Life Reloaded!!!

12:49 AM me : yea u said tht in the blog   but   what is JLT? 12:50 AM Vishwajeet : just like tht   me : k   never heard tht before 12:51 AM Vishwajeet : tu hopless ahes   :P   me : tyat kai   tula JIT mahit ahe? 12:52 AM Vishwajeet : just in time   me : k tht was an easy one   Vishwajeet : haha :P

     I know this is a strange topic to come up with at this time now. But looking at past few months the number of engagements, news about people proposing their loved ones, some bitter break-ups I have seen, makes me realize that how much some of us have grown up.       Viraj, Susmit, Aditya and myself all still behave so much like what we did few years ago when we were in college. We still discuss similar topics, enjoy the same jokes. Just meet at Marine Drive Sea-face and talk, talk and talk. There are not many grown-up topics like what do we want to do in life, what are the big options in life(Oh yea there are bound to be some “Adult” topics though ;-) ). Some times I seriously feel when are we going to be serious with life? God only knows…

This is Rafi's one of the best songs. Enjoy!!

I know it has been a while since we celebrated our Fresher’s Party.   Akhil, Myself and Rohit

Hey all, I finally finished first season of “Friends”. In fact half way through second season also. And it is getting better and better. I mean how do you explain viewer like me laughing during scenes of break ups or after someone actually dies in the serial. It is the way they have portrayed even the most serious scenes with a hint of comedy. Looking forward to rest of the seasons!!!

It ain’t about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take it and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” - Rocky Balboa

NITIE’s flagship business event Prerana organzied by the Management students will start next week on 5th November. In fact, this year famous Indian Band “Parikrama” is going to perform at NITIE on 6th. So everyone be there to see the magic of NITIE!!! http://prerana.nitie.net/ http://www.dare2compete.com/events.php?id=388 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=155394249624

     Two days ago I received a preview invitation from Google Wave. Since I was in a hurry, I really could not try it out. But today I came across a nice review of the same. Here you can have a look at it- http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/trapani/2009/10/google-wave-offers-a-bold-solu.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-TOPICEMAIL-_-OCT_2009-_-TECHNOLOGY2

     I really don’t know who was lucky for whom, but three of us Rutuja, KK and I won the Arbit Presentation at JB’s Prayag’09. It was amazing how we pulled it off. To be honest, it was great creativity on the part of KK and Rutuja. Not that I was a “free rider” (a term Rutuja introduced me with earlier in the day), I was able to garner a decent performance of a drunken guy interrupting an Aarati, during the second round!!! All in all, maja aa gayee ;-)

What we think, we become (Please don't think you are a superhero and don't try to fly)

     Well, I must confess this. I still don’t know how to ride a bicycle. Yep, you read it right. I was never good at. My father tried hard to make me learn it, but I was too scared of falling from cycle that I never really took off from the basic level. I always wanted my father to guide the cycle when I was riding it. Of course that was a more than a decade ago. After those days I never tried learning it(except once, courtesy Jeetu). I actually wonder how I spent my summer and Diwali holidays without books and cycles which is usually what children do (i was more interested in Cricket, Cards and “Monopoly”).      Both of my schools, junior and senior colleges were less than 40 minutes from my home by bus/train so I never felt the need of a bike. In fact, even among my friends we rarely had any discussions about bike. It was only after Jeetu started using bikes in Pune when we really started to “know” about it. Of course, Adit also gave me ride ...

Machchhar Se Bachne Ke Liye Log Lagate Hai Jaali . . . . . . Machchhar Se Bachne Ke Liye Log Lagate Hai Jaali . . . . . Aapko Meri Taraf Se Very Very Happy Diwali :-)   (courtesy KK)

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. - E Bombeck

     Hey, I just realized that I forgot to write about my first vote. Well, I am eligible for voting since I have been 18 but I did not register myself earlier. The reason was that I was certain I would be shifting back to Grant Road after few years and did not want to take hassles of making the changes in my “voting area”. So when I shifted back, my brother and I registered ourselves before the assembly election.      Being a Government college I was having an off on Tuesday for election, but since we had many lectures before and during our placements, I arranged one lecture at 10am. I had to rush back to my home on Monday evening. I got up early on Tuesday and voted at around 8 o’clock in the morning. The voting happened so quickly, I was expecting long queues, etc. but it was quick and fast. It took hardly 2 minutes. Then I went back to college immediately.      I am looking forward to the results of the assembly elections w...

Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous Diwali!!!! Enjoy :)

Yea, I will be heading back to home for Diwali break of 10 days. Being the CR of the section C (or SecC as we call ourselves), I had the task of convincing Profs to cancel lectures for a week. Currently I am downloading as many movies as possible from our college LAN which I can watch when I come back to NITE after Diwali break as download speed is good when hostel is almost empty( I know my parents won’t allow me to watch so many movies hence planning to watch movies after Diwlai). Ohh and yea, I am yet to finish first season of FRIENDS :D

Well, it has been a week now since I got placed in ICICI Prudential. Honestly it was one of the toughest period of my life. I was never prepared truly for the GDs and PIs. And I paid heavy price for it. The Summer Internship Placement process started with various companies coming for PPTs. We had to fill hell lot of intent forms, decide preferences for companies. These FMCGs are worst of the lot when it comes to summer placements. They have such big forms with questions ranging for one’s biggest achievement to a situation where one faced moral conflict. I was one of the lucky people to be shortlisted for 5 of the top FMCGs on Day zero. Each of them had GD + PI procedure. I tried my best in each GD, but I really could not make an impact in the GD. After all it was not like MBA entrance where GDs carry some percentage of marks, here GDs are used for elimination and I was eliminated in each of them. By the end of the day 0 I had lost 5 golden opportunities. Second day started on worst...

ना जाने कब से, उमीदें कुछ बाकी हैं मुझे फिर भी तेरी याद क्यूँ आती है ना जाने कब से.... दूर जितना भी तुम मुझ से पास तेरे में अब तो आदत सी है मुझ को ऐसे जीने में ज़िन्दगी से कोई शिकवा भी नहीं है अब तो जिंदा हूँ में इस नीले आसमान में चाहत ऐसी है यह तेरी बर्र टी जाये आहात ऐसी है यह तेरी मुझ को सताए यादें गहरी हैं इतनी दिल डूब जाए और आँखों में यह गम नम बुन जाये हे हे हे हे आ आ आ ओ ओ ओ अब तो आदत सी है मुझ को ऐसे जीने में हे हे हे हे आ आ आ ओ ओ ओ आआआआ ओ ओ ओ सभी राते हैं सभी बातें हैं भुला दो उन्हे मिटा दो उन्हे आ आ आ ओ ओ ओ आआआआ ओ ओ ओ अब तो आदत सी है मुझ को………..

Just checked my Picasa Web Albums. I have 53 albums!!! Can’t believe I uploaded so many of them :)

Honestly, I had no clue what so ever about how my brother was doing in his Mock GREs. I never asked him about it because I felt it might actually pressurize him. Also, he always used to complain to me as how he is not allowed by my parents to study late nights (by late night we mean 12.30, at max 1am) He had to postpone his GRE since he did not have a passport. In fact, he got his passport just 4 days before the new exam date. So when he called me up on Wednesday after his exam - Bunty: Ha Dada, Chuadashe Saath aala score. Mi: Kaaai??? Chaudashe Saath? Bunty: Chaudhashe Saath. Mi: Kai boltos? Chaudhashe Saath!!! Awesome Yaar!! Awesome, Awesome!! Superb yaar!! (By this time I realized that my roomie was staring at me) Mastach score ahe re. Fourteen Sixty!!! Kuthe Ahes Aata? Bunty: Ghari jaat ahe. Kalavale mi ghari. Mi: Thik ahe. Mi sangato Susmit la. Bye. (The intensity of my words cannot be expressed by writing them)

Before I tell you about my experience during Summer Placements, I would like to inform you all that I got placed in ICICI Prudential on Day 2, Slot 0. On the same day, my brother appeared for GRE and scored 1460!!! Good day for my family :)

Yep, my summer internship placement start next week. Wish me luck :)