IPod rocks because:

You might have seen in the movies that how when a happy moment comes, then the hero is seen jumping around with an awesome tune in the background. Now what do you do when you are happy?? You feel the same way... jump around... but that music in the background is missing..... so if you have an Ipod, put it on and enjoy... with music!!!! :)

Similar is the case whens a romantic scene comes on... or the hero is remembering his beloved... you have exactly the same thoughts... but the sweet music is missing.... It so happened that while I was at UTEP, one evening I feeling too happy, a bit romantic.... it was also overcast.... so what I did, played She Will Be Loved on my Ipod, and took a walk around the gardens, with hands in the pockets, whistling around, giving a damm about what others think...

And same is the case when you are sad... I take out my frustration by listening to Atif Ali's songs LOUD.... REALLY LOUD... but think of thy neighbours..... so what can you do, put on the Ipod, set the volume to maximum, change it to the bass boster mode, press the earphones hard into your ears... and get lost in a world thats much much above the one in which we live....

What do you do when you want to give a damm about whats happeneing around you... just pluginn your Ipod.... put up a instrumental and continue on with what you were doing...

Yes ipod you are my second love... after my comp.... hope it continues the same way...

Warning: To do what's written above requires one to pay a shit to what others might think. They might think that you're acting stylish... haughty... or something else... but you don't have to care about what others think... the important point is that you are happy with what you are doing and not hurting someone else..... thats all thats required..... :D

and for all the people who give that stupid smile whenever they see my Ipod on is this _|_

So True!!!!

This post tells us what we can learn from Google story. Although I haven’t read the book but I have ample idea about Google to appreciate the points. Here are my favorite ones:

• Never compromise your ideals because someone said it’s impossible, stupid, or a waste of time.


• Do focus on changing the world, don’t focus on the money. If you provide value, the money will come.


• Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. If someone hasn’t done it yet, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.


• Go against the grain. Don’t believe in other people’s visions for you, believe in your own.


• Speed is more important than looking good. A shiny, beautiful car isn’t impressive when it gets overtaken by an old jalopy; the same applies to software.


• Focus on users above all else, e.g. don’t do something that might annoy your users just to make more money, they won’t forget.


• Beat your own path through the wilderness.

I had been thinking of reading this for long now. Now its due next week. And ya the voice of the gadget when says, “You have got mail” is awesome. Haven’t submitted it though.

And yes, I’m quite happy today. Finally there’s a subject that I love. Cluster and Grid is the best course that I have done in 3.5 years here. I have started respecting AG sir a lot. He’s an awesome teacher. It happened yesterday that Jadda and I were watching a documentary on Windows Vista’s networking team. There were talking of the changes they had made in the networking part of their OS and half the things they talked about were the ideas that we were studying in class. This is what it should be like. I mean it felt awesome. More about this later.

Tanha Dil!!!!

Lately I've been feeling left out.... I feel like that I am no more required....

Udit Sajjanhar... huh... that guy.... redundant.... throw him away....

People have had a drastic change in their priorities... which don't involve me anymore....

seems there is a big big ocean in front of me, and I am required to cross it ALONE. I am scared, I can't do it alone but then there's no one to beckon, everybody is too busy to respond to the fatal summons.....

A big dark hole and I am continuously falling, knowing nothing about where it would lead, But I can't do nothing.

chalna akele hain yahan....
Tanha Dil, Tanha Safar....
doondhe tujhe fhir kyun nazar....
Tanha Dil.....

I’m standing on the bridge
I’m waiting in the dark
I thought that you’d be here by now
There’s nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I’m listening but there’s no sound

Isn’t anyone trying to find me
Won’t somebody come take me home

It’s a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won’t you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don’t know who you are but I 
I’m with you

So what have I been upto???

The last I posted was August 10th. Its exactly one month since.... basically haven't posted much this semester... so where have I been...

Initially when the semester started, there was a lot of confusion and rush for getting the right courses, matching the slots , ensuring you had minimum 7:30 classes, deciding the tradeoff between QoS(Quality of subject) and the expected grade... aneways the first week passed, listening to the stories of different people, what had they done on their internship, telling them yours.... :) and ofcourse sleeping.

I had come to know about the Google Gadget contest in the summers itself, when it was launched, but it was only in the second week that I realized that the deadline was extended to August 14th. So why don't give it a try, I thought. Downloaded the SDK, decided upon the idea.... and then after several nightouts and dayouts too this was the result..... submitted it to Google and this was the prize... nice!!!! atleast it was the first time my efforts got rewarded.

Meanwhile I was also planning to go home... My cousin brother was getting married on 12th and my cousin sister was getting engaged on 21st.... I had to decide between coming back and staying back... the former had the advantage of not missing too may calsses and the latter ensured good food, sleep and unlimited pampering for a substantial period.... so after a lot of deliberations I decided upon the latter and set on my journey of dreams..... DREAMS... yes beacuse going home for a wedding is like a dream come true. All your relatives are there, all your cousins, all happy, and when you are the youngest and have just returned from states... you tend to get pampered... so was I... but the journey back was awesome... My Ipod lasted till the very end... Yo Apple... yo rock dudes!!!.... aneways just on reaching home... there was a function going on.... dhols were being sounded at full blast... I stepped out from the car.... ran inside... hugged my favourite cousin on the way.... threw my bag.....threw my shades... and started dancing.... wow....as I am writing this post... I am feeling the same way... wow that was awesome... and after that it was rocking for the next 10 days.... shopping for the wedding... get the small small tasks done.... managing the function... ensuring that bhiya's salis didn't pester him much... recording all the fun on my new camcorder..... and then afterwards teasing bhiya in front of bhabhi..... ufff... awesome... and ya also the engagement on 21st was awesome... danced my heart out... and everybody said that we were looking awesome... waiting for the pics to come... jaldi bhejo yaar.. missing you all at home...

Came back on 23rd.... every thing had piled up... there was a presentation in 2 days... and assignments to submit.... a week flew past without me knowing... but finally caught up... then there was the dep intro to be held... first we had planned it for 1st but then shifted it to 7th Sep. This week saw 2 tests.. assignments... prepration for intro... basically nothing interesting.... but I had already started on my second Gadget... It so happens that if you use Gmail... and have labels... and a mail comes to your labels, then the Gtalk notifier doesn't notify you.... this had been troubling me for a long time now... so I have made a gadget that informs you even when a mail comes to your labels... by saying.. You have got mail you can even read the title.. sender and a short snippet of the mail itself in the gadget right on your desktop.... I have submitted it to Google.. but no reply though as fo yet... will be integerating the facility of reading the whole mail itself in the gadget after midsems...

Midsems.... this is one thing that haunts me now... haven't read anything till now.. and they start from friday... lag hui hain baap.... aneways... haven't seen any movies.. neither Omkara.. nor munna bhai.... I feel I am becoming a nerdy type of a character.. but its good because it keeps me busy and helps me to forget the dumpfull past..:) also saw the picture of Dhamani's enagement... bahut mast lag rahe hain Dhamani da... wish you a happy married life.... and lot of good stuff is floating around on the net... my subscriptions are growing like anything.... basically I read a lot of stuff about Google... and also a few good songs are around.. Kya Mujhe Pyar hain from Woh Lamhe and Tere bin from Bas ek bal... and also theres a marked marked difference when you listen to songs on Ipod... aneways midsems get over most probably on 20th... and DP starts on 29th.. till 8th... I don't know whether I would be going home or not... depends... and ya waiting for new episodes of How I met Your Mother... Robin rocks.... and a last thought... I have really started liking this line... Life sucks... and then you Die..
bye.