I'm posting to my blog so regularly that it's now getting scary... Either there's something really amiss with my life or I'm actually becoming an active blogger for want of a better pastime.
Keeping in tune with other posts, this one too shall contain no names.
I have a friend, let's call him X. Now, calling him a friend implies that we share stuff.. ideas, thoughts, words, time and sometimes even secrets. Now sharing secrets requires a mutual trust to exist between two people. So, yes there were some secrets kept between us, not just us but amongst all the people I usually hang out with. Now, this was never said, but I hoped that by an unwritten and unsaid contract, certain things would not be spread outside our circle.
Well I have been occasionally frivolous, almost all my life, especially with people I call friends. However, I believe I have also been as quick to apologize when I was hurting someone's sentiments. Needless to say, this has also happened innumerable times with this friend.
Today, I just found out some strange things. Quite accidentally, and almost unintentionally, I stumbled upon some piece of evidence that pointed to the fact that this "friend" had been discussing some of the things I had said unintentionally and accidentally with people whom I had wished not to know those things. And unfortunately, I'm quite sure he knew it.
Well, it's too troublesome confronting people, and needless to say, I won't confront him, for now at least. However, it's not easy to forget such things. Now, the matter that was discussed was probably quite silly and not very important, but it did make me question myself about the integrity of the people I keep as friends around me.
I may sound paranoid, but if you look at the larger picture, people you keep around yourself may not be just your friends, but your business associates whom you will trust to keep business secrets. And a leak at that point of time could bring everything down.
I've always been very selective about who I call a friend, and trust is something I never bestow without thinking it through. But all through my life, there have always been instances when I thought I had trusted the wrong people. And unfortunately, even though some of them have apologized, a sorry just doesn't take back their actions.
I've tried multiple times to rid myself of this paranoia, but there's always someone to re-affirm my belief in the fact that "Trust is a weakness" indeed...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Childhood Ambitions
It's 6:30 am on a Sunday, and I'm awake... :-|
Sitting with my laptop in the balcony, looking out at an amazing view of Bangalore city.
Looking, back, I realize that when I was a kid, I had lots of things I wanted to do. Some of them were kiddish, some were actually useful and worth doing, some were plain impossible...
Decided to enumerate them, here they are... (in no order whatsoever)
1) Collecting all the G.I.Joe action figures and vehicles
2) Completely buying Enid Blyton's Five Find Outers and Dog series
3) Interacting a lot more with other members of Mensa
4) Becoming a HAM Radio operator
5) Learning a new language
6) Becoming financially independent
7) Building a magnetic personality
8) Making a war bot and participating in Robot Wars
9) Reading minds
10)Learning handwriting analysis and palmistry
~MH
Sitting with my laptop in the balcony, looking out at an amazing view of Bangalore city.
Looking, back, I realize that when I was a kid, I had lots of things I wanted to do. Some of them were kiddish, some were actually useful and worth doing, some were plain impossible...
Decided to enumerate them, here they are... (in no order whatsoever)
1) Collecting all the G.I.Joe action figures and vehicles
2) Completely buying Enid Blyton's Five Find Outers and Dog series
3) Interacting a lot more with other members of Mensa
4) Becoming a HAM Radio operator
5) Learning a new language
6) Becoming financially independent
7) Building a magnetic personality
8) Making a war bot and participating in Robot Wars
9) Reading minds
10)Learning handwriting analysis and palmistry
~MH
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Death
Guess what? It's Saturday! Perfect timing for another of my posts...
This time, it's about death.
Various dictionaries define death as the following:
"the event of dying or departure from life", "the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism", "the absence of life or state of being dead", "the time when something ends" and "the time at which life ends"
The ideas for this post were thought up on a train journey (Mumbai-Goa or vice-versa) when I was discussing the concept of death with Vigi. We had quite a discussion about the same then...
I always thought of putting down what I thought as a blog post, but kept procrastinating, as it is my habit, till now, when certain events made me realize that I just simply had to write this post in the near future.
The idea of death isn't new to me. I had known it to be the inevitable end right since middle school. In first or second grade (don't remember which) I lost a classmate. I think his name was Varun. I may not remember most other details because my memories about school have grown quite blurry. Then again in high school, I lost another fellow student, this time a girl. She wasn't a classmate, but my mother told me what we had been in nursery school together. It's very unfortunate that I never had the opportunity to know them better. I only wish I had invested more time in interacting with them a bit more when I had the chance.
Then again, in BITS the trend continued.... Lost a person almost every year... Fellow students, director, what not... It's been very sad, but inevitable none the less. In fact, one of the students who passed away at BITS had been the immediate neighbour of one of my close friends. I know he was quite shaken knowing that he would never be able to see his neighbour's friendly face at BITS ever again.
So, back to the discussion we had. What is death? Death seems to be the ceasing of the existence of a living being, for any reason. But yea... I'm living, I experience myself inside me. Pain, pleasure, relief, anger... the entire gamut of 'feelings' and also memories and experiences I have gained through the process of 'living'. It's baffling that I am inside me, and not observing myself as a third person. That feels weird sometimes, especially when I think about it. It brings me to the question, what happens when I die? What happens to my 'self', my so-called 'feelings', 'memories'? Do they just disappear? Whoosh??? Or are they stored somewhere? What happens of my 'awareness' and my unwritten and unshared ideas?
All these questions bring me to a newer, and a more fundamental question...
We start 'living', grow up, learn, start earning, make a family, and then finally die. So what is the purpose of life? Is it just doing the above? All humans do that (I hope). So what makes me different from the rest? Am I just a tool in the propagation of the human race (and hopefully improving its genetic code through evolution) and nothing else? If so, life seems quite pointless, actually. These questions have been troubling me since a really long time, and unfortunately, I haven't found their answers yet. Maybe the answers lie in death itself. Maybe I will find out eventually (after I die?)
What I am more curious about is that have other people (my contemporaries, friends, whatever...) thought about these above questions themselves? Has it occurred to them that these questions are worth thinking about? If so, what are their views? I would really like to hear/read them. Maybe the reason I think about this so much is because I read certain books, mainly "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" both by Richard Bach when I was quite young. These books actually gave me quite a lot of new ideas and made me think deeper. I definitely recommend that you read these books when you do have the time. They're fairly simple to follow, and I believe they'll get you thinking at once.
These made me more 'comfortable' with the idea of death, and made me realize that even if people die (leave?), my life does go on, and new experiences and ideas will still be born (will they be of any importance?)
And so, I keep living my life, trying to hold on to people precious to me, spending as much time as I can with them, lest I lose them and have regrets later on...
Hope you do the same...
Rest in peace, all those who have moved on...
Later!
This time, it's about death.
Various dictionaries define death as the following:
"the event of dying or departure from life", "the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism", "the absence of life or state of being dead", "the time when something ends" and "the time at which life ends"
The ideas for this post were thought up on a train journey (Mumbai-Goa or vice-versa) when I was discussing the concept of death with Vigi. We had quite a discussion about the same then...
I always thought of putting down what I thought as a blog post, but kept procrastinating, as it is my habit, till now, when certain events made me realize that I just simply had to write this post in the near future.
The idea of death isn't new to me. I had known it to be the inevitable end right since middle school. In first or second grade (don't remember which) I lost a classmate. I think his name was Varun. I may not remember most other details because my memories about school have grown quite blurry. Then again in high school, I lost another fellow student, this time a girl. She wasn't a classmate, but my mother told me what we had been in nursery school together. It's very unfortunate that I never had the opportunity to know them better. I only wish I had invested more time in interacting with them a bit more when I had the chance.
Then again, in BITS the trend continued.... Lost a person almost every year... Fellow students, director, what not... It's been very sad, but inevitable none the less. In fact, one of the students who passed away at BITS had been the immediate neighbour of one of my close friends. I know he was quite shaken knowing that he would never be able to see his neighbour's friendly face at BITS ever again.
So, back to the discussion we had. What is death? Death seems to be the ceasing of the existence of a living being, for any reason. But yea... I'm living, I experience myself inside me. Pain, pleasure, relief, anger... the entire gamut of 'feelings' and also memories and experiences I have gained through the process of 'living'. It's baffling that I am inside me, and not observing myself as a third person. That feels weird sometimes, especially when I think about it. It brings me to the question, what happens when I die? What happens to my 'self', my so-called 'feelings', 'memories'? Do they just disappear? Whoosh??? Or are they stored somewhere? What happens of my 'awareness' and my unwritten and unshared ideas?
All these questions bring me to a newer, and a more fundamental question...
We start 'living', grow up, learn, start earning, make a family, and then finally die. So what is the purpose of life? Is it just doing the above? All humans do that (I hope). So what makes me different from the rest? Am I just a tool in the propagation of the human race (and hopefully improving its genetic code through evolution) and nothing else? If so, life seems quite pointless, actually. These questions have been troubling me since a really long time, and unfortunately, I haven't found their answers yet. Maybe the answers lie in death itself. Maybe I will find out eventually (after I die?)
What I am more curious about is that have other people (my contemporaries, friends, whatever...) thought about these above questions themselves? Has it occurred to them that these questions are worth thinking about? If so, what are their views? I would really like to hear/read them. Maybe the reason I think about this so much is because I read certain books, mainly "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" both by Richard Bach when I was quite young. These books actually gave me quite a lot of new ideas and made me think deeper. I definitely recommend that you read these books when you do have the time. They're fairly simple to follow, and I believe they'll get you thinking at once.
These made me more 'comfortable' with the idea of death, and made me realize that even if people die (leave?), my life does go on, and new experiences and ideas will still be born (will they be of any importance?)
And so, I keep living my life, trying to hold on to people precious to me, spending as much time as I can with them, lest I lose them and have regrets later on...
Hope you do the same...
Rest in peace, all those who have moved on...
Later!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Ticketgenie ki Jai!!!
Hey Readers,
I really wanted to see a Mumbai Indians IPL match this season. Unfortunately I'm in Bangalore, and the only MI match I could watch here was against RCB at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. I had booked my tickets well in advance.
To my great disappointment, I received this email today:
-----------------------------------------------------
Dear Customer
Due to a technical error in the ticketing website, it over sold more than the tickets allotted for online sale, hence we are compelled to refund our valued customers or accommodate them in the coming Semi Final matches.
We do understand your concern and it is not your mistake and at the same time it is a technical error which cannot be undone.
We regret the inconvenience caused to you and request you to bear with us this time and either opt for a refund or opt for the Semi Final Matches scheduled either on April 21st or April 22nd.
The prices for the Semi Finals are slightly higher than the League Matches and request you to bear the difference amount whoever opts for the Semi Final Tickets.
Order No:
Stand:
Based on your decision, request you to follow the instructions mentioned below:
Refund
If you opt for the refund you need to send us an email to refund@ticketgenie.in requesting for a refund. In this case we will process the refund immediately and normally it will take 8-10 Working days to credit your account.
Semi Final Tickets
If you opt to trade in for Semi Final tickets, you have to visit the E Ticket redemption counter (Gate No.19 of the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium) on 13th April or 14th April or 18th April and collect the ticket by paying the difference amount. Rs.60/- paid towards courier charges will be adjusted against the ticket amount.
Once again regret the inconvenience cause to you in this regard.
Regards
Manager – Customer Service
-----------------------------------------------------
What a mockery!!! I just couldn't resist writing a reply to this mail....
Here's what I wrote:
-----------------------------------------------------
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your unprofessional behaviour has no bounds. I find it difficult to believe that a prestigious company like yours cannot even build a simple online booking system properly. It should be a matter of great shame to your company.
Having committed this massive error, you also fail to include in the apology mail the difference in cost between the tickets for the match I had booked and the semi-final match you are willing to exchange our tickets for. Even your beautifully designed website yields no data about the prices of the said semi-final tickets.
Please do me a favour by responding to this mail with the ticket rates for the semi-final matches and which stands you are willing to offer as a compromise, so that I will not have to spend my valuable time and energy going to Chinnaswamy Stadium to enquire about the same.
Great work once again!
Regards,
An IPL Fan
-----------------------------------------------------
Let's see how this proceeds from here on.... :)
I really wanted to see a Mumbai Indians IPL match this season. Unfortunately I'm in Bangalore, and the only MI match I could watch here was against RCB at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. I had booked my tickets well in advance.
To my great disappointment, I received this email today:
-----------------------------------------------------
Dear Customer
Due to a technical error in the ticketing website, it over sold more than the tickets allotted for online sale, hence we are compelled to refund our valued customers or accommodate them in the coming Semi Final matches.
We do understand your concern and it is not your mistake and at the same time it is a technical error which cannot be undone.
We regret the inconvenience caused to you and request you to bear with us this time and either opt for a refund or opt for the Semi Final Matches scheduled either on April 21st or April 22nd.
The prices for the Semi Finals are slightly higher than the League Matches and request you to bear the difference amount whoever opts for the Semi Final Tickets.
Order No:
Stand:
Based on your decision, request you to follow the instructions mentioned below:
Refund
If you opt for the refund you need to send us an email to refund@ticketgenie.in requesting for a refund. In this case we will process the refund immediately and normally it will take 8-10 Working days to credit your account.
Semi Final Tickets
If you opt to trade in for Semi Final tickets, you have to visit the E Ticket redemption counter (Gate No.19 of the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium) on 13th April or 14th April or 18th April and collect the ticket by paying the difference amount. Rs.60/- paid towards courier charges will be adjusted against the ticket amount.
Once again regret the inconvenience cause to you in this regard.
Regards
Manager – Customer Service
-----------------------------------------------------
What a mockery!!! I just couldn't resist writing a reply to this mail....
Here's what I wrote:
-----------------------------------------------------
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your unprofessional behaviour has no bounds. I find it difficult to believe that a prestigious company like yours cannot even build a simple online booking system properly. It should be a matter of great shame to your company.
Having committed this massive error, you also fail to include in the apology mail the difference in cost between the tickets for the match I had booked and the semi-final match you are willing to exchange our tickets for. Even your beautifully designed website yields no data about the prices of the said semi-final tickets.
Please do me a favour by responding to this mail with the ticket rates for the semi-final matches and which stands you are willing to offer as a compromise, so that I will not have to spend my valuable time and energy going to Chinnaswamy Stadium to enquire about the same.
Great work once again!
Regards,
An IPL Fan
-----------------------------------------------------
Let's see how this proceeds from here on.... :)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
People Always Leave
Hi all,
I've been watching loads of "One Tree Hill" recently. I really like Peyton's drawings and comic strips. One I specifically admire is "People Always Leave" because I'm somehow able to associate it with my life. Here it is...
I've been watching loads of "One Tree Hill" recently. I really like Peyton's drawings and comic strips. One I specifically admire is "People Always Leave" because I'm somehow able to associate it with my life. Here it is...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Craziest Week - Part 3
Day 5: Tuesday
I was supposed to leave Goa in the afternoon today and travel by bus to Bangalore. However, at 0030 I got a call from home asking me to come to Mumbai by the first available flight to attent to some urgent business. It is said that "A Friend in need is a Friend indeed". This indeed turned out to be true in my case. In my time of need, both Ara and Addu came to the rescue. Thankfully, Addu had a working printer and he also at an unearthly time of 0130 contacted a cab to take me to the airport at 0500. I slept very sparingly. Having had a bath (thankfully BITS has fitted water heaters) I headed to the airport. The entire journey is like a dream to me. I don't remember anything after I took my seat in the airplane. No recollection of take-off, the flight time or the landing.
I had some breakfast at home, attended to the work I had come to Mumbai for and spent the rest of the day catching up with my lost sleep. I also booked a 0615 flight to Bangalore the following day as I had to go to work.
Since I had a 185 rank in GATE, I decided that it would be only sensible to apply to IISc, a prestigious research institute in Bangalore for higher education. Unfortunately the deadline for the online application was Wednesday, and a demand draft was required before one could apply. Unfortunately, it was a bank holiday and I could not get the draft that day.
Day 6: Wednesday
I woke up early and packed all my belongings. My parents dropped me at the airport well in time for the flight to Bangalore. Thankfully, I was awake during this flight, though still a bit groggy. The in-flight entertainment system played a Hindi movie called "Aladin" which I watched. After landing, I took a city bus to my home which took an awful lot of time to reach. Having dropped my luggage, I headed to the nearest bank branch to get a demand draft for my IISc application. Unfortunately, the printer there was out of order, and I had to take a bus to another branch to get my work done. It took almost the entire morning to get the draft. In the meanwhile, a fellow intern from my workplace called me to ask if I would be able to make it to team lunch that day.
My Engineering Manager had chosen that exact day to take my team out to lunch (:-|) I still had not started the IISc application and that day was the deadline. Half an hour after I came in to work, we headed out for a team lunch to a fancy French place called Medici about fifteen minutes away by car. We took our time chatting and ordering food. We started with starters, then soup, then the main course and finally deserts. We had an awesome time, but I was worried about my application. We got back only at around 1630. To my relief, I found that the application page was still active. I quickly entered all my details and completed my application. Phew!
My PS instructor had set the day for my mid-semester presentation and report submission that Friday and I hadn't even started on either of them. I also had to make a project prototype to demonstrate to higher managers at my workplace early next week. I started making my presentation and made a few slides, but was exhausted by then. That was about all I could manage that day.
Day 7: Thursday
Well, I basically spent my day balancing the coding for the prototype I was to demonstrate next week and preparing the mid-sem presentation and the mid-sem report. I had heard that the new PS instructor was very strict, so I had decided to put considerable effort into the report. I also sent the hard copy of my IISc application through courier that day. Luckily, I managed to complete all three tasks by the end of the day.
Thankfully, the presentation went well and my PS instructor was actually impressed with my presentation. She also didn't see anything out of place with my report (phew!!!) I still have to present the prototype (tomorrow) but I am confident that it will go well too...
Thus ended the craziest week of my life (till now)
I was supposed to leave Goa in the afternoon today and travel by bus to Bangalore. However, at 0030 I got a call from home asking me to come to Mumbai by the first available flight to attent to some urgent business. It is said that "A Friend in need is a Friend indeed". This indeed turned out to be true in my case. In my time of need, both Ara and Addu came to the rescue. Thankfully, Addu had a working printer and he also at an unearthly time of 0130 contacted a cab to take me to the airport at 0500. I slept very sparingly. Having had a bath (thankfully BITS has fitted water heaters) I headed to the airport. The entire journey is like a dream to me. I don't remember anything after I took my seat in the airplane. No recollection of take-off, the flight time or the landing.
I had some breakfast at home, attended to the work I had come to Mumbai for and spent the rest of the day catching up with my lost sleep. I also booked a 0615 flight to Bangalore the following day as I had to go to work.
Since I had a 185 rank in GATE, I decided that it would be only sensible to apply to IISc, a prestigious research institute in Bangalore for higher education. Unfortunately the deadline for the online application was Wednesday, and a demand draft was required before one could apply. Unfortunately, it was a bank holiday and I could not get the draft that day.
Day 6: Wednesday
I woke up early and packed all my belongings. My parents dropped me at the airport well in time for the flight to Bangalore. Thankfully, I was awake during this flight, though still a bit groggy. The in-flight entertainment system played a Hindi movie called "Aladin" which I watched. After landing, I took a city bus to my home which took an awful lot of time to reach. Having dropped my luggage, I headed to the nearest bank branch to get a demand draft for my IISc application. Unfortunately, the printer there was out of order, and I had to take a bus to another branch to get my work done. It took almost the entire morning to get the draft. In the meanwhile, a fellow intern from my workplace called me to ask if I would be able to make it to team lunch that day.
My Engineering Manager had chosen that exact day to take my team out to lunch (:-|) I still had not started the IISc application and that day was the deadline. Half an hour after I came in to work, we headed out for a team lunch to a fancy French place called Medici about fifteen minutes away by car. We took our time chatting and ordering food. We started with starters, then soup, then the main course and finally deserts. We had an awesome time, but I was worried about my application. We got back only at around 1630. To my relief, I found that the application page was still active. I quickly entered all my details and completed my application. Phew!
My PS instructor had set the day for my mid-semester presentation and report submission that Friday and I hadn't even started on either of them. I also had to make a project prototype to demonstrate to higher managers at my workplace early next week. I started making my presentation and made a few slides, but was exhausted by then. That was about all I could manage that day.
Day 7: Thursday
Well, I basically spent my day balancing the coding for the prototype I was to demonstrate next week and preparing the mid-sem presentation and the mid-sem report. I had heard that the new PS instructor was very strict, so I had decided to put considerable effort into the report. I also sent the hard copy of my IISc application through courier that day. Luckily, I managed to complete all three tasks by the end of the day.
Thankfully, the presentation went well and my PS instructor was actually impressed with my presentation. She also didn't see anything out of place with my report (phew!!!) I still have to present the prototype (tomorrow) but I am confident that it will go well too...
Thus ended the craziest week of my life (till now)
The Craziest Week - Part 2
Day 3: Sunday
Sunday is a day I used to wake up late at BITS. Similar... Wasn't sure what I wanted to do... Happened to check movie listings and saw that "Alice in Wonderland" was playing at INOX Panaji. Me, Ara and Voldy decided to go and see it. Voldy was hungry on the way, so we had some stuff to eat at Temptations and I had a Chocolate Milkshake (yummm!!!) and took a bus to Panaji. The movie was quite decent, Johnny Depp's acting was brilliant, and being a Disney movie, it was children-safe.
During my stay at BITS, I had always been to Panaji only when I had some sort of work, and it used to get late by the time I got back to campus. For the first time in 3.5 years did I casually stroll the streets of Panaji, actually looking about, exploring and getting the feel of the beautiful city. It was evening by the time we got back to campus.
I hadn't met quite a lot of people yet. Domi invited me to a walk in the late evening. It had been almost a semester that we had spoken in person with each other. As I discovered, a lot had changed. Back then, we were only worried about grades, but now as we stood on the threshold of our life at BITS, there were more important things to worry about. After a nice long walk around the campus (multiple times, actually :P) I finally bid goodbye and headed to my room for some really required rest. It had been a tiring but enjoyable day.
Day 4: Monday
I had still to meet faculty members at BITS. In the morning, I first met DMK sir, Manas bhaiyya and some of the CC staff whom I had worked in close coordination with just a semester back. I also met the entire CompSci gang, Era, swings, Califus, mumble, etc... - from Goa and Bangalore/Hyderabad who had come to visit campus that weekend. Don't know for what reason I treated them to whatever they wanted at Ice n' Spice. Whatever it was, I enjoyed the feeling. After some good nature jabbing and photographing Califus looking ridiculous, we split up for lunch.
Caught up with Voldy, Shadow and Ara for lunch at Shahi Durbar, also met Vigi on the way and had food with him. It was great to catch up with Vigi. We had worked together in running a WoW server one time. In the afternoon, I went to meet BMD sir. We talked a lot about the changes being implemented in campus and about other general stuff. I had already met RSJ sir in his chamber yesterday (yea, Sunday :-O) Unfortunately, I could not meet MB sir.
In the evening, I collected my yearbook (and many more for all the guys I live with at Bangalore) I spent time hanging out at Ara's room watching OMG Music Videos on DC that I had missed out on during the semester. Also downloaded a lot of the latest TV series episodes onto my 8GB flash disk so that I could watch them at leisure when I returned to Bangalore.
Another interesting thing happened today. The GATE results were due, but unfortunately, my admit card was at home, and my parents were out of town, so there was no way I could get my results unless they came back and sent me my registration number. They reached home only late evening and ended my frustration and not being able to get my GATE score. Thankfully, my GATE rank turned out to be AIR 185 (yay!)
To be continued...
Sunday is a day I used to wake up late at BITS. Similar... Wasn't sure what I wanted to do... Happened to check movie listings and saw that "Alice in Wonderland" was playing at INOX Panaji. Me, Ara and Voldy decided to go and see it. Voldy was hungry on the way, so we had some stuff to eat at Temptations and I had a Chocolate Milkshake (yummm!!!) and took a bus to Panaji. The movie was quite decent, Johnny Depp's acting was brilliant, and being a Disney movie, it was children-safe.
During my stay at BITS, I had always been to Panaji only when I had some sort of work, and it used to get late by the time I got back to campus. For the first time in 3.5 years did I casually stroll the streets of Panaji, actually looking about, exploring and getting the feel of the beautiful city. It was evening by the time we got back to campus.
I hadn't met quite a lot of people yet. Domi invited me to a walk in the late evening. It had been almost a semester that we had spoken in person with each other. As I discovered, a lot had changed. Back then, we were only worried about grades, but now as we stood on the threshold of our life at BITS, there were more important things to worry about. After a nice long walk around the campus (multiple times, actually :P) I finally bid goodbye and headed to my room for some really required rest. It had been a tiring but enjoyable day.
Day 4: Monday
I had still to meet faculty members at BITS. In the morning, I first met DMK sir, Manas bhaiyya and some of the CC staff whom I had worked in close coordination with just a semester back. I also met the entire CompSci gang, Era, swings, Califus, mumble, etc... - from Goa and Bangalore/Hyderabad who had come to visit campus that weekend. Don't know for what reason I treated them to whatever they wanted at Ice n' Spice. Whatever it was, I enjoyed the feeling. After some good nature jabbing and photographing Califus looking ridiculous, we split up for lunch.
Caught up with Voldy, Shadow and Ara for lunch at Shahi Durbar, also met Vigi on the way and had food with him. It was great to catch up with Vigi. We had worked together in running a WoW server one time. In the afternoon, I went to meet BMD sir. We talked a lot about the changes being implemented in campus and about other general stuff. I had already met RSJ sir in his chamber yesterday (yea, Sunday :-O) Unfortunately, I could not meet MB sir.
In the evening, I collected my yearbook (and many more for all the guys I live with at Bangalore) I spent time hanging out at Ara's room watching OMG Music Videos on DC that I had missed out on during the semester. Also downloaded a lot of the latest TV series episodes onto my 8GB flash disk so that I could watch them at leisure when I returned to Bangalore.
Another interesting thing happened today. The GATE results were due, but unfortunately, my admit card was at home, and my parents were out of town, so there was no way I could get my results unless they came back and sent me my registration number. They reached home only late evening and ended my frustration and not being able to get my GATE score. Thankfully, my GATE rank turned out to be AIR 185 (yay!)
To be continued...
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