I am not into recomending merchandise to other people(so that someone else can make money).But i have to make an exception this one time. The product is 'Five Point someone--what not to do at IIT'.No ,its not one of those 'narayanamuthy type' lectures on ethics and dedication that 'goes into making every brick of IIT' kinda book.Instead it is a ruthless,frank,devlishly funny take on life inside IIT--stuff they never want u to know about IITians.
For example, the three protaganists are 5 pointers--loosers in IIT lingo(anywhere else they would be worshipped for their intellect).They are into booze,grass,women(with an erotic twist that leaves me proud of the Indian author who wrote it).To make it all worse one of them falls for the daughter of the mechanical HOD(aahh... if only wishes were horses).I am not going to ruin the surprise for anyone, but there is an erotic twist in the last pages that makes u laugh your way to the loo.
At the heart of the book is the exchange between the 3 friends but having said that, the author does try to elevate himself by doing a critique on the IIT system("mugging given more importance than research" is a sample).Overall a very good read.Chetan Bhagat ,the author,is an ex-IITian, graduating from IIT Delhi in 1995. Post IIT, he did an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad . All I can say is, Move over Khushwant Singh.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Bloga!!!!???
I have been getting this for the past few months.Funny,how not one soul i know(not even one) knows what a blog is.Responses range from "adingu why should i come to ur blog when i can talk to u directly"(hard to beat that logic) to more insulting ones like "what?? u know HTML?? when did this happen!!!"(cant blame them for this, i am a techmoron).
I have somehow convinced siva to blog(or did i??). lets see maybe i can convince some others.But that is later, now i am just explaining to ppl what a blog is!!!
I have somehow convinced siva to blog(or did i??). lets see maybe i can convince some others.But that is later, now i am just explaining to ppl what a blog is!!!
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Random Musings
What a spectacle the republic day parade is!!! It gives an awesome sense of security and comfort to anyone who watches it(dont think the pakis and the chineese would agree).As usual the commentry on DD could have been better .The soldiers marching thro the Rajpath looked smashing as ever.Speaking of soldiers reminds me of my tooth.Yeah, my tooth.I challenged a helicopter pilot ,then a 16 year old, to a wrestling match and he punched out my tooth.
Of course,me being a 9 year old then had a lot to do with the evntual outcome of the match.The opponent,an elder cousin, went on to be a pilot in the airforce.I have since pardoned all his crimes after he flew against the pakis in kargil(or so he claims).The broken teeth was patched up by a filling and for 10 years nobody knew i had a half broken teeth,until yesterday.
A mis-timed opening of a 'water packet' in a marriage made sure that my filling kissed the floor.And there i was, one tooth less, in a fucking marriage.My 10 year old plastic companion was no more.Of course,modern tech has not left dentistry untouched and in a space of half an hour i 'grew' a teeth(for a cost of 800 bucks.can u beleive it 800 for 1 teeth, for the whole set 32*800=?? ,umm.. did i tell u i was weak in math)
Have to prepare my PPT presentations(power point for those not wasting their time in final year project submissions) for my second review.The very thought of showing any 'Progress' in my project gives me the creeps. This is all i have done during the project days:-
Of course,me being a 9 year old then had a lot to do with the evntual outcome of the match.The opponent,an elder cousin, went on to be a pilot in the airforce.I have since pardoned all his crimes after he flew against the pakis in kargil(or so he claims).The broken teeth was patched up by a filling and for 10 years nobody knew i had a half broken teeth,until yesterday.
A mis-timed opening of a 'water packet' in a marriage made sure that my filling kissed the floor.And there i was, one tooth less, in a fucking marriage.My 10 year old plastic companion was no more.Of course,modern tech has not left dentistry untouched and in a space of half an hour i 'grew' a teeth(for a cost of 800 bucks.can u beleive it 800 for 1 teeth, for the whole set 32*800=?? ,umm.. did i tell u i was weak in math)
Have to prepare my PPT presentations(power point for those not wasting their time in final year project submissions) for my second review.The very thought of showing any 'Progress' in my project gives me the creeps. This is all i have done during the project days:-
- Started a blog.
- Joined a gym
- Surf other peoples blog
- SLEPT
- Went out
Sunday, January 23, 2005
What a fool i am???
When the whole country is coming to chennai, i am proabably the only idiot going away.The price one pays for freedom.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Back to reading
Have succeded a little bit in getting back to the books.Finished 'State of fear','Bunker 13' and 'Numbered Account' in a week.Not bad considering that i was a total ignomorous for 3 years.Hell final year project has some use,afterall.
Dint like 'State Of fear' that much,crichton is a genius alright but it just gets a lil too pedantic,too many lectures(for someone who doesnt give a shit bout the enviroment, that is).But if u r a enviroment junkie and feel strongly bout the greenhouse effect , u will like it.
Thumbing thru 'The Broker' by grisham.His first espionage thriller(or is it??).It has a remote indo-pak connection,lets see how the climax turns out.
Dint like 'State Of fear' that much,crichton is a genius alright but it just gets a lil too pedantic,too many lectures(for someone who doesnt give a shit bout the enviroment, that is).But if u r a enviroment junkie and feel strongly bout the greenhouse effect , u will like it.
Thumbing thru 'The Broker' by grisham.His first espionage thriller(or is it??).It has a remote indo-pak connection,lets see how the climax turns out.
Monday, January 17, 2005
THIRUPAACHI--u know its bad when 'madura' seems better
disclaimer:-remember the guys in the front of the movie hall who make noises and make u wince?? yeah, well i am one of them. maybe not exactly there, but in tastes and aesthetic sense i consider myself to be one of the 'MASS' audience.
So u know its bad when one of 'us' tells u that this movie is bad('us' being the guys u would never marry and who consider 'Aliens versus predators ' to be a great action movie). It starts off promisingly ,with vijay(sivagiri) of thirupaachi--a 'aruva maker'(english pundits eat ur hearts out)-- coming to a relegious function with his 'aruvaa'.The first song(set in the function) is good(if u r in a theatare full of vijay fans and ur best friend starts crying when he sees vijay).
After this, the movie derails into 'sister sentiment',this being a uniquely tamil 'sentiment' started by sivaji ganesan in 'paasa malar'(after that movie's success u are not a tamil hero if u dont have a sister who should be treated like a 'malar').Its not that vijay cant deliver it, he does , in patches. Ive always felt that vijay is good material who should be treated properly by the director(GILLI being the best example).
Vijay thinks that his sister should not suffer in a small village like thirupaachi, so he plans and succeeds in getting her married to a 'madras maapilai'(i wish all brothers were like this *sigh*).Now the story moves to chennai(with attempts at comedy, that make me feel i have a future in the movie business) where the hero is confronted with injustice and corruption.But as always the good sister prevails and he backs down. Trisha makes a guest appearance(i wish all girls were this easy to woo *sigh*) as the heroine of the movie. You know she is the heroine only during the songs(actually i couldnt recognise her in clothes after the CD....ok lets not get there).
The villains get personal when they kill vijays best friend(played well by benjamin from 'autograph') and vijay owes revenge. There isnt one villain in the movie,no not even two there are THREE villans in the movie along with about 300 other MLA'S MP'S and sidey's who redefine villainism(pasupathi has great potential , why he wastes his talent like this i dont know).I felt like killing the guy who dubs for the villain 'saniyan sagadai'(yeah thats his name).
If the director had used the same creativity in screenplay as he displayed in naming his villains('saniyan sagadai','patasu balu', pan-parag ****) the movie would have been great.It becomes painful in the second half when we have to sit thro 3 murders of the aforementioned gentlemen(i wont ruin the 'suspence' for u).Come to think of it there is only one difference between this trash and gilli--screenplay--and here the director fails.
VERDICT:- its not that its bad, its just that it is sooooo bad that it becomes very painful to sit thro.
So u know its bad when one of 'us' tells u that this movie is bad('us' being the guys u would never marry and who consider 'Aliens versus predators ' to be a great action movie). It starts off promisingly ,with vijay(sivagiri) of thirupaachi--a 'aruva maker'(english pundits eat ur hearts out)-- coming to a relegious function with his 'aruvaa'.The first song(set in the function) is good(if u r in a theatare full of vijay fans and ur best friend starts crying when he sees vijay).
After this, the movie derails into 'sister sentiment',this being a uniquely tamil 'sentiment' started by sivaji ganesan in 'paasa malar'(after that movie's success u are not a tamil hero if u dont have a sister who should be treated like a 'malar').Its not that vijay cant deliver it, he does , in patches. Ive always felt that vijay is good material who should be treated properly by the director(GILLI being the best example).
Vijay thinks that his sister should not suffer in a small village like thirupaachi, so he plans and succeeds in getting her married to a 'madras maapilai'(i wish all brothers were like this *sigh*).Now the story moves to chennai(with attempts at comedy, that make me feel i have a future in the movie business) where the hero is confronted with injustice and corruption.But as always the good sister prevails and he backs down. Trisha makes a guest appearance(i wish all girls were this easy to woo *sigh*) as the heroine of the movie. You know she is the heroine only during the songs(actually i couldnt recognise her in clothes after the CD....ok lets not get there).
The villains get personal when they kill vijays best friend(played well by benjamin from 'autograph') and vijay owes revenge. There isnt one villain in the movie,no not even two there are THREE villans in the movie along with about 300 other MLA'S MP'S and sidey's who redefine villainism(pasupathi has great potential , why he wastes his talent like this i dont know).I felt like killing the guy who dubs for the villain 'saniyan sagadai'(yeah thats his name).
If the director had used the same creativity in screenplay as he displayed in naming his villains('saniyan sagadai','patasu balu', pan-parag ****) the movie would have been great.It becomes painful in the second half when we have to sit thro 3 murders of the aforementioned gentlemen(i wont ruin the 'suspence' for u).Come to think of it there is only one difference between this trash and gilli--screenplay--and here the director fails.
VERDICT:- its not that its bad, its just that it is sooooo bad that it becomes very painful to sit thro.
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Given up on the monk
Went to Connexions in annanagar last evening looking for 'The Iron Triangle'--the expose on Carlyle group.I tell the guy there that i am looking for iron triangle and he's like 'oh!! another one of those guys' and takes me into the fiction section. I am like ' what the hell why is he taking me to fiction'. Apparently he heard iron triangle as ayn rand(for the life o me i couldnt understand why).Then there is this manager type who helps me by doing a search on the comp., only to find that it is out of stock and more importantly costs only bout Rs.1240(thats about a days salary when i do start working.now thats a month's allowance.)
Instead i bought 'Bunker 13' by Anirudh bahal and 'Liars poker'(no typo this is how they spell it in the US) by michael lewis.Will post my first book review and movie review(Thirupaachi) next week.Given up on 'THE monk who sold his ferrari'. i am not ready for it,yet.Its too pedantic and even though the book is good, the reader needs to be in the receiving mode for this one.I am not THAT burnt out or that much in need for spiritual healing.May be in 20 years ,who knows, but not now.
Instead i bought 'Bunker 13' by Anirudh bahal and 'Liars poker'(no typo this is how they spell it in the US) by michael lewis.Will post my first book review and movie review(Thirupaachi) next week.Given up on 'THE monk who sold his ferrari'. i am not ready for it,yet.Its too pedantic and even though the book is good, the reader needs to be in the receiving mode for this one.I am not THAT burnt out or that much in need for spiritual healing.May be in 20 years ,who knows, but not now.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Pongalo Pongal
Its pongal(a harvest featival in case u r from androga) where i live. Basically v thank the sun, rain gods , nature in general for all the good they have bestowed on us. But since i live in a bustling city of 10million, v dont have any paddy fields nearby(basicaly its a farmer-specific festival).So v celebrate in a different way. We spend the whole day watching the idiot box for patti mandrams(talk show meets reality show),new releases(more looked forward to than anything else) and by eating lots of pongal(yeah its edible too).After doing all this every year v wonder what the connection is between the actual harvest and SUN TV patti mandrams.Actually the festival has lost all of its meaning, now its only one more reason to chill(not that i am complaining).
Have booked tickets for THIRUPAACHI starring vijay and trisha(prospects dont look too good for this one looking at the trailers).Will visit connexions at annanagar in the evening to buy some books.Havent been reading a lot in the last 4 years(one big regret for me).Lets see if i can buy that book on the shadowy, carlyle group(supposedly the brains behind the iraq war).
the chennai blogger
Have booked tickets for THIRUPAACHI starring vijay and trisha(prospects dont look too good for this one looking at the trailers).Will visit connexions at annanagar in the evening to buy some books.Havent been reading a lot in the last 4 years(one big regret for me).Lets see if i can buy that book on the shadowy, carlyle group(supposedly the brains behind the iraq war).
the chennai blogger
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Software Sunrise??
Two articles have caught my eyes recently.This one and this one.
I have been wanting to write bout this for sometime.The good times are back, kids.Its party time at indian IT companies and MNC's alike.They have taken the entire eligible population of chennai's engineering colleges and promised to make pro's out of us.Colleges like sathyabama,svce,srm,vellamal are being hunted for grad's. I just thought i should document the placement process in my college for posterity.
dislaimer:- these are my impressions and do not reflect positively or negatively on the companies themselves. I am just a student not a tech analyst, so take everything with a pinch of salt.
INFOSYS-- one word describes the placement process of this company-PROFFESIONALISM. the test were standard infy tests(though i couldnt attend bcos of elegibility criterion).took 93 of us.they have honoured their offer, everyone has got the offer letter.
WIPRO--frankly, could have been better.everything was haphazard, it was as if they dint want to come to our place.took 81 of us(i clear the test, but go home b4 results are announced as i was so confident of not gettin thru *sigh*). dont even think bout wipro without 90 above from LKG. and u better be very very very good in ur engg. basics.
TCS--proffesionals.took 29 of us (as usual i dont get in)
sathyam- A special word for sathyam and their process.They were very down-to-earth and mature in their PPT and interaction with students.I think they are trying very hard to play catch up with the others.9/10 TO sathyam(even though i still dont get in).
caritor,inautix,birlasoft,mindtree took 5, 6 and 7 and 3 respectively.
HCL - very very very tech oriented and rightly so. for, these guys were into enggineering services big time.9 down.
torry harris-- dont know much
!@#-- I FINALLY GET HITCHED. nice decent process.very fair.15 of us down.
SASKEN- hi tech company. into wireless big time. so expect very tech based questions.
other tech companies include-- MBT, HP, VIRTUSA, SIFY, L and t infotech, DSL software.
for non-circuit/non-cs branches we had--cattepilar, tvs, titan, vatech wabag and essar.
total placed-344(till date)
v really are having a software sunrise in this country.
I have been wanting to write bout this for sometime.The good times are back, kids.Its party time at indian IT companies and MNC's alike.They have taken the entire eligible population of chennai's engineering colleges and promised to make pro's out of us.Colleges like sathyabama,svce,srm,vellamal are being hunted for grad's. I just thought i should document the placement process in my college for posterity.
dislaimer:- these are my impressions and do not reflect positively or negatively on the companies themselves. I am just a student not a tech analyst, so take everything with a pinch of salt.
INFOSYS-- one word describes the placement process of this company-PROFFESIONALISM. the test were standard infy tests(though i couldnt attend bcos of elegibility criterion).took 93 of us.they have honoured their offer, everyone has got the offer letter.
WIPRO--frankly, could have been better.everything was haphazard, it was as if they dint want to come to our place.took 81 of us(i clear the test, but go home b4 results are announced as i was so confident of not gettin thru *sigh*). dont even think bout wipro without 90 above from LKG. and u better be very very very good in ur engg. basics.
TCS--proffesionals.took 29 of us (as usual i dont get in)
sathyam- A special word for sathyam and their process.They were very down-to-earth and mature in their PPT and interaction with students.I think they are trying very hard to play catch up with the others.9/10 TO sathyam(even though i still dont get in).
caritor,inautix,birlasoft,mindtree took 5, 6 and 7 and 3 respectively.
HCL - very very very tech oriented and rightly so. for, these guys were into enggineering services big time.9 down.
torry harris-- dont know much
!@#-- I FINALLY GET HITCHED. nice decent process.very fair.15 of us down.
SASKEN- hi tech company. into wireless big time. so expect very tech based questions.
other tech companies include-- MBT, HP, VIRTUSA, SIFY, L and t infotech, DSL software.
for non-circuit/non-cs branches we had--cattepilar, tvs, titan, vatech wabag and essar.
total placed-344(till date)
v really are having a software sunrise in this country.
Monday, January 10, 2005
The monk who didnt sell his ferrari
just when i came in to blog about the senior shankaracharya , the junior is arrested. i have no love lost for the shankaracharya but going about this matter in such a whimsical manner is only going to jeopardise the case and change public opinion which is neutral or against shankaracharya(in TN).
most ppl. in TN (except, u know who) dont like/are indiffernt/dont care about the shankaracharya or what he stands for.he is NOT i repeat NOT the representative of hindus in TN. his school of thought and ways belong to my grand-father's and my great grand father's time. brahminism is dead. long live brahminism.
but what the govt. is doing may change all that and that is why i am worried.
just started:the monk who sold his ferrari(as opposed to someone we know).
most ppl. in TN (except, u know who) dont like/are indiffernt/dont care about the shankaracharya or what he stands for.he is NOT i repeat NOT the representative of hindus in TN. his school of thought and ways belong to my grand-father's and my great grand father's time. brahminism is dead. long live brahminism.
but what the govt. is doing may change all that and that is why i am worried.
just started:the monk who sold his ferrari(as opposed to someone we know).
Sunday, January 09, 2005
UPDATES(for lack of a better title)
sent off avi to goa.he was all happy about the drive thro karnataka. had to bring him down to earth by telling that the kannadigas(especially near mandya) werent exactly in the tamil fans club.they are travelling by TN reg. vandi
so i am praying for them.
andy, arvind and john have written xat. good luck to them(xat was a bitch this time it seems. they r trying to compete with cat proabably)
project going on and on and on................ with no end in sight.
currently reading: the deceiver by fredrick forsyth
so i am praying for them.
andy, arvind and john have written xat. good luck to them(xat was a bitch this time it seems. they r trying to compete with cat proabably)
project going on and on and on................ with no end in sight.
currently reading: the deceiver by fredrick forsyth
Friday, January 07, 2005
the late night show
i am a big fan of the american late night shows.leno's a favourite,followed by letterman(till those sods pushed CAS on us). i've always regretted not having an indian version(yeah, shekar suman was good. for a while).
here's my attempt at late night comedy.hope u like it.
okay hope u liked it. bye.
chennai blogger
here's my attempt at late night comedy.hope u like it.
- Today chandrababu naidu visited parts of AP ravaged by the tsunami and consoled the people.He also said that the govt. could have done more to prevent the death's and that it could have done more in the form of releif.He was particulary saddened by the fate of the poor farmers living in those areas. In a related development the indian coucil of agricultural research says that over 3000 farmers commited suicide in AP in the last 3 years.
- M.Karunanidhi today lashed out at JJ for alligning herself with communal and fascist forces.He also said that she had destroyed the peace in TN by alligning with the BJP. He said this,got down from the podium and immediately went into a conference with the president of the indian union muslim league,Mr. abdul rahman.
- Laloo prasad's son ,his sixth apparently, was adjudged the man of the match in an under-15 cricket match.Apparently dad could'nt attend the match because he was preparing the railway budget.I dont know which is more funny , son getting man of the match or laloo preparing the railway budget.
- Speaking about the rail budget, laloo has asked the EC to postpone election dates since he would be away in parliament presenting the budget.Yeah , thats when u know the country is going down the docks.When they ask for permission to booth-capture.
okay hope u liked it. bye.
chennai blogger
why do i blog??
that's the question thats been going thro my mind for the last week. at the begining i agree,it was all fancy. i was a 'me too' blogger. but come to think of it, now i wanna make this into a personal diary.a diary i can look back and laugh at after 10 years. a diary i can use to remember the life i had(hell, even show it to my wife and kids). i am not too interested in the hits that i am getting which is pretty despicable by any standards.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
I love shawarma
Only few things in life beat a nice, oily,big shawarma(in case u r wondering its a lebonese dish.proabably,lebonon's greatest export to the outside world if u discount Hezbullah.)two big chappatis filled with amazing amount of chicken,cucumber,more chicken,beetroot,french fries,cheese,more chicken,and sauce gives u a full blooded shawarma(the calorimeter just broke).
i had two of them just now and i feel quite filled.part of my victory day celebrations after the results.feel good today. really good. lot of ppl are very happy today bcos of my results.its the official end of regular acads for me. this sem v have only project(god bless jpr,our chairman).i was quite anxious of the results as 'the company' gave the appointment letter subject to me clearing 7th and 8th sem without arrears.
2004 has been quite a roller coaster for me. started off last year wanting to write GRE and get into some american university for my MS.i was totally focussed on that,but unfortunately JUNE 28 turned into a disaster.i managed to get only 1210 on 1600.pretty disappointed(pigs cant fly,jj and karuna cant be friends and i cant do quants--facts of life).
life was going on without a goal till AUGUST 3. thats when 'the company' came on campus.i was attending all exams just for the heck of it for,i was focussed on the usa. then suddenly out of the blue they shortlisted me for the interview. next day was possibly the biggest day of my life.interview went well and i was shortlisted(this is proabably the biggest day in my 21 yrs of life).i had 2 options staring at me-- go to the usa and live off my dad for 2 more years and hope like hell that my uncle could deliver on that VERIZON job.or i could go for 'the company'.i chose the latter mostly bcos of my ego.
some ppl say its a mistake not to do ur PG immediately after UG.i dont give a rats ass abt PG or anything.for 21 yrs i was undervalued and finally someone has value-invested in me.forgive the pun,i am a mba aspirant.actually this is how warren buffet works.by investing in undervalued stocks and cashing out after they reach their potential(just showing off my knowledge). so,'the company',u guys have made a great decision by choosing me(oh boy, what a digression, from shawarma to....).
for too long i have been mamas boy,living in the shadows of a rich dad. now my time has come (as ajith so eloquently says,"ezhuthatean!!! varaen!!!").lets see, an MBA is on the cards.so is a car in 2 years(ok add a girl friend and some beer to the list while v r at it).but mostly i just wanna grow up.this bout of extended peuberty has gone on long enough.i want to be away from my parents. most of my friends think i am crazy to be happy abt going away from my parents. no i am not happy. but i am not sad either.
i wanna grow. as a person. as an engineer. as a lover. i wanna grow .be a differnt person.learn hindi. learn to play guitar. travel.CAT.possibilities. potential.
i cant do all of this with my parents 10 feet from me 24/7(the cooking and washing give me nightmares though). i need space. but hopefully i will be a differnt person after that. a more mature person.i am taking a deep breath and letting go.letting go of my parents. my bike. my sister.friends. computer.college. this city i love so much.and hopefully when i come back i am differnt, better person.
the chennai blogger
i had two of them just now and i feel quite filled.part of my victory day celebrations after the results.feel good today. really good. lot of ppl are very happy today bcos of my results.its the official end of regular acads for me. this sem v have only project(god bless jpr,our chairman).i was quite anxious of the results as 'the company' gave the appointment letter subject to me clearing 7th and 8th sem without arrears.
2004 has been quite a roller coaster for me. started off last year wanting to write GRE and get into some american university for my MS.i was totally focussed on that,but unfortunately JUNE 28 turned into a disaster.i managed to get only 1210 on 1600.pretty disappointed(pigs cant fly,jj and karuna cant be friends and i cant do quants--facts of life).
life was going on without a goal till AUGUST 3. thats when 'the company' came on campus.i was attending all exams just for the heck of it for,i was focussed on the usa. then suddenly out of the blue they shortlisted me for the interview. next day was possibly the biggest day of my life.interview went well and i was shortlisted(this is proabably the biggest day in my 21 yrs of life).i had 2 options staring at me-- go to the usa and live off my dad for 2 more years and hope like hell that my uncle could deliver on that VERIZON job.or i could go for 'the company'.i chose the latter mostly bcos of my ego.
some ppl say its a mistake not to do ur PG immediately after UG.i dont give a rats ass abt PG or anything.for 21 yrs i was undervalued and finally someone has value-invested in me.forgive the pun,i am a mba aspirant.actually this is how warren buffet works.by investing in undervalued stocks and cashing out after they reach their potential(just showing off my knowledge). so,'the company',u guys have made a great decision by choosing me(oh boy, what a digression, from shawarma to....).
for too long i have been mamas boy,living in the shadows of a rich dad. now my time has come (as ajith so eloquently says,"ezhuthatean!!! varaen!!!").lets see, an MBA is on the cards.so is a car in 2 years(ok add a girl friend and some beer to the list while v r at it).but mostly i just wanna grow up.this bout of extended peuberty has gone on long enough.i want to be away from my parents. most of my friends think i am crazy to be happy abt going away from my parents. no i am not happy. but i am not sad either.
i wanna grow. as a person. as an engineer. as a lover. i wanna grow .be a differnt person.learn hindi. learn to play guitar. travel.CAT.possibilities. potential.
i cant do all of this with my parents 10 feet from me 24/7(the cooking and washing give me nightmares though). i need space. but hopefully i will be a differnt person after that. a more mature person.i am taking a deep breath and letting go.letting go of my parents. my bike. my sister.friends. computer.college. this city i love so much.and hopefully when i come back i am differnt, better person.
the chennai blogger
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113706 CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION 10/21/04 10 66 76 PASS
113707 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION 10/25/04 10 51 61 PASS
113708 MICROWAVE & OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LAB - - -- 82 82 PASS
113709 VLSI DESIGN LAB - - -- 85 85 PASS
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Summary
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Total No.of Papers : 9
Papers Appeared : 9
Papers Cleared : 9
No.of Arrears : 0
i got thru!!! end of a chapter in life!! when i came into college 3.5 years ago i just wanted to clear all papers and get the hell out without arrears. mission accomplished. now the path to 'the company' is well laid out and hopefully in 6 months i will be in noida.
MOOD OF THE MOMENT:- delirious beyond help!!!!!
COURSE : B.E MAJOR : ECE
SEMESTER : 7 ACADEMIC YEAR : 2001-2005
BRANCH : Electronics & Communication En
CURRENT SEMESTER RESULTS: Subject code Subject Name Date Internal External Total Result
113701 MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS 10/11/04 10 40 50 PASS
113702 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION 10/13/04 10 41 51 PASS
113703 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING 10/15/04 10 67 77 PASS
113704 PROGRAMMING IN VLSI 10/18/04 10 60 70 PASS
113705 TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING SYSTEMS 10/19/04 10 45 55 PASS
113706 CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION 10/21/04 10 66 76 PASS
113707 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION 10/25/04 10 51 61 PASS
113708 MICROWAVE & OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LAB - - -- 82 82 PASS
113709 VLSI DESIGN LAB - - -- 85 85 PASS
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Summary
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Total No.of Papers : 9
Papers Appeared : 9
Papers Cleared : 9
No.of Arrears : 0
i got thru!!! end of a chapter in life!! when i came into college 3.5 years ago i just wanted to clear all papers and get the hell out without arrears. mission accomplished. now the path to 'the company' is well laid out and hopefully in 6 months i will be in noida.
MOOD OF THE MOMENT:- delirious beyond help!!!!!
Monday, January 03, 2005
the marina drive-by
went to college today.my college bus usually takes the kamarajar salai(beach road).i have been going in the same road for the past three years and how much has changed in a week!! the bus usually enters the beach road from chepauk(which means that i can see the entire length og the beach).i have never,in my 21 years, ever seen that beach that empty!! i mean there used to be a thousand walkers on each side of the road and even more inside the beach.now nothing!!
and it hits u in the face. for over a week i was watching the tv and when i finally see the place its a shocker. the bus rolled on and finally we reached the main square(gandhi statue). i was releived to see the boys who used to practice boxing ( we used to tease them from the bus).this time none of us teased them. then the ppl who sold "diabetic soup" to the walkers were also there. i was worrying abt their fate ever since the tsunami stuck.then a few walkers trickled in. some joggers too.
and that is the message i guess. v have to move on.this city has to move on.the ppl have to move on.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
p.s.:-pradyot if u are reading this, i intented no offence in the comment section. and none was taken with ur reply. i suppose i should have read ur entry a lil more clearly.and on second thoughts shud have been a lil more formal in my question.one more thing,the river flowing into TN from karnataka is kaveri not krishna.
and it hits u in the face. for over a week i was watching the tv and when i finally see the place its a shocker. the bus rolled on and finally we reached the main square(gandhi statue). i was releived to see the boys who used to practice boxing ( we used to tease them from the bus).this time none of us teased them. then the ppl who sold "diabetic soup" to the walkers were also there. i was worrying abt their fate ever since the tsunami stuck.then a few walkers trickled in. some joggers too.
and that is the message i guess. v have to move on.this city has to move on.the ppl have to move on.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
p.s.:-pradyot if u are reading this, i intented no offence in the comment section. and none was taken with ur reply. i suppose i should have read ur entry a lil more clearly.and on second thoughts shud have been a lil more formal in my question.one more thing,the river flowing into TN from karnataka is kaveri not krishna.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Just a Gut Feeling
about a year and a half ago the "i-need-to-present-a-paper-to-get-into-a good american university" bug, bit me.i decided to present a paper on AMR(adaptive multi rate coding)(dont even bother to ask,i forgot what it was).its like an automatic tsunami alert system(pardon the intended pun) for mobile phones.basically,when ur signal power reduces,the tower and the phone decide to talk quitely an be a little less verbose(currently not available in india).
while surfing bout this i came across this . they were young good looking and looked like winners(for 6 months i wanted to get into them badly. then DSP-I did the trick and i switched to IT).But then they were very small.but i had a gut feeling that one day these guys would be the next infy.and today while browsing thro HINDU i find this.
so ladies and gentelmen,if u can spare a coupla million dollars invest in ittiam. no,i dont have a MBA i am not a CA.hell, i dont even understand equity markets that much.but gentleman i think v have a winner. i kinda have a strange feeling now.i feel like i am the one who discovered this company for the world to see.and that is my story friends,lots of gut feeling,lots of potential,lots of posturing but nothing to show.
so if ittiam ever makes it big,remember who told u first. i have a couple more bets in silicon valley(if only i had a couple million dollars *sigh*). this one for example.gut feeling tells me they will be the next cisco,doing for wireless wat cisco did to the net.i firmly beleive i have a good future in finance.but only one thing is standing between me and my dream--CAT.sigh,if only i can get my math funda right(a detailed rant abt 'future' coming in the future).
if any amatauer warrent buffet's out there wanna try their hand heres a nice way . its a game where u play with virtual cash(*sigh*). i made quite a neat profit there but still learning.lets see.
i cannot end this blog without congratulating the person who made my first ever comment.congrats my anonymous friend,u have good taste.
okey dokey, gotta go. results tomorow.wish me luck. byeeee.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
while surfing bout this i came across this . they were young good looking and looked like winners(for 6 months i wanted to get into them badly. then DSP-I did the trick and i switched to IT).But then they were very small.but i had a gut feeling that one day these guys would be the next infy.and today while browsing thro HINDU i find this.
so ladies and gentelmen,if u can spare a coupla million dollars invest in ittiam. no,i dont have a MBA i am not a CA.hell, i dont even understand equity markets that much.but gentleman i think v have a winner. i kinda have a strange feeling now.i feel like i am the one who discovered this company for the world to see.and that is my story friends,lots of gut feeling,lots of potential,lots of posturing but nothing to show.
so if ittiam ever makes it big,remember who told u first. i have a couple more bets in silicon valley(if only i had a couple million dollars *sigh*). this one for example.gut feeling tells me they will be the next cisco,doing for wireless wat cisco did to the net.i firmly beleive i have a good future in finance.but only one thing is standing between me and my dream--CAT.sigh,if only i can get my math funda right(a detailed rant abt 'future' coming in the future).
if any amatauer warrent buffet's out there wanna try their hand heres a nice way . its a game where u play with virtual cash(*sigh*). i made quite a neat profit there but still learning.lets see.
i cannot end this blog without congratulating the person who made my first ever comment.congrats my anonymous friend,u have good taste.
okey dokey, gotta go. results tomorow.wish me luck. byeeee.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
midnight musings
its exactly 1:51 here in chennai and i cant bloody sleep.u see one of the problems of being a final year engg. student is that u dont have anything to do.NOTHING.ZILCH.if u cant sleep, blog.so here i am.
which brings me back to a point i have been wondering about for many days.y do ppl blog??take thatbaghdad blogger for example. would i blog if it means being arrested by the iraqi secret service.ah hell no.but this guy did and he comes out and says that he felt a sense of responsibility to deliver the iraqi ppls msg to the outside world.no sir, i aint going to abu gharib for nobody.not even for my ppl(sorry india,i just cant do it).
and then there are the writter types. the sidin types(i am openly jealous of him,but gotta give to him).they blog bcos they have to.it just come out naturally i guess.the creative types,if i can use the cliche.(and then ther r blogs created 2 comment on his page,can u freaking beleive it).
all this is fine but why do ppl really blog?? is it an internal thing or is it a networking thing.ah, the networker.takethis guy for example.he blogs to stay in touch with his friends and they have a core grp of friends who network with each other.the"i-got-promotion-today" types.
all of this is fine u say.but, y the fuck do ppl blog???u know wat i think. i think all of us getting away from the real world v are inhabiting and becoming someone else. and the bloody blog is a means to that end.take me for example,do i really hate suntv so much that i would protest in front of their office for the coverage? hell,no!!(too afraid)! but here in blogdom i am a card carrying liberal who wants to protect privacy!!
see what a bad slice of pizza and a new year hangover can do to a person. shit man did i really mean to say wat i just did?? i dont know!! and thats wat i mean!!
the chennai blogger
which brings me back to a point i have been wondering about for many days.y do ppl blog??take thatbaghdad blogger for example. would i blog if it means being arrested by the iraqi secret service.ah hell no.but this guy did and he comes out and says that he felt a sense of responsibility to deliver the iraqi ppls msg to the outside world.no sir, i aint going to abu gharib for nobody.not even for my ppl(sorry india,i just cant do it).
and then there are the writter types. the sidin types(i am openly jealous of him,but gotta give to him).they blog bcos they have to.it just come out naturally i guess.the creative types,if i can use the cliche.(and then ther r blogs created 2 comment on his page,can u freaking beleive it).
all this is fine but why do ppl really blog?? is it an internal thing or is it a networking thing.ah, the networker.takethis guy for example.he blogs to stay in touch with his friends and they have a core grp of friends who network with each other.the"i-got-promotion-today" types.
all of this is fine u say.but, y the fuck do ppl blog???u know wat i think. i think all of us getting away from the real world v are inhabiting and becoming someone else. and the bloody blog is a means to that end.take me for example,do i really hate suntv so much that i would protest in front of their office for the coverage? hell,no!!(too afraid)! but here in blogdom i am a card carrying liberal who wants to protect privacy!!
see what a bad slice of pizza and a new year hangover can do to a person. shit man did i really mean to say wat i just did?? i dont know!! and thats wat i mean!!
the chennai blogger
FIREFOX--sorry, u loose!!
been trying to use firefox for the past few days.well the results have been well,mixed, to put it mildly. i am in the middle of a back breaking final year project,so i dont have the bloody time or the inclination to download the patches for adobe,flash,ppt etc. separately(yup, all of these dont work on the normal fox. u have to download patches.).
and the other thing is ,freaking blogger.com updates from freaking IE dont get registered in freaking fox.am i supposed to update twice for two browsers.(sorry firefox users,i chose IE. majority rules).
u know wat i do like bout fox.the tabs and the pop-up suppresion.especially me being a rediff mail holder(the pop ups there can be quite annoying).but u know wat is gonna bring down FIREFOX?? people like me,who dont give 2 hoots bout open source(god bless the indian govt. for letting piracy thrive).
FOX needs more than tabs, ad suppresion and the romance of open source for it to thrive.for the world is full of ppl like me.
the chennai blogger
and the other thing is ,freaking blogger.com updates from freaking IE dont get registered in freaking fox.am i supposed to update twice for two browsers.(sorry firefox users,i chose IE. majority rules).
u know wat i do like bout fox.the tabs and the pop-up suppresion.especially me being a rediff mail holder(the pop ups there can be quite annoying).but u know wat is gonna bring down FIREFOX?? people like me,who dont give 2 hoots bout open source(god bless the indian govt. for letting piracy thrive).
FOX needs more than tabs, ad suppresion and the romance of open source for it to thrive.for the world is full of ppl like me.
the chennai blogger
SUN TV--dont u just love them??
If u like sun tv or some of the soaps on it pls read no further.
yes sir i am talking about the same ubiquitous sun that rises and sets everyday in tamilland.first, the news.plsss,plsss dont tell me that this is the best journalism we tamils can do(surpassed only by nakheeran i guess--bout that later)."makkal ellaarum peethyil irrukaanga.inga orre paraparapa iruku"--this is the opening line of the cast by a on-the-spot journalist("ppl r panicking.situation is tense"). fuck,how do u think ppl r going to react to a tsunami??by doing yoga on the beach?? ofcourse they r going 2 panic!!
and yesterday did u see ramakrishnan in andamans,man he was pissing in his pants!!! kids,public tv is supposed to ASSUAGE and INFORM people.not freak them out!! and wat the fuck was that hoopla bout "ARASU INGE ORRU NADAVADIKAYUM EDUKALAI. madiya unavu 3 manikidhan kodukapattadhu!!"(govt not responding.lunch given to victims only by 3).wat the fuck man r they supposed to prepare lunch in 2 hrs straight for 2000 ppl.cmon, grow up.
man v understand the compulsions of being SUN. v sympathise with the old man being dragged out at midnight,but guys this ia freaking NATIONAL DISASTER!!wat was even more distasteful was the reporter haggling with the victims to make them say something against the govt.i mean how sick can u get??
of course tsunami just brings out the best in everyone and they did well by setting up a releif fund.kudos for that!!!
this pretty much fits into the pattern for any indian news channel though. haggling with the interviewees,cutting them off,getting emotional(barkha dear,u say it best when u dont say it at all),blaming the administration(sam daniel,just shut the fuck up man),seeking and getting political patronage(sahara hamara??)!!
jeez,i dont like the white man that much.but as far as journalism goes he beats the shit out of us(man, i hate to give credit to white men). which is not 2 say that they dont have the occasional moron.i mean did u see the condescending tone on those journalists faces when they spoke of inaction by the govt.(fuck, now i am beggining to dought the govt.).
NOPE. i am no fan of jaya tv.but atleast they have no pretensions of being neutral.i mean, they play for their team and thats understandable.but the SUN's rays r beggining to pierce thro and more ppl r takin notice. lets hope they make mends of it in the near future.
until then urs politically incorrect,
CHENNAI BLOGGER
yes sir i am talking about the same ubiquitous sun that rises and sets everyday in tamilland.first, the news.plsss,plsss dont tell me that this is the best journalism we tamils can do(surpassed only by nakheeran i guess--bout that later)."makkal ellaarum peethyil irrukaanga.inga orre paraparapa iruku"--this is the opening line of the cast by a on-the-spot journalist("ppl r panicking.situation is tense"). fuck,how do u think ppl r going to react to a tsunami??by doing yoga on the beach?? ofcourse they r going 2 panic!!
and yesterday did u see ramakrishnan in andamans,man he was pissing in his pants!!! kids,public tv is supposed to ASSUAGE and INFORM people.not freak them out!! and wat the fuck was that hoopla bout "ARASU INGE ORRU NADAVADIKAYUM EDUKALAI. madiya unavu 3 manikidhan kodukapattadhu!!"(govt not responding.lunch given to victims only by 3).wat the fuck man r they supposed to prepare lunch in 2 hrs straight for 2000 ppl.cmon, grow up.
man v understand the compulsions of being SUN. v sympathise with the old man being dragged out at midnight,but guys this ia freaking NATIONAL DISASTER!!wat was even more distasteful was the reporter haggling with the victims to make them say something against the govt.i mean how sick can u get??
of course tsunami just brings out the best in everyone and they did well by setting up a releif fund.kudos for that!!!
this pretty much fits into the pattern for any indian news channel though. haggling with the interviewees,cutting them off,getting emotional(barkha dear,u say it best when u dont say it at all),blaming the administration(sam daniel,just shut the fuck up man),seeking and getting political patronage(sahara hamara??)!!
jeez,i dont like the white man that much.but as far as journalism goes he beats the shit out of us(man, i hate to give credit to white men). which is not 2 say that they dont have the occasional moron.i mean did u see the condescending tone on those journalists faces when they spoke of inaction by the govt.(fuck, now i am beggining to dought the govt.).
NOPE. i am no fan of jaya tv.but atleast they have no pretensions of being neutral.i mean, they play for their team and thats understandable.but the SUN's rays r beggining to pierce thro and more ppl r takin notice. lets hope they make mends of it in the near future.
until then urs politically incorrect,
CHENNAI BLOGGER
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Saddest new year ever??
is this the saddest new year i have ever experienced?? yes.sad for the tsunami victims and mostly sad about my attitude towards the whole mess. throughout the week i have been,well, indifferent!!!
i mean i experienced the 6:30 jitters as everyone(even thought it was my dream girl rocking my world!!). then saw suntv's 'PARAPARAPU'
news(a separate blog on sun tv's tsunami coverage coming up shortly).
when it was apparent the water wasnt going to hit me it was back 2 business for me(actually i am currently unemployed).
to be fair to me there is nothing i could have done(ppl are being asked not to come to the disaster area as there are enough voluenteers already). yeah,n*****p had asked me 2 come for some voluenter work.yes,i could have gone to nagapatinam with g*****a to do some volunteer work.but i dint!! and thats what scares me.INDIFFERNCE!! do i care??? gee, i hope so!! for my souls sake.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
i mean i experienced the 6:30 jitters as everyone(even thought it was my dream girl rocking my world!!). then saw suntv's 'PARAPARAPU'
news(a separate blog on sun tv's tsunami coverage coming up shortly).
when it was apparent the water wasnt going to hit me it was back 2 business for me(actually i am currently unemployed).
to be fair to me there is nothing i could have done(ppl are being asked not to come to the disaster area as there are enough voluenteers already). yeah,n*****p had asked me 2 come for some voluenter work.yes,i could have gone to nagapatinam with g*****a to do some volunteer work.but i dint!! and thats what scares me.INDIFFERNCE!! do i care??? gee, i hope so!! for my souls sake.
THE CHENNAI BLOGGER
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