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>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.

>well, well, well before u jump into any conclusions – this post is not a review of the 2002 disaster movie… It is abt my neighbour’s wedding, that took place last week. The two brothers( yes, both of them were gettin wed the same day!! ), stay in the flat below mine. They hav been stayin with us for the past 12 years, and i was nostalgic of all those kiddie years v spent together( okay, they were not exactly kids then), v played gulli cricket, broke chachi’s window panes, burst crackers on the watchman’s legs, hit the next lane bully, incognito( hope he’s not reading, for now he is a well built gym toned guy, and i still stand very much at the same physical setup i was, say 6 years ago)… V also did lots of crazy things together. They being a little elder to us, my parents didn’t mind us strolling around late nights. My first night show movie was with them, my first abuse in telugu was nurtured by them, my first sip of beer is to their courtesy, my first ciggie, my first bunk, and so many other firsts are due to them.

Now, they stand apart with a lady beside each, and i am sure, in a party, they would prefer giving their spouses company, instead of poor me. So, now i hav to be contend with that can of beer and as Dharmu would put it Ms. tanhayi.( Atleast a female here!!! )

geting back to the wedding, i still wonder how people agree to marry someone they have met, or rather seen, just a couple of months back, someone who is from a different place( different state in this case), someone who comes from a completely different background, someone about whom we know nothin( atleast not much). I mean this surely is not love. the only time the two ppl hav spoken freely is on the phone. On the engagement day, which took place a couple of months ago, it was a total comic affair, as i get to hear by them. The girl is brought into the room, in the typical bollywood style, with a tray of tea-filled cups( Why does it always have to be tea?? ), with her chunni taking care that no part of her face is even faintly visible to anyone, and then after offering tea to everyone present, she comes to the guy concerned and says, “CHAi.. Shakkar kitni lenge( probably, a way of determining ur taste buds.. afterall, the way to a guy’s heart is through the stomach, or so it is said).. ” he replies, ” Ek chammach..( or whatever)..”

I mean the whole thing is simply crap. And mind u all this happens in the constant gaze of the relatives, and even the four-year old son of Bhabhi does not flip his eyelid till the entire proces is over. This tradition( of arranged marriages, and not the tea tray thing.. ) may be coming through the ages, but is it worth it?? Maybe, we have the least number of divorces, but that is due to the family system. Look at the number of dissatisfied people, who bear each other, just to remain goodie-goodie in the eyes of the society, just to avoid becoming the topic of debate at a marie biscuit on a calm evening!!!

Ah!! just can’t understand some things. Neways, while these people were gettin wed, Rakhi sawant, remember the hot-chik, item girl.. it seems was forcibly kissed!! Why would someone do it forcibly?? clearly, nothing less than a sting operation, to tarnish the image of poor MIKA, who recently sprung to limelight with his ” something.. something…” but, even rakhi is set to lose out here. poor girl. the media channels, in their bid to be exclusive and sabsey tez do whatever it takes and have been jooming on her bosoms and other private parts, at the party. The camera was literally going through her body. It was open on-the-cloth pornography. Really, whats got to these so called high society people?? First it was Rahul mahazan, along with his gang, now rakhi!! where is it leading to?? Who cares!!!

In the meantime, i suggest everyone to have a look on the latest endeavour of indian bloggers.

Know a website called flixter ?? sign up!! V can share the reviews of the latest movies, thus enabling us to decide better on how tob spend those two hrs – eating popsorn on a corner seat along with “her”… or just manage with a stroll on the beachside, spoiling our health with those economical bhuttas…

And as i m typin this, i have got a mail from my uncle with the pics of the engagement of his daughter. No marks for guessing, it is once a arranged alliance. Phew!! somethings, just don’t change.

>U can read about my latest encounters with the silver screen…