Hard time fighting illness. Four days before I woke up at 12:30 in night due to acute pain in the throat. The very next day I couldn't avoid consulting doctor in HC (Health Centre at IITK), a place popular for its ill-treatments. The doctors are excellent in giving medicine but poorest in diagnosis.
So the medicine that Dr. Batra gave me suggests that I have a throat infection. Specifications: Roxithromycin, Ibuprofen, Cetirizine. All these include nausea as side-effect. That's what exactly I am suffering.
Now it's a helpless kind of situation. If I take the medicine Im sleeping like anything! can't concentrate. And if I don't then I can't even sleep because of throat pain!
Somebody save me!!
Can't study in all these. End-sems start from 13rd. It seems that this end-sem is going to be worse than ever.
A compilation of my day to day events and experiences. My observational reports as the world passes by me. "I am part of all that I have met"
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The open elective Fight
Open elective is open only in name. Every course which you would like to do will have time clash or instructor will not allow you saying for fourth year only. Most of 'em which u would love are not offered. Or the instructor will not mysteriously reject your request saying nothing. Phew! whats open in it and what's elective in it. Practically I stand with no choice. And Virtually choices include few of my departmental (Mechanical Engg.) courses which are last to my likeness and few of MBA courses- no use to me if I don't plan to do anything in management. With all the future unpredictable, insecure let's hope for the best for the next semester.
The HSS I'll be studying next sem is tittled: PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS instructed by Proff. Boruah.
The HSS I'll be studying next sem is tittled: PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS instructed by Proff. Boruah.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Overloaded students at IITK
Today's fortune:
Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.
Just now came from interview for AME council. Hah... come on was it like an interview. Prashant just asked what do I know and told what I was supposed to do. Not that big thing. The AME site is already there. I would just be supposed to update the data and forms on that site. Only data thing. Ohh. No deal, I'll do it.
Mom dad and didi were here from last evening till today. Khub sara khane ka saaman aaya ghar se yummm... (English:Lots of edibles came from home).
Options for next sems are open on OARS site. A heavy sem with 24 credits! Only 1 less than the maximum allowable. This may be 25 if someone takes 5 credit course as Open Elective! Now who will disagree that students at IIT Kanpur are overloaded with studied. I remember Dr. P Kumar saying in class that he accepts the truth of above statement. I too remember a guest lecture by an IITK alumni (he is a top-shot name in industry everybody knows. just that I'm missing it on my tongue) spoke about an incident about him in HBS. He met his dean for permission to take an extra courses. But it was never happened and never allowed for students to take more than that fixed credit in a semester. But as he came yo know the man is from IIT Kanpur, he at once allowed him to take the courses. See! IITK students are popular(not famous) for taking (or Bearing!) overloads!
Here is the course templete:
1)HSS-2
2)ME352
THEORY OF MECHANI. & MACHINES
3)ME341
HEAT AND MASS TRANSTER
4)ME321
ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
5)ME361
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
6)OE-1 : Open Elective (Means choose one whatever course you like.)
And it's again a wake up call for end-sems. 13 days left. Let's start with the unlucky number 13. 13 days of preparation
Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.
Just now came from interview for AME council. Hah... come on was it like an interview. Prashant just asked what do I know and told what I was supposed to do. Not that big thing. The AME site is already there. I would just be supposed to update the data and forms on that site. Only data thing. Ohh. No deal, I'll do it.
Mom dad and didi were here from last evening till today. Khub sara khane ka saaman aaya ghar se yummm... (English:Lots of edibles came from home).
Options for next sems are open on OARS site. A heavy sem with 24 credits! Only 1 less than the maximum allowable. This may be 25 if someone takes 5 credit course as Open Elective! Now who will disagree that students at IIT Kanpur are overloaded with studied. I remember Dr. P Kumar saying in class that he accepts the truth of above statement. I too remember a guest lecture by an IITK alumni (he is a top-shot name in industry everybody knows. just that I'm missing it on my tongue) spoke about an incident about him in HBS. He met his dean for permission to take an extra courses. But it was never happened and never allowed for students to take more than that fixed credit in a semester. But as he came yo know the man is from IIT Kanpur, he at once allowed him to take the courses. See! IITK students are popular(not famous) for taking (or Bearing!) overloads!
Here is the course templete:
1)HSS-2
2)ME352
THEORY OF MECHANI. & MACHINES
3)ME341
HEAT AND MASS TRANSTER
4)ME321
ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
5)ME361
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
6)OE-1 : Open Elective (Means choose one whatever course you like.)
And it's again a wake up call for end-sems. 13 days left. Let's start with the unlucky number 13. 13 days of preparation
Blood is thiscker than water...
See the last line of this post chhote chhote shehro se. Wah! What an analogy! Wah! It wud have taken time to understand that.
Blood is thicker than water, but modern life has made us all a bit anaemic. You don't want to be seen as a leech!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Hostel Blues after JEE07 and and a plain NO from CADES
As the second year comes to an end a restlessness is in air. With the quota bill almost clear(if not it will be very soon I bet on these politicians can go all the way to anything they want), and increase in strength of incoming batch of JEE-07 there is going to be an acute shortage of living rooms of allocated hostels. The whole structure of accommodation of UGs is on the verge of Revolution.
Earlier hall allocation was like this. Hostels Hall2 and Hall3 were filled with first and second yearites mixed. Hall 5 for third year and Hall 1 for fourth year. This was okey till now. But with a jumbo sized Y7 batch which is coming it isn't possible anymore. The total strength of Y7 and Y6 is more than the combined capacity of Hall2 and 3. There were many meetings and public poles. And finally few things are in air but still final word has not yet come.
Firstly there is one idea of Hall 2,3 and 5 combined with first second and third yearites. This is the minima which is going to be for sure. But this alone is not enough to hold all the student. So some students will be going to a newly constructed (under construction in fact) hostel Hall-9. Now there are many solutions in air that I've heard from different people but nothing final as such. Some say hall-9 will also contain all 3 batches combined. Or only third yearites will be going to hall-9. All those who will give their preference as Hall 5 might be sent to hall-9. An the scene of preference is as follows.
Hall 2 and 3 have double rooms as a disadvantage over other two halls. Also the mess of hall 2(my hall) is the worst minimum level in food quality. So no one would like to feed on it 1 more year after already getting harassment for 2 years. Most of the guys in hall-2 would like to go to leave it. Among hall 5 and 9 hall-5 seems preferable because of only ill factor of hall-9 - it is situated a long distance from academic area. But opting for hall-5 includes a threat of going to hall-9 if it has no space when your turn comes. So those who are too obsessed with the distance factor would like to stay in hall-2. And those obsessed with food quality would want to leave it at earliest, even at the cost of being sen to hall-9.
In our wing about 4 out of 22 are obsessed with distance factor and prefer hall-2. Rest all (including me)despise hall-2 for feeding reasons. So that's super majority as Ankur calls it. Hopefully we will be in hall-9/5. If it happens hall 9, cycling alone to academic area/Lecture halls would take around 5-7 minutes forget about walking!
All in all the situation is too complex with increasing strength of batch size every year. Also there is an urgent need for more and more faculty persons which deteriorates the quality of teaching and the level of IITs.
Anyways, it will be all clear in the next few weeks.
Called up the Cades people and got a plain reply : NO. no students.
Earlier hall allocation was like this. Hostels Hall2 and Hall3 were filled with first and second yearites mixed. Hall 5 for third year and Hall 1 for fourth year. This was okey till now. But with a jumbo sized Y7 batch which is coming it isn't possible anymore. The total strength of Y7 and Y6 is more than the combined capacity of Hall2 and 3. There were many meetings and public poles. And finally few things are in air but still final word has not yet come.
Firstly there is one idea of Hall 2,3 and 5 combined with first second and third yearites. This is the minima which is going to be for sure. But this alone is not enough to hold all the student. So some students will be going to a newly constructed (under construction in fact) hostel Hall-9. Now there are many solutions in air that I've heard from different people but nothing final as such. Some say hall-9 will also contain all 3 batches combined. Or only third yearites will be going to hall-9. All those who will give their preference as Hall 5 might be sent to hall-9. An the scene of preference is as follows.
Hall 2 and 3 have double rooms as a disadvantage over other two halls. Also the mess of hall 2(my hall) is the worst minimum level in food quality. So no one would like to feed on it 1 more year after already getting harassment for 2 years. Most of the guys in hall-2 would like to go to leave it. Among hall 5 and 9 hall-5 seems preferable because of only ill factor of hall-9 - it is situated a long distance from academic area. But opting for hall-5 includes a threat of going to hall-9 if it has no space when your turn comes. So those who are too obsessed with the distance factor would like to stay in hall-2. And those obsessed with food quality would want to leave it at earliest, even at the cost of being sen to hall-9.
In our wing about 4 out of 22 are obsessed with distance factor and prefer hall-2. Rest all (including me)despise hall-2 for feeding reasons. So that's super majority as Ankur calls it. Hopefully we will be in hall-9/5. If it happens hall 9, cycling alone to academic area/Lecture halls would take around 5-7 minutes forget about walking!
All in all the situation is too complex with increasing strength of batch size every year. Also there is an urgent need for more and more faculty persons which deteriorates the quality of teaching and the level of IITs.
Anyways, it will be all clear in the next few weeks.
Called up the Cades people and got a plain reply : NO. no students.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Reply post
P.S.: This is a reply post to the Are you in love?.
Love is all we need here!!!I've written and read much on the topic.Thre's a movie tittled Anwar. Every character in the movie was sad. but all of them had on single reason. They all needed love!To be loved is such a joy that hides all reasons to be sad. Think of when you put ur head in ur mother's lap and u jst closed ur eyes. Thousand worries that were in ur minds would vanish for those moments. I feel this everytime I visit home.You might be intrested to read following
Love is all we need here!!!I've written and read much on the topic.Thre's a movie tittled Anwar. Every character in the movie was sad. but all of them had on single reason. They all needed love!To be loved is such a joy that hides all reasons to be sad. Think of when you put ur head in ur mother's lap and u jst closed ur eyes. Thousand worries that were in ur minds would vanish for those moments. I feel this everytime I visit home.You might be intrested to read following
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Recently someone made me believe some persons are never meant to be helped.
Helping is like a virtue. Help till you are at stake. I thought.
But I was proven wrong! Apparently it might not affect you but there are some people in helping whom you are always at stake. Somebody made me realize that.
But yaar. Fir bhi, sometimes, being a human, I can't follow!
Helping is like a virtue. Help till you are at stake. I thought.
But I was proven wrong! Apparently it might not affect you but there are some people in helping whom you are always at stake. Somebody made me realize that.
But yaar. Fir bhi, sometimes, being a human, I can't follow!
Chance
It seems a very week chance I have of working with a hardware design solution company. CadesTech. Mamma and didi were in Banglore for did's m.Phil enterance exams. And they also had a chance to go to airshow where these csdes people met my sister. Was this more than just coincidence that airshow fell on the date when they were there; and my sister met those people; and that it was just a point in their conversation that my name was up and she told Im doing Mech. Engg. B.Tech.?
But the dark side is that I sent a mail regarding this to a person who gave contacts to my sister and it's about two days and didn't get the reply. Tried calling them but couldn't talk to the person concerned. I'll call later. What's in giving it a try.
Witrh all the fascinating things that Dr. Deb told us in ME251 class I can say I'will learn and enjoy if it happens.
But the dark side is that I sent a mail regarding this to a person who gave contacts to my sister and it's about two days and didn't get the reply. Tried calling them but couldn't talk to the person concerned. I'll call later. What's in giving it a try.
Witrh all the fascinating things that Dr. Deb told us in ME251 class I can say I'will learn and enjoy if it happens.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Days Become Hotter
With days becoming hotter it's becoming difficult and more difficult for mugging. As soon as I take up a book sleep takes on me. Facing this problem from two days. In fact days are too hot to handle!
At last started FluidMech. Quite unknown things are coming forward to my notice. Had all this what the world has produced in Fluid Mechanics with all there efforts. It's a bevkufi type topic. All you need to do is to mug-up how to see the chart. Nothing like rule exists. Some idiot did some experiment and jotted down the data. Now bigger idiots see the data from chats and graphs and get marks in exams. Okey! I'll also try to be an idiot. That's the rule after all.
From two days sleeping like anything! slept for 1 1/2 hrs. in the day. Then in clases till 5. Went to library eith the books. But salted them with my sweat while sleeping. May be I'm not able to cope up with changing climate.
Currently reading the autobiography of Imran Khan.
That's all. These days i don't have much to say...
At last started FluidMech. Quite unknown things are coming forward to my notice. Had all this what the world has produced in Fluid Mechanics with all there efforts. It's a bevkufi type topic. All you need to do is to mug-up how to see the chart. Nothing like rule exists. Some idiot did some experiment and jotted down the data. Now bigger idiots see the data from chats and graphs and get marks in exams. Okey! I'll also try to be an idiot. That's the rule after all.
From two days sleeping like anything! slept for 1 1/2 hrs. in the day. Then in clases till 5. Went to library eith the books. But salted them with my sweat while sleeping. May be I'm not able to cope up with changing climate.
Currently reading the autobiography of Imran Khan.
That's all. These days i don't have much to say...
Friday, March 30, 2007
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Dr. Munshi
Met Dr. Munshi of Mechanical department. A cool fellow to be in touch. Can't imagine someone to be a professor at IIT Kanpur and behaving so much like humans!!! Rare thing to watch! Hopefully I would be working for him this summer '07.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
IITR trip - horrible experience
With a sore toe and pain in the hips, it seemed impossible to move to north. But impossible is nothing. I did go finally.the trip was not a great one in terms of technical success but have some memorable moments.
Whenever I sit down to write anything could only produce this: We were disqualified from a programming event on account of cheating. 2-5 were the timings. we finishd 4/5 questions in 2:10 hrs. tried the third for about 20 mins. but left it as. Submittied the 4 problems at abot 4:34 and left CC for another event going on. Then at our back there was some ill abrewing against our back! Can't think if there can be such a****** who could copy the codes as it is. not even changed a line. Renamed the files for them and send the same files. We didn't attempted the problem2 but in a file named problem2.java there was partial code of problem3. Those idiots submitted it as problem2 without giving it a look! F*** people. The next round was on next day from 2 and the results were released as late as 1 p.m. We(me and Bhatia) were not in the list. Not even Kush and JBhatia. Talked to cordi's and we were charged with cheating! My Lord. What's it! This is the reality of world. Its full of rouges and cheats. Code Cheaters. Aman talked to them as long as 20 min. but then they gave excuses even if code was not copied it has fallacy of I/O reading. and so on... 8/10 teams were from home team.
You cheats give excuses to expell us. But how can you put out Kush and JBhatia. The google coders. Programming chapms at IITK!!!
Had a chance to meet Kushs' Dad and I came to know why he is like that- calm. He is a reflection of his father! a true reflection.
Whenever I sit down to write anything could only produce this: We were disqualified from a programming event on account of cheating. 2-5 were the timings. we finishd 4/5 questions in 2:10 hrs. tried the third for about 20 mins. but left it as. Submittied the 4 problems at abot 4:34 and left CC for another event going on. Then at our back there was some ill abrewing against our back! Can't think if there can be such a****** who could copy the codes as it is. not even changed a line. Renamed the files for them and send the same files. We didn't attempted the problem2 but in a file named problem2.java there was partial code of problem3. Those idiots submitted it as problem2 without giving it a look! F*** people. The next round was on next day from 2 and the results were released as late as 1 p.m. We(me and Bhatia) were not in the list. Not even Kush and JBhatia. Talked to cordi's and we were charged with cheating! My Lord. What's it! This is the reality of world. Its full of rouges and cheats. Code Cheaters. Aman talked to them as long as 20 min. but then they gave excuses even if code was not copied it has fallacy of I/O reading. and so on... 8/10 teams were from home team.
You cheats give excuses to expell us. But how can you put out Kush and JBhatia. The google coders. Programming chapms at IITK!!!
Had a chance to meet Kushs' Dad and I came to know why he is like that- calm. He is a reflection of his father! a true reflection.
Gota sleep.. write more latter
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Chaos in life
After the exams end. Started a period of chaos, confusion and fuss! Involved in an online puzzle solving contest of IITR. Sleepless nights and sleepy days. The laziness continues. Then the two autocad assignments. This plight continues. Finished the assignment. Now the 2 labs on friday and saturday shake my trip to IITR. Adding to this, got a sore in my right toe. Got an injection poked in the hip.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Blue Print for Mid sem 2
Topics to crack!!!
Materials: -Diffusion
-Phase Transformation
-Elastic Inelastic/stress strain
Philosophy: -Astika-Nastika
- Karma Theory
-Dharma
MOS:-Ch4(Mohr's Circle)+ torsional strain
-Ch5
FluidMech: -Differential Analysis
-Dimensional
ME251(Drawing): -Conventions
-Theory from copy and book
12th: FM, ME251
13th: FM,Philosophy
14th: ED, MOS
Materials: -Diffusion
-Phase Transformation
-Elastic Inelastic/stress strain
Philosophy: -Astika-Nastika
- Karma Theory
-Dharma
MOS:-Ch4(Mohr's Circle)+ torsional strain
-Ch5
FluidMech: -Differential Analysis
-Dimensional
ME251(Drawing): -Conventions
-Theory from copy and book
12th: FM, ME251
13th: FM,Philosophy
14th: ED, MOS
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Wake-up call!!!
Its time now. With mid sems around the corner and days becoming lazy is not going to work. Studying just returning from home is always annoying. But it has to be done if I've to save any hope for straight 10. Time to turn off orkutting, mailing, blogging, everything. Just mugging!
Just do it!
Found this pic funny enouugh to post here.
Saucy, Bhatia aur Circuit.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Follow your conscience.
This was taught in Indian philosophy lecture last week. It is seemingly logical and unquestionably true it is!
When there is conflict between Shruti(Vedas: w.r.t society now one may assume it the customs of society, what we are used to doing) and Smriti(Dharma Shastra: can be assumed equivalent to the correct way. That which is in consent with common good); FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE. Everything may be wrong but your heart can never be. Don't tell yourself what is correct. Listen to your conscience. Don't decide what to do. Do what your heart says. And that's the only way to get outa this conflict!
Hibernating today. Studied only class notes of philosophy. Sleeping like anything!
When there is conflict between Shruti(Vedas: w.r.t society now one may assume it the customs of society, what we are used to doing) and Smriti(Dharma Shastra: can be assumed equivalent to the correct way. That which is in consent with common good); FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE. Everything may be wrong but your heart can never be. Don't tell yourself what is correct. Listen to your conscience. Don't decide what to do. Do what your heart says. And that's the only way to get outa this conflict!
Hibernating today. Studied only class notes of philosophy. Sleeping like anything!
Friday, March 09, 2007
Days end at....
...home. Returning to IITK tomorrow now. The last day was probably the most busiest and new things happened today. Woke up at 10:30 after long tight 11 hrs sleep. Went to reserve ticket for tomorrow. 9:40 a.m. That was the time to go back to the world composed of lectures, exams, proffs,..... Came back to know Mannu invited for lunch. Had a nice lunch. Wach
ed movie ("School of Rock"). All hard party man! Saucy turned battery!! [:(] Checked for eye vision and got -0.5 lens correction. And the doc told to wear them as most of time as possible. That means you're gona see Saucy in specs next time. Collected the specs from Civil Lines. Mom wanted to see Hanuman Mandir today. Went for a normal prayes there. Also bought the card reader. Got the songs from didi's cellphone. Refer post a previous post. It was night before when I was leaving Allahabad. I asked mamma to sing the same song which she used to sing when once I was lil boy. Recorded all of them on cellphone. Its here. (try playing in quick time player if doesnt works.)
Visitd Ishan's place after that. Amazed her friend wanted to talk to me! Just Normal stuff. The last statment was 'Keep in Touch'. Good enough. But ya tell me how can I keep in touch if I don't Who you are; Where you're from;.. what you did (copyright: BackStreetBoys).
Things that stand out in the 6 day stay at home:
ed movie ("School of Rock"). All hard party man! Saucy turned battery!! [:(] Checked for eye vision and got -0.5 lens correction. And the doc told to wear them as most of time as possible. That means you're gona see Saucy in specs next time. Collected the specs from Civil Lines. Mom wanted to see Hanuman Mandir today. Went for a normal prayes there. Also bought the card reader. Got the songs from didi's cellphone. Refer post a previous post. It was night before when I was leaving Allahabad. I asked mamma to sing the same song which she used to sing when once I was lil boy. Recorded all of them on cellphone. Its here. (try playing in quick time player if doesnt works.)Visitd Ishan's place after that. Amazed her friend wanted to talk to me! Just Normal stuff. The last statment was 'Keep in Touch'. Good enough. But ya tell me how can I keep in touch if I don't Who you are; Where you're from;.. what you did (copyright: BackStreetBoys).
Things that stand out in the 6 day stay at home:
- Celebrated Holi. As colourful as every year. This time made memorable by few friends. These festivals in India save our life from becoming dull. Else I would have been Miss Havisham!! Lolz! I feel lucky to be born in India. Proud to be an Indian!
- Yet another awesome production from Steven Spielberg! The Schindler's List. The movie is on a real life story of a person in the time of World War 2. A total business minded person but a saviour of generations! Angel Unaware.
- Started loving those John Lennon classics. Topping the lists are In My Life, My Sweet Lord, Help and Revolution.
- Bought a carry case for the laptop for a decent price.
- Got the mamma's songs from didi's cellphone. Still dont know where do the attach those widgets so that openning the blog page whole playlist plays. Help!
- Party time with friends were memorable.Jatin invited for his parents' 25th anniversery celebration. Nice time there except when I was asked to dance. Did some usual leg and hand break. Remarks came: Kanpur me dance nahi hota kya? I stood hesitant between two thoughts- (i) Had I learnt lil bit of party dance . To open up, Street smart, and stuffs like that. (ii) WTF?? I dont do something that means don't. Don't force me! Zamana hamse hai ham zamane se nahi. World will be what I become. Ah... whatever.
- Gave final touch to the canvas I started long before in Dushhehra holidays. Only signature left. ; Left it for my sis. Hopefully it can be carried here in next visit to home.
- Last day being most happening. Visited Ishan at night. he told how one of his friends(not a friend exactly but I cant find another word fr it) did fraud on some participation certificates and telling lies all over. How can a man be such a big big biggest A******! I just can't believeanybody can do this!. I simply hate liers, racists, arrogance, pretentiousness, hypocricy. Though I should learn to live with all kinda people, my blood boils on the mention of such idiots! You can't have leather covering all the ground all over the world; better wear shoes. On the other hand there are some of his friends who are so nice(believe me it turned my head to finding appropriate adjective; in the end decided to keep it simple). Waise I can write whatever I want. Nobody is gonna sue me. Lolz!
Monday, March 05, 2007
Mom and Dad
Just thought to post a pic of Mom and Dad so that the memory stays forever. Even if my laptop, digi-cam,whole city, whole India vanishes, it's there. 
(Hoping Google doesn't collapses in the meantime).
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