Life Reloaded!!!

Following is a thread on our friends' googlegroup "ekapekshaek": Nik: hey guys what do u think are 3 major mistakes of your life? I'll tell you mine after some replies. Me: I never expose myself:P Nik: lagna zalyavar asa nako mhanus ki 'i never expose myself' nahitar problem hotil

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So I was talking about the change. What happened was Vishwajeet joined back Chikitsak High School in 9th standard. He was topper at his previous school and I expected him to break into top 10 of the class. One more of the change was the subjects such as “Work Experience”, “P. T.”, “Drawing” became grade based. Traditionally, boys would suffer a lot in these subjects with girls getting more marks in these subjects. This was the year when I made new friends in Vikram, Viraj and Aditya. The four of us used to totally harass Jeetu.  Well, as expected Jeetu toppled Deepashri in the 1st Unit test itself. For a change even I was in top 10 :). Of course, my concern was the semester exam. But, I again performed well to keep my place in top 10. In fact, I kept the pace in rest of year to fetch 4th rank in final exam, one rank behind Jeetu. The NCC was also better than previous year, since my batch mates were the rank holders in NCC then. Of course, it wasn’t that easy. More about it later....

There has been a big scandal in US (around $50 billion), made by Bernard Madoff. It has been termed as a "Ponzi" scheme by news papers. So I searched on Wiki and got really nice set of articles. Here is the set: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilevel_pyramid_scheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest Just realized that there was a "Ponzi" scheme in mumbai also, few years ago. Remember the "Sherekar" guy. Even my dad had invseted 1K Rs. in the scheme. He was lucky that he at least got the investment back.

Last sunday I met my school friends at our usual meeting place, Katta. While discussing about the picnic, Susmit reminded us this PJ which happened during Rishi's "job" party. Susmit: Kai re mi aikala tu Gym join keli ahes? Rishi: Ho re. Pan officemule jata yet nahi. Aata, mi Gym band keli. Susmit: Arey tula jata yet nahi, pan mhanun purnachya purn Gym band kelis????

Hey fellas, dont you feel the Global Oil prices are too much volatile? I mean everybody talks about BSE Sensex, but what about these oil prices? In just three months the prices have come down from $150 per barrel to less than $50 per barrel. How can nations stop inflation if the prices rise again in the same amount of period? It really surprises me how Opac works. Do they just want to make profits, profits and profits? Dont they realize that one day the damn oil on which their whole economy is based on, is gonna end? If they keep behaving like this with other countries, I am not sure how those nations will react when a formidable non-conventional energy source is found. 

I thought Rahul will make a Century. So much for my big expectations!!!!

Currently reading this article: http://www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/articles/making-decisions.html

Its my borther's borthday on 17th and one my best school friend Kiran's birthday on 18th. I wonder what gift should I give them? I guess I will give a book to my bro. Some inspiring story. Let me think. Cant think any great book, now. I'll have give more thoughts about it. And what about Kiran? I am not sure if he will be in Mumbai next weekend. Any suggestions from you people?

Have you visited Google Products Blogs? If you happen to visit them, then you will find one thing very clearly noticable. All of thier demo images which are used to elaborate some new functionality, are taken from Macintosh. I keep wondring why they use Mac when they keep bragging about thier use of Linux. According to me, Mac is like a symbol of being elitist. What do you say?

So as I said earlier Chikitsak High School is really close to my heart. My earlier school was not too far to my home, just 15 min walking. To go to my new school, I had to go by a private school bus. From 5th till 7th, we were in morning session. Morning 7 o’clock!!! Well, it wasn’t too hard for me actually, since I never really slept for too much time. In fact, my parents used to scold me at nights since I used to keep my eyes open and keep thinking, because I couldn’t sleep. They used to tell me that if I don’t sleep they would put ‘ masala’ in my eyes. lol… I spent 6 years in Chikitsak from 5th standard till my SSC. Each year was special in some way, shaping my personality, in a certain way. 5th standard was my entry point in Chikitsak. It was a good year both academically and socially. I was scared about how I will make new friends in the new school. But all my fears were broken as I settled down in the school. First half of the year I was in the “D” division which was meant for...

My top 10 favourite cartoons: 1. Naruto 2. Dragon BallZ 3. Duck Tales 4. Ghost Buster 5. Scooby Doo 6. Centurions 7. Tom & Jerry 8. Men In Black 9. Alladin 10. Tin Tin Special Mention: Jungle Book Mogli , Swat cats, G. I. Joe., HeMan, Dexter, Recess, Tale Spin Which one did you like?

Its Subodh dada's birthday today. And that also reminds me that last year on the same day in December I gave interview at Netcore Solutions. Oh man!! Time passes so fast!!!!

Well, for each of us “School” is associated with distinct set of memories. So is the case for me :) In fact, there was a time when I would really want to go to school rather than staying at home, especially when the exam papers were corrected and returned ;) Just kidding. Though, it is true I liked my school very much. Actually, I must be more clearer to which school I am talking about. Honestly, I loved both the schools in which I studied, but I will always have more affection towards Chikitsak High School. Till 4th standard (in simple terms “primary” education) I studied in D. S. U. Primary School. Actually, the full form is “Devrav Shivarav Ubhaykar”, but since my “second school” friends used to laugh at such lengthy name, I thought its better to shorten it. Right from my nursery, I was the “simple, peaceful, naive” kind of boy. I could hardly stand abuse. Even now, I cant face a verbal abuse with anyone, I get scared (thats something surprising given the fact I am one of the most...

Its been revelation for me when it comes to my reading habits. Post-“Karna” scholarship interview I have tried my best to read the books as much as possible. I guess my biggest problem with reading is that once I start reading a book, I really cant put it down. It’s a problem because its not necessary if it is a academic book or a novel, I still read it with the same intent. And when there are exams coming this habit is sometimes dangerous. Recently read a marathi book called “Dharmananda” by Jaywant Dalavi. Not at all a good book. I kept reading the book expecting that some of the parts kept secret would explained properly at the end. But, really it wasnt worth the time I spent on it. 2 days to be precise. Now, my brother has taken Aravinda Adiga’s “The White Tiger” from his friend. He is reading it now. Lets see when I do I get my hands on the book, though I wont be able to read it in next week as my JMET is lined up. Damn these MBA entrances…

Interesting history of the Kaminsky DNS attack: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-12/ff_kaminsky?currentPage=all