tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170795292011-11-24T22:10:31.363+05:30This is a place to write about...well...anything that happens in my life.. Note: None of the content of this blog (including but not restricted to pictures) may be copied without explicit prior written permission from me.Gautam Chaudharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03357707849889095175noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17079529.post-22947156468386890662011-10-07T23:59:00.002+05:302011-10-08T00:00:54.681+05:30

My boarding passes from September 2010 to March 2011 I was just going through my photos folder and found the above photo tucked away in the 'photos from mobile phone' folder. I remembered why I had taken the photo earlier - it was because I was surprised how many times I had to travel by air within that span of a few months, and for reasons mostly not related to my work. Air travel in

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IIM Express: Rickshaw sporting a jazzy sign It has been a hectic two and half months to say the least. As I again glanced over some survival pointers that my brother and his friend gave me before I came here,  I realized how much sense they make.  176 Lectures of 75 minutes each, 15 exams, 20 company presentations, 30 quizzes and innumerable cases and assignments.  I never thought I could

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I am going here! Ok, so as you might have heard, my efforts of the past 3 years have born fruit; and I have been offered admission to the prestigious WIMWI, better known as IIM Ahmedabad. Now that I am on the other side of the fence, I can start writing cheeky posts with  subjects like this about how I made it :P The below lines are taken as is from an email that I wrote to a junior some days

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India wins the Cricket world cup after an excruciating wait of 28 years. Non-Indians will perhaps not understand how much this means to an average Indian. Only the sport of cricket has the power to transcend the boundaries of religion, caste, language, politics and class in India. Winning the world cup has brought back this sense of nationalistic pride which is perhaps the greatest

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The last fortnight went really quick and really slow at the same time. I had to give six interviews in the span of some ten days for admissions to b-schools across the country. Interestingly, I found out that the worst part about giving interviews is not the interview itself, but the wait outside the interview room! Hoping to get through some colleges :fingers crossed. Meanwhile, iPad 2 has

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One thing that hit me yesterday is that I am a Bangalorean now. At least in part. And the worst thing about it is the name itself - 'Bangalorean'. I am not impressed. Compare it with 'Mumbaikar', 'Hyderabadi', 'Madrasi' and 'Amritsari'. Don't they sound so much more desi and appealing? Here are some reasons why I consider myself a Bangalorean in part: 1. People ask me directions. And I am able

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I was asked precisely this question during one of my mock interviews. Take a minute, there is no hurry, i was told. And the target was to sell 50 ipods of Rs 2500 each, with a marketing budget of 1 lakh. Hmm. So how do I do it? I thought on it and answered on the following lines: 1.  Ipods = rich young chaps, probably some rich farmers kids with some amount of disposable money at least.  They

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The lazybum that I am, I am just re pasting my comment here on my brother's blogpost here. "You are absolutely correct about the average longevity of humans being the prime reason why humans evolved this way. If a person expected to die at the age of 30, it made sense to procreate at the age of 15 so that by the time he dies, his child would procreate and the cycle continues. Mental,

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Film Poster - Dhobi Ghat Another quick post on another movie I saw recently. Dhobi Ghat is a movie about four people who have come to Mumbai for different reasons, from different socio-economic backgrounds and are somehow linked to each other through their actions. Aamir Khan plays a brooding painter, who mostly keeps to himself and is inspired by seemingly mundane things. Then there is an

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Film Poster - No One Killed Jessica Quick post about a film I saw recently: I saw the film "No One killed Jessica" around a week ago. I would give it 3 and a half stars out of 5. It s a well made movie. It does not bore you, tries to bring out the evil in our society but without being preachy about it. Both the lead actresses have done a good job - one who is a journalist and other is the

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The Blackberry Curve 8900 Recently I have been using the Blackberry smart phones. I used the Curve 8320 for around 3 months, and now I am in the possession of a sleek and sexy Curve 8900. I would say that Blackberry is not just a phone, but a way of life. I am surprised how quickly I am addicted to my berry. I have almost stopped checking my mails on the computer, because before they appear

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Am writing this blog post from my mobile, a sexy Curve 8900 newly in my possession,.while on a ride back home in the company cab. I have Blackberry internet services enabled on it, and I think if I send an email to a particular address, it will be directly published as a post. If you are able to read this, then it has worked! More about my shiny new toy (and the Blackberry experience in

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First of all, let me wish all of you a very happy year ahead! I am back to Bangalore after an eventful week in Mumbai. Back to office, back to work. Quite some things changed in my life in the past week: some for the worse, some for the better. I hope in the long term I will be happy for the past 10 days. I must admit that the year didn't start of well, the shocker of a XAT being the first of

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Love them or hate them, but you cannot ignore Apple's products. The Ipod, Iphone and the Ipad have not just become iconic products of this decade, but have redefined the industry and become synonymous with the product itself. I wouldn't be exaggerating if I say music player = iPod and tablet = iPad. Apple has die hard fanboys, who swear by its products and have an almost blind adoration for the 

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As tradition has it, I am back in Mumbai for this year's Christmas - New year festive season. For the 6th year in a row, I am spending this time of the year in Mumbai. Four years of my college and two years of working, I was never at home during Diwali or Holi, or Ganesh Chaturthi for that matter, but I am always here during Christmas and New Year; simply because I have had holidays every single

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  Seoul - Infinitely yours Recently I had been to South Korea, one of the four 'Asian tigers'. Specifically, I had been to the very live and bustling city of Seoul, the place where the Miracle on the Han river took place. This event refers to the phenomenal economic success of the Seoul city in particular, and South Korea in general in the last 3-4 decades.  It is a story of the epic rise of a

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While on the bus the other day, I passed a spot where an accident had taken place. Usually most people stand up and crane their neck to get a glimpse of the scene. I am not one of them. I am sensitive in this sense, preferring  to move on rather than have a disturbing image affixed in my brain. Probably some poor guy must be lying in a pool of blood with many parts of the body broken and writhing

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Am I connected or not? One of the frustrating things about using Windows is, surprising as it may seem, having to deal with problems involving wi-fi. It would appear that using Windows would at least guarantee a pain-free, hassle free experience with wireless drivers. But Alas! It is not so. Nowadays I can safely declare that any Ubuntu (rather any Linux} box outperforms Windows with regards to

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Here I was innocuously working on my embedded linux terminal, at the place of my work; when out of the blue I found out that using the Linux operating system might mean supporting terrorism in this world! Or at least supporting the ideas that terrorists seem to believe in. Have a look at the above screenshot of the my terminal. My box does not want peace, has no satisfaction, is not interested in

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Protoype of Android cordless home phone ( source: Curventa )Motorola and SGW Global are introducing Android powered Cordless phones in the market. Both the companies have showcased their upcoming Cordless phones at the CES 2010 in Jan. (See http://androidandme.com/2010/01/news/

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While I am writing about movies that I have watched recently, let me add another post telling movies which I have to yet watch - and I have them with me already ready for viewing. So here is my upcoming movies playlist:The Pursuit of Happyness (English)Jogwa (Marathi)Up (English, animated)Wall-E (English, animated)District 9 (English)Inglourious Basterds (English)Pulp Fiction(English)I know all

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Some of the popular personas on firefoxDo you use firefox? If yes, then do you use Firefox personas? Personas are what themes in Firefox could never be: methods to change the look and colours of Firefox at the click of a single button without trying to change the overall browsing experience. I highly recommend choosing from the thousands of available personas and dressing up your browser

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In continuation with this list of movies I had seen in Bangalore till then, here is an update:1. 2012 (English)***2. 3 Idiots (Hindi) ****1/23. Alien vs Predator (English)***4. Avatar (3D)(English) ****5. Batman Begins (English) ***1/26. Chance pe Dance (Hindi) *1/27. Euro Trip (English) ***8. Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi) ***1/29. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince (English) ***1/210.

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Now this is what I call a great MBA's marketing mind at work!This poster, seen at the Philips cafeteria near where I work, had me in splits the first time I saw it. I wonder if there is a tiny possibility that the person who coined this 'We squeeze to please' tagline really had no idea of its sexual connotations. And the 'Juices 'n' More' doesn't help either. I am convinced that the guy had a

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So I have finally become any engineer!Here goes:Gautam ChaudhariBachelor of Engineering (Honors), Electrical and Electronics.Btw, I joined DSP group , the company interned with earlier, as a software engineer.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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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

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Tomorrow I will be taking the CAT. For the uninitiated, the CAT is an acronym for the Common Entrance Test, clearing which might open a path leading to admissions in the coveted IIMs. Like lakhs of others, between 10:30 am to 1pm, I will be ploughing through excruciating passages in English, trying to comprehend the tangled and hidden meanings and inferences in them. I will be solving problems in

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I know it has been a long time since my last post, and even now I am just going to quickly publish some updates of what is happening in my life.1. I totally cracked this SimCat - cleared all sections with overall percentile of 99.85, and a national rank of 24 :D. I just hope I can do as well if not better on the third Sunday of November.2. I really liked Rashmi Bansal's "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

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White and Brown Tigers. Majestic. Butterfly Park. Picturesque. Elephants. Cute. Zebra. Arrogant.I have some stupid problem in Firefox where I am unable to upload pics to blogger. So I had to use IE to create this post :(Current favourite track: "Paigham" from Lakeer.

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On Saturday I visited Banerghatta National Park, and on the way riding on the cheapest public transport I have ever used in my life. I traveled in BMTC's Vayu Vajra bus, from Majestic to Banerghatta (A distance of at least 15 kms), with AC and all, for a mere Rs. 1. It turns our the BMTC had a scheme for 4 days to sell all AC bus tickets for Rs 1, in an attempt to divert the public's travel

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One of my friends had the following status message on Gtalk:"I had to google for the meaning of JFGI, and the irony of it was overwhelming."It indeed is.

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This picture shows what it is like inside the huge Philips Innovation Campus (PIC).And this is what my office looks like from the breakout area.'Dream on' by Aerosmith still going strong.Dream on, dream on, dream on,Dream on till your dream comes true...

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I just found this incredible video which is a must watch. Its inspired from 'We didn't start the fire..'Heres the link:Here comes another bubble...Please do see it. My best part was about the blog paragraph. I can't resist posting the lyrics here:"Blog, blog, blog it all,Blog it if it’s big or small.Blog at the cineplex,Blog while you’re having sex.Blog in the locker room,Babies blogging in the

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Thats my Windows desktop! Cool isn't it? Possible thanks to Yod'm3D (Yet anOther Desktop Manager)."Yod'm 3D is a virtual desktop manager available for Windows 2000, XP and Vista. It is notably the first program to offer a cube-style virtual desktop management feature on Windows operating systems.It offers a "cube-effect" like e.g. VirtueDesktops for Mac OS X or Compiz and Beryl for the X Window

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The Biggest news of the day: Google is launching an open source browser 'Chrome'. It promises "a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of Web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers". Have a look at their official comic strip hereCan't wait to get my hands on it.

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No, this is not a post about the Big Bang ( although it is interesting enough to merit a separate post itself ), rather it is a post about The Big Bang Theory, an American situational comedy created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.The story revolves around two nerds who are particle physics scientists, their two friends who again are similar nerds and a simple (and hot) girl

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Please click on the Image to enlarge it. What seems so special about the screenshot? It seems that somebody just clicked on "start" in windows. So whats the fuss and why am I writing a post about it? Well, it turns out that (surprise!) it is not windows at all, but an operating system called ReactOS. To quote the ReactOS site verbatim "ReactOS® is a free, modern operating system

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Microsoft has finally released the much anticipated Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 today. It can be found here. Apparently it is receiving rave reviews from all around the planet. (Review1,Review2). One of the new "feature" is the "porn mode", or so it is nicknamed. Ahem.I personally haven't tried it yet, (by "it" I mean the browser you pervs) but the reviews all say that IE8 is "catching up" and

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This is a screenshot of Amarok, the best music player in my opinion. How can one see the player and not fall in love with it? I just loved it from the day I saw it. Its highly customizable, plays every format once the codecs are installed, and generally does all that can be expected from a top notch media player, and then some more.I quite like the Moodbar feature- it is the colourful bar that

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I am really proud of my laptop- I never had to format it due to a virus/spyware infection. (Though I did format it quite a few times due to my Linux addiciton). Here I would like to share some of the softwares which I use, most of which I am really fond of, and free. (I rather like to use free software unless there is a compelling reason to use a paid one.(Did I say paid? :P)Firefox: Oh it just

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The happening of the following sequence of events is why am I posting on blogger and not Wordpress:-I forgot my Wordpress password (quite rare, me forgetting passwords).-The 'forgot password' link on Wordpress mailed to my Bitsmail account.-I couldn't open my Bitsmail account on account of it being currently inaccessible from outsite BITS.BTW I am in Bangalore from 2nd July, and here are some

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In sharp contrast to what I have written below(in the last post),right now not only can I access blogger,I can access it very quickly.Yipee!!:))You can read all about how this transformation took place in my new blog at this link hereThough now I can use blogger,I won't.I guess its no use looking back:P

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Ok,so first things first-its official,I have decided to dump blogger.The damn thing simply refuses to open in the hostel rooms.What am I supposed to do then?Go to the IPC at 2 oclock in night(for some reason the only time of the day when my mind generates ideas)??.But let me be clear.Its NOT that I DONT like Blogger.Its just that it is not useful to me anymore.I can't read my brothers blog.I

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This post has come after a pretty long time without a change in the subject that the previous four posts pertain to,but considering what a lazy bumass(whatever that means!) I am,I can safely assume that the people reading this will excuse me.Actually I had initially thought that I would put the photos at one time but the IPC is so wonderful that it compels you to change your ideas.And thus the

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Work of Art!Dinner at hotel just outside the sanctuary gatesAnd We Finally enter the park(in open jeeps-its not allowed to step out of the jeeps).(Well,I must confess..we had to get out at one point of time due to unavoidable circumstances.)

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These are some photos near the town of Alwar..where we had stoped to enjoy the view.There were lots of Bandar-log around(excluding us of course)and turtles in river.And the majestic Kingfisher too!!Unfortunately I cant upload all the FOUR HUNDRED snaps that we took on our trip.The rocks where we are all sitting are opposite the river with the road in between. Some of my friends

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This weekend I had gone with my wingies to Sariska national park.For those of whom haven't heard of this place,its between two of its more famous cousins-Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary towards the north and Ranthambore Tiger reserve to the south.It was one of the most enjoyable weekends that I have spent after coming to BITS.A weekend to sac out(relax), and have gen fun with mainly wingies and pseudo

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So finally I have decided to write something in my long stagnant blog.Was somewhat busy during the past few days because of APOGEE(A Professions Oriented Gathering Over Educational Experience)-the technical festival of BITS Pilani held during 21st to 25th March. We had initially started out to conduct a Workshop.And the topic was "Free space Optics" which was chosen by my dear friend Rishi

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10th Grade >>> >>>> > >>> > >>> >As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to >>>me.>>> >She was my so-called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky >>> >hair. I wished she were mine, but she didn't notice me like >>>that.>>> >And I knew it. After class she walked up to me and asked me>>>for>>> >the notes she had missed the day before, and I handed them to >>>her. >>> >She

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I tried so hard,And got so far,But in the end,It doesn't even matter. This is what I remembered when I saw my Physics answer sheet today.22/60 is NOT a flattering score,and it hurts especially coz I REALLY KNEW my course this time.Life frequently throws a dangerous and demoralizing bullet at you,a bullet with the name 'frustration'.And it has somehow hit me.It has another realisation:the fact

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-Tommorow I am going to bathe.-Tommorow I am going to clean my room ,including the 12 cobwebs.-Tommorow I am going to cover by bed with a bedsheet.-Tommorow I am going to wash my clothes.-Tommorow I am going to post a blog.-Tommorow I am going to get up early(before 8 is early for me). I have been saying this for about a week now,and I have done ALL these things today.Yipee!!It feels good.-

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Shrek!! Hitler Gollum The Original Kid!!!

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Aim of the Game: Guess the real person!! Only one of the person in the blue workman's outfit is a real,live person.The other one is a chalk drawing made on the street.So what is your guess??Confused? ?

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So finally it is happening again.Things have started to pile up all around me and even the tests have begun.Slowly but steadily work is piling up.I will have to sort it all out quickly.Organise is suitable word.That reminds me,I haven't cleaned my room(nor has my roomie).It is a complete mess and I am having trouble finding things that I need.Aaj ka newspaper bhi mere room ka kachra ban chuka

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I have realised it took a lot of my will power to: - Get up early in the morning in freezing conditions. - Listen to the droning of the lecturer without falling asleep(people fall asleep in the front row itself). - Endure the torturous computer programming lab where the tutor was valiantly trying to teach us stuff like how to open a folder in windows,how to create a new folder

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It seems that Siddharth is frustrated that I have stopped blogging and hence bowing to public demand I will have to write something here now.So here goes: Currently I am damn pissed off because I am typing this whole post again due to an error in the Ipc computer that wiped out my unpublished post.It is not very easy to come to the IPC regularly to write blogs.And on the top of that when

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Don't have anything better to say than-HI!!.Just trying to start my OWN blog somehow.Have read lots of blogs and commented on them.Thought I would my OWN.I think its a good way to rave and rant about ones life-and the best part is that it better than a normal diary.Hope that I may continue this blog for long.

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