// Listening to "Yeh Tumhari Meri Baatein - Rock on
% Plus have had an overdose of matlab and c++. Thats y the comment lines :)
/* This is not a serious post.. i realised i cud never write a post when i plan to write one.. there is an unfinished post n i dont feel like getting back to it.. */
Two places i love - the beach and the basketball court.
Wind in ur face, sound of the waves, sand in ur feet, and the salt on ur lips when u lick them after a while at the beach, footprints, crabs :), moonlight. I used to call the Surathkal sea princess, and we used to play a game. I ask yes or no questions, and if the answer is yes, princess kisses my feet..
Basketball court, laughter, hardwork, sweat, hoops, lay ups, defense, offense, hardeep & anusha, Tara, Mona & Suz, Shish,Esh,Tina & Mittu... The court is like a place of worship for me. I have no masks on while I play my game.
The one thing that is common between the two is that here I can be myself and let go of all my inhibitions, I am accepted for whom I am, I am celebrated for whatever I am worth.
I am all of 22. I have a huge friends circle. I am the confident, "extrovert", Ideal HR person. But is it the real me? Why am I afraid to be myself with ppl? Why am I worried about people judging me? Why do I care what others think? Why do I feel like I have to conform?
Cuz even if i dont I still have my beach and the basketball court.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
NPS - Batch of 2004
Faces of old and faces of new,
People we know and people we knew.
Growing together then drifting apart,
always an ending and now a new start.
At graduation we all grow nearer
and all our friends seem so much dearer.
And as we say our goodbyes,
One last embrace and one more cry,
A "keep in touch" and a "promise I will"
A "remember when" but better still,
A place in my heart, you'll always stay,
That is what's said as we go our own way.
14 years of learning, associating, collaborating with the best; 14 years of friendship, happiness and a myriad of other emotions; agreeing - disagreeing and in the process learning how to agree to disagree; 14 years of my life which can safely be termed as all my life; I have been part of this outstanding institution called National Public School.
I have made the best of friends and have had the greatest of times; I have learnt to adapt to changes, to work through difficulty, to appreciate and celebrate differences, to never ever give up and to always believe in my dreams and myself. But most importantly I have grown as a person in ways more than one, here at NPS.
I have been in the safe hands of my alma mater and it is time for me to step out from this protective cocoon, as a beautiful butterfly to explore the big mysterious world outside. Just as a diamond is worthless if not cut to the right precision, a stone remains a stone without a sculptor; in the same way, a person remains as just another face in the crowd without the right kind of environment and coaching. In providing us this platform and this environment, NPS has played a very pivotal role.
We the class of 2004, are now at the threshold of a completely different, exciting and new phase of life. Each one of us has decided or is trying to decide what line of career/education we want to pursue, either ways being sure what ever we choose we have the inner strength and grit to make it happen.
Being NPSites, a lot of values have been inculcated in us and also a lot of expectations set on us. It is up to each one of us to live up to these expectations, to outshine ourselves, to prove that the sky is not the limit, to know that success is a journey and not a destination and to hold the NPS flag high.
I personally, have had a lot of fun, lot of experiences, both good and the not so good. But School life and particularly high school will be a time that I look back on fondly. It's hard to believe that in just a little while I will be graduating and moving on to the bigger things.
But now for the class of '04, the great and "marvelous" years of high school are coming to an end. I must admit I'm going to miss it. I’ll miss the familiar homely and warm environment of school, I’ll miss wearing uniform (because every morning I’ll have to decide what to wear in future), I’ll miss all the mischief and all the pranks that I was part of, I’ll miss being captain of Pegasus (and the one who is trying to tell others not to do mischief!), I’ll miss the computer lab and the basketball court, but more than anything else I will miss all of you.
In all seriousness, I am going to miss a lot of things. Events, teachers, friends... To be honest I'm a little scared of leaving. I've been going to school for almost as long as I can remember, and now...what now? The truth is, I don't really know. However, I know that what ever lies ahead, we will have the courage to face it and succeed at it.
To you my dear friends, I say the World is but a small place and we may be meeting sooner than you think and to NPS my dear alma mater I say in the words of Tennyson like the BROOK “students may come and students may go but you go on forever...!” We the class of 2004 wish and pray that our beloved school grows from strength to strength and redefines standards each year “Making Competition irrelevant!!” As for students coming and going it is the nature’s law that “Old order changeth yielding place to new” so there will be other students who will come but we know that the Class of 2004 will be remembered by NPS as a unique batch with a blend of all qualities. I’ll miss you NPS!
People we know and people we knew.
Growing together then drifting apart,
always an ending and now a new start.
At graduation we all grow nearer
and all our friends seem so much dearer.
And as we say our goodbyes,
One last embrace and one more cry,
A "keep in touch" and a "promise I will"
A "remember when" but better still,
A place in my heart, you'll always stay,
That is what's said as we go our own way.
14 years of learning, associating, collaborating with the best; 14 years of friendship, happiness and a myriad of other emotions; agreeing - disagreeing and in the process learning how to agree to disagree; 14 years of my life which can safely be termed as all my life; I have been part of this outstanding institution called National Public School.
I have made the best of friends and have had the greatest of times; I have learnt to adapt to changes, to work through difficulty, to appreciate and celebrate differences, to never ever give up and to always believe in my dreams and myself. But most importantly I have grown as a person in ways more than one, here at NPS.
I have been in the safe hands of my alma mater and it is time for me to step out from this protective cocoon, as a beautiful butterfly to explore the big mysterious world outside. Just as a diamond is worthless if not cut to the right precision, a stone remains a stone without a sculptor; in the same way, a person remains as just another face in the crowd without the right kind of environment and coaching. In providing us this platform and this environment, NPS has played a very pivotal role.
We the class of 2004, are now at the threshold of a completely different, exciting and new phase of life. Each one of us has decided or is trying to decide what line of career/education we want to pursue, either ways being sure what ever we choose we have the inner strength and grit to make it happen.
Being NPSites, a lot of values have been inculcated in us and also a lot of expectations set on us. It is up to each one of us to live up to these expectations, to outshine ourselves, to prove that the sky is not the limit, to know that success is a journey and not a destination and to hold the NPS flag high.
I personally, have had a lot of fun, lot of experiences, both good and the not so good. But School life and particularly high school will be a time that I look back on fondly. It's hard to believe that in just a little while I will be graduating and moving on to the bigger things.
But now for the class of '04, the great and "marvelous" years of high school are coming to an end. I must admit I'm going to miss it. I’ll miss the familiar homely and warm environment of school, I’ll miss wearing uniform (because every morning I’ll have to decide what to wear in future), I’ll miss all the mischief and all the pranks that I was part of, I’ll miss being captain of Pegasus (and the one who is trying to tell others not to do mischief!), I’ll miss the computer lab and the basketball court, but more than anything else I will miss all of you.
In all seriousness, I am going to miss a lot of things. Events, teachers, friends... To be honest I'm a little scared of leaving. I've been going to school for almost as long as I can remember, and now...what now? The truth is, I don't really know. However, I know that what ever lies ahead, we will have the courage to face it and succeed at it.
To you my dear friends, I say the World is but a small place and we may be meeting sooner than you think and to NPS my dear alma mater I say in the words of Tennyson like the BROOK “students may come and students may go but you go on forever...!” We the class of 2004 wish and pray that our beloved school grows from strength to strength and redefines standards each year “Making Competition irrelevant!!” As for students coming and going it is the nature’s law that “Old order changeth yielding place to new” so there will be other students who will come but we know that the Class of 2004 will be remembered by NPS as a unique batch with a blend of all qualities. I’ll miss you NPS!
My Petition for a cell :D
// Again when I was in 1st yr engg... sad attempt! :D Notice the sms lingo! lol! dont blame me! I was 18 then :D//
This is my petition for the cell
My idea I will try and sell
And various reasons I will tell
As to y without it is hell!
U & I try 2 get in touch time and again
But all efforts are in vain
And it becomes such a pain
That is y a cell is a gain
Phone lines in surathkal are 4ever bad
They are bound 2 make anyone mad
Do u see that if the cell I had
To get in touch wud be so much easier, Dad!
So I hope my case is clear
This time without emotion or tear..
Now I hope my points u will hear …
And give me a chance with the cell, dear …
As I spent so much time
To try and get this poem to rhyme
I think it is right to claim
For a cell all the same!
This is my petition for the cell
My idea I will try and sell
And various reasons I will tell
As to y without it is hell!
U & I try 2 get in touch time and again
But all efforts are in vain
And it becomes such a pain
That is y a cell is a gain
Phone lines in surathkal are 4ever bad
They are bound 2 make anyone mad
Do u see that if the cell I had
To get in touch wud be so much easier, Dad!
So I hope my case is clear
This time without emotion or tear..
Now I hope my points u will hear …
And give me a chance with the cell, dear …
As I spent so much time
To try and get this poem to rhyme
I think it is right to claim
For a cell all the same!
Eighteen :D
// Wrote this like ages back! Thanks tony for reminding me I can write :) It sounds like I am a 2 yr old //
Money in my purse doesn’t just go ching
A few hundreds are actually seen!
There are times when I think
Thank God I am eighteen!
With teen controversies, life’s not simple
World seems so hostile and mean
Calories, hair, and those wretched pimples
Oh god! Why am I eighteen?
Permanent driving license
Voting rights, damn clean!
Head and heart full of sense
Thank God I am eighteen!
Younger brother who is smarter
Reduce fat, become lean
Still want to be a dad’s daughter
Oh god! Why am I eighteen?
I am an adult now, I decide
Thank God I am eighteen!
But why do I feel like a child inside?
Oh god! Why am I eighteen?
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Tears
I read this sentence in this book "Mr God This is Anna - Fynn".. Your eyes are like windows. God makes u cry, when there is a lot of dirt accumulated on the windows. Tears help wash off the dirt and see sunshine.
It probably is true.. I always feel better after I cry.
Monday, September 3, 2007
My favorite testimonials
I so love Orkut.. well thats partly cuz the vain thing that i am, i love hearing people say nice stuff about me. And the testimonial section does just that.. This post is dedicated to all the people who love writing testimonials and getting written about...
These are a few of my favourite (things) oops.. testimonials.. (chronologically :D)
1. Ok this really has to top the list.. Karthik Narayanan.. now popularly known as CB.. IITM stud man.. My very first testimonial on orkut...We share a spl "When we are 27" pact.. One year together in 10 B - hell one year was enough to knw he was a friend for life. I have seen his transformation from a porki pressure cooker (cudnt keep secrets for nuts) to a thorough gentleman.. He is one of those few people whom you can love and hate at the same time.. but u just cannot ignore.. This guy is going to make it big in life!
"Da CB i was always better than u at History!!"
2. Then there is Swetha's... She s known me longer than anyone else.. We ve grown together, played together, fought together, shared secrets, shamelessly eaten off each others fridges, done crazy things together... My life would never have been the same without her.. girl u rock! and babe.. oily hair, fat specks, rich dude on the way for u!"I told you i ll come to your house, and so i did !! Now temme wats for lunch ya :D"
3. Pallavika and Vrishank... Well two people who i know will be there for me despite whatever.. Though they ll kick my back side whenever i land in trouble, they ll never leave me side..
" Vi I want your notebook! i bunked class!"
" Aiyoooooooooooooooo Turre maga!"
4. Next in line is angs aka Angappan, the Post doc in my JNCASR lab.. he is prolly the only other person who has written the truth about me.. Sigh.. NanoLAB would never have been the same without Angs, Bhuvana and Vijay...
"Angs i ll kill u if u call me (S)Rawani again! :P "
5. Oooh nows the surprise package.. Ulag! The quiet I cant stand girls nerd actually turned out to be quite a charmer.. Has listened to eons of my cribbing.. my once official agony aunt.. and still a good friend..
"Da ulag.. i hope you got rid of your stalker!"
6. Now this is a very very very very important person in my life... Ever since his arrival, my life has changed drastically.. (for the better or the worse.. hard to gauge!).. My biggest secret keeper and the biggest complain box, My partner in crime and also the one who ditches me in the end, to make it look like its all my fault.. Loves the guitar, hates the hard work, A child prodigy in the making, and is gonna be one of the youngest millionaires some day.. Writes like a charm.. and bugs me no end abt (and i quote) "Sponge girl".. Loved the testimonial CHINTU wrote for me..."Eh last rakhi u gave me 501 Rs.. How much you giving me this rakhi da?? "
7.
Aaaah.. Anand Rajagopalan, Tear drenched shirts, Mid night Chai's, Awkward stupid comments which are totally off timing, (aka a perennial foot in mouth disease), highly forgetful, full of himself, very very very lazy, and yea a huge tapori bevda! His highness cant come from Malad to Colaba to meet me.. Thinks girls are a disease or rather thinks that girls think he is a disease.. pakka ET.. at the end of this if ur expression is "Blah wateva!".. then thats Anand for u.." Oi mujhe us intel ladke ki bahut yaad aati hai.. kabhi usse hi bol dena.. aur haan.. apne samne waali khidki ki nachne waali ladki ko bhi namaste!! "
8. Darling Roomie... Three years.. wow.. swati verma is prolly one of the few people i know who has her head on her shoulders and feet on the ground, and still is towering way over normal people. She swings between an adorable baby to a mature adult.. We have mutually borne each others (wats the word sam?) Shenanigans with great aplomb.. and i hope tat we wont get palled (remember the word swat?!) with each other s company soon.. cuz we ve got stanford on our way baby!
" Babe temme.. which flat screen tv shall we buy for our ceiling?? "
9. Harita Malladi.... The only girl who s yelled back at me and asked me to talk sense.... The only "GIRL" i spend so much of my time talking to... The only girl with whom i think i ve spent more time on the phone talking utter nonsense than .. hmm lemme see.. anand! (now that s saying a lot cuz i speak only nonsense to anand! :D )... She has listened to me crib a million times and what amazes me is that she just doesnt get tired! :) .. Darling stay the same.. and remember i m always there for you!"Sare Talli.. Naaku telusu... Same department senior aite enti atta.. Emmaina.. naaku competition ivva levu talli! "
10. The newest testimonial I got is from my bro Vinu.. Patience personified and the most selfless person i ve ever seen... Though in reality he is younger than me.. I still feel like his lil sister.. Starting work at a very young age has really made him a very mature guy... But in my company and the company of his best friends.. I see him become the kid he actually is... I hope I am giving him a flavour of college life as much as i can... It seems like forever that we ve knwn each other.."Bum!"
Phew thats a long list of favourite testimonials right... Hmm lemme see ... Have i covered everyone chronologically??? Hmm yes i guess so... But one person doesnt fall into the chronology..
Considering the many testimonials he has written for me.. Tony should be given a special place in this post. He is a friend, philosopher and guide. I dont knw what i can write here that will do justice to how great a person this guy is.." ASK me! I ll show you how to fly a KITE! "
- Grazie all
Anger
I m angry. I know the reason of my anger. But i dont know whether i m supposed to be feeling angry for the above mentioned reason. Hmmm.. screw it.. for once i dont want to gauge whether what i m doing is "right" or "wrong".. like there is a clear distinction between the two.. blah whatever..
I m angry and if being angry whatever may be the reason.. comforts me.. or strengthens me.. then so be it....
I m angry and if being angry whatever may be the reason.. comforts me.. or strengthens me.. then so be it....
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