My cyber penseive

Unperfectionism expressed !

2009-02-21T13:55:00.004+05:30

Something I received from somebody,cos that somebody thought this describes me best ! I wouldn't say best... probably it describes me partly !! Unperfect(Just as imperfect as the word itself) :P ! Well take a look at it,anyways :)

Gracy

STORY BEHIND MY DATE OF BIRTH

2009-02-16T09:54:00.008+05:30

As usual,I began my day's project lab session checking my inbox...This particular mail got me interested and i began reading about the person it said I was and I would be..So here's the excerpt :
Number 7 (thats me)
You have got the attraction to anyone out there :O , you are realistic,very confident, happy,such a talented individual with your education,music, arts, singing, and most importantly acting :) (yeuuupp!) too. You have real problems with bad temper!:O :? If you are a girl, you are popular with the subjects listed above. You give up things for your parents (oh ! Really...?). I mean you value your family status a lot, you will be in the top rank when you reach a certain age(thats great :) ). ~~If you are a guy you are popular with girls, you are a very talented too.~~ Most of the number 7s face lots of problems with their marriage life :(. Only a very few are happy(I'm on this list). You have everything in your life, but still always number 7s have some sort of unfullfilness, such worries all their lifetime. It's probably the Lord given you all sort of over the standard humans talents (*battling eyelashes*)and you are about to suffer in family life(*hypnotized*). So you need to get ready looking for a partner rather than waiting. If you don't, then you might end-up single(HAhahahahahahahhaha!!!! ). So take care with this issue, ok?(*As if*) You are wonderful, friendly, artistic, happy person.. You are born to contribute lots to this world!!! (Now this is what I wanna hear :D )
Your best match is 2. Good matches are 1,4 !!!
And for Number 2:Your best match is 2 ,5 ,9 no other people can put up with you !!!(Who'd wanna get stuck with some1 like that)

Anyways,Donot be prejudicied by this post- I am positively NOT a horoscope/astrological forecast beleiver !! Its just fun to have a look @ it and better fun having a laugh @ it with ur friends!
You can read the rest of this email text Here

****** Disclaimer*******

I'm not trying to serve as an excuse for other narcissistic readers to then take the quiz and have an opportunity to talk about themselves for a few seconds. Seriously, look at ourselves. We're even more inane than people who think that a horoscope that statisically applies to over 500 million people has something individual and meaningful to say about their day.Look at the pretty picture.

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Varanam ayiram - stiring up emotions(a different take) ;)

2009-02-03T23:34:00.006+05:30

Varanam Ayiram is one heck of a tamil movie.So far , in my life on earth I 've never seen such a movie(tamil),that infuences thinking and emotional patterns of adults,as well !!! So, thats a movie well-taken!!Accolades to Gautam Menon,the director!!Well,as I was saying...it has influenced thinking patterns- it has influenced the way people look @ their lives,dads,moms,lovers..e.t.c.., I'm not gonna rant about the movie ,here and right now (I've got a better platform and a better time -valentines day ,so watch out for my feb14 post on Myworld!)

So ..back again to what I was going to say : I know people who have become so desperate to have a bf/gf just like the ones portrayed in the movie ;),so desperate to fall in love(i ,personally know few people who r like this)..A week after the movie,you could hear the movie scripts everywhere-right from being made fun of in smses to using them in convos..e.t.c., All this is okay...Recently someone I called(rather strange)used the famous movie dialogue -"Whatever happens life must go on" !

Well,there I was in madurai ,after finishing the so-called MAT exam(my practice test ,to stay in the exam mood for CAT) seeing the flash news on TV -tamil nadu govt has announced colleges shud be indefintely closed(IDC)! And boy, was I glad ! The joy however was shortlived!the hostel authorities said that my college will not shut down!!

After sometime,not letting my hopes down,I called the security person @ the gate :

Me: Hello..May I......

He:College la leave kidayadhu (No holiday for our college)

Me:But...tv la ...

He:Whatever happens college will go on

Me:?????!!!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Ipo than nenachan-"Ena kodumai sir idhu" ivar kooda V1000 dialogue adikuraru,adhuvum college leave ila nu solradhukellam indha dialogue oru korrachalanu..!)

*hung up*

Padu pavi pasanga...Romba kettu poirukanga elarum Varanam ayiram pathu

College security kooda dialogue pesuraruna pathukongalain!!!! Logam romba kettu kidaku !

Btw, kashtapattu college mgt has given us leave,but it isnt IDC !We gotta go back soon :(

SPL thanks to chillibi

Never imagined this day would come

2009-01-05T14:34:00.003+05:30

I never imagined this day would come (D'oh ...I 'm repeating it again,I know..But its totally unbelievable). In the history of my history..such a day has never happened..In the 21 years of my intaking the earth's oxygen ....such a record has never been set! So its really a great honour to me and i thought I should definitely put this down in my penseive!..So here goes(nothing,actually :P ) :

I was early to class ... And made few of my pals get ready(by hollering @ them to buck up)and made people around me to come early to college(I don't like to boast..But dontcha think I'm such an Angel!! )

Hurray !! Accomplished something this new year!! :)) :D

Now,thats what I call a good start !!!!

Vada Pochey !!

2008-12-06T01:51:00.003+05:30

Got my call letter for interview for the Common Wealth scholarship (for PG in the UK :O) It came by speed post(Some speed!!!!) .. For the interview on dec 8 @ Delhi,it reaches only today.Alright if that isn't a problem ,they are asking for some referral letters from college.Even if that is n't the problem I dunno if I'd get it (owing to stringent Placement cell conditions @ college )
The scholarship (Govt of India,HR dept)is worth loads..Pays you the whole bulk of your fees and stuff..!
Well the odds are all against poor me :(
After a brief thought I threw it away,thinking it just isn't gonna be possible for me to attend this year. Even if i got to college on dec 6 to get the 'impossible referal' ,im not sure the right people would be there on college holiday.. and well if i return successfully dec 7 flights totally booked(shortest path algorithm just isn't satisified) WHATEVER !
As i was tellin this to a friend,I said "vada pochey" to which she said"dont worry god'll give u a bigger vadai" :D

Christmas shopping has officially begun !

2008-12-04T19:40:00.013+05:30

Today was great!
Hung out at the mall with a friend.. Went there to just have a look @ Planet 360 (Cool name huh?) ,the new diner there.. turns out it was pretty cool..probably got the name 360 cos there s almost a 360degrees view of the city (yup,Tuty has become a city officially ).
I went there with no motive @ all.. (d'oh ..who does neway , u ask me? :P )
Well.. there we were just randomly lallygagging ... The five+ storey building was home to many souvenir shops,corporate gift places,antiques,lifestyle and other brand show rooms,music shops,leather,mobiles and accessories,chat shops,and many others like normal malls..Well.. anyways back to the point...dawdling around DSF(tats the name of the mall) window shopping at a place called "lush",which did live up to its name on seeing some baby stuff it suddenly struck me that I could get something for my relatives(I never cared about family or showcased my love as much as I exhibited that among friends..So I bought some fancy stuff for my baby cousin,Johann... He's really cute and has an intolerably precious smile!!! Then I thought..if i buy something for the little one I should get something for the big one,Jeremy.. so I got some fancy Pooh the bear stuff for him..Then..I thought why not get everybody something for christmas..This is the first time I've done this..(I'm proud of you ,Gracy ) So I got stuff for my family.. They aren't all that lush or plush...but giving is the Christmas spirit and so I believe that me thinking of giving something to people who cared about me was a good start this christmas!! I got a few presents for my friends' birthdays that are nearing.
There was this Orange Shop (a corporate gift shop with 'orange' as the theme-walls,floor,wrappers n all) which was really good for getting corporate gifts and stuff... I purchased a few diyas there(corn flavoured ones shaped like corn too... )a gift for a really loving friend !! I also got some antique jewelry(2 pairs of ear-rings) from a shop called Sakyaa-juz for gulz...for another movie-freak jewel loving friend of mine... And some keychains ,studs and bracelets for other friends of mine from college..And a friendship band looking alike for sorna and me !!(plus a surprise)I picked up a few hindi dvds for my bro'.(rock on -one among them)Bet everybody's gonna be surprised @ what I'm gonna do!! Anywayz I dunno if I'm reaching out to anyone through this blog....but still... I wanna shout this out.... Giving is the true joy of living ! Thats what Christ jesus has taught us.. and thats what I believe is the true spirit of christmas... So how many u gave now ?? (Titan fast track tag - copied :D)
Wishing you all a very merry season !!, Gracy !

I was born intelligent !

2008-12-03T02:47:00.002+05:30

Question:what is 2 x 2 ?

Elementary school student : 4 (without thinking)

High school student : 4 ..I think

Grad school : (uses the scientific calculator ) maybe 4.000000

Post Grad : Writes a code snippet and tells that it may be around 4

Ph.D scholar : spends 6 months on thesis and finds a new programming language that's fit for solving such problems and then tells that ,the program says 4,but I have doubts even though I have debugged.

MORAL : We are born geniuses,Education ruins us !!

Powering down !!

2008-12-01T20:24:00.005+05:30

My grandma and ma learnt (in progress) to use the pc only recently...Motive: She wanted to learn how to chat with her daughter abroad.. send emails..network..check out her mutual funds and for other banking purposes..! So I taught her them lil bit .. (Very slow learners !!) Allright..! So how do they repay me??? By shutting down the laptop early morning before the free download time gets over !! (telling me its a bad idea to keep it powered the whole day ,especially during the rains) Arrrghhh!!! WHY did they learn how2shutdown!>?

Lost pen pal

2008-11-25T23:39:00.003+05:30

Have you ever lost someone near and dear to you?? Many of us have,but the connection may have been undone because of reasons such as mortality,feuds...and the like... Separations Suck!!

Emma Wright and I had been friends for more than a year..We still are ! We were not the normal 'daily-meeting' ,or for that matter, the 'daily talking' sorta pals.. In fact, I have never met her in person,but We really knew each other in a different fashion.. We started writing to each other in 2003 (I presume) and from then I had experienced a "You've Got Mail" sorta happiness resulting from my walk from the mailbox to my room with a happy heart and mail in hand ! Ah Those were the times... We wrote to each other on subjects ranging from our family,how things happen in our countries,movies we watch,to books we read, to the cultural events in our respective places, to what we were doing at that moment... The last I heard from her was Christmas of 2006.Her seasons greetings bore a cute picture of Pooh the bear. :) Emma's British(the nation I always wanted to go) and was into some sorta social service effort,and the last I heard.. She was seeing this guy Olly,whose arrival from France she was expecting( I could sense the pulse of excitement from her words!)That was the last I heard of her...! :( Even though I tried contacting her after that(some 2 or 3 letters) I haven't got a reply yet :(

Last month as I was rummaging through my treasure trove, I re-read her letters...("We'll write to each other forever" -she wrote) and for my Christmas wish this year,I can only wish of reconnecting with her ! (Believe me .. thats my only wish ,so far...)

One month to go for X'mas !

Cryptography and Network Security

2008-11-21T17:57:00.000+05:30

What do you do when you have a week's holiday before your next exam.. I'm sure it'd be fun filled with all sorts of activities that are totally irrelevant to your exam.Like the stuff we did b4 our crypto exam..

Loads of dumb things...

Clay craft stuff

Reading an old diary ;) ...and 2 others that are way too dumb to be mentioned..! ;)

Overall it was good fun,while it lasted.. Exam got over today.. It was pretty much okay.

I know... all this sounds terribly sillly.. But they sure were gooood times.. :) I made a computer monitor,apple ipod,angel doll,punch gloves and other really artistic stuff outta my dough of clay.

A Small Friendship Poem !
I believe in angels,
The kind that heaven sends,
I am surrounded by angels,
But I call them friends.

Tomorrow's worries

2008-11-19T21:49:00.000+05:30

[So] do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of it own.There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings. Matthew 6:34

Thats a verse in a passage i read from The Bible today morn.After a particularly sad yester'day' it was consoling to read that.

2008-10-31T07:35:00.001+05:30

Read a super gud sms:
Using steam,james Watt invented the Steam engine
Muniyamma invented the idly
THINK DIFFERENT !!!!!

This day

2008-10-29T04:14:00.002+05:30

We met it was luck
We talked it was chance
We became friends it was destiny
We are still friends it is faith
We will always be friends THATs a promise !!

Problems arise because of wat we talk...Problems are not solved because we don't talk..So..good or bad talk to your close friends frankly !!

Ode to Practical Laboratory Exams

2008-10-18T22:30:00.000+05:30

3 மணி நேர ஜாலி ....லேப் ல கடலை ... கிளாஸ் ல observation எழுதுறது
லேப் hour ல canteen சுற்றும் இன்பம்
ctrl c ctrl v keys ஓட usage .. common ftp
printer ku சண்டை aduthavan file aataya podradhu
record index ல page no கூட copy adipadhu
model practical nu ஒரு mega comedy
sem practical nu pendrive aerpadu
கடைசி நேர viva preparation
எப்படியோ output வாங்கும் trick
ipadiellam 2005-2008 வரை irundhஉ college labsarithiram !
Never again will get that :(
Missing my college லேப் !

18th october (the very last university practical exam) - The last time I ever wore that lab coat to college!

End-of-Labs! :(
I dedicate this post to all the wonderful hours spent in my college laboratory !

Upside Down

2008-10-04T02:41:00.000+05:30

My grades are down from A's to D's
I'm way behind in DSP
I've lost myself in fantasies
Where me and me together :P
I don't know why-I-I But thinking's all I do
I won't get by-I-I On mere imagination
Upside down !! Bouncing off the ceiling
Inside out stranger to this feeling
Right from my apparel..
..To the wordwar that befell
..to the scenario I just cant tell
..or the academic work that ended not so well
..to the secret tat I can never sell
4/10/08 has been everything but a swell
God, Plz lemme not well up or yell !! )

This was one bumpy day that has to go down in my pensieve as a very eventful one ,not exactly the funfilled kind I always hope for !
I wrote this music lyric-modified poem sorta thingy this day after having a rollercoaster ride ,enough action for a week !!
If you've been wondering about the grades part... its true : I'm in the bottom 10 list of the class in the stupidest ..most dumbest subject EVER on my Engineering syllabus - Yes Its Digital Signal Processing -DSP .To date I don't even know what that is all about .. Result : Marks in tests that i have never gotten before..I have soared down to the depths to reach such scores as 10%,22% and the like.. Who ever needs all this crap !! Who needs this anyway! As I continue cursing this,I accidentally stumbled upon THIS, when I was lookin for some audio editing software ( for adding effects to my vocal recordings :P ) http://www.findmysoft.com/software/dsp_effects/
Lol ... So DSP actually is used somewhere huh?!?!?! As if it wasn't :P
I gotta go back to college during moi study hols to write the improvement retests and score some decent number for the teacher to award me some internal marks!
Life today has gotten Upside down and topsy turvy , positively !!

The Thinker !

2008-10-03T00:22:00.001+05:30

I am known among friends for being a thinker - thinker in the morning,thinker in the evening , thinker when the sun goes down ! Its not that I love to sit and pose as "The (abominable/highly intellectual) Thinker" , its part of what I am : A Dreamer (big time)
If you have noticed my profile description here in blogger:
"Can't help if I space in a daze, My eyes tune out the other way, I may switch off and go in a daydream, In this head my thoughts are deep, But sometimes I can't even speak, Will someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in MY WORLD !!!"

These are the lyrics from one of moi favourite songs - Avril's.Fits me perfectly..!
I can solve problems and make good decisions independently,most of the times. I think creatively and critically too,.. when needed :P! Thats a little bit about my thinking pattern..
What was once thought can never be unthought. (Carl J. Friedrich) Thats the way life has to be...Recently I have progressed from being an extrovert to happily lead an ambivert's life: Maybe its the opposite of progress,God alone knows.. You can think : "how sick is that??" But I,for one am enjoying this life..Its my pals who often mention I'm not the same old self and something mystic has settled on me :D Lol.. Its probably becuse you get mature as ur days roll by,intaking paramount wisdom and knowledge from the factors on earth that you get in touch with !!
Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. Wouldn't it?? :P

Sometimes when I get really moody ,I resort to penning down my thoughts in the form of short poems(as I like to call them) I'm NO poet ,but nevertheless its a vent..an exhaust cooler to my overheated brain... Most of these poems that come form my twisted (as in complicated:P ) mind are bits of stringed sentences, that none but the writer can understand (Cleverly camoflauged ! :) ).Like this one for instance that I wrote today in the wee hours of my noon class !

"There are a thousand thoughts in my head
That I dare not utter
For fear of a shatter (of hearts)
But it doesn't matter
..To whomsoever it may concern!
As long as the person's happy
I AM too.. And I've got others
to care about too.. "

I do sound like a sober melancholy poetess , don't I?? :( :P ,which actually I am not ! :)
Just that.. I was down in the dumps this day cos a person close to heart Blah blah blah &^*$^$* - I can't seem to find the right words.Anyways its all over now..I'm a happy bird once again !
Taking a break from the thinking chair ,until the next post ,yours , The thinker ! :)

My Pensieve / "My Penseive"

2008-10-02T11:37:00.002+05:30

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years

A Pensieve is a stone receptacle used to store and review memories. Well..in my case its obviously a cyber receptacle ! Covered in mystic runes, a witch or wizard can extract their own or another person’s memories, store them in the Pensieve, and review them later. It also relieves the mind when it becomes cluttered with information. Anyone can examine the memories in the Pensieve, which also allows viewers to fully immerse themselves in the memories stored within, much like a magical form of real world virtual reality.
While I’m no witch ... this blog is my receptacle of the evergreen memories crammed into my complicated mind !! :P
These r both my good times and bad times in my nomadic life on earth!And for the record,Pensieve is something I caught on to from "Harry Potter" !

“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”!

“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.”
Welcome to my cyber-penseive !!