

How can I forget the days when she prepares me a hot spicy biriyani,idly,dosai,vadai hehe....How can I forget the days when I used to play with her hair even when I was in college...How can I forget the days when she gets up before me at 3'o clock and prepare me a hot cup of tea during examinations...How can I forget the days when I used to fight with her during cricket matches..not letting her to watch megaserials...:)How can I forget the days when I used to go to marketplace with her (not with the intention of helping her but to sight the girls on the supermarket...hehe)How can I forget the days of her standing in the gate and waving hands to me when I leave the house and when I start my bike...How can I forget the days when I used to go to the kitchen in a hurry and take the half cooked dosa and disturb her like anything by mixing some masalas when she is cooking... All these incidents reside in my eyes....

But Iam in this shit part of the world,leaving all my happiness and moments which I had with her..My mom always has a sad feeling that I should have been a doctor..not just because I couldnt get medicine seat but since I left the Medicine seat which I obtained...I could still remember her saying when I got my first month salary from HCL CISCO and when I got blessing from her..she said "I should have been a doctor" and she carries pride in saying that Iam doctor's mother"...not my son works for ABCD software company earning huge clean white currency notes..." It really irked me a lot...It was always ringing in my mind...that she wasnt satisfied with my 20k and the medicine seat is still ringing on her mind...

I was always thinking how can I make her happy...Atlast god showed me a way of studying in abroad with Master of Science and recently Master of Business Administration in Germany...Ok....My MS may not have the ranks of stanfords or MITs or Oxfords or Cambridges or my MBA may not be equivalent to Havards or IIMs...nevertheless this MS and MBA makes my mother say recently in phone..."Sathish....Iam a proud mother walking in the streets that my son is studying in abroad doing MS and MBA"...neither I was born with a silver spoon to be sponsored by my parents to study in US,UK,Canada,Australia...nor I was great great brilliant chap to obtain a seat in Stanford or MIT or Havard....With my limited resources and god's grace I could study in atleast arguably one of the best Technical Universities in Germany without financially burdening my parents...According to me...this MS and MBA is just a piece of paper stating Iam qualified for MS and MBA but this paper wipes out my mom's tears and feelings of me not being a doctor....

I miss you amma...
Sathish Kumar S

Exam Stress...

One experiences various stress in different dimensions,in different orthognality and in different modes....Last week I had an exam stress (three exams in a week...)especially with back-back exams nextday...Its been longtime since I studied vigorously after my school days,neither my bachelors demanded me to work hard...nor iam interested....:)...I never expected Masters in Germany to screw my ass, but its certainly doing it with nearly 10 exams per semester...Thank god...Its over....But I feel Exam Stress is an irritating,inconvenient stress....but what to do....Poor guy...:(((

Sathish Kumar....