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
Friday, August 31, 2007
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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