Couple of days back, my friend asked me "Suppose you are driving on your way to an important meeting that can fetch you million dollar profit contract. You are driving very fast and suddenly an old woman comes infront of the car. You can't put the breaks and hit her. She starts bleeding heavily. The road is completely isolated and there is no witness to the accident and there is no-one to help. What will you do? Will you go ahead with your journey or will you join her in a hospital? Remember, you run the risk of losing the contract if you don't reach there on time."
I replied immediately "I will just go on with my journey as there is no witness to the accident." My friend is shocked and she asks me if I was sure. I say yes and then I ask her what would she do if she were in such a situation. She replies "well, I will first think of what will happen if my family were in such a situation." And that's when it dawned upon me. I am a terrible, terrible person with no sentiments. I am evil. or wait a second, am I??
I will never ever understand whether human relations are an asset or a liability.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
My journey, My struggle.....
Sometimes, in life, you feel you are being gripped by disappointment and sadness and there's nothing you can do. The last one week was one such phase in my life. I faced rejection from every company, I was looked down in every interview and I came out of interview room every time with a good feeling and ended up with an odd feeling once the final results were out.
This post will just be a recollection of my experiences and my opinions. People are free to interpret them in whatever way they want. Just remember that , all the things in this post are my own opinions and may seem weird or offensive to some people. But then, after all the struggle I have been through, I don't give a damn.
To start with, I didn't apply for Schlums (thinking it's too much of field work) and Fair Isaac (thinking it's job profile is hardcore coding). No repents on that, but I knew where I wanted to be. I wanted to be in a finance-related job. I wanted to be an analyst, rather than a coder or a ghaasi or a field person. So, starting with Day zero, here it goes:
Day zero:
1. Deutsche Bank:
The shortlist for interviews was based on purely written test basis and later during my first interview I was told that I am among the toppers in the test :). That was cool. My first interview went extra-ordinarily well. I was sure of getting into second round and so I did. First round was nothing but finance related questions like 'What will you do (buy/sell) a commodity when currency weakens' and 'probability questions' and a few 'general questions'. I was called for a second round of interview and the first question asked to me was 'Don't you think, your's is a very different department. I don't see you fitting into my company !!' . Well, I was expecting that question but not so early.. phew !! Anyways, I explained to them that none of the departments in kgp has got much to do with finance or i-banking and even a electrical dep guy has only elec knowledge but not finance. So, my dep might not make much of a difference. They started asking questions on finance, relatively easier ones, and some general fundae like where did bse end on that day, what's the price of oil barrel, what is the latest global news, and a little bit about sub-prime crisis and how it effected Indian market. I gave them satisfactory answers and after nearly half an hour, I was asked to wait outside as I might have to face a third round interview. But then, that was never going to be the case. I didn't make the final cut :( . Missing on Deutsche Bank was one thing, I will regret the most during coming times. So near, yet so far away.
2. Capital one:
Initially, only 18 ppl were shortlisted. But then, an additional of 25 ppl were added and I was among them. As soon as I entered the room and saw the look on the face of my interviewer, I knew I wasn't going to make it. And so, it turned out to be. None among the 25 additional shortlisted students were selected and they just made a mockery of us. And yah, the less I talk about this interview, the better.
Day One:
3. ZS associates:
Din't make it through the written test. Actually, it was the worst written test I ever gave. So no regrets. My fault.
4. Inductis:
Only 15 people were shortlisted from written test and I was among them. There were two rounds of interview. The first one was decent. The interviewer had a huha loaded look on his face. But I anwered the puzzles he asked perfectly and he was satisfied. He then asked me to sell a product which I think I screwed up badly. He then asked me a few HR questions and whether I gave CAT or not and noted my score. After sometime, I entered another room for my second round interview. The interviewer was a IIT kgp and IIM A alumni. He was uber-cool and interview was more of fun than anything else. He gave me a case-study and when I solved it, he was extremely satisfied. We had some chit-chat and then after 25 minutes the interview was over. But then the worst was yet to come. As we came out of interivew room together, I made a blunder. I asked him if it's advisable to join MBA right away or after a break of two years. He knew instantly that I was scoring well in CAT. I knew I was jeorpardizing my chances by asking him that question, but I just couldn't control. :(
Day Two:
Completely free
Day Three:
5. Pangea:
None of the agricultural and food engineering students and some other department students were shortlisted in the initial list, but thanks to Savi a good junk of ghaasi students were added to the list later. So, we went in the morning to give the online test (nothing but verbal skills) and all ghaasi students were shortlisted for GD round !!. Our group consisted of only ghaasi students and we were asked to explain our projects and cross-question each other during GD !! Well, my GD went decent but not great. Finally, 3 of us got shortlisted and luckily I was among them. Shailendr, Bhawani and myself. We were told that Pangea acually requires food technology students and they are sure to take atleast one from the three. We had a telephonic interview with the people in P3 mumbai office. The interview was nothing but hardcore technical funda. My interview was below average I would say. At the end of interview, I asked the person who interviewed me if we really need such huha technical funda as P3 was an LPO. She said we would need them during the job and told me that I had good enough technical knowledge :D. But then when the results were out, the page was blank. None of the food technology students made it through. What a load of crap. After telling that they specially need people from our dep and putting us through mental torture all day long, they wouldn't take even a single student !!
Day Four:
6. Deloitte:
The written test went well and I was called for the interview. Just a few minutes before interview, we came to know that the job profile was Technology analyst (only coding :( ) and not business analyst, as told during the ppt. It was kinda shock and as soon as entered the interview room, I immediately told them I knew nothing and have nothing to do with OOPS or JAVA or any other language for that matter. The interviewer tried to ask me if I was interested in the job. I told them, I was interested in the company but am apprehensive about the job profile. So, the story ended there.
7. i-runway:
One company I really really wanted to join. A start-up company and every damn employee is an IITian. Where else would you want to be? As usual, made it through the written test easily. But again in the interview, the same statement. 'I don't see you fitting anywhere in our company'. He then asked me two puzzles which I solved peacefully, but by that time, I was sure I was not going to make it (thanx to my department). Another one down the drain. !!
Day Five:
8. Adventity:
This company had the biggest shock of my life in store for me. I did very well in written test and couldn't make it through. When I went and asked them, they said they might have missed my paper, but weren't willing to go back and check. 'Screw you' I thought. The HR guy even advised me to apply offcampus for their company. 'Screw you' again I thought.
Day Six:
Completely free.
Day Seven.
9. Futures First:
The last financial company visiting the campus in phase 1 and I surely din't want to sit for IT companies :(. After two written tests, the first one 6 minutes - 40 calculations and the second one 30 minutes - 40 analytical questions, I made it to the interviews. The first round of interview was stress interview. They kept on bombarding questions on me from all quarters for nearly half an hour. 'Are you an optimist', 'Are you a pessimist' , 'Will you take risks' 'Are ambitious' 'what motivates you' 'how much does money matter to you' 'will you cheat on your friends for profits' 'will you cheat you organization for personal profits' and then a few puzzles and few quant questions. Three people - qsn after qsn, qsn after qsn - uff !! Thankfully, I made it to the final round of interview. That was more of HR interview, 'why FF', 'why finance', 'why not agri !!' (what the hell are you talking man !! agriii !! ), 'what do u know about organization' etc etc. When it ended, I came out of the room, confidently and hopefully. The results were out after 2 hours and yah, finally.. .finally I made it. After one week and on day zero of week 2, I made it :D.
No need to wear formals anymore. No need to face rejections anymore.
When I look back now, I regret about two companies. Deutsche and i-runway. But then, I am here now. It was hell of an experience. Not a great one while I was experiencing but seems a memorable one when I look at it now. Because sometimes, journey is sweeter than destination.
But then I am happy. I am happy I will be working in a finance-related job. I have really wanted to be in a finance-related job. "When you really want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it". :)
I have reached there. I don't know whether it's the same promised land. I don't know whether I will be able to survive there. But then, I don't care. The struggle has finally ended.
This post will just be a recollection of my experiences and my opinions. People are free to interpret them in whatever way they want. Just remember that , all the things in this post are my own opinions and may seem weird or offensive to some people. But then, after all the struggle I have been through, I don't give a damn.
To start with, I didn't apply for Schlums (thinking it's too much of field work) and Fair Isaac (thinking it's job profile is hardcore coding). No repents on that, but I knew where I wanted to be. I wanted to be in a finance-related job. I wanted to be an analyst, rather than a coder or a ghaasi or a field person. So, starting with Day zero, here it goes:
Day zero:
1. Deutsche Bank:
The shortlist for interviews was based on purely written test basis and later during my first interview I was told that I am among the toppers in the test :). That was cool. My first interview went extra-ordinarily well. I was sure of getting into second round and so I did. First round was nothing but finance related questions like 'What will you do (buy/sell) a commodity when currency weakens' and 'probability questions' and a few 'general questions'. I was called for a second round of interview and the first question asked to me was 'Don't you think, your's is a very different department. I don't see you fitting into my company !!' . Well, I was expecting that question but not so early.. phew !! Anyways, I explained to them that none of the departments in kgp has got much to do with finance or i-banking and even a electrical dep guy has only elec knowledge but not finance. So, my dep might not make much of a difference. They started asking questions on finance, relatively easier ones, and some general fundae like where did bse end on that day, what's the price of oil barrel, what is the latest global news, and a little bit about sub-prime crisis and how it effected Indian market. I gave them satisfactory answers and after nearly half an hour, I was asked to wait outside as I might have to face a third round interview. But then, that was never going to be the case. I didn't make the final cut :( . Missing on Deutsche Bank was one thing, I will regret the most during coming times. So near, yet so far away.
2. Capital one:
Initially, only 18 ppl were shortlisted. But then, an additional of 25 ppl were added and I was among them. As soon as I entered the room and saw the look on the face of my interviewer, I knew I wasn't going to make it. And so, it turned out to be. None among the 25 additional shortlisted students were selected and they just made a mockery of us. And yah, the less I talk about this interview, the better.
Day One:
3. ZS associates:
Din't make it through the written test. Actually, it was the worst written test I ever gave. So no regrets. My fault.
4. Inductis:
Only 15 people were shortlisted from written test and I was among them. There were two rounds of interview. The first one was decent. The interviewer had a huha loaded look on his face. But I anwered the puzzles he asked perfectly and he was satisfied. He then asked me to sell a product which I think I screwed up badly. He then asked me a few HR questions and whether I gave CAT or not and noted my score. After sometime, I entered another room for my second round interview. The interviewer was a IIT kgp and IIM A alumni. He was uber-cool and interview was more of fun than anything else. He gave me a case-study and when I solved it, he was extremely satisfied. We had some chit-chat and then after 25 minutes the interview was over. But then the worst was yet to come. As we came out of interivew room together, I made a blunder. I asked him if it's advisable to join MBA right away or after a break of two years. He knew instantly that I was scoring well in CAT. I knew I was jeorpardizing my chances by asking him that question, but I just couldn't control. :(
Day Two:
Completely free
Day Three:
5. Pangea:
None of the agricultural and food engineering students and some other department students were shortlisted in the initial list, but thanks to Savi a good junk of ghaasi students were added to the list later. So, we went in the morning to give the online test (nothing but verbal skills) and all ghaasi students were shortlisted for GD round !!. Our group consisted of only ghaasi students and we were asked to explain our projects and cross-question each other during GD !! Well, my GD went decent but not great. Finally, 3 of us got shortlisted and luckily I was among them. Shailendr, Bhawani and myself. We were told that Pangea acually requires food technology students and they are sure to take atleast one from the three. We had a telephonic interview with the people in P3 mumbai office. The interview was nothing but hardcore technical funda. My interview was below average I would say. At the end of interview, I asked the person who interviewed me if we really need such huha technical funda as P3 was an LPO. She said we would need them during the job and told me that I had good enough technical knowledge :D. But then when the results were out, the page was blank. None of the food technology students made it through. What a load of crap. After telling that they specially need people from our dep and putting us through mental torture all day long, they wouldn't take even a single student !!
Day Four:
6. Deloitte:
The written test went well and I was called for the interview. Just a few minutes before interview, we came to know that the job profile was Technology analyst (only coding :( ) and not business analyst, as told during the ppt. It was kinda shock and as soon as entered the interview room, I immediately told them I knew nothing and have nothing to do with OOPS or JAVA or any other language for that matter. The interviewer tried to ask me if I was interested in the job. I told them, I was interested in the company but am apprehensive about the job profile. So, the story ended there.
7. i-runway:
One company I really really wanted to join. A start-up company and every damn employee is an IITian. Where else would you want to be? As usual, made it through the written test easily. But again in the interview, the same statement. 'I don't see you fitting anywhere in our company'. He then asked me two puzzles which I solved peacefully, but by that time, I was sure I was not going to make it (thanx to my department). Another one down the drain. !!
Day Five:
8. Adventity:
This company had the biggest shock of my life in store for me. I did very well in written test and couldn't make it through. When I went and asked them, they said they might have missed my paper, but weren't willing to go back and check. 'Screw you' I thought. The HR guy even advised me to apply offcampus for their company. 'Screw you' again I thought.
Day Six:
Completely free.
Day Seven.
9. Futures First:
The last financial company visiting the campus in phase 1 and I surely din't want to sit for IT companies :(. After two written tests, the first one 6 minutes - 40 calculations and the second one 30 minutes - 40 analytical questions, I made it to the interviews. The first round of interview was stress interview. They kept on bombarding questions on me from all quarters for nearly half an hour. 'Are you an optimist', 'Are you a pessimist' , 'Will you take risks' 'Are ambitious' 'what motivates you' 'how much does money matter to you' 'will you cheat on your friends for profits' 'will you cheat you organization for personal profits' and then a few puzzles and few quant questions. Three people - qsn after qsn, qsn after qsn - uff !! Thankfully, I made it to the final round of interview. That was more of HR interview, 'why FF', 'why finance', 'why not agri !!' (what the hell are you talking man !! agriii !! ), 'what do u know about organization' etc etc. When it ended, I came out of the room, confidently and hopefully. The results were out after 2 hours and yah, finally.. .finally I made it. After one week and on day zero of week 2, I made it :D.
No need to wear formals anymore. No need to face rejections anymore.
When I look back now, I regret about two companies. Deutsche and i-runway. But then, I am here now. It was hell of an experience. Not a great one while I was experiencing but seems a memorable one when I look at it now. Because sometimes, journey is sweeter than destination.
But then I am happy. I am happy I will be working in a finance-related job. I have really wanted to be in a finance-related job. "When you really want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it". :)
I have reached there. I don't know whether it's the same promised land. I don't know whether I will be able to survive there. But then, I don't care. The struggle has finally ended.
Friday, August 31, 2007
The best, the good and the ugly
Here are my reviews for the three movies I watched this week:
Chak De India: Let's start with the latest one. Chak de - simply all-round winner. No romatic scenes, no love songs, no skin shows and no mummy-beta sentiments. But chak de will get you excited more than any other movie. Should I say, after lagaan, this is the most successful movie made in bollywood based on sport? The thing is for chak de everything fits in fittingly well. The true actor in SRK who comes out occassionally in movies like swades, devdas was in full flow in this one. He was simply tremendous and the fact that he made people think therez lot more in movie other than SRK shows out how good he had been in the movie. He never took the centerstage and let the story talk for itself.
The other fact that's heartening is that unlike lagaan in which the sport was cricket, undoubtedly the most popular in our country hands down, the sport in chak de is hockey, which seriously needs some redemption to survive let alone reach glory. By far, one of the best movies bollywood has ever produced, chak de will just glue you to your seats for 2 hours. Hats off to Shimit Aman and Jaideep Sahni for such an excellent movie. And the background score simply elevates the grandness of movie.
Finally, if I were to rate chak de on a scale on 10, I would give it 20. Yes. It's wonderful. It's marvellous. It's Chak de India.
Pyaar ke side effects: A comeddy film with a sensible and emotional touch. A real near-life portrayal of urban relations, PKSE brings out the best in Rahul Bose and something good out of Mallika Sherawat. It's all about love, marriage and commitment. And it's fun all the way. The only problem with the movie is it suddenly jumps towards a serious note occassionally. It vacillates between fun and serious drama, but finally you will enjoy the movie. Worth sitting 2 hours, though not much of a should-not-miss movie. A light-hearted one.
Just sit back and enjoy.
The last legion: The lesser you talk about this, the better. I started this movie and after 15 minutes, I continued watching it waiting for the end. Disaster from start to the end. It's about the sword of king Arthur - I mean how can someone mess us such a heavily exciting mythological concept. The first step towards the movie being a flop was Aishwarya Rai. Let's talk about her a bit here. She simply gives those oh-i-am-so-innocent and oh-i-love-you-truly looks which irritate me a lot. What we expext is some action and she turns her role into a warrior girl who falls in love (well, that might be the script but she could have surely done lots better). She ought to know that hollywood is different from bollywood and it takes more than beauty and exposing to be noticed in hollywood. Even the other actors' performaces were not upto mark and the film turns out to be a boring and unattractive attempt. On the whole, I would give it a 3/10.
On the whole, the week was a mixture of movies ranging from the best to the worst.
Chak De India: Let's start with the latest one. Chak de - simply all-round winner. No romatic scenes, no love songs, no skin shows and no mummy-beta sentiments. But chak de will get you excited more than any other movie. Should I say, after lagaan, this is the most successful movie made in bollywood based on sport? The thing is for chak de everything fits in fittingly well. The true actor in SRK who comes out occassionally in movies like swades, devdas was in full flow in this one. He was simply tremendous and the fact that he made people think therez lot more in movie other than SRK shows out how good he had been in the movie. He never took the centerstage and let the story talk for itself.
The other fact that's heartening is that unlike lagaan in which the sport was cricket, undoubtedly the most popular in our country hands down, the sport in chak de is hockey, which seriously needs some redemption to survive let alone reach glory. By far, one of the best movies bollywood has ever produced, chak de will just glue you to your seats for 2 hours. Hats off to Shimit Aman and Jaideep Sahni for such an excellent movie. And the background score simply elevates the grandness of movie.
Finally, if I were to rate chak de on a scale on 10, I would give it 20. Yes. It's wonderful. It's marvellous. It's Chak de India.
Pyaar ke side effects: A comeddy film with a sensible and emotional touch. A real near-life portrayal of urban relations, PKSE brings out the best in Rahul Bose and something good out of Mallika Sherawat. It's all about love, marriage and commitment. And it's fun all the way. The only problem with the movie is it suddenly jumps towards a serious note occassionally. It vacillates between fun and serious drama, but finally you will enjoy the movie. Worth sitting 2 hours, though not much of a should-not-miss movie. A light-hearted one.
Just sit back and enjoy.
The last legion: The lesser you talk about this, the better. I started this movie and after 15 minutes, I continued watching it waiting for the end. Disaster from start to the end. It's about the sword of king Arthur - I mean how can someone mess us such a heavily exciting mythological concept. The first step towards the movie being a flop was Aishwarya Rai. Let's talk about her a bit here. She simply gives those oh-i-am-so-innocent and oh-i-love-you-truly looks which irritate me a lot. What we expext is some action and she turns her role into a warrior girl who falls in love (well, that might be the script but she could have surely done lots better). She ought to know that hollywood is different from bollywood and it takes more than beauty and exposing to be noticed in hollywood. Even the other actors' performaces were not upto mark and the film turns out to be a boring and unattractive attempt. On the whole, I would give it a 3/10.
On the whole, the week was a mixture of movies ranging from the best to the worst.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
One fine morning....
It was Monday morning, the most damned for a kgpian. After all u enjoy ur weekend ( in my case Friday also comes under weekend as I have no classes that day) and then suddenly you have to rush to 7 30 class on Monday morning. I slept at 3 in the morning, with an alarm set to go at 7 and also two of my wingies meant to wake me up for the class [:D].
Now, I don't even remember my alarm ringing and me switching it off, but this wingie of mine wakes me up at 7 20 !! I wake up to find it raining heavily. Suddenly, I remember that I don't have an umbrella and my cycle was punctured the day before for parking in no-parking zone [:P]. Well, heavy rain, no umbrella and cycle - what more omens can destiny provide me as a warning not to attend the class. But then, I chose against it, move my ass out of the bed and get ready for class. It's already 7 45. I beg an umbrella from another wingie and leave for the class. And yeah, I didn't miss the breakfast in mess.
So, I started my long walk to the department at 8'o clock for a 7 30 class !! I walked for 5 minutes and have reached the half-way mark when all of a sudden, the umbrella shattered and I am completely drenched. But the worst was yet to come. I still kept walking and am just 2 minutes away from the department when my slippers suddenly tore apart [:(]. I was all confused and didn't know what to do. I couldn't even move with my slippers on and for obvious reasons, I couldn't walk with them off. So, I immediately got onto a rickshaw and returned back to my hostel. CLASS BUNKED. When I think of it now, I still don't understand why I have never even thought of going to the department in the same rickshaw. Completely messed up !!
P.S: The irony of life: After all this hassle, I return back to my room and just then I receive a text message on my mobile from a friend wishing good morning and saying "Have a great day ahead"
Now, I don't even remember my alarm ringing and me switching it off, but this wingie of mine wakes me up at 7 20 !! I wake up to find it raining heavily. Suddenly, I remember that I don't have an umbrella and my cycle was punctured the day before for parking in no-parking zone [:P]. Well, heavy rain, no umbrella and cycle - what more omens can destiny provide me as a warning not to attend the class. But then, I chose against it, move my ass out of the bed and get ready for class. It's already 7 45. I beg an umbrella from another wingie and leave for the class. And yeah, I didn't miss the breakfast in mess.
So, I started my long walk to the department at 8'o clock for a 7 30 class !! I walked for 5 minutes and have reached the half-way mark when all of a sudden, the umbrella shattered and I am completely drenched. But the worst was yet to come. I still kept walking and am just 2 minutes away from the department when my slippers suddenly tore apart [:(]. I was all confused and didn't know what to do. I couldn't even move with my slippers on and for obvious reasons, I couldn't walk with them off. So, I immediately got onto a rickshaw and returned back to my hostel. CLASS BUNKED. When I think of it now, I still don't understand why I have never even thought of going to the department in the same rickshaw. Completely messed up !!
P.S: The irony of life: After all this hassle, I return back to my room and just then I receive a text message on my mobile from a friend wishing good morning and saying "Have a great day ahead"
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
A tribute to good-goody boy of Indian cricket
He isn't the prettiest batsman in the town, he has never been one whom the team can look upon for rescue act with the bat, he isn't prolific and free-flowing, he has never tamed any opposition's bowling, but there can be very few centuries more popular than his. It took 17 years and 118 test matches for Kumble to reach the promised land. But when he did it, he did it in style.
He has always been a gritty fighter, the fiercest of competitors no matter how unfavorable the conditions were. Kumble has been the quintessential team man, the architect of far more Indian victories than the glory boys in the middle order. It's a known fact that he has won more matches for India than any of the batting stalwarts in the team. Though, often, his efforts have gone unnoticed among the highly famed Indian batting performances. But he never let that fact affect him and has always been a team man giving his full fight everytime he stepped into the ground. Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell for team's interests.
Never termed a classical leg-spinner (primarily because he is not a huge turner of the ball) in the real sense of the word, Anil has proved in his 15 long years in international cricket, that his style was equally effective. With a clever mix of top-spinners, googlies, leg-breaks, flight and a variation of pace, he has outwitted many a batsman.
He had many records to his name: most wickets for an Indian in test cricket, in one day cricket, one of the only two bowlers to take all ten wickets in a test match and now he has one more to add - his maiden test hundred which had been so long in coming.
And that's just like another pearl in Jumbo's crown.
He has always been a gritty fighter, the fiercest of competitors no matter how unfavorable the conditions were. Kumble has been the quintessential team man, the architect of far more Indian victories than the glory boys in the middle order. It's a known fact that he has won more matches for India than any of the batting stalwarts in the team. Though, often, his efforts have gone unnoticed among the highly famed Indian batting performances. But he never let that fact affect him and has always been a team man giving his full fight everytime he stepped into the ground. Kumble's prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002 when he bandaged his fractured jaw to deliver a stirring spell for team's interests.
Never termed a classical leg-spinner (primarily because he is not a huge turner of the ball) in the real sense of the word, Anil has proved in his 15 long years in international cricket, that his style was equally effective. With a clever mix of top-spinners, googlies, leg-breaks, flight and a variation of pace, he has outwitted many a batsman.
He had many records to his name: most wickets for an Indian in test cricket, in one day cricket, one of the only two bowlers to take all ten wickets in a test match and now he has one more to add - his maiden test hundred which had been so long in coming.
And that's just like another pearl in Jumbo's crown.
Back to blogging... again
Well, after a gap of nearly 10 months, here I am, wanting to blog again. May be because I have more free time now(?) or may be that I am making up for all the free time I have. Well, whatever may be the reason, I desperately want to blog again and hope this time it continues without break.
Final year : a time when you want to break the rules badly, when you feel mess is no more even worth of stepping in, when you feel you own the world... well, atleast that's how I am feeling these days :)
Uncertain whether I will atleast land up into a job or not (ghaasi, that I am), I had to search for other options. With the effort for FT going into vain, it seems only one option is left. CAT. And knowing the fact that only hardwork wins , I still tend to waste time on games and crap. But then, I hope this blog will help me start from scratch again.
Because winning is all about never quitting.
Final year : a time when you want to break the rules badly, when you feel mess is no more even worth of stepping in, when you feel you own the world... well, atleast that's how I am feeling these days :)
Uncertain whether I will atleast land up into a job or not (ghaasi, that I am), I had to search for other options. With the effort for FT going into vain, it seems only one option is left. CAT. And knowing the fact that only hardwork wins , I still tend to waste time on games and crap. But then, I hope this blog will help me start from scratch again.
Because winning is all about never quitting.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Discovering myself :D
Extraversion |||||||||| 36%
Stability |||||||||||||||| 63%
Orderliness |||||||||||| 43%
Accommodation |||||| 23%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||| 36%
Mystical |||||||||||| 50%
Artistic |||||| 30%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||| 16%
Materialism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Narcissism |||||| 30%
Adventurousness |||||||||||| 50%
Work ethic |||||||||||| 43%
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 70%
Conflict seeking |||||| 30%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||| 56%
Romantic |||||||||||||| 56%
Avoidant |||||||||||| 50%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Wealth |||||||||| 36%
Dependency |||||||||||| 43%
Change averse |||||||||||| 43%
Cautiousness |||||||||| 36%
Individuality |||||||||||| 50%
Sexuality |||||||||||| 50%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||| 63%
Physical security |||||||||||||||| 70%
Physical fitness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 70%
Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56%
Vanity |||||||||||||| 56%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Female cliche |||||| 23%
Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.
Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
Trait Snapshot :
introverted, secretive, reclusive, tough, non social, observer, fearless, solitary, libertarian, detached, does not like to lead, outsider, abides the rules, mind over heart, good at saving money, does not like to stand out, does not make friends easily, self sufficient, not aggressive, likes the unknown, unconcerned with external opinion, strong, abstract, independent, very intellectual, analytical, high self control
Stability |||||||||||||||| 63%
Orderliness |||||||||||| 43%
Accommodation |||||| 23%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||| 36%
Mystical |||||||||||| 50%
Artistic |||||| 30%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||| 16%
Materialism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Narcissism |||||| 30%
Adventurousness |||||||||||| 50%
Work ethic |||||||||||| 43%
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 70%
Conflict seeking |||||| 30%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||| 56%
Romantic |||||||||||||| 56%
Avoidant |||||||||||| 50%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Wealth |||||||||| 36%
Dependency |||||||||||| 43%
Change averse |||||||||||| 43%
Cautiousness |||||||||| 36%
Individuality |||||||||||| 50%
Sexuality |||||||||||| 50%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||| 63%
Physical security |||||||||||||||| 70%
Physical fitness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 70%
Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56%
Vanity |||||||||||||| 56%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Female cliche |||||| 23%
Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.
Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
Trait Snapshot :
introverted, secretive, reclusive, tough, non social, observer, fearless, solitary, libertarian, detached, does not like to lead, outsider, abides the rules, mind over heart, good at saving money, does not like to stand out, does not make friends easily, self sufficient, not aggressive, likes the unknown, unconcerned with external opinion, strong, abstract, independent, very intellectual, analytical, high self control
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Discovering myself :D
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Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.
Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
TRAIT SNAPSHOT:
introverted, secretive, reclusive, tough, non social, observer, fearless, solitary, libertarian, detached, does not like to lead, outsider, abides the rules, mind over heart, good at saving money, does not like to stand out, does not make friends easily, self sufficient, not aggressive, likes the unknown, unconcerned with external opinion, strong, abstract, independent, very intellectual, analytical, high self control
Sunday, April 09, 2006
New calibration of education
1950 : Constitution making was in process. Dr. B. R. Ambedakr wanted to introduce reservation for backward castes to uplift them.
2006 : New law making in process. Government wants to increase the reservation in educational institutions to increase their votebank.
Effect will be the same. But only the cause of implementations differ. If Manmohan Singh cabinet approves a notification to introduce 27% reservation for OBCs in 20 central universities, IITs and II Ms, the seats available for general quota will drastically go down. In IITs, where the fight for entry is very fierce, there will be cut down of 1300 general candidate seats. In IIMs, considered as most prestigious business schools in country, the number would be around 200. This would only lead to lack of emergence of technocrats and businessmen in a country already facing a problem of brain drain.
When reservation was first introduced in constitution make-up, the situation was entirely different. Backward people were put down to earth, they werent considered equal among others. So, there was certain need to make conditions better for them. But now the scenario has changed. Caste basis is nor more considered a criterion. Everyone is getting equal opportunites in all the fields may it be education or may it be employment. So, why in the name of the hell is this new reseravtion is being introduced?? It will be very pathetic to think that one half of the country is being nurtured not on merit but on other considerations. Government has to understand that by introducing this reseravtion they are depriving people from general quota of their seats. The technical profession requires people of high talent and so we need to respect merit as criterion for admission. If at all government wants to help the OBC people, they may consider options of scholarships or spending extra money to prepare the youth for selection process.
As I am writing this post, I recieve a message from my friend stating that 'ALL IIT AND IIM STUDENTS HAVE DECIDED TO BOYCOTT CLASSES ON 17TH APRIL 2006 MONDAY IN PROTEST AGAINST 50% RESERVATION !!!! ' Is this really going to make government re-think its policy?? When the Supreme court delivered its controversial judgement in 2005 abolishing all the caste-based reservations in unaided private colleges, it provoked a backlash that has since revived the relatively dormant Mandal issue. But, our Parliament amended the constitution within four months to roll back the apex court verdict and maintain status quo. So, it is only a matter of time before Government enforces this 27% percent increase in reservation. Last time, when V.P.Singh introduced the Mandal quota in jobs, it led to a bloody anti-reservation stir with some people even self immolating. While that may not happen this time, a heated debate is on the cards.
P.S : By writing such a post, I didnt mean any kind of offence to any seciton of our community
2006 : New law making in process. Government wants to increase the reservation in educational institutions to increase their votebank.
Effect will be the same. But only the cause of implementations differ. If Manmohan Singh cabinet approves a notification to introduce 27% reservation for OBCs in 20 central universities, IITs and II Ms, the seats available for general quota will drastically go down. In IITs, where the fight for entry is very fierce, there will be cut down of 1300 general candidate seats. In IIMs, considered as most prestigious business schools in country, the number would be around 200. This would only lead to lack of emergence of technocrats and businessmen in a country already facing a problem of brain drain.
When reservation was first introduced in constitution make-up, the situation was entirely different. Backward people were put down to earth, they werent considered equal among others. So, there was certain need to make conditions better for them. But now the scenario has changed. Caste basis is nor more considered a criterion. Everyone is getting equal opportunites in all the fields may it be education or may it be employment. So, why in the name of the hell is this new reseravtion is being introduced?? It will be very pathetic to think that one half of the country is being nurtured not on merit but on other considerations. Government has to understand that by introducing this reseravtion they are depriving people from general quota of their seats. The technical profession requires people of high talent and so we need to respect merit as criterion for admission. If at all government wants to help the OBC people, they may consider options of scholarships or spending extra money to prepare the youth for selection process.
As I am writing this post, I recieve a message from my friend stating that 'ALL IIT AND IIM STUDENTS HAVE DECIDED TO BOYCOTT CLASSES ON 17TH APRIL 2006 MONDAY IN PROTEST AGAINST 50% RESERVATION !!!! ' Is this really going to make government re-think its policy?? When the Supreme court delivered its controversial judgement in 2005 abolishing all the caste-based reservations in unaided private colleges, it provoked a backlash that has since revived the relatively dormant Mandal issue. But, our Parliament amended the constitution within four months to roll back the apex court verdict and maintain status quo. So, it is only a matter of time before Government enforces this 27% percent increase in reservation. Last time, when V.P.Singh introduced the Mandal quota in jobs, it led to a bloody anti-reservation stir with some people even self immolating. While that may not happen this time, a heated debate is on the cards.
P.S : By writing such a post, I didnt mean any kind of offence to any seciton of our community
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Confused totally
I am lazily moving around in the bed..... doesnt feel like getting up and moving to the classrooms where an spactacle-eyed prof keeps blabbering.. not even a piece of it gets into our minds... so what next?? I would love to have one more deep slumber..... the hot summer getting horrible day by day... making things more diffiult to attend the classes... infact making even the slighest chance to attend classes (for the sake of attendence, though :D) go to the gutter. So what am I doing?? just sitting before the comp... even that has become difficult these days ... thanks to the large count of hours that i spent on the comp last few months, I am developing an opthamology problem :((...
The good news is that the old bot quizroom is back and I am able to get those 69's back :D.... and with 'naka and Oz'(the two grand old men of quizroom) spending considerable time in the room, it has become more interesting and challenging now.... all those typos, shits, fk's, jas slow's, they are all back again...lol, that's gonna be fun!! I bet!!!
Believe me, I really dont know what to write.... I am just killing time these days.. and this post is a part of it. Presently, I am just spending away time watching movies and series like friends, how i met your mother, prison break..... is this the reason I am here?? worked my ass off for two years during 11th and 12th... just to find ways to forcibly spend time in the country's premier institute ?? well, the other day someone was saying kgp has been declared world's second best institute by some esteemed magazine (I remember, I even got a GPL for saying something silly about it the very next moment :D)... so what am I doing here in such a place.... no sports and games.... no CG (being in a loadless department is an invisible curse i guess)... just letting life go by.... uff, this sucks
Ok, whatever, I was browsing through the net and found these two really good online riddles
One is from notpron....deathball riddle
Second one from IIMI..... Klueless riddle
They are just like the online hunt kgp junta had during kshitij time... that was totally confined to kshitij's website.. but these two are too cool... just try them once. Dont try to use the spoilers available in the net...
Ok, then I will get back to my catnaps. BUH BYE
The good news is that the old bot quizroom is back and I am able to get those 69's back :D.... and with 'naka and Oz'(the two grand old men of quizroom) spending considerable time in the room, it has become more interesting and challenging now.... all those typos, shits, fk's, jas slow's, they are all back again...lol, that's gonna be fun!! I bet!!!
Believe me, I really dont know what to write.... I am just killing time these days.. and this post is a part of it. Presently, I am just spending away time watching movies and series like friends, how i met your mother, prison break..... is this the reason I am here?? worked my ass off for two years during 11th and 12th... just to find ways to forcibly spend time in the country's premier institute ?? well, the other day someone was saying kgp has been declared world's second best institute by some esteemed magazine (I remember, I even got a GPL for saying something silly about it the very next moment :D)... so what am I doing here in such a place.... no sports and games.... no CG (being in a loadless department is an invisible curse i guess)... just letting life go by.... uff, this sucks
Ok, whatever, I was browsing through the net and found these two really good online riddles
One is from notpron....deathball riddle
Second one from IIMI..... Klueless riddle
They are just like the online hunt kgp junta had during kshitij time... that was totally confined to kshitij's website.. but these two are too cool... just try them once. Dont try to use the spoilers available in the net...
Ok, then I will get back to my catnaps. BUH BYE
Friday, March 17, 2006
Love - A crap post with hi-fi name
I was just lying lazy from the past few days. Was thinking of a post but then i couldnt make out what to write. Then one of my best friends suggested me the hottest topic ever -Love !!! already hot, huh?? Initially I thought who will write and read about love.... junta has much more important work to do in life.... but then , see you are here reading this.... thats the power of love??or is it not??
Why am I posting this one month after valentine's day got over? Too late, hun? Is love off the air now? No, no, they say love is eternal.... isnt it?
I still remember the days of my OP (u may as well read this as 'ragging') in RP Hall. We went to this wing where we were asked to enact a GD - the topic being love. Well, at that time I was in the anti-love team(hehe, in those days anti-love was one of my orkut communities :P) and I guess I have done that GD excellently :D!!! But then I am a changed(or transformed?? therez a lot of difference) guy now. I hate it nomore. I have even unjoined that community in orkut...... Wait , wait that doesnt mean I am in love... well, yeah somethings are better left incomplete....
But then whats this love all about? Is it great to be in love? Or is it just another useless burden to this pathetic life?? How do people fall in love? Will they ever get up again?? Does love has this immaculate power to transform morons into super guys?? (Well, then if that's the case dont u think everyone should start loving someone? :P) The answers to all these questions.......... God knows!!!
I was in my 12th when one of my friends loved a girl. Well, the others never thought it was love and it was just only attraction. He had the potential to crack JEE, but he lost it ,thanx to the love he found out in his life. And his condition is no better now. The girl left him (he woudnt agree it though). I thought it was too early for love..... again has love got anything to do with age?? Is it inversely or directly proportional to age or something like that?? alright then if u want a more proffessional post about love, check out naka's blog.... GOD!!! what has he got in him that he writes such beautiful posts?? Well, personally I am a great fan of naka!!!
Ok, coming back to this love, there were instances when a guy kills the gal he loved just because she didn't accept his love!!! Was that love?? I mean how he could ever live without her after he killed her if he really loved her?? Isnt that insane?? Or is it real love?? Or is it that insanity is the extremity of love?? Gosh!! Wish someone can answer my questions!!
But, then isnt love great?? Isnt it great to be in love?? Werent there any instances when love has done wonders to people?? Do people go mad?? Does love make a person mad?? What has love got in it that people die for the sake of it?? Is it really such a pleasant feeling to love someone?? Well, questions are now pouring down.... so , let's not get confused anymore.... go by your own way and answer them as u want them to be!!!
It's useless to speak about failure stories in love. There's no need to talk about success stories. So, on the whole, is it a waste of time to talk of love??
As I am writing this post, I am hearing the song from Neal n Nikki
"Like a dream that cant explain, love can change the beating of your heart
Like the sunshine in the rain, love can make your whole world fall apart!!! "
(Is it?? does love really do that??)
"Suddenly, everything has turned me inside out
Suddenly, lovez a thing that I cant live without...
You are my dream, my love, my life
I jas wanna spend my life with you
You are the one that makes me smile
I jas wanna spend my life with you......."
Forget the love thing!!! This song rocks, guyzz!!!!
Chalo then, I will take leave now... hey but thanx to my friend who suggested me this topic :)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Essence of life
Pictures do speak
And these pics have left an impression on me...
So just thought I would blog them.....
Nature at it's best : Well, I can sit back and keep watching for hours just this nature.... the sunrise, the sunset.... the twilight,.... a group of birds flying over before the sun sets,.... the tender leaves swaying to the breeze,.... a single bird sitting on a branch and singing in search of it's soulmate,... late nights in summer on a full moon day with the sweet smell of jasmines,.... the aroma of the soil just before it rains....!!!! Now, dont you tell me that you dont love them !!!
Sunny Morning on a Winter day: Well, what else can u ask for?? The sun peeping out from behind the clouds, with the cool zephyr blowing against your face, when you stroll out with your loved ones on such a winter morning.... aah, this is life!!! Get out of the beds, you lazy bugs :P !!!
Freedom in Life : Just keep roaming!!! go here, go there !!!go places, take roads!! no restrictions, no boundaries!! Move anywhere under the sky, into the vast lands, to anyplace over the earth.... that's freedom. Live life to the fullest!!! You never get back the passed life.. try to live the present to the fullest.... and slowly your tantalizng future turns into a memorable past...
Peace and Tranquility : Just sit down idle... play with your soft memories... think of the good days... never worry about future.... remember a kid playing with the soft and bubbling waves on a sea beach!!! Who says introverts are dull and uninteresting??? Attitude does speak, buddy..... believe me, every person is an introvert in himself... its only that people are afraid to be thought of as boring and geek!!
And these pics have left an impression on me...
So just thought I would blog them.....
Nature at it's best : Well, I can sit back and keep watching for hours just this nature.... the sunrise, the sunset.... the twilight,.... a group of birds flying over before the sun sets,.... the tender leaves swaying to the breeze,.... a single bird sitting on a branch and singing in search of it's soulmate,... late nights in summer on a full moon day with the sweet smell of jasmines,.... the aroma of the soil just before it rains....!!!! Now, dont you tell me that you dont love them !!!
Sunny Morning on a Winter day: Well, what else can u ask for?? The sun peeping out from behind the clouds, with the cool zephyr blowing against your face, when you stroll out with your loved ones on such a winter morning.... aah, this is life!!! Get out of the beds, you lazy bugs :P !!!
Freedom in Life : Just keep roaming!!! go here, go there !!!go places, take roads!! no restrictions, no boundaries!! Move anywhere under the sky, into the vast lands, to anyplace over the earth.... that's freedom. Live life to the fullest!!! You never get back the passed life.. try to live the present to the fullest.... and slowly your tantalizng future turns into a memorable past...
Peace and Tranquility : Just sit down idle... play with your soft memories... think of the good days... never worry about future.... remember a kid playing with the soft and bubbling waves on a sea beach!!! Who says introverts are dull and uninteresting??? Attitude does speak, buddy..... believe me, every person is an introvert in himself... its only that people are afraid to be thought of as boring and geek!!
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Cricket - Redefined
I am writing this post after I witnessed the best one day game in cricket history ever, infact one of the greatest games the world sports have ever seen. Two hours back I was on my way to SN hall day(read it as always-a-much-awaited but never-upto-the-mark occassion). I got these two invitations from my dep mates. Initially I thought.. come on who would move his ass all the way to go to some crap. But then ... ok chalo lets see how the bandhis live.... and then I was on my way. On the way lies our hallz common room and I jas stepped in to have a look at score. Who would have thought that step would deprive me off my chance to go to SN for the first time :((. Saw that Australia have made 434 and South Africa were well in chase with 250 in around 28 overs. This seemed much interesting than SN :D !!! Believe me, guys!!!
I am not a cricket fanatic. I am not even a regular follower of cricket. Then why am I making a post about cricket?? Bcoz this was something special. This was extraordinarily special. This was a day when all the adjectives in the dictionary together wouldnt suffice to explain what was going on in Johannesburg. And still if u feel I am writing crap by this post, then lemme tell u my blog is supposed to give out what my brain has got and presently it has nothing except this crap cricket :D.... Ok, let me tell u this post isnt a review of the match... this is a replica of how everyone felt before my eyes in the common room... friends shouting their hearts out when the ball has been hit for the max, crying angrily when the SA batsman miss out on a ball, jumping with their asses out of chair when Gibb's catch was dropped, when Vanderwalth hit sixes from nowhere in times of dying hope..... this is CRICKET at its best. Forget F1, forget football, forget basketball... this is why cricket rules . Yeha, cricket does rule !!! This is it.. this is the time when u know why during schooltimes we used to bunk classes jas to watch some willows and the ball doing the business!!
If I remember correctly someone said 'Cricket is a game being played by 22 fools with a stupid ball and thousands of fools watching it'. Why the hell did he say that? If we all are fools by seeing this match, then yeah, we are fools. Actually today it should be 'Cricket is a game played by 22 players(well, fools according to that guy,but never mind) with great willows(feels rather unpleasant to speak of the ball today)............. ' . What can one say about the batting display by both the teams today?? devastating, demolishing, exhilarating, astonishing... and what can one say about the game?? amazing, thrilling, miracle ..... God!! why dont i know more adjectives in english :( ... It seemed like the day of greatest massacre of the ball by the bat in cricket history today.. with Lewis recording the worst figures for a bowler... but then who would want to be a bowler on such a day??...(my sympathy to Lewis :D)..... this is a day that would go down in history... a day of swinging hopes, a day of only miracles.
Well, then who cares what all I write about the match... In the end all that matters is South Africa have pulled out a stunner from nowhere and they have won the greatest game ever played. Why in the hell would have Ponting dreamt this end at the half way stage after his own assault.... ok who on earth would have expected this was going to come !!!!! But then, this has happened... and thats why I say CRICKET - REDEFINED
I am not a cricket fanatic. I am not even a regular follower of cricket. Then why am I making a post about cricket?? Bcoz this was something special. This was extraordinarily special. This was a day when all the adjectives in the dictionary together wouldnt suffice to explain what was going on in Johannesburg. And still if u feel I am writing crap by this post, then lemme tell u my blog is supposed to give out what my brain has got and presently it has nothing except this crap cricket :D.... Ok, let me tell u this post isnt a review of the match... this is a replica of how everyone felt before my eyes in the common room... friends shouting their hearts out when the ball has been hit for the max, crying angrily when the SA batsman miss out on a ball, jumping with their asses out of chair when Gibb's catch was dropped, when Vanderwalth hit sixes from nowhere in times of dying hope..... this is CRICKET at its best. Forget F1, forget football, forget basketball... this is why cricket rules . Yeha, cricket does rule !!! This is it.. this is the time when u know why during schooltimes we used to bunk classes jas to watch some willows and the ball doing the business!!
If I remember correctly someone said 'Cricket is a game being played by 22 fools with a stupid ball and thousands of fools watching it'. Why the hell did he say that? If we all are fools by seeing this match, then yeah, we are fools. Actually today it should be 'Cricket is a game played by 22 players(well, fools according to that guy,but never mind) with great willows(feels rather unpleasant to speak of the ball today)............. ' . What can one say about the batting display by both the teams today?? devastating, demolishing, exhilarating, astonishing... and what can one say about the game?? amazing, thrilling, miracle ..... God!! why dont i know more adjectives in english :( ... It seemed like the day of greatest massacre of the ball by the bat in cricket history today.. with Lewis recording the worst figures for a bowler... but then who would want to be a bowler on such a day??...(my sympathy to Lewis :D)..... this is a day that would go down in history... a day of swinging hopes, a day of only miracles.
Well, then who cares what all I write about the match... In the end all that matters is South Africa have pulled out a stunner from nowhere and they have won the greatest game ever played. Why in the hell would have Ponting dreamt this end at the half way stage after his own assault.... ok who on earth would have expected this was going to come !!!!! But then, this has happened... and thats why I say CRICKET - REDEFINED
Thursday, March 09, 2006
WE - the kgpians
The other day, my friend asked me to suggest a topic to write in his blog. I immediately asked him to write about our life at kgp. He thought it was a good idea, but he dint start it yet.
So I thought I would do it, I would write all the holy crap that we do over here.
When we first came to kgp after doing 12th (infact most of us working hard on our asses for one more year to crack the prestigious JEE), we thought we were stepping into some magical land, a land into which the very entry guarantees a rocking life ahead, a land of course full of fairies :D for these spectacled and worn out eyes. But then, we got nothing of what we expected. Disgusting off-campus views, boring bandis on campus, terrifying labs( the electrical lab standing tall among them), those owl-faced profs trying to corner students whenever and wherever possible......... Well some amount of the dissapointment can be attributed to the topographical and geographical location of IIT campus ( no offence bongs). And on the other side of this coin is the great fortune that everyonez in kgp is sure to get their hands on..... Friends and i got lots and lots of them..... shared, remo, dave, goldy, shaggy, naggy,dontam ....... the list goes.... it was like an unglued bond between us and as time grew it just strengthened. May be there were some minor frictions in between, but then we were good enough to come through them. Then there were these late night combined studies during these exam days ( typical IITians style), running off to canteen at 1 am and 2 am excusing it as a break during studies ( well, to be frank we never really deserved those breaks).... can i ever forget them? And those night walks to bidhan(read it as 'vidhan') chowk, chatting with friends all through the nights, some of my friends running to CIC every evening to chat with newly found online gf's (thanks to the IIT tag that we wear now :D) owing to lack of comps in our rooms. Well, that was hell lot of a first year. I actually wanted not to talk about this thing, but i guess if i dont i wont do justice to iit life... yeha.. the CGPA - cumulative grade point average- it sucked for everyone of us and it sucked like hell . Know how it feels when seniors say our batch has makhaoed in terms of CG.. gosh!! life sucks :(( . Most of my friendz dreams of maroing a dep-c coming down to pieces.. well that was meant to be so with this kinda life style.. so no regrets :D
And then came the 2nd year and with it brought the hall OP and the hall tempo... a one month of gruelling OP (should i use the term 'gruelling' for RP hall... luv ya RP!!) and then things were normal again. With all those Inter-halls, all those tempo shouts, the tensiona nd excitement surrounding each and every match of every sport ....and that astonishing Illu work, the effort that goes into it from each hall(I can bet Illu is one of the few things in kgp that IITians prove their true worth :D)... the fights between halls for the GCs, the determination of players representing the halls... that can be only felt, right?? Wait, coming into 2nd year gave us a license at home to get our hands onto comps and GOD!!! we should have restrained ourselves..... it came and along with it brought disaster.. with LAN contributing its part in this holy work. What can one say when I sit all the night, watch some stupid comedy series and bunk the whole bunch of classes next morning. Isnt that meant to be peak level of stupidity? But then thats how life has been in kgp for years and it will be so for years to come... the best thing about 2nd year was we found out cheddis... the most memorable part in my kgp life would be walking out with friends at 2 am 3 am anytime to cheddis, sitting there for an hour or two, oh god... the very thought of life without cheddis scares me!! oops.. I forgot about orkut... presently the very food and bread of kgpian (well, atleast for most of them), trying to catch fish in orkut after having not-so-good-to-eye looking gals in kgp.Hmm, all the best to all those hard working guys.
Then there are these SFs and Kshitijs... trying to add color to life in kgp...but growing with time.. these are getting bored... stop it guys!!! they rnt worth it.
Thats what life at kgp is like. This is US at kgp. This is how we do things here. And we love this place. Though we always get disappointed by it being not in a metro, by that crappy stuff they make over here in mess and they need a mess secretary to do that!!!... lol !!! (thank god all kgpians have same say in atleast one thing :P), by getting frust with our acads here, by seeing kgp going down in ranks year by year...... we still luv it. Luv ya kgp. When we go back home for holidays and sit and think then we know its value. Well, to be frank it feels like hell to be out of kgp. This life has been like a tradition for years and it will continue to be so.
I guess trying to cut down two years life in kgp in few lines is foolishness. But still........ ok, yeah I am a fool :D!!!! Uff, thats it. See ya soon bbye
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
All the way from start again
Well back I am here with my new blog. Actually I sort of created a blog some 5 months back, even posted some crap and then donno why but i abandoned it (guess i have become too much of an iitian). But then i have been trying to start a whole new blog from the past two weeks and here I am finally with one. Wish this goes on atleast :D. But now the problem is what should i write? I am no good at english to create mind-blowing blogs like some of my friends do. And I am no good at writing previews or reviews but i should write something. Am I screwing it up? (plzzz answer it NO)
After that Kolkata incident which most of u might have read it from my friend's (u may as well read it as my best friend's) blog, i feel we guys have become a whole new bunch. May be our behavior hasnt changed much, but then our thoughts have. Lots of comments and response to that incident has made us realise a lot. I dont understand a thing when people say this world is going places. The concern everyone showed for Siva after that incident was simply heart-touching. Wishes from NIT Warangal , IIT Bombay, IIT Chennai, IIIT Hyd!!!! Man what else does one need other than people saying they are for him in the hour of need. OK, let me stop this. This time may be I am going places. From somewhere to nowhere? may be!! Anyways love u Siva and once again kudos to all those knights who have given their hearts out in the hour of unwanted and tragic destiny. And what contributes to make that incident eternal in our minds and remember the essence of friendship is that blog. Luv u lots 'SHARED' ( u better dont get any ideas, huh?). Thanks to all those who have cared to know about the accident and shared their concern with us.
Here ends my first post and I hope I would be continuing this blog positively coz its high time I need to do something useful, something gainful in life.
BBYE
After that Kolkata incident which most of u might have read it from my friend's (u may as well read it as my best friend's) blog, i feel we guys have become a whole new bunch. May be our behavior hasnt changed much, but then our thoughts have. Lots of comments and response to that incident has made us realise a lot. I dont understand a thing when people say this world is going places. The concern everyone showed for Siva after that incident was simply heart-touching. Wishes from NIT Warangal , IIT Bombay, IIT Chennai, IIIT Hyd!!!! Man what else does one need other than people saying they are for him in the hour of need. OK, let me stop this. This time may be I am going places. From somewhere to nowhere? may be!! Anyways love u Siva and once again kudos to all those knights who have given their hearts out in the hour of unwanted and tragic destiny. And what contributes to make that incident eternal in our minds and remember the essence of friendship is that blog. Luv u lots 'SHARED' ( u better dont get any ideas, huh?). Thanks to all those who have cared to know about the accident and shared their concern with us.
Here ends my first post and I hope I would be continuing this blog positively coz its high time I need to do something useful, something gainful in life.
BBYE
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