as I see it

It happened today that while browsing through different TV Channels I landed up on Star Cricket that was showing highlights of the age old ICC Knockout Semi-Finals between India and South Africa (2000/01). Ah! Few minutes into the match and a rhapsodic feeling from with said 'Yeh hai Asli Cricket'. Suddenly a boring, hot and sunny Sunday afternoon became as lively as ever. A walk down the memory lane of how we were so crazy about Cricket, collecting Center Fresh cricket trump cards, maintaining a diary with names of cricketers in alphabetical order to help us fare better in the Cricket Antakshri in breaks in between classes (I remember A se Andrew Hudson). Brilliance!
It was the fag end of the Indian Innings when I started watching and a 20 something year old boy next door resembling Yuvraj Singh was smashing the ball all around the park. Utter innocence on his face, boy it was some sight watching him smash the Great Great Allan Donald who in that match gave 34 runs in his spell of 10 overs that too with 12 off the 3 boundaries that Yuvraj hit in his last over. Allan Donald, the speed machine of his time, it took me hours to imitate his bowling style, especially the jump before he released the ball, turned half a kilometer away from the stumps while in the air :)
On the crease with our Number 12 Yuvraj Singh was one of the greatest (of course after Sachin Tendulkar), our Dada who scored 141 runs off 142 balls in this match. With thin, natural, unstyled moustache Dada seemed in great touch. Later in the match, while India was balling, I even saw Lumble sporting similar moustache. Chehre pe massomiyat jhalakti thi
Then it was that one delivery when Yuvraj tried to clear the park off Kallis and ended up being caught by another Great Legend, Jonty Rhodes. A player jiske haath mein ball khud aakar gir jati hai, the man who never missed stumps! Asli Cricket?
Guess what happened when Yuvi left? The not so slim, India's then Jonty Rhodes, the person who smacked Zimbabwe in one of the matches I can see blurred images of, Robin Singh came on the crease. That peculiar posture, the way he held the bat, memories :) He was out the first ball, run out, in a mix up with Dada (something which wasn't new, I mean like quite a few times in the match, I could rightly predict what is going to happen next, ganguly being involved in a run out wasn't new).
This was still ok, but eyes went wide open and needed to be rubbed twice when I saw Vinod Kambli on the crease. Out first ball to give way to Vijay Dahiya and slowly other names who had guest appearances in the Indian Cricket Team started coming to my mind. India ended up scoring 295 and soon the South African innings started. I was smiling from ear to ear to see now-our-coach, Gary Kirsten walking down the field followed by few of his brilliant well-timed, zero-power shots for 4s. Another chotta sa masoom ladka, Zaheer Khan then bowled a superb yorker to get rid of Andrew Hall. This reminded me of what was commonly said about him then, 6 ki 6 yorker daal sakta hai yeh, kamaal hai, express bullet ki tarha jaati iski gend
I then witnessed the greatest ever Sachin on the field with number 99 on his back. Those were the days. Kal bhi aaj bhi, Sachin the cricketer and Bucknor the umpire. Along with Bucknor was the Sandeep Patil resembling Peter Willey. All this while I was waiting for Prasad to get that one edge and the umpire's finger to go up so that Prasad can then run down the pitch with the index finger of his left hand up in the air, but that didn't quite happen, though he did bowl that famous 'leg cutter'. I missed Srinath, Cullinan and Cronje :(
Cricket I think has become much more competitive now as compared to then. When it came to fielding it was common to see Cover stretching out his hand pointing towards the extra cover, asking him to go after the ball, the fielder running along the boundary in an effort to stop the ball coming towards the boundary, failing, because he wouldn't dive, just run. All this could be seen, along with the famous rectangular view on the top-left of the screen, showing what the batsmen are upto. Asli Cricket :)
Past experiences do create stereotypes in your mind, which are proven to be correct as in the case of Agarkar being thrashed by the powerful greatness, The Maritzburg Mamba, Lance Klusener who hit the ball so hard that it travelled to the boundary line 100 times faster than Shoaib Akhtar could perhaps ever ball. And when this ball hit the Pepsi board at the boundary, the bang sound was enough to tell you that Klusener hit that one. Talking about stereotypes, it wasn't only the case with Agarkar, but also when I saw Dada standing on the slip, with Kumble balling. I somwhow, knew he would miss if there was a catch and he did! Not once but twice, consecutively. But her was quick (thoda quick) in moving himself out and getting Dravid there. Finally, India won this match but eventually lost to New Zealand in the finals.
Kya din the, kya Cricket tha, 50 over, mahaan player, mahaan batting, woh kalaiyon ka upyog, woh cricket text book se seedha utha ke rakha hua Dravid ka Cover Drive, Long on Long off ko cheerta hua Sachin ka chauka, Bharat ke opening GendBaazo ki description mein likha hua "Right Arm Medium", woh Pavillion End se aate huey Javagal Srinath.
Wahi to tha Asli Cricket!

Just posted on admark about how new-age communications are finding more and more innovative ways to try and catch consumer's attention by a mere what used to be "static" billboard!

The title of this post is provoking me to write this post in Hindi, but considering readability becomes quite big an issue, I'll refrain. Continuing where I left last, first about Twitter, I tried Spaz, Snitter, Tweetdeck and Seesmic Desktop in recent past and found Spaz to be the best of the lot, so uninstalled others.

And as informed previously about my internship in Gurgaon, I am back here in Delhi, my hometown. Today, I went around to Gurgaon, just to get acquainted with the location of the office and the route. Bit tiring, but hope that I will get used to it, or rather I have to get used to it!

Wondering, if anyone would read my blog at all, if I continue writing what I did and stuff like the last post and this one?

Anyways, coming back to the title, Delhi is as I have experienced, the best city in India (based on the very limited number of places I have actually stayed in). Why is it best and all, just not get into it. If you agree, then I don't need to explain and if you don't then there is no point arguing because I wouldn't agree :)
So, about the next two months, life will change a bit. How?

1. Waking up early morning is compulsory as I can't expect a 85% attendance rule here (which by the way was in itself pretty high considering my college days @ DA-IICT)
2. Bed to office is way too distant than the classroom in college, literally abolishing the scope of waking up 10 mins before the scheduled time, quick-dry-clean drive and rushing to the desired place.
3. My body has to tune itself to work on a Thursday (weekly off at SPJIMR)
4. Weekends for me will have the same meaning as for the mango people!
5. Probably, I will sleep early, so a change in the body clock as well. 

Goodnight!

I remember my farewell at school, though it was a party, every few minutes one thought came to my mind - Is it actually a party, something to celebrate? I am no longer going to spend so much time with all my friends whom I have grown up with. A sense of separation it was and it made me literally shiver. I felt devasted.I don't know what it will be like. The LOSS here again will be permanent ! 

Shawty had them Apple Bottom Jeans [Jeans]
Boots with the fur [With the fur]
The whole club was lookin at her
She hit the flo [She hit the flo]
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low

My alarm is buzzing. Phone speakers singing Get Low on top of their voice and what am I doing?
I am busy listening to what my Angel soul and the Devil soul have to say. It used to happen pretty often in the first month of my engineering days when I had to listen to arguments given by both the Angel and the Daemon about if I should wake up or continue sleeping for a while. As Isaid, Daemon beat my Angel soul hollow and maintained his position as a Champion for 4 years thereafter, not considering the occasional walk-overs given in by the Daemon ;)

It was like a routine for me then. No arguments, no noise, nothing at all. It was like an agreement that Daemon is the winner unless and until he decides to give away a match to the Angel to boost the latter's confidence.

But now it has started all over again. Since I can't afford to sleep as much I want to and whenever I want to (though I put in my best to achieve it) the chain of arguments and counter-arguments takes place every time my alarm buzzes. The Angel knows that my schedule is such that I have to wake up and thus, comes in with the 'Angel Allies' army but the Daemon still continues to fight single handedly. One Man Army ! And all the arguments put forward by both Angel and the Daemon make sense and seem to be pretty logical when you are half-asleep.

A snippet from one of the conversations :

A : Wake Up !
D : No need.
A : Wake Up, you have to go for the class.
D : Don't worry, it is XYZ subject's class. It is nothing that difficult, simple concepts, you can read it some time later and cover it yourself. Continue sleeping.
A : See, you will have a tough time before a quiz or exam as you always do when you listen to the Daemon.

By now, my roommates wake me up so ya it can be said that Angel wins.

But when I am sleeping in the evening and there is no class to attend then,

A : Wake Up !
D : No need.
A : Wake Up, you have slept a lot. You have a submission to make and you should do some bit of self-study and those pre-reads !
D : You can never sleep 'a lot'. There is no limit. The submission is a Group Submission, which means that someone in the group will do it. Self-study is something you can do before the exams. Pre-read, hmm, do it when the Angel wakes you up tomorrow morning.

And the Daemon wins. It has been happening almost everyday and I have bee losing quite a bit because of this on the academic front.

So now today was the funniest of all arguments. I have a mid-term exam tomorrow and the arguments when my alarm buzzes today in the evening.

A : Wake Up !
D : No need.
A : Wake Up, you have XYZ Mid-Term Exam tomorrow.
D : Relax, as Angel said it is a Mid-Term. Even if you are not able to score, you have finals to comeback.
A : NO ! It carries 25% weightage.
D (seeing match slipping from his hands, with utter innocence on his face) : But Angel tell me, how can the poor soul study if he doesn't have a sound sleep. Even if he manages to then how useful will it be if he sleeps tomorrow during the exam just because you didn't let him sleep now.

I woke up ! C'mon its 25% and the Angel is right ! And now I think its high time I start studying and don't let go the Angel's victory in a hard-fough battle over a tough opponent. Trust me, Daemon is the toughest to beat when it comes to my Sleep Battlefield, just like Nadal and his Clay court :)

Wassup ? One very common answer to this question is 'nothing much'. But I am not putting up this post to say 'nothing much'.

So, in recent past I heard this song Neend Na Aaye by Fuzon from their new album Journey. Pretty Good. I have been listening this song on and on for quite some time now.

Next, I got to know about this thing called 'Animoto'. What it does is that you upload photos and music and it will make videos (slideshows with a difference) for you. You can also choose music from the collection they have online. I tried it via their facebook application 'Animoto Videos'. It is a nice app to have. On registering on this site you are entitled to make unlimited number of short 30 seconds video and 1 full-length video for FREE. You have to pay for more full-length videos. I tried it with some of my albums on facebook and I was impressed. The transitions between photos and the way it is shown is good. Moreover, the transition between photos happens according to the tempo of the music !

Moving on, I cribbed about the iPhone for quite some time once I got to know that the 8GB model costs 31k. As is 3G is not available and this hig price makes me wonder if its 'Twice ass fast and half the price' or 'Half as fast and twice the price'. Its not even twice, its around 4times. I don't know how come its so costly here and didn't even try to find out because its not going to help.

I like Mac, iPhone, etc. but honestly there is this one thing I like about Microsoft. It is Microsoft Office and especially, Excel. The more I have been using it (I have to) the more I love it. Excel is perhaps, Microsoft's best creation!

I still keep thinking about rains in Mumbai. Unpredictable. I am also fed up with Airtel's network in Mumbai (wherever I go). Its been days now since I last saw full signal strength on my phone.

Next, I was surprised to see Ajantha Mendis' 'carom ball'. The first thing that came to my mind on seeing the ball release from his hands was - Where the hell does he get the power from? It is actually 'carom' ball. I tried balling that way few hours back. Finger hurts, ball can go anywhere (on the pitch or away) and number of tips before it reaches the batsman follows no particular pattern.

I have no comments on seeing the news item that said 10 lakh people were present in Chiranjeevi's rally today.

I miss Twitter on IM. Have not been able to make the various twitter clients available to work for me. Perhaps, some restrictions on net here block something. That is perhaps, one reason that I had to write this post.

Neend Na Aaye is still being played, for the Nth time now. But contrary to the title, I think I'll go to sleep now. Have to get up early tomorrow. Very early. Good night folks !

All of you with a Mathematics Background must be aware of the X-Y axis. One of the most trivial things (may lead to confusion at times, but I stand by it being trivial) with X-Y axis is the ORIGIN (denoted with a letter 'O' almost everywhere) and its translation. In simple terms, you can fix your own origin on the 2-D representation and move it wherever you want to. The only difference it makes is that all corresponding co-ordinates change with the same value as the new origin.

What if someone does it to your calendar ?

Yeah, it has happened to my calendar. The origin (a widely accepted HOLIDAY) has been moved from SUNDAY to a THURSDAY ! I have a busy SUNDAY when most of my friends just bump in their heads in the pillow on their bed or just go out partying. I have an OFF on THURSDAY. So when the majority around me (us) awakens on a FRIDAY and starts making plans for a weekend or maybe talk about the new movie that released, I get ready for a long day, because effectively it is a MONDAY for me !

I never really cared about it when I saw markets and shops here and there open on SUNDAYs but now that I am experiencing the same, it feels bit weird at times. Yes, I know that the end statistics are the same, 6 days working and 1 OFF but why a THURSDAY OFF ?

MBA is surely different and it is about work and serious business and not at all like my good old engineering days. A phone call made me aware of Rakshabandhan, something my academic calendar did not mention. Last night when I saw most of my 'usually busy' friends online on GTalk till late I was reminded of it being a Saturday and that it is Sunday the next morning and that its OFF for all of them. After all my classes and quizzes today when I walked out for lunch, I saw a herd of people looking up and shouting. It didn't take long for me to look up and see a 'Matki' tied to a rope and figure out that it is Janamashtmi.

Everything seems so different. I miss my good old college days.

Chuck everything and
Do whatever the heart says,
Those were the days.

Sleep and wake up anytime
Our schedule our ways,
Those were the days.

Eat and drink at the galla
And wonder who the hell pays ?
Those were the days.

Go and play football,
While the sun stays,
Those were the days.

The all so special,
Free time in all four Mays,
Those were the days.

typhoon, arsenious, lazy
a bunch of -
Those were the days.

Those were the days
and these are the days,
anyways :)

PS : Forgive me for the last few short lines. It was not an attempt in poetry. It was a matching game, putting words that end with 'ays' together :P

[Note : The post is cryptic in nature. I don't expect anyone to understand or read it, though, the very brighter minds around me may infer what it is.]

So, there is this box full of 'selected crabs' which for some reason are perceived to be special. Ok, if not special then in some respect or the other perceived to be better than all those not selected ones. So this one crab gets the opportunity to be a part of the 'selected' lot. He is happy to hear that. He knows the time is now and there is bright light all around for him.

And then comes the day when he is dropped into the box. There are so many other crabs in this box and he knows that there are many such boxes all around. Some big, some small and that he has been dropped in a fairly big box. One very peculiar thing which the onlookers noticed was that none of the boxes had a lid on the top. Two gentlemen actually discussed it with each other.

G1 : Did you notice there is no lid on top of any of the boxes ?
G2 : Yeah, I wonder if they would sit in and not try to escape.
G1 : I guess there is no need of the lid perhaps.
G2 : And what makes you think that way? Don't you think they can take undue advantage of the fact and escape.
G1 : No ! because even if they try to, then I am pretty sure that the other crabs in the box won't let him reach the top and jump out. They will make sure that they pull his leg and get him in. And this same concept applies to all. Its all safe mate. Cheers !
G2 : Cheers !

So, our protagonist here - 'The Crab' - has never seen what all he is seeing right now. Well, all this while he has been sitting around on a beach having sunbath with all lovely, 'sweet' crabs. They had a gala time, splashing water on each other, throwing sand balls and making sand houses as well. But things are different in the box now. Very different.

-------------------- IDEA ----------------------

I'll make it a series now. Write more about the crab as time moves on.

-------------------- IDEA ----------------------

The crab for now observes that most of the other crabs have a TAG on their shoulders, which bears a special bar code. He, on the other hand, has no such TAG as yet. He wonders if the other crabs are superior, more special ? He is not sure though, if the other crabs think that way as well.
But one thing that took our crab by surprise was that the other crabs were after his life ! They just wanted a TAG on his shoulder as well. They tried there level best to put on some TAG or the other on his shoulder. So many TAGged crabs and our UNTAGged crab. Poor Him. All the TAGged crabs are trying to put on a TAG on him.

He wonders W H Y ? Of what he knows he is in 'The Box' which is supposedly a box that contains some 'selected' crabs. Is this how the 'selected' crabs are ? Why do they behave this way ? What makes them think the way they do ? And how come those few crabs resort to doing the same ? Is he abnormal or the others special ?

[PS : Don't try to infer please. OK, if you so desperately want to decrypt it then a hint lies in the conversation between G1 and G2]

And so when I am in hostel, today is this one day when I wake up early. Its Rakshabandhan today, so I woke up early, 1 hour before my normal routine and then 30 minutes snooze and then finally up. I somehow felt good. Looking out of the window was refreshing. Cool breeze hitting my face, ripples in the lake that I could see, birds calling my friend by her name 'piu, piu, piu'. After 5 minutes of stretching I go to the washroom to see all doors open, only one or two people in there.

It happened for the first time (@ SP) that I did not have to stand in a queue to take bath ! The song being played in my mind was the same that plays everyday - Jame Raho (TZP) but then today it was the second half of the song. Yaha alag andaaz hai... while usually it is Kyu duniya ka naara..Jame Raho...

And soon I realized what my flat mates think of me when there was a bang on the door and the guy outside started shouting

Guy : Kaun hai andar..
Me : Prateek
Guy : Abey bata yaar..
Me : (in my mind) What do you mean :O ?
Guy : Abey batao..kaun hai ?
Me : Prateek yaar...
Guy (angry) : Mat bata...baitha reh..subha subha dimaag kharab kar raha hai...
Me : :S :S

So, I go back to my room, get dressed and my roomie who just woke up sees and literally shouts - ABEYYYYY !!! (looks at his watch) ITNI JALDI ???? :O

This is what I call 'stereotype'.

Now while walking to college, I decide to write this post and I come to class and guess what ?
There are only 4 people in class, I am the FIFTH one !! For the first time did it happen that I reached the class and saw so many others coming in and then the faculty.

The wait is a bit boring :(
But then today I didn't have to get up and start with a 4X speed but rather it was 3/4X.

Class begins and I sign off :)

[Note: The post may not have 100% accurate information and most of the data given may be fictitious. Why? What why ! C'mon it is my blog !]

So, what am I doing and what keeps me busy ?

Not long ago I get to know that this blogger with alias Guttu has posted a review of my blog on his blog (http://www.thinknonsense.com/bb/2008/08/03/as-i-see-it/#more-294). Before I go any further, I would like to thank him for doing it. Next, about the points he gave to my blog, there was this head titled 'frequency' in which I got the lowest and that is 5/10. Of what all he says I agree that I should post more often but then one needs time. There are times when you do have some free time but then often at such times I go blank and don't force myself into posting.

So, again the question, What keeps me busy ?

Basically, I am a student doing my MBA and I guess that somewhat tells about why I got a 5 under the 'frequency' head.

Talking about the past, engineering days, I had ample time but then there were many other things that I was more interested in.

One more thing, I feel that if one tries writing when he doesn't really feel like then what essentially comes out is his work, the jargon he uses all day, in a very peculiar form.

Believe me I am trying hard not to use all jargon - terms like demand, supply, consumer surplus when I very well can relate it to Guttu suggesting me to post more often - which I often tend to do almost everywhere.

I don't think one can help it. Your brain and ears are so used to these terms (plus this is what you are going to listen every now and then) that you tend to apply them in every scenario.

In a post I posted long back regarding my Design Project, I did mention the OpenGL fever me and Aatish fell prey to. glutFcChalein(), glDinner(), etc.

Just that now its moved from technology to a different stream.

When I go out and buy anything (even a melody), then just before paying, the first thing that comes to my (others as well, and we even say it at times) mind is to say "Why should I pay? You add it to your Assets (Accounts Receivables) and I will add it to my Liabilities (Accounts Payable) and its done". Horrendous ! right ?

I remember myself explaining the demand supply curve and how to tap consumer surplus to the canteen fellow with DIAGRAMS ! It happened when we asked for Bhindi and he said it is not available because there is huge demand for it. Now whether he got it or not, I tried my best to explain him concepts I know !

Ok, so I see the 'Low Battery' notification and I don't have my charger here with me, so here I press 'Publish Post'.

PS : Forgive me for the extra dose of lameness towards the end and I know your facial expression is something like :S but then its my normal self. Isn't it ?

Say What ! and I say 'So what' :P

So its been more or less 40 days and 40 nights in my new (B) School and to start with has been a nice chapter. I started off with one of my very special birthdays here which was special because of the reception I got here. Soon after, as expected, had to make books my friends and more importantly had to start getting up at 7:00 AM.

Gradually books were put up on shelf and I started off with the bakk sessions with people here. The 7:00 AM alarm has now been changed to 7:55AM. I celebrate my weekend when it is mid-week for everyone outside my college. I have Thursdays off.

I think I now know why the place where food is served is called 'Mess'. All nearby eating joints follow the policy of Sugar FREE. Exaggerating a bit makes me say that even Rotis are sweet here. Perhaps, they mix sugar in flour. Sambhar, Dal, Paneer and even Chicken have that extra tinge of Sugar in it. Perhaps, they feed sugar to the hens as well. And, they don't charge you extra for all this extra 'sweetness' so it literally is Sugar FREE.

Moving out of the 'nearby' circle makes you change your opinion about the sweet food. Many decent food joints serving quality food can be found easily. Plus you get to see a gelato store as often as an ICICI bank ATM. But then not all are as good as gelato Italiano !

Then there is this Dosa shop outside NMIMS and Mithibai that has all weird kinds of Dosas and equally weird stuffings. E.g. Spicy Chilli Paneer Dosa, American Choupsey with Capsicum Dosa, Tangy Chesse Onion Dosa or a Paw Bhaji Dosa. This special mention was because all these varieties of dosas indeed taste good :)

Some more info about Mumbai and then we head to Lonavala.

Rains in Mumbai seem to be controlled with a regulator just like a fan is. Someone switches it on and it starts pouring at level 5. Then someone comes in and switches it off so it goes off all of a sudden. At times that 'someone' uses the regulator so he/she rotates it anti-clockwise or clockwise, just for fun. You get ready to go out and the switch is turned ON and you are all wet. You go back to your room to change and notice that the switch has been turned OFF. You change and move out and the switch is turned ON again. Water-soaked you decide to move on just to see that the person coming from the other side waving at you is all dry and it seems that the cloud above is the only cloud around and is serving you with utmost dedication. I carry a umbrella in my backpack all the time and many others keep it in their pockets as well. Amazing ! I don't even remember when did I use an umbrella last before coming to Mumbai :O

Next piece of info is something you must have heard time and again and it is about vadapav being the staple diet of people here.

Long Long ago when I first came to Bombay I noticed that the traffic is all well-organized. People follow lanes. Not anymore. Moreover, the auto rickshaw drivers are just too good. They go by METER (I am from Delhi so it is surprising for me). The fare is a function of Time * Distance. They have huge speakers installed which from outside sound 'Dhik-chik Dhik-chik'. They can take all steep turns and drive as if it was some NFS Carbon simulation.

This post is getting bigger but I am enjoying writing so I will continue :)

A movie ticket costs 200 bucks so you really curse yourself if you go for Kismat Konnection. And not many would be aware (at least I was not) that before every movie show the National Anthem video is played (the one featuring Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, AR Rahman and others) and people stand and some do sing it along. Nice. I liked it !

Moving on I'll write in something about Lonawala where I went for my Personal Growth (PG) Lab. It is beautiful. Everything around is just great. We went for trekking to this place famous as Duke's Nose (a cliff about 800 feet high that looked like a Nose to Mr.Duke). Then there was another place where we went for a small trek yet again and saw a waterfall, sat by it, drank the purest form of water. It was drizzling almost everyday when we went out and walking though the clouds with water droplets refreshing you was just awesome. Clean, Green, Serene !

You move out and head towards a market and every 2nd shop has this huge board outside it that reads 'maganlal Chikki' in same font and colour. So basically every shop sells chikki, chocolate walnut fudge (nothing like chocolate except the colour), etc. I tried to re picture the market and want to make a slight modification in stats I gave above. It was like out of every 5 shops 3 were 'maganlal Chikki', 1 'A-1 Chikki' and the remaining 1 could be either 'maganlal' or 'A-1' with 0.5 probability each.

And thats it! The last night was the 40th night and since I had no class today I was up till late doing nothing, woke up late today just like yesterday and it reminded me off the last sem @ DAIICT :)

Now that the IPL ends I wonder what on air will be able to catch my attention. Argh, even Roadies is over so now there is nothing to watch even on Saturday evenings. Let us try to find out what all is on air these days and then I'll try and decide on a few.

1.) News
Whats up ? Nothing much. There hasn't been any BIG STORY of late so some channels have put up repeat telecasts of some 'Comedy' shows and some other put up tricks (walking on water, disappearing) performed by Criss Angel (described as 'Lambe Baal, Gora chehra') and then ask viewers to call them and give in their opinions on how he must have done it. Surprised ? Then heres more to it. People actually call. Some of them said its 'Kudrat ka Karishma' some other said its 'Shaitani Taqat' and I heard one intelligent guy correctly pointing out and revealing the secret behind the trick. By the end of this story the news channels actually reveal the secret themselves and say that they just did a 'Pardafaash'. Now someone please tell them that there is obviously some trick involved and its not 'Kudrat ka Karishma' and that you are revealing the secret behind the trick and its not 'Pardafaash'

And of the other stories that appear on these channels, I managed to collect some interesting images.




2.) Reality Shows
Kya aap Panchvi Paas se Tez hain ? I actually liked the concept but lately I got to know that even this show is an exact replica of a show named "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader" (perhaps, they have appropriate rights to do the same) just like KBC was much like Who wants to be a Millionaire and Indian Idol (which gave birth to a hell lot of singing competitions and is not at all interesting) was on the lines of American Idol. Not that it makes a difference as far as my viewing is concerned but then the rumors that the answers are told to the students before hand is not totally unbelievable and that kind off pulled me away from it.

3.) Daily Soaps
No.

Guess, it has to be sports then and Yes ! Euro Cup 2008 starts 7th June. So its few more days and then at least there will be something I can see though watching TV is not mandatory.

Well I woke up today morning, did some RI work, read some magazine, went online, orkut, facebook and then thought of catching up with friends online on gtalk.

So I logged onto gtalk and hav 18 friends online out of which 12 have their status message set to "Do not disturb".

Believe me I know how busy they are :P

So was just wondering why do people set their status as "Do not disturb".

At the first place, almost everyone knows how busy you are :P

Secondly, if you are really so busy then why are you online ?

And then when people like me who even after reading this message start a conversation with you, why the hell do you respond, and can't you just act or control your emotions so that you actually don't let the other person know as to how desperately were you waiting for someone to message you. [:P]


Leaving aside these 12 people other 2 were "Away", 1 "zzzzzzzz" and 2 "Not at my Desk"
and the one left - well I discussed the same thing with him as well and laughed a lot at possible reasons each of us was putting forward.

And then that last guy had to go offline (for lunch), I thought of posting here and thus set even my status to "Do not disturb" just to check if it feels special or anything else of that sort.

Sorry guyz, especially to those 12, it was just a thought :P, no hard feelings.


EDITED PART goes here :

Just came here to append, that one other contact came online just now and they have their status set to - yes u guessed it right :P

I am bored...nothing interesting 2 do...tried orkut..gtalk...yahoo...read blogs...did intern ka kaam...par ab again m bored...so thought of posting something here...

very sad story hai yeh bhee...if i write somthng gud....thn no1 reads....every1 wants 2 read some bakk...related 2 collg...or some1...especiaal my frend AATISH..he'll only read wen its some bakk or some1s leg pulling...ab traffic to chahiye blog pe...so pelling some more bakk here..that is y such a title....so pelna start karta hu...par a level more than bakk...thot of recollecting some of the craziest things i hav done here at collg...wich i m sure i wudnt hav done nywhr else...

now wid high probability i wil definitely miss many incidents nd things here...so readers plz yaad dilate rehna nd wil continue Crazy Kiya Re series nd include thm ;)

waise kamaal hai yaar koi aata nahee nahi mere blog pe aajkal...baaki companies kee tarha kuch free dena padega... :(

for those hu help me in recollecting 5 or more incidents wil get a chocolate 4 free ;)

so lemme start wid recent past...

1.) Went to a nearby highway ka dhaaba at 12AM to hav food...my frndz hav been thr even at more odd hrs...e.g. aatish hee lelo..he nd sandy 4 AM...

2.) itni bakk machana...how can i forget this...be it some1s room....or gall...or for that matter even the RESOURCE CENTER...i rmbr the time wen v sort of hi jacked that place...nd wer laughing nd talking disturbing others :)
KESHAV is the one hu inititated it...

3.) oh ho...chatting wale...bhulwa diya kya likhna tha...sochne do ab.....haan yaad aaya...sitting in the fc at 5 in the morning...sounds normal rite...well i m talking abt that 5 in the morning 4 hrs after wich at 9 v had our final xam :P

4.) wait...2 hot here...pyaas lagi hai...paani pee lu....aah...playing futball in the rain...in the field filled wid water....at 2 AM....

5.) the way v celebrate birthdays... :fear: ketchup, curd, egg, maggi, tea, milk, aamrus....
{Note: above ingredients r used separately as well as by mixing 2 or more items}

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Its time 4 the person hu wants to win the chocolate...coz abhi sirf itne yaad hain...

just read the post myself...yeh kya likha hai maine :P
guess its nothing more than improper, inefficient use of blogger's precious database :P

fir bhee i hope some1 reads it...nd responds so dat i can come up wid C : 2....Crazy Kiya re - 2..

[Warning : This is the most lengthy post I have ever made..be patient to read the entire thing, after all its 1 yr long saga lengthy to hoga hee..u'll njoy every bit of it...shhaayy....its upto u...read it or not...bbye]

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presents
DP Me Mil Gaya P

Lights - Camera - Action


Hours n hours n hours....working all day n nite...I cud easily talk in OpenGL..
glutFCchale()..........glDinner?()......gluSubhaUthaDiyo()....

Somehow we managed to code...not what we had in mind at the start of project...but a fairly satisfactory model...

FLASHBACK

Hum chaar log the...
1.) Aatish (tension free chap)
2.) Ved (ek dum se gamer ban gaya)
3.) Tushar (Mr.Unpredictable)
4.) Me (Is poore blog me meri hi baatein hoti hai...so u knw who I m)

It was the time to choose our Design Project (DP) under some Professor...
We chose to make A GAME (POOL)...

Humne socha tha phod denge...mast game banayenge
APNI LAG GAYI !!!

Days n days n days passed....2 sem project ka 1 sem khatam ho gaya...we decided 2 stayback in December Holidays...and work on the DP....hum yaha ruke zaroor...par Dp ko chorr ke sab cheeze ki...

As compared to the time that was already gone...the progress of the project was not upto the mark...

JAVA 3D me shuru kiya tha kaam....kuch samajh nahi aa raha tha...sab kuch sir ke uppar....Shyaaaaauuuuu Shyauuuuu...

Sab soch me pad gaye...ab kya kare...fir Ved ko Idea aaya....kyo na Java3D chorr ke Applets try kare....wo bhi kiya...but all in vain...

It was then when I approached Mr.DK (my Bakk Idol...mentioned in a post below 2) as 2 wat 2 do...he was coding a game in OpenGl at dat time...and adviced me 2 use it...

Yahi the woh SHAKS....jinhone mujhe yeh rah dikhayi...rah dikhane ke saath saath...NEHE aur apne PROFESSOR ke LEcture FOlders jaisi jagaho ke HELPLINE NUMBERS bhi diye...

Par 1 problem thi...OpenGL as explained on the HELPLINES was using VISUAL C++...apne 2 pantar logo ki usme lagti thi...Aatish aur Ved ki...
To make matters worse...in yet another meeting with the Professor v told him v were switching 2 something else now....

Somedays later a friend told me that in the list of students working under our PROF our names were not included on his WEBSITE...

Aatish : Abeyyyy ye kya ho gaya...aur kyo...

I went to the Prof...it was nothing but he forgot 2 include r names..he said he wud correct it..
Since no 1 was working I thought yahi mauka hai...I lied ki PROF said our names were not thr coz we wer not working sincerely...Aatish ki yeh sun ke lag gayi thi...Tushar guessed ki I was lying but din tell Aatish about it...aur Ved bhaisaahab ke saath hamara sampark nahi ho paata tha...

After 2 days I spilled out the truth and asked him 2 studyyyyyy :@...
Somehow we read something about OpenGL...par door door takk MANZIL dikhayi nahi de rahi thi...SAMAY BEET-TA gaya....aur ek din.....
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aur ek din MAIL aayi...DP shud b submitted by 29th April...

BAS ab aa gaya tha woh time...TABAD TOD TABAD TOD...padna shuru kiya...went 2 c the prof..b4 we cud say anything he asked if we were thr 2 take I grade (Incomplete) or submitting the project...we said submitting...he asked us 2 come on Monday..

Monday was not far away...we went to him on Thursday (wen I posted COUNTDOWN BEGINS)...3 days left...and I also had my STS Viva..

Comes in a new character : Mr.Abhishek Khurana

Dk sir ne bataya ki he was a BOND in OpenGL...we approached him...he helped us...cleared our doubts...helped us...helped us and heped us...

Tushar was there with his obviously UNPREDICTABLE DECISION.."I grade le lete hai yaar...next sem me kar lenge...Time nahi yaar Prateek...finals ke liye bhi padna hai.."

NO COMMENTS ON WHAT ME n AATISH FELT ABOUT THIS STATEMENT FROM TUSHAR (I consider the reader to be intelligent enuff)..

Ved was working on calculations, collisions n stuff...Me n Aatish on animation and Tushar on everything else except DP...sad enuff but true..though he had read some basic OpenGL from the book earlier...

Hours n hours n hours....working all day n nite...I cud easily talk in OpenGL..
glutFCchale()..........glDinner?()......gluSubhaUthaDiyo()....

Somehow we managed to code...not what we had in mind at the start of project...but a fairly satisfactory model...

It was Monday...we had to submit the project at 5:00 PM...
At 4:30 I sat on my computer...was about to transfer the codes on a PEN DRIVE...ki POWER CUT....and MY UPS down...v faced all sorts of problems and got thru it(problems not mentioned...coz baaki problems ke saamne kuch bhi nahi thi)...

5:15 PM...we presented our project to the Professor...some questions thrown on us...we answered...some more questions...some more answers...nd then he decided that all of us will get P...

Wat a great feeling it was....smiling faces...aaahaaa...yooooo...we were jumping, smiling..njoying as soon as we came out of Professor's office...I wished ki thr was an aircraft passing just over my head...and 4 of us cud perform that RDB scene...wid shirts off and jumping 2 touch the aircraft...
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ya rite AIRCRAFT ki problem to thi hi...but Mr.Tushar went straight to the RC..and only 3 of us were left...ANYWAYS I M 2 EXCITED...very happy..finally v did it...now its time 2 study 4 finals...

Song in background : Paas ho gaya Pappu Paas ho gaya !!!

CREDITS :

* No work done earlier by - All 4 of us
* All work done at the end by - Aaahhh...chuck it..
* MARG DARSHAN by : Mr.DK
* Help, Guidance...upto infinity - Mr.Abhishek Khurana

Feel like laughing....and laughing out loud...i m neither happy...nor hav heard a joke nothing like dat...its just dat in situations like this i react strangely..

Its 7:30PM Thursday....and ha ha hah haa....my grup has been asked to submit the DP on Monday...i.e. submit a game....ABEY KAHA SE LAU GAME...kuch nahi samajh aa raha...kaise banau game...itni padai ki...itni padai ki...nahi ban rahi....:@:@

Ha ha ha ha ha....I wil do something....wil code it....for all my grupmates....dont worry i'll do it...KOSHISH POORI KARUNGA...and hav our grup in a much secure position before 5PM on MONDAY...

OOOOOOPPPSSSSS !!! STS presentation on SATURDAY...ha ha ah aaaahhha...uska bhi padna hai...wat a gr8 topic...Sociology of Quantum Mechanics...or Sociology and Quantum Mechanics....something lie dat...means...FRIDAY gaya aadha SATURDAY gaya....darro mat darro mat...uske baad bhi time hai...I WIL DO IT....I WIL CODE THE GAME...U WAIT N C...

DBMS bhi karna hai....HA HA HA HA HA HA....i need time...SHAGUN woh baad me karenge plz...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OH HO HO HO HO HOH OHO HOH OH....

SO COUNTDOWN BEGINS...NO MORE WASTING OF TIME.....its THURSDAY, April 20, 2005 7:37 PM

Lets see wat happens....will surely write abt it on MONDAY...wish me luck plz...and grup mates dont worry...no tension...TRUST ME I'LL DO SOMETHING...bbye..

TO BE CONTINUED....

Days after days after days....waiting 4 some or the other deadline 2 come closer so dat I start working...I m fed up of all this...I find it so difficult 2 kill time even when I hav loads of work 2 do...What has happened 2 me ??
Final exams approaching, 2 projects 2 complete,1 presentation and I m like Dude give me some work...I m the most wella person of all times...

I m unable 2 concentrate...be it anything...studies,sports nything...

Wat goes on is...attend lecture in the morning(only if its the 1 wid attendance panga)..otherwise keep sleeping...if its SSD lecture get up and attend or else keep sleeping...wake up half an hr b4 tutorial..attend tut...then lab...come bak...switch on the pc...logon 2 orkut...chk scraps...waste time...chk mails..fwd few...waste some more time...LOOP this..until its 6PM...as soon as its 6...get ready go 4 cricket...open the innings..bat wid mind somewhr else...get OUT in the very first over and watch others play...or go 4 basketball...come bak field (if my team was batting first) ...and lol these days its like 99% times I m a part of the loosing team...

come bak frm field...unlock PC...run the same LOOP again till its 8PM...take a shower ..go 4 dinner...keep on roaming and pondering as 2 wa 2 eat...come bak run LOOP again until I feel sleepy...

and if its a holiday or a no-tut no-lab day...it gets worse...3 xtra hrs 2 spend...but HOWWWWW....

Worst thing I am unable 2 figure it out wats wrong wid me...blaming life everytime...I knw it wont help...the problem is wid me...but wat is it...y cant i figure out...and why the hell am i taking out my frustration writing this.....I end it here...but wat wil I do now...I think run the same LOOP until I figure out wats wrong and wat really shud b done...

PS - and now wen I m ready 2 publish this...NET IS DOWN...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[WARNING : This blog does not intend any personal attacks. All the names,situations and locations or any other stuff has been used 2 create humor and humor...nothing else...U may leave right now if u r not ready 2 keep in mind this warning...kyoki mera blog hai main to likhunga...aapne nahi padna to mat pado...]

BAKK is something jo mujhe aur baakiyon ko apne seniors se viraasat me mili hai...
For all those who are unaware of this word BAKK lemme explain...

GOSSIP + SENSELESS TALKS + TIME PASS + PJ CRACKING + LAUGHING W/O ANY REASON = BAKK (but everything is logical...for instance wats the relation between SRIDEVI and TABU ???......ANS = They are conjugates of each other...coz SRIDEVI is CHANDNI and TABU CHANDNI BAR :P .....SOURCE : VISITING BAKKULTY - TUSHAR)

WARNING : IF u dint get the above logical question and answering...no probs...thats absolutely normal...GENIUSES...naah...BAKKUISES r not found everywhr...u need 2 work hard all day n nite...2 get 2 a level...whr I M...and I M PROUD of dat...
It all started with me entering the college..I was a normal person before but it all changed as time passed...

So continuing with this BAKK SESSION description...this is the session which takes most of r time leaving very little time for other things..

During xams the duration of this BAKK SESSION increases...for xample...me alongwith 4-5 other BAKKGURUS at 6AM in the morning (v had r first xam at 9 AM dat day)were discussing wat we'll do after xams...
"Cricket khelenge.."
"Ghar jaane ki jaldi mat karna.."

were few of the EXPERT COMMENTS..

V hav many teams who work independently and work on new ideas for discussion in BAKK SESSIONS...

My team includes ME,AATISH,POOJAN,AMAN and 2 very esteemed GURUS OF GURUS r seniors NEMO and DK Sir...they r the source of inspiration for us being wherever v r 2day...

NEMO AND DK's VISION - Ideally humein BAKK-KING-HAM PALACE me hona chahye...coz BAKK KING HUM HAI...so v shud work hard to achieve wat v want

There r few VISITING BAKKULTYs - Keshav, Tushar and Ishan..They no doubt are BAKKUISES...the reason they r VISITING and not REGULAR is coz of TIME CONSTRAINTS...

The Venue of BAKK SESSIONS r many ranging from Food COurt to Hostel to Resource Centre to LAB....and there have been a new addition in the form of ELECTRONIC BAKK VENUE known as DC++....TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY...has not left a single sphere of life untouched...

Being a BAKK GURU I can continue writing on this but it will be difficult for ppl 2 read it and ppl who r not on the same level as me may find it 2 difficult 2 understand this..

FOR A COLLECTION OF our self composed PJS or BAKK DISCUSSION TOPICS feel free 2 comment and request...

PLEASE NOTE - HAMAARI KOI BRANCH YA SHAKHA NAHI HAI....jo hai hum hi hai...

Topic Idea by (and not the content) : BAKK GURU AATISH

Finally the second insem xamz are over and I am free again..Did I say I...oh sorry we are all free again..
Sometimes I wonder that we start studying just before the exams that (by just before I mean 3-4 days)..so it implies 3-4days X 3exams X 8 semesters = 72 days...Aaaahaaa 72 days in 4 years and we become ENGINEERS...

Had four exams, screwed up 2, managed to do satisfactorily in the other 2. Its 1st April so about a month left for the final exams to start but before that I have 3 projects to complete (not alone but in group)
1.) STS
2.) DBMS
3.) DP (the title is this but it stands for DESIGN PROJECT)

Not 2 concerned about the first 2 but the 3rd one i.e. DP ( a project that is 2 b completed in 1 year ) but....ahem ahem...our progress is....ahem ahem...

I alongwith 3 other ppl namely Aatish,Tushar and Ved are working on the DP which is coding a game - Pool..
Donno wat shud I write abt it..

I am writing it primarily to remind my groupmates and myself ki its only a few days left and v hav 2 submit r project...LETS START WORKING ON IT GUYS...

If v dont do it we will get an 'F' and not an INCOMPLETE guys...rules have been changed...

Actually v r engrossed with other responsibilites and dont find time 4 r DP...

[What follows is a description of the 4 ppl working on the project and I dont really mean wat I say. Please Aatish, Tushar and Ved take it in gud humour yaar...hope u do]

1. )Aatish - Aati...sh !!...2 busy wid 3 Fs FIFA, F.R.I.E.N.D.S and F***I Actually not only wid these Fs but wid everything frm A to Z except the D wich stands for DP...Just ask him to start working on the project and thr comes a smile and the same dialogue....hmmmmm....kal se karte hai...

Aur woh kal kabhi nahi aata....atleast ab tak to nahi aaya...

2.) Tushar - AaaaaaaEeeeeeeeeOooooooooo.......kyaaaaaaaa.........haan....abey Tuesday( v dont hav ny lab or tut that day so its like half-day and if u dont attend lectures its a HOLIDAY :P) ko padte hai aur Friday ko Professor ke saath meeting rakh lete hai....

Kitne Tuesday aaye kitne gaye...par abhi woh wala Tuesday nahi aaya wen v'll start studying...

Tushar...hu was trying to be unpredictable....I think is now 100 % successful...so his reaction to the DP topic varies but the above stated was the most common...

3.) Ved - GOD is the word...man salute to this person hu starts studying at 12AM (nite b4 the xam)...full nite out and manages 2 do well 2...Inke saath kuch aisa hai ki inhe kuch na kuch ho jaata hai jab DP ki meeting ho...inke saath to main DP ki baat bhi nahi karta...bas expect karta hu ki inhe yaad ho ki v r working on a DP....

4.) Me - Writing abt me coz mujhe baaki teeno se pitna nahi hai...So me...wat I think of the DP...important...karna to hai...par kab ye nahi pata...actually I want to make it clear to Aatish ki I am not the ONE of the SUCCESSFUL DP COMPLETION THEORY which says ki in the entire group just ONE guy studies and sabki naiyya wo hi paar karwata hai...

Now wat the other 3 r thinking is also true...ki main ye BLOG likhne me TIME WASTE kar sakta hu...saara din BAKK maar sakta hu...khel sakta hu...par DP ke liye kuch kyo nahi karta...u hav a point ppl...main bhi yahi sochta hu...parrrrrrrrr........theek hai KAL SE KARTE HAI FIR :P

NOW JOKES APART YAAR SERIOUSLY KUCH KARTE HAI DP ka...and wat I would like 2 say is

DP - DP meaning DP - Do it Please....

DP
DP
DP
DP
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Ya,srsly i m sort of addicted 2 this blog thing...waiting 4 comments...replying bak...thinking of something that i shud write on...

Earlier it was orkut then software exploring then chatting thrs something or the other that keeps me away frm studies..

I had an account on orkut and other similar sites coz my frendz invited me plenty of times...and its kinda rude as i was made 2 realize not accepting those invitations and all...YAHI TERI DOSTI YAHI TERA PYAAR...beech ME AA GAYI simple SIGN-UP karne ki DEEWAR...type senti sentences...
Last sem wen all my frendz wer glued 2 orkut I thot of chking out as 2 wat it is...and man I was addicted...refreshing 5-10 times a minute 2 chk 4 new scraps...reply them then n thr...

Few days bak thr was a concern about addictions in a students life...GAMING being a major concern wich affected a student academically and mentally 2...so a meeting wid the students was called by the dean and the warden to discuss abt this issue and to do something abt it...

I din c any progress after that meeting or ny such concern again but few days later orkut was blocked...and the news bits floating in the free air kiked my ear drums 2...it said that some students requested the dean to block this site as they wer addicted 2 it...phewwwwwwww...plz tell me will this help...thr r so many things that can b argued as ADDICTION...wil u block everything...plz ppl u may say i m addicted 2 this blog thing...but plz dont block it...(DONT CONSIDER THE TITLE...its rubbish)..

Ya i knw i m not studying at all these days...not getting things in lecture...missing many of them...but promise ppl...i'll study in this 10 day break...work on my project...and study hard after the holidays 2 and b regular in attending all lectures that 2 on the first or second...(fifth sixth plz) bench....do well in xamz...
But yaar 1 cant study the whole day na...ya i knw thr r examples hu study all day n nite but i cant and dont want 2...lifes not all abt studying n studying...let it b this blog 4 sometimes 2 serve as a timepass...lets c kab tak BLOG ka bhoot savaar rehta hai mere sar pe...hehehe...

Aahhaaa !!!....finally I have my own blog...

I have heard about this word "blog" plenty of times...but never really tried to have one for myself..Few days ago I visited few of my frendz' blogs...was good,fine but wat was it crap...a person writing something, posting then ppl reading and commenting...fun ?? i dint think so...I talked 2 one of my frend and discussed abt blogs he said its FUN...wen i asked about 1 gud thing about this blog thing...ny justification 4 using the word "FUN"...he said hav 1 2 get 2 knw abt it..i said its a lame excuse...

Few more days passed and I got this link 2 my gud old frend Achal's blog...wat....this lazy chap has a blog...its then wen i decided 2 hav my own blog...and here it is....lets c how it goes...

Cheers,
Prateek