A whole new experience

Always wonder when I come across a dog in the back seat of a car, "How does the dog feel?". Putting my self in the dog's shoes (or paws!!) I think it would be quite an intimidating experience, when you attain speeds that you are really not used to. On the other hand it might just give a sense of triumph to watch the other dogs straying in the streets for food or in look out for bitches to *ate. But pondering over the issue more, I might then start thinking in terms of the social classes that the dogs might have. Like the rich classes, who get the privilege of travelling in porches and corvettes, or the middle class one which travel in the japanese cars (not so expensive models), and ofcourse the street dogs which travel in bus number 4. All this said, its actually a bit scary to watch a dog in a car, which might distract the driver any moment and cause an accident. Wonder if there have been any such incidents in the past!!! Anyways, they look pretty cute out there :P

What really was the cause to choose this profession ?

Me: Waiting for the comments
An, F, ??: "well just heppened!!"

Ba, M, 23: "I was watching a streaming video... it crashed.. I was frustrated that I could not do much... thats when I wanted to be in CSE"

Ch, M, 23: "junta do it daa..."

Ha, M, 23: "how else would I have met A', F, ??"

Ha, F, ??: "Well, I always wanted to do good for the world... solar cell outta iron, what bettter I could have asked for :)) (and that big smile follows)"

Po, M, 23: "People call me chucker... let me know the exact mechanics behind the working of an arm.. or first a lever.. or first learn about stresses and strains.. and the obvious profession"

Ra, M, ??: "Maximum tams in this dept daa... I can kallaichify..."

Su, M, 23: "S to the counceller at front desk: Machaan no enthu daa... give me whatever you get for this AIR at a location closest to hyd??"

Sh, M, 23: "Wonder how people get back aches.. lets choose the right profession!!!"

To, M, 23: "Truly, madly , deeply in love with materials... although these days moving away from the materialisitc pleasures iin this world"

Key to read the above:

1) All the alphabets indicate the nicknames.
2) ?? means age not to be disclosed, holds for all the females.
3) Oh yeah you must have figured out that the second alphabet stands for the Sex.

PS: wanted to write about Ro, M, 23, but could not come up with one... Any new names welcome

Ek choti si story

One of the most irritating creatures in this planet are flies. I am sure they do play a significant role in the biological cycle to keep the food chain intact, but as far as I am concerned they are a bunch of pretty annoying creatures. I do believe that most of them are stupid enuf that they die splattering on my car's wind sheild while on a highway, but couple of them are really smart and manage to sneak in their way to a good life. Consider, one of them for example, which pestered me for a week over my road trip. That one probably wanted a free ride to PA from stanford, or fleed due to some threat from other flies, or proabably a messenger from the queen of CA to PA kingdom. In any case, a free travel in this expensive world!! maan that one did pull off a smart move. Well, wonder how they have their societies and systems, if at all they have any, I really hope that the territorial PA flies dont consider me as a trojan to bring a invador from california. Hoping to be in good terms with the PA flies I sign off...

I guess I crossed 55 :(

Farewell At Intel

"I can see many people want to drive me out!!", was my stupid PJ to open my farewell talk at Intel, where nearly 30 people showed up. People, especially my boss after the talk asked me if I wanted to come back, especiallly concerned due to the remark I opened with. I must say, it was a wonderful experience out there to be working for the biggest name in the chip industry. I was particularly taken aback to meet some of the smartest people I have ever met and interacted with which was quite contraray to my impression about people n industry. I really wish to write more, but with my broken wrist the best I can do to keep my blog alive!!

Phobias or Philes

Lost in thought, left in my limbo at work, two days away from leaving california, I was browsing through a couple of websites for places that I could visit while driving back to PA. Couple of activities looked familiar, but some things like, bungee jumping, mountain biking, were alien grounds, which made me give a thought about my 'phobias' and 'philes'. The big question is "have I really explored the gamut of activities around this planet to realize what I am afraid of and what not?" Say, for instance, unless you sail you dont really realize if you are sea-sick, especially listening to experiences of some of my friends discovering that they were sea-sick, I thrive to do that soon. On the other hand, I really do not know if I really have a quench for physically challlenging, activities as I really have very few on my list so far. I think as a grad student I should really be getting into as many new things as possible, since I realize that once you get into a job you really dont have much time for pursuing the uncommon activities.

The above was something that I wanted to write but could not finish before my Road trip. Having enjoyed tons of activities over my cross country trip I have been successful in figuring out a couple of things I totally love to do. Yet to find many things I am really scared of.. well I was quite petrified on the campground with a bear prowling around for some food...other than that good(probably bad for couple of people) news, I reached PA alive successfully after 7 days of driving:))

A toast to Stanford Junta

As I look down from the eighth floor of one of the high rises on Stanford campus, my residence for last three months, a sense of nostaliga creeps in. I remembered driving around the whole of escondido village for almost and hour and not being able to locate Blackwelder(place I live), and still wonder where was I lost? First few days, frankly, I thought I was in a very wrong place, when I found most people around me to be the pseudo desis. But, dont know if changed them or if I changed, I probably had the best ever time of my life over last 2 months. A couple of more days and I will be back to the phase of life which is probably what had been the only thing that I was craving for over my internship period, THE GRAD LIFE. But, I am sure I am going to miss this place a lot, once I get back to penn state. So, on this day I thought that, may be I should write a small toast about most of the junta whom I met here, and if I missed someone, please do not mind!!

To begin with, I should talk about my wonderful host at stanford, Mama, the ultimate paradox of the world, impersonification of the word Irony. Mama, whatever junta feel about you, no party or group is fun without junta paining you, or your crappy PJs, which on many occasions have forced me to retire to bed:(. Coming to Sachin, Machaan!! you've been a super fun room mate, a suberb cook (quite an innovative one, I must admit!!) and a wondeful company for soccer. I would never forget your screams, trying to mimic 'the priest', or our occasional cacophonies on flute and keyboard which caught the attention of everybody in the hall (on all the occasions just the two of us:)). Well I just hope that you don't die of a brian tumor for well known reasons:). And then there was piyush: My crib partner!!! doode I have never seen anyone whose thinking, habits etc are more similar to mine, except that I was never even close to getting the GGM. Our exact same feeling about work, life, women, and the orders in subway:)), will surely take me some time to forget. Well in any case, I am sure I revived the dormant Tam in you sufficiently enough, that you continue this indignation for some time to come now. Then was my first roomie, Marwah, Doode!! you still have a pending comeback. Mr.Gullible, for my minimal hoodwinking talents I used to get enormous amount of confidence moving around with a person like you. Well anyways, if not for you, I am sure we could have ever planned any of our fun-trips. One of the most enthusiastic people I have ever met and if not for lazy people like me around you, you would have had probably every day of your life over last three months. You are just too nice a person, and I will always remember Sachin saying, "Marwah, agar tu ladki hote, to maein tujhse shaadi kar leta". Not to miss out on Roon, Archan, Suhas, Aditya and all other junta in that gumbal, had a wonderful time with you guyz, and ofcourse not missing out on the ladies, Mamta, Neha and Adi, you certainly are one of the coolest group of women I have met. Before concluding, I would also like to admit that there was one person who really helped me improvising on the threshold of my patience levels, thanks to u too:).

So in all thanks to all stan junta whom I have been around with for the last couple of months, for giving me such an amazing time, and wish you all a fun filled grad life:)

Watch out for upcoming posts on Work Exp at Intel!!! and my road trip cross country :)) might be away from blogging till next weekend as I will be on the roads driving!!!