New Hobbies Developed !!

Due to the ample amount of time available at my disposal, I hereby decide to spend some of it fruitfully in the pursuit of something which might be help rather than just whiling away all of the precious resource(TIME !!). I've started solving crosswords in the newspapers, but the problem is that the hints are so vague, I hardly seem to be able to find the connection. For example take this, the hint says "Send out for a taxi,Peter".. after whacking my brain for about half an hour, I got so frustrated and finally saw the answers on the next day's paper(I was solving yesterday's crosswords !) and the answer was "Expatriate" ! Gosh.. I failed to see any ocular connection between the hint and the answer ! Similarly frustrating was today's crossword !

Then decided to dig up my bro's "Word Power Made Easy" which he won in some competition and neatly wrapped it up in cellophane to protect it, but never got the time to actually go through it. Even though it is the 1994 edition, it hardly matters. Not that the words added in these 10-15 years are going to make any huge difference. Once a good book, always a good book. Lets hope I can stick to my plans and come out with a better and improved vocabulary ! Gone through a few sessions of the book, and I must say I found it very interesting and I would definitely recommend it to anyone genuinely interested in improving their vocabulary.

K.. then.. Gracias for now !

Unemployed @ home !

Hello everyone.. Back after a break of few days due to some inconsequential problems (my landline was somehow unable to connect to the web). Been here in vizag since Sunday, and its been the typical vacation till now.. nice gloomy weather, no need to go anywhere near the books, in touch with some old friends.. and ample time to relax !

Managed the courage of going to 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom', but couldn't tolerate the whole of it.. was horrible to say the least. It seemed like a series of music videos.. can't imagine how the film makers expect the audience to accept such crap, notwithstanding the fact that the film is star-packed, the stars also need something to impress upon.. unless of course if you are an SRK or a Hrithik Roshan! Is this what is supposed to be new age film-making... snazzy, eye-catching videos luring the audience to an equally dismal show ? "Aap Ka Suroor" - another film which I believe will belong to the same category. Hope there aren't many unemployed people like me to make such flicks a hit and in the process encourage more such 'ambitious' ventures.

Korean Films Rock !!!

I've already mentioned restlessness I've been feeling for a couple of days.. and to pass my time, I've decided to watch movies - a lot of them are pending ! Started off with "Little Manhattan" - absolutely delightful piece of film making. The little guy's thoughts and actions seemed so familiar, so real.. not to mention the cute girl..

Don't know how many of you have watched Korean flicks. But if you have seen "My Sassy Girl" and "100 Days with Mr.Arrogant", then you would have been totally bowled over by these brilliant romantic comedies.

Finally got myself a ticket for home.. missed class today for it. But it hardly matters now, as I've mentioned before, I'm fed up ! Had a discussion regarding Islam with one of my friends(online) and she brought to my notice some very interesting facts. Though I usually don't like to discuss religion, but the facts seemed quite shocking. Certain links she sent me attacked the very foundation of the religion. The material seemed enough for a novel like "The Da Vinci Code", but I guess would attract more violent protests than ever seen. Suddenly, I feel like reading what Salman Rushdie has written in "The Satanic Verses" to have captured so much attention. Only time will tell whether I would be actually transforming this thought of mine into reality or it will slowly wash off from my gray cells like millions of other things which have previously succeeded in having my attention.. Gracias for now ...

Feelin Restless...

Too much of training.. too much of Linux, Java, SQL ! I suddenly feel so saturated.. as the time to depart for home comes nearer, the more restless I seem to become. I've decided finally that I'll be leaving on the 23rd, can't stand this training any further - half-filled classes, extended breaks, restless teachers and over energetic students ! I've had enough of these, and I desperately need a break..

Saw Mr.Bean on a holiday yesterday - wasn't upto the expectations. Ocean's 13 was better than 12 but Ocean's 11 was the best in the series. Tried out something new the previous night - slept on the roof of our hostel ! Was a lovely experience - the cool breeze was a relief compared to the closed confines of our rooms, the starry skies encouraging us to relax.. but the best part was the discussion we had.. girls.. abt. all the girls we fell for and the consequences, cursing lady luck and most of all laughing at all the stupidity we ever did for them.. It was fun..

Yuppeee(proj. almost done) !! A believer in "Anekant"

We had a discussion on our project today.. and to our delight.. myself and Ravi have already completed over 70% of it ! But, it seems the project needs a lot of documentation.. wud force the "dormant" members of my group to proceed with that..

Lunch was again a treat by one of my friends.. a belated b'day party.. God why don't I have friends who have b'days in all different months of the year.. ate to my hearts and stomach's content ! The food was delicious.. and as always I respect good food and can't bear any insult to it.. so left nothing and was full to my neck ! And as goes the age old truth .. a good lunch must be followed by a long, undisturbed siesta ! Its all a man can desire.. leaving the carnal ones, and the unputdownable lure for electronic gadgetry and of course the everlasting crush on sport bikes and convertibles.. well.. i guess these needs are very basic in nature.. aren't they?

The network still sucks in my bed.. so i am surfing from my neighbour's.. not a very bothering affair.. Recently in the papers, I read about a concept called "Anekant" i.e the power of the mind to see both sides of the coin. It says that good and bad, life and death are not different affairs but a continuos one.. everything has more than one way to be interpreted, one just needs the maturity of mind to be able to do that. Anything from history to the astrological columns in the newspapers including all the religious texts are meant to be interpreted in many ways. One of Jefferey Archer's short stories had four different endings... and he asked the reader to choose any one of them according to their liking and understanding of the story. The concept of Anekant is undeniably true as it is necessary to restore balance.. if you can see a good side of something, there is bound to be a bad side, which is probably still unexplored.

A Breakthrough !!

It was wonderful when myself and Ravi got together to do some scripting for our project. After some initial problem due to the firewall, we successfully wrote a simple shell script which was effective and did the required task. Now, it seemed that the project will probably be not that tough as we were anticipating it to be. Lets hope we finish a major part of it before the vacations.

Missed breakfast again.. Scripting blues this time ! I regret missing Puri.. but let bygones be bygones ! The light drizzles seemed like blessings from above which accompanied by the cool breeze was absolutely delightful. But, the class wasn't as effective as it could have been due to the errant power supply. Nevertheless, it was beneficial. Exception handling seemed important. Also got "Bheja Fry" from one of my friends, though the file seems arrogant enough to play after a certain point.


Forced myself to read a couple of editorials from "TOI". They only seemed to substantiate the already obvious fact - that India and China are developing and progressing their economies at such alarming rates that their involvement in future global issues would soon be inevitable. The G-8 is an old concept which no more seems to fit in the neo-world order. Countries like India and Brazil are proving their influence by independently stating their views on global issues, which are being noted by those who matter. Looks like the next generation is going to see a new face of India, good for them.. u and me !

A new nightmare to live with !

Spent the previous night doing what I had decided against (playing Counter-Strike).. My friends from the Civil branch were very persuasive.. so finally I decided to give them some action and check whether my frag count would again be at the top.. and it was... used to give me a nice feeling within.. but not anymore.. I'm retired from this addictive passion of mine (Its best if u don't want to know why) and now I play for no team, no one, but myself.. and that too very rarely and I would like to keep it that way..

The day started with a negative note.. no electricity and calling the weather just humid would be an understatement ! It was horrible.. first the heat and humidity, then the water supply goes ! Pitiful state of affairs.. Spent almost the entire morning on the bed (Counter Strike Blues)- didn't have the energy or the courage to anything other than that ! Also skipped breakfast in the activity.. Its an engaging one, believe me !

The air-conditioned class room was a releif from the horrid weather atleast, but the project name for Linux seemed hot enough to make us sweat.. "Creating back-up utility at various levels for systems over the network on tape devices" or something close to that ! Still have no idea about it whatsoever except that we need to learn shell scripting and a few other concepts.. lets hope the project will force us lazybones do some good work at last.

I 'm starting to find blogging quite interesting.. nice place to express whatever is going on in your mind.. and in the end you feel a much lighter person after putting your thoughts to writing ! I should be thankful to my friends who've given me the idea to start blogging on blogspot .. Its fun and good time pass ..

Continuing the thread !

Well.. I m back again.. don't really know how long this new hobby of mine is going to persist. But nothing can be started if one fears he might not complete it. Especially discouraging is the network connectivity here.. two simple and uncomplicated words to describe it best - "fucked up". Patience is a virtue - any inmate of my hostel who pathetically prays for better wireless signal will confirm this age old saying. Passive criticism never improves the situation, so enough of complaining..

The training given by Red Hat did fall a lot below expectations, atleast till now.. can't be said the same about the open java that is still to be taught. The teacher, good though failed to keep most of the students (count me in) interested. I actually felt pity for the poor guy, we kept pressing him for breaks which extended everytime and forget about asking him to take the attendance till he got fed up. I guess the situation might get a little better, as someone else is taking Open Java from today. This guy seems to have some life in him and posseses some command. Lets hope I can get to salvage some of the money I had to pay for this.

These days Ifind all the people around me seem to have suddenly turned into movie freaks ! My roommate makes it a must to watch atleast two flicks a day ! Gosh ! It really wonders me.. day after day.. for several weeks.. he seems in no mood to stop ! I've found my indulgence in "Hitman : Contracts" , trying to be a 'Silent Assasin' but usually ending up as a 'Mass Murderer' ! Going to watch "Next" now. Heard good things about it from friends.. time to check it out.. ciao ! sayo nara ! Good bye..

A new beginning !

Thought of making some alternate use of the internet other than just (trying to) surf orkut & download movies from the local network.. So, i m here 4 a start.. had already ventured into online blogging thru Yahoo 360 , pursued the hobby 4 a few months and then grew tired of it.. orkut started taking most of the damn time in my 'busy' schedule !

Hopin to meet some 'characters' - thats wat i call interesting ppl. ! Hello blogger.com.. lets hope u succeed in keeping me engaged !