Show starts... placements!

Finally completed the last serious end semester exams of B.Tech !!
But still stuck here in college for pre-placement training till 5th of nxt month..still i shouldn't be complaining about it cos FINALLY TCS is visiting SASTRA for placements(I heard they are planning to recruit 8000 this quarter)

A lot of things that were gettting delayed almost infinitely(!) have finally happened in the last 3 days.... (apart 4m the xams , that is :)!)
We've finally bagged the 8th sem project ( WABCO - TVS has agreed to take us.. god, getting proj in a good company is like getting agood dinner at our mess or visiting home! sort of have to wait 4 weeks b4 it actually happens...lol.. )

And then my new lappy is now finally in production somewhere in Malaysia.. dunno when ill exactly get it,though!
In the last week, I even managed to download 30 GB of movies, videos and songs frm coll lan! Will be very useful 4 technical project, u know:) ( cited the same reason to convince my dad to get me the laptop!! )

All thats remaining now is to start preparing 4 the placement process...

Shwetha Basu!

HI! I watched this telugu movie 'Kotha bangaru logam' by chance! Didn't really understand much,but for all I cared, I could have watched it in mute!

The movie was aaaawesome for three reasons:

1. Shwetha basu
2. Shwetha basu
3. Shwetha basu :)lol!
Trust me,this girl gives Jo a run for her money...bayangara xpressions!

The Names we sport...

Check out these names.
We have Badminton Men' s doubles competition coming up in our coll sports court :))
And the names of some of d participating teams -------->


NIKKUMO NIKKADO

SASTRA 613402

BALLS OF STEEL

METTI OLI! [Konjamavadhu samandama vaingada pera!!]

NANGADAN JEYIKKA POROM

AIYAYO IVANGALA!

THANNIYA KUDI!

BTECH UNITED

WTF
And others like Bashers,'mess'merizers,Manchester/liverpool Utd. , bon jonito
I ll note some more down nxt time and add 'em here.

KALPANDHU KABALI!!
thats a soccer team name! Our VC wld choke 2 death if he heard these names!

Powerful EXPERIENCES!

Today I put the CPU on my cot,placed my hand on it,and plugged the chord and got electrocuted!

No,it was nt too serious.But serious enough to get my 2 roommates(both of whom wer juniors) amused by my reaction...
Now,that pissed me off.

So i quickly wiped the smiles off their faces with a tester :)
I put it in all the terminals(they keep their hands/legs under them wen sleeping) and it glowed brightly - Without switching em on! I thought of comforting them with "Relax,u ll hav enough shocks to get used 2 it by 4th yr" .
But I carefully refrained...they looked like they had put their fingers inside the plug point already!

The real reason I m posting abt it is this...Having cheered up my juniors,I got back 2 studyin 4 2morrow's exam jus like that.Bcos in all,I ve been electrocuted 6 times,and seen ma frnds getting mild shocks in my stay at hostel.
This new one didnt register at all..

It all started wen I came 2 'NEW' hostel in 2nd yr.(the 1st batch 2 move in).The room no. was AF33...I had an immersion heater under my cot,and the plug point over my head.My roommate had put the heater inside the bucket and wen i woke up one morning,he asked me 2 switch it on.
So lying on the bed i plugged the heater and had a bright(literally!) start to my day by pressing the switch !It illuminated my face with a divine glow by shooting out sparks....
I recommend the abv procedure for heavy hangovers.....i ve found it 2 clear one's senses very quickly.

That whole year was interesting! My computer 'earth'ed in all its metallic parts and the monitor screen.And unfortunately, a lot of parts in a computer r metallic!I swear,my arm moves away reflexively wen it goes near any computer screen....

i had my 1st proper Shock(not 'earth') a few months later. You know its a real shock wen u dont remember wat happened...in case u ve had one,i think u probably know that already...
One sec I am abt 2 hit the switch and nxt sec I am sitting and gaping at d switch board from the middle of the room(being a 4in1 it was reasonably large) -groggy,aching,a little thirsty and highly irritated for sitting like a duck...

It didnt help wen my friend curiously asked if i was alright,because I realized later that he was referring 2 my MENTAL condition!!It turns out he thought I was goofing around....... by jumping backwards and landing on my backside??who the hell does that???

(This was d same kind soul who felt sorry for losing a plug point wen it blew up in my face :/)

The last of a no. of such interesting events was jus day b4 yesterday wen we didnt get water in our bathroom. So i went 2 fill the bucket wid drinking water(for BATHING!)...The cooler was working -the tap is the pushing type- and in my irritation i put my hand on it and unnecessarily leaned on it with all my weight!
It must have taken offense at my lack of manners bcos i was jumping back the next sec!It was 'earth'ing.....

The main reasons I felt I should record all this -

1. I have not bothered even 2 inform the warden abt such hazards(but then,none of us do-they dont care)...
2.Wen it earthed in the cooler I went 2 another 1 and 4got abt it immediately...didnt tell even my frnds abt it.
3.To us, it has bcum like some sort of common event!
If I had felt serious about the cooler i wld have remembered 2 put on my slippers today IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SWITCH BEING ON OR OFF.Despite today's 'dosage'(!) being more severe I didnt seem 2 worry a lot.....and that worries me!!

It IS True that so far nothing has gone fatally wrong, and I dont know wat sort of voltage causes permanent damage.
But I hope I remember the next time that I DO NOT wish 2 find the answer for that by personal experience !

Empowered,
Chandrasekar.

Continued...

Post script: A few weeks back a girl in Andhra had commited suicide -because she didnt get a seat in SASTRA.I want all of u prospective SASTRA freshers out ther to know that u can save yourselves the troule of taking your life by joining here-the management does it 4 free with a nominal fine of 35000 rs. per semster for surviving.

No,seriously guys...all those still in school-you need to ask the SENIORS of any coll b4 u make a decision...throw the prospectus,reviews,rankings,placement records and ur 'well-wishing' relatives' advice in the garbage...find out the inside truth. Trust me,most of us r eager 2 save innocent wld-b-victims if only u ask.
One senior may b prejudiced against the institution-but if 5 or 6 guys tell u to run for ur life-do exactly that.

MY GIUDING PHILOSOPHY ....

This fwd is the most lucid xpression of my current philosophy-

A crow was sitting on a tree doing nothing.Seeing that, a deer decided to sit and do nothing...And in a short while,it was gobbled up by a lion!

MORAL:
To do nothing , you need to be on top!

WINNING THROUGH INTIMIDATION

Robert Ringer.
Most pragmatic self-help book I have read. I recommend it after finding out first-hand that it works,BIG TIME!