Fancier than Fiction

The 1st best day as an XIMBian

2011-11-25T19:14:00.000+05:30

Intended or unintended our Director has made an awesome thing for us. We compulsorily have to make a 3day village trip. We were a little apprehensive on what it would be like. We reached here in our college sponsored tavera to this place Khandapada in Nayagarh taluk of Orissa.

We had a warm welcome from the NGO person who made us feel at home. A traditional big house the office of the NGO has become our own palace. A couple of bedrooms, a kitchen completely at the disposal of we five guys. Our stay started with an awesome tea followed by a traditional roadside village restaurant.

Our village exposure of the day is to visit the nearby elementary school and get a mini tour of the school for an hour. That’s it. We are back in our palace playing 29, cooking maggi & making coffee. The climate is as cool for us to have a warm feeling in us in months amidst our B-school bullying with assignments, quizzes etc.

The coolest thing is the evening walk after the power cut. The total darkness walking clueless of where to go what to do is actually like flying feeling light of unloading all MBA worries. Sitting in the stands of the upcoming sports ground close to the forest is simply mesmerizing. The look of clear flowery sky, the feel of being embraced by Mother Nature virtually far from civilization makes the evening of our lives.

It’s not that we are totally free now. We have 3 quizzes and 2 presentations this week. Nevertheless we are determined not to be cowed down by these dementors. We are all set to take the day to the next level by making some revenue to the hurt airline tycoon.

It’s Our Culture PERIOD

2011-11-12T10:19:00.004+05:30

Well long time, and yeah I hate to come back with a serious post. Nevertheless this is something that’s nagging me for quite sometime. Now in the wake of Carnivel De Vogue and blind date as part of Xpressions'11 it makes more sense for me to write it.

The primary cause for this post is ‘Conclave’, the opening event of XPressions’11. The topic of discussion was ‘Is Gen Y as broad minded as it proclaims to be?’ One a veteran marketer consultant and the other the head of Nasscom it was the best talk session I attended in XIMB till date. Conclave has stimulated a lot of things that were dormant in the back of my mind. The primary one as you would have guessed the culture factor.

The definition that was said about broad mindedness is ‘Accepting it when others are right’. The one I understood from the talk is adapt to the right things in others. There was also stress on preserving our cultural practices that are good and have a good understanding of why we follow certain practices.

Well to come to the point. I have often been into this argument especially with my roommate and a couple of other friends here. Dates, live-ins the way people dress, he always has something to complain that things are not right. When I get pissed I get into the argument saying what’s wrong dude? The first thing is that’s not our culture.

I had tried in vain to reason with him only to be snubbed at with the line, ‘That’s not our culture Period’. Hmmm… well I must honestly admit that I have no clear idea of what one means by the word ‘Culture’. With my understanding of culture it’s the way of life that has been devised with certain values as believed by a majority or the powerful elite of the society.

If I may say so, I believe ‘Sati’ system was once part of our culture, so is untouchability. So, now my dear friend(s) do you want your girlfriend/wife to die with you? And girls, those of you who proclaim to be the last guardians of our culture, are you ready?

To add to it, will you ask your friends who are of culturally inferior castes not to eat from your plate, let alone not to touch you. Firstly, can you make out the difference?

Over the years the right kind of questions asked, the reasoning and broad mindedness of great people have brought in a change in the society for the greater good. It is the reasoning of what’s good and what’s bad makes us humans the most intelligent of all species (supposedly :p). Hence I suggest you remain human and accept change for good.

Now with genetics, we are in a world where even things made by God are bound to change. Culture is after all man made, it’s neither sanctimonious nor is solid.

Ants and the Grasshoppers

2011-01-09T09:31:00.001+05:30

I have no idea from whose creative mind this story has come out, but then it
clearly represents the ‘current state’ of INDIA. Do think about it.

*Old Story:*

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and

Laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool

And laughs dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and

Well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the

Cold.

*New Indian Version:*

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and

Laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool

And laughs dances plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands

To know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others

Are cold and starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper

Next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with

Food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor

Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that

Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .

Mayawati states this as 'injustice' done on Minorities.

Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for

Not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the

Grasshopper (many promising Heaven & Everlasting Peace for prompt support

As against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .

Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in

West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in

The heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and

Grasshoppers.

Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway

Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.

Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the 'Prevention of Terrorism Against

Grasshoppers Act'[POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter.

Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers in Educational

Institutions in Government Services.

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left

To pay his retroactive taxes, it's home is confiscated by the Government

And handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV, BBC, CNN.

Arundhati Roy calls it 'A Triumph of Justice'.

Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'.

CPM calls it the 'Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden'

Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar

Company in Silicon Valley,

100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere

In India ,

...AND

As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the

Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country...!

Why am I having 3rd thoughts about having a Girl friend?

2009-11-08T12:42:00.003+05:30

I am having a cool time here at my work place. I have reclaimed my position as Mr.Nerd or something near the Omniscient (Thanks to Dr.Scheme). Naturally I have at least a few ppl now, who care to talk to me, and yes of course a few girls.

Naturally again, I have been questioned on being committed. I am not sure, whether I am assuming things, or whether they are really surprised, when I give the obvious answer that I am single.

This goaded me into writing why am I single? I am not single because,
I am not Handsome, or
I am in a pathetic economical condition, or
I am good for nothing, or
I am too numb to feel love.

May be a few of these things about me are true(it's upto you to choose which ones), but the reason I am single is not because of one of those above stated reasons.

I am working in a widespread IT company and I don’t have a city to call it as my city.

Let’s say that my girl friend (assuming that I manage to have one) is in another city.
Total Monetary Expenses in a month:
1. Phone Bill (approx) 1500INR
On an average let’s say that the total call duration, that I make in a day to her, sums up to 100minutes. Even with STD boosters, in India, an STD calls costs at least 50P per minute.
50P x 100 = 50INR per day.
50 x 30 = 1500 INR
(If you use idea and walk while you talk, this will be a good exercise. Yet an expensive one.)

2. I will have to visit her at least once in a month. With my work pressure, I have two choices to take a train on the Friday night or a flight on the Friday evening.
Train:
Net charges for the to and fro journey may vary from 2500 – 5000 INR.
*Exclusive of medical charges that I will have to incur, as long journeys make me sick.
Flight:
Net charges for the to and fro journey may vary from 5000 – 11000
Stay:
At least in India you can’t stay at your girl friend’s place.
The most economical option will cost at least 500INR for 2 days.
Net expenses 5000(approx) + 500 + 500(Miscellaneous) = 6000 INR

3. You can’t evade away from paying the restaurant bills during that weekend.
Assume that I pay 4 Bills that weekend. The worst part is it should be some place, where you pay for the place rather than the food.
Lunch/Dinner for the 2 of us would cost at least 400 (*Exclusive of deserts)
(400 + 100(Desserts)) x 4 = 2000 INR

4. At least once in 2 months, I should buy her a dress or some expensive gift to keep her reminded of me, despite the calls I make everyday.
Let’s assume that gift/dress costs 2000 INR every 2 months.
2000/2 = 1000 INR per month

So the total expenses for maintaining a girl friend = 1500 + 6000 + 2000 + 1000
= 10,500 INR per month

Imagine a guy who makes not more than 20 grand a month. How do you expect him to spend more than half his salary on just his girl friend?

Let’s assume that I get a non-bitchy girlfriend, who shares half my expenses. Even then I have to spend 25% of my salary.

In the rest 15K, I should pay for my expenses viz., house rent, food, clothes, my regular phone bill, gadgets and lots more of other miscellaneous expenses.

Forget sending some money to my parents, at least I should live without sucking more money from them. I have sucked their hard earned money for the past 2 decades.

Let’s ignore the economical factors. Now look at the Time (is gold) factor. I should spend at least 2 hours of my active time in a day for her, and at least 1 hour in dreaming about her.

In a month I spend 30 x 3 = 90 of my daily hours = 3.5 days(Aprox)
1 Weekend with her = 2 days.
Net time spent for maintaining a girl friend = 5.5 days a month.
5.5 x 12 = 66 days in a year. 66/365 = 18.08%
1/5th of my total time on just mashing with her. (I wonder whether I have enough things to talk about! May be she can handle that.)

After all these do you still expect me to have a girl friend?

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2009-08-07T01:29:00.000+05:30

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One day at the Call Centre

2009-07-18T18:36:00.003+05:30

Recession has hit me hard. I could no more enjoy the blissful environment at home with the neighbors looking upon me as ‘Did he really complete his B.E. from CEG?’ So I made a resolution that I would no more remain unemployed. So I immediately started off to Chennai with hopes of getting a job at least some job.

I decided that I am more of a mouth person than a hand one. (Hey no double meanings) So I choose call centers than software companies. I gathered a few addresses from the Internet. I planned my schedule for the week.

I also dreamed of those call center cuties, who are supposedly easy targets. Well I started off from Saidapet to Velachery in 5A. I saw the commercial boards addressed as ‘Velachery Main Rd’ and got down at a deserted stop.

I was confused and enquired about the company.

“Well I don’t know whether there is any such company in this road like that.”

“Isn’t this velachery main road?”

“Well there is another road near Gurunanak college. You better try that.”

I got another bus on his guidance and got down after 2 stops. Again there was no clue. I enquired another guy. He looked at me as some country brute, who had just got down in Chennai Though I was dressed in neat formals with my 2000INR woodland cut shoes.

He gave clear instructions on how to reach the company and guided me into another bus. I reached the company early around nine to find out there was already half a dozen people waiting. Mostly guys. I tried not to get disappointed as there were a few good looking employees with my thoughts reeling to the movie ‘Yaradi Nee Mogini’

We were guided into a hall. Within a few minutes the hall was full with two dozens of candidates. We had a grammar test with 20 questions like ‘_______ sun rises in the east’.

I double checked my answers not fearing that I would not clear the first round, but fearing that I don’t want to embarrass myself by giving a wrong answer to any of those questions.

More than half of them didn’t make it to the next essay writing round. Now there were nearly 50 people in the next batch taking the first round. The HR person in her final attempt “We are recruiting for a domestic voice process and the salary is between 5 and 6 and there is no pick up and drop facility. You may have to work in roatational shifts.”

None seemed to be turning back. I finished my essay after all what have I learned in 4yrs of B.E. to fill the pages with stories. I was called in for the interview after a long wait. I wondered whether it’s a test for patience.

A fat elderly man, “Take your seat”

I sat down, “Thank you.” In a soft tone.

Interviewer: “Which college are you from?”

Me: “CEG”

EM: “CEG??!?!?”

Me: “Yes College of Engineering Guindy”

EM: “You mean the Guindy College?”

Me: “Yes”

EM: “The one in Chennai!!!”

Me: “yes” (Confused)

EM: “B.E. CSE from CEG!!!”

Me: “Yaaasss” (Wondering what’s so wrong!!!)

You know what happened next. He rejected me stating that I am over qualified.

Kitty the Cat catches fish

2009-07-12T22:04:00.005+05:30

As my close ones know, I am completely vetti* at home. Nevertheless I am enjoying this. The last long vacation before I get retired. Mom’s food, internet, Big TV, Yamaha Libero, my room, a few DVDs all these things are making life blissful. I have recently found another way to kill time occasionally other than movie theatres.

Lobby* was telling me about this fishing thing at O.T.* harbor for a long time now. He had been to fishing a couple of times already. Though he succeeded in the primary objective of killing time, he couldn’t kill a fish, I mean catch one.

He being a vegetarian has nothing to do with fishes even if he managed to catch them. Nevertheless as mentioned the primary objective was to kill time and not fish. Well so this time I was available in town. So there, we were off to FISHING.

It was a Saturday afternoon, I finished lunch. Took a break spent sometime in the internet, and started to his home. I reached his home and we scampered around for some thing on which to roll the fishing nerve*.

Unfortunately we didn’t find any free Shuttle cork rolls. So we took Lobby’s fasttrack watch case. If you don’t know how it would look refer to the pic. We started in my libero as his FZ was ill.

We called T asking him to bring all the equipments we would need for fishing. T’s dad has a shop that sells these kinda stuff. T reached the harbor in a few mins after we did.

These are the key instruments one would need for fishing:
1. The fishing nerve.
2. The fishing hook.
3. A weight.
4. Something on which to roll the fishing nerve.

T left us on some work. We prepared the setup. We had a bad time getting the string tied tightly to the fishing hook. We fixed the bait, prawns that we had bought for 5INR at the OT fish market. We had the nerve rolled to the Titan Fasttrack watch case.

Our fist attempt failed with we loosing our first bait. Second time when I threw it, Lobby left the roll loose and he dropped the Fasttrack case on water. So we now had lost A complete setup consisting of a hook, a 45metre nerve of thickness 0.5mm, a weight and most of all the wrist watch case.

So I thought that’s the end of our fishing expedition that day. We tried to call T but in vain. After sometime he himself dropped by. He had already brough 5hooks and 2 weights so the only thing we lacked was the nerve. Fortunately he had brought a nerve with him this time even without we telling him to.

What then, we prepared a complete setup again and we instead of going for deep sea fishing by throwing it far, attempted shore sea fishing by fishing right under our legs, and we manged to get one :)

My Love Guru - The True Dude

2009-07-05T23:41:00.001+05:30

The Dude Guru in Cuddalore beach.

Well this is just another TEEN post, yet an important one about an important person. You would have read (hopefully :p) about me speaking about girls, chicks, babes etc etc. Well I am just a kid when compared to this guy. My LOVE GURU Mr.D.

We had been friends since 7th std, and it’s with him I first started speaking about girls. A TRUE DUDE. He does care a lot about his style, his appearance, dress, but the worst part is he used to mess it up altogether just because he cares too much about all that.

Well as usual I am gonna share something that happened this weekend. After a month long gap I was back in Cuddalore last Friday. I visited him yesterday. Just as I entered his gates,

D: “Machi* machi look near the neighbor’s door.”

Me: What the hell? Why?

D: Machi pls da. Take your bike, just go that way and come back and look out for an angel near the neighbor’s doors.

D’s Bro: Anna anna I ll also come.

So I picked his bro up and just went for a short ride, and noticed a cute girl sitting in a chair near the neighbor’s door. I came back.

D: Did you see? Did you? How is she?

Me: Well ya good.

D: Dei she is awesome da. I almost fainted, when I first saw her.

Me: Err ok.

D: Dei she is going to be your Anni* da.

Me: Oh good. (Wondering and trying to count the serial number for this Anni)

D: Ok come on let’s go.

Me: Where!!!

D: To the road da. We will just have a look and come back.

Me: Sigh!

We walked to the road and we just stood there for a second and came back into his home.

D: Did you see? Did you see?

Me: Now what?

D: Didn’t you see? She looked up at me. She stared. Man that’s amazing isn’t it?

Me: Sighhhhhhhhhh!!!!! (Even if there was a beggar passing by that road, she would have obviously noticed.)

D: See I just took two days, and I made her look at me, and you know what. I have collected a few details about her too.

Me: Well interesting what are they?

D: Her name is …. And she is from Chennai and she is about to join college. This is her Aunt’s place and she used to come here for hols.

Me: Good. So how did you manage to collect all these details?

D: Ya well naturally I am talented you see.

Me: (Bored of sighing) So, what next?

D: She will come out to take her pantie that has been drying on their rooftop, by around 5PM.

Me: Man! it’s only 3PM now.

D: Well we will wait right here in the terrace, if we come later they may doubt that we have come only for her.

Me: (Thoroughly annoyed) Nonsense you want us to wait in the sun for another couple of hours.

D: Don’t worry machi. Look at that house there. We will soon have an aunty come there to wash clothes.

See I am already bored, and I have no intention of boring you anymore.

*Anni- The term in Tamil used to address the wife of your elder brother.

*Machi- The term youth used to address their friends which is a short form of cousin (Machan). This usage is brought in to make your friends look at your girlfriend as their sister. For more explanation you can always ask me 

I another Proud Fan of THE THALAaaaa...

2009-07-03T11:37:00.009+05:30

It’s time that the silent fans like me surface up. Thala is now undisputedly the best, and there needs no more hiding of this fact. There is no more hesitation in calling ourselves the die hard fans of our Thala. Now I m one in the millions, who openly acquiesces to the fact "He is the THALA".

I had been planning to write this post since the time I saw Aegan. But something was stopping me. But today after watching Billa 2008 for the nth time, there can’t be any delay.

I have seen many such movies with heroes in power suits and cool casuals, but none can match the grand gracious looks of the Ultimate Star. The coolers and the suits makes us feel they are invented only to ornate the addictive looks of Ajith.

His body language, the style, his grandiose gait man we would die for all that.

It doesn't just require good performing skills or dancing abilities that would make someone a star. I don't say thalal lacks in any of this. His' are of the top shelve, yet he is much more than just that. He is not just a movie star. The Ultimate star of our hearts.

The bliss of watching Thala’s movie in a theatre is unmatchable. The bliss of shouting out his name with fellow fans for every appearance he makes in the screen is more powerful than any emotion on earth.

Why do I feel happy about not getting into Mcafee?

2009-07-01T22:15:00.009+05:30

If I got into Mcafee I would have restricted myself with in system security alone, but now I have a wide range of options in TCS.

In Mcafee my designation would have been QA Engg i.e. a tester. I am rather interested in Development.

The organization is in itself very bad. I guess it’s worse than our coll org.
For correcting 10 answer sheets with 20 objective type questions they took one whole day.
For some silly procedure they let all their employees stand in long queues when I was there waiting for the interview.
They couldn’t even mail us the results of the interview. Highly irresponsive.

Mcafee is not a market leader, and is nowhere near becoming one. It is ranked 11th in the Anti-virus ratings.

If I got into Mcafee, I would have been locked up in B’lore itself, which obviously would have bored me in less than a year. In TCS I have the chance of flying off to various places.

In TCS I would have more time to think about myself than just my job.

More than all that TCS is an Indian company, and Tata group is founded by the man I admire Jamshedji Tata.

Finally when I sent this message to my friends:

My loving bro Vallabh Prasanth said: “Dont worry da.... That asshole company doesn even knock out virus ..... But now i know why its so bad”

My sweet friend Arul : “So sad! Bad luck to Mcafee it lost a good employee!”

One important thing which I had forgotten to mention; In Mcafee as far as I observed, female to male ratio is as low as 1:30 (Approx)

ROFLMAO!!!

R & the Kitchen

2009-06-28T11:47:00.003+05:30

After playing Age of Empires in LAN with N till 3AM, I got up by 9.30 this morning. R was waiting in the Kitchen cleaning up the mess caused by the overflowed flour.

R: We can have Idly Podi* for Dosa, but I don’t know where is the Oil!

Me: What nonsense! You have grown up to 22yrs old now. Can’t you prepare a Chutney?

R: Hmmm… what chutney?

Me: Coconut and nuts.

R: (After checking all the boxes for the nut) Hey it seems we don’t have it at home, get it from the shop.

Me: (After getting it back to kitchen) Ya here.

R: Can you break open the coconut?

Me: Sigh!!! (Opened it in 3 hard smashes)

R: Take the coconut out of its shell.

Me: Get me a screw driver.

R: What! Use the knife.

Me: I am allergic towards Knife u better do that.

R after a long struggle managed to get a few small pieces of coconut and grinded the coconut and the other nut* in a big jar.

Me: Hey idiot it’s a juice jar.

R: What’s wrong whatever be the jar. I don’t find the smaller jar.

Me: Sigh!!

R: (Tastes the Chutney) Oops!!

Me: What did u forget salt?

R: No… There is too much salt in it. We have to add more coconut and nuts.

Starts to struggle with knife and coconut again.

Me: I said use a screw driver.

She gets me one, and I finished the entire coconut in less than a minute.

Me: This is why I said use a screw driver.

Adds the coconuts and nuts into the jar, grinds and tastes it

R: Hmm hmm it’s still salty.

Me: Idiot don’t you even have the common sense that you should start with little salt and then add more if needed.

R: Ya what an idiot I am. Sh*t what shall I do now.

Me: Well run away somewhere far away and never ever get yourself married with someone and spoil the life of a guy.

R: Hmmm hmm let me add this chilly (adds a big green chilly into the jar)

Me: Seriously you are going to give a very bad time to your in-laws.

R: Hey don’t speak too much. Do you know to do all this.

Me: Well I will never mess up something as simple, and I am a year younger than you, and I have 7 more years for marriage before which I ll get good at cooking, and I would have earned enough to employ a cook, or at the least I will conduct a cookery test for the girl before I marry her.

R: (Tastes the chutney now after grinding the chilly) This still tastes horrible.

The chutney was now over 2 times the initial estimate due to repeated addition of coconuts and nuts to neutralize excess salt. She placed the dosa pan on the stove and poured the flour on it. It was already 11AM and I was waiting hungrily for the dosa.

R: (Messes up the dosa) Cha even I don’t get this dosa properly. Why does all this happen only to me!

Me: ?!?!?

*Idly Podi: A ready made spicy powder usually home made which is served with cooking oil for idlies and dosas the two popular south Indian dishes made of rice flour.

Bangalore Beauties

2009-06-24T17:31:00.005+05:30

If you are by any chance a regular reader of my blog, you would have come across my cries about the delay in TCS calling me in. As I have already mentioned, I have an emotional attachment with TCS, yet I am bored of sitting idle at home. So I planned to attend the interview for Mcafee in Bangalore this week.

Oh sorry I haven’t told you why I am attached with TCS. Well I will tell you now. There are two primary reasons for this:
1. I read about Jamshedji (pardon me if I spelt the name wrong) Tata in my 10th standard. So I got motivated to work in a Tata company.
2. When I joined CEG I read in news papers that TCS took in 1000+ students that year in campus and my neighbor who did her 4th yr IT in CEG had also got placed in TCS, so I started dreaming of me too getting placed in TCS when I reach my 4th yr, as I had no idea about other companies or placements.

Ok fine so this is about the past. Now coming to the present, my cousin N and I took his Unicorn and searched for “McAfee India Pvt Ltd Embassy Golf Links Business Park, Pine Valley 2nd Floor, Off Indiranagar - Koramangala Intermediate Ring road, Bangalore - 560 071” for about two hours, and finally after a thorough search someone told us that it was near the Dell Office building.

Then we started our quest for Pine valley by walk. In course of this search we came across many cute babes. I sighed whether I would get a job in that place, and someday may be have one such babe in my Thunderbird’s pillion.

We got into Embassy Business Park and we walked for some 10minutes with no clue of pine valley or Mcafee. Finally a couple (bf-gf) who walked past us, guided us, that we have to go straight take left and walk straight again.

N: “Wow man he picked her up”

Me: “Ya good for him”

N: “She looks good, isn’t she?”

Me: “Certainly yes, she does. But I doubt whether he really is her boy friend or just a friend”

N: “Don’t you see it’s obvious. You too will end up with someone like that.”
(I wondered what’s obvious about them, yet mind jumped to the later part of the statement.)

Me: “How come everyone we come across look good here?”

N: “Hey you are in Bangalore now. That’s why I say; manage to get a job here.”
Finally at the end of the world we reached Pine Valley and we saw the board with Mcafee I & II floors. We got into the elevators and reached the office and enquired about the interview next day with the receptionist and walked back.

Me: “Amidst all these beauties, why not they have some hot receptionist?”

N: “Hey she must be paid very low when compared to others here, and only in families of such girls there will be one elder sister, younger brother and everything and hence they can’t afford for make up”

The truth dawned on me, that what makes someone look chic. The dialogue from Paruthi Veeran again ‘Kasuiruntha kaka kuda color agidum’ (Enough money can turn even crows colorful) popped up from my memory.

Me: “Oh yes that’s sad” and walked out trying to forget the melancholy of a economy that couldn’t afford for a girl’s make up, and continued my ogle hunt to cover as many filles as possible.

A Change The American Corporate Doesn’t Need

2009-06-12T08:37:00.006+05:30

My Article published in Viewspaper

The young President of the United States proves that young people are not always good for the top position as that they tend to make impulsive moves that put the future at stake. Many economists within and outside the US have the opinion that President Barrack Obama has gone crazy with his ‘change we need’ madness.

The reckless bailouts and stimulus has put US in the history’s largest federal deficit ever. Those greedy companies who created all this trouble deserve this end and saving them with billions of dollars is not worth it. ‘President Obama is working on short term results’ is a widespread opinion.

In an effort to cover up this mistake the US government is taxing US firms in inappropriate ways. They are making the worst mistake in US economic depression history by over estimating the strength of their companies and taking their survival and profitable operations for granted.

American companies that have operations in other countries don’t have to pay taxes for the profits they make in foreign markets, if they reinvest that money in those markets. According to a new tax regulation this is no more possible. The supposed result would be that American companies rather than investing abroad will make investments within the US, thus creating more jobs at home.

No more deductions either. The companies don’t have to pay taxes for expenses supporting the existence of their operations abroad. This will not be the case from the day this regulation is enacted. The brunt of this will be felt by the fortune 100 companies who derive more than half their revenue from operations abroad.

The law makers give bail outs for failing companies, but how come they become blind to the consequences of such regulations. These moves rather than bringing more money into their kitty may pull out more bailouts when more American MNCs fail.

Corporations are already in a worst economic and survival nightmare in this incessant economic recession. What does Obama’s government plan by putting them in a more worsened economic state?

History has always proved that short sighted impulsive greedy measures of affecting the economy of companies will have irrevocable ill effects. Right from the Embargo Act of 1807 that created the Depression of 1807 and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 that spurred the Great Economic Depression are notable instances.

According to Embargo Act all ships from US are banned from landing in any foreign port unless otherwise authorized by the President himself. To ensure this all ships have to place a bond equal to the value of the ship and its cargo. This was later modified to an extent that exports from US are completely banned. Without exports Americans right from industrialist to farm owners and landlords suffered severe losses, causing unemployment and subsequently the Depression of 1807.

Smoot Hawley Tariff increased the duties for imports from other countries. This was implemented in an effort to increase consumption of domestic production. But this hurt US exports and hence production, as the other countries countered by increasing duties for US products.

Wish the President and his subordinates turn back the pages of history, and turn down their corporate hurting policies in the name of easing unemployment and this economic recession.

AAAAAAAthaaaaaa Naaaaaaan Pasaitaen (Kitty is now an Engineer)

2009-05-31T11:31:00.002+05:30

I still do remember the day the day on which I was christened as a CEGian and the day that decided that my destiny was in that campus for the next four years. The first day of Engineering counseling for 2005 +2 passouts.

I had a lot of dreams, most of them misguided by the illusions of my school teachers. I learned all those blissful dreams are just sham within months, yet college life was blissful in a different way.

I never ever imagined that I would fail in an examination. That happened in my 4th semester, when I got an arrear in Internet Programming, thought health reasons had it, yet I failed. I added 1 to my history of arrears. The worst part is my parents didn’t react terrified as expected. May be they anticipated that I would fail!!!

And ya that didn’t stop with it, I had another arrear in my 6th semester C#.Net and again I had severe fever the previous day. Nevertheless, when I attended placements, I had exactly 1 history of arrears and 1 current arrear.

Somehow I never let the arrears to drag along. I passed both those papers right the next attempt. As always I proved good in projects. I have completed my final semester with an A in our Final year project. Left alone our performance in the first review, at least I would have got an ‘S’

As soon as we came out of the Final review Pandi my team mate started shouting ‘You got an S grade”. Anyway I am perfectly satisfied with an A. just 2 months before the final review we were praying that we should pass in our final year project.

The notorious User Interface Design, I have never studied a word in that subject for the entire semester, literally not even a SINGLE WORD, God’s grace and our dear Gopal Sir, I had passed with a B in it.

And ya thus I have passed in all the subjects and now yes I AM AN ENGINEER.

Plans for hols

2009-04-25T20:55:00.002+05:30

Ya now it’s just another exam and the project viva. After that, I am gonna have the longest vacation in my life before retirement. I have already written 2 posts on recession and hence I will have to wait for months before TCS calls me in.

So now I have a long time to spend. A real big vacation. So what I am gonna do?

First: My cousin N has hols for another couple of weeks due to elections. That guy has got a Honda Unicorn. So we will be traveling to the western ghats and check out the natural beauties, may have become fair n lovely beauties by now. Anyway some sort of beauties.

That guy claims to have stopped ogling at chicks. But never mind. He will still come and know what at least for vodka in the hills. Between I got a gilma( kinda hot) chick at mangalore as chat friend. So may be we ll check her out.

Second: After N’s hols he will get busy with college so I am gonna turn back to Chennai. Will go to French class and try to learn some French and may be some good French strategies to pick up a chick with the so called knightly chivalry.

Third: Join a Gym and get a lot of good stuff to eat and see whether I could add something on my bones that the French class chick might say, “you are a MAN”

At the end of the dream something stopped me. If a five letter word could stop all those chic dreams about chicks in a second, guess what it is, yes it is the least important and so unnecessary thing for a peaceful life and ya that’s

MONEY

The little bride of Korea

2009-04-02T04:40:00.007+05:30

I am worried that my blog is turning into a movie review site but I couldn’t resist it. I just finished watching ‘My Little Bride’. I had some lamentable things happened last night so couldn’t sleep. So I started watching this movie by 2.20AM this morning melancholically.

Actually I had this movie for almost a month in my laptop, but I somehow skipped watching it. I feel very happy about it that I had this movie now. I had already seen another Korean Movie “My Sassy Girl” that’s pretty and I have written my 3rd post on that movie.

This movie is as quaint and too touching. There are 1000s even millions of movie on love, romance etc but both these movies are very unique, at least amongst the movies I have seen. From where did these Koreans get all such beautiful things. I wish I marry a Korean girl (Hey not just because Boeun is cute lol).

Getting a 15yr old adolescent girl married to a college guy. That’s as horrible as it’s beautiful. Having a younger girl marry a older guy concept is very well answered by Sangmin’s maturity in dealing with Boeun and her love affair.

The way Sangmin makes Boeun understand of his feelings for her and the power of true love to break roadblocks like the BMW in NFS Most wanted are beautifully portrayed. The climax when Boeun opens up her heart to Sangmin right before the entire school on which she was once so scared is mind blowing.

I strongly do suggest you are not worth living without feeling this movie :P

Myself N the Director

2009-03-30T12:54:00.003+05:30

I went home last friday. I was as usaul having fun going around the town in my Libero and again as usual a friend accompanied me. Deepak has finished his Visual Communication on my advice avoiding engg which is miles apart from him.

Deepak is so obsessed with photography, after all it's his profession. He used to take a lot of pictures of me in different poses in my mobile and ask me to take double the number pictures of him.

We had fun in the O.T. beach the upcoming harbor. The place is beautiful as I had already told you in the Kitty reaches 100kmph post. We took a lot of pictures of each other. Will sharer a few with you soon:-)

Recession Vs Charmee

2009-03-27T01:26:00.003+05:30

I watched a movie after a very long time. Yup it has been more than a week, more than 200+ hours. I don’t know what on earth kept me so busy (lol).

Anyways today I watched the movie ‘Ladam’. We enjoyed the movie. Though the climax was a little dull it doesn’t matter. In general the movie was thrill, fun and enjoyable.

The best thing about the movie, Charmeeeeeee. Man I got obsessed. Myself and Achu started hallucinating at her exemplary well distributed beauty.

For every seen we esp. I felt like she is pinching my lil heart. For her every move we got completely moved.

At a point we got so envious about the hero that we even prayed he would better die at the hands of the villains. When Charmee kissed the hero we could hear our hearts break.

Near the end of the movie I decided I will give mom a copy of Charmee’s pic and ask her to look for a girl as beautiful as she is or at least half as beautiful as her.

Just then I realized, How long will it take for TCS to call me in? How long will I stay there before being kicked out? How long it will take for me to look for another job?
Finally what, where and how will I be after half a decade even if mom manages to find such a girl by then?

Recession destroyed all my dreams. No, no it stopped me from dreaming. I am now rolling on my bed unable to forget Charmeeeeeeeeee and regretting recession.

Recession Mocks me :-)

2009-03-26T10:35:00.006+05:30

Some of you must know I got placed in TCS. I may very well have got placed in a so called dream job but for various reasons I preferred TCS and wanted to stay with TCS.

But it was not until a couple of months before that rumors about we getting called in will take nearly an year. So I decided to look for an alternative or at least a temporary job to keep me occupied.

So I registered with Naukri. I got 100s of mail recommendations and I did apply for them. Then last Monday I got a mail calling for a E-Commerce or business consultancy kind of a company. The profile sounded interesting but there is no mention about the package.

I seldom bothered the package and hence I decided to give it a try owing to the interesting job profile. The recruitment process was scheduled to happen for 3 days. I went in the afternoon of the 2nd day, wondering whether all the vacancies been filled.

There was a written test for 1 hr 15mins. Some aptitude questions and then verbal ability and then a 3 page essay writing. I completed the entire thing in 30-35mins. Feeling pride about my CAT preparation and my blogging abilities that I wrote the essay emotionally till the last line of the 3rd page provided.

My friend who sucks in English didn't make it to the interview. They also rejected many others. I was feeling proud about myself.

After a long wait I was called in for an interview. An avg looking lady may be around 26 or so, single for sure interviewed me. The interview was over before it started anyway I still boasted about my analytical and managerial skills :P

Then came the funniest part. I was explained the job timings and the compensation package. The work is for 8hrs a day for 6 days in a week. If I choose night shift it is 5 days a week with some 50INR allowance a day. The job is a temporary one as I am still a student with a compensation around 5K.

I acquiesced, thinking that may be once I finish my degree in a month or 2 get my certificates and they make me permanent with a better package. Even 10-15K a month is better than me staying idle at home.

After an hour or so came the offer letter. Another cute lady of the same age group explained the procedures to join etc. I asked her about the pay hike once I get there permanently. She coolly said there will be no changes in the package. LOL :D

I would have laughed at her but unfortunately my chivalry stopped me from snubbing at her. I grimly walked out with my offer letter wondering whether I should feel it humorous or horrific.

After all the 14yrs of schooling and 4yrs of dying in this hell I get a job that pays only 5-6K a month. I would better stay idle with an engineering degree than mocking myself and the institute from which I am about to graduate.

Kitty reaches 100Kmph

2009-03-22T07:44:00.005+05:30

Its been a week since when I was waiting to write this post. Lobby hads bought a brand new Yamaha FZ16, the bike of the year. Its charismatic and more than that its rider friendly and the handling that gives a feel like the one with a obedient archaic wife.

The roof top of Clive Bungalow. Robert Clive the pop English General

Before the St.David Fort. Doesn't looks like a real fort, Does it? But its history

We went around the entire cuddalore and the surrounding places covering 100s of kilometers in a day. We were bored and obviously the best place in Cuddalore the Silver Beach, the world’s 3rd largest beach was our destination.

The mouth of river Kedilum

The Kedilum river’s mouth cut us from the O.T.(Old Town) beach we decided to go to the OT beach but not that day. The next day is when we decided to go to the OT beach.

Wow! The beach was so peaceful around 3P.M. in the afternoon. An ideal place for a date. It was beautiful place more than that its lonely. Unfortunately all we could do is regret the other is just a friend and not a girl friend (lol).

The beach was so long guess must be around a Km. I rode from one end of the beach to other reaching 97Kmph with lobby at the pillion screaming that he would fall of the bike at the bumps.

Now, its show time I dropped lobby at one end of the beach and started my record ride. It’s a bit risky to ride at the sea shore. It’s slippery near the waters and at a little distance the dry sand will suck the wheel in. So have to keep the bike at an optimal center and should keep the handbar steady.

Within 4-5 secs I could see the speedometer oscillating around 80. I felt the tears at the end of my eyes. The heavy air resistance made it harder for breath and was pushing me back, mind you if I say it’s a large open beach.

After some 10 secs I could see a steady oscillation between the 3 numbers 97,98,99 Kmph in my speedometer. I was dying to see a 100. That’s when I dipped in a shallow trough with water splashing for a couple of meters in all directions with huge noise and leaving me half wet.

I was slowed down by couple dozen kms. I accelerated as harder as possible to finally see 100Kmph near the end of the beach i.e. near the Kedilum’s mouth. With great fulfillment I rode back to lobby with the same phase without minding the speedometer, enjoying the ride. After which lobby tried and reached only 97kmph.

I have learned...

2009-03-15T10:34:00.005+05:30

I used to spend a lot of time in ORKUT it being my only hobby. I came across this profile which I felt is impressive at least the 'about me' part.
'http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=2282714243004895135'

I read and reread it many times. I am not sure whether I feel it funny or factual. Anyways I wanted to share it with you. So here it is, just copied and pasted here directly. All I could hope is she doesn't sue me for a copyright,

"dunno knw much abt maself......
• I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

• I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just assholes.

• I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

• I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.

• I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

• I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place.

• I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones who do.

• I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away.

--------------------"

. . . . . Someone

2009-03-15T00:27:00.002+05:30

Man I shouldn’t be writing about this book. Damm, Fuck , oh shit look what this book has done to my language. Anyways I couldn’t resist myself from writing about this crappy work.(lol)

I never thought I would finish a 250+ page book in less than 6 hours, not to mention of the dinner break and other small talk in between. I really loved it.

The book was more like something I would have written, though I am not a 5 pointer I am a 7 (ROFL). If I had a chance to be 5 I really would have. Getting into this college from virtually a village is no less exciting than getting into IIT.

All I could hope is ‘Finger Point’ is at least half as successful as Ryan’s ‘lube project’ to prove 7 pointers do have brains and can change the way the world does something.

Though the book has some incidents even too much for imagination it is still acceptable owing to the thrill they add.

Autograph I - The V, H and Me

2009-03-14T15:43:00.005+05:30

It’s too early for me to write my version of Autograph completely. Anyway it’s time for me to write the 1st part at least. Hey this might read a little silly but is from some intangible depth.

Myself, H and V were good friends at school. We studied our +1 in the same classroom. Myself and V had some sort of an guiltless enigmatic bond. All three of us shared a lot about ourselves and we speak a lot, adolescent chat.

We sat in parallel benches. I still could recall all the sign languages we used to communicate in the middle of classes. Esp. in the maths classes I and H used to finish the whole unit when the faculty is only at 30% of the unit. Just to show off to V, we used to get the unit signed from the faculty though there is no necessity for it. Her reaction when we say we had completed the unit made us feel at the top of the world (hehe).

I still remember the challenge I made to her for her 2nd place in the class. Certainly I did win the bet after a good deal of hard work. I have always admired her sincerity. When I 1st heard that she is not going to continue studies after her +2 I was crestfallen.

I saw her after 4yrs yesterday. I almost cried. She is pretty happy or at least she appears to be. I am satisfied that she is fine with her married life. I still feel like in a fantasy that she has an 18months old baby boy. She is still the same little V as I saw her at school. The sight of her son reminded me of a dialogue from the tamil movie NEW “Kid of a Kid”.(lol)

She is one of the rarest friends I ever had and will ever have in my life. Lost for words before her I returned back from her home in a short while, with a heavy heart.

Dogs gave Oscar to DOG

2009-03-11T09:54:00.002+05:30

I am not an expert in movies or music but I strongly believe these are not for experts but for audience like me. I have watched a lot of movies and listened to a lot of songs. Practically I am a movie freak and I live with music and listen to songs for at least 12hrs a day.

I have watched this movie with lots of anticipation. I haven’t heard of the story as always. I feel that I ll not enjoy the movie if I hear the story before watching it myself. From the title I expected the movie would be something like ‘GURU’ story of someone who knew what hunger is and what money is and who fights his way to riches.

I didn’t say that only this sort of a story is a good one. The point simply put is our Chennai Visual communication students have made better short films than this movie. True and people in the industry would for sure agree. This movie would have made an above average TV series in an Indian channel and definitely nothing more.

I do agree Rahman is a legend. More than 30% of my playlist is occupied by his works but this one. People please do tell me do you heartily agree that the ‘Jai Ho’ song is one of Rahman’s best. This is something mocking to this music maven. I guess even Rahman himself agrees to it. He has said that he had only 2% faith that he ll get this accolade.

The worst part is Indians celebrating such a mock aimed directly at their face. This magnifies the impression the global community has on us as FOOLs.

Not only the Indian people even the global community will agree there are unmatchable movies in Indian cinema history which inspite of their poor finance have touched millions of people. This prejudice and discrimination will one day destroy Oscar.

3 Things This week

2009-03-09T22:52:00.012+05:30

I had 3 important or impressive things that I wished I share with you. One the movie Chasing Liberty, two our FYP 2nd review and finally the book "the 3 mistakes of my life" ordered by time.

After a weary project coding and testing this Saturday , I had a very bad mental
state. Too much of thinking about my project. I believed I couldn't sleep with this. I thought of watching this movie which is the only one left unseen in my Sweetie.

I started watching the movie just to get me out of this project mania but later I was completely drawn into it. One of the best romantic movies I have seen. The love and liberty chasing teenager and a young secret service agent trapped into something between duty and emotions. Finally the true potential of LOVE.

Just like the movie I needed something last night too. This time it is a book. I never expected the Indian kind would be so charismatic. I would definitely not appreciate the style with too much 'curses' though it made sense in the conversations. I wanted to read books of this sort to add something fruitful to my passion English.

Anyways i loved the book, inspite of me not being a cricket person and I agreeing with Govind's words "what would he do, take some good shots and make more ppl waste time before TVs". The romantic part as usual took me completely off guard I was sucked in like a dust particle into a vacuum cleaner. Then comes this thrilling part of riots and killing. Though a little tragic it went well at last. But I felt like I am watching a typical tamil movie.

Finally the big thing. Our Final Year Project's second review. In the 1st review when we disclosed my idea(will post the entire project report later) the panel was more skeptic than being impressed but they still wanted to see what we could do.

In the 1st review we were completely scored off. Actually we were no where then. We didn't even had an inkling of how we are going to do it. We gave some naive idea(though a little variation of it worked now) just for the sake of it. I was not bothered about marks but I let RP ma'am down.

Now it came to this. FYP 2nd review today. We are more scared than we were on the 0th review when more than a dozen projects where thrown off. The major fear was part of the project worked at times(lol) and the other worked well, which I guess the panel never thouhgt we would do. As feared this was not one of those times the part worked but still the other one worked and the panel was impressed and even Vani ma'am who saved us a lot of times tried to hurt some part RP ma'am saved us this time. Guess we will have more to share after the next review on Apr, 7th.

'My number is in AU site'

2009-03-08T02:04:00.006+05:30

QQuest came to an end leaving behind a lot of nostalgia hovering around. As I have already told you I had been incharge of college events and the marketing for the same, I had my number in all the posters and most annoyingly at the home page of Anna University site .

I had been boasting about this for the past month. Of course a typical man. Had been marketing more about this than about QQuest (LoL).

I must admit I was completely pissed of because of this. I had been getting calls from across the country and at times across the globe and at annoyingly awkward times. I once got a call from German a parent asking for procedures for an NRI admission here. The most funny part is the call from Nigeria talking about openning a branch of AU at Nigeria (ROFL).

Peacefully or pensively it's all over now. I no more have my number at the AU site, and am no more marketing be it for QQuest or self proclamation.

http://www.annauniv.edu/Final.gif

The Fervent Fever!!!

2009-03-03T00:44:00.004+05:30

I couldn’t get rid of the legion of thoughts about the past week. One of life’s most memorable days. The days were the most challenging, a lot of learning and a lot of new people. The news about our event has come in various news papers including The Hindu’s Business page dated Mar, 1st, 2009, Sunday. Lakshmi on instructions from sir and a lil guidance from me(lol) was writing an article that evening for more news the next day or day after.

The 2nd day Feb, 27th, Friday
Last year we had to skip the schools part of QQuest owing to poor response. But this year, man I was taken away completely. There were more than half a K school children in the campus from various schools. Only then I was able to appreciate that the campaigning by the 2 B’s Bibilson and Bhavana across 50+ schools has paid off.

I was doomed to sit in the Hospi desk as I had to take care of colleges. 2nd yrs Aathilakshmi and Hymavati managed Industry people while helping out college registrations by writing ID cards. I was trying my best to sell of delegate cards (lol), marketing my best to make more people delegates. I designed the registration software for colleges.

I was accompanied by Akila, with Bibilson visiting us oft amidst his schools work. We registered a lot of colleges and had to unexpectedly close the IV registration well before the expected number. N and his friends Tejas, Karan, Ruchit and HarsHa who created a buzz in QQuest colleges came in that morning after their weary long rail journey.

In the evening Bhavana’s successor Kishore conducted Biz Quiz for colleges for a participant set that is more than double last year’s. Hats off to marketing team of QQuest.

The 3rd day Feb, 28th Saturday
I was about to get the second piece of idly between my lips when I received a call from Lavanya. “Anna, people are waiting for college registrations come soon”. I did had the 2nd piece but not the 3rd. Had to run back to my room get my Sweetie and run to the hospi desk.

There were 20+ ppl waiting to get them registered for QQuest’09. I felt bewitched. Had asked them write their details in their cards themselves expect for the QID. Somehow we managed the initial crowd. Mohan Raj the Web Design Wizard of www.qquest.org.in turned up after his assessment exam to ease our burden at the hospi desk.

I had the chance of speaking a lil to our beloved alumini Chenba, Kani n Kuzalee akkas.

People left for Lucas TVS the IV. Loads of restrictions at the company Gokul somehow vaulted over all the vaults and completed the IV successfully.

After long wait A turned back after lunch and I had to hurry to the event which I proposed and my entrepreneurial aspired juniors Swetha n Sujitha took forward. The QQuest’09 Entrepreneurship Awards judged by the Founder of Landmark Hemu Ramaiah went well. All of us felt obliged for the care and passion of her for aspiring entrepreneurs.

The time filling event Quality Guru got too much attention as the other events required pre-preparation. Our Bangalore gang won the 2nd and 3rd placed with a bang. In the evening’s appraisal meet Kuzalee akka gave out QQuest bags and T-shirts to us.

The Big Day
This day the costlier corporate events were held. The day again opens with an emergency. B had probs with the laptop and the projector and the ppt brought by some team. I had to hurry to the hall. Later in the evening heard from Bhagya my quiz team successor tell me that she has conducted FLM quiz better than me.

The crucial part 4th yr Lavanya the supposedly in charge of certificates was fumbling with lack of volunteers to write certificates. Me with my genius’ handwriting could only be able to get ppl for the job rather than risking it myself. Lakshmi, Nathiya, Pooja, Hymavati from 2nd yrs had done a lot of writing though at times wasting a few certificates (lol).

The worst part is when Sir refused to sign IV certificates stating that would bring down the value of the other certificates. The participation certificates were not in a position to be signed. I had a bad time though a lil less worse than I had imagined.

The valediction was organized by Gautam one of the dedicated and passionate guys of QQuest’09 team with guidance from last years organizers Lavanya and Sangeetha.

Towards the end I had been answering / apologizing for not being able to give their certificates. Between sir announcing my name in the stage calling me for honoring my work (hehe). I don’t know what the college students were thinking at that time.

QQuest Inaguration and the Prized Panel Discussion

2009-02-26T22:13:00.004+05:30

Today (26th Feb,2009) is the inaguration day of QQuest'09. Everyone in the club except me was busy with the arrangements. I was working on my colleges work. Finding soemone to get the IDs print out etc etc. More than that convincing VP on the budget INR 150/- for the IDs.

More than 6 2nd yr girls sent sms about today's Panel Discussion( which accompanied the Inaguration) to almost a K contacts working for more than an hour. Hostllers marketted the event in their blocks. Everyone sent the sms to all their personal contacts. More than 70 A3 posters around the college. Inspite of all this there were not more than 1 hundred people in the hall. The worst part is by the time the dignitaries arrived there were less than 50 in the hall. As time passed by the strength grew to 100+.

The sms we sent, "Wru? Nowhere! What ll recession do to ur future! To know the answers. Q Quest 09 presents 'BEAT THE RECESSION' discussion by the panel- CEO(Lucas TVS), Vice Presidents of Citi Bank n CTS, an international economist n Sr. editor from The Hindu.Know your future @ Henry Maudslay Hall 2PM, 26th feb. ".

As usual I was getting calls. Too much enquiries I almost started hating my beloved K660i. Then comes the worst part. I started registrations near the end of the event. NS has promised to allow 20 ppl from a single college for IV. The worser is that 2 girls from that college started fighting with me that they ll pay only tht 50 INR for IV and will not pay for the overall registration claiming that they have not been informed of it.

I have managed ppl concerning K's of money and this is just 20 lol. Coming back to club B asked for the safe keeping of her laptop and bag. The bag here means the laptop case. I mistook it for her regular bag and was searching around the college for it. When enquired she gave this explanation that it is the 'laptop bag'.

After making a semi failure attempt for accomodations for people from out of station after having a few samosas for both lunch and dinner I m now back to my room writing my 3rd post in a row.

IMT Nagpur GD/PI call

2009-02-26T21:58:00.004+05:30

A couple of weeks back when I saw this cover from IMT I was honestly excited. For my marks in CAT I have got a call from IMT. Only after openning it I realised that the call is for Nagpur and not Gaziabad. Anyways I wished I visit Bangalore and help out N in QQuest marketing.

It was Feb, 24th, tuesday. I reached the place with neat formals though not the usual interview suit with a white or kind of shirt, a tie etc. I had all those but still didn't care to. Anyway I wore my 2k woodlands cut shoe with all the necessay documents and 2 newly bought branded hankeys( from SKC the previous day where I had ice cream hope u understand why the 2nd one).

I reached the venue well before time. I was sitting with the others in the Seminar hall of BIT. The guys next to me 2yr exp and 4yr exp from leading IT firms. I never met a fresher there. I was wondering why all these well placed people go for IMT Nagpur. Then the usual certificate verifications.

After an hour or so we started our GD on the topic "The state is Above the Law". Even at the end of the GD I wondered whether I understood the topic. Everybody was speaking the same but were fighting each other for it. I just remained as another moderator (lol).

Then the interview. I was good at my +2 science but he asked questions from my secondary school physics and chemistry. I managed a few questions ignored the rest. With the usual boasting of my administrative and strategical abilities the interview was over in a few mins, around 10 mins I guess.

After speaking with another 3yr exp candidate (again from a reputed IT firm) who was waiting for her turn of PI, I left the place and after waiting for more than an hour N came to pick me up cutting his physics class.

PUB n nt a Disco HUB

2009-02-26T21:19:00.003+05:30

My first day at Bangalore,22nd feb, Sunday. We started right in the morning on work. What work!!! QQuest’09 marketing. We visited S, R’s friend at school. We tried our best with futile efforts.

After lunch out to N’s college a cute green campus but is a lil ruined with lack of maintenance.

Here comes the one. We then went to Garuda Mall supposed to be one of the very big and popular malls in Bangalore. We were window shopping floor by floor. After all that’s all we could do in addition to wondering what makes these things so beautiful. Was just recalling Paruthi Veeran Movie's dialogue "Kazu iruntha Kaka kuda color ayidum"( If there is money even a crow ll be colorful).

We planned to visit the scary house. Even after heavy coercion N stayed back. I went alone into the scar(less)y house. Just a minimally illuminated house with 2-3 ghost masked men trying to scare me.

Then in the 3rd floor we came across a PUB. N mistook it for a Disco Hub. On his compulsion we went into it. Actually I was dubious, as he left us without any entry fee but I just believed the city guy. We went in. To our annoyance there was no one dancing but a few people with varied shaped bottles sitting in a minimally illuminated place akin the scary house.

I urged N to better leave the place before it hurts our wallets. N was reluctant of being mocked or something. So we decided to have something that is the cheapest available thing there. So we ordered for a beer bottle which is priced INR 150/-.

The server served it in 2 glasses and it tasted like hell. So I decided to order something to moderate the chafe it created with something. So we ordered chilly chicken which again is the cheapest (another 150). But it was far better than the beer. Just then we found out the MRP in the bottle is INR 75/-.

Regretting our decision we finished every last drop of both and left with INR 310/- less in my wallet. N sworn that he ll never again step into a PUB. With too much remorse on spending on nothing we went back home where we are again redirected to a marriage reception. Anyway we had great dinner at Hotel Capitol.

Bangalore Express

2009-02-22T00:00:00.005+05:30

I was waiting to go to Bangalore. Was looking for a reason. Finally got one, IMT, Nagpur interview call. Actually I have applied for IMT, Gaziabad but unfortunately due to worst score in VR in CAT got only Nagpur. Anyhow I got a reason for Bangalore.

I was busy with QQuest’09 work so couldn’t finalize on the date of departure. Hence I hadn’t booked ticket. Today R came to drop me at central. I should be really thankful she carried my heavy sweetie (my laptop) when I carried other luggage bag.

Coming to central the scenario is the worst scene I have ever seen. I didn’t feel like getting into Bangalore Express rather I felt like I was trying to get into the last train that takes civilians as refugees out of a battle alert city. Obviously I didn’t get a seat. The compartment was as crowded as 21G (the most crowded city bus in Chennai) at 9AM on a Monday.

I came across a guy who claimed to be a business consultant in some company in Bangalore. He was a typical flamboyant. We were initially standing near the door in the passway after sometime he moved to the centre of the compartment. A fat pretty girl was standing there. As usual my pervert brain worked I thought he is trying to make a conversation with her. After almost an hour I discovered it’s because in the next station people got down and he got a seat. I later found out, the worst part is the girl mothers a 2yr old baby.

After almost 5yrs of hell like journey I got seat after Kuppam. Felt like heaven when I stepped on KR purum station and felt like I saw God when I saw my cousin N, R’s brother. We came home in his new Unicorn which is an important part of all our Bangalore plans this week. Will write more on the hot beauties of cool Bangalore 

The Patriot 4 The Cause

2009-02-13T17:17:00.009+05:30

Everytime I write a post on a movie I used to wonder is that so impressive to write an entire post for a single movie but now I feel like I shall write an entire blog on this movie “THE PATRIOT”. The greater good is always important. One who wishes to safeguard his family should first ensure the defense of his country.

Liberty is always so important and the most valued word in the history of mankind. People used to say only bondage can make one realize the importance of liberty. The movie is sooo patriotic though in the American context is no less inspiring on nationalism.

Hats off to Mel Gibson ‘the man of expressions’. In my opinion he is the best actor of our time. The dilemma he has between family and country his love for his sons the way he portrays all this in his face is awesome.

Though the scene in which Gibson saves his son from a regiment of Redcoats(Britain Army) resembles a little like our Vijikanth's stunt but is really superb action and is more realistic. The man who reports this incident to his officers could only call Gibson a Ghost.

The movie is on the American war of Independence. The power of militia the power of Patriotism the power this great feel could convert one into. This movie proves what Patriotism can make out of a ‘farmer with a pitchfork’.

The AMBUSH warfare is so interestingly pictured.

The touch of romance and love gives the movie additional flavor. Gabriel's love for Anne is beautifully described without deviating from the movie's course. The patriotism that creates ecstasy by overthrowing the feeling of sending her newly wed hubby to the battlefield is well manifested. "I ll see you soon.."

Finally my usual fav part father daughter sentiment. I was perplexed when Susan(Gibson's daughter) say 'I hate him'. But when she refuses to bid good bye to her papa, thats really touching "I ll say anything. Please don't go".

Arrears n Akshya

2009-02-08T07:48:00.004+05:30

“If all the girls go for above average boys who ll care for the below average”
-X

X has a boyfriend, who is not up to her caliber. When enquired ‘why don’t you have a better boyfriend?’ I learned the reason as the above philosophy. I also heard that x’s boyfriend has only 6 arrears now. Hey if not for X he would have had more than 6 arrears. X already had boyfriends and she left them the time when they were about to settle. I guess she is being a girlfriend to someone only to make someone settle and get better. (May be they got better because she left them!!!)

The following is just an imaginative narration. If it hurts anyone I am really sorry for that please take it humorously.

Appreciating X’s service of meliorating lives of guys she is being awarded the ‘Girl with the Best Social thought’ by the president.

President’s Address:
I am so proud of X’s service. If only I had some inspiration like X when I were a teen I would have also been such a good gf to a few guys at least. I urge my fellow country girls esp. teens to follow suit with X and be a gf like X to as many guys as possible.

APJ Kalam:
If only I had a gf like X, I would have designed Agni as an ICBM with a range of 25K than just 2500km. I urge all my country guys to keep dreaming of a gf like X, convert it into action plan to pick up a gf like X and clear all their arrears and achieve laurels for the country. If each girl in the country is as service minded as X by 2020 our country will have no guy with arrears.

Atalji:
If only I had a gf like X, I would have become the PM of India in the 80’s and served the country much better in my younger age. I kindly make a request to my country girls to be good gfs like X and create better leaders for the country.

M.Singh
If only I got a gf like X, I would have very well finished my MBA in HBS and been a billionaire instead of being torn between idiots on all sides.

G.W.Bush
If only I had a romantic gf like X I would have very well destroyed the entire gulf and sucked all the oil a decade back and contributed more to Global warming.

Obama
If only McCain had a gf like X he would have won the election. I kindly request X to visit US institutions and speak to American girls on how to be a good gf.

Sadam’s Spirit
If only I had a gf like X, I would have sentenced Bush to death. I wish I had enforced a law in Iraq that all girls should have a bf.

P.S.: Akshya is the code name for X's boyfriend.

Killanur, Myself and R

2009-02-04T08:41:00.004+05:30

Killanur is my aunt’s place. Myself and R reached here last night. That was a memorable journey as I had lot of private time with her after a long time. R is my cousin and we are close friends since the time we could pronounce each other’s name. I wonder whether I myself know the real me better than her.

Killanur is a cute lil village with practically no access to anything urban like cinema theatre, hospital, school or anything like that. Fortunately we have power and mobile network. My aunt’s home is the biggest in the area but still it is a red tile roofed unlike regular urban homes with a concrete ceiling. The home encompasses a beautiful garden.

The primary reasons for our visit are, one for our cute lil cousin Sanjana, aunt’s daughter, 2 yrs old and the other reason being our thirst for water, not to drink but to swim. Our well is wide enough, clean sufficiently and has water high enough to make it look beautiful.

Myself and R had a nice super swim for an hour. Both of us have hydrophobia in the context of cold. I have a sinus complaint and for her it’s wheezing but the thought of swimming and the sight of water, the phobia gets rid of itself. Aunt and Sanju were sitting by the side of the well, watching us.

I tried a few stunts but it’s been long couldn’t have my hands on them this time. My usual expertise to reach the bed of the well failed flat. I couldn’t even cross half the depth. Too much hydraulic pressure felt like my ear drums would get punctured. I backed off with a life like struggle.

We also missed the usual fun of jumping/diving into water from altitudes as the water level is high and there is nothing near by to climb and jump unlike the once we have in our native village Manalappadi. Anyway we are not let down we had fun and will tell you more as I am staying here for another couple of days.

TAKEN the movie

2009-01-30T23:39:00.003+05:30

I have heard my dad say that he would even sell his head to keep me good forever but its not worthy enough for that. He would say this when I was young and whenever I let him down with my then not so good academics. I don’t know how serious he was but after this movie I realize how far a father would go for his kid.

Liam Neeson is a retired secret service man. His wife divorced him hating his working style and the limited time he spends with his family and married a rich guy and their daughter lives with her mother. The girl get kidnapped by women traffickers in Paris.

The way he gets his daughter form those dangerous guys makes it an awesome action movie. A must watch action movie and really keeps you tight in your seats till the end.

Garrulous Gopal

2009-01-28T16:40:00.005+05:30

Dr. T.V.Gopal is our faculty for UID( user interdace design). He is a senior faculty in our department and is said to be equally knowledgeable by a few, though the common opinion is that he is more a crack pot. He has authored books including TN state board’s higher secondary books for computer science.

Today we had our 10th lecture hour by this great man. But we still have not a basic idea of what the subject is all about and haven’t taken a line of notes as whatever he was telling us is not worth noting down or they don’t need noting down as everything is some sort of a fairy tale of how computers emerged or how important user interface is.

To give an example let me give you a micro briefed version of one of his stories, “I was traveling in train to Bangalore. It was 1998 and it’s the Kargil War time. Everywhere people are speaking about the war. I was also caught in the euphoria of Indian army’s advances. As soon as I got into my room in the hotel there, I switched on the TV and was skimming through channels by pressing the ‘+’ marked button near channels, looking for some channel where I ll get some news on the war. I suddenly realized that I went past by 4 channels after the channel I really needed. So I wanted to come back. As I have jumped 3 or 4 channels I was pressing the ‘-‘ button quickly in quick succession 2 or 3 times. Suddenly the channels kept changing continuously whatever I did it didn’t stop. I was panicked and I called for help. Then a hotel official walked in and enquired what happened I narrated the entire story to him and he said ‘Don’t worry sir you are not the first person to encounter such a problem. Many doesn’t know that if we press the ‘-‘ button twice in quick succession TV goes into ch-scan mode.” The point he wanted to make after more than 15mins of narration of this story with emphasis on his, euphoria, his urgency etc etc is that usually in Indian remote controls there is no such mechanism and the user interface should have been made in a commonly perceived way.

He has emphasized on this point with more than a dozen stories like this with each story lasting for more than 15mins.

At least in the last couple of lectures he started to speak about evolution of computers and the important role that user interface played in it.

I was just trying to be optimistic and I thought as a computer engineer I must know this and tried my best to give my ear to the history of computers. Shannon’s contributions and Bool’s theory were not bad a story.

Hope he doesn’t mind if I write these stories in the exam paper. Hey believe it or not seniors are betting that they scored good marks by writing better long stories than these in the exam papers.

Fave Movies II (WAR Spl)

2009-01-26T12:36:00.025+05:30

There are many movies based on war and specific battles. The ones about world war are more and are good. Nevertheless there are numerous movies that are extremely good, touching, interesting and thrilling on various wars and battles.

We ‘ve Soldiers

The movie based on Vietnam war. Politicians have various reasons for a war but soldiers have only one that they fight if they are asked to. The movie is about a particular regime of US army which is one of the very few successful regimes in the viet war. The movie is highly realistic and it provokes even brutal minds to rethink about the concept of war. A must watch movie. An embodiment of commandership by Mel Gibson “I will be the first one to set foot on the field, and I will be the last to step off.”

Saving Private Ryan

5 sons of a mother are sent to Europe during the WWII as part of the US army to various parts. 4 of them are killed during various battles and the top officials decide at least to give that mother her only living son so they decide to get him back home. THe rescue team joins the reluctant Ryan to complete the mission he is involved in. Ryan crying at the war cemetry is really touching. Tom Hanks the rescue mission chief proved his typic maestro actor’s skills.

Pearl Harbor

Dec,7 1941 ‘a date which will live in infamy’. More than 1000 casualties by the Japanese cruel air strike on Pearl Harbor. The portrayal of America’s entry into WWII and its retaliation on Japan. National passion mixed with friendship and love. “This is going to be a suicide mission”.

Enemy at the Gates

There are many movies on US army and other allied forces in WWII this movie is in the red perspective. The portrayal of a Russian WWII hero. A mix of patriotism, romance,tragedy of war and finally victory.
‘Stand-off between two opposing snipers during the Battle of Stalingrad.’

The Guns of Navarone

An ideal commando mission kind of movie based on WWII. ‘Who’s side is turkey going to be?’ the billion dollar question will be answered by the existence of these guns. A handful of experts packed to finish these guns of to ease Turkey joining the allies. The dilemma between country and friendship, sacrifice, betrayal, personal emotions above all this patriotism.

Sssaaaaaraaannnngg

2009-01-22T16:41:00.009+05:30

I was having a nap when my friend H knocked my door and asked me to come with him to Saarang the notorious IITM fest, to meet his chat friend.
I wouldn’t say I m numb to teen disorders but still I didn’t expect Priyanka or Aish there, it’s obvious that his friend would be nothing better than horrible, but still, I just thought this is my last year living in this vicinity and I should at least now visit this thing and more than that I was expecting to make at least 2 QSAs(QQuest Student Ambassador).

We walked all the way to IITM speaking about the ‘Bang in the Bush’ stories of IIT M and then we caught the Saarang special bus, reached the centre of the fest. As soon as we got down I started feeling like a World War II combat flight pilot, hunting colors flying around. I was bawling at H look 11’o clock pink, look back, 6’o clock lavender, 4’o clock yellow…

After 3 calls we finally had an idea of where we are going to meet H’s friends ‘Sifani’ this is what he was telling me. We were directed to a canteen and only when we got near we found out it’s ‘Tifany’. Anyways both these names are weird, so never mind.

We were waiting in the canteen for sometime nevertheless got bored of the color hunt. I urged H to ask for what color is his friend’s dress and how many are they. Finally the 5 got there and it was only after 3sms transactions and 5mins we managed to say ‘hi’ to her. The confab lasted only for 2mins and we left the place.

I was obviously annoyed I was hitting him that he wasted 20bugs of my money and I missed a good nap. Withal I was still busy with the color hunt continuing 7’o clock 10’o clock.

We met T one of the good mannered pragmatic geniuses CEG has seen. T commented that "nothing is worthwhile here.."

We also came across my class gals who were extra horrible in their special occasion apparels. Even one of my long time crushes who used to be pretty was scrofulous, wearing a collared woolen kinda t-shirt in the afternoon sun which would suit well in a place like Manali.

While waiting for the bus to take us back to the gate I heard a mediocre color yelling at phone,
“Only desperate guys and girls come here, it’s highly boring, believe me..”

While walking back I was neither regretting the loss of 20 bugs and the nap nor was rejoicing the trip. I just had a smile when I correlated the telephone conversation and my class girls.

We are soldiers and not Toys

2009-01-21T23:54:00.000+05:30

“Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers”

You should have know that I were the event coordinator for Dalal bull. I don’t know how many know that I ve been having dreams about the event since last year’s Dalal bull. I do only what I like and I do it with utmost sincerity.

The online event went well though with some problems and complaints from cynics as usual. We did our best to give the participants good experience in stock trading. Definitely at least a few of our participants would have made some home work in learning the abcs of sharemarket.

“I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
I ain't never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it
Even if it means goin' toe to toe with a Benzino it don't matter
I'd never drag them in battles that I can handle unless I absolutely have to
I'm supposed to set an example”

Everyone in my team did the best they could, esp the swbulls were the best. In the short span of time they did cover all the complex requirements I have asked for. Software development is never easy and even corporate softwares like Mic’s used to have problems. We didn’t have the luxury of beta testing the software this year.

I have seen a good no of leaders and future business admins in Swathi's market analysis team and the team was very well organised with a 3 level hierarchy. Hope these guys have got their hands on share trading.

I am happy that all my team guys and gals played their part very satisfactorily and I hope I have imparted some of my experiences and also hope working in this team gave them good exposure and will help them in some part of their career.

“We still have soldiers that's on the front line
That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders
Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us”

The Quest for Quality

2009-01-17T19:39:00.000+05:30

It was a cold Sunday evening. The sky was morphing to a dull grey as she gazed absent mindedly at the stars blinking back at her. Just trying her hand well on a new poetry, yup, and then her mom just interrupted this poet-on-the-make from the gaze. She slammed at her a pair of shirts that were giving away stitches and was saying something like “You better bank on quality than fashion” she left. She never retaliated nor did she listened to her mom(as she often did) but it had made her look back at a nostalgic encounter with a friend, telling her once “Hey nice shirt man! Must be damn high quality” she recalled herself grinning at that and with that her mind was getting engrossed with the word ‘QUALITY’. She got all crazy and went for it. There she made a google search on quality and soon on something like a quality club. This could sound silly… she thought! But have’nt one heard great people do get bizarre at times?

She was flipping past pages, and somehow this dry topic seemed all exhilarating that day. It was then that she noticed a good lot of corporates do patronise this quality club. She found that they maintain the industry sort of hierarchy, team spirit and planning and with some more time of dwelling in quality, she discovered, this is all nothing close to absurdity at all, as one could presume. What seemed crazy a few minutes back, appeared to have a lot of serious stuff to do with. She had acquired a liking for quality clubs and went on to surf the relevant sites. And soon something with substance caught her eyes and she took time off to mess with it.

She learnt that, ANNA UNIVERSITY has a Students Quality Club, that’s been into a great job of inculcating quality not only among students but also industries. After what seemed like half an hour, she logged out and sat back to think over. This club is conducting an event “Q-QUEST” towards the last week of February. The ultimate fest of industry academia interaction.

She was sharing all this with nostalgia about Qquest’08 with me when I called her to tell her about QQuest’09. Hope she finds it much more better and useful this year.

QQuest'09

I don't give a..

2009-01-16T10:24:00.001+05:30

I am listenning to this song 'Makes me wonder' from Maroon 5 for a few weeks. The song is good and as any other new good song I came across I had given it too much listenning.

It's not until recently i felt a deep attachment to the song's lyrics. In the light of recent negligence I really feel like shouting this aloud...

"I wake up with blood-shot eyes
Struggled to memorize
The way it felt between your thighs
Pleasure that made you cry
Feels so good to be bad
Not worth the aftermath, after that
After that
Try to get you back

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f**k about you

Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
(Yeah)
So this is goodbye

God damn my spinning head
Decisions that made my bed
Now I must lay in it
And deal with things I left unsaid
I want to dive into you
Forget what you're going through
I get behind, make your move
Forget about the truth

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f**k about you

Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye

I've been here before
One day I'll wake up
And it won't hurt anymore
You caught me in a lie
I have no alibi
The words you say don't have a meaning
Cause

I still don't have the reason
And you don't have the time
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f**k about you
And I...and so this is goodbye

Give me something to believe in
Cause I don't believe in you anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try
And you told me how you're feeling
But I don't believe it's true anymore
Anymore
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye
So this is goodbye, yeah
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye
So this is goodbye, yeah
(Oh no)So this is goodbye
So this is goodbye, yeah
(Oh no)"

QQuest'09 & Myself

2009-01-14T21:50:00.000+05:30

If you had a chance to read my first few posts you would have had an idea of what I were doing during the last qquest i.e. 08. I were the quiz team lead and conducted 3 quizes and organized one corporate quiz (Q Factor).

This year I am incharge of the college events and I am the marketing head of QQuest'09 (www.qquest.org.in). The office bearers either believing in me or scared of me(lol) has given me the best people in the club.

I am though very lazy am good in crushing out the juice even from a piece of wood(lol). As I have already said my team guys n gals are no lesser than any good lubricant they are smooth and suave. This makes my job easier but less thrilling without challenges.

I wouldn't say I am perfectly safe. Now comes the bigger of all problems If things don't turn up as expected I couldn't blame anyone but me. Now I must see to that these people are burned down until the last grain of calorie in them.

May be I sound unfair but I am perfectly fair. We in our college has this hierarchy of being part of the team in our second years, being a team lead in the 3rd and creating leaders in our final year. My team mates have good leadership instinct and I believe I ll mould them better than myself.

I luv Amrita

2009-01-12T01:07:00.004+05:30

Tonight I watched the movie ‘Athidi’. As usual a typical stupid telugu movie.
Oh k k yup this post is not about the movie but about its heroine Amrita Rao.

It has become my habit to fall in love with the heroine of the latest movie I have seen. Day before yesterday Priyanka(Dostana), yesterday Anushka(Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) and today its Amirta.

Every day I think of writing a post on my love but unfortunately I get cramped up
With something or the other but today nothing is going to stop me. Here I have written about my love (at least today’s) Amrita.

She is dazzlingly beautiful, gorgeous, lovely, mind blowing, awesome. Hmmm what are looking at my English is over couldn’t find any more expressions and I guess its more than enough for her and if I find some more let me reserve them for my next love (heroine of the next movie I am gonna watch) LOL.

Hey guys relax, chill down there is nothing to feel jealous of, I deserve her, don’t I? and girls better luck next time.

Fave Movies

2009-01-11T10:15:00.001+05:30

I am actually a movie freak. I used to watch atleast 2 movies a week and my record is 15 movies in a week. Whenever I watch a movie I get completely taken in and I feel the movie as close as an important character in the movie.

I take this post to write about a few of my favorite movies.

Jab We Met
A beautiful story depicting the power of optimism and determination. The Movie is all about how a crestfallen business heir and his company are back to life by the encounter of a childish chubby girl. I really admire this line and I strongly do believe,
“One who wishes for something truly, actually he will for sure get it”.

Kate & Leopold
A fictitious love story across times. Meg Rayn with her exemplary performance as usual played the role of a typical working women who seldom has time to listen to the deeper feelings of herself. The climax is about how she realizes her love and runs back to her love. The crux of the movie as I felt is a Jackman’s dialogue
“Life is not solely comprised of tasks but tastes”.

Timeline
Another movie on time travel. Scientists end up with a time machine while they try building a teletransporter or something like that. Archeologist are called for help and the story is about how they managed to change the history. The power of love that has the potential to make history. “We make our own history”.

Enchanted
Partly animated fictitious and again time travel based movie. A beautiful girl from some animated magical world sent to our world by a witch falls in love with a guy of this time. The movie again an extravaganza on love, “True love’s Kiss”.

National Treasury
A superb movie spine-tingling and informative. “The treasure is too big for any king”.

Lord of War
A middle class youth turning into an international weapons dealer through sheer astuteness and quest for riches. How true it has become that,
“People kill each other to survive and that’s the way of survival”.

Pirates of the Caribbean ( I,II,III)
Comic and action filled extravaganza. Jhonny Depp truly extraordinary.
“You will remember this day as the day you almost… Captain Jack Sparrow’.

GURU
Story of an extra-ordinary entrepreneur. Man who grows big in business with nothing more than firm astuteness and arduousness.
“Fight with GURU Bhai as GURU himself, but GURU is one of his kind”.

Om Shanti Om
Movie on a freak who badly wants to be a cine hero. Sharuk with his usual maestro performance takes us into the movie. The movie like Jab We met accentuates on the fact,
“One would get what he wishes for from deep in his heart”. It’s a beautiful line that,
“If its not happy then its not the end”.

TO be Continued...

My Airtel GPRS

2009-01-10T08:15:00.000+05:30

I am in hostel and couldn't connect to the internet using broadband or any other wired option. Data cards are in general costly and unaffordable. Airtel GPRS 75 rupees a week unlimited 24x7. So I have been using internet through my mobile phone for the past 2years but even if i use it completely I wouldn't have been able to download a single movie not only in a week but even in a year.

Nevertheless this connectivity served a lot of purpose. I were been happy or at least sattisfied with this except when it annoys me at times to the extremes. Last week I had to mail an important content to be updated in the Kuruk'09 (www.kurukshetra.org.in) site but even after figting and retrying, reconnecting and restartng for half and hour I couldn't connect to the net. I almost broke down to tears(ROFL) and then I ran to our coll net and somhow managed it.

Then comes chatting. As I always say I aspire for IIM and have some chat friends who are either students or alumini of IIMs and they very rarely reply my 'hi's as they are too busy and this Airtel GPRS as if it had been waiting for this, would get disconnected right at the very wrong time.

I am used to all this. The immediate cause for this post after 2yrs of using GPRS is it let me down when I were chatting with wolf last night. I really want to howl that, "I am sorry please believe me I would die to keep speaking to you and I really want to keep talking". Let me hope the other wolf could somehow hear my howling.

Wolf's Tag

2009-01-09T22:41:00.000+05:30

1. If your lover betrayed you, what would be your reaction ?
Ans: Better continue ignorant until I find another. (lol)

2. If you have one dream which could come true,it would be?
Ans: Me being too very rich that in forbes listing my net worth is more than the sum of net worth of other billionaires in the top ten.

3.Which one do you prefer-ice-cream or chocolate ?
Ans: Ice cream (haaaaa…uuuuch)

4.What would you do with a billion dollars ?
Ans: Make it a 100 times over. (May be start a Ganja estate somewhere here and an opium one somewhere else)

5.Can you fall in love with your best friend ?
Ans: May be.

6.Who is more blessed-loving someone or being loved by someone ?
Ans: Being loved. Obviously that’s something rare.

7.How long would you wait for someone you love?
Ans: A life time If she also loves me truly 

8.If the person you like is secretly attached, what would you do?
Ans: Will make myself better to suit someone better than her.

9.If you could root for one social cause,what would it be?
Ans: Equal opportunities for all.

10.What takes you down fastest?
Ans: When my team volunteer whom I trusted a lot let me down.

11.What according to you is blogger in denial?
Ans: What else a bore well like me.

12.What’s your fear ?
Ans: Completing my FYP successfully and passing out this hell (CEG) with no arrears.

13.Your opinion of the persons who tagged you with this.
Ans: best buddy

14.Would you be single & rich or married & poor ?
Ans: Single n rich. Not if I get someone to love me more than my mom.

15.What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
Ans: Look at the time.

16.If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, whom would you pick?
Ans: Make a fault tree analysis and cost effectiveness analysis or something like that from my TQM book to choose one.

17.Would you give all in a relationship ?
Ans: I love to be the receiving end.

18.What’s eating you now ?
Ans: FYP (Final year project).

19.Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
Ans: Both... in equal propotions

20.Tag 6 people.
You are the only one and you have already did it 

CAT Results!!!

2009-01-09T01:19:00.000+05:30

WOw! I really wished I start this post like this. Too much expectation too much of nervousness. Oops finally it's out.
PS 34 93.17
DI 56 99.83
VR 0 18.15 (I dunno whether u r surprised but I m really very )

Overall Percentile 93.

I admit I am not good at English but not very bad either at least not as bad as getting a '0'. Oh my..

The silver linning is what if i got into an IIM with not enough english to be a Business admin. I now have an year more to meliorate on my lexicon and my syntaxes:-)

Life has lot to cheer up like I got to chat with my best blogging buddy Elithra today:-)

I make this new years resolution to learn English well. Like Tanu said now after looking at my result that I ll learn 100 (or atleast 50) new words everyday.

TR No: 8160435
DOB: 18/09/88

Just hoping that someone else will look into my result and say i have got a better result I haven't looked into mine owing to my superfast Airtel GPRS.

He is the Best (Kitty n Daddy II)

2009-01-08T14:48:00.001+05:30

As I have already written it definitely will be a beautiful feeling to be a father. As I have already felt there are too many movies on father n daughter like this movie ‘Abiyum Nanum’ (Myself and Abi).

The maestro actor Prakash Raj has played a beautiful character in this movie as a loving father. Hats off to his skill as an ever admirable actor. Unlike the other post, I write this post not to speak about myself as a dad but about my dad.

He oft used to cherish about the nostalgia of me getting admitted in my LKG in St.Josephs, Cuddalore. I was then 4 or so months younger than 3yrs old. Clearly I am underage for admission into LKG or that’s how Father (The School Principle not my dad) felt about me. My father almost begged him for a chance to prove my skills.

Dad oft used to say I was good enough with the world map with countries and capitals at the age of 2 and half (definitely because of my dad). The principle was pleased not just because I was speaking enthusiastically about the world map hanging on the wall but also because of me telling my father ‘daddy parrot chudu’ (dad look at the parrot). My cousin Naresh would oft tease me telling this.

I have seen dads who used to say I used only one pen for 5yrs during my school days etc etc and ask their children to adjust with what is given to them. My dad of course will tell me all this not to ask me to compromise with what I have but to make me realize that someday I should be rich enough for my son to wonder at my poor lifestyle( that’s how a a billionaire’s son would feel). Dad never compromises on the best he could get me.

When I was in my 12th std I found it difficult to manage my schedule with my bicycle. I realized a bike is unaffordable with my UG coming up. I told him I can manage with my cycle. Then suddenly after a couple of days he took me to Yamaha showroom and bought me Libero. I then swore I would make him much happier than I felt then.

I lost to my neighbor girl by 27 marks in our matric exam. I didn’t regret not until my mom told me some 6 months later that my dad was very confident that I would score more marks than her. On my +2 result and when I got my dream institute in counseling the first thing I felt happy about was that my dad is feeling proud. I still hear his words that a couple of decades back he were been to this campus as one of the police constables for election duty that he was wondering whether someday his son would be doing his graduation here.

Some people used to perceive me as ambitious or something like that. But I bet whatever my aims are my dreams are they are always second in pushing me forward when it comes to the feeling that I have to do a lot more to payback at least a little for all that he has done, my wonderful dad.

'My dad is a suicide bomber'

2009-01-04T12:42:00.003+05:30

Malliga got up in the morning in their temporary shelter. As usual agitated voices everywhere, in the recent weeks this had grew much higher as the situation is getting worse. She asked her mom where her father is and she was told that he is out to work.She was a little surprised that what work would it be at this time when most of the men from other families are there, but she doesn't want to bother her mom who was busy preparing food for them.

Two men where discussing on moving away. This is nothing surprising, she has alreadyheard of many such things and was also sure that someday they had to. She has never been to anywhere in a boat or ship so decided to ask her friend Tamilarasi who is a couple of years older than she is.
Her friend who is as ignorant as Malliga in this regard took her to her grandma. She was looking sad and she suddenly looked more sorrowful on the very sight of Malliga. The girls though noticed it they didn't care to ask her about it. They asked her about travelling on water, before she could answer another nearby elderly man got annoyed and with a rough tone told them that they will soon have to face it.

It's lunch time now Malliga has not seen her father since last night.She asked her mother for the second time but still no satisfactory response. No sign of dad even after dusk her mother now sounded more grimmer but still didn't give Malliga a proper reply.

Malliga was worried but couldn't force her mom anymore. Then the ever garulous radio was giving a news report. There has been a suicide bombing at the capital city and 3 men where killed and many injured. Malliga was more terrified than feeling pity for the affected, not at the news which is something very common but at her mom's tears at the news. Malliga is not so young not to understand what must have happened.

The whole night went horrific she didn't cry but she was thinking she was feeling more clear than being sad. There had been a huge battle in her mind than the war that has been happening for more than 3decades in her supposed to be motherland. By dawn she had made her decision.

Next day they were before a boat that was ready to take them to another country as refugees. Everybody got in and she could hear her mom yelling at her asking her to get in but she was still standing at the shore there are no tears in her eyes but determination. Her eyes are blood red not because she had a disturbed sleep last night but because her of her boiling blood injustice that had happened and happenning to their people. She has decided to stay back not just to avenge her father's death but to fight for the same cause, the cause of their right to their native land, like her father.

R We being AVENGED? (Why are ppl so racist? II)

2009-01-03T00:38:00.000+05:30

Hope if you have happened to read my blog you must have already read my post on racism. If not I kindly request you to read it now before reading this post.
http://kittykampf.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-are-ppl-so-racist.html

The recent statement by our honorable Chief Minister Dr.M.Karunanidhi on quota system against the UP CM Mayawathi’s opinion on economy based reservation is the reason for this 2nd post on the topic.

I really don’t understand the concept behind all this. If its about bringing economically and educationally backward people forward whats wrong in classifying people on the same scale. Thats not going to be any difficult like they classify people who are under poverty line, like they classify people for IT why not classify people on similar scales to give respectively fair quotas.

Most of the SCs or any other such classified class people who are in our college are from better family backgrounds than me. Atleast half of them are rich and educated enough for atleast 2 generations. There are loads of people in my community (classified as OC ) who are in much much worser conditions than me.

Our CM’s statement is obvious that we are doomed and are being avenged for what our ancestors did. If they feel those people are the native dravidians and and they they need their pound of flesh I would want to remind them all about those people who helped, infact those who really curbed racial discrimination are high class people right from Mahatma Gandhi to his guru Gokalae from Bharathiar to Ambedkar’s teacher who created Dr.Ambedkar from a backward caste guy.

This is how you people pay us back for all that our kinda people did for the native dravidian.

I was one who had a very strong bad opinion on brain drain. I was very annoyed that I once even thought that we have to ban IITs andIIMs. But now I realise they are right to leave such an ungrateful country and I would also want to give this obvious warning that the day when all our kind of people leave this wrenched country, to leave it behind to rot in the hands of those noble politicians.

Why so fast?

2008-12-22T02:13:00.001+05:30

I really don't remember when I first heard of this acronym, but ever since then this has become the most used acromym in my lexicon. People always complain me being in an excited or agitated state. Optimist call it enthusiasm and cynics kvetch it as pesky.

I have been using this to my sub-ordinates since I 've made a leader of the quiz team of QQuest'09 ( www.qquest.org.in ) I guess. Most of my orders(lol) have an attached ASAP with them. Since I have learned from my TQM book that I should not set objectives for works to be done by sub-ordinates I started using more of this signifierASAP.

Recently I have not only started using this to my superiors, may be because I feel I m someone they couldn't afford to lose :-) but also to my friends and my girl friend. Conversions as casual as check your mail is now coming out with an appended 'asap' to it. To my girl friend, 'I want you to call me ASAP'.

(Aditya Kaushaf giving orders to his secratary Ria with an A.S.A.P. in the movie 'Jab We Met')

I don't know why I am always in such a hurry!

A Prisoner of Birth

2008-12-09T22:26:00.002+05:30

Since the time I had been introduced to novel reading by Dan Brown’s ‘Deception Point’ I really wanted to share my novel experiences but I had very little to speak as I was very nascent to novel reading even now I am a novice when compared to those book beasts, with not more than ten books worth mentioning. So I again restrain myself from writing too much about it, but sooner I am going too throw a bomb shell on all those perverts that Sidney is nowhere any nearer to Dan.

For now I trammel myself to the undisputedly the best story teller of our time Jeffrey’s, ‘A Prisoner of Birth’. I always enjoyed his works not to mention that ‘Honor Among Thieves ‘ is an all rounder. He on himself being a lawyer and then a member of parliment has profound knowledge on both these subjects not to miss his experience with regards to prisons.

This particular novel doesn’t require too much of his political expertise which certainly made 'Sons of Fortune' a best seller, but has lot to do with the other two expertise. I feel a little enligtenned about the court room procedures in England and I even feel like I could appear as a barrister(lol) in an English court with the information in this novel .

The courtroom procedures are very perfectly pictured and the thrill of justice being failed to an innocent keeps us sticking to the book throughout. The neat plot of revenge by the hero for the injustice caused and revealing the universal truth of “Satyamaeva Jayathae” (Truth alone Triumphs) at the climax though is well expected still kept me trembling over the last few chapters.

Never to miss his style and his language(though I wonder whether I am even qualified a lil to comment about it) that is marvelous. I am sticking to the usages in the book now in my own conversations.

/-----Those who have not completed the novel better stay above this line-----/
Though there are a few discrepancies on how come two completely different men are misidentified for each other by people who are closely associated with them, why there is no stain of blood in the bar when Fuller arrived even if Craig could manage to change clothes, why none suspected Danny on the death of Nick etc etc. the novel still is sensible or atleast very interesting. Hats off to Jeffrey Archer ‘The Greatest Story Teller of our Time’.

Machines Teach Men :: Wall. E.

2008-12-06T14:00:00.001+05:30

There are a lot of movies based on the cynicism on scientific developments esp. many on AI. Nevertheless these movies are interesting. Though I am perfectly positive about any scientific development I am fan of such science fictions. These movies let people think outside the box. Infact the term robot is coined by a literary person, in 1921 the term "robot" was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek. The plot was simple: man makes robot then robot kills man!

Wall E. is one other similar movie but it's a completely animated movie in simple turns it is a cartoon. This gave the movie the freedom to visualize fiction well. The movie is based on the alarming increase in waste and growing pollution that makes our beautiful planet extinct. So humans resort to live in space.

The quest for a planet possible for life continues. Survey robots are sent to earth and other planets to find vegetation. One of the old model robots left on earth for cleaning up the waste in earth encounters one such survey robot. This old robot develops feelings for the survey robot.

The climax is that the two robots love each other and they get people back to earth and they release people out of their machinic numbness.

The feelings between the two robots is beautiful picturised. The movie also gives an insight into the future of the planet and shows us what our greedy developments ll do to our wonderful planet. Nevertheless the movie is very enjoyable.

LINKIN PARK our Religion

2008-12-02T18:04:00.000+05:30

"I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit, Tonight
Im breaking the habit.."

Previously I had written a post on Savage Garden. My co-Enrique fans where a lilttle troubled but anyway I could convince them by saying Savage Garden is just for a change, but for Linkin Park I couldn't pardon myself.

The thing that I missed it because it's more than just music or hobby or anything trivial like these. Linkin Park is more like a religion. Though music is in general said to reach the depths of a person, nothing else did reach this deep into us.

Linkin Park has saved me a lot of times from depressionss. It gave me the courage to encounter knaveries, discriminations etc etc.

"Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the fame
Puts ur name to shame
Cover up your face
The phase is to fast
You just won't last."
I would gain strength to fight believing someday I would sing this before them. Right on their face.

The most quaint feature of Linkin Park is, though a few songs have a theme, they are mostly generic, they suit most other similar emotions. It brings out all those awes in you. Many a time Linkin Park keeps people out of a feeling of solitude or hostility.

"In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I’m surprised it got so (far)
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore"

'Why are ppl so racist?'

2008-12-01T09:32:00.003+05:30

I recently came across this line in some one's ORKUT profile, "Why are ppl so racist?". I gave this question some thought.Then I asked myself 'Am I a racist?' I got an instant 'Yes'. Then I asked 'Why am I a racist?' Why???

This story dates back to 1980s when my aunt joined B.Sc Physics in a college. Then our family was so poor. My father had to take over the family burden at the age of 19 with an younger brother and 3 younger sisters as my grand pa died of cancer. Poor to the extent that he used to skip meals to save money for my aunt's college fees. My aunt was so good at studies that she scored good marks in spite of all these. But her request for her favorite Chemistry was denied because she is an FC, bloody quota system. My kins often used to remind me that we are doomed and have to put huge efforts to save our interests.

Now coming to TNPCEE 2005. My cousin a very serious CEG aspirant. She stood 2nd in her district (Villupuram) in TN_HSC 2004. But unfortunately she missed CEG then, so she waited for another year made hell a lot of preparation to achieve her dream. She is from a lower middle class family with the only source of income being her dad's salary from a petty job in railways. Her parents never passed through their secondary schools. She scored good in TNPCEE 2005 and got an overall 207th rank amongst the 70+K students who appeared for the exam from across the state.

No use. She still lost her dream, her place in the CSE dept of CEG. She can't afford to wait for another year so, she choose CSE in MIT(Madras Institute of Tech). If only she were a BC at least. She lost her dream by a meager 0.18 marks out of 300.

Though these people are my blood relations I still don't take it too personally. Then how did I turn out to be a racist?

Yes it happened to me. I appeared for TNPCEE 2005. I rarely slept for more than 5hrs a day through out my 12th standard. I would never say I worked hard but I worked with a passion, a passion to achieve. Achieve what? My robotic dreams. I honestly wanted to be a robotician and work in DRDO to put India's defense tech much forward then others. I aspired to study ECE in CEG.

I stood 150th among the above mentioned 70K+ sudents. I scored the best engg cut-off in my educational dist. I didn't say this to boast myself but to tell you that I proved best, provided the environment. May be If I were in Chennai, in some good school like DAV, may be, I would have brought my mom's IIT dreams true.

Then what happened in counselling? I were in the first day 1st batch of counselling. There were 160seats in the ECE dept of CEG (Now it is 200+). And more than half of those 149 before me opted for other options like IITs, NITs, Medicine or Aeronautics etc etc. So I would have got ECE if only there was no quota system or at least if it had been a little sensible. How could they just like that turn me down just because I was born a OC. My dad is not rich. He is just a Police HC and earns somewhere around 16-17K a month and my parents are not even graduates.

When a girl from a rich and well educated family ( both her parents are proffessors and her elder sister an Engg.) said that she got 194th place 44 places behind me and got ECE because she is a BC. How do you still expect me to acquiesce the first line of the pledge, "All Indians are my brothers and sisters". How could you expect me to believe all are equal. No way.

Why would I care to defend some country where my dreams are destroyed? where my people's interests suffer. I can't. I am no more a patriot. I m a racist. I wan to be a rich to serve the interests of my people. Yes I m a bloody brutal racist.

NISHA n The wet CAT

2008-11-29T23:11:00.000+05:30

If you are in Chennia you must have had a clear picture of the ramfications and blemish Nisha created here. Many parts of the city are under flood. The best (worst for many) part is exams are postponed (thank God ppl in my team ll stay here). Virtually the city is mostly passivated. Mass media started complaining on the corporation for their apathy.

Ok then, where is this CAT? What happened to it? Why is it wet?
Read more to find out the answers..

Certainly kitty is the cat. This cat now practically lives in the middle of a semi-flood in it's 2nd floor room. Don't panic the water is still at the ground level. Then how is there a flood at the 2nd floor?

Hmm.. I am living here in my college hostel. I guess the building I m in is as old as my college(CEG)..lol. The window frame is withered a little and when it rains heavily it leaks and puts my room in flood. This ruins my place which is in general a massive mess already.

I don't know what measures to take. The room has become so cold as a mortuary with me sleeping here as a corpse, unaware of the pathetic environment :-( I couldn't sweep of the water because it keeps flooding again and again. All I could do is to spread surf excel powder to control fungi(lol) or at least the horrible smell.

Thank heavens the rains seems to have seized and I ll have to clean up my room tomorrow. I don't know whether I m regreting or realising mom's words that I ll learn life in hostel.

P.S.: I thought of adding my room's photo here, but may be if you are weak hearted you may start sobbing at the piteous condition of a final yr student in the country's 8th best tech institute...lol.

Savaged in Savagegarden

2008-11-29T10:28:00.000+05:30

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply, do..

Hmmm..soooo pleasing to hear. I truly madly deeply love this album. I have this collection of songs "I want u","to the moon n back","Break me shake me","Tears of pearls" for a long time but I never cared to listen to them once.

Then one day was so bored of the other songs and felt like there must be something to compete with the then monopoly Enrique. So I thought of giving this a chance, 'oh my..' since then I m completely 'adddicted' I finally got something to replace 'Enrique' addiction.

It may be not be the case that u really want to say,
"I ll fly to the moon n back
If u ll be, ll be my baby'
but it feels great to recite these lines,isn't it?

Then comes this 'Tears of pearls' I simply couldn't control the temptation to dance (lol). Beautifully composed and perfectly enjoyable.

At first when I found most of Savagegarden's lyrics are copyrighted I was ridiculling what's so spl? but now I feel they are outcomes of some serious effort. The magic they have on me is very quaint.

Kitty n Daddy

2008-11-26T02:05:00.002+05:30

Why do these people have to take too much too sentimental movies on dad and daughter? I live practically in dreams. In fact that keeps me sufficiently away from my real world worries.

I have already dreamt too much on what I may be doing in my 20s. Hence, I ventured to look beyond that. I started dreaming of what if I had a cute daughter like 'Peyton' of 'Game Plan'. Hmm.. How would it feel like being a father? What expectations I ll have on my daughter? What privileges I give her? Should she be western, traditional or a bit of both? etc etc..

“This daughter of mine ll prove better than a 1000 sons” –Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of his daughter’s (Indhira Gandhi’s) birth said this when people kept complaining on not having a son.

Do you know something, I have even named her. Wanna know her name? hmm.. it certainly is my blogger ID. Yes it's Kitty, Kitty Keth. Sounds good isn't it? Once she takes over my business empire and once she becomes a respectable woman in the society she ll be called Ms.KK. LOL

I always told my mom n friends that life is either to achieve or to enjoy and it’s rarely both. I also told them that I don’t want to make someone else’s future mine and hence I ll never have children. But recently I developed this dad sentiment. I must curse my over demanding dream thirst. I should have found some better topic to dream about.

(A scene from the movie Kidnap)
P.S.: Nevertheless dreaming of being a father feels fantastic…lol.

Blogging Inspiration

2008-11-25T21:12:00.000+05:30

Hmm... I had long been interested in writing a blog. But I was too lazy and none around me had a blog. This created an opinion in me that only 'vetti' (idle) people write blogs. Nevertheless my desire to post a blog kept throbbing me.

Then one day I come across a profile in orkut. I being a business aspirant, I always work on what people like n what not? Profile reading is my favorite hobby (lol). The profile was not soo striking and it was very much like ‘just another profile’. I guess I was so vetti then, so I clicked the blog link.

I was just then introduced to reading. Dan & Jeffrey never let me down. I had nothing to read then so I started reading this blog. The blog was(and is) good of course. Though a few posts like “Soap Story”, “Study holiday yawn” etc were in general mokkais(boring) though, there were people even to read them and comment them even.

This inspired me to start my blog at once. In fact I always wanted to write something so that others can read it only hence I was once writing testimonials practically to anyone and everyone in my friend list. Now I have this blog. I don’t really know how many people really care to know what happened to me in SQC or Kuruk or in college or whatever but I still write hoping someday I will also have some people to follow my blog.

I don’t know how good and interesting my language is when compared to this inspirational blog but I still love what I write. After all it’s just a matter of practice.

Kitty n the CAT

2008-11-24T10:13:00.000+05:30

People who know me must also be knowing that I keep blabbering about MBA, business, money etc etc.. Hmmm.. and lot of successful people keep telling dream, dream n dream n dream. That definitely is not something difficult for a lazy guy like me and I keep dreaming all day.

Till the beginning of this year I was at least a little serious about CAT (Common Admission Test) for IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) if you are so out of the world and if you never heard of these, may be this would help..lol. Even the first month of this sem I was a bit serious.

Bloody laziness, things started getting so weary and I compromised myself saying ‘ha I would do MBA after 2 yrs of work experience’. I completely gave up the preparation and I didn’t even cared to get my study materials from IMS the institute I joined for CAT preparation paying Rs.18,500/-.

Finally this day Nov 16th ,2008 comes and I get up early in the morning (6.30) and take a bone chilling shower by 7.00 AM and get ready to go to my exam centre Vels College in Pallavaram. Thank heavens this guy Hariharasudan a sincere CAT aspirant and my friend already paid a visit to the centre last week so I never had a problem reaching the centre with him.

Suddenly there seemed to be some problem with his watch and I as a good friend.. lol told him that he needs a watch more importantly than me and I donated mine to him. I was having a very cool exam very much like I took IIT-JEE.(that’s another funny story worth a post ll tell you later).

Mom once had this IIT mania and now ‘T’ is replaced by ‘M’. Though she is just a 10th std she never compromises on anything second…lol. Though I don’t want to let her down for the second time I thought that I still have a lot of time for an MBA in IIM.

Coming to the exam I spent 2hrs in quantitative aptitude (PS) and Data Interpretation and the remaining 30mins in verbal reasoning and RC (lol). I am good at DI and not bad at PS but when it comes to English hmm.. the options in which I put too much thinking are sure to be wrong answers. Miserably the pattern was 25 PS, 25 DI and 4ttttyyyy VR/RC.

I tried and marked 14 questions in VR and then my instinct said I would be much more lucky than I m knowledgeable in this part. So I randomly marked the rest of the questions. And when I checked my score after the exam it turned out that I scored only 4 in the 14 questions I attempted (4 for correct answer n -1 for wrong one so 4/56) and in another 10 random marked questions I got 10/40 and I m not sure about the rest 16 random answers and this gives me a lot of hope as I have cleared the cut-offs in PS and DI I m praying that half ya ya half of those 16 to be right for my IIM dreams to come true.

P.S.: Pls pray for me….LLLOOLLLL

The SANDWICHED

2008-11-21T23:53:00.000+05:30

Once I was wondering ‘what am I doing in college?’ I kept regretting 'Am I not fit for anything else other than sleeping (both classroom n my room)'. Then in the 3rd yr I got something that struck me. The Students Quality Club (SQC).But unfortunately when I went there on july'07 I was turned down saying they have closed volunteer intakes. I was almost crestfallen.

Then after repeated trying I got into the club after two months, my first days of fruitful college life. I joined NSS unit VIIIand I was directly made the treasury. May be people believe I m trust worthy (hey hold it right there.. I m really trust worthy). Had an entire week of fantastic camp coordinating work esp. my documentation team which documented the entire camp events and I bet that is the best ever made NSS camp report.

Then comes KURUKSHETRA'08 I got in my favorite event Dalal Bull as an Event Manager after immense efforts and numerous turning downs. You know something, I was the only one to control the entire market, lol. My stock market interest put me there. Then comes QQuest'09. Hope I have already told enough of quiz team. I always wondered why be second always?

I dreamt of being an Event Coordinator (One who is in charge of the entire proceedings of an Event). I had a lot of plans to make the event great If suppose I were made the Event Co-od. But it turned out to be that I was the only one left out among my peers to be not recommended by my senior. Hope you could figure out how letting down it would have been.

But then like this favorite dialogue of mine from Jab_we_Met "One who desires for something truly from his heart, would get it for sure" I got it. I just tried sending a mail with my ideas for the events team and anyone who read the mail wouldn't have had second thoughts. Even then there was little hope. I just consoled myself saying that I have better work to do. Then this day comes. I just got a call from the events team saying that I can start working on the event. I don't have to tell you how it felt. Now, I am working on the event. For now there are 6 3rd yr CSE students working in the software team of Dalal Bull and 40+ students both second and 3rd yrs are working in the Market Analysis team, headedby my good friend Swathi of 4th yr ECE.

Continuing with SQC, this year office bearers have formed committees for various dimensions of the club like HR, logistics, marketing etc. I had worked so hard in the quiz team and loved that work and it happened that I started developing passion for TQM. So I wished to be in the quality committee but the people in charge felt I would better be heading the marketing committee. As I have already said I was bored of being the second, so I choose to be the committee head.

Then on the day of responsibility handover I was shocked to know that I am just an executive and another guy heads the committee possibly because he is been in the club for an year more than me. I wouldn't have asked for a top position but they told me I m the best fit for the purpose and then they let me down.

Now comes QQuest'09. I was called to the club after long. I am asked to head the marketing team for QQuest'09. I don't really know whether I have any more annoying surprises. Anyways I hope for the best. I am going to be assigned my team tomorrow. I have to address them and form an action plan to bring in more people, precisely to take out QQuest to more and more people.

The online Event of Dalal Bull is scheduled to start this Dec 20th, onsite event Jan 21st and QQuest is scheduled feb'09. I am perfectly sandwiched between these responsibilities. Anyway I am enjoying this pressure and pain may be I am getting masochistic, lol.

Let us see how worthy I am. Fingers crossed.

QQuest'09

QQuest++

2008-11-16T17:29:00.000+05:30

As I have already told you in my previous post about QQuest'08 that I am so engaged with the quiz team that I rarely had a chance to look into what else is happenning. Here I am writing about what else happenned related to QQuest'08 in my knowledge.

Chenba akka was the design team head is one of the bright colors of the notorious IT rainbow(2004-08 batch). She is truly a great kind of person to be with. She is optimally humorous, enormously helping and cutely childish(at times), totally a trancing personality. One of the very few memorable seniors I had. Ha..I missed something.. her patience. I tortured her too much asking for her c# project..lol. She politely beared it, always with a smile.

The design team is responsible for the qquest site and is involved in other generic designning activities. They esp. akka designed the tags for volunteers. She misspelt my name as 'shankeit'. That was my first tag as a team leader. I am keeping it safe with me. Every time I see it I am remembered of chenba akka with a smile. No probs ka.. just nostalgia.

One of the days during Qquest I guess the 2nd day.. We (myself Bhavana and 2 others I don remember) were preparing seriously for quiz in the front office system. A participant from TVS I guess, came into the office and looked at the 5S board. And looking at the pathetic condition of the office, asked us, "Is this what you call 5S?" I don't know why the 1st 2Ss are colored pale. Then he himself commented "Are only the pale Ss implemented?" We couldn't do anything other than having an embarrassed smile.

The QQuest quiz conducted by proffessional quiz master for managers is called Q Factor. I had to organise the event and then as the event started I am one of the audience. The work I put in for the quiz team helped. I was able to answer more than half of the questions posted. Felt pride in me..lol. And do you know something, I am the dept topper in TQM this semester, with 48 on 50. Thanks to the quiz team.

Finally I asked for Jegan anna's tag (the president tag) as a souvenir. He rejected saying he is keeping all his qquest tags safe with him. hmm.. I don't know whether he forgot or he didn't care but the tag is still in one of the shelves inside the club.

QQuest'09

What's Love?

2008-11-15T21:37:00.000+05:30

Looks like no one is reading my blog. So I m taking this for granted to put my private life here. Hmmm.. I am writing this post on the eve of a biggest distress in the last few months, may be yrs. I wanted to tell all this to someone but none is ready to hear me. I am writing it here in the hope of someday someone ll read this.

Love the most mysterious of things about human psychology. But it's true that it's nothing more than some kind of an addiction like drugs, narcotics. You get into something keep using something start enjoying the metabolism i.e. the chemistry that thing creates in you and you start feeling like you can't just live without it. Love is nothing more than this, nothing more sacred or worse.

It's been hypothetically proved with experiments on animals and few indirect experiments on humans that certain hormones might be the reason for love. After all everything is chemistry right. What makes you sweat when you are frightened adrenaline? What turns a kid into a man testosterone? Simply everything that are not directly controlled by ones conscious is controlled by this chemistry, certainly if one could master his brain he can for sure control all this but I am speaking about common man.

Love is said to be a chemical reaction caused by a hormone called oxytocin. The feeling of intense closeness after orgasm is attributed to this hormone. The oxytocin levels in blood before and after orgasm are measured and there seems to be some increase in this hormone content in blood. Similarly experiments have also been conducted in certain other situations and many results proved positive on oxytocin being the culprit.

Like drug de-addiction love is definitely curable provided you give it sometime. I could definitely understand that it hurts but be clear in something that love is not something divine. All emotions are created by God. Even opium is a God's creation and our body's reaction to it is certainly a mechanism created by him but that doesn't mean it is divine.

Like social/occasional drinking you can enjoy love sometimes in fact it's essential, after all we as humans have to feel and embrace all sorts of emotions like love sometime in our life, but see to that that you don't fall prey to it. Love is just a part of life and life has a lot of things. May be love is one of the colors in a rainbow but that doesn't constitute the entire spectrum. Don't get fooled by some stupid movies. What ever be it give it sometime you still have got a lot of time to live on this planet. You don't have to ruin it for this silly simple thing.

Then why am I depressed? There for sure is a valid reason. If she has turned me down no problem. I ll wait. I would have tried harder to prove my love for her. I would have made her understand that I am the best guy for her. But she loved someone whom I introduced her. Anyway I pray for his handsomeness. 'Let him remain as smart and handsome as he is now forever so that she stays with him forever'.

Finally a piece of advice, “you do your duty fortune, fame and figures will come to you based on your diligence in your duties”. Good Luck!!!

"My Sassy Girl" - Learn Love

2008-10-31T09:13:00.000+05:30

Love.. has been one of the very pleasant mysteries since time immemorial. Scientist recently have managed to give at least a vague explanation blaming the hormones and giving weird names Oxytocin, Vasopressin and testosterone blah blah blah.. Nevertheless the true feeling of love the feeling of indispensable togetherness, the very thought of the lover’s welfare without any worldly expectations still remains a mystery.

This movie “My Sassy Girl” is a Korean movie on love. When in India where people call themselves most civilized and cultured take love for granted in movies and put unacceptable things in the name of love this movie is very decent and I could sense zero lust anywhere in the movie.

When the girl says true love is not about living happily with someone but letting the lover live happily, the exact words “Your girlfriend changed her mind, right?. Did you really love her.? Ask yourself. I think you didn’t. If you really love her, you should let her go, If not then it’s not love.” It not just breaks down the desperate soldier who lost his girlfriend to someone else in tears, but also touches our hearts. I don’t know how touching the lines are here, but in the movie they are.

The claim by the girl’s parents that the guy is an idiot and has no plans for his future does sound pragmatic. But the life without the one whom you loved truly, is it worth all the sumptuous living with someone rich or well to do. I really don’t know I never felt true love, between money is my career. Nevertheless this question of the existence of true love keeps hitting me every now and then.

knowing a guy as his lover's fiance the hero instead of showing his annoyance politely advises him on how to deal with the girl. When the girl runs for him hearing about this incident ah! I don't know how to put that in words.

The climax of the movie thank heavens is not tragic as in tamil movies. The climax of the movie is the best part of the movie. The logic that true love triumphs though fictitious (“building a bridge of chance for someone you love”) it’s better left unexplored. As the pop saying “Ignorance is bliss” some things are better left unknown, after all life is all about emotions and feelings.

Dazzling Diwali Oct'08

2008-10-30T08:06:00.000+05:30

After a month I was back home. Rainy dull chill climate. I came here 4 days before diwali. We don't use to have non-veg on fridays and saturdays sooo sad :-( . I m a non-veg freak that to when it comes to mom's dishes ah! I go crazy.

Then comes this sunday. I woke up directly for lunch. As soon as I got up wow! spicy smell of mom preparing something. Infact I was woken up by the fragrance. I was wondering whether it's chicken or fish because mutton was reserved for the next day. I couldn't differentiate from the smell. To my pleasant surprise it's both chicken and fish. Should you ask me how the lunch was.

Sunday night the day before Diwali. Actually I were a little busy with a software I were developing for a doctor. So lost interest in crackers. But when dad is back home, how can I still maintain I don't mind crackers. We reserved crackers we bought for the next day. Had two big gift boxes, burnt them down completely in an hour. It was great fun. Soooo colorful though felt sorry for the air & noise pollution caused by us.

The big day. Diwali!. AS I were working till 3am I got up only by 6.00am. After dad's oil massage had a sound bath. Usually we would be the alarm clock on Diwali days the day ll start with a 5000wala or at least a 1000wala lit around 4am but this year only 600wala that to after six.

Anyways that is not a inhibiting factor. Dad said it's not goat as usual but sheep. I said never mind. I had 10+ idlies and 2 more dosas. Man after all it's one in a month meal for someone staying far away from home.

Then I went to Vallab's home. His roof top is our launch pad, lab etc etc. We used to do our acetylene experiments, explosive experiments and projectile range calculations etc etc there. We had an entire pack of double shots, our personal favorite for projectile experiments. The sad thing is even after 50 double shots we failed to tamper the neighbor’s syntax plastic tank. Then comes the 20 rockets not as funny as double shots . We use double shots as shot gun shells load it into a pipe and fire like 19th century canons.

Then in the afternoon Thala's movie Aegan. Definitely worth the 100 rupees at least for Nayan..lol. Well before the climax I was reminded of the lunch I missed due to over eaten breakfast. As soon as the movie got over I returned home after dropping Vallab & Deepak in their homes. Yup triples in my Yamaha Lebero.

After lunch at 5.30 pm long wait for dad to come till 7.30pm. Then starts the ultimate fun my sister Abhi's friend Dennis joined us. We altogether burned 2.5k worth toys. So very colorful the 12shot is the highlight, continously 12 shots kept firing to the sky one by one creating a colorful circular carpet in the air.. oh neck acke kept watching the sky.

Then gotta go to bed I have to take the bus scheduled at 4.45am next morning, back to my dirty room in our quaint hostel.

QQuest Quizes Feb 08

2008-10-24T18:43:00.000+05:30

Quality Quest the National level Quality Symposium, conducted by AU-TVS Students Quality Club aims at meliorating quality awareness among industries and students through various quality related events.
As I said in my previous post I am very fortunate to be part of the quiz team'08 of SQC. We conducted a Biz quiz for CEG and 3 other quizes in QQuest.
BIZ+Quality for college students.
Qualit Quizes for FLMs and Operators.

k k enough informative stuff.

It was a tough month myself and Bhavana among 3rd yrs and six others Dinesh, Bhagya, Sabarish, Preethi, Yuvaraj & Aarthy were in the team. There were a few others who left the team due to weary workload. Most of us spent sleepless nights. 2nd yrs prepared questions and I had to review them, the toughest of all. There were reliable sources with inconsistent data like both Tata Power & Reliance power claiming they were they the largest private power firms. Many such things in quality subjects. But the nevertheless it was fun. I used to get calls after midnight and i the early mornings as early as 3am, though annoying I was pleased by the commitment our team ppl had.
I must admit that I almost fell for all the skills(that made her the exec vice-president of SQC 2008-09) Bhavana possed in getting things done. I as a token of my admiration for her asked for her Event Manager Tag ( Every 3rd yr had one during QQuest) and she with a sweet smile gave it after a week, one of my valuable possessions.
I ll never forget the tough look Bhavana gave me when I was controlling the slides and I messed it up once nevertheless she is witty and handled the situation, she really is a good quiz master.
After every quiz we would report it to Kuzhalee akka, she would listen quitely except to point out my excessive excitement in telling her what happened.
The embarrassing moment when I slipped off in the stage's steps when I conducted the FLM quiz now brings a nostalgic smile on me.
QQuest'09

It was my life's best enjoying+learning experience. I will always be grateful to Kanimozhi akka (then exec vice president of SQC) for being an important part in taking me in to SQC.

Miss those days badly..

With Nostalgia,
Keth

PS: Will never in my life talk in a meeting again kani ka.

Kuzhal The Bullet

2008-10-23T18:44:00.000+05:30

I wish my first post is interesting so I start with the description of an interesting person. We have this Students Quality Club in our college. I was determined to be part of this prestigious club. After 2months of repeated shots I hit it and joined the club as a volunteer in Aug 08. Right from then I am very passionte to work there as everyone else there, after all it's a place only for the right people with the right commitment, commitment to the statement "Your dreams our Commitment".
Ya I understand I never told u the name of the person yet. It's none other than Elavaarrkuzhalee akka.
Bruce Lee
Jet Lee
Bret Lee
kuzha Lee
as described by Karthick.
Initially I were more with Jegan anna and Kani akka. Only a couple of months before QQuest(will write a post on it later) I got in good touch with her. She was soo soft for her position I thought I never heard nor opined that she is soo strict and is fearfully called as BULLET( I wonder whether it's the horror or her height..lol) till the next week of QQuest.
The first task she gave me was to prepare a case study for FLMs for QQuest. I was assigned the task in the morning and I came up with an acceptable piece that evening she is pleased(I guess) may be if I delayed it for a couple of days I would have got hit by bullet.
Then as a fortunate accident I got into the quiz team(see in QQuest post) with Bhavana. And fortuantely Kuzhalee aka was incharge of the team's work. Every now and then we had to update our status to her. She used to give a perfect evaluiation of our work but never hurt us even to the slightest possible degree.

I would never forget how badly I was annoyed when she said she was getting married the 30th of that month(Feb) and I idiotically asked her why so early.
She deserves to be the Boss( definitely paera kaetalae athirum)anywhere she is.
We miss u ka.

(Kuzallee Akka & Manonmani Akka Discussing Q Factor prelims)

With Lots of Love,

keth

PS: I dedicate this post to Kuzhalee akka's slam book, in which I never wrote.