Dear naani,

R.I.P

Hope you are in a better and happier place now....

I hope i can move on...

GONG XI NI YI CHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohhhhhh it was SUCH a happy moment for all us It started with a kiss/They kiss again fans when Yi Chen won the BEST ACTRESS AWARD for her character Xiang Qin which she potrayed to perfection!! That moment definitely goes down as one of the most memorable moments of my life!!!!!! N Joe being there to support her at every stage was just soooo adorable... The more u see this couple the more u want them to be together!! It was just toooooooo exciting!

That time of year again....

The increase in the frequency of my posts can help anybody deduce that its that time of year again... The time when im supposed to "STUDY" at home for my upcoming exams.. Yes, Iam talking about my Preparation Leave (P.L.)... Ironically though, this is the time of the year when i catch up comfortably with all my friends at the TKA Villa and otherwise... N also, they are burdened with the reponsibility to MAKE ME STUDY!! *winks*
So guys!!!!! Please get to work!!!!!!!! Coz im always open to motivation from u'll...!!!!

Note: This post is short coz my mom is yelling at me in the background to get back to my books!! LOL

Happy Diwali!!!!

दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभेचा!!

The 3 mistakes of my life...

Intriguing title isn't it? Thats the name of the most recent book by one of my favourite authors, Chetan Bhagat...
Though iv always known that, what you have to face or deal with in life is a direct outcome of ur own actions, after reading this book i realised the gravity to which our decisions can affect our lives... It set me thinking... It made me wonder. What do i consider to be the worst decisions of my life... What are the biggest mistakes of my life???
After a lot of pondering i finally could select 2...
1)My choice of career
2)Lack of presence of mind, which cost a life...
Since the day i stepped into the AISSMS's Institute of Information Technology, my life has taken an ugly detour.... It has taxed me immensely both academically and emotionally... As i may have mentioned about 1000000000 times before, it turned me from a topper to a flopper!!
Secondly, the thought that will haunt me for the rest of my life... "If only i had done things differently, would the outcome have been different?? Would a life have been saved??"
Anyhow, these are pretty much the two thoughts that occur to me EVERYDAY without fail... Infact iv thought this so much now, that i want to stop thinking about it! Im exhausted with this "If only" feeling... Im really fed up!! But then again, we cant always control our thoughts or our emotions right~~

Happy Birthday dad...

Hi dad!!
Wish u a very very Happy Birthday!
I hope u r happy no matter where u r...
Its been 13 years we still miss u a lot....
Love u loads.... Mily

Laziness and procrastination....

Well, that pretty much describes my state right now.... Iv been avoiding everything thats important and doing everything that can and SHOULD be postponed... It took me ages to return to my blog!! Bunking college, literally fleeing from there every oppotunity i get! Not that its one of the best places to be at anyway! Anyhow, before i start my college bashing as always, (somehow im never lazy when it comes to that! *winks* )
Bottomline, i need to get back on track... Complete the pending assignments and start getting my files for the exams ready, before its too late and i end up getting all flustered and nervous and start the waterworks when i realise that the semesters almost over and im kinda screwed...
But somehow, inspite of all this idling away, im the one in my group with maximum things completed! Strange! But thats not what matters... The point here is to start getting the work done already!! Looks like i cant start watching any new dramas anytime soon (say a few days *winks*).... Jia Yo to my group and me!!!! Go for it everybody! Lets kill the last few months of engineering the best we can!

Celebrating 61 years of independence...

On this auspicious occassion today, when, as Jawaharlal Nehru has said, " India awoke to life and freedom" 61 years ago, I want to express the immense pride and honour that i feel to be born as a citizen of this country....

Through this post I want to say how fortunate i feel to be an Indian....

Freedom didn't come to us out of nothing... It came out of the sacrifices made by our forefathers, our freedom fighters, and i realise that, we all should....

So, Happy Independence day! Jai Hind... Jai Bharat!!

Some interesting statistics::::>

SKYPE!

For those who dont know---> Skype is a software that allows users to make calls over the internet.....

Though iv had a skype account for a long time iv never really had the chance to use it coz the only one i voice chat online is my brother and he simply refuses to use anything other than gmail or yahoo...

But yesterday sis Edith suddenly suggested using that to communicate (Coz come on! International calls are s*** expensive!!!!! Talk once n then ur credits are over!) And before we knew it sissies Edith, anni and I were conferencing!!!! It was sooooo much fun! I mean the wonders of technology are really commendable!!! We can talk to people miles and miles away from and its ALMOST free!!!!!!!! Simply amazing!

N then there was no stopping me! ;)

Today morning i ended up speaking to my best friend in the US for 90 minutes!!!! It was crazy! It was almost like she was back home in Pune again!!

Now, theres always yahoo or google! WHy do i HAVE to use SKYPE??? Well, the reason is, I think Skype gives u maximum clarity as far as sound reception is concerned! And besides thats something my sissies and i experimented with together and strated using together! So i guess its skype for me!

**Cant believe im actually making a post out of this!!!!!**

Sudden realizations.....

U know, there are several occassions when theres something bothering u.... U hate that feeling and u want it to go away but it just doesn't until u finally sit down and think it over and the reason for ur discomfort hits you hard... You suddenly feel so disappointed/upset/frustrated!

I mean its a phase.. Its not like you go into depression or anything...

Well something like this happened to me recently... Sunday 3rd August 2008 was FRIENDSHIPS DAY (Technically, the first sunday in August is celebrated as Friendships Day). N like everyone else i too had big plans for this day! Wanted to pay a visit to all my friends n surprise them! But little did i know what was going to happen..

Well i'd given a pre-employment exam/campus exam for a company called Krawler Networks on wednesday that week.... The exam was so tough (Not just for me, for everybody) that i didnt think i would get through... But i knew one thing for sure, that i wasn't the worst...

N totally contrary to my expectations i was informed on saturday that i was selected for the second round and had to go to the company at 11:30am on Sunday.. (Friendships Day!!) But i was thrilled! It was my first attempt ever at any such exam and i was among the 12 people out of 120 who gave the exam! That sure was a confidence booster! But we didn't know whether the second round would be a written round or an interview...

However, in our attempt to be on time we all reached there 45mins prior to the required time!

Anyhow, it was my first ever experience of the "Professional" world... Its so different and so much more refined tha the current "Academic" world we are in.. So really impressed with the "look" of the company, we finally started our "exam", yes, contrary to what we thought, it was yet another technical exam and not an interview round!
Well, they could have warned us this is what it would be but they didnt!

Anyhow, the first question itself took us an hour or 2 to complete! Which i tried to the best of my abilities.... We thought that would be it! But no!!! The next thing the examiner/software professional asks us to do is---> Solve the questions that appeared in your first round again!!!!!!!!!!!!
N guess what! He wasn't gonna give us question papers again to see wt the question exactly was!!! So basically we were supposed to REMEMBER 3 long programming problem statements at that moment and acutually code them!!!!!!! I mean is this a memory test???? And anyhow, whats the point of repeating the same questions??? Weren't we selected for this round coz we did SOMETHING right in that round?? ATLEAST TELL US WHATS GOING ON?!?!? At that moment my only thought was "Im doomed!!!" But surprisingly, i could remember what id done and i could code what i remembered...

However in the midst of all this irritation, anxiety and frustration, it suddenly hit me! What exactly is bothering me?? Is it the fact that we've been sitting there for 4 hours now w/o even a glass of water? Or is it the poor lighting in that office? Or the fact that my friendships day is ruined? Or the problem of not being able to completely solve what im doing?? No, it wasnt any of this...

It was the fact that i was just NOT enjoying what i was doing! I had practically not uttered a word in those 4 hours.. I was sitting all by myself and doing something I DONT REALLY ENJOY!!! Something my hearts not into ATALL!!!!!!! Thats the problem!!!
And believe me, this sudden revelation made me feel like i was pushed off a cliff!
I had that same sinking feeling which u have when u feel u'v lost someone....

But now what iv learnt from that is that i must, in my profession look for other avenues that may be open to me... I admit im NOT a hardcore programming person... But im sure that there is something out there belonging to MY FIELD that will most definitely interest me... I just have to find it... N im sure i will....