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13.1.07

Blog: Week in review

Well well feels so good to have a chilly wind sweeping across your face. Surat is just chilled enough to have some quality time around. Fourtunately there is no one around to spend this time other than eating my "Swiss Miss". It is a yummy chocolate pastry. I am a not heavily into non-vegetarin dishes but I think I can never ever say no to a tandoori chicken. Tandoori Chicken for dinner and Swiss Miss for dessert. Gosh its a mean world.

CAT and SNAP bombed.Not optimistic for XAT either.

No shoulder to cry over required here. I wasn't quiet ever there I think. I did not put in much efforts. But the result diminish whatever I thought I put it. The result just bombed the ceiling and crashed the floor of my emotion's comfort zone. I could not do it but this is not putting myself on a mat and kicking me for rest of my life. It was a bad dream giving CAT. I was exhausted long before I even started preparing for it and did not have enough to pull out at the last time. I breath a bit easier these days. I have a decent job in hand and dont want to think of consequences, pros and cons whats if and what nots of an MBA. I think a friend of mine equally devasted with is result blogged things just right. I dont want to see myself either runing away and hiding myself from a beautiful winter sun, chilly mornings and wonderful blooming days.

This is perhaps also one more reason to look forward to 2007. I also would not blame any person (alive or dead), event, place, cricket match, or a pastry over my debacle coz "The harder you work, the luckier you get" my brother says.The failure isn't in never falling but it is never rising once you take the fall.
I have reasons to believe that my good days and nightmare come and go in close proximity. So if I am having some bad days I know whats coming up next.I plan to start all over again this time there will a process, a vision, an aim and a reason.

"Let the reason be you" from the song "The reason" by Hoobastank.

LOL. I love laughing these days in joy off course no sign of worries and debacles near me they are definetly. Life has been good till date and the God above has been kind and generous put everybody want more... (par yeh dil maange morni)

I wasn't the lone screw up.

Cricket this there is some more to read down below but let me rwrite it coz I love writing my cricket post never mind the fact that I am the only one reading it.

Anyways Indian team displayed a classic case in of digging ones own grave carving out the headstone and arranged there own funeral and invited the guest and also did the last rites. India had three chances and they wrapped it up and gave it to SAfs. They made a good start on a home cooked pitch but failed to bat them out of the game.They screwed up by withering away . They did not build up enough pressure when SAfs batted and the first time. They slumped further into the hole when they batted again in their second innings. The final innings they never had a chance. There may be many stars to come out of the innings but India was let down by Tendulkar and Kumble. Kumble was bowling his unnatural leg stump line and Tendulkar simply disappointed. If he is carrying a niggling injury why is he playing?

There were people who went ga ga over Ganguly, he may do well in coming One Days, but his ODI record is fab abut in test I think he has to score more to impress me. Munaf squarely took the blame and India meekly came back. I will hopefully a better cricket from India. They are playing at home. But wats the point of 4 matches?
Shame on the organisers.

XAT bombed, again.


CAT was "easy" I dont mock this one I haven't faired the best. It was easy to say that the least. XAT has a weird pattern though , I found hard to realise what were the options and where the question added.
Lets talk up reaching early to a center and late into the alloted room. There are very few people in Mumbai who aren't familiar with "Saint Xaviers" I have lived long enough in mubai to exactly pin point the location. I reached at Xaviers at 8:15 in the morning. I hired a taxi and I reached the centre where a banner exclaimed that this was a Cnter for XAT a test for XLRI.

I was strolling about seeing faces just before the exam. I spotted a senior of mine. We chatted and I went to my class but unable to spot where I am suppose to go. There was a exodus from that center. I realised I was supoose to go to Xaviers College and I was standing in the premises of Xaviers School. Luckily these two are not Pluto and Neptune from Earth. I stroled across only too see the people folowing me to college and some people heading towards Xaviers School.

If any one who is organising XAT is reading this, For Christ sake keep either Xaviers school or Xaviers college as the examination center and not both of them

There was more to follow. I read the board correctly I wrote down my examination hall number byt I wasn't able to spot it. It was on fourth flooer but I could only see three. I imagine a tent and mats and student filling in the required deatils. Now I have always studies in school or college with big courtyards, passages and halls. But if u were there that day in XAviers (college) U would have reaalised there were no corridors every passage was part of another class only creating further ruckus. I thought whats this Kumbh ka mela. It was about to start near that date only. I wanted to break the walls against my head. I then manged to get over the attic. I meet someone who told me confessions on the ground floor fourth room on the third right. I confessed I had come for an exam. He hurried me to a staff member who showed me the class. I carrying a heavy hand bag as I had to come back to Surat the same evening. I went to drink water. I drank for a few minutes before leaving a sigh. I splashed some water on my face just wanting to be in my zone. I rattled a few pockets to find my hall ticket, pencils, pen, eraser, sharpner and bubble gum. I love my bubble gums and I simply can much one for than 8 hours. The record by the way for 12. I love my bubble gums and chewing gums.

XAT went on I wasn't attempting much. I picked and chosed this time XAT's Data Interpretation was something I could fathom, thankfully. There was a lot of questions from "Functions" and from Logic and Reasoning. Solid Mathmatics wasn't quiet there. There is always geometry to fall back on. Then ther paper finished then we were supposed to write an essay on degrading environment and economic growth. The time was for 20 minutes I thought for couple of minutes wrote couple of ideas and wrote the essay everything was over in 12 minutes I just waited for things to get over.

XAT over; party to start.


I had planned to meet up with my final year roomie. He too had the same center as mine.Xaviers. I met him just out of my class. We walked down to Churchgate station. I called a few numbers and asked my friends to meet up at Bandra west station.

We got into the bus. I know Hill Road area like the back of my palm and I virtually now which shopkeeper would be sitting at given point in time. I was a butt for a few jokes when bus took a right towards SV Road instead of stright to hill road tehre was a littel tiff over the exact fares charged and I just turned the tables on all four of them when the bus to a sharp left and came to halt before a restraunt called "Gazebo". I knew I was at my best and my friends did support me in that.Friends good fun.

The beer kept flowing. A royal treat of Tandoori was enjoyed over annecdotes, tales and loud mouthed blabber, laughs and guaffs. There were a few people missing but then we all had a fun. We boys never discussed girls, cricket was always there but it was brushed past as we caught have with what was happening there were a few number exchanged. The Tandoori mean while tasted amazing. The bill came and we looked at each other and had a hearty laugh, the billed was split into people who ate and drank meanwhile the guy who only ate footed in the change.
We laughed becaused more than an year back we would do the saame thing but no one would shell out the money days were chaged coz we were all earning now so money wasn't an isse a it was back in college as well.
Then the Hearsch Bakery was a close next. The burgers and biryani were just too good. We took htree and four people shared them.All said and done it was time to leave. We caught the bus, then the local, people got off at their respective station I came back to Borivali to come back to Surat.
It was a good time spent.

The "world" this week.

I have been a ghost of the blogosphere of late reading everythig write comments and just not commenting. I dont know something or the other happened and I just could not have enough time to login write up and post. It was great to read what everyones upto for new years.This year has a mixed start as off now but thats the way it is.A sad demise of an ageing near relative, an award, a jolted result, meeting people. It has been a mixed bag as off now.I just hope I will post something mid week, if I have the resources at my disposal.

It was Swami Vivekanad's birth anniversary yesterday. He was a great soul, he did much to spread the ethos of peace and harmony and laid foundations for the Great Indian Struggle. He was a gret thinker whoe thoughts still hold their place in todays time. Birthday greeting to man and everyone who was born on 12 of Jan ever.

Movie Review: Guru.

The big film bang in the new years.Mani ratnam has always been one of the better directors which people like to queue up and watch.It is hard to find faults in either the script of the characters or the presentastion. The Guru features the cinematographic genius of Rajiv Menon an axce ad guru and a brilliant cinematographer. There are lot of use of wide angle shots and brilliantly done close ups. It is a rags to riches story about a character who picks up lots of rags on his way to riches.The music and dialogues are well in verse of each other. Ash shoed her presence and Mallika Sherawat also did an item number. There was Mithun Da too, did well to be honest. Vidya Balan makes you stand up and take notice. There is something of the Meena Kumari effect in Vidya Balan's voice. Madhvan did well too. I have this belief about the hindi film world that our "stars" may not have that much in terms of pptential but the supporting class and the technicians (count out special effects) are as good as it can be. The ad-world churns out amazing ads by the hour.
The movie goes and towards a dramatic end. The Guru wins.

The climax may be a bit of a drag but the movie is good but may not be brilliant.

The question in my mind at this point is, "How does one be himself (or herself) when one does not know who he (or she) really is?"

27.7.06

Blog: Rain and Songs

I had to blog today I did not guess I would have time to do so but some how with three quarters of an hour to go after some phone calls and some odd running around, I have managed to take time off and sit out to Blog.

Murphy's Law/Murphies Laws, or call it what you want.

Someone I don't remember said that life is nothing but witnessing bizzare events. I managed to get up early today, thats not a coincidence though, the cell phone memory seem to running brim, I thought why not ease it off some numbers which I don't use "regularly" I though why not delte them. I did de;ete them and then out of the one and a half dozen numbers that i deleted, three people called me. I was dumb founded. I think next time I delete someone's number I will call him fist and declare to him that You are erased.

The weather here.

The weather seems to be on a roller coaster a loud gurgling and downpour woke me up at around 4 in the morning. I soon realized I had couple of more hours to do what I do loving most, sleep. I manged to sleep till 7:30 and then it was all the way to getting ready and being just on time. The day was awesome here bright sunshine for couple of days during the day. This bright sunshine cast dark clouds of doubt in my mind about what will about to unfold. I had a heafty lunch and then resume some documentation which was pending. I dragged myself to the site. I have a "site" job. I for some reason am very proud not to be in IT field, no offence to the techies though I think they are doing a great job in everything they are doing.
I felt thje wind picking up and it was becoming very breezy. One could see clear blue skies but withing 15 minutes there was darkness all round. The absence of camera in my hand made me curse myself again. I for one did not have much choice though. The cloud looked really good, shiny dark grey-black back ground. The wind meanwhile started to howl, me and my friend picked up the sigh and headed to canteen enroute to office had some biscuits as dinner is still far far away. I entered office and I hard the clatter of rain. i had a smile on my face as I was not wet in the cold AC.
The reason of smile was actually finding time to blog.

The list of Songs now.

I never had the snese of music. I adore people who play an sort of instrument, paint, sing, dance or whatever. I have a strong belief that one has it in you and these things cannot be learnt. I wish I could play the song by Jagjit Singh which goes as "तेरे होटो को सालाम, जीन को छु जाने को तरसे कई सागर कई जाम..." then a few more sungs were being played in my mind some of Pankaj Udhas song "चान्धी जैसा रान्ग है तेरा ..."
As the rain started I wanted to sing the Bryan Adams of a song "Lets make a night to remember from January to December"

Last but not the least.

This one is for people who don't have Blog Alias. What would your Alias be for the Blog-O- Sphere, a name by which you wish to be know?
I think I would like to rename "myself" as The Light-House .You meanwhile give it a wild thought and write in the name which you would be known as in the Blog-O- Sphere.

21.7.06

About: A moral victory

The bloggers have a relief and victory insight as the Department of Telecom manged to make amends by pulling up ISPs for blocking up blogs.

Earlier I hooked on to Rediff.com again to find this article. The article briefly said that the "normal" blogging services will resume in 48 hours. That is Sunday morning I hope.
It is a moral victory of sort for people who worked hard and kept on relenting pressure by blogging continuously that blogging is alive and kicking. There are hundreds of blogger entering everyday. There are many people who hope to make there livelihood on the net. Then there are some who are now habitual to it and want to share their part of the world with someone in regions of far and beyond.

The aftermath of bomb blast should be a message to our fraternity as well as to "Flag" anything that is suspicious or bring it to notice of fellow blogger and people who manage Bloggers. There is a little responsibility on our (Blogging Fraternity's) shoulders as well to keep last bastion of freedom of speech to spread peace, hope and smiles across the cyberspace and across the world as well.

18.7.06

About: Blocking Blogs.

"They can take away our lives but they will never take away our freedom."
Mel Gibson gave voice to those words which fetched him an Oscar. I was a bit frustu (short for frustrated) after reading an article on Rediff claiming that DoT (Department of Telecom) may be intentional forcing ISP's to black out various blog sites.

My site on Blogspot Blog has been facing a similar fate.I also believe they can block away my site but they wont be able to block me from blogging.I will continue to blog be it on Yahoo! 360 or be it on Blogspot.I am not see my blogs but I can definetly see the response to my blogs courtesy Google Analytics.

This even has gvien me more reasons to blog more and more may be a blog a day till I see the page on my nearest computer's screen.

Just incase u know someone also suffering from blogs try to visit Pkbolgs .If some of you (Arz000n, Kathy, Sakshi,) who have access to Orkut just past the Pkblog link on Blogger's Communities.

P.S. :If I am unable to reply to your comments(or visit your page), then don't think that I dont want to, it is because it am forced not to reply on comments.

13.7.06

Blog: So Sweet.

Last night I caught up with Sakshi on Google Talk, while the conversation went on mainly revoloving about Erich Segal and Mumbai blast, she inquired as to why IU have not update my blog page (blog kyon nahi likha?) . It was a scenario similar to a batsman getting bowled on a no-ball for an instant the batsman curses himself and the bowler rejoices and after the umpire declares bravely a call of no-ball the batsman rejoices and the bowler curses himself. I don't know whether I was the batsmen or the bowler. I was a touch busy and putting thoughts to words needed a "time" factor which was sparse for this week.
There will be more about what happened on 11/7 but for now while having lunch paved a way for a Blog update. I had a "Kala Jamun" as a sweet while lunch. This gave me the list of my favourite sweet meat. These are independent of ranks and could be eaten early morning even if I am half awake.

1. Gajar ka Halwa.
2. Sonn Papdi.
3. Kalakandh. (Milk Cake)
4. Simmayian.
5. Mung-ki-Dal ka Halwa.
6. Chawal ki Kheer.
7. Laadu.

There are many more and I will edit this page as soon as I come out of drooling over these sweets.

6.7.06

About: An year of blogging

Today I have completed an year of blogging. I think I will stick around for many more.

2.7.06

About: A Trip

All of sudden I decided to go to Pune.To catch up some frinds.To meet a long lost childhood friend.
There was also a blogger meet at a Mc Donald's where I caught up with Sudeep.I hope to post a blog soon.

23.3.06

About: What the hack?

Second Edition:
I felt a bit sheepish after reading this post thoroughly this morning so I thought why not completely edit this post;some finishing touches have resulted into this refined edit post. I would be happy to see as many people incorporate some changes on to their blogs. I have been thinking over a little time that why shouldn't I share some of the secrets that I have used in changing my blog to what it is at present from the way it looked before going through a series of "Previews and Republishes". The only thing about the secrets is the hacks for blogs are easily available and very easy to incorporate.

What is a hack?
In the CSS on the default Blogger templates there is a freedom to add, edit or modify codes using a combination of Javascripts, HTML, and C++. A blogger hack is nothing but couple of lines of codes that are simple to add and customizes your blog page. These codes are available in abundance on the InterNet.I have thought of sharing it with the Bloggers who wish to modify their pages as well.

Skill Sets.
There is not much of skills required except cut, copy and paste. The instructions on the following hacks are very easy to understand and undertake. The best part is you can always revert back to the original just in case you find the hack lousy.

Do’s
Always ensure that there is a back up of the current CSS.The method for storing an the current CSS is as follows.
Login to Blogger.
On “Dashboard” click “Change Settings”
Then go to “Template”, where click on “Edit Current”
Then select, copy, paste the it on the “NotePad” on your desktop.
If you have time and you are patient enough you may have the page modified in a way that you like.

If the codes which are provided between these hacks are between then make sure you modify it.
Try these Hacks.

Peek at comments:
This hack can be used to enable reader to take a peek at the comments. This uses a Javascript and modifys your comments.

Archives:
This hack is used to change order of Archives.In the default blogger template, the month in which you posted first remains on top. After using this, the month in which you last posted will be first followed by the Archived months.This happens to be my “favourite” hack.

Commentor’s Name.
This Hack can be used to display the names of those people which have commented on your post. The best example happens to be on Puneet’s blog page.The names of all those who have commented on your blog appears after the blog's footer.


Personalize comments
:
Are you often agonize by seeing “0 comments” this hack will help you change that.

I want to see more hacks.
There are many other hacks that you can incorporate.These are the twp links which I would recommend. These sites will provide you with blog sites which also provide hacks.
Blog Fresh.
This Blog site is exclusively for Blooger Hacks.

Blogger Hack @ Blogger Help. There are some hacks provided by blogger itself. All the above mentioned links have their roots on this page.
Blogger-Hacks.

Templates.
Are you tired of the same old template and wish there were more templates on offer.
Try google search for Blogger templates.
If u are wiching for some modified templates check out Thur’s Templates.

Blogger-Templates.This site is also directory to many other sites providing Blogger templates.

Get Psyco:
It uses a free source code programme and can be used to get a customed template. It is time consuming though. So if you wish to get Psycho, I suggest you try it.

Add Ons for your sidebar.
I personally don’t like people adding “Google Search” on to their side bar, because on the navigation bar there is a utility to search the blog. As it is people don’t jump on to the Archives if the blogger has been blogging for more than an year.

Calendar.There is no Calendar in Blogger templates.Hust in case you wish to add one then click the link

Tag Clouds.
I am still figuring out what the use.It shows the maximm used words on the blog page.

Clocks.You can add the HTML codes to your side bar which will show the clock u have chosen.

Counter:
No registration. Just selct the counter followed by cut copy paste.

Also try the following sites to find something to your liking
GeoVisitors
NeoWorx

Finally.....
I hope people send me the link if you find anything u many find which is "interesting".

23.10.05

Off Late......

Its been couple fortnights since I updated my blog page.No.I was not busy coz I have more time than any living soul in a mile's radius. No, I m not a senior citizen, on the contrary I am a twenty something who represents a vast majority of more than 55,00,00,000 or 550 million Indians who see a dream of leading India to what promises a Golden era and feel proud to be a global citizen.
These were some of the things I was doing
1] C.A.T.
One life, one mission, one goal, and a million dreams…..
Things are on ascendecy and they are really getting hot.
I am gearing up for Comprehensive Aptitude Test a.k.a C.A.T. So that is the only thing which is making me spent a few jittery moments a few sleepless nights. I am not being brash with due regards to everyone who is giving this test this year with me, the only competition is myself.
It is one the toughest battles to conquer, the battle with, the battles of Mind versus Brain, Instinct versus Conviction, Dreams versus Reality.
“Don’t know what you are; know what you are”…Morpheus in Matrix Triology.
There is certainly a diffrence between knowing the path and walking the path.A few sacrifices at this moment of time promise great success ahead......
May God be with all who are aiming to bell the C.A.T.
May the best get through
What I intend to do is prove to myself that I can do it? I know I can its just matter of time.
2] Blog Page Setup.
When I find time I like to read, got to read some really good blog pages, I will try to patch up some of them onto my list of blog page. I also changed the whole set up of my blog page. I thought this new setup is in some sense a little icon of my personality.I will try to incorporate some more changes as I go on with blogging.
3] Music.
As music is a must while studying there has been lots of tracks which that have been downloaded courtesy P2P networks. I got some old hindi songs which I love to hear again and again.Some of these are: (*Track-Artist-Album)

  1. Main Zindagi ka Saath Nibhata Chala gaya – Mohd.Rafi-Hum Dono*

  2. Mere Mehbbob Qayamat Hogi – Kishore Kumar – Mr.X. in Bombay*

  3. Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh – Asha Bhosle – Dil Apna Preet Paraayi*

  4. Humen Tumse Pyaar Kitna –Kishore Kumar-Kudrat*

  5. Aye Dil-e-Nadan-Lata Mangeshkar- Razia Sultan*

  6. Kahin Door Jab Din- Mukesh- Anand

  7. Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe- Mohd. Rafi.

  8. Mere Naina Sawaan Bhadon-Kishore Kumar-Mehebooba.
There are some English tracks too. My choice remains between Hindi and English Songs;

  1. Sweet Home Alabama-Lynard Skynard

  2. Nothing Else Matters-Metallica

  3. Smoke On Water-AC-Dc

  4. Smoothe-Santana

  5. Cocaine-Jimmy Hendrix

  6. Some Day Some Place – M.L.T.R.

  7. Wild Women – M.L.T.R.
And many more……tracks of Metallica Bryan Admas, Shania Twain.

4] Photos:
I was gifted a Digital Camera on my birthday earlier in the summer. A Canon A-510. It’s a good one and must have. It serves me well and if u one to check out some snaps on check out the flickr badge. It is some fun doing things with it.

5] Shadow Plays:
Well nature is always upto something. There are a few natural occurrence wich are must see always. One was Solar Eclipse and the other was Lunar eclipse. Juts ten days between them.I had never ever had the chance of seeing these heavenly phenomenons with in the span of ten days.

Coming up…….A promise of updating my blog page…..



28.9.05

Blog: Three Things in Life......

I got these forwarded on mail to me.I felt these messages must be shared by all....