In search of myself...

As Bangalore plunged into shock on Friday, the 25th of July 2008 after serial blasts, there were some like me who were happy at Chennai - happy for a reason. And it should be obvious from the shot above.

Got such a mail after ages, I believe. Totally refreshing. For a change, something that didn't carry the famous warning of ill luck on not forwarding. Enjoy.

For those who like listening to lectures, there is this great video of Steve Jobs delivering one at the Stanford University on Youtube. I strongly recommend the reader to give it a hearing. I could have given the link, but thats Anand for you - lazy to look for it now. He talks of a concept of using the thought of death as a motivating factor to become a better human being. Sounded good and logical. Anyway, for those who are equally lazy to visit the site, here's a nice quote from his speech: "Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there!" Amazing find. Kudos!

After B.E: 1. A personal desktop computer with no internet facility 2. A cubicle enough to seat three persons 3. Peanuts for wages 4. Major work - pan, zoom, rotate 3D models and drink loads of tea and coffee After M.Tech 1. A DELL Laptop with super speed internet 2. Cubicle enough to fit me in with little clearance 3. Cashewnuts for wages 4. Major work - running behind people to create a login id for myself (till now - its been two weeks) In expectation of better situations and a larger cubicle, Anand

The long wait is finally over. I am joining my job at last on the first of July this year at Bangalore. Hope the experience is better than the one at my previous employer's. Let's see. No more expectations. I have finally learnt that greater expectation leads to greater depression. Right. Am cutting the crap. Bangalore! Here I come!

It was a murky Saturday afternoon and I joblessly ventured into watching a 'great' movie on SUN TV starring the little superstar, "Simbhu". I affectionately prefer calling him "Sombhu" for very obvious reasons. The movie was called "Kaadhal Azhivadhillai"(Love can never be destroyed). That is a misnomer I am sure for one's love for movies does get destroyed on watching this particular reel. Very fortunately, I only happened to watch the movie after the first half. Dialogues were studded with the least poetic sense and each of it was delivered with the same intensity and expression characteristic of a person suffering from sudden onset of profuse watery stool filled with blood and mucus. Each dialogue had a generous helping of the word 'love' and was punctuated with related words like 'heart', ' death', 'life' etc. The rhyme theme was hilarity personified. It was as if someone had made a list of rhyming words and ...

The class of M.Tech '08 (Manufacturing) @ IITM organized a tea party today as a thanksgiving to the professors. Two of the guests turned up late and here is the scene in words. The names of the profs have been withheld in a desperate attempt to add suspicion to the matter. Anyone who knows IITM profs should take no time in naming the culprits. "Anand Kumar (carrying the tea and the snacks into the prof's room where the profs (X and Y) are seated): May I come in, Sir? Y (after accepting the snack, opens the pack and starts sipping the tea) : So, where are you people heading? Anand: Sir, I am joining GM, Satya - Tata Motors, Lakshmikant - M&M, etc. ( finishing the list of placed classmates ) X( sipping his tea and grinning nastily ): Ok. Just try to keep up OUR name. Don't let US down! Anand( grinning even more nastily ): Surely sir. Y( with legs crossed, an arm around the back of his chair and the foot suspended in air vibrating at high frequency ): Sir, these peop...