If- part 1

This blog post is basically a tribute to all Indians !!

If I were a Motor-bike rider in India, I would

Have to watch out for Autos and Share-Autos that apply breaks abruptly.

Have to look-out for drunk men walking around like they own the place.

Get hit from behind by every vehicle, since no one knows to apply breaks properly.

Get irritated by driving behind the so called family cars that completely occupy the entire road such that the entire traffic has no choice but to hope for the car to  speed up.

Get caught by traffic- police whose sole aim is to deprive you off hundred rupees whether it was zig-zag driving or dangerous turn or helmet-on- your- lap-not- head.

Watch pedestrians run across the roads only when the signal for the vehicles turns to green.

Help cyclists to use me for balance since they either do not want to break ;est they have to pump in more effort or whip past you making you and and everyone behind apply the break since such issues are beyond them.

Watch myself fume in anger when I get stopped at every signal that is being installed for every hundred meters.

Look out for the tires of my bike since anyone and everyone digs up the roads and lets them rot.

Try overtake a bus only to find someone spitting on me.

Get mobbed my beggars at major traffic junctions. Being generous that we Indians are generally, we tend to give something to the poor child only to realize there is a whole group under-ground running them which also shuffles them so that no beggar is seen at the same junction twice.

Frequently change the lanes without warning and pushing the vehicles already on that lane to one side ensuring we reach the destination quicker whether or not someone else did not reach his due to our fault.

Make sure the Ambulance never gets a free lane and if by chance people give way for the ambulance, then planning strategically to follow the ambulance in its path since we know that people sooner or latter would give, at least few inches for the ambulance to move on.

And finally, last but not the least  jump signals. I mean who cares for it anyway. Is this the U.S of A where the police monitor our vehicle movement.

18-21 part one – The G factor

well  about G . I don’t know if i can even speak and cover  his qualities in a single attempt but as every author attempts i shall try and do something about it .

Here is my attempt on an honest evaluation of the G factor in my life .

Met him on one busy afternoon just before my first semester Physics practicals- he reading i supremely confident – Physics was my forte- He was studying nervously – Little was i to know i woudl observe the same pattern throughout my college life .

Always  whenever in future we tried to study together it never worked out. However hard i tried , I  could never explain any topics nor help him get some more marks in Communication subjects.  I am starting off with regrets so that this post can have a happy ending [:P]

I was to again meet him;this time Chemistry practicals and i was in this batch with him , WATERBOTTTLE and another girl . Man we had amazing fun ; joking around  discussing formulae and finally I think all of us screwed up the final observation but we somehow managed to do our experiment by pooling our knowledge- example for TEAMWORK i would say if  asked in Job interview.

All said and done -second semester happened . Once i ended up not having Circuit Analysis Question Bank because i had absented myself for some reason – He is a pest when it comes to missing classes – Always comes to college and it required great deal of coaxing rather the lack of it when during final year he did bunk on his own . I called him up asked his address -pretty near – I told him I ll study with him. If he was shocked or irritated by my request he didn’t show it  . He invited me over –  We tried working out some Norton and Thevenin stuff but i guess both of us weren’t that strong in it. So anyway it was about eight and i felt we were slowly getting better but he wanted to get rid off me  [:P] True right?? I understood and left soon . He gave me a reason- My mom wont allow friends to stay in house more than eight da . As the future would show i had gone to the extents of doing night stays and night outs with him and thats that !!

Circuit analysis- I don’t even know if i did that paper good thinking back now but I realise he didn’t cause when the next internals came – he didn’t want me at all. It was then i unearthed another gem of a guy -JC – who would then go on to become a great friend and my lab partner throughout my college life.. But more on him later.

Third semester was over . I had a friend when i entered this E.C.E classroom – C- but then he was the only friend I had for like one year( 2 semesters) and when he suddenly preferred others over me – I felt let down. Also i had a big fight over my then best girl-pal and was seriously in a really bad state of affairs. All my life I have always had the pick of friends – the kind everyone wants but rarely get- and now i had no one – nowhere to go – R wasn’t so close as he later went on to become – and i needed some pillar or more than one pillar to support me – i found two – JC and G .

Both G and me are not losers in anyway.But at that point of life – maybe we felt like we were one – maybe we felt we needed one true friend to hang on and re-construct everything. One pillar that would be honest to another- support in need- and just back each other so that one is never alone .

I think we realised that we could be those pillars – combined we wont fall or lose-and no question of separation- as they say in marriages- this was a ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ .

We were perfect complements in everything- height-weight-attitude-composure-i spoke for him cause he would be so silent- yet his silence so meaningful- he is there always – thats  why S coined him the term- ‘Scarecrow ‘.

We never managed to study together properly. But I thinking becoming each other friend was probably lookingback a life changing decision. Ever since fourth semester ended- my whole life turned around.  I never roamed out more- I never enjoyed more – I never eaten more- I never made great friends more than these last two years – and as the architect of the revolution – in helping me get my old swagger back i need to thank him.

JC invited us to join with him in his in-plant training at A.I.R and man- what a blast it turned out to be . Me and G had nice fun trying to understand concepts beyond our understanding- but what really interested us where those huge transmitters. For me – life at A.I.R  was so peaceful considering the turbulent nature of my life that I felt drawn out to those peaceful surroundings. We daily travelled by his bike.

We had nice company there and totally it was worth it. Though Jc and Ln where placed in another batch and could meet us only for breaks- it was totally worth it. Ln broke G s helmet holder and i remember G coming to me and saying- ‘I hate him. He broke it’ [:P]. To be fair though Ln did immediately pay up for buyign a new holder- but even now the broken remains of the helmet holder still remian on his bike. probably he is too lazy to change probably he doesn’t want to . Memories last forever and surely those broken remains are good memories.

Well lots happened over next two years- the BSNL adventure- New Year Treat- WARFT-Symposiums-Sep30 Plan- Break up- First love-End of colleg and farewell to all .

Me and G are and were heavily ivolved in these issues and so i shall explain more on these topics soon.

I shall introduce slowly everyone who has been influential for  making me who I am.

Finally I would like to state that I dont find it cheesy to write topics with emotional content- Yes you may not like it – So you are welcome to try out other blogs like http://koolkabali.wordpress.com/

just kidding

adios

my life

I have completed my under-graduation and hopefully the results of my final semester examinations don’t prove otherwise. College life has shown me that your life starts to get messy the day you graduate from school. In college I found myself stuck with people i like, people i hate,people who were friendly and also people who looked for trouble. As i move past these people, I want to publish an honest account of my life from 18 to 21 . This is an insight into my life ,my thoughts and my love .

the bus mistake

Readers can take this as a continuation of ‘ the realisation’ so do check that first before coming to this post .

I guess this is once again a continuation of an incident in my life i want to clarify to all

especially you charan.

We undertook an Industrial visit to ISRO,Bangalore. Like all engineering students do, this trip was just an excuse to freak out with friends for four days . Those of you who read ‘realisation’ will know i was starting to realise importance of being with your friends than to be with people you think are cool so that you think you can enjoy more . I decided this time that whether cool or not i should stick by my friends whether they are cool to be with or not . In that scenario came an obstacle on the third day . Hindsight is painful cause it shows exactly how simple things could have been easily rectified . First mistake was to use three buses to transport . I have no doubts that my Class Representatives wanted everyone to have a comfortable journey but it also meant people will have to split up between two buses and sit instead of all people of one class sitiing together . Then there was this confusion when one bus wanted to go back to Bangalore than stay in mysore . One bus wanted to visit more places in Mysore. I was in the third . This bus was full of all the toppers of my class , with no disrespect to them , people who tend to avoid conflicts . They were happy with what ever was done . But admirably they stood up this time and for the right cause . They stood up and said that the plan was to visit Mysore  and so that should be done so that others who want to visit it get an oppotunity to enjoy it . Obviously this led to conflict of interest with our own classmates in the  other bus that wanted to go back . But they stood up and i was so proud of them . All the girls of our class who had till then been in our bus joined the other Bangalore going one and this hurt the feelings of everyone in our bus . But I guess we all realised ‘Hey whats use with girls ?? We can enjoy more without people who desert us in need’ . The other bus had music , movies and girls (he he ) . Did that mean they enjoyed it more ??

NO

That is where the story changes . Everyone knows that in the other bus , they had couple dances , they had birthday celebrations and yes everything all of you readers might also feel that ya those people had fun .

But for me , what happened in my bus was touching and made me realise there is so much more to life than being with people making din . I made a lot of friends real friends just by sticking with them than break away like others. May be one day everyone wil accept that our bus was much better than just simply dancing and celebrating..

Everytime i get questions as to how my  industrial visit was  my mind goes back to this bus trip , the fight that happened and the bonding we shared in being together completely . Believe me that is so difficult in our class since everyone rarely moves out of their group but that day was a rare one and i guess i will cherish it .

Trust me i had more fun being in that so called boring bus since none of you still know what all we did . All of you out there just listen do not leave your friends just cause your peers dont find them cool . You will end up enjoying more with them .

cheers

realisation

a hi to all my readers who hopefully might have been visiting  the site for a new blog .

This one has been long time coming . Its straight from my heart and it is kinda controversial since it deals with one of my real life incidents. I am not a very cool type . I cant handle a gang of friends like situation unless i like everyone there. otherwise i find it hard to talk something cause i am always afraid i will goof up my image. I had a horrid time in fourth semester when it seemed i had no friends at all. A couple of guys in class put up with me during that time and this article is dedicated to them .

I  have friends but well they are same as me . not cool ones that people like but

they are guys i can easily  talk to or be with for ever . when we had  this industrial visit in fifth semester , I  was going through a peak period at that time making a lot of new friends , i deserted these guys for being in company with the cooler ones. My friends were not of dancing in bus type or yelling names type and i guess i left them to be with people who will do all the above things. The thing is it did not end with the industrial visit. i continued to ignore my true friends in order to say in touch and please the so cool people . i had forgotten the pillars that stood by me when all was lost. I knew i was hurting them . I knew what i was doing though not back-stabbing certainly provided them with almost same amount of pain . Yet i did it .

When the sixth semester happened , this time we had industrial visit to bangalore for four days

and as for me , i had got even more new friends widened my circle but i realised soemthing was amiss.

Ya those dudes may be cool but there was no warmth . I missed that warmth. I realised that i may never have what it takes to be cool or be associated with a huge gang and have fun but i cant lose out people who mean  a lot to me .

People whom i can trust and people whom i care about and i know they will do the same for me .

I  deserted guys who wrote my notes when my hand was hurt ,

helped me do whatever work i did not finish  due to my laziness and always responded to my cries for help .

Well i did go back and appologise to them . I am so bad as to say sorry through a blog but this is just to tell myself that i have come back realising what a big fool i was.if you ever read this , i just want to say sorry from my heart . Thanks a lot for being there with me.

You guys are friends others dream to have . Keep rocking always .

This post is especially to you JC .

CTS-NIKI

i am fresh from finishing my placement procedures . i attended the CTS campus recruitment programme on JUNE THIRD ,2008.

I thought i could share with you all my experiences about the placement .

The first round was an aptitude round . This was divided into three sections

a) Quants

b)Verbal

c)Logical Reasoning

Quants :

this was the toughest portion of the paper . It had twenty five questions to be completed in 30 minutes .

It is not easy to complete  all the sums and hence make sure you stay focused and try to finish as many as possible . there were no negative markings in our paper however I cannot gurantee all C.T.S papers will be of same type .Hence i just solved as many as i could and marked the rest in random manner.

Verbal :

this can easily make or break your dreams .

If you are someone who is strong in English atleast  grammatically can use this exercise to score over their rivals .

It has 10 question on finding out the correct and incorrect sentences  from the given options .The remaining 15 questions are to answered as a reading comprehension exercise. Make sure you practice reading large paragraphs fast in order to solve these questions easily .

Logical Reasoning :

This section had 20 questions to be solved in as many minutes .

It mainly had ’Odd Man out’ questions using a variety of figures .  it also had 5 questions based on reasoning which can be done well if you think with common sense . On the whole the test was pretty much only if you have already prepared quite a bit for your aptitudes.

575 students from my college wrote the Aptitude Examination and 320 got through to the next round.I was one of them. All of us were then asked to attend interviews. I was thee first to be interviewed and it turned out to be for the better. My interviewer was very decent and genuine person . It was very easy to talk with him and hence i got through all tough sections of an interview easily . I was able to answer the questions on my area of interest and this settled the deal. I came out knowing I woudl most probably end up with the job.

I then heard from others  that they were questioned about current affairs and their views on contentious topics . Remember to always stay neutral in case the topic has lot of moral grey areas .Also some of the HR’s asked questions other than the area of interest that was mentioned in order to test the student’s overall ability.

Overall,I would like to say more than your technical knowledge or your aggregate , it is the confidence with which you handle the interview that makes CTS select you .When attending any interview for that matter always stay confident that you will crack the test .

CTS selected 202 students from my college and ended the day in a cake cutting ceremony.

So in the end, did i get the job?? Well that’s another story to blog about

LOVE and BEYOND

Whenever a guy starts talking to people on this issue ,it is wrong to assume –

a) He has had his love crushed .
b) He has a beard to indicate the above point.
(P.S—he is just plain lazy)
c) His views will definitely be a chauvinistic one .

A nerd could say ‘Relationships are like a chemical experiment involving all the dangerous acids and the resulting product after such a tough experiment will disappear over time .’

Relationships in general need to be nurtured carefully.Sometimes , very small things change the way ,the other person ; looks at you. It may be something as simple as requiring you to put on your pants and go out to help or a call to solve their problem. The amount of interest and help you show towards them is important .
Never think –‘It is the thought that counts’ cause
‘Actions speak louder than words.’
All words and no action is going to affect your relationship adversely. It could be as much as getting vegetables for your mother ,getting a chocolate for your sister or a kiss with your lover .Remember not to be lazy in showing your care. If you actually don’t care and try to do something just to grab their attention ,watch out then cause in order to keep showing the level of commitment needed in maintaining any relationship a great deal of love and care is needed to drive you to keep the relationship intact.

All of us have very short concentration and interest span . Try thinking of having to talk and work with the same person forever through thick and thin ,it is definitely not going to be easy.The only way to maintain relationships is to commit yourself totally to it and try to extract maximum joy out of that relationship. As a child, we would have fought with our mother for some toy or chocolate that was eventually refused and we would have ended up making a big fuss and treating our parents badly. If your mother does not love you or she hates having the bond with you , once you start causing problems , she can dump you and go off. Try to understand her love and affection when even though you are putting tantrums, she explains to you the reason of denying you something you want and also sits with you till you get better . This holds good whether the person is your mother /father , sister/brother or your fiancé.

Any decision taken in haste may cause trouble . Honesty , trust, love are requisites to maintain proper relationship. If we commit ourselves and then realize that we took a wrong decision ,try to talk out the problem with the person concerned rather than avoiding communicating with that person .If the situation deteriorates and no solution can be found other than breaking up, do that properly and move on. People can observe from their own experiences that it is very difficult to give up on what you love just because it is not working out well, however it is something that has to be done. During this transition from childhood to adulthood, we have moved on ,in a wide variety of issues. When we were fighting for a chocolate as kids, we are now fighting for top ups to our mobile phone. The same way you have to move on from certain relationships though it is very hard to do it. In the end , we will end up with the person with whom we can derive the maximum out of a relationship . Till then keep trying.

MNM — rUleZ

First the facts that are required.  On 19th March, 2008 the ECE Dept of MNM Jain college located somewhere on the Old Mahabalipuram Road ,attracted us students to bunk our usual boring college class and have some fun instead. I guess fun is what we got since, much to our amusement, we found that majority of the competitions were rigged.

It got more funnier, when the organisers of one event told the participants that they would get prizes but the cash prize would be taken up by them, in exchange for getting the winning certificate.

This concept of favouring  our friends in symposiums has been occuring for a long period of time . No  college is free from leaks regarding format of event, the answers to important questions or even rigging the results of preliminaries  in  order to ensure our friends get through but i guess ,even cheating when kept at a small rate can be forgiven . The experience we obtained from this college in particular, where participants not selected for finals were called , names deleted and others names added  and so on . Having been a part of the group that conducted  a symposium , i can understand it is difficult to contain yourself from being tempted onto forcing your friends , however you just need to grow up to do it. Just have to be sensible and do our job .

I hope in future the concerned college better get  its act together or else it is going down the dumps.

SEQUEL

 As a part of the  trilogy on life ,love , commitments this latest blog deals with the destruction of earth . Yes YES YYEESS  that ’s right . The destruction of earth thanks to the species homo sapiens whose greed, selfishness and love etc puts shame to earth so much so that even God (if he has control over us) will put earth on a collision path to the sun. I guess that being all this is like an integral part of feeling normal for human beings. Everywhere we ned to pull people down to rise up. Indians have just been named the worst in team co-operation among the intellectuals on whom the research was carried out. We need to br sexually liberating, give our children more freedom when it comes to career options and acknowledge their mental growth. For those of you who have read till now and wondering why what happend to the destruction of earth i was talking about spoiler alert –next blog is on them . i changed my mind in between . I mean i cant screw up the limited viewership i have by talking about global warming and people s selfishness. so here goes — what is wrong for a guy and girl to sit together or go out together or even talk about love or sex. The only thing that will happen is people will stop[  viewing the members of the opposite sex as a ‘thing’ and actually start having a good number of friends among them too.  Secondly , what is wrong in being a movie director or a  football player or  air traffic controller . Give your children ample space with their options and then you will find all their selfishness will disappear  as there are so many options that you dont necessarily need to pull down other people. I am not asking people to lose their competitve spirit rather not to spoil other’s career . The tird one is what every child dreams of . Being acknowledged  by your parents and friends as a man who can take care of him or herself mans a lot to every individual . That is when the individual attains complete satisfaction in his life cause  whether you have a lover or not , when you are termed as independently capable nothing more is necessary to fill in your life except that of maintaining the respect others have in you. so people forget love commitments , if people do not acknowledge you for what you are , try making them to acknowledge you. that should be the single greatest challenge of your life and not running behind guys/girls .
adios

love and commitment

well well well well well well well well , thats enough well’s for one line i should say — here we go again–love and commitment . man people are so into getting a lover thingy yet most of them sadly fail . The best ones are the apples  that are unplucked
— direct quote from ‘me’
So ,understand if a guy or girl is not commited that means he or she can take care of themselves on their own both emotionally and spiritually. It indicates that they are not lame . Just look around you– those  people who are  ocmmited are mostly people who are quiet , dont mingle properly with members of the opposite sex. People like these get lovers never a person who is very jovial to everyone and having a lot of friends he actually can trust . I mean what is the use of calling her everyday , doing top ups and recharges , messaging every time either of you are free when  there is every chance that he/she can just drop you off for a lot of reasons ranging from your best friend is great to parents are important. Come on who are you kididng. I do agree there are lot of people who are great pairs together however just cause you have a girlfriend/boyfriend — life does nto become a bed of roses . instead you also get thorns on the roses too. We need to be prepared to face them bravely. If you are not brave then i suggest dont love and dont commit. Waste of TIME,ENERGY AND MONEY  not necessarily in that order.
btw –’ People ar elike monsoon– they come pour on you and go away ‘
— again ya its me

adios