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<title><![CDATA[200]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=354</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally I have reached the landmark, after about 2 years of blogging, I finally reach the milestone ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally I have reached the landmark, after about 2 years of blogging, I finally reach the milestone of 200th post on this blog and man does this feel wonderful :).  I am quite overjoyed on finally being able to score a double ton. I finally sit down to write down the 200th post and this was not done is a Sehwagesque manner with the help of a six when I was in 190s instead I being a true devotee of my God Sachin Tendulkar, decided to reach this landmark with caution and patience so that the fruit of success tastes more sweeter after all this waiting and hence taking 21 days to move from 196 to 200. They always say that the fruit of patience is always sweet, so I wanted to taste this sweet fruit. I don’t have any agenda behind writing this post, I am not gonna list out my fav posts as I did when I completed  <a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/100/">my century</a> instead I am just gonna blabber whatever comes to my mind.<br />
After having succesfully and continously udating this blog for more than 2 years and 200 posts, I can write this as my only achievement of consisteny in all these 21 years of existence. I always start doing things but always leave them midway, started writing a diary n number of times  but discontinued it after a few entries. Start studying for exams many times but always drop the book to return back to BC. This one thing has proved beyond any doubt that even I can be consistent and responsible when situation or my heart demands.<br />
There have been quite a few gains which I have had as a result of starting and maintaining this post, along with sharing my thinking with many people. It  has also made me more of a thinker, these days I think on many topics which I wouldn’t have given a damn about before starting out with this blog, and ofcourse writing blogs has improved my writing a lot, I am not a good writer even now but if you have a look at some of my initial posts they just look like a pile of shit but now atleast I write a bit more coherent than before and ofcourse I also started to write a bit of poetry , one thing which I could only dream of all my life but now I can say that I am a bits and pieces poet.<br />
It sure feels great when some unknown person from the other side of the globe comes on the blog and comments sometimes appreciating me and sometimes criticizing me. One thing blogging has given to the world is the freedom of writing , you can write whatever you feel, whenever you feel. You could be a great writer or you could be a piece of shit when it comes to writing but you don’t need anybody’s permission to write, just blog on when n where you wish. Thanks to blogging.<br />
One more thing it has given me is the chance to interact with so many more people, the people whose blogs I read, people who read my posts, got to know few of the alumnus of my college courtesy this.<br />
Right now I feel like all the cricketers do after having reached a big milestone. When I started out, I just wished to write without thinking of how far I will go but after coming here, I certainly feel that I have covered some serious distance and hope to continue this journey for many many years. I certainly feel like a veteran today, akin to what cricketers might feel after playing 200 ODIs<br />
Cheers to Blogging &#38;<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong> lifeizlikethat</strong></span>!! After all <strong>“Ye Meri Life Hai”</strong> :)<br />
Sorry to bore you but just wanted to blurt it out, it feels great.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Congratulations IIIT]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=345</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally IIIT celebrated its first Bloggers’ Day and all I have to say in Congratulations IIIT for ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Finally IIIT celebrated its first Bloggers’ Day and all I have to say in Congratulations IIIT for the awesome amount of blogging seen in IIIT on the day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Taking a look at the stats, we had atleast 25 posts on 29<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup> of August on the occasion of Bloggers’ Day. I also saw Gtalk status of many people telling about their latest posts (in some cases their first posts) which would take the count to atleast 30 posts for the Bloggers’ Day and this can’t be termed as any mean achievement. We also had 4 posts coming today which can also be counted as Bloggers’ Day posts thus taking the count to 35. :D</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Lets us all raise a toast to all the bloggers for making this day a memorable one. The biggest plus coming on this day was some of the UG3 bloggers coming to party. We were quite disappointed with UG3 but finally they too proved their mettle.<span>  </span>Cheers to u guys </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Though I would have loved to see some blogging from UG2 &#38; UG1, may be next time we can hope to see some activity from these guys. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">One post which celebrated the spirit of Bloggers’ day in real sense was <a href="http://vishnufafat.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/top-iiit-bloggers-day-posts/">this</a>; where Vishnu Fafat rates the best posts of Bloggers’ day. Must read, I’ll say.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Due to the pathetic condition of net in hostels wasn’t able to publish this post till now. So now publishing it from MS.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bloggers' Day is here!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=334</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/bloggers-day-is-here/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ya, finally the day is here, the day for which I have sent so many mails. The day of celebration of]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62; &#60;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62; Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE &#60;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62; &#60;![endif]--><!--  --><!--[if gte mso 10]&#62; &#60;!   /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-priority:99; 	mso-style-qformat:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin-top:0in; 	mso-para-margin-right:0in; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; 	mso-para-margin-left:0in; 	line-height:115%; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:11.0pt; 	font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; 	mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; 	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; 	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; 	mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; 	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} --> <!--[endif]-->Ya, finally the day is here, the day for which I have sent so many mails. The day of celebration of Blogging in IIIT.</p>
<p>I have been preparing for this day since the last few days, haven't written any posts even though I had my ideas clinging to my mind but I wanted to do a BLOGATHOM today and I am all set to go.</p>
<p>Well let's hope I can do this BLOGATHOM today.</p>
<p>For the first time, I am not writing posts for comments or hits, it is for a purpose, atleast I have to do something for the initiative I have taken. I know it would have meant more hits and comments (which has historically been one of my prima focus) had I written these posts over a period of time but sometimes the importance of things change.</p>
<p>Update: Written 3 posts as of yet, lets see how many more I can write.</p>
<p>Update2: Net in unbelievably bad in my room, havnt been able to see the Create New Post since yesterday night :( Of all days this had to happen today... Why God?? Why??</p>
<p>FInally net is working, I will start posting now.. :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[IIIT Bloggers' Meet]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=328</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally we had the Bloggers&#8217; Meet on 25th August, that is Yesterday. After all those repeated ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally we had the Bloggers' Meet on 25<sup>th</sup> August, that is Yesterday. After all those repeated mails and so many reminders, we were expecting quite a decent crowd in the meeting. I had expected that we would have atleast 10-15 people from every UG batch coming to the meet, atleast wondering about what the buzz is all about. But, to the chagrin of all of us organizers, the response was not enthusiastic enough.</p>
<p>Wise people have always said, Be satisfied with what you get, that's what we are doing. I wouldn't say that the no was good but I would say it was ok, considering the blogging situation in IIIT. There were about 5-6 UG2 guys and a similar number of UG1 ad 3 M. Tech people, so all in all 15 new people.  Not to my surprise, there was a dismal attendance from UG3, 2 people who stayed through the meet while 2-3 people had come for some technical meet, they also attended the meet for some time. Though I am not much disappointed by this, even we are more interested in UG2 and UG1 people taking up blogging, coz guys in 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> year have been here long enough to be inspired or made to start something new. Again, as expected the maximum attendance was from our batch. There was only one alumnus, Devansh Sir. Btw Abbulu, this is bad!!!</p>
<p>So coming to the meet, it was a nice affair in all. I don't know about others but I sure enjoyed it. The meeting started about 30-45 minutes according to Indian timing. We started the meeting with me blabbering something about Blogging in IIIT, telling guys about <a href="http://students.iiit.ac.in/~smr/blogroll/">Blogroll</a> (Thanks a lot SMR!! You are a God send for us Bloggers), easily the best thing ever to happen to IIIT Bloggers,<a href="http://iiitbuzz.blogspot.com/">IIITBuzz</a>, the next best thing, which is succeeded by the controversial<a href="http://iiitpost.wordpress.com/"> IIIT Post</a>. Also telling people about some of the successful bloggers of IIIT and showing them a list of all the bloggers from diff batch.</p>
<p>It was followed by Maroo, talking about things like Why Blog?? Qualities of a good blog!! And also spoke about Blogging Etiquettes. Got to agree, it was quite good and people were listening with rapt attention to all the points he had prepared.</p>
<p>Then we had Kulbir talking about his Blog and all the financial benefits he had as a result of writing the blog. Never knew he was this rich. Come on Kulbir you owe us a party for earning sooooo much.</p>
<p>After this we had Sashidhar, speaking about his blog, reasons for him taking up blogging. His speech had all the people reeling in laughter. Best part was when he forgot a point and took out a paper in which he had written all this, and after reading it, once he started speaking, Again forgot what he was speaking.</p>
<p>Then we had the "60 Seconds TO Fame", ala <a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/hyderabad-bloggers-meet/">Indi Bloggers meet Hyderabad chapter</a>.</p>
<p>After all this we had the best part of the meet, when we opened each others blogs and started marofying each other's. It was quite fun and again in this part Sashidhar took the cake, with his awesome <a href="http://this-blog-is-full-of-crap.blogspot.com/2008/06/ode-to-kothari-complex.html">poetry</a>, and Jimmi's comment on the post was added to the fun, you could feel his frustration in his comment. :P <a href="http://this-blog-is-full-of-crap.blogspot.com/2008/07/historic-moments-caught-on-camera.html">This</a> post of him was also liked a lot, specially the first and third pics :P</p>
<p>After having this fun for some time, finally it started raining and we had to leave :(</p>
<p>Finally, I don't know about others, but I sure enjoyed a lot in the meet. We have also taken the email ids of interested people and we will be holding the Bloggers' Club meeting some time sure, just waiting for some blogging activity to start in IIIT.</p>
<p>Desperately waiting for 30<sup>th</sup> August, I hope the "Seniors" ( !Alumni) don't betray us on that day, sun rahe hain na Pati Sir??? ;)</p>
<p><strong>Song of The Day: </strong>- The 59<sup>th</sup> Street Bridge Song by Simon &#38; Garfunkel</p>
<p>PS1:- Simon &#38; Garfunkel are totally awesome.<br />
PS2:- Got a new External HDD, 360 GB. Now "delete" button will be a thing of past.<br />
PS3:- Why is it so hot these days??<br />
PS4:- India's most successful Olympics come to an end with China pwning rest of the world.<br />
PS5:- Waiting for this weekend, Wanna see Rock On!! Has rock culture finally arrived in India?? Let's see<br />
PS6:- Btw what the hell happened to Blogroll :((</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog on IIIT]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=320</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/blog-on-iiit/</guid>
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Bloggers Day

Disappointed by the complete absence of junior students of college from the blogosphe]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Bloggers Day</strong></span></h2>
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<p>Disappointed by the complete absence of junior students of college from the blogosphere, be it reading or writing. We the bloggers of UG2K5 , the "Blogging Batch" of IIIT today held a meeting to discuss ways to increase the awareness among people and encourage atleast a few non-bloggers to turn into bloggers. Almost all the active bloggers of our batch were present and it was quite a fruitful session with a horde of ideas being churned out in the meet. Lets hope that the efforts we take are transformed into activity and we can see more and more bloggers keeping the flag of blogging flying up and high once we leave the college.</p>
<p>Quite a few interesting ideas come up, the two most important ones being, all the IIITians must have got a mail from me regarding this.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>a)  Bloggers Day </strong></span>- Starting from this year we will be celebrating 30<sup>th</sup> august as the Bloggers' day in IIIT. For this we need the help of all the bloggers of IIIT, we urge all the bloggers (active &#38; the dormant ones too) to atleast write a post on this day to mark the revival (hopefully)of blogging culture in IIIT. We can make it a IIIT blogathon, everybody doing their bit to promote this day. For this we also need the help of all the alumni and I hope that you guys would also appreciate our effort and try to make this a successful event.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>b)  Bloggers Meet -</strong></span> On 25<sup>th</sup> August, we are planning to hold a bloggers meet where we will try and encourage the people to come out of their shells and blog and blog and blog. We would like to introduce atleast a few people to this wonderful world of blogosphere. The point is not only about blog writing, the people these days are not even reading blogs. There used to be many people who though didn't write posts but were always active readers and commentors but nowadays this is not to be seen. Even a blog like IIITPost is getting comments only from the alumni and 4<sup>th</sup> years that's it. I haven't seen any guy from 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup> or 3<sup>rd</sup> year commenting on it. Coming to the writing part, I can only see one active bloggers from a combined population of more than 500 people in 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> years which is an indication of the sorry state of affairs in IIIT.<br />
The meeting also saw the formation of<strong> Bloggers Club </strong>in IIIT with the following people as its founding members.<br />
Aniket<br />
Anupama<br />
Bhargav<br />
Chand<br />
Gaurav<br />
Himank<br />
Karan<br />
Kulbir<br />
Maruti<br />
Mathur (Start blogging now)<br />
Namrata<br />
Sashidhar<br />
Srirang<br />
And we hope this no to increase multi folds as time passes by.<br />
Some of the other ideas which came up are which can be implemented later<br />
<strong>Blog of the Week </strong>(recognising the best blog in a week) - For this we might need few changes to be done to the blogroll.<br />
<strong>Blogging Week </strong>(A week on the lines of Bloggers Day)<br />
Hoping for a fruitful blogging year for IIITians.<code><!--more--><!--more--><!--more--></code></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Quirky ME!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=286</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/quirky-me/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been tagged by two people to write this post so finally I have to sit down and ponder upon my]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been tagged by two people to write this post so finally I have to sit down and ponder upon myself an exercise which I always think of doing but always fail in taking out time for. Actually initially I thought of bypassing this tag after <a href="http://theanksden.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/about-the-quirks-of-my-life/">Ankit</a> tagged me being too lazy to think of this stuff but now even <a href="http://simplyani.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/mastram-ki-mastiyaan/">Aniket</a> has tagged me so I don't think I have any more choices left but to finally write.</p>
<p>So ,Rules of the game !!!!!!!</p>
<p>1. Link the person(s) who tagged you -<strong> Ankit &#38; Aniket</strong>, already done<br />
2. Mention the rules on your blog.<br />
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.<br />
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.<br />
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1. Numbers -</strong></span></span> If somebody asks me what is the most important thing in your life then it would be surely numbers and calculations. My first love has always been calculations since the time I can remember. Never does it happen that I see two numbers and I don't play around with them adding, subtracting,multiplying and dividing them. Even while driving on road, seldom does it happen that I am not dividing the registration no of a vehicle by the code for the city in which it is registered and I really hate the nos when they don't divide completely and I have been unlucky enough that all the vehicles we have owned all have had such pairs which don't divide, namely 9059 &#38; 32, 1556 &#38; 80 (closest to divisibilty) , 6003 &#38; 7</p>
<p>Another strange thing with numbers is that I have always had affinity for some numbers like I generally like multiples of 5 and always prefer a Composite number over a Prime number that is why numbers like 17,19 and all are a strict NO NO for me.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">2. Symmetry -</span> </strong></span>I have always been a fan of symmetry all my life, I always want things to be symmetrical and I always try to do my best to preserve. One example is, if on a swtich board there are 4 switches and if the first one is turned (and all others are off)then the third one should also be turned on just to mantain thats why I used to turn on the fan at my home while pointing the regulator to 0, always puzzling my family!!</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3. Patterns -</strong></span></span> I always have been a fan of following patterns. When I was in Lucknow, for 5 years straight I followed the pattern of going out of the colony one way and coming back to my home the other way, though it was quite an ordeal at times specially since one way was longer and I had to follow it while going to school but I dutifully followed my schedule and kept the practise going. Even in college before the pavement was built in the middle of the lawn type of thing which is in front of OBH. I used to come one way and many times I had to walk alone because my friends just wouldnt come with me from the particular side and many times I had to run to save myself from being dragged by them to come with them the other way. Finally I left this pattern after the pavement was built because 1) a new way was there so I won't be guilty of breaking the custom and 2) My friends were becoming more and more troublesome, trying to force me to break my custom.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4. Getting lost -</strong></span></span> This is a very strange habbit of mine.. I get lost at times, and the very special thing is that it is not like I am transported to some other world. I am quite aware of my surroundings and keep listening to what people are talking but somehow lose my ability to react and move for the time being while being aware that I am in the state. After some time I automatically come back to being Normal.<br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><br />
5. Songs - </strong></span></span>NOw there is one thing with me that if I like a particular song then that song just doesnt leave my playlist for quite some time. Generally if I like a song then that song isnt out of my playlist until the count is atleast 100 and my playlist all this time consists f only that one song being played endlessly, which very often brings the wrath of my firends who get irritated by this!! :P</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>6. Hindi -</strong></span></span> If there is one thing I am particular about then it is the Hindi of the person whom I am talking to. I just can't listen to anybody speaking Hindi errnoeusly without pointing out frustating quite a few people quite some time, but somehow it make me itchy if the person in front of me is speaking wrong Hindi so I have to correct him/her whatever be the consequence.</p>
<p>I TAG<br />
<a href="http://blog.skp.co.in/"><strong>SKP</strong></a>( Guruji wapas blaahgging pe aa jao)<br />
<a href="http://mythalez.blogspot.com/"><strong>Mythalez</strong></a> (Lets hear it from you now)<br />
<strong><a href="http://sunshinenjoy.blogspot.com/">Sunshine</a> </strong>(if you still browse through this blog sumtime :) )<br />
<strong><a href="http://kunal.wordpress.com/">Kunal,</a> <a href="http://utkarshkahre.wordpress.com/">Utkarsh</a>, <a href="http://rakesh.in/">Rakesh</a></strong> ( I thought your batch can give competition to our batch in blogging but you guys seem to be failing me :( Comeon guys Arise, Awake &#38; BLOG )<br />
<strong><br />
Song of the Day </strong>- Milegi Milegi Manzil by Lucky Ali</p>
<p>PS1:- 4th Year is finally almost here.. Today we decided the courses to take... Feels so strange.<br />
PS2:- India v/s SL test series to start from tomorrow. Sachin on the verge of being the Higest scorer in Test Cricket.. Hail the GOD!!!<br />
PS3:- I really want to post using Live Writer, its just too cool but the thing is it's not installed on my lappy and can't wait till I reach office tomorrow to publish it.. :(<br />
PS4:- Domino's 120 for 2 Regular Pizzas is awesome offer.. Have ordered 5 times in last 4 weekends... :P Thanks to MS &#38; Dominos. I am having Pizza with such regularity!!<br />
PS5:- <a href="http://pandora.com">This</a> seriously rocks.. Specially for music fans like me.<br />
PS6:- I made even this post verbose... :P</p>
<p><strong>System Time of Posting - </strong>1:54 AM 7/23/20081:54 AM 7/23/2008</p>
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<title><![CDATA[12th July]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/?p=270</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the year 2006, 12th July for me and almost all of my close friends has been a very important d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the year 2006, 12th July for me and almost all of my close friends has been a very important date. A date, I think none of us can, atleast in the near future, can wipe from our memories . Maroo's birthday also falls on the same day but that doesnt make it much special (atleast for me, I don't give a damn about birthdays) but this is a day which will always be fresh in our memories coz some of us scaled new heights and did few things which we never did till then, in a way it was sort of a part of growing up which I will always remember.</p>
<p>There were 4 stars of that day <strong>Me, Pagare, Raman and PK</strong> and I am pretty sure none of us is gonna forget that day in any hurry and also some other people who came in contact with our charming personalities that day. <strong>N.W. </strong>was given a lesson in dictionary reading by <strong>PK, A.S.R</strong> was pestered by<strong> Raman, Pagare</strong> frightened a certain <strong>K.K</strong> and was asked to leave his room while I was with the people in <strong>1-12 wing</strong> gaining some knowledge and taking books from them while my name was being changed from <strong>Himank to Himesh to Hiten</strong> and what not for the guards. While the owner of Room No 238 wont like to remember the day and be reminded about the condition of his bed sheet and his room.</p>
<p>All this description might have flummoxed you out of your senses if you arent aware of the the events of the day (or should I say night) but I am <em>majboor at the hands of this jalim zamana</em> and can't write much about it here.</p>
<p>This 12th July the number grew two folds and instead of the <strong>4 original heroes</strong> that day we had <strong>9 this time</strong> around and though you can't reach the stars every day but this was a fitting anniversary of the illustrous day and we enjoyed as much as we could but we missed two of the original members of the illustrious gang, PK n Pagare who are out of station :(  Both of you, you missed something!!!</p>
<p>This post won't mean much to almost all of you but for me this is a way to remember the day, for sure one of the best and most dramatic day of my life, a day which will linger long in my memory, a day which I would recount even years later with the same details. This post is just a way for me to recollect and relive those memories and just a way for me to read about it some time down the line and have a chuckle at myself.</p>
<p>The importance of the day can be seen by the fact that yesterday(13th July) me, Vipul, Raman, Mathur all had status messages regarding this day and the memorableness (if this is a word) of it. :)</p>
<p>Cheers to the day and cheers to Friendship!!!!</p>
<p><strong>Song of the Day:-</strong> Kahin to hogi Vo from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na</p>
<p>PS1:- Would like to thank the people of 1-12 wing from 2k3 batch again!! :)<br />
PS2:- Our final year hasnt even begun and people have alreay started getting senti!! baaba re...<br />
PS3:- This roxx specially the beta version, I don't think many people have got the beta version but I am amongst the few lucky ones.</p>
<p><strong>System time of Posting -</strong> 1:33 AM 7/15/2008</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PJrama]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/pjroma/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There are some people in this world who don&#8217;t recognize their strengths and weaknesses and try]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are some people in this world who don't recognize their strengths and weaknesses and try to take on with the big guys around. Recently a friend of mine known by the name Vipul decided to bore me, after trying the same thing and succeeding against Maroo, he thought could take on who else but the high and mighty, Yours Truly, so here I present to you the chat transcript of what transpired on that fateful night... I have been asked by my friends who have read this conversation to put it on my blog.. So here it is</p>
<p>It is a "bit" long but I am sure you will enjoy it.. :) try and read it for all the effort I have put in editing it and making the names Bold so that it is more readable... :P</p>
<p><strong>Vipul:</strong> bhalu<br />
  teady bear<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kya??<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> teddy*<br />
<strong>me:</strong> ready steady go..<br />
Vipul: run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run<br />
<strong>me:</strong> stop..<br />
  i win<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> hadd hai<br />
  chal koi na i won silver<br />
:)<br />
<strong>me:</strong> u came last<br />
  :P<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> who else was running<br />
<strong>me:</strong> nobody<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> only we two were there na<br />
<strong>me</strong>: yup thats wy u r last<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> aap dhanya ho bhagwaan<br />
<strong>me:</strong> ye baat bhagwan ko ja ke bol<br />
  mujhse kyun bol raha hai???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> bol to raha hoon<br />
<strong>me:</strong> mujhe bol raha hai<br />
<strong>Vipul</strong>: haan re dada<br />
<strong>me:</strong> dada tu hai not me..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> sir phod loon kya apna main<br />
  kya chahta hai<br />
<strong>me:</strong> nahin maine aisa kab bola???<br />
  bola kya???<br />
  aur tu sar phodega to mera kya fayda??<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> accha hai na main chala jaunga<br />
kissa hi khatam ho jaega<br />
<strong>me:</strong> to mujhe saman kaun dega jab zaroorat padegi??</p>
<p><strong>Vipul</strong>: haan mc<br />
  bas isiliye yaad aata hoon na main<br />
<strong>me:</strong> no.. achhe buddhe gali nahin dete..<br />
  aur kya tujhe kya laga???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> **** mara bc<br />
<strong>me</strong>: chee chee chee<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> ma ke **** ab aa tu kuch maangne<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kya mangne aun??<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> **** mara tu<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kyun maraun??<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> main kah raha hoon isiliye<br />
<strong>me:</strong> ye koi valid reason nahin hai...<br />
<strong>Vipul</strong>: mere liye to yehi hai<br />
<strong>me:</strong> marani to mujhe hai tujhe thodi<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> are<br />
  :((<br />
<strong>me:</strong> ro kyun raha hai???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> tu kitna bada wala ho gaya hai<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main to utna hi bada hun..<br />
  jitna pehle tha<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> nahin<br />
  bohot change ho gaya hai tu<br />
<strong>me:</strong> meri height almost  2 saal se nahin badhi hai..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> maaf kar de bhai mujhe<br />
<strong>me:</strong> change to har koi hota hai.. to isme rone ki kya baat hai??<br />
<strong>Vipul</strong>: galti ho gayi<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kya galti ho gayi???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> jo tujhe pakane ki sochi maine<br />
<strong>me:</strong> aage se mat karna...<br />
  :P<br />
  main maroo nahin hun..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> haan bhai kabhi bhi nahin karunga<br />
<strong>me:</strong> he he..<br />
  gud boy!!<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> asshole</p>
<p><strong>me</strong>: insan asshole kaise ho sakta hai???<br />
  asshole living thodi hota hai???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> pata nahin kiya kabhi<br />
<strong>me:</strong> and main thing is asshole to chhed hota hai..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> bas bolta hoon aise hi<br />
<strong>me:</strong> uske pas to **** bhi nahin hota..<br />
  to banda to ho hi nahin sakta<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> haan<br />
  :((<br />
so sad na<br />
<strong>me:</strong> to aise mat bola kar..<br />
  pehle jano pehchano<br />
  phir bolo<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> ab bolunga to sahi<br />
<strong>me:</strong> galat baat<br />
  bolo sry shaktiman<br />
<strong>Vipul</strong>: sorry shaktimaan<br />
<strong>me:</strong> gud budhha.<br />
<strong>Vipul</strong>: thank u shaktimaan<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main shaktiman thodi hun<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> tu mahaan hai<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main himank hun<br />
  mahaaan nahin<br />
 <strong>Vipul:</strong> haan mahaan as an adjective use kiya tha<br />
  not as a noun<br />
<strong>me:</strong> to batana tha na..<br />
  bolna chahiye tha<br />
tu mahaan insaan hai...<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> i thought u will get it by urself<br />
<strong>me</strong>: aise hidden meanings main nahin sochta<br />
  kuch misconceptions ho sakte hain<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> hmmm<br />
  will take care of tht<br />
<strong>me:</strong> phir contraception use karna padta hai..<br />
  and agar use use karein to kharcha hota hai..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> koi baat nahin bada ameer hai tu<br />
<strong>me:</strong> tab bhi faltoo ka kharcha kyun karun???<br />
  main mitvyayi hun..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> whts tht<br />
  ??<br />
<strong>me:</strong> spend thrift ka ulta....<br />
  soch samajh ke kharch karne wala.<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> ohhhh<br />
abe yaar ek treat to dede<br />
<strong>me:</strong> treat aani band ho gayi..<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> pehle ki bhi baaki hai ek<br />
<strong>me:</strong> dairy milk khila sakta hun<br />
  treat pehle ati thi...<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> **** mara ab tu<br />
  paka mat<br />
<strong>me:</strong> phir vohi baat...<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> bohot phatte ho gaye<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main **** kyun maraun..<br />
  tune valid reason nahin diya tha<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> accha mat mara<br />
  phatte mat maar<br />
  bas<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main to kuch bhi nahin mar raha<br />
aur tujhe lag bhi kaise raha hai??humare beech mein to deewar hai... and ek aur room bhi hai..<br />
  aur tere room aur uske beech mein bhi ek deewar hai<br />
<strong>Vipul: :((</strong><br />
im gettin n headache<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kisse le raha hai???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> hawa se<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kitne mein le raha hai???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> free of cost<br />
<strong>me</strong>: ye to ghatiya business hai...<br />
  bechari hawa ka kaat mat..<br />
  vry baaaad...<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> mujhe to fayda hai naa<br />
  wo free mein de rahi hai<br />
  main kya karoon<br />
<strong>me:</strong> no u shud think abt the godwill of the system<br />
  if the sytem fails<br />
  u will also go down with the system<br />
  coz u are sustained by the system<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> tab ki tab dekhenge<br />
  abhi to free mein mil raha hai naa<br />
<strong>me:</strong> dekhoge nahin....<br />
  mehsoos karoge..<br />
ruk toilet karke ata hun<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> :))<br />
<strong>me:</strong> phir pakaunga<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> pehle tu jaake aa phir main jaunga<br />
<strong>me:</strong> main aa gaya...<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> to naach<br />
<strong>me:</strong> kyun naachun???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> aise hi<br />
<strong>me:</strong> again.. not a valid reason<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> **Long Pause**</p>
<p><strong>me: </strong>kya hua fat gayi???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> haan bhai mera itna level nahin hai<br />
<strong>me:</strong> maine poocha fat gayi???<br />
  aur tu ye bol raha hai<br />
  jo sawal poochun uska jawab de na..<br />
tune haan bola.. kya fati&#62;&#62;???<br />
<strong>Vipul:</strong> :P<br />
  i'm not answering u now<br />
<strong>me:</strong> u dont answer me.. u answer questions....</p>
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<p><strong>Song of The Day:-  </strong>Die Zauberflote by Mozart</p>
<p>PS1:- Not in a mood to write any PSes.. kaam karna hai..<br />
PS2:- I have a meeting today with my Dev manager and instead of working I am publishing this faltu ka post.. :P</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A year closer to Death]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/a-year-closer-to-death/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/a-year-closer-to-death/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For a student, the years of life don’t pass by with the birthdays but with the passing of each aca]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a student, the years of life don’t pass by with the birthdays but with the passing of each academic session, this is the indication that now you have passed one hurdle in the life and you are one year more mature, having a year of life and study in your kitty. Browsing through my archive, I realized to my amazement that I haven’t written any year ending posts yet so this can is beginning of sorts for me , only thing which comes close to this is the <a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2006/11/05/adieu-to-third-sem-welcome-to-a-new-phase-in-life/">semester ending post</a> which I wrote at the end of 3rd semester which seems like quite some time now, one and half year to be exact (almost).  I had planned on writing one more post before this one but Wonder Years always has that strange melancholic and nostalgic effect on me, so I am left with no option but to write this post.</p>
<p>If I say that this has been the most eventful year of my life then it might not be a fallacy altogether. This has been a year of highs (literal and metaphorical) , lows, success, failure, happiness, hurt, finding new friends, rekindling friendship with some, deteriorating relationships with some. I think I have seen it all this year.</p>
<p>One of the biggest event this year was undoubtedly <a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/felicity-the-moment/">Felicity, 2008, </a>it will sure be a memory of a lifetime.</p>
<p>Had many career issues had to decide on the path to chart after I am done with my B. Tech, started off the year garnering ambitions of a MS, which changed to thinking about MBA and finally now deciding upon job (lazy ass that I am, kaun padhe yaar)</p>
<p>Had one of the best and worst times which I could have with a friend.</p>
<p>Had one of the most painful time and it did hurt and the happiness on the ending of that phase was just exemplary to say the least.</p>
<p>Had the leisure of having two homes in the city where I don’t have any LGs and the pleasure to go there and have a ball while eating good homely food.</p>
<p>Had the good luck of my sister coming to Hyderabad for a job, making 1 out of the 2 homes I mentioned above.</p>
<p>Had the displeasure of trying to handle politicians in the college and realizing that there are very few people you can trust.</p>
<p>Had the realization that somehow I get all too senti about people and things even if they don’t mean that much to me and go overboard in praising them, should try to control this trait in future..</p>
<p>Had 2 road accidents this year, the most for any year till now. :P</p>
<p>Had 3 of the most beautiful accidents (not sure I can call them accidents) of my life :)</p>
<p>Went to quite different levels in some things which need not discussed here.</p>
<p>One of the highlight of this year was me discovering the music of Beatles, a thing I am sure is gonna influence my whole life, I just cant seem to get enough of them.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that a few years down the line, I am gonna remember this year as one of the most important in my life and a turning point in many things for me. A few many know, few are known to a select few and some might die with me. This has been a year of a lot of firsts for me and except the points mentioned above, I am sure there is not going to be a recollection of my past in my future which will not consist of this present (this year). I am not sure if I can classify this as a happy year or a time of misfortune for me (there has been a bounty of both), rather classify this as mélange which is the case with the life of all of us but I am thankful for all the experiences I had this year, whether they have been good or bad but they have taught me a lot.</p>
<p>One thing more is passing 3rd year makes you feel all grown up as you are now in the final year of your college and ready to step in the big bad world. Ready to face the real music and test the success or failure of the years of preparation you have been doing for this stage of your life.</p>
<p>All in all, a year to cherish consisting of tears and laughters galore, sometimes even tears of happiness and at other times laughter in the face of adversity and heartbreak. Just getting a taste of life and though I lost a few very precious things which never could be mine but still I am loving it.</p>
<p>Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai…</p>
<p><strong>Song of the Day: -</strong> Yellow Submarine in Pepperland by Beatles</p>
<p>PS1:- Sorry guys for not replying to your comments.. Am too lazy these days.. :(<br />
PS2:- Will be departing for home in about 48 hours.<br />
PS3:- Intern of almost all the people of our batch started. Moi will get almost a month free.<br />
PS4:- Am addicted to the <a href="http://poomanam.blogspot.com/">blog of this dame</a> since yest night.. Must read, you guys(&#38; gals too) !! On my part, must have read more than 50 posts I guess..<br />
PS5:- Please, please, please even if you are amongst my best friends even then don’t ask me about the things written in here, if it was worth telling then I have told you and you can connect the things.<br />
PS6:-This makes it 5 posts in half a month (equals my maxm blogging frequency) and the last post for about a month, will be back to Hyderabad on 9th May.<br />
PS7:- Thinking of writing another post of my girl series making it a trilogy, will do it after coming back I guess.. meanwhile if you want you can check the 2 posts<a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/girls/"> here</a> and <a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/girls-ii/">here.</a><br />
PS8:- Well the title and the content of this post dont match much but both are true.<br />
PS9:- I know some of you might be cursing after reading the title and the post.. He he  :)<br />
PS10:- SA seem to be the only team which troubles India in our own den, they are the best touring team to India without any doubts. Even Aus with their all conquering record falters here<br />
PS11:- Bbye, tata, ciao, sayonara, conge bloggin and you guys for sometime.</p>
<p>Time of Posting - 5:37 AM 4/15/2008</p>
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<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/learning-process/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Somehow, I think my shelf life is over when it comes to study. I don’t think that I can study furt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Somehow, I think my shelf life is over when it comes to study. I don’t think that I can study further now, atleast not the mundane way the studies go in the college. Today I went to the class with firm determination of studying, I had a notebook and a pen in my hand and didn’t have any novel or any such distracting thing in my hand which could distract me from concentrating in the class but somehow after some time, I just couldn’t listen to my Professor whom I used to listen to with rapt attention when he used to teach us in 4th semester.</p>
<p>I sincerely don’t have any idea why engineering is kept a 4 year course in IIIT. We have already finished al our compulsory courses by the 5th semester and now it all just seems like a futile exercise. Why can’t we have the concept of internships or projects like they have in BITS. Instead what you are left to do is a bunch of bullshit courses which come under the category of Open Electives or HSSM courses which require nothing save mugging at the 11th hour and almost always are never gonna help you much in your future life , Come on how can a subject like Crop Rotation help me?? And I know much more about Indian Culture then which is taught in some crap course, name of which I don’t remember. Waise I havn't taken any of these two courses.. :)</p>
<p>I don’t know whether my attention span has decreased because I am bored with studies in general or is it because of the things which are being taught to me. This may sound very clichéd because each and everybody complains about the same thing. Thing is I have always been a listener all my life, I have always secured good marks throughout my career but never studied anything at home, a day before exams I always used to think that I am gonna flunk but come the day of exam and answers automatically struck me, I didn’t have to work much and that was all coz I listened to the teacher. Nowadays this never happens, the case is always that I am sitting in my exam cursing myself that I cant remember that bloody thing which I studied last night.</p>
<p>It is quite possible that I am acting cynically, it might not actually be as gory as I am putting it. May be I need to put in some effort in studies but then the thing is I never needed to put in effort in studying my life. Even subjects like Bio &#38; Geography which I used to detest somehow always seemed to fit in my brain and I never had problems listening to teachers. Even though I used to do time-pass with my friends in class, I could remember the things without much effort which surely is not the case now.</p>
<p>People say that studying is hard work and perspiration . I beg to differ, in my opinion learning can never be the result of hard work.  Learning is the process of absorbing things in your mind which should be as phenomenon as effortless and simple as water being absorbed by any cloth. Hard work part should come when you want to excel and achieve expertise in any field. The basic process of learning should just be a seamless transition from one state of not knowing something to another state of knowing that thing, just as we become aware of our surroundings similarly studies should be the same thing , not something which you learn by force and pressure.</p>
<p>Hope somebody else too subscribes to my line of thinking.. Not just about not being able to study any more but about the process of learning.</p>
<p>Song of the Day:- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Khwabon se nikal ke </span>from Rama Rama Kya Hai by Alisha Chinai</p>
<p>PS1:- BTP Report submission tomorrow<br />
PS2:- I haven’t met my advisor since last BTP Viva : ( I am gonna be screwed! Somebody do something about my lethargy!! :(<br />
PS3:- There are a lot of things going on right now.. What the hell man!!<br />
PS4:- This post was written during a NLPA class which I was so determined to concentrate<br />
PS5:- Three cheers to UG2K4 people for organizing these seminars a very noble incentive by you. Thanx a lot people… Cheers!!<br />
PS6:- Somehow I seem to have forgotten the art of writing large no. of PSes and writing poetry and shers.. These things don’t come to my mind nowadays.. So strange it is.<br />
PS7:- Almost two weeks of stay for UG4 guys before the exams start!! Will miss you guys, Will be strange not to see the faces you have been seeing for the last 3 years.<br />
PS8:- Koi meri intern laga do!! :P<br />
PS9:- Now that I have reached 9, I will finish 10 PSes :D<br />
PS10:-These days many people of older generation are coming on Orkut.. Next post most probably will be on it. :D</p>
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<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/bf/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I can understand what the first thoughts must have come into your filthy minds… but alas my filthy]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can understand what the first thoughts must have come into your filthy minds… but alas my filthy friends, this is a post about a thing (or relation) called Best Friend. Supposed to be one of the best gift you can find in your life.<br />
Many a times when the term best friend is referred it is referred to as only one person, there is a set notion that generally best friend is only one person I have a set of people which I keep in the category of best friends, though some of them are more close to me, some a bit less but they stand out when it comes to the friends I have had in my life and this post is my dedication to all those lovely and nice friends I have had in my life.<br />
Some of them are long lost, after all how good friends you are, distances and time tend to take their toll on your relation and when you aren’t in contact for something like 4-5 years then even the wonderful times you spent together just pass on like some faded memories which you forget after some time. Sometimes I recollect some of the times I spent with my friends of the yore but generally they don’t fit in my scheme of things and the same must be for them. They have moved on, I have moved on, nothing much to say about that.<br />
You just don’t become best friends like that, there are moments when you realize that the other person holds you in high regard and considers you as one of the friends of life and the moments like this are surely worth anything you can do.  I feel that in a good friendship you need to realize the other person how important that person is for you and I cant think of any person who will not be beaming in proud when he realized that you consider him/her a very special friend.. and its not about going public saying you are my best buddy (We should leave this to the love birds :P ) but some subtle hints to the person to assure you that you consider him/her dear to your heart.. the manner of expressing this should be your own and I think if the person is a dear one, he will sure understand what you intend to say.<br />
But one thing I would say, generally people say this about love that you should express your love but I think you should also do the same with your friends because at one level Friendship is even more important than love. So three cheers to friendship!!<br />
In the end I would just like to mention the first letter of the names of the friends who were or are the most important friends of my life.. They are in no particular order.. btw have used the more common alphabet of their names.. So don’t kill me if you think you ought to be here and you aren’t.<br />
S<br />
A<br />
L<br />
M<br />
S<br />
M<br />
M<br />
P<br />
S<br />
S<br />
S<br />
A<br />
P<br />
and ya one more, my Sis!!!<br />
Some of these are very close to my heart, some I have no idea what they are doing or where they are. Some of them are too irritating now. Some of them I have utmost respect and friendship but just that things are not the same… but they are parts of my life which I will never be able to forget come what may. Miss you guys and wish I keep meeting you more and more.</p>
<p>Song Of The Day : - Yun Hi Hum Tumse Pyar (Khakee)</p>
<p>PS1:- My project work includes reading stories.. Nw beat that!! :P<br />
PS2:- Had one of the most unforgettable treat this Sunday.. :P<br />
PS3:- Patched up with a friend today.. after about a month… Misunderstanding and thanx to another friend of mine who made me talk<br />
PS4:- This post was written when one of my very good friend was very angry with me.. and this is not the one I ranted about in previous PS<br />
PS5:- My exams starting on 29th and finishing on 31st with a holiday in between.. Nw this is life my friend!! :D<br />
PS6:- Sachin screwed Australia in a final and that too while chasing.. “up your collective arses, you critics” as Aniket  put it.. :P<br />
PS7:- Watched His Girl Friday again and enjoyed it like the first time.. Cary Grant is ruddy awesome!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A - Z tag!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/a-z-tag/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ankit Garg tagged me before Felicity and since I have always loved Tag Posts.. so &#8220;Here I am, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://theanksden.wordpress.com">Ankit Garg</a> tagged me before Felicity and since I have always loved Tag Posts.. so "Here I am, this is me.. there's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be" ok move on Bryan Adams... :) </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">A - Age </span>: 20 (will be 21 and marriage material in 2 months)<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">B - Band listening to right now:</span> U2 (for the first time i listened to U2 and have been listening the song With or without for a few hours now)</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">C - Career </span>: No idea where it is going...<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">D - Drink or Smoke : </span>Mummy ne padh liya to.. Isliye no comments.. :P<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">E - Easiest Friends to talk to : </span>Ankita</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">F - Funniest Moments of Your life :</span> Many of them.. My life has been a tale of jokes.. Can't write any one (Main baat hai koi yaad hi nahin aa raha abhi.. :P )<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">G - Gummy bears or gummy worms : </span>Gummy bears... Brings back memories of childhood when I used to watch this series on Disney Hour</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">H - Have a boyfriend/girlfriend : </span>Girlfriend -&#62; No but looking for one...<br />
&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160; Boyfriend -&#62; Not my interest<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I - In Love :</span> Yes... Hmmmmm!!!!<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">J - Junk Food you like : </span>Pizzzzzzzaaaaaaaaa....<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">K - Kids :</span> Love them but not interested in having mine yet..<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">L - Longest ride ever : </span>By Train - &#62;Dehradun to hyd(distance and time wise).. which I undertake twice or thrice a year.. :X<br />
&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;&#160;  By Car -&#62; Uttarkashi to Agra in 16 straight hours.. Check out the maps to see how far they are.. If you dont have any idea of the names...<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">M - Man/Woman you love the most : </span>Can't disclose</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">N - Name for your kids : </span>Boy - Hitler, Girl - ??? (socha nahin.. )<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">O - One wish you have now : </span>One is very less...&#160; I want more.. Waise have one in mind.. but main nahin bataunga.. :P</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">P - Phobias : </span>Closed Spaces.. Now i am not gonna look for its name.... sum claustrophobia i guess.. pardon me if i am wrong..<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Q - Quote(favourite) :</span> "No one dies Virgin, Life fucks us all"<br />
&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; "Mr Chamberlain takes weekend in Country, I will take countries in weekends" - Adlf Hitler<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">R - Reasons to smile :</span> Many.. You can always find me laughing... thats why this blog was once named.. The Ever smiling</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">S - Sleeping hours :</span> 4 - 9:30 AM &#38; 2 - 5 or 6 or7 PM</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">T- Time you woke up </span>: 5:50 PM</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">U - Unknown fact about you : </span>There is nothing in my life which only I know of... I just keep telling things to people...<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">V - Vegetable you hate :</span> Lauki, torai, tinde, karele<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">W - Worst Habit :</span> Laziness, Carelessness, Casual attitude, Constant blabbering, Passing comments, Nail biting .... many of them, you say it n I have it<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">X - X-rays you've had :</span> Head, Chest<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Y - Yummy Food : </span>Maggi, Aloo ke paranthe, Namkeen Senwai, Pizza<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Z - Zodiac Sign :</span> Tauras</p>
<p>I tag....</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Utkarsh, Kunal, Rakesh -</span> Nevr met you ppl but known you through your blogs so wud like to know more</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mythalez - </span>This would make it 2 tag posts in succession for you..</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Kritika -</span> If you read my blog.Hope you will make your blog public someday...I always forget the link...<br />
<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Kharkwal </span>-<span style="font-weight:bold;">&#160; </span>Something to post on for u and it better be sumthing mortals like me can understand</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pagare, Deepti </span>- Come on guys come back to the blogosphere.. It is waiting for you...</p>
<p>Guess have tagged a lot of them now....</p>
<p>Song of The Day - With or without you by U2<br />
&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160; &#38; Chhup Chhup ke from Bunty aur Babli</p>
<p>PS1:- Saw the Beatles Movie&#160; <span style="font-weight:bold;">"A Hard Day's Night"</span> Thanx wulfor for downloading it... They are just freaking awesome<br />
PS2:- This is why I love tag posts.. Get over in a jiffy<br />
PS3:- I just wish atleast some of the ppl I have tagged do post sumthing<br />
PS4:- I have 2 exams on wednesday and here i am busy writing a post at 5 am tuesday morning after watching the Beatles movie..<br />
PS5:- I got to get 5 PSes and I got them with this one.. :)
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<title><![CDATA[Felicity - The Moment!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/felicity-the-moment/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Reading Pankaj&#8217;s blog gave me the inspiration to write an account of my last few moments of Fe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading Pankaj's blog gave me the inspiration to write an account of my last few moments of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Felicity'08</span>... So here i am with my two bits...</p>
<p>One bad thing with being M'n'M organiser is that you are the organiser of the last event and you have to remain focussed until the last moment. I can still remember the feeling of freedom rising in me with every passing round. I couldnt just wait more for it to finish. It was the culmination of months of hard work, planning, preparation... We had to show it to the world in these 3 days that we had it in us to do it and finally we managed to convince the world that it was worth its billing.</p>
<p>As soon as the prize distribution was over, I handed over the judges to Pankaj and then Maroo asked me to sign the certificates, this was the final work which I had to do. I signed them and handed them over to the winners and gave the remaining ones to guys at help desk, then I sprinted back to the place where we had all the action. I ran there colliding with I dunno how many people but couldnt see anything except the mass of people standing there and celebrating. Once i reached there, Maroo hugged me and I just didnt have the strength to stand and fell on him and was standing on his support for some time until I had the strength to come back to my senses and stood up on my feet. I just didnt feel like gyrating to the tunes of the DJ and just wanted to meet all my friends,all of us who "DID IT". I was running all around the ground like a mad man hugging each and evry person in sight. I dont even remember who all I met.. I just knew that this was the only thing I could have done at the moment.<br />
All this hugging over, I went to the place where all the guys were dancing to the tunes of DJ but wasnt feeling like but did it coz all of my friends were there. we danced our hearts out and sprayed cold drink and water over each other. It was just as if we were possesed by some thing which gave us strength to dance so enthusiastically after working our asses off for the fest.<br />
But the moment of the night came some time later when the DJ decided to play the tune of Friendhsip "<span style="font-weight:bold;">Yaaron"</span>... Some of us were near the sound console and as soon as the song started playing.. We made a circle and started swaying to it.. Some time later i dunno who but a guy came to the centre and then all the rest started jumping on each other (agreed this was wild!! but who cares we just wanted to express our freedom).. Finally we all made a circle and with arms on the shoulders of others and the circle just kept growing.. Finally to our amazement some girls also decided to join the circle.. it was quite shocking for me to see girls of our batch placing hand on the shoulder of a guy and vice versa... and then finally they left(who cared at that time.. We were too busy in the enjoyment to take notice of any such thing!!!) and the song kept playing and we just kept moving in the circle.<br />
It sure was the moment of Felicity for me...<br />
All the commaradarie, friendship and support which made felicity a success was shown finally to evrybody.. Just went on to show how close knit our batch is... Evryone a near and dear friend who helped each other out and was a beacon of strength and support when the other was in dumps...<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff0000;">Three cheers to UG2k5 and to our Friendship!!!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Felicity is one memory which I wont be able to forget my whole life!! </span></p>
<p>Song of the Day:-  Crazy little thing called Love (Queen)</p>
<p>PS1:- Started writing this post on 12th.. Finally finished today.. I think would have written a much better one then... :(<br />
PS2:- Mid sems starting for ppl tom.. Me.. Only 2 exams on wed.. in 4 hours duration<br />
PS3:- Went to MS intern Exam today.. I hope it went ok!! 25k ka sawal hai yaar..<br />
PS4:- Was out of campus for 14 hours today.... :)<br />
PS5:- Can't Help Falling in Love.. What a song by the King of Rock 'n' Roll.. Elvis!! He roxxx!!!<br />
PS5.1  :- 5 PSes ho gaye kaam khatm!! :P</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Felicity 08.. Its Here!!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/felicity-08-its-here/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally Felicity &#8216;08 is here and its here in a rocking style and set to rick your world to the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally Felicity '08 is here and its here in a rocking style and set to rick your world to the core. Finally after months of planning, hard work, disagreements and arguements, we are presenting to you<br />
<a href="http://felicity.iiit.ac.in">   <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#6633ff;"> Felicity '08 -- Celebration in its entirety.</span></a></p>
<p>Already ripples have been created in the ocean with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Enadu</span> publishing articles about Felicity.. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gemini Tv, Maa TV and TV 9</span> have covered a rally as which was a part of the Felicity with interviews of IIIT guys coming on TV.</p>
<p>We have one of the biggest Politician of India, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mr. Sitaram Yechuri </span>coming to give a talk. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant</span> is also coming to give a talk, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mrs. Karuna Gopal</span>, one of the Lead India finalists is also going to be here and special mention for all the people active in the blogosphere, <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Mrs. Rashmi Bansal </span>of<font color="#0000ff"> <a href="http://youthcurry.blogspot.com">youthcurrry</a></font> fame will also be here. She is alo the editor of famous youth magazine, <span style="font-weight:bold;">JAM.</span></p>
<p>Coming to Cultural, we have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Indian Ocean</span> coming and performing (that too with free entry unlike some others.. :P). We also have the most famous Rock Band in Hyderabad, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sledge </span>coming and performing in one of the most famous Rock Shows in Hyderabad city.</p>
<p>We have a plethora of events to satisfy the need and talents of each and every person. Ranging from the Most famous talent and personality show in Hyderabad "<a href="http://felicity.iiit.ac.in/mnm"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><font color="#0000ff">Mr &#38; Miss Felicity</font>"</span></a> , we have the Dance event with the most participants <span style="font-weight:bold;">Danca</span>(Western Solo), <span style="font-weight:bold;">Grupentanz</span>(Western Group) &#38; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nrytaka</span>(Classical), We have <span style="font-weight:bold;">two-2- tango</span> a hugely popular event last year, Of course the music buffs need not be disappointed.. We have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Raaga</span>, the singing competitions, and obviously the most popular game <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Antakshari" </span>can't be missed when you are organising a fest, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Instrumental talents</span> are also welcome to display their talent and be called virtuosos in their fields. Radio Mirchi is also associated with a RJing event... <span style="font-weight:bold;">Radio Ka Badshah!</span>!!</p>
<p>By now you must be thinking that this is a blog and there is nothing about Literary events, SO here it comes. We have it all here, Ranging from <span style="font-weight:bold;">Creative Writing</span> (you bloggers can score sum gud points here), <span style="font-weight:bold;">JAM, Group Discussion(</span>CAT aspirants take note!! No better place to hone your skills), <span style="font-weight:bold;">DumbC, Whats the Good Word </span>to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ship</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wreck.</span>Quiz buffs also have their <span style="font-style:italic;">maal </span>here.. With the reputed <span style="font-weight:bold;">Felicity Quiz </span>and also <span style="font-weight:bold;">Catch the Clip </span>being organised to satisfy their hunger.</p>
<p>The people with <span style="font-style:italic;">"Drawing ka kida"</span> and lots of imagination and innovation can find their heaven in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kalakshetra</span> we have events from the usual <span style="font-weight:bold;">painting and sketching</span> to the more Hip events like <span style="font-weight:bold;">Graffitti, Tattoo Making &#38; T-Shirt Sketching</span> and the traditional<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Rangoli </span>Making to the child's play for adults,<span style="font-weight:bold;">CLAYtivity </span>where you can satisfy all your urges of playing with clay without being scolded by mom.</p>
<p>For all the geeks who were bored by these Events, We have already conducted Hugely successful <span style="font-weight:bold;">Code Craft</span> with participation from 59 countries on the last count. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mathematika</span>, an event organised first time in Felicity got particpants from 56 countries. Events like <span style="font-weight:bold;">Equity Pulse, Kode Konundrums and Cache In</span> got more than 1000 participants.<br />
But, but, but my friends dont be disappointed that these events have been conducted... We still have got <span style="font-weight:bold;">Quick and the Dead, Debug the CBug , Java Jargon</span> for all the coding enthusiats, We have very interesting events being conducted by Microsoft &#38; CA. Adding to the list of heavy weights, Google is also here with <span style="font-weight:bold;">Spin the Web</span>. For the gaming enthusiasts, we also have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sculpt </span>, the game design competition.</p>
<p>And ofcourse, we have <span style="font-weight:bold;">Zombie Zone</span>, the biggest gaming event in Hyderabad with games like <span style="font-weight:bold;">Counter Strike (CS), FIFA, Need For Speed (NFS) Carbon and Warcraft 3:DotA....</span></p>
<p>And of course  no celebration is complete without a DJ.. So we have all the top DJs of Hyderabad for the honours in a competition. So just lose your inhibition and worries and have a blastttttttt...</p>
<p>Prizes worth more than <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#cc6600;">3.5 lakhs </span>to be won along with oppurtinities to work with some of the major companies..</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Its all in here, you just have to come here and have a blast....</span></p>
<p>Song of the Day-: Bande by Indian Ocean (Felicity Fever)</p>
<p>PS1:- Already pretty tired and have to get up early tomorrow, so bbye for now!!!</p>
<p>But Felicity mein Jalool Jalool Ana!! :)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[General life in IIIT on a decline!!!]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/general-life-in-iiit-on-a-decline/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Many a times in the recent past, we ave had discussions regarding the falling standards in IIIT in a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many a times in the recent past, we ave had discussions regarding the falling standards in IIIT in almost all the fields where it comes to talent. IIIT is becoming more of a work hub than being a place where different types of people with their talents flourish. Having spent two and half years in IIIT now, i think i can write something about IIIT... Hope my observations are correct.</p>
<p>A stark reminder of the fact is when guys of our batch win comprehensively in competitions like quiz and all... I would say the people who win are good infact very good when you compare them with other people but if you compare them with our seniors like Satvik, Ruchir and all, the whole group of them, they were just extra odrinary. I still remember my first year where in an Inter House DumbC.. If i rmr correctly then Satvik, Ruchir n Su used to guess things (meant to be done in 2 mins) in a petty matter of 30 secs or so.. Their chemistry and knowledge was just awesome.. back then we used to think that these guys have been living together for 3 years.. so they know each other quite well thats why they can do so.. but now that we are in our 3rd year, we cant find any such ppl in our batch.</p>
<p>Can the magic of 1-12 wing be ever revived again?? Dont think any of the ppl in 2nd,3rd or 4th year will be able to stand to those guys.. For us UG2K5 ppl... the 1-12 wing consisting of Gaurav Jain, Lohia, Bhago and company was something out of this world... Even last year we had ppl like Grawl Mr.Felicity and a bcbaaz sitting with whom you just cant stop laughing, Alankar, have heard about his escapades the day before his CAT exam and still scoring a 99.6% percentile, making him something like an epitome of sharpness :P to me but somehow now 1-12 is just another wing... No offence to the guys living in the wing now but i dont think nobody will be able to live up to the charisma now...</p>
<p>Come to geekiness.. whoever has seen or met smr will always regard him as legendary and also Nirnimesh, these two were like the epitome of geekiness to us in our first year when they were the sys admins,they were like the Gods of Linux and Programming... Agreed we have people in our batch who are knowledgable and sharp but they were a combo of both.. I would say they were like a combo of Kulbir and Somani of our batch... About SMR's memory i have an interesting story.. Then have heard stories about Shiben that he developed some games while only in his first year... I dunno what games he developed but he sure is a geek who can also sketch, write awesome imaginary stories, do an awful lot of bc on DF... then there were Manikandan and Ramachandra, our C tutors in first year who have left quite a mark on us.</p>
<p>Coming to multi faceted personalities, here again someboedy by the name Arun stands out orator, basket ball player, GK i have written earlier... Cracked the CAT n GRE.. what more can be said about him...</p>
<p>Then there is somebody by the name Pati,about whom somebody told me that he is so witty ki "vo akele baithe baithe poori basket ball team ki mar leta hai", a very good basket ball player a geek by choice who used to look so cool in my 1st year that never in my dreams could i have ever thought ki he would be a g33k... who was one of the very few people who being in 4th year would himslef say a hi to me when i was in my 1st year during the interaction period.. :P</p>
<p>Ofcourse if we talk about personalities from 2k2 batch,we cant miss out on Pranav Vashishta, the guy who can talk for hours on every topic, dunno from where he acquired so much knowledge... but he sure turns head... and ofcourse who can forget Satvik, the guy who scored cent percent in enlish in CAT.. terming that as an achievement would be belittling it...Then there were guys frm 2k2 like Rao, Joon, Ruchir and all with whom i have had no interaction but have heard stories about them...</p>
<p>Even though I havent had any interaction with ppl from 2k1 but they also seem to be quite a bunch of cool guys from the blogs of them that i have read, my only means of knowing them there are quite a few of them I would like to meet given a chance, guys like Utkarsh,Kunal,Jayaram,Rakesh and ofcourse our dailyrium Sreejith.. :P these guys find time to blog regularly being in job and ppl in IIIT being vella all day cant blog and all... Am just taking an example of blogging but this is sort of a reflection.</p>
<p>We had our own college band but all the members have left and we dont have anybody to fill the void left by them... DO we have enough rock enthusiasts to carry on the legacy of Arun, Freaky, Bhago and all.. The answer is Zilch... We have a single guy aditya in our batch who can be termed as a rock enthusiast but none else and have no idea about the junior batch..</p>
<p>Then there was IV from 2k3 whose popularity throughout the batches made it impossible to have any event without constant chattering of iv,iv,iv, who being a topper and all was quite active and seemed quite diff from the usual geeks, though as i dont know him on a personal front so cant say much but one thing i rmr is that he usd to be quite cool in OS assign evaluations... :P ... and Sriram whose innovative hooting in the Felicity 2k7 will b remembered for long... :P</p>
<p>Instead what has happened in IIIT now is... people come to college and start slogging, I remember that in our frst year nobosy used to go to reading room and very rarely were people seen in libraries but from the 2k6 batch , this number has been very high and the current first year is also not a step behind them. The current lot of first years seems to be very low on the enthusiasm front... Hardly any people turned out for the recenty held carnival. Our seniors will say that we were the same, i still remember Dash coming to rooms of each and evry prithvi guy to wake us from our slumber but that was work and it was morning but when it came to things like teacher's day and all many people used to be present....</p>
<p>Even the regular strollers in the campus are also on the decline, when we used to roam around in 1st year.. there used to be many people we would encounter but these days you see hardly any people doing the rounds.. Wonder why??? :O</p>
<p>Song of the Day:- Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon &#38; Garfunkel</p>
<h4><strong>These are all my views... a perception of what i've felt in my 2.5 yr stay in IIIT...</strong></h4>
<p>PS1:- If you are a IIITian and from any batch b4 2k3(including) then read it carefully.. you might find your name in here.. :P<br />
PS2:- Just wondering if ppl from other batches also felt the same when they were in our place.<br />
PS3:- Fucking wasted almost 1-1.5 hours for this post and have exams from monday.<br />
PS4:- Wish all the papers are so hard that nobody is able to attempt anything<br />
PS5:- But i know it wont happen.<br />
PS6:- The post has turned out to be quite long... but it demanded such length..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[My Operating System]]></title>
<link>http://unpredictablerulz.wordpress.com/my-operating-system/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anurag</dc:creator>
<guid>http://unpredictablerulz.wordpress.com/my-operating-system/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I am a beginner in the OS development field. And I wish to make an OS of my own. There is no name fo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a beginner in the OS development field. And I wish to make an OS of my own. There is no name for it yet, as there is no OS. So, my OS will have a name 'my OS' till it is something 'respectable'. Then it'll be codenamed something.</p>
<p>Current status,</p>
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<li>on hold THE INTEL MICROPROCESSOR (BARRY B BREY and C R SARMA)</li>
<li>on hold source-code for ACE OS  <a href="http://www.samueldotj.com/Ace/index.asp">http://www.samueldotj.com/Ace/index.asp</a></li>
<li>on hold source-code for DEX OS <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dex-os/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dex-os/</a></li>
<li><strong>reading THE DESIGN OF THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM</strong></li>
<li>to read UNDERSTANDING THE LINUX KERNEL</li>
<li><strong>really interesting Atomic OS <a href="http://www.geocities.com/eiforall/AtomicOS/">http://www.geocities.com/eiforall/AtomicOS/</a></strong></li>
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<p>Concentrating on *nix too much eh? Maybe I'll grab some Windows NT book too.</p>
<p>I am moving the rest of the discussion/information on a wiki. There were quite a few solutions, ScribbleWiki seems to be the best, or rather second best to hosting a wiki. The link to it is <a href="http://myos.scribblewiki.com/Main_Page">myos.scribblewiki.com</a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <em>dil mein hai mere dard-e-disco, dard-e-disco...</em></p>
<p>This page will be updated with more information when I get time. I will make sure that every OSdever like me at least reaches where I have, without the struggle I will be going through.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[जन्मष्ठामी]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%b7%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%80/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%b7%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%80/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Please use IE(INTERNET EXPLORER ) to read the post so that Devnagri script is displayed properly..  ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong>Please use<u> IE</u>(INTERNET EXPLORER ) to read the post so that Devnagri script is displayed properly..  Thanx.. :)</strong></h3>
<p>पिछले कुछ दिनों से हिन्दी में लिखे गए पोस्ट्स  को पढने के बाद मेरी भी इक्षा थी कि मैं भी हिन्दी में कुछ लिखूं, और एक पर्व से अच्छा विषय क्या हो सकता हिन्दी में लिखने के लिए&#124;<br />
आज रत को हमारे विश्वविद्यालय में जन्मष्ठामी का पर्व मनाया गया &#124; शुरुआत में हम लोग जाने के इच्छुक नहीं थे और हम जाने के लिए निकले भी थे तो पहले कुछ खाने के लिए ही निकले थे परन्तु और लोगों के संदेश आने के बाद हमने सोचा कि चलो अभी तक समय व्यर्थ कर रहे थे तो भगवान् के काम के लिए भी थोड़ा समय निकाल लेते हैं&#124; हम लोग संगीत कक्ष चले गए जहाँ पे सारा कार्यक्रम  आयोजित हुआ था &#124; वहाँ पहुँचने पर मुझे सुखद आश्चर्य हुआ , हमारी आशा के विपरीत वहाँ अच्छी संख्या में लोग उपस्थित थे &#124;</p>
<p>एक और आश्चर्य की बात ये थी की ये पूरा आयोजन परा-स्नातक छात्रों द्वारा किया गया था &#124; हमारे विश्वविद्यालय में अक्सर सारे आयोजन स्नातक छात्रों द्वारा आयोजित किए जाते  हैं और परा-स्नातक छात्र प्रायः अपनी पढ़ाई में ही व्यस्त रहते हैं &#124; परन्तु ये पूरा आयोजन उन्ही लोगों द्वारा किया गया था  और मैं कहना चाहूँगा कि ये एक उत्तम आयोजन था &#124; उस कक्षा में आरतियाँ जिस जोश से गाई जा रही थीं  उसे देख कर मेरे मन में येहि ख्याल आया कि भारत में रह कर हम कितना भी पश्चिमी सभ्यता परन्तु जब भी अपने रीति रिवाजों की बात आती है तो हम भी उनको उतना ही सम्मान दे सकते हैं जितना की हमसे पिछली पीढियां &#124; वहाँ पे आरतियाँ गाने से जो सुकून मिला था वो अतुलनीय है &#124;  मैं उन परा-स्नातक छात्रों को फिर से धन्यवाद देना चाहूँगा जिनकी वजह से मुझे ये मौका मिला और आशा करता हूँ की आगे भी पर्व ऐसे ही धूमधाम से मनाये जायेंगे &#124;<br />
मेरा लेखन पढने के लिए धन्यवाद् &#124;</p>
<p>आज का गाना - आप पर अर्ज़ है  लकी अली द्वारा गाया गया एवं सुनो का गाना</p>
<p>१. मेरा हिन्दी में लिखा गया पहला पोस्ट &#124;<br />
२. कृपया इसको पढने के लिए इन्टरनेट एक्ष्प्लोरेर् का प्रयोग करें &#124;<br />
३. पिछले महीने ज़ोरदार कोशिश के बाद भी मेरी पोस्ट्स की गढ़ना १० से ज़्यादा ना हो सकी &#124;<br />
४. आज बहुत दिनों बाद हिन्दी में कुछ लिखा दिल को अच्छा लगा &#124;<br />
५. क्या कोई मुझे पोस्ट्स की हिन्दी बता सकता है जिस सन्दर्भ में यहाँ पर मैंने दो जगह प्रयोग किया है &#124;<br />
६. यदि आप अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सूचना एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान के विद्यार्थी हैं और ये पढ़ रहे हैं तो कृपया कल सांय ५:३०  बजे बास्केट बाल क्रीडा स्थल में शिक्षक दिवस समारोह के आयोजन में सम्मिलित हों &#124;<br />
७. ये विनती इसलिए क्यूंकि मैं उसके आयोजकों में से एक हूँ ;) &#124;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Kalam at IIIT-H]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/mr-kalam-at-iiit-h/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/mr-kalam-at-iiit-h/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[    The day that we at IIIT-H had been waiting for quite some time finally came. It was announced so]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    The day that we at IIIT-H had been waiting for quite some time finally came. It was announced some time back that Mr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam will be joining IIIT-H as distinguished faculty and will be coming to our college on 15th August. With excitement we were waiting for the arrival of the dignitary.<br />
Earlier it was scheduled that he will be coming after our cultural program ends but a few moments after it started, there was an announcement by the anchor Karan that Mr Kalam is going to arrive sooner than expected. And there he was, X-President of India Mr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, first glance of him from near and for some reason he looked plastic to me, nt a human.. I dunno he ws so strange looking... i cant point out what but it ws strange.<br />
The moment he set his foot in the tent and came near the group of us students sitting there, who all stood up to see him (we were lucky in that respect that we were on the left most side from where he came), he was just enignmatic and charming. Standing to pose in front of someone who was clicking a photo. Waiting to talk to a few people (regretfully only girls :( ). Then he gve his lectures after the cultural program. Which is nt much to write about.<br />
Here are a few photographs of today...</p>
<p align="center"><u><strong>Mr. Kalam up close...</strong></u></p>
<p><u></u><br />
<a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/himanks-cell143-small.jpg" title="Up CLos"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/himanks-cell143-small.jpg" alt="Up CLos" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><u><strong>Mr Kalam's Autograph which i got...</strong></u></p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/himanks-cell150-small.jpg" title="autograph"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/08/himanks-cell150-small.jpg" alt="autograph" /></a></p>
<p>Song of the day :- Highland by Yanni</p>
<p>PS1:- Yanni is so soothing.. Feel as if i shud just keep listening to the music..<br />
PS2:- Highest attendance in any event in IIIT-H except afew cult ones like  Freshers,Felicity and all<br />
PS3:- My toungue screwed coz of the 7-8 cups of coffee i had.. :( It sux... Lalach buri bala :(<br />
PS4:- Mid sems from tom... though i dont have any paper tom..<br />
PS5:- I just have 3 papers.. :) Kool ain't it???</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Status: Single]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/status-single/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/status-single/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[    This is not an indication of my relationship status rather an indicaton of the fact that finally]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    This is not an indication of my relationship status rather an indicaton of the fact that finally after living for two excruciatingly long two years in double occupancy in a room meant for one person, i am single... Single Yet again.I have finally been allotted a room in OBH(Old Boys Hostel) room no 221...Yipee<br />
The room is on 2nd floor but who cares as long as we are getting single rooms. Though it pains a lot to leave cellar of NBH(New Boys Hostel) and the famous room no. C-16 but what can be done, life is always a trade off you have to lose something to gain something and its upto you to take the decision which thing to leave and when.<br />
I am ending it here not much to write and also because i cant write much coz i am sick... Yup once again... :) Though i dont think people will remember when i fell ill last time though i publicised it on my blog as much as i could.</p>
<p>PS1:- Writing after ages today. :)<br />
PS2:- I cant understand why is there a drain(lack of any other suitable word wouldlike to know the english of a "nali") type of thing in the last toilet and bathroom in everywing of OBH...beats me,<br />
PS3:- Wish all of our batch was here in OBH<br />
PS4:- Waiting for other ppl of our group to come to OBH now so that we can rock OBH<br />
PS5:- Happy b'day Maroo, so good for him, sick on his b'day  :P<br />
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<title><![CDATA[IIIT Turning into Wildlife Sanctuary]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/iiit-turning-into-wildlife-sanctuary/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Himank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/iiit-turning-into-wildlife-sanctuary/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[All the people living in IIIT are aware of the presence of stray dogs in IIIT and you must have also]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the people living in IIIT are aware of the presence of stray dogs in IIIT and you must have also seen a few frogs and if you are lucky then snakes(i have seen two as of yet)but day before yesterday was a day when many more animals decided to make IIIT their home... some thousands of insects, alll the frogs coming out in open to eat those insects, a scorpion and of course those dogs.</p>
<p>Recently a cat is also seen prowling in NBH dont know about any other place and a mouse larger than any average cat in size is also seen roaming in NBH and some times going to rooms to meet the occupants.</p>
<p>Here are some of the photos and videos of these animals</p>
<p>The Legendary Mouse i talked about .. The animal is moving so i couldnt take a good photo</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00032.jpg" title="dsc00032.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00032.jpg" alt="dsc00032.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Never seen Five frogs seen so close..all clustered to eat those insects.. :) Hope you can find all 5 of them</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00034.jpg" title="dsc00034.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00034.jpg" alt="dsc00034.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00034.jpg" title="Direct link to file"><br />
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<p>So many of them</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00040.jpg" title="dsc00040.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00040.jpg" alt="dsc00040.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Close up</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00041.jpg" title="dsc00041.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00041.jpg" alt="dsc00041.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>A scorpion... dead and one hand(or toe or whatevr it is said) dismantled from his body</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00045.jpg" title="dsc00045.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00045.jpg" alt="dsc00045.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>More of those insects</p>
<p><a href="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00050.jpg" title="dsc00050.jpg"><img src="http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/dsc00050.jpg" alt="dsc00050.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>A video but the better one is not uploaded as yet</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/XhIdfSDKDbk'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/XhIdfSDKDbk&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>EDIT: The second video</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/TlQ-z87SQbk'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/TlQ-z87SQbk&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>PS1:- Two videos are also there will upload them later<br />
PS2:- Read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" might have been fake but was awesome.. :)<br />
PS3:- I am sorry if the post made u feel sick  and kicking me..<br />
PS4:- 5 more days and i will be leaving for home<br />
PS5:- Might be going to Ramoji Film City tomorow with my cousin</p>
<p>PS6:- My first post consisting mainly of photos</p>
<p>PS7:- Sorry the video n picture quality is not good.. screw my VGA camera...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The summer and my two bits about Anything for  you, Ma'am]]></title>
<link>http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/the-summer-and-my-two-bits-about-anything-for-you-maam/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[    I have been neglecting this space for more than a fortnight now, i guess the longest time i have]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    I have been neglecting this space for more than a fortnight now, i guess the longest time i have done so while being in the campus so i think this is high time i discard of the lethargy and laziness which has taken over me and write something. So there are a few things on which i will write...</p>
<p>First  of all what i have been doing this <span>summer</span>??? A very Tough question to answer since i have done nothing useful at all this <span>summer</span> except going for PT some 12-13 days even in this case i am not going to get the much wanted credit so i am still left with 1 PT credit, otherwise i have not done much work for the project(no surprise!!!), doing BC (no surprise!!!), didnt blog for a period of 15 days(quite a huge surprise for me too!!!),played age quite a lot (not exactly surprised coz i needed something to waste time but never knew this was the thing).</p>
<p>Meanwhile we(Me and Abhilash) have in all probability abandoned our much ambitious project coz there is no chance that it can be done in less than 10 years time coz in some <span>chines</span>e university PG people did such a project involving less things than ours and it took them 10 years to do it and they did their Ph.D on the project. :P</p>
<p>We might be again getting double occupancy(for some people who applied late) in our 3rd year..<span>grrr</span>... as told by <span>OBH</span> warden, it will be confirmed tomorrow and if so happens then you can expect a post flaming the <span>IIIT</span> authority tomorrow.</p>
<p>After attending my cousin's <span>sagai</span> in may start and meeting his <span>sali</span>.. now i am game to attend the marriage of my cousin sis on 23rd June, hope my brother in law has a good looking sister.</p>
<p>The weather here has been quite good specially when compared with places <span>like</span> Lucknow,Agra and Delhi(place where i have <span>spent</span> few summers). Though i suffered from heat stroke once but all in all weather can be termed as moderate here..<span>Kool</span>!!! Hyderabad ROCKS!!!!!</p>
<p><span>Federer</span> again lost to <span>Nadal</span> on clay court. <span>WTf</span> is this??? Why cant the No.1 beat the 2<span>nd</span> ranked player at all on the clay??? :(</p>
<p><strong>The portion deleted by me earlier:-</strong>    Btw i was promised party by two ladies(girls????) this summer but none have kept their promise.. :( these females just know how to talk....<br />
Nothing interesting here... :P</p>
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<p><strong>Anything For You Ma'am<br />
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I read "Anything for you Ma'am" by some <span>IIT</span>-D guy named <span>Tushar</span> <span>Raheja</span>, though i <span>have</span> been going overboard praising the romantic description of the Candle Light Dinner but the book as a whole is not praiseworthy.... far too many coincidences at all the book seems to be drifting into fairy land after some time... The first time he meets the girl.. the event is too dramatic and <span>filmish</span> to be true and he keeps going forth and back describing some <span>arbit</span> month this year and some month last year which is so bloody confusing. The description he keeps giving of things are utter bore i just skipped through them. One thing to be noted is the inside front cover he has tried to copy <span>Chetan</span> <span>Bhagat</span>, same pose with hands folded in front, same black and white combination. All in all it was a good read coz i could identify with him in many places, it just seemed as if he was speaking for me,as if my soul has entered his body.. :) One thing this book sure does is try to instill confidence that long distance relations can work though i still have apprehensions but it sure brought me a bit towards believing in it.<br />
Finally the author has a poem for every occasion... thats great. :) The book sure is funny at times but the only thing for which i will remember the book is the excellently romantic "Candle light Dinner" :) Thats it for now... :)</p>
<p>Song of the day:- Norwegian Woods by Beatles, the song has such a dreamy feeling attached to it <span>just</span> fell in love with it.</p>
<p>PS1:- This post is itself a sort of collection of <span>PSes</span><br />
PS2:- Weather is not that fine today but tolerable<br />
PS3:- We <span>haven't</span> had a project meeting in <span>LTRC</span> for 4-5 days this is wonder considering we used to have meeting daily which we asked to be converted into alternate days.<br />
PS4:- The book reading portal has been activated..What the hell!!! :(<br />
PS5:- Nothing more to write now..<br />
PS6:- Think i should go back to my hiatus from blogging world again.<br />
PS7:- To all my fellow <span>bloggers</span> i am sorry for not commenting on your posts but i <span>have</span> become a super lazy ass in the holidays.<br />
PS8:- My aim is to reach 10 <span>PSes</span> in this post and i will get it.<br />
PS9:- Go through these posts <a href="http://blog.skp.co.in/?p=363">1</a> &#38; <a href="http://blog.skp.co.in/?p=365">2</a>.. Awesome.. :)<br />
PS10:- I fulfilled my mission.. now its time to take rest... :)<br />
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