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2011-01-10T12:25:00.000-08:00

WHEN HSPS 11.04 MET YoYo Systems

The highly anticipated HSPS 11.04 crashed. The product was released some days ago after facing severe punctuality and year-out crisis. Though the OS passed the deadline put forward by CUSAT quality testing centre, the product was found to have severe bugs like daydreaming, thoughts about Y, geek talk etc. The product HSPS 11.04 was taken for test by YoYo Systems[M D Yacko Abrams] and that eventually led to the crash of the famous OS. The last syntax error shown by HSPS 11.04 after the crash was a question that has puzzled the software developers of the OS. During the debug process at Mammen Memorial Assembly Center, the OS was communicating in a new highlevel language "Chin-Chang-Chu" which was a krypt that can only be solved by applying X-RAY on HSPS kernel. The experts was surprised at the meaning of crypt, it was a question : "WHO INVENTED X- RAY?"

(athayathu X-RAY edukkaan poyappol, ee mahaan chodichu... alla sistere "ee X-RAY kandupidichatara? Ariyumo? Sister replied "ninte achan alla ennu enikkariyaam")

The share holders of YoYo Systems were quick to act without panic and moved the stocks to a much safer location at Kottayam. YoYo systems suffered more damage than HSPS 11.04 since 3 of its important centres stopped functioning(athayathu lavanu 3 fractures undu). The main tagline of YoYo systems have been "Ride hard or Stay home", but after the recent happenings it has been rephrased as " Ride harded and going to stay home". This is not the first time YoYo systems have been involved in a crash. Last time the OS involved in crime was Denubuntu, which was an open source OS which took the responsiblity for crash. On one of the defining quotes of the day, YoYo systems MD said " WHY - CRASH - WHY - ALWAYS - ME ".

LATEST NEWS : YoYo Systems going to sell his main server Pulsar200( which is actually Pulsar180). HSPS 11.04 recoverd quickly at Century Data Analysis Centre but still is communicating in the highlevel language "Chin-Chang-Chu".

Let's hope that these two integral part of our campus cloud computing , reboots quickly to their previous status as soon as possible..

That's all folks

Special correspondent from IIT junction

(working for a local newspaper with no NAME :P)

A obituary to my dear friend Anup Sam Abraham

Anup Sam Abraham popularly known as "Ravuthar" was one of the most mentally challenging people i ever met in my life. Popular writer K.S quoted about him once as "The only sense this guy has is nonsense". He made mockery out of the exams he attended by writing abusive language in all of his main papers. He was warned several time for this misbehavior by various authorities including the principal of the institution he studied. His reply to the principal still echoes at the college campus " The only mistake i did was signing up for engineering. If you can't fix it , F**K off".

He was kicked out for the above mentioned reason, but made a lot of money later in his life by selling tennis games made out of junk "C" codes which he copied from some site. He was smart enough to utilize a very talented group of hackers called Kurdish hackers to block the content of that site, thus making his creation an orginal masterpiece. Though he made lot of money by selling the tennis video game, he was largely unsatisfied and felt something missing all the while. It was somewhere in the fall of 2045 that he came up with the deadly idea of killing all of his batchmates who studied with him. But same plan lead to his death.
What he forgot was that his class mates including people like Melvin John , Rahul Ramesh , K S , Gopi Krishnan , Chintu , Blesson , Dennis etc were planning to do the same to him. They got to him before he even came close to their home. And now somewhere in a misty ocean lies the body of a man who once terrorised the entire class.

RIP ANOOP, my dear friend we had no other option.. Another treacherous way of killing you was making anuraj and yacko say chalus, but we were kinder. Meet you at hell.

A Journey to the middle of Nowhere

Note : Please leave your common sense aside while going through this.

Tagline : "Why would 5 young men travel 100 kms on a chilly night for a glass of orange juice?"
Wanna know the reason;
Nobel prize winner Krishna Sangeeth K. S. goes back his memory lane to recollect an eventful day of his life where he finally understood the meaning of the sentence " Ride Hard or Stay Home".

Preface,
Being the executive editor of HINDU is a tough job, but in the middle of all this chaos, there is a place which gives me peace like no other. The very thought of this place calms my senses, yes i am talking about my campus, my life line , my inspiration, my second home - IIT Delhi. Through this book i am trying to recollect an eventful day that happened during my college life at IIT D.
(Now since the banglore based editor forgot some of the places in Delhi, he is going to stick with an imaginary place , let us call that place Chengannur. Now incase such a place do exist and there is an engineering college there, it is a matter of pure coincidence)
Chapter 1
WHAT AN IDEA SIRJI?
It was two decades ago, way back in 2010 that this event happens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, people were still using slow intel i7 processors. Yes you might pity our circumstance of living now, but we considered our life abundant and full of energy. We dined from the finest restaurants of our generations like Oven Fresh & Nila. Some times when stock markets crash and recession occurs, we entered with great pride into well known centres like oonu house and college canteen. And when recession leads to great economic depression we had our very own thattukadas to rely upon.
It was a time when anything was possible, Rajinikanth just 60 years old made the most idiotic movie ever and still laughed all the way to bank, Suresh Kalmadi was given the honour of running a corruption unit called CWG, lady gaga was still insane, and would you believe it : you could actually get a bottle of mineral water cheaper than a bottle of coke. Hmm , i surely miss those good old days.
Now this story includes five people. They are
1) Yacko Abrahms ( MD, YoYo Bandminton products. He has written a 300 page autobiography which contains just one sentence repeated over viz " Ride Hard or Stay Home ", the word ride has been replaced with a more popular term these days. )
2) Gopi Krishnan S ( MD , i Flux Software solutions . His company also produces world class sleeping pills which are usually tested on engineering students during lectures)
3) Rahul Ramesh (MD, 3D Soft. His company specialises in producing various 3D applications and 3D hardware which are quite a hit among youth.)
4) Bipin Thomas ( MD , Thommy & Sons Inc . His company is the largest private bank in india which holds the world record for having the largest number of board members. You guessed it right, they are his children)
5) Krishna Sangeeth K.S ( Executive editor of THE HINDU, Well you know me - i don't like to boast)

On one of our get togethers the humble executive editor(E E) asked the gang "Whose idea was it?". Then suddenly each of them started claiming it is their idea. A mini civil war followed everytime this question was asked regarding the ownership right of the idea. Even though i have made countless investigations into the above matter, all my efforts were futile. The person who sparked this ingenious idea is still a mystery that needs to be solved. So what was the idea? It was not sending man to moon, it was not the invention of turing machine, it was not the invention of viagra either.
It was the idea of going for a late night tea @ AC ROAD( an imaginary road @ imaginary chengannur).

PS: Everything mentioned above is lie, but as my room mate points out- If you add one letter to lie, it becomes life.

That's all Folks

Krishna Sangeeth K.S

Lost

2010-11-03T03:04:00.000-07:00

Entering into the realm of short stories. Happy reading :)

Story dedicated to

Everyone who had tried to stop time by removing battery from clock and failed.

CHAPTER 1

Confession

Priest : What brings you here today son?

Joe : I have committed the biggest mistake of my life.

Priest : That's what everyone says son, but there is nothing like 'the biggest mistake of my life'. There is always a better one hiding up there in your future.

Joe : I thought you wanted to hear my story.

Priest : Of course, That is what i am here for.

Priest : So what is it that bugs you?

Joe : How can i explain it? It's complicated. I can't stand the thought of it..

Priest : Why don't you take it easy on you, start from the beginning. Tell me how it all began.

Joe : That's gonna be difficult father, coz i don't have much of time.

Priest : It's a love story, isn't it?

Joe: Sadly yes.

Priest : Son I'm a priest, not a relationship expert. I think you need help from someone else. Now if you would please, there are other important things to do.

Joe : No one else can give peace to my heart.

Priest : You have got 10 seconds, tell me one good reason- WHY should i listen to you?

Joe : Actually 2 reasons.

Priest : Enlighten me son. I have my watch in my wrist.

Joe : Reason A, You are the priest and you can never say no to anyone who needs your help

Priest : Ok that's it, I really would like to hear what you have to say, but there are some really important things which should be done. Hope lord fixes your problem.

Joe : and Reason B, I killed the girl i loved about an hour ago and I feel like shit.

Priest : What?

Joe : I know where i am going out from here,wouldn't it be an experience to jump from the top of golden gate bridge, feel the adrenaline pumping before i am no more. But i need some one in this world to know why i did it. Not for the police records, but it will be comforting if one soul saw the whole thing from my perspective. Will you be that one person Father? I have never begged in front of anyone.

Priest : Son, have some water.

CHAPTER 2

RACHAEL

Priest: Tell me son, you can take as much as time you want.

Joe: What an insane person I am? Killed the girl I loved all my life with these hands of mine. I deserve the highest punishment a man can get. I don’t deserve to live in a world she doesn’t exist, she completed me father--- She stayed with me when everyone left me, saw the better human in me which many never believed in. Yet I took her life, I am a MONSTER , I Don’t……….

Priest : Hang in a second there. You have taken the best step a man can take after committing a MISTAKE…

Joe: Whaaaaaaaat! Is killing the girl who trusted you with her life a simple mistake father? I don’t deserve any sympathy father.

Priest : Don’t get me wrong here, I am not saying you made a simple mistake. But it takes some amount of courage to confess one’s mistakes. That shows you are not a madman running in the street killing people. There is some goodness within you, I want to know your story. I can’t fix what has happened, but I see a man here who seriously wishes to undo his actions and I will pray for that man to almighty god.

Priest : Tell me how it all started? Right from the beginning.

When you think about love-- You might get the picture of that blonde that said the frequent ‘GOOD MORNINGS’ & ‘GOOD NIGHTS’ at reception desk or that girl you bumps into at the elevator every now and then. It could be otherwise the girl whom you see in the cover page of magazine. Of all the possible ways of falling in love , I made the most simple choice – It was the best choice I ever made. I fall in love with the girl who came to my class at 4^th grade.

Her name was Rachael, she came to my school when her family moved back here from Boston. It was 4^th grade. Miss Sally introduced her to the class. She was shy, had a feeble voice that was sweet to hear, an innocent smile that melt many hearts, freely falling black hair, eyes that talks a lot, she was lot of things back then. Years have passed since then, but I still have that moment in my memory when she took the seat next to me. A gesture that didn’t went well with many of my friends, Was it love at first sight? I guess not. We were just kids.

There was one thing peculiar about her, She secretly used to steal stuff from others. Trivial things like pencils, crayons , erasers etc were her favorites. One day she stole a packet of crayons which I had valued a great deal. I realized that she is the only person who could have stolen it and I went directly to her.

“ Did ya took my crayons?”

“ No, why are you asking me?”

I couldn’t take a blunt No as an answer, so I searched her bag and I found my crayons.

“ wat ya say about tis then?” , I pointed at the crayons.

“they are mine”, that shocked me. I was expecting an apology and there -- she gave me the biggest lie I had heard that day. It didn’t end there, soon tears rolled up at her pretty face. Honestly it was sad thing for me to watch her cry. I left the crayons at her disposal and walked away. That was a first for me, I wouldn’t have turned back for any other person in this world at that moment. But I did it for her, I walked away without saying a word.

Was it love ? Naa.. it can’t be … Maybe it was.

(to be continued...)

Fighting for One's Self Respect

2010-09-14T07:32:00.000-07:00

Time is 10 pm now. As i give exercise to the backspace key of blesson's lap, after writing something over and over again, one thing is clear- I feel agitated. The cold that i just got by drinking that chilly water from cooler might be one of the reasons for it. No, that is just not it. When you personally know that you are going the wrong track of your life, and are making stupid decisions that will alter your future, there is a sense of disgust which arises that makes life disturbing. Every time you look at the mirror, the eyebrows get sharpened, the serious nature becomes more dominant. As they say, face is the manifestation of your mind. Some people are good in faking, but i am not, when i am disturbed it shows in whatever i do. I feel like i am caught up somewhere unsure of which bus to take in a bus stand. Everyone beside me seems to be taking the right buses. But i am stuck in that rusty bus stop in a never ending rain that makes me shiver. When we are unsure about the next step, when we feel alone in a crowded place, when we start making the habit of breaking promises- there is something that happens, you start loosing your self respect.

   This is the worst thing that could happen to an individual. When you look at that mirror and tries to put that beaming smile and come's to realize that it is not quite there, we start saying common phrases like "LIFE SUCKS DUDE" , "I NEED A BREAK" , "EVERYTHING IS F**K'D UP" etc. Luckily i am not quite still there at a point where i feel my life is a total waste. I do have a strong sense of conviction that, i do belong and have a purpose in this life. Everybody do have a purpose in life, that is my philosophy no matter whoever you are- the guy in question could be CEO of a billion dollar MNC , a beggar that meets his day from the kindness of strangers or a saint that lives his life worshiping the idols. No matter who the guy ends up being, he still forms an important link of chain of events that sustains the greatest play ever exhibited called LIFE. Feels so much relieved after the previous statement (Hahaha).

   In one of my favorite movie series Rocky , the inspirational boxer teaches us how important it is we fight for our damn self respect. In one of the memorable quotes, martin one of the characters says "There is only one kind of respect that matters in this world and that is self respect" . I think of it these days and believe it is true, we live looking for other people's respect and fails to see what our conscience has been telling all this while. Whenever we do something wrong , our heart do sends the warning signals- but in this hectic life only few lend their ears to what the heart has to say. By not following these words of wisdom, we are starting a process of shutting ourselves down. Imagine a man who doesn't have the gut feelings, who doesn't have the basic instincts of something being right or wrong. Such a situation is a one way ticket to eternal doom. At the end of the day everything boils down to that one important thing , 'Self Respect' - something which very few people owns with at most ease. This virtue doesn't comes easily, though many people think they have self respect, they are usually wrong; they are still facing the dilemma of finding difference between pride and self respect.

                                                            People who have self respect will never try to endorse their worthiness. They don't believe in acclamations and applause and knows the universal truth that the people who praise you often are the ones who needs you for the time being and critics are the ones who are your genuine friends. They never run behind success, fame or money but they do their work without any fuzz and a missionary zeal, in short they are people who cares less about what others think of them and more about what they think of themselves. People call them the rebels, the misfits , the crazy ones but they surprise us every moment with their innovative thoughts and ideas, their unparalleled vision of future, their ability to make something out of nothing and actually make work look like fun. Even amidst all these glory, they would remain core to the ground and gives us the usual phrases like "JUST MY LUCK". All the great men you saw in your history pages, the one's that changed this world with their belief and vision had these common traits.

                                                              Our life is not really that long as you think it is, it will seem like a drag at times but when you wished for it to be a little longer, it will end. Like all anti climax English flicks, your life will come to a sudden full stop when you least expect it. May be you will on that frightful moment understand the biggest mystery of all " Will Mr. Yaman appear from nowhere and swing his rope until it reach our necks? " (hehe this is my biggest mystery, yours might vary ). Let's now look at that moment, just before your death. Let's dramatize a bit , U ARE IN YOUR DEATHBED ; everything you thought was yours will be gone forever in a matter of minutes. The car, the money, the apartment everything that you lived for will become irrelevant the moment you close your eyes. At those closing moments you will not think about any of these things though, you would instead think about your loved ones, the almighty that created you , the people you hurt , the things you failed to complete. At that brief movie which appears in front of you, you can see your entire life panned out. Now you can make those final words YES, I COULD HAVE LIVED A MUCH BETTER LIFE. The people who had self respect would have another set of words and you know it by now

That's all Folks

Krishna Sangeeth K.S

My top 10 - Movies that captured my imagination

2010-06-22T06:06:00.000-07:00

Now a days i spent most of my time watching movies, it is as if i have become addicted to movies like drugs(i have never used drugs though). I just can't help myself tuning into the Star Movies or HBO on a daily basis. Sometimes i am stuck with some old movie which i had watched a dozen times , on rare occasions i have some newbies which catches my attention. When the Idiot box starts getting bored.... i move to new horizons like- checking the imdb out, follow the future releases, using wikipedia to dig out interesting movie trivias. And when that gets boring luckily someone hands in a worth enough movie to watch -- Thank god someone invented the pendrives!
And yes i have again gone out of the topic i was trying to emphasize(sigh). Through this post i am trying to create a list of my favorite 10 movies which made me laugh, think, provoke,inspire and shed tears(not all at the same time..Dat's impossible). So here is my TOP 10 movies.

#10 Primal Fear

Tagline : "Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real"
IMDB rating :7.2/10

Trivia : Edward Norton's Debut.. He played the role of Aaron which was turned down by Leonardo Di caprio.. Over 2100 people took part in the audition for the role of Aaron..Matt Damon was one among those 2100 who never got selected

My favorite Quotes :
Janet: Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him, I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God!... But that's me.

Marty: Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.

This 1996 thriller starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton is one of the first movies to have gone into the realm of multiple personality disorder. Edward Norton plays the role of an altar boy who is accused of murdering a priest. Richard Gere plays the role of an over confident attorney who is ready to take up the task of convincing the court that Edward is innocent . For me the most heartening thing about this movie is the performance of Edward Norton, the transformations he makes in the movie is pure celluloidal magic. The movie also has one of the best twists i have ever seen. This movie is remembered for the superb acting of Edward and the incredible twist at the end.

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#9 The Bourne Ultimatum

Tagline: This summer Jason Bourne comes home

IMDB rating :8.2/10

My favorite quotes:
Jason Bourne: Get some rest Pam, you look tired.

Jason Bourne: Where are you now?
Noah Vosen: I'm sitting in my office.
Jason Bourne: I doubt that.
Noah Vosen: Why do you doubt that?
Jason Bourne: Because, if you were sitting in your office, we'd be having this conversation face-to-face.

This is without a doubt my favorite trilogy of all time(yes i am counting in matrix , lotr etc). As the poster reads out "the best action picture in decades"-- this movie certainly is the right pick if you are fed up of watching James Bond and other secret agents keeps escaping from the most unimaginable situations without a scratch posing a beaming smile. This movie which is the last of the bourne series gives us insight into who Jason Bourne really is and why he has been the most wanted man on the run all this while. The 3 movies are interconnected to each other like in a spider's web and provides the platform for excellent cinematic viewing. This movie showcases the best performance of Matt Damon and is a must view for his fans. The movie has a fantastic score which builts up the pace of the movie, it has the raw action , the different camera angles -- everything which lights up the day for a cine goer.

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#8 Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Tagline : It's nothing personal ; This time there are two.

IMDB rating :8.5/10
Trivia : The date of the fictional Judgment Day - 29 August 1997 - is the anniversary of the Soviet Union's first detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949

The Story is supposed to be taking place within a span of two days.

My favorite quotes:

Sarah Connor: [narrating] 3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the machines. The computer which controlled the machines, Skynet, sent two Terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance, John Connor, my son. The first Terminator was programmed to strike at me in the year 1984, before John was born. It failed. The second was set to strike at John himself when he was still a child. As before, the resistance was able to send a lone warrior, a protector for John. It was just a question of which one of them would reach him first.

[One-armed and battered after confronting the T-1000]
The Terminator: I need a vacation.

The Terminator: Why do you cry?
John Connor: You mean people?
The Terminator: Yes.
John Connor: I dont' know. We just cry. You know, when it hurts.
The Terminator: Pain causes it?
John Connor: No, it's when there's nothing wrong with you, but you hurt anyway. You get it?
The Terminator: No.

The Terminator: Come with me if you want to live!

The Terminator: Stay here, I'll be back.

The Terminator: Hasta la vista, baby.

The Terminator: I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do.

John Connor: Jesus, you were gonna kill that guy.
The Terminator: Of course; I'm a terminator.

What can i say about this movie? A movie which made me a fan of James Cameroon, a movie which made Arnold a household name. A movie which broke all the barriers of language and culture and reached the masses. Few people can pull it off like James cameroon can. And it was the first english movie i ever saw( when i was 10 years old). Arguably one of the best movies ever created. Kick yourself if you haven't seen it.

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#7 Sixth Sense

Tagline: "I see dead people"

IMDB rating : 8.2/10

Trivia : Director Shyamalan plays a cameo of a doctor in this movie

My favorite quotes:

Malcolm Crowe: [to Anna sleeping in a chair] Anna?
Anna Crowe: [in her sleep] I miss you.
Malcolm Crowe: I miss you too.
Anna Crowe: Why, Malcolm?
Malcolm Crowe: What, what is it?
Anna Crowe: Why did you leave me?
Malcolm Crowe: I didn't leave you.
[the ring Anna is holding falls out of her hand to the floor, and Malcolm suddenly remembers everything]

Cole Sear: I see dead people.
Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams?
[Cole shakes his head no]
Malcolm Crowe: While you're awake?
[Cole nods]
Malcolm Crowe: Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?
Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
Malcolm Crowe: How often do you see them?
Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere

This movie by M.Night Shyamalan starring Bruce Willis(Malcolm) is well renowned for the tragic suspense it unfolds at the end. It speaks the story of a kid(cole) who is troubled by the ghosts that pops into him every now and then. Bruce Willis plays the role of a doctor who tries to bring calmness to the life of the kid. It was the debut of Shyamalan and this movie earned him many titles like "Modern Hitchkoch". It is a wonderfully crafted movie with a climax that creates a sustaining pain in your heart. It is a gem among the contempory thrillers. If you missed this movie , you might have missed the best suspense ever exhibited in celluloid.

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#6 Troy(2004)

Tagline : For honor, For Victory ,For love, For destiny , For Passion , For Troy

IMDB rating : 7.0/10

Trivia :
Brad Pitt and Eric Bana did not use stunt doubles for their epic duel. They also made a gentlemen's agreement that they would each pay the other for every accidental hit they made. The agreed-upon amounts were $50 for each light blow and $100 for each hard blow. Pitt ended up paying $750 to Bana, who didn't owe Pitt anything.

Achilles shouts Hector's name nine times when he is waiting at the gates of Troy.

One of the hurricanes that tore through the set during filming was during the night and it wiped out Brad Pitt's house. Pitt did wake up at about 4 in the morning but since he was so tired from the night before, he slept through the hurricane

My favorite quotes:

Menelaus: Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, and then steal his wife in the middle of the night?
Paris: The sun was shining when your wife left you

Hector: You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.

Agamemnon: Peace is for the women, and the weak. Empires are forged by war.

Priam: [to Achilles] I knew your father. He died well before his time. But he was fortunate enough to not have lived long enough to see his son fall.

Hector: [about his baby son] I want to see him grow tall. I want to see all the girls chasing after him.

Priam: I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.

Hector: All my life I've lived by a code and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!

Hector: I've seen this moment in my dreams. I'll make a pact with you. With the gods as our witnesses, let us pledge that the winner will allow the loser all the proper funeral rituals.
Achilles: There are no pacts between lions and men.
[stabs spear into ground, and takes off helmet, throwing it to the side]
Achilles: Now you know who you're fighting.
Hector: [takes off helmet and throws it aside] I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday. And I wish it had been, but I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved.
Achilles: You gave him the honor of your sword. You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: This is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles.

Achilles: Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war.
Hector: You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again?
Achilles: Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives.

Achilles: [to his men] Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what's waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours!

Odysseus: This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fight in it.

Thetis: If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again.

Achilles: I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

I have seen this movie more than a dozen times and each time i find something intriguing about this movies. It is a magnum opus epic movie which centres around the trojan war. It is one of the most celebrated stories in greek mythologies which highlights the eternal war hero Achilles(Brad Pitt) and the brave prince of troy - Hector(Eric bana). Brad pitt and Eric bana delivers ground breaking performances in the movie, the fight sequence between the duo in the movie has attained a cult status already. Every dialogue that forms the part of the movie could be noted down and is worth keeping for the rest of your life. It is a movie which takes us away from the cinema halls into the time of homer and makes us believe that we are indeed being part of that moment in history.

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#5 Gladiator (2000)

Tagline: "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

IMDB rating :8.3/10

Trivia :
Over the course of the gladiatorial scenes, Russell Crowe broke bones in his foot and his hip, and injured both bicep tendons

Russell Crowe was continually unhappy with the screenplay, rewriting much of it to suit his own ends. He would frequently walk off the set if he didn't get his way. The famous line "In this life or the next, I will have my vengeance" he initially refused to say, telling writer William Nicholson "Your lines are garbage but I'm the greatest actor in the world and I can make even garbage sound good".

That's not Russell Crowe's hand you see in the iconic shot of Maximus's hand brushing the stalks of wheat, but that of Crowe's double, Stuart Clark

My Favorite quotes:

[Maximus looks at images of his wife and son]
Juba: Can they hear you?
Maximus: Who?
Juba: Your family. In the afterlife.
Maximus: Oh yes.
Juba: What do you say to them?
Maximus: To my son - I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.

Commodus: You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.

Commodus: The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
Maximus: You would fight me?
Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
Maximus: I think you've been afraid all your life.

Maximus: I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back."
Commodus: I wonder, did your friend smile at his own death?
Maximus: You must know. He was your father.
Commodus: You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother.
[stabs him]

Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus: My name is Gladiator.

Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus: [removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus] My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
[Commodus trembles in disbelief]

This is one of those movies which overwhelms you completely with its punch dialogues,excellent background score, strong emotions and unparallel action sequences. To be frank there is not even a single moment which i could call boring in this movie. Russel Crowe perfroms exceedingly well as maximus and Ridley Scott takes film direction to another pedestal. It is a movie which you can watch over and over again. The iconic speech Maximus delivers when asked about his identiy is one of the most famous movie quotes ever and it goes to show how much of respect and love movie buffs have for this film. A wonderful creation that will stand the test of time.

(to be continued)

Telephones--- Gadget of the past

2010-06-10T01:19:00.000-07:00

What is in common with the rich, the middle class and the poor? You don't need to put your thinking hat on to crack this one. They all are proud owners of mobile phones which triggers the cellular revolution in India. It is hard today to find a person who doesn't uses mobile, i think virtually no one exist satisfying that criteria. And that is a fantastic thing... You see in 1994 we had zero telephones (commercial) and do you know the number that stands at 2010.. It is a whopping 600 million as per February 2010. That is simply unprecedented growth.. We speak about technology reaching the masses, and cellular technology is one which have certainly reached out to the larger section of people.. And behind all this revolution, the key people in frame were some engineer folks who were burning their midnight oil(still can't get enough of this usage , even when such lamps are done and dusted) to make this technology affordable as well as simple.. This is one fact that makes me happy and will bring a smile to the face of my engineering friends.

At First there was the Tring Tring

                                                                   Well who can forgot this black beauty? And it produced the most beautiful sound which human ear ever heard until rock music came and spoiled everything. People waited patiently to hear the "tring tring" sound which took them to new levels of excitement which they never experienced. Some who were fed up of patiently waiting for a call which never happened took the receiver in hand and made imaginary phone calls -- all to impress the guests at home who suddenly thinks you are the coolest guy in the world. Some even started initiatives for social networking by dialling some random number to make new friends, but was often given sharp replies which lead to the coining of the usage " Sorry Wrong Number".

                                                                         My personal favorite memory regarding telephone landlines is how we used to fool others, there was a number.. still exists which is 161 .. once you dial that number , you receive a call back from exchange. Many times i used to dial 161 and hang the phone, then somebody will come rushing in to take that urgent call and comes to realize that it was a prank. You just have to see their face after taking the call.. But don't try this when your parents are angry, consequences will be severe. But this remained the #1 harmless prank you can do on an April Fool day until the obvious happened--> Caller ID's.When Mohanlal very famously said "My number is 2233", he must have thought very little about the chap that actually owned that number. His telephone landline would have been flooded with calls from Mohanlal Fans. For that guy caller id might have turned to a blessing in disguise.

                                                                        Did you know that in the early part of this decade if you needed a telephone connection, you needed atleast recommendation from MLA or MP. And not just that there was the painful long wait too. Recently i saw a bunch of guys selling tata indicom walky in a truck, 1000 rupees a piece.. Certainly our lives have changed from those old days .......... and change is good too.

Living life wire free

The new millennium brought new hopes and made carefree people. The only problem that was bugging those carefree people were wires. So a bunch of engineering folks again took a challenge and made a wirefree world. And cellular phones were born... As simple as that.

The first mobile phones i ever saw were fat ugly things which remembers me of boxes which we used to carry to school . In addition it had the strangest thing we had thought in our mind-- An antenna , as if it was extra terrestrial or something. Much of the people who actually bought this expensive gadget realized after their first use that the thing they are holding is virtually of no use.. Those guys didn't know back then that mobiles need range to operate.. At first they tried to catch the signal from terrace, coconut trees etc but later quitted the endevour.. But still the rest of the people other than the owner were charmed at the mobile phone.. The new set of ring tones were soothing to their ears, the keypads give them a new dimension of thought comparing even with typewritters and the mobile games gave them nirvana which they never experienced before.
So basically the guy who owned that fat soap bar became the talk of the town and he cursed the range gods day after day..

(to be continued)

PS: I have a habit of giving "to be continued" and never bother to continue that post.. But this time things will be different

That's all Folks
With love
Krishna Sangeeth K.S

Crossword Quiz

2010-04-24T03:00:00.000-07:00

This might be the first time, i am here by mixing the elements of quiz and crossword together.

Across

3) Carlos Reutemann,Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Patrick Tambay, René Arnoux, Michele Alboreto, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen. (6 letters)

5) sense and simplicity. (7)

6) The Japanese Wife (9)

9) Bought Sun Microsystems recently (6)

12) greek goddess of victory (4)

13) "We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are
rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea" (11 letters)

15) Edison's Rival (5)

17) Achilles, Hector ,Paris came alive in celluloid (4)

19 google's programming language(2)

Down

1) Something for Everyone -- was slogan used by this company. (5)

2) The power of dreams (5)

4) spirit of ecstacy. (10)

7) #1 best seller by Paulo Coelho (9)

8) is a middle-aged sailor with a unique way of speaking, one eye apparently missing. (6)

10) has headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide. (6)

11) a company which started "catch them young" program to expose young to IT industry (7)

14) Service Games of Japan (4)

16) phenom, athelon,opterom (3)

18 )ABN AMRO is now (3)

If you think you can crack this send your answers to kskrishnasangeeth@gmail.com . I will publish the answer in one months time.

With love

Krishna Sangeeth K.S

Memories from the past

2010-04-24T02:36:00.000-07:00

                       There are times in our lives where we sit back and think about our past, we wonder how different were things back then. When i was a young child all i wished was to grow up, to be like my Achan or chettan - people who were occupied with things to do lists and commitments. I used to imagine back then how my grown up days will be. I hated the tag of being a child then, i wanted to be there in the world of grown ups. To make my name resounding, to have some real action -- yes it seemed all fun to my eyes.

                                               While craving for my growth , i didn't realized that i was loosing my childhood, i didn't realize i was loosing my innocence, i didn't realize i was missing out on the best part of one's life. And yes i regret it today.. I regret it badly. No matter how many significant events have gone passed in my life i still have those random pictures of childhood flickering through my mind. The first time i went to a school-- It was raining a lot, Amma hold me strong in her hands, i didnt' wanted to leave the comforts of home, but suddenly i was plunged into the hands of some sisters who grabbed me from amma. I felt like it was the last time i am going to see her, my eyes became moist. I was so sensitive during those times, even trivial things affected me- it's funny though i still carry a bit of that in me.

                                              I also remember an event that used to horrify me during childhood, it was one of the most saddest days of my childhood days -Achan had a long stick in his hands that day, he beated me like nothing as i pleaded for mercy. It was more painful than mere beating as Achan never used to beat me, he never even used to be angry at me. But that day all hell broke loose, as the stick showered some hefty blows below my knees. Now i look at that day and understands that my father was not being a dictator, he was just doing his duty of correcting me.

                                             The memories that stick into our head are usually sad ones, we never really remember the good ones and complains to god for tormenting us failing to see the good things he has given us. There was this instance of me cheating my class teacher over submission of homeworks, i cheated her downright for 1 year -- I was the class leader that time and she always asked me to count the number of home works kept on the table. I would go about doing the job adding 1 to the count to save me. She was such a nice teacher and always had kind encouraging words for me. One day I gained the courage to tell her what i was doing , but sadly could only find another teacher in her cabin. I then learned that she left the school and joined another school as teacher. I did see her after many years and thought that i will finally confess to her my deeds -- strangely she didn't recognise me. So my confession goes untold.

                                          Little things fills our priority lists when we are children, buying bubble gum not for chewing but for collecting the cricketers card, fighting with dozens of friends to have a go at the Super Mario video game, waiting for the muddy pot to get filled with coins, waiting for a vishu to get money from elders and have a blast with crackers, flying the hand made kites during onam vaccations , cursing the rain for ruining a days play , watching tom and jerry instead of having the break fast, waking up early to see if the little seed planted had sprouted ------------------- Yes the list goes endless. I know there are different stages in our life and each have their own significance, but childhood in my view is still the best.

                                           These days when i do something irresponsibe in nature Achan always says "You are no more a child, Remember that" . I do remember that Achaa, but can't help missing those good old times. I read this somewhere which made a great impact to me " Live every moment of your life with your mind focussed on the present, so you don't regret your past in the future"

Thats all folks

With love
Krishna Sangeeth

Krishna Sangeeth's Day off!!

2010-03-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

Note : All events mentioned below may appear to be fiction. But truth is sometimes stranger than fiction

This has to be one of the most stupidest mistake i have ever made in my life, and what a time to commit it-- Jeez if ever has been a competition for being absent minded, i would have toped in it without an element of doubt. There were 2 mistakes i did which costed me bigtime (This is not the prologue of a Chetan bhagat book, i promise)

Mistake 1: Bunked on a series exam ( CAO).

Mistake 2: Didn't clean up the act ie forgot to get the medical certificate.

Let me elaborate..................

8/3/2010

Time :- 8:30 pm

There are certain rules which are considered to be mandatory during exam time, one among those cautionary rules is to have a light dinner so as to reduce the sleeping hours and increase the study hours. Usually i don't like the food at Malayil ( the hostel where i stay) but there are times when your mind tells you one thing and the heart suggest you another, my heart was rooting for filling up the belly -- which i managed successfully.

I went upstairs and looked at the syllabus which gave me glimpses of portion to be covered. I learned few things.... I am having CAO and ALC exams tomorrow, both have 2 modules of untouched portions which are filled with information ready to brainstorm the mind of poor engineering students, And my CAO note book is apparently missing -- the last time i saw it was when i presented a seminar on DAC, i actually used the note so as to give the projector some height for presenting the slides-- But today at this moment i regret that ingenious idea, not having your note book prior to the exam day is a serious disadvantage.

"Tide over your obstacles", I said to myself.

"Hey things are not that bad dude, you still have a text on CAO-- you can study from it, that's how the pro's do it"

I have always found inspiration from self talk, it kind of lifts your morale at crucial situation. So i decided to start fresh. I saw my room mate Vinu immersing himself in studies, he was drawing some pictures which made no sense to me at that time. I needed some concentration, i needed to be alone, there is a vaccant room opposite to ours which i decided to occupy inorder to tide over the unconqured CAO. I picked up my tools and equipments ( books and pen) and went to the room. My mobile vibrated the moment i opened text book, i guess even mobile was against my plans of concentrating on CAO. It was a message from Pradyoth, a friend of mine

"Da paditham entayi? ente oru kunthavum ayilla. Mgucet quizinu povende"

"Jus started. shall go der. But we need to study nw. need to do well for dis series else v wil hav low internals"

After replying to him, i got immersed with the topics of CAO for half an hour. By 9 pm i realised that Shiv Rathri have just got a little extended for me coz i would have to sit all night to complete the portions. My eyes were getting quite sleepy. There were two parts of me now fighting against each other

the bad part : "Dude, you've gotta study all night to complete the portion. So why don't you just take a half hour break and sleep for sometime"

the good part: " Hey don't listen to him. You will fall asleep if you decide to rest. Marks are more important than rest"

the bad part: " Shut up wise guy, ever heard of a thing called alarm? You can wake up exactly after 30 mins. Rest is required for your body"

The good part of me stoped suggesting any ideas after the onslaught from the bad part. So i did went on with the bad part. After all the ideas from the bad part are totally irresistible. I took my mobile phone, put an alarm exactly which should wake me up after 30 mins.

I woke up at correct time which is 9:30 pm thanks to my loud alarm. I started going through the topics one by one, CAO appears quite simple now-- afterall everything is quite simple once you apply yourself. I was learning at a very fast rate (which was unbelievable), may be it's the quietness of the night-- i was having peak concentration. By 11:30 pm i completed module 1, I took a walk outside the room. I think Vinu has started sleeping-- there is no light in his room. Too bad that he has started sleeping, there's plenty of portion to be covered. I felt proud that i am the only man still burning his midnight's lamp. All the great man have worked when others were enjoying their sleep. I might not attain greatness but good marks for CAO is a definite now that i have worked hard on it.

As the time flied away i completed my 2nd module of CAO and even started learning ALC which was my second exam. There is a saying "Once you are into something seriously; even work becomes pure pleasure". I studied all night, the most interesting part was that i never felt tired. I was determined to do well, and when you are determined even stones in your path turns into flowers. As i reached the exam hall i could see tense faces here and there. Dennis approached me and said he couldn't learn a thing yesterday. I found it surprising that i was actually attending an exam where i am fully prepared but my classmates clueless about what is going to happen. With a positive attitude i went inside the hall before everyone and took the question paper. It's unbelievable - there wasn't even a single question which i am not sure of. It appeared like one of those school life experience where we recieves the leaked question paper before the exam day.

TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Wow hope you are through my achievement in the CAO exam. All of you know that life is not picture perfect. If things happens in your life which is more than what you ever expected-- Do the following 1) try to pinch your hands 2) try to move your hands up and down 3) ask someone near to pour water on you. If the above litmus tests fail you could be in a very very wild dream.

But when we see such beautiful things seldom do our brain trigger those tests. As you would have understood by now-- the vague discription i gave above was only a mere dream which my sub conscious mind created.

Time :- 8:15 am

"What the f**k?" these were the words with which i greeted the morning. I looked at the mobile as though it had commited the world's biggest crime. I have slept more than 11 hours on this stupid room. Atleast Vinu would have waked me up if i had choose to study in my orginal room. And in my sleep i saw a dream-- a dream of studying CAO and ALC. Is this the world's biggest irony ever. I know Shakespeare has created a few, but that was fiction. This is real life..

Now the good part was starting to take lectures on do's and don'ts.

I looked a the watch once more( don't believe mobiles anymore.)

AND WHEN YOU HAVE JUST MADE A MISTAKE...... YOU DO ANOTHER MISTAKE TO COVER IT UP. "It is human to err and divine to forgive"-- Finally the bad part breaks silence.

the Bad part: "You could work this to your advantage. Study for the second exam (ALC) and write a retest for CAO. You already have a bit of cold and head ache.. Use your brain man"

We know for a fact that only bad things will happen with the advice of the bad part, but still we choose them. I guess the shortest path is still the best path for all of us. With a lot of heavy heart I BUNKD the CAO exam. May be courageous people would have still gone and attended the exam. Though i preach to others all the time " Courage is the adventure of life"-- I myself lacked the guts to do it.

I called a friend of mine Vinish telling him that i will come to his hostel so that i can study ALC some where peaceful. Was i afraid that i will fall asleep and see some stupid dream again?

After sometime Vinish called me telling me that he is also planning to cut the exam today. He said he vomited early morning and told me that we could write the retest together. Did Vinish made up that story out of thin air? Only god knows the answer to that question

(to be continued..............)

PS: If you don't know what DAC,ALC,CAO stands for.. search in the Oxford English Dictionary or google it. If my jokes make you sick, read more.... the worst is yet to come.

Yet Another Love Story!!

2010-02-14T06:18:00.000-08:00

Now this story has been told many times, in form of e-mails,sms etc.The plot is predictable, we know what happens at the end.But the innocence of this story makes it suitable for a retell. In this season of love-- one of the best love stories i ever heard of.........

10th grade
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and handed them to her. She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

11th grade

The phone rang. On the other end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at me, said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Senior year

The day before prom she walked to my locker. My date is sick" she said; he's not going to go well, I didn't have a date, and in 7th grade, we made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as "best friends". So we did. Prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with her crystal eyes. I want her to be mine, but she doesn't think of me like that, and I know it. Then she said "I had the best time, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Graduation Day

A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, "you're my best friend, thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

A Few Years Later

Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is getting married now. I watched her say "I do" and drive off to her new life, married to another man. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't see me like that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me and said "you came!". She said "thanks" and kissed me on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Funeral

Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my "best friend". At the service, they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn't notice me like that, and I know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love him but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! `I wish I did too...` I thought to my self, and I cried.

Incomplete..

2009-11-27T06:54:00.000-08:00

(A post which sleeped under my drafts section for long time(3 months); Here finally unraveling it)

Time : 11:30 am

Place: S3 D (aka kaadu)

CEC

Date:14-09-09

Sara Miss is scribbling the questions in the green board, she is our EM2 lecturer. After copying the solution of last problem I looked around , I could see some irritated faces here and there. I was also feeling a bit uneasy. There are various things that attribute to it- the mosquitoes that are roaming around and feasting at my blood, the PPL class which nearly knocked me out to perpetual sleep last hour . As I gaze around I can see that I am not the last man standing in this situation. Almost everyone is fed up and needs a break.

11:45 am

Some one steps in and asks Miss If she will allow a group of students to go out early so that they can attend the marriage of our beloved OOPS miss . "Yeah this is nice……. " I said to myself coz I am one among the elite few who have managed right to travel to changannassery (forgot to mention that's the place where the wedding happens). But as the wise men say " Teachers never leave class room early, they don't want the students to do it either..". A persistent miss meant 15 more minutes of grueling math, with some lady luck time went away quickly this time around.

12:10 pm

Chengannur bus station was soon flooded by some cecians who had just found out an innovative way of bunking class. Yes

That included me too, it may be downright cheap for me to call this act a mere bunking as it was much more than that.. Our teacher was getting married and we felt the need to be there. There was also a surprise gift to be given away ( I will stick with the word surprise gift here coz I personally don't know or doesn't remember what the gift is.. Whatever it was, it sure carried a hefty price tag.)

The two reps Dheeraj and Archana leading us the way. Yeah the Ex reps Presil and Jipsa also feature in it.

Goodness me what will we do without these reps and Ex reps, we need their help even for bunking...

12:35pm

Yes we reached Changannachery, all the people who travelled with me will be pulling my neck for the time I have stated above. But guys calm down, I am just trying to convince others here the fact that we did managed to reach the place at correct muhurtham and saw the marriage at its full splendor .(So don't make much fuzz about it).Even LKG dropouts would have by now understood that we didn't reached the place to catch the marriage on time. It was all because of the long traffic blocks and slow bus (Just blaming something that can't respond, Can't blame teachers coz they will respond with internals). But we didn't missed out on the most important part of the marriage ceremony-- the SADHYA(pappadam pazham payasam)

DYK#1:: Melvin was asking for payasam from this particular guy for a long time , but the guy seemed like he was not going to hear his call but he waited there patiently for a new guy to come up with payasam. The guy surely can wait!!!

DYK#2: we walked for about 10 to 15 minutes from bus stop. On the way we saw a Toddy shop

(Pacha malayalathil "Kallu shaap"). Many eyes were glued on to that scenic building……….

The bride and groom.. All the best wishes to them

DYK#3 Renju miss was wearing a lot of jewellery and some one passed this comment "Aliya miss joy alukkasinte parasyathile modeline pole undu,che missinte jewellery

Now this is what happens when we have multiple photographers.. I took this photo and my sincere thanks to Sander and Vineesh coz the rest are posing for Anoop

Ok I think, now I am starting to get a bit of memory back………. So I will continue the story from here. Yes we had our SADHYA, we took the pics, we gave the surprise gift, Now all that is left to do is "GO BACK TO COLLEGE". No… NO.. This can't be happening I said to myself. I don't want to go back to college and attend the last hour now. Thankfully we had unity in our thoughts, almost everyone was lazy to go back to college.

So what's NEXT?

Then came the brilliant idea.. I don't know who was behind it, all I can say is "WHAT AN IDEA SIRJEE?".

The idea was to visit the nearby park in changannssery, There was a total consensus(picked this term from last years T.C.S class which is defined as "Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole" ) among all of us for this marvelous idea. So we waited patiently for the bus which will take us to the park

A pic from the bus stop.. I still haven't quite figured out what Dennis is trying to do

What can The uber cool engineering students of CEC do in a CHILDRENS PARK?

See for yourself….

I still don't know how that thing supported the weight of both Anuraj and Anoop,

May be this is a special zone where laws of gravity doesn't apply.

Well I was trying to calculate the rpm of the sophisticated device…
(Incase my parents happens to see the blog)

We come from different places, talk differenty,do things differenty but one thing unites us all "CEC- our alma mater"

(Bunking also unites us! )

Then came the boating.. Engineering students in Kerala have a darn legacy for boating tragedies.. I was unsure about doing this, but eventually followed my heart.

DYK#4:While plying the boat we encountered a boat with some girls in it, we raced towards it and to their surprise took a good 360 degree turn. It was real fun and Credits goes to Anuraj and Anoop who were the chief sailors.

DYK#5: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Blesson started singing "TITI TARA TITI THEI" and all of us followed giving some hard exercise to our vocal chords. DJ had the strongest sound.

Too many cooks in the kitchen will spoil the dish. Almost everyone had their hands on the pankayam but no one knows to use it.(Even i don't know to use it properly, but we had good sailors in form of Anuraj and Anoop)

DYK#7 Radhika was very thirsty and she bought a 7up(not that sure). Before she could remove the cap, bipin took it followed by me and atleast 5 other people. All that left was a few drops for her.

DYK#8 Bipin (if my memory is correct) didn't spend a single penny in canteen. But he was running around and feasting on the food others buy. Sometimes i followed the guru's path with good resutlt.

As with all the other good things, that day also came to an abrupt end. Everyone who was present there had the time of their lives. For me personally that day is way up there among the good moments I treasure ever since the tag cecian has become my identiy.

There were numerous other funny events that happened other day. Most of which I don't remember, that is why the title is given INCOMPLETE. The missing links of the day could only be filled by people who was part of that marvelous journey.

That's all Folks………………………….

With love

12 lines from my heart

2009-11-26T06:17:00.000-08:00

"Time may go away very soon,

Like the leaves that wither in autumn

As with everything in this world

I will also perish one day.

But not before I fulfill my Promises,

Promises which I had made to myself.

To make a mark on the pages of history..

To let the world know a guy lived here

And made a life out of something.

In the race against time,

I can see the sand gains slipping through my feet

But I have promises to keep."

The Quote that hit me

2009-11-26T06:15:00.000-08:00

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

The Wonderman Story

2009-11-26T06:00:00.000-08:00

The Introduction

Internet is a great place to be in , everyone today is a part of this world wide connection of computers. There is something for everyone out here. But ever since its inception innernet has gained eyeballs for the wrong reason. Still a majority of people believe in the tagline " There is nothing like good thing in internet". The hard core skeptic will say that " Internet is full of porn and nothing else" . There are many followers for the skeptics since the traffic statistics will show that majority of the internet users are entering vulgar sites and social networking sites. I don't know much about the future of social networking sites but porn sites are here to say. There is not much one can say about it.. Coz at some point or the other almost every one in our times would have adjusted the privacy bar in tools menu(If you are using IE).

The Aim

To convince skeptics that there is more to internet than just porn and social networking.

The Methods of Study

A good story can touch our hearts like nothing else can. The inspirational story of John Goddard is one which you wont hear every day. His story is not a fake one by any stretch of imagination, and yes I found it in internet..

The Consolidation of Data

One rainy afternoon an inspired 15-year-old boy named John Goddard sat down at his kitchen table in Los Angeles and wrote three words at the top of a yellow pad, "My Life List." Under that heading he wrote down 127 goals. Since then he has completed 108 of those goals. Look at the list of Goddard's goals which appears below. These are not simple

or easy goals. They include climbing the world's major mountains,exploring vast waterways, running a mile in five minutes, reading the complete works of Shakespeare and reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.

Explore:

1. Nile River

2. Amazon River

3. Congo River

4. Colorado River

5. Yangtze River, China

6. Niger River

7. Orinoco River, Venezuela

8. Rio Coco, Nicaragua

Study Primitive Cultures In:

9. The Congo

10. New Guinea

11. Brazil

12. Borneo

13. The Sudan (John was nearly buried alive in a sandstorm.)

14. Australia

15. Kenya

16. The Philippines

17. Tanganyika (now Tanzania)

18. Ethiopia

19. Nigeria

20. Alaska

Climb:

21. Mount Everest

22. Mount Aconcagua, Argentina

23. Mount McKinley

24. Mount Huascaran, Peru

25. Mount Kilimanjaro

26. Mount Ararat, Turkey

27. Mount Kenya

28. Mount Cook, New Zealand

29. Mount Popocatepetl, Mexico

30. The Matterhorn

31. Mount Rainer

32. Mount Fuji

33. Mount Vesuvius

34. Mount Bromo, Java

35. Grand Tetons

36. Mount Baldy, California

37. Carry out careers in medicine and exploration (Studied premed and

treats illnesses among primitive tribes)

38. Visit every country in the world (30 to go)

39. Study Navaho and Hopi Indians

40. Learn to fly a plane

41. Ride horse in Rose Parade

Photograph:

42. Iguacu Falls, Brazil

43. Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (Chased by a warthog in the process)

44. Sutherland Falls, New Zealand

45. Yosemite Falls

46. Niagara Falls

47. Retrace travels of Marco Polo and Alexander the Great

Explore Underwater:

48. Coral reefs of Florida

49. Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Photographed a 300-pound clam)

50. Red Sea

51. Fiji Islands

52. The Bahamas

53. Explore Okefenokee Swamp and the Everglades

Visit:

54. North and South Poles

55. Great Wall of China

56. Panama and Suez Canals

57. Easter Island

58. The Galapagos Islands

59. Vatican City (Saw the pope)

60. The Taj Mahal

61. The Eiffel Tower

62. The Blue Grotto

63. The Tower of London

64. The Leaning Tower of Pisa

65. The Sacred Well of Chichen-Itza, Mexico

66. Climb Ayers Rock in Australia

67. Follow River Jordan from Sea of Galilee to Dead Sea

Swim In:

68. Lake Victoria

69. Lake Superior

70. Lake Tanganyika

71. Lake Titicaca, South America

72. Lake Nicaragua

Accomplish:

73. Become an Eagle Scout

74. Dive in a submarine

75. Land on and take off from an aircraft carrier

76. Fly in a blimp, hot air balloon and glider

77. Ride an elephant, camel, ostrich and bronco

78. Skin dive to 40 feet and hold breath two and a half minutes

underwater

79. Catch a ten-pound lobster and a ten-inch abalone

80. Play flute and violin

81. Type 50 words a minute

82. Take a parachute jump

83. Learn water and snow skiing

84. Go on a church mission

85. Follow the John Muir Trail

86. Study native medicines and bring back useful ones

87. Bag camera trophies of elephant, lion, rhino, cheetah, cape buffalo

and whale

88. Learn to fence

89. Learn jujitsu

90. Teach a college course

91. Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali

92. Explore depths of the sea

93. Appear in a Tarzan movie (He now considers this an irrelevant

boyhood dream)

94. Own a horse, chimpanzee, cheetah, ocelot and coyote (Yet to own a

chimp or cheetah)

95. Become a ham radio operator

96. Build own telescope

97. Write a book (On Nile trip)

98. Publish an article in National Geographic Magazine

99. High jump five feet

100. Broad jump 15 feet

101. Run a mile in five minutes

102. Weigh 175 pounds stripped (still does)

103. Perform 200 sit-ups and 20 pull-ups

104. Learn French, Spanish and Arabic

105. Study dragon lizards on Komodo Island (Boat broke down within

20 miles of island)

106. Visit birthplace of Grandfather Sorenson in Denmark

107. Visit birthplace of Grandfather Goddard in England

108. Ship aboard a freighter as a seaman

109. Read the entire Encyclopedia Britannia (Has read extensive parts

in each volume)

110. Read the Bible from cover to cover

111. Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau,

Poe, Rousseau, Bacon, Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Conrad,

Talmage, Tolstoi, Longfellow, Keats, Whittier and Emerson (Not every

work of each)

112. Become familiar with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven,

Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Lalo, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi, Liszt,

Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Toch, Tschaikovsky, Verdi

113. Become proficient in the use of a plane, motorcycle, tractor,

surfboard, rifle, pistol, canoe, microscope, football basketball, bow and

arrow, lariat and boomerang

114. Compose music

115. Play Clair de Lune on the piano

116. Watch fire-walking ceremony (In Bali and Surinam)

117. Milk a poisonous snake (Bitten by a diamond back during a photo

session)

118. Light a match with a 22 rifle

119. Visit a movie studio

120. Climb Cheops' pyramid

121. Become a member of the Explorers' Club and the Adventurers'

Club

122. Learn to play polo

123. Travel through the Grand Canyon on foot and by boat

124. Circumnavigate the globe (four times)

125. Visit the moon ("Some day if God wills")

126. Marry and have children (Has five children)

127. Live to see the 21st Century (He became 75 in 2000).

The Analysis

It may seem like a fairy tale, a story that has been cooked up by some one but let me assure you that all the facts mentioned above are true. If you are still in doubt google "John Goddard" you will soon understand the iconic character he is. Is John Goddard a super human? Is he mutated by some spiders? Does he come from planet Krypton? The answer is No, he is a normal human being just like all of us. Then what makes him apart from the rest? What makes him stand out? How did he achieved all this feat ? Some says he is a natural genius.. Some one who was destined for this.. For their information Thomas alva Edison said once "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration".. There is no doubt in my mind that John was a genius.. But we can't say that it was all dumb luck and pure destiny. All the feats he achieved were due to constant hardwork and years of practice.

The Conclusion

I don't wish to give elaborated insights into John Goddard's life and make my blog appear as an extended version of any self help book you may find in the stand. It is up to you to take something out of this man's life. We may all live our life without knowing where we are going or we could live our life for a cause for fulfilling our goals. The choice is ours………………………………….

The Reference

You may check the following links to know more about John goddard

http://www.johngoddard.info/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy95I0Mb16E

http://www.wamware.com/world-religions/life-list.htm

That's all folks........

With love

Krishna Sangeeth K.S

The Really Tough Quiz

2009-09-21T07:31:00.000-07:00

There were good attempts by many but eventually only one person was able to crack it completely. It happens to be Arunanand T.A , the chairman of CEC

Question 1

What connects the following images

a)

Ans: CEC
Pic a is of Cannara engineering college( aka CEC)
Pic b is of Navin Chawla (Chief Election Commisioner,aka CEC)
Pic c is of Chandigarh Engineering college(aka CEC)

Question 2

What is common to the following names?

Anjali
vishahkha
kajal
Hansa
Mallika
Pooja
Rajni
Nandini
Bhavana
Jhankhana
sanjana
chandrika

ans: These are the names of 12 characters played by piggy chops in her latest movie what's your Raashee.

Question 3

What is the name given to the brown coloured region in the map?

Ans: That was IEEE Region 10. CEC would also figure in it.

Question 4

On which occasion did google presented this doodle?

Ans: On August 29th viz Birthday of Michael Jackson.

Question 5

This is the official poster of which controversial 1994 movie ?

Ans: Quiz Show( Movie based on rigged quiz show twenty one)

Question 6

Norma Jean is know in the film industry by another name. what is it?

Ans: Marilyn Monroe.

Question 7

Which famous musicians death is grieved here?

Ans: John Lenon ( Of Beatles)

Question 8

Identify the logo ?

Ans: Napster

Question 9

The picture shows the three most powerful men of the past era- Stalin, Roosevelt and
Winston churchill. Which historic event led to this unique photo?

Ans: Tehran Conference

Question 10

Id The tall structure?

Ans: Taipei 101.

Question 11

What makes the following unique among cricketers.?

Ans: They are the only people to have been wicket keepers, skippers and opened the innings for their team in the same match.

Question 12

This signature is of …………………………..

Ans: Queen Elizabeth

Question 13

Test cricket:

ODI:

T20:

What am I referring to?

Ans:Highest individual run scorers in all forms of the game.

Question 14

The picture shows the 33rd american president Harry S Truman.
What does the letter "S" stands for in his name?

Ans: S stands for nothing. it was put to satisfy his grand parents..

Question 15

This place has been in news some time ago. For what purpose?

Ans: Public Memorial of Michael Jackson.

Question 16

Whose family is being shown here?

Ans: Annadurai's family

Question 17

Ans: Birthday of Samuel Morse (Morse code founder)

Explain the doodle?

Question 18

Explain the doodle?

Ans:Champions league final between Manchester United and Barcelona.
Quiz is officially closed now. Thanks to everyone who used their time to work these questions out

With love
Krishna Sangeeth

What's in a Name?

2009-09-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

Huh, Finally I am here in the long awaited blogosphere. Recently my mind has been filled with these ideas of blogging. Not because every Tom, Dick and Harry I know is into blogging. But probably I feel that sharing one's thoughts and experience with the world is an interesting and nostalgic thing to do. It is an elevating and enjoyable process - something that will give some exercise to my dying greycells .

By thought and feelings I don't mean that i will be filling my blog with daily dose of diary writing. I know that many would do that but I think it's too gross. After all what is the point of writing a diary if we were to show it to others. This blog will be something different, but don't expect too much because among the little talents I have , literary writing doesn't figure in at all.

Well since I don’t have much of an idea for my first post, I thought I will give a self introduction about me.

Ok I will start with my name, it is Krishna Sangeeth . There's a strange story that my mother narrated to me once about how I got it . In my naming ceremony(28th day after birth) my father's and mother's family assembled together to give a name to that bright little kid. Unfortunately both party thought that the other group has found a good enough name for me. When the preist who conducted the ceremony asked my father for the child's name he gave a blank look to my mother which she returned courteously. To solve the immediate crisis everyone present there started making instant suggestions.(Thank god there was no sms back then, they might have put an sms poll) After a long discussion my parents came up with two names one was Krishnan and other was sangeeth. Krishnan was the name of my grandfather, so that is how they got it. My mother wanted to teach me music ( which she later understood as a tough nut to crack!), so she insisted on sangeeth.
My uncle who was hearing all this suggested the idea of coining both the names and making it "Krishna Sangeeth". That's how I got my name.

I have had some memorable experiences regarding my name. Some really enjoyable and some totally embarrassing. Usually when people ask me to tell my name I have a habit of rushing through it. There were instances where I was made to repeat the name 5 or 6 times. I used to get a weird feeling back then, but now I am quite used to it. And now I know that there are certain names which are tougher than mine to understand at first like "Pradyoth"(a friend of mine who eventually got more "what" expression for his name than mine).No offence dude just couldn't find another name to slam.

There was a point in my life where I started hating my name. It was when a television soap serial started called "KRISHNA", all my classmates used to make fun of it calling that it's the name of a girl. I really wished to put my fist to the nose of all those who told that during those days. I think I would have cursed everyone from the actors who acted in it to the director of that serial. Well that event led to my unchangeable dislike of prime time soap operas.

Another fiasco happened when some one apparently made a call to my house. I took that call and the guy asked in polite tone
"Is this the house of Krishna sangeeth?"
"Yes", I replied
"Is krishna sangeeth a boy or girl?"
"Boy.What's the matter", I yelled through the phone
"I'm calling from Tagore Library. We're giving away prizes to all students got full A+"
"I was not sure whether to add Mr. or Miss in front of your name in the certificate"
"It's Mr.", I hung up the phone

I felt at that moment that I should reject the award from that library. Then my father reminded me it is not a Nobel prize or anything to call it a rejection. He also told they are giving cash prize which changed my mind. A 1000 bucks wont hurt my sense of pride.

Among these awkward incidents there were also some good moments in which people really complimented me on my name. They definitely out number all the humiliating experiences. But as true human nature Is we only remember the shameful experiences of our life and forgets the good things that happened along.

May be Shakespeare got it right when he said "What's in a Name?", It’s the one thing which you have no control in our life. No one takes the opinion of child when they are going to name it, the maximum a child could do is probably cry like hell when he hears an awful name during the naming ceremony. But there are some people who takes even the child's cry as a good shakun. Yes, it's true the most important part of our identity , our name - we 've have no control over it.

But as for me , I am quite happy and contend with the name I own. I can look skywards and shout "My name is krishna sangeeth"(in true filmy style). My name might not be suggesting anything about what I am, People may like it or dislike it, but it still carries the memory of my grandfather, my mother's wish and last but not the least my identity. And I love it!.

PS: With god's grace I have been blessed with many other name's at various stages of life , some by my family members and some by my "Friends". Each unique and special. They do have some strange stories to tell and are all close to my heart.