Chronicles of Gautam

I was just trying to put photos on my blog and have finally managed it.The photo shows my brother on the left(Siddharth Chaudhari,currently in his fourth year,at IIT Mumbai pursuing a degree in electrical engineering).His blog address is www.sidkc.blogspot.com.The small one is my cousin brother Harshal,In the middle is Alok,another cousin of mine(I have lots of cousins.someday I will publish photos of all of them). And finally,the one on the right is ME.

Here I am,smelling strongly of kerosene(Hold it! I am not attempting a suicide so don't worry:) and typying away at my keyboard(Did I say MY keybaord?My apologies) And why should I be smelling of kerosene then?Obvious question.The reason being that I have just attended a Workshop Practice session. Such a nice place it is you see.Smells stongly of kerosene,acetylene, burning wood and metal.Add up the filthy overcoat that we have to wear , "professional " jobs which we have to do slogging our asses off and you have got a potent combination.No wonder people regularly throw up(I wont say vomit,It doesn't seem nice) and faint.But then an Second thoughts(maybe it was the third one,I can't remember),its not a bad place really.I really got to learn some 'real' stuff there.I made things that I knew won't actually pass the standards of skilled workers,but the joy which I get on seeing the completed job is kinda good. Here are somethings which I have m...

Here's an addition to BITS Pilani Lingo that I have been able to gather after consulting my wingies on lazy afternoon(you see,saturday is one of those lucky days where I have some free time): Lacha:Laugh and chat Usage:They went to the restaurant and had 'garam chai' with lots of lacha. CDC:Compulsory disciplinary courses(courses which one has to clear to obtain a degree in a particular discipline) FD:Faculty Divisions. O Lab:"Oyster lab".Lab for VLSI design .Just the 2nd of its kind in India,worth around 200 crores and Birla is planning to invest more. IPC:Information Processing Centre.Has over 250 comps for general use(although ghatia speed) , a Supercomputer(PARAM 10000) and some state of the art PC's scattered in differently named labs. LTC:Lecture Theatre Complex:New Lecture Theatres built complete with wireless microphones and projectors with a seating capacity of each theatre to be400,though I doubt if even 40 people m...

Here is a listing (though very incomplete,written in a hurry,damn those tuts!) of the words which BITSIANS use in their day to day conversation: Zuk:means Zero Usage:I got a zuk in the test. Gus:Skip,or give it up Usage:Lets gus dinner today,it sucks I gussed my chem lecture . TT:Test topper Acads:Academics GSu:Prof G Sunder,A perfect replica of Cherian from 5 point someone.(I dont think he has a sexy daughter though) Velle:not doin anything UsageMain velle baitha hoon. OASIS:college cultural fest(4 day college fest,24 hrs,lots of dhamaal) Apogee:College tech fest(a professions oriented gathering over educational experiece) Bosm:college sports fest(BITS open sports meet) Connaught place:fancy name given to group of restaurents and Dukaans in some street. Anc:all night canteen,heavily crowded during 1 am. Nc:night canteen(mess managed) Ec:evening canteen(") ...