Mainframe

The logon mainframe session is kls1. So, at the main page, enter " s kls1". Our mainframe environments are divided into various regions.. A brief list is given below:

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Session Queue Manager (z/OS) Environment

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tso27 MQ27 TEST

tso5 MQS5 DEVELOPMENT

tso9 MQS9 PRE-PRODUCTION

tso1 MQS1, MQS2 PRODUCTION (both QMGRs are under tso1)

tso4 MQS3, MQS4 PRODUCTION (both QMGRs are under tso4)

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L'Amour Est Bleu -- Vicky Leandros

This is a wonderful French Song describing the pleasure and pain of Love in terms of colors (blue and grey) and elements (water and wind).. There's a reason our ancestors had said that "Old is Gold".. Vicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a good international fame.. She gave a lot of good songs to the world, the best song of which i like (L'amour est bleu), has been uploaded here for you all to listen and enjoy.. She reminds me of the well-known Bollywood actress Hema Malini at times (in appearance)..

By the way, an Old Telugu song has been remade from this version... (I don't remember the Telugu movie though)...

FRENCH LYRICS:

Doux, doux, l'amour est doux: Douce est ma vie, ma vie dans tes bras: Doux, doux, l'amour est doux: Douce est ma vie, ma vie près de toi:
Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu: Berce mon cœur, mon cœur amoureux: Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu: Bleu comme le ciel qui joue dans tes yeux:

Comme l'eau, comme l'eau qui court: Moi, mon cœur court après ton amour

Gris, gris, l'amour est gris: Pleure mon cœur lorsque tu t’en vas: Gris, gris, le ciel est gris: Tombe la pluie quand tu n'es plus là:
Le vent, le vent gémit: Pleure le vent lorsque tu t'en vas: Le vent, le vent maudit: Pleure mon cœur quand tu n'es plus là:

Comme l’eau, comme l’eau qui court: Moi, mon cœur, court après ton amour

Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu: Le ciel est bleu lorsque tu reviens: Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu: L'amour est bleu quand tu prends ma main
Fou, fou, l'amour est fou: Fou comme toi et fou comme moi: Bleu, bleu, l'amour est bleu: L'amour est bleu quand je suis à toi: L'amour est bleu quand je suis à toi

ENGLISH LYRICS:

Blue, blue, my world is blue: Blue is my world now I'm without you: Gray, gray, my life is gray: Cold is my heart since you went away

Red, red, my eyes are red: Crying for you alone in my bed: Green, green, my jealous heart: I doubted you and now we're apart

When we met how the bright sun shone: Then love died, now the rainbow is gone

Black, black, the nights I've known: Longing for you so lost and alone

Where are we heading?

Sometimes. when I stop moving with the rapid pace of the world and take a look around for a little bit, i realize that the world is moving at a very rapid pace. There are PROS and CONS to the statement i made above (even though the sad part is that the CONS exceed the PROS)..

On the POSITIVE side, i believe that the technological development in today's world along with merging of cultures together (with emergence of globalization of businesses and education), our humanity is moving forward with great pace... The technological advancements in just the past decade exceeds that of the last 50 years or so.. This to me is one of the greatest advancements and acheivements of our human existence.

On the NEGATIVE side, i believe the growing terrorism in the world and man's excessive greedy nature amounting to the environmental pollution and other negative effects are growing concerns for the mankind's future survival. There are a myriad issues which is plaguing the world today and challenging our own existence in the future... To name a few, the terrorist activities reached a peak high yesterday when ex-Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has been assassinated by the ruthless and cruel terrorist organization called Al-Qaeda. The great US of A claims that it is fighting the terrorism and it's been doing so, since 2001 more actively, but nothing seems to come-out productive for them.

I believe that the basic definition of terrorism as given by USA and other developed countries is greatly flawed. To them, the terrorism means an organization, such as an Al-Qaeda or JeM or LeT etc., My question is, how can you end the terrorism by fighting and stopping a specific organization?, where-in the recruitment and funding to those organizations is taking place from amongst the normal public?? Terrorism is the result of an idea or concept cropped out of certain people among the public. All the countries must spend time to tackle this issue and start educating people on the negative effects of terrorism on the country and on human existence as a whole. Terrorism can be ended if one can stop the recruitment into those organizations from normal public with effective and healthy measures.. There is no way that anyone can win a war on terrorism by going on a war with them.

The other main negative factor of today's world is excessive greediness and dis-respect towards the environment (and also each other to some degree) we are living in. There is no respect for the nature, and no respect towards each other and today's man is spending most of the time in acquiring fortunes and he has no time to look at the nature and protect it.

Even though, Technology is growing at a rapid pace (which definitely has good and bad points to it) and we are moving from chips to holographic storage arena, do you think our human existence, can sustain and survive the ill-effects and extreme dangers caused by growing terrorism and excessive greediness among the people?

Our Chilkur and Swaminarayan Trip

I, along with my wife, parents and my brother-in-law went on a trip to Chilkur (Lord Venkateswara's mandir) and Swaminarayan Gurukul International.. I have created a movie out of the snaps i have taken during the trip.
This was the first trip we are on, after i recently bought the Canon PowerShot 100 SX (10X zoom) digicam...

Unedited footage of our Celebration at my Residence

Folks, Below is the unedited footage of the celebration at our residence in Hyderabad. The first part of this video has been cut and has been already posted in this blog earlier... but i've noticed that the audio has been missing from it and there are some other features lost in that.. That is the reason why i decided to post this full, unedited footage of the celebration..

N.B: Please note that the second half of the video has been shot by Sai Charan (he is actually oblivious to the fact that the camcorder is turned ON and he is of the impression that the camcorder was turned OFF and that he is just carrying it in his hands... i hope this part will bring a giggle to you all as well!!!!)