well my rather prolonged hiatus( syn-break,interval,moratorium ,for gre aspirants,others please ignore) from blogger can be attributed to the net connection in bits or more specifically malviya bhawan(subhan allah),the pressure of cdc's and yes most importantly the conspicuous absence of anything worth a description-i mean i would hardly classify myself as an ardent blogger but in the past the posts have been sort of streamlined towards a particular topic-however insignicant it may be-but the last few days counting into weeks have been nothing but "the usual"(no more gre help , do some work urself)..
the hustle bustle of acads has really caught up and lyf has mostly been about the transistors and transformers-not complaining here, not yet atleast.i have even amazed myself by pulling off a 100% attendance feat thus far(though i was only physically present in the last EDIC class,dozed off for half of it nd spent the other half drawing weird shapes in the last page of the notebook),but still its been no mean achievement specially if u look at the track record of previous sems,i mean i've attended more than i did in 1-2 n 2-1,possibly even combined together
the placement season has commenced here nd its sort of amazing nd kind of pitiable tht hw little knowledge i possess abt the companies nd the much talked abt pay packages nd the means n ways to attain the same-i'm practically livin on the hope tht a bunch of generous ppl will find me n the value addition capabilities inside me-or else there is always the plan b nd c(a purely clandestine affair)
the elections are creating a buzz around here though i'm nt remotely concerned with it nd neither understand why so many ppl are-i mean for me the whole process of faking in front of ppl,manupulating thm,the divide n rule games-these intricacies n complexities are way beyond me..
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ya one thing happened, the premier league kicked off last week(its one nd probably the only one thing i'm passionate abt,seriously dude wts wrong with me,but as Chandler rightly said,lets nt open tht door).The Gunners had a decent start-wt with a barely half strength squad one cudnt be complaining till v hv the points in the bag(tht too a couple more thn man united..ha ha) arsenal's signing of a particular silvestre meant i had to tolerate a few more taunts n jibes tht are becoming a part n parcel of being a gunner fan...
thts enough fr tday..i apologise fr wasting ur precious seconds/minutes but the very fact tht u indulged urself in reading this shows u were nt doing anything constructive in the first place..
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
the one with all the poker
So those propagators of the chaos theory nd the butterfly effect had a point maybe-an occurence tht wud otherwise hv been unnoticeably insignificant turned our routines upside down-all be it fr a single night!!
so it so happened tht while we were mundanely consuming our dinner,a chicken leg from our very own shitij's plate brushed the sides of our "vegetarian" frnd shashwat,nthin special abt it except tht we hd addy(again our very own dear frnd) fr company,those of u who know him i need'nt say wt happened nxt but fr those of u who dnt know him,he gt all wound up n agitated in his own very typical way,which really cant b put to words,but thn this one wsnt all abt wrds...
the veggie-non veggie arguments reignited with the veggie side represented by addy of course n aptly supported by shashy n saraf . the pioneers of the non veggie side were shitij,of course,pd(pravanjan das if short forms flummox u) nd yours truly....
now its impossible to win with addy on arguments..(those who know him would be forcefully nodding thier heads at this point of tym)....so we hd a better way..a more manly way i must say..the fight would be settled over a game of lan poker....jst fr a prelude this game had become somewht of a sensation but the journey to the zenith of excitement had just begun....
now the moment a challenge sort of thing kicks in,it gets people all worked up no matter how utterly irrelevant it may be..the moment the match ws decided it ws followed by loud swearing ,belly shaking n n*****e pinching(last 2 by addy exclusively) which made more than a few heads turn towards us,now cmon we hd given our dull little mess smthin to rejuvenate itself with..
so we started debatin over the consequnces of the results, the details not worth mentionin in a respectable society to be honest,nd more than nethin we jst wanted to play so tht eventually took a backseat..
so the game started..positions were taken..nd it started in the most unceremonious way possible fr us,with me pulling off a disaster in the very first round..the loud and lewd shouting tht followed made students n even authorities to run over n enquire if all of us were being tortured by some hellish pain...but nthin cud dampen the spirits tday..nthin
the game tht started as a disaster ended worse..we lost in a matter of minutes but challenged fr a best of 3-challenge -challenge accepted...but then when u think things cant go worse they actually do,we were massacred,oh so much humiliation we nd the non-veggie community had to suffer..the stories of our defeats were spread loud n wide...but we took everything in our stride n extended the challenge to a best of 5( we always do this nd it alwayys gets accepted bcos the basic aim is to play)
fully aware of the do or die situation,we went with concrete strategies n boy did we put them into effect-the game ws taken to the next level-we played professionally and truly outclassed our opponents though thy never made it easy,but the comeback had begun,the tables had turnd,we cudnt stop here,we simply cudnt..
game 4 ws a roller coaster ride,wt started out as a thoughtfully planned out venture ended on a purely different note-it had become really intense,no one ws prepared to sacrifice an inch,whn suddenly our very own shitij started feelin sleepy...if u were lookin fr a blessing in disguise u cudnt hv found a better one....in a carefree stroke of brilliance(actually brilliance my ass,it ws pure fortune,it always is) he whipped our high flyin opponents,we were back on level terms...now laugh all u want but all of this had been mentally n physically taxing on us..so the GRAND FINALE was postponed fr a later day..
watch this space for more....
P.S.-the title has been borrowed from a frnds season one episode(hope thy dnt sue me)...the episode ws fun but nthin comparable to the fun v had tday...
so it so happened tht while we were mundanely consuming our dinner,a chicken leg from our very own shitij's plate brushed the sides of our "vegetarian" frnd shashwat,nthin special abt it except tht we hd addy(again our very own dear frnd) fr company,those of u who know him i need'nt say wt happened nxt but fr those of u who dnt know him,he gt all wound up n agitated in his own very typical way,which really cant b put to words,but thn this one wsnt all abt wrds...
the veggie-non veggie arguments reignited with the veggie side represented by addy of course n aptly supported by shashy n saraf . the pioneers of the non veggie side were shitij,of course,pd(pravanjan das if short forms flummox u) nd yours truly....
now its impossible to win with addy on arguments..(those who know him would be forcefully nodding thier heads at this point of tym)....so we hd a better way..a more manly way i must say..the fight would be settled over a game of lan poker....jst fr a prelude this game had become somewht of a sensation but the journey to the zenith of excitement had just begun....
now the moment a challenge sort of thing kicks in,it gets people all worked up no matter how utterly irrelevant it may be..the moment the match ws decided it ws followed by loud swearing ,belly shaking n n*****e pinching(last 2 by addy exclusively) which made more than a few heads turn towards us,now cmon we hd given our dull little mess smthin to rejuvenate itself with..
so we started debatin over the consequnces of the results, the details not worth mentionin in a respectable society to be honest,nd more than nethin we jst wanted to play so tht eventually took a backseat..
so the game started..positions were taken..nd it started in the most unceremonious way possible fr us,with me pulling off a disaster in the very first round..the loud and lewd shouting tht followed made students n even authorities to run over n enquire if all of us were being tortured by some hellish pain...but nthin cud dampen the spirits tday..nthin
the game tht started as a disaster ended worse..we lost in a matter of minutes but challenged fr a best of 3-challenge -challenge accepted...but then when u think things cant go worse they actually do,we were massacred,oh so much humiliation we nd the non-veggie community had to suffer..the stories of our defeats were spread loud n wide...but we took everything in our stride n extended the challenge to a best of 5( we always do this nd it alwayys gets accepted bcos the basic aim is to play)
fully aware of the do or die situation,we went with concrete strategies n boy did we put them into effect-the game ws taken to the next level-we played professionally and truly outclassed our opponents though thy never made it easy,but the comeback had begun,the tables had turnd,we cudnt stop here,we simply cudnt..
game 4 ws a roller coaster ride,wt started out as a thoughtfully planned out venture ended on a purely different note-it had become really intense,no one ws prepared to sacrifice an inch,whn suddenly our very own shitij started feelin sleepy...if u were lookin fr a blessing in disguise u cudnt hv found a better one....in a carefree stroke of brilliance(actually brilliance my ass,it ws pure fortune,it always is) he whipped our high flyin opponents,we were back on level terms...now laugh all u want but all of this had been mentally n physically taxing on us..so the GRAND FINALE was postponed fr a later day..
watch this space for more....
P.S.-the title has been borrowed from a frnds season one episode(hope thy dnt sue me)...the episode ws fun but nthin comparable to the fun v had tday...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
No,i'm not talking about our fav sitcom-though i'm always game for tht-i mean chandler n phoe-no-we'll talk about them some other day.
so it ws friendship day tday-jst another day fr the multiplex age to send cute emoticons and metaphorically imaginative messages-i really dnt see wt the fuss is all abt-but of course its no denying tht friends are an inseparable entity in our lives-but the question is who really is the frnd! no matter hw much we deny friends exist at various levels-lets take a look at them-
level 1- people with whom u go from a "joyful hello" to a "lukewarm smile or a cursory nod" to ultimately "do i know u"..these people come nowhere close to the definition of frnds though ur orkut profile may contradict..but the fact tht u arent close frnds is neither ur fault or his(forgive me fr only refering to "his",its jst tht my association with its counterpart has been limited to negligible)..u jst werent destined to go further
level 2-this is what i wud call the "pretend to be frnd" stage,usually with ppl with whom share smthin in common or hv done so in the past-same batch,same class back in school,same karate class(if u went fr one tht is) but somehow ur compatibility factor remained low-these r ppl with whom u'd merrily chitchat n gossip but an invisible barrier stops u frm openin up-we consciously or intuitively make efforts to conceal our true self from them-this wasnt destiny's fault-it gave u ample time together but maybe jst that the purine in ur dna din't match with pyrimidine in his(pure shitty reason i know)
level 3- now u r talkin..a very simple way to know if u hv moved to this level-when u take the freedom to hurl abuses at the other person without worrying abt any ignominy of awkwardness-thts it-u r nt pretendin anymore-u generally share otherwise censored stuff with these ppl apart frm the usual hangin out n chitchat-of course this may manifest itself differently in different ppl but i'm no management guru who'll explore the subtleties
is there a higher level!!
well lets say tht if all ur thoughts were password protected and smone were to have the access key-then maybe u cud call it the level 4-the pinnacle of frndship...
so it ws friendship day tday-jst another day fr the multiplex age to send cute emoticons and metaphorically imaginative messages-i really dnt see wt the fuss is all abt-but of course its no denying tht friends are an inseparable entity in our lives-but the question is who really is the frnd! no matter hw much we deny friends exist at various levels-lets take a look at them-
level 1- people with whom u go from a "joyful hello" to a "lukewarm smile or a cursory nod" to ultimately "do i know u"..these people come nowhere close to the definition of frnds though ur orkut profile may contradict..but the fact tht u arent close frnds is neither ur fault or his(forgive me fr only refering to "his",its jst tht my association with its counterpart has been limited to negligible)..u jst werent destined to go further
level 2-this is what i wud call the "pretend to be frnd" stage,usually with ppl with whom share smthin in common or hv done so in the past-same batch,same class back in school,same karate class(if u went fr one tht is) but somehow ur compatibility factor remained low-these r ppl with whom u'd merrily chitchat n gossip but an invisible barrier stops u frm openin up-we consciously or intuitively make efforts to conceal our true self from them-this wasnt destiny's fault-it gave u ample time together but maybe jst that the purine in ur dna din't match with pyrimidine in his(pure shitty reason i know)
level 3- now u r talkin..a very simple way to know if u hv moved to this level-when u take the freedom to hurl abuses at the other person without worrying abt any ignominy of awkwardness-thts it-u r nt pretendin anymore-u generally share otherwise censored stuff with these ppl apart frm the usual hangin out n chitchat-of course this may manifest itself differently in different ppl but i'm no management guru who'll explore the subtleties
is there a higher level!!
well lets say tht if all ur thoughts were password protected and smone were to have the access key-then maybe u cud call it the level 4-the pinnacle of frndship...
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