A glorious start.
Shakira's shaking hips.
Vuvuzela's vociferous noise.
England's bad luck.
France and Italy's meet at the airport.
Messi's disappointment.
Germany's counter attack.
Forlan's blinders.
Spain's dominance with the ball.
Sneijder's blinding passes.
Robben's weird-looking runs.
Casillas's luck.
Netherlands's one loss.
A sad ending to the FIFA World Cup 2010.
The Clueless Walk
My life is one long walk down a road,
Down a road whose destination is not known;
Not knowing where I go has been the fun,
The fun is what that keeps me going.
I often have found people to walk with me,
To walk with me on an otherwise lonely road;
Lonely road it has been when there was none,
There was none to speak or listen to.
My path has often been chosen by other people,
Other people who have their own path to follow;
To follow them gives me more time with them,
With them have I had many a cherished memories.
I have no clue where am supposed to go,
To go left or right is not my concern,
Not my concern for this I know well,
I know well that only the journey matters.
Down a road whose destination is not known;
Not knowing where I go has been the fun,
The fun is what that keeps me going.
I often have found people to walk with me,
To walk with me on an otherwise lonely road;
Lonely road it has been when there was none,
There was none to speak or listen to.
My path has often been chosen by other people,
Other people who have their own path to follow;
To follow them gives me more time with them,
With them have I had many a cherished memories.
I have no clue where am supposed to go,
To go left or right is not my concern,
Not my concern for this I know well,
I know well that only the journey matters.
In School
.) 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 :)
.) 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.