My Report Card 2008

2008 has been the most memorable year for me till date,as it was the most eventful one,professionally and personally....
Started off by feeling responsible,after i got into Keane...Irrespective of what the company was,what my job profile was,i felt really happy,the way i hadn't felt till then....A new kind of experience of having tryst with the corporates...
Just after that,I was sucked into Team STUDSAT,a student team building a pico satellite....A whole new set of people,events,tasks,working style...I liked it...I bet they liked me too...
Then came my first Quiz Mastering-"Test Your Common Science",which happened suddenly...A friend of mine was the catalyst who hosted it with me,we together put up a good show....The response was overwhelming,i was flattered, i realised a new dimension of my personality....
The second quarter gave me another surprise...This time the college fest...I was made the Head of the Tech committee...I didn't realise the amount of responsibilities i'd have to carry out...But, i realised them soon and delivered what was expected of me...I also hosted a Tech Quiz-The Opera of Grey Matter and the Tech Paper Presentation as a part of the fest...
Simultaneously,there was another "first time for me" happening...I was rehearsing for my first ever dance show...Few of my classmates who were just acquaintances became friends...I danced....Yes,but not actually dance,atleast a try...
Then,i got into SASKEN,one of the companies i really wanted to get into due to few reasons....First,its an Indian Company,second its a good place to work...
Finally,my 6th semester ended...I was conscious that i had drifted away from my academics...I didn't want people to point at me and tell that i had switched modes...So,i put in a bit more efforts towards the end and i had a jump of about 5% from my 5th semester marks....The best part was,i got the results on my birthday...
Till then, work had been very tight and demanding with extra working hours,less no.of lectures,more of gypsying(if u wanna call it so)...But then, i made two new friends...I hope they're gonna come a long way with me in my life...Had real good times and times i wanna forget with them.....
The third quarter ended with the Best Team Award for team STUDSAT(satellite team) in The International Astronautical conference,Scotland....I'm one of the team members....While this was going on i was hosting An interesting competition called THINK TANK in college...
Then,i got into a new stream of thinking by indulging myself into Open Source Software and the Free Software Movement...Its Still going on...It is something which i'm really proud to be a part of...Cos,it works on principles and how you live wth those ...
This was followed by Our Paper,which i presented at an International conference organised by ISRO in Chennai,which won the Best Paper award...And subsequently i was awarded the Best Student Award from ISTE(not related to STUDSAT)....
Now, i'm ending my year with my 7th semester exams...I've given a decent and steady performance in these exams also....
I had loads of fun by the way...Another pleasant surprise of 2008 was 7 new albums from ARR and one from Bryan Adams.....It was like icing on choco cake to me....I Hope that 2009 is much better...
And i wish you all a happy and gratifying 2009...

A Baby's day out with my belt

Yup... Back after a long time. I had had time to blog but nothing interesting to say. Then i started thinking,why didn't i have much to say. It is because i'm not interacting with many people as i would do before. Lesser the no.of people you meet,fewer are the interesting things happening around you. It is actually enlightening(to some extent) and fun to see people in different situations.

But,today something really cute happened while i was in bus. I was standin near a seat,where a toddler was on his dad's lap. He started to play around with my belt which was hanging out of the loop,it was hilarious... The kid just held on to the belt for long time,meddling with it. I was having fun with that kid,unaware of the people around me. We both-the kid and myself didn't bother about the people around,but i think his dad felt slighty embarassed... Then i had to get down,and the baby's face had a late realisation that his ad hoc toy was gone.

Are we certain of the path we've tread on?

Sometimes i wonder, what if there is a fundamental flaw in our understanding of everything....What if our basic perception of things is incorrect. For instance, what if the value given to 'zero' is wrong,as every other creation by us is directly or indirectly dependent on it everything else will be flawed. Or what if our perception of infinity is wrong....And many such questions......
What if we have been surviving on a masked flaw,making us believe everything is accurate. I know that different things have converged many a times to prove that we are right. But what if even this has been a ratification of this flaw.

Its just a thought which regularly keeps crossing my mind,thats all. It may sound absurd,but it is not. We could have gone wrong in few places,which we are not cognitive about...

ARR towards Golden globe -:)

Congrats AR.....
A R Rahman has been nominated for Best Original Score for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Golden Globes.....
We are proud to share our lifetimes with that of a legend like you AR.....

A temporary oblivion....Courtesy:::"Exams"::: and Freedom in a new perspective :)

I was just thinking, from the past few days there has been little or no contact with you people, with whom i used to interact for substantial amount of time....
The reason, actually not a worth one---EXAMS....It's sad my friends....Imagine our rapport after we are away and not together.....
And another thing....Few of you even turned down the chance of meeting Eben Moglen, professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and also the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center, whose client list includes numerous pro bono clients, such as the Free Software Movement.....I tell you-You've missed a lot !!!
It was awesome to hear him talk and i was lucky enough to get a personal introduction to him and also to ask him a few questions.
Now, my motive of working on and propagating the free softwares has got clearer...The ultimate goal at every stage of this phenomenon is to enhance and propagate freedom....Freedom of thought,Freedom to share and create....
It also aims at bridging the economic gap between a few money minters(who got rich at the cost of our freedom) and the rest of the world....

All the World's a Stage....You got it right,it is Shakespeare....

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

You are the protagonist !!! You are at the centroid !!!

Who according to YOU is the protagonist in your life???
It is obviously -YOU..... YOU are the centre of the universe...All events are revolving around YOU...
YOU are a part of the cause, so YOU will have to bear a portion of the effect....World to YOU is just a function of your perception...Consequentially, there is nothing like- good or bad, happy or sad, right or wrong- everything is relative,nothing is and can be absolute...But, YOU have the ability to change how things affect YOU...
And if YOU are talking about your contribution to the world, don't YOU feel YOU are the most special person in this world??? If YOU are not feeling so,please.... YOU need to, cos it is what YOU are........And what will the world be without it's special person...
So, savor every moment YOU've got....Make each and every moment the best it could have become....
And YOU need to realise- The best thing about the world is YOU.....