Rock ON!!

Went for a movie today...ROCK ON!
Nice mov! Its about a 4 guys in a Rock band that splits over a small problem
and then reunites after 10 years...really nice way to pass your time on a weekend...
and a nice performance by debutant Farhaan Akthar...
It reminded me of movs like Dil chahta hai and RDB
Recommended!

Other recommendations for this month:
1.Dark Night
2.Bungee Jumping! (just awesome!)
3.Animal Farm (book by George Orwell...must read!!)
4.CoolIris PicLens addon for firefox(Its simply the coolest add-on)
5.Life is Beautiful(english-Would suggest this movie anytime)

Fasting for a month ;)

Ramzan is approaching and here we have a mess dedicated for students who are fasting during the month. I always wanted to fast once during the ramzan month, ever since 1st year at NITC. (Dont ponder over my name or religion...no i do not follow Islam; just want to try it out the fasting...coz i'm sure once i get out of college, i'l never be able to do it. No harm in trying right)..So this time I asked Faaez to include my name too in the list of guys joinin the mess for this year......but theres only one problem: I have to get up at 4 am to have my breakfast!!It would be a lot easier for me to have stay awake till 4, have my breakfast and then go to sleep!Many guys said I am going to find it very difficult.And moreover I have fallen ill quite a few times this year and lost some weight too. But as this is my last year in college, I decided to go for it this time. Lets see how it goes!

PS: Had a talk by author Chetan Bhagat in our college today. Was quite gud; spoke about current problems in India, and responsibilities of the youth, and also about other 'risks' to be taken by them.

Got 'pool'ed at last!

Its a tradition in our college to throw people into the 'F-Pool' when students get placed! Its a small pool in the F-hostel. So today it was my turn. I was actually eagerly waiting to be thrown into the pool :). There would be 4 guys lifting you, by your arms and legs, to swing you wildly, before throwing you into the pool. Some guys first held me by my legs, lifted me, and dipped me into the pool; head first. Then pulled me out, and threw me on a pile of sand nearby. Then on the count of three, I was again thrown into the pool! After this Veepi put Kunju into the pool( yea.. one guy was enuf for throwin our Kunju into the pool ;) ). Then we startd pickin guys randomly and throwing them into the pool. Everyone except for a few were thrown into the pool. And as it is Ramu's Bday today, he was given a good GPL before becoming wet.
But it was great fun falling into the F-pool. If you are in NITC you have to fall into that pool atleast once; otherwise you are missing something! (sorry gals of nitc)..
India-SriLanka Match's goin on...Chelsea-Wigan match later!Sessionals tomorrow!Time's runnin out!!

Freebies Galore

Who would spend his cash on something if he could get the same free!!This summer, I visited some sites on the web for free stuff! ;).
If you are in the US, then prolly you can live on the free stuff alone! seriously! But its a little difficult to find free stuff shipped to India.There are so many sites out there offering free samples of their products to customers. You just have to give them your address.
I first got the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and Windows server 2008 trial edition DVDs posted to my doorstep during the vacation. After that I signed up for the newsletter from some sites. And kept ordering whenever I found an interesting freebie. And this time when I came back home after about a month, there were a lot of envelopes waiting for me! DVDs (documentaries, full softwares, trial softwares), posters, cards, magazines etc! And all of them without spending anything.
So try them if you've got enough time (and no cash ;) ).
Links:
Freebie empire
Totally Free Stuff
Soprano
Ofree

[You may get irritated in the beginning coz most of the freebies are only for US residents.]

PS: Got placed in Amdocs today :)
1st sessionals starting from day after(monday)...have to start studying somethin :(

Net-Crazy-World

Can you imagine what'll happen if the whole internet crashes?!We've all become entangled in the web and its impossible to think of a life without it!
We got net in our hostel few days back. We now get net through optical cable connection and not with wireless connection as it was earlier. Now everyone is in front of his comp surfin the net. The first day we got net there everyone in the hostel had configured the connection on their comps, within about an hour. I logged into gtalk and I found a huge list of people online... I scrolled and scrolled, but the list seemed endless. Then I sat down countin; twas around 70!! see pic..And ofcourse there must have been many people who were 'invisible' too.
So why's it that 'the current generation' is so crazy about chatting and surfing??Why cant they spend time on better activities like playing outdoor and reading books?! ;)

Final lap at NITC...

Hey im back...We are final years now!! Its nice to be the seniormost batch in the campus!
Placements are going on well here at college.. The start was a bit dull for our branch; with yahoo taking no BTech student (just an intern-Anna), and Oracle taking just 2 (had taken around 10 last year)...But we have had some really good placements in other companies..like DE Shaw, Adobe, GS, Mcafee etc.Btw I got placed in Aricent few days back... :)
Other branches too, especially electrical, are having great placement results...I never knew that they could sit for so many companies. They sit for their core companies, then IT companies of Comp sci, companies of Mech, Tronics, Civil...all of them! There are very few companies which they are not eligible for. But anyways we feel its fine...coz their branch is supposed to have had the most hectic time on campus. They have drawing classes even in S7...lol...
Anyways...gtg now..have got to give a seminar on OCaml tomorrow (Its a language for our PPL lab)...
hf!