Back in Business

0037 hrs ,  09-09-09

Bedroom, Home ( I live in Tanglin now).

It has been quite sometime since I blogged hasnt it!

Anyways yesterday I was making my resume ( its job hunting season again) in which I mentioned somewhere about my blog ( boasting my writing skills! I hope the companies dont actually check this place!). I felt guilt about putting it in my resume; afterall I have’nt blogged in so long. So the resume was the  reason to resume blogging again. (Sorry for the horrible pun-usage!).

So what have I been upto lately? Lots of things….Firstly, I am obsessed with this version of Rock you Like a Hurricane! Check it out:

There is something so good about orchestra and Heavy Metal together !

I have been quite busy with GSS work and academics and job hunting! Well…my tenure as VP is over at GSS but I havent abandoned it. I am still working as a mentor to the committee! Just trying to contribute something more in the last 6 months that I have at NUS. There are lots of issues that we grad students need to fight for at NUS! Anyways there is so much on that..maybe I can write a separate post on the state of the Graduate Student at NUS.

Next to academics. I screwed up my grades royally last sem. My GPA plummeted from 4.5 to 3.9. I can kiss my chances of a first class goodbye yet again! So I just want to cross the 4.0 mark at the end of this semester ( my last one). For that I am targeting to get three A’s. For that very reason I picked up what I thought were the three easiest modules. But sadly fate was playing its dirty tricks on me again. In one of the ostensibly ‘easier’ modules the instructor changed and now its  a ‘ not-so-easy-to-get-A ‘  module. Anyways that means more effort needs to go into studies. I am not playing cricket this semester, so that does save up some time.

Oh ! Btw I totally forgot…I bought a new laptop! Yeah the old Toshiba finally died & I am back to good old Fujitsu. My dad is still using my 6 yr old Fujitsu and strongly encouraged ( read ordered) me to buy a Fujitsu again.

Job! Job! Job!

Yes its J hunting season for me now and I am exploring all possible career choices from: PHd to Photography to Engineering Consultant to Novelist(??!!?) to Work for Agastya (oh yeah…Agas is CEO of a company now..talk of accelerated career growth!!). So yeah..I am still not sure what I want to do, but one thing is for sure…whatever I do …I want to get rich and get there fast….so that I can retire at 40. 🙂

And then do what I like the most – nothing!

Anyways time for bed. Need to get to bed. Assignment deadline tomorrow and need to get up and do that! Hopefully this enthusiasm to blog is sustained and I will see you tomorrow.

0104hrs, 09-09-09

Still there on the bed. (I dont have a study table!! grrr…)

SALSA

Ek Shanivaar

18th January 2009, Sunday

0312hrs, Couch.

Abhi thodi der pehle mai suchit ko Night rider bus stop dikha ke ghar wapas aa raha tha ki mazedaar hadsa hua. Mujhe apne ghar aane ke liye beech mein ek multistorey car park main 3 manzil upar aana padhta hai jiske liye har dafa lift hi le leta hoon. Har baar ki tarah aaj bhi mai lift ki taraf bada.

Ab 10-15 metre ki doori mein lift nazar aa raha tha aur mere aur lift ke beech mein ek chapta tha jo bhi lift ki taraf ja raha tha. Woh lift mein ghusa aur meri taraf muda, main 3 metre se bhi kam ki doori mein tha aur mujhe laga saala mere liye lift ka darwaza khula rakhega. Usne meri taraf dekha aur jaldi se lift bandh karne ka  button daba diya. Saala Chutiya Chapta, haraami, m******……. aisi kaafi gaaliyan mere mann mein aayi. Ek hi jhatke mein mai seedi ki taraf bhaaga jo mere bagal mein hi thi! Maine yeh thhan li thi ke mein usse pehle upar pahunch jaoonga aur saale ka chehra dekhoonga.

Main poori tezi se aur apne lambe taangon ka fayada uthate hue seediyon se upar bhaaga. Mai usse 2-3 second pehle pahunch gaaya aur uska lift se nikalne ka intazar karne laga. Lift ka darwaaza dheere se khula aur woh bahar nikla aur mujhe dekhte hi chaunk ke wahin ruk gaya. Maine uski taraf dekha aur nana patekar ki tarah hasne laga… Mujhe lagta hai chutiya darr gaya tha. Woh jaldi se muda aur doosri taraf nikal gaya. Saala chapta, aukaad dikha di maine uski. Aur phir mai mast ghar wapas aa gaya. bahut mazaa aaya uski lene main…

Iske alaava bhi aaj kaafi kuch huya. Subah utha…dophar ko shaayad…haan dophar ko hi…1 baje ke kareeb. Phir thodi der aise hi tv dekha aur phir tayyar ho ke NUS ke liye nikal gaya. Aaj NUS ke cricket team ka chayan tha isliye mai bhi chala gaya. Suchit bhi shaam ko NUS aane waala tha. Cricket khela. Shaam huyi aur tab tak suchit bhi aa chuka tha, hum dono gaye aur PGPR mai faadoo bharateeya khaana khaaya. Uske baad maine suchit ko thoda NUS dikhaya, library gaye, bollywood pe ek kitab bhi maine le li aur uske baad GSS room mein ja kar baith gaye. Thodi der padhai ki aur phir youtube mai kuch video dekhe.  Uske baad bus leke mere ghar aa gaye.

Neeche food court mein khaana pack karva liya tha aur phir ghar aa gaye. Khaane ke saath philum(chalchitra) bhi dekhne lage… ” A wednesday” dekhi …badiya pitchar hai yaar…mai doosri baar dekh raha tha! Yeh scene sabse sahi tha:

Uske baad hum Night rider ki bus stop ke taraf gaye…Jaise hi hum pahunchne waale the bus nikal gayi…agli bus aane ko 20-25min the isliye humne socha jaake chai pee lete hain. Pata nahi phir thoda sa mijaaz badla aur hum 7-eleven chale gaye..suchit ne Hot Chocolate le liya aur maine rang birangi barf waali ice-cream le li. Thodi der hum bus stop pe duniya daari ki baatein karte rahe, suchit choclate ki chuskiyaan lete hue aur main apne barf ko chooste hue.. Phir bus aayi aur chote sahab nikal gaye aur uske baad lift mein kya hua aap jaante hi hain.

Ghar aaya socha gaane sunoonga…saale vishnu ne phir mere kamre se mera external hard disk le liye. chutiya lene se pehle poochta bhi nahi hai. Har roj jab ghar aata hun to sota rahta hai aur mera hard disk kamre mein rakh kar darwaza bandh kar leta hai. Aaj maine use msn  pe gaali- galoch bhej di hai hai ki abse meri cheezein aise na liya kare…Saala chain se mujhe apni cheezein bhi istamaal nahin karne de raha…

Aaj ke liye  kaafi hai..Tho yeh tha mera Shani-vaar. Ab dekhte hain ravi-vaar kaise jaayega.

0349ghante, Wahin pe

18th Janvari 2009, Ravivaar.

NUS Graduate Students’ Society presents “NUS Welcome Party ’09”

Quick Update

January 9th 2009, Friday

2358hrs, Dining table@Home.

Been a bit busy last few days so wasnt able to post anything. Anyways today I thought I would just post some quick update before going to bed. Need to wake up early tomorrow!

Well today was pretty interesting. Most of the day had GSS (Graduate Students’ Society)  work at NUS! In the afternoon went to the International Student Orientation. Good opportunity to meet new grad students and make friends. We also promoted GSS and its events. Our next event is NUS WELCOME PARTY 2009 at Bora Bora Club, Sentosa on 24th January 2009 ( Any of you interested??) ! So yeah, we sold a few tickets for the party and also got people to become members of GSS.

Met this girl from India……super-cute!!!….Hopefully I will see her around somewhere in campus! :p …hehe

After that we packed up our booth, counted the money we made (I think arnd 800 dollars), gobbled some free food that was there and then made a move to GSS room. We had a meeting at 6pm. We discussed about the party and other events we were planning for this semester.

We decided probably to go for a cultural trip to Malaysia in Feb. Everyone suggested a lot of places. Michelle suggested A Famosa. So I guess most probably we are going there! (Anyone been there?) Btw we are going to Bali in summer…fully sponsored trip..yaaay!!

This is the last weekend of holidays…from Monday got classes!!….and GSS work!!…but I will try to post regularly….thats it for now (Its short by my standards I knw 🙂 )

0013hrs, Still dining table

January 10th, 2009, Saturday.

01-01-2009

1455hrs ,  January 1st 2009

Home.

One of the most laid back New Year Celebrations yesterday. Was supposed to meet Suchit and Vanga but thanks to my stupid phone couldnt meet them. Thinking whether to buy a new phone or just use Suchit’s old phone for now ???Or  New phone for the new year….maybe thats the way. Lets see. Anyways so was at home all night. Had some good dinner, watched a few movies and went to sleep after that.

Woke up in the morning today and did some New Year cleaning, yes still alone, still no help from flatmates. Then went down to check the letter-box. It was overflowing with mail, most of which were ad papers, old tenant mails and bills. Got some mail from NUS as well. One was my exam results. Present GPA : 4.5 . Decent.

Another mail was about subject registration. I so wanted to take the Advanced robotics module but wont be able to since it clashes with my core module …Grrrr… So thinking of going for Neural Networks. Classes start on 12th January. Cant wait for that, getting bored sitting at home! This semester will be busy…classes on mon,tue,wed,thur and saturday! Only free on Fridays.

Some fucking Graduate Employment Survey from NTU also in the mail, 3rd reminder mail, they have even called me 3-4 times to fill it up. Maybe I should just do it now. Anyone else of you got this thing???

Meeting Suchit tomo to get his phone for now. Thats the update for now.

Happpy New Year to all!

1509hrs.