The True Mirage of a geek ..

I’m coming home

2011-05-29T05:55:00.001+05:30

Walking out from the hallowed halls

I step onto the sunny outside

High fives follow in my wake

Coz Im coming home .. coming home ..

Glimpse the skyscrapers by the night

An ocean of dreams, a mesh of life

Thrills surging through my body

‘Coz Im coming home .. I’m coming home ..

Walking on the road so travelled

The air where I lay, where I spoke

Peace and calm and memories adrift

‘Coz Im coming home .. coming home ..

A place of living, of creations destiny

Memories of living unfettered joy

Laughter and a twinkle in my eye

‘Coz I’m coming home .. I’m coming home ..

Impish gleams running around

Doing for want and now

Wisps of unbridled passion flow through the tips

‘Coz Im coming home .. coming home ..

13^th May 2011

(After listening repeatedly to the American Idol intro “Im coming home” )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQLMn39z9Ac

Sometimes Someone Somewhere Somehow

2011-01-24T09:06:00.002+05:30

I look at coincidences in life and wonder how its all possible .. That one could look for something all their life and not find it .. And sometimes it just falls into your life .. Is that luck ? Karma ? or just fate .. Frankly, I dont know .. All I know is that I have found what I have looked for my entire life ...

Sometimes I meet someone
Sometimes I fall in love
Sometimes I give it my all
Life is sometimes just perfect.

Someone stays in my thoughts
Someone makes me feel loved
Someone is made for me
That someone is you.

Somewhere far you stay
Somewhere you haunt my mind
Somewhere I wish I was with you
I wish that somewhere was in your arms.

Somehow we managed to meet
Somehow you're crazy about me
Somehow we'll face all the hurdles
We are going to be together, somehow.

Today, Tomorrow, Never

2008-11-04T05:06:00.001+05:30

As i pass them all
I look at the horizon
come close it does
rushing like the wind.

The reality hits home
the inevitability of purpose true
Life is but a point
Flicked off as desired.

The swarm is all around you
Amdist the haze of confusion
One stark reality hits home
All that is true, is you.

Giving it up ..

2008-10-21T10:13:00.004+05:30

Ever since I've come to the US of A, the pressures of work and personal life both have really been getting to me .. and i started smoking, something which I've avoided like crazy for 4 yrs .. !

And i wasn't happy about it, just didn't care .. I was at the point where if no one cares, i dont either ..

Then Miss Pretty&Wise girl talked to me and I've decided to give it up .. I'm writing this in stone here ..

I don't feel like it .. I want to do it .. But i know the consequences ...

Score 1 for the good guys.

Edit: -1 for the good guys. Life goes on as before.

An awesome innovation .. !

2008-09-16T03:51:00.003+05:30

An innovation, which i would be willing to pay $10-$20 for ... !

It is just the best innovation for a frustrated geek .. !

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/donkey-bong/n64-controller-bong-combines-the-two-reasons-your-college-gpa-sucked-304815.php

Today.

2008-09-14T02:11:00.000+05:30

I woke up today
big fat smile on my face
not a care in the world
as i faced it outside,
The wind blew gaily
amidst the spray of rain
Walking side by side
The world, just, a little lighter ..

A hop, skip and a jump
My feet, feel a little lighter
A little closer to the sky above
I believe, I fly ..

The dawn may set
On yet another day,
But, this day was mine ..
To have, to live,
To feel, to imagine,
To be ..

There comes a time
A day amidst all
Which justifies the rote existence
Of why we live the way we do
And that is the day that justifies you;
Your being; Your creation,
And then you know, that what you dreamed of ..
Is true.

RIshi Valley Poems

2008-09-04T07:27:00.001+05:30

When i went to my sisters school, Rishi Valley, i really had an amazing time.

its was very "Tranquil". Sitting there, i penned down a couple of my poems.

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Astanchal

The silence abounding
Amidst the twitter of birds
I sit here wondering
about what it is to be.

The rocky mountains
Stand still and dignified
I sit here wondering
about the rigidity of my existence.

The lush green ferns
of the old,old trees
I sit here wondering
about the masses yonder.

The sun goes down
Yet the light shines bright
I sit here wondering
About the illumination I provide.

The clouds are still
patiently moving
I sit here wondering
about the rush of life.

A crow perches on the tree
The sun kisses the hills goodbye
I sit here awondering
as this day, goes by ..

Purity of Existence

'Tis not everyday
once gets to meet
someone interesting
someone... refreshing.

'Tis not the thoughts
'Tis not the looks
Its the combination of it all
The combination, of being ..

The excited little chatter
The serious outlook to life
The glint in the eyes
The desire to be ..

Its once in a while
someone just strikes you ..
someone, so different ..
someone, so you ..

The want to exist
The determination to conquer
Amidst, this all there is her
One, that is, just her ..

Being Free

Lying on a rock
In the middle of nowhere
The cool winter in your hair
The sun warmed platform
Life, with no cares ..

Care, a fragile word
Responsibility, in this man made world
Sometimes, moments like this
Sitting amidst nothing ...
Life, suddenly means everything ..

Everything, this vastness..
the ocean we exist in ..
Dog eat dog, day after day
Sometimes we cease, desisting ..
Just if, if only for a moment ..

Moments, the true life ..
Moments, which take our breath away
Moments, which mean something
Moments, like this ..
Are moments, just moments ....

XKCD .. Hilarious

2008-04-10T02:05:00.009+05:30

Just started reading XKCD .. Its hilarious ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xkcd

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This one was toooooooooo gooood !!!

See the full ORIGINAL image here

See the parody of the same , here :
See the full PARODY image here

http://www.virtualroadside.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/lovenote_ss.jpg

3 awesome quotes ..

2008-04-07T02:53:00.001+05:30

Some awesome lines ive read .. and love ...
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

I've always believed in numbers, the equation, logic will lead to reason. After a lifetime of such pursuit I ask what truth is logic, who decides reason. My quest has taken me to the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional and back and I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found.

Why i wrote 'The future...' and 'Where we are'

2008-04-07T02:46:00.003+05:30

These are the tumultuous thoughts that came tumbling out.. After 3 months of deprivation of this blessed release of writing ..

Each line in the poem means something.. Especially the ones which seem confusing..

The end of 'Where we are' is left so for a reason..

This was me. These were my thoughts.
No reason. Just coz i am.

Where we are

2008-04-07T02:45:00.001+05:30

We stand at the top of the hill
Staring down at mankind
Staring down at the expanse
Looking, at everything.

Are we really undaunted
Or just a mirage of the same
A façade, created to shield us from the truth
A pedestal, for others to see us on.

Kings and kings there will be
And then there will be us
Who is it, that conquers them all
Our vanity, our pride, or simply us?

To be at the top of the hill
Is a climb that never ends
Try and try as you may
Yours, it is not to be.

Swallowing the bitter truth
Moving on to another phase
New things to do…
And yet, the heart still wants it so…

The heart wants what it does
But the reality check is real
Where we are, is for a reason
But who we are…

The future...

2008-04-07T02:44:00.000+05:30

I sit here, thinking about it all
The way everything has passed by
The years we spent trying to do everything
Grasping at so much and yet, not at all…

The vastness ahead is daunting
Worrying and terrifying,
Yet we try to strive towards the same
That is what will define us,
That is what we were born to do.

Life is full of such mix-ups
So many variables, so much randomness
We hurry and scurry, changing this and that
Optimizing everything for that distant goal

What it is, we do not know
All we know, is that is all that we have
Our hopes, our aspirations
Our dreams, our work
Maybe that’s what the whole problem is
Maybe that’s why it’s called life.

Amidst all this paranoia
We try to find those seconds of peace
Those lapses of sanity, those lapses of sense
Those lapses of laughter, those lapses of joy
Merging all this together, we get our vicious circle
The daily grind, the humdrum routine
Those memories to last, a lifetime, forever ..
And life goes on… and we dream on…

Koi deewana kehta hain ....

2007-12-30T05:34:00.000+05:30

This poem/shayari is really really awesome ... Lyrics down below .. If u like it, see part 2, even though its nowhere as good. This is Dr. Kumar Vishvas (http://kumarvishwas.com/) . I think this is the one from IIT KGP.

Koi deewana kehta hain koi pagal samjhta hain,
magar dharti ki bechani ko bas badal samjhta hain,
Main tujhse dur kaisa hu,tu mujhse dur kaisi hain,
Yeh tera dil samjhta hain ya mera dil samjhta hain

Ke mohobbat ek ehsaason ki paawan si kahaani hain,
kabhi kabira deewana tha kabhi meera diwaani hain,
Yahaan sab log kehte hain meri aakho mein aasu hain,
Jo tu samjhe toh moti hain jo na samjhe toh paani hain

Mat poooch ki kya haal hai mera tere aage,
Tu dekh ke kya rang hain tera mere aage

Samandar peer ka andar hain lekin ro nahi sakta,
Yeh aasu pyaar ka moti hain isko kho nahi sakta,
Meri chahat ko dulhan tu bana lena magar sun le,
Jo mera ho nahi paaya woh tera ho nahi sakta

Bhramar koi kumudni par machal baitha toh hungama,
Humare dil mein koi khwaab pal baitha toh hungama,
Abhi tak doob kar sunte the sab kissa mohobbat ka,
Main kisse ko hakikat mein badal baitha toh hungama

MP3 ~~ Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar

2007-12-29T03:05:00.000+05:30

OMG OMG OMG !!!

This movie really lifted up my spirits !!

This movie is just sooooooo cute !! The theme song (or main melody is so nice ..)

And the best thing ... It just totally reminds u of skul days (or atleast how they should have been ! :) )

And im literally head over heels for Hazel Crowney

Shes just soooo cute ... She makes u feel that ur right back at skul hitting at all those girls, each look makes u feel that omg she looked ! (even though for me it was in college .. )

The first time their hands touched .. Picking up books .. (Mine was eating popcorn ..)

Those "innocent coffees", "hi how r u today .." and best "isnt the weather nice today :) " (i wasnt that bad that i was asking about the trees .. )

Just leaving you with a few pix of Hazel ..

Click This Thubnail to see the full pic.

Bruce Schneier - Awesome Quotes

2007-12-29T03:00:00.001+05:30

I found this hilarious .. while reading another Blog.
I dont know where ppl get these from !

>>>[TECHIES ONLY !]<<<

You can check out the original post here.
http://prajwalit.blogspot.com/2007/12/bruce-schneier.html

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Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier.

Bruce Schneier Facts...

1) Bruce Schneier's secure handshake is so strong, you won't be able to exchange keys with anyone else for days.
2) Bruce Schneier knows how to generate a digital signature. Anyone's.
3) My firewall cannot block www.schneier.com
4) Bruce Schneier is the real architect of 'The Matrix'
5) Bruce Schneier knows you are reading this.
6) Alice and Bob met for the first time at Bruce Schneier's pool-party
7) Vs lbh nfxrq Oehpr Fpuarvre gb qrpelcg guvf, ur'q pehfu lbhe fxhyy jvgu uvf ynhtu.
8) Bruce Schneier decrypted the Da Vinci Code in 11 seconds.
9) Bruce Schneier beard has the bigger prime number of hairs
10) Though a superhero, Bruce Schneier disdanes the use of a mask or secret identity as 'security through obscurity'.

and the best one -
11) Bruce Schneier knows Alice and Bob's shared secret.

Experiencing Love

2007-11-12T00:34:00.000+05:30

Friends and ppl ask me .. and just dream in general wonderment .. What is it to be in love ??
" What is it that all these romantic movies always talk about ? " and "is it possible and real ??"
" What is the difference between a friend and a special someone ?? "

Well, i'll try to explain in the best way i can ... Lets hope u can empathise with me ...

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--> With a friend, u can talk to them, speak out your heart, maybe cry a little ..
+++ With that special someone, words dont matter when ur sad... The look in your eyes, the tears glistening, that person undertands what ur trying to say, without you having to spell it out ...

--> Friends can have other work or may be going out with some other friends sometimes ..
+++ This special someone is always there, if u need to go out , get some fresh air, want to hang out with someone ...

--> Opposite sex matters (No pun(s) intended) .. most of our close friends are of the same sex and generally understand the viewpoint only from our view ...
+++ A partner can truly make you understand things from both viewpoints (as they know u well enuff by then)

--> Friends are once made and remain forever ..
+++ The initial courting period is so much fun .. the furtive meetings .. the raised eyebrows .. those holding hands .. drinking coffee together and the smiling eyes looking at each other .. (It actually happens .. )

--> Friends are easy to make
+++ It is the hardest thing in the world to ask someone out. I was actually trembling, its tuff yaar !! (Gandi phat-ti hai .. believe me guys .. If u girls are laughing , try it out sometimes .. And then maybe u'll go easier on us poor chaps ... :) )
.. But then the relationship afterwards is worth it all ...

In the end, A hug and a smile from that person matters the most .. Hearing their voice, puts u in lala-land .. A simple touch on the arm raises goosepimples ..

One piece of advice .. Always be truthful .. Whether it is that ur talking to another girl casually, or that u smoke, these things are easily found out and come back to bit u in the ass .. HARD ..

Is this love ? I think so ...

Its cheesy, but u guys know me .. im a diehard romantic ..

" Tere liye, ham hain jiye, har aansoo piye
Dil mein magar, jalte rahe, chaahat ke diye
Tere liye, tere liye ......"

(She will kill me when she reads that !! :) ) Love you ...

24 - Jack Bauer Quotes

2007-10-25T06:16:00.000+05:30

I literally fell off my chair, when i read these. They are just too funny.

Get all the quotes @
http://community.gencon.com/forums/thread/73041.aspx

These are a few of my favorites : (the ones in bold are really good acc. to me)
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When bad things happen to good people, its probably fate. When bad things happen to bad people, it’s probably Jack Bauer.

The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.

The 2007 budget for the US Military covers Jack Bauer, two pistols and four billion rounds of ammunition.

MTV once tried to 'Punk' Kiefer Sutherland by staging a robery in a store. Sutherland smiled and pulled out his SIG and shot 3 actors in the head. This is why there was a new cast on Punk'd after season one.

If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.

Jack Bauer can break anyone and anything, but he will always break the protocol first.

Most pilots need 5,000 feet of runway to land a plane. Jack Bauer needs 100 feet and a gun.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

Jack Bauer is the only human in the world with the ability to make Chloe O'Brien drop the personality disorder and patch him through.

Lets get one thing straight, the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.

It's no use crying over spilt milk... Unless that was Jack Bauer's milk. Oh you are so
screwed.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

When someone asks him how his day is going, Jack replies, "Previously, on 24..."

There is the right way, the wrong way, and the Jack Bauer way. It's basically the right way but faster and more deaths.

Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.

The truth may hurt, but it doesn't hurt as much as Jack Bauer.

Don't ever ask Jack Bauer what is going on. He'll explain in the car.

Jack Bauer doesn't take fingerprints, he takes fingers.

You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.

When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer has been to Mars. That's why there's no life on Mars.

Jack Bauer's family threw him a surprise birthday party when he was a child. Once.

Jack Bauer could get off the Lost island in 24 hours.

Google Indic Transliteration

2007-10-23T04:21:00.001+05:30

http://google.com/transliterate/indic

This is too good. Go and write anything in it like

"main aaj bahut khush hoon"

and it gives

"मैं आज बहुत खुश हूँ"

Chak de !

2007-10-23T03:57:00.001+05:30

I will talk only about 2 things.

1. A: "Sir, ye aapka world cup ka medal nahi ? Iske saath kya kar rahe hain ?"
B: "Sona mein badalne ki koshish"

That statement says it all. Regret, passion, hate. I feel it is so perfectly framed. The lesser he said, the more u get from it. Regret is something that one cannot bury, just like ones spirit. The only person who can take your spirit or your regret away from you, is YOU !

2. [I had to ...]

To yeh sattar minute khuda bhi tumse wapas nahi maang sakta.
Toh Jaao . Jaao aur aur apne aap se, iss zindagi se, apne khuda se, aur har uss insaan se, Jisne tumhe – tumpar – bharosa nahi kiya, apne sattar minute chheen lo.

I will say this in one sentence. I wish one could do this everyday [a deliberate pun on the famous EXTREMELY inspiring everyday video. see here.] all the time, always.

Outsourced the Open source data !!

2007-10-23T03:55:00.000+05:30

Geeky title for this, but still , thats me !

I got this stuff from http://riothouse.wordpress.com/ .. Read it !! Some of the posts are quite good.

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Groucho quotes

-Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

- From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.

- I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

- I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.

- I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.

- I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.

- In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.

- Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

- Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

- Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

- There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he’s crooked.

- Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.

- Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy.

- Why, I’d horse-whip you if I had a horse.

- I thought my razor was dull, then I heard his speech.

I shall never ever take for granted ..

2007-08-30T03:24:00.000+05:30

I shall never ever take for granted ...

A) The joy of eating food.

B) The joy of being able to eat anything.

C) The joy of a painless life.

D) The joy of being able to do anything one wants !!!

Most of this can be redirected to the image below

Getting my 2 wisdom teeth removed !!!

The lower one has freaking HORIZONTAL !!! and the dentist :

1. Cut through the gums
2. Cut through the bone on top of it.
3. Sawed the teeth into 2 halves.
4. Pulled it all out.
5. Stitched the left and the right side of the gums together.
6. Simply, yanked out the upper tooth.

THE PAIN, OH the pain i endured a day after the surgery .. MEDS .. HAH !! The stronger i took, the lesser effect they had.

Finally, Homeopathy showed some magic... Alas ! only for a few hours ..

Today after all the pain, i am on 1 x antibiotic, 2 x painkillers, 1 x SOS painkiller, 2 x homeopathic medicines..

Finally peace of Jaw and Mind. Guess what was the first thing i did ???

Watched and finished Season 2 of 24 !!!! Finally, back to barrons in peace ... (With a little distraction from facebook .. I'll get u for that Ms. aim<- )

toodeloo

Friendships Day

2007-08-06T00:29:00.000+05:30

Yesterday was friendships day ..

A day for solace with frnds and those who truly love you ..

As they say, its the little moments that count .. Spending time with some frnds ..

And then a frnd made my day .. Ms. Oldestfrndinpune called .. Its been ages since i talked to her ..

And then she makes my day by calling .. Just hearing her voice reminded me of how frnds are and how friendship is ..

This is a message to all my frnds .. I cherish you frndship .. I welcome it and respect it .. I will be there for you ..

The Brilliance of US

2007-08-05T23:18:00.000+05:30

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson (Also in Coach Carter)
I feel knowingly or unknowingly, all of us succumb to mediocrity .. We all have that spark in us .. Including me .. someone who for 12 yrs in skool, got the remark "Can do better" ..

What is it that holds us back ?? What is it that ties us down and binds us unto these chains .. Lets us free .. Let us go .. Let us spread our wings and fly ...

Ode to joy :: Beethovens 9th

2007-08-05T01:13:00.000+05:30

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Ode_to_Joy_violin.ogg
http://www.lieder-tafel.de/freude.mp3

This tune is the most amazing ever .. This violin theme as above is inspirational .. But listen to the power of the music in the second one ..

I feel that this surpasses even the "Everyday" video ..

Such raw power in this piece of music .. Daunting .. and so finalistic .. Yet so full of hope and telling you that the pinnacle is there and attainable ..

Fantastic .. Just, Fantastic ..

Just see the same piece of music in Dead Poets Society .. This music .. is .. just .. too .. good !!!!

Winner !!

2007-08-03T01:36:00.000+05:30

There is nothing as satisfying for a geek , than winning for being a GEEK !!!

I did sooo well in this Tech [Sc. + Tech] Quiz and wound up coming third due to a STUPID mistake by me ..

But even better, i got shortlisted for a project today !! After beating 20 odd teams from all over pune, as well as some ppl from my college ..

It was REALLY REALLY satisfying to beat Mr. Ithinkiamsmartbutreallyamsuchanasshole .. It was exhilarating .. Life can just be really really good sometimes ..

Lets hope this spurt of luck continues .. Just like last week when i thrashed every1 @ Stock market .. And won a little @ Poker .. Texas Hold'em style ...

WAY TO GO !!!

A Beautiful Mind / Movie

2007-07-31T02:13:00.000+05:30

This movie is one of my all time favorites ..

It focuses around 2 major things ...

What is Real ?

&

What is Genius ?

As Mr. John Nash says, there is a lot of difference between genius and TRUE genius ..

This movie is just a feel good movie, making you want to succeed originally exceeding all odds, the boundaries of the physical and mental persona ..

Life is all about becoming the genius you were meant to be .... !!

As for Real, this concept has been reiterated in many places (Matrix 1, Harry Potter 7)

For me, real is what makes you happy .. considering that one lives in a society ..

The first was definitely true for Mr. Nash .. But then the 2nd is for what he took all the efforts ..

Man is a social animal .. He lives in a society and no matter how much he protests against it .. He is an integral part of it ..

Mr. Nash overcame these odds and surpassed every known boundary known to mankind itself .. Physical frailty, Mental unstability, Mental Trauma (Divorce, Ridicule), Physical Pain ..

For that sir, i salute you ..

The Bachelor :: S10

2007-07-30T02:01:00.000+05:30

Just finished watching season 10 of the bachelor ..

Shows how romantic and perfect a guy can really be ... i mean like the guy was a DUDE !! and the settings made by the crew were just AWESOME ..

But then lets get some more perspective here ..

Most of the girls were stunning ... But then when you get to know them .. the tiny things come out .. Stephanie_SC was just interested in more of the fun part of it and never got too serious coz she was winning .. I was SHOCKED that andy didnt pick bevan .. i mean like she was perfect .. reminded me of kirsten from THE OC .. Tessa was acc. to me a bad choice .. She shd have gone out much earlier at 6 or 9 ppl ... Maybe andy just liked the chase of chasing after her ..

Bevin Powers

See the contestants at:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-bachelor/profile/bevin-powers.aspx

Neways, the whole perspective thing is that :

Who does one want ??

Some one who is smart and strong and can stand on her own feet .. intelligent .. and makes you comfortable ??

OR someone who is smart but shyer .. more of the homely kind of silent girl .. But then really really listens to you .. and gets you and pampers you more .. She may be intelligent but is not very career minded and is happy just being with you and living with you ..

Lemme kno what YOU think !!!

Is love the purpose of life ?? Or is life what you get, when you start loving ...

Chance

2007-07-15T00:12:00.000+05:30

People keep waiting for a CHANCE .. Thats all they need ..

In a game of poker, it make give you pleasure ..

In life, its harsher ..

For 3 years, all we had to do was maintain that DAMN 60% .. Taking my eyes of that, namely

1. Ragging - Extremely Useful. Made me tougher and a little less spoilt. Undersood what authority is all about. BUTTTTT it Wasted my whole 1st year. Really needed to put my nose to the grindstone which i didnt. Hence, the 53.6% (which means that as i had 59.8% in sem 1, imagine what happ in sem 2 !!)

2. Gaming - Take it seriously or not .. but Do something Which you CAN win at .. you will find more pleasure there .. Learnt this the hard way .. From Mr. Chillmaarre and Mr. Trump. Thanks to both of them though ..

3. Sleeping+Hostel Life - Vella in the hostel and not attending SE 2nd sem .. BIG mistake .. ATLEAST have 50% attendance, you Fuck !!

4. Trust - DTA. Stone Cold Steve Austin said so and he was RIGHT. Trust should be lent, not given up completely. Trust someone and there when the iron is hot, they take you down, ALL the 10 pins at once.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

5. Life - Dont leave your fate in lifes hands .. You do that and you become its pawn. Due to simple relaxation, namely %age and not attending CareerForum, my life right now is HELL !!

All i can say in the end is .. DONT B LAZY ... and dont take SO long to realize things .. DUMASS !!

Jo-incidence ?

2007-07-10T01:22:00.000+05:30

Rachel to Ross: Sometimes things dont work out the way you thought they would ....

Thats the way life is .. Thats the way love is ..

Thats the way the world goes round .. The place you find IT, is the place where you are least looking for it ...

Life is just too cliched, yet miraculous ..!! Cheers !!

Free Life !

2007-07-09T22:35:00.000+05:30

Life is just so beautiful at times and yet so crazy ..

Sometimes one just wants to break all the rules and go free ~!!!

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

Just wanna do a lotta crazy stuff that i never got to do .. Engg. is getting over .. New phase of life coming up ... What do i do ... hmmm ..

-------- Wanna go to goa ... drink , be merry , go wild ...

-------- Wanna dream abt Egypt and Astrophysics to no end ... in peace ..

-------- Wanna read some comp. books .. for PLEASURE ....

-------- Wanna spend time with ppl i love ...

-------- Just relax ....

Guess i just gotta remain positive ...

I guess that when one is positive .. Life just seems to go okay ..

So here's one to life .. Cheers !!

Life .. Thats how it is

2007-06-27T17:12:00.000+05:30

Life is so topsy turvy .. guess thats why they call it life ..

I mean like we are trying to move faster to stay in the same place ..

We are doing things to make our life better, which actually take time away from the things we actually want to do.

Life is all about choices which we make .. Some choices we regret (READ: Chennai - hence missing someones farewell party...) all our life ... Some choices we are happy abt (IT over CS)..

Life is just so comlex in its maze..

life is just .. life i guess ..

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Suno, jiyo, muskarao .. kya pata .. kal ho na ho ..

meri jagah hote toh tum kya karte ... Kaash .. Kaash mein tumhari jagah pe hota .. kaash ..

Ramblings of an incoherent mind

2007-05-27T00:51:00.000+05:30

I miss you man .. i miss you so very much ..

life seems like shit without you .. I had finally found a brother with whom i could share

everything i wanted .. and then you like an ass had to go and drink so much .. i mean like

WHY !!! couldnt you for once have thought of the others ??? the others who care so much for

you and had to go through so much SHIT coz of you !!!!

I mean like who do i call when i have a girl problem ?? or who do i call if i just wanna

feel that life is good and enjoyable ?? i cant afford the long distance call to you .. so i

will just have to sit back and wait for 80 years to talk to you .. i mean like ur such an

ASS !!

Friends are there for you to talk to them .. i wish you would have talked to me .. pls tell me that it was a prank .. that you will call me now .. this instant .. and take me away from this craziness .. i mean like that bike ride was the worst of my life .. i dont wish taht on anybody .. not even Mr. SoFullOfHimself ..

Dude , just call me .. and lets get this shit over with .. i cant take it anymore ..

Click - A review

2007-05-27T00:15:00.001+05:30

This started off like another movie which one expected to be ANOTHER one of those adam

sandler slapstick comedies ..

To say the least , i was PLEASANTLY surprised ...

Just stick through the slow beginning ... Along with all the chuckles on the way , the

movie spirals along getting better and better ..

Even though the ending was very predictable , i literally found myself begging for it to be

so ..

The scene just before the movie ends [u'll understand when u see the movie] just gets

really really emotional and thats weird for a comdey movie, but it does ..

I mean even IMDB has a posting of who all cried at that scene .. i did too .. you just cant

help it .. it , it .. just makes sense ..

All i can say is that this movei will really make you appreciate life and the first thing

you want want to do after this movie is call up someone you love ...

YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE !!!

Me .. Choices ..

2007-05-11T04:53:00.000+05:30

+Hapiness+

1. Love

1. A girl asking you out.

1. Sweet smell of summer rain.

1. The smell of an old book.

1. Beauty for the eyes. (woo-hoo :D )

1. Egypt , Ancient Greece , Rome ..

1. Liquid Chocolate, Strawberries and Cream , Cheddar Cheese ..

1. Cosying up to her ..

1. The first Kiss ..

1. Fresh green grass with the mist swirling around your head ..

1. Unlimited Buffet !

1. A smile

1. Friends around you.

1. SLI 8800GT ~~!!

1. A whiff of the perfume of a girl passing by ..

1. Stanford

1. Siddhartha Basu

1. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. 24x7

1. Felix Felicis for a day ..

1. Micro-oogle !~!

1. Brand Equity ..

1. Nirulas !

1. Nice loooong empty road ..

1. Lambhorgini , ferrari

1. Preity Zinta , Raageshwari, Sushmita Sen, Angelina Jolie

and the rest of the things that i cant think of ..

-Sadness-

0. Needles

0. The smell of a hospital.

0. Blood , Gore

0. Crying of an infant

0. Anger of a woman

0. loss of life; lost for life

0. MX 4000

0. Hotels throwing away barrels of liq. choc.

0. Incapable people

0. The wicked smile on the face of an examiner, when ure bluffing !

0. Drug Deaddiction

0. Lectures and Submissions

0. Pollution, crowded roads ..

0. Handwriting

0. Ugly looks ..

0. Death , mayhem ,carnage .. u get the point ...

and the rest of the crappola out there ...

THATS ALL FOLKS !

LP == MY Thoughts ??

2007-05-11T02:55:00.000+05:30

LINKIN PARK - LEAVE OUT ALL THE REST

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared.
But no one would listen
Cuz' no one else cared.

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear.
What am I leaving,
When I am done here?

So if you're asking me I want you to know...

When my time comes
Forget the wrong that i've done
Help me leave behind some reason to be missed.
And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest,Leave out all the rest...........

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Another one echoing my feelings of life ..

I think that fame ... or at least sum1 knowing who you were when you leave is the mission of our life ..

When we enter this world, we are crying and everyone else around is quiet ..
Life ur life in such a way , that ..
When you leave this world, you are quiet and every1 else around you is crying ..

Thats the thing they say ..

When you die, if u have 5 friends who cry for you and remember you, ur the luckiest !!

An Ode to a friend : I remember .. and cry ..

Review - Tara Rum Pum

2007-04-29T01:44:00.000+05:30

Saif and Rani again .. After HumTum .. Another Rockin movie ?? NOT !!!

This movie deserves somewhere between 2-3 Stars, namely because it is a cliched story about lifes battles.. Looking At Kal ho na ho, and then this, makes us want to bang our head after seeing this movie.

Saif, known as RV is a race car driver who is the hottest one, winning every race (schumi blues ?).
Then, predictably he has an accident , but makes it back (in 1 yr-2 mins on screen) but is scared chicken shit to win and keeps losing and gets fired. Thats 60% of the movie.

No money, hes working odd jobs and so is his wife Rani Mukerji, in a forgettable role. The children starve themselves to pay the school fees. The son, eats a burger out of the trash, swallows glass and then they need $65,000 for surgery.

Guess what happens ? He gets his old buddy back (fought with him when he was fired, predictably.. Otherwise how would the BHAIII reunion happen), races and WINS !!!

thats the movie folks.. its sooo slow, it makes movies like Khushi, Hum Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyon and Aamdani Athanni Kharcha Rupaiya look like Road Runners !!!

It was saved from the 1 star rating coz of the half decent music .. Dont even get me started on the music videos .. Shona , shona ?? still acceptable .. but on paying the school fees, they get the reins of a toy store and play about there ??? and then the goldilocks bears, them dancing with them .. ugh .. makes indian cartoon movies look like Shrek ..

All in all, we wanted the 300 bucks back .. not for moneys sake, but sanitys !!!

The end

2007-04-27T02:47:00.000+05:30

What i felt is the the moments that are the most important are the last few ..

(Just re-watched Blood Diamond)

Think of it .. the timers ticking down .. 2 hours left ..

What is it that you would want to do ??

-- Go and Beat up sum1 ..

-- Go hog and the best hotel ..

-- Achieve nirvana through the spiritual act of lovemaking.

-- Keep drinking/doping till you pass out .. its just easier that way ..

-- Spend time with the ones you love ..

-- Keep trying to find a way out of it ?

What would i do if it was the last few moments i had ??

i would tell the person i love most in the world how much they meant to me .. i would lie down in their arms .. talk to them .. and then call up those who really really mean a lot to me and tell them the things that i never really told them to their face as in how much they meant to me and what kind of difference the made to my life ...

And then, drift away, in her arms ..

For me, life is abt finding the perfect one... Its like Yin and Yang.. She just completes you ...

I would rather paint on a desolated beach with her by my side, rather than achieve any thing else in this world .. (well .. fame, power and money isnt too shabby either ;) )

Company

2007-04-14T23:51:00.000+05:30

Laughter like bubbles can wash away all the dark thoughts of the devils workshop ...

Most teens like me like do just do 'vella' and chill out ..

sometimes one realises how much fun that can actually be !!!

just taking some time off and relaxing .. with no thoughts of life, college and beyond ..

just living in the moment !!

Now D@Ts the fun of going out in a G@NG !!

Cheers to all the fun we had !! (Those who were with me, know wat i'm talking about ..)

LIFE ~~2

2007-03-22T03:10:00.000+05:30

The Nazi rule eliminated multiple families across countries.

What if you didnt know but the next day, the world as you know it ends ..

Families torn apart, emotions crumpled, thw world in a disaster.

We spend our lives trying to place block upon block in a manner such that the end is true success which is defined by our mentality.

And then forces, beyond our control just sweep away whatever we precariously built over our lives ..

and its not as if we get a second chance ..

statistics are easy to quote .. over a million jews died ..

A million . think of the heart, mind and soul of all those MILLION people !!

their dreams, hopes and aspirations ..

their love, their mind, their soul ..

A gone in the snap of a finger ..

"Dont take life if you cant give it", is so APT ..

Ones devastation is a certainity, the time frame is not ..

It just that we realise our inconsequentialness when events mould our life into unforseen paths which we are forced to take ..

That is what is the scariest unpredictability of life ..

Who is John Galt ?

2007-03-09T19:23:00.000+05:30

"Why ask a question which nobody can answer" is the mean of that question ..

It's from one of the most insightful books ive read and every time i read it , it just makes me want to go DO something .. that anything can be done if one wants to ..

Its not an 'inspirational' book .. Its just a piece of literature that is .. well .. beyond words ..

I wish i could have met Ayn Rand .. she sounds like a teacher i would have really really looked upto and wanted to learn from ..

Like einstein said , the most important thing is not to stop questioning ..

thats the thing .. if u can ask a question that no one can answer , and then actually do something abt it .. Then you are SOMEBODY ..

and like i said a few articles ago .. that BEING somebody is what we all strive to be ..

This book combines everything .. socialism , hypocrisy , capitalism , carnality ..

Its just a something that one wants to read over and over .. coz it is THAT DAMN GOOD !!!

Education

2007-03-09T19:22:00.001+05:30

Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Education in India has perhaps been one of the most controversial topics ever. With us, churning out one of the highest percentage of graduates day in and day out , one does have to wonder , are we really focusing on the quality ? Or is it just the quantity ?

It may be a proud thing to say, that Indian students are doing coursework that is far more advanced than what is done in the western hemisphere , but at what cost ? Students trundling along all day long from school to extra classes to coaching classes, in the vicious circle of what we call our “Teen Years”.

People ask , as to why we ape the western culture ? Maybe it is not all the glitz and glamour that attracts us. Maybe it is the freedom, from the oppression of the education system, that we find alluring. No more donkey work carrying tons of books to school. Not worrying about marks all through your life , and being pressured in middle school for 10^th standard exams , after that for the 12^th , then for the graduate …

The other system which we find so alluring, makes us feel that the teen years can really be spent in enjoyment and once we enter college , is when we can work. Doing homework in the assigned classes at college, hence leaving the rest of the time for leisure.

It is kind of sad, that every student feels that they can get a real chance at life if they go abroad. Why? Because they get a better chance at education. But what about the IIT’s and NIT’s ? Two Hundred Thousand people compete to get Five Thousand seats in the IIT’s. Do the math. The rest of us are stuck at the universities with the archaic percentage system where the attendance, is the lord of the marks and the teacher’s impression, our true savior.

And now, with the reservation system coming up, all we can do is sigh and bear it, ‘cause there really isn’t any other way out ..

As Voltaire once said, “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong”. All those people who protested, against the quota can vouch for this. Isn’t financial aid to meritorious students a better system than one of the quota?

“The art of government is not to let me grow stale” said Napoleon and that is the motto of our leaders of today. Our freedom is the freedom, to imprint as much of a book’s contents as we can in those years provided to us, to help us go from one pit to the other, until one day we can fly away. We campaign for 100% literacy. Literacy, Ha ! I would rather call it Mind Imprinting.

Making it big

2007-03-09T00:00:00.000+05:30

Why is it that making it big is so important to all of us ??

Is it because of all the attention we get , the peer positive reviews , standing in society ??

Is it because of the 'winning high' that we have beaten the rest ??

Is it because of the money and the power ??

Or all of it rolled into one ??

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Its just the fact that some people take ways of disgracing you and trying to beat you .. Its like wallowing in filth and pulling another in it too ..

Its at times like that that you feel like being spiderman/superman and transforming from the sand in the face 90 pound weakling to someone who can just whip his ass around ..

Guess its just age old satisfaction on beating the competitors on fair techie grnds which will have to do .. .

Heres to the cup full of life brimming with success !!

HIM

2007-03-08T01:53:00.000+05:30

This may seem a weird post to many .. Dont question .. just understand ..

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The words come out from the depth of truth ....

They say life is unpredictable .. they say one should not hang on to things ..

But how do i let go .. if i dont want to ??

Some memories come and go , but some are burnt into your brain ..

Sometimes i feel , friends you value , you should not let them go away from u ....

there they dont have anyone to control them , take care of them .. and hence , they tend to go awry .. and then just go ..

Its not fair that i have to live without an arm (not literally). Its not fair that i was crippled when i needed the support ..

When life looks bright over the horizon, look back, a sandstorm is approaching ..

So now its like, would I rather that something good actually happen ?? as it is going to lead to negativity anyways ..

The world tends to bend towards chaos .. i know .. but the most generalistic despair , "Why me !"

He is one of the most .. dont know what to say .. person i know ..

One of my best friends .. my true friend .. like he said once , like a brother ...

other brothers miss him too .. His squashmates .. Mr. Footballer , Mr. Positiveattitude and me .. His (well he tried .. ) almost girl ...

Should i bang my head against the wall to feel something or should i just tear a pillow apart ?

Some ppl like Mr. Smokeandplaymusicalot can easily forget ... promises which they make ..

But how do ppl intrinsic to him, do that ??

My heart squeezes everytime i have memories .. some memories are better than none at all ...

I dont know what to do .. i see him in every person i meet .. i am waiting for the day until i can meet him again .. until later dude .. miss your support like crazy .. your stupid jokes .. ur crazy ass attitude .. your never ever say die attitude .. your belief that everything will be all right ..

DAMN IT !!!

Soaps & Movies

2007-03-08T01:37:00.000+05:30

I am kinda a fan of all the american TV soaps ..

Heroes , LOST , F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (How can i 4get) , The OC , 4400 etc ..

why do i watch these soaps ??

1. The girls are HOT !! (No indian saree clad auntys / Heavily made up city type fashion plates) but genuine, simple HOT girls !!

2. The stories arent CRAP !! Its not the same thingy over and over .. even like in the OC something keeps happening, and u can almost believe it except for maybe julie cooper .. shes like , 2 gud 2 b true ..

3. It definitely a good dinner TP

4. Some are actually tht provoking .. LOST has epps like tht ..

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MOVIES
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1. Most indian movies are on good themes nowadays , but the actors cant ACT per se ..
my fav. example is look at Russel Crowe in Gladiator , A beautiful mind and in cinderella man .. hes just 2 gud ..

2. the stories make much more sense than a LOT of the indian movies ..

3. movies like Kal ho na ho may touch your heart , but movies like dead poets society touch ou soul ..

Id like to rest my case on that point ...

Rest l8r ...

ciao !!

Love

2007-03-08T01:31:00.000+05:30

Aaah .. if u knew me , you would say "Finally ... " ...

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What is Love ? is one of the most pondered about questions ..

Love is, well everything. But as they say, the good comes with the bad ..

To want someone so much can lead in pain in

a) that person not liking you

b) having to leave that person (literally / mentally)

and believe me that pain is a true test of human endurance ..

Do you think you are in love ??

Lot of people tell me .. oh i think im in love .. i ask them a simple question ... "Why ?"

According to me if you can answer promptly with an answer like "This is why .. " then you are, coz if ur in love , u cant stop thinking about that person and u can reply asap.

But if u stutter , stammer or say " what kind of a question is that" , you DONT pass GO and you dont collect 200$ ... :)

Take your time to find her .. when you will .. believe me, its worth it ..

LIFE

2007-03-08T01:12:00.000+05:30

Its one of the topics that scares me the most ..

What is life ??

Why are we here ??

What happens to us after death .. What kind of entity will we be after we die ..

People say that we get one life , enjoy it and the beauty of life is its uniqueness but the thing is that i dont care about that .. i just dont want to leave ..

I (We) strive so hard in life .. for what ???

20 years i have worked .. for what ?? a passing car or a multitude of rogue cells to wipe me out ??

its not fair .. and its not that i can continue in my next life or what ever ..

science proves it that one cannot be reborn again .. past glimpses are possible , the human body is complex beyond imagination ..

i just fear that once im gone, whether i was as famous as bill gates or not, I am not there anymore ..

and that is the fear which will kill me ..

The only thing to fear is fear itself .. I dont fear fear but i fear death ..

Am i rambling on about inconsequential things ??

HELP !!

2007-02-22T23:21:00.001+05:30

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