Scenario: Late Night Thoughts
Inspiration in bits and pieces: *Onky and Fred
So, I have heard that when people really figure out what they want to do in life, it's true bliss. But, do we really want to know what we want to do in life? Isn't the uncertainty, the bursts of happiness, the understanding of small things and everything that comes with it what constitutes a wholesome life?
Maybe, if you really find out what you are supposed to do, life's no longer interesting. You have to give a shot at stuff, try different things. I have tried small ones and yes, it is hard initially but later on it gives this huge experience, that you probably would never get if you were so hell bent on sticking to a master plan.
Sometimes, when you see people, you know they are meant to do what they are doing, since they do it so well. But, really that does not mean that's what they are supposed to do. Take a break, try something else. Why should life be so serious? I strongly believe this train of thought stems from moving to Canada and the influence of some of my labmates (truly admire their decision process). I have heard of investment bankers who completely change from what they are doing 18 hours a day to doing labour work like plumbing. If it helps clear the mind and do something satisfying, it's totally worth the 'risk'. Yes, there will be the sceptical looks and the nagging feeling. I don't think I would do something like that, because while ibanking is software development for me, I do not know what's the analogy of plumbing for me!
It takes truck loads of courage to do something like this, but it should be fun and probably scary initially. Might be not right, but yes, you tried something different.
Similar thing goes with the small things... which is what I decided to start with. Yes, I am scared of the uncertainty. Wish me luck, I am sure I'll need it!
*Pseudo names are used, yes these people are called by these names.
F uses Fred when he wants to order pizza and people find it easier to to pronounce Fred rather than his original name.
Onky was called that by his college mates at NIT Trichy.
P.S: Just saw this video on TED. Something along similar lines, trying smaller things for 30 days.
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Bangalore lessons
It's been sometime since I blogged.So much happened in between the prev post and the present one! In a breeze, i had my convocation at NITC with Dr. APJ Kalam as chief guest, converted my internship to full time, had a good diwali @ Blore(could not witness the saturday nite fireworks show since I was in Calicut) and lots more.
After coming here to Bangalore, I have learnt a few things:
1. Bangalore sleeps early and gets up early(unlike popular opinion of non-Bloreans).
2. Nitt lingo (chaaaat,kela n the likes)
3. what to look for in a pg.
4. some telugu words(note:not kannada, but telugu)
5. how pan is not bad for health and not all pan contains hashish and other drugs.
6. how tickets need to be booked on the 1st day of reservation, even 2 months before the D-day can get you in a WL-169 status.
7. how the world is basically a small place
8. Girl company can be so much fun/risky..it's easier for a girl to walk with a guy than with a girl :P
9. how dogs can be such loyal friends,keep you company all the way till the main road :)
10. meetups can be quite pitcher-isque ;)
Friends and mutual friends just keep increasing every weekend...do not get bored during my stay at bangalore...the weekend company is pretty entertaining i must say.
However, there's something I miss when I look back... even after having the best time ever I could hope for in Bangalore, I realise that I miss college, I miss our LH, some of us are here in Bangalore, occasionally meet up too :), but its not like those nights in college..ahh the college days!
I do not know if ppl have noticed, but once we leave school/college there are some people whom we might not have talked much with during those days, but after leaving, we tend to become good friends!..i mean extremely good friends! :) (read:kappu,preeti)
P.S: I stay near a golf park and some DJ night is going on here now...miss clg musical nites :(
P.P.S: Yours truly takes back her 1st point, Bangalore does NOT sleep early and does NOT get up early. It's Domlur and Domlur ONLY!! This is after Yours truly witnessed some really enthu and wild show @ Blore few days after writing her post.
After coming here to Bangalore, I have learnt a few things:
1. Bangalore sleeps early and gets up early(unlike popular opinion of non-Bloreans).
2. Nitt lingo (chaaaat,kela n the likes)
3. what to look for in a pg.
4. some telugu words(note:not kannada, but telugu)
5. how pan is not bad for health and not all pan contains hashish and other drugs.
6. how tickets need to be booked on the 1st day of reservation, even 2 months before the D-day can get you in a WL-169 status.
7. how the world is basically a small place
8. Girl company can be so much fun/risky..it's easier for a girl to walk with a guy than with a girl :P
9. how dogs can be such loyal friends,keep you company all the way till the main road :)
10. meetups can be quite pitcher-isque ;)
Friends and mutual friends just keep increasing every weekend...do not get bored during my stay at bangalore...the weekend company is pretty entertaining i must say.
However, there's something I miss when I look back... even after having the best time ever I could hope for in Bangalore, I realise that I miss college, I miss our LH, some of us are here in Bangalore, occasionally meet up too :), but its not like those nights in college..ahh the college days!
I do not know if ppl have noticed, but once we leave school/college there are some people whom we might not have talked much with during those days, but after leaving, we tend to become good friends!..i mean extremely good friends! :) (read:kappu,preeti)
P.S: I stay near a golf park and some DJ night is going on here now...miss clg musical nites :(
P.P.S: Yours truly takes back her 1st point, Bangalore does NOT sleep early and does NOT get up early. It's Domlur and Domlur ONLY!! This is after Yours truly witnessed some really enthu and wild show @ Blore few days after writing her post.
Friday, September 11, 2009
The Third Phase
Hi folks! It's been quite a long,long time. Have been spending the past few months getting adjusted to a new place,new surrounding and the beginning of a third phase.
Firstly, the place... Bangalore! I have no comments except that this place is a bit hyped up. I kind of started liking "namma bengalooru" for what it is, the people, the places and the radio(lol). If you have friends here, this place is just great. You can always come up with some new and exciting way to spend the weekends.
The place where i stay is kinda close to my office, 15 minutes walk. My school friend also stays very close by...just hop over to her place when I'm really bored.
I am interning with Yahoo right now, been almost 3 months. This place is simply awesome! They have almost everything an employee can ask for, including cozy beds to sleep when u want to take an afternoon nap and unlimited sick leave. It's a great place to work. Colleagues are also very helpful and FUN :)
Every week here has been crests and troughs..some weekends are so packed and others are almost absolutely nothing to do. Met college folks, saw a few movies, went for a party, went back home when I had absolutely nothing else to do ;). Had a bike ride at awesome speed in an extremely cool bike...was so blinded did nt even bother to check out the bike.absolutely sure its better than a pulsar.
chal folks
signing off for now
my first post from Yahoo... :)
Anna
P.S:Wish my friends would get a hayabusa
Firstly, the place... Bangalore! I have no comments except that this place is a bit hyped up. I kind of started liking "namma bengalooru" for what it is, the people, the places and the radio(lol). If you have friends here, this place is just great. You can always come up with some new and exciting way to spend the weekends.
The place where i stay is kinda close to my office, 15 minutes walk. My school friend also stays very close by...just hop over to her place when I'm really bored.
I am interning with Yahoo right now, been almost 3 months. This place is simply awesome! They have almost everything an employee can ask for, including cozy beds to sleep when u want to take an afternoon nap and unlimited sick leave. It's a great place to work. Colleagues are also very helpful and FUN :)
Every week here has been crests and troughs..some weekends are so packed and others are almost absolutely nothing to do. Met college folks, saw a few movies, went for a party, went back home when I had absolutely nothing else to do ;). Had a bike ride at awesome speed in an extremely cool bike...was so blinded did nt even bother to check out the bike.absolutely sure its better than a pulsar.
chal folks
signing off for now
my first post from Yahoo... :)
Anna
P.S:Wish my friends would get a hayabusa
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The end of chapter TWO
So many things have happened in the past few months...it was like a hurricane..moving at lightning speed...the gud,the bad and the ugly :-). So now I'm blogging about the close of chapter TWO in my life..the life @ NITC..the college life..almost the best 4 yrs of my life. The last few days were memorable...celebrated my 1st and last birthday in LH and it was the last midnight birthday party in LH of the 05-09 girls batch @ NITC...one rocking batch with the fewest memos possible :P
We had procession,csea farewell,branch treat @ sea queen..and sandwiched between all this was the running around for the "no dues certificate"...loadz n loadz of stuff. It was quite fast...a blur was what the last few days were.
So now comes a new beginning(yea yea..:P)...a different world, no matter how much i want to still cling to chapter TWO...we have to stride to chapter THREE in our lives...uncertain of wat lies ahead in store for us...
PS:spending a good vac @ auh meeting old frnds, tweeting and facebooking(i know there's no such term..but heck..who cares!!)
We had procession,csea farewell,branch treat @ sea queen..and sandwiched between all this was the running around for the "no dues certificate"...loadz n loadz of stuff. It was quite fast...a blur was what the last few days were.
So now comes a new beginning(yea yea..:P)...a different world, no matter how much i want to still cling to chapter TWO...we have to stride to chapter THREE in our lives...uncertain of wat lies ahead in store for us...
PS:spending a good vac @ auh meeting old frnds, tweeting and facebooking(i know there's no such term..but heck..who cares!!)
Monday, September 15, 2008
Hamara Bharath Mahan (!?!)
Disclaimer: Firstly this is personal opinion, I just thought it's high time we spent some time in retrospection on the current state of affairs in India. Bharath here implies INDIA ;)
On a serious note, whats happening in India? Secular India... We are the engineers of our country, but how is the knowledge put into use, making bombs using ammonium nitrate, hacking into accnts and sending mails, sending mails from fake accounts. Shame on us. We see movies like rang de basanti... we see the news with blood splattered bodies lying around crying for help, we VOW to bring about change in our country, we talk ILL about our politicians, frankly what else do we do? n yes we write essays on our vision for INDIA... even if it's purely for the credit;).
Extremism exists in all religions. Tolerance has gone down too low. Atrocities against christians, recent ones being in Orissa, has been on the rise. The hindu-muslim riots can be traced back to our independence. We blame Jinnah and Pakistanies blame Ghandiji/Nehru.
The recent bomb blasts in Delhi with IM claiming responsibility for it is THE final straw. The most depressing fact is that these terror attacks have their origin from Indian soil, the devil is within our country itself. B'lore,Hyderabad, Jaipur and now Delhi. Mumbai and karnataka on red alert... frankly is it time to declare emergency rule here? like during the time of Indira Gandhi, clean up the dirty politics and bring the terrorists to court.
On a serious note, whats happening in India? Secular India... We are the engineers of our country, but how is the knowledge put into use, making bombs using ammonium nitrate, hacking into accnts and sending mails, sending mails from fake accounts. Shame on us. We see movies like rang de basanti... we see the news with blood splattered bodies lying around crying for help, we VOW to bring about change in our country, we talk ILL about our politicians, frankly what else do we do? n yes we write essays on our vision for INDIA... even if it's purely for the credit;).
Extremism exists in all religions. Tolerance has gone down too low. Atrocities against christians, recent ones being in Orissa, has been on the rise. The hindu-muslim riots can be traced back to our independence. We blame Jinnah and Pakistanies blame Ghandiji/Nehru.
The recent bomb blasts in Delhi with IM claiming responsibility for it is THE final straw. The most depressing fact is that these terror attacks have their origin from Indian soil, the devil is within our country itself. B'lore,Hyderabad, Jaipur and now Delhi. Mumbai and karnataka on red alert... frankly is it time to declare emergency rule here? like during the time of Indira Gandhi, clean up the dirty politics and bring the terrorists to court.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Another sem over,we are final years!!
We have finally come to the end of a "long" sem at NITC...s6 Btech..long and hectic.Our seniors are leaving and we are goin 2 be the 4th yrs...a.k.a the "jobless" 4th yrs..wonder how it's going to be,coz until now we had all revved up days,in the sense loads of work,labs and submissions.Everyday there was something or the other...next sem we have just one lab.
Tis sem was different in a variety of ways:
Firstly,this sem was a pretty long one in the sense...many activities got postponed...due to unfortunate circumstances...had loadz of holidays too...due to all this.
Secondly there was a start to new things,some startling revelations,some really sad events, so many new couples ;) and many more.
Thirdly,in Lh, we managed to convince the authorities to renovate the Basketball court...now it's cemented and has a ring,though I must confess that the court is being used for many other activities other than basketball...
Fourthly,normally at the end of the sem,when the end sems are over...everyone tends to be in a happy mood...but this time...all my friends and me...all of us were feeling very wierd and sad.Reasons being different ranged from seniors leaving to we being 4th yrs(leaving within a year).
Fifthly, we went on a trip to bangalore.
The best part is even in 4th year we are staying in the same hostel.I love this place...have been in this hostel since second year.As I have mentioned in one of my earlier posts...none of have any intentions of shifting to the new hostel...it's like dungeons,though the rooms are more spacious.The current first years are shifting there.
Finally, I hate to admit this, but I'll miss this sem,I know many of my friends will disagree on this point,but I can't help it. There are many reasons like I had my many "firsts" in this sem and I loved it.
This sem was pretty fast too,very fast with not many instructional days. One more year in this college and we are leaving...it's hard to imagine. I still remember my first day at college, me sitting with thanu.I remember my first year days with my dear "roomies",gayo n divya.Since there was absolutely no change in the classrooms...always stuck in the main block,there are no memories of the DB.
Before I get too emotional thinking about past stuff, I'm signing out :)
cheers
Anna
Tis sem was different in a variety of ways:
Firstly,this sem was a pretty long one in the sense...many activities got postponed...due to unfortunate circumstances...had loadz of holidays too...due to all this.
Secondly there was a start to new things,some startling revelations,some really sad events, so many new couples ;) and many more.
Thirdly,in Lh, we managed to convince the authorities to renovate the Basketball court...now it's cemented and has a ring,though I must confess that the court is being used for many other activities other than basketball...
Fourthly,normally at the end of the sem,when the end sems are over...everyone tends to be in a happy mood...but this time...all my friends and me...all of us were feeling very wierd and sad.Reasons being different ranged from seniors leaving to we being 4th yrs(leaving within a year).
Fifthly, we went on a trip to bangalore.
The best part is even in 4th year we are staying in the same hostel.I love this place...have been in this hostel since second year.As I have mentioned in one of my earlier posts...none of have any intentions of shifting to the new hostel...it's like dungeons,though the rooms are more spacious.The current first years are shifting there.
Finally, I hate to admit this, but I'll miss this sem,I know many of my friends will disagree on this point,but I can't help it. There are many reasons like I had my many "firsts" in this sem and I loved it.
This sem was pretty fast too,very fast with not many instructional days. One more year in this college and we are leaving...it's hard to imagine. I still remember my first day at college, me sitting with thanu.I remember my first year days with my dear "roomies",gayo n divya.Since there was absolutely no change in the classrooms...always stuck in the main block,there are no memories of the DB.
Before I get too emotional thinking about past stuff, I'm signing out :)
cheers
Anna
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Changes...
“Nothing in this world is constant or forever except Change...”
Just the other day I was having a serious discussion with my friend about the changes in all our lives at the end of 3 yrs of our college life...There are so many changes and four years is a pretty long period in this college,but how fast it has gone none of us can grasp. Starting with 1st yr E batch , 2nd yr and 3rd yr comp sci has gone so fast...all that is left is memories. All of us have changed ..some for the better and some for the worse but nobody is the same.Most of us have done stuff we would have never done in school and would never do after we leave college. Many things had been first time for many people...
Initially when we started bunking class....we would feel guilty.. but later there's not even the guilt...classes have been bunked for reasons ranging from lab work to catching on sleep to plain laziness.
All the whacky stuff that we did in our 1st year for sangam, debutante, adrenaline ... some things make us laugh even now.. where as somethings make us turn red with embarassment.
I cannot imagine how “well” comp sci had performed for the ADZAP in 1st yr...n loadz of other events where we do wacky stuff...reaching the limit of our creativity. In LH we have this “ 300's “ group ...that's the ppl who stay in the 3rd floor of 3rd yr block in LH. One crazy gang of people.. who have many things in common other than being on the 3rd floor... we tend 2 be extremely creative duriing exam times (read as “hyperactive”) ...celebrate “FP” days (facepack days where v have photo shoots) and solve ABC puzzles(somethin to do with people being A B and C.. n guess them.. from our colg.. n mostly from our yr...it leads to startling relevations ;)...) and loadz of other similar stuff just 2 days before the exams. Once celebrating an inmate's b'day .. one of the 300's ..Supi ran with the whole cake and the rest of the 300's running behind her.. it was 12:15 and the rest of the hostel was quiet... soon the gaurds came running thinking that some robber had crept into LH...what they saw made them mad...they cursed and went back... :) One crazy gang of ppl.. n i'll miss evyrone of them.. we were thinkin what wud have happened if we hadn't ended up taking rooms in the top floor in the 2nd yr... (we have single rooms) ...being in any other floor and with any other set of ppl wud never be the same...never the same fun... ervy single one.. nami , supi, viddi , anita , shane , meenu , paro , neethiks , gayo , jamz , krishna , kavi , cini , sheba , nematho , neethu , ria , reshmi , reeni ...hope i have included every 300. Always before the exams every single 300 would have to discuss ervythin under the sun except for studies...which comes as part of the discussion somewhere. While every other floor would be quiet only the 3rd floor would have ppl talking and laughing...ofcourse by 9 the talks die down since the next day would be the sessionals. A rumour about exams getting postponed would be enough to start a celebration...I remember when the college had an epidemic of chicken pox.. the day before the exams someone said that exams are postponed..n ervy1 started celebrating...the next day came to know that the 1st yrs and 2nd yrs have leave for 2 weeks and we have the sessionals the next day!! Even this time before the 2nd sessionals someone said something about sports day.. n there was a huge uproar...which was later never spoken about.
I'm sure that if there's anything i would definitely miss in this college it would be the LH(ladies hostel for the uninitiated). Everything else comes after that. Our comp sci class has grown closer after the b'lore trip... unfortunately all were not there... but the trip would be a memorable one for quite a few.
About the trip in another post...
till then
adieu
Just the other day I was having a serious discussion with my friend about the changes in all our lives at the end of 3 yrs of our college life...There are so many changes and four years is a pretty long period in this college,but how fast it has gone none of us can grasp. Starting with 1st yr E batch , 2nd yr and 3rd yr comp sci has gone so fast...all that is left is memories. All of us have changed ..some for the better and some for the worse but nobody is the same.Most of us have done stuff we would have never done in school and would never do after we leave college. Many things had been first time for many people...
Initially when we started bunking class....we would feel guilty.. but later there's not even the guilt...classes have been bunked for reasons ranging from lab work to catching on sleep to plain laziness.
All the whacky stuff that we did in our 1st year for sangam, debutante, adrenaline ... some things make us laugh even now.. where as somethings make us turn red with embarassment.
I cannot imagine how “well” comp sci had performed for the ADZAP in 1st yr...n loadz of other events where we do wacky stuff...reaching the limit of our creativity. In LH we have this “ 300's “ group ...that's the ppl who stay in the 3rd floor of 3rd yr block in LH. One crazy gang of people.. who have many things in common other than being on the 3rd floor... we tend 2 be extremely creative duriing exam times (read as “hyperactive”) ...celebrate “FP” days (facepack days where v have photo shoots) and solve ABC puzzles(somethin to do with people being A B and C.. n guess them.. from our colg.. n mostly from our yr...it leads to startling relevations ;)...) and loadz of other similar stuff just 2 days before the exams. Once celebrating an inmate's b'day .. one of the 300's ..Supi ran with the whole cake and the rest of the 300's running behind her.. it was 12:15 and the rest of the hostel was quiet... soon the gaurds came running thinking that some robber had crept into LH...what they saw made them mad...they cursed and went back... :) One crazy gang of ppl.. n i'll miss evyrone of them.. we were thinkin what wud have happened if we hadn't ended up taking rooms in the top floor in the 2nd yr... (we have single rooms) ...being in any other floor and with any other set of ppl wud never be the same...never the same fun... ervy single one.. nami , supi, viddi , anita , shane , meenu , paro , neethiks , gayo , jamz , krishna , kavi , cini , sheba , nematho , neethu , ria , reshmi , reeni ...hope i have included every 300. Always before the exams every single 300 would have to discuss ervythin under the sun except for studies...which comes as part of the discussion somewhere. While every other floor would be quiet only the 3rd floor would have ppl talking and laughing...ofcourse by 9 the talks die down since the next day would be the sessionals. A rumour about exams getting postponed would be enough to start a celebration...I remember when the college had an epidemic of chicken pox.. the day before the exams someone said that exams are postponed..n ervy1 started celebrating...the next day came to know that the 1st yrs and 2nd yrs have leave for 2 weeks and we have the sessionals the next day!! Even this time before the 2nd sessionals someone said something about sports day.. n there was a huge uproar...which was later never spoken about.
I'm sure that if there's anything i would definitely miss in this college it would be the LH(ladies hostel for the uninitiated). Everything else comes after that. Our comp sci class has grown closer after the b'lore trip... unfortunately all were not there... but the trip would be a memorable one for quite a few.
About the trip in another post...
till then
adieu
Monday, December 31, 2007
Goodbye 007
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
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
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
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
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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