HARRY OM

2008-04-09T12:56:00.002+05:30

Just two days ago, i had this huge outburst of thoughts, which I wanted to pen down...everythin from life to issues to current affairs...
Oh well...i have none now...
Need to get over my grumpiness....somethin has been botherin me...need to pinpoint what...

first week

2008-02-01T09:34:00.000+05:30

I already have a deadline....
crazy busy at work already....sign of things to come ??

anyway ...been fun so far...
irrespective of the rumors floating around :)

I am Bak

2008-01-11T14:58:00.000+05:30

Almost 2 years after my last post....
a lot has happened...I have grown, I have changed...people have changed....,
Irrespective, they have been an eventful couple of years...each day has taught me something new...

Now as I again step into altogether another world ...I think it will be worthwhile to put down some thoughts, some experiences, some random musings....subject to the availability of time.....

I hope to continue this for a longer while, this time around ...:)

Roobaroo...........

2006-01-31T22:45:00.000+05:30

Saw Rang De Basanti over the weekend. A fine script, great screenplay, brilliant acting, amazing camerawork..blah blah...

But one thing that really stood out was the DIRECTION. An absolutely new (atleast for me) concept of story telling. Use of metaphors, parallel stories in different time periods and an excellent climax just makes this movie experience unforgettable. It was fascinating how each protagonist starts portraying two different characters belonging to different eras, but as the movies progresses, slowly, start merging into one. One must see it to believe it!!

P.s. : Roobaroo just took the honors of being My Favorite Song. (atleast one of my favorite)

;-)

Driving Lesson-I

2006-01-22T18:45:00.000+05:30

Sat on the driver's seat after a looong time.......

Yes, I am a 22 year old and i still got drivophobia. And I am just partly to be blamed. For the remainder, I blame

The damn surd who beat me when I banged his car. That was a time when I didnt suffer from the above disease, had just got my license, and I think I was a better driver back then. Lost all my confidence, cos of that incident.
Mumbai roads...Bloody, one has to stop and restart more times than you actually drive.
Clutches!!...I just cant start my car from first gear without its share of jerks and stops....And this happens on open roads....I dread the day when I get stuck in traffic. (Needless to say, the traffic would have been caused due to my great driving neways)...

Went out with dad to resume my driving lessons, suspended 8 months back.... As usual, on the open back-road where I wanted to zoom at 90k, dad kept making stop and restart the car from first gear....And I did just that...stop...start...jerk....stop...start again...jerk...stop.....start once again...drive for 2 min...dad yells stop.....urgghhhhh...(Just when I had successfully picked up the car from first gear w/o any jerk and wanted to speed away...dad had to butt in..)

P.s:.. Hopefully this series will have many more parts to it...and soon..

Cheers;-)

Learning to live without a cell

2005-11-30T21:54:00.000+05:30

Its funny how addiction works......

Its funnier how you dont even realise that you have one......

A crowded bus...a bastard thief....an unsuspecting 'me'....and a stolen cell....... was all that was required to change my life upside down.....

Ok, it wasnt that dramatic, but life without a cell phone is something that took quite an effort to get used to.... Even two weeks after the incident I still, at a subconsious level, feel its presence.......I hear someone's ringtone and I reach out for my pocket.......I feel something move besides me and my first reaction is that my cell is vibrating..aargh!! (ABSOLUTELY NO PUNS INTENDED!!)....

Anyways.... its interesting how one gets so used to some things in life and yet notice or recognise their presence only in their absense.............

Cheers ;-)

P.S.: Looking for a suitable,smart, good looking, "foreign born" and already engaged "cell phone" ;-))

A blog a month....

2005-11-08T23:41:00.000+05:30

Well, it seems thats what this space has been reduced to now. It has become a blog per month...and the way things are going...heck .... I dont want to predict.....

Last few days have been a bit of a different experience. Changing work environments...read IIT to I-flex. The former was not time bound..was independent work...and above all no restrictions on attire.

Getting into formals every morning is a real pain in the a!@!.... Heck I dont even know how to put on a tie...(Thank God ties only on Mondays..)

First day at I-fex kind of felt like first day in school. Getting up early in the morning...putting on my uniform..yea thats what i call formals.... bunch of unknown faces.... etc etc...
Only difference being being, unlike in school...I did not cry this time ;-)...On the contrary felt like laughing and cracking up big time....hehe

P.s : My brain has just been fed with a wierd concotion of orange juice, Red bull and a bit of beer. So do excuse me if the above sentences are random, stupid or if they dont make sense.

Cheers ;-)

?

2005-10-06T17:02:00.000+05:30

Is this my blog ?

Why dont I blog regularly anymore ?

Why did I start a blog in the first place?

Whats been up with me, lately?

Is the project taking too much time?

Am I just getting bored and pretending to be ultra busy?

Is it a bit of both?

Whats the difference between interpolation and approximation?

Have I gone insane?

Did I just prove it by performing this excercise?

Is this gonna be the last question?

Whose line is it anyway?

Cheers ;-)

Surface Modeling

2005-09-01T18:48:00.000+05:30

The image is the original surface.

The image on the left is the above surface when noise is added. This surface is given as input to the program.

Finally, the image on the left is the surface outputted from my program.

Well, if you cant make out the difference....and wondering what the hell is going on.... check out the images below...

The one on the top shows the difference in the noisy and the original surface...all spikes etc....yikes!!!

Wheras the one at the right is the difference in the surface outputted from the program and the original noise....no spikes...much smoother...which implies...o/p is much closer to original surface...

Yey!!!!

P.s: Dont care to ask if you didnt understand anything.

Cheers ;-)

Leisure

2005-08-12T11:37:00.000+05:30

" What is this life, so full of it
No time to stand, no time to shit!!!!"

~ William Harry Doshi.

He hehe ehe

Cheers ;-)

asdkjfnasdkfjnar

2005-08-04T19:19:00.000+05:30

Before you start scratching your head..... I hate giving titles to my posts....especially ones that are completely random....and so the 'random' title.

Last few days have been exceptionally frustrating for me.........whatever I do in my project...something or the other goes wrong..... I hate implementing algo's...I hate debugging programs...and I absolutely fucking hate debugging errors in programs written by someone else.......urgggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

The above mentioned events coupled with wretched weather...could not have made me feel more "down and out". And probably thats why there has been no movement on any of my blogs...cos i write only when I am in a good mood....not that I am in one right now, but today since, something has worked and hopefully my guide has understood all the problems associated, (wouldnt highlight them here cos noone would understand...) and probably now there is at least something to show for in the coming ISRO meet...(at least thats what I think and hopefuly my guide too...).......

Anyway, so long....that was all that I could update from my side....promise to be more regular (especially on my other blog...lest I may have to delete it;-)),just pray that I find time and of course...my mood stays ok!!

P.s : 60% of the inspiration to write this post was to update my blog just for the sake of posting something .

Cheers ;-)

Alert

2005-07-11T11:46:00.000+05:30

My apologies for a series of short posts...been more like news flashes....

Neway am happy to announce the unweiling of my new blog

"Harry Ko gussa Kyun Aaata Hai"

More abt it in some dayz.....Keep watching this space.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

2005-07-10T23:50:00.000+05:30

With college life over.... ppl having or starting to move on.... my life starting to change.....or for that matter everyone's life starting to change..........Am gettin a bit nostalgic......... or shud i say getting a lil senti.......

And in order to pour out these sentiments , I have decided to start a new (my second...after "Down memory lane") series F.R.I.E.N.D.S .....

Dunno how many "episodes" will this series last.... but will be talking ... as you might have guessed....abt my "FRIENDS".....ppl whom I have known and ppl who have known me....right from school to junior coll to enginnering college.............

First episode coming soon..........;-)

Bad Blogger

2005-07-09T23:36:00.000+05:30

Some indications that you have killed the blogger in you :

If you keep the blog alive only because you want to earn the revenue from your ads
If you post only because you feel you havent posted for quite some time
If you start lifting ideas from other blogs (typical of us engineers). ;-)
If you goto your blog only to post comments to your own articles ;-)
If you blog only to generate more hits and comments....in other words your blog starts pandering to the masses in general...rather than serving your own purpose......unless of course your blog is meant for that
If you waste more time in promoting your blog rather than posting on it.
If you are more interested in adding "gizmos" than actual posts.
If you actaully believe the above points and may change your blogging style ;-)))

Hey, the above remarks were strictly personal in nature, and were meant in good humour.

P.s: The author of this post is guilty on several of the above charges..... but certainly not the last one ;-)

Migraine

2005-07-04T17:04:00.000+05:30

I hate it!! I absolutely hate it!!! Give me any other disease or illness or injury or even a passport to hell and I shall gladly exchange it with my migraine!!

Imagine someone relentlessly hammering a nail into one side of your head ... well thats how it feels or shall I say PAINS to have a migraine.....

Anyways my head too heavy, with the attack in the morning, for me to write more...

Anyone game for head butting ;;-))

P.s: Got my first salary today..yey!!

Me and my company!!!

2005-06-28T10:03:00.000+05:30

An unusual start to an otherwise normal day.

Reached IIT earlier than usual, the irony being it was raining heavier than any other day in the week.
As expected my lab was shut and since I didnt have the key permissions I had to wait outside in the hall. Now the CSRE building where I work is a 3 storey building, with a central hall like room whose roof is dome shaped and is 3 floors high.
I had an hour to kill and was wondering how I could pass my time, when suddenly I see a stone fall beside me. I look up and to my surprise see a family of monkeys desperately trying to find their way out.
So, here we were ,me waiting to go in and they waiting to go out. The next hour passed by with me observing them and they keeping a keen eye on me, either all prepared to attack me or just hoping that I'll be their messiah and let them out.

Kind of reminded me of the story I heard as a child...the one with the Hatseller and the monkeys. It was surreal.

SNORRRRRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-06-25T11:52:00.000+05:30

Zzzz.......

2005-06-25T11:50:00.000+05:30

Kumkaran ko kisne ditsturb kiya!!

Segmentation Fault...Core dumped!!!!!!!

2005-06-23T11:54:00.000+05:30

Once again, my apologies for not being regular with my posts. But the fact is during the last week I have hardly got anytime to spare. Its not because I have been really busy, which I have been, but I have had to commute to IIT everyday which has literally left me just enough time for my sleep.

Life @ IIT is nice. I just absolutely love this place. Most of the day I am by myself, all alone, but still I dont feel lonely. I guess after the JEE debacle this stint at IIT as a JRF (Junior Research Fellow) is my salvation. Hopefully I shall enjoy the entire period just like I have been doing so far. Fingers crossed...Please GOD...dont let any frustration set in!!!

Speaking of frustration, for some one who has used Windows all his life (umm ok not all life..last 3-4 years)..programming in Linux is a pain!!!!!!!!!! And thats why the title of this post... I had been struggling with this fault in my program for the last 3 days..

Anyways, thats all that has been happening!!! Shall update whenever I find time like today... Came onto Windows specially to blog (since n/w settings in linux not properly configured)... Better get back to Linux now ;-)

WINDOWS ROCKS!!!!

P.s: Dont get me wrong I am sure those who say Linux is far superior are right...jus that I dont know how to use it. Ignorance is bliss!!

Food for thought: Linus Torvald made Linux open (free) cos he knew no one would buy it.. heheh ;-)

Yawnnnnn

2005-06-12T11:34:00.000+05:30

Exams over!!!!!

Its a wierd feeling... No more exams...no more spce...... everyone has either already moved on or beginning too....

Its different not only because the exams have ended but the fact that the routine has too.. It is hard to believe that no longer do we have to go back to college...

There is suddenly a big VOID in my life now... It is just really wierd.......

Sigh ;-(

Random!!!

2005-06-03T20:44:00.000+05:30

Check out this link
Picked it up from some blog.

A group of guys at MIT have developed a program to generate random...and i mean RANDOM.. papers. Try it out!!! The paper you generate looks absolutely authentic and original.

Whats more,, one of such random papers even got selected for a conference..

P.s: Who was the one who said such a thing happens "only in India" ;;-))

WORLDVIEW

2005-05-23T20:01:00.000+05:30

You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.

Existentialist

81%

Materialist

81%

Modernist

75%

Postmodernist

75%

Cultural Creative

63%

Romanticist

50%

Idealist

50%

Fundamentalist

25%

What is Your World View? (corrected...again)
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Algrebra and my exams!!!!!

2005-05-21T23:37:00.000+05:30

Exams commence in about 10 days and, true to my nature, all I have done in the p.l is waste time (and wasting some more by blogging this nonsense..). As a result of which I have again landed myself in the 80-20 situation where I have to still cover 80% of syllabus with 20% of the time remaining. ;-(

And as a desperate measure I am now going to employ the ALGEBRAIC MULTIGRID METHOD in my preparation.
To the uninitiated, the AMG technique is used to solve a large (and i mean "LARGE"...jus like my syllabus) set of equations. In this method we represent the entire system of equations in the form of a Grid. This grid is coarsened and different levels are generated, wherein every level has lesser number of nodes than the previous one. We keep coarsening until a stage is reached such that the original system of equations is reduced to a solvable form. Therefore, at the coarsest level, the equations are solved and the results of this level are interpolated to the finer level and we keep interpolating until we reach the finest level. This top-down and subsequent bottom-up (i.e. coarsening and then interpolating) approach helps us to finally come up with the solution for our "large" system of equations.

If some of you fools, are still wondering as to how this nonsense is going to help me with my preparation...well, here goes.... The syllabus is quite large...as a result coarsening needs to be done...first, by cutting down on the no. of pages...then no. of topics .. so on and so forth.....until I reach my coarsest level i.e. the names of indiviual topics.....As for interpolating...I shall first learn the subtitles under the main topics...then some keywords under the subtitles.then some sentences...then some diagrams...and so on....

However, there does lie one difference, unlike the original method where it is absolutely necessary to roll up to the finest level, in my case it is alright to stop midway cos not only do I not have the time but also it is "Mumbai University" yaar...where more than the content i got to concentrate on the length of my answers ;;-))

Hmm...Doesnt it sound smart and full proof....I better get at it right away....

P.s.: If you are reading this it would imply, you have read the article as well, which would further imply that both you and me have nothing better in the world to do than reading (you) or writing (me) such piece of crap ;;-))

Alvida!!!

2005-05-13T23:35:00.001+05:30

Our B.E. Project is over. ;-(((((

I was certain to blog about it and I think Madhav was too. He, however beat me to it (he even posted the pics before he mailed them to me...;-))). I guess rightly so, in the past I have been guilty of posting his pics before he can. ;;-))

Jokes apart, I anyway could not have authored a better article chronicalling our experience at C.A. And therefore for the sake of posterity I am saving the link.

http://roundthewicket.blogspot.com/2005/05/much-more-than-be-project.html

However, what I can do is to post the pics from C.A. (Sorry maddy, not only am I stealing your pics, but also your links.....hahaha)

THE OFFICE BUILDING

ME, MADDY, ASHOK-Our Guide (a fantastic person) and ANISH

ME AND SETH

AND FINALLY....THE MADMAN AKA MADDY AKA MADHAV

A Train to Churchgate....

2005-05-11T23:47:00.000+05:30

An unusual encounter :

On a bhayander bound fast train from churchgate (time 6 10)

The train was docked at churchgate, waiting to leave :

I, after finding a comfortable place, was settled and trying to read some book, when my peace was broken with the arrival of a 60 something elder (he called himself GRANDPA)

GRANDPA:- Arre beta, dadaji ko bethne ko nahi kahoge!!!

Me:(look up, get a lil embarassed...and then move aside to make place)

GRANDPA :(after a few min of silence) Beta yeh train churchgate kabhi pahuchengi (Son, when will this train reach churchgate)

Me:
(look at him a lil surprised, my first reaction that the man is a loose nut, but then I think probably he is new to the place and is a little lost, After a min of blank staring, I open my mouth..only to be cut short )

GRANDPA : Arre idiot, yeh train bhayander 7:08 ko pahuchengi. Phir after 10 minutes it will leave for churchgate. It will therefore reach churchgate at around 8:30. Tum itna simple calculation nahin kar sakte. Interview main fail ho gaye tum

Me : STUMPED!!!!!!!

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SPOILER.......

2005-05-07T20:00:00.000+05:30

Read this one at your own peril.....

Dont tell me I didnt warn you....

I am gonna reveal something that some ppl wont like........

I am telling you, do not scroll your eyes to the last sentence..........

Now that you did not listen to me....pay for your sins....HERE IT IS :

AJAY DEVGAN IS A GHOST IN THE MOVIE KAAL

P.s.: Excuse my lame attempt at trying to act smart ;-))

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End of Days..........

2005-05-04T23:09:00.000+05:30

NO....the world aint coming to an end.......

Today officially was last day of college with the last viva of my life (hopefully). The day brought an end to a mad week which was characterised with late nights, crazy vivas (my viva on system security turned out to be on American security with 9/11, FBI, CIA and wot not being discussed ;-), getting upset, tensed, angry and a host of other emotions, etc.

Anyway, the day was also in some way an end of days itself. End of college days, end of viva days, end of submission days, end of project days (gonna miss this one in particular)...hmmm ....sigh ;-(.....

P.s.:- My apologies for being inactive for some time.......

Wishing my Ba.. an healhty and speedy recovery...Get well soon Ba

Down Memory lane....Part (3 & 4)

2005-04-23T15:11:00.000+05:30

With the last submission of my (engineering) life over, I guess the time is right for me to conclude the series dedicated to my life as an undergrad.

Unlike the first two years....where life was cool, not too stressed and full of fun....the next two years did have their moments of anxiety, tension, fights, elections (Neta..must be frowning...)...They, still, were most important cpl of years of my life and have taught me lessons that I never had or probably never will learn again.

Moving on from second year...third year too had its share of exams, vivas, submissions, pestering teachers, boring lectures....college fests...NIRMAAN, TECHNO...SPACE...broken legs...GRE....CAT/Prep.....

Third year also taught me how to work in teams..managing time.....pulling off the impossible...hmm..I am talking about our PCT Project report.......the group had an entire spectrum of people....rite from Rahul G to Sumant ;-) (ofcourse there were Anish (seth)...Darshan (seth)....and the rest)

This year also forged and strengthened my friendship with a lot of ppl....(as maddy put it...."and friends for life they became...")..... Some very close and dear friends....some pals....some new acquaintances.....but all to be remembered for a long time to come.

Third year ended...with everyone having decided their future plans...JOB/CAT/GRE....some confused lots like me...decided to give all three a shot ;-)....

Neway fourth year started with everyone of us securing a job...most of us then embarking on the CAT prep road...also, in between gave GRE/TOEFL....and of course the usual nonsense of college submissions, assignments, viva continued.......

However, the highlight for me in my final year was the PROJECT.....The highs and the lows (read Computer Ass(es)ociates) ... moments of joy....abusing and cursing ppl for no reason (for maddy, seth and neta....SHEDAAP...haha)...in short it was great fun. Would remember the fridays at C.A. forever.

Another event worth of mention was CAT....even though the end result for me was disappointing....the whole experience was a great roller coaster ride....I atleast am proud to have scored a decent percentile (even though its of no use now ;))...

And so... the fourth year is too coming to an end...and with it my life as an undergrad at S.P.C.E. At the moment am still confused about my future (read either fellowhip at IIT....or job at infy)....But still one thing is for certain... I will be leaving S.P.C.E. with mixed feelings....sad because I will be leaving a place where I have had a great time ....happy cos now I have a great set of buddies.......

And as Jim Carey (in the TRUMAN SHOW) put it " If I dont see ya..Good Mornin, Good Afternoon and Good Night..."

BYE BYE S.P.C.E.

2005-04-17T15:30:00.000+05:30

STUFF I LOVED/HATED ABOUT S.P.C.E

Things I will miss > Things I wont miss

SPACE > FACE

Vidyalankar Crashes > College Lectures

Class Tests > Sem Exams

Vrindavan, Shettys > College Canteen (btw..whr is it?)

SPCE Junta > College Profs

Comp Labs > Worskhop (urgghhh!!)

Bunking > Attendance

QUAD > SPCE OFFICE

Printouts/Submissions > Practicals (never did them.. u see)

I guess the list is endless…and kind of reflects our lives at SPCE. But one thing is for sure, I will SURELY MISS SPCE. Have had a great four years with the Class of 2005 (CMPN) and would cherish them forever. Love you all.

FAREWELL.....2005

2005-04-15T19:34:00.000+05:30

Pics from our farewell on April 6th.

P.s Down memory lane series will be up shortly...might take some tho..

BE CMPN 2005 (S.P.C.E)

2005-04-15T19:33:00.000+05:30

madman, me, mi10

Why?...Why?....Why????????

2005-04-13T09:39:00.000+05:30

Been awhile, since my last post,.......no it wasnt because I was busy or anything.....just that I am the most lazy person that ever was and ever will be.....(forget real beings, i'd beat even mythological characters....read: Kumkaran).....

Not that I didnt come across anything to write about.....infact had a lot of things to write about.....for instance farewell....india/pak cricket....down memory lane series.......
I just cant explain, why do I let things to pile on and on....and only when they are staring down at me in the form of a mountain...do I realise how I let time slip by....

Yourll, must be wondering why am I getting so worked up about such a small thing of not blogging.....

But for me it aint a small issue....cos be it either blogging...writting assignments....or studying for exams...I always follow the same sick failed approach of "LEAVING THINGS FOR LAST GODDAM MOMENT!!!!!"

P.s: My midsems coming up this weekend....and I still havent opened my books...(pls believe me...am not lying..) and here I am wasting my time in blogging some rubbish....aaaarghhhhhhhh!!!

Somethin for all SPCE'ites

2005-04-06T22:11:00.000+05:30

Check out maddy's post......

http://roundthewicket.blogspot.com/2005/04/ode-to-college-life.html

Down memory lane.........(Part 2)

2005-04-03T10:35:00.000+05:30

Moving on from the prev post.......

End of first year was followed by a long break....If I recollect correctly.....after a long time I did "Nothing" in this break....(imagine hadnt had a proper break for 3 yrs!!!)...Went out with friends..saw movies..ate..slept..etc etc....
Also went on a trip to Lonavla...was great fun, but for an incident that got etched in my memory(and probably everyone else's) forever.....We had gone to Bushi dam (in lonavla)....had a good time...on the way back, saw some gambling stalls.....one thing led to another........and we ended up losin 1300 bucks!!!.....
End of the day :- Imp lessons were learnt....."NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN....and if you do...."DONOT GAMBLE AWAY EVERYTHIN.....KEEP SOME CHANGE FOR THE AUTOFARE ;-)"

Enter sophomore....

The classes were now divided according to departments...Didnt know many in my new class..(apart frm Anish, Mi10)....Met Madhav (madman) for the second time (first, being on the first day of coll)...somehow we got along well.......and became good pals....later on gr8 pals....and later later on the best of pals.
Second year was probably the year I enjoyed most in college....probably cos I just had some really gruelling last 3 yrs...and also cos not many things occupied my mind (read CAT,GRE...blah blah).........Participated in fests...right from balloon figthing in Sophiya..to....representin Iran in a mock U.N. event at N.M
Also, due to Ash's stupididty of submitting an abstract of a paper that did not exist,......I found myself in a situation where we had to complete a paper, right from scratch, in less than 24 hrs !!! But we not only completed the paper....made the ppt ...reached the venue on time....decided who will say what.....presented it....and also got an applause from the audience.....;-)

Strangely second year had a lot of "firsts" for me....for the first time... I started joining coching classes for engineering (Madhav, all your fault)...for the first time...organised events....Techno..Space..were gr8 fun...for the first time... scored a distinction ..(all thanx to you Madhav, for convincing me to join those classes ;-))

Another highlight of second year was how I learnt to put maska on our profs..(all thx to Anish seth) so that they correct our assignments..give us better grades.and dont harass us much....I still remember running after Kallu everytime to get our assignments corrected...

And so this year too came to an end.......By the end of the year had a great new set of pals...Maddy...Netaji....Anish..Mi10..etc etc .....

Comin up....Part 3......

Teen Bandar

2005-03-27T13:55:00.000+05:30

Went out last night with my school pals Saumil and Vinit.....(Ameesh, was missing in action)
Not that I am gonna blog about every night I go out with them......
But last night was a lil different.......

Dunno how it all started.....but in a span of arnd three hours we talked at length about the following things

Economics....capitalism...communism
Politics.....Advani..et al
GOD....
Big Bang......
Evolution...Darwin..et al
Climate...Global warming....etc etc
Books....
Psychology....
Homosexuality......
Movies....

And finally.....

Hollywood Babes...;-)..........

Phew....

That was some night....

P.s:- NO...they arnt my whores.....and all three of us are perfectly normal...and STRAIGHT...;-)

Chaar Yaar

2005-03-26T16:31:00.000+05:30

moi(harsh), madman (madhav), seth (anish), mi10 (miten)

Lunch Time

2005-03-26T16:10:00.000+05:30

A pic from yesterday's lunch....

(l to r) Sunil, Madhav, Vibha, Anish, Sujit, Saumil, Kalpesh, Miten, Harsh

Hope..anxiety....prayers!!

2005-03-24T21:36:00.000+05:30

Got my infy's date of joining letter(doj) today....The moment I opened the letter...could feel the ground shaking...hear lightning all round......The damn doj is on 13th June at Mysore....!!!

What this means is ....NO VACATIONS....NO BREAKS......NO time to breathe........!!!

Anyways.....even though I knew that moving out of the comforts of my home was nothing but an eventuality one day, the reality of the entire process has slowly started to dawn on me now......
I have never stayed away from home...have never stayed outside mumbai..have never stayed alone ;-(.....
Anxiety, has started to set in....

All I can do is hope and pray for the best....I hope that the transition is smooth....that I take minimal time to settle down..and finally that I enjoy myself in whatever I do in the year to come....

PRAY FOR ME... !!
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What kind of a thinker am I ?

2005-03-23T22:38:00.000+05:30

You are a Logical-Mathematical Thinker

Logical-Mathematical thinkers:

Like to understand patterns and relationships between objects or actions
Try to understand the world in terms of causes and effects
Are good at thinking critically, and solving problems creatively

Other Logical-Mathematical Thinkers include

Isaac Newton, Archimedes, Albert Einstein

Careers which suit Logical-Mathematical thinkers include

Physicist, Chemist, Biologist, Lawyer, Computer programmer, Engineer, Inventor

You are an Intrapersonal thinker

Intrapersonal thinkers

Spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to understand themselves
Reflect on their thoughts and moods, and work to improve them
You understand how your behaviour affects your relationships with others

Other Intrapersonal thinkers include

Sigmund Freud, Gandhi, Grahame Greene

Careers which suit Intrapersonal Thinkers include

Psychologist, Teacher, Pilot, Child care worker, Explorer, Drama therapist

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/thinker_quiz/research.shtml

Down memory lane.........(Part 1)

2005-03-19T22:30:00.000+05:30

As we (read spce'ites) all come to the end of yet another chapter in our lives...i.e. the culmination of our lives as students of engineering at S.P.C.E.....I think it is a wonderful opportunity to look back at the last 3-4 years........

(I shall be posting the entire series in 4 parts..)

IST YEAR

I set foot in S.P.C.E. on 13/9/2001 (two days aftr the 11/9)....It being the first day, I didnt expect much to happen...
Oh before I go on....Two days earlier I had come to college (dont rem for wht...)...where I met Madhav for the first time....a very inconsequential meeting......until I came across a person who started shouting at us for no apparent reason...he probably was upset cos we were standing in the middle of the passage...or some such thing......I asked Madhav who he was and just ignored him....
Cut back to 13/9....I am wandering around college with good old pal Bharat (Bj) (by old I mean..I kno him for arnd 7 years...not that he is old ;-))...asking some ppl (read seniors) as to whr our class is located....The ppl were so kind...they take us exactly to where the class was...only difference being it was their class, not ours......and rag the hell out of us... It was time now for the Principal's address....and surprise surprise.....the person in the previous paragraph turns out to be my principal....and if things wernt bad enough..I am sitting in the first row trying to hide my face, as he starts his sad speech.

Well, this was my introduction to SPCE. Was it a sign of things to come? Yes and no....Yes, cos the days, months and years that followed were as unpredictable, exciting and full of ups and downs...No, cos, unlike the first day, I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment, good or bad, and would cherish it for a long time to come.

The 1st year, went by, in a flash. Me and Bj were preparing for JEE....and hence cudnt experience much of college....Met a lot of new faces.....made some friends (read Ashrut (ash), Anish (seth), etc), some acquaintances...no enemies tho ;-)....Attended Freshies..Techno...missed out on SPACE...Got introduced to the meaning and usage of terms like 'Hagga','Sadma' 'Triple'......I still remember the great lunch times spent with Ash at either shettys, spjain mess or spce mess...(saala.....got me sick so many times....;-) ).
.....However the highlights of the first year were undoubtedly the profs....each one a character in himself/herself.....Right from Dumpu, Pk, Kapil Bhat and the likes to the poor Maths teachers whose lectures no one ever attended......heheheh

And so the year came to an end...JEE didnt go too well....and I thought I'd be stuck in a place I didnt want to be in.....little did I kno, that I wud be proved completely wrong, in the years to come.........

P.s:- Coming up....Down memory lane.... (part 2)

C.A.....Sachin v/s Bucknor

2005-03-18T21:08:00.000+05:30

Good day at C.A......
After the last week's disaster....we finally are back on track (hopefully...) and are keeping our fingers crossed....and hoping there arnt many roadblocks ahead.....

Shifting topics, to something I like to play, watch, think and talk about --> CRICKET

2nd test between India and Pakistan.......A crucial juncture in the test match....Sachin, after quite awhile, was playing fluently....the Sachin of old.........And then when he is all set for a big score, gets out to a real bad decision by a certain Mr. Bucknor...(incidentally his 100th test as umpire).........

Such incidents as always cause quite a controversy...especially in the country of the affected team........for instance the Pakistani press was not quite happy with the umpiring in the 1st test....likewise the Indian media, which always brings up the issue of the "role of the umpire" whenever such an incident takes place, but however remain quiet...when the "rub of the green" goes our way...for instance when, in the first test, Sachin was given not-out, even though he had clearly edged the ball. ..........

The suspect role of the media, notwithstanding, I feel the issue about the "role of the umpire" is quite an important and relevant one. How far does one equip the umpire with modern technology to assist him in decision making?How does one ensure, by doing so, the pace of the game does not slow down...and at the same time ensuring that there is fair play? Are the neutral umpires really fair?...fair does not just imply neutrality on the part of umpires it implies competence as well......

However, as everyone says, "U WIN SOME, U LOSE SOME"......yea right....... go tell that to Sachin...poor guy once again missed out on an opportunity to prove his critics wrong that he too can play well in the 2nd innings, under pressure....remember Mcgrath trapping him Lbw with a bouncer (another controversial decision)...........

Well all I hope is that "All's well that ends well"....May India go on to win the test and then the series....Amen.

1000 hits

2005-03-15T22:09:00.000+05:30

Yey!!....a 1000 hits in around 15 days...!!...Its another thing arnd half have been by me ;-)

What a waste........

2005-03-14T22:39:00.000+05:30

Surprise!! surprise.....For the second time in my engineering life, we had a surprise class test today in Distributed Computing.....(da first one was in a subject called Theoretical Computer Science...by a certain female called Swati Kolekar)

For those who donot know abt class tests in our college, atleast in my class. Well it is nothing but a test of survival of the fittest, fastest and meanest......it is a test of who is smart enuff, chalu enuff and kamina enuff to copy, chapo and paste his way through......

Same was the case today.....surprise or no surprise.......everyone cracked the paper. Afterall the test was an "open-book" test (as, if it matters,, every test in the last 4 years have been open-book for me ;-))

As I am typing...I am surprised, that I dont feel guilty...that I dont feel bad talking about it..forget doing it....that I dont even regret it.

I wonder whether it is just a bad habit that would go away with time...or is it tht I have now stopped caring for what is right or wrong....or is it tht I blame the system for being "so wrong" that one cant help but cheat.........

Is it just ok to blame my college...to blame my teachers..(its another thing, that they are really bad...)? I guess not...

Yes it will take a special effort to rise up and make use of whatever is available...to ensure that the learning process is not compromised.... to ensure that you do not fall prey to the system

I guess, better late than never...

P.s: Not that I am goin to stop copyin though....have done it for last 3.5 yrs...might as well for the remaining 0.5 ;-)

C.A. photos

2005-03-11T23:25:00.000+05:30

Check out anish (seth), moi (or harry), neh(t)a and madhav(a.k.a madman, maddy & sickguy...) in action

www.geocities.com/hardos83/CA/myphot.html

All down the drain.........

2005-03-11T22:21:00.000+05:30

Bad day at C.A.....worst infact....

Since the last two weeks....we had made quite a few breakthroughs in our second module...we atleast thought we did......but as it turned out Ashok rejected almost the entire thing....apparently we had, yet again,misunderstood the requirements (first time such a thing happened was durin the first module....whr v had to start again from scratch...)

Anyways....we all are now determined not to give up...and we will try our best to do what we can......even CLEAN THE DRAIN IF POSSIBLE ;-)

Idle mind.....Devil's worksop??

2005-03-08T23:56:00.000+05:30

Been really idle in this sem...Especially after the interview, have had nothing to do. Nothing on my mind, nothing to work for, nothing to study....NOTHING!!!

As I was blogging this...was also chatting to a friend of mine (Saumil).....he was complaining that even he had been free lately and that he "felt uncomfortable when nothing is occupying his mind"

I couldnt help, but wonder at the irony. Whenever I was loaded with work.... all i did was yearn for a break....a time when I would do nothing....and when i finally get one I feel miserable...... now I want to occupy myself in something, I want some work...I want "something on my mind....not nothing!!"

And I am so sure, that once I get loaded with work again...I'll start yearning for that elusive (or not so elusive) break again.

I guess the trick to get out of this cycle.. is to get involved in something one enjoys doing...for instance I really like working for our final yr project.....However, when work starts becoming a burden..one starts hoping to break free.

Computer Ass(es)ociates

2005-03-05T18:39:00.000+05:30

As usual and as always, another eventful day at C.A.(officially :- our company for our final year project ; unofficially :- our getaway from the boring and sick lectures of our college;-))

We reach early (9 am) knowing a lot had to be done....finishing the first module (never seems to get over
:-( )...documentation....starting the second module.....
We start off well, deciding the agenda, delegating work....we even get a presentation from Ansih regarding the database schema ;-)

But now things take a turn for the bad.....

It is past lunch time...and all we have done is exhaust the vast ocean of information, knowledge, data and a host of other things.....GOOGLE ;-)... And to make matters worse....the three computers that we are workin on are rendered useless....one has the software but not ASP...other has ASP but not our software...and the third one has neither....urghhh!!!! (software:- is the product we are workin on...ASP:- we are using it to develop our solution)
I finally decide to install ACCESS on one of the machines which had ASP workin..so that we can atleast do somethin....others warn me( read Neha)...that Ashok (our guide...and may i add the best guide ever) was very skeptical of ours even using the 'production' machines, let alone installing something on them....

We however decide to install and if things wernt bad enough..this is what happens
I insert the CD...and WHAM!!!!.. The drive gets stuck...The cd could not be read...and even the eject button stops functionin.....We press and press...but the goddam cd wouldnt come out.....We even get hold of some lever to try and manually eject the drive.......The sight of Anish trying his best to open the drive...reminded us of someone trying to push a car.....it was hilarious............
Finally, one of the person working there...came to our rescue...As it turned out nothing was wrong with the drive...just that...linux was also on on the same machine...and the cd-drive was mounted.....whatever the case..we really looked like fools..(read Computer Asses) when the person ejected the CD with just a click of the mouse...........

It was evening now...and still no progress......then finally as a bolt of lightening.....we found some method that would be helpful...We implemented it...(by now we had installed ACCESS ;-)...and most of it ran...There were of course a few bugs and there still are....and of course there are still some issues which need to be resolved.....however, when we finally left the C.A. office...we, as always, felt a feeling of having done somethin..of having achieved something..no matter how small......a feeling that had been missing for the past three years

MY FIRST POST

2005-03-01T23:09:00.000+05:30

At last,.... I have decided to plunge myself into the world of blogging.....

It has taken me quite sometime to understand fully what? how and why blogging?.....And I think I still havent.

Anyway in the days, months and years to come, (hopefully I would still be bloggin ;-)) I plan to use my blog to express my feelings, my desires, my anger, my frustrations, my happiness, my agony, my moments of pleasure.....
I want to talk about issues, about daily happenings in my life, my solitude, my friends, my peers, my hobbies...

Most importantly, I want to use my blog as a mirror to look at myself, to judge myself, and to look back in time.

Finally, I hope I shall be honest and loyal to my blog .