Last Few Months…

I had been ignoring my blog for the last few months . Actually it has been 3 months , 17 days 15 hours , 50 minutes and  25 seconds …aahhh 30 seconds since i last posted here.Today after my 1st terminal exams , i was having a feeling that some thing is missing from my life ( naah.. not the 99 percentiles in mock CATs ,you dont need them to be happy in life ) . I thought over it for some time ( you have plenty of alone time if you get up at 4 am) and finally i realized that my BLOG was missing. I was missing the energy with which i wrote , i was missing the joy of telling the incidents of my life to others and i guess i was JUST missing it .

So here i am , back to the thing (one of the things ) which i love the most , Writing

After my internship was over , my college started , that too with a bang .It was finally the FINAL YEAR of engineering(see my facebook album for more information ) . The year we all had been waiting from the day we stepped into our college . Finally the day had arrived .

One the very first day we had a MASS bunk . And literally for the first time we had more than 25 people going for a movie together . Which movie would have been better than Lov aajkal for this MASS bunk (am i stressing too much on this word MASS ?? ). It was before Deepika Padukone’s first dialogue in the movie that we got news that our 6th semester results are out . Damn , we only know how we watched the movie in utter fear of our results !

Next few days were spent realizing and admiring the wonderful timetable we had . Only 4 subjects and 2 labs !!. You can very well imagine the feeling we had , considering the 6 subjects(including  the TOUGH electronics useless subjects) and 4 labs till last semester. The movie spree continued and we used to watch movies on Ankit Ahuja’s laptop every day (Monsoon Wedding , DCH,DDLJ,Neil n Nikki to name a few ) . It was no less than a mini theater where our dear friend took movie requests from people , download them and then screen them the very next day.It was a hell of time we were having.

Practicals were a piece of joke . No printers working , no sheets , no prac files to be made. Were we in heaven ?? I guess , Yes.Even xeroxed practical were being allowed . While we were having fun , ECE guys were complaining that this year also they have no respite from the $%^& ECE subjects . Being the placements representative of my class , i was attending some regular meetings of Training and Placement department. You cant imagine the utter sorry feeling i used to have when after an hour long meeting with the Training and Placements head , i had to tell my fellow classmates , who were waiting just for the meeting to get over , that there would be no placements till the coming January or February .I guess this is part and parcel of life. Kabhi khushi kabhi gaam.. Right ??

I had some 2-3 odd opportunities to go to NDTV’s shows (Gadget Guru and The Big Fight) . We were so happy to see ourselves on TV that we even told the teachers about it.(Tried to get some extra attendance and marks out of it ).

Mock CATs had started in full swing . MOCKing every Saturday and Sunday now a usual affair. And even getting a meager 70 odd percentile in five mocks back to back was also not new . One thing i have learnt from this CAT preparation is that there are things which are much more important than this CAT and one should not leave his LIFE for this two and a half hour exam. But then , i guess , it’s time for me to pull up my socks and study for this exam . There is now way out. !

CAT application form turned out to be a sleepless night for many . Most of the people bunked college(including me) to go the bank and collect the CAT registration voucher and be the first one to book the so very converted SLOTS . In this haste many got the application incorrect J . It’s only yesterday that the IIMs have allowed them to edit their application forms . Finally some respite to them .

Hmmm.. now coming to the best part . I had been researching on which laptop to buy for the last 4 weeks . Finally i got my Laptop . DELL Studio 15 . It’s simply awesome . I am just loving it .

So , here i am , over with my recap of last few months .

Promise to write regularly from now on.

Summer Internship- Day 1

I had been waiting so long for my 6th semester exams to get over, and finally they got over on 26th May. Now it was time for my summer internship. I was going to intern at the IT department of a government organization (Name of the organization withheld !!). I was briefed by some of my seniors that this organization is very lenient with its summer inters and don’t pressurize too much. I was really hoping that their words are true

The final acceptance letter which I got from the organization said that the reporting time was 9.00 am sharp. I woke up at 7 am, took a good bath and had my breakfast. It was already 8 am and I was late, considering the Gurgaon -Delhi traffic, that too in the office hours. So I quickly packed my bag (took the important documents) prayed for 5 minutes and left for the office.

The IT department here has two blocks, the old block and the new block. So as Murphy’s Law states I reached the wrong block. The interns have to report to the new block and I reached the old block.

There are obvious disadvantages of having so many flyovers in Delhi. Take a wrong turn and you end up driving 5 more kms (considering the heavy traffic… it’s a pain!!). It was already 9.15 and I was late on the first day itself. Took the next available U-Turn and reached the new block at 9.30.

I was to report the Mr.X the General Manager, IT Department (Again  … Name withheld ). I went to him and introduced myself. He told me to wait for Mr. Y as he would allot me the group and the project. I asked the chaiwahah there and he told me that Mr Y usually comes at 10, and so I have to wait for him.

Ahhhh…  that was such a relief. I didn’t miss anything and was not late anymore   (God Bless the babu culture!!) . Mr Y was dot on time. He was in the office a full 1 minute before the Radio Mirchi’s RJ announced that its 10 am.  After he settled down I went up to him and introduced my self. He told me that I have to first sign a format acceptance letter before I could join. He then asked me to take the letter from Mr Z, sign it and give it back to him. The same chaiwalah told me that Mr Z comes at around 10.30 or 10.45.

I then went to the guests room, took up the days TOI and started reading it. The chaiwalah again came in and told me that Mr Z would not come today and I need to take the letter from Mr. P. (Luckily Mr P comes on time i.e. at 9am). As soon as I was about to get up I realized that there are some more interns present there. I was happy that I was not the only one waiting .We all went up to Mr P , signed the official letter and then gave it to Mr Z .

Mr Z the asked us what we could for the organization!. We all came up with all the weirdest ideas of our lives . He told us to divide ourselves in 2 groups and then decide what we project we would do. We all 6 inters then decided that the 1st group would make a website for them (using PHP) and my group would make a website for internal use (using .net) .

We told this to Mr Z and he was ok with it. Then he asked me if I knew some one in the organization . I told that one of my relatives is working here. As soon as I told Mr Z my relative’s name, he took out his mobile and asked me-

Mr Z – “yehi number hai”?? (Showing the number in his mobile)

Me – “Yes sir… yehi hai “!! (After checking the number in my mobile)

Mr Z calling someone..

Mr Z – ” haan bhai.. ye kis ko bhej dea hai tune…. “(With a smile)… “tune mithaye to khilaye nahi kal .. aab internship karwa raha hai relative ki! .. ” aaj he khila warna abhi rook dunga iss ki internship… ” !!

lolz… this was amazing … Mr Z and my relative were one the best friends in the office (according to Mr Z ) . He then told all the interns to go and come the next day and asked me to sit down . It was a bit embarrassing for me… But I was happy too..

After every one went.. he asked me if I was interested in making a database for Finance department. I HAD to say yes. Giving me a CD , he told me that it contained the last 5 year records of the finance department and I have to make the database for this using either SQL or Oracle .After giving me some more details he asked me to report next week with a prototype !(a prototype in a week… man are you kidding ??)I greeted him and just pushed off from there.

It was so hot and i was damn hungry. Luckily the office campus had a Bikaner sweets shop. As soon as I entered the eating area, I ran toward the seat which was just under the AC .Finished my day with a special thali and a glass of Lassi.

Finally my Day one was over.. Now the real work starts…. have to make a prototype till next Tuesday and submit to him with full documentation! . Have to work hard now…

Would update the blog soon…

Bye

Happy Birthday to me ! :)

To start with  i would like to thank all my friends who wished me , gave me buddy bumps and to all those who didnt ask for a treat

As a child i always waited for 16th Jan to arrive . I would start counting days from the very next day after the new years. But off late i have lost the charm of the birthday . I didn’t wait for16th Jan this time . And when the calendar actually showed the date it was a just another day for me , except the phone calls , sms’s and the Gtalk pings for the wishes.

The Birthday started with huge number of phone calls from friends (Jasmeet was the first one the call….  ) sms’s and my “thanks a lot” reply . Some people also called up at 3am and 4am . I really have no grudges against any of you but i really prefer people calling me before 2am.To my surprise of my oldest friends settled in Boston also called me up. Some nostalgia moments

It was college time now. As soon as i entered the college i could hear the usual “maaaarroooooo” sounds from behind . I looked behind and some IT people were running towards me . In a split second i began my sprint but just to evade to the canteen where there were double the number of people waiting for me  ! I was bashed up by some and ‘left‘ by some (beta tum loogo ka bday bhi aane wala hai… tab dekhna ) .

Then it was a usual happy birthday greetings from all the class mates . Some even went to the extent of stopping a class in between , standing up and singing the “Happy Birthday to you” song . Thanks a lot guys .

I treated some of my friends , some still left (every one wants a party in this recession time.. yaaro samjha karo .. paise nahi hai !) . Would treat half of them in CP tomorrow . Got book bank today for this semester. Had to carry some 100kg load back home . What a birthday gift .

I am now 20 years ‘young‘ and have been advice by mom and dad to behave like one . I am required to be more responsible and leave the ‘childish‘ practices that i indulge in . I would try to do that , but rest assure i would be the same ‘me‘ who you all know !

Thanks Shruti for opening a Birthday thread on Pagalguy.com and ‘getting‘ people to wish me . Thanks Nishant for wishing me at 3am when we both were half slept, thanks Durgesh for letting me come before him in the book bank line and saving my 2 hours and efforts , thanks Jassi for giving me missed calls 5 times so that i call you back and you save on your mobile bills, thanks Tarun for treating me with a cup of coffee , thanks Prashant for giving me those pics which i wanted since ages and finally thanks Deeksha (my only cousin sister) for calling me from Dubai and wishing me.

Finally , thanks to all those who wished me  , or wanted to but couldn’t .

Love you all

Aayush