J'ai accompli mon cours français

Yahoo...I succesfully (hope so..marks are not out yet) my 1A course in French today.

It was a great experience. It convinced me that i can wake up early in the morning at 6:30...What made me more happy was that i attended it on almost everyday except when i was outta Bangalore..

Overall, French is a nice language to learn..n no better place than Alliance Francais if u wanna learn it..Had gr8 fun learning it,made new frenz too...

you can find the details and timings of any course you want at the website below :

www.afindia.org/

for Bangalore ppl ,

http://www.afindia.org/bangalore/home.htm

avoir l'amusement apprendre le français

abient'ot

attending the CONVOCATION

Finally, it struck to the BIT (the very college i studied in), administration that this year they have not organised convocation to award degrees to the 2006 passouts....so it took them good amount of time to plan the solemn event in a student life...to fix a date..the result they eventually convened it on 23rd may...wednesday...

For the students who have now started working,it was really tough to decide..the day being in the middle of the week...and Ranchi being as remote a place as it can be..But somehow, junta decide to meet their frenz...arey degree kisko chahiye yaar...

n they come up to spend n recollect their good old times...the most wonderful n happening four years of their life..yours truly too is such poor chap..who initailly thought its not worth spending 10000 bucks to get awarded officially with a BE...well its an year and i really forgot that i didnt get my original engg degree...

but then..one fine day it sudddenly struck how important the convocation is ,in anyones life...i spent four years --studyin (dats wat othrs think atleast) to earn somethin..n here comes the time when i m expected to receive it..n its really bad not to make a presence...

bang i decided n booked the tickets immediately..sent the filled form which is supposed to reach in a week by the first flight courier...managed to convince few of my other friends who were too in the same dillema as i was in...n finally there we are at BIT Mesra...which taught me how to LIVE LIFE...on 22nd May..

21st nite is when i met most of my frenz after an year gap---at the Kolkata railway station..no sooner memories started flashin in my mind...well the whole nite was not enuf to recollect the loads of masti we had...

well i spent those two days 22 nd n 23 rd in the best way i ever could..was in a state of bliss with the loved ones around...it was great to dressup overselves on the day in black coats...n hoods to receive the degree....

Felt really happy that i took right decision to be there on the day for which i spent most energetic years of my life...thanks to my bro n mom for encouragin me to go attend the convocation..

manobhavana

so much i want to write, but there is so little i can ,

everything i want to do, but nothing i really do,

all the time i wish to learn, never know when it will help me earn,

lot of love i want to share, only few people ready to bear,

and all the life i want friends, God you gave me them,

i dont want anything else

why should you have some sense of humo(u)r?

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not;

a sense of humor to console him for what he is.


Francis Bacon

Learning FRENCH (Francais)

Bonjour frenz,

Recently i have started to learn french language, it is 2 hrs a day on all weekdays during mornings from 7 to 9. The course is provided by Aliance Francaise, in Bangalore. They have classes being taught at many places by experienced faculty...well enuf of branding...

What i realized offlate since i started working, is i am kinda losing my learning power and becoming reluctant to absorb anything new...Like learning some new subject has become quited difficult owing to many reasons from lack of available time to some sense of complacency with whatever petty knowledge i already posess...

I quickly decided to revive my learning process, and thought of learning a foriegn language...for it is going to be fresh, organised and back to school kinda of learning activity... I did not have any interest before for any specific foriegn language...and i just questioned myself if i took a right decision to learn some foriegn language...

Trust me friends, it is been 3 weeks now that i have joined, and i am enjoying it to the core. It is real fun and challenging to learn a language which you dont hear anyone talking around nor can you find any writings...
You feel some sense of achievement from time to time ,say when you learnt a new word, or found out how to say "I LOVE YOU" or when you find something which is the same or similar to the usage in your mother tongue... Very soon you want to prove your prowess and start looking for a listener...

the attempts you make to frame something meaningful and somehow they end up meaning the opposite, the efforts you put in to understand a line in the text by broogling (googling ur brain) for some matches in ur own vocabulary are all very interesting and will only enhance your thinking power and creativity.

Overall, it is very nice feeling , good break (if you realise u have become a workaholic n looking for sm change) nice exercise for the brain (which by nw must hv got used to the "ctrl+C and ctrl + V" techinque) and also you get to meet some new frenz who share similar interests...

au revoir

Heights of Indian Cricket .!!

funny stuff...got it as a forward....

What did the spectator miss when he went to the toilet?

The entire Indian Innings.

Where do Indian batsmen perform their best?

In Advertisements.

When would Agarkar have 100 runs against his name?

When he is bowling.

What is the most proficient form of footwork displayed by Indian batsmen?

The walk back to the pavilion.

How to increase the chances of Indian batsmen playing out the entire 50 overs?

Try giving them two innings to begin with, then try three and so on.

What is the Indian version of a hat-trick?

3 runs in 3 balls

What is the height of optimism ?

Sehwag coming out to bat applying sunscreen on his face.

Phone Call for Sehwag:Indian Team Manager : "Hello"(over Phone)Wife:"Can I talk to Sehwag, this is his wife."

Indian Team Manager:"Sorry, he is just going to bat"

Wife:"No Problem Manager, I will Hold on"

GO GO GO to shivansamudram waterfalls...

BIKING to NANDI HILLS

BIKING TO NANDI HILLS
DISTANCE : Around 65 Kms from Bangalore

DIRECTION : ON the HYD Highway. Yelhanka--> Hyd Highway--> chikbalapur--take left

PREFERED TIME OF THE YEAR : JAN to DEC

MODE of travel :TWO WHEELER

FOOD/LODGE :AVAILABLE RATING : 3/5

I always heard of this place ever since i came to bangalore..I decided i will visit this place the moment i get a chance. Well the idea abt going to nandi hills started nagging me ever since i heard abt it from Phani..who said it can be a perfect place to go biking..and now that i have a cruiser bike ..i was justin waitin for the time to come..to watch beautiful sunrise n spend some quality time away from the crowded blr..
Then luckily for me, one of my good old college buddies,Tanima has come down too..to Blr for her project..we decided to go to Nandi hills..one sunday..n thats the begining ...

It was Feb 18th,2007.Sunday. I told Tani to get ready by 8.15 and i went to IIsc to pick her up..We had a backpack with water bottle,some eatsbles n ofcourse a cam to capture the nature.
It was 8.30 by the time we started at IISc.We took left from Mekhri circle to join the outer ring road which eventually is the hyd highway. The weather was perfect, some what cloudy but with breeze around.It infact drizzled for few miutes.Having started early in the morning we didnt find much traffic on the road, or may be due to the cloudy atmosphere,people didnt feel like coming out.In around twenty minutes we were at the outskirts of blr,crossed the Yelhanka airbase.

The Hyd highway is perfect to jet out.I was enjoying the ride driving around 80-100Kmph. Trust me guys there is some thrill n joy in overtaking every vehicle that you see around..some achievement which i am sure only bikers would feel.

We rocketed for around twenty minutes to enter into completely green and hilly neighbourhood, we could see all green fields and faraway hills.THey were appearing spectacular and thanks to Mr.Sun that he has not lost his cool yet.We were enjoying the surroundings,great pleasure you know like some wise man said "a thing of beauty is joy forever" ..i swear you should experience it to enjoy. I was no more racing but maintained a consistent speed of 60..just to get the feel of beautiful panorama..

WIthin an hour we are almost near Chikbalapur, we crossed a railway lane and i started looking out for some wayboard poining us to Nandi hills.I knew that i had to take a left turn some where around and was driving slowly looking for the pointer. Yes, we found the board, took the left turn to enter a straight,little bumpy road thru villages, and on the same road after 2km,we come across a market kind of thing and a junction.I stopped to find out which way to take now,and the warmhearted ppl volunteered themselves to tell us to take a left again for Nandi hills..and we happily followed their directions.

We started seeing the chain of hills to our right,it was so beautiful, there was some marathon takin place and we could see guys dressed in khaki running opposite to us.It is a straight road now till a junction where we have to take a right.There we find many shops and we halted to drink coconut water and bought some chips and biscuits.
From this point started the Ghat road,on to the top of the hill.we paused at some panorama points to take snaps and njoy the terrain. it is out of the world. We finally reached the top of the hill.Parked my bike, n started off on a small trek to reach a place they call as "TIPPUs FALL"
Folks,forgot to tell you,Nandi hills was summer resort of the Great Tippu Sultan, the legend syas that all those who committed severe crime were pushed down to death from that peak and hence the name TIPPus Fall. It was around 10:45 now, and we sat downon the rocks to chat abt our happy college days n then almost evrythin under the sun.
Slowly started again to visit the Nandeeswara temple-Lord SHiva mandir. After that we took a small round around the Garden. There is a bugalow called Nehru Nilaya, it seems the erst while rest house of Tippu has been repaired to make this.SOme SAARC summit took place in the same bungalow in 2004 and that when they gave it a renewed look. By now it was 12.30 and we thought of havin Lunch. Went to Karnataka state tourism restaurant. The food is good and decent price. I should say cheap when compared to blr prices.
The best part is the beautiful view of the valley we could have from the glass walled restaurant, It was amazing,we gave some work for the camera we carried. SOOn after lunch,we started back on our way. It was around 1.30 now, and we took few snaps on the DANGER point, confused what it is..well there is rock which stand apart near the TIPPus fall, on which was painted DANGER in red..may be because the rock might topple down any time.
Slowly we started moving down,and reached the place where i parked my Avenger.we started off around two pm..on the way back we took a shorter route..which somehow we missed out while coming. Actually while coming,on the highway,we missed the first left turn but took the second ( n the last one) which can take us to nandi hills.. Now we are again bak on the highway bak to blr..Both of us had some shopping to do n we drove down to MG road..IT was 3.30 When we reached central..
Thats how our fantastic BIKE RIDE to NANDI HILLS was done.

My COORG trek

Well,i should have written this long back, but was busy with work ,then was out of town..

I am gonna write here about my (well 2 months back) trek to COORG.It is kind of a travelogue or a trek report whatever name you give...
My interest for trekking and adventures is by the birth and in every droplet of my blood...n thanks to the Backpacking trekking club we have in our office that i can pursue my hobbies inspite of busy work schedule..
HERE it begins:
DESCRIPTION of the place: for those who dont know COORG
COORG is a beautiful district in southern karnataka, border of kerala,famous for the Picturesque hills of the western ghats..They are long and contiguous hills spread over a vast geographical area,interspersed with valleys and small tributaries. There are coffee and tea plantations ,u know the famous COORG coffee...
The architecture of the houses is like those in Kerala, good looking and big castles , in middle of estates...Many retired beaurocrats have constructed there houses there ...and are living a peaceful like far away from the pollution and city chaos.

Climate is pleasant and so are the people...warm hearted ..and quite helpful though not gregarious.
Our climbing started from a palace at the foot of the hill ranges.It belonged to the mysore king and he used to rest there in summers.It also used to be the seat of administration for people living in and around coorg.

We have taken few snaps near and inside the palace.And then started on embarking to top of the second highest hill in the state of Karnataka.The TADIYANDAMOL peak. We already were told the basic principle of trekking: Slow and steady ascent. Iniitally the enthusiasm to reach the top first and high energy levels will tempt us to hyperambulate on the terrain,but they wont last for more than few farlongs.

So medium pace with small breaks inbetween can only lead you till the finish.
So keeping those basics in mind,we slowly moved up and after we reached one fifth of the height,we were on almost a plateau with mild slopes .We halted for a while and took snaps of us and the surroundings for we were already at a decent height around 200 feet.
Then our trek leader asked those who were at the begining to get back and those in behind were asked to lead now. Then we trekked now for 2-3 kms more and passed thru water streams and light patches of jungle.We could see the leeches inbetween.The most gorgeous scene was that of the sun rays finding their way through the pathces of the forest and luminating certain parts of the water stream down hill.Who would miss a pic in that background??
After 3km stretch,we took a major halt again on plateau which contained rocks for us to sit down.Then few of us who had mp3 players in their mobiles started playing songs.Having heard splashing sounds of water..we went in the direction of sound to find a water stream flowing down hill through the forest. That water seemed to be the purest on the earth.We quickly filled all our bottles for we needed water badly for our yet to be finished lunch on the peak.
We again slowly started, and now began the steepest and would say the toughest part of the trek.As from that point,there was no indication of any used path/way and we had to literally climb small rocks assuming them as steps.After trekking on for a km,we refilled ourselves with instant energy chocolates and wafers.

The fundamental principle of trekking is DISCIPLINE and is to be followed in every step. We collected all plastic wrappers that were dropped down by those who trekked before us and we carried a bag to put all such non degradable waste.
Having reenergised ourselves,we started on the final stretch,as i already said the toughest..this time through a thick forest (around half Km upclimb) ...Jagadeesh who was leading the team till then got bitten by a leech and had to slow down...i continued my decent pace thru the forest and the steepest stretch to finish second to reach the hill....
waited for all others to come,then we digged in a stick and tied a TI flag to it mark the finish as another feather to the cap of TIs trekking saga.

After enjoying the beatiful view and takin hundreds of snaps..we slowly rested down to open lunch packets which everyone carried..The rule was that everyperson should taste what the second person has got and that was a proper culinary mix for a lunch.. After staying for around 90 min on the peak we started down climbing.This seemed to much tougher for there was a fear of sliding down and the inertia that pushes you when you take larger steps without proper resting for your feet....
Everyone trekked down fast to reach the stream again and get refreshed...
We slowly followed the same path again now with no break till we arrived at palace where we had snacks...Then we continued till the bootcamp....
We were quicker and there is still half an hr for the bus enroute madikeri to come.We played frisbee and finished what all grub we got and the bus comes.All of us couldnt find a seat to sit...but those who could had the best nap of the times for evry1 was dead tired... It took around 2 hrs of bus journey for us to reach madikeri....

We go to the famous Yatri nivas hotel near the bus stand to fresh ourselves and to have some breakfast. We then visit the famous Coorg shiva mandir famous for its medeival coorg style of construction...That was a beautiful temple with a pond infront of it...
After bhagavan darshan..all those who were still feeling hungry had quick buffet dinner at Yatri nivas and it was already 10Pm..the time for our bus to start...
We get into the bus,..play few games like antaakshari and no one knew the finish of the game cause every dozed off unknowingly...
By the time i wake up i hear bus horns and people brisking fast...yes i am in Majestic the BLR bus stand...every parted now to take rest the whole sunday..Thanks to the leaders for having planned the trek on a saturday leaving the whole of sunday to be best utilised....

in this matter,my fundae r weak too

Hey why is it like this???

I never thought work can influence me?? Why is it that:

- I cannot play when i hav work pressure?
-I dont go to gym...something pulls me back???!!!
-I cant even blog?
-its like evry second is very burdensome..u dont feel free..

hey someone plz help me out.....

how to relieve urself of work tensions...dont let it change the course of ur natural life...

My Fundas are not clear...

Convent to Company transition

Gone are the days!!!
When
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and benches!

When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books and notes!

When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, Yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers. We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and thenMicro tips!

When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to Color pencils and finally sketch pens!

When we started calculating
first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!

When we chased one another in the
corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!

When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors, Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!

When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!

When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played
"kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun, While others simply played
"book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies, Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!

When we used to
watch Live Cricket telecast, In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!When few rushed at 3:45 to
"Conquer" window seats in our School bus! While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint", "kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!

Gone are the days Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day , And the one-month long
preparations for them.

Gone are the days Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most
enjoyed holidays after them!

Gone are the days Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played, We won, We lost,
We laughed, We cried, We fought, We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more!Gone are the days When we used
to talk for hours with our friends! Now we don't have time to say a 'Hi'!

Gone are the daysWhen we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....!

Gone are the days Where we studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!

Gone are the days Where we had no money in our pockets and still funfilled on our hearts!! Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with anempty heart!!

Gone are the days Where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home Gone are the days Where we got lectures from all! Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doingnow....!!

Gone are the days But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and Ever and ever and ever .....Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot moreDays to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS....

Krisbha

it was the same summer

well

Its been more than 2 months that i last posted and this shows how lazy i have been all the while.

Inspite of deciding to write my routine on a paper n talking publicly (my last post) abt sticking to it..i failed to do that..so this time the first step itself ended up immaterialised..

But i came forward a long way now and i am a design engr now...no more a student meaning that i have some added responsibilities and now i am acountable to someone..well if u think i was accountable to someone (thinking who--my parents yaar) earlier too...that was not accountability but kindof fear..now ur boss (supervisor in my org) is in no way similar..in many ways demanding and ready to show u the door when u leave him dis-satisfied..

so i gotta be as careful n as regular as possible from now on as it has come upon my nerves..

hopefully i will end up findin time for the activity i njoy most---blogging

many plans for this summer

woke up this morning n suddenly realised that i already wasted 10 precious days of my last vacation.So as it happens during every holidays,today also i decided what my routine the coming 30 days wud b like...but the truth is that it is not followed even for a single day.

so inorder to stick to the routine atleast this last time,i m planning to write it on a paper n stick it all around in my room,hoping that everu time i see them,i will be reminded of the duty of the hour.

well if any one has better ideas about how to stick to ones routine,u r kindly asked to post them..coz this is a repeated problem of mine n may b many others too..

finished my BE

my final vacation has started. I finished my engineering..it was fun all these four years,those moments spent with frenz r cherishable forever. Now sitting idle and alone at home, i badly miss my college days. Every minute there was lively and happening.

Within a month from now,i will be packing bags for my new n tough saga as a design engineer,i am afraid if i will find time for blogging atleast...coz evrywhere it is freshers who have to work their ass off...

but inside me, there is a proud feeling, i graduated n now standing on my own feet..earning my pocket money myself and the surprising part..i will b saving too..

ok..this time now is very precious and will never come back...so let me freak out..

Finally....relief..oooooohhhhhh..

Today is memorable in my life.Yes i have become a champion.In last four years, i wrote 96 exams,12 in each semester for eight such sems.They were like nightmares.

Yes,today i wrote my last exam of engineering.Hopefully, i shouldnt flunk in anyone though...

So today is the time for celebration..time to freak out..go wild out of the world...I dont want to waste anymore time here....writing any posts..

Meet you tomorrow

YAHOOOO...! Last exams

yes folks,

well .college days r reaching the end.
Starting from this wednesday,we have the last end semester exams( last in the engg edu)...after that fultoo masti...
But guyz,wont get to chance to study and write exams after this right...so tryin to put my best efforts.....as a part of that,decided not to blogginnnn till da xams r over...

so no news for a week..

njoy bloggin n keep away from the mercury
luv
Bhargav

New year wishes

I wish every ine a very happy Bengali new year

for a blogger

The greatest motivational act one blogger can do for another is to post a comment
-Krisbha

Nice Farewell

well,with college days coming to an end, it is farewell mood everywhere.
This week and the next,everyone's schedule is busy attending farewell of some or the other club.Yesterday we had a nice farewell given to us by our juniors from AP belonging to 2k3 and 2k4 batches.It was a nice party.Everyone enjoyed.
and two days before that we gave a treat to them for getting succesfully placed in good caompanies.That too was a cooo..l party and we kinda had a nice adventure.The intime to get into our college is 10:00 pm and that nite,by the time our party ended n we came back,it was already 11:30...we decided t take a backroute and started out on it..but unfortunately the very moment a patrolling jeep(it patrols evry 1 hr after 11to stop ny intruders) came and we all ran as fast as cheetas to hide ourselves under shadow of a tree in the far away fields.Then came 2 gaurds came on cycle,whistling n shouting 'come out!'.'come out!'... we knew tomorrow our names will be in the notice board on the suspended candidates list....but god knows ,why those gaurds never stopped at us....may be they thought we r some ghosts or may be some MCC terrorists..they peddled fast across us..
then in the drunken mood,evry one was giving his own ideas...some says 'wewill cross the river',another says' we will climb ovr the walls'..and i say 'take no risk,we will sleep here all the nite'....
but then came a call (as an inhaler for asthma patient)from our friends who managed to escape the patrolling car..that gaurds back at the main gate are lenient today and have kept the gate open ...and they r just noting our names and allow us in.
well me and 2 others were the first to dare that and soon others followed...was a kinda great adventure...

last days of college

With only 36 days left from today for me to complete my graduation and leave the college,it is a mix of feelings in mind..at one corner there is happiness that there won't be any classes, neither any exams nor any tension about marks..
but at the same time at the other corner, a fear that now u r accountable to someone outside,ur boss at office,now no longer one can get along with thing he wishes to do, u gotto attend ur office no matter what, u dont get as many holidays as u used to get in college,it is now tension from morning to evening..
but at the end of it,ther is happiness that u r earning and u stand on ur own feet,now u can spend like hell to ur whims and fancies,no one concerned about ur money,no need to sumit weekly or monthy financial reports to ur parents.
again new frenz,new place..oh god how is it going to be???