.) History was a boring subject. It had nothing more to do with academics or social life.
.) A committed guy was a hard working guy.
.) Ex stood for example or exercise. It had nothing to do with the first point.
.) Attending the first period was compulsory. So was carrying a bag.
.) Subjects did not have strange names like Organisational Behavior or Total Quality Management.
.) You ate lunch everyday.
.) Sitting boy, girl, boy, girl was a punishment.
.) Boys hung out with boys and girls hung out with girls. For the most part at least :)
Happy Birthday!
May 29, Birthday of Mr.Sowmy Narayan aka the IronMan :D
His appearance can often be very deceptive,
Yet this lanky man is clever, witty and amusive;
The word that best describes him is uncanny,
For very few can be this geeky and this funny.
It took eighteen years for our paths to cross,
Yet it turned out to be worth the wait;
Now on this special day, I have only one to say,
To one of my closest friends,a happy birthday!
Happy Birthday man!
His appearance can often be very deceptive,
Yet this lanky man is clever, witty and amusive;
The word that best describes him is uncanny,
For very few can be this geeky and this funny.
It took eighteen years for our paths to cross,
Yet it turned out to be worth the wait;
Now on this special day, I have only one to say,
To one of my closest friends,a happy birthday!
Happy Birthday man!
Who Am I?
I have always wondered who am I.
I am Mario trying to save my Princess.
I am Wayne Rooney trying to shoot past the keeper in Be-A-Pro.
I am the manager of Valencia taking them to an undefeated season in FIFA.
I am Tony Hawks trying to do an ollie and get it into a manual.
I am Hitman trying to get rid of the targets assigned to me.
I am the Emperor of Russia trying to build a mighty army.
I am a programmer.
I am an engineer studying 5 straight hours from e-books.
In short,
I am someone who loves the virtual world.
Think about it. The virtual world almost - almost - gives you everything you want.
I get out of head aches by playing FIFA.
I learn history by playing Age Of Empires.
I learn not to make silly mistakes by playing Warrior Within.
I learnt to accept defeat when there was no other way.
And ya, it helps me get out this college life which sometimes can just get darn boring. The list can go on.
Do not mistake me. I like the real world too. But this just about nearly sums up everything I think.
Call me unrealistic. Call me simplistic. Call me whatever you want. But I believe given a few touches, the virtual world can almost - again only almost - replace my real world.
Give me a PS3, friends to join in FIFA and I can stay awake late nights (late nights as in 3am to 5am) having a lot of fun :)
Capital Problem
Well there I am in my Visual Programming lab doing my semester practicals. I write a simple program. One function call another function
myframe()
{
create(0,"hello");
}
And i get the error:
"create" variable not initialized.
I have no idea what this means. Basic programming skills tells you "create" is a function and not a variable here.
I spend an hour - a full 60 minutes - to find out what's wrong. Then I find the mistake.
Apparently in VC++, create() and CREATE() are the same. But Create() is not. An hour wasted because of a single letter. Darn.
myframe()
{
create(0,"hello");
}
And i get the error:
"create" variable not initialized.
I have no idea what this means. Basic programming skills tells you "create" is a function and not a variable here.
I spend an hour - a full 60 minutes - to find out what's wrong. Then I find the mistake.
Apparently in VC++, create() and CREATE() are the same. But Create() is not. An hour wasted because of a single letter. Darn.
Exam Superstitions
Everyone has their own superstitions during exam time. Three years in college and I think the superstitions of me and my friends have only become weirder. Here is what we do to ensure we write the exams well.
.) When I start studying, the time has to be a round-ed off number like 7,8,9 etc. Postpone the start till such a number it reached.
.) Same applies for the time I start to write exams. Sadly my sem exams start at 1:45. So I lose 15 min every exam.
.) A friend of my cousin needs to see the stray dog around their department before going to the hall.
.) A friend wears the same jean the next time if he did the previous exam well. Even if it is unwashed.
.) Sowmy needs to take his scientific calculator to all his exams. Even if it is only English.
.) Me and Sowmy have to drink water just before entering the hall.
.) Me and my friends have to go to the examination hall in the same path every day.
.) Added recently, me and Sowmy need to see a certain someone to do the exams well.
.) Added more recently, I shouldn't see a certain someone else to do the exams well.
.) My bag has to be kept near Sowmy's bag. Even if we are in different halls.
.) Finally, I always need to have more than one blue pen. Even if one doesn't write.
.) When I start studying, the time has to be a round-ed off number like 7,8,9 etc. Postpone the start till such a number it reached.
.) Same applies for the time I start to write exams. Sadly my sem exams start at 1:45. So I lose 15 min every exam.
.) A friend of my cousin needs to see the stray dog around their department before going to the hall.
.) A friend wears the same jean the next time if he did the previous exam well. Even if it is unwashed.
.) Sowmy needs to take his scientific calculator to all his exams. Even if it is only English.
.) Me and Sowmy have to drink water just before entering the hall.
.) Me and my friends have to go to the examination hall in the same path every day.
.) Added recently, me and Sowmy need to see a certain someone to do the exams well.
.) Added more recently, I shouldn't see a certain someone else to do the exams well.
.) My bag has to be kept near Sowmy's bag. Even if we are in different halls.
.) Finally, I always need to have more than one blue pen. Even if one doesn't write.
Mathematics
I finish my Maths exam early and look at all the calculations I have done so far in my Scientific Calculator (using the up arrow thing). Here are some.
7 * 3 = 21
16 - 4 = 12
12 * 2 = 24
23 - 7 = 16
2000 + 1000 = 3000
2000 / 2 = 1000
...
..
.
Moral : It's high time I started learning simple addition and subtraction. Again.
7 * 3 = 21
16 - 4 = 12
12 * 2 = 24
23 - 7 = 16
2000 + 1000 = 3000
2000 / 2 = 1000
...
..
.
Moral : It's high time I started learning simple addition and subtraction. Again.
A Lazy Man's Lament
There once was this man living all quiet,
Yet no one knew his mind was like a riot,
Most people thought he was one lazy dude,
For his busy mind never did they intrude.
He never seemed to get anything done in time,
And his ambitions never seemed too high a climb;
No one noticed he did get all his work done,
For doing things at the last minute was fun.
His slow walk did they ever laugh at mockingly,
But all these things he never did take seriously;
In fact he never was serious when he should be,
For it let his alter ego be open for all to see.
His lack of interest in arguing, people do misread,
Didn't they know lazy ppl never like to argue or bleed;
He will keep safe what is given to him or he ll try,
And if it does get lost, he ll only say f it and move on.
He never understands why his lazyness upsets others,
Nor does he know why they look down at his lazyness;
Don't they know that being lazy is a real talent,
And the other word for being lazy is being efficient?
Yet no one knew his mind was like a riot,
Most people thought he was one lazy dude,
For his busy mind never did they intrude.
He never seemed to get anything done in time,
And his ambitions never seemed too high a climb;
No one noticed he did get all his work done,
For doing things at the last minute was fun.
His slow walk did they ever laugh at mockingly,
But all these things he never did take seriously;
In fact he never was serious when he should be,
For it let his alter ego be open for all to see.
His lack of interest in arguing, people do misread,
Didn't they know lazy ppl never like to argue or bleed;
He will keep safe what is given to him or he ll try,
And if it does get lost, he ll only say f it and move on.
He never understands why his lazyness upsets others,
Nor does he know why they look down at his lazyness;
Don't they know that being lazy is a real talent,
And the other word for being lazy is being efficient?