SNIST , the movie!

The video says all :-)

punctuality ke side effects

My friends all agree on one thing about me, my WORST habit is being on time (in some cases, even being early!), and worser, expecting everyone else to do the same :P . I don't really know when this started, but I guess it should be sometime when I was a kid and had this urge to make sure I didn't miss out on anything, and somewhere down the line it translated to being in a place at 8:55 if the meeting was at 9:00. (Mostly, it never started till 9:30!)

I started school early, mostly because my bro was going to school and I hated the thought of missing something that he was already upto! That was probably sibling rivalry at its peak, when I didn't even know what the term meant. So we ended up going to L.K.G together, and managed a solitary class pic where we're both there. (I love that pic though! :-) ) . Madan skipped U.K.G, and I stayed on and then went on to be the youngest in my class. I was 15 days short of being underage for the class (something I'm still proud about :D )

I remember sometime in 8th class, when my poetry recitation skills were at their peak, I started bugging teachers for poems that I could recite for the hindi , english, sanskrit recitation competition about a month in advance, when the normal time between announcement-practice-competition was about 5 days :-) . (I did win prizes for all of them though :-) )

The same thing happened in Engineering... in my hurry to make sure "what after B-Tech" was good, I ended up going for coaching much much before people normally go, made a few friends join as well :D and all that we ended up doing was sleeping in class when some sir was teaching something...

I thought I had it all planned, finish Masters, save up money, and then repay loans in one year.. I ended up doing the same and the result was that once I got done with paying my loans (August 2008 was the last, when exchange rates were hovering around 42 Rs to a dollar), the markets started going C.R.A.Z.Y and now it is Rs 50 to a dollar!!

Moral of the story: don't be on time :-( (I'm sure it'll make D's day if she reads this :-( )

Confessions of an economic hitman

Just finished the book.. Makes an interesting read.. I liked the first half of the book where the author John Perkins gives an honest unbiased opinion of things happening. The second half seemed like a drag.. he was more interested in justifying himself and felt like he just wanted the reader to sympathise with him..

Liked the last words in the book though, looks like he put in a lot of thought in making the ending nice.

The hour is ours. It is now time for each and every one of us to step up to the battle line, to ask the important questions, to search our souls for our own answers and to take action.
The coincidences of your life, and the choices you have made in response to them, have brought you to this point...

The Silver Jubilee Surprise :-)

Copyrights :

Sleepy Monkey (SM -- Divya)
Perpetual Organizer (PO -- SP)
Dosed on Coffee(DC -- Chaitu)
Dozing on the (steering) Wheel (DW -- Nandakishore)
Early Awakening (EA -- Nandhini)
The Target (TT -- Bhavana)

Venue -- Bloomington, IL + Milwaukee, WI + Atlanta, GA + Allentown, PA + San Jose, CA ==> Chicago, IL ------- Cincinnati, OH . (==> converging at, --------- all the way to).

Warning : the post may sound more boring than the trip, music to be added shortly ;-)

TT was turning 25 on October 9 2008, SM was getting back from India after a 4 month Bangalore Holiday, PO was bored of Atlanta, EA was tired of San Jose, DW was always ready for anything and DC was hoping for a trip to Hocking hills ;-( .
We all decided to meet sometime in october, and since the timing was right, we decided to meet for TT's birthday .. after all, how often does the youngest looking girl in the group grow old ????!!!

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I actually tried making this post very wordy, but I don't think that would do justice to the priceless expression on TT's face.. Chutku, it was worth the trip just to see that look on your face :-)

video coming soon..

The second achievement was DW and EA going on this thing called the slingshot, it is basically like a catapult, and throws you 260 ft above the ground :D.. It was actually an awesome experience.. EA loved it and can't wait to do it again.. but DW's face was worth watching, his last words before getting on the slingshot were "Nandhini, I'm donating these two minutes of my life to you... please take care of them." :-). The expression on his face was priceless as well.. he looked like someone just going to get executed!

video coming soon..

SM can describe where the video is right now :)

finally let TT get back to her homework after another long day and a long dinner, and started the long drive back to Chicago, watched the downtown go by at around 3:00 AM, got dropped at the airport at 5:30, slept till 8:10 AM and finally boarded the flight after the alarm woke me up at 8:10 sharp.

more to come soon...

more places to visit in my lifetime!

The most incredible lakes on earth..
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/25-most-colorful-lakes-on-earth/1795/2

and the best underground ones!!
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/underground-lakes-river/2190