The Lonesome Road

The positive fallout of the Republic day celebrations yesterday was that we had power the entire day. Seems that the powers-that-be in MSEB had decided that the citizens of Pune should be able to see the parade. We were all pleasantly surprised when the power did not cut out at 9 as scheduled. But as usual, MSEB did have some tricks up it’s sleeve.

Making the most of the holiday, I decided to code a module for my project. Took up a pretty simple part - a connectivity mini-module. The trouble was that MSEB seemed to think my work was a joke. Three times the power went out. Not for very long - but just long enough that my UPS started making noises that put radiation warning noises to same. A few moments after the system would shut down, the power would come back on. Now if this happened once I could understand - but three times. So I finally gave up and coded it in the night .

Pune has started to heat up. It’s *hot* in the afternoon these days - and not as cool in the evenings. A welcome change - but I actually prefer cold weather - you can actually do something about it. Wear multiple layers of clothing, have a steaming mug of tea/soup/coffee - whatever works for you. But in the heat - there’s simply no option but to bear it. This city is going to fry in Mar-May. Also, considering that there is a 3000MW shortage now - I can only dread the load shedding system that will be implemented in summer.

Lastly, my college timings are going to be shifted. It’s going to start at 8AM and go on till 3PM. The holiday on Sunday is being shifted to Thursday and Tuesday will be a half day insteadof Saturday. Why? Simple actually. Load shedding has been playing havoc with our practical schedules. Hopefully this new time table will fix it.

Anyway, that’s all from me for now. Later!