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Thursday, July 21, 2005

How does a monsoon rain look like

July is month of Monsoon in India. Actually, it starts from June and last about three months or so.

Originally, I thought it will be raining all the time, but when I came to Aurangabad last week, I was told this area is on the edge of raining area and from here to the east is the dry area.So the whole last week sun was shining and there was almost no rain. The first real monsoon rain I saw started yesterday. The nature here was already green, obviously because of the rains in previous weeks. But only after this rain I knew the purpose of bridges built across dry ditches and river-basins. After whole-day rain I also realised that there were no drain covers along the streets. In the afternoon, the sides of streets were no more visible because of the flowing water. Later, the water was also on the middle of some streets. The water was falling from the sky so strongly that one become wet after several seconds being outside. It looked like if you pour the water out of the bucket.

Luxurious buildings like shops where we used to buy different things or hotels where we stay or restaurants where we used to eat use as a base material marble. It is very glossy and looks fabulous, but it is not very smart to put it on the floor which can be wet. Now I know it very good that it is not clever to step on a wet marble like on any other material :-)

I hope rains like this will help this country not to have so bad droughts afterwards. It is strange - I do not like a lot of things here, the dirt, unkept public areas, people who do not appear to think much of their lives - but somehow, as I think this visit is my last here, I feel I like many things here and want to come here again. To see the progress this country is making really fast. To see the people I know once again. Or just to be here, breathe this air and see the nature when it is green. I know I will somehow miss this country.

I have to go now. Good bye, India!

Monday, July 18, 2005

Fundamental success in India

Hi again from Aurangabad, Maharastra, India!

We are here again, this time it is the final stage - going live with the SAP system.

Everything looked well last several weeks and after adopting of one important resolution about one business problem I will not write more about almost everything was clear and easy. Easy is not a good word, but easy for us - we knew about all problems, knew how to solve it and work on that solutions.

On Saturday, this situation ends in a great success - going live and singing the confirmation (or acceptation) form that SAP can goes live - status of testing was satisfactory without any further remarks. After so much work and effort we put in it... I have to say it is a great weight off our hearts. Finally...

We will be here for four more days as a productive run live support; we will do the support from MB afterwards. I am sorry I use these abbreviations, but I am very used to - nobody here says Czech Republic or Mlada Boleslav, each and every one says just MB. I know this habit to be american, may be through all the films and movies it came to India, too :-) The most important about using these abbreviations is to keep the original meaning of it - as I have heard from our teacher who had been in US for a year, noone knew the meaning of VCR, and more - nobody knew what videorecorder meaned.

As usual, many of us are having some stomach problems here. What's new is I have these problems too. I am really looking forward to return to the Czech Republic, because it is the second place where I have it. At first, I had some stomach problems on my holiday (I have been to Crete for a week just before I left to India). I spent two days in bed there and now almost the same time here. Fortunatelly for the project, it was half of Saturday and almost whole Sunday. As it is Monday today, I feel better, but others are still feeling sick.

C U in April!

VIVA ZIVOHOST 2005!