Not every weekend is satisfying & good. But time to time it passes through, this weekend was one like that.

Jerry rolled over and starting to sleep in that position – as like his Thatha, Appa & Annan. Joy told me even DJ sleeps in that position.

I submitted the app to Mac AppStore for review. Progress is slow but am happy even if slow.

FaceTime on iOS is cool. We are now mostly on FaceTime (sometimes on Skype). Weekend we chatted with my cousin’s family, who have been here on vacation. Then we chatted with Joy & all at Bangalore.

Also got cycle repaired for Piyo. He is excited to get his cycle back. He is always on it. Today he got up and then straight went to his cycle.

Both days food was also fantastic. Rani is definitely becoming a super cook.

So now back to work.

I have tried many times before to get into online commerce – remember first developing an app for Palm PDA which didn’t get through much; then I developed a cross-platform photo-album tool. But that time, I didn’t know how to market it, host it, sell it and so on. So I gave it as free. It picked up pretty good. I even got appreciation from an US professor (in fact he sent me $100). It also got featured in few magazines in Europe.

Ever since I owned a Mac, I wanted to develop for it. This year I started working on it seriously. They have a distribution mechanism and generally Mac user purchase applications instead of looking for free software. On the minus side, they have a strict approval process (which is actually a plus side for users).

As I mentioned earlier I developed an app, which I have submitted for review today. I’m excited and waiting anxiously. I’m told it will take at least 15 days.

Just heard that Avinash Srivastava, who serves as joint secy here (who is the project leader – unlike in IT companies there is no project manager here; project leader is in fact the sponsor) is empaneled for promotion to additional secy. One common phenomenon I’ve witnessed in eGov domain is that a new guy normally throws out existing consultants. It has happened many times. That makes me wonder if my days here in Delhi are numbered.

When kids are growing every milestone is an exciting one. For both boys, most of these are in Joy’s house and I’m missing.

I have been sick when alone – in chennai, in Brussels, in Toronto. Everywhere every time it is depressing to be sick when alone. But now that I am used to pampered caring of Rani for long, I feel all the more lonely and miserable.

Yesterday I got a call from a school in Delhi about Piyo’s education (I’m still figuring out how they got my number and Piyo’s details – his name and he is ready for play school).

Total cost for one year of his play school would cost approximately 30000. Oh my! For that money I would get him an iPad with few apps. He will learn better than what they would teach.

Seriously, that amount seems obscenely high. What do they teach?

Due to combination of events, I feel stressed out:

* after enjoyed the family time being alone for now two months sucks. I feel lonely and worn out having to cook, clean house, go to work etc. etc.

* delhi airport metro is cancelled, so from comfortable luxurious travel to travelling for an hour standing in a jam- packed smelling metro.

* Have been programming for whole developing an application for mac OSX. But I am stuck on a bug for which I don’t know a way out – how to debug, alternate methods etc.

* dilemma about going back to employment instead of consulting & going back to Bangalore continues. I prefer to go back to Bangalore but situation isn’t conducive – like a good job offer.

* hate it when people dismiss concerns without empathising