Visit to BSNL....

Again need to visit the BSNL office, Koramangala as I didn’t get my bill as usual and hence have to take the duplicate to pay off. Went there around 9:15 but not even a single employee was present. And they counters started opening with an average delay of 15 minutes. So after a wait of 40 minutes the enquiry counter got opened and found out the process of activating STD and ISD. The woman in the counter was sooooooooooooo cooperative. I was just surprised about that kind of treatment in a government office and after that needed a photocopy of my id proof for the application, so a trip to the shop and after coming back .... Fill few more things and again need the photocopy of the completed one which I would have done earlier itself :( one more trip the shop again. Later I found out that she was giving me instructions one at a time; Not sure why she did it making me go round and round but at the end it was good and all the insturctions were pretty clear.

Also they initially entered my address wrong and I asked for updating the same. Again the one who is supposed to do didn’t turn up yet and so she copied all the address into a paper slip including my mobile number. Just wondered how that slip is going to help. I asked if an application is required for which she said no. Not knowing what to do and hoping that it would be done I decided to leave it there and pay the bill.

Now the counter where they accept the card is not at opened as the employee is not present there. By then the queue for the cash counter which was free when I came turned out into a long queue. Surprisingly noticed the amount to be paid is same before and after the due date too. So decided not to waste time and try to do it online as today is the last day for the payment:). Came out wondering and feeling good for the kind of response I got which I never ever experienced in a government office. 

Reached office late and paid the bill online. At the end transaction not logged. Now not at all sure what is going to happen:). The bank said success and the BSNL site said fail. Need to wait and see few days for the result. 

And I got a call again from the office on my mobile informing me that the address has been updated which I never ever expected to happen. That was when I decided to write this entry as a token of appreciation for the service they provided. Not sure if the address is changed yet but then they deserve it :)

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YO! Home Connected Now

Yo Yo Yo!!!! At last the BSNL had decided not to frustrate me any more and became kind enough to provide me a net connection and I got it after a wait of 5 months almost. And this is the way that government services work in India. Nothing new, but then the waiting kills. They will not have any contact numbers and no one picks up the calls when you call on office numbers. It really surprises that people living in IT city doesn’t have a contact number :). Well is IT city so bad or the people. I was lucky enough not to roam around their office. In fact even now I don’t know where the office is:). Now the home too is connected to the internet. Another time waste utility has come at home now. Need to see how best to use it. Now expecting more blog entries? Hmm I don’t think so there are many better things to do… After all life always looks at making things better…

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Something Today

Today is a holiday coz of Vinayaka Chavithi. "Happy Vinayaka Chavithi" to all who celebrate it. Attended a workshop on joomla. It was quite informative and is given by Mark from fboat.org at the India Campus Crusade For Christ. Had a tough time figuring out the address. First went to the proper campus but some one there gave us a wrong information that its not there and so we went to another campus and again was directed to the old one so was driving for a total of 2 hrs. Good that we could reach on time even after a delay of 1 hour :). 

The session was quite informative and useful at least for me. So now planning to move one of my sites to joomla. With direct hands on during the training with proper material gave a good experience for us by the end of day. 

And one more interesting thing for today is the ‘Google Chrome’ the google browser. Naturally being a fan of Google I liked it. Though I found issues with embedded objects I think I can live with them and still use the simple and faster interface that they are providing. 

Now from Mozilla to Google Chrome :) (I still support and prefer Mozilla for it is one of the best in Open Source, but only after Chrome now) Well it has quite good features and most of the code is third party including the Mozilla and Safari engines and the I wonder how they could manage to get the browser faster still by using all the third party components. No statistics as of now but I read some where it is 3 times faster than the IE. Will have to wait for the statistics and see what it is up to. I know it will live to the expectations.. Too much of confidence huh? Well I like it that much. 

And now successfully 3 months completed after applying for BSNL connection for net and is still waiting :( Hope I will get it soon. That’s what they say when ever I call them.  

Well that’s all for now. Need to rest for day I think. 

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