one of my diary enteries.. (I)

24.12.2006
mumbai
standing on the terrace, i was looking at and admiring two skies:one up above the world so high with only few visible, sparkling, twinkling li'l stars and other one just opposite to it,here on earth with far more sparkling stars(light) when suddenly some past, sweet memories that i experienced in hostel life started flashing in front of my eyes, scenes still crystal clear and then my grin turning to smile turned ultimately to heartful laugh (i was alone on terrace) and two drops in my eyes. tho these scenes are imprinted in my mind and heart n cant be blurred in ny way but still,i wud like to make a back up here (not that i dont trust my memory;i knw some of my near n dear ones might b smiling here :D). god knows wen i may need to read it from here to give me strength in time of crisis..
the incidents r being mentioned in chronological order:

*the first mid night b'day celeb i attended in my life n enjoyed was that of my friend,my sis,my same-behaviour-showing(as careless and as caring as me:)) hostel mate shagan. i cant forget that night.

*making of robotic machine for the event 'dirt racer' involving shagan,pooja,ankita kansal(the only day sche) n me in my rum,burning my table a bit during welding process.

*working in cc's rum for welding m/c parts and taking help from senior and then having a night out at shagu's dadi ma's place (as we dint want to waste few bucks paying the fine for getting late that night in getting back to hostel). tho shagu n pooh were equally determined as i to wake up whole night n finish off work,they finally end up sleeping leaving me fully awake so that i cud wake them up aftr an hour but alas i cudnt make them wake up again n ended up with waking up whole night all alone.. finally they woke up in morning,only to get ready for college!! :)

*first dp(dinner party) i saw in hostel which 2nd yearites gave.

*night out on the final night before the day the robotics compttn was to take place when we all 3 were in 'our mini workshop'(an extra,empty rum of hostel on first floor in the corridor where there were rums of seniors; which we got for work after permission from caretaker) working and partying. we made our project,our robot work for the first time..hurrray.. and then a loud music at 4 a.m. w/o worrying abt seniors being disturbed while they sleeping(n chances were very high that 1 may come there n not only scold but just thrw our robot in trash box). we were so much elated, oh.. we were on 9th cloud!

*and oh my.. how can forget those nights when i had ice creams (orange bar always,its being our fav) with pooh n sometimes shagu on open terrace past midnight with moon looking down at we fools and we savoring not only candy but chills of winter nights of chd(we had been doing this in the month of jan n feb too).

*i still dunno whether i shud be laughing or feeling stupid for doing this act: i was sitting with pooh on terrace.. wahi gappein.. wen suddenly she made me promise i'll accompany her in her nxt act wat she desires to do. i said ok(i dont rem any incident when i said 'no' to pooja except only one,wont mention here) n she said she wants to stand on terrace's boundary wall and next moment we two were actually standing there.. looking ahead,the canteen ramp and the btfl scenery,looking above, sky dazzling with stars,looking below, our grand,beautiful garden n looking behind.. hey r u ppl nuts,how can u think we cud dare to look behind standing on that thin,'death' wall... we stood there hand in hand for a couple of minutes enjoying breeze cutting thru our face.. oh.. i wont deny the fact i do cherish that moment even now..

*many more b'day nights when the b'day gal cuts cake at 12 am n gets bumps apart from cake all over the face.. many b'day parties' nights when we order food from some restaurant n have the 'tasty dinner' togethr..

*many nights when many of the batch mates watch movies,cuddling togethr on a small bed of the host's room n sharing the laugh on funny scenes or tears on emotional scenes!! n yeah, not to forget that one night wen we decided to watch (n watched) movie coz there was no light in hostel. we had to change lapis 5-6 times as and when their batteries ended but no body cud sleep w/o seeing the end of the movie!!!

*n those nights which me n pooh spent waking up till 3 or 4 am discussing "duniya jahan ki baatein" n sharing some prob n some feelings :D

*tho we had many dance parties till now but one of them was spl, we brought the music sys on terrace n danced there in open :)

*the latest one being sitting in shweta's rum along with her n shagu at midnight,shweta cooking maggi and then mixing the 'paneer tikkas' i brought and then finally feeding our friends n not ourselves.. 2 spoons,3 ppl.. each one making the other one eat.. oh,it already making me emotional even when there r still 6 months left b4 i leave this hostel or my college!!!

there r lots many incidents but space limited n its already ramayana here!! i'm seriously very lucky:enjoying half of my college life as a day sche n rest half as hosteller experiencing both the lives (can actually tell abt pros n cons n compare these two lives now)!!

hi all once again..

The reaction of some people (the list includes my family n close friends too) when i told them that i started writing blog was "so which news article u covered?" n I was like "hey I’m talking about blog, I’ve not become news reporter!!" but then I suddenly realized that "hokay, people generally have the misconception that blog is all about discussing and debating about some news only. But it’s not always easy to make them change their views and tell that it’s not about news only but it’s just like an email to the world. It’s my diary, open to all where I can post articles as and when I wish.” So I thought that better I write something about something in news, after all that won’t be a bad idea and I’ll have a new experience too!! So here I’m discussing (or debating and expressing more of my views rather than just news) some news articles but again, as I do only what I like (most of the times, unless there is really some force pressurizing me to do something even when its of not my interest), I’ll discuss only those news items which influenced me in one way or other or mattered to me.. so here I go with 3 articles..

Pappu fail ho gya!!

"An investigation is under way after Cadbury withdrew a million chocolate bars which may have been contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella." And then the company gives the excuse for temporarily recalling the chocolates that '(the act)is precautionary but risk level is low' as if the common people cant make it out that there cant be any measure of risk level when it comes out to be a matter of bacteria like salmonella. And then the company is assuring the people that they may contact and return the chocolates to the company and get the refund but who will tell these people which bars are affected and which not, or is the company saying that u have it a bit, get unwell and then they will refund the cost for chocolate or is the company saying it will also pay for the medical expenses of the people or other financial damage they may face because of these chocolates!! But the company was successful to gr8 extent in suppressing the matter and not made much hoo haa about it.
Waise who cares, I to had a damn lots of chocolates during that season too, after all, it was my b’day season :D;)

Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast!!

No this was not the good one but rather the worst in Indian history as far my knowledge is concerned!! Yeah, I’m talking about Mumbai blast. One morning wen I picked paper, I was shocked (hadn’t seen the news prev day). “A series of explosions on trains in the Indian financial capital Mumbai (Bombay) has killed scores of people.”.. I’ve one additional reason for getting more concerned with the news apart from being an Indian n its that this city is my hometown now!! Though my mom was with me during those days in city beautiful n my dad was there alone n I knew he never travels by train, but still this news had definitely shaken everyone at our place. N then this event gave rise to another issue after a month or two after its occurrence, everyone in the world was so much concerned with the 9/11 incident but no country showed much of concern over this incident!! Surely 7/11 is black day in our history. No further comments…

Vrooooooooooooom

No this is not the news about bike but yeah about a car (both have a similarity: if they have a good model and appearance, they appeal me :P;)) and this is really quite an interesting news, especially for those who believe in “need for speed” J and the heading is something like this: “JCB car beats diesel speed record :A car built by JCB has broken the diesel engine land speed record after reaching 328.767mph (529km/h).”
Wow, what an awesome and stunning speed yaarrr... n this was around end of august.. The car achieved this as average speed during two runs in Utah, USA and let me mention the “lucky driver” of the car when this record was being made. Ladies and gentlemen,let me present you, the one and only wing commander Andy Green form RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. Huge rounds of applauds J and for some engineers who are looking for some technical terms here, then here read this line: “The Dieselmax car is powered by two turbo-charged JCB engines built at the company's plant at Rocester.” So here was another piece of news that had brought a smile on my face and must have brought smile on your face too.



N after this, I’m out of contact of the world for a looooong time but from now on, I’ll surely try to keep myself updated so that I can too participate in these debates and be able to express ‘my reactions and what I feel about them’.. still I think my blog will be more of my diary page rather than centre where people be able to show their views about happenings in the world thru comments :P;)

Tribute to our "FAVrite" teacher

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No,this blog hasnt been left blank uptil now by mistake but this is tribute to our sir who left us in mid term to join job.. Sir as u dont teach us anymore,we dont study anymore (another reason is that new teacher doesnt teach any more). So when this new teacher of ours tried to take our "surprise quiz" after one and a half lecture (she had taken test in rest half lecture in very first lecture of hers to check if anybody listens to her or not and people we really proved her... "we DONT" as she is not worth that) with so many things which not a single student in class has ever heard of, all the students decide in silence by communicating without words (actions really do speak more and have more effect!!) and after the agreement, we all hand over the BLANK (yes,u really read it right.. blank) SHEET to ma'am with just name written over the top and are out of class within 10 minutes!!!

what a mind blowing experience!! everybody was doing "HI-5" after coming out of the class as if dunno how big a thing we achieved.. but yeah, they (our seniors) say u should try different things and have new experiences in final year!! thanks to u peolpe too for motivating us and being the inspiration behind our such acts :P;)

have a gr8 day ahead my frnds
ciao

cont.... (Intro to spectrum)

megs is so sweet and "most innocent" gal of group.. nobody wud remember a single time wen she scolded anyone from us in spectrum.. even when she tries to,everyone starts laughing.. she has no ill will for anyone however bad the person may be.. no she aint no saint, but she is really warm natured,kind hearted person..
quite intelligent,she is hard working and does all her work on time if she is upto it.. used to be head of the mfc and 'tubelight' (for non-engg ppl who dont know wats this, v call ppl tubelight if they get the points in any 'discussions' or 'chatting sessions' very late or dont grasp some points very easily...) but nowadays she is really getting wittier day by day n is eager to give over the post of "head of mfc" to another member of spectrum (most elligible candidate right now being dp) She has this quality of spreading "positive energy" around her n u've goodie feelings or feel high when she is around u.. She can brighten up ur day when u r going thru a dull day.. N yeah,her description would not be complete without mentioning this... The first thing u note abt her are those "dangling, long earrings of her which always match with her dress".. she has a pair for all of her dresses!!! ;) n another thing,if u wanna laugh n if u r not emotionally attached to any song,try playing 'antakshri' with her n u will roll on the floor laughing thos this wud not b her intention;) these days, called by another sweet name:'love scholar'.. LOLZ

wat to say abt mahi,our very dear mahima.. she has changed to this extent (n still changing a lot with every passing day) that u r forced to review ur 'perceptions' abt this gal almost weekly.. (even thats no longer period ppl,experience it n u'll know). From very stubborn to convincible (tho not very easily even today), from 'fussy' to very open minded now, from very serious to fun loving, from being so 'strict' in studies that she completed all her assignments by her own on very next day of getting one in class to now being in our category of "copy-cat";) she has really changed a lot but for good only.. i hope even u r cherishing this journey of urs mahi.. n yeah,one thing hasnt changed abt her till the date, she is still hardworking n doesnt relax till she has completed the task she undertook with perfection, no compromise in that!! A very gud orator, a perfect combiantion of beauty(i love her 'making faces';)), determination, dedication and attitude!! N yeah,sports lover, she is really updated with all news these days n she can argue on any topic u name.. she has become a lot wittier too.. samne walon ki bolti band kar de agar chahe to.. n yeah, dunno wat makes her think that she would be noticed by all teachers n may get scoldings later for some wrong doings after that!! ;) n how can we forget that night out in which she revealed her 'secrets' for the first time!! hey mahi,u seriously have the capability of surmounting the unsurmountable.. God bless ya sweetie

ab nupur urf nups k baare mein kya kahein.. yeah to pehle din se hi sabse mast ladki rahi hai.. pet lover(esp cats), fun lover, food lover n she loves wat (u may read it as 'who') not :P:D;) chatterbox of our group, she really wont give u chance to speak if she is mood n once starts herself... but yeah, the "most experienced" gal of our group without experiencing much on her own in life,yeah once she starts speaking philosophically, u cant disagree with her.. the only gal who has been teased for "one person" only always,u know spectrum who :p ;)

n hey last but not least,meeee :) do u need my intro.. nahhhhh


So,this was the intro of my spectrum as i can say for today's date only;P
people do change yaar, but yeah one thing for sure, the bond we share and its strength will never reduce tho may get stronger n stronger only..

PS: @spectrum
if u think i missed some peculiar quality or stuff associated with any one of us, do add a comment..

@others
wanna know more abt ny of these gals?? no dudes,sorry.. dont expect me to write "anytime!" i'm out of it.. still u may try approaching them directly or if u approach me,i may or may not give it a try.. :P

Intro to spectrum.... Finally!!!

this is seriously not an easy job but okie,lemme try.. ab blogging shuru ki hi hai to yeh to karna hi padega... but i wud seriously love this blog the most if 'm able to achieve wat i want here i.e. able to give such a description of each member of spectrum that u get to know the person even before meeting (but ppl,plz dont start developing any kind of judgements abt them w/o actually meeting them..)

hmm which color of spectrum should i pick up first???
okie,lemme start with deepti,my bestest pal with whom i ve spent seven years already n can spend another seven before our destiny really force us to be apart(but v'll b in contact forever,hai na dp..). after this i'll pick up other colors of spectrum alphabetical wise(the easiest choice wen u dont want to make any discrimination or wen its not possible either..)

we call her dp or dj with love in our group, not that this name doesnt have ny significance other than being short form of name:DeePti.. she is the best dancer of group n always ready for it too,each time full of energy..
the "most sensitive" gal of our group, but the "most caring" too.. she just cares and does so much for spectrum that her expectations rise too!! but.. we all ppl r just too kewl :P;) The "best teacher" of grp,u'll find her surrounded by peolpe before the exams times listening to her so intensely that nobody wants to be interrupted while she is teaching. She teaches so well that u can come totally unprepared,listen to her once and then go to examination hall without fear and u seriously get passed [that too with bonuses;)] one more quality of hers speaks volumes abt her, she is so simple and very very ethical and wont ever go against parents wish even if that means killing her lots of desires... She knows her limits too well and never even dares to come near it,leave alone crossing them.. she is amicable, an understanding friend who is always there beside u wen u need her,has practical attitude towards life, a great great fan of harry potter, and yeah, source of inspiration wen u feel down!! hey so much sugar coated stuffs, lemme tell one truth too;) she is famous for djs(deepti jokes) and has recently acquired membership of mfc(a very popular club of spectrum!), slow at getting some things (which then needed b explained explicitly to her) which she should otherwise get hint at herself!! i dont think one would find any other flaw in this girl n her frnship,kyun spectrum..

next comes my another 'close to heart' friend, aanchal.. she is an example of 'beauty with brains' in our group.. i met her in college only and we first talked very late in first semester but my journey with her since then is very memorable.. we did pooling on our two wheelers and got to know abt each other's views sooner after that. We really had gr8 'compatibility' with each other, having almost similar views for 'relationships'.. we fought a lot but cleared all the matter so sooner that everytime we felt our relationship getting stronger!! hey i cant forget those 'long long walks' with u.. those were simply gr8.. hey waiiiit,i think enuf of 'we',lemme write abt u explicitly.. haan, sach ppl, this gal is "most understanding" and "most practical" of all. she is a gud listener,a good advisor,a caring friend, a gr8 lover(aanch u wud prove, at least, this someday...wont u). the gud thing (tho u may not like this quality of hers wen u r d one involved;)) is that she is always neutral and doesnt take side of anyone for no reason and expresses her 'unbiased' views abt wat or who she feels is wrong or right.. very much extrovert n friendly,can talk to anyone under the sun without a hitch, confident n the thing which impresses me most: she really knows how to keep cool in true sense, maintains her calms always and never ever takes "useless tensions".. hey gal,u'll surely reach the heights n 'm sure u wont forget us even after reaching there,hai na :)

now switching over to ankita(kya kehtein hai usse.. meri "hum-naam"), she is the "most mysterious" girl of our group.. u cant claim that u know her 'more than herself' as she always has one or other "BIG secret" of her life all to herself which r suddenly revealed n that too so casually that it gives a shock to everyone for days!! but hey ppl,she is the coolest person to work with!! i've now been working with her as team mate in many projects and assigment and seriouly,u dont even realise wen the whole semester of college passed and our work got completed without actually completing it :P;) only smart ppl will get this last line now!!! as if not just being cool is enuf,she is "romantic" too, always eager to 'help the couples' who may approach her!! she is really very very much selfless gal, u dont find many of her kind.. she helps soooo much without expecting anything in return at any time.. she wudnt once make u listen that we ought to do her ny work as she did once our imp work or helped us. hats off to u n ur selflessness yaar

now comes magi,ooops i mean megha.. called megs with love by spectrum.. this girl is really very very sweet.. but before i start writing for her,lemme have a break ppl.. lemme get enuf of insulin else i may get diabetics!!

catch ya ppl soon..

Never blv what u hear or see..

the above phrase sounds quite familiar, hai na.. but still how many of us actually implement it in daily life.. I’ve heard it so many times n our bollywood directors too r not far behind showing many live egs of this phrase, when they wanna plot (and actually plot) a scene where vamps or villains play their role of creating misunderstandings between the actors-actresses.. n hey,tho these k-serials r really killing or madnening but even then u can learn at least one thing from there, its really very easy for "misunderstanding" to crop up in a very good relationship... note my friends," a VERY good relationship".. seriously misunderstandings don’t crop up between 2 people who have just normal relationships, like casual friends.. Have u fought with a classmate who is just ur "hi-hello" friend or one who is ur very close friend?? But why yaar, why misunderstandings arise??

sometimes i feel that its coz the relationship has not matured enuf or the people are simply too silly that they believe what the third person tells them without actually confirming it, either thru other reliable source or by directly asking ur frnd, the person involved.. but other times, when i'm analyzing it more deeply, I feel that its because the two people start expecting so much from each other, when they start doing so much for the other person without making the other person realize this and when they start taking each other for granted.. a stage arises wen neither of two is ready to hear "no" from the other person, wat ever the situation may be.. wen they start living "two lives" in the sense that they grab the other person's freedom of action n thought, they start treating "second life" as their own and expect it be flexible according to their own convenience.. wen they somehow forget to respect the other person's decisions n his/her style n behavior... the root cause thus becomes the minimized tolerance which one person has with the other due to "virtual merging of two lives".. yeah i know its getting more n more complex, in fact the more i think, the more i get confused and finally a stage arrives when i'm no more in a state to understand what i'm thinking, i’m not able to get the point my 'one half mind' is trying to tell my 'other half mind' and the two start conflicting so badly that finally they both agree to one thing.. "life is best the way its going, all this is a part a parcel of life.. if u dont have misunderstandings and if u don’t fight with ur close friends or near and dear ones, then either that relationship is very close to losing the meaning(u may read it as 'reason') of its existence or u r never gonna get closer.. but one thing should b kept in mind by both ppl involved in any relationship, either b cool enuf that u forget the stuff which was causing fight altogether and not start accumulating it inside u (it really will erupt like a volcano one day and will end everything if u show 'so called patience' this way) or if u r not cool, then at least believe in clearing out the matters ny discussing with each other till a point arrives wen both really agree that there is no more misunderstanding.." believe me people, if u r not cool and if u r not the one who doesn’t ever show the interest in clearing out matters immediately for one reason or other, u'll find that u lose frnds n relationships more quickly than u make the new one, later in ur life if not today...

PS: hey ppl,i'm extrmely sorry that i posted this post inspite of my promise of posting "introduction to spectrum", the much awaited post, but seriously my next post wud be that only and this time,without a long gap of time!! i had to post this today to lighten my heart :P;)

Wats happiness to u??

hmmm, my second post after quite a big gap of time... cant even think of a good enuf reason "why".. my life didnt keep me that preoccupied but still dunno where the time goes by!! Sitting in my small,cozy (even in summers :( cant help it)room, i was thinking y 'm i not writing another post?? it makes me feel so happy and contented when i write a post here( at least my first one did that..) n still i'm postponing my second post since so long now. 'm i too happy already or 'm i not at all happy.. N suddenly my frnd enters my room wid sunday's TOI magazine section "Life" in her hand when my eyes catch the title "r u really happy"?... World is really getting smaller day by day dude...

Tempted to read it, i just didnt hear wat all she said but took paper n went thru whole article.. astonished to read the findings and results of surveys conducted by them in this regard... more % of women said their jobs made them happier than family while more % of men chose family over work where one wud expect exactly tha opposite,isnt it!! but yes,the rest of the article carried the same old view points.... 'money cant buy u happiness as happiness isnt materialistic anymore. everybody seeks inner n spiritual happiness these days' but the ques still remains: how do v get that???? diff ppl have diff views on that. i blv my frnds give me happiness the most, nthng beats that ;):).. after coming to hostel,i'm more assured of this fact.. they give me more happiness,more security and add more meaning to my life than my relatives!! when i start recalling my memorable moments, i find that most of them (or say almost all of them) involve frnds... esp my "spectrum".. now dont scratch ur head thinking wats that.. it might not b making sense to most of u, so i must tell this much that its my gang in college, 'll give u intro some other day...
hey hold on, I GOT THE TOPIC OF MY NEXT POST TOO :P :D ;)

Hey spectrum, if nybody from u reading this post, 3 cheers to u.. u ppl always bring a SMILe on my face wen ever i feel lonely in this "gareebkhana" of mine ;)

so i conclude: happiness to me is frnds(SPECTRUM;))


PS: do comment yaar wat u think, wats happiness acc to u..

ciao

Hello world!!

hi ppl,

herz another engg student influenced by 2 others (fello mates) and so much impressed by their blogs that felt like owning some space in this bloggerspot myself;).. so buddies out there,b ready to add to ur "daily to dos" list another item!!(i know u understood wat i mean)
waise in my first post,i wud like to share y i choose this such a dark (if u say so,its fine or rather perfect wid me) template..
i wanna my life b like that..didnt get it??
hmm,i wanna my life to b "black n white". not that i dont like "colors" or fun in life, but i want "clear" life.. wher there r just 2 options for everything,so that decision making is easy.. so that everything can b just classified as 'black' and white'.. so clear,so easy going..

yeah i'm sort of dreamer n draem high but till now (touchwood) most of the times, i've reached the goals whichever i set for myself!! so here i'm to achieve another goal.. b a member of this awesome place..

wish me Best of luck ;)

ag