thats another year gone by,n tomorrow is the beginning of a new year, a new day. Turning a new leaf has been my new year resolution many a time. Last year on 1st Jan I remember having a lab... had class from morning 8 till evening 5... this time it's not that hectic. One thing I noticed about 2008 is that there are very few holidays... most of them happen to fall on a sat or a sunday.. how tragic, that reduces the number of days we can fool around!
So what is special tonight? As usual planning to have a party but this time it's with the fourth years...our dear seniors :)
bidding adieu to the year gone by... the fun filled days,the troublesome days, the 3 month long vacation, The "ragam" and the "Tathva", the LH farewell organised by us 3rd years which was unanimously agreed upon to be the best LH farewell ever.(i'm serious .. our seniors complemented us )...IT WAS PURE FUN,a great year!
Wishing everyone a happy NEW YEAR 2008!!!
goodbye n goodluck
signing off
anna
Monday, December 31, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
ITS begun...
Unfortunately our vacations have come to an end.. and I had to return back to college for another hectic semester..probably the most hectic sem.our project last sem had gone rather well.. we managed to host our HomePage Generator(HPGEN) in our department server.. for ppl within colg pls chk out..
http://192.168.40.99/~b050402cs/
You can create your homepage and add your link to our software... so that people within NITC campus can view your homepage.
it is hosted on our athena server..(the server for computer sceince department) planning to make a few more changes.. improvise on it n release version 1.1 :)
Now it's Christmas time and we have a short break of 6 days.. thanks to our class rep who managed to postpone classes to another day.
Going home in a day's time.
Merry Christmas...
signing off
anna
http://192.168.40.99/~b050402cs/
You can create your homepage and add your link to our software... so that people within NITC campus can view your homepage.
it is hosted on our athena server..(the server for computer sceince department) planning to make a few more changes.. improvise on it n release version 1.1 :)
Now it's Christmas time and we have a short break of 6 days.. thanks to our class rep who managed to postpone classes to another day.
Going home in a day's time.
Merry Christmas...
signing off
anna
Monday, October 22, 2007
dilemma...what next?
hi folks.. i'm back.. needless to say,i've been in standby mode(trying to portray my comp sci traits) for a long time... thanks to the overwhelmingly hectic work load and other activities...
Having a lab like Nachos along with a full fledged project work...i know it begins in s6.. but for us, it's software engineering project work.. which we have to submit this friday, a presentation on our Home Page Generator for faculty and students on CSED..I have absolutely no time, but still i am in a dilemma regarding my future plans after BTech..
Everyone around here are going for CAT classes .. yeah the TIME centre near Lovely Foods.. and i wonder what do I do? I defenitely believe in working for sometime.. but then i wonder if i'll ever be able to bell the CAT with the strenuous work load!! that led me to think about MS or MTECH.. but still i'm confused...after NITC what?
okay have 2 go back to my project work.. as i have plans of completing it...hope it goes well.. anyways it's hundred times better than having to mug up Somerville..Phew..!!
Having a lab like Nachos along with a full fledged project work...i know it begins in s6.. but for us, it's software engineering project work.. which we have to submit this friday, a presentation on our Home Page Generator for faculty and students on CSED..I have absolutely no time, but still i am in a dilemma regarding my future plans after BTech..
Everyone around here are going for CAT classes .. yeah the TIME centre near Lovely Foods.. and i wonder what do I do? I defenitely believe in working for sometime.. but then i wonder if i'll ever be able to bell the CAT with the strenuous work load!! that led me to think about MS or MTECH.. but still i'm confused...after NITC what?
okay have 2 go back to my project work.. as i have plans of completing it...hope it goes well.. anyways it's hundred times better than having to mug up Somerville..Phew..!!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
tathva..inspiring innovations
within a few weeks time.. to be precise, in 2 weeks, tathva our major technical fest @ nitc is going to start.. 28th,29th and 30th of september..this is one major event to look forward to.. considering the fact that probably ragam might not be there.. due to last years happenings during ragam... n the aftermath..
anyways .. life right now is pretty hectic and trying to fit in evrything... is getting quite hard ...as i said life is all about priorities and paradigm shifts...
nwayz signing off...
got to catch up with the PAD work
PS: pls chk out the site: http://www.tathva.org
anyways .. life right now is pretty hectic and trying to fit in evrything... is getting quite hard ...as i said life is all about priorities and paradigm shifts...
nwayz signing off...
got to catch up with the PAD work
PS: pls chk out the site: http://www.tathva.org
Sunday, September 09, 2007
New MC @ nitc
finally during a hectic month...or rather a helluva sem
i have decided that blogging is definitely high rated in the mundane things in life that matter to me..
so wats new @ NITC??
its the much talked about MC.. n the best part.. gals r allowed ... the not-so appealing-part.. its near the C-hostel..
a few days before our sessionals began.. the new MC was inaugurated n the next day we decided we HAD to go there.. well not just to check dat out..but also to establish our presence in that male dominated area.
for the uninitiated: it's an unofficial rule that the road from the A-hostel is a strict no-no for gals.. n the mc happens to be in that area...
so we started off.. rather excited.. though we started getting a bit nervous when we were nearing the 'forbidden' area! Well ignoring the skeptical looks on the faces of the 'other' sex we charged ahead..
when we reached there.. t'was a good feeling.. the food also was good.. would recommend the delicious chicken fried rice..much better than the canteen food. Soon guys started pouring in.. n we decided would better go...though that was not the case..
Unfortunately we happened to meet some of our batchmates who decided it was their right to get a treat from us, for being avle to come to the mc... a rather lame reason i would say...
you could imagine the rest.. they just had some shakes n walked off.. telling the guy at the counter that we would be paying.. felt like killing them when we went to pay...
anyways t'was a good experience.. we would be definitely be going again some other time.
PS: the mc is actually an amenity centre cum mc with a gym n some tt boards n other stuff
k gotta return to the excruciating task of completing my NACHOS assignment...the one n only challenging lab for comp scis @ NITC...
signing off
anna
i have decided that blogging is definitely high rated in the mundane things in life that matter to me..
so wats new @ NITC??
its the much talked about MC.. n the best part.. gals r allowed ... the not-so appealing-part.. its near the C-hostel..
a few days before our sessionals began.. the new MC was inaugurated n the next day we decided we HAD to go there.. well not just to check dat out..but also to establish our presence in that male dominated area.
for the uninitiated: it's an unofficial rule that the road from the A-hostel is a strict no-no for gals.. n the mc happens to be in that area...
so we started off.. rather excited.. though we started getting a bit nervous when we were nearing the 'forbidden' area! Well ignoring the skeptical looks on the faces of the 'other' sex we charged ahead..
when we reached there.. t'was a good feeling.. the food also was good.. would recommend the delicious chicken fried rice..much better than the canteen food. Soon guys started pouring in.. n we decided would better go...though that was not the case..
Unfortunately we happened to meet some of our batchmates who decided it was their right to get a treat from us, for being avle to come to the mc... a rather lame reason i would say...
you could imagine the rest.. they just had some shakes n walked off.. telling the guy at the counter that we would be paying.. felt like killing them when we went to pay...
anyways t'was a good experience.. we would be definitely be going again some other time.
PS: the mc is actually an amenity centre cum mc with a gym n some tt boards n other stuff
k gotta return to the excruciating task of completing my NACHOS assignment...the one n only challenging lab for comp scis @ NITC...
signing off
anna
Sunday, July 15, 2007
My Fair Lady Series II - Cyclones
As the tag-mania has taken the blogging world by storm it’s Mrs. X mania for me..;)
Anyways ,I’m sooner or later going to succumb to the tag bug..
Coming back to Mrs. X ..sorry about this disclaimer craze.. but I just can’t help it..
Disclaimer : If anything written in this post hurts anyone’s sentiments about Katrina Kaif.. pls bear with me ;0)
Just about two weeks back a massive cyclone .. Gonu had hit Oman and parts of uae including Fujairah. So the media – Tv and newspapers where giving news 24x7 about this cyclone. Naturally some of us were talking about this, when I wondered aloud about who gave the names to these cyclones .. n how were they named..
‘My Fair Lady’ told me rather seriously…
“ Anna u did not know? These cyclones are actually names of people.. you know there were cyclones like Katrina..(pause..) .. Kaifa ..pause.. now Gonu .. “
I had never heard of a cyclone named Kaifa.. when it suddenly struck me.. Mrs. X got confused wid Katrina Kaif.. whoa ..i told her about it.. n both of us burst out laughing..she told me she confused cyclone Rita with ‘kaifa’..;)
Then I told her about our Katrina Kaif.. n she sheepishly told me about reading it in that day’s tabloids..
Anyways, I’ll never forget about our cyclone ‘kaifa’..;)
Anyways ,I’m sooner or later going to succumb to the tag bug..
Coming back to Mrs. X ..sorry about this disclaimer craze.. but I just can’t help it..
Disclaimer : If anything written in this post hurts anyone’s sentiments about Katrina Kaif.. pls bear with me ;0)
Just about two weeks back a massive cyclone .. Gonu had hit Oman and parts of uae including Fujairah. So the media – Tv and newspapers where giving news 24x7 about this cyclone. Naturally some of us were talking about this, when I wondered aloud about who gave the names to these cyclones .. n how were they named..
‘My Fair Lady’ told me rather seriously…
“ Anna u did not know? These cyclones are actually names of people.. you know there were cyclones like Katrina..(pause..) .. Kaifa ..pause.. now Gonu .. “
I had never heard of a cyclone named Kaifa.. when it suddenly struck me.. Mrs. X got confused wid Katrina Kaif.. whoa ..i told her about it.. n both of us burst out laughing..she told me she confused cyclone Rita with ‘kaifa’..;)
Then I told her about our Katrina Kaif.. n she sheepishly told me about reading it in that day’s tabloids..
Anyways, I’ll never forget about our cyclone ‘kaifa’..;)
Saturday, July 14, 2007
My Fair Lady Series I –Car Parking
I’m back from hibernation mode.. as paro tagged me.. 2 months.. yeah rather long..
reasons for being in that mode ?
It’s just the change of place and pursuing some of my pastimes which I definitely won’t b able to do so once I get back to kerala.Being in abu dhabi feels great, so just could not get myself to the comp to write down something in my blog. Reading blogs though, still dominates my net surfing time.. as orkut has been blocked in uae.
Coming back to this post…I’m feeling overtly tempted to write a disclaimer..here goes…
Disclaimer: All characters and events in this post are ANYTHING BUT fictional.
If this post reminds you of anyone you know.. please let me know. We might be thinking of the same person. ;).. the world has literally become a global village.
Well let me give an intro:I know this lady Mrs. X ( to protect privacy..) pretty well and some of my conversations have been so funny dat I would luv to make a tele series on the incidents.. and hopefully the series would be a household name.. okay jokes apart..
Mrs X has a car and getting a parking in this ever shrinking place is a Herculean task.. so lady luck bestowed her blessings on ‘my fair lady’ in the form of underground parking space. As every normal underground parking area, each person gets a card which they have to hold out in front of the machine which controls the entry and exit into the parking area.
This is where the trouble brews… Mrs. X is not accustomed to holding out a card from the driver’s seat until the oh-so-confusing machine recognizes the card! So the first day when she used the parking space here’s what happened:
1.She drove up to the card machine.. but as most ladies tend to do.. she pulled up her car a ‘bit away’ from the machine.. in the sense that the car was far from being adjacent to the footpath where the machine is kept.
2.She opens her bag, empties all contents and finally manages to get the card. Then ‘my fair lady’ rolls down her window just half way through.. ;) and she swishes the card in front of the machine.. obviously it didn’t work..
3.Picturing this in my mind still makes me smile.. she starts to frantically wave the card in front of the machine.. but it’s really tough for her.. since the window is not even fully rolled down..(don’t mistake me.. I was not standing some where n laughing at her..I went up to her and asked her 2 fully roll down the window which she didn’t comply to..;0 )
4.after 5 mins of showing the card in all sorts of positions in front of the machine.. she decides to get out of the car n show the card.. finally.. the machine worked n she hurried back into the car.. lest it should close again!
5.The last time I asked her about her parking space she told me that she tries her best to get parking outside… though the fact remains that a privileged few only get this underground parking space .. free from the sun, rain n dust.. n get spared of the grueling minutes searching for a parking space…
Describing these incidents will never compromise for those really funny moments when u actually get to witness these scenes…
My fair lady happens to be one of the best managers I have ever heard of.. or come across.. she’s just to good at decision making, multi tasking, communication and the likes … oh communication dat reminds me of something…
That’s it for now.. cya till my fair lady series II.. cyclones…
Signing off
Anna
reasons for being in that mode ?
It’s just the change of place and pursuing some of my pastimes which I definitely won’t b able to do so once I get back to kerala.Being in abu dhabi feels great, so just could not get myself to the comp to write down something in my blog. Reading blogs though, still dominates my net surfing time.. as orkut has been blocked in uae.
Coming back to this post…I’m feeling overtly tempted to write a disclaimer..here goes…
Disclaimer: All characters and events in this post are ANYTHING BUT fictional.
If this post reminds you of anyone you know.. please let me know. We might be thinking of the same person. ;).. the world has literally become a global village.
Well let me give an intro:I know this lady Mrs. X ( to protect privacy..) pretty well and some of my conversations have been so funny dat I would luv to make a tele series on the incidents.. and hopefully the series would be a household name.. okay jokes apart..
Mrs X has a car and getting a parking in this ever shrinking place is a Herculean task.. so lady luck bestowed her blessings on ‘my fair lady’ in the form of underground parking space. As every normal underground parking area, each person gets a card which they have to hold out in front of the machine which controls the entry and exit into the parking area.
This is where the trouble brews… Mrs. X is not accustomed to holding out a card from the driver’s seat until the oh-so-confusing machine recognizes the card! So the first day when she used the parking space here’s what happened:
1.She drove up to the card machine.. but as most ladies tend to do.. she pulled up her car a ‘bit away’ from the machine.. in the sense that the car was far from being adjacent to the footpath where the machine is kept.
2.She opens her bag, empties all contents and finally manages to get the card. Then ‘my fair lady’ rolls down her window just half way through.. ;) and she swishes the card in front of the machine.. obviously it didn’t work..
3.Picturing this in my mind still makes me smile.. she starts to frantically wave the card in front of the machine.. but it’s really tough for her.. since the window is not even fully rolled down..(don’t mistake me.. I was not standing some where n laughing at her..I went up to her and asked her 2 fully roll down the window which she didn’t comply to..;0 )
4.after 5 mins of showing the card in all sorts of positions in front of the machine.. she decides to get out of the car n show the card.. finally.. the machine worked n she hurried back into the car.. lest it should close again!
5.The last time I asked her about her parking space she told me that she tries her best to get parking outside… though the fact remains that a privileged few only get this underground parking space .. free from the sun, rain n dust.. n get spared of the grueling minutes searching for a parking space…
Describing these incidents will never compromise for those really funny moments when u actually get to witness these scenes…
My fair lady happens to be one of the best managers I have ever heard of.. or come across.. she’s just to good at decision making, multi tasking, communication and the likes … oh communication dat reminds me of something…
That’s it for now.. cya till my fair lady series II.. cyclones…
Signing off
Anna
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
A Paradigm Shift
Okay whats this all about??
A paradigm shift is a change in our inner selves.. we view things the way we want it to be.. and our behaviour and attitude stems from the primary way we view things.
So a paradigm shift is something like changing the basic priorities in life..
whats your basic priority in life??
Okay this varies from person to person, time to time.. but here’s the difference. A primary priority should never change.. if it changes it’s a secondary priority.. like when I was in school my priority was to do everything in the best manner.. be it studies,sports, helping friends…anything for that matter..
Now that I’m in college priorities change.. away from family..with friends 24x7.. they’ve become an integral part of every student (at least hostelites wud agree to this..)… to give our full in everything.. from social relationships to studies… but these are secondary priorities.. one of my friends stumped me with a question.. she really keeps me thinking.. makes me wonder what are we doin here… was my roommate.. okay enough of her..she asked me.. wat do u wanna do in ur life ,anna?
family and friends matter, Grades come n go, gpas matter, but whats the basic priority? A gud life.. why do we wanna do well in life?? Its just like after skool , u think “hey college life’s coming..its goin to be complete masti..” ..u reach college and you might change part of your opinion..! then you think.. okay after this work.. its gonna be hectic.. but finally some cash.. big pay cheques.. for what?? To have a better life? What’s a better life when you have stressing work, ground breaking deadlines.. hours in front of the computer..or whatever..? when you work you have to work on something you are passionate about..forget the work part for now.. coz I’m not working to know what it actually means to be having deadlines or anything..
coming back to the basic priority in life: be so content with what you have ,..that no matter where u are or what u do… u wud be happy with it.. that doesn’t mean you should stop trying.. but within your limits.. you should realize when you are going over the limit stressing yourself..
I was just reading this book..Tuesdays with Morrie.. one of the most awesome books I have read till date… it’s about a prof named morrie and he knew he was about to die in a few months time… coz of the disease he had.. but he continued doin everything he could do as normally as possible.. the story is narrated by a student of his.. rather his fav. Student.. he wud spent Tuesdays with his prof at his home and they would talk about everything.. work,family,emotions.. its an awesome read.. makes u realize that whatever you do, whoever you are wherever you go.. finally you have to face it.. the brutal reality.. how you have to cope up with it..how you deal with situations in life.. setting priorities.. it’s a really wonderful book.. read it.. its worth it..
Chal then.. serious talk for a while..hope it keeps u thinking….
Tc
Anna
PS: 3 posts published on same day.. but had been wirtten earlier.. cudn't publish due to net problems at grand mom's place.. finally made it.. still no net connetcion at ggrand mom's place..;(
Okay whats this all about??
A paradigm shift is a change in our inner selves.. we view things the way we want it to be.. and our behaviour and attitude stems from the primary way we view things.
So a paradigm shift is something like changing the basic priorities in life..
whats your basic priority in life??
Okay this varies from person to person, time to time.. but here’s the difference. A primary priority should never change.. if it changes it’s a secondary priority.. like when I was in school my priority was to do everything in the best manner.. be it studies,sports, helping friends…anything for that matter..
Now that I’m in college priorities change.. away from family..with friends 24x7.. they’ve become an integral part of every student (at least hostelites wud agree to this..)… to give our full in everything.. from social relationships to studies… but these are secondary priorities.. one of my friends stumped me with a question.. she really keeps me thinking.. makes me wonder what are we doin here… was my roommate.. okay enough of her..she asked me.. wat do u wanna do in ur life ,anna?
family and friends matter, Grades come n go, gpas matter, but whats the basic priority? A gud life.. why do we wanna do well in life?? Its just like after skool , u think “hey college life’s coming..its goin to be complete masti..” ..u reach college and you might change part of your opinion..! then you think.. okay after this work.. its gonna be hectic.. but finally some cash.. big pay cheques.. for what?? To have a better life? What’s a better life when you have stressing work, ground breaking deadlines.. hours in front of the computer..or whatever..? when you work you have to work on something you are passionate about..forget the work part for now.. coz I’m not working to know what it actually means to be having deadlines or anything..
coming back to the basic priority in life: be so content with what you have ,..that no matter where u are or what u do… u wud be happy with it.. that doesn’t mean you should stop trying.. but within your limits.. you should realize when you are going over the limit stressing yourself..
I was just reading this book..Tuesdays with Morrie.. one of the most awesome books I have read till date… it’s about a prof named morrie and he knew he was about to die in a few months time… coz of the disease he had.. but he continued doin everything he could do as normally as possible.. the story is narrated by a student of his.. rather his fav. Student.. he wud spent Tuesdays with his prof at his home and they would talk about everything.. work,family,emotions.. its an awesome read.. makes u realize that whatever you do, whoever you are wherever you go.. finally you have to face it.. the brutal reality.. how you have to cope up with it..how you deal with situations in life.. setting priorities.. it’s a really wonderful book.. read it.. its worth it..
Chal then.. serious talk for a while..hope it keeps u thinking….
Tc
Anna
PS: 3 posts published on same day.. but had been wirtten earlier.. cudn't publish due to net problems at grand mom's place.. finally made it.. still no net connetcion at ggrand mom's place..;(
Yeah Made IT!!
Yeah….I made it!!
Hey.. don’t get this wrong.. I didn’t get thru’ KBC.. nor did I finally learn how to make chicken curry the way my mom makes.. nor did I assemble my pc by myself..okay forget the so mundane things in life I have yet to do..;).. no points for guessing what I finally did.. even if u try u won’t guess it rite.. just sometime back I had told one of my friends.. a classmate of mine about a really wacky wish of mine.. its really wacky..;) .. don’t want the rest of the world to hear it.. he had a weird expression on his face after hearing that.. n I realized t’was prolly better to chuck out that wish for the time being.. !
Okay coming back ….
I walked thru’ the streets of calicut form one end to another.. seriously.. the time I started was 3 in the afternoon.. not a very cool time for this season.. it was burnin hot.. but c I was kinda jobless n also I did not know where I was.. thanks to me sleeping in the bus.. got a bus from the S.M street back to my place(at 2 somethin.. ).. sat next to a man who was already sleeping .. falling on the side.. I hate that.. n I always happen to have the wonderful opportunity to sit beside such people.. be it any mode of transport.. bus, train or plane..:(
So.. it was scorching hot .. the chicken biryani from Sagar was already making me feel so full .. and the wind blowing against my face.. it was the perfect ambience.. the next thing I knew .. I had reached some place.. seriously no idea.. I woke up.. coz the ‘nice’ conductor decided that ‘we’ had lost our place on the way.. the `we` refers to me and the man sittin next to me.. he woke us both up ,commenting ‘achanum molekum Veete ponde??” translation: ‘dad n daughter doesn’t wanna go home?’ .. I nearly freaked out.. thought I was dreaming.. cudn’t realize where I was .. n some crazy guy mistook the man sitting next to him to be my dad.. anyways I got down from the bus..and started walking just like dat.. after about an half an hour I reached familiar territory.. looked like I’ve been there before.. so I asked a lady whether I cud get the bus to my place from here.. she gave me a puzzled look .. she looked at me for sometime.. I think she thought I had gone nuts.. finally she told me that to get the bus I had to walk the way back.. in the sense the way I had come.. I was ready to scream out over there.. it was one hot day..
So I started walkin back.. really drudging along…n yeah to top it all I was walking along the footpath adjacent to the canoli canal.. for ppl who haven’t hrd abt the famous canoli canal let me enlighten u… it’s the most polluted canal or whatever.. in the city..
finally I reached back to the same bus stop from where I had got down from that bus.. since I realized that one way was wrong.. the way I had taken initially.. I knew that it had to be the other way.. so I stood there for sometime waiting for the bus back home.. now I was sure of the way I had just gone and come back aimlessly.. the names of the place.. everything.. I realized that if I walk the way back home.. I wud be sure of the remaining way also..the heat had reduced a lot.. the sky had become a bit cloudy.. n then I suddenly had this fleeting feeling that it might rain.. that would be IT… its not like hostel .. where the moment it rains.. we all run out into the courtyard.. the place I mentioned about in one of my posts… and get thoroughly drenched.. but now..its calicut..where I cud feel hard stares all the way thru.. staring back has almost become a hobby.. its just who wud stop staring first.. !!
Anyways I just kept my fingers crossed hoping it wudn’t rain.. n yeah I finally made it home..at 5:30… it dint rain.. n I guess i`ll hopefully never sleep in the bus again.. make it a point to stand for short journeys.. no matter what..and I’m sure I won’t stand and sleep..;)
PS: please donot think that I’m so ignorant that I didn’t know my way back home.. the home refers to my grand mom’s place in calicut specifically malaparamba, for those familiar with calicut.Not been there many times..
Hey.. don’t get this wrong.. I didn’t get thru’ KBC.. nor did I finally learn how to make chicken curry the way my mom makes.. nor did I assemble my pc by myself..okay forget the so mundane things in life I have yet to do..;).. no points for guessing what I finally did.. even if u try u won’t guess it rite.. just sometime back I had told one of my friends.. a classmate of mine about a really wacky wish of mine.. its really wacky..;) .. don’t want the rest of the world to hear it.. he had a weird expression on his face after hearing that.. n I realized t’was prolly better to chuck out that wish for the time being.. !
Okay coming back ….
I walked thru’ the streets of calicut form one end to another.. seriously.. the time I started was 3 in the afternoon.. not a very cool time for this season.. it was burnin hot.. but c I was kinda jobless n also I did not know where I was.. thanks to me sleeping in the bus.. got a bus from the S.M street back to my place(at 2 somethin.. ).. sat next to a man who was already sleeping .. falling on the side.. I hate that.. n I always happen to have the wonderful opportunity to sit beside such people.. be it any mode of transport.. bus, train or plane..:(
So.. it was scorching hot .. the chicken biryani from Sagar was already making me feel so full .. and the wind blowing against my face.. it was the perfect ambience.. the next thing I knew .. I had reached some place.. seriously no idea.. I woke up.. coz the ‘nice’ conductor decided that ‘we’ had lost our place on the way.. the `we` refers to me and the man sittin next to me.. he woke us both up ,commenting ‘achanum molekum Veete ponde??” translation: ‘dad n daughter doesn’t wanna go home?’ .. I nearly freaked out.. thought I was dreaming.. cudn’t realize where I was .. n some crazy guy mistook the man sitting next to him to be my dad.. anyways I got down from the bus..and started walking just like dat.. after about an half an hour I reached familiar territory.. looked like I’ve been there before.. so I asked a lady whether I cud get the bus to my place from here.. she gave me a puzzled look .. she looked at me for sometime.. I think she thought I had gone nuts.. finally she told me that to get the bus I had to walk the way back.. in the sense the way I had come.. I was ready to scream out over there.. it was one hot day..
So I started walkin back.. really drudging along…n yeah to top it all I was walking along the footpath adjacent to the canoli canal.. for ppl who haven’t hrd abt the famous canoli canal let me enlighten u… it’s the most polluted canal or whatever.. in the city..
finally I reached back to the same bus stop from where I had got down from that bus.. since I realized that one way was wrong.. the way I had taken initially.. I knew that it had to be the other way.. so I stood there for sometime waiting for the bus back home.. now I was sure of the way I had just gone and come back aimlessly.. the names of the place.. everything.. I realized that if I walk the way back home.. I wud be sure of the remaining way also..the heat had reduced a lot.. the sky had become a bit cloudy.. n then I suddenly had this fleeting feeling that it might rain.. that would be IT… its not like hostel .. where the moment it rains.. we all run out into the courtyard.. the place I mentioned about in one of my posts… and get thoroughly drenched.. but now..its calicut..where I cud feel hard stares all the way thru.. staring back has almost become a hobby.. its just who wud stop staring first.. !!
Anyways I just kept my fingers crossed hoping it wudn’t rain.. n yeah I finally made it home..at 5:30… it dint rain.. n I guess i`ll hopefully never sleep in the bus again.. make it a point to stand for short journeys.. no matter what..and I’m sure I won’t stand and sleep..;)
PS: please donot think that I’m so ignorant that I didn’t know my way back home.. the home refers to my grand mom’s place in calicut specifically malaparamba, for those familiar with calicut.Not been there many times..
2 yrs down the lane.. 2 more yrs to go..
I realized with mixed feelings yesterday nite (the last day of the dreaded end sems..)that I had completed half of my college life at nitc.. feel sad when I think about it.. just 2 more yrs to go.. the classmates, best friends, sharing jokes,
each person who has entered my life as a collegemate/batchmate/classmate/bestfriend/closefriend/friend/even an acquaintance, will be remembered.. the duration depends on the category.. ;)
Ragam,lh farewell, thathva(not much though..! ) and the likes will leave an indelible mark in my heart forever.. I guess I’m getting too senti..
Happy abt 1 thing.. v r still in the same hostel in the comin yr.. phew can’t imagine changing to the new lh block.. its like long corridors and u can’t call out for anyone whenever u wan’t.
In terms of quality, present hostel rooms mite be small.. v don’t hav net or lan.. getting it soon though..but the feeling of oneness.. its like the traditional kerala tharavad houses.. I guess it’s called naalekettu(dunno if this is the way it’s spelled in Malayalam..!) .. that’s a house with four sides and a courtyard in the middle.. the whole joint family stays in that 1 house.. each part prolly one family..
1st yr was slow.. n yes I disliked my 2nd sem thru’out.. from the very beginning till the end.. many reasons..not that t’was an even sem.. a misconception.. coz I liked my 4th sem..
2nd yr was fast.. but then u reach 4th yr.. its ultra cool… nothing to do.. no labs.. not much 2 study.. max of 4 subjects.. if u take overload .. just roam abt.. n yeah u’ll b always noticed.. the younger lot.. that’s the 1st & 2nd yrs.. wud b like .. hey there goes the 4th yrs.. jobless… ! ;).. n then u go out into the big world.. where deadlines mean deadlines.. no excuses whatsoever..
the pro show by shaan this yr for ragam was simply the best ever at nitc… the oat(open air theatre) was packed 3900 that nite… it was an awesome performance for 2 hrs.. end to end…
on technical side.. math over forever.. wrote the last math exam in my life.. I guess so..! its sad though .. coz I liked the subject.. also the bunkometer(the no. of classes bunked in each subject).. had reached a high.. compared to s3.. in the case of some subjects in s4.. which were just plain borin.. thanx to many factors.. which I wud not mention.. guess its obvious.. if my classmates are reading this they’ll prolly be noddin their heads in approval.. for the same subjects.. names censored though.. if u were in comp sci u wud b knowin the most borin subs of s4.. in the end actually got scared if I wud get attendance shortage for a subject.. thanx to the silly idea of 80%attendance.. 8 classes can b cut max for a subject in a sem… the idea of 80%attendance is seriously ridiculous.. I still can’t figure out the reason for such a high percentage… !
they really should reduce the %..
k then signin off…
wanna sleep. Coz of the nite out yest.. actually not a nite out.. sat up till 5 in morning n watched movies.. 300(no not that many… PJ!!!.. it’s the new movie out.. Spartan..n awesome graphics..) n some others.. its always this way.. durin exams.. too sleepy even to sit up till 10 n the day exams get over.. there’s no question about sleepin…;)
Before signing off.. I wanna dedicate a song to all my friends:
My best friends..
2nd floor of old lh block.. (it rocks at nite..thanx to nami’s and shane’s laughter ;)..)
2nd yr comp sci classmates.. an awesome lot.. initially thought they were just plain boring.. during sangam .. when v got the coveted last postn.. or was it 2nd last?? Don’t remember.. even the comp sci t-shirt.. the one n only ORANGE colour t-shirt never seen a comp scian wearing it..except for a few..
2nd yr batchmates of mine..
everything happens to be starting with 2nd !!
the only roommates I ever had until now.. that was in 1st yr..
the wonderful seniors..
my skool friends.. 3 yrs since I saw some of them.. but staying in touch thanx to orkut..n mobile phone ofcourse..
n yes.. last but not the least .. the E-batch.. 1st yr classmates of mine.. the famous 12 gals .. e batch makkal.. (children ;) ) n yes the guys.. each of them a specific character..Guess :
the guy who wud always ask the time..purposely forget to wear a watch.
The guy who wud be made fun of .. no matter what happens.. I guess he’ll never change.. was incidentally our class rep..
Many more come to my mind.. but I guess this wud do.. or I wont be signin off today…!
The song is graduation song by vitamin c.. don’t laugh ur heads off.. I know v haven’t yet graduated.. n yes there is a band named vitamin c.. check it out for urselves.. !
The words are awesome.. but one line really caught me off guard.. goes like this (the chorus line):
As we go on… we remember all the times v had together.. n as our lives change… come whatever v will still be friends forever…
cheers
anna
each person who has entered my life as a collegemate/batchmate/classmate/bestfriend/closefriend/friend/even an acquaintance, will be remembered.. the duration depends on the category.. ;)
Ragam,lh farewell, thathva(not much though..! ) and the likes will leave an indelible mark in my heart forever.. I guess I’m getting too senti..
Happy abt 1 thing.. v r still in the same hostel in the comin yr.. phew can’t imagine changing to the new lh block.. its like long corridors and u can’t call out for anyone whenever u wan’t.
In terms of quality, present hostel rooms mite be small.. v don’t hav net or lan.. getting it soon though..but the feeling of oneness.. its like the traditional kerala tharavad houses.. I guess it’s called naalekettu(dunno if this is the way it’s spelled in Malayalam..!) .. that’s a house with four sides and a courtyard in the middle.. the whole joint family stays in that 1 house.. each part prolly one family..
1st yr was slow.. n yes I disliked my 2nd sem thru’out.. from the very beginning till the end.. many reasons..not that t’was an even sem.. a misconception.. coz I liked my 4th sem..
2nd yr was fast.. but then u reach 4th yr.. its ultra cool… nothing to do.. no labs.. not much 2 study.. max of 4 subjects.. if u take overload .. just roam abt.. n yeah u’ll b always noticed.. the younger lot.. that’s the 1st & 2nd yrs.. wud b like .. hey there goes the 4th yrs.. jobless… ! ;).. n then u go out into the big world.. where deadlines mean deadlines.. no excuses whatsoever..
the pro show by shaan this yr for ragam was simply the best ever at nitc… the oat(open air theatre) was packed 3900 that nite… it was an awesome performance for 2 hrs.. end to end…
on technical side.. math over forever.. wrote the last math exam in my life.. I guess so..! its sad though .. coz I liked the subject.. also the bunkometer(the no. of classes bunked in each subject).. had reached a high.. compared to s3.. in the case of some subjects in s4.. which were just plain borin.. thanx to many factors.. which I wud not mention.. guess its obvious.. if my classmates are reading this they’ll prolly be noddin their heads in approval.. for the same subjects.. names censored though.. if u were in comp sci u wud b knowin the most borin subs of s4.. in the end actually got scared if I wud get attendance shortage for a subject.. thanx to the silly idea of 80%attendance.. 8 classes can b cut max for a subject in a sem… the idea of 80%attendance is seriously ridiculous.. I still can’t figure out the reason for such a high percentage… !
they really should reduce the %..
k then signin off…
wanna sleep. Coz of the nite out yest.. actually not a nite out.. sat up till 5 in morning n watched movies.. 300(no not that many… PJ!!!.. it’s the new movie out.. Spartan..n awesome graphics..) n some others.. its always this way.. durin exams.. too sleepy even to sit up till 10 n the day exams get over.. there’s no question about sleepin…;)
Before signing off.. I wanna dedicate a song to all my friends:
My best friends..
2nd floor of old lh block.. (it rocks at nite..thanx to nami’s and shane’s laughter ;)..)
2nd yr comp sci classmates.. an awesome lot.. initially thought they were just plain boring.. during sangam .. when v got the coveted last postn.. or was it 2nd last?? Don’t remember.. even the comp sci t-shirt.. the one n only ORANGE colour t-shirt never seen a comp scian wearing it..except for a few..
2nd yr batchmates of mine..
everything happens to be starting with 2nd !!
the only roommates I ever had until now.. that was in 1st yr..
the wonderful seniors..
my skool friends.. 3 yrs since I saw some of them.. but staying in touch thanx to orkut..n mobile phone ofcourse..
n yes.. last but not the least .. the E-batch.. 1st yr classmates of mine.. the famous 12 gals .. e batch makkal.. (children ;) ) n yes the guys.. each of them a specific character..Guess :
the guy who wud always ask the time..purposely forget to wear a watch.
The guy who wud be made fun of .. no matter what happens.. I guess he’ll never change.. was incidentally our class rep..
Many more come to my mind.. but I guess this wud do.. or I wont be signin off today…!
The song is graduation song by vitamin c.. don’t laugh ur heads off.. I know v haven’t yet graduated.. n yes there is a band named vitamin c.. check it out for urselves.. !
The words are awesome.. but one line really caught me off guard.. goes like this (the chorus line):
As we go on… we remember all the times v had together.. n as our lives change… come whatever v will still be friends forever…
cheers
anna
Friday, February 16, 2007
s3 over
S3 over?!..dat was fast….
prologue: k .. its really late 2 write abt s3.. n 2 early to write abt s4... so i chose writing abt s3..n pls note da fact dat dis was written durin da hols(3 month vac.. june n april .. ) so very less has been written abt s4..
Well,well… a semester in nitc is over… its unbelievable .. it just feels like yesterday…
S3 was so fast.. it was faster than any of the other sems at nitc.. we had tathva and lh farewell a week before the end sems.. But it was fun.. tathva was just awesome.. with so less time to prepare n get everything done..it was just fabulous.. LH farewell needless to say rocked the audi.. till 2:00 in the morning.. man I was damn sleepy.. I just flopped on the bed the moment I came back.. and we had convocations in between our end sems.. 17th November.. many of the ex-students came.. those who passed out of college in 2005 and 2004.. they got their degrees and some of the students were awarded gold medals for being the best out going students.
We had NSS,value education and OT(other things..not kiddin ! dat is the full form of OT) .. seriously value education is just a waste of time.. its boring..NSS is fun.. v had field work and in the next sem v’ll b havin trauma care.. no don’t mistake me.. v r not havin trauma care.. but I guess v’ll b havin borin classes on trauma care.. though rite now its not dere …J
S4.. is gonna b more packed.. ragam, chrysalis(its over..), NSS(spread over 2 sems) …nah s3 was way to different.. did I like it? I guess so.. got new classmates.. when I kinda got happy n close with the prev batch E.. it was time to leave them n switch over to the gr8 comp sci s3 batch.. yup they r just fine.. just 8 gals n the remaining guys.. I guess the class strength is 72.. the other branches complain that v hav absolutely nothing to study n v hav the maximum no. of free slots.. but really it’s a misconception.. v r just as free as the other branches.. prolly lesser when it comes to lab work. Okay.. studies wise v hav lesser.. not much but lab work n question papers just more than compromise for it!!
S4 is goin on… n it doesn’t luk so good…with afternoon classes from 3 to 7 on a weekday n labs not goin so well..but life’s like dat.. but I guess I’ll rite about s4 in another post.. lets c .. prolly after it gets over.. Ragam…. Shaan’s comin to sing….bet it’ll b awesome.., da chatamangalam surveys(nss work..),sports day, yeah n loadsa of other things……. Its goin to b awesome on enjoyment front..;)
Tc`
Signing off……
Anna
prologue: k .. its really late 2 write abt s3.. n 2 early to write abt s4... so i chose writing abt s3..n pls note da fact dat dis was written durin da hols(3 month vac.. june n april .. ) so very less has been written abt s4..
Well,well… a semester in nitc is over… its unbelievable .. it just feels like yesterday…
S3 was so fast.. it was faster than any of the other sems at nitc.. we had tathva and lh farewell a week before the end sems.. But it was fun.. tathva was just awesome.. with so less time to prepare n get everything done..it was just fabulous.. LH farewell needless to say rocked the audi.. till 2:00 in the morning.. man I was damn sleepy.. I just flopped on the bed the moment I came back.. and we had convocations in between our end sems.. 17th November.. many of the ex-students came.. those who passed out of college in 2005 and 2004.. they got their degrees and some of the students were awarded gold medals for being the best out going students.
We had NSS,value education and OT(other things..not kiddin ! dat is the full form of OT) .. seriously value education is just a waste of time.. its boring..NSS is fun.. v had field work and in the next sem v’ll b havin trauma care.. no don’t mistake me.. v r not havin trauma care.. but I guess v’ll b havin borin classes on trauma care.. though rite now its not dere …J
S4.. is gonna b more packed.. ragam, chrysalis(its over..), NSS(spread over 2 sems) …nah s3 was way to different.. did I like it? I guess so.. got new classmates.. when I kinda got happy n close with the prev batch E.. it was time to leave them n switch over to the gr8 comp sci s3 batch.. yup they r just fine.. just 8 gals n the remaining guys.. I guess the class strength is 72.. the other branches complain that v hav absolutely nothing to study n v hav the maximum no. of free slots.. but really it’s a misconception.. v r just as free as the other branches.. prolly lesser when it comes to lab work. Okay.. studies wise v hav lesser.. not much but lab work n question papers just more than compromise for it!!
S4 is goin on… n it doesn’t luk so good…with afternoon classes from 3 to 7 on a weekday n labs not goin so well..but life’s like dat.. but I guess I’ll rite about s4 in another post.. lets c .. prolly after it gets over.. Ragam…. Shaan’s comin to sing….bet it’ll b awesome.., da chatamangalam surveys(nss work..),sports day, yeah n loadsa of other things……. Its goin to b awesome on enjoyment front..;)
Tc`
Signing off……
Anna
Friday, January 19, 2007
V-day dhamaka
Disclamer: i thut i wud rite one for this post coz i dont want to get on the wrong side.. this post doesn't imply anyone in general.. its just a true piece of my mind on what i actually feel about this stuff..no offences meant to any pairs in nitc.. note da point...;)
okay rite now i'm in the blogger mode.. but lately we hav been having discussions in the LH (read it as ladies hostel.. for the uninitiated guys around here ;) ...) regarding the effect of valentine's day in the college campus.. firstly the 1st years hav this miserable job of trying to sell cards to the seniors or their batchmates.. cards include red card(i've fallen in luv wid u..cud just b a prank.. also!) ,yellow card(i value ur freidship..) white card(lets b good friends..da strt of a beautiful friendship).. chilly cards(any ill feelings against anyone) and ginger cards(meant for bugging people.. ; )
finally they decide the rose king or queen.. based on who gets da maximum number of red roses..
the idea of cards... i think this is not a great idea.. coz there hav been many instances where ppl sent cards in others names n fool ppl.. i hav seen many ppl who hav stopped talkin to each other coz of misunderstandings.. i guess in other colleges also its da same ol' stuff..
its not dat i'm against valentine's day or something..but this idea of conveying ur feelings thru cards when ppl r actually present in the colg.. its not like they are in another country all together!!... is really absurd. nad mostly its just a time pass relationship.. friends.. sending yellow roses is a gr8 idea.. i mean i like it.. but to sent red roses n chilli cards to someone in others names.. is called cowardice.. express those feelings urself.. not thru someone else
its like dere are so many pairs in nitc.. they will find all this fun.. it is meant for them..valentine's day ....but others.. just stick on to ur friends for their friendship will defenitely be more important than a relationship.. yup i talk like i hav loadz of experience.. believe me..i dont.. but there have been many cases as these which can be an eye opener for all of us..
ppl just roam around with their boy/ girl.. they lose the valuable time they can spent with their friends..friends in both the genders.. i know there are ppl who still hav time for thier friends in both the genders even after they are commmited.. but they defenitely lose on a lot of things they wud hav done otherwise..they are like bound .. to tell the truth.. most of them won't feel it.. coz they belive they are in love.. but are they really??? thats a question they have to answer once they leave this college and ener into the world.. the real world. when they hav to stand on their own feet.. when they can't run to the solace of the atm.. where their caring parents will deposit money evry week (okay dat mite be an exaggeration.. ;).. but there is money wheneva they need it when they r in colllege.. ) .. all will be hunky dory till they leave college.. after dat??? they mite end up marrying.. den its fine(hopefully..;) ) otherwise they MITE end up regretting all those times they missed in collge days.. no doubt the time they spent with their partner mite be fond memories.. but still there will be some pain deep down inside their heart.. why go for that? why suffer such a pain when this is the time u can actually enjoy.. life to the hilt.. defenitely after marriage.. u'll hav the trouble brewing up..;) so why not have your freedom till dat moment..??
i guess da best relationship status is single n ready to mingle.. okay i can c many raised eye brows.. ppl dont curse me.. its just an opinion.. n i'm sure there will b many who agree to this and many more who'll b really critical about this...
anyways HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.. to all the happy pairs out dere...
okay signin off...
n one more thing.. single?? don't be lonely.. loadz of ppl out dere who wud value ur friendship.. ppl all around u mite b in pairs.. but believe me .. life is not so easy for them too...they have their ups and downs..
singles have their family friends teachers.. relatives.. n ofcurz..........FREEDOM......
think about it...
tc
k signin off
bye
anna
okay rite now i'm in the blogger mode.. but lately we hav been having discussions in the LH (read it as ladies hostel.. for the uninitiated guys around here ;) ...) regarding the effect of valentine's day in the college campus.. firstly the 1st years hav this miserable job of trying to sell cards to the seniors or their batchmates.. cards include red card(i've fallen in luv wid u..cud just b a prank.. also!) ,yellow card(i value ur freidship..) white card(lets b good friends..da strt of a beautiful friendship).. chilly cards(any ill feelings against anyone) and ginger cards(meant for bugging people.. ; )
finally they decide the rose king or queen.. based on who gets da maximum number of red roses..
the idea of cards... i think this is not a great idea.. coz there hav been many instances where ppl sent cards in others names n fool ppl.. i hav seen many ppl who hav stopped talkin to each other coz of misunderstandings.. i guess in other colleges also its da same ol' stuff..
its not dat i'm against valentine's day or something..but this idea of conveying ur feelings thru cards when ppl r actually present in the colg.. its not like they are in another country all together!!... is really absurd. nad mostly its just a time pass relationship.. friends.. sending yellow roses is a gr8 idea.. i mean i like it.. but to sent red roses n chilli cards to someone in others names.. is called cowardice.. express those feelings urself.. not thru someone else
its like dere are so many pairs in nitc.. they will find all this fun.. it is meant for them..valentine's day ....but others.. just stick on to ur friends for their friendship will defenitely be more important than a relationship.. yup i talk like i hav loadz of experience.. believe me..i dont.. but there have been many cases as these which can be an eye opener for all of us..
ppl just roam around with their boy/ girl.. they lose the valuable time they can spent with their friends..friends in both the genders.. i know there are ppl who still hav time for thier friends in both the genders even after they are commmited.. but they defenitely lose on a lot of things they wud hav done otherwise..they are like bound .. to tell the truth.. most of them won't feel it.. coz they belive they are in love.. but are they really??? thats a question they have to answer once they leave this college and ener into the world.. the real world. when they hav to stand on their own feet.. when they can't run to the solace of the atm.. where their caring parents will deposit money evry week (okay dat mite be an exaggeration.. ;).. but there is money wheneva they need it when they r in colllege.. ) .. all will be hunky dory till they leave college.. after dat??? they mite end up marrying.. den its fine(hopefully..;) ) otherwise they MITE end up regretting all those times they missed in collge days.. no doubt the time they spent with their partner mite be fond memories.. but still there will be some pain deep down inside their heart.. why go for that? why suffer such a pain when this is the time u can actually enjoy.. life to the hilt.. defenitely after marriage.. u'll hav the trouble brewing up..;) so why not have your freedom till dat moment..??
i guess da best relationship status is single n ready to mingle.. okay i can c many raised eye brows.. ppl dont curse me.. its just an opinion.. n i'm sure there will b many who agree to this and many more who'll b really critical about this...
anyways HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.. to all the happy pairs out dere...
okay signin off...
n one more thing.. single?? don't be lonely.. loadz of ppl out dere who wud value ur friendship.. ppl all around u mite b in pairs.. but believe me .. life is not so easy for them too...they have their ups and downs..
singles have their family friends teachers.. relatives.. n ofcurz..........FREEDOM......
think about it...
tc
k signin off
bye
anna
Thursday, January 18, 2007
new year resolutions
dis is my first post since da beginnin of this year..
2007 began with all day classes for us.. no fun whatsoever.. believe it or not.. v had classes till 5:00 in the evenin which included an excruciating DE LAB!.. read it as death everlasting(okay not kidding... its digital electronix lab)..
n yes i believe in the age old superstition.. dat whatever u do on the 1st day of teh year.. will continue on till the end of the year.. anyways that is really absurd now.. taking into the fact that i did loadz.... of things on 1st jan.. which i'm sure i wont b doin 24x7 .. ! ;) anyways da previous nite was hard partyin till 1:00.. umm venue was a bit conjusted.. but bearable.. since bein in the LH n havin a prty late at nite was a gud feelin.. ;)
now comin to new year resolutions.. when i was young i used to take new yr resolutions rather seriously n rather hard ones though.. which wud b defenitely broken within a maximum of a month.. so this yr is different.. no new year resolutions.. just take each day as it comes..
k
signin off now
waitin to hear about any wierd new year resolutions.. hrd from most of my classmates.. really wierd ones..;0
wacky n serious ones also welcome.
k gotta go.. hav a class..
tc
@nn@
2007 began with all day classes for us.. no fun whatsoever.. believe it or not.. v had classes till 5:00 in the evenin which included an excruciating DE LAB!.. read it as death everlasting(okay not kidding... its digital electronix lab)..
n yes i believe in the age old superstition.. dat whatever u do on the 1st day of teh year.. will continue on till the end of the year.. anyways that is really absurd now.. taking into the fact that i did loadz.... of things on 1st jan.. which i'm sure i wont b doin 24x7 .. ! ;) anyways da previous nite was hard partyin till 1:00.. umm venue was a bit conjusted.. but bearable.. since bein in the LH n havin a prty late at nite was a gud feelin.. ;)
now comin to new year resolutions.. when i was young i used to take new yr resolutions rather seriously n rather hard ones though.. which wud b defenitely broken within a maximum of a month.. so this yr is different.. no new year resolutions.. just take each day as it comes..
k
signin off now
waitin to hear about any wierd new year resolutions.. hrd from most of my classmates.. really wierd ones..;0
wacky n serious ones also welcome.
k gotta go.. hav a class..
tc
@nn@
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