Mrs.Banu, my XII cse teacher and also my class incharge was teaching some C language crap during december. Me and Ambi were sitting in the last bench with Raj and Muhilan in front of us. Having been warned umpteen times not to talk during class, we were constantly gibbering and gossiping and giggling. And the watchful Mrs.banu ordained us to stand for the rest of the class. Not being able put up with the lecture anymore, I managed to doze off while standing thinking am hidden from her view by Raj.
And to the horror of everyone, I fell aside while sleeping and as a result, ambi was disturbed from his stance clumsily and she noticed it. And due to my special ability to sleep while standing,the whole group got into trouble.She sent us out of the class and dismissed our apologies at the end of the period and also the following day. Finally, on the third day, we went to Commerce class while she was lecturing. She made us wait outside that classroom. Raj and me were talking about Muhilan's goofy act earlier and started laughing meanwhile keeping an eye on the entrance of the class to check whether Mrs.banu is watching us or not. She came out of the class and yelled at us for talking n laughing even while waiting outside her room to apologise.
~~ Uh-hoh, the class had windows ! ~~
She was so furious that she ordered us to meet the principal immediately and more drama was to follow.
We waited outside P's room.And made sure she isn't watching out from tinted windows by calculating the angle from her table. Me and Raj started laughin at ourselves to have messed up things and were cursing fate. Presuming it wont be a big problem convincing our principal, we walked in to find in absolute horror, a huge mirror in the room and a scorning principal.
We could see in the mirror,the place where we had been standing and laughing outside her room moments ago.
And you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know what happened next !
Why blood ? Same blood ;)
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
American mappillai Dulhaniya Le Jayenge !
I detest those Indian guys in USA. Seriously.
The Indian population in US partly consists of guys who havent been able to secure a decent job in India and going off to USA. They see off the criticisms by not-so-well-wishers by smartly saying MS in US had always been in the back of their mind and that job+money is not what they are after but knowledge.
~ Adeengu ! ~
If we have a look at their past records, the history will be as dismal as anything.
Bad marks in 12th coupled with a never heard before course in a deemed university or a college ranked onehundred and soccham. 60% in college and to join the party is his abysmal under-average performance in numerous on-campus interview ( if any in their college) and screwing up royally in all off campus interviews. Crash courses in NIIT and GRE or other competitive exam training course - same story. And between all this comes his girlfriend, who bears with him for four whole years and finally dumping him when all other fellows get a job or pursue non-management quota higher studies.
And our hero, short of ladylove and a job,and with a score of failures under his belt, convinces his parents with stories of electronics being the future of the world and that he can make a good living after doing MS in US. And digging deep down the pockets of his parents, he finally is shipped off to US. And while in US, he isnt going to recuperate for his failures so far. Takes more than two years to complete his 1.5 yr course, anxiety and tension augmenting in his ageing parents. He gets to enjoy great food, babes and also wanders around the city in weekends.
And on the opposite end of the diagonal, there is this pakka prototype of sincere boy, with 1150+ marks in 12th, second day of Anna university counselling, 85% in college, placed in the first company in campus recruitment, works tirelessly for 5 yrs in 6-7 IT companies and never gives a thought about having a girlfriend as his parents are seeking a good alliance(bride) for him.
Bang ! The MS guy reappears in black and white suit, taking away the most goodlooking elite girls in the city with his monumental salary in US and the typical American maapillai accent. And the sidelined sincere fellow has to wait...
American mappillai Dulhaniya Le Jayenge !
(American guy will take away the bride)
The Indian population in US partly consists of guys who havent been able to secure a decent job in India and going off to USA. They see off the criticisms by not-so-well-wishers by smartly saying MS in US had always been in the back of their mind and that job+money is not what they are after but knowledge.
~ Adeengu ! ~
If we have a look at their past records, the history will be as dismal as anything.
Bad marks in 12th coupled with a never heard before course in a deemed university or a college ranked onehundred and soccham. 60% in college and to join the party is his abysmal under-average performance in numerous on-campus interview ( if any in their college) and screwing up royally in all off campus interviews. Crash courses in NIIT and GRE or other competitive exam training course - same story. And between all this comes his girlfriend, who bears with him for four whole years and finally dumping him when all other fellows get a job or pursue non-management quota higher studies.
And our hero, short of ladylove and a job,and with a score of failures under his belt, convinces his parents with stories of electronics being the future of the world and that he can make a good living after doing MS in US. And digging deep down the pockets of his parents, he finally is shipped off to US. And while in US, he isnt going to recuperate for his failures so far. Takes more than two years to complete his 1.5 yr course, anxiety and tension augmenting in his ageing parents. He gets to enjoy great food, babes and also wanders around the city in weekends.
And on the opposite end of the diagonal, there is this pakka prototype of sincere boy, with 1150+ marks in 12th, second day of Anna university counselling, 85% in college, placed in the first company in campus recruitment, works tirelessly for 5 yrs in 6-7 IT companies and never gives a thought about having a girlfriend as his parents are seeking a good alliance(bride) for him.
Bang ! The MS guy reappears in black and white suit, taking away the most goodlooking elite girls in the city with his monumental salary in US and the typical American maapillai accent. And the sidelined sincere fellow has to wait...
American mappillai Dulhaniya Le Jayenge !
(American guy will take away the bride)
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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Jeppiar 5th standard...oops...ECE symposium
Being just a first year and also relatively new to quizzing circuit, you may raise an eyebrow over the way I criticise this event but you ll back me after reading this.
The JPR college's ECE symposium Quiz Prelims started at around 1.30 and having already missed out on finals of various big quiz events like Techofes and IIT's biz quiz, we were low on confidence and morale and we were badly in need of a victory for motivation. With all the big quizzing moguls assembled at SSN's Instincts 08, we had more than just a good chance of winning this one by storm. We knew what was coming at the first sight of the question paper. Some questions :
When was Benazir Bhutto assasinated? a.26th dec b.27th c.28th
What is the land of cakes ? a.Scotland b.France c.some country which I dint bother to see
The Manchester of India ? ( This one had no choices, a written one...tricky question by their standards! )
And I was actually rolling on the floor laughing when I noticed three questions in Match the following mode !
We handed the papers and the finals was to start in another 10 mins.
We qualified.
And at 1.50, the "grand" quiz finale started, equipped with overhead projector and a huge working crew. Seeing this big horde of quiz organisers, I felt the questions will be of decent material. And they announced Round two - Dumb C
~~ Dumb -C? I think am in the wrong place~~
After explaining the rules of the round ( 2pts maximum can be scored in this round ) , Pravin was asked to enact MNCs and they had told earlier that the Dumb-C will be based on simple things. Can anyone explain on what basis, multi-national companies 'is' an object ??
And the other team got 'college', where they just pointed to the floor and got it right.... I swore that I wont give a hifive ever again after seeing that team (all smiles) exchange highfives after getting college right !
The third round was a video round where a 20sec clip was played and questions were asked on our observation power. Like how many cars in the entire clip and the pick of them....
A black and white video followed by the following questions - What was the color of the horse and question 2 - what was the color of the shoe ! Duh, it should either be black or white...
I went straight to the so called quiz master and asked, when the actual quiz will start and when this stupid crap will end...And the reply was even more baffling, " This is a nontechnical quiz. So... " never completed the sentence.
So, in a technical quiz they ll show that stupid video of a car race and ask what circuit is used in the speedometer? What crap !
I had an ominous feeling that the next round will be even more worse than the previous ones and so was it !
Audio round was announced.
~ Yikes ~
We were played a 20 sec speech of someone in some language. Thanks to a misfunctioning audio system ( the speakers were deliberately turned away from us as if the speaker is right there inside it), we couldnt even makeout the language.
And the answer Fidel Castro in cuban language I suppose.
We lost the quiz.
I remember answering the second question Scotland when I was in fifth grade during Maggi quiz finals. And people here havent grown up.
The JPR college's ECE symposium Quiz Prelims started at around 1.30 and having already missed out on finals of various big quiz events like Techofes and IIT's biz quiz, we were low on confidence and morale and we were badly in need of a victory for motivation. With all the big quizzing moguls assembled at SSN's Instincts 08, we had more than just a good chance of winning this one by storm. We knew what was coming at the first sight of the question paper. Some questions :
When was Benazir Bhutto assasinated? a.26th dec b.27th c.28th
What is the land of cakes ? a.Scotland b.France c.some country which I dint bother to see
The Manchester of India ? ( This one had no choices, a written one...tricky question by their standards! )
And I was actually rolling on the floor laughing when I noticed three questions in Match the following mode !
We handed the papers and the finals was to start in another 10 mins.
We qualified.
And at 1.50, the "grand" quiz finale started, equipped with overhead projector and a huge working crew. Seeing this big horde of quiz organisers, I felt the questions will be of decent material. And they announced Round two - Dumb C
~~ Dumb -C? I think am in the wrong place~~
After explaining the rules of the round ( 2pts maximum can be scored in this round ) , Pravin was asked to enact MNCs and they had told earlier that the Dumb-C will be based on simple things. Can anyone explain on what basis, multi-national companies 'is' an object ??
And the other team got 'college', where they just pointed to the floor and got it right.... I swore that I wont give a hifive ever again after seeing that team (all smiles) exchange highfives after getting college right !
The third round was a video round where a 20sec clip was played and questions were asked on our observation power. Like how many cars in the entire clip and the pick of them....
A black and white video followed by the following questions - What was the color of the horse and question 2 - what was the color of the shoe ! Duh, it should either be black or white...
I went straight to the so called quiz master and asked, when the actual quiz will start and when this stupid crap will end...And the reply was even more baffling, " This is a nontechnical quiz. So... " never completed the sentence.
So, in a technical quiz they ll show that stupid video of a car race and ask what circuit is used in the speedometer? What crap !
I had an ominous feeling that the next round will be even more worse than the previous ones and so was it !
Audio round was announced.
~ Yikes ~
We were played a 20 sec speech of someone in some language. Thanks to a misfunctioning audio system ( the speakers were deliberately turned away from us as if the speaker is right there inside it), we couldnt even makeout the language.
And the answer Fidel Castro in cuban language I suppose.
We lost the quiz.
I remember answering the second question Scotland when I was in fifth grade during Maggi quiz finals. And people here havent grown up.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
SSN Instincts 2008
Hordes of hoardings galore, legions of students having a blast and voila... SSN Instincts is back this year, aggrandized to ultra-extravagance and providing the best platform for champions and aspirants to battle it out.
This three day cultural fest boasts a gripping schedule ranging from live alfresco rock show by the heavy metal band Scrath to Quiz events and with prize money so monumental that it may hamper its own credibility !
Having enjoyed a consummate fling at sweet success and participant's overwhelming extolling satisfaction over the past years, Instincts has always proven to be the talk of the town. Being one of the most favourite culturals in South India, the students turnout has scaled unbelievable heights and getting better and better everyyear.
Whether it is the fun filled informals or the state's elite racking their brain out in the much admired quiz event or the finest heads competing at various fine arts events or the dancers sweating it out in the choreo nite, Instincts assures 3 days of pure rocking fun, and in the unlikely case that you cant attend, then you are definitely missing something...Big time !
For a detailed insight about the various events
Check www.instincts08.com/schedule.html
Get a taste of whats in store at Instincts 08 by the few highlights that I've listed:
~~SS Music, the 24hr Southie channel will be conducting on-site Voice hunt contest
~~Vikram,the man of the masses and the Bollywood heartthrob is likely to be the Chief guest to inaugrate this three day bash.
~~ Terrific sponsors who have supported the fabulous event includes HCL,Satyam,Witco and a lot more. Also featuring media partners like SS music,Radio One,Pagalguy.com...
( I've just mentioned few of the innumerous sponsors)
The entire list of sponsors - http://instincts08.com/sponsors.html
~~ As already mentioned, an alfresco live rockshow by the band Scrath on Thursday eve
~~ The whole show culminates with the Choreo night on Saturday the 8th
~~ Myriad volunteers, on campus foodstalls and lot more...
And for Chennai people to commute to SSN through college buses, check out for busroutes - http://instincts08.com/bus.html
With a laborous organising crew spending backbreaking days and sleepless nights to make it a successful and an I-cant-believe-what-am-seeing event, Instincts 08 promises to be a cracker of a cultural festival.So, fasten your seatbelts as the adrenaline pumping action filled Instincts is all set and raring to go !
This three day cultural fest boasts a gripping schedule ranging from live alfresco rock show by the heavy metal band Scrath to Quiz events and with prize money so monumental that it may hamper its own credibility !
Having enjoyed a consummate fling at sweet success and participant's overwhelming extolling satisfaction over the past years, Instincts has always proven to be the talk of the town. Being one of the most favourite culturals in South India, the students turnout has scaled unbelievable heights and getting better and better everyyear.
Whether it is the fun filled informals or the state's elite racking their brain out in the much admired quiz event or the finest heads competing at various fine arts events or the dancers sweating it out in the choreo nite, Instincts assures 3 days of pure rocking fun, and in the unlikely case that you cant attend, then you are definitely missing something...Big time !
For a detailed insight about the various events
Check www.instincts08.com/schedule.html
Get a taste of whats in store at Instincts 08 by the few highlights that I've listed:
~~SS Music, the 24hr Southie channel will be conducting on-site Voice hunt contest
~~Vikram,the man of the masses and the Bollywood heartthrob is likely to be the Chief guest to inaugrate this three day bash.
~~ Terrific sponsors who have supported the fabulous event includes HCL,Satyam,Witco and a lot more. Also featuring media partners like SS music,Radio One,Pagalguy.com...
( I've just mentioned few of the innumerous sponsors)
The entire list of sponsors - http://instincts08.com/sponsors.html
~~ As already mentioned, an alfresco live rockshow by the band Scrath on Thursday eve
~~ The whole show culminates with the Choreo night on Saturday the 8th
~~ Myriad volunteers, on campus foodstalls and lot more...
And for Chennai people to commute to SSN through college buses, check out for busroutes - http://instincts08.com/bus.html
With a laborous organising crew spending backbreaking days and sleepless nights to make it a successful and an I-cant-believe-what-am-seeing event, Instincts 08 promises to be a cracker of a cultural festival.So, fasten your seatbelts as the adrenaline pumping action filled Instincts is all set and raring to go !
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Monday, March 3, 2008
When the God of luck smiles on you...
After speaking to the daughter (12th grader) of my dad's close friend, my mind was clouded with thoughts that have been shrouded…
Had luck and fortune not been my allies in my 12th grade, I would’ve ended up in the same college, but as a candidate taking up an unworthy undeserving reserved seat. Phew, those torturous moments when my school principal loathed me in front of everyone ( not that I cared) and deeming a group of elite students as the strong prospects of getting the maximum marks, and terming me as a headstrong talent-wasting taking-advantage-of-parents-absence guy. Sweet revenge. And revenge becomes more sweet when you don’t have an idea of taking revenge but end up having taken a glorious revenge. I wasnt even studying as a normal person will do normally.
And I used to curse those role models that I was asked to look upto in order to succeed. The first three months of 12th grade probably set atone a thumping year, but it never materialized. I know there would’ve been myriad raised eyebrows and unbelieving gasps from people who were close to me and who knew my preparation all along when I announced my new marks, bigger after revaluation. Just try telling them subadesh deserved the marks that he got finally, and you will leave with bruised eyes or a swarm of expletives. And for the greater part of people who will never accept anything written above, I don’t give a fish.
Me, S.Gowtham and lot others were discussing nothing more than the capitation fees in various colleges till the public exams. The most nightmarish situation (I pray no one should get into) that I got into but recovered finally was that on the day before chemistry exam, at 10.00 PM, i had 400 more pages to go in organic chemistry ( that carbon crap) . The value of cut off marks in 12th is largely under weighed and consequently, it is not bothered about by teachers and students alike. And those smart, prudent students who revere only cutoff marks will finish off the exams as a piece of cake. And those unfortunate chaps who are narrow minded to take into account only the total marks and the parallel praises that he ll get from his school and relatives will have to choke and finally get into an average college ( anyway we ll end up in the same IT company eventually, but that’s a different thing) !
And yeah, resuming what I actually intended to say…
She said she had been told stories about me being a hardworking brainy fellow and also that
she has to look upto role models like me in order to succeed and obviously she would’ve cursed me.
See … History repeats…!
Had luck and fortune not been my allies in my 12th grade, I would’ve ended up in the same college, but as a candidate taking up an unworthy undeserving reserved seat. Phew, those torturous moments when my school principal loathed me in front of everyone ( not that I cared) and deeming a group of elite students as the strong prospects of getting the maximum marks, and terming me as a headstrong talent-wasting taking-advantage-of-parents-absence guy. Sweet revenge. And revenge becomes more sweet when you don’t have an idea of taking revenge but end up having taken a glorious revenge. I wasnt even studying as a normal person will do normally.
And I used to curse those role models that I was asked to look upto in order to succeed. The first three months of 12th grade probably set atone a thumping year, but it never materialized. I know there would’ve been myriad raised eyebrows and unbelieving gasps from people who were close to me and who knew my preparation all along when I announced my new marks, bigger after revaluation. Just try telling them subadesh deserved the marks that he got finally, and you will leave with bruised eyes or a swarm of expletives. And for the greater part of people who will never accept anything written above, I don’t give a fish.
Me, S.Gowtham and lot others were discussing nothing more than the capitation fees in various colleges till the public exams. The most nightmarish situation (I pray no one should get into) that I got into but recovered finally was that on the day before chemistry exam, at 10.00 PM, i had 400 more pages to go in organic chemistry ( that carbon crap) . The value of cut off marks in 12th is largely under weighed and consequently, it is not bothered about by teachers and students alike. And those smart, prudent students who revere only cutoff marks will finish off the exams as a piece of cake. And those unfortunate chaps who are narrow minded to take into account only the total marks and the parallel praises that he ll get from his school and relatives will have to choke and finally get into an average college ( anyway we ll end up in the same IT company eventually, but that’s a different thing) !
And yeah, resuming what I actually intended to say…
She said she had been told stories about me being a hardworking brainy fellow and also that
she has to look upto role models like me in order to succeed and obviously she would’ve cursed me.
See … History repeats…!
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