Last Sunday, it is Samsung Family Day here in Korea. It is one of the special events Samsung oragnizes every year on which every employee can come with their family and children to participate. It is a very good chance for the employee's family to see the Samsung campus and also the workplace also. On this special day, we will be allowed to bring Camera, Handicam etc inside the campus. It is very nice to see on this special day all the families coming with their cute kids. There were many special events organized for kids.

Here are some pics that i took inside our Samsung Campus.

The importance of mobile phones in teenagers' lives is increasing rapidly according to the latest survey carried out by social networking website, Habbo. 58,480 teens that took part in the survey say also that Nokia is the number one mobile brand globally.

However, Nokia's dominance at the top of the global chart has been weakened over the last 18 months. In the survey, conducted across 31 countries by Habbo, it is clear that Nokia has lost some favour with teens to Sony Ericsson and Samsung since autumn 2006, when the previous Global Habbo Youth Survey was conducted.

Despite still being the favoured handset in 15 of the 31 countries polled, Nokia loses out to Sony Ericsson in markets such as the UK, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. In all of these markets Nokia ranked first in 2006. In the UK both Sony Ericsson and Samsung are rated higher than Nokia. This suggests that brand loyalty to Nokia, amongst teens globally, hasn't increased alongside Nokia's market share, which reached 40% in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Compared to the previous 2006 survey, mobile phone usage was the one single area that showed the most significant growth compared to other topics surveyed. The results show for example that teens are now regularly using their mobile handsets as entertainment devices. In the 2006 survey only 38 per cent of teens used their handset to listen to music; now 71 per cent of teenagers are using their mobiles as a portable mp3 player. 80 percent of teens in Singapore, Italy and Austria listened to music in this way, though teens in Japan and Finland listen to music on their mobiles the least.

In addition to talking, text messages are still the most used phone function, with 88 per cent of teens regularly communicating via SMS. But the survey shows that teens are also using entertainment applications much more than they were in 2006. 70 per cent of teens are now using their mobile to take photos and videos, an 11 percentage points increase compared to 2006. 64 per cent now play games on their mobile compared to 51 per cent in 2006. Over a quarter of teens also use their mobile to surf the net, email and send instant messages.

Teens are now using their mobiles to simultaneously access information, communicate and have fun. The teen mobile phone market is competitive and lucrative; but it is clear that by developing phones that deliver an engaging user experience across applications, such as texting, listening to mp3s and playing games, mobile brands can attract a new teen audience to their devices.

Courtesy: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/30379.php

Gone are the days!!! .....
 
When
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and
benches!
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books
and notes! 
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with
slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating
first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the
corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T . period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played
"kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played
"book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to
watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to
"Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint",
"kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!

Gone are the days
Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long
preparations for them.

Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most
enjoyed holidays after them!

Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more!

Gone are the days
When we used
to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'!

Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we
Code on the road with laptop!

Gone are the days
When we saw stars
Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't
Work!

Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....! 

Gone are the days
Where we
studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!

Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!

Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home 

Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all...

Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and ever .......
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our
Life!!
  SO NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE,
DONT FORGET THAT
 
A CHILD IN YOU STILL EXISTS
&
LIVE THE LIFE TO THE FULLEST 

Courtesy: Email Forward 

It is a great journey for almost one year I worked for Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore, the first company which paved the way to my career life from the student and which gifted me lots of memories to carry. I had a very good experience both personally and professionally with most of my colleagues there through out the time i was there before I resigned from there on June 20th, 2007. Technically, I have learnt few languages which I dont even know or studied before joining Strand. I worked for Sarchitect team. I am very much new to Java and Python languages on which Strand works most part. Still I picked up quickly with the help of my colleagues and teammates. I am really thankful to all my teammates who helped  me all through my time at Strand. Strand is a very good place for beginners to learn things.

Thanks to all at Strand who made my days in Strand worthy through the oppurtunities, learning, support and whole-hearted friendship extended to me.

I want to move into my field of Electronics and joined Samsung, Bangalore on July5th,2007 after leaving Strand. I am now into domain of Multimedia Applications for Samsung Mobiles which is a very interesting field I like to work.

I enjoyed so many events in Strand. Few to name are 
1) Picnic to a Resort
2) Cycle Trek
3) Cricket Match with PicoPeta
4) Holi
3) Mostly enjoyed and most unforgettable thing : My Birthday

I have got some good friends at Strand. We all used to be more of friends than colleagues in each and every moment of time. But as the whole world is shrinking day by day with IT and Telecom advancements, we are still in touch with each other and will be the same for the rest of life.

Here are some shots of the moments I enjoyed at Strand
PICNIC                                                                              CRICKET
                                                  

BIRTHDAY

 CYCLE TREK                                                                              HOLI
                                                 

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