I wish you all the very warmth Merry Christmas for the year 2008. Have real fun and party safe yar!! Let us all welcome 2009 with open hands, so my heartiest wish for the cumin year as well, Happy New Year 2009. Will continue posting out after new year,till then cheers!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009.
I wish you all the very warmth Merry Christmas for the year 2008. Have real fun and party safe yar!! Let us all welcome 2009 with open hands, so my heartiest wish for the cumin year as well, Happy New Year 2009. Will continue posting out after new year,till then cheers!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
DEEPAVALI: GREETINGS WITH THE MEANING...
The Legend -
There is even an interesting legend behind this festival. The story goes that Narakasura, a demon, ruled the kingdom of Pradyoshapuram. Under his rule, the villagers suffered a lot of hardship as the demon tortured the people and kidnapped the women to be imprisoned in his palace. Seeing his wickedness, Lord Krishna set out to destroy the demon and the day Narakasura died was celebrated as Deepavali, the triumph of good over evil!
Preparations -
Preparation for Deepavali starts usually at least two to three weeks before the festival. It is known in our country the Hindus will be busy cleaning their houses to prepare for the festival. Some would even renovate include painting; furniture changes may take effect to prepare it for Deepavali. Shoppin! Is the usual drill for the family to shop for new clothes and for accessories to decorate their homes. Prior to the festival, Indian shops will be selling festive items like Deepavali greeting cards, carpets, sarees, Jigpa’s and Kurtas, Punjabi suits and flowers. The Hindus will have frequent visits to these shops when it is Deepavali Season. Food supplies will also be accounted as Deepavali main event will be spent on food most of the time esp for all types of people.
Celebrations -
The Hindus usually wake early in the morning of Deepavali around 3am (Brahmamuhurta) and the first ritual will be having an oil bath (Containing Nallenei & Siakai), which is an important feature of Deepavali. Hindus will be dressed in their new clothes on Deepavali. Most of the ladies would be clad in silk saris or Punjabi suits of various bright shades. Hindus particularly dislike dressing in black on that day, as they consider black an inauspicious colour for the festival. Hindus would also pay their respects to the elderly and most families would go to the temple before having breakfast. This is also an important practice for them. The houses would be decorated in the day and illuminated by night with oil lamps and children will play with firecrackers to celebrate the festival under elders’ provisional guide. On the first day, they would not go visiting but would stay at home to welcome the guests who visit them.
Food -
Visiting Hindus during Deepavali is an interesting activity in Malaysia, as you will get to taste a wide variety of delicious food. In every home that you visit you are bound to be served with a tempting spread of sweets. Some of the popular sweets are Kolkattai, Murukku, Jilebi, Athirasam, Halwa, Burfi and Laddu. Hindus love eating spicy food and for non-vegetarians they indulge in favourites like chicken tandoori, prawn sambal and fish head curry. In homes of Hindus who are vegetarian’s popular dishes are like thosais, idlis, pooris and naans are prepared.
Greetings –
So, I’m sure this wonderful day is awaited with great sense of joy and happiness by all of us. In a happy mood of great rejoicing, air of freedom, festivity and friendliness everywhere, lets us forget and forgive all the wrong done by others and pray for the unity of our fellow beings. Therefore, for this Deepavali, RaJ DeV Tech wishes my entire fellow brother’s and sister’s out there a HAPPY PROSPEROUS DEEPAVALI for the year 2008. Maaf zahir batin...lets blog and rock!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pieces of 7 Guides for Computer Science Students
Despite the fact that it’s been 3 years since I enrolled to public varsity to pursue my edu-life again but in computer science this time, I thought I'd write up a standard guide which all computer science gizmos can read, laugh at, and ignore.
Most college or varsity students, unfortunately, are brash enough never to bother asking their elders for advice, which, in the field of computer science, is a good thing, because their elders are apt to say goofy, antediluvian things like "Dun worry we can get job wan LAH, What I’m doing rite now has nothing to do with C-S at all" and "My company is killing me with their new programming assignments’ Damm man". I believe there are others as well, but these are small perks from the rest.
I, too, have no idea what I'm talking about when I was trying to figure out what shall I write about this course and what should I put in it. Giving guides to students. I'm so hopelessly out of date for some time that I can't really figure out what’s the current state of the world out there now.
So you'd be better off ignore what I'm saying here and instead build some kind of online software thing that lets other students find people to go out on dates or makes friends with.
Nevertheless, if you enjoy programming or networking computer, analyzing it, count your blessings: you are in a very fortunate minority of people who can make a great living; doing the work they enjoy. Most people aren't so lucky, sorry to write it but majority in CS aren’t sufficient enough or some don’t even know what they are doing in this course? The idea that you can "love your job" is a modern concept. The term ‘Work’ means something unpleasant you do to get money to do the things you actually like doing. Enough of this. I’ll cover about work in the next article.
Without further ado, then, here’s Raj Dev Tech’s Pieces of 7 Guides for Computer Science Students (Sources and analysis are well checked and explained by experts in this CS field):
1. Learn how to write a Programming Language before graduating.
2. Learn C Language before graduating.
3. Learn Business-Skills before graduating.
4. Don't blow off non-CS classes just because they're boring.
5. Take programming-intensive courses.
6. Stop worrying about getting jobs in multi-national companies.
7. No matter what you do, get a good internship.
1. Learn how to write a Programming Language before graduating.
The difference between a tolerable programmer and a great programmer is not how many programming languages they know, and it's not whether they prefer Scheme or Smalltalk. It's whether they can communicate and converse their ideas; understand the syntax and semantics of conceptual programming languages. By persuading other people, they get leverage. By writing clear comments and technical specs, they let other programmers understand their code (increases readability and writability), which means other programmers can use and work with their code instead of rewriting it, they understand it well. Absent this, their code is worthless. By writing clear technical documentation for end users, they allow people to figure out what their code is supposed to do, which is the only way those users can see the value in their code.
Nowadays, companies won't hire a programmer/networker unless they can read and write well, in English. English language proficiency is very important currently. If you can write well, you get hired; wherever you get hired, you'll soon find that you're getting asked to write the specifications and that means you're already leveraging your influence and getting noticed by management. So brush up your English language! Most colleges and varsities designate certain classes as "writing intensive," meaning, you have to write an awful lot to pass them. Look for those classes and take them! Seek out classes in any field that have weekly or daily written assignments. Start a journal or weblog. Speak in English to your friends and foes. This increases your fluency in speaking as well. Remember, we learn to write by writing and speak by speaking.
2. Learn C Language before graduating.
3. Learn Business-Skills before graduating.
4. Don't blow off non-CS classes just because they're boring.
Never underestimate how big a deal your CGPA is. Lots and lots of recruiters and hiring managers, go straight to the CGPA when they scan a resume, and we're not going to apologize for it. Why? Because the CGPA, more than any other one number, reflects the sum of what dozens of professors over a long period of time in many different situations think about your work. The CGPA reflects hundreds of papers and midterms and classroom participation's over three years. Yeah, it's got its problems. There has been grade inflation over the years.
5. Take programming-intensive courses.
The trouble is, we don't really have professional schools in software development in Malaysia and so if you want to be a programmer, you probably majored in Computer Science. Which is a fine subject to major in, but it's a different subject than software development. Although some schools have embedded software engineering into their CS major. If you're really lucky, your school might have a decent software development curriculum, although, they might not, because elite schools think that teaching practical skills is better left to the technical-vocational institutes and the prison rehabilitation programs. You can learn mere programming anywhere.
If you're lucky, though, you can find lots of programming-intensive courses in the CS department, joining a repeat paper of programming basic can enhance your skills and get you used with the rhythm. Feel free to attend courses outside the varsity gates; since there are few freelance institutions offer certifications in CS & IT. Enrolling into public courses can equip you with the latest trends of programming and you might be able to catch up with the working life out there soon. Always be updated with technology and gain knowledge from everything because remember “The early bird catches the worm first”.
List of reference available in www.cisco.com, Google, Yahoo, Ask.com.
6. Stop worrying about getting jobs in Multi-National companies.
But I keep hearing that enrollment in national companies are dropping since there are a large bunch of so called CS majors and IT-idiots who wants to grab a place in multi-national companies only. And one must understand that multi-national companies do not enroll peoples just by mere basic undergrad certificate. There is extensive examination held and test to determine the very best of all candidates. The reason is because the responsibility a person who secures a job will hold is very huge, so if the person cannot attend or qualify to behold of that responsibility is just creating unnecessary havoc.
Anyway, I don't think students should really think about this. The possible method is to join a company which offers you a wide range of responsibility when you are employed, such as a company with a small scale of business ventures providing IT solutions. You can be assigned to be the service provider at the same time you’ll be responsible of testing the product or unit that will be installed in the client company. Through this way, you can learn the product and the interconnection between it in programming. Our experience increases rapidly and we will be more qualified to get employed in multi-national companies later stage rather than jumping to it at first without any hands-on experience.
7. No matter what you do, get a good internship.
Go n get yourself a list of companies offering good internships. Make a list of selected companies with the preferences. Check for their website through the net and start analyzing the types of training and the amount of duration the internships are. The ideal duration for a CS intern to be trained is at least 6 months for them to be responsible for a real project in the company. While at internships, it is advised for students to show good attitude and hard work as these values will be rectified and recognized if the students would want to pursue his /her career in the same company after their internships.
List of references available in www.jobsdb.com, www.jobstreet.com, www.tpm.com.my.
If you follow the guidelines, you’ll be able to end in your own office in ten years time with big seats and large tables with a lot of life making decision craps turning down all the Google jobs, but they won't be my fault. I already told you not to listen to me!
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