Where am I???

Am I in an amusement part?? In a resort?? At a beach?? Hey wait..i am completely in my senses. Itz the recent happenings around me that is making me pose these questions. Lemme pen down an instance..

Note (Disclaimer): All names used here are fictitious though the characters are real. Any reference to real name, if any is purely unintentional.

There is one very interesting “PAIR” (Oops..shud I call it a pair??!) huhh… Application under process…File under supervision…This is how people generally take a break and wait for the result..But this typical Mr.X and Miss.Y break this very trend. The case is not yet EXPLICITLY filed. Every stone on the balcony floor, every brick in the secluded zone, every person @ pizza hut knows it all..!! Miss Y charges her mobile fully at around 8:00PM. By 2:00AM itz completely out of charge. One day of this routine gets distracted that’s it. A mini telugu movie rolls before the acquaintances. Poor me.. I really do not enjoy such real time psenti movies. “Implicit things can at times be dangerous. I want explicit confirmation” says Miss.Y. Why do people get scared to express things they really feel to the person who has every right to know that??

I strongly believe that “If u really want something, the whole universe conspires for you to achieve it” - courtesy, “The Alchemist”. Consciously one should never do something the consequences of which he/she would not be ready to face. Today’s world is filled with people who have an unknown fear to put their feelings out..even to their beloved…!! Does love really have bounds??? If u really say you love xyz, wont u be yourself before that xyz? I strongly feel that there is no ‘U’ and ‘Me’ once u love someone..itz only ‘We’ thereafter. So, here I end this case study of modern “luv”(??!) obstructed by ego(?? Or what so ever feeling which I really couldn’t decode till date) with a hope that the destiny shows them the right path…!

Therez another instance which is gonna fill this space soon..waiting for the copyrights from the unknown characters to u and knwn characters to me..!

The world as I see in this regard has a crowd of mixed behaviour. There one side where ppl are not able to express their feelings, for reasons (I HOPE) are better known to them (ATLEAST).. Another group where in they have loads and loads of feelings that this life will ever not be sufficient for them to express all of them…ahh..wait..thrz yet another side.. It is for you to explore that unknown side..!!

Party is was..!

A mail reaches the inbox of maitri inviting all of us to the grad party. 2 days after that inbox flooded with various plans as to what is to be performed..skit, mime..or smthing else? hw good it is to think out of the box and perform something different from the previous years.. The party is on monday, the 29th of october 2007. The final meeting regarding the show was scheduled on the friday as a kind of luncheon. Apparently it has to be postponed to evening which was again postponed to 1:00AM on saturday. Finally we meet in the office at 11:30AM trying to pool in the resources that we have and futile attempts of gathering a few more..

x: Hey.. how are you doin?
y: doin good..wat are u upto?
x: well..y dont u join us ova here in office for the skit practise and video shooting?
y: ahh..i wud luv to join..bt sorry da..cant make it..i have a very imp wrk..

as the y varies from y1 to y58, this "very imp work" takes various forms like watching a movie, going out with a friend, sleeping, watching some stuff on the tv, shopping... the list goes on till the x gets frustrated and realizes that the phone will explode if it hears to the next y's explanation.

Finally.. we started off with the video shooting at 12:30 and left office at 4:00PM. Bindhiya, Swedha and Dimbu are off to Dimbuz house to perform some editing operations on the video in movie maker.. Apparently the movie maker on her comp is a very old version and it failed to support the changes that we wanted. So, Bindhiya hurries home that day saying that the wrk is not done. It was raining heavily in bangalore. We somehw managed a laptop from one of our colleagues with the rain accompanying us and taking great care of us. A proper research over the night helped us realize that itz an older version too..!! frustrated, we called it a day and crashed. The next day started with a nice MI2 music from my call as Shoorjo rang us up to find the status. He chked the version only to confirm that itz not possible with it. Chaatey then called up Tanmay and we start off to his house. The power went off immediately after chaatey keyed in "www.gmail.com" and hitted enter. leg effect..!! :(

Our gp slowly joins us and we finally practised the mime, downloaded the required songs etc for the video effects and reached home @ 9:00PM. We started off with editing at 9:30PM only to realize that we have finished it at 7:00AM the following day with only a small tea break in bet'n. My 1st ever night out..!! i juz cudn't believe it was a night out..! We presented it @ 7:00PM and it all went well. There was a dance floor at the end of it wherein every1 showcased their talents in dancing.

'Trip' aka 'outbound training'

Started off at 5:45AM with tons of enthu, all set to rock the trip, as we call it and out bound training as they name it..! Two cabs to set off the 68 young souls enabling us to start off our professional career with an adventurous trip. Itz an usual anthyakshari in the cab on the way. Reached the place at 11:00AM. A lil time to freshen up, discuss on the general norms to be agreed upon during the stay and then we moved on to lunch. After the lunch we had a team game, "Broken Squares" wherein groups of 5 were made.



We then moved on to outdoor team games of 17 each. We were taken to a tree with branch in 'V' shape and asked to pass a bottle filled with water without a lid from one side of the 'V' to the other side without spilling water. We had a long rope as our inventry. Therez a guy Vijay in our team. He got in some fundas of physics and proposed that we shud drop the rope from a higher elevation beyond the 'V' and tie the bottle carefully to one end of the hanging thread and slowly drop it on the other side. A few others got the idea of human pyramid. We were kinda relluctant to go with the pyramid 'coz we were looking at a polished way of completing the task. Finally we had to go ahead with the pyramid to finish off the task. There was a lot of leaning that we had after the task from our manager Rakesh and Dilip regarding various aspects relating the game with the real time project.



We then moved on to the next game, spider web. There were two huge trees and a rope was tied to it like a shuttle net. We had intermediary webs embedded in tht net with 17 holes through which we are supposed to reach the other side of the net. The hole used once, cannot be reused. And the person shifted to the other side cannot come over this side and help others reach the other side. After lotsa planning and strategy making, all of them were transported to the other end except one. Apurva with his feats amazed all of us, he being the last one to cross thru the net.



The day ended with a treck in the forest containing elephants, leeches, crocodiles and few other wild life. We had a map with a few landmarks. It was completely dark and we were allowed only a limited number of torches. We were supposed to get lost in the forest and come back to the resort with the help of the given map. We were divided into 2 gps, each group entering the forest from one side and come out thru the other side. There were some people accostomed with the forest who accompanied us. Apparently they were supposed to be our guests. Irritatingly all of a sudden amidst the center of the forest, the map is found missing. huhhh...did i say missing??? well...it was supposed to be "stolen" by our so called guests..!! :D And we no longer trusted the guests after somehow making out that they have played a key role in that stolen drama. Some of them have recollected the map. We somehow managed to successfully take a looooong path and finally arrived at a diversion on the road. Therez a dilemma whether to take a right or a left at the diversion. Some of us are very confident that we need to take a left and we juz moved on only to realize that the rest of the group was nt behind us ;). Ananth, Vijay, Kalyani and myself met the other team wch has set off in the other direction to start with. We then walked back to meet the others in our team and then after a looooong negotiation and discussion concluded that we gotta take the right. Finally we are out of that jungle in another 5 mins..!!! tht ends the day...where we finally hit the beds at 2:00Am



The next day starts at 7:30AM with the breakfast and we go in a truck for arnd 4KMS to reach a place for trecking and rappling. Appu did a great scary feat. She was standing at the back of the truck and due to an amazing speedbreaker ova thr on the road was almost about to fall backwards onto the so called road. The 1st ever time I went for rappling..awesome it was...trust me..! I was somehw nt scared..! trusted the experience of the expertise and the confidence of my company in letting us to go for it in the 1st place. Moreover as long as the rope is rigidly tied and is in my hands, i thot thrz not much adventure involved in it. I hope I got a chance to do it again :P There was a girl Keerthana whoz extremely scared of heights. Shez tooo scared that she never got into the balcony of her own house ;) leave alone rappling..!! Finally after the guy explained her all the physics involved in the exercise and hw safe it is, she finally did it with the cheers from the entire group.



The post lunch started with a game wherein we were divided into 3 gps. There was a pond kinda thing ova thr. The task was to transfer a patient from one end of the pond to the other end and then walk over 20 feet on the sand to the virtual hospital over there. We were given inventory to make a stretcher. After a long debate on the construction of the stretcher, we proceeded on to the execution. Ultimately with lots of yells from the patients on our constructed stretcher in the air on the shoulders of the team members with their lives in threat :P and a lot of others getting drowned in that so called pond filled with duck shit.. ;) we reached the virtual hospital and ended with hip hip hurrah..! :D Kappa(Deepthi Brahmanapally as she wanted me to mention) lost in the game dint even realise the basic thing of leaving the footwear before racing through the water body. Deeply involved in the task, this hiiighly task oriented and kind hearted female left her footwear as a play element to the water beings ova thr..!! After the dinner, there was a camp fire. Lotsa enthu put up by ppl with songs, dances and wat not..!



The last day of the trip began with a postmortem on the learning from the previous days. We then had another game called "earn as much as you can". The last game was a ball game. There was a pole at the center. There is a ring to which 10 wiresare tied along the circumference. the ring is inserted into the pole. A tennis ball is placed on the pole. We had to hold the wires and balance the ball on the ring in the air and take it to a destination wch was 50 feet away from the starting point and balance the ball on the other pole kept at the destination using the wires itself. That finished the task and all of us hurried for the lunch.



That ended the trip..wait wait..is it all the end of fun?? nope..here starts another masthi round. The journey back to the guest house was utli fun. There were 2 cabs...girls in one cab and guys in another. Our managers got into our cab giving us one last chance to rag thm :P ;) With a small tea break on the way at a hotel, enthued cat walks by our managers..and a new name given to me for my tons of enthu.."rowdi" hehee..the trip finally came to an end...!!! the trip that i am gonna cherish thruout..!!!!! thnx to ANZ..!! we rock..!!!



PS: No time to edit..wrote this in a flow..plz bear with the mistakes..if any.!!

Coincidence Vs Customary

An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental..is wat coincidence refers to..! What do u call something wch repeats itz course of action as a convention?

I have been observing something for many years now...i.e, the sky makes it a point to shower a few drops on few occasions.."varalakshmi vratham" and "vinayaka chavithi" being on the list. Now..is this just a coincidence?? just a coincidence tht happens every year without fail??? or has it got sm other meaning? Should I consider this as the shower of blessings after a morningz pooja session by lakhs of ppl? or is it customary for rain to pay this visit??



Today being one of those days, though it was very dry ova here for over a week now, the coincidence or custom has played its role..fulfilling the duty most effectively. And I stay here as usual wondering wat this phenomenon is..!

drift..!

The telugu calendar is divided into months tht generally dont coincide with the onez of english calendar. "Aashadam" is a month of sales. We can see all the possible promotional offers and BOGO's, vast markdown notices on almost every shop in Hyd..! This is the month whr ppl undertake a shopping spree..! Especially girls take the maximum advantage of this situation..and I was no exception to this trend.

A 2.5 month break before I report at my company wouldn't have flown so easily had it not been for this spree..!! I only realized what a promising timepass shopping can be and the pleasure in reading novels. Thanks to this break for it made me realize what a best company books can give..! Now i really agree..books are your best friends.

Now with the chng of month to "Sravanam", we have marriages spree..!! and thr are lotsa festivals cming along lead by Varalakshmi vratham..! All the offers seem to vanish now with the advent of this telugu month. This is the time where gold vendors make the maximum of sales. A busy month..elders busy in distributing invites to near and dear..kids busy in celebrating the occasion with their best pals and creating the festive atmosphere with their naughty deeds and playful acts...many family get-togetherz..!! A month of happiness and enthu everywhere..! [:)]

Leg Effect..!

For the 1st time ever, my parents let me travel 45 minutes alone over the route of wch i had only a very vivid idea. I gotta meet my frnd, book the tickets to start off our professional life and thn shop a lil..! with this schedule in mind, i set off to the bus stop memorizing the two bus numbers my mom has told me. On the way, i meet one of my juniors who wants to knw abt the preparation for campus interviews wch hez gonna face only after an yr..! OMG y are ppl soooo over planned??? I bugged my seniors juz 2.5 months before facing the companies..and tht itself was considered too early by thm..! Is the increasing competition along with years, compelling one to start off the race far ahead to keep up the pace? Good that i was nt born a yr late(in tht case I wud have had a tough time competing with these OVER planned ppl)..! ;)

After reaching the bus stop, without a momentz delay, i have seen one of the two numbers i have memorized, on the bus tht had stopped rite before me. Without a second thought, i got into the bus. Everything seemed perfect till we got struck up in the traffic jam and our bus and a car slightly underwent a collision with negligible transfer. Afterall..i was in tht bus travelling for so long without being accompanied by any1 for the 1st time ever...hw can things go in a smooth way?? my "leg effect"..! The car fellow was adamant in making an issue out of this collision. And this bus driver wanted to take this to the kind notice of balanagar police stn. Damn..Y dont ppl sort out things in a decent way?? After creating a havoc and sufficient irritation to the passengers inside the bus as well the traffic jam caused by their fight rite in the middle of the road, the bus fiiinally moved with the car following it.

Thts not the end..The bus which was supposed to race to the sec'bad station and enable lotsa passengers to catch their respective trains, directly halted at the police station instead. The bus was empty within seconds. Some of the passengers transformed their anger into tears in the fear of missing their trains. I have absolutely no idea as to whr i was landed. Being born and brought up in this city of pearls, i have no idea of this complete Hyderabad. Ofcourse i cant blame myself for tht..the city is too big ;) :P

Finally followed the conductor and some other passengers to the nearest bus stop to atleast catch an auto. And again...due to this leg effect of mine..it started drizzling. Thank God the bus stop is nt too far away. I got into a bus and apparently the rain stopped at the same instant. hehe :D Finally reached the station after 1.5 hours..and met my frnd who has been waiting for me for quite sometime. Thanks to the technology today..and whoever invented the cell phone..!!!

Is it a rain???

After a complete shopping session for 6 looong hours...and finally coming out of the last shop carrying the stuff shopped all through, i witnessed a heavy crowd of people running here and there. In a minutez time, i had to wonder if i was travelling in a bus back home on the road..or was it a ship thtz sailing on the river..! OMG..such a heavy rain it was..!! was it even called a rain or a high level test to the quality of roads laid?? It was already 9:00PM and we all know how wonderful the functioning of the street lights in India is..! and on top of tht there is a heavy flow on the so called roads. y did i even get down from the bus?? who knows where thrz a deep pit hidden under the flowing water?? ofcourse..i really love getting drenched in the rain. But surely not under all the circumstances mentioned above.. And on top of this..am supposed to prevent my 6 hrs of labor frm getting wet.



I love rain...I love to look at the beautiful trees with droplets of water on the tip of their leaves just after rain...I love to see the smile on the face of the poor farmer when he sees the blessings from the rain god..I love to dance on the terrace with lotsa ppl arnd amidst the a raw drizzling rain(rain discoz are awesome)..But it is indeed so damn painful to travel on these traffic filled roads when itz raining. Certainly the improper layout of the infrastructure in transportation is overweighing all the joy tht comes with the rain :( When will the days change? When will India be a DEVELOPED nation?? Is planning so difficult??? Atleast after witnessing so mch this year..is thr any guarantee tht the situation would be any better the next year?? wasn't it the same case with last yr? hw diff is it this yr??

Indian ITEM to french item

wonder y this adjacent pic is so damn itemistic?? 'coz shez an item...shez the ITEM of out wing...
“hEy hEy hEy my farewell today..plzzzz gimme my writeup points..plzzzzzzzzz...EmE... plzzzE...points ivvavE. I don’t want it to be clean chittt..assalu vesukovadam kooda rakapothe ela??? plzzz tiDitE tiTTanDi..meee ishTam “

This is how she pleaded us to incorporate her writeup as a decent ‘rape’..! hope this matches ur expectation levels…

Long long ago so long ago…….
eme eppudo school lo unnappude oke okkasari dini 1st rank evaroo kottesarani…vadi juttu pattukoni marii piki adigindhi endhuku 1st rank tecchukunnavu ani…papam aa abbayi bittiri ayipoyadu. Tanthe burela buttalo paddattu….mana AJ garu English subject lo revaluation valla 20 markulu perigi ikkada adugu pettaru…

Aruna in 1st year: only the cribbing... sleeping under blanket nd crying..and always sick
Tha chedda kothi vana mantha cherinchindhi annatto, One day before maths compre....mana item oka entu snap session pettindhi, danitho dini roomie exam dobbindhi idhi matram pandaga chesukundhi…..

Exams mundhu manaki comp leni times lo, nite normal mind unna bitsian evarayina exam portion oo notes oo leka room numbers oo adugutharu kani mana AJ matram koosey gadidha vacchi mese gadidhani chada kottindhi annattu andharini batteries unnaya…cassettes unnaya …head phones unnaya ani adigi finally walkman undha ani adigi chavagottedhi…

“Ni sem ela avuthundhi “ ani adigina papaniki valla id pop ki rendu pages mail kottindhi..kani mana fundoo rasina matter ento ardham kaka winiges ni pilichi chadivinchukunna…dini pop vallaki T party ivvalsi vacchindhi …aa mail tho vallaki vacchina tala vapu ki…

ITEM in second year...
Okasari dani bitsian name gurinchi danike doubt vacchi valla juniors ni emani adigindhi ante…ITEM ante male item ana leka female item ani refer chesthunnara nannu ani …so appati nunchi vallu Danni “aaa item “ ani pilusthunnaruu papam….

AJ ki comp ante entha pranam ante…. Evarayina chikatiga unna room loki velthuu ee light oo ee fan oo on chestharu kani eme matram comp 1st on chesi tarvathe emayina chesthundhii… ee valla kani comp prema programming koo….inka deniko anukunte porapatu…its exclusively for songs and chatting with some one spl…vallu entha spl ante total nite outs kuda petetdhi valla kosam chat tho…

Dini music picchi ki taggatte dini grand pop music clubber thakur…whom she calls sonu nigam of bits…inkemundhi yahoo lo 24*7 chatting ee ….inthaga abhimaninche dani grand pop tho sudden ga matladatam apesindhi ….vishayam entante oka sari mail lo “I Love you” ani msg vacchindhi…. Kani aa messages pampindhi nenu kadhu ma frnd ani kalla vella padi cheppina vinipinchukoledhu mana AJ…

AJ in 3rd year: her favourite number is juck srry Zuck…not coz it’s the Indian contribution to maths but due to its close relation with her dear frnd’s bitsian name..

Bet kosam emayina chesthundhi……she once treated all the guys in dhaba because she lost on a bet!! Aa bet ento thelusaaa??? To drink a full glass of liquidddd that is a mixture of 23%sugarcane juice, 42% shikanji, 17% lassi and the remaining 18% watermelon juice and 2 tea spoons of chocolate powder without wasting a drop and she was dumb enuf to accept the bet and gracefully treated them…
Stats:
Drunk=one glass
Wasted=3 drops
Treat Venue1=Chirawa dhaba
Bill=1980
Treat Venue2=C’not nobles (ice creams)
Bill=420
Number of ppl attending the treat(excluding AJ)=7 Guyz!

3rd year mana ammayi gari chatting picchi mudhiri pakana padindhi…as a result of that orkutting ki nite out pettedhi…ala ani chala mandhitho chatting aa ante kadhu…scraps anni okalla nunche vacchevi …okkallake vellevi…

Konevadu unte India ni ayina 5 paise ki ammesthundhi……she fooled one of her B3 frnds by creating a hypothetical sister whoz xerox cpy of her….that poor gal doesn’t know till now abt tht falsity…existence of one AJ itself is such a big disaster …how can god repeat the same mistake…

Cuming to her acads…
first year....perfect notes
second year...per zerox of notes
third year.... perfect bewars wid no text buks...goes to roonghta houuse few hours before test...
fourth year..... totally ignorant of courses ..forgets about the tests..also make up letters

once in a lab session she had to open the problem bank from her prof’s webpage…as she didn’t know the prof’s name she opened a wrong page..and eventually got screwed badly by her TA.

Nite antha nidrapokunda okee saari morning 6:00 ki gym kellina rojulu unnayi,,,eee busy(nidra) schedule lo kooda evarithono shuttle aadataaaniki matram bats pattukoni evening velledi.. ayina aa personality ki kooda roju exercise avasarama :P ….inka konni eco classes ki kooda valla influence valle velledani bhogathta,,,

She attends all farewells and batch snaps for a very specific reason..to take snaps with her never ending crush list( she makes crushes spontaneously in farewells too,,,so guys be ready,,whoz gonna get lucky this day)…

Dini revenge enta bayamkarnga vuntundhi ante….oka sari wing notice board lo adi rasina “enduke ila Gundalopala…” pata lyrics pekesinandhuku…..papam rachana cheta ee massssss dhi “ labo labo labari gajulu…ade killi killi” song from Gudumba shankar rayinchindhi….lyrics Writer tarvata ade anukunta ee killi killi song rasindhi…..dinni barinche kante…wing lo 100 pasuvulu penchatam chaaaala easy !!!

diniki tindi pettekante bakasurudiki pettadam easy…chudataniki gattiga galosthe padipoyettu unna…dini tindi capacity entha ante.. okesari full chilly chicken curry, oka chicken biryani…rendu chicken spring roll…rendu earth quakes…oka double scoop icecream…swaha chesindhi…

allllllll things..done only in the lassssssssssst possible moment....in the 11.99999 th hour. Even if you say out of full rage “ aruna get lost” she simply replies…”get found” .She cant be irritated by any one on anything…coz irritating ppl is her birth right . Indians andhari brains spoon tho fork tho thinnadhi saripoka...france junthz ni attack cheyyadaniki vellindhi..! papam..i pity thm..!
....worssssssssssht singer......parama metta parama maaaaaaaassssssssssssssss kani tries to appear kukka poshh...Jokes apart, she is verrry helpful....kiddish....funny....bloddy talented , dedicated ART and D ite…u can count on her for everything, very concerned and caring ,hyper enthued and lively…cheers up everyone

Presenting to you ITEM aka, aru aka ,AJ aka PJ queen aka arunajyothi vajje bearing id no.2003b3a7577…….

Decision Point..!

Decision...required at every point in life. Gone are those wonderful carefree days... where parents carry out an organized analysis.. consider various parameters decide on a good school, then college for plus 2... Cute are those days without any decision making risk..without any tensions.. Past is always beautiful..! :P As you grow up..thrz smthing wch proportionally grows up.. yes..itz abt responsibilities tht am talking abt..! Now itz time to hold myself completely responsible for my decisions.. Am gonna graduate in a day nw.. and here i come across the lifez peak turning point...the major question that seeks for high attention..."What next??"

A series of questions sprouting one after the other...at a rapid reproduction rate. The moment u get a solution for one, it gives rise to a bunch of otherz. If u decide on which of the most craved options like MS, MBA, Civilz, job to go with, which itself is not that small a task..u have another set rooting up after that. 4 years it took to temporarily decide the wave which is gonna direct the flow of my boat. "job" it is..! and the Almighty has been so kind to me..I have asked him for 1 and he gave me 3.. How lucky i am..Infy, Wipro, ANZ-IT. Another decision junction with 3 points as i define. Somehow i ruled out wipro converging the points to 2. And now Oracle enters the list as a tentative point somehow taking back the count to 3...!

As far as i am concerned, He decides and i follow. Well..the very evident thing is infy is a mass recruiter and i am sure that i dont want to be one amg thousands. I dont want to go away with the wind. I believe that "u can really feel the excitement of sailing only when u have waves against u " I dunno wat u call it..may be u call it ego or pride or watever..but i call it the ATTITUDE. ANZ has been one among my dream companies since i have seen many of my seniors placed with it. Considering pay as one of the last priorities and taking into account various other major parameters lets see where He is gonna direct me to..!

As the days roll on..

I have 4 more days to go before i put a fullstop...or atleast a comma as of now to my student life. Thanks to BITS for incorporating one full semester under internship programme. 7 semesters oncampus as a naughty student with vast space for multifaceted activities enabling allround development and 1 semester offcampus as a student budding into a professional. This fetches the graduate degree.

Itz 11:12PM and I lay on my bed pondering over various thoughts.. As i see few people online on my list..i get back to the day1 when i stepped into oracle as an intern. It was a total new place and a diff atm covered by a totally new corporate mask. Thank God..! Bangalore is filled with BITSians ;-) A wave of relief crept over me as i was introduced to the team i am to work with for one semester of project work, to see 2 BITSians in the team of 8.

It was a period of translation from a student pursuing civil engineering to a professional all set to take on corporate world with a wish of being a magnificent programmer. It was the span where there was a ferocious battle of "Bits sickness" vs "Home sickness". A brief orientation of the work was sufficient to feel all my dreams being shattered mercilessly. Thanks to my fate, for my project...if not beyond by expectations..was atleast not quite below my expectations..! It has taught me a lot of things which now make me confident enough to take over the challenges at workplace and the spirit of golden career ahead.

The countdown for the last day of my internship started 2 months ago. Each day the count gets decremented, the smiles on my face began crossing the bounds. But things have changed as the days rolled on. Here is an effusion of feelings that lack words to express. Uttering a three letter word "BYE" is not all that easy as i had thought. I now realize that i was wrong once upon a time when i thought i would never miss anything or anyone more than the things and the onez that have accompanied me for 7 semesters. Itz not the time that matters; itz the intimacy.

Well, Itz all a part of life. One phase of it ends only to give rise to another budding new pool. So, lots more in store..!Just enjoy..you cannot afford to miss this... for each phase comes only once to leave gratifying retentions for the onez to come.!!

A walk up the hill

A walk up the hill..not juz 1 or 2...itz 7 hills..haha..the famous tirumala..! For the 1st time in my 21 years, i went walking from tirupathi to tirumala. It was such a memorable walk i have ever had till date. Five of us started with great devotion, commitment, enthusiasm..and what not..!

After getting onto step no.100, one of the member in the group made a comment- "We have 3400 steps more to go"..! That comment killed half of the enthusiasm of the group. Finally with 4 lemon sodaz, 2 buttermilkz, pineapple, mango...ufff...and a pleeeeeeeenty of snaps..we reached the step no. 3500.. only to realize that none of the ppl who had accompanied us at the start(wch included ppl of almost all the age groups) were thr at the end...the reason being quite simple..none of them could compete with our speed ;-) of reaching the destination in just 5 hours :P hehe..ofcourse we had our own reasons to defend our wonderful pace..and we were so happy for successfully having finished the task..! ;-)

Our defending reasons include...
1) We started at 3:15 PM after a heavy lunch with 1 Hour sleep the previous night.
2) Lost in enjoying the priceless nature... especially after the drizzle and the wonderful rainbow that showed up as a result.
3) Too busy in capturing our sweet memories into snaps to note the time that we have been spending..!
4) Thrz a proverb in telugu - "Parigethi paalu thagadam kante nilchuni neellu thagadam better". We almost followed it for for the fact that we have replaced water with butter milk and lemon soda..! ;-)

oohh..no...i dont want rotten tomatoes and eggs nw..lemme put an end to my so called reasons..!

Well..as a matter of fact..we had an amaZZzing trip and we nourish each minute of it in the best possible way. Thanks to Harika, Gouth, Rajju and Mani for making all this possible...!

Rasam to RamMi

Shez one of my dearest seniors i have ever had at BITS...

It started off with a relluctant ok when the proposal of her marriage trials was brought in her house. The moment she waved the flag, thr was one alliance and inspite of all her confidence and courage that she generally portrays she got extremely scared

A few conversations with him ova phone...transfer of a few(few??? shud i call thm few?? "My hero wants a new pic every day" is all what she told me when i asked her abt the crazy flood of pics shez been taking) pics the signal changed from red to orange. "I wondered if any guy could ever live upto my enthu levelz..bt nw am scared if I can go upto 'his' enthu levelz..Damn..hez 10 times ahead of me in his thrillz and enthu levels" - This is what she had to comment on the change of signal from red to orange. "Am greatly tensed. He likes me so much. I am too young to take such a serious decision in life" - This is her comment after reading his blog abt her(only both of thm cud make out that it was abt this cute gal 'coz he was careful nt to mention her name) The fact is that he was equally tensed about what this girl wud say after meeting him personally. Quite natural eh? "Itz more of trust than love" says this girl when she requested for slight modifications in this blog for which i had to agree on the condition that shez gonna gimme more clues to add some more masala to this wch is soon gonna come up as next blog..!

I could see the signal on her end turning greener and greener day by day and now it is in a state which is green color personified. The moment i went through his blog on her, i told her that shez soon gonna be RamMi(Ramya Midhun) . She was surprised at my minutez prediction. But it was clearly evident. True love definitely wins :) I am right. The declaration is formally done..! Am waiting to see her as a bride.

Complexity Vs Simplicity

The pleasant music from my Nokia cell diverted me from reading a book and, to my surprise, it was my junior calling up from Hyderabad. After the greeting, the conversation turned towards her college admissions.. The more I heard from her about her options, the more perplexed I became. Before even she could finish her list, I had to ask her for a break!

Once I was through with the call, I was not able to resume reading the book.Events, that took place 4 yrs ago, came flooding through my memory. How easy it had been! CIVIL at BITS , CIVIL/CHEMICAL at JNTU, ECE in GRIET and EEE in Vignan jyothi. Decision making cannot be any easier.

It was just a matter of a day, with quite a few arguments and discussions to convince the reluctant parents (and, ofcourse, the influential relatives) ... First semester fees DD in favour of BITS Pilani had been sent the next day and all other Colleges' admission letters found their place in one corner of my shelf.

That was all it had been.. So, why is there such confusion in her case? Or, is that wat is normal and that I wasn't very keen on a wide pool of options! Whatever, am confident that I have taken one of the best decisions in life and am sure i cannot be any happier than this :)

Skit

Amitabh’s entrée: mere angne mein….ha ha ha!!!!

Amitabh: Hello Gentlemen. Aaj ki shaam, let me welcome you all to Kaun Banega Sita Ka Pati
Amitabh: OK! So in this so called Sita Ka Swayamvar, we will just have two small rounds.

1) Qualifying round: In this round i will ask only one question which will decide the finalist.

2) Final round

So lets start without wasting time with the qualifying round. So the qualifying question is guess sita ka pati kaun

8 ppl have answered the same thing…sita ka pati mai hoon..hahah..ram says sita ka pathi kaun..mujhe nahi patha..and ravan says,.sita ka pathi mai nahi hoon..they are selected to the final round..Arre..this is sitaz swayamvar..whr did the pati come frm?

Shakti Kapoor: How many fingers do you have in your hands.
Ravan: (ha ha ha ha!) Oye, 5 yaar
Ram: 4 fingers…
Shakti Kapoor: Sahi jawab! Ek tho thumb hai...Ram ka jawab hai sahi...Ravan ka bana diya dahi...Ram ne hai final jeeta...Toh ussi ko milegi Lolitta…I mean Sita.

NARRATION (During this narration the scene on the stage is changed !!!! )Hey..did I tell u smthing?? All characters in this play are purely fictitious. Any resemblence to any character..dead or alive..is just coincidental

AYODHYA: Dasrath & Kaikai Spoof

Dashrath ( the funky guy ) is busy decking up in front of the mirror, humming a song ( Aye Meri Zoher Zabi …. )Kaikai is busy chatting with some friend on the phone. (Need some exaggerated expressions during this conversation)

Dashrath: Darling, It’s been quite sometime now that I am thinking of retiring.
(Kaikai just continues talking on the phone, Dasrath looks up to her .. and keeps talking). In the wake of my retirement I have decided that Ram should take over my position as the chief of Ayodhya Private Ltd.
(Kaikai .. totally startled and shocked, bangs the phone down .. and charges at Dasrath)

Kaikei: Seems like the old age is showing up on you, now its time that you honor two wishes that you granted me, when I saved your life in the battle
(Dashrath has a puzzled look on his face at what Kaikai is up to)
Dashrath: Uhhh ???!!!! I don’t understand the confusion; the wishes are for you to make, go ahead if you think this is the time you want them to be honored. I shall uphold my promises.
Kaikei: Send Ram to goplus for a Management Development Program, so that he can become a better leader.
Dasarath: But who will head Ayodhya pvt ltd during the period of his training?
Kaikei: Make my son Bharat the CEO in his place.
Dasarath: What!!! I cannot do that, the stake holders would go crazy, our stock price would plummet. I can never allow that.
Kaikei (shouts): And what shall the stock holders think when they come to know the ex CEO broke his promises?
Dasarath (with a sad heart): Alright, I shall ask Ram to go on the Management Development Programme…

NARRATION (During this narration the scene on the stage is changed !!!! )Do you really think they are Dashrath and Kaikai from Ramayana !!! ….. ohh !!!! did I say Ramanyana ?!! …. Huh ! see even I get carried away with the names and references. But anyway we know that its all a work of fiction and these resemblances are purely conincidental you see ;-) … he he !!Ha ha ha …. Hey .. common .. lets catch up with our guys ar GO+

GO+ Scene

In the forest Laxman is totally distressed at being sent with Ram to GO+, far from palatial comforts.

Laxman: Lagta hai .. Babuji ka dimag budhape mein satiya gaya hai !!! (Kaikai’s Back Voice : Laxman … how dare you called your father Babuji .. ) Sorry ma !!! I meant Daddy …… (Laxman perspiring…) Huhh !! I am day dreaming in this forest, ohh god … help me out… Dammmn I am alone here and Ram is having fun L

Right at that moment SOORPANKA enters the scene

Soorpanaka: Hey good looking !!! Whats cooking ??!!! (need good expressions here !!!!)
Laxman: Whistlesssss …. Wowww !!! didn’t know about this happening here man !! GO+ doesn’t seem that dull…
Soorpanaka: Hello Handsome !!! got 5 min ?!!
Laxman: Ohh !! I’ve got plenty of time.
Soorpanaka: Didn’t know you were that Jobless eh ??!! I am the sister of the mighty Ravan, the chief of RAP LABS.
Laxman (impressed): Wowwww!!!! I am no small duck either … I am a powerful stakeholder in “Ayodhya pvt ltd” huh !!!
Soorpanaka: Powerful ???!!! ohh common. You call dwelling in a forest as being powerful.. go and fool someone else.
Laxman (frenzied): Careful lady, gusse mein tum bahut haseen lag rahi ho
Soorpanaka: Arre ja ja !!! kisko impress kar rahe ho?
Laxman: talwaar chalaney mein bhi hamara koi thod nahi hai… Dekhogi?
Laxman starts playing around with his sword tying to demonstrate his prowess at sword, and also trying to impress SOORPANKA. In the process due to some uncontrolled action, the sword falls on SOORPANKA and takes her nose off !!!!!
SOORPANKA (shouts): aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!! my nose..!
Laxman (totally terrified, about to cry !! ): Oh my god !! I didn’t mean to do that .. at all .. I am so sorry.
(But soorpanka is not ready to hear anything and warns him of the consequences)
Soorpanaka (weeping): Now I’ll surely make you pay a big price for this … watch yourself .. I’ll be back …
Laxman is totally disturbed.. thinking of consequences and crying.

RAVAN’s ENTRY

Ravan: Hey sis…looking gr8 eh?
Soorpanaka: (looking at audience) what??? Blind fella!! (looking at Ravan) whr are ur specs??? Put thm on.! Now look..that foolish Laxman sliced my nose off .
Ravan: Okie okie … chill babe !!!
Soorpanaka:You should take revenge for me.
Ravan: we’ll make thm suffer for this insult.

Narrations: Wowwww!!! there semms to be lot of interesting things happening in this GO+, lets catch up with the other guys out there.

SITA KIDNAPPING

Ram and Sita are chilling out in the woods on his bike. Ram trying to get romantic.
Ram: Its so beautiful out here away from the disturbing sounds of the city.
But Sita is totally uninterested in Ram, she is busy checking out the beauty of the woods with her binoculars. Ram has a very disappointed look.
Sita: arre…aage dekh.. Ohh, Woww !! look at that .. golden dear…. Ram, let me tell you this, If you cant get me that deer .. don’t even think of taking a single step towards me. Now stop the bike … stooppppppppp !!!
Ram: Arre I am trying …. Breaks are bad. Tumhare daddy ne ek motorcycle bhi dhang ki nahin di … huhh ???!!
Sita: Bakwaas band karo..and get me that deer !!
Ram: Okie baba, you walk down to the dwelling, I’ll be back with YOUR DEAR DEER !!!! …. Phewww ( wipes the perspiration off his forehead)
Ram takes off on his bike, to hunt for the deer, on the way he hears the song ( Champi song !!! ) . He finds Hanuman enjoying the song on the iPod and getting his champi done.
Ram: Hye Hanuman !!! How are you doing man … howz life buddy ???!!!
Hanuman: Oye koun hai papppe !!! Oye Ram .. my dear … ki haal chal yaarrrr ?!!!!
Tussi jangal vich ki kar rahe ho yaarrr…
Ram: Oye don’t ask yaar… daddy ka dimag kharab ho gaya tha, pata nahin kyun mujhe yahan bhej diya .. tu suna yaar… ki chal raha hai … teri bhabhi bhi yahin hai jungle mein .. (grins !!!!)
Hanuman: Oye kya bhabhi bhi yahin hai …. Oye sahiiiiiiiiii !!! Oye mujhe Sita bhabhi ke haath ka khana khana hai yaar… plzzzz !!!!!
Ram: Oye zarroorr yaar…. No issues … chal aaja baith jaaa gadi vich .. chalet hain ghar.
Ram drives Hanuman to his hut. Sita reaches the dwelling, and is getting impatient to see the golden dear. She bugs laxman to go on the look out for Ram.
Sita: Hey Lax, can you please tell me why is your brother such a lazy guy. I asked him to get a small thing and he is taking ages. Please go and check his where-abouts, I desperately want to see that golden deer.
Laxman: ok maata Sita, I think I should go and find Ram. But let me ensure your security first ( starts working on his laptop)
After a few moments Laxman is done with his job.
Laxman: I have created a very powerful firewall around this dwelling, which no one on this earth can break, however for your convenience you can keep this access card with you to venture across this firewall. I’ll be back soon with ur deer and Ram.
Sita: Bye … C ya !!!!
After a while Ravan appears near Sita’s shelter, and shouts out.

Kidnap scene

Ravan: bhikshaam dehi….
Sita: Arre…ja ja
Ravan: gimme something
Sita: I cant cross this line. So, I cant give u anything
Ravan: U have to
Sita: but y???
Ravan: Arre.. script mein tho aisa likha hua hai
Sita: Ohh!!!

NARRATOR: Woo hoooo !!! so are you people having fun !!!! Okie .. I know its funny, your giggles tell the story, that you people are having reallll fun …. But are you getting wazz happening here ??! .. ha ha .. don’t try to … just chill ;-) after we all know its all fiction … right ?!!

After Sita goes, Ram, Laxman and Hanuman arrive at Panchvati !!! Everyone is worried wondering where did Sita go !!
Ram: Where is Sita? I cant find her anywhere.
Hanuman: Yaar yeh vaddi dangerous jageh hai .. mujhe to laaagdaa hai .. koi shaana bhabhi ko kidnap karke kat liya hai …
Laxman: Ohhhh dammnnn !! Dude …. I think you are right …. Someone has tampered with the firewall .. it has been breached. Uhhhh …. Brother seems like we’ve a problem at hand.
Hanuman & Ram observe Ravan’s sign, and recognize that Ravan has kidnappend Sita …..
Hanuman: Hey guys … have a look at this …
Ram: This is Ravan’s sign
Hanuman: mujhe to lagda hai .. yeh pattha hi bhabhi nu apne hun le gaya hai …
Ram: Ohhhh !!! Ab kya hoga ….
Hanuman: Oye, chill maddi badshao !!! Abhi lanka ka ticket katao .. aur bhabhi ko wapas lao .. chalo !!!

@ LANKA

Hanuman: Oye bhidu … ye lanka to vadi rapchik jageh hai yaar… ek dum chama cham
Ram: Seriosly man, its fundoo !! Ravan baap bahut maal kamaya hai lagta hai.
Laxman: Arre bhai, take some lays.
Ram: no..
Hanuman: arre..take..itz onion flavour
Ram: Aisa hai kya? Thn I will take one..!
Laxman: Arre bhai, bhabhi ke baare mein soochon yaar..
Hanuman: Oye !! haan…. hum to bhool hi gaye ..
Ram: Hanuman, you go to Ravan and ask him to return Sita to us.

HANUMAN @ LANKA

Hanuman: Ayee !! dude, tussi sita baabbi nu kyu pareshan kar rahe ho yaar. Now common, assi unko lene aaye hain, unhe chhod do.
Ravan: Hey you, chill man. Ram cheated me during Sita swayamvar, then that guy Laxman chopped off my sisters kutti nose L !! and you say I let Sita go just like that. If Ram really wants Sita back, let him fight it out for her.
Hanuman: Oye, assi lad lenge, mar jayenge par sita nu leke jayenge yaar !!!!
Ravan: Common buddy, no marna maarna, if Ram wants Sita he’ll have to play lukka chuppi with me, if he wins, he gets Sita back ….. ha ha ha ha ha !!!!! ha ha ha ha !!!
Hanuman is puzzled

HANUMAN with RAM – LAXMAN:

Hanuman: Oye bhidu log … yeh Ravan to bada wala shana hai, bolta hai Sita ko chudane ke liye lukka chuppi khelna hoga.
Ram : Ab kya hoga?
Laxman: Hanuman ji lagta hai humme hi kuch sochna padega … Mein to kehta hun aap apni poonch se lanka mein puri lanka mein aag laga do.
Hanuman: Oye nahin mundeyaa …yeh mujhse nahin hoga.
Laxman: Par kyun paaji ??!!!!
Hanuman: Oye yaarrr!!!! meri poonch mein bahut dard hai !! J J J
Ram: Koi baat nahin Hanuman..you take care! Mein Ravan ko dekhta hun.
Ram murmurs something in Hanuman’s and Laxman’s ears, both Hanuman and Laxmman start jumping, but Hanuman is still doubtful. But forced into agreement by the other two.
Ram: Yeh dekho mere pass kya hai J
Hanuman: Arre! Yeh sikka toh Jay paaji ka hai!
Laxman: Jay paaji!!
Hanuman: Abey, Sholay wale.
Ram, Laxman, Hanuman: Let’s go and get Sita back.

Final Scene: Ashok Vatika mein Lukka Chuppi

Ram: Ravan, Ravan where are you? We are here to take up your challenge.
Ha ha ha ha (loud roar)
Ravan (entering the stage): Oye! Aa jao, ho jaye lukka chuppi. Tum jeete toh Sita tumhari, nahin toh…..ha ha ha!
Hanuman: Oye let’s toss, for whom to blindfold. So heads you loose and tails we win.
Ravan: ok! Ok….oye! what? Mujhe bevakoof bana raha hai.
Hanuman: Oye nahi, ok…tails you win and heads we win!
Ravan: Haan! Ab theek hai.
Hanuman: he he! Jaye paaji ka sikka…he he..
Toss happens.
Hanuman: Hurray!! We won, its heads (he he!)
Hanuman blindfolds Ravan.

Song…lukka chuppi….
Ram starts looking for Sita.Hanuman and Laxman distract Ravan away from Ram. Ram finds Sita and runs away. Laxman also follows.Hanuman gets caught. Ravan catches hold of Hanuman’s tail!!

Ravan: Oye! I caught Sita, I caught Sita!! Ha ha ha!!
(Hanuman is giggling)
Hanuman opens the blindfold…(expressions….)
Song..golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai..
Hanuman runs………Ravan runs after him….

The End

Right now..!

Hot news...wednesday evening edition..., May 9th 2007
its KS reporting here frm Oracle India Pvt Ltd, whitefield with the updates..

The atm is slightly cold here because of the hiiigh AC...though itz being heated up by the wrkoholic ppl ova here with their brainstorming sessions..!

Sravani rite nw is quite busy composing the script for a skit for the "Rejoice" to be held at oracle on the 31st of may..peeking up the enthu levels of her team :P and coordinating various things.. ;) thus sufficing her thirst to actually involve herself in various extracurricular activities(which she has been missing since the day she has stepped out of campus). well...lemme put an end to the hype session here..!

Lakshmi has been found missing since quite a while. After reading the half composed script, itz discovered that her transposons reached high levels of vim and thus shez found lost trying to expel the tremendous amount of her boosted energy.

Arun and Supriya are amenable for increasing the temperatures of this floor thus trying to nullify the AC effect..! Prathima is found multitasking, showing all her talents...chatting, orkutting, talking, scripting, google ing, SQLing, Remoting..,and wat not..??!

More updates on the skit soon...so, keep watching the most happening place.. http://dulcettones.blogspot.com :P thnQ and bbyeee..! with AS team, Oracle Retail...KS

mired in maid..!

Our cook cum maid is on leave since 4 days.

Day1:
We have cooked everything well with multiple dishes. Had an awesome dinner

Day2:
We had to remain contended with maagi

Day3:
Hotel food..!

Day4:
This is today..and i am still at office composing this blog nw..!

This is the state of deterioration day by day. We have become so used to the maid that doing things which we used to do ourselves previously has become a big deal..! Is this where the cosmopolitan tech is leading us to?? Is this how the modern technology is making man lazy by providing all kinda comforts??? well..this is just one side of argument. Am not certainly against technology.. I do know what typical kinda role it has played in making our country a developING one..!

Booooring..!! :(

Am in the office and itz soo damn boring today..! :(

The person who sits adjacent to me is lost in his own wrld with his headphones deep inside his ear..! A bunch of ppl(around 4 of thm) in my team are crazily discussing smthing as if they are asked to resolve some international issue and as if they are going to meet the president in a few seconds and present their findings to him. ;)

The other two ppl in my team are completely involved in their wrk with their heads inserted into the laptops..! :P My PM is back after a vacation and hez in a good mood. hez busy updating the pending wrk over the whole week he went out for vacation..!

I dont have mch work today and I am observing ppl arnd..! Not a single interesting face to analyze and while away time..! I can see some discussions going on here and there. Are they discussing something? or are they ppl like me trying to create some wrk in order to kill their time?? If itz the second case, i dont mind joining thm..! :P But wat if itz not the case? i dont really want to heat up my head now with their hot disc if it really is..!

I suddenly remembered tht i can kill some time blogging..! and here i come up with one more blog..! hehe..!

My first blog

It is 12:07 a.m. Sunday morning. Somehow I can't get my eyes to shut. My mind is feeling wide awake and the inspiration given by 'Rasam' has given rise to this 1st blog of mine. Hey..dont get carried away..the word in italics doesn't have the same old routine meaning as u might be thinking. Blogging is not just to drain some juice from brain.., but it has its own set of advantages says Ramya Satyam aka 'Rasam' as we all call her at BITS.

I had undergone an undue metamorphosis from a coddled, introvert kid to an extrovert, daring, confident and highly organized, sociable and able ambassador of BITS- Pilani. This enormous change still surprises me even today..! My first day oncampus..wondering why I had landed in that desolate place, the music nights, Creative Activities Club, my most memorable OASIS 2004, Physics-I 1st test(make-up), trips to Mt.Abu, Udaipur n Delhi of course, the longest summer vacation back home, dirty dirty politics, publicity stunts, PS I, my first lecture with 40 students and 5 professor of BITS facing me, my farewell, sky sessions, Radii talks, Pride as Editor of Civil Engineering Association on the day the mag was out, changes got it as mess representative of Meera Bhawan, Psenti night, 30th August 2006(placement with ANZ), time spent njoin every milli second in the final semester, PS II results, my internship @ Oracle India Pvt Ltd., Incised in my memory are those three n half years, I had spent oncampus and 6 months offcampus as an intern.

Today I realize, how much I yearn to get back.......to get back to my dearest pals...to get back to college life and all that fun. So, here i close my 1st blog, sharing my college life at a glance.