Friday, December 21, 2007

2k7 log file

  • Went through a certain period of time in which i successfully wrote and passed 4 university exams in 3 days, a period i affectionately labeled 'Black week'. I still consider this to be one of my greatest academic achievements after joining engineering.
  • Won the first(and possibly the last) ever programming contest i attended. All i had to do was write a c++ program to crack a Caesar Cipher. Put in the money i won into procuring my first mobile, a Motorola W220.
  • Went for my second Ragam and thankfully we managed to procure a 3rd for eastern orchestra. But rahul dude, surely missed ur amazing vox :D
  • Watched most of my friends getting placed. It wasnt much fun sitting at home for about 4 months and regretting about those supplies as each job goes whizzing past your ear.
  • Attended my first interview successfully and finally got placed. A BIG thank you to lotsa ppl. Ain't mentioning names, coz they'll know anyway.
  • Wandered trivandrum city for about 2-3 weeks trying to get sponsorship money for western orchestra in crossroads. Finally met target after loooots of marikkals.
  • I'd also like to thank the entity which was responsible for the beautiful rain that happened while western orchestra was going on from the bottom of my heart.
  • Went to lotsa places this year. Bonacaud, peppara, chowara, meenmutty and all. Was nice.
  • Got through my seminar kinda successfully. Feedback tells me i was good at confusing than convincing..anyways :D
  • The "main project" happened and i consider this among the most 'educating' times of my life.
  • It made me realize how hard it is for certain people to accept their mistakes.
  • I was also introduced to a certain race of people who are well versed in the art form where they accept their mistakes ONLY to you and then quite successfully manage to turn tables onto you in front of others behind your back. FYI that hurts more than good old fashioned classic backstabbing.
  • The no. of faces i have to smile at also took a hit during this year due to above mentioned instances.
  • First impressions aren't always true.(this statement holds both ways)
  • Managed to revive my long lost hobby of stargazing.
  • Bought a new mobile for "project purposes". With that my dream of owning an mp3 player was also realized.
  • Flipped in and out of many belief systems(religiously i.e).
  • The good side of the above point was that i got to read a lot(online i.e) about various aspects of religion,god blah blah.
  • Discovered a new passion in photography.
  • Supplies again :D
  • Two ubuntu releases in this year and it just keeps getting better and better. Managed to convert many people to linux.
  • Yanni is simply awwsum!
  • Cut up vegetables for the first time in my life. Thanx to kenny's mom :D
  • Got hooked to the old tv series Cosmos.
  • I worship Carl Sagan.
  • Attended the engagement of a classmate.

10 comments:

prithi said...

->everyone has a workin brain of their own.


->it's easy to b self righteously critical wen u've presumably done no "wrong". jst remembr u can b on the other side one day. ur only human.


->give others a chance

Rajiv Nair said...

@prithi

-> i never denied that

-> i am human. But I guarentee u, whenm on the other side, ill have the "working brain" that u mentioned to accept my mistakes.

->a chance is fine. but 3 is not

shadow said...

If you think hes done something wrong , kindly STATE in exact details as what hes done which was wrong :) . As long as you dont know whats happening and and ure presuming hes done something wrong and that hes not accepting it,then u have no right to comment on pressumptions :).

kartoos said...

Agree that mistakes are human and forgiveness is godliness. When you make a mistake you should realise it and maybe apologise for it.I'm sure however big the mistake was, the other person would forgive you. Maybe it would take time, but he'd. But without even an effort for truce(let alone an apology) i dont expect anyone to forget anything overnight.

Ken John Koshy said...

* Went through a certain period of time in which i successfully wrote and passed 4 university exams in 3 days -
to of them were labs so wont qualify and people clear 6 xams in 6 days :P...stop bragging

# The "main project" happened and i consider this among the most 'educating' times of my life.
# It made me realize how hard it is for certain people to accept their mistakes.
# I was also introduced to a certain race of people who are well versed in the art form where they accept their mistakes ONLY to you and then quite successfully manage to turn tables onto you in front of others behind your back. FYI that hurts more than good old fashioned classic backstabbing.

If you got to say something say it out loud. i am not talking abt this blog but in general. Talking to you in person is not much of a problem and the way you talk and the views you express is not at all an issue . But when you talk online you are kind of a pain, in the sense you dont say stuff directly. You come up with these dialogs, and i guess u take gr8 pride in those, and start talking. If you want every 1 to take you dialogs in the worst possible sense and you want to offend others well then its ok. But if you dont mean much harm then stop saying these dialogs. I am not talking abt this blog, or any of ur issues with others. This is from my personal experience. I have even told asb and indu that i am getting pissed off with ur sarcastic or indirect remarks. It would be soo soo much more clear if you just say things out loud with no confusing sentences. May be you might not have meant any harm,but what u say is quite ambiguous and people will take it the worst possible way

prithi said...

listen people...i am only writing this cos i happnd to hear it frm some people.

I (and for that matter ANYONE) wudnt pick sides in a fight in which no one knows exactly what happend. So sayin that i am on SREEDISH PS's side on the basis that i am his friend is really irritating. I am your friend and asb's friend jst the way i'm friend's wit him.

Ken John Koshy said...

and abt this particular fight. What the hell are we skool kidds. I can understand people not liking each other, but such hostility??? I am not asking any 1 to 4get every thing and be best friends with each other but i think such hostility should not persists. The only way this issue can be solved, or even come any where close to getting solved is if all the parties talk face to face, which in our class is kind of hard to do. people might be feeling hurt and betrayed but i guess its time to move on. I believe that v have been given project in our college so that v can experience all these situations and come out of it wiser. These problems will happen to us in future and its for our best interest that we find a solution for these problems. any way to be hostile is not a solution. And i am not saying that the problem is yours. I my self am not sure abt the entire story of the fight but what i am sure is if 2 people were good friends at some point of time i dont think 1 fight or any no of fights will change the fact that they were friends earlier and since they were friends earlier there is still a chance of patching things up. Things will never be the same but it can be better. We are going to leave this college in a few months time and i dont c this fite as a reason to create enemies. I dont c any fight in our class as a reason for creating enmity.

Rajiv Nair said...

@ken

thank u:)

@prithi

:)

kartoos said...

i agree with ken on the statement tht says even if u cant be best friends again things could be better if both parties put an effort now

Anonymous said...

Well said.