Long time, no see

I know its been 2 months since my last post, and I admit, I have no excuse. I was busy, but not so that I couldn't take out a few minutes for a quick update. Anyways, if my last winter vacation was a whirlwind, the last two months were nothing short of a tornado.

Let me try to summarize them as by bro does on his blog:

ADVD analog assignment, OLAB, more OLAB, W/L ratios, increasing current decreasing resistance, assembly programming, APOGEE project, couplings and breakups, SJphone, SYNC packets, PPD, OFDM, Least mean square algo, John Deere, XLRI interview, Delhi, metro, John Deere, DSPG, Instru Assoc, C'not sessions.

I just love this place. My psenti sem is getting over.
:(

John Deere

I got placed in John Deere(India)!

For the uninitiated, John Deere is a Fortune 500 company, with $24 bn of revenue. "It is the world’s leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe."

The job will be in Pune. I am considered one of the luckier ones on campus, with just about 30 people placed out of 550 in BITS after a fortnight of start of placements.

Yeah!

Current favourite song: "Mere Dushman, tu meri dosti ko tadpe".

Blur

The past one month has been quite a blur.

From Bangalore to Mumbai to Pilani.
From Kannada all around to Marathi all around to Hindi all around.
From get-up-in-the-morning-and-go-to-work to who-the-hell-cares-what-day-it-is to ghot-for-placements-even-if-no-company-is-coming.
From colleagues to family to friends.

From Bangalore to Home to Home.

Phir Dekhiye

The song 'Phir Dekhiye' from 'Rock On!!' is so beautiful. The lyrics go something like this:

आंखों में जिस के ...
कोई तो ख्वाब है।
खुश है वहीँ जो ....
थोड़ा बेताब है ।
जिंदगी ... में कोई ,
आरजू... कीजिये,
फिर देखिये... ।

I just love this song.

Movies I saw in Bangalore

Here is a list of movies that I saw after coming to Bangalore (in July). These are movies which I had not seen earlier. Given besides them are my ratings (out of a maximum of 5).

1.When Harry Met Sally (English) ***
2.Jannat (Hindi) ***
3.Satya (Hindi) ****
4.Money Hai To Honey hai (Hindi) *
5.Kismat Konnection (Hindi) **
6.Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) ****
7.Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (Hindi) (Black and White) ***
8.Iqbal (Hindi) ****
9.Yuva (Hindi) ***
10.Padosan (Hindi) **1/2
11.Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Hindi) ****
12.Arth (Hindi) ****
13.Dostana (Hindi) ***1/2
14.Fashion (Hindi) ***1/2
15.Heroes (Hindi) **1/2
16.EMI (Hindi) **
17.The Terminal (English) ***1/2
18.Rock On!! (Hindi) ****
19.A Wednesday (Hindi) ***1/2
20.Yanda Kartavya Aahe (Marathi) ***
21.Checkmate (Marathi) *1/2
22.Mukkampost London (Marathi) **1/2
23.Gadhvacha Lagna (Marathi) *
24.Valu (Marathi) ***1/2
25.Tingya (Marathi) ***1/2
26.The Dark Knight (English) ****
27.Memento (English) ****
28.Frequency (English) ***

And these are the movies which I saw again, but nevertheless, here are my ratings:

1.Guru (Hindi) ***
2.Rang De Basanti (Hindi) ***1/2
3.Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi) ***
4.The Bourne Identity (English) ****
5.The Bourne Supremacy (English) ***1/2
6.The Bourne Ultimatum (English) ****
7.The Girl Next Door (English) **
8.Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (English) ***1/2
9.Notting Hill (English) ***1/2

Themes in Gmail

Gmail has added a theme feature. Its great. This is what my gmail looks like now :)

Belling the CAT - II

So did I bell the CAT? Unfortunately, no.

DI&LR pretty much sucked for me, where I am getting only 17/100 and the expected cut-off is 32-35 for 95%. Math was ok, getting 37/100, expected cut-off being 32 for 95%. And Eng was pretty good, getting 72/82/82 (CL,TIME,IMS) out of 160 which will be pretty close to 100% (expected cut off is 47-49 for 95%). So My total is 126/136/136 (CL/TIME/IMS). Which should be around 98-98.9% according to CL.

But sadly, no calls :( It would have been good to get some experience in GD/PI had I got a call. And who knows, I might even have got admission in an IIM!

Sigh.