When I was a child, I had no choice but to cycle to school and then to my Engineering College. Then I completely forgot all about it until 8 or 9 years later when my car broke down while in Columbus, OH. I decided to reduce my dependence on the automobile and started cycling. I soon discovered that, I really enjoyed cycling. I started biking back and forth to work which was a 7 mile stretch one way. Also, I did 20 mile stretches during the weekend through Antrim park bike paths in Columbus.
In 2008, we made a family decision to move back to India for good and I ended up selling my old Huffy Omni 10 road bike.
Ever after returning to India, I wanted to get back on the saddle, but didn't really get that opportunity anytime soon. But about 2 weeks back, I resigned from my permanent employment to become a consultant and a trainer. The very first thing I did on my day at home was to get myself a new Hero Hawk Nu Age 12 speed Road bike. The local shop assembly was mediocre and I enjoyed resetting the bike. Also, I removed all the heavy machinery on the bike, the mud guards, the carrier, the aero bar and so on. Now it has started to look a lot like a road bike.
Also, I have restarted riding 15 kms a day in the morning with a friend of mine. So far, its been great ...
Eldo's Blog
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Technical spark reignited
23/10/2010
Cochin, India
Thanks to K-Mug, I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd Kerala Microsoft Users Group meeting in Cochin at the IMA House. To say the least, it reignited that technical spark in me. Most of the speakers were just awesome. At first glance, the topics did not interest me, but sitting through the event was an eye opener. Yanesh discussed a broader view of the potential of Generics, Vinod was absolutely amazing with his T-SQL tricks, Manu helped me digest a bit of Kerberos/NTLM which were all Greek to me till then, Shiju's introduction on NO SQL DB was an eye-opener for a person who has only heard of RDMS in his career,.... just to name a few.
Cochin, India
Thanks to K-Mug, I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd Kerala Microsoft Users Group meeting in Cochin at the IMA House. To say the least, it reignited that technical spark in me. Most of the speakers were just awesome. At first glance, the topics did not interest me, but sitting through the event was an eye opener. Yanesh discussed a broader view of the potential of Generics, Vinod was absolutely amazing with his T-SQL tricks, Manu helped me digest a bit of Kerberos/NTLM which were all Greek to me till then, Shiju's introduction on NO SQL DB was an eye-opener for a person who has only heard of RDMS in his career,.... just to name a few.
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