A state of "Mixed feeling"

it's 6:46 am CST and I should be better off sleeping. But am blogging.Emotional eruptions, u see.

You don't get sleep when you are down.You don't get sleep when you are unhappy with yourself.This fall semester has so far been not a satisfactory ride.I am not impressed with myself and how I have managed my precious grad time.Am sober and unphilosophical;)

On a positive note, I did make some great and fulfilling decisions.

1. I joined CRY TAMU as an active volunteer and have been democratically accepted for the VP position. I look forward to bring great and positive changes to our CRY TAMU chapter with my awesome team mates.

2. I bought an acoustic guitar at the start of the sem and am desperately trying to learn playing some tunes. Plain White T's -Hey there Delilah - should be the first. I am though horrible with remembering music lyrics.

3.I bought Football Sportpass this sem and have been a loyal 12th Man watching A&M winning all of their home games.Last game against OSU (24-23 win) was a thriller.

4.I have been going for most of the Women's soccer home games and am proud of our smart gals. Today is the big day!! t.u vs A&M. rank 1 vs rank5.

5.I frequent gym with passion. I love working out.

I don't wanna miss the beyond-the-study thrill of the grad life and am pretty happy with what I have been doing at this front.

BUT.A big BUT. I am not satisified with how I am doing with my academics. I have not made good progress with my research. I should have had.I am not making good use of the classroom lectures.Assignments get done invariably on the last nite to submission. Guess that's not uncommon. Usual grad life.Yet , I can try to do better but have not been putting a good effort towards that.

BUT Sem is not done yet.It's half way to its finish line and I plan to make the BEST use of the remaining time.

We come to tryst with such a state of "mixed feeling" a lot of times in our lives and in my opinion, we should use these oppurtunities to contemplate and move on with a positive note.

And so what I am doing. Hoping for good days ahead!!

Serbs have arrived !!

Djokovic stunned Federer in Men's game and Ivanovic overpowered Nadia Petrova in Women's game. What a day for Serbians!! After Russians, it's now the Serbians who are hogging the limelight for their tennis prowess!

Novak Djokovic crushed Roddick and Nadal in straight sets in his way to set up the meeting with Roger Federer in the Final of Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Defeating Roger might have been the sweetest thing he did but with this much deserved win he also became the first player to beat the world’s top three ranked players in the same tournament since Boris Becker defeated No. 3 Michael Stich, No. 1 Pete Sampras and No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic in 1994 in Stockholm.

His intelligent game of tennis with balanced talent made Rogers gasp for life on the Big Day. Djokovic is the talent to look out for this Summer!

And then came the Serbian beauty at LA in style and walked away with the Trophy stabbing all her opponents.

Ana ,19,pulled a deserving win against Petrova in the final of East West Bank Classic in Carson, California and propelled herself to a career high of rank 4.Her forehands were deadly and accounted to 21 of 31 of her winners.

Petrova was overwhelmed by the majestic game of Ana Ivanovic who is sometimes compared to legendary Steffi Graff for her forehand shots.

She is the upcoming nemesis to the present tennis princess Maria Sharapova. Maria better be working on her shots!!
Above all,as stated in Wikipedia, Ana Ivanovic has been called the prettiest female player to ever grace the Wimbledon courts by the British tabloids. Way to go damsel!

US open series is getting interesting by each passing day and more amazing is the emergence of hidden talents to the world stage.

i am loving it!

She came, she conquered

The tennis princess Maria Sharapova clinched her first title of 2007 by wining the Acura Classic tournament @ San Diego. It was not an easy final against the 11th ranked Swiss princess Patty Schnyder but Maria kept her nerves and clinched the title 6-2,3-6,6-0.
This win gives her the confidence to move ahead elegantly towards the US Open and repeat the victory story of 2006.

Go Maria, Go!

"lethologica"

As WordWeb dictionary defines this word, Noun: lethologica ; the inability to remember a word or name.

I feel I am suffering from this psychological disorder and that worries me. This comes in the path of effective communication and sometimes I have barely escaped from putting myself in unfathomable embarrassing situation. I feel I am still in the infancy of this disease and am struggling hard to nip it in the bud.Cure is surely fuzzy.

I learnt more about this disorder on Wikipedia and was shocked at its widespread infliction to the Westerners.It's considered a 'lifestyle disease' and is primarliy caused by strenuous mental exercise leading to an onset of memory loss.The other factors which contribute to the disorder are physical fitness, social interaction and base memory capacity.

I fail to understand how I qualify to be one of the victims of this disease? Stress??Physical Fitness??Social Interaction?? dunno!! Base memory capacity?? May be!! Hope not!

Sounds worrisome but thankfully it's just a "lifestyle disease" and is reversible.

Fate of the Flight 93 and the people on-board( 9/11 )

Sometimes it's hard to contain your emotional outburst.Blogging is one way to let it out!

Today, in the evening I was watching a documentary airing on History Channel on the heartrending story of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11.I can't resist writing about it.

Flight 93 was the only one of the four planes that didn't hit its intended target, instead crashed in an empty field just outside Shanksville,Pennsylvania about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. The intended target was presumably the White House or US Capitol Building.

It was the only one of the four planes from which a good number of approx. 10 fone calls were made by the passengers to their loved ones.There were 38 passengers (including the four hijackers) and 7 crew members on-board the plane.No one survived the crash.

The one hour documentary was so touching and gripping that I couldn't leave my couch until it finished. The series of unfateful events on the Flight 93 leading to its final crash were reconstructed for this documentary based on the phone calls made by the passengers and data from flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.

The terrorists boarding the plane.The terrorists taking control of the plane.It was so horrible.

The unbelievable shock and fear of the passengers. Their struggle on the plane.Their phone calls to their loved ones saying them good bye.Their One Last effort to overpower the terrorists.And the uneventful Final outcome.Everything was so heart wrenching.

Those bastard Islamic terrorists! .Islamic Terrorism is so pervasive.Hope we soon see an end to it!

More about the Flight 93 crash is here...

I felt so good...

Yeah, I can't resist telling this even if this may not sound so tell able...

I am living on a sublease this summer.For that matter,I was in spring too. A true wanderer I have been.Changing homes every semester!! Anyways. In the present apartment, I have 1960 Zenith color TV in my own room.I have an Universal RCA remote control too:)

Now I had a situation today in the evening.I went to sleep around 6 pm- a short evening snap.And woke up at 7. And then carried out some personal work till it was 11.It was time to take dinner.Sat for dinner with pizza on plate in my room and tried to hook on my TV.But things were not fine. The remote control wasn't responding.I played with some function buttons on the remote control but to no good.I had to manually turn on the TV and select a channel.Remote control to my agony was dead.

Anyways, I enjoyed the pizza though with the thought of dysfunctional remote control on the back of my mind throughout.When I was done with my dinner, I set to resolve the problem.

I first tried out figure out what could have caused the problem.Battery drainage seemed the most probable cause.Fortunately, I had two spare batteries with me but changing them also didn't help.I was wondering what on earth made the remote control go berserk when it was very well functioning in the morning!! I was getting really desperate and anxious with no clue how to get around the problem.Manual shuffling of channel is unthinkable with the present living style.Probably, this was the first time I realized how revolutionary it would have been when remote control first came to the market.

However, I was bent on fixing the remote control.So I googled the web to seek some help.And to my relief, I found a few pages on RCA remote control support.I tried the instructions but apparently it was for remote control with a different set of buttons.Not all remote controls are the same:(

I kept breaking my head on the problem.But you know, hard work pays.To my ecstasy, eventually with hit and trial , I could manage to apply the instructions from web on my remote control and could reset and re-program the remote control.it's working now!! I am able to shuffle through the TV channels.What a relief!!

I felt so good!!

And on hindsight, I believe I apparently slept in the evening with remote control underneath me and probably some magic combination of buttons got pressed rendering the remote control dysfunctional.Whew!!

too young to marry

Life is Beautiful! isn't it?

people fall in love. they do crazy things. for a moment they forget the whole world and want to be left alone with each other. it's so romantic.

then there is marriage. something very sweet but at the same time it tests people's love for each other. many wonder why 18- is too young an age to get married. when married , one realizes that.

it's a sweet love story.starts with passionate love between two 18yr lovebirds. lovebirds who are smart,beautiful,ambitious & intelligent. she makes it to Harvard but he just misses it. but that doesn't come in their way to get married and so it happens. though in a hard way - against the wishes of Max's parents and Jessica's dad. whatever.

married life begins.Max chooses to move to Boston (Harvard) with Jessica and plans to work full time till he too gets back to school. and here starts the true test of their love.

it was entertaining to watch how they battle with their immaturity which was apparently killing their "bond of love". they go through the phase of immense marital pressure. too young to marry!! situation gets dirty. they separate for a while to save their relationship. but of no help. it finally gets to the point of "divorce". and all this happening between two 18 yrs old passionate lovers.

but you know, true love wins over everything. intensity of love and not the age , is the measure of maturity.

they ponder for a few days. they realize they can't live without each other. that pays.they finally resolve to get over all the fallouts. and they do get back to each other. Max applies to Harvard again and this time makes it. and then resumes the beautiful life of the modern Romeo and Juliet.

this is a sweet story of the movie " too young to marry (2007)" that i just finished watching on Lifetime network on my tv.

i know i am gonna screw up my project and the next meeting with my research adviser coming later this week. but then it was too good a story to resist blogging about.

Manish! BACK to STUDIES.Seriously! u can save your ass.

History was made @Wimbledon today

Throne was at risk! Stakes had never been so high @ his homecourt !

It was a classic final.It was such an enjoyable experience to watch the champions battling giving their best.Did you miss it?

Yeah, it was gentlemen's final between Federer and Nadal at the center court of Wimbledon. Federer won it 7-6,4-6,7-6,2-6,6-2. He equaled the Bjorn Borg's legendary record of winning Wimbledon title for 5 consecutive years.History was made today.
It was the first time in the last 5 years that Federer had to battle for 5 sets int the final to prove his dominance.Infact this was the longest final ever played at Wimbledon since 1985.Federer had never looked so unnerved.He was pushed to the limit and had tears in his eyes at being luckier on the judgment day.Yeah, he himself said to Nadal at the nets, " You equally deserved it.I got luckier today." The match was so close that you couldn't predict who's gonna make it today.Nadal was at his best and at a point seemed to be better of the two.But then a winner out of two champions is the true champion.And Federer proved the world that he rules the grass! he is the King of Grass! Wimbledon is, his home!
The score itself speaks the quality of the game that was played.Nadal with his power strokes, his forehand and backhand winners made Federer sweat for the title.At a point, Federer was outraged at the Hawkeye's decision before going 0-4 down in the 4th set. He demanded it to be shut off. He was heard saying during the changeover, "it's killing me.I can't believe it(shot) was in." Never have we seen Federer so threatened.It was so uncharacteristic of this great champion. But then he kept his cool and turned the fortune in his favor by playing superbly in the 5th and the decider set.

It was surely an unforgettable game.Nadal though lost showed the world that he too has the potential to win championship at the grasscourt.

This only makes the coming US Open series a more interesting tournament.Is Federer gonna live up to the challenge of the Spaniard? Is he gonna win the US open series for the fourth consecutive time?

Only time will tell!

Sharapova Vs Venus @ Wimbledon

What a match it was! Tennis Princess Sharapova battling to survive against the Mighty Venus . Sharapova had played some great matches in this Wimbledon before this meeting and was clearly the favorite. In fact, she had an overall record of 3-1 against Venus prior this match.

But it wasn't her day today. She was overpowered by Venus's power game and had a little chance at any point in the match to make a comeback.

But despite the unfortunate result, match was not a disappointment. Sharapova though subdued showed some great fight.She saved 7 break points and rallied for 13 deuces to win a game in the second set to lead 2-1.A big thing in ladies' game!

She surely was not at her best.Her serves were no match to that of Venus. Sharapova's fastest was the average of that of Venus.At the end, better playing lady made it to the QF.
But it's not the end of her world.She is just 20 and young and beautiful and athletic and a great tennis player.


Come 20th August and US open series will lay down red carpet for her.May she show her charisma there!

A weird thought came to me....

Yeah, it's not the best time to blog when you are at work and that too with supervisor sitting in the same room. But what the heck, I want to blog and I will.

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I was just going through Orkut accounts of some of my friends.(Orkut as you know is the most popular social networking site among the Indians .Americans have Facebook on the contrary and though I hate to say , it's much more better than Orkut). And I was wondering why do some of my friends completely erase their scrap book and start afresh. Yeah this is the weird thought that came to me- why do they do so?.I wouldn't do that. Ofcourse, I do clean up the grabage (spams/unwanted messages) but have never thought of erasing all the scraps. Not because I will go through them someday but because I don't want to.

I remember, Orkut was a craze in my undergard years. But I didn't join the movement then ! I joined it only when I moved out of the college and got into CSC. And it was surely one of the best things I did at that time. Orkut has helped me to unite with almost all of my yesteryear's friends. And I love to make the most of it afterall friends are the most treasured possession of our lives.When I joined the Orkut, I had already many of my friends very active members of the group and had "1000+" scraps under their belt. Yeah, I believed it as an achievement! I thought that I too on one fine day will surpass that mark!

Infact that's how it started.The motivation to achieve a big scrap figure only helped me. Specifically, it helped me to be in constant touch with my friends. It's not always about first hearing from them.It's also about being you the first to say your "Hello". This continued. Now with 1000+ scraps under my belt, I don't have the same motivation driving me. But being in a differnet country and away from all of my friends back there, that itself drives me to log onto Orkut and scrap them. So the figure anyways keeps growing.

I would love to see the number growing. A large number reminds me of my achievement to surprass that magic figure of 1000 scraps. I wouldn't make it ZERO and erase that moment from my scrapbook. I guess many of my friends don't think this way!! Otherwise why I would they clean up their scrap book.But then thinking from a different angle, it's just an online messaging tool and so why so much of hooplah. It's like Messenger Online! Message your friend and forget about that! Only I haven't started thinking this way!!Sometimes it's helpful though. You realize that when you have a deadline of assignement/project and you don't care about Orkutting/Facebooking. Scrapping is surely a filler in the busy schedule of a grad student. So sometimes an alternative thinking style helps. A more unlike my style of thinking attaching too much of importance to Orkut and Orkutting.

But then that's how it is and life goes on!


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A weird thought indeed that came to me! I should better return to working now! Multitasking is so tough!

Art of reading "Research Papers"

5 p.m., Evans Library

It was Friday evening.I got an e-mail from my Prof (research adviser) asking me to let him know by Sunday evening if I have gone through all the research papers I was supposed to.If "YES", we would have a meeting on Mon.This would be my just second meeting with my research adviser.I am still new to "Research".

It's now Sunday evening.But the good thing is that I can reply "YES" to him.

Now, reading 10 research papers in a span of 36 hours isn't an easy task. It's not anything like reading Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code or Watching "Friends"/"The Apprentice".Then you can do it in a non-stop style. This art is all together different. It requires a strategy, strong commitment and above all interest. No doubt I have the interest as "the interest is specifically my research interest". So, one criterion is already met.But unfortunately it's not a sports interest.It has something to do with sapping of mental power and there comes the problem.

We need to commit to a strategy and execute it with concentration.Not an easy task.

For me, studying at home is the best thing.It's your own home.You can study with some soft music on.You can take snacks break or bathroom break anytime you want.It's convenient.It worked out well till now for me. BUT not any more. Research study can't be done at home.Bet me.The cosiness of the home kills your reading concentration and induces sleepiness.Writing/working on computers and reading are two different things.At least for me, I can do writing assignments with music on.It poses no distraction.The cosiness of home doesn't hamper the productivity.But reading research papers and that too for a long period is surely very opposite.It's a daunting task.

So, I chose to do the reading in our Evans Library.You have nice ambiance.Silence.Not the sleep inducing cosiness of home.Yeah, sometimes some beautiful girls do become the cause of distraction :) but then more often you visit library for studying, less distractive they become to your concentration.At least I could almost complete studying my research papers.May be I will have to visit the place more often now till I get an office of own for research.

I should better go trough a few of the remaining ones.cya!

I fell in love with Rebecca...

Sunday,10:20 a.m.

I have been watching "The Apprentice" Season 4 for the whole yesterday night and today morning.I finished just a few minutes back.Huh, I don't believe that even now I don't feel sleepy.Rather, I am dying to scribble something in here.Reason.This 14 week reality show is so inspiring.18 US talented guys(gals) fight for being "the Apprentice" under Donald Trump.U know what it means? It means unbelievably & awfully something very BIG.

I had watched a few weeks of Season 4 while I was back in India but then yesterday, I completed downloading "Season 4" from BitTorrent and had a ball watching the whole 14 week episodes back by back in a span of 8 hours.It was hell of a night-out!!

I instantly fell in love with Rebecca. A 23 yr old journalist.An intelligent,smart & drop-dead gorgeous beauty.She was an awe to the other 17 contenders.She never bitched around.She played cool and earned immense respect in the eyes of Mr. Trump.And that means a lot.She was unfortunate to break her ankle early in the 14 week fierce battle but then she continued.Not only that, she rose to every occasion and proved she could kick the ass of every other contender even being on crutches.

The stage for the Grand Finale was awaiting her and she made it.Mr trump was so impressed with her and Randal , the two finalists, that it seemed he is gonna choose both of them as his Apprentice. Randal was MIT and Oxford educated.A great leader with charismatic personality.Both of these guys had immense respect for each other.I loved this part.

Mr Trump chose Ronald as his Apprentice and asked him if he wanted Rebecca also to be hired.To everyone's shock, he refused it. He was called selfish while a few minutes back he was a hero and a selfless guy in everyone's eyes. But his decision could have been right also.Otherwise Donald Trump, a 'big opportunist' wouldn't have let Rebecca go so easy. Rebecca could only shake hand with Donald Trump and say, " That's unfortunate". I know baby.U also deserved "The Apprentice".

Hats off to her.A 23 yr old lady making it to so big.She inspires me in many ways.

Have much to do.It's race against time.

A few good movies....

I have been watching a lot of good movies these days - thanks to the following

1.it's summer break and I have no tension of submitting an assignment the next morning
2.my room mates (Lamby,Rajat) already had a Blockbuster rental when I moved in to live with them
3.sites like peekvid.com and movieforumz.com

This is an era of digital revolution.One gets psyched keeping pace with what's happening in the digital word.But pervasiveness of DVD quality movies is one gift of this revolution.

Tom Cruise starer "Risky Business" comes the first in the order - of watching the movie.I remember I had great fun watching this movie.Tome Cruise's fresh teenage look in this movie fits so properly to the whole plot of the movie.It's a movie about a college going kid.His parents go out for a vacation for a few days and hand over the keys of the palatial home to him whom they "TRUST" big time.Poor Parents!! In such a setting starts the "ultimate entertainment" and " the "risky business". I fondly remember the delivery of this dialog( to Tom Cruise from his one friend). It goes like this

"Often say what the fuck.It provides you freedom.Freedom provides you opportunity. Opportunity makes your future."

Second movie I watched was "Blood Diamond". I have a habit of first seeing the IMDb rating of a movie and then watching it. A rating more than 6.5 , I consider , approves a movie to be great. This movie has a rating of 8.0.It stars DiCaprio & Jennifer Connelly in a story which is at times gruesome but overall thrilling and moving. It's based on a real event. It's in the setting of Civil War of 1999 in Sierra Leone.About the illegal mining of conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone and the atrocities met out by the rebel force (RUF) on the locals.DiCaprio (Archer) plays a role of a mercenary and is in hunt of the "Blood Diamond".He cuts out a deal with Solomon who would lead him to this priceless diamond in exchange of the promise that Archer shall find Solomon's son with the help of Maddy( Jennifer),an American Journalist. It's an awesome movie.

"The Cranes are Flying" is the third movie which I liked a lot.It's a Russian movie made in 1957 in the setting of World War II.It's black and white.It's a love story with a cruel ending.War reckons her lover to go to the front and fight against the Germans while she awaits,gets harassed, marries some other guy only to find later how deeply his "brave" boyfriend loved her.It's a touching story.A movie made in 1957 with superb direction.Go for it dude!!

The fourth movie which I shall recommend watching is "The Battle of Algiers". It's a French movie depicting the fight of Algerians against French Rule for their Independence. It reminded me of our Independence movement against the British Rule.The characters and events in the movie look so much real.The battle of extremists group ,National Liberation Front (FLN as in French) against the French rule is one main draw of the movie.The tactics of FLN insurgency is worth watching.In the end we find, as in our Independence movement, a mass uproar only brings freedom to them.

Nice movies they are.I really enjoyed them.With lights switched off,a glass of wine and sound surround system turned on, go and enjoy these movies.

"Indians don't pay tips"

Don't get mistaken my friends.I am just barely 5 months old in this country and too inexperienced to make such a "sweeping remark" about my own race. These are the words of a Yellow Cab driver.It's neither a racist remark. So chill out!

Do U wanna hear the story? I know You do... so let me get started.

It's the story of last weekend.Sunday to be precise.I had went to Austin last friday to meet my undergrad pal, Anshul ,who was here on a short business trip from AMD,India.We had a nice time.We were meeting after 3 years.We did bakkar, ice skated, dined @Java Noodles and California Pizza Kitchen and hanged out with his new Austin friends. Saturday whizzed past in no time and I was about to leave Austin.

I had managed to get ride from College Station to Austin by my college mates but had no one to bring me back from Austin.Walking was not an option:), so finally had to book a ticket on Greyhound to head back to my school.Sunday was ruined.But this is one of those God crafted events. He wants us to realize that how lonely and helpless we are in "US of A" without a Mercedes, read a chaar pahiya gaaree.

Bus for Bryan (neighborhood sister of College Station - CS doesn't believe in possessing a BUS STATION;) ) was scheduled at 12 noon and I had to get my buss pass from the ticket counter an hour before.So basically I had to reach the Austin bus station at 11 a.m. My Sunday had already begun.I had to travel 20 miles from Anshul's house to reach bus station.Woke up at 8:30 although the alarm was set for 7:30.I dunno whether the alarm clock ever tried to wake me up at the "requested" time.Anyways.Performed the daily chores.Called up a Yellow Cab to journey the 20 odd miles.Took breakfast.Bode adieu to Anshul and hopped into the Cab and got going for the short trip to Austin bus station.I started at 10.

Journey was fun.Believe me.The cab driver seemed to be very interested in India and her people.And so right away when we left Anshul's apt complex, he got going.He was very eager to know my opinion about act of "public kissing" in India.He was utterly disturbed at the Indian public's display of anger for recent Richard Gere's kissing of Shilpa Shetty on an AIDS campaigning stage.To my shock and surprise, he was so aware of this news.I know many of you may not be.He had the concern that why are Indians so cynical about kissing in public- even about just kissing on cheeks.He considered it to be kinda greeting.Now it was my turn to put the "act of public kissing" in Indian context.I talked about the differences between Western and our culture.About the difference in their thought processes. Beliefs of our older generations and changing mindset of we the younger generations.It went on for a few minutes and I assured him that 5 years down the line he won't have any such complains with the Indians:) He was satisfied.He seemed to be happy.He had been in the driving business for last 18 years.He was a Nigerian.And he loved passing comments on beautiful women racing with his Yellow Cab in Austin traffic.

The journey wasn't very long and I reached Austin bus station at 10:30.Time to pay the bucks.The fare turned out to be 40.19 dollars. I had 2 notes of $20 and a note of $10 and a dollar in quarters and the Credit card. I had already started deciding upon how much to pay in tip(while he was parking).Just pay $41 or pay by credit card with some $3 tip.I had not even finally decided then pat came the verdict from the Nigerian dude "Indians don't pay tips". I thought what the fkuc. I didn't get challenged. He knew I was a student.I paid $41 and wished him " a great day!".He made it so easier for me.

Ridiculously, I just paid $29 for my trip from Austin to College Station by Greyhound for 5 hours of journey.Cab cost me $41 for 30 minutes.This is the charm of this place.This is USA my friend.

Spring Sem @ TAMU

In a few words, "it was exciting but difficult".

I joined Texas A&M University, College Station in Spring 2007 and have just completed the semester.To start one's graduate studies in Spring Sem is not a great choice and I realized that early in the mid of the semester.And by the end of sem, I was already suffering.

But not everything was so gloomy and depressing.It was an exciting experience to be part of the grad studies at TAMU.It's so much different than what we have in India.Differences emanate from the societal thinking itself.The education system out here is very flexible and practical.Professors are buddies to the students and that makes the journey of a student less painful and horrible.

When I first came here, I was staying with my seniors from Roorkee. They took me around the campus and showed me the important buildings which I would often need to visit.I remember I fell in love with the campus at the first sight. The greenery, the peace, the vastness of the campus,the beautiful gals around , everything about TAMU enthralled me and I knew I was headed for a splendid two years of my life.And I am enjoying my stay!!

In the first month of my stay, I could find an on-campus job with a good monthly salary and that has helped me to live a peaceful and anxiety-free life on campus.Parents were happy to learn about my job and that made me feel even better.

But last four months have been really an uphill journey and I had moments when I would feel very depressed with my failure to manage time.I have always been a VERY BAD time manager.But the bad experience has helped me to refine myself and emerge as a better time manager. I am now more organized and less unpunctual.

Now is the "break time" and the summer semester starts from 29th of May.This semester would surely be a testing time for me and I am looking forward to the impending "Challenge". I am also kicking off my research this summer in my favourite field of research interest - AdHoc Wireless Networks and I hope to do good work.It should be an exciting summer.Summer of '07. What do u say?

Prologue...

The last blog I posted is dated Sunday,Nov 5 2006.A long time indeed before I am back.

Back then I was in India.I was working for CSC as a software engineer. My blogs were reflection of my then state.

Now I am in USA. I am a graduate student at TAMU pursuing MS in Wireless Networking.I came here in January and have just completed Spring Semester.

I call this post as "Prologue" to identify my subsequent blogs as a fresh start.This post is the bridge linking my past archives with the up-coming posts.Blogging is now more convenient and blogger comes with more features, thanks to Google. And so you can see the change in my blog's look. A few of my friends have been inspiration to me when it comes to art of blogging and their blogs can be found under "Their Blogs" section.I would like to make special mention of Anurag's and Nishtha's blogs which are very rich in ideas and thoughts. Sreejan's travelogue is really awesome.

Blogging is as much an art of creativity as it is a pastime. I mean it and intend to stick to this line of thought.

Have a nice time going thru this web-space!!