Varicella zoster virus (VZV):
I was asking for a break for a while, and I did get one but this time its not a vacation but it was for a Virus Varicella zoster generally referred as Chicken Pox… Let me get back a month and role down my memories.
Been for Kurbaan movie and in the mid way of the movie only I felt veryyyy tired and bit cold as well. Got home very soon after movie and within few seconds I was on to my bed. Don’t now what happen after that I can only remember putting off my alarm at 6am following day. Woke up with lot of body pain and started brushing teeth with a slight glimpse of my hand I notice a rash. It was nice and fresh budding up I touched it and my immediate thought was it is chicken pox only… So had to rush to the near by hospital in CMH Road… Awaiting for the doctor I informed my office about this and to take necessary precautions. Doctor came and he did confirm boss you are infected.. took medication called my sissy, jiju and got flight tickets booked for my way to home town Chennai.
I step onto my home only to see entire renovation work going on and its full of dust and noise. My mom had got one room cleared up for me, and jumped on to the neem leaf filled up bed and hardly I remember anything after that… Remember getting the neem leaf changed and my sweet friends sending message to “GET WELL SOON”… Intimate people did wake me up on time to take tablets on the right time be it morning 10 or late night 2 … 3…. so on.
Made me feel really happy to have such really cherished pal on my list. Initial few days went and I was still on my own world wondering about nothing… Then Anand gave me Nokia E71 mobile which was my savior when I was sick. Got GPRS activated and I was online on my mobile most of the time in idle status ;o)…. Couple of rash in my hand grew big big big and it never went down… :(… Constantly watched its growth seeing mirrors were all my constant job for that period. I constantly get irritated and pissed off watching these rashes and don’t know how to get over it… Few pleasing words from loved ones made me feel lot better. Around day 7 I think one of the biggest rash was going down
it was getting dried bit fast and all other rash start getting dried up as well.
So it was around 10 days I came out of my home and saw sun light… Was all excited to get back to Bangalore. I did miss out couple of loved ones wedding, some time in life you eagerly await for something and that does not happen at all.. So felt bit bad but in the end all was fine, except that I was missing my Chicken food for a month or so. Now I am back in Bangalore full formmmmmm awaiting CCD, Barista and Corner House DBC ![]()

Hi!!!! This is Stephen Rengan, did my schooling in St. Annes Matriculation HSC, then went ahead with my Bachelors degree with Computer Science in Crescent Engineering College, Anna University. This sums up 21 yeasrs of my life :D One open question is, still wondering whether all those years were spent useful or not? Very much debatable !!!
Had to move forward with IT Industry, spent 1.5 years in Bangalore HCL, then moved to Oracle Hyderabad. Worked for 1.5 years there in Hyd, such a good place. Got internal transfer to a new Team in Oracle Bangalore.