Wishing everyone a very happy new year! This year, I felt I must have a new year's post. I was trying to find if there is anything unique about this year in connection to my birthday ; something like 09/09/09(thats my grandmom's bday) , cuz the year is 2010 and my birthday is 10/02...but to no avail...Found out that day was 9 years back..10/02/2001!!!
I actually starting studying for the maths exam which I have to write 5 days later. I never studied the day after the exam. But surprisingly, today I did. Maybe I was missing that connection of studying something you know, something you can score in ,for a looong time.
I know, it seems a very sad new year's eve. No big party. A small humble one with me, my sister and the radio playing english songs, the only saving grace. But still , I'm contented. I studied on the first day of new year and actually liked it too. So guess I will study well the whole year.
Like everyone says, its nice to start something on the new year's day, something you would like to do the whole year. Well, I am blogging , hoping I will blog more often this year and make my wonderful readers have a joyous experience.
Not too many messages at 12 this year..Everyone wants to avoid the traffic and send before or after the actual day starts.. Everyone is smart..me too....I suddenly wish to assume that I am studying in MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and wish everyone when it is 00.00am there. High hopes, but a year start has got to be high..on life and happiness and dreams.
So, I have a new year's post after all...that too my first random post(Every blog boasts of this one label :P)...according to GMT +5.30 though..gotta follow it as long as I'm here...May this year be filled with happiness and good results and knowledge and surely, great posts to read for me ;)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Path Of Substance
What fear to take the path untrodden,
when what lies at its end is unknown,
what we think is ours,
is not our very own.
when what lies at its end is unknown,
what we think is ours,
is not our very own.
Live for a reason,
as good as it can be,
at the end of everything,
it will surface back to thee,
as good as it can be,
at the end of everything,
it will surface back to thee,
having crossed every path with just a clean heart,
and no inkling as to what the result would be,
this is but another path to be travelled upon,
albeit to a place none like before.
It is a road everyone has to take,
some early,some late.
With a smile on your face,
you have jumped over every obstacle on your way,
is this the last one, you wonder,
and leave everything to the One you have always believed in.
you have jumped over every obstacle on your way,
is this the last one, you wonder,
and leave everything to the One you have always believed in.
It may look a road full of thorns and stones,
but thats just a perception, you see,
once you make your destination your destiny,
the journey has nothing to be feared by thee.
Realize each step that you take,
as it is more precious than the one you took before,
as each one takes you closer to nothingness,
a conjunction of peace and satisfaction never more.
as it is more precious than the one you took before,
as each one takes you closer to nothingness,
a conjunction of peace and satisfaction never more.
If good deeds have carved your life,
there is no fear left to feel,
the path is trodden with just one thought in mind,
and the end we hoped for is known and turned into real.
(P.S This is on the blog on Nisha's request :). This is one of the most thoughtful and deepest ones that I have written....something really really close to my heart)
Friday, December 4, 2009
Abode of God
Never ending diamonds on a field of greens,
Sparkling to the tune of the birds’ song,
That is the sound of music,
That is the sound of dawn.
Those leaves rustle in a familiar way,
Those birds descend on your path,
That silence in itself, music,
That peace in itself, God.
Can the sky be so clear,
With no cloud in sight,
Maybe the man has cleansed his heart,
Soul and mind.
That gust of wind brings storiesfrom far far away,
It even takes back the stories that I narrate,
The leaves have stopped their motion,
the birds make sound no more,
my thoughts have a reached a standstill,
at the place so longed for before,
I have found my destination,
My feet need no longer trod,
As I realize I have reached,
Reached the abode of God.
(P.S. I thank the green lane and the nature filled campus that I often walk through for the inspiration and those walks where I just had my thoughts accompanying me.)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
You know you are in SP Comps 2012( F. E. ) if..
After a whole series of LOLs and comments on my previous post, my mind can't help jog backwards to my first year( my brain needs exercise too after being subjected to torturous COA and EDC). So this post delayed by a year appears on my blog at last.(Dramatic, ain't it? ) So, You know you are in SP COMPS 2012( F. E. ) if
1)You pronounce structure as "Stackture"
2) You are found saying "Thees is thee breedboard and thees is the sirkeet".
3) Your measures of water include 1 litre bottle, 5 litre bottle and...............titu bottle
4) the sentence "You will get THE jheero mark" haunts you
5) You go for bowling or to Fun republic as often as you write your assignments (:P)
6) You write psuedocodes to torture jail inmates in the game on your class community at 2 in the morning
7) The attendance of most of your classmates( including you) is 90% and above in every subject possible.
8) You spell angry as "angree" and pronounce new year as "nivear".
9) You keep saying "Yeah, yeah" in a fake american accent.
10) You expect your CS professor to chit chat with other students when your GD is going on.
11) You keep gossipping about seniors(especially the immediate ones)
12) the IV reminds you of.................................you are already remembering :P
13) writing 'i' or saying "i theta" is second nature to you
14) the complex polymers in chemistry have "snack" like structures.
I guess this will be of some use to you as some of these signs are still shown by some of us even after first year. I guess you can use these to find us too.
My teeth are flashing at the thought of what I have written. Hope yours' are too . :D Have fun and a great exam season. :P
1)You pronounce structure as "Stackture"
2) You are found saying "Thees is thee breedboard and thees is the sirkeet".
3) Your measures of water include 1 litre bottle, 5 litre bottle and...............titu bottle
4) the sentence "You will get THE jheero mark" haunts you
5) You go for bowling or to Fun republic as often as you write your assignments (:P)
6) You write psuedocodes to torture jail inmates in the game on your class community at 2 in the morning
7) The attendance of most of your classmates( including you) is 90% and above in every subject possible.
8) You spell angry as "angree" and pronounce new year as "nivear".
9) You keep saying "Yeah, yeah" in a fake american accent.
10) You expect your CS professor to chit chat with other students when your GD is going on.
11) You keep gossipping about seniors(especially the immediate ones)
12) the IV reminds you of.................................you are already remembering :P
13) writing 'i' or saying "i theta" is second nature to you
14) the complex polymers in chemistry have "snack" like structures.
I guess this will be of some use to you as some of these signs are still shown by some of us even after first year. I guess you can use these to find us too.
My teeth are flashing at the thought of what I have written. Hope yours' are too . :D Have fun and a great exam season. :P
Saturday, November 21, 2009
You know you are in SP Comps 2012( S. E. ) if..
The whole of my last two weeks were submerged in submissions and practicals and studying feverishly for those dangerous vivas.So,I came up with some things you can totally associate my class students with ;maybe even our seniors..
1) If your status updates and chat contain lines of C++ or JAVA, mostly consisting of infinite loops
2)If you suffer from zerumderigophobia- fear of null pointer exception
3)If you can hear nothing but a high pitched voice and see nothing but a haunted face wherever you look after a DSF lecture or practical in second year.
4)If your last wish is to haunt the owner of that screeching dreadful voice(:P)
5)If you ask them what a dangling pointer is, they stand straight with their hand parallel to the floor and move their hand along with themselves left and right.
6)If you pronounce zero as "jheero" and m as "yum".
7)If you are an expert at carrom and table tennis.
8)If you expect a teacher to say "Attend maai neaaxt leakcher" at least 10 times if someone enters late
9) If when you see a cockroach, you wonder whether it is drunk and write a code to calculate the time in which it would reach the other end of the hall.
From now on, if you have to look for a SE Comps student of this year, all of you have to do is look for these signs. Happy finding!
1) If your status updates and chat contain lines of C++ or JAVA, mostly consisting of infinite loops
2)If you suffer from zerumderigophobia- fear of null pointer exception
3)If you can hear nothing but a high pitched voice and see nothing but a haunted face wherever you look after a DSF lecture or practical in second year.
4)If your last wish is to haunt the owner of that screeching dreadful voice(:P)
5)If you ask them what a dangling pointer is, they stand straight with their hand parallel to the floor and move their hand along with themselves left and right.
6)If you pronounce zero as "jheero" and m as "yum".
7)If you are an expert at carrom and table tennis.
8)If you expect a teacher to say "Attend maai neaaxt leakcher" at least 10 times if someone enters late
9) If when you see a cockroach, you wonder whether it is drunk and write a code to calculate the time in which it would reach the other end of the hall.
From now on, if you have to look for a SE Comps student of this year, all of you have to do is look for these signs. Happy finding!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Journey or Destination?
I know my last post was very unlike what I have posted all these days.They were just a conglomeration of the different thoughts I had..Everyone seems to be in a thoughtful and reflective mood nowadays. Maybe that is what PL does to you.So many things that I have been trying to observe this semester, thought I'd share my contemplations.
Sometimes, the journey is much more significant than the destination.No, always. Look at these situations.
You meet a friend who was in the same 12th standard classes as you.You start talking about what each other is doing nowadays. But have you ever noticed how small that conversation is? Because your this conversation immediately shifts to those "good old days" and how much fun you had and then there is this period of silence. You are already back to that place and time.
Why,even when we are having a casual conversation with our long time friends,the conversation slips to the time we first met, our first thoughts, our first opinions before we knew them he way we know now . .the surprising fact? You are never bored of repeating this conversation and it brings a smile to your face in an effortless attempt.
Let me narrate an experience I had this semester which strengthened my ideas.
This semester we were divided into four batches in anticipation of the diploma students against the usual 3 till last sem. Result? There was no one in my batch who I knew too well and I was totally distraught at the fact that I am gonna be stark bored at the end of this semester. Maybe my journey had different plans. There were two guys I knew somewhat better than the others and the same, likewise. So,we kind of hung around together during practicals et al. We were similar in our thoughts and both of them weren't people who would mock me for the way I do things so religiously because they do too. So it happened that we are the only people in the batch who performed the practicals properly and were considered prudent and responsible. The whole semester, the togetherness bonded us and practicals were much more fun. At the end of the sem, we had not only got A+ in most of our journals but had also earned the wealth of being in the good books of our teachers.
So what did I observe? We didn't be with each other in pursuit of the grades....our journey together led us to this result.
The point is all of us are so obsessed with materialistic things that we forget to notice the smallest things in life which can give us the same happiness. Most of the students in the same phase as mine are thinking about getting into a college committee, attend workshops so that it will give them that extra edge in the job interview. Me included. Accepted these things are important but so important that you consider everyone around you competition and forget that they are your friends first??Absolutely not. What we fail to realize is we are lucky to have got into this college, we are lucky that we have friends who understand us so well and that itself is a good sign and it would take us to the destination we want to reach.
Let's say that a person's intended destination is money...Lots of it..He will work really hard to get it. Maybe he would study and do various activities just for that.Once he gets it,more money. He will pursue money like nothing before.There will be a time where he has lots of money.That time, if that person looks back, what would he have missed?? ..He would have missed that small sign of someone wanting to know him,someone who wanted to have fun with him, that small innocent smile of a child, small gestures of love, the feeling of achievement when he learnt something new,the novelty of a subject maybe... not all of it but significantly yes. So even if he has the money,he doesn't have the satisfaction of having attained it nor did he enjoy the process of getting it.
The 12th standard classes were meant for us to get into the best colleges. but the journey gave us something much more invaluable..friendship.You may be taking your best friend for granted. But that journey gave you something..memories.
It is proved time and again that if we give importance to our journey and keep the destination in mind, along with the destination intended, by just one path we reach many more wonderful places. If the person hadn't been so obsessed with earning money, maybe he would have lots of money and people to enjoy it with. Maybe if he had given his friends some importance, they would have put their ideas together and earned money faster along with strengthening their relationship.
There is a journey, maybe the only one which all of us never want to end,an example which stares you at your face.....LIFE..Life is a journey from birth to death. If the destination was what mattered, we should have been running closer to death than away from it.Just like Harry Potter needs a happy memory to produce a patronus, we need happy memories too. We need people.We need love.We need those small happy feelings when someone praises us. We need that feeling of worthiness when we finish studying what we wished to finish that day. We need to make every journey of ours great just to enjoy the destination. Why, even when you wish to attain God, the journey is what makes us realize who He is, why we need Him, He exists. So when you attain him( by His grace), you have reached your goal with peace and realization.
Maybe we muggles don't have to fight dementors, but we do have to make our
"The Journey " worthwhile so that when it has to end, when death comes as is the nature's will, we not only have reached our intended destination but also have a reason to have taken the journey in the first place. :)
Let's say that a person's intended destination is money...Lots of it..He will work really hard to get it. Maybe he would study and do various activities just for that.Once he gets it,more money. He will pursue money like nothing before.There will be a time where he has lots of money.That time, if that person looks back, what would he have missed?? ..He would have missed that small sign of someone wanting to know him,someone who wanted to have fun with him, that small innocent smile of a child, small gestures of love, the feeling of achievement when he learnt something new,the novelty of a subject maybe... not all of it but significantly yes. So even if he has the money,he doesn't have the satisfaction of having attained it nor did he enjoy the process of getting it.
The 12th standard classes were meant for us to get into the best colleges. but the journey gave us something much more invaluable..friendship.You may be taking your best friend for granted. But that journey gave you something..memories.
It is proved time and again that if we give importance to our journey and keep the destination in mind, along with the destination intended, by just one path we reach many more wonderful places. If the person hadn't been so obsessed with earning money, maybe he would have lots of money and people to enjoy it with. Maybe if he had given his friends some importance, they would have put their ideas together and earned money faster along with strengthening their relationship.
There is a journey, maybe the only one which all of us never want to end,an example which stares you at your face.....LIFE..Life is a journey from birth to death. If the destination was what mattered, we should have been running closer to death than away from it.Just like Harry Potter needs a happy memory to produce a patronus, we need happy memories too. We need people.We need love.We need those small happy feelings when someone praises us. We need that feeling of worthiness when we finish studying what we wished to finish that day. We need to make every journey of ours great just to enjoy the destination. Why, even when you wish to attain God, the journey is what makes us realize who He is, why we need Him, He exists. So when you attain him( by His grace), you have reached your goal with peace and realization.
Maybe we muggles don't have to fight dementors, but we do have to make our
"The Journey " worthwhile so that when it has to end, when death comes as is the nature's will, we not only have reached our intended destination but also have a reason to have taken the journey in the first place. :)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Growing to become a SPITian
I really don't know but reminiscing always seems fun. Even though what you are reminiscing about is really small but within that time frame, you are in that place, in that emotion with the feeling of exuberance surrounding you.Anyway, I can't help going back to the first day of college. After attending an inspiring orientation( also one of the faculty repeating "We are orthodox" twice to warn about the dress code..yah!), each group of 20-30 students were taken for sight-seeing into the college (Did you think nearby hill-stations? ) that we had all strived to get into for two whole years and were reaping the seeds of our effort.When our teacher was taking us around, our seniors just came and spoke so casually to our teacher asking which class we were from. I still remember, I was amazed how casual these guys are in that kind of an environment and I was even surprised to see the teacher teasing those students too. I was wondering whether I would actually become a part of this institution and not stand out as a weird different student.
Now after a year, I can laugh at the then myself because when this year our juniors came, we did exactly the same things. Stood on the first floor and asked those prim and proper first years which class they were from. They must have thought we were bullying them. But they will know in due course of time,its only tradition. I have progressed to such an extent( if I may say so) that I have given a HI-Five to the same teacher who took us around on my first day because of some really childish fun we had at someone's expense. So guess,I am not an NRSP(Non resident SPITian) after all :P.
When I entered college, my only hopes were to find like minded people in my class( if there exist ) and be affable to people as possible( not that I am not ) to make at least acquaintances, if not friends who would somewhat help me pass through the four years of my life in a simple acceptable manner. But the first day itself, I had found 4 somewhat like minded girls( Surprise! ) only to discover in due course of time, the similarity wasn't superficial. Same music,same books, one of them ..same language!!!(I'm not biased, its just that I haven't found too many people speaking tamil before entering here) In a few days , after we were dragged forcibly( albeit a memorable experience) into the freshers' dance, I got to know the mortals who form the majority of the class.Boys. And well, they didn't seem to be like-minded at first......For eg. when we girls used to sit on the last few benches, these boys used to run, squabble and fight for the second and third benches.( Really really weird when you see it ). But then the fest came. These engineering fests are actually cool because that is when you realize SPITians aren't just nerds. I too found out that boys in my class are actually so musically inclined ,talented, even PJologists( tribute to harsh and sumiran) and the icing of the cake: fun and great. So, there was the big bang: in my head. A whole new universe had been formed for me. And as an universe has to expand, so did my list of people I loved knowing.
That was the time I had started blogging. In my case, I tend to convey a lot more including emotions when I write than when I speak. I really didn't know my seniors except for some of their names. It just so happened that I happened to see the status update of my senior as "Blog update" and I chanced upon his blog. I had entered a new domain altogether.I read all the posts on that page and saw his blogroll. Only to see a list of minimum 20 names, all of them SPITians!! I tried reading all of them( I still haven't finished) and I knew I had found my place.After that,in the second year, now that I know a lot more seniors(thanks to dominoes and a whole set of blog comments) ,I dare to comment on their impeccable blogs which are always a joy to read. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to achieve this herculean task of reading blogs..its not a task really,love reading them..and one thing I loved about their blogs is that there are at least 10 comments mostly by fellow SPITians. Also, so many posts!!Anyway, my secret aim is to get all these expert bloggers to look at my blog and comment(now no longer a secret) which has happened in case of some of them.(yippee!!)
Anyway, my point was, I thought I would just have acquaintances in my class and nothing impressive but now its like this whole association of people I know from different classes, different branches ,some of whom I love,some who I look upto, some of whom I epitomize as true SPITians and some of whom I'll never forget in my life.
But anyway,one of my seniors told me that SP is one of the few colleges like VJTI and IIT which has a culture of its own. I now realize it is true. To find a place full of people with thought processes just like you isn't always plausible nor is it coincidence.This is a place where I was meant to be.This is the place where I belong. Midway into my engineering, I hope I am remembered as a SPITian in the years to come by seniors,juniors and peers alike. Cheers!
Now after a year, I can laugh at the then myself because when this year our juniors came, we did exactly the same things. Stood on the first floor and asked those prim and proper first years which class they were from. They must have thought we were bullying them. But they will know in due course of time,its only tradition. I have progressed to such an extent( if I may say so) that I have given a HI-Five to the same teacher who took us around on my first day because of some really childish fun we had at someone's expense. So guess,I am not an NRSP(Non resident SPITian) after all :P.
When I entered college, my only hopes were to find like minded people in my class( if there exist ) and be affable to people as possible( not that I am not ) to make at least acquaintances, if not friends who would somewhat help me pass through the four years of my life in a simple acceptable manner. But the first day itself, I had found 4 somewhat like minded girls( Surprise! ) only to discover in due course of time, the similarity wasn't superficial. Same music,same books, one of them ..same language!!!(I'm not biased, its just that I haven't found too many people speaking tamil before entering here) In a few days , after we were dragged forcibly( albeit a memorable experience) into the freshers' dance, I got to know the mortals who form the majority of the class.Boys. And well, they didn't seem to be like-minded at first......For eg. when we girls used to sit on the last few benches, these boys used to run, squabble and fight for the second and third benches.( Really really weird when you see it ). But then the fest came. These engineering fests are actually cool because that is when you realize SPITians aren't just nerds. I too found out that boys in my class are actually so musically inclined ,talented, even PJologists( tribute to harsh and sumiran) and the icing of the cake: fun and great. So, there was the big bang: in my head. A whole new universe had been formed for me. And as an universe has to expand, so did my list of people I loved knowing.
That was the time I had started blogging. In my case, I tend to convey a lot more including emotions when I write than when I speak. I really didn't know my seniors except for some of their names. It just so happened that I happened to see the status update of my senior as "Blog update" and I chanced upon his blog. I had entered a new domain altogether.I read all the posts on that page and saw his blogroll. Only to see a list of minimum 20 names, all of them SPITians!! I tried reading all of them( I still haven't finished) and I knew I had found my place.After that,in the second year, now that I know a lot more seniors(thanks to dominoes and a whole set of blog comments) ,I dare to comment on their impeccable blogs which are always a joy to read. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to achieve this herculean task of reading blogs..its not a task really,love reading them..and one thing I loved about their blogs is that there are at least 10 comments mostly by fellow SPITians. Also, so many posts!!Anyway, my secret aim is to get all these expert bloggers to look at my blog and comment(now no longer a secret) which has happened in case of some of them.(yippee!!)
Anyway, my point was, I thought I would just have acquaintances in my class and nothing impressive but now its like this whole association of people I know from different classes, different branches ,some of whom I love,some who I look upto, some of whom I epitomize as true SPITians and some of whom I'll never forget in my life.
But anyway,one of my seniors told me that SP is one of the few colleges like VJTI and IIT which has a culture of its own. I now realize it is true. To find a place full of people with thought processes just like you isn't always plausible nor is it coincidence.This is a place where I was meant to be.This is the place where I belong. Midway into my engineering, I hope I am remembered as a SPITian in the years to come by seniors,juniors and peers alike. Cheers!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Those memorable days!!
Here we go again...its that time of the year when we are supposed to be preparing for our exams....and me finishing my long time post.....Although it started with lots of energetic thoughts of studying for my practicals, opening the EDC book to see what I never seem to understand and lots of ideal stuff,let me tell you ,I haven't done anything even close to that..just slept and slept and slept..So much that i could be compared to The greatest sleeper Kumbhkaran(or maybe even Sumiran :P).
So,I thought let me brush up my literary skills and walk down the memory lane..not too far..just enough to reach January 9th,the night when we were boarding the train for Amritsar.But then the story of how all 13 of us were ready to go for the IV is in itself a great story.So I guess I'll walk a little more to reach November when we were asked to pay the money for the IV.We were enticed and tempted with the adventurous things our seniors did like river-rafting...and we were told we would go sand boarding this time(Oh my gosh!!!)So well,actually most of us in our group were usurped into the joy and excitement of going somewhere for 9 days,with our wonderful friends and no parents(yippee!!!)But then,2 or 3 people in the group had problems like no permission,too dangerous and by the end of it ,only 5 of us were ready to go out of a 12 person group.So then we decided if the group doesn't go,we don't go(Loyalty to our group).But then the news somehow reached our wonderful wonderful seniors(By the way, I mean the adjective,if it weren't for them,I wouldn't be writing this) and a senior from T.E ,Divya(her name deserves to be mentioned here :)) called up one of my friends and asked her to convince as many as possible and the obedient juniors that we are(wonder what our seniors must be thinking.....)my friend called up everyone and actually very surprisingly,everyone agreed!!!!!God,to think 12 hours before that we were sad that we couldn't enjoy those 9 days of bliss.
So,the next day we went to pay our fees for the IV and I am really sure no one remembered that IV stands for Industrial visit.We were just so happy about the train travel itself,you can imagine the rest.So now,I jump back to 9th January 2009(a really unforgettable day).All of us were so happy on seeing each other at the station.Although discussion about the luggage and clothes and food had continued without even stopping during our exams(you would understand if you have read my post Nights during P.L + exams).Once we were into our compartment,all our parents were standing at the window continuously telling us(or should I call it nagging..nah..sweet sounding advice of parents who love their kids) to take care of ourselves(duh),enjoy really well(as if we don't know that) and eat properly(actually we were gonna hog) and other numerous stuff.And at last,the train started moving and accelerating just like our happiness at the thought of the forthcoming 9 days.
And if you have read my previous post(if you haven't ,you would love to read that one before this),as I said our seniors dropped in in our compartment to tell we have to present a play and that they did it too and it has to be great and all that.And the next day morning ,after we dragged ourselves to take a bath in the cold weather of amritsar,(brrr!!!), we had our breakfast and all of us were in the boys' room discussing the dialogues of our play.We had decided who are gonna be the seniors we would imitate and their actual names wont be used.One of our EXTC seniors Taha had come to our compartment the previous night and spoken and even thought one of the guys was oversmart and kept him in his place(lolz).So we changed his name to Aha in the play and I must say,no one ever called him by any other name ever again.All of us who were in the play observed the seniors we were gonna imitate ,their dressing sense,their way of walking and talking and all that.The senior Divya who I was gonna imitate had a sore throat and was practically croaking; and guess what,I had a sore throat too and was croaking.The fellow who was impersonating Taha actually wore the scarf the same way that he did and I got to wear my friend's spectacles cuz Divya wore them too.Another fellow wore a monkey cap just like the senoir anna he was impersonating.Then came D time.It was 11p.m and freezing cold,maybe even more cuz we were nervous.But once the play started ,we had to control our laughter seeing our peers play the part cuz we had to go on stage next.And we actually had to pause in between the dialogues cuz the audience was laughing so much.And although I know I'm repeating myself,seeing a senior fall off the chair laughing at your play is a great thing.Everyone in the auditorium was bowing zulu style and clapping for our play once it was over.They actually were shouting"Once More". And the ice was broken.Every senior who saw us asked "How did you do it?"and that"The part was played perfectly". More so,when you see a junior being you,saying exactly what you would say ,on stage,is a proud moment for anyone.And although I try to be modest,none of the other FE classes got a standing ovation like we did and so we stood out amidst all.Needless to say,we went to our room only to watch the video twice and rejoice at our success.
But ,the happiness was shortlived, atleast for the boys(;)).
The next night,most of us were watching Mr. Bean in the boys' room(that had become like a lounge for all of us)and by 12,3 or 4 of the boys had gone off to sleep.just as we girls were getting ready to go to our rooms and the boys to sleep,2 or 3 of our seniors,one after the other came to ask whether we were gonna be there only.When we asked the reason,they said ,it was someone's birthday and she was distributing cake(hmmm...yummy)Who knew,this was a trick ,when we opened the door ,the whole group of seniors jsut rushed into the room,sat on the beds and started waking up the boys who had gone off to sleep.All the girls were shooed out of the room as the boys looked at us with a scared and flabbergasted face.And all that the girls knew was the seniors left the room only at 1.30AM.The next day,we were trying with different ways and means to find out what actually happened cuz we realized the boys had had fun the end of it all.But the boys refused to open their mouths only dropping hints(uff).But then the cat was out of the bag and we dint have to wait for more than a day.Cuz our senior Adhitya(fondly called as anna) came to our compartment to have a chat.The smart girls that we are(collars raised!!) mentioned that we didn't know anything about what happened.And then he spoke words of wisdom(for us ;))which I am not allowed to disclose else this will be the last post of my life(and I mean it).But all I can say is we were practically rolling our eyes and on the floor with laughter and the boys became great friends after the incident and we had something we could tease them with(yippee!!!).
Our trip also had adventure and I mean it.We had to board a train for jodhpur from a very small station called Makhu, and the weird part was we were forced to stand with our luggage on the train tracks next to the ones where our train was gonna come.And the main plot.......................the train would wait only for 2 minutes on the station.200 students,400 pieces of luggage,all in 2 minutes on the train.Our senior coordinator told us that the girls would get into the sleeper compartment and the boys would load the luggage on the train and then get into it(Just think of the boys's faces when he said this).SO all of us kept our luggage together and dreaded about what would happen if we didn't get into the train or any of our luggage was not loaded.When the train came,all the girls got into the train compartment in a frenzy manner.But damn!!!We got in to the general compartment instead of the sleeper one.All of us got down the train and got into the sleeper compartment.In the mean while,all the guys were working together loading the luggage(I really dont know how they did it) into one of the compartments.Luckily,all this was done in just 5 minutes and the train started for its destination,with all its intended passengers aboard.But once this happened,we had to go to our respective compartments,take our own luggage and settle down.By the time we actually settled down,the adrenaline rush was so high.But to think of it,that was a really cool adventure...something I can talk about for years.
Once we reached Jodhpur,we got on a bus for Jaisalmer and had a great new experience of living in tents with a built in bathroom as well(sweet!)but none of us could take a bath in the 2 days that we were there because there was absolutely no hot water,forget hot...no water.So we had to survive; actually let other people survive by using only deodorants and God,although I enjoyed the tents,no bath is something I can never bear again.But the next day when we got on a bus to go to Jodhpur,I can say with confidence that everyone was heaving a sigh of relief; albeit with their nostrils blocked(hehe).
And another memory which is etched into my mind is the last night on our way back to mumbai. About 7-8 of us were awake and we actually got to know each other, what we were before getting into SP, a part of us that our friends didn't know. And I must say, it made hell of a difference. Obviously having spent all the time of 9 days together, we had started realizing how lucky we were to be bestowed with such wonderful friends. I didn't feel even for a moment that 9 days weren't enough because I had rejoiced every day, savoured every second and loved every moment. I was always awake when most of us were thus not missing small conversations here and there. I felt a sense of belonging which remains till now amongst my dear old friends. Its always great reminiscing during hardship filled times( I mean submissions,practicals..will these never end :P). Hope you got a well deserved break from the torture common to all of us and enjoyed too.Cheers to a great IV in the forthcoming year!
So,I thought let me brush up my literary skills and walk down the memory lane..not too far..just enough to reach January 9th,the night when we were boarding the train for Amritsar.But then the story of how all 13 of us were ready to go for the IV is in itself a great story.So I guess I'll walk a little more to reach November when we were asked to pay the money for the IV.We were enticed and tempted with the adventurous things our seniors did like river-rafting...and we were told we would go sand boarding this time(Oh my gosh!!!)So well,actually most of us in our group were usurped into the joy and excitement of going somewhere for 9 days,with our wonderful friends and no parents(yippee!!!)But then,2 or 3 people in the group had problems like no permission,too dangerous and by the end of it ,only 5 of us were ready to go out of a 12 person group.So then we decided if the group doesn't go,we don't go(Loyalty to our group).But then the news somehow reached our wonderful wonderful seniors(By the way, I mean the adjective,if it weren't for them,I wouldn't be writing this) and a senior from T.E ,Divya(her name deserves to be mentioned here :)) called up one of my friends and asked her to convince as many as possible and the obedient juniors that we are(wonder what our seniors must be thinking.....)my friend called up everyone and actually very surprisingly,everyone agreed!!!!!God,to think 12 hours before that we were sad that we couldn't enjoy those 9 days of bliss.
So,the next day we went to pay our fees for the IV and I am really sure no one remembered that IV stands for Industrial visit.We were just so happy about the train travel itself,you can imagine the rest.So now,I jump back to 9th January 2009(a really unforgettable day).All of us were so happy on seeing each other at the station.Although discussion about the luggage and clothes and food had continued without even stopping during our exams(you would understand if you have read my post Nights during P.L + exams).Once we were into our compartment,all our parents were standing at the window continuously telling us(or should I call it nagging..nah..sweet sounding advice of parents who love their kids) to take care of ourselves(duh),enjoy really well(as if we don't know that) and eat properly(actually we were gonna hog) and other numerous stuff.And at last,the train started moving and accelerating just like our happiness at the thought of the forthcoming 9 days.
And if you have read my previous post(if you haven't ,you would love to read that one before this),as I said our seniors dropped in in our compartment to tell we have to present a play and that they did it too and it has to be great and all that.And the next day morning ,after we dragged ourselves to take a bath in the cold weather of amritsar,(brrr!!!), we had our breakfast and all of us were in the boys' room discussing the dialogues of our play.We had decided who are gonna be the seniors we would imitate and their actual names wont be used.One of our EXTC seniors Taha had come to our compartment the previous night and spoken and even thought one of the guys was oversmart and kept him in his place(lolz).So we changed his name to Aha in the play and I must say,no one ever called him by any other name ever again.All of us who were in the play observed the seniors we were gonna imitate ,their dressing sense,their way of walking and talking and all that.The senior Divya who I was gonna imitate had a sore throat and was practically croaking; and guess what,I had a sore throat too and was croaking.The fellow who was impersonating Taha actually wore the scarf the same way that he did and I got to wear my friend's spectacles cuz Divya wore them too.Another fellow wore a monkey cap just like the senoir anna he was impersonating.Then came D time.It was 11p.m and freezing cold,maybe even more cuz we were nervous.But once the play started ,we had to control our laughter seeing our peers play the part cuz we had to go on stage next.And we actually had to pause in between the dialogues cuz the audience was laughing so much.And although I know I'm repeating myself,seeing a senior fall off the chair laughing at your play is a great thing.Everyone in the auditorium was bowing zulu style and clapping for our play once it was over.They actually were shouting"Once More". And the ice was broken.Every senior who saw us asked "How did you do it?"and that"The part was played perfectly". More so,when you see a junior being you,saying exactly what you would say ,on stage,is a proud moment for anyone.And although I try to be modest,none of the other FE classes got a standing ovation like we did and so we stood out amidst all.Needless to say,we went to our room only to watch the video twice and rejoice at our success.
But ,the happiness was shortlived, atleast for the boys(;)).
The next night,most of us were watching Mr. Bean in the boys' room(that had become like a lounge for all of us)and by 12,3 or 4 of the boys had gone off to sleep.just as we girls were getting ready to go to our rooms and the boys to sleep,2 or 3 of our seniors,one after the other came to ask whether we were gonna be there only.When we asked the reason,they said ,it was someone's birthday and she was distributing cake(hmmm...yummy)Who knew,this was a trick ,when we opened the door ,the whole group of seniors jsut rushed into the room,sat on the beds and started waking up the boys who had gone off to sleep.All the girls were shooed out of the room as the boys looked at us with a scared and flabbergasted face.And all that the girls knew was the seniors left the room only at 1.30AM.The next day,we were trying with different ways and means to find out what actually happened cuz we realized the boys had had fun the end of it all.But the boys refused to open their mouths only dropping hints(uff).But then the cat was out of the bag and we dint have to wait for more than a day.Cuz our senior Adhitya(fondly called as anna) came to our compartment to have a chat.The smart girls that we are(collars raised!!) mentioned that we didn't know anything about what happened.And then he spoke words of wisdom(for us ;))which I am not allowed to disclose else this will be the last post of my life(and I mean it).But all I can say is we were practically rolling our eyes and on the floor with laughter and the boys became great friends after the incident and we had something we could tease them with(yippee!!!).
Our trip also had adventure and I mean it.We had to board a train for jodhpur from a very small station called Makhu, and the weird part was we were forced to stand with our luggage on the train tracks next to the ones where our train was gonna come.And the main plot.......................the train would wait only for 2 minutes on the station.200 students,400 pieces of luggage,all in 2 minutes on the train.Our senior coordinator told us that the girls would get into the sleeper compartment and the boys would load the luggage on the train and then get into it(Just think of the boys's faces when he said this).SO all of us kept our luggage together and dreaded about what would happen if we didn't get into the train or any of our luggage was not loaded.When the train came,all the girls got into the train compartment in a frenzy manner.But damn!!!We got in to the general compartment instead of the sleeper one.All of us got down the train and got into the sleeper compartment.In the mean while,all the guys were working together loading the luggage(I really dont know how they did it) into one of the compartments.Luckily,all this was done in just 5 minutes and the train started for its destination,with all its intended passengers aboard.But once this happened,we had to go to our respective compartments,take our own luggage and settle down.By the time we actually settled down,the adrenaline rush was so high.But to think of it,that was a really cool adventure...something I can talk about for years.
Once we reached Jodhpur,we got on a bus for Jaisalmer and had a great new experience of living in tents with a built in bathroom as well(sweet!)but none of us could take a bath in the 2 days that we were there because there was absolutely no hot water,forget hot...no water.So we had to survive; actually let other people survive by using only deodorants and God,although I enjoyed the tents,no bath is something I can never bear again.But the next day when we got on a bus to go to Jodhpur,I can say with confidence that everyone was heaving a sigh of relief; albeit with their nostrils blocked(hehe).
And another memory which is etched into my mind is the last night on our way back to mumbai. About 7-8 of us were awake and we actually got to know each other, what we were before getting into SP, a part of us that our friends didn't know. And I must say, it made hell of a difference. Obviously having spent all the time of 9 days together, we had started realizing how lucky we were to be bestowed with such wonderful friends. I didn't feel even for a moment that 9 days weren't enough because I had rejoiced every day, savoured every second and loved every moment. I was always awake when most of us were thus not missing small conversations here and there. I felt a sense of belonging which remains till now amongst my dear old friends. Its always great reminiscing during hardship filled times( I mean submissions,practicals..will these never end :P). Hope you got a well deserved break from the torture common to all of us and enjoyed too.Cheers to a great IV in the forthcoming year!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Mad times, Mad poems
Again its one of those days when I am writing a loooooooooooong post and I remember something interesting.Last year,we FEs had a week's holiday before the dreaded mechanics exam(that was a great thing for us who weren't accustomed to more than a day's holiday). Obviously,we weren't gonna study the whole week.So,two of my friends wrote sadiyal poems( i know first time usage,but I must tell the truth) and I must tell you they are Gods of PJ.And to give them competition, I also tried writing a poem of equal quality amd guess what,i got rating of 1.0 out of 1.0 for pj content by the PJ python himself(Cool name,no). Hope you dont lose your head trying to read all three though I must agree its an overdose.(note: The first one is mine ;) )Have fun!!!
kal exam hai mechanics
karna tha ruka hua statics
jisme kuch hilte nahi
aur karna tha dynamics bhi
jisme pheke bina rehte nahi
baal mere aadhe se jyada jad gaye yahi sochke
ki ball harsh ke sir pe girta hai
ya sumi ke car pe dent banaata hai
kya srk ke ne roof banayi jisme truss hi truss bana ho
ya koi building pe chad gaye
ye dekhne ball kahaan ho
belt friction mein khicham khichi karte karte thak gaye
ICR ko dhoondte dhoondte socho shaayad mar gaye
kutte ki poonch tedi kyon
shaayad uska resultant hai yun
chalte chalte phisal gaye to kya sochte hain hum
friction gayab ho gaya,shaayad mu ki value hai kam,
exam ki pehle raat isse jyaada pak ya paka nahi sakti,
sumiran aur harsh,agar yeh kaaphi nahi,to jalao tumhari batti
(and I actually did write this the night before the mechanics exam!!)
Yak, buffalo, kangaroo,
Chiken Tandoori, Dum Aalu,
Firefox hain bada Chaalu,
Uske updates main roz taalu.
Billi meri badi sayani,
Khaati chuhe, peeti paani,
Raat ko sunti thi kahani,
Jismain thi ek billi raani.
Din main main Mechanics padhta tha,
Raat ko Sumiran pakata tha,
Dopahar main kutte bhokte the,
Raat ko party karte the.
Ek din Chipkali ne macchar ko khaya,
Uss din main late nahaya,
Mera kutta bistar pe soya,
Aur muh main ek chewing gum chabaya.
Isse ghatiya kavita batao,
Khushi khushi Sumiran ko sunao,
Mujhe aur zyada mat pakao,
Meri tarah ab aap bhi soo jao.
And if you can still withstand one more ,the last sadiyal poem by the PJ python himself.
Raat ko mechanics padhta tha
Screwjack se jyaada Harsh ki gaali se ladta tha
Truss se mein latakta tha
Ek se ek chapter pe jhanda gaadhta tha
Truss mujhe sone nahin deta :|
De Alembert meri neend leke bhaagta
Sapne mein HBV aake do mark deta
Phir uthke mein NFS UC khelta
UC khelte khelte I realised
Blocks we consider in friction are particle sized
Then from my table I rised
And evolved into something unrecognised
I played till Chase Linh dies
And away Chou Hu flies
Till inspector Kerry cries
And the ending was really nice
Then I took up my textbook
And put in it a long look :|
One large read I took
And studied every corner and nook
Resultant ki parwah nahin ki
Jisko chahie usko equilibrium de di
Truss se teen members chori karwa li
And still kept studying the great me
Friction ko ghis diya
Belt Friction ko ghuma liya
Inclines ke upar bohot blocks ko accelerate kiya
Aur Bahut saare gotiyon ko ek doosre se thukwaya
Subah subah meine nashta jaldi khaya
Paper ke last aadhe ghante mein soya
P=1.62 nahin aane pe bahut roya
Phir Aashish aur Priyank ko NFS MW mein dhoya
If you are still alive,I look forward to your comments :P
kal exam hai mechanics
karna tha ruka hua statics
jisme kuch hilte nahi
aur karna tha dynamics bhi
jisme pheke bina rehte nahi
baal mere aadhe se jyada jad gaye yahi sochke
ki ball harsh ke sir pe girta hai
ya sumi ke car pe dent banaata hai
kya srk ke ne roof banayi jisme truss hi truss bana ho
ya koi building pe chad gaye
ye dekhne ball kahaan ho
belt friction mein khicham khichi karte karte thak gaye
ICR ko dhoondte dhoondte socho shaayad mar gaye
kutte ki poonch tedi kyon
shaayad uska resultant hai yun
chalte chalte phisal gaye to kya sochte hain hum
friction gayab ho gaya,shaayad mu ki value hai kam,
exam ki pehle raat isse jyaada pak ya paka nahi sakti,
sumiran aur harsh,agar yeh kaaphi nahi,to jalao tumhari batti
(and I actually did write this the night before the mechanics exam!!)
Yak, buffalo, kangaroo,
Chiken Tandoori, Dum Aalu,
Firefox hain bada Chaalu,
Uske updates main roz taalu.
Billi meri badi sayani,
Khaati chuhe, peeti paani,
Raat ko sunti thi kahani,
Jismain thi ek billi raani.
Din main main Mechanics padhta tha,
Raat ko Sumiran pakata tha,
Dopahar main kutte bhokte the,
Raat ko party karte the.
Ek din Chipkali ne macchar ko khaya,
Uss din main late nahaya,
Mera kutta bistar pe soya,
Aur muh main ek chewing gum chabaya.
Isse ghatiya kavita batao,
Khushi khushi Sumiran ko sunao,
Mujhe aur zyada mat pakao,
Meri tarah ab aap bhi soo jao.
And if you can still withstand one more ,the last sadiyal poem by the PJ python himself.
Raat ko mechanics padhta tha
Screwjack se jyaada Harsh ki gaali se ladta tha
Truss se mein latakta tha
Ek se ek chapter pe jhanda gaadhta tha
Truss mujhe sone nahin deta :|
De Alembert meri neend leke bhaagta
Sapne mein HBV aake do mark deta
Phir uthke mein NFS UC khelta
UC khelte khelte I realised
Blocks we consider in friction are particle sized
Then from my table I rised
And evolved into something unrecognised
I played till Chase Linh dies
And away Chou Hu flies
Till inspector Kerry cries
And the ending was really nice
Then I took up my textbook
And put in it a long look :|
One large read I took
And studied every corner and nook
Resultant ki parwah nahin ki
Jisko chahie usko equilibrium de di
Truss se teen members chori karwa li
And still kept studying the great me
Friction ko ghis diya
Belt Friction ko ghuma liya
Inclines ke upar bohot blocks ko accelerate kiya
Aur Bahut saare gotiyon ko ek doosre se thukwaya
Subah subah meine nashta jaldi khaya
Paper ke last aadhe ghante mein soya
P=1.62 nahin aane pe bahut roya
Phir Aashish aur Priyank ko NFS MW mein dhoya
If you are still alive,I look forward to your comments :P
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Dominoes' Pizza!!
What a festival!!What a week!!I really don't know what I am gonna do not preparing for the fest.Now,wait a second..What's this all about???Weird title,weird start??!!Don't worry, you will understand in just some time.
Just when I was thinking I have nothing really worth blogging about nowadays,came a phone call from my senior anna on July 10th 2009(I think the date is right :P) .He said there is gonna be an event "Dominoes Contraption" and that I can take 2 people with me and work on it.The first person I called was Neelam because I knew she had a hint of more creativity which was required and I felt I lacked.The first thing we did was watch so many videos on youtube ,each one amazing and better than the previous one.We searched everywhere possible for cost-effective dominoes,every mall possible.At last,we found what we wanted in a small gift shop near our place.And that's when our association with dominoes started.
Just before our not expected swine flu holidays,we had to send a synopsis for the event we wanted to organize.So I did the job of sending and when asked a question whether I would want to organize the event on both the days,I replied saying that if it is a crowd puller,we don't mind.I have a feeling anna had a deja vu or something when he replied.(The reply will appear at the right place ;) )
So at the end of our unexpected vacation,we had made a rough sketch as to how the design would be,what we are going to use and how our event should be as great as that of the contraptions event.We bought 840 dominoes at first and set to work at my place.We started with the spiral and God,the number of times the whole spiral fell just because of the misplacement of one finger,only we know.At that time,both of us thought...we really have a difficult event on our hands.But pride made us go on and on.Dominoes would fall,initially we would scream or cry out in despair;with experience,we would just start arranging them again.As a friend quoted: "You have lost your responsiveness to stimuli!!!!" because our classmates were amazed with the fact that 100 dominoes would fall and both of us would set to work again with no emotional outburst.The whole week before Nirmaan(yup,that's our fest) ,both of us waited in college till 8 or 8.30 till the watchman came to scold us in marathi and go on about the fact that girls aren't allowed beyond 7 in the college(blah blah). This patience of ours was to be tested on the first day.
The day before,we had a freshers' party.We troubled the head of admin(practically nagged him to death) to clear the final room where we had the display because we had initially planned that we would set up the whole thing the previous night and have the first show once nirmaan had officially started.But bad news,this wasn't allowed.So we went and expressed our dilemma(really it was one) to one of our seniors who said that we could come anytime as early as possible in the morning as they were in the college the whole night.What fun..I wish I had been a boy or was staying in the hostel just to work along with them.Anyway,wishes apart,we did half of it in the night just for the sake of confidence of having done it once and finished half of it by 9.45pm(yes,u read the time right) all alone in the room with only dominoes in sight.Suddenly,we heard our friends' voices and I recognized one of their voices and called him immediately.They reached the room almost immediately and informed us that all girls were shooed off the college boundaries at 7.30pm itself.Lucky for us,no one realized we were in the room.But we had to clear up,so we had half of the show then itself with one of them knocking the first domino down to find that the display worked.I and Neelam were really happy and went home in peace.
However, both of us landed in college at 6.15 and set to work immediately(We were the first ones to reach college).First of all,we had to lift and place 20 benches on our own to create space for people to stand and to make an obstruction in between them and the so delicate dominoes.(We could actually be in the logistics team next year..lol)That required so much energy that we were really exhausted after an hour of lifting and moving benches but we still had to switch those fans off.So,we started our work and in 2 hrs we had finished setting up half of it and Nirmaan was yet to begin.Now,the most difficult parts of the creeper and the spiral were left.We divided the work amongst ourselves.In this duration,our friends in the next room kept popping to see how much we have done.And guess what,once we had done 3/4th of the spiral,the whole thing came falling down due to some carelessness.And the floor wasn't very good either so even the creeper part that my friend was doing kept falling.It was 11.30 and lots of people had already come to ask when our first show was.We were really exhausted,had no energy left.My friend practically lost her head after it fell 5 or 6 more times.She suggested that we dont keep a show on the first day at all!!!!!!Luckily for both of us,I still had some positivity left in me and somehow convinced her that we will have at least one show that day,doesn't matter when.
We feverishly worked till about 1.We locked the main door so that no wind hits the dominoes,the fans were already switched off and our hands were numb having supported them on the ground for so long.At around 1.15pm ,two of our friends came at the door.We told them to go away as we were working.They banged the door and made us come out of the claustrophobic feeling filled room.I must say they were our saviours and life-savers at that point of time.They also sat and tried helping us(Emphasis on tried) for about 15 minutes but that change really rejuvenated us and we at last finished our display at 2.We made an announcement and called up all our classmates to see the display.Within 15 minutes,the room was filled with people we knew including our juniors and seniors and mostly with people we were seeing for the first time.We had left gaps in between the dominoes so that even if the dominoes fell,only a portion would fall.So once the room was filled with everyone who had to come,I and Neelam set to work.
And what happened was a part of the creeper dominoes fell down,around 70-100 of them immediately making the crowd go "Ohh!!" in shock and "not again!" response from us.The whole crowd started whispering and I am really thankful to my seniors who helped maintain silence so that we could arrange that part again.We set to work,only in vain.That particular part just kept falling down.Pride didn't let us bow down to fate.But well,the people were really generous.They waited for 10 minutes only to see the part we arranged fall again and again.They were with us in all our efforts.Some of our friends came and said they want to help but were scared that it might only be the opposite while the others kept so quiet so that even their breath shouldn't disturb our concentration.At the end of it,those dominoes just wouldn't stand(@#$$@!!!) .
Our senior suggested that we do it in 2 parts.When we asked the crowd whether they mind if we do it in 2 parts,half of them said no while half of them said "yes"..though not for the question.The moment we stood up,the whole crowd started clapping for our efforts...and the display hadn't even happened yet.So Neelam did the inaugaration.When the dominoes fell perfectly,the whole crowd went "Ohhhhhhh!!" with happiness and when there was some error in between,they went "Ohhh!" in surprise.But the best part was the spiral which shows the colours of the rainbow in succession when it falls.The display was barely for 50 seconds but the whole set of people were with us.When the end spiral worked beautifully,the whole group started applauding and shouting "Once More!" for which both of us could only laugh.Our friends were the first people to come and congratulate and all we could do was thank them for their continuous popping which showed their support.We were so tired after that but we knew what were the flaws and were ready to set it right the next day.
The next day,we started with the difficult part...the spiral and the creeper.We did not allow the volunteers to do anything on the first day as they had no experience as to what it was( I must mention the volunteers made beautiful charts and wrote "Dominoes Contraption" on the board so artistically...WONDERFUL JOB!)The next day we gave them the parts where it was a straight line.Also,we tried out the parts which had flaws the previous day using lesser dominoes.The second day was crucial as lots of people who missed it the previous day ranging from different classes,different branches had asked us to call them when the show happens.Can you believe it!!We had finished everything by 12.30(in just 4 and half hours compared to 8 hours on the previous day!) and we sent the volunteers to make an announcement and publicize in the college.These girls,My God,they went everywhere possible from the ground floor to the sixth floor,pulled people out of other events,stood outside the door and asked every passers-by to come and see the display.
By 1pm ,everyone who had come on the previous day came along with the people we had to call plus we saw many more new faces.By 1.15,there was no place to stand and they had to lock the main door.There would have been at least 65-70 people standing in a very constricted place with no ventilation at all.I was the one who initiated it(even for that I had to squeeze through so many people)And the show started.Everything worked perfectly except for one or two which people didn't seem to mind.The same "Ooh"s and "aah"s from the whole set of people.At the end of it,everyone stood and cheered for us.We got a standing ovation.So many people came and shaked our hands.Some of our seniors came and hugged us on account of our success.Our volunteers were practically jumping with joy.Now comes the time.Anna had replied saying this....
"Stupid question to ask about the crowd.You do your best and the rest will follow.Trust me."
And btw,we had a second show too that day(we finished arranging in 1.5 hours!!) and we called the main committee for nirmaan(which included the poor head of admin as well) plus many more new faces(need I say)and the only expression I saw on their faces was that of surprise and stun.
Everytime I saw this reply of his before the event , I just shrugged it off thinking what kind of crowd will come for a mere dominoes display event.The only people we expected to turn up were our friends and maybe a few seniors.But the kind of response we got,I really am surprised.All our seniors made it a point to congratulate us on our job when they saw us that night after the show.So many people smile at us in college after the event.Our event was remembered so well.So many people praised our patience and asked us to organize it again for SPACE,our non technical festival(hmmm).It turned out that our event was one of the most popular events of Nirmaan and we owe this success to all our juniors ,friends and seniors who helped and supported us in times of need.
Now,the title...What does that mean???
I and my friend during the whole process wished that the thing was much more simpler and definite and faster and as assuring as saying"if you don't get a dominoes' pizza in 20 minutes,its free!!".There were so many times we could have thought,if we don't get it this time,we are going to give up.But one thing we learnt out of the experience in itself was cooperation,team-building, positivity, never-say-die attitude and most of all,Patience.
Like a friend said,when we sit for our placements,when the interviewer asks us what did we do in our college fest,we answer "Dominoes Contraption",We would surely get the job because this event taught us everything a company needs!!!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Without you right here beside me
I'm terribly bored with this Monday to Monday test schedule(God!!) and I thought why not post something different.
This time,its a poem I have written.I can boldly say I am somewhat of a good poet and I usually write poems for my friends,on nature,on love,on life and on friendship .This time,I thought I could share one of my masterpieces(It is one of the best amongst what I have written)with all of you.Happy reading!!
Life was so wonderful that I didn't see
the reason was you right beside me,
your presence in this world is so essential for my existence,
my passion for everything i love
would remain incomplete,
without you beside me,
Life would just seem a moment when you hold my hand,
endless oceans in your eyes,I see,
Your laughter is music to my ears,
something which I yearn to hear,
without you here right beside me ,
my eyes are waiting for its love,my dear,
Gazing into the stars, I think,
my love for you is unending and pure,
to be loved is a wonderful emotion,
which is not destined upon many for sure,
My heart is submerged in the truest love for you,
I am mesmerized with just one word of yours or two
my tear drops on your hand ,never to reach the ground,
every action of yours is filled with love, I can see it, so profound,
when you are right beside me,
my heart seeks nothing else,
I forget everyone else but you,
why,even myself!
Oh,with you by my side,
heights never seem too high,
depths never seem too low,
difficulties just pass by,
Just for you to be with me,
Iwill give my whole life if it can be,
my heart would flutter like a butterfly's wings,
just to hear a word you sing,
when you are by my side,
my mind flies high and higher than you can see,
oh that feeling I feel ,its so so right, when you're here right beside me
Please Please feel free to leave your views and comments.Cya
This time,its a poem I have written.I can boldly say I am somewhat of a good poet and I usually write poems for my friends,on nature,on love,on life and on friendship .This time,I thought I could share one of my masterpieces(It is one of the best amongst what I have written)with all of you.Happy reading!!
Life was so wonderful that I didn't see
the reason was you right beside me,
your presence in this world is so essential for my existence,
my passion for everything i love
would remain incomplete,
without you beside me,
Life would just seem a moment when you hold my hand,
endless oceans in your eyes,I see,
Your laughter is music to my ears,
something which I yearn to hear,
without you here right beside me ,
my eyes are waiting for its love,my dear,
Gazing into the stars, I think,
my love for you is unending and pure,
to be loved is a wonderful emotion,
which is not destined upon many for sure,
My heart is submerged in the truest love for you,
I am mesmerized with just one word of yours or two
my tear drops on your hand ,never to reach the ground,
every action of yours is filled with love, I can see it, so profound,
when you are right beside me,
my heart seeks nothing else,
I forget everyone else but you,
why,even myself!
Oh,with you by my side,
heights never seem too high,
depths never seem too low,
difficulties just pass by,
Just for you to be with me,
Iwill give my whole life if it can be,
my heart would flutter like a butterfly's wings,
just to hear a word you sing,
when you are by my side,
my mind flies high and higher than you can see,
oh that feeling I feel ,its so so right, when you're here right beside me
Please Please feel free to leave your views and comments.Cya
Monday, June 15, 2009
Interesting Month Of February
Well,I know this post is pretty delayed considering the gap.....but then being an engineering student,there are certain compromises we make(do we?? ;) ),so I guess you might just read it now.
If you have read my previous posts, you might feel the title is pretty weird.....When I have portrayed that life itself in engineering is so interesting, what's so special about this month????????
The fact is lots of things have happened this month.It was quite eventful;especially for me and in general for most of us.First of all came my birthday. Birthdays in itself are very much expected but this year, it was different for me. I had new friends and this birthday is inevitable one of my best ones.They are truly wonderful and our group had been following a tradition for the last few birthdays.The birthday boy or girl would get one funny gift viz. non-expensive gift [:) ] but it is something which is unique about them and invariably funny too.For eg. One friend loves potatoes so we gave him almost 6-7 potatoes one after the other......And to think about it ,we really tickle people's funny bones.
For eg. When we had gone for the IV in January, on the second day of the train journey,our seniors dropped in our compartment to inform us that we had to enact a play for their entertainment the next night itself......Well,we weren't really serious about it cuz we had just finished our first ever sems and wanted to chill out devoid of our parents.But then next day,we realized we gotta do something.So , we decided we would do a spoof on the most watched reality show Roadies....and a friend came up with the wonderful idea of spoofing our seniors.So,all 13 brains got together(there were 13 of us in the IV) and wrote a really funny play..I say that because after every line discussed for the play,we were practically rolling on the floor with laughter..but during the final rehearsal,none of us found it funny cuz we had laughed way too much before :). But when we did present the play in front of all seniors consisting of SEs,TEs and BEs,the response we got cannot be expressed in words.You could hear only laughter all around from the first dialogue itself!!!!!!!!Can you believe one of them actually fell off a chair laughing...The best part was at the end of it ,all the seniors gave us a standing ovation and started bowing..can it get any better!!!
Well coming back to February,then came the autonomous robotics workshop..Robotics is something I have always been interested in but I didn't think of going for this workshop.Two guys from my class were going for sure,however they needed two more else they had to pay double of what they would have.I was their first bait because they knew I was interested vaguely and ultimately I was made to agree,they convinced another friend too ending up having one complete group from FE(Comps) as compared to 5 teams each from FE electronics and EXTC.We were ashamed but we could do nothing.So we went for the two day workshop,made our own line follower aka thinking robot(well,almost). We were really excited about having made the robot when the seniors informed us of the competition that would be held next week for fastest robot which involved a cash prize too(hmmm).But the unfortunate point was the competition was on the next sunday and all the other members were busy on exactly that day due to their own individual reasons.Result...We couldn't prepare for it and thus no participation.I was almost on the verge of desperation because one of them already wasn't in mumbai and the other 2 backed out just before the D-Day.
So,I had to anyway go to college that day at 1 feeling sad that the competition was over at 9.But to my greatest surprise,it wasn't over yet so we could still participate. So I called up the guy who had the robot and begged him to come to college when he had to leave for a marriage in about 3-4 hrs.So,well we programmed the robot pretty fast(written mostly by him)according to the track.Our seniors had a record time of 31 seconds by using 4 sensors as against the 2 we were using.And can you believe what our time was.........................26 seconds.We were really spellbound and when the robot was ready for final run,it took 25 seconds and we won.We immediately called the remaining two and told them the happy news.We could practically see them jumping with joy when we heard their escalating voices.That really was a great day for us and obviously a landmark as we carved a niche for ourselves when none of the other juniors condescended to come and by winning over our seniors.
Well,we were really proud of this and roaming around proud of this when suddenly a bomb fell which converted our happiness to fear.Our first sem results!!!!All of us couldn't wait to see how we had fared but still We had a mortal fear in our minds.Ultimately all of us actually scored really good marks most of us crossing 75%(which is great in engineering if u don't know)and the topper was expected and he was the topper of the class but that doesn't matter in college ,does it???
Well,after all the fun we had,we were stable enough in our studies and proved that we can actually manage fun and studies together thus satisfying ourselves and our parents alike.And to think of it,I have finished my sem II exams now and enjoying my first engineering vacation.I'll update you with more of our fun filled days in some more time.Till then,Enjoy!!
If you have read my previous posts, you might feel the title is pretty weird.....When I have portrayed that life itself in engineering is so interesting, what's so special about this month????????
The fact is lots of things have happened this month.It was quite eventful;especially for me and in general for most of us.First of all came my birthday. Birthdays in itself are very much expected but this year, it was different for me. I had new friends and this birthday is inevitable one of my best ones.They are truly wonderful and our group had been following a tradition for the last few birthdays.The birthday boy or girl would get one funny gift viz. non-expensive gift [:) ] but it is something which is unique about them and invariably funny too.For eg. One friend loves potatoes so we gave him almost 6-7 potatoes one after the other......And to think about it ,we really tickle people's funny bones.
For eg. When we had gone for the IV in January, on the second day of the train journey,our seniors dropped in our compartment to inform us that we had to enact a play for their entertainment the next night itself......Well,we weren't really serious about it cuz we had just finished our first ever sems and wanted to chill out devoid of our parents.But then next day,we realized we gotta do something.So , we decided we would do a spoof on the most watched reality show Roadies....and a friend came up with the wonderful idea of spoofing our seniors.So,all 13 brains got together(there were 13 of us in the IV) and wrote a really funny play..I say that because after every line discussed for the play,we were practically rolling on the floor with laughter..but during the final rehearsal,none of us found it funny cuz we had laughed way too much before :). But when we did present the play in front of all seniors consisting of SEs,TEs and BEs,the response we got cannot be expressed in words.You could hear only laughter all around from the first dialogue itself!!!!!!!!Can you believe one of them actually fell off a chair laughing...The best part was at the end of it ,all the seniors gave us a standing ovation and started bowing..can it get any better!!!
Well coming back to February,then came the autonomous robotics workshop..Robotics is something I have always been interested in but I didn't think of going for this workshop.Two guys from my class were going for sure,however they needed two more else they had to pay double of what they would have.I was their first bait because they knew I was interested vaguely and ultimately I was made to agree,they convinced another friend too ending up having one complete group from FE(Comps) as compared to 5 teams each from FE electronics and EXTC.We were ashamed but we could do nothing.So we went for the two day workshop,made our own line follower aka thinking robot(well,almost). We were really excited about having made the robot when the seniors informed us of the competition that would be held next week for fastest robot which involved a cash prize too(hmmm).But the unfortunate point was the competition was on the next sunday and all the other members were busy on exactly that day due to their own individual reasons.Result...We couldn't prepare for it and thus no participation.I was almost on the verge of desperation because one of them already wasn't in mumbai and the other 2 backed out just before the D-Day.
So,I had to anyway go to college that day at 1 feeling sad that the competition was over at 9.But to my greatest surprise,it wasn't over yet so we could still participate. So I called up the guy who had the robot and begged him to come to college when he had to leave for a marriage in about 3-4 hrs.So,well we programmed the robot pretty fast(written mostly by him)according to the track.Our seniors had a record time of 31 seconds by using 4 sensors as against the 2 we were using.And can you believe what our time was.........................26 seconds.We were really spellbound and when the robot was ready for final run,it took 25 seconds and we won.We immediately called the remaining two and told them the happy news.We could practically see them jumping with joy when we heard their escalating voices.That really was a great day for us and obviously a landmark as we carved a niche for ourselves when none of the other juniors condescended to come and by winning over our seniors.
Well,we were really proud of this and roaming around proud of this when suddenly a bomb fell which converted our happiness to fear.Our first sem results!!!!All of us couldn't wait to see how we had fared but still We had a mortal fear in our minds.Ultimately all of us actually scored really good marks most of us crossing 75%(which is great in engineering if u don't know)and the topper was expected and he was the topper of the class but that doesn't matter in college ,does it???
Well,after all the fun we had,we were stable enough in our studies and proved that we can actually manage fun and studies together thus satisfying ourselves and our parents alike.And to think of it,I have finished my sem II exams now and enjoying my first engineering vacation.I'll update you with more of our fun filled days in some more time.Till then,Enjoy!!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Nights during P.L+Exams
When you decide that you want to get the B.E degree 4 years after you become an adult(politically), Nights are rarely what they are meant for,Sleeping.
If you ask any engineering student what time they usually hit the bed,they would say "hmmm.....usually 2 ,sometimes 3 and when we go crazy about some subject then 4 or 5 is normal";and mind you these timings are in a.m.The night before the exam they break all records by "not sleeping even a minute".Well,I want to remind you that we are the people who always wanna have fun.When we stay up all night,I can assure you atleast 3 hours of the night goes in talking ,oh I'm sorry ;"Asking doubts".One of the excerpts of the late night talk are as follows
Lets call the two people A and B,reason being there are so many names,I dont wanna be partial
A:Haaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii(That's our "group's" typical way of saying hi)
B: Haaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,bol kya hua?
A:arre yaar,meri band baj rahi hai,kumbhojkar hai hath mein?
B:haan,kaunsa page?
A:haan vector differentiation dekh,page 12.45,usmein example 12
B:Haan,The scalar function is given by............
A:Arre,ismein kya doubt tha?
B:3x^()2) +2xy...kya?
A:arre nahi yaar,yeh sum mark kiya tha yaad nahi aa raha kya doubt tha(laughter from both sides),anyway tera kitna padhke hua?
B:(laughter),you are asking me?arre kuch nahi hua hai
A:Arre,you know what everytime I get bored I can't help thinking of the IV.
B:I know yaar,9 days we are gonna do nothing but enjoy,anyway how many bags will we be needing?
A:I was planning 2 bags,I think that should be enough
B:Its gonna be damn cold
A:arre btw,mujhe doubt yaad aa gaya
B:haan kya hai?
A:arre,why is curl of r bar 0?that is, why is do by (pronounced as doe) do x of z zero?
B:(pause)
B:its obvious na?
A:how dumb!(that's my typical saying)
B:arre ruk ek minute kisika call aa raha hai
C:hello?
B:hello?
A:Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii
C:Arre kuch padhai nahi ho ho raha hai!!!!!!!!!
and it goes on for possibly another hour or so.Mind you ,this kind of talk is only on the night before the d-day ,THE EXAM .
Or else.the phone and the nights are meant only for timepass.When the exams aren't on the next day,you would find night time prowlers like us on the social networking sites like orkut and facebook as though we have nothing to do in life but to post comments on our own photos,to keep on sending scraps which no one is able to make out,introducing new and newer forums in the community(one special one for late night too) and after all this if we still have time,chat with more than 5 people on yahoo messenger.When life can be so interesting without including studies(except for passing),since our whole bright day is spent in the insides of a boring classroom,where sleep beckons us from time to time,we get time to spend our wonderful time with the computer only in the night.So,we are anyway constantly in touch with our mates,no matter when,where and how.
Anyway,coming back to the topic,basically ,there is a specific reason why you find students like us studying in the night.Let me clear all the wrong thoughts in your mind which rushed into it when you read the above line.
1.It's not because we have so much portion to study that we don't have time to finish in the day.
2.Nope, We are not studious nerdy geeks who want to prove to the world that we can get 90% and above in engineering(lol).
3.Our parents surely don't tell us to prove to them that we study cuz....do u remember,we already did that in 10th and 12th
The fact is the whole day goes in just whiling away the time with the book in our hands and mind somewhere else altogether,that the divine intervention occurs only when the sun sets.In simple words,we realize that we havent studied anything only when there is no time left for it.But then,we are really grateful to the mumbai university that we get minimum 4 holidays for each exam.Luckily,we were saved everytime before our exam as we could complete our portion
Well,at the end of this all,I would like to make it clear that we aren't so bad students actually.When we become serious about our studies,we generate an interest in the subject and study like no one else has ever done.All of us are eagerly(I think I used the wrong word)waiting for our results.We are just hoping we manage to scrape through our exams the way we did through the nights.As you guys learn that our nights are as eventful as our days,I hope you still have the interest to read my following posts :) .Have a nice day!!!
If you ask any engineering student what time they usually hit the bed,they would say "hmmm.....usually 2 ,sometimes 3 and when we go crazy about some subject then 4 or 5 is normal";and mind you these timings are in a.m.The night before the exam they break all records by "not sleeping even a minute".Well,I want to remind you that we are the people who always wanna have fun.When we stay up all night,I can assure you atleast 3 hours of the night goes in talking ,oh I'm sorry ;"Asking doubts".One of the excerpts of the late night talk are as follows
Lets call the two people A and B,reason being there are so many names,I dont wanna be partial
A:Haaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii(That's our "group's" typical way of saying hi)
B: Haaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,bol kya hua?
A:arre yaar,meri band baj rahi hai,kumbhojkar hai hath mein?
B:haan,kaunsa page?
A:haan vector differentiation dekh,page 12.45,usmein example 12
B:Haan,The scalar function is given by............
A:Arre,ismein kya doubt tha?
B:3x^()2) +2xy...kya?
A:arre nahi yaar,yeh sum mark kiya tha yaad nahi aa raha kya doubt tha(laughter from both sides),anyway tera kitna padhke hua?
B:(laughter),you are asking me?arre kuch nahi hua hai
A:Arre,you know what everytime I get bored I can't help thinking of the IV.
B:I know yaar,9 days we are gonna do nothing but enjoy,anyway how many bags will we be needing?
A:I was planning 2 bags,I think that should be enough
B:Its gonna be damn cold
A:arre btw,mujhe doubt yaad aa gaya
B:haan kya hai?
A:arre,why is curl of r bar 0?that is, why is do by (pronounced as doe) do x of z zero?
B:(pause)
B:its obvious na?
A:how dumb!(that's my typical saying)
B:arre ruk ek minute kisika call aa raha hai
C:hello?
B:hello?
A:Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii
C:Arre kuch padhai nahi ho ho raha hai!!!!!!!!!
and it goes on for possibly another hour or so.Mind you ,this kind of talk is only on the night before the d-day ,THE EXAM .
Or else.the phone and the nights are meant only for timepass.When the exams aren't on the next day,you would find night time prowlers like us on the social networking sites like orkut and facebook as though we have nothing to do in life but to post comments on our own photos,to keep on sending scraps which no one is able to make out,introducing new and newer forums in the community(one special one for late night too) and after all this if we still have time,chat with more than 5 people on yahoo messenger.When life can be so interesting without including studies(except for passing),since our whole bright day is spent in the insides of a boring classroom,where sleep beckons us from time to time,we get time to spend our wonderful time with the computer only in the night.So,we are anyway constantly in touch with our mates,no matter when,where and how.
Anyway,coming back to the topic,basically ,there is a specific reason why you find students like us studying in the night.Let me clear all the wrong thoughts in your mind which rushed into it when you read the above line.
1.It's not because we have so much portion to study that we don't have time to finish in the day.
2.Nope, We are not studious nerdy geeks who want to prove to the world that we can get 90% and above in engineering(lol).
3.Our parents surely don't tell us to prove to them that we study cuz....do u remember,we already did that in 10th and 12th
The fact is the whole day goes in just whiling away the time with the book in our hands and mind somewhere else altogether,that the divine intervention occurs only when the sun sets.In simple words,we realize that we havent studied anything only when there is no time left for it.But then,we are really grateful to the mumbai university that we get minimum 4 holidays for each exam.Luckily,we were saved everytime before our exam as we could complete our portion
Well,at the end of this all,I would like to make it clear that we aren't so bad students actually.When we become serious about our studies,we generate an interest in the subject and study like no one else has ever done.All of us are eagerly(I think I used the wrong word)waiting for our results.We are just hoping we manage to scrape through our exams the way we did through the nights.As you guys learn that our nights are as eventful as our days,I hope you still have the interest to read my following posts :) .Have a nice day!!!
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