I live to witness miracles...

Irony of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:50:00 +0000

Sadness to know what happiness is

Failures to succeed

Noise to appreciate silence

Hurt & pains to get beautiful

Absence to value presence

Losses to gain more

The most beautiful Love, gives the most deepest pain

Unsaying at the right moment

Aging which always doesn't bring wisdom along

No way to happiness, happiness being the way

Product measured by Quality, Performance measured by Quantity

Sunset more colorful than Sunrise

Good things happening with goodbyes

Life still being called fair.

Appointed: BOS for Computer Science at Jain University

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:09:00 +0000

I strongly believed that the gap between our today’s academic and the industry requirements is very huge. The course syllabus especially in various Indian Universities for Computer science is very outdated as compared to the technology trends & innovations that are happening.

When I was offered an opportunity to change the above situation I just accepted with honors – Glad & very grateful to be appointed in the Board of Studies for the Department of Computer Science at Jain University.

The Board of Studies under the department of Computer Science is constituted by the competent authority for going through certain proposals for introducing new and innovative programmes in the field of Computer Applications and Information Technology.

As I am committed to give my best to this role I plan to bring in the following:

Computer Science syllabus updated with the latest web & mobile technology
More of practicals, workshops & lab sessions.
Industrial live projects for students to build experience.
Best practices of programming & IT management.

Taking this opportunity to thank Jain University for the belief in me & for driving the change in academics that’s very much needed in the best interest of the students & Industry.

New Role, New Responsibilities, New Goals with Emotion UI

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:36:00 +0000

I believe “that the best things that you receive in life are those things you never asked for”.

Being enjoying my role as a Business Developer for Strategic Alliance at Huawei Devices; much satisfied I couldn’t have asked for anything better…but destiny proves itself every time.

This month I officially took up a new role -“Business Operation for Huawei Devices Global ROM Emotion UI”

Emotion UI:

Emotion UI is a skin over the base android that would define Smartphone experience on all Huawei Devices. It provides various features such as, interesting navigational experiences that can be easily customized based on one’s personal needs, rich pool of personalized themes that bring a more vivid visual experience with interactive animation that can be changed by simply shaking the phone, pre-installed performance enhancing functions, easy Widgets management, and Presets for driving, attending meetings, and outdoors.

The surprise element in the UI is the way applications are managed (moved, installed, or uninstalled) directly from the home screen without using anapp launcher. Widgets can be easily added by pressing and holding a blank section of the wallpaper.

My favorite feature is "Me Widget" - a folder of grouped widgets that the user can customize as a single unit providing quick access to favorite contacts, photo galleries, or music player.

Major responsibility of my team would be to:-

Brand Emotion UI: Show how apart from hardware Huawei is also very serious about software innovation
User Engagement: Get most of the current Huawei Smartphone users to experience Emotion UI
Android Upgrades : Release latest android upgrade along with enhanced user experience with Emotion UI
Community building: Creating & building fan clubs who will help us in making Emotion UI the best design for smartphone in the coming days.

Like the fact that Emotion UI was not designed to make users say “wow”, but to make them say “wow that's nice and I did that!”

Yes! I am very excited and getting all set to deliver my best in this new role.

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Pure as it gets

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:22:00 +0000

I went to the St Patrick’s Church today evening and while there I saw this elderly couple, they had to be in their 70s at the very least. But it wasn't their age, her one piece gown; his french beard, her fire engine red hair or even the fact that they had hands holding even while worshiping that had me in awe... but how beautiful and attentive they were to each other.

The love they share was so evident everyone took notice, yet I never saw them even glance at another soul in church, except each other.

Thinking about it now, several hours later, it made realize what they have is what everyone wants in life -love, loyalty & stability.

Lighting up faith @ St Patrick’s church.

After all, do we not all wish to have a life partner to love & cherish into our golden years; I know I do?

How do you witness miracles?

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:12:00 +0000

Well I have been asked many times based on the title of my blog, “How do I witness miracles?”

So here I let out the secret, this post is not to motivate, inspire you but to empower you to see miracles that exists on this lovely planet.

We all live in our own comfort zone:

Job were you have settled for years having less challenges & risk

Letting the days pass by, relaxing & doing the same old routine stuff

Closed friends circle the same old talks & fun

Looking at the issues & problems around, helplessly just talking about it & living with it

Beyond the comfort zone lies the Miracles:

It’s the space where you are learning, experiencing new stuff

The space where problems are actually solved

The space where you will witness your dreams becoming reality

The space where you connect with yourself & are the ambassador for joy & success

In-between the comfort zone & miracles is the uninvited guest list:

The black circle is the uninvited guest list

Mr F: Fear which says “What if I fail ……”

Mr D: Doubt which says “Can I do it …”

Dream snatchers: That aunty who would say “Why are you doing this…”

Mr. Giving: The society rules which say “Think of other first…”

The green carpet is where Miracles happen & are witnessed.

Witnessing Miracles:

Aware: Be aware of the above uninvited guest list so that you will not be surprised. When they come over learn the tack to send them back so they don’t appear any more in front of you.

Believe: Believe harder & live for your dreams & for things that you wish to create

Faith: The almighty lord is always around; he is just like the wind. You got to spread your wings & take the leap of faith to fly. He will give you those small hints & when you are connect well with yourself you can see those & act smartly.

Plan: Don’t plan for failure, plan for the success. Without a plan you can never execute or achieve your dreams.

Fight: Be a fighter, you will not be remembered for giving up or for succeeding. Those who fall, wake up again and still get back in the game are the game changers & are the people who create miracles for themselves & for others to witness.

Selfish: Sacrificing people land up being called fools in today’s society; first learn to receive

enough than you can be a better giver. The only person you got to listen to is yourself and choose staying committed to your wants, desires & dreams over anything on this earth.

Yes! For me some miracles have just happened without me ever seeking it. I decided very early on just to accept life unconditionally. I never expected it to do anything especially for me, yet it seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped.

And

Thus my journey towards witnessing miracles in on….

Android Introduction at Jain University

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:20:00 +0000

It was an absolute pleasure to meet the MS - IT students from Jain University and get them introduced to Android during my talk today.

Below are the slides for my talk.

Android Introduction 2013 from Bhavya Siddappa

It was an interactive session where the students looked so excited & eager to get their hands dirty on Android Application Development. I faced lots of questions about Android security & some students were a bit upset about Android Fragmentations - Multiple devices & android versions.

All in all had an awesome time with the students & I couldn’t stop blushing when the HOD introduced be as a very young speaker stating, “She just looks like a college student when I see here sitting in the audience in the conference hall, but one coming with lots of experience & energy”.

With these many college visits for Android talks & workshop the only sense that I get is academies getting so serious about Android so much so that they want to make Android as a Syllabus.

So, great thanks for inviting me & for showing so much of love & respect.

Technology for Women Entrepreneurs

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:41:00 +0000

I had an awesome time talking at DevFestW last week. Got to meet many amazing, inspiring women entrepreneurs..

My talk was to inspire them to embrace technology & find technology cool and not complicated.

I had the following quick 5 messages for women entrepreneurs about technology:

Technology is gonna be an important tool which will help you make your start-up disruptive – embrace it
Keep yourself updated with technology jargons
To understand technology you need not be from computer science, you just need to be passionate
Inspire your daughters and tell them that technology is cool, create more female role models as we need more women in technology
Contribute back to the community all that you learn/receive spread knowledge & love to receive more

Women in Technology - DevFestW 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +0000

Women in Technology from Bhavya Siddappa

My slides for tomorrow’s DevFestW talk about Women in Technology as I plan to have a dialog about:

- Why we need more women in technology

- What are the current challenges faced by women

- Various roles women can play in Technology

- Getting more women active in tech communities
- Lean forward messages

More women in technology would be good for technology and innovation, for the women who are currently there and for the world.

See you’ll tomorrow to explore & witness how technology gets prettier, beautiful… glamorous, the way it was never seen before :)

Handling Compliments

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:20:00 +0000

Ask my friends or colleagues & they will tell you that they are scared to compliment me but royally enjoy teasing me.

Here’s the confession: “I am hopeless when it comes to handling compliments”.

Handling compliments in social life is part of conversation; I feel awkward and handle them poorly. I deflect or dismiss compliments. For example:

You compliment me on my externals/apparel and I would respond, "Oh, this color is all wrong for me."

You compliment on an excellent report, and I would say, "I should have finished it sooner."

You call me beautiful & I might just hit you.

Well lately I have figured out that this can’t continue, it’s a sign of emotional maturity to be able to accept compliments gracefully. However, I've found it's a skill that is not always learned when growing up. For various cultural reasons, some families think that complimenting their children will make them prideful and "give them a big head." So even if a child excels in some activity like sports or academics, parents don't give a compliment on a job well done. As a result, those children don't learn to be comfortable receiving compliments.

This is what I have been practising off lately: when someone gives me a genuine compliment, I say something like "Thank you very much," or "I appreciate your saying that." Such a response is complementary (completes the exchange) to the compliment (praise.)

Even if someone gives you a less-than-genuine compliment (flattery), you can still be gracious and say "Thank you." Don't challenge the person by saying "You don't really mean that, do you?" Trust me, I know it really takes lots of guts to compliment someone & if that’s not acknowledge well - it’s like disrespecting & hurting them.

Best way to handle compliments is by keeping in mind that it just lasts for that min, you got to start working much harder the other min to retain it. Compliments add more expectations & makes one conscious, but if you learn to be comfortable in your own skin..it would be just easy to smile & say Thank You!

Aero India 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000

I had no clue what so ever that I would get an opportunity to visit 9th International Exhibition on Aerospace, Defense & Civil Aviation which was held in Bangalore between Feb 6-10

Great thanks to my dear friend Raghu who got Business passes for us :)

Absolutely had no expectations while walking kilometers under the hot sun of the Yelahanka Air Force Station. Visiting from stand to stand at the Aeroshow-Exhibition hall, I was getting to learn so many things & was getting family to this new world of missiles, fighter crafts etc.

One of the principal lessons of this Aeroshow is perhaps that India is now a major world power, forcing major foreign armament suppliers to line up to offer their latest gadgets which could make a difference in case of a conflict with China (or even Pakistan); and now, the Air Force would be used.

I was left breathless & with open mouth with the Incredible acrobatic Flying Bulls of the Czech Republic, led by a 50 year-plus female pilot; the indigenous Sarang helicopter team flying colourfully painted HAL Dhruv choppers and of, course, the Rafale of Dassault Aviation.

It was a brilliant day, now I have a new respect for fighter pilots & Indian Air Force.

Huawei leads in 2012 - Smartphones & Datacard

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:32:00 +0000

IDC's latest report on global smartphone shipments for Q4 2012 is out.
I am super happy to share the excitement as Huawei's market share jumped by 89.5 percent over the year higher than any other smartphone maker.
Huawei is now ranked third among smartphone vendors with 10.8 million units shipped last quarter.

We continue to lead the Datacard market in India for 2012.

Wifi Hotspot

Innovative Dialer skinning

Cloud + services

6k worth VAS

All the above features not only kept Huawei ahead of innovation but it was interesting to receive amazing feedbacks from our customers.

Today we get around 2 million page views for our landing page and this is going to grow bigger

Taking this opportunity to thank all my business partners for believing in Huawei & working with us in making this success story for 2012.

And now you would know why I love my job so much... its always worth working for a company like Huawei which is amazingly growing year by year.

Be ready for 2013 as Huawei is getting ready to set a new benchmark!

Happy Wala Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:22:00 +0000

Thanks everyone for your sincere & warm wishes on my 28^th Birthday :)

Yes, Counting each blessings & wishes as I step into a new journey.

Celebrated a wonderful Bday with my lovely family at Alibaug

Alibaug Beach

Nagaon Beach

Murud-Janjira fort

Taking this opportunity to thank those special people who make my living worth it:

Parents: “Maa & Paa you’ll are my sweetest escapes. Words can’t describe what ull mean to me…..endless Thanks for making me, who I am today, bringing in those values & holding on the faith in me. I shall continue making you’ll proud”.

Sister: “Baby I am lucky to have you as my younger sister. Your maturity, intelligence amazes me at times. It’s a pride to see you grow both professionally & as a wonderful human being. Good Luck with your new house, car & job responsibilities”.

Extended Family: “Chachu-Chachi, Nana-Nani, Dadi, Mama-Mami, Badi Maa, Bade Papa - Thanks for being tolerant with me. Thanks for loving me unconditionally and being a great support for me & my family. Hope we have many reasons for celebration this year”.

Friends: “Yes, I am a bit crazy, confused, weird, and less intelligent as you’ll….but I have amazing friends who like me the way I am & nothing else matters. Thanks for keeping up with my madness & being around sparkling happiness & blessing always. I don’t promise to get smarter..but I promise to be the awesome person u believe me to be”.

Colleagues: “Setting higher benchmarks, giving huge responsibilities & making me prove that I can do it…thanks for the tremendous trust & support bestowed upon me. This year will be indeed rocking for Huawei Devices”.

Business Partner: “Being in business is all about being human. Thanks for teaching me the importance of a word, call, email, time, handshake, idea, win-win. Thanks for trusting that together we will make it happen”.

Well Wishers: “Last not the least – people who inspire, motivate, adore, appreciate, like, love me for my work and more importantly for who I am…trust me I will never let ull down”.

More sunshine…more joy…more challenges….more dreams…more love

I believe that this year has lots installed...so bring it on :)

Best of 2012 & the world didn't end

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:22:00 +0000

It was well believed that year 2012 will be the end of the world & so that’s how people started living to the fullest. I am sure 2012 might have been the – Best year EVER for most.

We are in 2013…thanks to the grace of God!

During my journey to coorg in the new years eve..I took some time off, sat down on the top of the hill to list down & share with you lovely readers the reflection of my 2012 journey.

Travel: “Destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”

Coorg, Chennai, Nandi Hills, Vineyard, Allepyy, Auroville, Mysore, Mumbia, Trichy, Goa, Hyderabad.

Events: ”No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there”

Storm Musical Festival, Global Service Jam, Mobile Cloud Conference, ITU – Broadband for Rural Villages, Droidcon India

Passion: “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious”

Badminton club, Cake Baking workshop, Cycling, Wedding planner

Work: “Job is just not Job for me, its something that I love”

Switch from Technology to Business

Hate it-love it-hate it-love it. Mostly love – people I work with & people I do business with & also people I get to meet every day

Celebration: “I sing, dance, smile & celebrate every small happiness & joy”

Potluck parties, Bday parties, Diwali pooja, Christmas party, Midnight mass, Bonfire Multi Culture New Year Eve, Friend’s wedding.

People: “People around me make me who I am today & better for tomorrow”

2012 was inevitable as I have met some very inspirational & amazing people from different countries & also people who are writing their own stories battling with life.

Family & Friends: “Royally spoiled by my friends & family love"
Grateful, Happiness, Joy, Support, Values, Believes, Strength, Forgiveness, Love, Smiles

Year 2013: “To be the Best Year Ever”

Raising standard, going global, adventure sports, singing, playing music, dance, blogging, learning, unlearning, embracing opportunities & newness, being grateful - Inspiring, getting inspired, loving, taking responsibility to shine, rubbing off fears, taking risk & smiling.

Olivia Culpo – Inspirational

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:10:00 +0000

* Rhode Island for the first time ever in history brings Miss USA crown home

* USA after 15 years of long wait was able to win The Miss Universe contest this year 2012

* 5.5 feet, 20 year’s girl was titled the most beautiful girl in the Universe.

Yes! All this was just so close to impossible…but Ms.Olivia changes history back to back.

She is one big example for - “Anything is possible”.

I have been reading & watching here videos off lately & have learnt a lot from this beauty queen. Few quick things that has touched & inspired me to a major extend about her:

Beauty: “You got to be more than just a pretty face. It’s about how good you feel in your own skin. Smile always because that always radiates and brings in smile on others face too. A beauty is not to show-off but to inspire others.”

Grateful: “Treat each day as a gift. Make the most out of it. Be grateful to your loved one. Hug your parents and express your feelings, gratitude to people who mean a lot to you.”

Confidence: “My boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend, it hurts but then I didn’t let it shatter me. I learnt my lessons, moved on. Didn’t let that take over me…focused on my goals and believed truly on myself and on god, as he had some very interesting plans for me”.

Being yourself: “All what matters is how you feel about yourself. Don’t be judgemental, just have an open mind…keep getting inspired by the people around you and keep learning. Better yourself each day.”

Communication: “There is no great feeling than being able to express yourself truly in best words. Choose your words carefully. Words have the power to inspire, hurt, create, collapse, destroy… so I always watch what I say.”

Passion: “People call me crazy because I dance & keep singing every time anywhere…but I can’t stop. Music is so much in me…the passion in me defines me…keeps me always happy & going for new challenges.”

Her values, beliefs, passion, beauty, words has created history today.

So what are your creating for yourself?

Whom are you inspiring?

Are you yourself?

Exit Strategy

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:23:00 +0000

“There was a phase in my young life as a photographer when I would shoot every object that comes into view. It was good practice, invaluable training, even.

Now that I have grown comfortable with my camera system, know more or less how to play with light, I try to push myself beyond every comfort zone I find myself in.

It was therefore quite a treat to put together a bland looking window on a fire exit door with a gorgeous woman”

This was narrated by a friend of mine - an ideal example of exit strategy.

You got to figure out when to exit…move out from your comfort zone…take new challenges…in order to grow…in order to excel. Exit strategy is needed in everything you make an entry into, if you don’t, that’s the time you feel stuck. This post will talk about why exit strategy is a must for the below:

Partnership Alliances:

You can never win in today’s industry by being an individual player, strategy alliance with other business gives you an edge to fulfill customer needs and excel. Every partnership that I sing off brings in lots of excitement along with commitments. We sign off Win-Win partnership deal, decide on Go to Market plan, but never plan on defining the exit strategy.

What if the market does not respond positively to the partnership?

What if only one partner succeeds out of the deal?

What if the market circumstances change and the partnership backfires?

To proactively act in the above situation its important while designing an alliance best moment is to talk about the exit strategy.

Product:

When thinking of the end of a product’s life, think of the principles of product life cycle management and the four phases of a product’s life cycle. There’s the introduction phase, the growth phase, a peak phase, followed by a gradual decline phase.

An exit strategy for a given product line typically involves outlining the company’s steps to reducing its exposure. Using customer reward programs, prompt payment incentives and offering volume discounts, are just some of the ways to retain business. The intention here is to maximize the product’s gross profit during its final life-cycle. In telecom I see a new product killing another existing new product launched from the same brand.

It’s important to predict eventual decline in customer demand, accordingly reduce the products marketing expenditures, reduce inventory and move the product line to“made-to-order” status. Support & Maintenance for the existing customers using the product is primary in exit strategy. Either move them to the new product or set a deadline for the end of support dates. Oracle products are the best example for the same.

Relationship:

I know it’s debatable, why would one need an exit strategy for a relationship? Who wants to step out it? Why work on it?

But look at it in 2 angles:

Exit strategy for being friends to moving on to be in a love relationship. Exiting from being just lovers to a married couple. Exiting from just being a couple to a family etc. Figure out when to exit from one kind of relationship to another.

Other angle is when you realize your integrity is no more secure. During getting marriage discuss the divorce scenario when heavily in love, it is the best time. The moment the love is over and all what is left is disagreement and difficulties, it will be much harder to find a common ground based whereupon both partners can exit gracefully. Having a plan ready in advance will save emotional energy when you're feeling sapped from fighting.

Unexpected swings in the relationship can create distress and drama. If you have a relationship that you value, sit down with the person while things are going well and create an agreement on how you would handle your worst case scenario. What would you like to see happen, from a calm rational place, before you end the relationship. An exit agreement can clear a lot of bandwidth we can use for other fun activities, and let us enjoy the moment in the relationship now!

Start-up:

Your new venture is off and running. You and your partner are in sync with your goals for the future. As hard as it is to imagine the ending when you’re just beginning, an exit strategy belongs in your business plan, it can actually help you improve your business, making you look at cracks in the foundation of your company that need reinforcing and new methods to help you push your business even further in the right direction.

Plan for what happens if one of them dies.

Define what happens when one partner is ready to walk away.
Worst scenarios for dissolving a business partnership is when the partners are locked in a dispute and the only solution is splitting. This is a time when emotions can run very high and having the terms of the dissolution already in place limits additional conflict.

So what happens to the partners when your small business becomes bigger either by merger or by sale?

What if somewhere down the road one of the partners is ready to take it all on alone and wants to buy out the shares of the other? A carefully crafted plan will lead to a smooth financial transaction. Having a clearly defined exit strategy does more than just establish the rules for different end-of-partnership scenarios.

Job:

I am guessing that at the beginning of your career or even at the end of your corporate one, you did not have any idea that you would end up doing this for a living. I used to have a mental box of where my career could “logically” proceed, until I realized that I love learning new things, working on challenging stuff.

So my advice to you if you do not know what you want to do…Congratulations! It is perfectly normal. I promise you few really know their life’s purpose early on. It is a work in progress and that’s what makes life so beautiful. Second, be patient and have fun and explore. Try new things, learn constantly and allow yourself to imagine, to brainstorm, to come up with ideas and to put a few to test. Also, pay attention to your strength. That’s something that you do well consistently and feel energized and happy about.

We have got to be open to the possibilities and the opportunities that come along or else we will miss out on great chances to reach our fullest potential. I always wanted to make my professional smooth exit so I took my time building what I believed was imperative to that: a smart exit strategy at every job that was interesting, different & challenging.

Exit strategies aren't failure missions; they help to reinforce what you are doing right and focus on what you can do better.

Thank You!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:25:00 +0000

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

Last few couple of days I have been getting upset and angry over very minor issues; I took a pause to realize what’s exactly going wrong. With time keeping me busy I have started taking things for granted, without any clue what life could be like on the other side.

One thing that we took for granted was education. In country like India where it’s compulsory for all kids to go to school, so it was a given. We never thought about how lucky we were to be educated until we read about Malala Yousafzai

Another thing we take for granted are our parents. Since our birth they are the people who keep doing small & big sacrifices just to give us a beautiful living.

We all are fighting with our fears, upset about something that’s not fair happening with us, stuck at some point in life, hurt when our expectations never get fulfilled… but is this all life. Let’s began to appreciate things around us more. As I saw more and more of the world out there, I realized all the things I’d been given are not rights, but privileges.

Do this small exercise: Before going to bed, hold your favorite thing in hand and count 5 new things you did for the first time new today or few things you are grateful of. This will make you focus on the positivism & beauty of life, which we royally ignore in our busy schedules these days.

Like today I am grateful. Grateful for my favorite music, for movies that make you feel good, for my phone that connects me with people, and for the electricity that lights up my life. Grateful for my imagination, grateful that I can think and communicate. Grateful that I can laugh and smile with lovely friends. Grateful of being literate. I realize that there is a lot of war and violence in the world, and I’m lucky to live in a country where it’s safe and peaceful. I realized there are people out there who don’t have their five senses, and to have mine which I am extremely grateful about. Grateful that I am alive!

Sometimes it’s easy to feel bad because you’re going through a tough time in life. However, remember no matter how bad your situation may seem, there are tens of thousands of things to be grateful for in life.

We always focus on others, what they are supposed to do/give/behave/react…we keep building our expectation & finally WHAT? We lose our piece of mind.
Instead just focus on yourself – see what you contributing/creating/learning/giving/changing in yours & others life or think BIG for this world.

Just a slight change in lookout & a bit more gratefulness will change how you are feeling now
* Now I don’t lose my temper when a colleagues shows me how to work in excel, I am grateful about getting to learn new excel skills.
* Now I don’t get upset if the cab driver drives slowly, I am grateful that he is driving me safely.
* Now I don’t get irritated when my friends pull my leg, I am grateful about getting their attention & which helps me stay grounded by knowing my flaws.
* Now I don’t feel suffocated when people care, I am grateful of being able to love & be loved.

So, be grateful that you are You!

Be grateful that there are two words that can change your life.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Are you listening to your heart or mind?

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:34:00 +0000

At every point of time in our lives we have to make decisions. It could be as small as deciding where to go for a vacation or where to go out to dine or it could be as big as choosing a profession, choosing a job or choosing your life partner. Taking a decision has never been easy for me and I am sure it’s not that easy for you too. We get stuck at a point where we can’t make a choice. This is majorly because we don’t know should we listen to your heart or mind. The question comes next is how do we differentiate what our heart is saying and what our mind wants us to do?

Have been researching on this for a while and few things below that I will be noting down is purely based on my experience: So let me tell you something about the role of the heart and mind. Let’s take an example:-Your parents are searching a groom for you and they show you two boys x and y. You got to choose between two of them. You have met them, interacted with them and have a fair idea on what the boys are. This task is done by our mind. It logically analyses things and construct a meta-data based on different parameters. If the differences between parameters being compared are huge then decision making is obvious. Say boy x fares very poorly in comparison with boy y on some parameters of your choice. Hence the decision making becomes easy and mind says yes.

Now consider a scenario where it becomes extremely difficult to decide whom to marry. On some parameters x is better and on some y is better. Your mind has analyzed things but has failed to break the deadlock. This is where your heart comes into picture. Your heart can’t lie. It knows what it wants. Just close your eyes and I am very sure, one choice will be in front of your eyes even if it’s higher by a small percentage. Go with your heart.

The same scenario can be applied to other cases as well. You are undecided between medical or engineering course. Listen to your heart. Go with it. Don’t look back in regret at any stage. Things will work well. But when it comes to any decision related to money always listen to your mind, like gambling, investment, lending money etc

Once you have listen to your heart, it’s time for your mind to take over. And this is where you need to play a major role. Listening to your heart is simple but not easy for the mind. Never regret the decision which your heart has taken. But if you fail to do this you will be in trouble for sure. The confusion will again return and you will end up making your life miserable.

Few days back I got my handwriting analyzed and I was surprised to know that my mind rules my heart and trust me, that’s the worst. Get out of it…I have regretted all my decisions that I have made by my mind, I was scared to close my eyes and see what I always wanted. I was scared to speak out loud and trust on things that I wanted. Have belief!

Getting over the guilt of making a wrong decision is also important. Well it is not an easy job but one way of looking at it is by asking your conscience. Ask yourself whether the decision was taken with the intention of hurting others or with the intention of keeping someone happy. If your answer to this is positive, then the question of guilt creeping in doesn’t arise at all. In extreme cases few loved ones will stop talking to you completely forcing you to think about what you have done. But if your conscience is clear then just get along with it.

To conclude mind analyses things logically and strives to arrive at a decision. If the analysis leads to confusion then ask your heart for answers. No wonder the saying
“listen to your heart when in confusion” holds well true all time.

Happy Diwali!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:00:00 +0000

On a moonless night, we light candles and small earthen pots with oil to get rid of the darkness.
In India, we celebrate Diwali as a Festival of Lights. More than the religious reasons, I like it for what it symbolizes. A day I try to get rid of the darkness and fear, inside me, with the proverbial inner light.

I also take this opportunity to pass on love and light to all my near and dears. May you always have the courage to face your fears, may you always find light in the darkest hour of the night.

When you get a chance, please light a candle. Who knows someone might be looking for light, in his or her hour of darkness.

Happy Diwali!

*Wonderful lines by Tarun Chandel

Boss: Books that U must read

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:46:00 +0000

1.Magic of thinking Big - David J Schwartz
Enhances the thinking of people, encourage to think big see big and look for the +ve in everything, helps in removing excuses which currently people are not aware of themselves.

2. Being better than your best - Danny Lena,Marie Lena
How to challenge self every day, set benchmark of self-improvement and lots of examples of people achieving greater heights. Self awareness of people increases, self worth, confidence.

3. Who moved my cheese - Dr. Spencer Johnson
How to embrace change, a change is resisted what will happen and how it impacts overall a person. Very nice story.

4. Today matters - John c. maxwell
Fantastic book on how by utilizing today effectively tomorrow will be much better, it teaches about setting priority, lots of fantastic examples of achievements

5. 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen Covey
One of the best book on being effective in anything a person does

6. How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie
Best book on resolving conflicts, achieving best teamwork and great goals together. How to keep a win-win perspective in each interaction for a greater benefits for all.

7. Power of Subconscious Mind - Joseph Murphy
How to embed good habits into our subconscious mind by consciously practicing it. How powerful is our subconscious mind and if controlled how it will take you to heights. another books is The Ant and the Elephant little story type of book depicting the same.

8. The secret - Rhonda Byrne
A strong law "Law of attraction" How it can attract everything (good or bad) to our lives and how by controlling the things we attract to our lives with deep focus the universe itself will manifest it for yourself . Very powerful.

9. How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie
Most of us worry about things that may impact something or the other. How by taking actions we can stop worrying and make our life better.

* These are the list of books my boss has suggested me to read... his everlasting wish that he would love to see me read more. So I thought let me note it down here so that whenever I am in any mood of reading or will be wondering which book to gift my friend I can refer to this list :)

#unConditionalLove

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Love is knowing just what to do when someone in your heart is struggling to recapture their usual spark. Sometimes it is sitting quietly beside them, or taking them out and helping them think other things for a while, or simply giving them space for a few hours to work things out. Love is knowing exactly how and when to show compassion, even when you feel like someone is being a bit silly about something. When you open your heart and arms instead of your mouth and simply be there for the ones you love - these are the times that bring a closeness and unity that no hurt can ever touch.

But you can know for certain you have found your one when, faced with the big problems, you pull together and deal with the issues together. All those funny little things about that person you love, even the little annoying things that you secretly hate to love, but love anyway. Loving someone is having the courage to step outside of our comfort zone and have a go at something we may never have dared before.

Those we love will hurt us, and you will at times hurt those that love you.

#unConditionalLove is when u don't have any reason for loving the person
#unConditionalLove is when u smile in difficult situations
#unConditionalLove is doing things without any expectations
#unConditionalLove is accepting
#unConditionalLove is just unconditional

Remember no one's perfect

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Something that I have realized with time & thought that I should share it...specially to all the lovely females out there:

He’s not perfect.

You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect.

U can’t look for similarities in each other, then how would the other complete you.

But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.
He isn't going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break.

Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give.

Don’t analyze.

Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there.

Love hard when there is love to be had.

Feel him as a part of you, so that you could feel unconditional love towards him.

Before having any expectations, ask what you have done to have those expectations.

Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.

With whom you can create a perfect moment.

Give me red… only Red Wine!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:12:00 +0000

My love for Red Wine is no secret. I fell in love with Red Wine when I visited Grover Vineyard, which is 40 Km towards north of Bangalore.

You will find people with a lot of passion for wines visiting the winery. Visit to Vineyard is a whole day event, per head charge is 1000/- and trust me it’s totally worth it. We were taken around the vineyard, winery and at the end is the most interesting thing – Wine Tasting.

Few things that I learnt during the tour:

- Land on which cultivation of the grape is known as viticulture.

- We have around 40 varieties of grape

- Green/White grapes is used to make White Wine and red grapes for Red Wine

- Viticulture depends on factors like sunlight, soil, moisture, wind, and pest and disease control.

- The best wines result from warm, dry conditions.

- Red wines actually vary in color from dark pink to almost black.

- Red wine contains resveratrol, has a positive influence on the prevention of aging and the promotion of heart health.
-The color comes from a natural organic pigment called anthocyan that is present in the skin of red grapes and not from the juice of the grapes

The tour to Grover was perfect in every way and we enjoyed every minute of our time spent at the Vineyard. The Winemaker Tasting and Vineyard Tour was one of the best gifts I’ve ever received.

After going through the wine making process I have a new respect for grapes, although not all grapes. Wine is much more than just a drink. The more you read about it you realize that it represents so many other things, like culture & history.

I am so high about red wine is that the day when I have enough money I would love to have my own Vineyard.

Mobile Cloud Computing Keynote at NIT – Trichy & Hyderabad

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:47:00 +0000

It was my absolute honor to be invited as a Keynote speaker by NIT to talk to their PhD & MTech student’s about Mobile Cloud Computing at the Cloud Computing Conference.
Below are the slides that I presented during my keynote:

Mobile Cloud Computing 2012 from Bhavya Siddappa

Last week travelling to Trichy & Hyderabad: visiting NIT campus, meeting the students & exchanging cloud computing research content with the PhD students & professors was an amazing experience.
Few research papers that were presented by the students:

One thing that I realized is that what these students & academies research & study and what the industry is working on…there is a huge gab. It’s time to work together bridge the gap and let the research just not be thesis but be a major input into the corporate innovations.

Living

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:37:00 +0000

Think a new thought;
Accept a new responsibility;
Memorize a new song;
Try a new recipe;
Plan a new adventure;
Entertain a new idea;
Learn a new language;
Enjoy a new experience;
Make a new friend;
Read a new book;
See a new movie;
Climb a new hill;
Scale a new mountain;
Launch a new career;
Find a new purpose;
Fill a new need;
Light a new lamp;
Exercise a new strength;
Grasp a new truth;
Practice a new awareness;
Encourage a new growth;
Affirm a new beginning;
Discover a new answer;
Dream a new dream;
Build a new life;
Open a new door;
Explore a new possibility;
Capture a new vision;
Start a new chapter;
Seek a new challenge;
Express a new confidence;
Write a new plan;
Turn a new page;
Follow a new direction;
Be a new person;
Radiate a new enthusiasm.

Have Belief In Your Path

noreply@blogger.com (Bhavya) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:59:00 +0000

You may not know where it leads,
You may not have answers to all the questions,
You may have a past,
You may fear,
You may not see the end,
You may be afraid to take the first step but sometimes you have to simply take it.

Each and every person has a path,
Some will know the way they want to go,
Some will not but within your heart you will know when its right.

Have hope,
Have faith,
Have belief.....

The only thing you should be more afraid of when setting out on your life's journey is not setting out at all.