A Book I Love

I can't be really specific about the types of books I like, it depends on my mood. Sometimes I love to read mystery, detective novels, thrillers, sci-fi or just plain simple over the coffee reads.

One book I recently read which touched my heart was LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT by PREETI SHENOY

I remember picking up this book from crosswords stall at Junction Mall in Durgapur while returning to college after Holi with my dad. I was in a mood for some light reading and I wasn't sure what to take when I saw this one. I took this book as I liked the title and the review on the back cover and thought this would be something I might like. Also I found the price affordable.

Needless to say, I wasn't dissapointed. As soon as I started reading it I was glued to the book until I finished it, even forgetting the fact that I had a lab viva the next morning for which I wasn't even prepared. *oops!*

Coming to the story in brief-

The book revolves around the life of a girl Ankita Sharma who is talented and is a much sort after girl in college. She is already committed to Vaibhav whom she sends letters talking about her daily life, emotions and experiences. Under the company of her friends, she gets into a relationship with abhi, at the same time continuing her love for Vaibhav. After completing her graduation, she gets into one of the top MBA colleges of the country, while abhi couldn't make it. This leads to a end of her relationship with abhi and then she meets Joseph.

Within six months, Ankita lands up in a mental hospital.

What happens to Ankita next? What about Vaibhav, Abhi, Joseph? The book revolves around the breath-taking mystery of these people's lives and Ankita's story!

5 Ways To Win My Heart

Hmm, really nice topic.... I have always wanted to write about this, but I really don't know how can someone win my heart. 

I just happens, have never noticed how.

But since I really have to make a list, so here it is.... *Deep breath!!*

1. Make me laugh

I don’t like showing off my inner emotions on my face. So you will always find me cheerful and smiling. If you really wanna win my heart make me laugh, I mean a real laugh, which comes from my inside :D

2. Give me attention

People generally consider me a kid. I really hate it when I am talking about something serious and no one listens to me (Actually people never listen to me :’()
So please listen to me when I talk. Even I can talk sense sometimes!

3. Don't hide from me

I hate it when people lie to me and then I find out. It seriously hurts man! Specially when it’s about something close.
Trust me, however big or bad your secret maybe, I do understand.

4. Be Yourself

I don’t like when people change for me. Change makes you miserable. 

Be yourself. If I like you I shall like you for what you are. 

Similarly don’t expect me to change for you.

5. Little treats

 The easiest way to make me happy and smiling is giving me little treats.  It maybe in the form of food, gifts or just simple talk to make me special.  A few jokes to make me smile or just something to make me seem important...

I am not so perfect

I am a drama-queen, princess of over-reaction.

I am really passionate about the work I like to do, I can even go days without sleep. For the works I don’t like, I am always sleeping.

I like being alone, sitting in my room in solitude doing some reading or writing, rather than going out with people and making a lot of commotion, but when I am out, I enjoy the most.

No matter, whether I am happy, sad, and angry or depressed, you will always find me smiling and laughing, only the very close ones get to know what’s on my mind.

I don’t learn from heart-breaks, I just hope, the next time it would be better

I like listening to Westlife wishing that life could be as romantic as they say

I don’t like getting wet in the rain because I am waiting for the guy who will hold my hands while I dance in the rain.

If I am angry on you, it goes away just the moment I tell you how angry I was and why.

Whenever I see babies, I wish I was married and had a kid of my own with whom I can play all day without any objection without anybody else

Yes, I do fantasize about how my future can be, mixed with perfections and imperfections. None of them has happened yet, yet that doesn’t stop me from dreaming.

I am very restless, when I start a work; I wish it will be perfect at the first shot

I sometimes make illogical statements because I am too lazy to modify what’s in my head before speaking.

I don’t mind being imperfect. As a matter of fact I don’t even want my soul-mate to be perfect.

I am proud of being who I am.....

The girl at the auditions

The Panel that selected the girl

 One thing that the girl always cherishes is the SAE auditions. A year has rolled by since the day she gave her auditions where Shubham asked her whether she wanted to get into SAE because she wanted to learn how to ride a bike, Niran crossed off HTML from her form because she couldn’t say the code to make a link open in a new tab, VG made her promise that no matter what happens, even if her work is not acknowledged, she will never leave the creative team for the technical. 

The girl now is a member of the panel

Today, a year later the girl is on the other side. She has a totally different experience. A year ago, her hands were cold while she was sitting before a panel of 7-8 interviewers shooting different questions to judge her, now is one amongst the panel – playing different roles of a interviewer, critic and  consoler as and when time demands. Situations have changed. Shubham has become more serious, Niran seems calmer, VG hasn’t changed, she did hear him give the same speech to another student, the one which she got to hear a year back herself. And there are many more people who have come into the scene- Madhyama, Rintu, Subhankar, Tejaswi, Saurav, Apoorva, Indra, Shouvik, Nimit, Manali, Daksh, Partha, Abhishek, Rahul, chandap, Samarth, Ashish, Satish, Sohini, Neeru, Garima and obviously the girl herself.

Testing the candidates

Questions asked varied in context and difficulty level to test the interviewee in every field, to extract the best in them.  Each candidate was tested for administration, technical and creative stuff. Even situations were presented to review the candidate’s reaction in such situations. The girl even wondered that how simple topics like value of root 2 or c.c or making a six out of IX can become important criteria for selections.

Rahul and the girl supervising team OMNI

There were a lot of enjoyable moments. Topics like PMC, MUKTI ka MZ4, convincing the dean’s daughter, taking girls in boy’s hostels for orientation, keeping boys and girls separate during DJ night, selling pens and key rings to committee members sent everyone rolling on the floor with laughter. In the third round, the candidates were checked for their capabilities of working in a team, multitasking and completing a set of tasks in a given time under the supervision of second years. Needless to say, everyone did a wonderful job.

The girl was amazed to see the dedication, passion and enthusiasm of the candidates and the team. She saw it all, she lived it all. She had the fun and experience of a lifetime.

As the wheels of life moves on, as the entropy of the universe changes, as days pass by, life moves towards an unknown destination. One batch leaves, the other comes, but the engine will never stop roaring.

The ones who came

Colours

I know I said I would be MIA for a while but I really couldn’t concentrate on my studies without a little blogging

The festival of Holi is here. I couldn’t get a more relevant post on this day. Have you ever wondered what does each colour clothes you wear signify? Here’s something I think you will enjoy.

         If you wear RED you are impulsive, excitable, energetic, ambitious and like things to happen quickly when you want them to do so. Red is a good stimulant and the amount of red is directly related to the amount of energy perceived.

        If you wear BLUE you are creative, perceptive, sensitive, intelligent, self-reliant and have a great depth of feeling. You have a good imagination and practical approach to life. Blue invokes calmness and rest. Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable and committed. You like to do things in your own time and not be rushed.

     If you wear GREEN you are a cautious person and not inclined to trust others easily. You are an observer in life but don’t wish to get involved more than you are supposed to. Green is seen as tranquil and refreshing

      If you wear WHITE you have a positive, well-balanced and optimistic personality. White projects purity, cleanliness and neutrality. You seek a simplified life-style free from outside pressures

     If you wear BROWN you are a honest, down to earth person who likes a structured supported lifestyle. It signifies stability, reliability and approachability. A lover of the best things life has to offer, you are a sensous type

   If you wear PURPLE you are intuitive and have deep feelings and high aspirations. You are sensitive and compassionate so can be easily imposed upon. You are interested to be the best in everything including friends. 

j        If you wear ORANGE you are competent, self oriented and impatient. Orange is the colour of practicality and creativity. You are excitable and seek dominance over others.

    If you wear BLACK you are a strong willed, opinionated and disciplined person. Black is authoritative and powerful because black can evoke strong emotions too much can be overwhelming. You are too inflexible and too independant.

      If you wear YELLOW you have an interesting and stimulating personality. Yellow shines with optimism, enlightenment and happiness. You like to be active in whatever is going on.

Purple Valentine

                                          .............................celebrating my love

Valentine’s day has just passed. It’s a day signifying love. Most people know about the dress colour codes we girls follow, but there are still a few guys out there who still wonder why girls dress so strangely similar on this day( I have no idea whether guys have any similar rule or not!!). Actually it’s said that by the colour of dress of a girl on the 14^th day of February, you can easily guess the relationship status of the girl. I am not exactly allowed to give out the codes but I can give you a hint, black signifies not interested in a relationship till now, while red means committed. There are other colours too which signifies a lot of other stuff but I don’t exactly remember because I never really cared.

So basically the reason I am doing all this bukbuk is when I woke up this morning and wore a purple t-shirt (till now purple does not signify anything, but after reading this post, you might make one), the first question that was thrown at me was-“ why purple, it doesn’t signify anything”. It didn’t even take me a second to give the answer-“coz I love purple”.

I wore purple because that’s my favourite colour. Today was not only a day of celebration for a guy and a girl holding hands and promising to be with each other. 14^th February is a day signifying love; it’s a day of celebration for everyone who loves. The first person to wish me ‘happy valentine’s day’ was my mum. I am a girl who loves, so even if I am single I have the right to celebrate this day.

I did not only wear purple, but also ate cream filled chocolate cake( though I haven’t had a cake for months), listened to my favourite song over and over again( I had stopped listening to it coz of some reasons), stood on the road in front of my hostel and fell the dry leaves falling on me with my eyes closed, spring has finally come. I even cuddled the cute puppies loitering around on the road, walked around the institute alone during free periods (I am a lover of solitude) and stopped on the way near the back canteen to listen to some happy soul playing the guitar. I even spent some time with myself recollecting memories (some of them were painful, but how do would you feel the essence of happiness unless you taste sorrow). I even did enjoy every small stuff that happened today and laughed until my stomach hurt. Sometimes I even felt like crying out loud, but that will be some other day. Today I have the right to be happy because I am a girl who loved, still loves and will always love.

So even though I may not have my mr. Right, but still I will always cherish this one day just to celebrate the fact that I love.

Cse Department Chronicles

Thursday, 08-09-2011

8:15 am

 The department get was closed and no one had the keys. We had a three hour lab and it was held in a room which was more of a boiler. So everyone was hoping that the gate never opens. The third semester students along with their Lab assistant was waiting outside. Even the fifth semester students were present there. Everyone was sitting in small groups and chatting, while the CR's were running around.

9:15 am

The Lab started an hour late. Ninety three students in one room, which meant fighting for "NOT GETTING A COMPUTER" [:P]. The instructor gave us the questions and while we were solving it he was writing new topics and programs on the board trying to get atleast one student's attention. At regular intervals he was saying -

"Please TP ma'am koi maat bolna yeh karaya hai, this is not in datastructure"

10:15 am

Everyone is tensed with the programs they got on Linked List. No one was able to compile perfectly, even if the compilation were succesful, there remained runtime errors. Discussions were taking place in small groups, everyone was trying to find out where the problem lied. Suddenly in the middle of such tension, sir suddenly shouted out loud-

"OYE! PICHLE DIN KISNE BOLA THA KI "BODYGUARD ACHCHA MOVIE HAI?????"

Everyone was shocked. Each of us stared at each other's face trying to understand what had exactly happened. Then one guy raised his hand...

SIR: "Tumhare dimag mein kya hai? uss movie mein toh baas ek train se dusre train mein jump karta hai, ekdum ghatiya movie hai"

No one knew how to react.

11:25 pm

It was already 10 minutes pass the scheduled time. Sir was still teaching. Everyone was restless to go back. But no one had the guts to say sir that the time was over. From somewhere a faint voice came, "sir we have a class now", but out of sir's range of audability. Again amother voice-

"SIR TIME IS OVER, WE HAVE A CLASS NOW"

sir suddenly jumped up- " CLASS! CLASS! TIME! TIME! KITNA HUA?"(searches frantically for his mobile)

"AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! 11:25, NIKLO NIKLO, JALDI SHUT DOWN KARKE NIKLO, WINDOWS BANDH KARO JALDI KAUNSA CLASS HAI ABHI????"

(continues jumping frantically)

-"sir, sadhu sir ka class hai"

-"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH SADHU SIR!!!!!!!!! JALDI NIKLO!!!!!!!!! WOH DANTENGE TOH NEHI NA???? (points to the CR) PEHLE KYUN NEHI BATAYA?????"

CR- "sir aap achcha padha rhe the"

SIR: "GHANTAA PADHA RAHA THA MAIN, AAB NIKLO FATAFAT!!!!"

:D :D :D