Wednesday, December 12, 2007
8.31 CGPA
Well, the results are out. I managed 8.33. Not a good performance considering that I am the 30th in the class. But never mind. That is what I expected and happy that I got it.
the mukkom experience
This time, It was the turn of myself and Manoj, for the same purpose. We reached there by abt 1 pm which meant that we had enough time to exercise our oratory skills. The journey to the school itself was astonishing. It was on top of a hill and to reach there one need to climb a 1 by 60 slope. So steep, that we wondered how the students were climbing this one, daily. Certainly a very good exercise and we mentally saluted the teachers and students of the school.
We reached there during their noon interval. Had no difficulty in meeting the HM. He was sitting in their IT lab, (It is shame to call it as a lab,) an ordinary room with four computers. The HM was very happy on hearing our request. All her teachers had gone for training and she was worrying in finding some one to engage the students. She consented with her full heart. It was abt 1.10 pm which meant we had to wait for abt another 45 minutes.
It was nice school, in the sense that you could enjoy nature it its very beauty. Only that, nothing else. The classes were not completely closed which meant you can attend the
10th std class and simultaneously listen to 9th std lectures. A lot of staring eyes made us feel that we had reached some other planet. Unlike at the Kunnamangalam School, no one introduced us to the students. We were heading straight away to the students. We both of us went to two separate classes. The very fuzz indicated that things were not going to be smooth for me here.
I soon realized the mood of the students. Abt half the class was keen on listening, and others were not. I tried my level best to be as friendly as I could. Of course I had the entire class listening, but their comments now and then, indicated that they were not serious. It was a bit demoralizing. But I tried my level best to be serious and focused.
Well, I went on the same way as I did in Kunnamangalam, only that the cold response might have affected my lecture. But I am sure at least a handful of them might have benefited from the talk.
Bored of typing, so winding up…
RK
We reached there during their noon interval. Had no difficulty in meeting the HM. He was sitting in their IT lab, (It is shame to call it as a lab,) an ordinary room with four computers. The HM was very happy on hearing our request. All her teachers had gone for training and she was worrying in finding some one to engage the students. She consented with her full heart. It was abt 1.10 pm which meant we had to wait for abt another 45 minutes.
It was nice school, in the sense that you could enjoy nature it its very beauty. Only that, nothing else. The classes were not completely closed which meant you can attend the
10th std class and simultaneously listen to 9th std lectures. A lot of staring eyes made us feel that we had reached some other planet. Unlike at the Kunnamangalam School, no one introduced us to the students. We were heading straight away to the students. We both of us went to two separate classes. The very fuzz indicated that things were not going to be smooth for me here.
I soon realized the mood of the students. Abt half the class was keen on listening, and others were not. I tried my level best to be as friendly as I could. Of course I had the entire class listening, but their comments now and then, indicated that they were not serious. It was a bit demoralizing. But I tried my level best to be serious and focused.
Well, I went on the same way as I did in Kunnamangalam, only that the cold response might have affected my lecture. But I am sure at least a handful of them might have benefited from the talk.
Bored of typing, so winding up…
RK
the mukkom experience
This time, It was the turn of myself and Manoj, for the same purpose. We reached there by abt 1 pm which meant that we had enough time to exercise our oratory skills. The journey to the school itself was astonishing. It was on top of a hill and to reach there one need to climb a 1 by 60 slope. So steep, that we wondered how the students were climbing this one, daily. Certainly a very good exercise and we mentally saluted the teachers and students of the school.
We reached there during their noon interval. Had no difficulty in meeting the HM. He was sitting in their IT lab, (It is shame to call it as a lab,) an ordinary room with four computers. The HM was very happy on hearing our request. All her teachers had gone for training and she was worrying in finding some one to engage the students. She consented with her full heart. It was abt 1.10 pm which meant we had to wait for abt another 45 minutes.
It was nice school, in the sense that you could enjoy nature it its very beauty. Only that, nothing else. The classes were not completely closed which meant you can attend the
10th std class and simultaneously listen to 9th std lectures. A lot of staring eyes made us feel that we had reached some other planet. Unlike at the Kunnamangalam School, no one introduced us to the students. We were heading straight away to the students. We both of us went to two separate classes. The very fuzz indicated that things were not going to be smooth for me here.
I soon realized the mood of the students. Abt half the class was keen on listening, and others were not. I tried my level best to be as friendly as I could. Of course I had the entire class listening, but their comments now and then, indicated that they were not serious. It was a bit demoralizing. But I tried my level best to be serious and focused.
Well, I went on the same way as I did in Kunnamangalam, only that the cold response might have affected my lecture. But I am sure at least a handful of them might have benefited from the talk.
Bored of typing, so winding up…
RK
We reached there during their noon interval. Had no difficulty in meeting the HM. He was sitting in their IT lab, (It is shame to call it as a lab,) an ordinary room with four computers. The HM was very happy on hearing our request. All her teachers had gone for training and she was worrying in finding some one to engage the students. She consented with her full heart. It was abt 1.10 pm which meant we had to wait for abt another 45 minutes.
It was nice school, in the sense that you could enjoy nature it its very beauty. Only that, nothing else. The classes were not completely closed which meant you can attend the
10th std class and simultaneously listen to 9th std lectures. A lot of staring eyes made us feel that we had reached some other planet. Unlike at the Kunnamangalam School, no one introduced us to the students. We were heading straight away to the students. We both of us went to two separate classes. The very fuzz indicated that things were not going to be smooth for me here.
I soon realized the mood of the students. Abt half the class was keen on listening, and others were not. I tried my level best to be as friendly as I could. Of course I had the entire class listening, but their comments now and then, indicated that they were not serious. It was a bit demoralizing. But I tried my level best to be serious and focused.
Well, I went on the same way as I did in Kunnamangalam, only that the cold response might have affected my lecture. But I am sure at least a handful of them might have benefited from the talk.
Bored of typing, so winding up…
RK
no 3: career guidance
As I had mentioned in my earlier post, we had an exciting session of interaction with the students of Kunnammangalam High school. We reached there a bit late …Straight away went to the HM’s room, got the permission in no time…(The brand NIT really works.) One of the teachers guided us to10 I. It was a small class…There were some 35+ student, and I could read a sense of excitement in all their eyes…When we started to talk, there was pin point silence, which was great relief to us.
We introduced ourselves and explained to them why we were there…The term ‘career’ itself was quite unfamiliar to them, let alone all other things. We had planned for a 10 minutes pep talk so as to motivate them. We really wanted their attention through out the class and for that matter it was essential to charge them up. With that end in aim I began my Kathi…mentioning abt KR Narayanan, A P J Abdul Kalam, Alphons Kannanthanam, explaining in very detail how these people, irrespective of their poor back ground, worked hard to climb up the ladder in the society. We also wanted to convey that whatever their past be, there is enough time left to make a remarkable change in their lives. To assert that fact, I mentioned how Mr.Kannanthanam went on to become one of the top rankers in the coveted civil service examination after scoring a mere 43% in the SSLC. We tried our best to highlight the hard work, will power and perseverance behind the success of each of these persons.
We realized that it is not enough to mention abt two or three great lives. It is sure to give them a push but that won’t be lasting. So I explained the story a person whom I know very well, who despite a not so good performance in SSLC, is earning something around a 30k. I explained how this fellow, with a taste of drawing, studied PHOTOSHOP and other related software’s and established himself in a promising career. Students were really excited when I mentioned that his clients are some of the top rated models and actresses in bollywood. That was more than enough to make them believe that u one need not get good grades so as to become successful in life. But we stopped our pep talk session by mentioning everything we knew about Sri P N C Menon, His early life and how he went on to become the richest malayali.
Well, it really worked, I suppose. We then went on to mention abt the higher secondary scenario, Abt HSE, VHSE, Diploma and degree courses. We did not want to do something and get out from there and we tried our level best to cover the minute details of each and every course. Students were really wonder struck when they heard that there are arts colleges in India from where on passing out you get a salary of Rs 50,000.Students were keen on courses like B.Com and Journalism. We explained to them abt the courses like Company Secretariship .CA and Cost & Work Accountancy, that one should take parallel to the B.Com course so as to have a flying career in corporate sector.
One of our aims was to break the misconception that only engineering and medicine are the promising career. I was really excited on mentioning abt the courses of Commerce stream, which I feel, that I would have chosen, had I known abt that sector in detail at the time of my career decision.
We tried our level best to highlight the importance of each course, and their career prospectus. Throughout the talk we tried to convey the importance of studying a subject that they really love and or they feel that they have a real taste in. Also we mentioned the importance of doing it from a reputed college…The students were really energetic and involved. They were elated partly because of the reason that they escaped from their routine classes, and may be partly because of the reason that they were hearing something of that type, probably for the first time in their life. We were trying to give them an aim for their studies, which we believe could be reflected in their SSLC grades too. When it was the time for interval, I had expected that all would be leaving so as to escape from our KATHI… But to my surprise and immense pleasure, they insisted on continuing the talk and that they didn’t want to go out…And that was a real energy booster for us, at least we got the group we targeted at, the group we believed, in whom, motivation and proper guidance could create wonders. We finally were forced to leave them when the long bell rang. Up on the bell not a single student stood up from his or her seat and we realized that they were interested in listening as long as we talk. But some how, we had to say good bye. And with filled hearts of having done something useful, we stepped out leaving behind some copies of various national magazines which contained their annual rankings and other details abt various colleges…
The experiences at Mukkom High school in thee next post………
Signing off
RK
We introduced ourselves and explained to them why we were there…The term ‘career’ itself was quite unfamiliar to them, let alone all other things. We had planned for a 10 minutes pep talk so as to motivate them. We really wanted their attention through out the class and for that matter it was essential to charge them up. With that end in aim I began my Kathi…mentioning abt KR Narayanan, A P J Abdul Kalam, Alphons Kannanthanam, explaining in very detail how these people, irrespective of their poor back ground, worked hard to climb up the ladder in the society. We also wanted to convey that whatever their past be, there is enough time left to make a remarkable change in their lives. To assert that fact, I mentioned how Mr.Kannanthanam went on to become one of the top rankers in the coveted civil service examination after scoring a mere 43% in the SSLC. We tried our best to highlight the hard work, will power and perseverance behind the success of each of these persons.
We realized that it is not enough to mention abt two or three great lives. It is sure to give them a push but that won’t be lasting. So I explained the story a person whom I know very well, who despite a not so good performance in SSLC, is earning something around a 30k. I explained how this fellow, with a taste of drawing, studied PHOTOSHOP and other related software’s and established himself in a promising career. Students were really excited when I mentioned that his clients are some of the top rated models and actresses in bollywood. That was more than enough to make them believe that u one need not get good grades so as to become successful in life. But we stopped our pep talk session by mentioning everything we knew about Sri P N C Menon, His early life and how he went on to become the richest malayali.
Well, it really worked, I suppose. We then went on to mention abt the higher secondary scenario, Abt HSE, VHSE, Diploma and degree courses. We did not want to do something and get out from there and we tried our level best to cover the minute details of each and every course. Students were really wonder struck when they heard that there are arts colleges in India from where on passing out you get a salary of Rs 50,000.Students were keen on courses like B.Com and Journalism. We explained to them abt the courses like Company Secretariship .CA and Cost & Work Accountancy, that one should take parallel to the B.Com course so as to have a flying career in corporate sector.
One of our aims was to break the misconception that only engineering and medicine are the promising career. I was really excited on mentioning abt the courses of Commerce stream, which I feel, that I would have chosen, had I known abt that sector in detail at the time of my career decision.
We tried our level best to highlight the importance of each course, and their career prospectus. Throughout the talk we tried to convey the importance of studying a subject that they really love and or they feel that they have a real taste in. Also we mentioned the importance of doing it from a reputed college…The students were really energetic and involved. They were elated partly because of the reason that they escaped from their routine classes, and may be partly because of the reason that they were hearing something of that type, probably for the first time in their life. We were trying to give them an aim for their studies, which we believe could be reflected in their SSLC grades too. When it was the time for interval, I had expected that all would be leaving so as to escape from our KATHI… But to my surprise and immense pleasure, they insisted on continuing the talk and that they didn’t want to go out…And that was a real energy booster for us, at least we got the group we targeted at, the group we believed, in whom, motivation and proper guidance could create wonders. We finally were forced to leave them when the long bell rang. Up on the bell not a single student stood up from his or her seat and we realized that they were interested in listening as long as we talk. But some how, we had to say good bye. And with filled hearts of having done something useful, we stepped out leaving behind some copies of various national magazines which contained their annual rankings and other details abt various colleges…
The experiences at Mukkom High school in thee next post………
Signing off
RK
divine soaps
I could not resist commenting on the ongoing trend in commercial serials or the so called soaps. It was exactly a year before that “swami ayyappan” turned up in asianet. Lured by its commercial success, many serials in its line have turned up. Some well accepted and some failing to make the presence felt.
Media, particularly the private channels have grown unbelievably and have reached a stage where they exercise considerable power over the way people in the society think and behave. But sad to say, that people associated with the industry are least aware of the responsibility that rest on their shoulders, i.e. to guide the society, along with providing the necessary entertainment. And as a result such programs with mere commercial targets will certainly run the society into a state of chaos and anarchy. The recent school shoot out at Gurgaon is just a hint to such developments. I remember, once seeing a serial in which the heroine was trying to commit suicide. It was so minutely shown, that one child tried to imitate it at the house and lost her life in the process. Who should be blamed? I think, right from the director, everyone who sees the serial; thereby supporting it has to bear the responsibility. A similar scene was telecasted yesterday in a very popular serial, and I was afraid whether such mishaps repeat.
When considering such incidents, I think, it is a good development in making the serials with stories from Puranas. At least it will not be as bad as the usual “painkilies”. But I am shocked with the quality of the soaps that r telecasted now a days. Writers are interpreting the stories as they like so as to meet their commercial requirements. And as result “ayyappan” is acting like an ordinary soap hero. Only the sets have changed and their costumes. It is just like “the old wine in new bottle”.
Well, I remember being filled with extra ordinary bhakti, in my child hood days by seeing serials like “Jay Hanuman” and “Mahabharata”. But not only I feel pity for the viewers of today’s soaps, but also I am deeply alarmed, with its social implications. One may wonder what r their social impacts. It will certainly result in the degradation of religion and if religion dies the entire society dies as is evident from the situation in the western countries. I am afraid that Hinduism has become merely a religion of tales and stories; with the Hindu completely unaware of the rich philosophical message it carries so as to improve our life on earth. Perhaps the religion of Vedanta is the result of the work of millions of people through various centuries. But today the Hindu is behind mere idol worship. And that too has become a show off. And I don’t know where the religious leaders, who should be guiding the society, are? It seems that no body is worried abt the religion but abt the money it carries. I wonder whether there will be at least one in the entire Devaswom Boards, who could say at least the name of four Yogas!
Signing off
RK
Media, particularly the private channels have grown unbelievably and have reached a stage where they exercise considerable power over the way people in the society think and behave. But sad to say, that people associated with the industry are least aware of the responsibility that rest on their shoulders, i.e. to guide the society, along with providing the necessary entertainment. And as a result such programs with mere commercial targets will certainly run the society into a state of chaos and anarchy. The recent school shoot out at Gurgaon is just a hint to such developments. I remember, once seeing a serial in which the heroine was trying to commit suicide. It was so minutely shown, that one child tried to imitate it at the house and lost her life in the process. Who should be blamed? I think, right from the director, everyone who sees the serial; thereby supporting it has to bear the responsibility. A similar scene was telecasted yesterday in a very popular serial, and I was afraid whether such mishaps repeat.
When considering such incidents, I think, it is a good development in making the serials with stories from Puranas. At least it will not be as bad as the usual “painkilies”. But I am shocked with the quality of the soaps that r telecasted now a days. Writers are interpreting the stories as they like so as to meet their commercial requirements. And as result “ayyappan” is acting like an ordinary soap hero. Only the sets have changed and their costumes. It is just like “the old wine in new bottle”.
Well, I remember being filled with extra ordinary bhakti, in my child hood days by seeing serials like “Jay Hanuman” and “Mahabharata”. But not only I feel pity for the viewers of today’s soaps, but also I am deeply alarmed, with its social implications. One may wonder what r their social impacts. It will certainly result in the degradation of religion and if religion dies the entire society dies as is evident from the situation in the western countries. I am afraid that Hinduism has become merely a religion of tales and stories; with the Hindu completely unaware of the rich philosophical message it carries so as to improve our life on earth. Perhaps the religion of Vedanta is the result of the work of millions of people through various centuries. But today the Hindu is behind mere idol worship. And that too has become a show off. And I don’t know where the religious leaders, who should be guiding the society, are? It seems that no body is worried abt the religion but abt the money it carries. I wonder whether there will be at least one in the entire Devaswom Boards, who could say at least the name of four Yogas!
Signing off
RK
no title
Now, hardly 4 more days left in my vacation. As expected none of the things mentioned in the earlier list has been accomplished. I completely forgot abt the list and the things mentioned there. Well, I am an expert in making a plan and not following it. Hardly can I remember a time where I have gone the other way.
Perhaps the only thing productive that has taken place is that I have completed the basic course of “ART OF LIVING”. I am not in a position to evaluate the course, but certainly I wish to express my experiences. Well, I learned some yoga steps, the so called ‘pranayama’ and the coveted “sudarshanacriya”. ‘Sudarshanakriya ‘ is perhaps one of the most different experience of my life, something comparable to the shayanapradhakshinam of guruvayoor. The experience of a person taking part in sudharshanakriya vaaries a lot. It depends upon your involvement, the way u breathe, your lungs power, and your mental state. Basically it is a breathing exercise in a particular order as dictated by Guruji (Shri Shri Ravisankar) himself. His voice is played from a recorded cassette. In the basic course the kriya will be done twice, in consecutive days. Well, in the first day I did not feel much. Perhaps I was a bit lazy during the time. But the second day I was determined not to be lethargic. And the result was quite amazing. I could feel the currents passing through my body. It was as if I was shocked. I felt as if my heart has stopped beating. My entire body appeared to be vibrating. The experience would last for abt half a minute. For that period I could not involve in the Kriya. After that I would again start to breathe as mentioned, only to have the same experience once again. And it repeated for abt 5 times. Certainly it is a process, where you give your heart a very good exercise.
I learned many things from the course. Now it all depends how I can apply it in my life.
I won’t say that the entire course is interesting. But there are times where you can relate yourself to what is being mentioned. And those occasions gives you a different insight.
I am a person who have made an enquiry abt the metaphysical terms like GOD, ATMAN
etc. I was also astonished by the power certain GODMEN like, _________, __________ etc exercise in captivating the hearts of millions. Well, the only place where I could get a clear cut understanding of this complex subject is the writings of Swami Vivekananda. I recommend this book (the book on Rajayoga) to one and all, irrespective of your religion. It helps you in understanding your religion more. Also it helps you in not falling to the hands of false religious ________. I don’t know what to call them, hence putting a blank.
Enough on the subject, I suppose. My next post will be on the value education project we did.
Signing off
RK
Perhaps the only thing productive that has taken place is that I have completed the basic course of “ART OF LIVING”. I am not in a position to evaluate the course, but certainly I wish to express my experiences. Well, I learned some yoga steps, the so called ‘pranayama’ and the coveted “sudarshanacriya”. ‘Sudarshanakriya ‘ is perhaps one of the most different experience of my life, something comparable to the shayanapradhakshinam of guruvayoor. The experience of a person taking part in sudharshanakriya vaaries a lot. It depends upon your involvement, the way u breathe, your lungs power, and your mental state. Basically it is a breathing exercise in a particular order as dictated by Guruji (Shri Shri Ravisankar) himself. His voice is played from a recorded cassette. In the basic course the kriya will be done twice, in consecutive days. Well, in the first day I did not feel much. Perhaps I was a bit lazy during the time. But the second day I was determined not to be lethargic. And the result was quite amazing. I could feel the currents passing through my body. It was as if I was shocked. I felt as if my heart has stopped beating. My entire body appeared to be vibrating. The experience would last for abt half a minute. For that period I could not involve in the Kriya. After that I would again start to breathe as mentioned, only to have the same experience once again. And it repeated for abt 5 times. Certainly it is a process, where you give your heart a very good exercise.
I learned many things from the course. Now it all depends how I can apply it in my life.
I won’t say that the entire course is interesting. But there are times where you can relate yourself to what is being mentioned. And those occasions gives you a different insight.
I am a person who have made an enquiry abt the metaphysical terms like GOD, ATMAN
etc. I was also astonished by the power certain GODMEN like, _________, __________ etc exercise in captivating the hearts of millions. Well, the only place where I could get a clear cut understanding of this complex subject is the writings of Swami Vivekananda. I recommend this book (the book on Rajayoga) to one and all, irrespective of your religion. It helps you in understanding your religion more. Also it helps you in not falling to the hands of false religious ________. I don’t know what to call them, hence putting a blank.
Enough on the subject, I suppose. My next post will be on the value education project we did.
Signing off
RK
Saturday, December 1, 2007
NO:2 "LOVE"
"If you don’t have a fascination for the opposite sex, then you ought to see a doctor immediately." I don’t know the father or mother of this sentence, but I completely agree with it. I think a sort of fascination start to take place as early as from 4th STD…It takes some shape and from 7th STD onwards. Of course these r my beliefs and may be dubious.
Well I studied in a boy’s school from 8th to 10th.And hence I don’t know much abt student psychology during these period…And it is hard to get attracted to someone who u see in the road side , however beautiful he or she may be…Perhaps those who went for tuition might have had good time…Well I don’t know….
Plus one and plus two are supposed to be years of hard work… And there is no much time to think abt love for the regulars…Certainly I was not a regular but still I did not get fascinated anywhere…
While repeating, I had decided that I would marry only a girl that I know very well…I am concerned abt the way the society goes…Also I was concerned with the way my hair goes. Had decided that I should find some one before I get complete KASHANDI…Well, nothing has gone in my way in that matter…
You need to be extremely lucky to be your lovers first love…Well that doesn’t matter much , Whether u r the no.1 or the no.2 or so. It matters whether u get a partner who can really adjust with u.
"The greatest reward of love is the experience of being loved…"I wished to have that experience, but I don’t think in the near future I will be able to…And also I don’t believe in experimenting…I should get it in the first shot… But the place I reached is not quite complementing…We do have girls at NITC…Most of them already committed, and to impress one among the u need to be extremely smart , let alone the case of a poor person who still feel shy to talk to girls…I only wish had I reached GEC or Amrita , for that matter.
Campus love is still a great mystery for me, simply I don’t understand its chemistry…For most of them it is a time pass…And I have lot other works to have that time pass (kittatha munthiri certainly pulikkum)…For some it is a spontaneous flow of emotion, of the quest to love and to be loved…There will certainly be some serious ones…but I wonder abt their fate…Only I could wish them, with a great amount of jealousy, ALL THE BEST.
Certainly love has its danger…In the initial stages everyone will be ready to adjust so as to impress the opponent…Well that’s the experience of love…But the scenario changes when the feeling of possession has rooted in the mind. Each will be expecting the other to adjust and there arises, I suppose, all the problems. It takes a good EQ to handle all those things…Remaining thoughts, later.
Signing off
RK
Well I studied in a boy’s school from 8th to 10th.And hence I don’t know much abt student psychology during these period…And it is hard to get attracted to someone who u see in the road side , however beautiful he or she may be…Perhaps those who went for tuition might have had good time…Well I don’t know….
Plus one and plus two are supposed to be years of hard work… And there is no much time to think abt love for the regulars…Certainly I was not a regular but still I did not get fascinated anywhere…
While repeating, I had decided that I would marry only a girl that I know very well…I am concerned abt the way the society goes…Also I was concerned with the way my hair goes. Had decided that I should find some one before I get complete KASHANDI…Well, nothing has gone in my way in that matter…
You need to be extremely lucky to be your lovers first love…Well that doesn’t matter much , Whether u r the no.1 or the no.2 or so. It matters whether u get a partner who can really adjust with u.
"The greatest reward of love is the experience of being loved…"I wished to have that experience, but I don’t think in the near future I will be able to…And also I don’t believe in experimenting…I should get it in the first shot… But the place I reached is not quite complementing…We do have girls at NITC…Most of them already committed, and to impress one among the u need to be extremely smart , let alone the case of a poor person who still feel shy to talk to girls…I only wish had I reached GEC or Amrita , for that matter.
Campus love is still a great mystery for me, simply I don’t understand its chemistry…For most of them it is a time pass…And I have lot other works to have that time pass (kittatha munthiri certainly pulikkum)…For some it is a spontaneous flow of emotion, of the quest to love and to be loved…There will certainly be some serious ones…but I wonder abt their fate…Only I could wish them, with a great amount of jealousy, ALL THE BEST.
Certainly love has its danger…In the initial stages everyone will be ready to adjust so as to impress the opponent…Well that’s the experience of love…But the scenario changes when the feeling of possession has rooted in the mind. Each will be expecting the other to adjust and there arises, I suppose, all the problems. It takes a good EQ to handle all those things…Remaining thoughts, later.
Signing off
RK
review of s3
Well It was not much productive…..Before the start of the semester I had one thing in my mind…either to score good marks or to learn something…Well, I don’t think that I have accomplished either…Much of my time was wasted on unproductive study and preparing for the labs…I was not specific in my studies...And that is sure to reflect in my GPA…
But never mind…I some how has come out of my laziness…I’ve certainly worked better than last semester…So I expect something around 8.15…Well this semester was easy to score. I only wish I had not bunked the classes in the last. Bunking has costed me dearly…I lost one surprise test which carries 5 marks…and almost lost another too…Will therefore think twice before bunking ….Hard earned lessons….
I wonder whether we (or at least I,) learn something at NITC…When my friends at Amrita speak , It seems that they are speaking in Hebrew…I couldn’t understand a single technical term that they speak out…Today I jus heard about system programming, DSP , PIC and all those stuff? I wonder what they are…May be. I will come to know it in
The next sem…Well can’t wait long…I can’t play stupid while talking to my friends…
Certainly I loved the maths 3 course which was primarily statistics…It Was a great learning experience…Something I was longing to study…
Also it was a great experience to be a part of tathva 07….Nice three days , had we not lost one among us…
Also it was the project that we did as a part of the value education course was another different experience…For the first I went out of the walls of NITC for an academic purpose…Thanks to Snellar and Sangeeth for their wonderful company…More abt it in another post…
Well, C mess was great in the beginning but had its decline in the last couple of months…
Thanx to all the crew there who fed me…
There were a couple of failures…first we thought of practicing yoga daily…We( I and Kishore) bought a mat each and had the initial classes under Vaidyan’s guidance...But stopped sooner…Of course yoga is not suited for NITC life…One can’t expect to get up at 6 in the morning when one sleeps at 1 or 2…Another hard earned lesson…
Then we started walking in the morning and soon wished to convert it to jogging…It continued smoothly for a week or so and had the same fate as for yoga…But we hope to revive it in the next semester….
Signing off
RK
But never mind…I some how has come out of my laziness…I’ve certainly worked better than last semester…So I expect something around 8.15…Well this semester was easy to score. I only wish I had not bunked the classes in the last. Bunking has costed me dearly…I lost one surprise test which carries 5 marks…and almost lost another too…Will therefore think twice before bunking ….Hard earned lessons….
I wonder whether we (or at least I,) learn something at NITC…When my friends at Amrita speak , It seems that they are speaking in Hebrew…I couldn’t understand a single technical term that they speak out…Today I jus heard about system programming, DSP , PIC and all those stuff? I wonder what they are…May be. I will come to know it in
The next sem…Well can’t wait long…I can’t play stupid while talking to my friends…
Certainly I loved the maths 3 course which was primarily statistics…It Was a great learning experience…Something I was longing to study…
Also it was a great experience to be a part of tathva 07….Nice three days , had we not lost one among us…
Also it was the project that we did as a part of the value education course was another different experience…For the first I went out of the walls of NITC for an academic purpose…Thanks to Snellar and Sangeeth for their wonderful company…More abt it in another post…
Well, C mess was great in the beginning but had its decline in the last couple of months…
Thanx to all the crew there who fed me…
There were a couple of failures…first we thought of practicing yoga daily…We( I and Kishore) bought a mat each and had the initial classes under Vaidyan’s guidance...But stopped sooner…Of course yoga is not suited for NITC life…One can’t expect to get up at 6 in the morning when one sleeps at 1 or 2…Another hard earned lesson…
Then we started walking in the morning and soon wished to convert it to jogging…It continued smoothly for a week or so and had the same fate as for yoga…But we hope to revive it in the next semester….
Signing off
RK
NO:1
Here is my first one …
It’s my action plan …
1 to create a better under standing of c++ and file handling...
2 to begin the preparations for the cat 09
3 to learn python…
4 to practice meditation so as to improve my dying memory…
5 understanding JAVA
6 create an action plan for the coming one and half years…
7 start the practice of jogging…
LOT TO ADD… I shall update the list as and when I remember
Signing of
RK
It’s my action plan …
1 to create a better under standing of c++ and file handling...
2 to begin the preparations for the cat 09
3 to learn python…
4 to practice meditation so as to improve my dying memory…
5 understanding JAVA
6 create an action plan for the coming one and half years…
7 start the practice of jogging…
LOT TO ADD… I shall update the list as and when I remember
Signing of
RK
exams over
My vacation has started…..Now abt 20 days of ultimate freedom… Has got a lot to do…And a lot to write too..
Well here r those topics that I wish to write during these days…Hope to complete the list sooner than later…Here I go…
1 My plan of these twenty days...
2 Review of S3
3 Review of the NITC life so far
4 NITC jargons…
5 Plans for S4…
6 A comment on "India is the place where people strive to become backward…"
7 Campus LOVE and my love…
8 Review of the political scenario in Kerala
9 Two women (not girls) in my life….
10 Effective study methods…
11 My childhood days - a memoire
12 Hard lessons from the Career guidance classes that we took..
Well I hope to write in at least a few of these…After all I don’t have any regular readers and hence no tension on its completeness…But I shall try my level best to complete the list for myself sake…..
Signing off
RK
Well here r those topics that I wish to write during these days…Hope to complete the list sooner than later…Here I go…
1 My plan of these twenty days...
2 Review of S3
3 Review of the NITC life so far
4 NITC jargons…
5 Plans for S4…
6 A comment on "India is the place where people strive to become backward…"
7 Campus LOVE and my love…
8 Review of the political scenario in Kerala
9 Two women (not girls) in my life….
10 Effective study methods…
11 My childhood days - a memoire
12 Hard lessons from the Career guidance classes that we took..
Well I hope to write in at least a few of these…After all I don’t have any regular readers and hence no tension on its completeness…But I shall try my level best to complete the list for myself sake…..
Signing off
RK
Thursday, November 22, 2007
it has been a long time since I started to blog, myself being the lone reader.Never mind , I will go on as long as I've time to blog.Every time I log in, I hope to see some comments here and there..But alll useless...
The real war has started.. Yes the grand end sem...Finished already 3.......3to go...
Tomorrow is PD...I think I tend to take it lightly...
Alas the power has gone...
Signing off
RK
The real war has started.. Yes the grand end sem...Finished already 3.......3to go...
Tomorrow is PD...I think I tend to take it lightly...
Alas the power has gone...
Signing off
RK
Friday, November 16, 2007
havooooooooooo
The lab exams r over.. done pretty well, and should get A in both..
I got the simplest questions in both the labs...Thank god
Now have to prepare for the end sem...It starts on monday...
This sem well ,have taught me some hard lessons..I had my bunkometer almost empty, which I had preserved for the last days..And I started bunking almost every hour.. But the teachers are too smart ...And the result,I missed one surprise test and almost lost another...Total of 10 marks ......Wewll that counts to be abt .2 of GPA...But It has taught me a good lesson .."THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU BUNK":
A prediction of GPA ....Well should get 8.1. That means an improvement of .05...That's more than enough, I suppose..
Oh I forgot... I should have mentioned abt the class that we took in the KUNNAMANGALAM Hr Sec School on career guidance..It was a terrible experience...The most important thing is that I got a chance in public speaking after a long time ...BOMBLASTIC...to sum it one word..Shall write in detail later...
signing off
RK
I got the simplest questions in both the labs...Thank god
Now have to prepare for the end sem...It starts on monday...
This sem well ,have taught me some hard lessons..I had my bunkometer almost empty, which I had preserved for the last days..And I started bunking almost every hour.. But the teachers are too smart ...And the result,I missed one surprise test and almost lost another...Total of 10 marks ......Wewll that counts to be abt .2 of GPA...But It has taught me a good lesson .."THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU BUNK":
A prediction of GPA ....Well should get 8.1. That means an improvement of .05...That's more than enough, I suppose..
Oh I forgot... I should have mentioned abt the class that we took in the KUNNAMANGALAM Hr Sec School on career guidance..It was a terrible experience...The most important thing is that I got a chance in public speaking after a long time ...BOMBLASTIC...to sum it one word..Shall write in detail later...
signing off
RK
Saturday, November 10, 2007
exam mania starts
I am about to enter the hardware lab for my end sem exam...I shall admit that I am a bit tensed..so thought of blogging...Well any guess on the result...S,A,B? Should get atleast that....Shall continue after the exam...
Pray for me....
RK
Pray for me....
RK
Saturday, October 27, 2007
my lakshya
They say, if you don't have any aim in your life , you tend to become lazy.
So I have decided to put down my targets(immediate targets)....
1 Getting a placement in google
2 Preparing a virtual stock market for tathva 08
3 Clearing CAT 2011
4 Starting my own firm in 2025..
I have my reasons here....
1 Google is the best company to work for as ranked by many magazines. Also the name is widely recognized. So I wont have to explain much when somebody asks.
2Stock markets have started to amaze me from the time immemorial(at least from the time I started to read news papers) Also I wish to learn some serious pgming. Both together, A virtual stock market is the answer.
3 This something that I am not really sure of.So comments later.
4 Well this my ultimate aim.I am not kidding.The reason My principle" Doing own "kappalandikachhavadazm" getting a 1C salary under someone.
Well that's it
Thank You
PS: Please write some comments. If u Don,'t have any comments Write asdfg.... as comment . I want to make sure that at leat somebody is reading my blog...I really beg you...
So I have decided to put down my targets(immediate targets)....
1 Getting a placement in google
2 Preparing a virtual stock market for tathva 08
3 Clearing CAT 2011
4 Starting my own firm in 2025..
I have my reasons here....
1 Google is the best company to work for as ranked by many magazines. Also the name is widely recognized. So I wont have to explain much when somebody asks.
2Stock markets have started to amaze me from the time immemorial(at least from the time I started to read news papers) Also I wish to learn some serious pgming. Both together, A virtual stock market is the answer.
3 This something that I am not really sure of.So comments later.
4 Well this my ultimate aim.I am not kidding.The reason My principle" Doing own "kappalandikachhavadazm" getting a 1C salary under someone.
Well that's it
Thank You
PS: Please write some comments. If u Don,'t have any comments Write asdfg.... as comment . I want to make sure that at leat somebody is reading my blog...I really beg you...
Sunday, October 21, 2007
The man who turned Chrysler
Pooja days are over...back to college..
This time too I entered the train and took a side seat.It's more than 10 times that I 've been returning through the train...A not so crowded shornur passenger...But not a single time did some beautiful girl sit within my eye sight...Isint it really pity?Hey bagavan theri maaya...
Sad to note that nothing productive did happen during the period...it always used to be like that....
I plan for twenty hours and end up doing not more than twenty minutes....Have to change a lot....
I've started reading Lee Iacoca's autobiography. Brilliantly written that I couldn't help reading it
in the previous period.Thought to continue it this hour too. But sadly teacher didn't turned up.
So ran straight into SL lab, and writing this post.Next hour is PD. Can't afford to play any prank over there.The teacher is so demanding...Very few teachers are like this...They not only take class, but ensures that you listens...
signing off
RK
This time too I entered the train and took a side seat.It's more than 10 times that I 've been returning through the train...A not so crowded shornur passenger...But not a single time did some beautiful girl sit within my eye sight...Isint it really pity?Hey bagavan theri maaya...
Sad to note that nothing productive did happen during the period...it always used to be like that....
I plan for twenty hours and end up doing not more than twenty minutes....Have to change a lot....
I've started reading Lee Iacoca's autobiography. Brilliantly written that I couldn't help reading it
in the previous period.Thought to continue it this hour too. But sadly teacher didn't turned up.
So ran straight into SL lab, and writing this post.Next hour is PD. Can't afford to play any prank over there.The teacher is so demanding...Very few teachers are like this...They not only take class, but ensures that you listens...
signing off
RK
my career thoughts...
Wrote lot about careers and is going to take classes on career opportunities. The interesting part is that its time for me to decide abt my own career. Well the options are a lot.
Get a placement and do an MBA after two or three years.
Go for M-tech and end up teaching, doing research etc.
And it is time to start the preparations. Well if the option is the first one, then I will have to invest in programming and in improving my English. Also a bit of corrections in the personality is required. And certainly I love programming but management I don’t know whether I will fit into. I love switching over to finance or perhaps finance plus programming. May be an MBA in finance will suffice.
And for the other option, I can bear with two more years of routine book learning. The brand NIT will surely fetch me a pedagogical job somewhere and I love teaching, but certainly the research part I don’t like.
Well these are the conventional options. But what I truly dream is to have a start up of my own, to become my own boss. Certainly the challenges are a lot. I will have to invest thoroughly in personality grooming, to change myself from an introspective guy to a high energy extrovert. Somewhere in my life, I hope to fulfill this dream. Praying for Guruvayoorappan’s blessings …It’s signing off,
RK
Get a placement and do an MBA after two or three years.
Go for M-tech and end up teaching, doing research etc.
And it is time to start the preparations. Well if the option is the first one, then I will have to invest in programming and in improving my English. Also a bit of corrections in the personality is required. And certainly I love programming but management I don’t know whether I will fit into. I love switching over to finance or perhaps finance plus programming. May be an MBA in finance will suffice.
And for the other option, I can bear with two more years of routine book learning. The brand NIT will surely fetch me a pedagogical job somewhere and I love teaching, but certainly the research part I don’t like.
Well these are the conventional options. But what I truly dream is to have a start up of my own, to become my own boss. Certainly the challenges are a lot. I will have to invest thoroughly in personality grooming, to change myself from an introspective guy to a high energy extrovert. Somewhere in my life, I hope to fulfill this dream. Praying for Guruvayoorappan’s blessings …It’s signing off,
RK
Career education .....
As I had posted earlier, we plan to take class on career opportunities in the local schools. The reason why we selected such a topic is something that would constitute this post.
I am a person of the opinion that each and every job has its own respect. So what is the point in going to schools and asking them or motivating them to be engineers or doctors or other high funda professionals, as, a country also need farmers, fishermen and all the like. Well here are my staggered thoughts on the subject.
Inequality in the society is something that is incurable. In the 60’s, 70’s, or in the early 80’s, the options where very few, that everyone, whether economically poor or good, went to the same Govt. schools. Scholarships were quite handy at that time that deserving meritorious students could even spare something for their family. Most of them from the backward classes (economically or ethnically) got somewhat the same opportunities at least in terms of primary and high school education.
But today the education sector is witnessing stark inequalities. It is impossible to compare the best school in a city with that of the worst. Education is supposed to be a man making process. But no molding is taking place in schools. Everyone tends to become the product of their own circumstances. Is this what is expected of education? The answer is exactly no. They should be guided to become the product of their own choices. For that there should be enough motivation from the schools that each and every one will be daring to dream high. The top priority should be for motivation and inspiration. And I suppose everything else will follow automatically.
There is a huge difference in the exposure that a student from a good family gets and the one from a not so well off family. This exposure will compensate to an extent for the lack of motivation in the former. And the result is that, majority of those from the local schools will stop studying after 10 or plus two. The attrition rate is an alarming 93% in India.
Perhaps the luckier ones among them may end up doing a degree course with no purpose. I am not under valuing the degree courses. But what I think is that, only those with real interest in the subject should go for such courses and they may take up research and pedagogical jobs in their future. Other than that there is no point in doing a degree for the sake of doing it. One should investigate for the hidden talents and should select a course that would polish these inborn qualities. Or at least he or she should select a course that would fetch him a job. Instead what is happening is that much of the youthful energy during the period is wasted in Pancharayadi, vayanottam and watching each and every chavaru filim that turns up in the theatres. And when it comes to job taking, they become completely at loss. Having betrayed by the education process, in a desperate move to fetch a job they spend enormous amount in computer education and the like,
only to realize that they are cheated once again. This is the main problem we target at.
Other issue is perhaps the craze for engineering. Many are entering into this field without any taste. There are several well paid jobs in other fields like that of commerce and arts. But sad to say, that we don’t have not a single college in Kerala that will fulfill the minimum standards. And naturally we will have to go out and should try for the best ones. But what are their cut off’s? It is 95+ for the best colleges. Had it is known to the local students, I suppose there would have been at least a few, who would have given a try. (And I might have not seen the steps of NITC, would have been happy to be in SRCC or St Xaviers).
We know that all these not simple problems that could be solved overnight. But as it goes “Annankunginum Thannalaayathu’.. Now have to prepare for it. Hardly two days are left. I’ve got a career education directory and two or three INDIA TODAY’s copies which contain their annual rankings of colleges. Way back I was the story teller of my class in my LP . But after that I have always remained pretty silent. Now it is time to open my mouth. A bit of fear and excitement, to sum it up.
I am a person of the opinion that each and every job has its own respect. So what is the point in going to schools and asking them or motivating them to be engineers or doctors or other high funda professionals, as, a country also need farmers, fishermen and all the like. Well here are my staggered thoughts on the subject.
Inequality in the society is something that is incurable. In the 60’s, 70’s, or in the early 80’s, the options where very few, that everyone, whether economically poor or good, went to the same Govt. schools. Scholarships were quite handy at that time that deserving meritorious students could even spare something for their family. Most of them from the backward classes (economically or ethnically) got somewhat the same opportunities at least in terms of primary and high school education.
But today the education sector is witnessing stark inequalities. It is impossible to compare the best school in a city with that of the worst. Education is supposed to be a man making process. But no molding is taking place in schools. Everyone tends to become the product of their own circumstances. Is this what is expected of education? The answer is exactly no. They should be guided to become the product of their own choices. For that there should be enough motivation from the schools that each and every one will be daring to dream high. The top priority should be for motivation and inspiration. And I suppose everything else will follow automatically.
There is a huge difference in the exposure that a student from a good family gets and the one from a not so well off family. This exposure will compensate to an extent for the lack of motivation in the former. And the result is that, majority of those from the local schools will stop studying after 10 or plus two. The attrition rate is an alarming 93% in India.
Perhaps the luckier ones among them may end up doing a degree course with no purpose. I am not under valuing the degree courses. But what I think is that, only those with real interest in the subject should go for such courses and they may take up research and pedagogical jobs in their future. Other than that there is no point in doing a degree for the sake of doing it. One should investigate for the hidden talents and should select a course that would polish these inborn qualities. Or at least he or she should select a course that would fetch him a job. Instead what is happening is that much of the youthful energy during the period is wasted in Pancharayadi, vayanottam and watching each and every chavaru filim that turns up in the theatres. And when it comes to job taking, they become completely at loss. Having betrayed by the education process, in a desperate move to fetch a job they spend enormous amount in computer education and the like,
only to realize that they are cheated once again. This is the main problem we target at.
Other issue is perhaps the craze for engineering. Many are entering into this field without any taste. There are several well paid jobs in other fields like that of commerce and arts. But sad to say, that we don’t have not a single college in Kerala that will fulfill the minimum standards. And naturally we will have to go out and should try for the best ones. But what are their cut off’s? It is 95+ for the best colleges. Had it is known to the local students, I suppose there would have been at least a few, who would have given a try. (And I might have not seen the steps of NITC, would have been happy to be in SRCC or St Xaviers).
We know that all these not simple problems that could be solved overnight. But as it goes “Annankunginum Thannalaayathu’.. Now have to prepare for it. Hardly two days are left. I’ve got a career education directory and two or three INDIA TODAY’s copies which contain their annual rankings of colleges. Way back I was the story teller of my class in my LP . But after that I have always remained pretty silent. Now it is time to open my mouth. A bit of fear and excitement, to sum it up.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
T2 over
Every time I finish my series of exams, I run to the nearest computer centre , to put down the ecstasy of having completed the exams. Perhaps right from the childhood this was one moment when I feel something inexpressible., a sense 0f independence or something like that,
which suddenly overshoots in you at the moment you hand over the answer paper of the last examination to the invigilator. May be because of this, that I came out early from the examination hall today. Not many had left the hall by the time I decided to put a full stop.
Simply I couldn't wait anymore and the 2 or 3 marks that I may lose as a result ,appears to me so insignificant at that time , though I may regret on getting the answer sheet back.
Any way that brings an end to the T2(test 20)....Now into the most valuable days of the year..The pooja days... rightly hailed as the independence day of the students academic calendar...
I am going home today itself. My roommates had already left and I was alone last night..
my pooja plan?
Well, have to prepare for a seminar on career guidance which we r planning to do as a part of our value education project. We plan to visit some schools in the locality and share with them our experiences...I am pretty excited abt this as this is something that I was eagerly waiting for...
signing off
RK
which suddenly overshoots in you at the moment you hand over the answer paper of the last examination to the invigilator. May be because of this, that I came out early from the examination hall today. Not many had left the hall by the time I decided to put a full stop.
Simply I couldn't wait anymore and the 2 or 3 marks that I may lose as a result ,appears to me so insignificant at that time , though I may regret on getting the answer sheet back.
Any way that brings an end to the T2(test 20)....Now into the most valuable days of the year..The pooja days... rightly hailed as the independence day of the students academic calendar...
I am going home today itself. My roommates had already left and I was alone last night..
my pooja plan?
Well, have to prepare for a seminar on career guidance which we r planning to do as a part of our value education project. We plan to visit some schools in the locality and share with them our experiences...I am pretty excited abt this as this is something that I was eagerly waiting for...
signing off
RK
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
I am back
It's 10.45 pm now and I am sitting in front of the computer to do the Program design assignment that I have to submit tomorrow.But not in a mood to Program , so planned to write the blog.
Our software lab(one with 60+ new dell systems and round the clock high speed internet ) had been closed for sometime . Somebody had stolen a mouse from it ..and the result..it was decided to close the lab until the mouse is obtained back...I think everything is fine now.So you can expect some frequent posts from now onwards although my T2 is starting next week.
Tathva is over it saw a 250+ outside participation.A great improvement compared to last years 60 or so.
I was in the registration and hospitality committee and had expected to some beautiful gals from outside but nothing happened according to my wish ....((certainly not sad as Ragam is on the way..))
Just now I read the blog of somebody from GEC thrissur compsci...they certainly rock and it makes me highly envious..I don't find such an atmosphere here..Don't know whether its my fault or not?(may be a mixture of two)...or may be the students here are from diverse background perhaps , as diverse as you
can never see such a variety in any in other part of the world..
Got bored by typing
So signing off
RK
Our software lab(one with 60+ new dell systems and round the clock high speed internet ) had been closed for sometime . Somebody had stolen a mouse from it ..and the result..it was decided to close the lab until the mouse is obtained back...I think everything is fine now.So you can expect some frequent posts from now onwards although my T2 is starting next week.
Tathva is over it saw a 250+ outside participation.A great improvement compared to last years 60 or so.
I was in the registration and hospitality committee and had expected to some beautiful gals from outside but nothing happened according to my wish ....((certainly not sad as Ragam is on the way..))
Just now I read the blog of somebody from GEC thrissur compsci...they certainly rock and it makes me highly envious..I don't find such an atmosphere here..Don't know whether its my fault or not?(may be a mixture of two)...or may be the students here are from diverse background perhaps , as diverse as you
can never see such a variety in any in other part of the world..
Got bored by typing
So signing off
RK
Monday, September 3, 2007
My interns over...
It was a great way to finish the exams...
The last one was electronics and there was nothing much to study. I probably have found out my S grade subject for this sem.Sorry...I won't think abt grades now onwards...."Karmanye.....kadachana".I simply couldn't help writing that the exam was eaaaasy.
Post T1 life....I have to set my priorities now...No time to rest...(U can find that most of my blog entries will be self reflections..and u may fell bored .But sorry I can't help it.)
People usually have a tendency of writing blogs abt the cinemas they see.Because coming out of theater,
one is likely to be filled with emotions, either angry of wasting 3+ hours, or in the least probable case happy abt what they have seen.Anyway I just don't want to make my blog a film review magazine.Bcoz 99 out of 100 times I will be blaming myself for daring to watch that film.
What I wish from a cinema.....a message ? of course not.For that I may read bible or gita.
Then what else...1)It should either be a pure entertainer( Entertaining to the last minute with things that are reasonable.Being reasonable is more important that the degree of entertaining)
2) Or it should be able to motivate me...
Over the 500+ movies that I may have seen in my life I can't figure out anything more than 10 that fill in to my taste.Malayalam Film Industry thoroughly lags pure creativity and genius.It is a pauper industry in everything other than the quality of acting and probably singing. I just don't want to crib a lot.
praying for the well being of MACTA,AMMA, and all others concerned ...
signing off
RK
The last one was electronics and there was nothing much to study. I probably have found out my S grade subject for this sem.Sorry...I won't think abt grades now onwards...."Karmanye.....kadachana".I simply couldn't help writing that the exam was eaaaasy.
Post T1 life....I have to set my priorities now...No time to rest...(U can find that most of my blog entries will be self reflections..and u may fell bored .But sorry I can't help it.)
People usually have a tendency of writing blogs abt the cinemas they see.Because coming out of theater,
one is likely to be filled with emotions, either angry of wasting 3+ hours, or in the least probable case happy abt what they have seen.Anyway I just don't want to make my blog a film review magazine.Bcoz 99 out of 100 times I will be blaming myself for daring to watch that film.
What I wish from a cinema.....a message ? of course not.For that I may read bible or gita.
Then what else...1)It should either be a pure entertainer( Entertaining to the last minute with things that are reasonable.Being reasonable is more important that the degree of entertaining)
2) Or it should be able to motivate me...
Over the 500+ movies that I may have seen in my life I can't figure out anything more than 10 that fill in to my taste.Malayalam Film Industry thoroughly lags pure creativity and genius.It is a pauper industry in everything other than the quality of acting and probably singing. I just don't want to crib a lot.
praying for the well being of MACTA,AMMA, and all others concerned ...
signing off
RK
Friday, August 31, 2007
Interns ! Take it easy...
It's qiute sometime since I last blogged.My Interns r going on..and that has been eating my time for sometime...
There is one slokha from bagavad gita which i always try to chant in my mind.
it's nothing other than...
"Karmanyee vaadikarasthe...
MA phaleshu Kadachana....."
Life gets dramaticallhy changed whe one tries to implement this in life.
Perhaps this is the biggest principle of mind management.Even after accepting that and tyrying to implement it, I may often get obsessed with the result, wasting lot of energy and time regretting abt past actions such as an exam written poorely or the like.
The whole point of "Karma" or some action is to make ourself happy at some time in the future,say when its result comes.But what is needed is to enjoy the process rather than the result.A complete detachment may not possible but certainl we can make a conscious effort in that direction...Only then we can say that we have started to live....
All this I have put down is to declare that I have enjoyed the process of learning so far in the second year and whatever comes in the future ,in the form of GPA is highly immaterial.
Signing off
RK
There is one slokha from bagavad gita which i always try to chant in my mind.
it's nothing other than...
"Karmanyee vaadikarasthe...
MA phaleshu Kadachana....."
Life gets dramaticallhy changed whe one tries to implement this in life.
Perhaps this is the biggest principle of mind management.Even after accepting that and tyrying to implement it, I may often get obsessed with the result, wasting lot of energy and time regretting abt past actions such as an exam written poorely or the like.
The whole point of "Karma" or some action is to make ourself happy at some time in the future,say when its result comes.But what is needed is to enjoy the process rather than the result.A complete detachment may not possible but certainl we can make a conscious effort in that direction...Only then we can say that we have started to live....
All this I have put down is to declare that I have enjoyed the process of learning so far in the second year and whatever comes in the future ,in the form of GPA is highly immaterial.
Signing off
RK
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
being sreenivasan!
Actually I don't have much time to blog. But suddenly an idea stroke me which I think I should put it down somewhere for future reference. The best quality one should acquire in order to make life simpler is the ability
to laugh at oneself .
One should be able to enjoy each and every moment of his life . For that it is necessary to have a humorous approach towards life, that is things will be much lighter and simpler if we are able to laugh at our own mistakes, laugh at our own fears , and other things which make us nervous.
RK
to laugh at oneself .
One should be able to enjoy each and every moment of his life . For that it is necessary to have a humorous approach towards life, that is things will be much lighter and simpler if we are able to laugh at our own mistakes, laugh at our own fears , and other things which make us nervous.
RK
Saturday, August 18, 2007
An ideal Prof
Here I goes .........
MY ideal proff.
1 He who comes(to the class)as late as possible.
2 He who leaves as early as possible.
3 He who takes no attendance.
4 He who doesn't open his mouth in the class.
Well I think I've got everything.
signing off.....
RK
MY ideal proff.
1 He who comes(to the class)as late as possible.
2 He who leaves as early as possible.
3 He who takes no attendance.
4 He who doesn't open his mouth in the class.
Well I think I've got everything.
signing off.....
RK
Friday, August 17, 2007
Why professors are teaching in Heebroo?
This is a question which I started to ask myself after coming to NITC.
Recently I had a lot of boring classes , which provided me enough time to think about the subject.
Since then I've been desperate to post a blog on the subject.Here I goes..........
Well I just don't want to put the entire blame on my professors.Speaking frankly, I also owe a share of it,in that I am least interested to listen to someone and that I always love to think Independently...In that perspective I am a bit closed minded.Every time I gets ended up in utter failure when I try to listen to the class. Either the teacher may be going too slow, or at athor times he may be too fast for me to catch up.
I just cant manage to find out the resonance here.
I am against sleeping in the class as this shows a way of disrespect to faculties. And now , I've decided to explore some other means to make the classes useful.And I solicite precious advice in that respect.....
I want to write a lot on the present education system. MAy be I''l' be able to do that in the coming days.
Signing off...
RK
Recently I had a lot of boring classes , which provided me enough time to think about the subject.
Since then I've been desperate to post a blog on the subject.Here I goes..........
Well I just don't want to put the entire blame on my professors.Speaking frankly, I also owe a share of it,in that I am least interested to listen to someone and that I always love to think Independently...In that perspective I am a bit closed minded.Every time I gets ended up in utter failure when I try to listen to the class. Either the teacher may be going too slow, or at athor times he may be too fast for me to catch up.
I just cant manage to find out the resonance here.
I am against sleeping in the class as this shows a way of disrespect to faculties. And now , I've decided to explore some other means to make the classes useful.And I solicite precious advice in that respect.....
I want to write a lot on the present education system. MAy be I''l' be able to do that in the coming days.
Signing off...
RK
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
HAi..............
I am a happy man now....bcoz i I've just completed the first assignment of program design.
Probably the first experience of programming in linux environment. it's a bit difficult for the beginners.
But once u got through it's as simple as any other compilers. But linux , I think ,has to go a long( no, I am mistaken .Atleast a short ) way in becoming user freindly.May one is left with a lot of options , and to choose one among them is a bit perplexing. Any way after all the mess and a struggle of abt 9 hrs with linux or gcc or the versatile kate, I should put down that I liked the whole process. Yah I have fallen in love with LINUX
(Oh sorry , GNU LINUX , for the sake of all who matters...).
Kudos to LINUS TOR..... and STALLMAN....
signing off
RK
I am a happy man now....bcoz i I've just completed the first assignment of program design.
Probably the first experience of programming in linux environment. it's a bit difficult for the beginners.
But once u got through it's as simple as any other compilers. But linux , I think ,has to go a long( no, I am mistaken .Atleast a short ) way in becoming user freindly.May one is left with a lot of options , and to choose one among them is a bit perplexing. Any way after all the mess and a struggle of abt 9 hrs with linux or gcc or the versatile kate, I should put down that I liked the whole process. Yah I have fallen in love with LINUX
(Oh sorry , GNU LINUX , for the sake of all who matters...).
Kudos to LINUS TOR..... and STALLMAN....
signing off
RK
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
vande mataram
So we r at the door steps of celebrating India's shashtipurthi. On this auspicious , Kudos to all Indians
who have made India grow and become a powerful nation. To all the souls resting in heaven, who
while on earth fought for the glory and Independence of India, my pranam.Happy Independence Day.
who have made India grow and become a powerful nation. To all the souls resting in heaven, who
while on earth fought for the glory and Independence of India, my pranam.Happy Independence Day.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
blah blah blah
I should mention abt the ongoing classes. We just got introduced to the so called
Theoretical computer science…Oh! Utter boring…Unsahicable….I could grasp nothing
from the classes….Also we got introduced to DATA structures and PGM DEIGN
Though the topics are boring , the assignments given were energizing…the careful selected assignments include the game of live and towers of Hanoi problem…and the latter was quite challenging. I had some difficulty with recursive function right from the
beginning. I remember that I had wasted a lot f hours analyzing the factorial pblm implemented through recursion….The same thing happened here too..Ithought a lot abt the pblm, but could reach nowhere and I decided to take the help of Sangeeth, a brilliant and simple guy from Ottappalam. He had coded the necessary pgm with so ease which made me highly envious. But soon I came to terms with my limitations, and sat with him
for an analysis. And it was quite interesting session. Finally I realized that it is not easy to track a recursive function, and that is only needed is to just find the logic, and implement the function recursively. Everything will be all right in the end …that’s my first encounter with a coding after coming to nitc. I enjoyed it so to say. Also I discovered that programming is a good exercise to practice in train that u will get fully absorbed into it and u won’t feel the boredom of journey.
A mention abt the title change. For those who haven’t seen the previous one I shall put it down here, It was “thewouldbepuli”. I am changing this as a part of my realization that being a puli is not a destination, it’s a continuous journey. And I am well into the journey. Till the last day I hesitated to use my brain even for the simplest calculation. But now I’ve decided to make best use of it on every occasion I get a chance, I’ve decided to be more disciplined ,I’ve decided to be more optimistic and courageous.Well I would like to put down my principles of success.
1. Hard work.
2. Positive thinking.
3. Perseverance.
And other subsidiary qualities or habits like,
1 Meditation
2 Regular Exercise
Everyone will not be good in everything. There will be some areas in which one is excellent ,some in which one is not that good. Acceptance to the state of being is more important for advancement. Strengthening ur strong areas and stop worrying abt ur weaker parts is the key. Nothing will be gained on fretting and fuming. Happiness
as success ,is a journey and not a destination.
Well I’ve tried many a time to define success. The definition varies depending upon persons. Everyone tries to define success in his own point of view and in the eye of
Society. Most of us get confused between these two, reaching in a state of dilemma.
And I think what is more important is that whether u stick on to ur selected path, than
Which path u select. As I said perseverance and determination is the key. It doesn’t matter much whether u r an introvert or an extrovert. What matters is whether u love urself ur state of being. We the people are nothing but our own mental images, someone has said.
And that’s right , I suppose. And I’ve started to my love myself.
Signing off
RK
Theoretical computer science…Oh! Utter boring…Unsahicable….I could grasp nothing
from the classes….Also we got introduced to DATA structures and PGM DEIGN
Though the topics are boring , the assignments given were energizing…the careful selected assignments include the game of live and towers of Hanoi problem…and the latter was quite challenging. I had some difficulty with recursive function right from the
beginning. I remember that I had wasted a lot f hours analyzing the factorial pblm implemented through recursion….The same thing happened here too..Ithought a lot abt the pblm, but could reach nowhere and I decided to take the help of Sangeeth, a brilliant and simple guy from Ottappalam. He had coded the necessary pgm with so ease which made me highly envious. But soon I came to terms with my limitations, and sat with him
for an analysis. And it was quite interesting session. Finally I realized that it is not easy to track a recursive function, and that is only needed is to just find the logic, and implement the function recursively. Everything will be all right in the end …that’s my first encounter with a coding after coming to nitc. I enjoyed it so to say. Also I discovered that programming is a good exercise to practice in train that u will get fully absorbed into it and u won’t feel the boredom of journey.
A mention abt the title change. For those who haven’t seen the previous one I shall put it down here, It was “thewouldbepuli”. I am changing this as a part of my realization that being a puli is not a destination, it’s a continuous journey. And I am well into the journey. Till the last day I hesitated to use my brain even for the simplest calculation. But now I’ve decided to make best use of it on every occasion I get a chance, I’ve decided to be more disciplined ,I’ve decided to be more optimistic and courageous.Well I would like to put down my principles of success.
1. Hard work.
2. Positive thinking.
3. Perseverance.
And other subsidiary qualities or habits like,
1 Meditation
2 Regular Exercise
Everyone will not be good in everything. There will be some areas in which one is excellent ,some in which one is not that good. Acceptance to the state of being is more important for advancement. Strengthening ur strong areas and stop worrying abt ur weaker parts is the key. Nothing will be gained on fretting and fuming. Happiness
as success ,is a journey and not a destination.
Well I’ve tried many a time to define success. The definition varies depending upon persons. Everyone tries to define success in his own point of view and in the eye of
Society. Most of us get confused between these two, reaching in a state of dilemma.
And I think what is more important is that whether u stick on to ur selected path, than
Which path u select. As I said perseverance and determination is the key. It doesn’t matter much whether u r an introvert or an extrovert. What matters is whether u love urself ur state of being. We the people are nothing but our own mental images, someone has said.
And that’s right , I suppose. And I’ve started to my love myself.
Signing off
RK
(this was supposed to my first blog. somehow I could not post it at that time and hence posting now)
Hello world…
Recently I read 2 or 3 books on various programming languages. And every one had the first program named as “hello world”, and its little surprise that I choose the same caption here…A big Hello once again to my readers(if there is any!).
Well there are many reasons y I decided to start blogging…infact this one is after some 3 or 4 futile attempts. Earlier I made one entry in live journal. But I found live journal a bit ugly, and hence decided to switch over to bloodspot…
OK then…let me dive into the topic…after pondering over the topic about what to write I‘ve finally decided to write about the most wonderful days of my life…the days which presented me with a mix of emotions …of disappointment, of regret, of jealous, of heavy tension and confusion, and eventually to big happiness and then again to that of fears and apprehensions ….well confused whether I am mad, certainly not…I was just describing about “Getting into NITC”.
The journey begins when Kerala engineering entrance exam results came out.
As I expected I had a 5 digit rank..10297 to be precise…Things where quite certain before me…to join for an entrance coaching…and I ended up there at Chaithanya classes thissur…the fist two months were that of hectic preparation ( more about my life as a repeater in a subsequent entry ) and then slowy the tide started to recede ..and the days of ozhappal started….Infact closer the exam .lazier I became…and if u believe me , I hadn’t touched any book from March 1 to 15th…The worry about the lost days crept in …the nights were sleepless but still I couldn’t study for 2 hours at least…
I was totally hopeless and the rank I could probably wish for at that time was something nearer to 1000 in the kerala entrance examination, not to mention about the aieee. Seriously, I am not kidding. Everyday I would get up around 6 in the morning and would sit for studying at around 7,(after a detail study of Malayala Manorama) ,and it would last for about 15 to 20minutes….the day would go on…and I would sit watching cricket, leaving not a single ball, no matter whether it is a test or an ODI, or on other occasions I would fill my belly to such an extend in the morning itself that I would sleep the entire day with getting up occasionally , only switch the alarm off or to extend its time by 1 or 2 hrs, unable to study anything. The regret of the lost time would have kept creeping in…and I would end up the day totally disappointed , unable to study for at least 2 hrs…it is hard to get sleep in such a situation…and on bed my mind will keep on preparing the time table for the next day, targeting something nearer to 15 hrs per day.
And each day I kept on reducing the topics that I should go through before the exam ..
I kept reducing he time allocated for each topic…a detailed plan of such (not ever done) things would enter my diary every night. Every pages of my diary got filled up, but I couldn’t remember a single occasion where I could give myself a mark of10 out of 100.
The time of my studies kept on reducing from 2 hrs a day to 1 hr,to .5 hr and then finally I stopped studying. I realized with a lot of pain that the entire studies that I had done in March and April, could have done with a sincere effort of about 16 hrs.
One could easily imagine the state of situation, the entire one year was about to get wasted as it is the final lap is what it really matters. For a person who had run well in the initial laps it wouldn’t matter much but for me it was not the case. I was totally at lost and there was no one to help me except one. A lot about that person and the subsequent miraculous events that changed my fate…..Forthcoming attraction ,do stay tuned.
Signing off Madhavamahadeva..
Hello world…
Recently I read 2 or 3 books on various programming languages. And every one had the first program named as “hello world”, and its little surprise that I choose the same caption here…A big Hello once again to my readers(if there is any!).
Well there are many reasons y I decided to start blogging…infact this one is after some 3 or 4 futile attempts. Earlier I made one entry in live journal. But I found live journal a bit ugly, and hence decided to switch over to bloodspot…
OK then…let me dive into the topic…after pondering over the topic about what to write I‘ve finally decided to write about the most wonderful days of my life…the days which presented me with a mix of emotions …of disappointment, of regret, of jealous, of heavy tension and confusion, and eventually to big happiness and then again to that of fears and apprehensions ….well confused whether I am mad, certainly not…I was just describing about “Getting into NITC”.
The journey begins when Kerala engineering entrance exam results came out.
As I expected I had a 5 digit rank..10297 to be precise…Things where quite certain before me…to join for an entrance coaching…and I ended up there at Chaithanya classes thissur…the fist two months were that of hectic preparation ( more about my life as a repeater in a subsequent entry ) and then slowy the tide started to recede ..and the days of ozhappal started….Infact closer the exam .lazier I became…and if u believe me , I hadn’t touched any book from March 1 to 15th…The worry about the lost days crept in …the nights were sleepless but still I couldn’t study for 2 hours at least…
I was totally hopeless and the rank I could probably wish for at that time was something nearer to 1000 in the kerala entrance examination, not to mention about the aieee. Seriously, I am not kidding. Everyday I would get up around 6 in the morning and would sit for studying at around 7,(after a detail study of Malayala Manorama) ,and it would last for about 15 to 20minutes….the day would go on…and I would sit watching cricket, leaving not a single ball, no matter whether it is a test or an ODI, or on other occasions I would fill my belly to such an extend in the morning itself that I would sleep the entire day with getting up occasionally , only switch the alarm off or to extend its time by 1 or 2 hrs, unable to study anything. The regret of the lost time would have kept creeping in…and I would end up the day totally disappointed , unable to study for at least 2 hrs…it is hard to get sleep in such a situation…and on bed my mind will keep on preparing the time table for the next day, targeting something nearer to 15 hrs per day.
And each day I kept on reducing the topics that I should go through before the exam ..
I kept reducing he time allocated for each topic…a detailed plan of such (not ever done) things would enter my diary every night. Every pages of my diary got filled up, but I couldn’t remember a single occasion where I could give myself a mark of10 out of 100.
The time of my studies kept on reducing from 2 hrs a day to 1 hr,to .5 hr and then finally I stopped studying. I realized with a lot of pain that the entire studies that I had done in March and April, could have done with a sincere effort of about 16 hrs.
One could easily imagine the state of situation, the entire one year was about to get wasted as it is the final lap is what it really matters. For a person who had run well in the initial laps it wouldn’t matter much but for me it was not the case. I was totally at lost and there was no one to help me except one. A lot about that person and the subsequent miraculous events that changed my fate…..Forthcoming attraction ,do stay tuned.
Signing off Madhavamahadeva..
long live NITC
We the compsci students of second year got introduced to the software lab the other day.
A superb lab, I should mention. About 60 terminals(Dell Desktops with LCD monitors) ,with internet facility upto midnigt.I have heard my friends in other colleges ,like that of AMRITHA Eng college, mentioning that they have to pay for browsing and i feel extremely sorry for them..
NITC Is simply superb.Its quite ironical that i had to change my opinion the very next day I complained abt the computers at NITC..I withdraw that coplaint unconditionally...sorry,sorry,sorry.
A superb lab, I should mention. About 60 terminals(Dell Desktops with LCD monitors) ,with internet facility upto midnigt.I have heard my friends in other colleges ,like that of AMRITHA Eng college, mentioning that they have to pay for browsing and i feel extremely sorry for them..
NITC Is simply superb.Its quite ironical that i had to change my opinion the very next day I complained abt the computers at NITC..I withdraw that coplaint unconditionally...sorry,sorry,sorry.
Monday, August 6, 2007
ya that is irritating...what? I shall explain.
its abt 10.30 pm now, and I was heading towards cc ,the main computer centre of NITC after spending abt 2 and haalf hours at the reading room...the atmosphere was so serene,calm and NITC felt much awesome to me than ever before, that i felt proud to be present here as a student and I decided to post abt it in my blog,to express my ecstasy and joy.But what happened is that I could not obtain a terminal in the new block that I was forced to satisfy with the an age old thin client.The system in which I am presently typing this blog is quite terrible, the resolution of the screen is quite irritating that one can't look into it continuosly for five minutes, the mouse is a scroll less one , altogether I am disappointed.May be its high time that the authorities
taaake some effort in disposing the good for nothing systems and replacing with the new Dual Cores.....
gudnight
its abt 10.30 pm now, and I was heading towards cc ,the main computer centre of NITC after spending abt 2 and haalf hours at the reading room...the atmosphere was so serene,calm and NITC felt much awesome to me than ever before, that i felt proud to be present here as a student and I decided to post abt it in my blog,to express my ecstasy and joy.But what happened is that I could not obtain a terminal in the new block that I was forced to satisfy with the an age old thin client.The system in which I am presently typing this blog is quite terrible, the resolution of the screen is quite irritating that one can't look into it continuosly for five minutes, the mouse is a scroll less one , altogether I am disappointed.May be its high time that the authorities
taaake some effort in disposing the good for nothing systems and replacing with the new Dual Cores.....
gudnight
Sunday, August 5, 2007
havooooo
Ya that's it.Now i have got it right..the problem was with my url...
now to my readers can check out my blog at madhavamahadeva.blogspot.com
i shall try to be regular...thank you...
now to my readers can check out my blog at madhavamahadeva.blogspot.com
i shall try to be regular...thank you...
hai everyone....
finally i too have decided to start blogging...often i think abt blogging while sitting in the class..that is the time when u have got nothing to do mentally.....it has been quite the same from the time memorable..
every day i would sit in the classwith a firm determination of listening it,only to find myself miserably failing,
losing track within seconds ....but i havent slept in the class even for a single time..or to put it in other words i was successful in the art of act of listening...ie making urself appear to listen..noding ur head here and there,saying yes when the teacher asks whether everyone follows...Thinks couldn't get better even aftyer joining the prestigious NITC.And finally i have come to terms with it...that the problem is mine and that i am a slow learner..(in that i am not open minded in making the so called conceptual jumps quite frequently).
But i still feel that the teachers(proff. ,lecturers and the likes)could improve a lot if they teach assuming themselves to be students . A teacher should not look things from his or her persrective....he should not be merely presenting data and drawing predetermined conclusions from it..instead he must be able to think along with the student.he just needs to introduce the topic,help the student to draw a picture in his mind
and finally to ignite a spark in his mind by arousing his curiosity.... and that is more than enough i suppose..
the rest could be done with the helps of books and other sources .....
Still i just don't know what to do with the 1200+ lecture hours that is pending in my life...
Could someone help me to find a solution?....
finally i too have decided to start blogging...often i think abt blogging while sitting in the class..that is the time when u have got nothing to do mentally.....it has been quite the same from the time memorable..
every day i would sit in the classwith a firm determination of listening it,only to find myself miserably failing,
losing track within seconds ....but i havent slept in the class even for a single time..or to put it in other words i was successful in the art of act of listening...ie making urself appear to listen..noding ur head here and there,saying yes when the teacher asks whether everyone follows...Thinks couldn't get better even aftyer joining the prestigious NITC.And finally i have come to terms with it...that the problem is mine and that i am a slow learner..(in that i am not open minded in making the so called conceptual jumps quite frequently).
But i still feel that the teachers(proff. ,lecturers and the likes)could improve a lot if they teach assuming themselves to be students . A teacher should not look things from his or her persrective....he should not be merely presenting data and drawing predetermined conclusions from it..instead he must be able to think along with the student.he just needs to introduce the topic,help the student to draw a picture in his mind
and finally to ignite a spark in his mind by arousing his curiosity.... and that is more than enough i suppose..
the rest could be done with the helps of books and other sources .....
Still i just don't know what to do with the 1200+ lecture hours that is pending in my life...
Could someone help me to find a solution?....
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