Its been a fantastic break from work for me so far (gosh, its been 3 weeks with no work, no pay !!) and I had a chance to do quite a few things that were pending for me for a very long time.

The first and foremost, I did have a time to play with my little kid ‘Sharv’ and see him growing during his first month. He is one cute little prince for us !

Meanwhile, the furniture work that I had started to get done is complete today and I would soon be posting the photographs on this blog for you all to see and comment on. If you can’t wait until that time, then you might want to have a look at my previous post about my designs and imagine how it may look like ;-) So finally I have my work desk at home where I am sitting to write this blog !

More importantly, I had a great time thinking on what I should be doing as my next move. In my previous post where I mentioned that I have resigned from TechMahindra, I did mention that I had a job offer in my hand and I might join another organization in search of a better & a bigger challenge.

However, when I left TechMahindra, my primary objective was to take a break and think about future.

Amdocs offered me a chance to join their organization and offered me a real challenge that I was looking after. A completely new domain, a very different set of technology & processes & of course different set of people around, was a big challenge. I somehow liked it and finally decided to join the company and take up the new assignment.

I still have the thoughts of getting into entrepreneurship and would be attempting to do something along the way. Keep an eye on http://www.thirdbuttonred.com meanwhile .. !

However, hopefully the new assignment now will give me new chance to prove myself all over again..

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.. and his name is “Sharv” !

On September 24, 2009, in Life thoughts, by Swapnil
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After lots of discussions and after having a voting within my family, we decided on the name of my son as “Sharv”.

Sharv represents name of Lord Shiva

Few more names we considered were Romir, Arin, Aarav, Aarush, Krish, Rishit, Adit & Aadi.

He is fair, got dark grey eyes and smiles in his sleep !!

I have uploaded few of his photos on Facebook and you can see them by clicking here !!

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It’s a baby boy for us !!

On September 16, 2009, in Life thoughts, by Swapnil
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Ladies & Gentlemen !

It gives me great pleasure to inform you all that my wife (Kanika) delivered a healthy baby boy yesterday night (15th Sep 2009) and have made us proud parents again and my daughter has her own younger brother now !!

It’s a great moment for our family !

Unfortunately due to me being in a different city than my wife during this, I could not be with her during her painful moments but the joy she has given all of us has made us forever indebted to her. 

I love you Kanika, more than ever now !

Now comes the most difficult part of deciding a name for the baby. Although we have been discussing few names for boys & girls earlier, we were never serious in arriving at a definite name until now.

We had a simple criteria in our minds while deciding names. We think the name should be short enough, easy to read, write and pronounce. Few names we are thinking as of now are  Romir, Arin, Adit & Aarush.   Hopefully we will decide a good short, sweet name for the baby boy very soon !

In a celebration mood …

me !

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What I have been at …

On July 13, 2009, in Mind thoughts, by Swapnil
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… all this while ?

Simple answer – struggling to get a rhythm going in my daily schedule since I have joined back at my work in India. Life has completely changed since I have moved the shores and to be honest, it has not been easy.

The working hours certainly have impacted my schedule that allowed me to be in touch with my blog on a regular & much frequent basis. Office surfing restrictions certainly do not help either ..

Still quite a few things need getting done until I would call myself perfectly settled down and unfortunately looks like until then, I would be highly irregular and (hopefully less) irresponsible towards my blog ! Fortunately, I can keep up to few updates on Twitter & Facebook though ..

Pardon me Lord WordPress !!

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Home sweet home !!

On July 8, 2009, in Mind thoughts, by Swapnil
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Yes, its a different feeling when you live in your own home. Especially when you have purchased it long back but never had a chance to live and enjoy it properly !!

homesweethome So finally I hope this time I would get a chance to enjoy life at my home and decorate my home as per my wishes. Although I did the decor of my home when I purchased it, I could not complete it due to me not living in there for sufficient time.

Anyways, now been good 2 weeks for me here and the home is coming in a shape. Sorted out the landline & broadband connection & the TV connection all of which are provided by Airtel. The mobile connection is also received through Airtel.

Would post the review of the service & installation experience later sometime on my blog.

Now the priorities change to getting the wood work done at home such as TV cabinet and my daughter’s bedroom. Hopefully within few weeks that would also be sorted out and I would live in my dream home !

Excited to be back home for sure !

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