Our first broadband connection

A couple of weeks back we had received our new BSNL landline connection @ Bangalore,( 27th September 2008) with no major hiccups - though there were some for getting the ISD connection .. but it all happened and it did not take much time .

What everyone waited for was the broadband connection. Though there were many private players who were offering the broadband connection , BSNL had a very good speed.

It had been 3 weeks we were waiting for the connection to come ; and BSNL was saying that the connection shall come within next week. Now this next week turned out to be the next week every time.

So today I went and met the person in charge and brought the modem and other stuff by myself . Later a person called me and guided through the setup .

But even then there was no Internet connection !!!!

So I used the CD installer to guide to me through the wizard ; and it found that the Microsoft VM was missing. After installation of the Microsoft VM I stopped the antivirus and followed the steps in the wizard and after rebooting I got the internet connection up and working.

To enable the Wi Fi I did some settings in the BSNL page , and the Wi Fi also turned up. Also I went through the BSNL mail settings, and configured my Windows Mail with my account details .

On getting the connection I downloaded all the neccessary software, eg Skype, Windows Live suite ( I am blogging this from Windows Live Writer .. its pretty good as I dont need to stay connected with the internet for blogging; I had to do so with Scribefire ), all the major IM messengers, Tokbox client ( free video conferencing ) and the some Windows Updates .

After Ritu came from home, we were all very busy with the internet . I showed some pictures of Sonamoni and Ritu checked her Orkut page. Baba was interested in the Pay commision reports ; while I showed Ma the pictures of Nadia, Auli's daughter.

Get a broadband - get a life .

If only I could turn back time

It has been close to one month Ma and I have returned from Dum Dum Our family house is in Devinbash, Dum Dum, Calcutta .

Normally I go to Dum Dum twice/ thrice a year, but this time I had gone there for my elbow implant removal .

Pilu Kaku had done the removal; I did not rely upon any new surgeons after my bad experience at Mumbai . The doc there was a cheat , he had charged me a Rs. 1.50 lacs for the surgery .

Once the surgery was over ; it was the caretaker's who made the most fuss. Afraid of the matrons, they used to give medicines which were not menitoned . One day they gave me some tablets which I was NOT supposed to have - luckily I knew that the dosage administered was wrong.

Once I was discharged, I thought I was a freebird , but the half-plaster on my hand obstructed me from being "normal". There were lot of restrictions , obvioulsy for my good - but that kept me at home .

Everytime I go to Calcutta, I hear lots of new things about Calcutta - like new shopping malls, multiplexes, new highrises, new eateries ... etc, etc. But within that I try to find out the old Calcutta in which I spent my days before moving out .

I used to work in a place near Dalhousie, Calcutta and Park Street, was a stone's throw away. As I am very fond of music ( retro, blues ) , I used to go to a place named "SomePlace Else" in the The Park . It was a small pub, but the bands, crowd and the music was mind blowing . It was one of my favourite watering holes too . Opposite to Park was Music Planet , somewhere I could divulge my self in more music ... maybe I shall write on this in another post .

It was real fun again to spend 3 weeks in Dum Dum , with Rangapisi, Chotokaku, Sejokaku and eveyone one, like Preeti , Pakhi ( Bonta's daughter ). I had most of my favorite foods , including Ilish maach, sutki maach .. and the rest . IT WAS REAL FUN.

Sejokaku used to accompany me everytime I used to go for a checkup to Pilu Kaku ; even if he had some work . Being brought up in a joint family , I had seen problems / solutions in either sides -- but whatever they are joint families win hands down over the nucleated families.

Well, my small finger is still not okay , I still cant type with it properly .. dont know when it shall be proper.