A Glimpse on GNU/Linux

Yesterday night, before sleeping, I thought about the Oscar award night. Watching Hollywood movies was one of my hobbies and I almost never missed a chance for that. My father , who was also a fan of movies, used to take me to watch English Movies in “Priya”, the first 70MM theater in Kollam (now , Dhanya Theater, part of Muthoot group). That relationship made me a fan of Oscars and I almost never missed the chance to watch the award night ceremonies.

Most of the times, I found joy in finding out the “original” hollywood movie behind the Malayalam/Tamil/Hindi Movies. Whenever I got an opportunity to talk about Movies, I found pride in preaching about “the magic in Hollywood”. I thought of me as a man who knows too much about Hollywood movies and most of the times, that arrogance was visible in my talks. All those thoughts were about to change when I joined Sony….

When I joined Sony India, our office was in Maruti Infotech Centre, Domlur in Bangalore. It was a nice place and the Linux Project group was a small group of amazing people with deep knowledge in Linux. In my work place , cubicles were more or less open. I was sitting near to 3 ladies :

1. Miki – san: Our Japanese teacher who was born in First November (never ask the year, she insists ), which happen to be my birthday also.

2. Gayathri-san : My team mate and she is from the most dangerous place in kerala known as Kannur

3. Hiromi -san:  A devotee of Satya Sai Baba and a good friend to us all

Most of the ladies from Kannur knows “Kalarippayattu”: A traditional martial art in Kerala. For the Japanese people, it is part of their curriculum to learn Martial arts. This situation demanded me to concentrate on my work mostly because of the following reasons:

1. I don’t know any form of martial arts

2. I would love to be in a normal shape

However, I couldn’t control the tendency to boast about my “deep” knowledge in English movies. In most of the tea times, I used to talk about the movies that I have watched.. the “inspiration” behind the local movies.. etc.. etc..

Once, I happen to talk about the English movies in my cubicle also. I found myself intellectually superior when I talked about various Hollywood movies and how the actors performed in those movies. With ever growing curiosity about Japanese culture and people, I have voiced my question : “Hiromi san, do you watch English movies ? ”

She smiled and after some seconds of silence, she said:

“Yes, I do, Maxin-san. In fact, I have acted in a number of Hollywood Movies”

That was a great surprise for me and I couldn’t speak for some time. My colleague, who sits besides me, is a famous Heroine in Hollywood and also in Japan.

Hiromi Nishiyama : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036751/

Hiromi-san’s famous movies includes “1st Testament CIA Vengeance”, “Soap girl” ,…etc. Hiromi-san’s mother is  a famous Movie director in Japan .Last year, Malayala Manorama news paper has reported about  Hiromi-san and her mother’s visit to Kerala.

Now, I no longer work for Sony. But I got an opportunity to work with a group of amazingly talented people. I will never forget those people in my life.

Finally, Dear friend, don’t boast.. Just shut up and code.

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