Pride Vs Shame

Hi,

Today there are few moments where i felt proud about my country at the same time felt ashamed.

Pride: I was working out in gym as usual. In the change room, i heard a background music compsed by our ARR in his slumdog millionaire. It was quite unusual for me to hear a song which is so familiar to me in the gym amidst the normal akon, justin timberlake, beyonce songs. This just gave me a feel good feeling but what made me to feel proud was one foreigner humming that background music on his way for shower. 

ARR - you made me (or rather us) feel proud. Miles to go!!

PRIDE

The other incident - Once i had my shower i was leisurely reading daily mail paper kept in leisure area of gym. There, i saw a photo of autorickshaw carrying loads of coconut fibres in a way that it entirely hides the autorickshaw itself. The comment on the photo was mockery. The below is the photo taken in our own mysore. 

SHAME

All the pride i had about my country few days before just vanished like passing clouds.

Cleared SCJP 1.5 - 09/March/2009

Hi All,

Forgot to update you guys. I cleared SCJP1.5 exam on March 9,2009 with 87%. So here are few tips that i would like to suggest for future test takers.

• Planning - minimum 2 hours per day for 3 weeks needs to be spent (42 person hours). 2 Weeks (28 person hours) for reading book and 1 week (14 person hours) for giving practise exams.
• Book - Kathy Sierra.
• Forums - www.javaranch.com
• Mock Test - All mock exams listed in http://faq.javaranch.com/java/ScjpMockTests
• Special mock test - Devaka Cooray (Exam Lab) mock test - listed as 46 in the above said mock test link.
• Extra materials - To have a good understanding about Auto-boxing concepts and the generics concept along with examples, i purchased the materials from www.javabeat.com. The concepts explained in their material are very simple and intutive.
• Scoring pattern - I was able to clear all the mock exams in the link mentioned above with score around 85%. Devaka Cooray is exception where i got only 51%,55%,57% and 60% in the assessment, first mock, second mock and final mock respectively. So dont get scared if you get low scores in Devaka's Exam Lab. Infact, the questions in the real exam were much more simpler than Devaka's Exam Lab.

If you need any further information, please mail me at thoppae.saravanan@gmail.com

Updates

Hi All,

Its very very long time i wrote some updates about me. After my one year and 2 months stay in india, i have taken assignment in London, England. So here is a short overview about my whereabouts.

1 Jan 2008 till July 11 2008 - In India working out of Mahindra City, Chengalpet.
12 July 2008 till date - In united kingdom working out of Canary wharf, London.

I have much to say about my stay in london and i will post them in my next subsequent blogs. I hope i mastered a bit about managing my time and hence should be able to post something or the other very frequently.

Cheers!!, Salute ;)