Hi .
Tomorrow's my birthday ! turning 21 on the 20th ! Seems strange isn't it , that year after year, we keep on celebrating these "special" days. For some insight, lets draw up a hypothetical situation / debate on the underlying social structure and mechanics of special days
Why ? Why Birthdays ? Why festivals ? Why Special Occasions .? Why at all ?
When you start living life routinely, a sense of dullness sets into place, one which - if unchecked, leads to the dampening of the human spirit and vigor. It is an inevitable situation, unless the person concerned has some hyperactivity disorders.
How does the normal dude deal with all these ! If he finds even the Deccan Chronicle (smug expression) abstract, then how will he perceive the higher planes of social behavior.
Well, there's the wonderful system that induces the feeling of wellness and freedom, apart from the huge doses of happiness and interaction. This is the human way of "rejoicing". The way to escape from that all pervasive dreadfulness called boredom.
As long as there's anything happening out of the ordinary, there's a reason to celebrate. For example (i m sick of these examples), when we score well in exams, we do tend to "celebrate" .
If we didn't , it would push us into the category of , as my friend seriously (to those who can understand) calls" geeks" .
Now, enough of digression, let us reposition/ refocus the discussion on the particular issue of Birthdays.
These are days that you spend with your family, cherishing memories of childhood and in the process of doing this, strengthen the foundations of trust and care that are essential for a family.
Whatever may be the day, it does induce a special feeling, of being ALIVE , of being with people whom you trust, whom you depended on, and those very people on whom your survival was guaranteed !
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
whoa ! Registered for the CAT
Well, ppl..
Finally registered for the CAT . But you thought it was an uneventful process , didnt you ?
Nothing like that ! We went to the Axis Bank Branch ,Tarnaka ( barely 10 mins from home) at 9.30. Stunned that around 150 wannabe managers were in queue, holding out duly filled forms .. we ( i and 3 of my buddies) silently stood in the queue, almost at the last.
Apparently, the bank authorities thought it was a waste of time to have a single counter, and luckily for us, started another counter at the rear of the queue ..[ -->> 3 places away from me <<-- yay yay]
Lucky .. We took our forms, and i resolved i'd work hard for it ! Lets see ...
IIM A -- Will it be there ?
Finally registered for the CAT . But you thought it was an uneventful process , didnt you ?
Nothing like that ! We went to the Axis Bank Branch ,Tarnaka ( barely 10 mins from home) at 9.30. Stunned that around 150 wannabe managers were in queue, holding out duly filled forms .. we ( i and 3 of my buddies) silently stood in the queue, almost at the last.
Apparently, the bank authorities thought it was a waste of time to have a single counter, and luckily for us, started another counter at the rear of the queue ..[ -->> 3 places away from me <<-- yay yay]
Lucky .. We took our forms, and i resolved i'd work hard for it ! Lets see ...
IIM A -- Will it be there ?
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
this is what happened ! stupid !
well, i got up from the stupid floor... i just fell down ... from the stupid bed !! stupid stupid world ! Round from the ground ! I tried to open the door.. but it wouldn't budge.. I looked around .. Everything was looking normal, except the fact that i had no legs !! Aaargh... it was a dream,
so lucid and realistic , i thought it was for real.
That was the start of the day ! Got into the bed again, draped the covers , and hey.. had a great sleep that lasted for hours (or so i felt). I woke up again, determined not to sleep, and quickly put the brush in my mouth just in case..
Switched on my lappy, put some algorithm courseware for download, and started CAT prep for today! Barely managed to do an RC , and got ready. 6.50 am. Started for JBS . Got into a 290 , and got down at Sec-Bad station to get an empty seat !
Finally, after a lot of waiting ( and soul searching whether i had to force myself to do this daily) , a 279 turned up ! After 2 continuous minutes of people "flowing "from the bus, i got my seat, and opened my book. Within a few min, we were at JBS. The conductor got down, but the driver slowly came to me and said ... " Dude, this is a Ladies Special "
Got down from the stupid bus, cursing my stupid luck , [ But hey, there's a reason for everything ..as you will shortly see ] .. Waited for another 10 min, and got a seat in the second 279. And guess what, Vinay was running towards the bus.
Opened my books again, and started reading for sometime till the dude drooled over my books... Had to close them and opened the window for some fresh air !
We got into an auto as usual, but the stupid auto driver wouldn't start. There were 7 of us in the small auto thingy and he was still not going. Just then , an RTC bus came and 4 of the dudes jumped into it ! Should have seen the driver fellow's face then..
One poor fellow was asking directions, and he forcibly got that guy into the auto and started driving ! I guess he must have stranded that guy halfway somewhere ...
<--- What is the moral of the intro ----->
Abstractness and existentialism are not too "deviant" from the incident i covertly suggested up there !
The greed of the auto driver, and his subsequent rage at the instant breach of trust, and the ease with which the guys deserted their former mode of transport , and the subsequent use of "literature" by the driver .. all suggest the deep rooted feelings of existentialism ! Live the moment .. Dont try to save things up for the future..
Abstractness, ..---<> End of Transmission..
so lucid and realistic , i thought it was for real.
That was the start of the day ! Got into the bed again, draped the covers , and hey.. had a great sleep that lasted for hours (or so i felt). I woke up again, determined not to sleep, and quickly put the brush in my mouth just in case..
Switched on my lappy, put some algorithm courseware for download, and started CAT prep for today! Barely managed to do an RC , and got ready. 6.50 am. Started for JBS . Got into a 290 , and got down at Sec-Bad station to get an empty seat !
Finally, after a lot of waiting ( and soul searching whether i had to force myself to do this daily) , a 279 turned up ! After 2 continuous minutes of people "flowing "from the bus, i got my seat, and opened my book. Within a few min, we were at JBS. The conductor got down, but the driver slowly came to me and said ... " Dude, this is a Ladies Special "
Got down from the stupid bus, cursing my stupid luck , [ But hey, there's a reason for everything ..as you will shortly see ] .. Waited for another 10 min, and got a seat in the second 279. And guess what, Vinay was running towards the bus.
Opened my books again, and started reading for sometime till the dude drooled over my books... Had to close them and opened the window for some fresh air !
We got into an auto as usual, but the stupid auto driver wouldn't start. There were 7 of us in the small auto thingy and he was still not going. Just then , an RTC bus came and 4 of the dudes jumped into it ! Should have seen the driver fellow's face then..
One poor fellow was asking directions, and he forcibly got that guy into the auto and started driving ! I guess he must have stranded that guy halfway somewhere ...
<--- What is the moral of the intro ----->
Abstractness and existentialism are not too "deviant" from the incident i covertly suggested up there !
The greed of the auto driver, and his subsequent rage at the instant breach of trust, and the ease with which the guys deserted their former mode of transport , and the subsequent use of "literature" by the driver .. all suggest the deep rooted feelings of existentialism ! Live the moment .. Dont try to save things up for the future..
Abstractness, ..---<> End of Transmission..
Saturday, September 5, 2009
yo yo !
hi guys,
My communication skills have taken a huge leap since my first year of engineering. Remember me, the shy guy who never even turned his head, was always serious faced except with a a select few, and never spoke to anyone ... Well, i myself remember it vaguely.
I have changed, , partly because of necessity, and partly for self analysis. I came to realize that, atleast in engineering, you cant do certain things alone, and need to interact with people. It was often "help others and get helped" motto that kept me moving in the first !
But slowly, when i started my introspection, i felt lifeless. Like a common nerd who lives more on tech n books, rather than live life. I stopped myself from getting too involved . The first step was important , the transition from ebooks to cartoons and tv series.
i practically watched about 900 cartoon episodes, and so many tv series. They reminded me well of the fun you can have with people, and i felt my inhibitions drop. I began considering communication "natural" , something you do when you have anything to say !
I started talking earnestly, and actively seeked out opportunities to talk. It was the sense of interaction, that made it possible for me for lead the now normal and complete life.
What i had been doing earlier, for the sake of it, now became something i did for my own- self satisfaction.
I do feel very happy to have a lot of freinds, formal and informal, with whom i share stuff n feelings. And one more unintended consequence.... If i am alone , i prefer silence to music. if there are people around, i detest silence !!
So long.. and do observe me when i speak ;)
My communication skills have taken a huge leap since my first year of engineering. Remember me, the shy guy who never even turned his head, was always serious faced except with a a select few, and never spoke to anyone ... Well, i myself remember it vaguely.
I have changed,
But slowly, when i started my introspection, i felt lifeless. Like a common nerd who lives more on tech n books, rather than live life. I stopped myself from getting too involved . The first step was important , the transition from ebooks to cartoons and tv series.
i practically watched about 900 cartoon episodes, and so many tv series. They reminded me well of the fun you can have with people, and i felt my inhibitions drop. I began considering communication "natural" , something you do when you have anything to say !
I started talking earnestly, and actively seeked out opportunities to talk. It was the sense of interaction, that made it possible for me for lead the now normal and complete life.
What i had been doing earlier, for the sake of it, now became something i did for my own- self satisfaction.
I do feel very happy to have a lot of freinds, formal and informal, with whom i share stuff n feelings. And one more unintended consequence.... If i am alone , i prefer silence to music. if there are people around, i detest silence !!
So long.. and do observe me when i speak ;)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Stuck ! Dreams of private heavens !
Hi guys.
I am in deep trouble. I was not managing my time correctly, and i have a lot of prep pending. The statistics are like these ..
50 mock cats
80 class handouts
3 arun sharma books
8 basic reference material
10 practice exercises books
5 test series books
over 18 weeks of pending online tests
lots of quant funda
And these are just ones that are for CAT. the other ones include ..
.Net revision
J2se and J2ee
Silverlight
ruby on rails
php
.. i have 60 days for the cat stuff, after which they are not as important as those in the second category. However, i am participating in the IBM TGMC challenge, as well as Microsoft IMAGINE CUP. Both have a totally different set of requirements, and it would help a lot if these were scheduled after my exams in nov.
Technology is often a bane than a boon. <-- wait for the justification --->
Let me first ask , why was "technology" used ? Because it makes things simpler and easier , isnt it ! So the job gets done quickly and we can go home early.
Is it happening like that ? Absolutely not ! in fact, the amount of work to be done is increasing even more, coz the people are given more thngs as time is still left.
So, instead of removing the stress of thinking up some "x" things, techonology is causing us to make up "3x" things. More stress.
And now those of you who would try to bash me up with questions like ..... " you do use a laptop, dont you ? That is technology" , please stop. I have "boldly" mentioned often , not always..I might seem equivocal, but you surely know which side i am favouring.
I will aslo justify my stance. Nowadays, i am staying back after college , in the college, for approx 2 hrs , to prepare for my CAT. the place, located on the outskirts has absolutely no people at that time. So calm , and the silence broken only by the chirping of birds.
I decided that in future, i will buy myself a piece of agricultural land, have a mansion @ the centre, a small pool , and all the food i want as crops there. It will be my private heaven . Total independence, but not total isolation.
I will be managing my tech work online, and spend a considerable amount of time with nature. .! Lets not dwelve too far into the future... bye for now !
I am in deep trouble. I was not managing my time correctly, and i have a lot of prep pending. The statistics are like these ..
50 mock cats
80 class handouts
3 arun sharma books
8 basic reference material
10 practice exercises books
5 test series books
over 18 weeks of pending online tests
lots of quant funda
And these are just ones that are for CAT. the other ones include ..
.Net revision
J2se and J2ee
Silverlight
ruby on rails
php
.. i have 60 days for the cat stuff, after which they are not as important as those in the second category. However, i am participating in the IBM TGMC challenge, as well as Microsoft IMAGINE CUP. Both have a totally different set of requirements, and it would help a lot if these were scheduled after my exams in nov.
Technology is often a bane than a boon. <-- wait for the justification --->
Let me first ask , why was "technology" used ? Because it makes things simpler and easier , isnt it ! So the job gets done quickly and we can go home early.
Is it happening like that ? Absolutely not ! in fact, the amount of work to be done is increasing even more, coz the people are given more thngs as time is still left.
So, instead of removing the stress of thinking up some "x" things, techonology is causing us to make up "3x" things. More stress.
And now those of you who would try to bash me up with questions like ..... " you do use a laptop, dont you ? That is technology" , please stop. I have "boldly" mentioned often , not always..I might seem equivocal, but you surely know which side i am favouring.
I will aslo justify my stance. Nowadays, i am staying back after college , in the college, for approx 2 hrs , to prepare for my CAT. the place, located on the outskirts has absolutely no people at that time. So calm , and the silence broken only by the chirping of birds.
I decided that in future, i will buy myself a piece of agricultural land, have a mansion @ the centre, a small pool , and all the food i want as crops there. It will be my private heaven . Total independence, but not total isolation.
I will be managing my tech work online, and spend a considerable amount of time with nature. .! Lets not dwelve too far into the future... bye for now !
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