The happenings in my life

Goodbye 2010!!

2010-12-31T09:44:00.000-08:00

Back to blogging after a long break of nearly a year!!
I usually like spending the last day of the year recollecting the year that went by and this time was no different.. 2010 has been a great year for me..! Many interesting events,people and places!!!! Memories of trips to Belur/Haleeibedu/Shravanbalegola/Pondicherry/Pichavaram/Muthukadu/Kovalam Beach/Vellore would forever stay in my mind.. Got in touch with my old friends/penpals from my schooltime whom I had not been in touch for about a decade.. Made new frenz too! Watched a lot of my all-time fav movies/revived my interest in watching cricket which I was out of touch with for over 8 years (i was a major cricket fan during my school days watching every match btw any team ball by ball)/revived some of my french written skills which I was out of touch with since 2003/did some glass paintings.. Lot of changes in professional life too..!! All together, its been an amazing year for me. My best wishes to all of you for a very Happy new year 2011!

Sweet Post!

2010-01-27T02:36:00.000-08:00

This is a really sweet post.. So read it and Enjoy! :)

For all of you who watch "Do It Sweet" , a cookery show on NDTV Good Times in which the chef Vicky cooks sweet dishes , the following is the link containing the list of recipes featured on the show.

http://cooks.ndtv.com/listrecipesbyshow.asp?id=81&pg=recipes

A teleserial title song that bowled me over

2010-01-23T00:01:00.000-08:00

I am not a big fan of teleserials though I do watch a lil bit of them along with my roomies. But one title song of a teleserial "Madhavi" on Sun TV really really bowled me over. I am in love with the song, the picturization, the melodious voice of the singer, the beautiful lady who pretends to be singing the song and the locations and the video. One very different thing about this song is the way the video is shot. One of the best teleserial title songs I have ever heard in my life.

Kudos to the team that did this song.
Please go ahead and enjoy it.

Here is the video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9OWbWCNKo

10 things to do when you are on 10 days vacation

2010-01-06T01:22:00.000-08:00

With a long vacation of 10 days spanning from December-25-2009 to January 3-2010 , planned to share with the world the list of things that I did.

1. Catch up with friends and relatives.
Hang out around the city with friends.
2. Swimming. One or Two hours a day..
3. Go out on movies with family. Watched 3 Idiots at Sathyam Cinemas with my family.
4. Sleep, sleep and more sleep.. zzzZZzzzzzzz
5. Painting.
6. Orkutting/Blogging and wishing family and friends on new year.
7. Purchase a new gadget taking advantage of the New Year discounts and experiment on the same. Purchased a new Microwave oven and experimented with baking et al.
8. Spend a good amount of time at home doing nothing.
9. Plan and execute for trips to places outside the city.Planning did take place but failed miserably to execute :(
10. Make a list of things to be done in the next year and hopefully execute them :)

Goodbye 2009 and Welcome 2010

2009-12-31T09:19:00.000-08:00

So with yet an another marvellous year rolling behind my back.. its time to recollect the happenings in this great year. A year in which I was happy for much of the time. I realized a lot of things , learnt more about myself and the world around in this year. Importantly, I was able to spend lot of time in pursuing my favourite hobbies.. painting,reading (got back my by-gone habbit of reading stories),travelling,swimming.. and spent lots of time at home with my parents and sis thanks to the extended holidays we got due to the festivals falling on friday and monday :) (Its a great point about 2009). Trips to Coorg,Mysore and Pune would stay forever in my memory.. I really thank god for showering me with happiness in this year and look forward to 2010.

Kal Ho Na Ho - A movie that has stayed in my heart forever

2009-11-04T00:34:00.000-08:00

Day before yesterday, as I was switching through the channels on TV, I happened to see a scene from this great movie and for the next 2.5 hours I was glued to the TV completely lost in this movie. I really do not understand why I am sooo very fond of this movie. I remember when I was in hostel I owned 3 CDs containing this movie and I was sooo damn possesive about it .When I lent it to someone, I could not bear to see one of the CDs returned with some scratches :(. So what was in this movie that attracted many (including yours truly) Is it Aman, the cheerful guy with a beautiful heart? Or is it the cute,moody,bubbly Naina? Or is it the jovial,happy-go-lucky Rohit? Or is it the lovely setting of the movie in New York and Canada? Or is it the wonderful melodious and peppy songs? Or is it the great humour in this movie? Or is it because few scenes in the movie brought tears in my eyes? Or is it the fun and frolic of family and excitement potrayed in the movie? Or is it the name and theme of the movie? I dont think it is only one thing has made this movie my "Most Favourite Movie in my life time". I have loved every single bit of the movie.. every second I watched this movie I was totally involved in this. Kudos to Karan Johar for bringing this great movie which invoked the same passion and excitement in me in the watching the film even after 6 years after this movie got released (Nov 2003).

Wake Up Sid - A must watch movie

2009-10-11T21:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, had an oppurtunity to go for this awesome movie at Garuda Mall. Just the Friday evening, my previous lunch gang at office were discussing for what to do this weekend.. During our Friday evening snacks.. we discussed what movie to watch.. including some Kannada movies in the list.. Finally all three of us hit upon 'Wake Up Sid' at the same time.. :)
And thats it.. plan was on to watch the movie on Saturday.. Though initially there were a few messups regarding the booking of tickets and we even wondered if we would be able to watch the movie due to some mis-communication while booking.. things ended up fine and we were in the hall facing the big screen at around 5:15 PM.. Once the movie started.. we were just totally engrossed in the movie every single second thanks to the wonderful acting by Konkana Sen (this lady rocks I tell you :) ) and Ranbir.
The way Mumbai city is potrayed in the movie really wants you to visit Mumbai especially in the rains :)... The cool college life, working life,true friendship,mom-dad relationship,lovely Mumbai, are really potrayed so well in this movie that take you into the world of Sid and Aisha Banerjee.. If you get a chance.. do watch this movie.. its one of the best experiences you can get :) especially at Garuda mall :).

After the movie as we were coming down.. we could see the live-recording of one of the finals of "Voice of Bangalore" program on Zee TV being done. We had an awesome time listening to the charming participants with best voices in Bangalore with much famed celebrities are judges..

Overall.. it was a weekend to remember forever in my lifetime.. :)

Zindagi Rocks!

2009-09-12T00:28:00.000-07:00

I have been upto the following lately.

1) Last Saturday (5/9/2009) had a wonderful evening with our family friends of two decades at Boat Club. It was truly an evening to remember. Driving late at around midnight through the one of the posh localities in Chennai which boasts of some of the costliest houses of big-shots was a great experience all together.

2) Am experiencing hostel life (Phase II) and am having a good time settling into my new room.

3) Am hooked up in reading novels , painting and travelling. I have always enjoyed travelling.. be it the simple journey to majestic or travelling in train which makes me experience the great countryside or going trekking in the hills..

In short, I really love nature and look for every small oppurtunity to be one with it every day of my life. That also tells you the reason why my blog has some shots of nature here and there :) .My most fav nature shots have abundance of greenery in them.

P.S. The header pic in this blog is Kaveri Nisarghadhama in Coorg(Madikeri) which we visited in 2009.

Mysore Trip

2009-08-30T20:54:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, got an oppurtunity to visit Mysore with my parents on account of my dad's friend's wedding. I had previously visited this beautiful place exactly 8 years ago. The journey was filled with images of vast lush green fields overlooking the indigo sky as we passed through some of the most fertile land in Karnataka (Mandya, Srirangapatna). These regions are synonymous with Agriculture what with the Kaveri river surrounding them. This is also the rainy season so droplets of water falling from the sky on the green carpet made it even more scenic.
Our train reached Mysore and we were received by our family friend Hema aunty in the station. The wide , non-congested streets of Mysore with greenery on either side left a great first impression of the city. Roads have very very less traffic and are less polluted. We arrived at the calm and green residential locality of Hema aunty and had a warm reception at her beautiful and very well maintained bungalow. Nothing had changed much in her house and I recollected memories of the past. Chatting with her daughter Gowri in the very same room, the cats, the beautiful visiting room, etc. That very evening we made a trip to the famed Brindavan gardens. Enroute we passed through the much famed Infy campus which was spread to a vast area. The gardens provide a good background for photos :) and we took plenty of them there.
The whole garden was lit up in the night and the colourful fountains made the place beautiful. We especially enjoyed the musical fountains which had the water in the fountains swaying to the sound of amazing songs. We had a great dinner at a nice hotel with our hosts. We spent time chatting with aunty and retired for the night. The next morning we had to leave for a typical Kannadiga wedding of a family friend. I was fascinated by the drive through the beautiful roads of Mysore. After the wedding, we proceeded to a beautiful Bonsai garden having a collection of miniature plants which we really enjoyed walking through. Our next place in the list was Chamundi hills. The drive through the Chamundi hills took us through some beautiful viewpoints of Mysore. We had a good darshan and purchased a few local stuff there and made our way to Lalith Mahal (now Hotel Leela Palace). They even had a helipad for helicopters to land. Though converted into a hotel, the ground floor is thrown open to the public. Several films were shot in this famed place including the likes of Chandramukhi. It took us through the ages of the kings and queens and the royal life they led. We also had an oppurtunity to visit the place where the much famed "Raa Raa" song from Chandramukhi was shot. Though the architecture is not as intricate as that of Mysore Palace, it was beautiful and we had a pleasant time there. Our next stop was the famed Mysore Palace. The exteriors are not as attractive. But once you get indoors, the architecture is just mind blowing! The designs right from the tile to the roof are so detailed with the best colour combination you could ever imagine. So if you ever visit Mysore, dont miss this wonderful place. Unfortunately, we needed to cut short our visit due to time constraints. We returned back and our hosts made our stay extremely memorable from the first step into Mysore till the last one outside in many ways than one. Our return train journey throught the horrible Thirupathi Passenger Express needs a seperate post on its own. Though officially the coach is called reserved, its just like any other Unreserved compartment with the crowd entering the train in an adhoc manner and seated on the sleeper berths of reserved people and causing chaos. And to add on to it, the passenger train exactly twice the time of a normal train. However, minus this, we had a lovely trip and it would go down into my memory as some lovely experiences of mine.

A canvas to unleash my creativity

2009-08-24T20:17:00.000-07:00

I have been hooked on to painting for the past 6 months or so.
I just recently started a new blog to unleash my creativity!

http://myexperimentswithart.blogspot.com/

I will keep updating the same about my artistic pursuits every now and then!

Life in Bangalore

2009-08-21T19:09:00.000-07:00

My office has shifted to the new location and for the last month I spent roughly around 2 hours travelling daily. Luckily for me,Volvo buses are some of the best things in Bangalore and I travel quite a bit through them. They are so frequent and plenty in number and make travelling a great experience :).I also have my FM radio in my mobile as my company through which I got introduced to some really wonderful Kannada songs. Listening to songs travelling in a Volvo bus as the scenary outside the window keeps changing from greenery to lakes to huge glass window buildings is a lovely experience by itself (provided you start at the right time and dont get stuck up in too much traffic :) ) .

One of the Kannada songs really bowled me over. Shreya Goshal's brilliant voice has done the magic again! I am listening to this song as I write this post. Its from the movie Birugaali. Please listen to it and share me your reviews!

P.S. There is one more very melodious song named Madhura Pisumaatige from this movie which is often played in the FM.

Flipping through the pages of my life...

2009-08-13T21:32:00.000-07:00

I have been gearing up for shifting my home for quite sometime. Normally, during a cleaning process we uncover a lot of precious little stuff in our life which take us into the world of nostalgia. I happened to unpack three precious hardcover books containing autographs of my college classmates and juniors. I could not resist halting my cleaning process and reading through them late into the night for the next three hours.. It took me back to my college days..the sweet and bitter memories written by my dear friends.. the settings of the classroom (with me coming to the class in half-sleepy mode and continuing sleeping :) while listening to lullabies), me sketching on the notebooks of my benchmates and myself while acting like listening (I still have not given up this habit :) ),those late-night chats with friends sitting on the steps of the stores,leg-pulling chats in the dining hall (with mostly me as the target :) ),the super-fast story listening sessions before semesters and internals,the interactions with the juniors,the misunderstandings with friends,the placement preparations with my friends and the joy of getting placed,conducting various events which made me forge many friendships,my old computer in my room and the hostel with which I shared a strong bonding :),the travel to and fro Madurai to Chennai and lots more... It made me sail back in the race of time to memories of a totally different world of its own and brought me back images of myself in the past... Flipping through these pages definitely refreshes me and gives a light and enjoyable feeling.

Change game...

2009-07-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, while I was coming to office along with my mom who wanted to visit a relative in Bangalore a strange thing happened. I decided to take an auto to my office as I was running late for a telecon which was to happen in the next half an hour's time.My experience with auto drivers in most of the cases has been quite a pleasant one until this happened.
An auto driver stopped near us. He asked if I had 500 rupee note and he would give me 5 hundred rupee notes. I checked and said no. My mom checked in her purse too and had a 500 rupee note. She gave it to him. This is where the whole thing started. He gave one 100 rupee note to my mom. Soon, he asked "Where is the 500 rupee note".
My Half-Confused mom started checking in her purse.... Meanwhile all this confusion was taking time and since there was just 20 min for the telecon I had left to board a Volvo bus. However the bus had started. So again I came back to my mom and got some idea about what was happening. I started defending my mom and said that she did give him the 500 rupee note. I tried taking note of the vehicle number but unfortunately it was in Kannada :( and could not make note of it. The auto driver by then had started his vehicle and had disappeared at high speed into a small unpopulated lane at the side. My mom stood there highly surprised at what had happened. She had hardly been cheated on things in front of her own eyes! And that too 400 hundred bucks in one shot! When my mom discussed this with my house owner in bangalore about this incident they said that such things are very very common here.
People come by and ask for change and even after giving them the proper change they distract you in some fashion and confuse you to believe that you have not given the right amount of change. As for my poor mom.. she did her bit in compensating for the loss by taking a long walk to and fro to her relative's place saving around 50 bucks from the 400 hundred she had lost!

Rakshabandan

2008-08-16T06:38:00.000-07:00

On this day of Rakshabandan, I fondly wish my most sweetest brothers, the people who have stayed by me through my thick and thin and been my biggest source of happiness.
I am very blessed and lucky to have such wonderful hearted people around me who have forever stood by me come what may.
A few of them include, my dear brother in Bangalore whose home I frequent almost every alternate weekend. His sweet wife and their 2 year old wonderful bubbly kid are one of the greatest sources of happiness for me. The next one is my college senior, a very sweet and attached person who would stand for me no matter what happens.
The third one is my most dearest brother in Pune who is always high-spirited standing by the family during the thick and thin and going out of the way in showering all his love and affection. I am truly very lucky to have such good people around me and am very happy that God has showered his choiciest blessings on me by gifting me such lovely brothers.

A inspiring article

2007-05-26T22:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a great article on the speech given by Steve Jobs.
Click here

I cherish....

2007-05-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

As my days at college come to an an end, I will miss the following things in my college that I would never get back in my life.

1.The greenery interspersed with colourful flowers,birds,peacocks and monkeys too! Its truly nature's paradise and I am very lucky to have spent four years of my life in such beautiful surroundings. I soon have to make a transition into a world of buildings,tinted glasses and traffic.Never again will I get the chance to stay in such tranquil surroundings.

2.Representing as a Microsoft Student Partner in my college. I really got a chance to interact with a wide range of ppl,become comfortable with handling presentations,organizing, through this responsibility and will always cherish it.

3.Enjoying a long.. walk through my college with different experiences in the morning,noon and night.

4.Combined study (or) story telling sessions on days before semester exams in my hostel. I have really enjoyed studying for exams in hostel with no pressure whatsover thanks to the company of my friends who were always ready to teach me knowing my laziness.

5.My hostel stores aunty who used to buy fruits for me daily contributing to the little nutrition I got here!I will remember her for her warm and faithful nature.

Being a hosteler,met a great variety of interesting ppl. Some were absolutely great to look up to,and a few others whom I had little regard for. I realised that, my independence was something that mattered a lot to me and I would never compromise that for anything.So in all, I had a college life which came as a mixed bag of happiness and sorrow and I have no regrets regarding anything.

Cricket World Cup

2007-04-25T02:26:00.000-07:00

I have been a huge fan of this game during my school days... watching even a draw-headed test match before my exams.. but somehow it dwindled when I came to college.. Now again... I hav revived some interest with the World Cup underway... I am writing this post just a few hours before the start of the Aus-SA semifinal clash. At this point..I vividly remember '99 World Cup.. According to me it was really an interesting World Cup.. Who can forget the famous Aus-SA semifinal match..! I had my full support for SA once India had bowed out in the Super Six stage.. I can still remember Lance Klusener ( one of my most fav cricketers)'s awesome innings.. Really... it was such a treat to watch him.. But that was not enough to get the South Africans to the finals due to famous run-out. For a moment I was shocked.. but all this is a part of the game.. and there can never be a better cricket game than this. Just some time back I happened to read this interview of the late coach Bob Woolmer one month before his death.. In this Bob has shared his experience about the match.. He has also shared the scenario of the dressing room after the match.

Here are a few lines from Bob's reply when asked about the scenario after the match.

After about twenty minutes,Hansie got everyone around and said 'look guys we have given our best shot, it turned out not to be good enough. We are professional cricketers. We shouldn't dwell on this, we have to get over this. We must all take credit for how we played, lets all take the blame for how we lost.It was a wonderful thing he did, he got the team together. We had a final chat as a team together in a circle. It was a poignant moment in my career, seeing such a strong man Hansie Cronje, lift the team at a very very low time.

Hansie Cronje had done much to the South African team, to mould them as a team.. and was a great captain for his team-mates to look up to.. But in the end what was he remembered for?? Only for his mistake in the involvement of the match fixing scandal.
But thats the way of life.. The society remembers us more for our mistakes than the good.

Anyways.. its all in the game of life and we need to keep going..

tagged by Revs

2007-01-16T21:21:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged by Revathi to write five things that the world does not know about me.. and Here it goes..

1.I have this peculiar habit of adding up the numbers on registration plate of any vehicle I come across to see if it is divisible by 9,11,13,17,19 and a whole a lot of them. I picked up this in my 9th standard when I was reealliee bored travelling to school in auto for around 20 minutes and had noone to talk to.. However this habit has declined a bit.. now that I do not travel often after comin 2 college.. hehe

2.I have always been obsessed with mint. In addition to the normal mint drops, my taste buds also love the fresh mint leaves !! I remember havin it every mornin in my childhood.. though I have them a very rarely these days.

3.Whenever I go out to any restuarant,I cannot think of ordering any thing other than any of the five dishes below...
Dosa or French Fries or Chocolate Milk Shake or Chocolate Cake or rarely Pav Bhaji...
Of the lost.. I just lovvvvvvv Dosas.. butter Dosas.. actuallie I take in lotta fat... dunno how I am still thin!!! Guess I burn it out by doin a lotta walkin by the beach.. hehe

4.Day before yesterday.. I was orkutting soooo much that.. when I went to bed at 2 a.m... I was actualliee orkuttin n scrappin in my dreams too!! heheheehe

5.And the fifth one..... Did ya know that the Besant Nagar beach and the Thiruvanmiyur Beach are one and the same??!!! This is what the gal who tagged me had thought after spending a six long years in Chennai!! Watta comedy during our reunion Revs!!!

I am tagging Nirmal,Rmn,Hemanth,Bala anna n.. IM Lakshmi!!

Farewell 2006!....

2006-12-31T04:53:00.000-08:00

So as well are in the final few hours of 2006, I just planned to recollect some fond as well some nasty memories of 2006... Well, the year 2006 has been a mixed year.. mix of fun,disappointments,jubiliation,sadness and wat not!
Let me start wid each of the months.. January.. it was the month when we were conducting our Maduraidotnet Community Launch of VS.NET 2005,SQL Server 2005.. It was a big success owing to the help from all corners dat we received.. It also marked my first step in organizing a big event dat received great response from the student and professional community.Nothing more memorable in January.February just went on fine.. We had our Industrial Visit to Trivandrum during dat time.. but unfortunately I was ill and could not enjoy as much as I wanted to.During this time, I also worked for the web-portal of Teletec and that was fun.March just went in a jiffy.April.. this month holds some special personal moments for me.May.. we had our semester exams during this time and at the end of it.. our lovely placement prep.. we gals had great jolly time in the hostel in the name of studying 4 placement watching movies,conferencing, n wat not!.. June was ofcourse our placement time.. and I got my first offer from TCS.And after dat, helping my frenz and room-mates wid their placements and the thrill in hearing their names being called out and informing them was something memorable.. July.. this is my month.. coz i am a July babe! :)I got my second offer from Honeywell just a day before my bday :)
August and September were little hard months.. and I had to sweat it out.. experience a mixed array of emotions.. October was another great month when we got rewards for our work.. November.. again. we had our semester.. the final odd semester exam.. and it went on fine.. wid me writing a couple of exams wid "Madras eye" dat had caught like fire in the hostel! :) December.. the last of all months.. has been a good and enjoyable month.. went on fast and good. 2006 has been a great year for me with lots of beautiful moments etched in my mind.. So, gotto c wats in store for 2007!

Sudha Murthy-A women of character.

2006-12-14T09:14:00.000-08:00

A few days back I got a forward about Sudha Murthy-the wife of Mr.NarayanaMurthy founder of Infosys.Here is the link that reproduces the exact text in the forward. Its Sudha Murthy narrating her association with Tata.. I was really touched on reading the article and my respect for the great man JRD Tata increased.Two things in that article inspired me.One was a women fighting for her justice in a society dominated by men a few decades ago.. though things have changed a lot over the years.Second was the humility and uncomprimising commitment to justice by JRD Tata.On reading the article I wanted to read more about this iron-willed and strong lady who wanted her justice.I googled for Sudha Murthy and this was the first link that showed up.It showed her profile.. and she was one person who was a topper throughout her schooling and college life.The second link that showed up was this.In this Sudha narrates her story about how Infosys was born and the sacrifices which she had to make to enable Mr.Narayanamurthy carry forward his dream and ,and not to forget the Infosys Foundation which she manages.Limited words it might be.. but much has been conveyed about the personality of this great woman.Kudos to her!

I enjoy..

2006-12-12T23:20:00.000-08:00

Here are few things that I just enjoy..

1.Taking a long walk by the beach in the morning and evening getting a feel of fresh air and finding a mixture of ppl of all ages to keep me company..
2.Roaming around my locality with frendz recollecting lovely memories.
3.Getting up early in the morning,reading The Hindu,Metro Plus etc. sipping mom's tea and listening to the chirping of birds.
4.Spending lovely Sundays at home watching Ragamalika ,reading Adyar Times,The Week,etc..
5.Going out with mom in the evening in her two-wheeler and getting a feel of the city.
6.Spending a couple of hours in my terrace.. watching the sun go down in the evening... witnessing a lovely dash of colours in the sky.. thanking God for his lovely art.. My terrace holds special memories for me and much of my studying during my school days were done here rather than being locked in four walls of a room.. It was "The Place" during my school days and I did much of my soul searching here.
7.Listening to Gita in the afternoons.. in my college, surrounded by trees,experiencing fresh air,and gathering enriching knowledge for the soul.
8.Fighting for really crappy things with my sis only to laugh heavily at the end..
9.Taking a longgg walk all alone by my college. admiring the vast expanse of green fields,shady trees... and admiring "Nature at its Best"... I am really going to miss these in a few months from now..
10.Observing small kids,playing wid them.. and bringing out the child in me.. :)
11.Browsing the internet and aquiring knowledge... only to find that.. there is soo much to be learnt in this shorrrt lifee..
12.Visiting our family frends' or neighbours.. and sharing life's experiences..

I could go on and on.... There are soo many simple things in life from which we can derive happiness.. So lets do a little soul searching and take time to thank God for these small things that give us happiness and make our life worth living..

Finished with my seventh semester Exams

2006-11-11T11:44:00.000-08:00

So I am finally done with my 7th semester exams today.Two was my last lab for th 7th semester and for my B.E. degree as well.My view of labs has changed a lot in the years.
Cant imagine myself the same in my next semester! Life does change a lot over time..

The inspiring rags to riches story..

2006-11-08T09:13:00.000-08:00

I just happened to read about the life of an amazing guy from slums who got into IIM-Ahmedabad.Upon finishing his graduation he declined all the job offers that he got in order to start his own Catering Business.I am just pondering.. We see so many people in life(including me) who have got all aminities for comfort and all the oppurtunity in the world for great education.. Still we are not able to utilize it to the fullest.Here is a guy who has created oppurtunites for himself and in turn wants to create oppurtunities for the society.. If India produces more Sarathbabus,surely the number people living below the poverty line would come down to a significant extent.Its very rare that you come across such people in a highly selfish society.Truly inspiring.

Semester Exams

2006-10-25T12:05:00.000-07:00

Its the time of the year.. perhaps the only second time of the year to get tucked into your college books.We had our first exam today and it went off okay.I have more 5 papers to go and 2 more labs.So time to get into books and restrict myself getting lost in this maze called "internet".

Happy Diwali--2006!

2006-10-21T06:43:00.000-07:00

I have been at home for my study leave for around a week. Its after quite sometime that I am enjoying my long stay at home and its wonderful.Eating good food,visiting familiar places,free from the hurry-burry of everyday..,celebrating Diwali with a new hope of carrying out my duties with greater zest for another successful year ahead.I am wondering.. there's been much change to my life since my last Diwali.. So.. many events.. , so many changes in my relnships wid ppl,so many sudden twists to my life,so much pain to be encountered at times too.. but at end of it all.. good success as well :) .I have seen much colours of Life... (though there is much moreee to see) All in ONE year! So life is going really fast.. I am gonna b graduating in another 6 odd months... So hope to savour every moment of my life.. in 8th semester.. be it good or bad.. I guess there wud much more stuff happening by next Diwali 2007!.. As far my sem exam preparation goes.. its been as usual.. never too good.. but with a hope to catch up and do well.I hope this Diwali is a start point for even greater happiness and success for my family,frenz and everybody else... So a VERY HAPPY DIWALI to all!

An afternoon at IIT,Chennai campus

2006-10-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

Today was an alumni meet of IITians from all 7 IITs along with their families at IIT,Chennai and since my dad is an alumni of IIT-Kharagpur.. I thought I would spend my Saturday evening there. So, the meet was scheduled around 3 p.m. The alumni meet mainly involved the discussion of two main topics namely contribution of IIT to the society and Motivation of IIT grads to takeup Entrepreneurship. It was an interesting meeting with the presence of several well known names including Prof Ananth,Director of IIT Madras .While discussions were going on in one side.. there was a carnival going at the other end with some fun stalls.There was a stall on Mehendi(so my Diwali Mehendi is finished here) and an interesting stall on having your name written in rice and made into a key chain(unfortunately due to lack of time could not get hold of this). Once the discussions were over there were a variety of cultural events by IIT students including a wonderful classical flute performance followed by a dance by the girls team and ear-blocking metal songs by the IIT Rock band.Next came dinner, which was good and filling.The people who attended the meet were mainly those who had graduated from the instituition some 30-40 years back and here and there I could see some recent pass outs.Somehow when I went into the campus, I got a motivation that if I am gonna b doing my post graduation it would only be in this prestigious institute and follow the footsteps of my father.

Moments to Cherish

2006-10-12T20:44:00.001-07:00

I am blogging after really a longg time.The 7th semester has been one of the busiest semesters for me.And I am really happy at the results I have got at the end after 3 months of unassured phase.Two major things happened in this semester.The first being my dual placement at Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab.I received my second on campus offer letter just a day before my birthday :). The second being my visit to Microsoft IDC,Hyderabad.The .NET usergroup which we are running Maduraidotnet won the "Best New .NET Usergroup Award" at the Microsoft National Student Partners Meet at Hyderabad. The award has really lifted our spirits and finally our hardwork has paid off.So my motto "Keep working hard.. Rest would follow".

Industrial Visit

2006-03-03T04:21:00.000-08:00

We went on an industrial visit to Trivandrum on the 13th and 14th of last month.13th fell on a Sunday.On the day before the IV I had high fever and was totally down.I was praying I would become fit enough to go for IV.From Saturday night to Sunday night I did nothing other than sleeping.I was not totally fit but still I thought I could cope up.On the morning of the first day I felt much better and enjoyed the whole day.We stayed at a lodge called Raj Mahal and all our class girls stayed in the top floor and had a good time.It was very close to the Anatha Padmanabaswamy temple.Trivandrum is a beautiful place with greenery all around.I had been here before but that was way back during my 7th standard hols.The people out here are very religious too.A person at the lodge told us that people here start their day with a visit to the temple at 4:30 in the morning and that is the most crowded period.That really was unbelievable.The next morning my friends were getting ready to visit the temple.I really wanted to visit the temple.But as luck would have it again I fell ill.Then we visited the company at Technopark and thats a cool place... people out there seem to be a bit modern.Our IV ended well.. but I could not enjoy the second day much.Dunno why I had to fall ill during the wrong time that too during what could be our last IV.

Reunion with friends

2006-02-05T09:00:00.000-08:00

I finally met my frenz whom I had not met for a long time and it was an amazing reunion.We started off with a visit to the Cafe Coffee day at Ispahani center and lunch at Punjabi Dhaba.Of course,these are typical places where we can meet and talk for a long time.
Once that was done,we headed off to our frenz's house at Tambaram who could not make it as he was ill.Spent most of our time chit-chatting and recalling fond memories.. We lost track of time chatting and finally time came for us to leave.
We dropped our friend at her hostel in Porur.It had become very late by then so had to cut the beach plan.Tomorrow I have to apply for passport and once I get done with that.. I would be leaving for Madurai in the night.Today might have been very short but memories of it will always linger in my mind.

Awaiting to go home...

2006-02-03T07:01:00.000-08:00

I had no plans of going home this semester until my study leave.However plans changed when I received a call from my close friend and said that it would be great to have a reunion of our gang.We were frenz who met during our Maths tuition in 10th standard.I remember the wonderful time that all of us had together.. especially in the summer leave.. spending time in the beach during evenings,movies and other stuff.But until now..I am totally out of touch with a few people in the gang and I will b meeting them after some 5 years. I am really excited!! Cant just wait to get back home..

A day after the Republic day

2006-01-27T05:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the Republic day.I was really hoping to watch the Republic Day Parade in the college.But I slept and by the time I woke up.. it was around 8:30 in the morning while the parades would have commenced an hour earlier.I felt very bad that my habit of oversleeping is having its side effects robbing me of all that I want to do.This is not the first case where I have lost something due to my sleep.Of late,I am losing out a lot.I know I have to get over this habit very soon if I have to do something useful in life.

I have a few department contests coming up.. and other stuff as well.This semester is tight but I love it.I dont think I will find time to go home.... but I guess I have got used to sitting in the hostel for 4 months at a stretch thriving on this food.This hostel life has been really good in one way teaching me a lot of independence and adaptability something which I lacked before I came here.I guess thats all for now..

Yet an another Sunday

2005-12-18T09:30:00.000-08:00

Today was just an another day. Woke up really late around 10:30.. I did not go to lab today.I had plenty of things in my mind which I wanted to complete.Most of my time was spent in browsing the net.Just googled some stuff related to .Net.Mailed one of my seniors after really a long time for which I got an instant reply.Designed a personalized card for my friend's bday.Its been a really long time since I have designed bday cards,the last one being when I was way back in 7th standard.So that was cool.
The preparations for our Community launch are going on fine.College is gonna start in just 2 days from now for the 6th semester.I am recharged and all set to face yet an another semester with all new plans to make it a memorable one.

Results are out..

2005-12-16T12:51:00.000-08:00

Our results were published yesterday. I scored a G.P. of 8.71. I have never reached this score all through my 5 semesters and I guess some amount of lenient correction contributed to it.Most of my frenz had performed well this time.. much better compared to the previous semesters.
I did a fair bit of introspection with my results though.All through the year I had been extremely careless and playful regarding my studies. and my internal marks took a huge beating.Thanx to the generous staffs I got most of my internal scores above 20... I dont remember putting much effort for any of the exams. I am just wondering.. if I just put in a little more effort then it would be possible to reach the magical 9 gpa or even more.But again.. would the correction next semester be as lenient as this one???!

The awesome Bangalore trip..

2005-12-16T12:43:00.000-08:00

The must awaited Visual Studio.Net 2005 and SQL Server 2005 were finally launched... The launch happened at B lore and the presidential address of the ceremony was given by none other than Mr.Bill Gates! I guess I am very lucky to see him live..
sitting in the first few rows.. :) Well.. the lauch was awesome and I got to befriend some kewl ppl besides experts from different domains.. Anyway I dont want to go into much details regarding the launch... except that it was totally cool.. By means of this I got to visit my cousin who stays @ B lore as well... I had a fine time out there and it goes into my blog as one of my most memorable days...

A gr8 day...

2005-06-14T07:35:00.000-07:00

Today was just a gr8 day... I woke up at sometime around 10... Didn't go 4 swimming today as I hadda bad cold.. Myself n' my frenz had previously planned 2 do go 2 d bowling alley... We had actually planned 4 Maayajaal but d entry tickets are kinda costly out there... n' plus we had 2 pay seperately 4 food.. so we abandoned it...Anyways we started by around 1 or so and went by bus to Nungabakkam... Then we entered Snow-Bowling- d bowling alley at Nungabakkam... The ambience was gr8.. though there was no one there except us....... After enjoying a lot out there... we went to Cafe coffee day in Ispahani center.. which was just opposite... We hadda gr8 time out there.... chit-chatting... ,lissening 2 our fav music in the juke box.. n enjoyed our time... I returned home at around 5:30 or so.. but I was kinda tired... Didn't go 4 d normal long walk at d bessie beach which I normally do..... These hols r turning 2 b really good... But cant wait 2 get back 2 college as well... Hope 2 have an interesting yr ahead..........