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First taste of freedom!

February 22, 2010 / / 0 Comments

As I was all excited about staying on my own in Bangalore,it wasn’t as much as I expected.Being in a PG was good for one fact that you had no work to do once you are back from office.So I did nothing in the evenings except for watching movies.However,as time passed,I ran out of movies and had to be too idle to feel good.On the other hand,lack of internet facility strangled me.I thought the PG life would be like hostel life,but a lot of such differences reminded me that I was wrong.So to keep myself engaged,I started baby-sitting for the 10 months old kid of the house-owner šŸ™‚ Not to complain,I had a lot of fun in managing that kid(Hats off to all mothers,it isn’t quite easy).I didn’t roam much during weekends because I know if I go out for shopping,I wouldn’t have a penny in my wallet when I return.Such is my nature(I inherited that from my dad,I think :P).Coming to the food,it was not too good or too bad-Always manageable.Also,the birthday party of the house owner added to one of the celebrations.Except for these,my PG stay was too normal for my excitement.

Hi people

February 21, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Finally,I got back from the PG to my uncle’s home and I am so relieved that I now can have unrestricted net access.I have got so many things to catch upon.So I will be soon posting my PG experiences and similar stuff.Stay tuned… šŸ™‚

P.S:For the people following my posts, my first review was “sappa”(as for everyone).

Good to be back

January 22, 2010 / / 3 Comments

It’s definitely good to beĀ back in Tamil NaduĀ šŸ™‚ Being at home for 4 days was a heavenly feeling. To my mom’s surprise, I helped her a bit in doing the chores. I was even more excited about coming to college. When I entered college after a month’s absence, I started feeling nostalgic and all that stuff. However, since nothingĀ at collegeĀ has changed, I consoled myself with the thought that it’s justĀ likeĀ being back after a long holiday. For the past 3 days, I have been givingĀ myself the luxury of enjoying life as it goes. Sleeping, chatting with friends and stuff šŸ™‚ Today, I have my 1st project review scheduledĀ at 3.00 p.m and I am not sure if am preparedĀ or not. However,this is not a new situation to me. I guess, I will be getting the usual – “What is the ultimate aim of this project? What is your role? We don’t think this is application oriented. We don’t know how farĀ this will be successful”. So I have mentally prepared myself to take up anything that is being directed at me, with a smile. Also the greatest confusion is about the NDA that I have signed at the company. The people at the company restrict me not to let out anything about the project. However, obviously, none can finish a presentation without giving a few details at the least. So I have just preparedĀ my presentation trusting my instincts. Waiting to see how it goes. Keeping my fingers crossed. šŸ™‚

Damn the hype for colleges andĀ courses

January 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

The people who are most pitiable on earth (or at the least in Tamilnadu) are the students who are about to enter college. All the news that are permitted to enter their ears is crap about idiotic colleges and stupid courses. Why the hell do others bother so much about your college and course? There will be a sudden traffic of advice constantly coming in until you doubt your sanity.

Coming to the point, there will be loads and loads of crap about ECE and top institutions (say,PSG.In my case it was CEG and PSG).However, when you get into one of the “TOP” institutions with an ECE seat in hand and castles built in heart,you are in for a surprising-shocking-devastating whatever.All will not be well.There will be three reasons that will be listed for ECE being advised as a cream course and certain colleges as top institutions.

For ECE:

1. It is the trend and you have good placements(OMG,Come and see for yourself)

2.You can have a blend of software and hardware and hence you have more options in placements(Definitely not!!)

3.Good choice for higher studies(This point is too mute to be explained.Higher studies option is there for any course)

For Colleges:

1.Good coaching(An example will suffice.All I learnt in LabVIEW from my respectful teacher is how to arrange the blocks on the front panel and the block diagram with an aesthetic sense and nothing else.Now I find out what a great role LabVIEW has in the automation industry from my uncle.Good coaching huh?)

2.Placements(This depends on the college,its placement officer and the alumni strength of the college. For my college,I am quite satisfied with this factor)

3.Exposure(This depends partly upon the student and her/his interests.Even if you study in a local college,if you have real interest you can do well without the cream exposure. I have seen live examples for this in my family and many others too)

Let me tell you,when my interviewer asked me “Why did you choose ECE?” or “Being in ECE, why are you choosing this software company?” I will feel like-“If you want the truth,don’t ask me”. Yet,my career being at stake,all I could manage was a weak smile and blabber about something related to linking hardware and software.Most of the ECE students have to go for software companies,because the few core companies that come wont need more than the top 8-10 students at the maximum.Why on earth,should I take an ECE course for getting placed in a software company competing with CSE,IT,Software Engg people. I could as well have taken up CSE or the like.

When I was asked “Why did you choose PSG?”, my mind went even more blank and I managed with just the usual “one of the top institution” crap. Honestly I don’t have an answer to these questions.I took ECE in PSG because I was expected to do so.I wish that I had been in more control in deciding my career path. šŸ™ So,whatever is in the minds of post-higher secondary advisers is just notions that have been proved wrong by our lives.Hoping earnestly that this should change. šŸ˜

Looking back…

January 14, 2010 / / 0 Comments

People often look back at their lives once they have travelled a bit, either to find themselves longing for previous moments or happy to have come across troubles or a combination of both. As for me,it’s a combination of both, that too swinging from one extreme to another so fast. The best part of my life according to me, as of now, is my school life till 10th std. I never seemed to have real troubles other than arguing with my dad to make things happen my way. However, at that age, those trivial problems seemed so troublesome and now I can do with a laugh at myself for being so silly. For example,the most interesting part of my farewell day is the story of my tears. I was crying uncontrollably, actually everyone was,but for emotional reasons of parting friends.However my tears were due to the fact that I had done something to my camera which seemed to have lost consciousness. I had fought with my dad that I was capable of handling the camera.:( So finally, the headmistress herself sent her secretary to a photo studio to set my camera right(Actually I had pressed the rewind button, which caused some problem. Cha, it would have been better if it was a digital camera. All the trouble for nothing).The school was our kingdom and we,the 10th students,were our own rulers. I don’t even remember studying too much,yet got interestingly good marks.

After 10th std, there was some change in my attitude or environment or whatever,I still don’t know.I did not like my higher secondary school,not even to the tiniest bit (Mainly because of the uniform,the mentality of staff and co-students,pressure on mugging up crap and the list goes on).So I did not bother to mingle with the new environment which earned me a title-“Arrogant”.I still did not bother and I crossed the higher secondary life without having a real stand, i.e., I just got used to the life and lived it.However, getting used to is not what I enjoy,though it’s the safest way in many situations.The way people create certain illusions about the studies and about getting into “a good college” is really absurd.Now I seriously regret that I was in a situation to be led by those pre-determined opinions.Moreover,I seemed to have developed a tendency to be confused about every single decision that I had to take during this period of time.I would decide upon something,then regret it,then correct it and so on.I would even fear to try out new things,being so confused and on a negative confidence level.Thinking of all these now,I can just let out a huge sigh and wish that I had done better in many aspects.Really,the quote- “Donā€™t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have” is 100% true(Courtesy: Friend’s facebook profile).

P.S: The story of my nostalgia and regrets in college life deserves a separate story that will be quite lengthy. I will try to blog it out when I can.

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