I will explain from experience. The feature I am supposed to make should work for all supported languages in xp, (24 precisely ). So I had to do a lot of bookkeeping and stuff and it was a pain in a!@ to do that. Finally when I am done and I sent the code for Cr. I realized that the tool in which I am adding a feature spawns different process for each language, so I didn’t need to do all the bookkeeping :’(. So basically now I will cut short the code which I wrote so painstakingly ( heartache ouch, I re factored that code thrice to make sure its good). So I hope everybody understands the importance of P&D
adieu

hence I have added five new categories
Computer Science: Well I was never into computer science as such but I guess there is no escape (at least I don’t any in short term ) and besides I seem to have developed a slight liking to it. Hence the new category.)

Microsoft: Last three months were my first in a corporate environment and I feel like I am still not ready , anyhow I have learned a few things in these days and I will like to make a note of them. This might overlap a lot with computer science but will contain information on how to work in such an environment.

Books: Review of books I read, I forget very easily so a good review or summary will help.

Computers(hardware): I am a bit of computers hardware enthusiast and I thought will share if I found anything interesting.

Comics: Links to my fav comic strips across the web

Will post soon in each category.

We were flying above clouds at a height of abt 11000 feet. Somehow sipping coffee and listening to ‘Stairway to heaven” took my mind completly of the air hostess and I decided to focus outside. There was clear blue sky above me, the roundness of earth seemed obvious form such height. Below me was a beautiful carpet of clouds, they were not the same clouds as we see from the ground, they didn’t seem fluffy but rather very solid, like made of white concrete and they were so thick that it was impoosible to see earth. It was beautiful beyond words. It was like each cloud was telling a story, his own saga. There were demons and gods in there, fighting with the alliance of animals and men to gain dominance in this magical kingdom. There were sorceresses waving a slow magic upon me and I was left enachanted, unable to blink an eyelid.

Two hours passed by in a jiffy ( law of relativity ). Even more beautiful was the landing. While above the clouds the plane tilted and started approaching the clouds slowly. the closer I got the fluffier got the clouds. Till I was in a white mist and then I saw after what seemed like an eternity beautiful mother earth. The view was similar to how it is in google earth. Houses looked like matchboxes slowely and steadily the plane took some turns in air and then starting decsecending steepily. A few more minutes and my first flight ended with a ” c ya” from that ‘airhostess’.

I collected my luggage and came out to find a driver waiting in the reception witha placard with the words “Ojasvi Rajpal” on it. The kingfisher jingle “fly into the good times” rang into my ears

to be cotinnued…

adieu

P.S.
This too will pass

Must learn to question and must learn to question the very school of thought I am following.
Must learn must grow
May God help me

Did BC in chatty’s room till It was about 2.30 Am in the morning and then jhotu said he is hungry. Now me and chatty are ever hungry kinda people. ( ate 13 maggi packs among us last night was great fun ).
Decided to go to a midnight buffet, goggled for buffets but all of them closed before 3 ( which was the approx. time by then ). Searched for maggi fanatically but could only find about 3 packs ( no good ). Buzzed Nihar in desperation and pop came the reply ” me too dying from hunger “. Great, we don’t get any food but there is an addition to the list of hungry :X. Asked dandu if he knew any place which is open this time, he in turn told us to contact mathur and that he is hungry too :O.. WTF!!. Finally after about half and hour of phone calls we get address of a place in Mehndipatnam which serves biryani all night . But how to get out of the campus? Decided that one of us will faint illness and would tell the guard that going out for medicine . Chatty and Nihar were chosen for the act and they returned with hot sizzling biryani at about 4.15 AM. Decided to climb up to the top of construction site in front of library and ate biryani there ( 5 of us , me , chatty , khanna , nihar , jhotu). Hot biryani , great company and cool breeze .. AWESOME. Watched sunrise from there and chatted till about 6.30. Came down and then went out for tea. By then we had decided to have a “Super Sunday” . After lot of planning we decided to sleep in the noon hours ( chatty and dhi studied though ) and leave for Osmania Sagar in the eve at abt 5.00 . Since Nihar got up early and went out :X couldn’t make sandwiches as planned. Compensated fot it by buy buying samosas , kachories , chips and coke. The ride till osman and back is one hell of a story which I will tell at a later time. ( included me , dhi , khanna , chatty , nihar and jhotu).

The day ended with birthday bums , dozens of phone calls and cake smeared all over my head. Had great fun the following eve with another birthday celebration .
thank you Chatty, Dhi for everything and the 23 cards.
thank you Patro for the awesome mirror
thank you everybody for the gifts and the cake
thank you nihar for the awesome biryani and “super sunday”.
thank you pankaj for the cake.
thank you sachin for the hug that ruined your T .
thank you everybody for the fun filled time.
thank you pooja for calling half an hour in advance and not putting down the phone till it
was 12.00 ( was a bit inconvenient though ,thank God had two phones )
no thanks for the bums ( it still hurts :X)

PS
1.) This too will pass.
2.) Check out the orkut album for the pictures.
3.) Only a few more days to go
4.) will like to end this awesome week by eating at our fav eating joint “Barbecue Nation”. Hope things work out

http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=18209567447502549078

This guy copied one of my poems Me as his “about me” by his own name !!. Ewwe I am so angry.
I scrapped the guy hope he mentions the origin correctly or change his about me

1.) Gulzar on love , simply breathtaking
हमने देखी हैं उन आखों की महकती खुशबू , हाथ से छूकर कर इसे रिश्तो का इल्जाम न दो.
सिर्फ एहसास हैं, रूह से महसूस करो. प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो कोई नाम न दो.
( I have seen the pervading fragrance in your eyes , Don’t blame it of relationships by touching it.
Its just a feeling , feel by your soul. let love be love don’t give it a name. )
The song was sung by lata ji must hear.

2.) मुश्किल है आकाश पे चलना , तारें पेरों में चुभते हैं.
( its difficult to walk on the sky , as stars pierce my feet)

3.) Sadness – ?
दिन खाली खाली बर्तन हैं , और रात हैं एक अँधेरा कुआँ .
इन सुनी अँधेरी आखों में अब आँसू की जगह आता हैं धुंआ.
( Day is a empty vessel and night is a dark well, my eyes emit smoke now instead of tears )

4.) His way of expression, so subtle yet so simple
आज अगर भर आई हैं, बूँदें बरस जाएँगी.
कल क्या पता इनके लिए आँखें तरस जाएँगी.
जाने कब घुम हुआ कहां खोया
एक आँसू छुपाके रखा था.
( if the eyes are watery today, they will fall , who knows u may desire gravely for them tomorrow, don’t know when and where I lost it. One tear I kept in hiding. )

5.)
दिन का कीकर काट-काट के कुल्हाड़ी से
रात का ईंधन जमा किया है।
सीली लकड़ी, कड़वे धुएँ से
चूल्हे की कुछ साँस चली है।
पेट पर रखी, चाँद की चक्की,
सारी रात मैं पीसूँगा
सारी रात फिर उड़ेगा आकाश का चूरा।
सुबह फिर जंगल में जाकर
सूरज काटकर लाना होगा।

6. )
कुछ मेरे यार थे रहते थे मेरे साथ हमेशा
कोई साथ आया था,उन्हें ले गया,फिर नहीं लौटे
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.
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शेल्फ़ से निकली किताबों की जगह ख़ाली पड़ी है!
( a few friends always used to stay with me, somebody came and took them away , they never came back.
the place of the lost books is empty on the bookshelf. )

7.)
वो मेरे साथ ही था, दूर तक मगर एक दिन,
जो मुड के देखा तो मेरा दोस्त मेरे साथ नहीं था.
फटी हो जेब हो तो कुछ सिक्के भी खो जाते हैं.
( he was with me for along time , but one day when I looked back my friend was not with me. If the pocket is torn , then u even lose some coins.)

P.S.
1.) I am not happy with some pf the translations , any help will be appreciated.
2.) source – “Miles to Go” orkut.
3.) song of the day -> humne dekhi hein