Aniket's Blog

End of the 1st Term @ WIMWI

2011-09-17T22:30:00.001+05:30

Never felt as relaxed before as now. What a roller coaster ride I had in these 3 months at IIMA. Quizzes,assignments,WAC,T-Nite,parties and not to mention the dreaded slot exams. Back to the same routine again on Tuesday and its only gonna get harder from now on.

It was just like yesterday when I entered this campus and felt overawed by its magnificent architecture and now its become more like a routine walking through the LKP with the tall buildings still staring at me and mocking at our plight (1st years do have a hard time out here!!!).

Happy New Year 2011

2011-01-01T15:52:00.000+05:30

Happy New Year 2011 everyone!!!

My posts are more frequent on Facebook so catch me there!!!

Anyways just posting on this blog for the sake of it!!!

Disappointed by Parker

2010-12-15T08:52:00.001+05:30

A so called US based company Parker had come for the campus placements.Highly disappointed with their process...
Making us wait till 2 pm for the written test with their flights reachin late(so much for punctuality)
Worse still was the way the interviews were conducted...I was the last person to be interviewed and had to wait till 4pm for that.

The people from the other department had been interviewed on an average of 30 mins...It does feel bad when you are not given a chance to showcase yourself.Mine lasted just around 15 mins...Without any technical questions,all this didn't make any sense...The HR's didn't ask many questions.Rather I was asked to tell the questions the other people who went before me were asked.

Still I feel I need to develop the ability to impress the interviewers in the limited time I get be it 10 mins or 30 mins...Looking forward to doing my best in the next interview.

Cognizant calling

2010-12-08T22:30:00.003+05:30

Got the first placement this season: Cognizant.

Had a great day today.Interview went superb.Was asked general stuff and some basic questions in mechanical.

Useful advise for people appearing in interviews will be to be confident throughout the interview and never show that you get tensed or nervous.Frankness and honesty are the key.Guess work will not be serving any purpose.

Looking forward to getting some core offer also!!!

CSK wins IPL 4

2010-04-26T08:09:00.003+05:30

The Super Kings have done it finally...They've lifted the coveted IPL trophy.It has been an all round team effort.But feel sorry for the Mumbai Indians who've played great cricket throughout the tournament.Next year Sachin won't be taking it easy...He'll lift the world cup for us and the IPL trophy for his Mumbai Indians!!!

Happy new year!!!

2010-04-14T16:20:00.001+05:30

Happy Tamil and Bengali new year to everyone...

But this day is significant for me in more ways than one...Its precisely on this day last year that something shocking happened.So shocking that it will knock the winds out of anyone who encounter such a situation... A person doesn't call you for a year....A person doesn't respond to you...A person whom you' thought your friend betrays you...What can be more shocking than that...

The word "friendship" is getting diluted these days...Something important I've learnt in the last one year...This blog is not meant to be a place to garner sympathy from others.So I won't be going into any more details...

Facebook precedes Blogging

2010-01-10T07:51:00.000+05:30

well the reason i'm not blogging much these days is due to the emergence of Facebook.Its much easier to reach a wider section of people posting daily updates on oneself than writing a para on Blogpost which not many read...
Lack of readership is another reason which discourages me from blogging.

Anyway I wont be disappearing from Blogpost.Will update about the important happenings in my life here from time to time...

97th Indian Science Congress

2010-01-07T19:45:00.001+05:30

Had a superb time at the 97th ISC at Trivandrum...
Apart from the science exhibits and lectures the most exciting part of my whole trip was the buffet breakfast lunch and dinner provided there...
Was lucky enough to have got the hostel accomodation...The place for the gastronomic delights was just a stone's throw away...

Coming to the poster presentation which we did,it went off very well with many senior ISRO officials appreciating our work!!!But the best thing I took away from the conference was the spirit of participation.An old man aged around 70 had come from Kolkata with his design of a ladder mechanism to climb trees.Its precisely these things which inspire us and motivate us to come up with something better each time we get onto the field!

The train journey was all the more exciting with 2 of our friends having unreserved tickets playing cops n robbers with the TT...But at last they managed to sleep in our compartment.SVCEians don't accept defeat whether its a professor or TT...Victory is always ours...

Say hello to 2010 and Goodbye to 2009

2010-01-01T10:15:00.000+05:30

Well another year comes to an end and another starts.

Don't know how this cycle keeps on going.The last year breezed by so quickly that before I realised its 2010.

2009 hasn't been that great a year for me but I hope to make amends in 2010 by making it the best year till now in my life.(well that's the resolution we do take in the beginning of the year isn't it?) I just understood how great people can be in the previous year.People whom we think are the closest to us turn out to be our bete noire!So its not worth it spending our time thinking about such people cos the more we dwelve into others' minds the more we lose our own identity.The more we think why the other person hurt us,the more we hurt ourselves.The bottom line is that some people never change no matter how hard we try.Hope they eventually realise our worth and make amends.

Very excited about the Indian Science Congress '10 which I'll be attending in Trivandrum this week.Will update on the event once I'm back from it.

Ignition '09

2009-08-28T20:59:00.001+05:30

Well,it was sympo time today.The day went off quite unexpected as there were loads of surprises at store.

First thing,our college symposium hardly attracts participants from other colleges.Even last year there were around 20-30 for the symposium.So this time too we expected only 50 to turn up.But guess what-the total turnout was 380+.Now believe the kind of hard work we guys had to put up for such a challenge(if that's the name to be given).

Secondly I was one of the organisers for the event "Mechathlon".The thing is we just prepared the question paper for the finals yesterday and planned out the entire thing.The unexpected thing is that here too we expected hardly 20-25 to turn up.So didn't give much thought into conducting any sort of prelims.Plus 2 other guys had taken the onus of preparing the questions.But today morning I find them nowhere.

Time : 9 am only 2 hrs remain for the prelims and no paper set yet!Entered the CADD lab hoping to print out the questions.But where are the questions?!? So off i went googling "mechanical quiz questions" and voila,the very first site that pops up got all the questions.

9.30 am By now we selected the questions and finished editing the prelims paper.Now it was just a matter of time by which we managed to take printouts n xerox. Came to know that more than 43 teams registered for Mechathlon(each team has 3 members).So realised that we had a big task at hand.I prepared few tie breaker questions too just in case!!!

11 am Prelims under way.You should have seen how much I was sweating it out!!!running here n there.Seeing that all the things were in order.

After this 5 teams got selected and each of these teams were assigned a volunteer each to accompany them in their journey to being the ultimate mechanical champion!I was in charge of one of the teams.Now here's the format of the event:

The contestants are given different tasks in different labs and they gotta finish them up all within 90 minutes.Tasks involved were maching a cylindrical workpiece,carpentry,sheet metal and tasks in SOM,DOM n thermal labs.

Time: 1.50 pm The event gets over and so does the lunch in the canteen.Survived on few biscuits and an ice cream!!!

In the meantime we gotta see some of the coolest cars on display like Mercedes SLK 500,SLR 350 which were both convertibles.Hope to own them some day(by legal means)!!!

Had a great day today.Only thing we all cribbed was that we got very less sponsorship with the college giving us nothing but peanuts.Still quite happy that we put up a great show!!!

A new year,A new beginning

2009-07-01T17:56:00.002+05:30

Well today marks the first day of my 3rd year in college.I still remember that day when we just entered college,the day when we entered a completely new environment,the day we met completely new people,professors and not to forget our great canteen food to which we are so much habituated now.
Why I'm telling this is a new beginning is cos' I've decided at last to struggle hard from this year atleast.Well i just somehow managed the first two years with some decent marks(83% is decent for me!!!).This year atleast I gotta strive hard as I got number of important "career deciding" exams next year.Plus the "main distraction" is gone.What I supposed to be mine was never to be.That's life in a nutshell.The moment we think something is almost ours and we've almost reached our goal,the next moment it comes crashing down before us leaving us crestfallen.Maybe I'm better off without that "distraction".Nah,I won't mention what or who's that.The ones who know would've already guessed by now.And for the ones who don't,then "mind your own business" LOL!!! maybe i'll drop some hints in the forthcoming posts!

Aniket has returned!!!Beware!!!

Back to the Blog world

2009-06-20T17:49:00.001+05:30

HaHaHa
Aniket has returned to the blog-o-sphere!!!
well its been quite some time since I've been blogging.
But sometimes life gives us a second chance and sometimes not.So better inscribe my life atleast online.Who knows maybe someone decides to make a film on my life such as a biopic!!!
So I'll be posting quite a few things now but in flashback!!!

Topsy Turvy Ride

2009-03-23T18:05:00.001+05:30

19th March,2009
Well I literally had a topsy turvy ride that day!!!One of the unforgettable moments of my life.

The bus was enroute to college as usual in the morning with most of us happily sleeping inside it.Suddenly there was a loud thud and the next moment we realised our bus tilted at 45 degrees on the edge of the road.A boulder prevented it from overturning.Lest I may not have been posting this now.
Had a really long day today.The bus apparently was going at full speed when suddenly a big trailer came in front of it.So to prevent it from crashing head-on with it,the driver swerved to the left.As a result the right side of the bus dragged along the front part of the trailer thus breaking all the glasses attached to the window frame. And I was on the window seat somewhere in the middle of the bus.I was half asleep when it happened but thankfully the glass that broke near my window didn't hit me somehow.Or so I thought.

After the bus swerved off the road it was inclining at 45 degrees!most of the people got down from the front door.But some of us who were in the rear portion of the bus decided against it as then the bus may have toppled.So we got down through the windows!After reaching college through another bus(incident took place 10 mins away from college),I felt some pain in my lower back then I realised I had a deep cut in my back.Maybe it was due to my getting down through the window or maybe the glass piece would have hit me. Then we were taken nice care of in the medical center of our college.Given snacks and not to forget the great "Tetanus" injection.Parents took me home by 2 pm as I couldn't stand the pain.

Hope such an incident never occurs again.The drivers should be more careful particularly ours as he was listening to radio through his headphones!How irresponsible.He doesn'y realise that the life of future "engineers" is at stake.

Industrial Visit to ICF

2008-09-26T20:56:00.006+05:30

Today had a pretty good time at the ICF,Perambur Shell division.30 of us class guys attended the first half of the IV.Well I was among those who "bunked" the second half of the IV.
To start with,we assembled around 9.00am and it was only around 10.15am when we got to enter the factory."HUGE" is the term that comes to my mind when describing the factory.Its basically like a workshop where they assemble and manufacture the railway components.(well what else do u expect in a coach factory). Pretty interesting though we had to walk a long distance inside the factory.Must have knocked off a couple of kilos!!!

Photography was prohibited until I took snaps without getting caught.(u r r8,i like breaking rules).
We exited the factory around 12 thinking of having lunch in the ICF canteen.But compared to it our college food turned out to be better.Seeing is believing,so we decided to have lunch outside.3-4 guys brought their cars,so we stacked up inside them and went to the Hotel Paramount right next to my house!But after that most of us didn't return.Not a sensible person can walk again for IV after having so much for lunch.I would have puked for sure!!!
Heard that only around 15 guys attended the IV again from 1.30pm.It must have been inside some furnishing division and so called "museum".It went on till 4 pm.Just the time I got up from a heavily needed sleep!!!

Back 2 blogging

2008-09-20T08:25:00.001+05:30

hey everyone,
me back to blogging after almost 2 months.The main reason being I was out of blogging for so many days was simple--I got BORED of it!!! But now Im bored of everything else so blogging maybe a way out.
Have been pretty busy since the college opened.Loads of tests,record works,long bus journeys.
Now practicals in a month and then sems from November---Hectic time ahead.

Something good to share!!!

2008-07-18T20:50:00.002+05:30

"Something good to share...."

One day a father of a very affluent family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very deprived family.

On their return from the trip, the father asked his child, "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad"

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the young man.

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The lad answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We purchase our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how unfortunate we are"
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your near and dear ones! If you pass this page on to friends and acquaintances, they too will hopefully refresh their perception and admiration.

"Life is too short and friends are too few"

Jaane Tu.....

2008-07-12T21:44:00.003+05:30

Well,well,well....Janne Tu Ya Jaane Naa.....I'm still spellbound by its magic.

A bollywood movie comparable to hollywood standards.Well,don't think I'm exaggerating out here.
By hollywood standards I don't mean all the action and special effects sequences.I mean the acting and the music part.A.R.Rahman's music is the highlight of this film.Its a new fare from Rahman and slightly western is his music.Not the typical bollywood fare.The songs are both rocking as well as melodious.This is what i call "melodious-rock".

And the other highlight of this film is the acting part.The actors don't act.They appear so natural that we don't think they are acting.They were actually living out the scenes.Imran Khan(Aamir's nephew) does an excellent job in his debut and not to forget the ever so bubbly Genelia who adds a touch of freshness and youthfulness to the film. Kollywood's gonna miss u Genelia cos I think she won't have time for our tamil films.

The story is the oft repeated one of friends becoming lovers but not realising the same.But the difference of this film lies in its cast.Each character is carefully crafted and do full justice to their role.Be it Naseeruddin Shah as the dead father of Imran or Paresh Rawal as the Inspector.

I would recommend this movie to everyone and its not to be missed.

Final Rating : 4/5

Welcome to the 3rd sem--a new yr begins!!!

2008-06-25T19:45:00.001+05:30

Back to college!!! Sounds a bit strange to me as all these years its been like "Back to school" where we would pack up our school bags and lunch boxes waiting for a whole new year--to create nuisance in the school....Still miss those days.

Well,college is no less fun.College starts again tomorrow.Loads of challenges and fun lies ahead.The road ahead has to be traversed carefully!!!

Bengal Adventures!!!

2008-06-15T21:41:00.001+05:30

Had a pretty cool time in Bengal last week.Enjoyed to the core.Saw elephants,rhinos(only in pictures...missed spotting them in the jungle)
Jungle?Well what me doin there.well its right,I was in the jungle doing all "wild" things!

Visited quite a few places and also my native village.Gotto know many of my relatives whom I hadn't even seen before.Missing the place very much.

Return to my den!

2008-06-14T23:05:00.000+05:30

I've returned at last to Chennai.Had to come 1 day late as my flight got cancelled yesterday due to a dumb strike called by the Gorkhas in Siliguri.

Had a pretty adventurous time in Bengal.Saw loads of forest and also caught up with people I didn't meet before.
More about the adventure in the next post.Am already gonna doze off now.

Off 2 Bengal!!!

2008-06-06T20:31:00.000+05:30

Me goin to bengal after 1 long yr 2mrw.Gonna visit Siliguri and CoochBehar.Hope I have a fun time out there away from the hustle and bustle of Chennai.

Will return by 13th! oops....friday the 13th.Hope nothing untoward happens.

One war ends, another begins!

2008-05-29T20:52:00.000+05:30

For those of you who are wondering what I'm talkin about, I haven't become a soldier or something.

The war that just ended was the 1st yr exams that just finished.What a great struggle it was.Crammin things at the last moment,staying awake whole night and forgetting things in the exam hall.This war had all the elements of a great blockbuster movie.For the record I was up till 4.30am for the last exam!

And the other war that's gonna begin now is the war of "BOREDOM".I don't know what I'll do all these days alone in the house.Maybe my 360 will give me company.Of course hanging out is an option but one just can't hang out on all the days! Another good news is that I just now received the copy of GTA IV game for the 360 that i ordered from playasia.com 2 weeks back.I got tensed it didn't come so long but now that it has come it'll keep me good company!

1st yr ends (so soon???)

2008-05-28T17:30:00.000+05:30

ya guys, u heard it right!The 1st yr has ended at last.

Done with the last exam.All the xams went fairly well though.

It seemed just like yesterday when the 1st yr had started and we all got initiated into the college and its culture.Days just seemed to fly by with all those CAT xams and boring lectures.All this came to end.I know it'll resume again in a month.But I am sure the holidays will be damn boring.

Time to enjoy for the time being though!!!

ciao!

THE APL BEGINS

2008-05-10T21:32:00.000+05:30

Hey for those of you who are wondering what this APL is all about,its about the dreaded Anna Premier League.

Ya,you guessed it right.My sems starting next week from May 14th and will go on till May28th.

I have no intentions of getting the Man of the Match but "passing without arrears" is what I really expect!

Well,hope everything goes right for me.

Me cing IPL Match!

2008-05-03T00:30:00.000+05:30

Well,wat a cracker of a contest it was at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium tonight!Its the first time i got to see a T20 IPL match live in the stadium.Never had such a great experience before.The match was between the Chennai Super kings and Delhi Daredevils.

Apart from the cheerleaders there were loads of other things to cheer.Sivamani on the drums kept entertaining throughout the match.The atmosphere was electric.The crowd feverish.And the game.....well it was sort of one sided with Delhi scoring an easy win.

Today Sehwag proved why he's such a dangerous batsman.Together with Gambhir,he guided Delhi to an easy 8 wicket win over Chennai.They sent the sixes and fours to all corners of the ground.

Final Score:

Chennai Super Kings 169 for 6 (Vidyut 54)

Delhi Daredevils 172 for 2 (Sehwag 71, Gambhir 50)

Result Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player of the match V Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)

Rahman blows my mind off!

2008-04-20T23:13:00.000+05:30

For those who don't know,here's some thing that'll make u green wid envy.

I attended the Times of India sponsored A.R.Rahman concert!There were more than 50,000 people in attendance.The main reason being that we all got free passes.

It's a gr8 way for the TOI to start their activities in chennai.I'm sure they'll kick Hindu out in a couple of years.The amount of info in the paper makes me glued to it for almost and hour.

Coming back to the concert,well, it blowed me off my feet.Myself along with 8 other college mates set the ground on fire(if not the stage).All the hits of A.R.Rahman over the years were performed by leading singers like Shankar Mahadevan,Hariharan,Naresh Iyer,Madhushri,Chinmayi,Blaaze,etc.Also on the drums was none other than the flamboyant Sivamani.

The show started with a bang with the arrival of rahman on the stage with the song "Thalapathy" from ATM.The response from the audience was deafening.The atmosphere was energetic and the environment frolicking with excitement.

Almost all songs of Jodha Akbar, Guru were sung as well as hit numbers from ATM,Sivaji,vettaiyadu vellaiyadu,Kandukondein,etc.A.R. also sang his UN "Pray for my brother" song.

The "Vande Mataram" song was a fitting finale for the 3.5 hr long concert.

The KarmaYudh Starts

2008-04-18T21:01:00.000+05:30

Yes, you guessed it right fellas,the IPL has started.And what a match it was with Kolkata KnightRiders kickin Bangalore Royal Challengers in a grand way.

And the main credit goes to.....well not DADA but a Brendan McCullum with im scorin 75% of the team's runs.Kolkata made 222 in their 20 overs out of which he made in the 150's.It was a gr8 time watching Bangalore getting bundled out for 78.

I'm confident the knight riders will win the IPL hands down.

Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo re

Korbo Lorbo re jeetbo re,

ami kolkata.....we rule!

Lunch @ the Babu's

2008-04-01T21:51:00.004+05:30

Well,I had lunch for the 1st time at the Famed "Babu Kadai" adjacent to the college.It turned out going there was simpler than expected.Today the watchman was rather easy on us and allowed us to go thro the gate instead of the preferred wall jumpin route.

The food there is simply marvelous atleast better than the stupid canteen food I am subjected to daily!With egg and chicken curry what more could I ask for.

With the attendance records stopped last week,that meant we could freely bunk or miss classes without missing attendance.We had to skip the English period but who really cares!!!

For those who don't know,Babu Kadai is just another hut where 15 guys can sit .The environment is right next to the killer NH4 highway.sweating and eating is a unique experience(no fans or ac's here)...

What better way to spend time at the Pennalur Penitentiary than the famed Babu kadai.

PS:No Nair kadai for me(I don't puff).

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2008-03-22T19:50:00.001+05:30

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Industrial Visit

2008-03-07T19:39:00.004+05:30

We guys had a fun time today with an industrial visit to the Ennore Foundry.It was a huge place.
What struck me was the molten iron at 1450 c as well as all the high class machinery involved right from the ladles and cores to the final product.

Mech rocks!!!

India crush Aussies in VB series

2008-03-04T20:06:00.004+05:30

This will perhaps be one of the greatest days in the cricketing history of India.We have crushed the Aussies 2-0 in the finals of the VB Series and have given an apt reply to their taunts.
As its said,"Actions speak louder than words".Now we know who the "obnoxious weed" really is!!!

Praveen Kumar got the man of the match for his 4 wickets.I couldn't stop my laughter watching Mr.Hopes crying in the middle of the pitch after having been caught out.

But i couldn't watch the match live.I had to hear it instead on the AIR as I was in the class.Heard the final overs while coming back in the bus and had a gr8 time.The AIR commentators are so nice that I almost felt right in the middle of the action.

Back 2 Chennai

2008-01-16T20:03:00.008+05:30

Now I've returned to Chennai after having a great time at Kanniyakumari and Kovalam the last few days.These were perhaps one of the best days of my life as i got to visit these places along with my parents and my grandparents.And for those who don't remember I incidentally cut my cake at the Taj kovalam hotel on 14th Jan,sunday(yeah!!that's my birthday).

Well,we started on Friday the 12th and reached Kanniyakumari after taking flight till trivandrum and driving down from there.

The next day we saw the sunrise and visited some temples nearby.I don't know why they made us to strip before entering the temples there!!!Men are supposed to go there bare chested before entering the temples.All u guys out there BAD LUCK cos the rule applies only for the MEN!!!

Then we also visited PadmanabhaPuram palace which was once occupied by Raja Ravi Verma.

Its an awesome architectural marvel.(Made me feel like King). Snapped quite a lot fotos there and then after that spent some time at the Swami Vivekanda kendra where a wonderful panel on his life was put up.

After all these we had a long journey back to Kovalam.More awaited me there.Its a wonderful place with the beautiful beach and the foreigners of course!

The Taj Cove hotel resort is the best I've stayed in till date.Its got a unique style and environment.Feels right in the middle of an Amazon rainforest.It also got its private beach gym and everything one can imagine.

I tried my hand in archery as well and it turned out that i may have been an "arjuna" in my past!!!The Kovalam beach nearby was damn cool n hot as well!!!I witnessed the magnificent sunset.

All good things come to an end and so did this.Or i must say "All good things keep continuing" as far as I'm concerned!We returned to chennai on tuesday after 4 gr8 unforgettable rockin days!

CATS over at last

2007-12-19T20:39:00.000+05:30

The dreaded CAT -II is over at last.Now I can have 2 weeks of peace at least.I barely managed to finish my engg drawing paper and could submit the paper only after running after the teacher till the ground floor!What a jerk he is!

CATS almost belled

2007-12-17T19:57:00.000+05:30

Well,don't get surprised by this.I'm talking about the CATS-continuous assessment tests that are a way of seeing our "progress" by the college.I barely managed to clear today's exams maybe.Only 2 more remain on Wednesday.After that its holiday time.Till january 1 atleast after which we again have to go to the "Pennalur Penitentiary".

CATS over at last

2007-11-05T18:39:00.000+05:30

Guess what---the bloody CATS are over at last.Well for those of ya who don't know what CATS are:

They are a way of torturing us.They are the continuous assesment tests.These marks add up for the internals.Especially last friday and saturday we had two exams each.Saturday we had maths and chemistry.I'm happy to report that I got full in both.

From wednesday onwards we have 5 days Diwali leave but the cheap college has made the next 2 saturdays as working days!!!

Advanced Happy Diwali to all!!!

The gr8 Mech-A Birthday Bash

2007-10-19T17:46:00.000+05:30

Yesterday we had one of the most memorable b'day bashes right inside our mech-a classroom.We threw a surprise party to the bday boy-Nitish.He didn't know of it.We celebrated during the interval time.

But that's not the end of the story.

The cake was fully smashed on Nitish's face.But our celebration was short lived indeed.Within a few minutes 2 professors came hearing the noise that we made.They caught the bday boy and took him to the HOD with the cake still smashed on his face!!!He was innocent after all and didn't plan the party himself.The guy who organised the party tried saving him but to no avail.Another guy was seen eating cake by the sir and he was also caught.All the 3 were told that they would be suspended for 2 weeks...

Twist in the story

Apparently the guy's mom called up the principal and the today all the three were let go with a warning.HOD marched inside our class like Gabbar Singh and threatened us with dire consequences if we indulge in such activity again.

Here's the victorious celebration:

India----T20 Champions

2007-09-25T19:21:00.000+05:30

Yesterday's match had to be the most exciting match i've ever seen in this life.

India won the T20 World Cup that too by beating pakistan.

It was a completer humdinger of a match.At one point India seemed to be comfortably placed to win after pakistan had lost 6 wickets and then after 3 sixes off a Bhajji over it seemed like it was game over for India.

Last over they reqd 13 runs which was bowled by Joginder Sharma.

Ball 1: Wide.12 reqd

Ball 2: hoisted for 6....6 reqd.

Ball 3: dot ball.6 to win off 4 balls.

Ball 4: hoisted high in the air and seemed to be a six until the camera zoomed on

to Sreesanth grabbing it and thus India became the champions!!!

Pathan grabbed the Man of the Match for his 3/16 off 4 overs.Team India got $ 2 million from BCCI as bonus and Yuvraj got 1 crore for his 6 sixes in an over against England.I sometimes regret not having become a cricketer!!!I wouldn't have to study then...

England,SA,Aussies finished,Pak next to go!!!

2007-09-23T16:40:00.000+05:30

India beat Australia in a splendid manner in their T20 semifinal encounter at Durban.India bettered the Aussies in every department of the game especially Yuvraj who knocked 70 runs off just 30 balls and Dhoni who made 36 off just 18 deliveries.Australia too batted well and looked well set to win but for the bowling of our gr8 bowlers.

Sreesanth clean bowled Gilchrist and hayden and Symonds was bowled by Pathan which set the stage for India's win.

India now meet Pakistan in the inaugural T20 World Cup final.Hope India carry on their fine form and go on to win this World Cup at least.

India reach T20 semis!!!

2007-09-21T01:14:00.000+05:30

India have moved to the semi finals of the T20 World cup to be held against Australia on saturday after a superb all round performance against South Africa.

India scored 153/5 with Rohit Sharma scoring 50 off just 40 balls and Dhoni 45 off 33 balls setting the target for the South Africans.R.P.Singh took 4 wickets and bhajji and sreesanth chipping 2 wickets each to limit S.A. to just 116/9 at the end of their stipulated overs.With this they are knocked out and India have their semis against Australia.Hope they take their revenge against them.The other semis is between NZ and Pak.I'm waitin to c a India-Pak Final Encounter.

Chillin' Performance!!!

2007-09-19T23:14:00.000+05:30

I've never seen such a cricketing innings in my life.

Just now in the India v/s England T20 Match Yuvraj Singh has almost stopped my heart from beating.He's created 2 world records:

1.6 sixes in an over
2.Fastest half-century(off 12 balls)

A narrow quarrel with Flintoff is what charged Yuvraj off.It seemed like I was seeing a video game where i score a six off each ball.

I am already looking forward to the next match as here India has scored 218/3 and England chasing it is like Laloo taking lessons on Spoken English!!!

Here's the video of how exactly Yuvi created the record:

Amazing T-20 Match!!!

2007-09-15T09:21:00.000+05:30

Wat an amazing match it was between India and Pakistan it was yesterday in the 20-20 world cup.
The match went to the wire and resulted in a tie.After the flood of sixes and fours i was dissapointed to see a tie but what added spice to the match was the new feature called "Bowl Out".It is a feature similar to penalty corner where each team will get 5 chances to hit the stumps and the team doin it more will win it.

India hit the stumps in the first 3 chances itself and Pakistan couldn't come anywhere close to hitting it.

So India WON!!!Hope they carry on their superb form especially wid the splendid performance of uthappa,dhoni and pathan and go on to win the 20-20 world cup.

Enjoy the vid:

1st day @ collg

2007-09-10T19:53:00.000+05:30

Well,today I had my 1st day at college.And man,it seriously rocks.

It is by far among the only few colleges in chennai which treat students as students and not as prisoners in a jail.For example,in other colleges they are very strict and dont allow cells neither are the students allowed to talk with girls(which i dont do in any case!!!).

To start off the day's proceedings ,we had an induction ceremony where we are briefed by the principal and some heads of departments.There the principal stressed on how important studies is and that our performance alone decides our future.He asked the parents to ensure that their students study 3 hrs daily.Luckily my parents weren't there or else i would be studying now instead of blogging!!!(PS:they dont know abt my blog so pls leak it to them.)

Another favourite dialogue by the maths hod was"4 yrs of hard work will result in 40 yrs of gr8 life".Well,I would ask what about the life after 40 yrs.I wanna enjoy then too!!!

After the lectures were over we were led to our classroom on the 1st floor.

A contrasting but beneficial feature of us mech students were that there were no girls in our class(so no distractions).Atleast we guys can enjoy among ourselves!!!

Our class counsellor and HOD seemed to be pretty cool and weren't strict at all.They seemed to treat us like friends!!!After some time when further instructions were given,we had our lunch at the canteen.The food's not that bad as others say.It is better compared to what food i ate in our school canteen!!!

With a heavy stomach we were then given a tour of the campus for about 1-2 hrs.
Important features include:

A great swimming pool(though i dont know swimming)
An ac library
State of the art labs!!!
Nice sight seeing experience ;-) only a highly skilled person like me can decipher its

At the end of the tour we waited and then returned by the bus.Bus ride is an experience in itself.I could sleep comfortably till the highway ended after which we all got a free camel ride!!!What a great road it was.Better than USA indeed!!!Even they don't give a free camel ride!!!Bumpy and perky...wat a gr8 combination...

Well,I'm signing off now as I have other important things to do !!!

An 'Expected' Loss

2007-09-09T08:43:00.000+05:30

Two losses were watched by me on TV yesterday.And both were expected.

1.India lost the final one-dayer against England.They are quite good at throwing away the final matches and India kept to its age-old tradition of faltering at the last moment.

2.Emon Chatterjee-a great singer was eliminated from the Indian Idol.Even this was expected as Prashant Tamang I clearly knew would go through to the final 2 due to his huge Nepali and police supporters and fan base.The other singer to qualify is of course Amit Paul who is Kishore Kumar personified.But Emon sings far better than Prashant but the Bengalis in Kolkata wouldn't mind voting for him as they are all very 'cunjoos'...whereas the unity among te Nepalis is to be seen to be believed.

Jo jeeta wahi Sikandar!!!

2007-09-07T19:31:00.000+05:30

Hardly 15 hours remain for the grand India-England finale at Lord's.

A buoyant India will seek to record a rare overseas one-day series triumph as they take on an equally determined England in the decider at the Lord's in London on Saturday.

The Indians have already made the tour of England memorable by winning the Test series 1-0 after a gap of 21 years and an ODI series victory would serve as the icing on the cake.

Rahul Dravid and his men have shown tremendous resilience to bounce back from a 1-3 deficit and the hallowed turf of the Lord's provides the perfect setting for an engrossing battle between the two teams.

The sensational win in the last game at the Oval on Wednesday will be a huge morale-booster for India as the batsmen showed character to snatch a win from the jaws of defeat.

The seven-batsman strategy paid dividends for the team in the last two matches and it was the scintillating strokeplay by youngster Robin Uthappa, who came into bat at number seven, which helped India clinch the cliff-hanger at the Oval.

The visitors will probably retain the same combination for the summit showdown where the batsmen would again have to play a big role.

Dravid knows that the decider will not be a cakewalk for his players who have to show a lot of character to win their third match on the trot.

So let's see whether the Indian team are the "Men in Blue" or the "Hen in Hue".

A long wait finally ends!!!

2007-09-07T19:23:00.000+05:30

A long wait has finally ended for me.
Guess wat?!? I'm goin to college at last!!!yipeee....

It has been over 5 months since my board exams and I have remained almost jobless in my house with only a trip to my native place as an added bonus!!!

My college's gonna start this Monday...For those of you who dont know where I'm goin it is
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering(SVCE) http://www.svce.ac.in where I have joined in the mechanical department.

God knows what's gonna happen on the 1st day.Whether or not I manage to get a date still depends on my fate!!!I'm inexperienced regarding such matters.Maybe my yet-to-be-known seniors will help me out apart from giving tips on bunking.

More on the college experience and its opening day after Monday then...

A short but interesting story!!!

2007-09-06T07:25:00.000+05:30

This is a story of a boy who learnt a few things in life from his experiences.

Story 1...
He was 6 and was very much interested in gardening. Hence he noticed that few fruits are sweet in taste and few are sour in taste. But he didn't know how it happened, even though both trees were grown in the same environment. Then his experiments with life started. He sowed a Neem seed and after a few days when the plant started to grow he started nurturing it with sweet water and added sugar in the urea for its proper growth. He did this for a long time and expected a sweet fruit from it. But when the first one fruited, the boy tasted it and found that it was still sour. He was upset and enquired his father about the result. His father calmly said that this is the theory of cause and effect.

Lesson no 1: if you want sweet fruits you have to plant trees that yield sweet fruits. .

Story 2. .
He grows. . He is 12 now. . He was still interested in gardening. .This time he planted a mango tree, but was not committed to his work. . He didn’t nurture the trees with proper fertilizers and insecticides needed. For a long time he didn’t even water the plant. Hence after growing for a few days the plant died because of an attack inflicted by some insecticides. One fine day when Troy returned to check the fruits, he found the plant dead. He got disappointed and enquired about the failure. . His father said that this is the theory of hard work and discipline.

Lesson no 2: if you don't have discipline in your life and you don't have ability to work hard then don't expect the fruits (good results).

Story 3. .
He grows. . He is 18 now but his interest towards gardening remains the same. .This time he planted a palm tree. . He did a thorough study about the essentials for the proper growth. . But he continued with his experiments. . Knowing all the essentials he doubled the amount of fertilizers required and started watering the plant very frequently in order to get good fruits immediately. .After a few weeks the plants died. . He again got disappointed and enquired his father about the failure. .His father calmly says this is the theory of patience & perseverance.

Lesson no 3. . If you want fruits you should have perseverance, have to work hard and be patient for the results...

Story 4. .
He grows. . He was 22 now. He planted a coconut tree and nurtured it with all the above. .i.e. he followed the theory of cause and effect, he was disciplined and worked hard. He then waited for 2 years and then finally got a fine coconut tree with lots of coconuts in it. . Now he is 24. . He reported his victory to his father. .
His father calmly says, son, this is the magic formula for victory, success, happiness. .

Lesson 4: if you want to be victorious in life you need to follow all three theories. .

This brings an end to the biiiiiig story of a simple boy. .hope it was not boring and you can make some sense out it.

My 1st Blog

2007-09-06T07:17:00.000+05:30

Hey fellas,
this is my very 1st blog and im glad to be writing it.Facts about me can be checked in my profile though i believe its not enough to describe me!!!
That's the prime reason I've taken to blogging.To give others a look at what goes on in and around me.

To make big things small,my blog is intended to preserve my memoirs for centuries(unless google gets deleted or bankrupt!!!).I'd be glad if someone offers to write an autobiography about me after seeing my blog.

I'll be writing things both past and present in my blog(I've got a big past and nothing much is happenin in my present)...

More posts later then,
ciao