My life at bangalore started 13th of December 2009 and dunno wen its gonna end..! After living in Pondicherry for the past 21 years its really hard to get separated from there and get settled in a completely different place..! bangalore really deserves to be called the Hi-Tech City..! SiliconValley of India.. even with complete clear sky, the temperature never crosses 25 degrees.. super cool city..! liked everything of it, but the traffic is huge..! there are signals every 100m and all vehicles from Buses to bikes stay held longer than they move.. one thing i learnt here is that u can reach a place by walk much sooner than by bus..! that too in peak hours, its completely immobilized..! really hard to survive w/o a bike..!
I ll come up with the specialities and advantages of Life @ bangalore soon..! this I type in after completing 6 days of work @ Oracle, bangalore..!
watch out here for updates..! keep in touch!!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Life at Bangalore!!!
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Friday, December 11, 2009
My Oracle selection
Hello friends,
I attended Oracle off-campus a cpl of weeks back in bangalore. There are many things to be clarified in this regard. First point is that i am not aware of my selection immediately after the interview process got over. after few days only i was sent a mail with my offer letter.
And one more issue is that I applied for off-campus without anyone's knowledge and got selected. that is not the case. I dint apply for this interview. Actually i wrote an online Apti test not particularly for Oracle.. that is a Online council for recruitment called PAC.. i registered there and wrote the online exam some one and half years back.. your mark in that xam will be saved in ur profile.. Companies shortlist u for the interview directly with that mark. I incidentally got the call from oracle few days bak for interview wid dat mark.. that was purely without my knowledge that i was shortlisted for the interview. Even some people asked me that even after applying many times they are not getting call for interview from oracle. I cant make them understand. and what i ve said here is the fact and so please dont mistake me thinking otherwise. and all these process took place in a short interval of time that is why i could not inform all of u ppl. Kindly do not misunderstand me.
And I am leaving to bangalore tonight for joining there. keep in touch as usual.!
thanks,
Raja Sekaran.R
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Sachin - Records created and waiting to be created..
Tendulkar's world records
Playing for his school Sharadashram against St. Xavier's at the Azad Maidan in February, 1988, he was associated in the then record unbroken stand of 664 runs with Vinod Kambli for the third-wicket. Both players remained unbeaten on 326 and 349 respectively.
He scored a hundred (100*) for Mumbai against Gujarat at Mumbai in 1988-89 season on his first class debut, to then become the youngest to do so on debut in Indian first class cricket and then the second youngest to score a hundred at the age of 15 years & 232 days.
With 12773 runs from 159 test matches at an average of 54.58, he remains the highest run-getter in the history of test cricket. The next best player, in terms of run-aggregate, is Brian Lara with 11953 runs in 131 games.
His tally of 42 test hundreds in 159 matches is the highest by any player in the history of test cricket. The next best player in the most three-figure innings scores is Ricky Ponting with 38 tons in 136 matches.
He has the distinction of scoring 95 fifty-plus innings (42 hundreds and 53 fifties) which remains the world record for any batsman. The second best player in this category is Allan Border with 90 fifties (27x100 & 63x50).
He has the distinction of scoring 673 runs with the help of a single century and six fifties during the 2003 World Cup in Africa. It remains the highest aggregate by any player in a World Cup competition.
During 1998, he amassed 1894 runs in the one-day internationals with the help of 9 centuries and 7 fifties at an average of 65.31 and strike rate of 102.15. It contained two world records for the most runs and most centuries in a calendar year.
His tally of 45 ODI hundreds in 436 matches is by far the world record by quite a distance. Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuriya shared the second spot with 28 tons each.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
THE MANY SIDES OF SAURAV GANGULY

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Monday, October 26, 2009
FRIENDS - HOW DO THEY MEAN MORE TO US?
I want your comments for this post...!!
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Some Interesting Facts... (clear my doubts if u know)
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50. 2520 is the smallest number which has all the first ten natural numbers as its factor.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
A Noble cause, A cute song, Sweet Children
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Scientist born and studied in Chidambaram gets Nobel
Dr Venkatraman ''Venky'' Ramakrishnan, 58, who had his early education in the temple town of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, and Vadodra, Gujarat, before he made tracks to the United States, joined the long list of peripatetic Indians who had early education in India but thrived in the western academic eco-system, to have won the Nobel. Also with a chemistry Nobel, Indians or those with an India-connect figure in all prize categories.
The Swedish Nobel Committee awarded the Prize to Dr Ramakrishnan, who is currently affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, for his work on protein-producing ribosomes, and its translation of DNA information into life. He will share the Prize with Dr Thomas Steitz of Yale University, Connecticut, and Dr Ada Yonath of Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
In a statement following the announcement of the award, Dr Ramakrishnan expressed gratitude to ``all of the brilliant associates, students and post docs who worked in my lab as science is a highly collaborative enterprise.'' He credited the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Utah for supporting his work and the collegiate atmosphere there that made it all possible.
``The idea of supporting long term basic research like that at LMB does lead to breakthroughs, the ribosome is already starting to show its medical importance,'' he said.
The practical importance of Dr Ramakrishnan's work arises from ribosomes being present in all living cells, including those of bacteria. Human and bacterial ribosomes are slightly different, making the ribosome a good target for antibiotic therapy that works by blocking the bacteriums ability to make the proteins it needs to function.
Ramakrishnan, Steitz and Yonath demonstrated what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at an atomic level using a visualisation method called X-ray crystallography to map the position of each of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome, according to the MRC.
``This year's three Laureates have all generated 3D models that show how different antibiotics bind to the ribosome. These models are now used by scientists in order to develop new antibiotics, directly assisting the saving of lives and decreasing humanity's suffering,'' the Nobel citation explained.
Scientists say growing knowledge of the ribosome has created targets for a new generation of antibiotics. The instruction manual for the creation of proteins is DNA, but the ribosome is the machine which takes information transcribed onto messenger RNA and turns it into proteins.
Elaborating, the MRC said Dr Ramakrishnan's basic research on the arrangement of atoms in the ribosome has allowed his team not only to gain detailed knowledge of how it contributes to protein production but also to see directly how antibiotics bind to specific pockets in the ribosome structure. Dr Ramakrishnan will share the 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.4 million) Nobel Prize money (1/3rd each), in a ceremony in Stockholm on December 10.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Champions League T20
There are few changes in the teams. Few IPL players are now playing for their home clubs rather than playing for IPL in spite of the huge sum offered..! totally 12 teams are participating in this season of Champions league.. Check out the Updated team list here..
GROUP STAGE:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Deccan Chargers (Ind) | New South Wales (Aus) | Royal Challengers (Ind) | Delhi Daredevils (Ind) |
Somerset CCC (Eng) | Diamond Eagles (SA) | Cape Cobras (SA) | Victoria (Aus) |
Trinidad & Tobago (WI) | Sussex Sharks (Eng) | Otago Volts (NZ) | Wayamba (SL) |
Date | Venue | Teams | Time (IST) |
Thu Oct 8 | Bangalore | Royal Challengers vs Cape Cobras | 20:00 |
Fri Oct 9 | Delhi | New South Wales vs Diamond Eagles | 16:00 |
Fri Oct 9 | Delhi | Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria | 20:00 |
Sat Oct 10 | Hyderabad | Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts | 16:00 |
Sat Oct 10 | Hyderabad | Deccan Chargers vs Somerset CCC | 20:00 |
Sun Oct 11 | Delhi | New South Wales vs Sussex Sharks | 16:00 |
Sun Oct 11 | Delhi | Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba | 20:00 |
Mon Oct 12 | Bangalore | Somerset CCC vs Trinidad & Tobago | 16:00 |
Mon Oct 12 | Bangalore | Royal Challengers vs Otago Volts | 20:00 |
Tue Oct 13 | Delhi | Victoria vs Wayamba | 16:00 |
Tue Oct 13 | Delhi | Diamond Eagles vs Sussex | 20:00 |
Wed Oct 14 | Hyderabad | Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad & Tobago | 20:00 |
LEAGUE STAGE:
LEAGUE A | LEAGUE B |
A1 | C1 |
A2 | C2 |
B1 | D1 |
B2 | D2 |
Date | Venue | League | Teams | Time |
Thu, Oct 15 | Bangalore | B | C1 v D2 | 20:00 |
Fri Oct 16 | Hyderabad | A | A2 v B2 | 16:00 |
Fri Oct 16 | Hyderabad | A | A1 v B1 | 20:00 |
Sat Oct 17 | Bangalore | B | C2 v D2 | 16:00 |
Sat Oct 17 | Bangalore | B | C1 v D1 | 20:00 |
Sun Oct 18 | Hyderabad | A | A2 v B1 | 16:00 |
Sun Oct 18 | Hyderabad | A | A1 v B2 | 20:00 |
Mon Oct 19 | Delhi | B | C2 v D1 | 20:00 |
SEMI-FINALS:
Date | Venue | Teams | Time |
Wed Oct 21 | Delhi | Winner League B vs Runner-Up League A | 20:00 |
Thu Oct 22 | Hyderabad | Winner League A vs Runner-Up League B | 20:00 |
FINAL:
Date | Venue | Time |
Fri Oct 23 | Hyderabad | 20:00 |
Teams:
Trinidad and Tobago: Daren Ganga (c), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Keiron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.
Victorian Bushrangers: Cameron White (c), Bradley Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clinton McKay, Robert Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir(c), Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, AB DeVilliers, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.
NSW Blues: Simon Katich (c), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Daniel Smith, Doug Bollinger, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Aaron Bird, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.
Otago Volts: Craig Cumming (c), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek de Boorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Mattew Harvie, James McMillan.
Cape Cobras: Graeme Smith (c), Hershelle Gibbs, J P Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
Wayamba: Jehan Mubarak (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushlya Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatta, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isura Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanka Welagedera, Michael Vandort.
Sussex Sharks: Michael Yardy (c), Luke Wright, Piyush Chawla, Dwayne Smith, Edmund Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Mohmmed Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan, James Kirtley.
Diamond Eagles: Boeta Dippenaar (c), Dillion du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis De Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.
Somerset Sabres: Justin Langer (c), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Philips.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumble (c), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (c), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.
MY favorites are obviously NSW and DD...!! hope they 2 meet in finals..!! but i badly miss CSK...!
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