The art of living

There was a period, I suppose some where after the 1 st Sem that there was something at the backdrop of my mind which disturbed me quite badly.
I was struggling to figure what I was doing at NITC.I have been a computer science student and still I did not have any idea what computer science is all about.The classes of maths, EC and Electrical was hell for me.I could never never understand why I should study bloody network theory,intricacies of motors,higher integeral and differential equations and the likes.Mugging highly useless 'substances' and vomiting it in the examination paper had become a routine exercise during the period.It was all done when my mind was struggling to find out what my dearest computer science could offer me. And it continued , perhaps till the end of fourth sem.


Well, I intended to write something else.I somehow deviated from the topic.May be I would continue at a later stage.As usual,let me pen down its heading,
"The anatomy of B tech curriculum in computer science".So two posts are pending now.
1.The anatomy of B tech curriculum in computer science
2.Falling in love with segmentation fault.
Add to it,
3.The great great Bulls and Bears , and lets make it three.


Now coming to the topic which I really wanted to write in this post.I have a feeling that I waste a lot of time in planning:
Planning the days activities,Planning studies,planning future etc. And often much of the time is wasted on it.Not on the execution but on the process of planning.Now I think its time for me to stop that habit.Continuously worrying (or may be perhaps thinking about the future) is sure to kill you if you have surrendered to it.It makes the life hectic.Pointedness is what u require in your life.A complete dedication to what you are doing at the moment, a state of 100% concentration.It makes the life more comfortable.It spares you a lot of time and energy.I have always felt that its not the tight schedule but the mental exercise of worrying about the schedule, really makes the life miserable.I wish for the day (or perhaps a mental state to be more precise),when I could completely free my mind from all anxieties about the future, from all regrets about the past.I wish for the day when I could say 'I Live This Moment'.Good luck me :)


Signing off
RK

Good night!

A quick post before I get to sleep.

I simply want to say to myself that

"Karmanye vaadikarasthe
Ma phaleshu Kadhachana"

RK

Happy ending.

Yesterday was my compiler lab exam. I had figured an E grade in the previous exam and hence yesterday's exam was a bit crucial for me.This is one lab for which I had spend nearly 80% of my study time.It was really great experience.But I had a terrible time in convincing Selina mam , that I did not copy and what I was showing was my own work. Mam seemed to come to the lab with a bit of prejudice.It felt to me that she had already made up her mind whom to give 'S',whom to give 'A' and whom to give 'F'.Once you make a good impression , its easy going. They will hardly look into your program.Else, Its going to be hard time.I was a bit disappointed at this.Because I was always bad at impressing someone with my communication skills. But soon I got used to it.And happily I got an A grade,yesterday. But the most happy thing is that Vigil,my lab partner, managed an "S' grade.:)Kudos to him.

Well this is a lab which taught me what programming is.Now I feel that I have become more confident to approach a problem.Programming is an art. And any artistic work requires immense amount of concentration,skill and taste. I call programming an art,because programming requires all these.U need to have immense concentartion else you can be sure that you are going to mess up everything.By skill, I mean the ability to think and analyse.Thinking is the core of programming. Its really ammazing to explore different paths so as to solve a particular problem.And finally taste,well this gives you enough endurance or keep ur tempo till the last.
"The biggest reward of love is the feeling of love ".Similarly ,"the biggest reward of programming is the feel of programming.".This is something to be experianced. I am happy that I had a bit of such an experiance in this semester first with 'Bulls N Bears' and then with the compiler lab. Now I am looking forward to the mini project.Want to make it great.

I have already made up mind on the tpoic for the next post. Well its heading is going to be
"Falling in love with Segmentation Fault ".

Thats for now
Signing off
RK

Another miss!!!!

As i was writing the previous post, another surprise was being taken.As usual I missed that too....
Most of my friends were on their beds..But all of them received smses, informing that exams were going on.Many ran to the class,after wearing the dress.And the remaining joined my company.

Hats off to all those who missed the test

S5 Rocks..........

So here comes a post after a really long period....there were several occasions before when I started to put a post..I signed in to blogger quite a few times.But,each and every time I dropped out at the last minute.Well,it is not because that I did not have anything to say.In fact the semester(S6) was quite eventful in many respects.I have this dirty habit of allowing silly thoughts and matters to eat my brain,and that has been pulling me back.Its time to take another Art of living course, I suppose.

I wish to write about Bulls And Bears, the online stock market simulation game conducted as a part of tathva08.I wish to start it "Right from the beginning ",when the idea flashed through my mind,to develop a software for the same.And I am afraid that a post on it will be quite big,and that's the reason I had been postponing it.Any way it will be put up in a month or so.

The other memorable happenings of this semester is that I failed for the first time in an exam . It was "the design and analysis of algorithm" paper which trapped me before the wicket.And that too,not once but twice.Happy going...

Perhaps the biggest advantage of this semester is that the teachers have stopped taking attendance.And bunking are at its peak.Everyone (I mean ,the Arrakkapodi boys),Usually goes for 2 or3 classes and bunks the remaining 12 or 13 classes in a week.So it is happy sleeping here.While I write this post,it is 11.50 am IST,the fourth hour networks class is going on, and I am sure that at least 5 of my friends will be still on their beds.Well I cant express this particular feeling.Great and simply great teachers! Long live NITC Compsci Dept.

This post is dedicated to all wonderful faculties of Compsci dept who have stopped taking attendance.

Signing off
RK
PS: I have missed all the surprise tests that have been taken in this semester.(Unlucky me)