<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674</id><updated>2011-09-12T12:38:20.201-07:00</updated><category term='maya'/><category term='america'/><category term='me'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='india'/><category term='spirituality'/><category term='outsourcing'/><category term='money'/><category term='friends'/><title type='text'>Who am I</title><subtitle type='html'>Iam Lost and dont mind getting !

And by the way i dont mind showing u the way, Please follow me, this way...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-5110634964873375504</id><published>2010-12-16T09:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T10:40:23.025-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><title type='text'>Life @ Infy -3</title><summary type='text'>Completed 3 years in the company, i think it is the right time to revisit what i feel about working here. The thing that drives me at any day are:1. Making money2. Meeting friends and family3. Being ableThey say money cant buy everything hence the points 2 and 3. When i ask myself if i like my job, the answer is  immediate and a YES. What do i like in my job is something that has been giving me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/5110634964873375504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=5110634964873375504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/5110634964873375504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/5110634964873375504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2010/12/life-infy-3.html' title='Life @ Infy -3'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Ev8dyt3QXw/TQpURP1a-9I/AAAAAAAADjg/0Twjl1B3Ezw/s72-c/my%2Bcomp.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-3627460131459015716</id><published>2010-12-16T08:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T10:43:25.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Where do i stand</title><summary type='text'>This is a thought that crosses the mind many a times a day. Where do i stand:Where do i stand at work?Where do i stand at finance?Where do i stand at health?The answer is something that drives me to do more and more in life. Man is hardly satisfied with what he has at any point, there is always more and more that wants and he can do. Here comes the choice of priority. Man is born intelligent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/3627460131459015716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=3627460131459015716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/3627460131459015716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/3627460131459015716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2010/12/where-do-i-stand.html' title='Where do i stand'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-7550352265614152099</id><published>2009-05-06T10:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T22:48:03.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life in a nutshell</title><summary type='text'>This blog is dedicated to all the 'busy' IT professionals who were once in the same college and same hostel for 4 years and now being in the same city have trouble meeting or greeting each other.Yes, the blog is dedicated to myself!It is amazing that almost all of my college mates are in bangalore, yet i have not met them for years. It is really a weird feeling. You long to meet them, yet </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/7550352265614152099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=7550352265614152099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/7550352265614152099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/7550352265614152099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2009/05/life-in-nutshell.html' title='Life in a nutshell'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-1603462062779533716</id><published>2008-12-27T06:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T08:28:30.326-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maya'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spirituality'/><title type='text'>My first Sathsang</title><summary type='text'>What made me go to a sathsang, very simple it was a lazy day and had nothing to do, had not visited the temple for long(that's very bad considering that i own the puthur temple community in orkut :O).So i thought how about something different, how about 1.5 hrs of something i have never done before.So it went something like this : the orator was a young man very much in his twenties,He came half </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/1603462062779533716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=1603462062779533716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/1603462062779533716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/1603462062779533716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-first-sathsang.html' title='My first Sathsang'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-6911473343796823176</id><published>2008-12-26T01:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T02:31:31.156-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outsourcing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='america'/><title type='text'>Outsourcing jobs</title><summary type='text'>Recently saw this video about 30 Days of outsourcing courtesy my friend. It was the story of a US software engineer who lost his job to outsourcing. He comes to India where his job has been outsourced to find what it is like to work in India for US.The video is good, at least it gives a overall picture of outsourcing, how it affects both the people and the corporations of both outsourcing nation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/6911473343796823176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=6911473343796823176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/6911473343796823176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/6911473343796823176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/12/outsourcing-jobs.html' title='Outsourcing jobs'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-679022953822771049</id><published>2008-08-25T04:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T05:00:41.138-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Decided</title><summary type='text'>Mostly stupid + a few intellectual things once a while .that should do it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/679022953822771049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=679022953822771049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/679022953822771049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/679022953822771049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/08/decided.html' title='Decided'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-8023135620827573080</id><published>2008-08-25T04:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T04:59:12.498-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How happy are you</title><summary type='text'>I dunno how to write , i can write simple and stupid blogs. or think a lot and write intellectual things.What shall i do?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/8023135620827573080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=8023135620827573080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/8023135620827573080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/8023135620827573080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-happy-are-you.html' title='How happy are you'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-9131644001740841612</id><published>2008-03-07T01:37:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-07T01:44:39.553-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is this true</title><summary type='text'>A typical mail i get"Hi all, Iam a cancer patient nedd 5 lakhs and i got no money .So please forward this mail to as many as you can and AOL or microsoft will keep tack of the mail and pay us 30 cents for each forward."I usally get this and i think a lot whether or not it is true, finally when my sense is overruled by my feelings , i do forward it.Is this just a hoax, if so, why? Who gains?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/9131644001740841612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=9131644001740841612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/9131644001740841612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/9131644001740841612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-this-true.html' title='Is this true'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-4294134372294236335</id><published>2008-03-04T02:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T22:51:26.354-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><title type='text'>Life @ Infy -2</title><summary type='text'>Having said all that about infosys training at mysore, if you are expecting more good things, then you won't be sorry to know it at least now that it is not so.Training is just the better half, the real trouble starts when you think you are ready to rock and find that you are terribly mistaken. I really dont want to start complaining, but then should i not raise a voice, why here? so that all who</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/4294134372294236335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=4294134372294236335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/4294134372294236335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/4294134372294236335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2008/03/life-infy-2.html' title='Life @ Infy -2'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2409384317141054674.post-4536116360300271672</id><published>2007-12-22T21:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T22:50:54.038-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><title type='text'>Life @ infy</title><summary type='text'>Wow you work @ Infosys!!!Why? what is special???Yes it is special, what makes infosys stand out as a household name from the rest of software giants? It is because they just know what to do. Indians are known to work hard and complaint less(in general). so when they are given 5- star facilities at trainee level, it is apparent that they will even work harder. I feel that as long as u realise that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/feeds/4536116360300271672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2409384317141054674&amp;postID=4536116360300271672' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/4536116360300271672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2409384317141054674/posts/default/4536116360300271672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zoom2arun.blogspot.com/2007/12/life-infy.html' title='Life @ infy'/><author><name>Arun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15934426128432707530</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
