A Strange Feeling...

The countdown has begun. The time is passing by. Year 2008 is about to end and 2009 is going to start in a couple of days. So, I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance...

But along with this passing year, our seventh semester comes to an end and year 2009 starts our eight semester, the final semester. Cannot believe the time went by so fast. The memories of our third semester are still fresh in my mind. The first day in the college, the counseling sessions, the first lecture, the first lab, seems that everything happened just yesterday. I still remember the difficulties I faced while joining the college. The atmosphere of the college was entirely different from my polytechnic college. And choosing Information Technology in B.Tech was a total flip of disciple after studying diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I knew I can't do much in the third semester. So, I took my own time to settle down. And the time when I got settled, we had our end term exams. The result, I got back in three subjects. I was not at all surprised. But it was really saddening as I never failed in exams. But only failures teach you the taste of success. After the failure of the third semester, I balanced myself and got control over my studies. The result, fair score in the fourth semester and so on. And now, while giving seventh semester exams, I was so relaxed that I could listen to songs before entering the exam hall.

But even if the third semester was a failure, I consider it as my most successful part of my life where I got to meet a few good people whom I can call as my friend. They are still my best pals from the day I got to know them. The journey till now in the college also helped me to establish myself as an individual who has his own identity. Else I would have been still a nerd. A couple of events, Technocratz and Virus 2k8 gave me recognization. Now I feel myself very comfortable in the college with limited, but precious friends. We spend a lot of time together, playing, laughing, fighting, eating, etc... But it also made me to understand that everything that shines is not gold. It's nice to be an important person, but it's more important to be a nice person.

Now, when this year is about to end, the last semester of my college life begins. The time will pass out quickly. The semester will come to end before we can enjoy it completely. Some friends will depart, some will stay in touch. Many of us will get busy in our lives. At that point of time, we will miss our college days. Today, I'm getting the same feelings as I got while entering in XII class. The last year full of freaky events, attitude, command, responsibilities, etc. and at last, farewell. The time for us to leave the college is coming. The time to enjoy it to maximum is coming. The time to know who your true friends are is coming. So, let's move forward and live the last semester of our college life. Who knows what the future has in its store for us... All the best.

Feeling Relaxed...

Finally, the exams are over... The mind is relieved. Now I can work upon the things which I thought during the exams like making music, sketching, wandering in the city, going to malls to see the new winter collection (city butterflies), trying to cook new dishes, work upon my fitness, and the endless list goes on, but the most important thing, update my blog.

But to do all these things, why should I wait for the exams to get over? Don't know why but I really was not worried about my exams. I spent much time in the kitchen cooking my favorite dishes and making music and song remixes during the exams too. I even posted my first blog after five months in this period only. Why the exams don't scare me? I still remember my school days when we used to drown ourselves in books a week before the exam date. But when we are in the college, we, or to be specific, I open the book only the evening before the exam date, sometimes, on the same day morning. I have my own way to study. I don't mug up things. That's like climbing Mt. Everest for me. If I was able to do that, I could have opted for Humanities stream. While attending my classes, I just pay attention to the concept behind that topic. And sometimes, I had already used that concept practically somewhere in my life. So it becomes easy for me to understand those things for me. Hence when the exams come, I just need to brush up those things. And I don't give exams to secure maximum, it's just to get enough marks so that I don't need to face any problem in future. It is the reason I get my marks in the range of 60-75%.

Well leaving all these things behind, it's time for me to enjoy the moment now and have a sound sleep. So friends, good night... (Hey it's 9:24 A.M only yaar... hehe...)

A little secret...

So, you may be wondering why I'm posting this blog at an unusual time, when my exams are on, and especially when the country is sleeping. The reason is, I've not posted any blog from past few months, and I have lot to share with you. I was told by a friend of mine, who also inspired me to get into this blogging business, to maintain a diary so that I can transform my thoughts into words. But poor girl, very little she knew that how much I hate to hold pen and paper and do that writing stuff. Well leaving all these nonsense behind, and focusing on the main aim to write this blog, I want to tell you a little truth of my life. I hope you would have felt the same at some point in your life, but may be in a different manner. I was watching TZP (Taare Zameen Par) a few minutes before. I exactly don't remember the last time when I cried, but I must admit, the movie was able to roll out a couple of tears through my eyes on certain occasions. I felt the pain through which the lead character of the movie was going through. But he got the right guidance form a right person. And he proved himself to the world on the basis of his main talent, painting. Hats off to him...

You may be asking why I'm telling you this. It's because now the truth, which I mentioned earlier, comes into picture. When I got promoted to secondary school from primary, everything went normal except one thing, the subject of Mathematics. I know this subject is like a migraine for many others too. From class VI onwards, I lost my interest in this subject which could be seen in my marks. This continued till class X. I somehow managed to get 55% in Mathematics board exams which allowed me to get into my favorite field, the field of science. My flop show in this subject continued in XI and XII too. Because of this, I couldn't get admission in B.Tech. The management quota required a extra payment of Rs. 2 Lakhs which we couldn't afford. But I was determined to get into the B.Tech. For that, I had to join a Polytechnic college and then I took Lateral entry to B.Tech IT. But what the hell, I got to study the damn subject here too. The only difference this time was that I couldn't manage to clear it like past and still suffering due to it. Although the digits or the symbols don't do dance or wobble in front of my eyes as in the movie, but I still find it hard to study them.

So that was my weakness, and I know, you too will be having your own sort of weakness. But wait, you might be possessing something special to you, for which you are known, for which you are proud. Although I have Mathematics as my weakness, I worked hard on science, my technical knowledge, especially computers, music, sketching, etc. But I'm known to others because of my skills in the computer field. And here is a secret… I'm very poor at it. I don't know coding. Hmmm, so you are thinking I'm lying. You are asking that how the hell I make such things like posters, websites and softwares. Here is the answer; it's all the hard work I do. Things don't come to me easily either. It takes a long for me to make them. I do all possible things to make them better. I love to make the codes as complex as I can. For that, I refer to e-books, Internet, etc. when I start any project, I don't feel relaxed till I finish it off. I put all my effort to make it perfect. The visual appeal is also as vital as the codes. I don't sleep in nights in order to complete them.

I consider these skills as a gift of god to me. It makes me to go places. And this is my talent. Just like painting was the talent of Ishant Awasthi in TZP. I'm sure that you will have a talent within you. Bring it out. Let the whole world see it, admire it, award it. It lets you to identify yourself in a crowd. So, go ahead, show the world what you can do. All the best...

I Believe

As I switched on the TV today, I saw the news of completion of 25 years of victory of India in ICC World Cup 1983 hogged the limelight on most of the news channels. Every news report said that in 1983, every cricket expert said that Indian team cannot win even a single match. But the Indian Cricket Team proved everyone wrong. Not only they won many matches, they did beat the two time World Champions West Indies lead by Lloyd and brought the Title to country making everyone proud of it.

Around a month ago, a similar case, the IPL series, in which the Rajasthan Royals team who were considered as under-dogs, were appreciated a lot for there sheer hard work which made them the Winners of IPL 2008. At the same period, the Katara's got justice after a legal battle which lasted for years. Similar thing happened to the cases of Jessica Lal and Priyadarshini Matto respectively.

We often listen to such news, and after that we get busy in our lives and forget them. But I scooped out some time to think over it. What they all have in common? After a lot of thinking, I got my answer. The answer was: Determination to achieve goals, hard work, best utilization of resources and many such things.

Kapil Dev and Shane Warne lead there team in such a way that now it's considered as an example for others. They showed a good leadership skill, used potentials of each and every player in their team, trusted them, etc. And the results are world known. Similarly, the Mattoo's, Katara's and Lal's showed a lot of patience, had faith in Law, and were supported by truth. Hence they all got justice.


What I wanna say is, to be successful in life, to achieve what you want, to fulfill your dreams, its your hard work, passion, devotion, patience, trust, etc that will help you. Money will come and go, but if you have these qualities, you will survive in this world. This is what I believe...

A Bitter Truth

Everyone who knows me, be it my friend or my relative, thinks I am a good programmer and a computer freak. But no one knows the real truth behind it. So here i'm going to tell you all what in fact I am.

As a matter of fact, I don't know programming at all. I must admit I am really very very bad at it. Now you may be asking then how the hell I make such things which looks so amazing? The answer is simple. There is my hard work not my brain behind the scene. I think more and more about the solution rather than the problem, try to solve it as much as I can, refer books, internet, friends, experts etc for the relevent codes, implement them, and don't give up unless or untill the problem is finished. Its true that I have hell lot of interest in writing programs but it's also true that I get frustated sometimes while doing so. But at the end, it gives me pleasure.

And because of these things, most of my known ones consider me a Techie, a computer freak and takes me in that way. They admire me a lot due to it. But besides this, I love to sketch, cook, talk and more. But... I'm least knwn for it... It's a bitter truth of my life...

At the end, I have to say only this much, whatever you do, do it to the fullest. Hard work pays a lot even if if you lack knowledge. Try and try untill you succed...

The Funniest Part of My Life

Sometimes I think whether things happening to me happens with just me or even with others??? And when I think bout such things, I can't stop the smile that comes to my face... The thing is, right from my school days, whichever girl I had crush on, either she dated someone else or didn't had interest in me... This is the thing which I laugh upon...

But I'm thankful to my great friends who doesn't let me feel low in life due to it... It's the simple reason for what I am today... I know and my friends know that I have changed myself a lot in the past couple of years. Being Introvert was not easy for me. It just made me feel alone, isolated and a subject of laugh... But now, when I'm on the path of being an Extrovert, it gives me lots of confidence.

So the moral of the story of my life is:

It's my friends who matter the most to me. I can do whatever I can for them. And even if one day, by God's grace, I got a girlfriend, I can leave her for my friends if any such situation arrives.

Friends forever...

Friends smile at you.
They like your face.
They want to be with you
Any old place.

Friends have fun with you.
Friends share.
They are glad when you are happy,
When you are sad, they care.

If you are a friend
Then you care, too.
That is why your friends
Are glad you are you!!!

Friends

Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.

Friend after friend departs;
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end.

Friends are God's apology for relations.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.