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>Ven one gets into the blogdom.. there r somethings tht one can’t avoid. One of them being the lure 2 tag, and b tagged. Here i m tagged by Sweety and it was fun. Gave me a chance for self-introspection.

Bold the ones you did.

* the ones you want to do

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink*
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain*
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive****
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid**
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone**
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped*
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise.
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables.
18. Touched an iceberg*
19. Slept under the stars.
20. Changed a baby’s diaper.
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne**
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
27. Had a food fight.( It was fun!!)
28. Bet on a winning horse.
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can…(Its a routine!!!)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster !!!
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment.
39. Had two hard drives for your computer !!!
40. Visited all 10 provinces.
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends…(lotsa online pals :D)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving*
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan***
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers…!!!
61. Gone scuba diving*
62. Kissed in the rain**
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain.
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China *
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class( SO, be careful!!)
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight…!!
72. Gotten married.
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice **
80. Gotten a tattoo *
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand**
90. Bought a house ***
91. Been in a combat zone*
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship **
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour*
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars .
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge*
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking.
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote article for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback*
108. Piloted an airplane*
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart.
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show *
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents****
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school ..lol!!!!***
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach (emmmmm:(:(:(
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad – and the Odyssey**
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read ,,,lemme think for a while …:D**
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language*
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language*
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you*** ( nah nah ……. :)) )
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ**
148. Shaved your head( Tirupati…)
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life**

Thts it.. I’m done wid the extensive list..
Hav fun comprehending it…!!!

>well.. not much 2 speak.. except the known fact tht the blogosphere is goin places..

From movies, to public opinions to polls to verdicts.. Everywhere one can feel the verberates of the blogdom..

Here’s the blogcamp a “un-conference” held in Chennai very recently..
Hit the site for a further insight..

Nd all the best to all the endeavours of my fellow bloggers..

Always at your support..

BJ

>ok.. no bullshitting around. I have an agenda : gotta speak about 29th june 2006. Wait. Before that.. Am i on time for this post??? I don’t think so. This lazy ass of mine doesen’t budge from its place and my fingers are trying to compete with them in lethargy. Me – the Sufferrer. Does it not sound a lot like Natwar Singh. ” The hand has no hand in the affairs”?? Oh!! What am i scribbling?? All crap. just arbit stuph, ven i am suppossed to do some important thing.

June 29th 2006 : Another day of placements. Already two top companies of the country have declared me to be too qualified for them( that is what i would like 2 believe!!). Well, for the uninitiated, TCS and WIPRO have just rejected me. well, anyways, one more day and i am all charged up. I am now more stronger and maybe won’t feel so bad even if i am rejected this time over. the company people were suppossed to be here in the college by 9, but they missed their flight or something and could come only at 3. Yes!! 6 hrs behind schedule. and now the constant rumours that it is not exactly interested in us ( GITAMITES).. and its here only as a formality!!!

Well, anyways, we attend the apti test, and the results declared at 6 confirm that i m in for the second round. The technical test. Well, the last two companies audaciously declared that i am not technically sound, and i was ready for an hat-trick. And, with all DBMS, C++, JAVA crap in the paper my apprehensions just got stronger. It was a 75 questions paper, with 40 mins in hand. surprisingly, the results confirmed my entry into the next round – the GD. this at 10pm!! I was all this time in my casuals, and had to switch over to the formal attire. Couldn’t take any chances. the difficult part was done, now its all Gibberish, a cakewalk – GD and a HR interview. The light blue shirt, i just bought yesterday from big bazaar, along with my brother’s trousers( My brother Jatin gifted it 2 me), with a light blue tie, and matching shoes, i was adorning a proffessional look!!

There were 15 candidates in my GD, that took place at an unearthly hour – 11:30pm. people were sleepy and lethargic, and very unenthu’. the topic given to us was ” Should politicians have an upper age limit”. Quite a boring topic to be discussed at such an hour. We were expecting something on the more instinct feelings of human!! Whatever. Banged the gd, and was the best, as i said it was a cakewalk. The results were out at abbout 12:30, and here i am called for the interview. Reached home along with Prasada Rao, at 1:30, and am supposed to reach the college tommorrow morning by 8 AM!!

30th june 2006 : Woke up at about 6. Actually go up from the bed at 6. couldn’t sleep the entire night. I did not want to miss this oppurtunity after coming all this way. I had to shave, as i was quite lethargic, and very unsure of me being called for an interview yesterday. I thought the tech paper would itself whow me the door to a bar, celebrating my hat-trick. Now i hope the interview shows me the way to the bar to celebrate. Anyways, got ready in a jiffy, and was present in the college sharp at 8. The interview happened at 10:30, and it was a bang on. It was quite a vague HR interview, with the normal questions like “Tell me abt urself?”, “What do you do in ur free time?”( the blog came to my rescue there), “What kind of music do you listen to?”.. and after some further chat( yes, i wuld like to call it that), the HR lady interviewing me( who had her face burried in her laptop all this time) gave me a smile and declared – “You are selected boss!!”, handing me over the form. I was on top of the seventh cloud kind of feeling, nothing could define my excitement. i called up Dad and Mom, and they were the happiest people on this planet. It is not everyday that such things happen.!!! Pappu ko naukri mil gayee!!!

We were called for the result declaration session and were given company t-shirts as gifts, and the HR lady tapped my back commenting “He’s a sweet guy”. Now, I dunno what i had done to appear sweet?? Anyways,all this jazz happened till about 12, and here i was a job holder, flirting away the rest of the day. It was one hell of a job-hunt, but as they say – “Alls well that ends well”.

Thus, that finishes the marathon post on me being placed in CSC. Yippeeee!!!!!!!!!!

Well, the title of the post was actually on my ORKUT id all these days, and have been getting all kinds of scraps like “What??” to “Bike hue insaan!!! “.. So, no belittling statements on that. that is an order. 🙂

On other fronts, my life’s been going good for the last couple of days, and i have been having a rockin time at colllege. its fun. And i am seriously going to miss it, for sure, next year after i get out… 🙁

Now before i complete, a small announcement :

Students who are interested to become an AIESECER, v are currently in our annual recruitment drive and I am in the organising committee. So, those interested are requested to please get in touch with me( Only college going Vizagites..)
And for those ignorant people who have not heard of AIESEC, It is the world’s largest Student run organisation. For further details – AIESEC

>hello ppl.. ouch!! I can already feel the ire on your faces 4 takin so long 2 post. But what 2 do?? I was so busy squatting mosquitoes while eating jack-fruit!! Just kiddin’. I was actually on a high all of july. Common’, it is the first time in my life that someone( and a big MNC 4 that) has offered 2 pay me a huge ammount 4 doing some coding in front of a TFT screen( called the computer). Nevertheless, I agree tht a month is too long a period, and i deserve a slap on my back. Ouch!!

It has been an eventful month, with wishes pouring in from all quarters. I also had a trip to Tirupati along with my parents, and the wonderful month ended with a dismal performance in the mid-exams( who the hell created them, and that too thrice a sem?? ) and admist all this the continuing news that our classmates are placed in different companies, completed the days.

More about my trip. It was a long impending trip that my dad had planned months ago, but was just waiting 4 an oppurtune moment. Finally the time came. We left on 19th july, by the tirumala express, and after 2 days stay atop the hill returned back on the 22nd, ofcourse leaving our hair over there. I have got my scalp shaved off, and am now in DAVID BECKHAM – WILL SMITH – VIN DIESEL, with a little of SALMAN KHAN, look; sporting my shining head. The trip was wonderful, and i was dulcet at the magnitude of the following the temple commands( Second in the world, after the VATICAN). The darshan, the accomodation everything had to be booked pre-handedly 2 avoid the long agonising wait. I was told that a particular Seva that takes place on every friday morning has a waiting list running for a couple of years. If we reserve today, we would be bestowed upon with the oppurtunity in 2010!!!. The temple town was bustling with activity, with small time vendors, sharing space with the scores of beggars, and the security personnel, which has beefed after the Mumbai blasts. on the whole ,it was one memorable experience.

Now to a long impending commitment on my part. Many of my peers, my juniors, etc.. have been asking me about my placement experience, and i would like to justify them at this platform. before i start, If you are expecting “a guide to be placed” or something?? Read no further. Coz, i don’t think i am eligible enough to guide someone on such important things.

23rd June 2006. A day me, along with my classmates have been looking forward to with a lot of hope, eagerness and anxiety.
The day our placement seaon was starting. TCS was the first company, and we all had screwed up our ass’s the entire holidays trying to read about the company and preparing ourselves for the recruitment test.The written test was on the first day, and the quant standard was something even a 10th standard guy would feel ashamed to attempt. It was so damn easy. Breezed through it. Next day was my technical interview, and after a long wait of more than 5hrs, with a clean shaven face and a neat demeanour, i faced the interviewer. I was totally out of speech at the interviewer’s, a not-so-young person who seemed to have just quarelled with his wife, questions. I was like – “which language is the guy speaking?” kind of situation. First time at a interview of this level and i commited all the sins that are to be avoided in an interview. The verdict : screwed it up. I M REJECTED.

26th june 2006 : WIPRO was coming today. I was again recharged, and promised to bang with a venegeance. The written test was slightly tough, but nevertheless got through it. Now for the technical interview. This time over i was more confident, well prepared( I studies more than that i do for the sem exams). Finally, after an intriguing wait, was called for the interview at 7:30 in the evening. I went in ‘bang on’ to the interviewer – a middle aged guy, with a stern look on his face. I showed him my resume, my credentials, and started answering his questions very confidently. He asked me to draw the Micro processor architecture, and when i started it with the registers, he questioned : “Why did you draw this part first?”.. i am like “how does it matter??”.. Even after answering all his questions, and bearing him grilling me for about half an hour, he said, wit a discerning look : “I am sorry”. I was aghast. looked at him in a confused way, and tried to ask him the reason. but he gave another look at my GPA’s and repeated : “I am sorry”. I wanted to box him on his face. If GPA’s were the criteria( Mine is 8.40 ), why the hell this half an hour torture??. I stood up, with a very deep desire to say ” F*** off”, but said “thank you” and returned back. There go the wipro plans, also. I AM REJECTED.

29th june 2006 : CSC was coming to our college.

30th june 2006 : The day i was destined to be placed. More about it in a week( trust me!!…)

BTW, My brother, Jatin has got a seat in GITAM( yes, My college!!), and he would be joining in the first week of september. Hope, he does not prove to be a hindrance in my undergroung activities at college( read, things meant to be confided from parents:-D…)

>Well, thank you for the long wait, I am really very sorry. I was busy talking to so many people on so many unknown topics, and was being grilled by them, that i did not have the guts, or the patience to post. At times, i felt like writing out a vehement post criticizing the entire system and letting out the fire within, but was soothed on time by ” her “. I think this is one single reason, why every human needs someone – to fall back upon in times of distress. Why humans?? Even monkeys find themselves partners!! Now they undergo depression or not, is something i have no idea of.

Ahem!! I hav been tagged by Dharmu, and am supposed to reveal to the world how weird i am. I like this thing about being tagged( surprised?). It gives me something to write about, and escape away without a reason or a motive behind writing it. Well, to start with, i am not so uniquely weird. The things which are generally considered weird are done by me too, and that too in large ammounts, and with a high frequency rate.

1 . I sometimes spend entire nigts on the computer without realising that it is already time for the rooster to sing. I particularly remember this night, last summer when i started watching the movie VAASTU – SAASTRA at 11:30pm, well after everyone was asleep. After the movie, at 2:30 , I started seeing a damp squib of a movie – ” Balle Balle.. Amritsar to L.A.”, and trust me i did not fall asleep till 5 AM. After the movie, i was still raring for one more flick, but alas, had none stored in the comp, nor any unseen DVD. I was tempted to re-watch LOTR, but controlled myself.

2 . I have this peculiar habit of reading old magazines and newspaper. Reading history 😀 . Newspapers, a week old or sometimes even a month old can be found on my table, and i go through them in detail, even looking at the engagements of the day column. I am sure i’ll be seeing even my wedding card only after its all over.

3 . I update my diary many days after the actual day has passed. so, all people who banter with me, or who deserve space in my diary( good pages or bad pages) are very well there in my mind for a long period.

4 . As i said i am not so uniquely weird. This one can be identified by most of the students( especially the engineers ). I study only a night before the exams, i.e. inspite of getting nightmares right a week before the actual exam begins. I do keep telling myself that i would be studying well in advance, but inspite of ample time, i tend to waste them all, and go for the last minute rambling.

5 . I very much believe in serendipity. I feel that good accidents do happen, like my recent road disaster colliding with a five year old – who had 6 stitches on his head and a fractured leg, and i escaped with a small scatch, of course with my wallet becoming light by 6000 rupees, and my bike being quarantined for a month. With this belief in good accidents, i hope i would be able to meet my miss perfect in a twist of destiny. people listening??

I think this is enuf of my weirdness, although i can go on and on.. I know, i am quite a weirdo…

Even though i love being tagged, i know many out there hate it. So, i spare all of you from this compulsive writing, and leave it at your own discretion to choose the topic.( Read it as, ALL OF U R TAGGED )

Well, BTW , the reason for the late post is actually the campus placements at my college. I have been plaved at CSC – computer science corporation. More about it in my next post.