Friday, October 27, 2006

BITS against reservation

0835hrs, woke up, brushed my teeth and was preparing to go to mess. My super sidey, Himanshu, came to my room, asked me for today's daily. The headlines read like "Deemed varsities say yes to quota". I read further...
New Delhi : In a major setback to the anti-quota campaign, private unaided institutes like BITS Pilani, Manipal and Symbiosis on Thursday unanimously agreed to implement the 27% reservations for OBCs....
It was kinda shocking to read that stuff. We all were wondering how all these private institutes so easily agreed. But it was stated in a leading daily and we had no other option but to accept the fact. I had to study for my chemistry viva that time, but obviously this matter replaced my thoughts. I was just thinking that if our institute has already agreed to it, what can we do. I was really disappointed.
1217hrs, came back from practicals. Though according to prior plans I must had been in bank that time but thanks to state wide bank strike, I was in hostel that time. Checked my bitsmail /* we have been given mail accounts by the insti */. Subject of one of the recent mails read like "BITS Pilani & Reservation Issue". Immediately clicked on it. We were three people that time in the room. All of us anxiously waited for the mail to open /* wait lasted for around 1 second or so, but yeah, it was a small but anxious wait, atleast for me */. A smile replaced the anxiety as we read on. It was like...
Deemed universities back Arjun on quota; BITS opposes
A group of deemed universities including some prestigious ones today backed HRD Minister Arjun Singh's move for reservation in unaided institutes but BITS, Pilani, strongly opposed it. BITS, Pilani was invited but could not attend the meeting... This mail really comforted us all. For more details.. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=41203
You might be thinking what is this newkerala... even I dunno, but I know one thing, that BITS is still against reservation. I am happy :) Though not sure whether BITS will be able to resist in future or not, but I am happy, it is atleast resisting. Don't have much time right now, will write more later. And I guess I must take care to write within my limits, am a bit worried, heard a lot about a few blogs being blocked.

FIND OF THE DAY : You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say will be exaggerated or mis-quoted and used against you.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

My room

Some newspaper articles.. related to recent trends in mobile communication...need to submit a report on it within five days, God only knows when will we /* me and gautam */ will start My old school buddy, and now in BITS... Ankush sitting there...
these photos are from his mobile set camera only.. so blame him for the quality

The hostel is quite old... but its good.


FIND OF THE DAY : The trouble with real life is that there is no danger music.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Oasis 2006 : Day three and four

Was really busy past days, hence no posts. Still, we do have two more days left. And I guess description of the second day was also a bit too short. Actaully it wasnt, I guess I just missed to mention that we cleared the dumbC elims, were first among the 24 participating teams. And yeah, one more thing, in the evening we tried our hand on Treasure hunt, but it was a bit too much for us, we all being the first timers for it in BITS. The clues were damn tough, still managed to get to 6th level /* thanks to our spies ... :P*/. That was on day two. And that flop show of JAL and rocktaves followedd.
But third day, it really rocked. I guess it was the best day among the four. Got up a bit early that day /* yeah, 0800 hrs is an early hour*/ to attend rocktaves finals. But as I told you before, they were cancelled. That was disappointing. But then RAZZMATAZ came to our rescue. It was preponed, and I guess I was lucky enough to know that well in time. I did message many of my friends but most of them were late to the show. I enjoyed the whole show. That was awesome. These DU girls, they dance so well. Ok, the male participants, they were also really great. It really set the pace for the day. It was up by afternoon, leaving us for a long anxious wait for the prof show, which were scheduled for 1800 hrs. We were all ready dot 1800 hrs, but as expected, they were postponed till 2000 hrs. We did had the option of DJ floor, but I was really tired. But coz of peer pressure, i was dragged to the dance floor. And yeah, the music was also too tempting to give up. Result : strained my body a bit more.
After that, we all geared up for the big thing.. the prof show. Actually, the first band in the list was MRIGYA, the replacement band, dint have much expectations from the band, which came all the way from New Delhi. But to amaze us all, they put up some really cool stuff. Their instrumentals were too sexy. The crowd never expected such a performance from a kal ka band, but man, they really set up the show. For the first time I am forced to use the word soulful with music. They played some sensible soulful stuff for the crowd. I guess I should move on, there's a bit too much redundancy of words /* thanks to my great vocabulary */.
The next band, INDIAN OCEAN, crowd had a lot of expectations from them. The environment setup by the previous band, it helped us to enjoy these fellows even more. They stood upto the expectations, and even better, as far as my expectations are considered. The next in line, MOKSHA, rock band. I am feeling sorry for them. They also played quite well. But lack of rocklovers in BITS , and the timings, they began at around 0330 hrs, it was too much physical taxation for budding rock lovers to attend this band at this hour. I successfully attended the whole show /*ended around 0500 hrs*/, I cant actuallly say that I enjoyed MOKSHA, but it wasnt their fault at all, I cant blame them. Yeah, you can put me in the category of budding rock lovers .That's it for day three. Went to sleep 0600 hrs in the morning.
Day four, the shortest day. Got up around 1000 hrs, not my fault, I could have slept longer had the power cut not been there. But the cut had such a bad timimgs, neither helped me in my sleep, nor waked me up for breakfast. Then indulged myself in cleaning my room /* read diwali ki safai */. Got ready, took lunch and geared up for the big event.... DumbC finals .. :P But alas, we dint perform upto our expectations. That one round, ruined all the show. Anyways, who cares /* actually I do a bit, it was this grand finale which dint allow us to leave for our home earlier, wasted atleast twelve hour on campus for that crap.*/
As soon as it was over, Oasis was over for us, gussed FashP and ValD /* validatory function*/ and returned back home.
Yeah, am home right now, till 25th.
Just one statement for home... its really nice to be home.


FIND OF THE DAY : Where there is a will....there are 500 relatives.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

OASIS 2006 : Day two

I dont have much time at the moment, need to go for Prof show within 20 mins. And a real real bad news, JAL dint come. They had some visa problem or something, as the authorities said. That was really disappointing...:(
But alas, our disappointment dint end there. We decided to guss Rocktaves /*rock competition*/ elims, to conserve our energy for the finals, but crap, finals were cancelled, I dont know the actual reason officially, so I guess I should not share, for it can be just a rumour.
But thanks heaven, Razzmataz/* hope its spelt correctly*/ came to our resque. These DU girls... they dance really sexy.
Actaully right now, dont have much time, cant elaborate it much.
In short, yesterday was disappoionted, coz of that Jal crap. Today also, after a not so good start, it picked up really well.
Lets see what Mirgya /* the substitute band*/, Indian Ocean and Moksha have in their kitty for us.
Hoping for the best, lemme sign off now.

FIND OF THE DAY : A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Blogspot unblocked...

Did I mentioned that we have found a few good proxies to access orkut??? and yeah... blogspot is now unblocked again....

OASIS 2006 : Day one

As such the inaug was also a part of this day one, still, was a bit excited that moment, so we have a separate post for inaug. K, lets move on, inaug over, we all dispersed to our rooms, took lunch and some rest... to gear up for the evening.
The evening plans, Fusion and Tarang, the two really worth it music events. Though the scheduled time for Fusion was 1700hrs, but keeping up with the oasis traditions, it started sometime after 1800hrs. But that was a plus point for us, we would not have got the sit had it started on time, coz we also were keeping up with the BITSian tradition.. :P
Fusion... I really liked it, though dint watch the whole show, cause of some prior engagements /* read : evening milk in the mess*/. After that, we chose dance floor over the last few entries in Fusion.
The dance floor.. these four days, this is the only time we BITSians do get to do such stuff... dancing madly all over the place. Actually we kickstarted our steps on 'Red Bull' dance floor. Ours was the first group to rock their floor past evening.. reward... one can of Red Bull to each one of us. Though my previous encounter with the Red Bull was not that good, last Oasis also, two of our wingies got two cans by doing some crazy stuff there, and our whole wing helped those guys to empty those cans. But to my amazement, I drank the whole can of the energy drink, which supposidely tasted more like some cough syrup. May be I was really thirsty that moment... mayb now I do like a can full of cough syrup all at one time. Whatever the case maybe, I really enjoyed so called-drinking and dancing. After the kickstart, devoted next few hours to the DJ... it was great fun letting our footloose there.
But I was also worried for the other event, Tarang. Finally convinced the gang arounnd 2300 hrs to proceed towards the audi. And damn, we missed a great performance by KMC /* Kirori Mal College, Delhi*/. Attended the next few, then I was about to leave for my room, but other people also joined in, had a lil' of PET PUJA. Then for about next two hours, dint had much to do, none of us felt sleepy... just roamed around near the food stalls. Then as the RED BULL DJ packed up, we ten people sat in the middle of those lawns /*popularly known as M-lawns*/ and started playing Antakshri. Hey hey, in case you dint get what it means, sorry, but I dont know the english word for this game. For over 90 mins, sang numerous songs in our sweet and sexy voice. Once thought to compete with the outstees, but posponed the idea, and as expected, it never got implemented.
Am back right from that scene only. Few of my friends are supposidely enjoying OASIS QUIZ, god only knows at this moment if the are able to do so or if its the other way round.
Tomorrow, have a few engagements, that DumbC elims, Professional kavi sammelan, and in the night.. its Prof show... tomorrow... JAL is gonna rock BITS... that's the BIG thing tomorrow.. actually i must say its today... now plese leme sign off... its 0355 hrs, and I need to get up before 0900hrs, cant help it, really have this bad habit of having my glass of milk daily twice a day.

FIND OF THE DAY : Never ever dare to go on the dance floor wihtout your shoes. Today did this blunder, was in a hurry, dint prepare myself for the dance floor, left with those sleaky sandals guarding my feet.. n crap... ouuucchhh....ouuucchhh....ouuucchhh....ouuucchhh....ouuucchhh....

Monday, October 16, 2006

OASIS 2006 : Inaug

It was quite hyped, last time also I missed it, but this time pretty determined to watch it. We did set our target as 0830 hrs, to get someplace to sit in the audi, were 30 mins late, consequences, remain standing in the balcony for over 90 mins, somehow manage to sit on the steps for next 90 mins. We were expecting some 'scintillationing' performances by our Mime club and dance club. But it was inaug, had some other stuff also in there. It took quite a much time there. The chief guest... Mr. Mani Shankar... an ex-BITSian Chemicalite, now better known as film maker and advertiser though. His speech was both entertaining and inspiring, really liked that one. But the other proceedings, considered to be boring by most of the junta, but I really dint mind it, it ought to be there, its the formal inaug.
Finally after around 90-100 mins of so called 'boring' stuff, the real thing begin, which we all were waiting for. It was a really nice performance by Mime club, in between we had our dance club... even better, I must say. But junta was not happy for we have noticable delays in between the performances... it dint bothered me much.. I was just thinkin stuff like.. they need to adjust the lights and all... but still... many of us questioned if it was worth it.... with so much physical labour... to see one mime and three dance performances in three hours.... I would say YES... mayb I am being too optimistic... or mayb the other way... they are too lazy...:P

Next stop... Fusion and Tarang.. music events... missed both of them last time.. hopin for the best this time.

FIND OF THE DAY : Remember half the people you know are below average.

PS: Expecting a comment or two from one on those regular readers of my blogs :P

OASIS 2006 - Scintillations

I guess I am a bit late for this pre-Oasis post... its already started. N ya, the ban on daily diary stuff on blog imposed by myself has been lifted, its Oasis time buddy.... I cant think of writing any thing else during the period, really cant help it.
For the beginnners, OASIS 2006, Scintillations... cultural fest of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. Its really cool.. or I can say, its really hot.. cant decide at the moment... :P. 0000 hrs 16th oct '06 to 2359 hrs 19th oct '06, 96 hrs of non stop fun and masti. The whole campus.. it doesnt seem as if we are in pilani, and the biggest credit of this goes to outstees.. primely DU ki kudiyaan... :P Other major attractions... the prof shows.. this time, the big three are making all the way to pilani.. its JAL, INDIAN OCEAN and MOKSHA....music events... Tarang and Fusion, dance events.... Razzmataz and Choreo... stage plays... and one small event, but its really important for me, mayank and mohit, 'Isharon Hi Isharon Mein', its dumbcharades. There are three teams representing BITS, and he he.. we are one of them..... what are you thinkin??? big deal???? I know its not.. but cut the crap... we are participating.. got thru the elims held around a month back....so its somewhat a big deal... its gonna be my first participation in OASIS. Last year also I was a mere spectator in all the events.
I guess that's enuf for a pre-oasis post.. i have more to share... lets get on to next post for that.

FIND OF THE DAY : Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Nap time...zzzzzz

How to sleep???
Sleeping is a very important activity, which almost all kinds of lifeform perform daily. Though the words 'activity' and 'perform' dont go with the word 'sleep', but that's my grammar, cant help it.
So, lets see a few lifeforms, 'performing' this 'activity', in there own fashion.

This is Mr. Gautam, my sidee, this year, last year and I guess for coming two years also. If you are a regular visitor of my blog /* probability of which -> 0 */, you must have heard name of this guy quite often.

Mr. Kshitij Garg, my wingee last year

Mr. Mayank Agarwal, our dance master..., and ob, my ex-wingee

This is Mr. Shanky, as he is better known, very well known for his sleep and his apetite, my ex-wingee

So, this one... Mr.Karan Bathla, a species of its own... I'll need more time and preparation to write anything about him.. so, lets just postpone that task... my ex-psuedo-wingee... psuedo means, he actually was in the lower wing, but used his own room just for sleeping, rest of the time, he was our wingee...

And one more pic, this one is not really related to sleep but.... sheep... do you think there is any relation, actually even I dont think so, but I just prepared this image while I was thinkin about what to post, so, that one I guess I should post. You got the sheep na....


FIND OF THE DAY : A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

PS : These all snaps /* except for the last one, ob*/ are a part of our Sariska album, my maiden excursion trip last sem. /*Refer - Yo Sariska */. My sincere apologies in case I have hurt someone emotions... specially that sheep.... :P

Monday, October 09, 2006

Blogger beta is cool

Yeah... it is really cool... the best think I feel about it.. the archives shown on the blog... makes it quite simple to access all the previous posts quite simply.

Home v/s Hostel

  • On campus, I miss my family and friends, that's so ob, still I must admit it.
  • Off campus, I miss my hostel friends, thats's so ob, still I must admit it.

  • On campus, I miss Maa ke haath ka khana, again... dats so ob.
  • Off campus, I miss redi ki sam chaat /*read...samosa chaat*/ and ANC /*read... All Night Canteen*/.

  • On campus, I miss Dilli ki kudiyaan... do I need to explain anything??? Seriously man, just a half an hour walk to the local market is suffice for a day... I get enough eye tonic :P.
  • Off campus, I miss... can't really say... Pilani ki ladkiyaan....eeeaaaakkkkk.

  • On campus, I miss Delhi's maddening traffic.
  • Off campus, I miss my bike... not a motorbike, but my sweet lil' bicycle, motorbikes are not allowed here for UG students. And guess what, with cylces also, der's pretty good traffic kinda thing here, just see it when a lecture gets our, it improves our skills to drive in trafiic so much, seriously, m not kiddin.

  • On campus, I miss roaming around in air conditioned malls.
  • Off campus, I miss roaming around in the campus... at wierd timings. Roaming around in Shiv Ganga at night or early morning /*did that just twice in the mornin though*/.

  • On campus, I miss radio, television and at times.. movies @ cinema hall.
  • Off campus, I miss audi events... they are so much fun... be it a movie, a cultural event, or our fav. music night.... its so much fun to enjoy it with all our own junta.

  • On campus, I miss Delhi metro... its really cool.
  • Off campus, I miss Haryana roadways... he he he... was that sarcastic???

  • On campus, I miss chatting with old friends over phone.
  • Off campus, I miss chatting with old frinends on Gtalk.

So.... pretty balanced...huh!!!

But I have a bit different view...

Dilli ki asli kadar yahaan mehsus hui hai...ek sher on Pilani v/s Dilli...

Jis cheez ke liye Pilani mein aakhen tarasti hai...

Jis cheez ke liye Pilani mein aakhen tarasti hai...

Wohi cheez Dilli mein dar-dar barasti hai.............

wah wah... wah wah...

FIND OF THE DAY : I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

PS : Credit of that sher goes to one of my few delhi seniors... Mr. Varun Anand

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Last of its kind.. for a while

I actually planned to write something more in this post... something which make this blog look a bit different from my public diary. But the events this weekend... they wont allow me to go beyond this public diary.. atleast in this post. This weekend, it was devoted to my cousin's marriage. Really enjoyed it... enjoyed every moment there... but it was damn tiring. Return yesterday night only... and had my electrical sciences test today.. 0800 hrs... somehow managed to write it. It wasnt that bad, but it was a bit too much physical for me. And it was for the first time in my life that I had such a bad headache .which forced me to take a disprin... it was when I came out after the test. I am actually quite happy, for I finally had such a bad headache. :D And good news.... good news.... good news.... we are selected to represent BITS in dumbcharades competition during OASIS, our cultural fest. /* Refererence : Looooong Weekend; line number 13 onwards/ we were second but actually they selected three teams from two competitions.. I am happy ... :D Lastly... net speed is rockin here, after putting the download limit on the maximum file size in the bhawans... but they blocked orkut and even blogs /* not blogger, but the blogs*/. That's bad. That's it... I hope my next post will be a bit different from this current diary system. FIND OF THE DAY : Don't drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill your drink