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Its going to be a bumpy ride!!!

Four years back, this transport was my least preferred mode of transport. But now, everything is bus. Not to forget, I travel in bus to college (which is 40 km away from Chennai). Lets talk about this college buses later. First, the PTC buses!!! The most important issue in bus traveling is time. If you don’t have time, then bus should be your final option. The time for buses can be classified into two – the waiting time and travel time. Sometimes (atleast to me), waiting time has been greater than the travel time. This waiting time had made me to miss parts of a movie and also had made me to watch a movie.

If you come to my bus stop, where bus frequency is low, you wouldn’t consider going in a bus again. Not just because of the waiting time, but the huge crowd in the bus that could very well make you smashed potatoes. After reckless traveling and stamping at other people’s feet, you would finally reach your destination fully drenched.

Sometimes I have seen conductors shouting at the passengers. If you think that what he is doing is wrong, then think again! In that bus, you can observe perfect discipline although you might loathe the conductor. No one would stand in the foot-board, no one would peek out of the window.

Now Govt has released a large number of deluxe buses (Thanks to them). These buses are good and also provide more comfort than the normal buses at just an extra cost of money. But there is one problem with this bus. It wouldn’t stop at all the stops. Today morning, at the bus stop, I bid goodbye to a bus just because I saw a deluxe bus coming right after it and this deluxe bus bid goodbye to me and sped off.
If you too think that buses in Chennai are worse, then think again! Buses in Chennai are very good compared to other states.

College Buses:
Now coming to my college buses, there is nothing much better than my morning bus ride to college. A very smooth ride in a bus driven by a driver who forgot where the accelerator is and a pleasant place near the window is all you could dream. I wish these buses would change one day (atleast for the driver who thinks he is driving a bullock cart). Anyway, our buses are supposed to change to hi-tech buses. We were shown a sample piece of hi-tech buses (with semi-sleeper) and even with TV and whoosh! All was taken away within a week.

The evening ride from my college to home is just opposite to my morning journey. I travel in a different bus and this bus driver (who forgot where his brake is) makes sure we are undergoing a roller coaster ride. Atleast, the roller coaster wouldn’t throw you off your seats. But our bus driver makes it possible. Everytime I get into the bus, I dream like this: the bus cleaner coming to us and saying (just like the head creature of the Knight Bus in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie), “Its going to be a bumpy ride!”

Oh! Is it???

I am back again to do one of my favourite pastimes on the net – blogging. My PC wasn’t working for the past week. The problem was actually only with my RAM. For some reason, when I checked with my friend’s RAM, the system still didn’t boot and I was made to believe that there is a huge problem. But lets not care about it anyway.
Its not only the computer problem I realized but there were also some other. Here are a few things I realized lately. I realized that…

* I am not partly vetti but I am 100% vetti.

* Maths hour is the best time to write records and observation rather than hostel.

* The semester has ended and all the books are still new to me.

* In all the unit tests that were conducted, I had only two options – Bunk or Flunk! The other option ‘Pass’ is currently disabled and option ‘good marks’ is deleted.

* I made a record in my writing history by completing a record in one day.

* I completed an assignment which I would have never done even in school life.

* Blogging is a better option than studying.

Just for Laughs!

Many of you would have had funny experiences at school. Sometimes, it is the student who cracks jokes or sometimes it is the teacher who cracks jokes unintentionally. But there could’ve been a situation where, sometimes even a normal conversation between a teacher and a student turns out to be funny! I would like to share with you all some of those.

1. This is the usual dialogue of a teacher.

Teacher: Who is talking there?

Even the teacher would know this is a stupid question. What do they expect? Do they expect someone like Hermione to raise their hands and shout “its me”?

2. Teacher: I will throw you out (of the window).

I am the sure the words that would be running inside the student’s mind is “Try me!”. I am sure the teacher can’t even lift the student in the first place (especially if the boy is studying in 8th or above). Imagine the scenario where a teacher throws a student out of the window.

3. A teacher was looking at a student who was talking since the class started. Then unable to control her anger, she pointed to the student.

Teacher: Hey you! What do you think you are doing there?

The student wasn’t aware of what was going on. He replied

Student: Ma’am, we didn’t do anything. We were just talking.

Even the teacher burst into laughter following the class.

4. In a chemistry lab, when everyone was busy doing the experiments, one student had a complaint.

Student: Sir, there is no water. The taps aren’t working.

Sir: Ok no worries! I will send someone to fix it up. Meanwhile clean the burette and the pipette!
The boy couldn’t do anything other than going to his respective place and laugh along with his friends.
[Source: Orkut community]

There are still lots of incidents. If you would like to share any of it, I will post it along with your name. Enjoy!

Being a Guinea Pig…

I always wondered how it felt to be a Guinea Pig. Wonder why? Guinea pigs are animals which are always used for experimenting (too sad,rite?). But the topic of this post is in present continuous, which means I am a Guinea Pig (not literally). But it is not only me who is a Guinea Pig, if you are a local resident of Chennai, then you are a Guinea Pig too. Amazed?

Before you read any further, I would like to tell you something. If you are a guy who sits in front of the TV and you are well satisfied with the number of channels you get and if you are content with paying just Rs.75 for it, then this post isn’t for you. But if you are still curious to find out whats below, go ahead

By now you would have guessed what I was speaking about. Yes I was speaking about the Set Top Box system. How this all happened? Some four or five years ago, there was some problem with the cable TV operators ( I dunno what it is). They demanded extra money. Lets skip what actually happened.

One fine friday night, on one channel, they were showing one of my fav movie(JP III). If you had seen this movie, you would know the scene where they first fly in the plane to Isla Sorna. I was enjoying the movie when exactly at that thrilling moment, a message displayed on the screen (“Due to some problems, we are shutting down this channel”) and like magic, the channel was gone. I was like “What is this all about?”

After a few controversies over this, the channels (some other channels behaved had behaved in the same way) were brought back. Later they finally made an agreement and then came this Conditional Access System (CAS) by which one can access channels only via payment (payment means extra payment rather than the usual cheap payments).

Most of the channels agreed and then they were made as the paid channels (as they were started to be called so). By this, one has to buy a Set Top Box (quite expensive) to access view to paid channels and also they have to pay for each channel. There were some free channels which people can enjoy free of cost.

Unfortunately, this system was implemented only in Chennai (outskirts of Chennai not included (was shocked to see them in a town outskirt of Chennai)). Obviously, this system wasn’t a big success (was a success to only those who brought this system). I will call it a mega flop. This was mainly due to the free channels. They provided more than enough entertainment and the rent was less.

Many people thought that the CAS system would be taken back. But unfortunately, the answer was a big “NO”. The paid channels didn’t bother about this, as they gained a lot from all the other cities. The citizens of Chennai didn’t bother about this either. Even the introduction of DTH services weren’t able to shake the citizens of Chennai. :p

But viewing all this from the outside perspective, why was this system implemented only in Chennai? Actually, this system was supposed to be implemented in other metropolitan cities as well, but following the flop of this system, this wasn’t implemented in other cities. The wait for the CAS system to become a success began. The wait is still going on (for four years or more) and there isn’t any sign of success. Finally, they (the ones who brought CAS) decided to implement this in other cities. But as far as I know, this statement was said six months back and was never implemented and now there has been another statement.

As it then turned out, we, the Chennai-ites, are Guinea pigs, used for testing the success of CAS. Ofcourse these Guinea Pigs aren’t tired. They have got adapted to its conditions. I had even sent an article about this to a famous News Agency. (I wonder what happened to it) Well anyway, we are Guinea Pigs, aren’t we?

The 007 begins!

Welcome to the New Year 2007! I hope it all went with a bang! There are two things to be noted for me in this month.

1. My next sem(4th sem) is starting tomorrow.

2. By the end of this month, I would have completed my one year of blogging. cheers to me

Now that I have completed my one year of blogging and Blogger has converted into a new Blogger, I am in a dilemma whether to switch to the new version of Blogger which might result in loss of some data in my blog.

For those who read my blog, if you would like to give some suggestions, or if you would like to see a change in my blog or if you feel that any post is inappropriate, you may do so

Thank you all

History in the making! – Goodbye 2006

We have come to the end of 2006. Another moment of History in the making. A lot of incidents happen – around the world or around your town or at your doorstep or even at your house. Amazingly, we have kept ourselves busy all the days(haven’t we?). Consider for example, I, being a college student, travel around 80 km a day, sit in classes for around 7 hours. If this is the case of a single day, consider the same for 200+ days(now I am not actor Vijayakanth to bring in accurate details :p). This is the case only for a student. Consider the case of employees, employers, engineers, doctors, farmers,etc.

Yes, the power of a human being is amazing. He invented fire. He then brought light out of fire. He discovered electricity. He then brought light in to this world in the form of electric bulbs. Several changes can be seen every year. Technology is improving. But there is one thing that man never changed during his entire life. That thing is in everyone’s heart – that is Love. Earth has existed for around 4.5 billion years(thanks to my friend Inchara ) and we don’t know when man invented love. Maybe love existed since man evolved.

Yes, we can predict how long the earth may exist, how long the sun may live, how long this universe may live. But let the earth die or let it be the sun or let it be the universe, but love never dies until life exists. (Am I talking film dialogues here? :p). Let us continue our love towards people for the years to come. Love is the strength to humanity and peace.

There were several incidents that happened during the year 2006. I am not the guy who takes notes of whatever happened in the world each day. But someone else did. Thanks to Wikipedia! Check out the Events of 2006

Now lets see what you can do for the New Year Eve. Have you planned anything?

1. Sleep nicely! (Who cares if it is a New Year Eve, its a normal day to me, all I need is good rest).

2.Watch T.V(Now this is for the guys who likes sitting in the couch watching their favourite movies or shows. Sounds like fun,eh?)

3. Party at home (Well, should I say more? What you need – stuffs for the party and crackers(10000 waala) if you want to scare your neighbours)

4.Night pubs and clubs (This definitely sounds fun for some people. Dancing throughout the night is absolutely fun,right? But all you need is a lot of cash).

5. Beach (This mite be the crowdest place on a New Year Eve, absolutely free, whats better than enjoying the sea breeze at night).

6. A pleasant ride (This is what almost everyone does – going out at night in bikes and cars. ECR is a place where you can see enjoy such rides)

7. Religious places (Not to forget temples or churches, where you can have total peace if you are ready for some mass speech or if you want to start the year with a prayer to God)

8. Coffee pubs and Ice-cream parlours (Well, this is my favourite, coffee lovers definitely prefer this. Whats better in starting the year with sweet, cold and delicious ice-cream sundaes?)

Enjoy the best way you can! But enjoy safely. Don’t get into trouble. Don’t drink and drive. Don’t harm others.
Don’t forget, keep loving!!

GOODBYE 2006

Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!

Blah Blah Blah! – An Algorithm

“Do not study for the exams for that is not a part of a student’s culture”
- Mr.Aapaiyaa (Student under Anna Univ, SNTE* member)

Yes, the above may hold good for me. I might make a good author if I were to send all the stories I wrote for the exam to any publishers. All were like “Blah Blah Blah” – non stop nonsense.

I partially differentiated the exams but giving no importance to any. The thought of holidays over-rided the thought of exams. Anna Univ showed no morality in setting the questions. The questions were a Challenger case. The worst part was that some questions exhibited polymorphism.

It was very difficult to compile in the mind and assemble it in the paper. “Questions should be made compulsory”, I thought during the exams as my OR gate didn’t function properly. Its either I wanted to use the AND gate or the NAND gate.

Thank God, the 2-marks questions were presorted and there was enough space for the 16 marks, else there would have been a deadlock situation. I tried my best to encapsulate the answers within the space allocated for 2-marks, but alas couldn’t do it sometimes.

My mind was always on the exams-down counter and was not on the books register. All together, I was not in a steady-state flow during the exams. The risk-benefit analysis for the above abstraction would be

Best Case: 70% (Considering the safety, if the examiner took risk in evaluating my paper)

Average Case: (60 – 70)% (If the examiner was a responsible experimenter)

Worst Case: (1 or 2 arrears) (An unethical examiner)

Didn’t understand anything of the above? You wouldn’t if you weren’t a CSE student of Anna Univ and a little if you weren’t an IT student. Sorry if you didn’t understand any of the above (Not that I understood any of the above concepts). It is all a Computer Science story.

Let the compilation begin…
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*SNTE – SNTE stands for Say No To Exams. Operating since exams came into existence, it has supported the students willing to bunk classes and exams and say NO to it. It has also written the code of ethics for a student who wants to bunk the exams. Refer SNTE website for more details.

For the first time in Indian blogs…

So many channels, so many programmes… What is your favourite? I stopped watching TV during the weekdays as it is being spammed with serials. Thanks to Champions trophy now that I find myself sitting in front of the TV.
TV serials are not the only formula to glue people to the TV, but there is also special programmes like star interviews, music show,etc. One day with full of special shows is on a festival day. The usual package is star interviews, debate, movies.
I usually enjoy watching star interviews. The debate is very famous one for a festival. I hated it when I was a child. Six people argue over an useless topic and there is a judge to pass comments and to give the final judgement and there is the audience to applaud and laugh (What else to expect!). Usually, the judgement can be clearly guessed. It would be the one which will be accepted by the society or the one which the judge will find it approving.
Then there is this movie. “Indiya tholaikaatchigalil mudhal muraiyaaga…” (“For the first time in Indian television”). So what? I would have already guessed (very easy though) the movie they are going to telecast on TV (especially Sun TV). Seriously, watching a movie on TV (especially on festival days) is like reading a virus-infected mail inbox (The lesser the content, the more the spam). The movie will be dragged really long (because of ads) and then there is NEWS in the middle. What thrill is there?
Here are some of the records made by TV Channels…

1. RAJ TV holds the highest record for running the movie INDIAN (three hours long movie) for eight solid hours. And still people watched it!?

2. If you had missed watching Harry Potter on POGO, don’t worry, watch it the next day… missed it again? watch it the next next day… missed it again? don’t worry! Opportunities knock a lot of times in POGO.

3. Doordarshan holds the highest record in running the serial JUNOON for three or four years (I am not sure of this)

4. SUN TV holds the record for telecasting a movie which was yet to be released in theatres and also a movie which was running in its first week in theatres.

5. Jetix is the channel running on everyone’s television. Thanks to Power Rangers and Power Rangers only (man, how many PR serials are there?)

Not enough? There are many more… just stock not reachable. Will update if I get any… Feel free to post your comments…

Give me a break!

Indian Education System(IES) can be defined in a sentence. It is the system in which students (as they are called so) are made to undergo 19(+) years of torture. Being a college student, I would like to emphasise on various things that a student undergoes during school life.

Indian students need more practical way of learning. From the childhood, they are made to carry heavy loads on their shoulders. The objective of IES should be to impart knowledge loads on to the brain and not loads on their shoulders. Students get mental stress as well as tension (twenty years ago, tension was used only by businessmen and elder people).

At a very young age, students are put under pressure to study. For what? Again, survival of the fittest comes into play. The usual routine for a student goes like this (Breakfast – > school -> lunch->school -> tuition -> homework -> studies). Ok ofcourse the student gets bonus if they do all this work regularly, i.e to watch TV for an hour (What more they want?). This TV gives none other than stress.

Now my question is, when does the child get time for play? When can they interact with the neighbours? (Nowadays ‘neighbour’ is too strong a term, they should be called as rivals instead)
Later, after the child has grown up and is a teenager, there is no use sending the child to some personality development class. Self discipline should come automatically and not by teaching.

Profession is not only found in medicine and engineering fields but also in sports field and other activities. Some school do encourages students to take up sports. But some school doesn’t even have a ground. When the students are ready and the school is not ready to encourage them, India can never win a gold medal at Olympics.

These are what I believe will definitely be useful for students at school

1. Teaching students ABACUS. Mental mathematics is enough to encourage students to take interest in mathematics.

2. Conducting talent hunt. Students have various talents and they should not be wasted.

3. Having atleast three sports period in a week. Conducting sports talent hunt would also be necssary.

4. Usage of interactive learning and teaching using educational aids.

5. Visit to a studies related industry atleast once in a month.

6. Awarding grades rather than ranks to avoid discrimination among the students.

I believe that one day, the rules and system will change. Technology is improving, it is not alone necessary if we just move in same pace with the technology, but also to look around and feel the society and the culture.

I would like to hear all your comments. Feel free to do so!