....The End...

...As I am super bored with the layout Blogspot offers and coz I have spent more than half a decade experimenting in this domain I have decided to move on to something better.

So pls re-direct yourself to WordPress. You can click on the link below.

Life is callin' , Where are you !?

Thank you.

Bye Blogspot. Thank you for tolerating me for this long.

Signing off.
Rahul.

PS : This blog will self destruct itself in 30 days. Dated to die : 11.1.11.

Moody Moments

With just ten days left for the End sem exams, I am having such drastic mood swings. I dont even know why. I get up in the morning and I start feeling very dull and then that over a few hours makes me very moody. I cant wait to be done with this course and this place. On the emotional front I always feel very lethargic and the excitement is nil.

18 days, thats the countdown now. Finally I am glad a semester is coming to an end.

Keep Flock'in...

Thats the tag line for the latest internet browser. Its called Flock, initially introduced for the Mac and now moved on to Windows. I am thoroughly bored of Mozilla and I gave up the internet explorer long back. Chrome by google is still way better. Rockmelt that was introduced a while ago is like chrome itself but its got more focus on how to stay hooked to Facebook all the time. Flock on the other hand decided to merge more than just facebook into the whole Chrome type layout. The tabs are a little more sharper than chrome though. So yeah, I was telling about the merging factor. Flock has got Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, Linkedin, etc. You can sign into them simultaneously and have them pop out in every corner as sidetabs. I forgot my Twitter password and nothing exciting is happening on Flickr so I signed up only for facebook. Must say its pretty convenient and the browser has no major hiccups as yet. I have been using it from the past 2-3 days and so far so good. Some change is good and necessary, like I always say.

Everyone is on Facebook, every tom dick and harry. The excitement has finally died. Now you'll be shocked if someone says they are not on Facebook. You'll be like 'Are you a part of this world!?' Right from the kid who's learnt what a computer is and can move the mouse to people who have crossed the 60 age mark is on the social networking site. I am still under the general notion that its meant for one to keep in touch with friends. I dont like the idea where relatives get together and have a chat on fb or post on each other's wall. That's so lame. Its my perspective. I am sure my parents dont think they way I do. I have my own thoughts and so I have restricted my profile to my friends. Initially I used to keep getting requests on fb from Cousins, I knew then that everyone's getting hooked to this new fascination. I got off Fb once and then re-joined. At one point of time I had started deleting people from my list I know randomly. When I say randomly I mean the ones from school with whom I've never had a conversation as such but just know that he/she exists. I did that for a while, removing people from the list. Later it became a pain when I realised that I have to got through close to 750 of them in my list. I gave up immediately.

Now FB is boring as hell. Interest to chat aint there anymore, moment I click on it there are about 50 odd people in there. How many do I chat with at one point of time?! MAdness! Hoping something new comes up soon in the web world.

Oh I got a new fascination, my phone. After my Nokia Express music started giving me trouble with the network and the battery back up I shifted to something much cheaper. Blackberry! Cops in the city used to use this for giving the bikers a bill. I have seen it in the hands of only businessmen before and even heard that its meant to make business easier. So finally when this fell in my hands, I was not too sure if I'd like it. It was more like a replacement to my dead Nokia. QWERTY keypad , I wasnt used to it. I knew for sure that I cant type like old times, fast.. Very fast. With time I've gotten used to it and I am at a moderate typing speed. I like every bit of the phone now and trust me Nokia is like piece of crap when in comparison to the Blackberry Operating system. It hasnt hung even once unlike the Nokia which used to catch like a fever every now and then. BB internet/messemger and email service is outstanding.

Presently with every emotion running within me I take an oath to be a loyal customer to Blackberry and never go back to Nokia again. Its either the BB or the Iphone next. Nothing else will do. I still dont have fascination for the Iphone but the Macbook..Drool Drool ;)

Movie Review :

Takers : 3.85/5 ; Pretty good stuff but the whole concept ain't new. Its the usual Million dollar robbery. Good nigga english, always enjoy their talk. The guy from 'Eight Below' and '2 Fast 2 Furious', dont know his name but yeah decent job!

17 days for exam, so I'll get back to my books. Until the next time some thought rushes into my head.


Sayonara.

Chilly Nights

Late evenings and nights are getting way too chilly for me to handle. As far as I can remember I have never experienced any temperature below 18, I think. Presently its 11degrees here in Dehradun and I am refusing to even step out of the room. After much thought I have finally decided that I will quit gym till temperatures go back to a level I can think of working out. Gym and then walk back to my hostel from University, that takes a lot of preparation. I cant prepare my mind nor body for it. Now I'll go back to eating whatever I want and at whatever time I want, I cant care anymore. Dream of Abs have been postponed to a much later date :)

With just 20 days left for the exam, I am tensed. Unlike times during Btech I knew there will be Mayank to teach me last minute. Here I have to save myself, I am sure I dont have any other choice. Got a shit load of assignments and tests lined up in the coming days and because of the damn cold I am getting lazier by the day. Shifting permanently to the bed under the blanket with the laptop would be a wise thought. Its time to open the Ebooks I've downloaded.

Thinking of having a shower in the morning itself takes so much preparation especially if the hot water runs out. Damn, I miss Blore more than ever.

Sick Leave.. Guzaarish!

I have been sick from the past 2 days, the usual throat pain and cough. Sometimes even slight wheezing. When I am sick , I like to sleep and do nothing productive. I have no interest to even attend the college main fest starting from tomorrow. After seeing Utsav, I know UPES CANT beat that standard. Secondly I am lazy, I might as well relax in my room than run around from morning to late evening trying to catch a glimpse of all the events taking place. When I have a day off I keep thinking about how different life is here and how much it has changed right from the time I left Bangalore. There is no more roaming around on Brigade road, eating all the junk possible, the numerous movies I used to go for, argue with the Auto rickshaw guy when he demands 1 and a half meter, my super cool gym in the evening I used to hate missing. Here I have accepted and got adjusted to the bare minimum and now I dont even complain. Life during Btech years were different and they were good. We had no tension of completing assignments, appearing for the Internal test every month, attendance, etc. Here mind is so preoccupied with all this that there is no day off and I cant ignore any of it as I am sure there will be consequences.

I got my end sem exams in less than a month and the tension is mounting day by day. The need to do well is finally in the head and its making me more cranky and at times I lose my temper so fast. I always keep looking forward to the good things in life, like after my exams I am going home for 10 days. I know thats not enough but I dont think I have a choice either.

Life is pretty monotonous, I must say. There is no more excitement involved and the interest to do something different has died in me. Maybe its the course structured in such a manner that there is no room for thought process. This time I picked up a small 'Learn yourself - German' book and I have been trying to read through a few pages on a daily basis. This continued for 3 days and then soon we had this shit load of assignments and tests lined up for next week I decided I will resume it during my holiday break while I am at home and have nothing much to do during post lunch hours. I need to brush up on my basics too, I am hopeful to find time for the same.

I'll move on to the Movie review section.

Guzaarish : Genuinely good movie. By watching the promos it might look like a boring dull movie and you might be doubtful as this time Hrithik ain't doing any dance. Still must watch the movie for the well depicted storyline.

Rating : 4/5

The Social Network

Mark Zuckerberg, drop out from Harvard and a born Whiz kid lost his friend but managed to give the world a social network with which they can keep in touch with all their friends. This Social networking site now is called 'Facebook'. The only site we open first as soon as we click on to our web browser. Some of us have set it as the default web page and rest of us type it so fast that even if a competition is held as to who can type www.facebook.com there will be a million people clocking the same time. We are thankful to the whole idea, Fb makes Orkut look like a shithole. I myself have dropped out of Orkut a few years back, they have improved no doubt in their privacy settings but the kind of comfort and networking fb offers is tremendous. If you haven't seen the movie yet pls do soon. I will give it an overall rating of 4.5/5. After watching the movie you will question yourself as to what you are doing in life. Everything you do in a normal day will look so pointless. If you are not doing anything extraordinary them you are bound to feel the same. I was lost in thought after watching the movie, I am not doing anything different either.

Caution : If you are not in Harvard , do not drop out. It will do you no good...:P

Post B'lore trip

I am back after a week long trip to my favourite city in the world. For so many reasons I feel I belong there, no amount of material happiness can replace my love for the city - Bangalore. Now that I am back in Dehradun, I feel like crap. The only point being so far away and its not like if I get a weekend off I can go to Blore. One week seemed very short, I have no idea how time passed by so quickly. The phase right now is moody and will remain till things get back to normal here. I hope it does quickly, all I can think of right now is to finish this Mtech soon and leave this place. Its getting cold here. I dont enjoy peak winters, a decent 15 degree range is alright. Anything below will be a big pain and I am sure I have to face that this december. I am praying for time to pass and soon it should be May/June.

Countdown to the end of the semester has already begun : 7 weeks.

I will post shortly once I am in a better mood.