Looking back @ 2008

1)Came Face -to- Face with scourge of Humanity (Cancer)...That particular day is still very lucid in my mind .The moment when the doc(top oncologist from Jehangir, pune)suggested that i might have cancer ..i just froze in my seat .... saw my 25 years go past by me in 3-4 secs it was then when i realized life is short, make the best of it, fortunately or unfortunately i do not know what to say it came 2 months before i was about to leave for USA for masters .I Started to hate the pungent odour the hospitals have .I had to go for many second and third opinions after which it became very clear that it was just infection and nothing else.Few days earlier this incident i had come to a conclusion that the religion thing was a farce.An idea propagated by mankind to control Human race.During those 3-4 days i just found my belief in god getting even stronger .I do not know where i stand today.But i do believe in this particular thought and it was reinforced that "When you want something from the bottom of your heart,the universe conspires it to make it a reality " .

2)Crossed oceans as in Hindi they say "Saat samandar par" to achieve my dream of doing masters in America.But once i did that, the view from here is not one expected before.Found out that america is just another country and nothing special about it,for once i realised i was an indian in america ,

3)Started to get hands dirty with Linux programming.Im really happy that i chose freedom and choice five years ago ,when i made a choice to switch over completely to linux and it has been a journey i probably will never regret for eternity .

4)Went on a impromptus trip with manoj and abhi to Alibaug @ midnight that too on bikes .Mumbai-pune expressway at night on bikes is a drive-by paradise ,that im for sure.
Wish ashish was here with us,it would have been more fun(He was sitting here in NY).


5)Met new people ,made friends ,adore some and hate some .

6)Tried to be a better son,friend ,and a better Engineer.

7)Read lot of Books .Drank wines and Ate good Food.

Looking forward to 2009 .

Wish you all a very Happy new Year!!

Pranks 2.0

I just came across a very sophisticated pranks local teens have been playing over who they believed have done them some wrong..

The Sentinel says "Students from Richard Montgomery High School dubbed the prank the Speed Camera "Pimping" game, according to a parent of a student enrolled at one of the high schools.

Originating from Wootton High School, the parent said, students duplicate the license plates by printing plate numbers on glossy photo paper, using fonts from certain websites that "mimic" those on Maryland license plates. They tape the duplicate plate over the existing plate on the back of their car and purposefully speed through a speed camera, the parent said. The victim then receives a citation in the mail days later.

Students are even obtaining vehicles from their friends that are similar or identical to the make and model of the car owned by the targeted victim, according to the parent."

The pranks we used to play when we were kids i guess were nothing in front of what this guys are doing.

TIME FLIES

Head over to Sentinel for more.

Hibernation Mode

Having been in forced Hibernation its takes a quite a bit to resume bogging ..the thing with blogging with me is that moi has never made that necessary push to write things...Anyways before i return back to hibernation mode ..my longest dream i always had, has been achieved to do masters in America .But the view from here once you achieve your dream is not of satisfaction .."Yeh Dil MAANGE MORE"..Looking forward to achieve my next grand dream..again its break between quarters need to utilize my time in the best way i can....thinking of giving time to gtk+ programming and networks and my Achilles heels (Algorithms).

My thoughts go to Heroes who lost their lives on 26/11.

Netvibes Down .....WTF

Netvibes is down ....what the heck its my lifeline on the internet ......

A perspective Graduate Student's Dilemma

Its been four months since i got the admit to RIT for MSCS with specialization in distributed systems..I know its a good university with a very good Computer science dept .I know im trying to justify myself but i think its a good grad school.But im still waiting for USC and usc is damn good school with a very good research in Wireless Mesh Networks/Ad Hoc Networks /Wireless Sensor Networks but Masters student dont get to do research at USC unless you are a prodigy which im not .While @ RIT it may simply be possible becuase some of the professors are doing some research in it.

The dilemma that im in is i dont know what i want to be ...I mean i have be playing around with computers when i was in Fifth grade and hence only logical field for me in undergraduate was computer science .But my kind of computer science /programming is more of a open source kind of thing where you do what you want to do and the language in which you want to do in the company you work ,which probably wont be possible unless i become extraordinary in programming ( i can do it but will take time ).. But the ultimate AIM if its going to be to make money than i think im pretty good @ Finance and i think ill be good @ Investment banking .MBA than is a logical choice ...But than Masters is needed too my stint at Intel proved it ...And maybe i wanna do research too because kind of shitty work you get to do at the so called top companies in india is well know which i dont want to do... Asked my dad whether i need to be in IT ...he says A BIG NO ...SAYS YOU NEED TO BE IN MARKETING......more confusion prevails ...and the wait for usc is getting on my nerves ...

why cant those lazy bozos just wake up and give me a reject if they have too... ill be happy with that ill go with RIT and make my plans firm ...else if they give admit at the last moment ....ill die of the fact that i had a chance to go to USC and dint go there especially california ... i know some ppl call usc not worth while say its too expensive .... best i can say is they have forgotten to do their MATH ...and are just spitting out the words said by someone else without doing their Homework ...LET ME BE EXPLICIT HERE IF YOU CANNOT DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK YOU DONT DESERVE TO BE A MASTERS STUDENT......

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