For almost a week now I've been one seriously confused person. I have been promising myself a job search but I only keep searching and saving them but not applying for any of them... I want to work for sure. Staying at home is driving me crazy… It’s just that I don’t exactly know what kind of work I want to do… I definitely don’t want to get back to the hectic Software job. I don’t want to come back home thinking about on call schedules/how my weekends might get ruined/why that logic doesn’t work/what trouble my lead or team mates will give me. I have been in the software field for 4 years now but the last 1.8months in a stupid L3 support has literally made me hate s/w jobs. And not only that it has made me feel literally dumb enough for any development work or project, I fear am going to screw up the interviews and interviewers are going to think what a waste of time I was L

I have been going through this #1 Australian job site. It has loads to offer but almost every new job I want to try for needs previous experience. Am sure nobody is going to give me a trial work period and then make me permanent. And moreover am worried about what my folks and others might think if I take up some job which isn’t a great match for my degree… Also I don’t want Balaji to feel embarrassed about it… Am just so screwed. For the past few days the idea of an MBA struck me and I was happy thinking I can do an MBA and maybe take up a small job part time but after looking at the fee structure I literally freaked out. I would have to take a loan but with already a loan for the house I really don’t want me and balaji burdened with money matters. So there goes my MBA for a toss…

And just when I was about to apply for the saved jobs I realized that I could do any kinda work I want here but what happens when I go back to Chennai. Definitely we won’t be here for more than a year or so. Then what happens to my career when I go there? Here there are so many options and numerous jobs but back in India it’s just either Computers or Banking or your field of Engg… And after spending almost 3 whole days thinking over again and again I realized that maybe a career in testing wouldn’t be that bad when I go back. So here I am with my final decision (I hope so) – Am gonna get into some not so difficult job and also start attending courses for a career in Testing. And once I have mastered the Art of Testing and its various tools I shall join a job well suited. That way when I go back to Chennai I wouldn’t have difficulty finding a job. So hoping this does me some good…

It’s exactly 1 month since I quit my job and am now officially a HOME MAKER J Am now in Australia. New house, new country and a very different climate. Its good to be in a country where everything is organized and neat. I’m enjoying my stay here but am super duper bored and will soon have to find a job for myself. I wake up late, make my dear hubby some hot tea, then a simple breakfast. After he leaves to office, I take some time for myself, just relaxing on the couch, seeing some videos online, watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S, playing Farmville on FB and having a late breakfast. After that I get busy tidying up the rooms. Then begins my quest to make a sumptuous meal for my dearest husband. He comes home for lunch by 1-1.30. After he leaves I have lunch watching some movie online, then wash vessels and clean up kitchen. Till yesterday I had Twilight - Breaking Dawn to read but I have finished it so now I have to start some serious job searching to start and also my next book which is a Jeffrey Archer ;)

So this is how my life has been since August 9th 2010. I do like it but it kinda gets boring when Balaji isn’t around. Gonna look for a career change as I don’t wanna get back to S/W. I hope I have some good options…

Weekend Movie Watch  

Posted by Ramya in

This weekend was real fun but it left me tired and exhausted by Sunday night :( Sudha, Jannu and I had decided to watch good movies and we booked tickets for I Hate Love Storys and Ananthapurathu Veedu.





I Hate Love Storys


The movie was good, colorful and enjoyable. The story revolves around Jay(Imran) and Simran(Sonam Kapoor). Jay is a guy who doesnt believe in love and neither in love stories whereas Simran is a born romantic. She loves the idea of being in love and her aim was to work with one of the best romantic movie directors, Veer. She is already engaged to her childhood sweetheart Raj(Samir Dattani) who she believes is the perfect guy for her. Jay is the assistant of Veer and he detests being a part of his movie but is with him just for the experience. Enter Simran who gets an opportunity to work as an art director with Veer and there is a clash between Jay and Simran like in any romantic flick :) After a few fights, these to patch up and become good friends and slowly Simran starts to fall in love with Jay and moves away from Raj. She assumes Jay too loves her and decides to tell him when she realizes that Jay has treated her just as a friend. She is heartbroken and tries to avoid Jay but still maintains a hi-bye relation as they work under the same director. Now how Jay realizes he too loves Simran and how he woos her back forms the rest of the story. The songs have been shot well and i loved the picturization of Sadka kiya. Sonam looks really beautiful and Imran is cool... Overall a time pass fun flick.

Ananthapurathu Veedu

This movie was one i had gone to lot of expectations as it was by Naga, director of serials like Maruma Desam, Vidathu Karuppu, Chithambara Ragasiyam - all my favourites which were super good thrillers. Jannu and i reached the theater early and were waiting for Sudha. We thought we might miss the beginning but then emerged madam Sudha bang on time :P So we sat down to watch the movie. It started with a magic effect of a big bungalow getting cleaned by itself when servants try to clean it and then happens the hero(Nandha), heroine(Chaya Singh) entry. There is also a little boy Master Aryan who plays Nandha's son. He was really adorable and chubby. The couple visits' the hero's ancestral house for a vacation and from day one super natural forces do household chores which is first visible only to the little boy. Later Chaya Singh sees it but Nandha refuses to believe her. When Nandha sees it for himself the movie breaks for intermission. Later Nandha and Chaya decide to leave the house but are not able to due to few reasons. What are those reasons, how their problems are solved and do the supernatural powers leave the house finally is what happens in the second half. Within first 15mins of the movie, the audience comes to know what the supernatural powers are and why they do things, so there isnt any suspense as such. But this movie doesnt scare you with any loud screams or bangs... The story and background score go hand in hand. I didnt hear the audience booing over any scenes neither did i see anybody moving out of the theater so looks like everybody liked the movie. To me it wasnt a Naga movie that i expected but it still didnt fail to entertain me. You can possibly watch it once...