December Check List

Waiting for someone or something has gained a totally new purpose. After reading the book 'The Secret', I have started imagining and visualising things I want. Good marks, a girl friend, nice car, etc. Apart from this, blogging is also coming into picture. More than 40% of my total posts have been composed in past month.

I have started sharing my posts on facebook and also joined indiblogger. Got few good comments from my friends. Thanks to Shrutika (My Bestie) and Krishna Balaji ( My Batchmate), I realised that I make too many spelling mistakes and few grammatical errors too. Need to read my post before uploading to reduce the errors. Apart from this I got few compliments and words of encouragements too.

December check list, I will have to keep visiting my old post titled - Post from bus.

Cycling - Checked

Did lot of cycling in first two weeks of December. My other posts do cover a lot of cycling. Not much to discuss. Yesterday my Bestie took a ride on my cycle and it deserves a mention. Things were good till today morning but then had my first and last accident on my cycle. In order to overtake slow truck I went a little right and it was starting of divider at the point and I collided and I somersaulted and fell down on face. Luckily just a small knock on chin and big bend on front fork of cycle. Well, interesting part was after the crash, a young and nice looking girl, who was passing by, picked my cycle for me, while I was busy lifting myself. Then we both went on our respective destiny.

UPSC Mains - Checked (reporting what my Bestie said and including my views)

Started of good and then one bad paper and rest was as good as it can go. Papers were lengthy but not too difficult. It was the preparations and efforts that made exams not so difficult. Let her add other required details and conclusions.

Internship - Half Checked

My friend and I were very enthusiastic initially. Went there regularly but then due to some software problem over there, we started staying back in hostel. At times I stayed back home. But now we are at ending phase and we are going to finish it on high.

Mood Indigo - Double Checked

Last year I attended one evening show. This year I attended all evening shows and couple of late night shows. Fashion show, dance competition, singers, musicians, dancers, stalls and everything. My parents visited on 3 rd day mailny to see my hostel room. None of my friends visited me, but Mood I was going nice. Hours before last show, I came to know that my Bestie and my Somaiya batchmate were visiting me. Had great fun with them, Burgers and Frooti, etc. Specially the late evening walk.

Crush's Birthday - Unchecked

Its tomorrow. Nothing planned and nothing done. Not hoping for any surprising stuff tomorrow in respect to this matter.

Stopping to Flirt - Partially Checked

Unofficially I have stopped and retired from this work. Small amount and traces are still left in me. Formal resignation procedure will take place on 31st December and it will stop completely and here stops my post too. Going to go through draft to correct spelling mistakes.

Standing in Queue

Third day of Mood I, Aamir Khan coming for some event at 4 pm and already a long queue has developed. Let me remind you, its just 2.30 pm now. I wanted to write a blog on 'December Checklist', but looking at the time I will be spending in this line, I decided to write something. Couple of incidences where I got into middle of long queue just to get early entry.

Let me first discuss the past experiences of IIT n long line. I like to follow rules and at times follow rules coz of fear of consequences of braking it. I hated to join a line in between, seems unjustice for those who are standing since mins and even hours. I have a friend, rather bhai mera, Sachin. Half of college might be knowing him. Fearless n joyful n line breaker. It was with him that I first broke a line a overtook about 200 students in line. Once you do it and you are uncaught, you are bound to reapeat. This first time was followed by many similar events.

Last two days of Mood I, we got in between line for both evening shows in SAC. Last night we had three of our batchmates already in line. Slowly slowly one after all, three increased to 30. No one objecting and no screaming. Seems like a normal procedure over here and every one enjoys it. At times even we are the one suffering, but its fine. We love it, I guess everyone here does it. Experiences like this and brotherhood of this type makea IIT life special. It may even be the characteristic of all campus life.

Today, I am braking that tradition and standing in line from start. Expecting my parents to turn up anytime and it will great to have them. Suddenly line discpline became strict because of more security. I have a camera but its not allowed inside, this is what they say.

Since I have extra time, I can write few more lines. Mood I has been fun. Attending late night shows. One of them included classical music (flute) with Pandit Ronu. Papon n Euphoria were amazing. Standing along the barricade gives oppurtunity to be close to band. At the same time you have to handle pressure of people pushing you and fighting for prime standing spots. Standing four hours straight n jumping and rocking ain't easy.

A breaking news to make a note of is, I gave up my intention/dream of having a gf by Dec 2013. There are some 10 days left, but I gave up. Thats it. Girla started getting entry it seems. I am trying to get in with camera. Stay tuned for more updates.

Post didn't get published before. Chaos happened and I lost interest. Lots of pushing and I left the line to go some silent peace.  Then met Shri and some of her friends on my way back. So standing in line again but at the back now. Nitish n Aanish went and brought Burger for me and got chance to breach security and get in line with me. They will surely have fun.

Congrats Sandeep !!!

Hello Sandy,

A big bada wala Congratulations to you for your successful Cyclothon. I would also apologise for my late wishes, no excuses, just a big mistake on my part.

You surely clocked within 45 mins, but don't forget that the route was cut short by about 2 kms. Considering it as your first step in world of sports and athletics, your performance was amazing. Also driving back to college on cycle will be having lot of stories attached with it.

As I say and believe, it wasn't a one day miracle. 2 weeks of practice back home in Mulund played a major role. Going through busy streets at times and then into dark corners of Mulund, you surely had the most exciting work out session ever.

Going further, rather more further in your past and recalling your cycke days. Dad uses to come home tired, have dinner and get ready to rest. But then you would ask dad to take you on streets for cycle and he did accompany me. I remember that even back then you liked speed and dad had to run to catch up with me. Then my second cycle was also brought in same situation. I just couldn't wait and went to shop at the closing hours. So many memories, just can't write all here.

Another areq where you worked upon was your health. Pranayam was one part, but a big credit goes to mom for making dry fruit sweets. Early morning and late night Biurnvita Milk. (I don't intend to advertise it, but it is good). Giving you permission to cycle through eastern express way n on sea-link was a breakthrough in itself.

I am sure all this made your trip to sea-link possible. Also heard about many mishaps and management goof-ups. A reminder to you that you were and still are a Lucky Dude, since you didn't face any problems. Fullstop is definitely not the next stop. Journey has just begin and world of sports awaits you. Don't you dare loose your main focus, ie studies.

About your GF resolution, just a week more, i have seen her with you, be patient and all the Best for Future.

Bios!!!

Night before the Ride

Well, I made a lot of grammatical mistakes in the last post. I wish to reduce them as move ahead in this journey. This post is going to be a short one.

Its 46 past 12 in the midnight. Tomorrow is the Cyclothon day, Tour de India as it is said. Went to marriage n slept little in noon. I know I need to sleep and Sleepy I am. Anyway, keeping all this aside, I am awake and watching 'Jo jeeta wohi Sikandar'. In my friends room and writing this post through Android App.

I am excited, kick after kick it will be. 11.2 kms on Sea link and its going to be tough. We train on roads with buildings on both sides which block most of the wnd. Also, due to ittle traffic, there are frequent slow downs and rest periods. Yesterday I got a chance to drive through Eastern Expressway and I felt the effect of wind. Next time, will train myself more in match conditions.

Got a bottle fitted at last moment on front tyre clamp. So an extra 1 kg weight added. We are planning to go Kanjur to Kurla via train and then drive to BKC. We will be driving our way to insti on cycle. Have to wake up at 3.45 am and leave hostel by 4.30am. It really is going to be Legendary.

I write this post fully asleep and with half opened eye. So, sorry for typing error and grammatic errors also. Though I will like to know my mistakes.

Thank You!!!

Missed Meeting with Friend

I'l narrate as the day progressed. Due to some work in college I skipped company and directly went to college in morning. I finished with my work till noon. In the lunch I had milk shake and chat, no messing in the mess. Came back to hostel to meet my hostel mates. Here one of the friend suggested a 90 min documentary.

It goes by the name of 'The Secret'. They discuss the power of positive thought and related stuffs. It was inspiring and thought provoking. I enjoyed it and intend to implement it. It really pumped me up and it had a small part to play in what happened in the evening. It was about 4 5 pm. Went for coffee. Used my new coffee for first time.

Later on I and my friend continued with some programming and theory work. Results not matching with the numerical ones. Was a bit frustrating and tiring. Was walking towards girls hostel as I had to return my friends book. A long route it is. I tried calling my friend and no answer. Tried other friend and got a chance to talk to her.

My insti is on her way to office and I saw a small window of time when I could meet her. She said she would call back and she did. Her train was at 7.22pm and so the time window shrink to a dot. She was wiling yo miss her train but I like a fool said you carry on with your train. Then i said to myself no, I have to meet her now.

I called back and told her to call back if she misses the train. I hurried up and went to bus stop. Missed a couple of bus. All the praying anf hoping and waiting for a phone ring. I prayed that some miracle will surely delay the train. I boarded crowded 403. Here is the catch, normal days I would wait 40 mins for 403 as it drops me next to my building. Today I took a small ticket to Huma ie Kanjur station. 7.27 it was and I still waited.

Now comes the big part, something that brings Smile to my face. By now it was almost certain that she left. What caught me by surprise was a lobg queue to cross foot over bridge. Going at snail's pace. Only once before have I seen such senario. This was horrible and took 10 mibs to cross a small section. Now, all the way I prayed the she got late and at end it was I who had to face all the Music. I am sure and now even more hopeful that I will meet her. Of course this December is going to be Amazing one for me.

Don't know much of her. But I am sure she too has her side of story related to this meeting. Waiting to hear her story on our next meet.

PS- purposely I didn't mention much about my friend, since that won't have altered the effect of this post a lot.

Internship at TATA Power SED

It startrd from 2nd December, near Chandivili junction. As we entered, within 15 mins we were told our project and what they expect from us and related stuff. A challenging task ia what they say n it really is. Rather its my inefficiency which is making it look likr an uphill task.

Its like solving a big assignment with a big team. Learning softwares never heard of. Main relief came when we were told that its not compulsory to be in office everyday and also there are no time limits or restrictions. Phew, took a huge burden away. Wearing a new formal each and everyday, something i dreamt of from a long back time. Watching my dad prepare for work n leather shoes, plain white hanky and a great watch. Finally I am getting to experience it..

Being in IIT, where my friends beling to all part of India except Mumbai. I never imagined that I will travel back from iff to home with my friend. TATA gave that chance. My friend will wait 15 mins n get into crowded bus which will take me home. He surely has options of other less crowded bus. He will leave it for me. About Bus, BEST has a good connectivity and equally good and co-operative are the people using it. I started liking public transport more than ever.. Total of 90 mins travel from home to office and it is totally worth it.

About the company and work environment, all I can say -'its Chill'. Only designing takes place and so all busy with some kind of design software and some kind of big printouts. Mess is small like the plant and food us good. I take my own tiffin, Somaiya ki yaad dila di. There are Owen where you can get your food heated up. What I disliked is that we have to submit cell phones at security desk. This place us under some government defence something something.. Overall a small office but an Awesome one.

My task is to analytically find natural frequency of some big structure and code it. This should act as base for other projects. Further they want to carry out some dynamic analysis too if time permits. Here's the catch- coding and that too Matlab.. I ain't best at coding, but I am certainly Better than Most for sure. A new task and new coding methodology needed. Combining Vibration Theory along with matlab, I never did it before. I hope I do a proper justice and complete the task my December end.

Wapas end se yaad aaya, bus journey about to end and mere ghar ka stop aa raha hai. See you soon, my Lovely Readers !!!

December - Starts with a Joy Ride

This post is about my Cycle ride from IIT to home. Numerically its less than 10 kms and hardly took more than 40 mins. It was a one stop journey via Mulund D-Mart. 10 kms, is hardly anything, there are normal people running more than this everyday, so what the big deal ? Big Deal lies inside me and on the road and its about braking the shackles. Manzil se behtar lagne lage hai rasste - yup, my post won't have the manzil part, but the journey part, the story before i kicked off the cycle is discussed.

People how know me, they very much know how un-sporty person I am. Hardly involved in any outdoor activity. So, a 10 km was a small, a tiny stepping stone on a new path I have choose for myself. Less Tech oriented and more fun activities like night outs, group studies, movie once a month (minimum), dominoz, etc etc. Secondly, I was to take the eastern express way to ride home, other route was slow but had small roads. So, going on a highway with cars crossing you in a blink on an eye is risky but exciting as well. Deep down in my Heart, I was having a slight bit of worry.

Thankfully I had my friends to accompany me. So, we were to do this on Saturday (7/12/2013), but one of my friend was leaving on 4th Dec and so we decided 30 Nov. The day came and none of us were in the mood to go out and we cancelled it. Next day I had to go to college for my duty and then we were to go shopping. We decided Mulund D-Mart. Now, a day before this, I had an argument with mom and I badly wanted cycle back home to prepare for an cycling event on 15th Dec and I finally got the permission from parents.

Sunday, the day came. We slept after duty and it was already 5pm when we left. To go D-Mart, LBS road, ie Huma-Dreams mall road was the good route as far as distance is concerned. We were tired and more than my friends, I was tired to ride cycle, but at same time I wanted the cycle back home for next one week. We said yes and then no and then yes and it went on. Finally we were going by bus. Something happened and I said I am taking cycle.

It had happened in the past that I decided so many things and events and gave up in middle, I was determined to change the past. I took the cycle and My friends, gave up and were ready to take the cyclous ride to D-Mart. Then the forces of Nature came in and they didn't get their cycle and had to take bus. Their support was crucial at that moment and it was final push i needed to cross the line. Road was mostly downhill and much effort was needed at all. We shopped and then I came back home and my friends returned to hostel.

Riding part was purely mechanical and being a Sunday, traffic was less and less was the exhaustion. Cycle had a loose rear mud guard which made annoying noise. About the passing of cars on blink of a car - that was not the case. I took a different route but I made it. Stay tuned, I promise there are certainly more post to be updated and written. Had my first day today in TATA Power SED as an intern. May be next post will have it. Sorry, If I miss out on any point.

Sachin and Nitish are the friends I am talking about. They are Research Assistant at IITB and doing MTech. My batchmates, Bhai hai yaar mere woh..