Hi Blog how are you? I am doing good. As usual sorry for not updating you as regularly as i would like to but still here i am trying to make an effort. All said and done it feels great to update my Blog.
I landed here in LA on aug 5, 2009. Its been 1 year and 17days the ride till now has been full of both joys and sorrows, happy and bitter memories. But at the end of the day all of these were experiences which were part of the journey. As the saying goes what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger so i guess all of these experiences have made me stronger in their own way. One of the good things about the journey up till now was the people with whom i shared the journey. So this post is dedicated to all those people who have made my journey more eventful in their own way:
Initially when we came last year while we were settling down in our apartment we met lot of Indians living in the same building. Since we couldnt remember the names of all the people living in each apartment we used to call them by their native place for eg right across the hall lived guys from mumbai so we called them bombay guys(sorry to bal thackeray) and opposite to them lived banglore guys. All this was done for the purpose of convenience and not for being a regionalistic bastard.
Luckily for me all the people whom i met here at USC either in my apartment or in my courses from India were not the kind of people who used to discriminate on the basis of region, religion etc etc. I have had the privilege of not only knowing but also being friends with people who belong to different parts of india. During the 1 week i still remember how we started sharing food with Karthik, Sushant and Manjeet who are from down south. I dont remember what we exactly we cooked and shared with them but what i do remember is that they gave us Tandoori Chicken which was awesome. It was at their place where i cooked chicken for the first time. And then it became like a daily affair in Fall every friday. These guys have been good friends as they used to let me invade their fridge when we were out of stuff. It was thanks to these guys that i got hooked onto sitcoms like 2 and half men etc etc :P. Plus they were nice company to be around especially when i used to be locked out of my place.
Similarly day by day interaction with bombay guys increased ie with Nisarg, Sagar and Souranshu especially the daily Counter Strike sessions at night during spring semester. Thanks to them I was able to experience food like Toastada, Sheer and other mumbai food which i had never tasted before. They are nice company to have especially for going out for walks or for discussing things about philosophy and life.
Then comes Vairavan and i must say i am lucky to meet a guy like him. He is a gem of a guy. He has been a friend and more of a guide. Thanks to him my journey here at USC has been easier and more enjoyable. He is a guy who enjoys a good meal and a good laugh. He is 1 guy whom you can rely on. I am also lucky to have met his ex roomate Arjun who too is a nice guy. Arjun is a good friend and a guide who keeps on advising on what to do and what not to. He is an awesome cook and i love eating the various dishes he cooks though i am yet to eat anything he cooked since spring semester ended. Both of them have been very nice to me. And thanks to them i have learnt a lot about life and more.
At USC i have met 2 more people who have had made a positive impact on me they are Venkat Raman and Venkat Balaji(VB). I met VB in the latter half of spring semester and i must say i havent interacted with him too much but whatever i did it made me realize we had a lot of things in common. He was very helpful to me and i would like to wish him best of luck for the future. Venkat Raman is also an interesting chap a nice guy who is nice company to have especially if you wanna go and have a meal together or if you wanna talk about girls in general. I would like to to mention about Anushree as she has also been helpful to me not only for helping me out with the content for interviews but also for providing me with food when i was hungry. I would also like to thank her for giving my roomates and me home cooked food which was delicious. But i guess i need to remind her that she has 1 of our containers and we would really appreciate it if she returns it containing some awesome dish :D
Last but not the least my roomates Anu, Sumit and Devesh. They too have been nice and helpful to me. Sumit is a nice chap who was willing to give me a helping hand right at the start when i wanted to collect my phone from Fedex. He was the one who went with me to pick it up but unfortunately i wasnt able to get it but that wasnt the point. He cooks well but doesnt do it very often. Anu is not only the guy who is tall, dark and handsome but also a guy with a big heart. He was the guy who literally took care of me when i was unwell. Just to add he makes awesome sweets. Devesh aka Vito Corleone is a good guy who not only cooks good food but also is awesome at playing Counter Strike. He is good guy if you wanna discuss history, politics, religion etc. Also we have 1 more roomate this fall his name is Abhinav up till now my interaction has been limited but whatever it is he seems to be a nice chap. Lets see how things go with him.
Anyways enough talk time to hit the bed..
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Blunt Honesty
Hi there blog how have you been doing? As for me i am doing good met new people this semester they have been nice to me. I have a learnt a lot from them plus i am enjoying this semester 3 new courses learning a lot all in all its nice feeling. Are you kidding me is that the truth who will say that you are still without a proper campus job you kind of screwed 1 midterm. Plus you have been struggling to keep up this semester and last but not the least you are still technically unemployed.
Hmm which would be a nice introduction the first one where i am talking generally about my life this semester or the second one where i am explicitly telling the truth. I guess most of you would say the first one and to be honest i too would agree. I mean who the hell likes to meet a guy who is cribbing about his problems in general. Even if he or she is not the cribbing types but on a general basis if that person is cribbing you wouldnt like it if he or she is a close friend else you will be like why the hell is he or she cribbing in front of me.
I will tell you about my experiments blunt honesty and to be honest results were not surprising. And as usual i will try to add a funny tinge to the whole thing so as not to make it a serious debate so please bear with me(This line was just written to please myself as you see i too cant be blunt honest with myself and say who cares about your blog its not as if many people are going to read it.)
I was talking to my friend who is in india and i asked him so was he still single or did he found someone special he said he did and i congratulated him on this. He posed me with the same question and i replied with a very logical answer. I said i am a grad student and i am technically unemployed plus it is not that i have too much money to spend and on top of it i dont even have a campus job and i dont have a car so why would any girl go out with me. He replied by saying dude you are being too pessimistic blah blah. Rest of the conversation is not important. I thought i was being realistic and i was very honest with the reason which i think i was the problem.
For all the people who watch how i met your mother and have seen the episode return of the shirt can relate to this. In this episode when Ted wanted to break up with Natalie he thought that he should tell her the truth by saying she was not the one ie he wanted to too honest and do you remember what happened Ted was beaten up Natalie using Krav Maga. Plus i was just talking to another friend of mine and asked him about his experience about being too honest. I will not go into too much detail as it might be mundane for many of you i will keep it short. He told me while he was working in 1 of the IT companies and was attending a meeting when his boss asked him a question and he replied from his heart ie he spoke too honestly result his boss said to him he was too young , immature, he was hallucinating that is why he was talking rubbish. In short an epic failure.
I think the problem with being blunt honest is that it threatens the very existence of other peoples dream that is why they hate blunt honesty. The thing is you are trying to shatter the dreams which they might have clung on for so long and by being too honest you are demotivating them. Also i feel that we humans have now become accustomed to lies where we truth is slightly modified so that it does not hurt us too much or it makes sure that we are not taken out from our comfort zone. And to be honest its okay i mean come on who likes it when you have cooked for the first time and the person who tastes it says what the hell salt is too much, it is not cooked properly, it is too hard blah blah you will like it if the other person is like ya it is nice try for someone who is new to cooking etc etc. I mean a little bit of flattery doesnt hurt right that way the concerned party is left happy and they also have an idea where they lack but in more subtle way so in a way it makes them feel good about them. In short blunt honesty hmm is not a good option and generally it doesnt work if it has worked for you do tell me about it.
PS: First of all the talk with my friend about gf should not be taken personally by girls i am not accusing them of anything. Its just that this happened with me recently so i used this as an example nothing more nothing less. Plus this whole blunt thing goes with my theory about me being a cold hearted person and all but anyways no big thing. Plus for those who like this post or dont like this post but take it in light hearted manner good for them but for those who took it too personally i will say what naga baba says "**** *** ****** ****" \m/.
Hmm which would be a nice introduction the first one where i am talking generally about my life this semester or the second one where i am explicitly telling the truth. I guess most of you would say the first one and to be honest i too would agree. I mean who the hell likes to meet a guy who is cribbing about his problems in general. Even if he or she is not the cribbing types but on a general basis if that person is cribbing you wouldnt like it if he or she is a close friend else you will be like why the hell is he or she cribbing in front of me.
I will tell you about my experiments blunt honesty and to be honest results were not surprising. And as usual i will try to add a funny tinge to the whole thing so as not to make it a serious debate so please bear with me(This line was just written to please myself as you see i too cant be blunt honest with myself and say who cares about your blog its not as if many people are going to read it.)
I was talking to my friend who is in india and i asked him so was he still single or did he found someone special he said he did and i congratulated him on this. He posed me with the same question and i replied with a very logical answer. I said i am a grad student and i am technically unemployed plus it is not that i have too much money to spend and on top of it i dont even have a campus job and i dont have a car so why would any girl go out with me. He replied by saying dude you are being too pessimistic blah blah. Rest of the conversation is not important. I thought i was being realistic and i was very honest with the reason which i think i was the problem.
For all the people who watch how i met your mother and have seen the episode return of the shirt can relate to this. In this episode when Ted wanted to break up with Natalie he thought that he should tell her the truth by saying she was not the one ie he wanted to too honest and do you remember what happened Ted was beaten up Natalie using Krav Maga. Plus i was just talking to another friend of mine and asked him about his experience about being too honest. I will not go into too much detail as it might be mundane for many of you i will keep it short. He told me while he was working in 1 of the IT companies and was attending a meeting when his boss asked him a question and he replied from his heart ie he spoke too honestly result his boss said to him he was too young , immature, he was hallucinating that is why he was talking rubbish. In short an epic failure.
I think the problem with being blunt honest is that it threatens the very existence of other peoples dream that is why they hate blunt honesty. The thing is you are trying to shatter the dreams which they might have clung on for so long and by being too honest you are demotivating them. Also i feel that we humans have now become accustomed to lies where we truth is slightly modified so that it does not hurt us too much or it makes sure that we are not taken out from our comfort zone. And to be honest its okay i mean come on who likes it when you have cooked for the first time and the person who tastes it says what the hell salt is too much, it is not cooked properly, it is too hard blah blah you will like it if the other person is like ya it is nice try for someone who is new to cooking etc etc. I mean a little bit of flattery doesnt hurt right that way the concerned party is left happy and they also have an idea where they lack but in more subtle way so in a way it makes them feel good about them. In short blunt honesty hmm is not a good option and generally it doesnt work if it has worked for you do tell me about it.
PS: First of all the talk with my friend about gf should not be taken personally by girls i am not accusing them of anything. Its just that this happened with me recently so i used this as an example nothing more nothing less. Plus this whole blunt thing goes with my theory about me being a cold hearted person and all but anyways no big thing. Plus for those who like this post or dont like this post but take it in light hearted manner good for them but for those who took it too personally i will say what naga baba says "**** *** ****** ****" \m/.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Random Ramblings
Hi there a happy and a prosperous new year to you and too your family. Okay thats about it now that we have the salutations out we can get to the business(i dont know why i am saying this it just felt kind of cool at the time of writing this post).
Well one semester down at USC and i can say it was nice and interesting in its own way. I mean whats better than slogging you ass of for 1 semester i mean doing 6 assignments per week and coming back home around 3am to find that you have to do laundary else you wont be able to go college tomorrow ohh man that feeling is awesome.
Just kidding but grad school is different kind of exeperience altogether i mean it is more about time management and it is extended COLLEGE LIFE. It was nice that for the winter break i went to the east coast and visited my mama in Virginia. From there on i went to New Jersey and New York. I had the opportunity to get to know my mama's family so it was fun.
Well New York was my dream city i mean i had always dreamt of visiting New York i dont know maybe it was due to the hype created by the hollywood but after being there i can say it doesnt live up to the hype created. Lets not go into the detail as to why it didnt live up to my expectations all i will say is my next dream place to go is Paris lets see if i will go there or not.
I had an interesting event which happened with me right before the semester ended. It was match between USC v/s UCLA lets just say its A guy walks up and asks the price of a jersey and i say it is 60$ and he says "thats too expensive what if i pay you 50$ and my wife shows you her boobies" His wife who is listening to our conversaton adds that i might have seen a lot of fake boobies but i havent seen real ones like hers i say that doesnt work out. He then offers me another scheme he says "i pay you 45$ for that and my wife gives you a bj" i say that also doesnt work out. Well then she asks me to show her a jersey for her size and i ask what size she says the one that doesnt make her look fat i give her an extra small she says that it so sweet of me but it wouldnt fit her boobies. Well after they left i had an hearty laugh.
And this year i also realized that whenever i go out and meet a girl alone(some people might wanna call that a date but i wouldnt) and if she ends up paying for the meal then we never end up meeting again. Well this happened again this time too dont want to go in details about i will just say this time i will be happy if we dont end up bumping into each other again. And the reason i believe is that we never end up meeting again is that i let them pay or maybe because i have the knack so i have utter social inaptitude. Anyways it really doesnt matter once i find a wingman like Barney Stintson.
PS: I will end up saying girls on the west coast are much hotter than girls on the east coast.
Well one semester down at USC and i can say it was nice and interesting in its own way. I mean whats better than slogging you ass of for 1 semester i mean doing 6 assignments per week and coming back home around 3am to find that you have to do laundary else you wont be able to go college tomorrow ohh man that feeling is awesome.
Just kidding but grad school is different kind of exeperience altogether i mean it is more about time management and it is extended COLLEGE LIFE. It was nice that for the winter break i went to the east coast and visited my mama in Virginia. From there on i went to New Jersey and New York. I had the opportunity to get to know my mama's family so it was fun.
Well New York was my dream city i mean i had always dreamt of visiting New York i dont know maybe it was due to the hype created by the hollywood but after being there i can say it doesnt live up to the hype created. Lets not go into the detail as to why it didnt live up to my expectations all i will say is my next dream place to go is Paris lets see if i will go there or not.
I had an interesting event which happened with me right before the semester ended. It was match between USC v/s UCLA lets just say its A guy walks up and asks the price of a jersey and i say it is 60$ and he says "thats too expensive what if i pay you 50$ and my wife shows you her boobies" His wife who is listening to our conversaton adds that i might have seen a lot of fake boobies but i havent seen real ones like hers i say that doesnt work out. He then offers me another scheme he says "i pay you 45$ for that and my wife gives you a bj" i say that also doesnt work out. Well then she asks me to show her a jersey for her size and i ask what size she says the one that doesnt make her look fat i give her an extra small she says that it so sweet of me but it wouldnt fit her boobies. Well after they left i had an hearty laugh.
And this year i also realized that whenever i go out and meet a girl alone(some people might wanna call that a date but i wouldnt) and if she ends up paying for the meal then we never end up meeting again. Well this happened again this time too dont want to go in details about i will just say this time i will be happy if we dont end up bumping into each other again. And the reason i believe is that we never end up meeting again is that i let them pay or maybe because i have the knack so i have utter social inaptitude. Anyways it really doesnt matter once i find a wingman like Barney Stintson.
PS: I will end up saying girls on the west coast are much hotter than girls on the east coast.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Life after NSIT
Hi there its been a long i mean really long since i last updated my blog. It is thanks to my friend Vairavan that i am updating my blog. He coaxed me into finding time and updating my blog so here i am doing the same.
For the uninitiated i finished my B.E. in may 2009 and on 5august 2009 i left for Amreeka to pursue my masters from University of Southern California. To mention the very least the months of June and July were pretty taxing not only physically and emotionally as my maternal grandfather passed away. I wouldnt like to elaborate on his passing away as if i do so i would be unable to continue any further secondly i wouldnt want the occassional reader who visits my blog leave with a sad memory after reading my blog as it would defeat the very purpose of my blog. In 1 line i would like to say i will miss my maternal grandfather.
Its been more than 2 months since i have been here and i think i am still becoming accustomed to life here. The ride here has been filled with fun and pain. Fun yes because i get to meet new people from different nationalities on a daily basis and the pain is because i am away from my parents and friends. Yes i know what will be the next few questions in your mind so i will try my best to answer them. Yes i have visited a few places i have been to santa monica beach and to san deigo. In san deigo i even watched a baseball game it was fun as people here support the teams very passionately in other words the experience of watching a game in the stadium is pretty different you will get what i mean only if you come here and watch any sport in the stadium.
Los Angeles in general is a good place to be i mean nice weather and with all the entertainment industry here loads of places to visit for eg Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Universal Studios etc etc. People here are friendly or it could be that people in US are generally friendly. But the area around USC is shitty i mean pretty boring i mean you have to go some distance to enjoy so you either need a car or you should use the public transport which is not that good either plus the neighbourhood is not that safe at night so all in all it does give you a bad feeling once in a while but nothing that cant be handled.
Now for the food hmm i must say i have been blessed with good roomates as 2 of them cook pretty well. Since the time we have been here we have cooked aloo paranthas, chhole, rajma, mix veg, shahi tofu(american version of paneer), dals, butter chicken, mutton, poori, rice and its variants. So all in all we do get to eat nice food. Plus there are lot of indians living in my building so we tend to cook together sometimes.
Almost every friday is a frat party in our building as 10 of us have dinner together and we generally cook butter chicken or some variant of chicken. Then we have it together sometimes we do invite some of our friends over for dinner so i hope you get the drift. In 1 go we end up finishing 40 chapatis or paranthas.
Well there have been some funny moments since i have been here in the US though i dont have the energy to write a post on them individually but will describe them briefly here. One of the fridays when i had cooked butter chicken and i was about to leave the room 3 (2 of them are guys and 1 is gal and they are durnk)people who come over and ask if we have food. We say yes and we let them in. I think one guy was pretty much in his sense and his girl friend was pretty drunk as she was dancing on songs of pink floyd which were running on my friends laptop and the other guy after entering left. I was heating up the chicken as it was in the fridge and she comes over and says she will have little and i am like sure but let me heat it up for you and she was ok with that. She went back in and was kissing her boyfriend on my friends bed and the thing was there were atleast 7 people on the room that time. Once chicken was heated up i gave her a chappati and chicken and she rolled it in the form of a roll or burrito and was trying to have it. She spilled some on the floor and i gave her the plate so that she doesnt spill properly i was wiping the floor and she asked my friends who cooked the butter chicken and they pointed towards me and she comes over and to my suprise she gives me a hug and thanks me for the meal. I didnt know what to say as i was in a state of shock but as they say alls well that ends well.
In all i have got hugged, frustrated on not getting my phone on time, submitted 6 assignements in a week, felt weird that people here cant understand my english at the pizza hut, seen some hot chicks dressed, been given a high fi by random drunk people walking on the street at night, i have been thanked almost 10 times a day for doing nothing even been thanked for paying my grocery bill as if they would let me take the groceries without paying all in all i get to see different things everyday would be almost impossible to document everything though here i am still trying.
PS: Sorry for the long post but i guess such a long break deserved a long post i am hoping i can update it on a more regular basis..
For the uninitiated i finished my B.E. in may 2009 and on 5august 2009 i left for Amreeka to pursue my masters from University of Southern California. To mention the very least the months of June and July were pretty taxing not only physically and emotionally as my maternal grandfather passed away. I wouldnt like to elaborate on his passing away as if i do so i would be unable to continue any further secondly i wouldnt want the occassional reader who visits my blog leave with a sad memory after reading my blog as it would defeat the very purpose of my blog. In 1 line i would like to say i will miss my maternal grandfather.
Its been more than 2 months since i have been here and i think i am still becoming accustomed to life here. The ride here has been filled with fun and pain. Fun yes because i get to meet new people from different nationalities on a daily basis and the pain is because i am away from my parents and friends. Yes i know what will be the next few questions in your mind so i will try my best to answer them. Yes i have visited a few places i have been to santa monica beach and to san deigo. In san deigo i even watched a baseball game it was fun as people here support the teams very passionately in other words the experience of watching a game in the stadium is pretty different you will get what i mean only if you come here and watch any sport in the stadium.
Los Angeles in general is a good place to be i mean nice weather and with all the entertainment industry here loads of places to visit for eg Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Universal Studios etc etc. People here are friendly or it could be that people in US are generally friendly. But the area around USC is shitty i mean pretty boring i mean you have to go some distance to enjoy so you either need a car or you should use the public transport which is not that good either plus the neighbourhood is not that safe at night so all in all it does give you a bad feeling once in a while but nothing that cant be handled.
Now for the food hmm i must say i have been blessed with good roomates as 2 of them cook pretty well. Since the time we have been here we have cooked aloo paranthas, chhole, rajma, mix veg, shahi tofu(american version of paneer), dals, butter chicken, mutton, poori, rice and its variants. So all in all we do get to eat nice food. Plus there are lot of indians living in my building so we tend to cook together sometimes.
Almost every friday is a frat party in our building as 10 of us have dinner together and we generally cook butter chicken or some variant of chicken. Then we have it together sometimes we do invite some of our friends over for dinner so i hope you get the drift. In 1 go we end up finishing 40 chapatis or paranthas.
Well there have been some funny moments since i have been here in the US though i dont have the energy to write a post on them individually but will describe them briefly here. One of the fridays when i had cooked butter chicken and i was about to leave the room 3 (2 of them are guys and 1 is gal and they are durnk)people who come over and ask if we have food. We say yes and we let them in. I think one guy was pretty much in his sense and his girl friend was pretty drunk as she was dancing on songs of pink floyd which were running on my friends laptop and the other guy after entering left. I was heating up the chicken as it was in the fridge and she comes over and says she will have little and i am like sure but let me heat it up for you and she was ok with that. She went back in and was kissing her boyfriend on my friends bed and the thing was there were atleast 7 people on the room that time. Once chicken was heated up i gave her a chappati and chicken and she rolled it in the form of a roll or burrito and was trying to have it. She spilled some on the floor and i gave her the plate so that she doesnt spill properly i was wiping the floor and she asked my friends who cooked the butter chicken and they pointed towards me and she comes over and to my suprise she gives me a hug and thanks me for the meal. I didnt know what to say as i was in a state of shock but as they say alls well that ends well.
In all i have got hugged, frustrated on not getting my phone on time, submitted 6 assignements in a week, felt weird that people here cant understand my english at the pizza hut, seen some hot chicks dressed, been given a high fi by random drunk people walking on the street at night, i have been thanked almost 10 times a day for doing nothing even been thanked for paying my grocery bill as if they would let me take the groceries without paying all in all i get to see different things everyday would be almost impossible to document everything though here i am still trying.
PS: Sorry for the long post but i guess such a long break deserved a long post i am hoping i can update it on a more regular basis..
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Scribbling Day
Today was our last working day and it was today that Scribbling Day was held. Though i still cant believe it that from tomorrow i wont be able to sit in class and laugh during the lectures or get irritated by the missed calls and smsses by my friends or i wont be pushed out of my seat anymore during STC sir's class or i wont be able to discuss everything under the sun except studies right from movies(that include porno to movies like departed) to "Enlightenment" to Religion to Politics to Music etc etc in the lecture. Right now faced with too much emotions and it would require another post so i will skip how i feel about last day of college.
I reached college very late around 1:30pm as according to plan Scribbling Day for class would have begun around 11:30am but i was late due to some commitment made earlier on shukla and my part which had to be fulfilled. I almost came to college at dwarka mor metro station to give Software Engg's file to ap's friend around 12:20. After that i went to Shaidpur Metro Station to collect kunal's notes of financial management from shukla. After collecting that i reached back college a little tired due to the journey without expecting much as i hoped that most of the people would have gone home back by then.
I called up kunal and asked him where he was and he said he was at the admin. I reached there and i saw a huge crowd shouting at the top of their voices. Till then i had no idea what was happening. I saw my class and felt a little relieved. After seeing me everyone just started scribbling on my t-shirt and i was not able to move for like 5 mins as everyone pounced on me. One by one they just kept on coming. It was the warmest reception i had ever received in my life. Everyone in the class was so warm me due to that all my exhaustion of the journey and heat just went away.
The comments written on the t shirt were really nice especially by isha and swati raghunandan. Thanks for writing such nice words about me i dont know if i deserve them or not but if i do i would like to give credit to my parents and to my school Mount St Mary's...Thank you guys for making this day one of the most memorable moments of my life..
PS: Must say couples like isha and anita share a very strong relationship i mean both of them wrote on opposite side of my sleeves was that coincidence or they have ruhani powers due to which they tend to know each other thoughts before hand..
Also mohit yar your comment about making millions and millions of babies is not right yar as it is india is already suffering from over-population and with me making millions and millions of babies would aggravate india's problem.
@Saurabh i do love Virtex. To put it another words you can say it is my love interest these days. Have you seen the legs of Virtex they are the most beautiful legs and it gives you electric shock when you touch it. You can check the pic of Virtex here
http://picasaweb.google.com/ankitanand1986/4YearsOfCollege#5327956347360114946
@Anshu nice to see the Worst Gaali of GH..Though kuch farak nahi pada mere ko..
@Kunal please dont do this to me let only Shekhar be your love interest. I am straight. You are already giving me second thoughts of joining CSC... :P
@Soul Gang i hope today by sitting at home some of you must have achieved Enlightenment or must have got more closer to the same by walking on the path toward Enlightenment and i hope all of you must have completed your sleep also..Enjoy..
You can check out picture of scribbling day here
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ankitanand1986/ScribblingDay#
I reached college very late around 1:30pm as according to plan Scribbling Day for class would have begun around 11:30am but i was late due to some commitment made earlier on shukla and my part which had to be fulfilled. I almost came to college at dwarka mor metro station to give Software Engg's file to ap's friend around 12:20. After that i went to Shaidpur Metro Station to collect kunal's notes of financial management from shukla. After collecting that i reached back college a little tired due to the journey without expecting much as i hoped that most of the people would have gone home back by then.
I called up kunal and asked him where he was and he said he was at the admin. I reached there and i saw a huge crowd shouting at the top of their voices. Till then i had no idea what was happening. I saw my class and felt a little relieved. After seeing me everyone just started scribbling on my t-shirt and i was not able to move for like 5 mins as everyone pounced on me. One by one they just kept on coming. It was the warmest reception i had ever received in my life. Everyone in the class was so warm me due to that all my exhaustion of the journey and heat just went away.
The comments written on the t shirt were really nice especially by isha and swati raghunandan. Thanks for writing such nice words about me i dont know if i deserve them or not but if i do i would like to give credit to my parents and to my school Mount St Mary's...Thank you guys for making this day one of the most memorable moments of my life..
PS: Must say couples like isha and anita share a very strong relationship i mean both of them wrote on opposite side of my sleeves was that coincidence or they have ruhani powers due to which they tend to know each other thoughts before hand..
Also mohit yar your comment about making millions and millions of babies is not right yar as it is india is already suffering from over-population and with me making millions and millions of babies would aggravate india's problem.
@Saurabh i do love Virtex. To put it another words you can say it is my love interest these days. Have you seen the legs of Virtex they are the most beautiful legs and it gives you electric shock when you touch it. You can check the pic of Virtex here
http://picasaweb.google.com/ankitanand1986/4YearsOfCollege#5327956347360114946
@Anshu nice to see the Worst Gaali of GH..Though kuch farak nahi pada mere ko..
@Kunal please dont do this to me let only Shekhar be your love interest. I am straight. You are already giving me second thoughts of joining CSC... :P
@Soul Gang i hope today by sitting at home some of you must have achieved Enlightenment or must have got more closer to the same by walking on the path toward Enlightenment and i hope all of you must have completed your sleep also..Enjoy..
You can check out picture of scribbling day here
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ankitanand1986/ScribblingDay#
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Trip to Rajasthan
I had recently gone to Rajasthan as a part of College Trip organized by IEEE NSIT Student Branch. All of the Soul Gang went there except Harsh. Ayush was incharge of the trip. We left for Rajasthan on 3april and reached delhi on 8 april. As per itineary of the trip we were to visit Jaipur, Udaipur, Mount Abu and Ajmer.
Day 1:
On 3 april we were to leave by 6 am but we left by 7:30am(if i remember correctly). 81 people were there on the trip and our mode of transport was bus. There were 2 buses and all the 4yrs were sitting in bus no 1. As there was nothing much to do early in the morning Soul gang decided to play Poker and as i didnt know how to play poker they taught me how to play. Must say it is an interesting game. Soon Hemant and Ayush joined the game. Hemant did what he is best at machaopanti, the guy was not very clear with the rules and started to place very high bets or to put it simply he was in the mood of "All In" this affected the game plan for rest of us.
We had breakfast at some lousy place run by Rajasthan Govt where 2 samosas cost 30rupees (i mean like WTF loot macha rakhi hai). Being a miser i did not eat much as there was no point spending too much money there. While traveling we did discuss some interesting topics from demolition of Babri Masjid, to Fanaticism in Islam to the concept of religion etc etc. Some of the topics were discussed to make sure that sutt does not sleep as he did only 2 things on the trip sleeping and toilet. Sitting in the backseat of the bus we six made a heck of racket as arushi later told us that even she could hear our conversations she was 2 rows ahead of us.
We visited amer fort, kanak garden and saw jal mahal. For dinner we stopped at Chaukidhani. I had heard a lot about it and must say it exceeded all my expectations as the place had perfect unison between traditionality and modernity. The dinner was delicious and very heavy they just keep on serving you. The only fault which i feel is that they waste a lot of food as one cant eat that much plus not all people like all the subzis they serve so if someone says no to a particular dish they should not serve him. The highlight of the day were:
1) Usage of a new dialogues like "Sabka apna perspective hai", "Taash ke liye light jaalein", "Maa hi **** di"
2) Adi sleeping on the floor so that 5 of us can sleep comfortably
3) Playing poker inside Kanak Garden
4) In 1 of the forts the Ticket guy said that Boris is a foreigner so we pay 150rs for his ticket
Day 2
We finally reached our hotel Florence Continental in Udaipur around 9 i guess. A room was being shared by 4 people. My roomies were Sid, Varun and Shrey. Hammy was with COE guys and ashwin, adi, shankar and sutt were in the same room. The rooms were well lit and with AC working everything was nice. After attending's nature's call in our room there was a knock in our room and we see hemant standing outside. He said that he wanted to use the toilet in our room. He even charged his digi cam in our room. I guess usse apne room mein "feel" nahi aa rahi thi.
We visited Saheliyon ki Bari, Fateh Sagar lake and also saw the Solar Observatory. We also saw Haldighat and saw the statue of Maharaja Rana Pratap Singh. After a motor boat ride on Fateh Sagar lake we reached to the other end, we had 2 options either we could stay here or go for paddling. Initially we all had decided we will paddle but after reaching there the scenic beauty and table at the canteen caught our attention so we decided to stay here and play Poker. Must say it was a perfect place to play poker with a perfect view of the lake and wind blowing and with chairs and table outside it was just amazing. After playing for sometime the canteen owner came outside and asked us not to play as his customers were getting scared. In words of the canteen owner "mere cusotmer ko darr lag raha hai aap logoin ko dekh kar ki yeh kaun se gaanjedi aur jaauri aa gaye hai".
Highlights of the day:
1) It was poker night in our room with poker chips(thanks to nanhe)
2) Varun and Shrey too learnt how to play Poker
3) 11 people were playing poker that night
4) Around 12:30 there is a knock on the door and i open to see who it is and we see some 10 to 12 fucches asking can we also join we said it is almost time to pack up.
Day 3:
We had to leave for Mt Abu. We left by 6am. Well the mood in our bus was completely different as everyone wanted to play poker. Almost all the 1 years were playing poker with ayush's poker chips. Must say some of them displayed the knack of being pro gamblers.
We visited Dilwara Temples. It was an awesome place. The architecture work of that was mind blowing. There we discovered an NP Hard problem of Devrani & Jethani as they never get along so there is a conflict between them always. We then reached Nakki Lake and all of us in the mood were trekking. We climbed the Toad mountain it was a great place for trekking feel aa gayi thi and for others unki feel nikal gayi thi(like sutt). Ashwin and Shrey were the most adventurous amongst us they did climb some very steep cliffs. Ashwin, shankar and me came down from a very unconventional path and once we reached down it felt amazing.
After trekking with our knees paining we decided to paddling at nakki lake. We roped in Sid and went for paddling it was an enthralling experience.
Highlights of the Day:
1) Playing Poker at night sutt called ashwin naga baba and since then it is his new nickname.
2) I wrote my first prose and i made sure that all the soul gang read it. Most of them didnt like it except ashwin who kept encouraging me(@ashwin thanks for the kind gesture).
3) Our driver took a wrong turn and climbed a bridge and the he had to reverse a bus for a km or so....
Day 4
We went to see City Palace, Vintage Car collection, to a Rajasthan emporium store.
Highlights of the Day:
1) Adi got his first alms by singing the song Feel waale baba at Vintage Car collection giving him company while singing were Sid and me.
2) We ordered 4 plates of Tandoori Chicken 1 for shrey, 1 for Sid, 1 was shared by adi and shankar and 1 for me. It was delicious. All of us savored it. For sid it was a spicy treat it was funny seeing him eat the 3 piece as it was too spicy for him he ran wearing his socks on the roof of the hotel where DJ was going on to drink water.
Day 5
We went to see Pushkar temple, Nathdwara and Moinuddin Chishti Ki Dargah. All the places were nice but one could clearly see that dishonesty and greed for money by the brahmins and mullahs. This is why i hate going to temples as one cant find peace there anymore. All they wanted was to get your money "ALL IN".
Highlights of the Day:
1) The song Naga Baba was developed
2) Yeh Shukla Shukla M*******d hai... was made
Overall it was a nice trip and it was worth going there and what to say about the food it was awesome. At the end i would like to thank all my friends for making it such an enjoyable moment. This trip will truly serve as a great memory once we pass out of college.
PS: Maine trip ke baare mein "ALL IN" kar diya hai i hope soul gang likes it. Also i would like to thank nanhe for organizing such a memorable trip. You can check out the pics at the following link
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ankitanand1986/TripToJaipurUdaipurAndAjmer#
Day 1:
On 3 april we were to leave by 6 am but we left by 7:30am(if i remember correctly). 81 people were there on the trip and our mode of transport was bus. There were 2 buses and all the 4yrs were sitting in bus no 1. As there was nothing much to do early in the morning Soul gang decided to play Poker and as i didnt know how to play poker they taught me how to play. Must say it is an interesting game. Soon Hemant and Ayush joined the game. Hemant did what he is best at machaopanti, the guy was not very clear with the rules and started to place very high bets or to put it simply he was in the mood of "All In" this affected the game plan for rest of us.
We had breakfast at some lousy place run by Rajasthan Govt where 2 samosas cost 30rupees (i mean like WTF loot macha rakhi hai). Being a miser i did not eat much as there was no point spending too much money there. While traveling we did discuss some interesting topics from demolition of Babri Masjid, to Fanaticism in Islam to the concept of religion etc etc. Some of the topics were discussed to make sure that sutt does not sleep as he did only 2 things on the trip sleeping and toilet. Sitting in the backseat of the bus we six made a heck of racket as arushi later told us that even she could hear our conversations she was 2 rows ahead of us.
We visited amer fort, kanak garden and saw jal mahal. For dinner we stopped at Chaukidhani. I had heard a lot about it and must say it exceeded all my expectations as the place had perfect unison between traditionality and modernity. The dinner was delicious and very heavy they just keep on serving you. The only fault which i feel is that they waste a lot of food as one cant eat that much plus not all people like all the subzis they serve so if someone says no to a particular dish they should not serve him. The highlight of the day were:
1) Usage of a new dialogues like "Sabka apna perspective hai", "Taash ke liye light jaalein", "Maa hi **** di"
2) Adi sleeping on the floor so that 5 of us can sleep comfortably
3) Playing poker inside Kanak Garden
4) In 1 of the forts the Ticket guy said that Boris is a foreigner so we pay 150rs for his ticket
Day 2
We finally reached our hotel Florence Continental in Udaipur around 9 i guess. A room was being shared by 4 people. My roomies were Sid, Varun and Shrey. Hammy was with COE guys and ashwin, adi, shankar and sutt were in the same room. The rooms were well lit and with AC working everything was nice. After attending's nature's call in our room there was a knock in our room and we see hemant standing outside. He said that he wanted to use the toilet in our room. He even charged his digi cam in our room. I guess usse apne room mein "feel" nahi aa rahi thi.
We visited Saheliyon ki Bari, Fateh Sagar lake and also saw the Solar Observatory. We also saw Haldighat and saw the statue of Maharaja Rana Pratap Singh. After a motor boat ride on Fateh Sagar lake we reached to the other end, we had 2 options either we could stay here or go for paddling. Initially we all had decided we will paddle but after reaching there the scenic beauty and table at the canteen caught our attention so we decided to stay here and play Poker. Must say it was a perfect place to play poker with a perfect view of the lake and wind blowing and with chairs and table outside it was just amazing. After playing for sometime the canteen owner came outside and asked us not to play as his customers were getting scared. In words of the canteen owner "mere cusotmer ko darr lag raha hai aap logoin ko dekh kar ki yeh kaun se gaanjedi aur jaauri aa gaye hai".
Highlights of the day:
1) It was poker night in our room with poker chips(thanks to nanhe)
2) Varun and Shrey too learnt how to play Poker
3) 11 people were playing poker that night
4) Around 12:30 there is a knock on the door and i open to see who it is and we see some 10 to 12 fucches asking can we also join we said it is almost time to pack up.
Day 3:
We had to leave for Mt Abu. We left by 6am. Well the mood in our bus was completely different as everyone wanted to play poker. Almost all the 1 years were playing poker with ayush's poker chips. Must say some of them displayed the knack of being pro gamblers.
We visited Dilwara Temples. It was an awesome place. The architecture work of that was mind blowing. There we discovered an NP Hard problem of Devrani & Jethani as they never get along so there is a conflict between them always. We then reached Nakki Lake and all of us in the mood were trekking. We climbed the Toad mountain it was a great place for trekking feel aa gayi thi and for others unki feel nikal gayi thi(like sutt). Ashwin and Shrey were the most adventurous amongst us they did climb some very steep cliffs. Ashwin, shankar and me came down from a very unconventional path and once we reached down it felt amazing.
After trekking with our knees paining we decided to paddling at nakki lake. We roped in Sid and went for paddling it was an enthralling experience.
Highlights of the Day:
1) Playing Poker at night sutt called ashwin naga baba and since then it is his new nickname.
2) I wrote my first prose and i made sure that all the soul gang read it. Most of them didnt like it except ashwin who kept encouraging me(@ashwin thanks for the kind gesture).
3) Our driver took a wrong turn and climbed a bridge and the he had to reverse a bus for a km or so....
Day 4
We went to see City Palace, Vintage Car collection, to a Rajasthan emporium store.
Highlights of the Day:
1) Adi got his first alms by singing the song Feel waale baba at Vintage Car collection giving him company while singing were Sid and me.
2) We ordered 4 plates of Tandoori Chicken 1 for shrey, 1 for Sid, 1 was shared by adi and shankar and 1 for me. It was delicious. All of us savored it. For sid it was a spicy treat it was funny seeing him eat the 3 piece as it was too spicy for him he ran wearing his socks on the roof of the hotel where DJ was going on to drink water.
Day 5
We went to see Pushkar temple, Nathdwara and Moinuddin Chishti Ki Dargah. All the places were nice but one could clearly see that dishonesty and greed for money by the brahmins and mullahs. This is why i hate going to temples as one cant find peace there anymore. All they wanted was to get your money "ALL IN".
Highlights of the Day:
1) The song Naga Baba was developed
2) Yeh Shukla Shukla M*******d hai... was made
Overall it was a nice trip and it was worth going there and what to say about the food it was awesome. At the end i would like to thank all my friends for making it such an enjoyable moment. This trip will truly serve as a great memory once we pass out of college.
PS: Maine trip ke baare mein "ALL IN" kar diya hai i hope soul gang likes it. Also i would like to thank nanhe for organizing such a memorable trip. You can check out the pics at the following link
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ankitanand1986/TripToJaipurUdaipurAndAjmer#
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
L.K.Advani as the next PM
I recently found Mr.Advani's blog http://blog.lkadvani.in/ and i thought i will leave comment there as this has always been in my mind ever since i heard he was running for the post of PM. Below is the comment which i wrote on the blog keep in mind that the word limit there was 1000 words.
I guess this is democracy i am free to leave a comment on his blog and he is free not to publish it as he might end up losing a few votes.
Respected Sir,
I am 22 years old and for quite sometime i have been listening to the talks about active role the youth is going to play in the future and how youth should actively participate actively in politics etc etc but seeing you as the prime ministerial candidate for the NDA doesnt go with the above theory. I mean with no disrespect you sir i feel you are too old to be a prime minister, i mean how can you have the same enthusiasm and energy of a person less than 60 years old. Sir i respect you not only because you are an elder to me a principle which our parents try to imbibe in us as children but also because of the great role you played in fighting for india’s independence and also for the role you have played in its development. I respect you for that but dont you think it is time you start mentoring the next generation rather than run for the prime minister and let some other young person run for the prestigious post of prime minister.
Waiting for your reply.
Ankit Anand
I guess this is democracy i am free to leave a comment on his blog and he is free not to publish it as he might end up losing a few votes.
Monday, December 29, 2008
New Year Resolutions
First of all i would like to wish all the readers a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As we all know New Year is near by so many of us tend to make New Year resolutions in the month of december. Some people try their best to keep them but some just write them for the sake of it.
Before any of you start reading ahead hold your horses i am warning you this post is not meant for the light hearted. The author takes no responsibility for the extreme emotions you might undergo after reading this, so think before you read it. As this post is a an attempt from the author and author's friends namely Siddharth Goyal and Deepank Gupta to describe what should be the New Year Resolutions for some of our batchmates, so if you feel offended there is a possibility that it was not the author's idea to pull your leg but their's..
Lets start Roll Number wise, here goes:
1) Abhishek Kumar Sharma (aka Mukki) - He will try to get a gold medal in the next Olympics in the Featherweight mukkebaazi.
2) Aditya Singh (aka Ramu) - Dude should try to bath regularly sometimes it becomes a real pain standing next to him. Plus getting a new hair style wont harm him either.
3) Anant Shankar (aka Chinti) - He should try to stop watching Reshma ki jawani.
4) Anita Kumari - She will try to stop putting up so many lovey dovey quotes as her gmail status.
5) AP - She should try to stop two timing this year i mean she already goes out with a guy but she also goes out with a gal from our class. What should i say times are changing in India people dont mind being in multiple relationships.
6) Archit Shukla (aka sutt) - He should start watching the movies first before seeing the the name of the movie also should try to quit *******
7) Ashwin Mukhija (aka Feel Waale Baba) - When he is travelling by plane and air hostess comes over and asks him to buckle his seat belt he should not say challe chal
8) Boris Kundu (aka bangali) - He should try not to be P**N king of the class..So till the time he is the king we all know whom to contact to take stuff or as deepank states Point of Contact..
9) Ayush Jain ( aka nanhe) - First of all i congratulate him on performing his tasks well as Laxman and i hope he continues to do his best. Secondly he should try to talk his girl friend with a little more respect and should stop watching movies like euro trip and pirates, american pie series etc etc..
10) Assim Deodia (aka rabbit) - He will try to break free from his first GF(his laptop) else his second GF might leave him.
11) Deepank Gupta - What to say about him all we can say is he should stop bunking college.
12) Nidhi Gupta - She should start bunking college.
13) Harsh Kathpalia - He should pray that BH1 gets a Lift very soon.
14) Hemant Goyal (aka suur) - Should try his best to keep his nalla clean.
15) Kunal Rustagi (aka gaanjawala) - Should try to forget about Shekhar
16) Siddharth Goyal (aka robot) - Should try to forget about Kunal. Also he should try to go to movies alone because if he ends up going with a girl he generally doesnt understands the movie(ask him why that happens).
17) Sandeep Rastogi (aka sandy) - Shaadi kar lega.
18) Shekhar Gupta - He should start cracking laughable jokes.
19) Tarun Arora - He will try to stop putting his hand on his face while talking with others.
20) Rajat Talwar (aka ghoda) - Ghaas se dosti kar lega.
21) Pushkar Gupta - Will try to stop reducing his weight.
22) Swati Agarwal - Chillana band kar degi.
Well there is 1 more..I would like that the person who baked a cake last year, to please bake a cake once again this year(You see you cant make this her new year's resolution because that way i will end up losing the opportunity of having even that 1 cake if i had any).It is pretty obvious that the cake was good.
I would like to thank Deepank and Siddharth for their invaluable help ( i am mentioning this again so you know whom to catch). Also if i left out a lot of people i am sorry it is just that either we couldnt conjure up something interesting or being late at night we didnt wanted to think too deep.
I hope i stay alive to see the new year after publishing this post.
Happy New Year to all!!
Before any of you start reading ahead hold your horses i am warning you this post is not meant for the light hearted. The author takes no responsibility for the extreme emotions you might undergo after reading this, so think before you read it. As this post is a an attempt from the author and author's friends namely Siddharth Goyal and Deepank Gupta to describe what should be the New Year Resolutions for some of our batchmates, so if you feel offended there is a possibility that it was not the author's idea to pull your leg but their's..
Lets start Roll Number wise, here goes:
1) Abhishek Kumar Sharma (aka Mukki) - He will try to get a gold medal in the next Olympics in the Featherweight mukkebaazi.
2) Aditya Singh (aka Ramu) - Dude should try to bath regularly sometimes it becomes a real pain standing next to him. Plus getting a new hair style wont harm him either.
3) Anant Shankar (aka Chinti) - He should try to stop watching Reshma ki jawani.
4) Anita Kumari - She will try to stop putting up so many lovey dovey quotes as her gmail status.
5) AP - She should try to stop two timing this year i mean she already goes out with a guy but she also goes out with a gal from our class. What should i say times are changing in India people dont mind being in multiple relationships.
6) Archit Shukla (aka sutt) - He should start watching the movies first before seeing the the name of the movie also should try to quit *******
7) Ashwin Mukhija (aka Feel Waale Baba) - When he is travelling by plane and air hostess comes over and asks him to buckle his seat belt he should not say challe chal
8) Boris Kundu (aka bangali) - He should try not to be P**N king of the class..So till the time he is the king we all know whom to contact to take stuff or as deepank states Point of Contact..
9) Ayush Jain ( aka nanhe) - First of all i congratulate him on performing his tasks well as Laxman and i hope he continues to do his best. Secondly he should try to talk his girl friend with a little more respect and should stop watching movies like euro trip and pirates, american pie series etc etc..
10) Assim Deodia (aka rabbit) - He will try to break free from his first GF(his laptop) else his second GF might leave him.
11) Deepank Gupta - What to say about him all we can say is he should stop bunking college.
12) Nidhi Gupta - She should start bunking college.
13) Harsh Kathpalia - He should pray that BH1 gets a Lift very soon.
14) Hemant Goyal (aka suur) - Should try his best to keep his nalla clean.
15) Kunal Rustagi (aka gaanjawala) - Should try to forget about Shekhar
16) Siddharth Goyal (aka robot) - Should try to forget about Kunal. Also he should try to go to movies alone because if he ends up going with a girl he generally doesnt understands the movie(ask him why that happens).
17) Sandeep Rastogi (aka sandy) - Shaadi kar lega.
18) Shekhar Gupta - He should start cracking laughable jokes.
19) Tarun Arora - He will try to stop putting his hand on his face while talking with others.
20) Rajat Talwar (aka ghoda) - Ghaas se dosti kar lega.
21) Pushkar Gupta - Will try to stop reducing his weight.
22) Swati Agarwal - Chillana band kar degi.
Well there is 1 more..I would like that the person who baked a cake last year, to please bake a cake once again this year(You see you cant make this her new year's resolution because that way i will end up losing the opportunity of having even that 1 cake if i had any).It is pretty obvious that the cake was good.
I would like to thank Deepank and Siddharth for their invaluable help ( i am mentioning this again so you know whom to catch). Also if i left out a lot of people i am sorry it is just that either we couldnt conjure up something interesting or being late at night we didnt wanted to think too deep.
I hope i stay alive to see the new year after publishing this post.
Happy New Year to all!!
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