Sunday, June 26, 2005

da secret....

finally i am at the PC once again - unkempt as ever on a Saturday nite...but with a sense of satisfaction and a smile of peace on my face...a lot of things had been taken care of in this week...reasons enugh for the light heart and the relaxed winds flowing by...

But maybe this is da first secret i keep from the blog...sawwy buddy but i just cant leak this one out until its da rite time.(which it isnt now)...all i can say that somethin really wonderful happened this week...for which i (majorly)...n my best friend had waited for a long time...n well it did happened...to which we rejoiced..but got little time to do so...hush hush...secret ok...u not supposed to leak it out to neone...

Da proceedings of the week had been hectic...in order to carry out da 'unsaid' task..but all da worries and tensions were immediately set aside once the task was executed successfully...n i cant still believe it has been done now...n that i can heave a sigh of relief n say that part of the tensions etc are done with...

Holiday mood settled in...but well i cant elt it overcome coz this is da only time i can get goin with my preps or the MBA entrances - the mock CATs for which will start soon now...at July end...n of course i shud have packed up my ammunition etc and be fully geared for it..

saali yeh meri company bhi itni jaldi joinin letter hi nahin bhejti? wats up with it huh?? n to the think of all the IT companies (around 13-14) to which i have spent my valuable time in applying havent even given me a faint look - apparently all still have their backs turned....the next resume i send will definitely be perfumed...chahe woh email se hi bheja kyon na ho!!

Liked one thing a good friend said to me today - 'Ashish...u really seem to know what u want in life'...but to how much extent is it true re? i dont know my stuff well - a bad coder- but not exactly the reason me runnin away from it...howeva yeah..can spend more n more time now...n wud like to too...to find out more bout the specialisations in which i wanna 'expand' myself...n where do i fit in!

lets hope i succeed in doin so...

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Termination of graduation!!!

I knew i would neva fget the last look on the external examiner Raikar's face as he said 'ok..dats just about it - all done'...a sense of relief, satisfaction, and a feeling of completion - the completion of my four years of toil n bull shit hard work, of copied assignments, of bunked lectures, of nervousness and tensions of by-hearting 1200 page text books for a single semester paper, of gossip and flirting with gals, of eating the pastries, resoice and frankies from Monginis at Leonaras, n God knows wat wat...need i say more?

The last presentation for the final year project was done today, with the external asking some SDLC related questions, and of course our internal guide Antao adding some rubbish doubts in between much of which he must have not understood nethin himself...all in all an OK presentation - not bad i shud say...but now who is bothered anyway - its ALL DONE...i can safely look back now and say that Padre Conceicao was a dream that has passed and is never to return - howeva of course being nostsalgic and adding some really fond memories...

Well certain thumbs up and thumbs down - which i would list later on the blog regarding what i faced at Padre...but all in all - the 4 years course had been worth it only because of the great friends i had found and the network i have presently established...its not huge...but big enugh to spread the word and contact...to be safe the yahoogrp for our class owned by me itself, entitled Bandarnagar can do most of the work...

Cheers!

Saturday, June 18, 2005

ghanan ghanan ghir ghir aayo...

my eyes opened n i heard the first sound of the 'heaviest' rains today mornin - a loud sound which promised never to end...baahar dekha to it was pouring cats, dogs, lizards, bears, tigers and whoeva else cud be thrown down. Yes, the monsoon was on...

Finally the long-awaited season had broken out and the atmosphere had became much cooler...the sky had assumed the darker colours, but i cudnt even see it clearly as i was blinded by the rain. The rain. Aha! i think all had awaited it long enugh this time - but what a timing...my friends, including my best friend had finished her project presentation at college yesterday, havin safely said goodbye to good old under-raduation days and there i was - stuck as eva with my team, with da project stil on our heads...had to collect the report from the place where it had been given for binding 2 days earlier...so had to hurry out...evrythin was a muddle as it normally was with the first rains - i somehow managed to fish out the umbrella from under all my old books under the bed - it was perfectly fine...imagined all the lazy people like me in each house doin the same at that time itself...coz they just cudnt find 'time' to do it earlier...

Mom's leg had had a hairline fracture and she had to walk slow as we took our first steps in the puddles down...the scene as we proceeded in the car was terrible...exactly as predicted by the sewage expert and city hygiene officer Ashok Naik - the work left incomplete due to the collapse of Parrikar Government had shown its results well...half of Panaji was badly flooded in the first half of the morning itself...never before had i seen so much water collectin on the main road near the Secretariat...n heh..there wa more to come...

Mom had to leave me quite at a distance from the pavement where she dropped me as it was totally flooded...i walkd across and waited outside the shop to collect the reports after da others arrived...n then yeah - the thoughts on a rainy day as i always imagine them - had the mobile...so msged and smsed a couple of people...

da wait was long..but watchin the rains was pastime...these guys arrived n then it was back to the normal day once again...well but of course there is a long time to go bfore the season finally closes its doors on us...so me cooool..!!

Sunday, June 12, 2005

my furst mobile...!

actually acc to the indian riwaaj, nethin new to the house must receive a BIG welcome along with da usual 'aarti' and stuff...howeva the mobile dint receive ne of this kinda 'naariyal swaagat'...it just slipped in the house - and i guess my best friend too doesnt have an idea bout it...coz well - she is outaaa range - n when she was the one i wanted to tell first...!!!!

got the motorola c200 as a second hand from one of my friend who is a mobile geek - he has just bought a nokia 6680 from one of his friends for 25k...the ass was showin it to me - n well - i was dreamin of the phone i shall take for myself later, with which i wud show off with...a higher end one - but me reconsiderin the video option - it isnt really much of use u see...

nyway - talkin bout the mobile i got today - of course papa ki krupa se...mom n me initially tot of it for him...n now of course its there with me itself - (the only son rulez)...well shall teach him the controls but me myself figurin it out to a certain extent as it is kinda like a primitive cell - no color display etc...only txt based...me satisfied as i have da option of sendin sms and callin itself...in fact me ok with just smsin...its just 25 p u see...!

have just msged a cuple of my friends n received deir missed calls...well - had experienced wat a mobile was only thru my best friend's one till now - today i had one in my own hand - n of course it was no big deal - coz more than 99 percent of my friends had it already...in fact there is still a time when i will get a cell i have been wantin to take - this was juz to experience wat a cell is like - n yeah it has proved to be quite good too...except that my best friend's missin and havent got her call as yet...she will be back to her place tomm and shall question me of course - 'now u tellin me?'...

so acc to dad da last thing which was supp to come in the house(basically as it had almost become a necessity now) has come - and can be used by all now...dis line must appear funny for all - but its not for him coz he has gone a long way to see this little thing - also bein not at all tech savvy...n of course me too coz me been waitin a long time for this...

cheers!!!

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Congess rises to power...

da results of the by elections were announced yesterday n well - at 4 outa 5 places Congress set their flag...seems like a joke when takin into consideration all the Parrikar Government had done for da state in da last year...especially with things like IFFI, the eradication of the Baina cubicles etc...

How cud the people fget all that?? Are they ready to fall prey to the misleadings of the goons like Babush, Pacheko, Deshprabhu, Faleiro etc...??? It doesnt make any sense to me. I had felt da people had appreciated the dynamic nature of Parrikar...wen he was around everyone only appreciated him...but soon enugh the baddies arrived to stab him in da back...i admit Parrikar wasnt all that right too...he intentionally never differentiated betn religions but gave importance to the Hindus - as such the Christians and the Muslims were bound to feel neglected...the Congress took advantage of that n kept their support from da Christians etc strong - of course Babush won y a huge margin due to da votes from the Taleigao people...da rest of the people fgettin that Babush wud only help out the Taleigao residents in their development and not those of newhere else...

Izidor Fernandes lost badly at Painguinim though...n the Congress had to lose out on one place...i guess all the beer he had ordered in da mornin to 'pre-celebrate' da success of his victory had to be drained out - the Painguinim people were strong and determined to throw the Congress off stand...howeva at Margao Digambar Kamat got da majority by a mere 1300 votes..i shud say the new candidate Sharmad Raiturkar almost made it by gettin 7300 votes which itself is a huge number for a newcomer...just wish he had made it...

Finally today Margaret Alwa officially announced da ascension of Pratapsingh Rane on the Throne of the Chief Minister - da place was worth a site - lookin more like an 'adda' of gangsters announcing their next plan of conquerin Goa...Dayanand Narverkar, Luizin Faleiro, Jeetendra Deshprabhu, Babush, Pacheko etc etc...all havin more roles to play in the uncivilised life in Goa then in politics...of course der wud be a lot of partyin these days...each thinkin in his mind that Parrikar Government is finally gone...

Tommorow will be the swearing ceremony - and then we can safely say that we have handed over Goa in 'cleanest' hands...

Monday, June 06, 2005

D

with about a week and a half left for the project demo, and with dat Uma and Mangirish leavin soon from Goa...we decided to get onto one final good meet today...a movie n the day to enjoy of course...

Just the 4 of us...spent time full day till 6 in da evenin...food from 'Royal Foods' was good indeed...its really worth a try once again n i must tell my parents bout it...wonder why they dont have it up at Panaji...it wud have been a greatt success for sure...cant say much now as the Congress is up in Goa once again with a majority, and with all the goons possible like Babush and Pacheko - guess its 'gundaraj' now...

The movie seen was D -> Ram Gopal Verma's latest underworld flick - this time focussing on Dawood's life itself...Ranveer Hooda playin the lead role in da movie (i managed to catch the name at the end of the movie)...n well he does literally carry the film on his shoulders...his character is portayed fabulously by Verma - although he hasnt even directed da movie - just produced it..but da drops of Verma's ideas are all over da movie's canvas...

Verma has once again managed to create a very good film undoubtedly...having focussed a lot on the main character...he even has shown the linkups of da actor (called Dishu in da movie) wid a heroine from Bollywood - presumably Mandakini from the actual Bollywood...who is Dawood's wife...n mann does she look beautiful!!!! I mean - where does Verma pick such characters - name is Rukhsar n guess i shud do a bit of checkin on her online...wat ya say?

D proves to be a good followin (wont say sequel) to Satya and Company - looks like Verma RULES when it comes to makin movies on da underworld...gave it a four and a half on five...the movie is of short length...n is definitely worth a watch...so yeah catch it at ur nearest theatre.

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Alchemist points the way ---->path to motivation and destiny...

'Baapat, with one hand to his cheek- in a pose to slap himself any time and Antao, staring like the dumbest asshole in da world...wat more is needed? the 10 minutes of a orals were to pass soon - the questions easy..n Limy and Shruti in good form today...guess all's well that ends well...justified by da 'yippppeeeeee' and yell from Limy's side da moment the door of the lab opened out to the temporary free hold and shut onto us from behind da portals of one sick n boring theory subject we had this time (true i had asked for the elective - par come on yaaron - kuch raham karo!)...dats Multimedia Systems for us...'

The orals done with..spent da rest of the day with my best friend and others, stopped to talk to my juniors aft da exam at Leo's and i was off home...now for the main part of today's story...ahem!

finished a greattttt book today which was really really appreciable...and was worth all da comments i had seen or read bout it earlier...Paulo Coelho's Alchemist...not that da title under Ayesha Takia's (mannnn she's hotttttttt) interview in the newspaper attracted me to it...a few other friends had too...but it was really worth it. I had discovered it accidentally in the library, even when Rohan had told me i wudnt find it...guess it wanted to be read by me...

wont state much on the story - just that its that of a boy who seeks a certain trasure hidden in some part of the world for him...n hopes and aspires to find it only on the basis of his dreams...coz he believes in them...some important lessons we learn from it - neva fear from pursuing one's own dreams - perserverance and determination will help one achieve them and MUCH MORE soon enugh....its just that we shudnt give up in life - dats coz for each one of us in da world, there is some treasure hidden somewhere...just waitin for us to cast our eyes on it...but maybe it just takes more that a mere view...it takes dedication and effort to pursue one's dreams - so GUYS dont be afraid of dreamin !!!

wud recommend the book to neone who
a) wants some motivation in life
b) is broken down n nothin in life seems possible
c) who needs some pastime
d) all of the above

Cheers!

Thursday, June 02, 2005

first meetin wid a PGite...

to sum up day's events...library today mornin...n luckilly got the book i wanted very soon - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho...read only 30 pages and was drawn to the simplicity of the book...really good books written here...simple language but highly motivatin...plannin to finish it off in 2-3 days...got mannny more books to read...

met up with my best friend in college today later and had lunch with her and the others..but stupidly ended the day with a silly argument..which i proposed to end the moment i reached home...had other plans today..was supposed to meet Jormund Elver- the PGite i used to chat with on Yahoo mess...got a lift to Panaji in Aditya's car - he was the guy who had apparently appreciated my performance in the GD classes at IMS...by da way he is from IIFT..

Jormund Elver - or Kunal as is real name was, yeah was cool...a strike-on 100 percentiler in English...i guess a whole lot owin to the HUGE amount of readin that guy does - believe me i guess he has realllly read a LOTTT...mythology, sociology, fiction, non-fiction etc etc etc etc....a lot more to name....so i was basically takin suggesions from him on how shud i improve my readin habits...

he is gonna join NMIMS..guess only coz his Math n DI performance wasnt upto mark...n had to lose out on some greatt calls...else his percentile was a 99+...wonder why he dint convert SP Jain as he had workex n was an MCom too...hamesha lagtaa tha main bhi english mein kuch teer mar hi saktaa tha..but well - english bein my strongest section let me down on 21st Nov...so der is nuthin much i can say now but pray for da best for ne entrance exam now onwards...

Kunal apparently loves Goa..like ne other b-schooler around i guess...have met many more on chat who do so n havent been surprised...looks like me am runnin away from Goa though...simply bcoz it cant give sufficient exposure to my priorities, and also my growth...as Goa is normally meant to be a place post-retirin n for a holiday..but one shud prefer to have his/her education outside Goa acc to me...as it has more exposure to muchhh more stuff...

day endin out with da last words of the blog- yes do come to GOA and have a BLASTT!!