When miracles happen
Posted by as Campus, Diary, Fun, club, delta, happy, inductions, yes
How would it be when something you never expected to happen in your favor, happens?
You would be in eternal bliss. At least I was. It was like I couldn’t believe if whatever was happening was in a dream or reality.
That was how I felt when Delta induction results came out. I was confident of not getting past the three levels of induction, but the final list of selected members had my name. I was awestruck and had that unusual feeling of happiness, something vibrating through my torso.
Delta is the Webteam force in National Institute of Technology, Trichy, a club that takes care of the websites www.nitt.edu and also www.pragyan.org. There are several clubs, both active and inactive in the campus. Getting inducted into clubs like Delta, Dance Troupe, Music Troupe and Spider are considered a luck and a challenge. There are other clubs also like Writer’s Circle.
Let’s come back to my story.
As many in the campus, I too wanted to get through and be a part of Delta. They conducted workshops on web design and that gave me an insight into what Delta focuses on. They also announced that inductions will be conducted in our third sems, as soon as the college reopens. With hopes of getting through, I prepared for the induction tests, that i expected to include web design, php, javascript, mysql etc. I was determined to prepare, but my determination was just not enough, cause I drifted off track everytime I logged into my comp, and ended up chatting on orkut.
I spent the entire time of 2.5 months of holidays. My status was : theoretical and bookish knowledge of web design, and literally no practice. A gist of CSS, but no idea of how to implement it.
I came back to college soon, as my holidays ended. Soon the day of inductions came. I registered with little hopes and confidence.
The tests took place, and in which I still believe I screwed up the web design part. ( I know what the panelist during the interview had commented on my website 
). The coding part on day two, was OK, I guess, because, I did exactly what a majority of people could do. The interview too went on for what I felt like 45 minutes. Finally the inductions was over.
My expectations of getting through was 0. Yes, ZERO. I told my mom, my performance was bad and I have lost all hopes of getting through. I told her, there are other avenues, and I will try those.
And hence, I did not worry about when the results will be out. Ignorance is Bliss.
But when it was out, I did have the urge to know who all got inducted. I came to know on my way back to the hostel from gym, that my friend Hariharan had been inducted. I was confident, that I wouldn’t be selected. Don’t ask me why, but it was it like that. Some times, human actions should be left unexplained, especially actions of frenzy people like me. I went back to my room, told whoever asked me about the result that I don’t know.
After bath, I went to my friend Rakesh’s room, who was most likely to be selected. And there they gave me a shock. They told, he wasn’t selected, but I got through!
And my response was, “Guys, stop kidding, please don’t tease me”. But they weren’t kidding. I rushed to the computer center, and checked the results. I couldn’t believe it! I closed the browser (firefox), and opened the page in ie7, to check if it was some browser error. I was probably going mad. I logged out, waited for half an hour and then logged in again and checked.
The result was the same, I was in. But then I checked the list again, how come Rakesh isn’t in? And again to my surprise, his name was there! I passed on the information and he too was happy. Someone had checked the list and hadn’t noticed his name.
I still wonder what miracles happened those three days, and what resulted in getting me through. I am still in a state of disbelief as of how I got through. I consider this as a gift from God, because, I believe God is responsible for every other thing that I am unable to explain and no one is able enough to explain it to me in a satisfactory way.
Finally I migrate from NO CLUBER’S CLUB to DELTA.
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LOL :P
Posted by sp2hari as Fun, Uncategorized, college, joke
I was checking out our NITT site after along time. I was actually surprised to find a link saying “Student Conduct and Disciplinary code” in the home page. That too in the Spotlights section. I was very sure this must be some kind of joke. :) And yes, I was so true. :)
Let me list out some of the “Student Conduct and Disciplinary code”.
- Students are expected to spend their free time in the Library/Reading Room. They shall not loiter along the verandahs or crowd in front of the offices or the Campus roads. Students should refrain from sitting on places such as parapets, stairs, footpaths etc.
- NITT Campus is a “Smoking free and Alcohol free Campus”. Possession or consumption of narcotic drugs, tobacco, alcohol and other intoxicating substances are strictly prohibited in the Campus and Hostels.
- Silence shall be maintained in the premises of the Institute.
- Students are not permitted to use mobile phones in the class room, Library, Computer centre, Examination Halls, etc.
- Students shall only use the waste bins for dispensing waste materials within the Campus including classrooms, hostels, offices, canteen and messes.
You can read the entire joke book here.
Maybe this is why they say “Rules are meant to be broken”. :P
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Fans of farce?
Posted by as Fun
A few things I observed about Indian movies:
- The hero can have many hands when it comes to a fight
- The heroine is always rich and falls in love with a mechanic or rouge
- No villain is good enough to land a blow on the hero
- If only our heroes were any where nearer to reality than what they really are we wouldn’t be celebrating just one gold medal (with special reference to an atrocious long jump!)
- The heroine is either dumb or is too lazy to wear a dress
We are supposedly the world’s second fastest growing nation,(in terms of population too),But look at what we let to entertain us, it’s a farce !
Just consider the number of movies released each year and the number of movies which can actually even be called worth of watching. In the past years how many Oscars have we won? How many movies are even worth of an Oscar nomination? Its fine to have something unreal to entertain us but is it so to let only that to entertain us? And any movie based on reality is a damp squib here..the reason: the audience don’t welcome it! Does that mean we are really nuts just waiting for the hero to hug the heroine? Let’s think again and just discourage these stupid stuff hereafter at least
P.S:this of course resulted after watching a movie :)
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11 > 1000 !!!
Posted by Shanky as ANZ, Friends, Fun, masti
Though known as the hall of 1000 pillars, the hall has only 953 pillars. Here is the reason for the reduced number: The king who started to build the temple (somewhere in the 13th century, I forgot his name) wanted a hall of 1000 pillars and had put a deadline for completion (Like our dear IT Managers ;)) .But in the whole universe, only Lord Indra is believed to have a hall of 1000 pillars. Understandably, Indra was not very happy about a rival hall being constructed. So he devised a smart plan. On the deadline day, he disguised himself as a rooster and announced the arrival of dawn before it really was (unfortunately there was no Timex/Titan that time). So the construction of the 1000 pillars was stopped by the king (the workers were like developers caught during appraisal for low productivity ;)) and the hall had 953 pillars.
Now snap back to reality!!! Around 2000 years later… at ANZ, eleven people came together. They were people from different places with different ideologies. There is one similarity though, that I should admit, we all knew Tamil :) But that was not the uniting factor. Honestly, till this point I don’t know what bonds us so strongly. It just happened (Like it happens in some love stories!). We were distributed over groups… we met during lunch… we were distributed to various teams… We met at cafes… we became close… That was it! And when one of our pillars decided to support the statue of liberty, we met to bid her bon voyage and that was when we really christened ourselves as THE 11 PILLARS.
Legend in the future will say that Indra was very upset, more than he was with the construction of 1000 pillared hall. But little could he do for such was the strength of the bond between them. Even the gods envy us! And here are the 11 pillars for you…
Aarthi alias Gaaj:
I was unfortunate; as I learnt later, not to have interacted much with her. Still, I remember the way she cut me in during induction and bounced one into the ribs (cricket lingo). And I can never forget the way she says… “A (p) diyaa….” For some crap you say and make you feel that you have said something gr8! She is one gal whom I have always seen as ruling the corporate roost. Another example that gals are study maniacs!!! Now rocking in US! (I pray to god that she doesn’t bring Hershey’s or Kisses when she returns home! Something better Gaaj, pls)
Aparna alias Mahabali alias Phone Booth:
You can never miss her. Partly because of the huge space she occupies and partly because of the noise she creates. If you don’t find her at her seat, don’t panic, go to the nearest phone booth and you shall find her. But do knock the door before entering or enter at your own risk ;) She is like the small niece of Jerry the mouse (in Tom & Jerry) that is always hungry. Poor thing forgot where her stomach ends :P. In the future I would recommend her to start a portal for all the restaurants in the town, where people can get to know what to eat and where to eat. Walking encyclopaedia for all the restaurants in Bangalore (dunno if she has separate DB for other cities).
Aravindan alias vind:
He is such a great philanthropist that he adopted Calvin and Harry (Potter) to be his own sons: P. My buddy from college, TP @ NITT and I will never forget him (reason: he wrote my first testi in orkut ;)). Jokes apart… no nonsense guy with a lot of aptitude, an ambition to scale great altitudes and a guy whom I thought to be having lots of attitude when I first met him. I don’t know why, sometimes when I see him I remember a dialogue by Hermione “Just because you have an emotional quotient of a teaspoon!” Buddy, do talk something other than stock markets, percentages, IPO s, you, more than anyone else know that there are more beautiful things :)
Bharath alias Lover boy alias Bar:
Bharath was my college mate. A nice friend with whom you can discuss any issue under the sun and this guy will know it. A councillor was killed in Neykarampatti; Bobby Jindal winning elections, Indian markets being thrown to dogs, this guy will know all. So informed yet so withdrawn and calm. Like Bhageera of “The Jungle Book”. He is exactly that… Mystery and style; Keen and agile. To me he is an enigma!
Karthik alias aachu vaa:
Hail the Mysore maharajah! This maharajah of Mysore has two lethal weapons:
1. Mokkais (PJs)
2. Tamil: P
The only king who has conquered Chera dynasty (U know who ;)). A very good guy and if you are searching for some one to talk to, have fun with… Then here he is. He is a nice companion to have. Though I know him only recently, I can assure you that he is one guy you can enjoy being with. Every thing is “seri aachu vaa polam” for him. Machan una intha 11 pillars kulla itanthathuku aravindanuku thanks sollanum da :)
Lakshmi alias kuty laks alias milk:
I take this opportunity to thank the founders of the words like patience, hard work, conviction etc… For without these words I will not be able to describe this gal. She works so much that you will feel guilty of under working in the company. You might have heard about/seen talking alarm clocks. But Lakshmi is a special clock; every ten minutes into the cafe/lunch hall she will sound an alarm - “POLAM” ;). She is a great friend of mine who has been with me through thick and thin.
Nivasini alias Akka alias Lappy alias Kappy alias…:
Akka as called by us all, she is a very easy go lucky character. She can make your mind glow with a 1000 watts with her 1000 whats? I am yet to come across a kid to beat our akka in asking so many whats? For our akka, everything is rosy in life and if it is not she will not accept it as part of life. She likes to walk in a bed of roses and expects to see a rainbow at the end of the path :) (Such optimism only she can show).She accomplices with many other fellows to make a fool of us all. She has done everything to make GURU look at her except slapping him right across and asking him to look at her. I am also eager to see our GURU MACHAN or DHEIVA MACHAN.
Naveen alias Pondoos alias dude:
The sweet heart of our gang and my personal sweet heart in my room as well :) Known him since the first day of my college (He used my bucket for taking bath on the first day and never thanked me! ;)). I doubt if I can see another guy who can make a dead man laugh. No! Not with his jokes but with his own actions ;) An excellent dancer who can give Mallika Sherawat a run for her money. Grand master in CHESS (sport as well as job). The entire custody support is on his shoulders whilst he snores with his bum to the ceiling ;)!
Santosh alias Red Bull alias RB alias Gundan:
Big man with big dreams. His pet name of Red Bull has more meanings than his stock market ventures ;) You better be very sharp otherwise you will miss all his gimmicks: 1. Acting like he is serious
2. Acting like he is an innocent guy.
A good companion to pass time with and know about the stock market. Has been an entrepreneur right from high school. Some how this bull likes only married cows :P
Shanthosh alias govinda:
Looks can be deceptive! Shanthosh is a living example for the phrase. Looks and “acts” innocent, but believe me he has a lot inside. Both in his heart and also in his head. THE WALL, I can say… very dependable friend with whom I have shared a lot! Aiming to move higher up and conquer the management world with his brain.
Shankar alias Shanky alias sithapps:
Big guy (read as: like Hagrid ;)) with even bigger dreams. The author of this blog who doesn’t believe in blowing his own trumpet! ;)
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Oye-Bubbly!!
Posted by ark :) as Fun, bubble-wrap, interests
Wow… Bubble-Wrap–the plastic covers with those small blister like protrusions are a delight in themselves… God knows how many hours all of us have spent bursting those small little bubbles… guess its something no one can deny …irrespective of your age it is a perfect pastime from which immeasurable pleasure is derived… There are simply innumerable moments of joy when I’ve fought for a small piece of bubble-wrap from anyone…and then when you decide for a small portion and then start bursting…ahh… bliss!!!
It was simply awesome when we bought some big thing and guess what it was fully covered in bubble-wrap!!! Wow … fights which used to break out whenever that material makes its entry were not found as everyone had more than what we could even imagine to ask for!! But then the newfound pleasure started dying out as it started getting monotonous and we had all the freedom break as much and still have loads more left… after a few days you bet our fun had died and then it was just hoarded up somewhere totally forgotten…
Many weeks later when we got a small gift (something like a small show-piece) and guess what fights broke out again… no prizes for guessing it was covered in our long-forgotten love ‘Bubble-wrap’!!!
Its right when people say excess of anything can kind of have the opposite effect…
This is something that made me realize that great things do come in small packages and it’s the packaging (at least in my case) the most important one!!!;)
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Maths pick up lines…!!!
Posted by aptbot as Fun, funny, humor, maths, pick up lines
So here is the post for some of my geeky , maths loving frens…lik akhil, balki, satya.. n all who somwhw try to utilize most of their time to sharpen their maths knowlegde or to connect some maths hypothesis to their real life events… …Hopw this will help u…. ..
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Breaking the Monotony
Posted by imdonatello as Fun, humour
Rickrolling is such a funny term.
Ok, I made it to IISc: http://csa.iisc.ernet.in/people. Not too discombobulated I hope? Ok then.
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Posted by as Fun
Now! Just don’t judge that im a rude person…just that I get pissed off! I had been to a function recently and fortunately or unfortunately all my realtives were there…I dunno why but I don’t like people asking me boring questions! I seriously felt like blasting and givin a piece of my mind! A few of the questions and the intended replies were:
1.Wow! how much you have grown( not referring my height of course!)
A: What! do you expect me to be a toddler even after 18 years
2.You look exactly like your dad! Don’t you?
A: What was that statement for if you weren’t sure? And im only happy not to look like you!
3.How are your marks?
A: Why don’t you ask them?
4. Why have you lost weight? Not eating properly?
A: Most people don’t have anything to eat when you do!
5. Do you always look that grim?
A: No! only when nuisances are around
6. Do you ever keep that mobile down?
A: No! does that make you jealous?
7. I heard that you speak back a lot nowadays..why?
A; I just got to know the difference between nonsense and sense
8. I have a problem
A: I thought it was the other way around
9. Are you irritated?
A: No! enjoying the company of people triple my age!
10. People like you today are really irresponsible
A: God! i know old wine gets better but this old quip seems an exception!
11. Look at the music you people hear , the food you eat…everything is so bad about them!
A: Just because your ears deaf and you have all sorts of health troubles does not mean that they are bad!
Well! I just know everyone would have felt the same in such situations! All the same…we get reprimanded by our parents for being rude but I tell you they would’ve been no beter at this age too
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Computer Gender…?????
Posted by aptbot as Computer, Fun, funny, gender, humor
Women claim that computers should be referred to in the masculine
gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit […]
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Dasa-Movie review
Posted by as Fun
Though all the 10 roles did not get equal attention it was kamal all the way :) and the genius has shown us why his name rings a bell in every far corner in the world!
The police man Balram naidu with his butler english and rib tickling humor fills the void of a comedian and some witty dialogues also provide the same effect :) Asin..! (a sigh) she is simply girlish …an exact portrayal of how a small town girl is ! Love you!
The music was not all that great i guess wil be outlived by the fame of the movie in our memories
Kaal’s acting was simply superb and the stunt master a treat to watch :) Jackie would be really pleased to take a leaf outta the stunt master’s book :)
The villiain looks like one just out from a robert ludlum novel,..intelligent…vicious..and not a person who buckles down to the heroics of our hero….:)
I really envied the 7 foot tall charecter…obvoiusly !
Mallika’s prescense on the screen just blows the ac’s cooling effect to smithereens …damn!
Then that social activist…those muslims had very small roles to play…you cant exactly give screen time to ten people let alone the others :)
On the whole Dasavatharam was thorough entertainment..it was worth for what Kamal made us wait this long! The maestro reminds us his past by looking a real bit young and of course the advanced make up wins hands down when discussing the best aspect in the movie!
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