Thursday, July 3, 2008

Snake Video Game on a Building

This video has something unusual.Just take a look at it.


Saturday, June 28, 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The Turn of Events .... leading to SineDie!!!

Manish,my friend, few weeks earlier said that nothing happens in our college(He is from another college) and by 'Nothing' he meant nothing of the sort of police case,mass rebellion,mob fighting etc. And I felt pretty good about it or bad or both at the same time I don't know.But his wish will come true so soon was something I never dreamt of.
As far as I remember this all started yesterday at around 8:30 PM when Ranjan and Me were going to have food in the mess.We saw few guys racing up the stairs with the 'Mother******' word for someone and we overlooked it as another of everyday crap between some X & Y of the hostel.It was when we were having dinner that we heard heavy shouting and saw people rushing towards the hostel gates.By the time we went out to see what these people have 'Achieved' it had turned into a heavy mob with people on both the sides of the gates.There were arguments and there were counter arguments and then there were more arguments and more of 'Mother******'.Some familiar faces which we always find during such 'Outings' in the hostel and some new faces too were seen this time.I tried to understand what the actual matter was...just for the sake of my General Knowledge.But what ever they told sounded not of a big issue.After 'Chennai Superkings' again won the IPL league match against 'Royal Challengers Bangalore',we came back to our rooms and were discussing this whole drama lightly.Then the big events started to happen.In our floor,in our block there lives a guy by the name of Imraan whom I hardly know although he lives two rooms away from mine ...classical example of how good my GK is!Anyway a whole mob of other branch students came at the door of his room and started to bang his door which was closed from inside...but thanks to the good wood our rooms' door are made up of ..it didn't completely ripped off.When we were thinking that its finally over...it was actually the beginning of the bigger event.Our branch students retaliated this incident and soon there was a complete mess on the corridor of our floor.They had come prepared with hockey sticks and wickets as the previous group had done.People who used to call each other friends till yesterday were shouting abusing and beating each other.Well not much though.I was there but I never wanted to indulge in this for the simple reason it was not concerning me.But then something happened and I could not hold myself back.

Saurabh Pratihasta is one of the guys in our college that I truly adore for the simple fact that he treats even his enemies with fairness.And that's why probably he is so much famous around here.He was there at the midst of everything pleading for his friend's cause for whom the whole matter started.I saw him trying to solve the whole issue with talks but the other people were probably not much interested in that.Finally someone called him names and asked people to beat him.I saw Vikash Sahu pouncing on him ... he says he was there to stop the fight... however at that moment I felt his intentions 'otherwise'.And yeah Vikash is one of the guys from my +2 days in Rourkela.I don't know what got into me and I just hopped onto him and grabbed him by his neck with my arms and pulled him away.I was just trying to stop him from harming Saurabh but to them it seemed 'otherwise' and thinking me to be one of the guys involved in the whole fiasco,two of them turned towards me to hit me.In self defense I had to return them back ... but very soon I was pulled out of that tangle by Sambit Mohanty,one of my neighbors.I heard Vikash calling out my name loudly and proclaiming 'Now Vivek you are DEAD!!!'.Anyway the day ended somehow and we returned to our rooms.People came flocking into my room asking me why my name suddenly came into limelight , given the fact that I have never been involved in such 'Mighty' things!And I explained them my reasons for 'jumping' into the controversy.My fight was not because I was anywhere concerned about my branch but it was because Saurabh was there and he was trying to pacify the situation.If we don't fight for our friends at need,we cannot fight ever.Okay that's isn't my punch line anyway.

Today,the day started calmly but I was sure as the day will progress something will happen!In the evening when I was busy preparing the Seminar using Flash ,I heard the roar of the Kings' Palace II Lions again and I knew that its the time small creatures like me should make ourselves safe!The fight again began and this time in greater magnitudes.Our branch has a notoriety of being divided,and this was seen yesterday too.But today was different.Everyone seemed charged up and ready to blow the head of the other if there be any such need.Well few intelligents still considered it better to keep themselves away from all these.And today,I also chose to be one of the intelligents.After about an hour or so when there was 'All Quiet on the Western Front' that I ushered out of my den.To get a quick review,I inquired people and they said that Saurabh came heavy on others and they(Few Students from other side) have been arrested (by police).Students of my branch and others except those who were involved in the fight yesterday,were waiting outside the hostel for them to be released by the police.The police outpost is just in front of our hostel,coincidentally.But they too knew this could mean dangerous as everyone was in a mood to tear them apart.Their(Other Side's) support system has either been dried up or forced to flee.
All 'high post' faculties were there...well not all but Dean was there.Faculties tried to infer us to go back to hostel ,at least inside the gates,but everyone was reluctant to death.They finally asked us to lodge an FIR against them and it was to be signed by everyone present there.We did that.They required people with 'Visible Injuries' to undergo medical checkup to confirm the physical assault on them.And few others were required to stand as the witness.All said and done,We (As I had also received few injuries ,rather scratches,on head)were sent for medical examination.While returning from there,we heard Sine Die has been imposed and everyone is asked to leave the college by 10 AM tomorrow.We saw few people with packed bags leaving now itself.For them college bus was standing near the hostel gates.
Came back to my room and I found people deeply engrossed in their studies!!!!
Aisa ho sakta hai kya???Everyone was talking about their version of the whole events.I,somewhere, feel I could have avoided being one of the 'Focus' of all these events but again I feel whatever I did was the best as a friend and person.Still,I expect them to retaliate once the Sine Die is over.And yeah,people are expecting more troubles once the Sine Die ends...this time from the college's front.We have heard, college(Or rather our department) comes strictly against the E&TC branch people.Last time after the Sine Die a large number of good guys too received 'Backs' in the semester examination.Anyway,wo to jab hoga tab hoga.Abhi to ghar jaakar papa ko kya bolunga wahi soch raha hun.Daant to pakka padegi.Khair koi baat nahi.In incidents ke bina Engineering pura ho jana bhi to acha nahi hai.Just kidding.Do not want to face such situations again ever!!!

Friday, April 25, 2008

A Very Happy 25th Anniversary Papa-Mummy...

Hi everyone!
Today is an occasion of lifetime.My Mom-Dad have grown 25 together, today.And they are happy and contended as always.But the worst thing is that none of their children are with them right now!I m here at college attending boring lectures ,Nidhi is at Nagpur attending classes for her CA preps and Vaibhav had to leave for attending the marriage of Ashish Bhaiya.Anyways,thats just a coincidence and we will surely make up for this day (Although I know this day wont return ever anyhow) when we all are together,may be in 1st week of june.
Well this is probably the day to tell the whole world how my Papa is...
Okay first,a formal introduction:My Father's name is Shri Ajay Thebaria and he is a Businessman.We have a family business of timber and recently we have also expanded to Two Wheelers Finance and Transport.Papa...he is a blend of a philosopher who really practices abstinence and a true family man who can die for us.He has been the Strongest pillar of strength to me throughout my life so far and is still going strong.I really think that the patience and understanding he has ... he is the one man responsible for the building up of my career.I remember whenever my exams used to be there...he used to tell me a single 'Mantra' and that is 'Work honestly..this is what is in ur hands..the rest(results) you cannot control'.And this always worked 'coz I knew my tensions end the day I write my exams.I am not answerable to anyone if I do bad somehow.Fortunately I did well consistently.AT times when I was down,he used to try hard to understand my problems and suggest remedies to them...most of the time solutions which have shaped me the way I am today.One thing I know of him is he cannot hate anyone,easy to mingle with but still maintains his gravity among people.Its still tough for me to disobey any of his orders even if our views differ.

I remember when I was in std V ,studying at Sainik School Tilaiya,and the family was going through very tough times....everyone was asking him to withdraw my name from the school as it was very expensive.They were suggesting the native school for further schooling...but it was his determination that kept me going 'coz shifting from an english medium school to a hindi medium school would have been very tough if not impossible.Such situations kept popping up every now & then ...and may be that were the reasons I always told myself that I can't fail...at least in academics.My life from std VI to Std XII was like a dream.There were problems at home and there was popularity at school.And all the while he was there to help me keep my feet on the ground and not to get carried away by the fame and again whenever the problems of home used to upset me...he was there to pacify my restless mind.

Papa,I love you ... I know I never say this...Neither do you but I know you love me the most among all.With you I feel I am protected.You are the reason for my success,my creativity quotient.I never expect you to be mistake-less but you seldom make any and especially when it comes at the life of your children.I accept there have been times when I was very upset with you,internally,and never expressed them but thats okay 'coz I know I have upset you at lot many other occasions and you didn't say anything either.There are thousands reasons why I respect you but to mention a few: its your mild and sober nature,the way you respect your elders and create an example for us,the way you say that whatever you are doing for us are the part of your duty as a father and you do not expect us to return anything.I love your keenness to learn(earlier it was Palmistry and now its Homoeopathy ).

Above all,I love you Papa.

Now its the turn of my Mom.Her name is Mrs.Pratima Devi Thebaria and she is a housewife.She is not very sharp,neither very educated but she knows to love her kids,her family.Papa says,this is only she knows.But she also know how to cut costs and manage the household even with the meagre income.She will not buy a saree for herself for months yet she will have money for us to buy clothes on every occasion and this thing we realized very late.She is everything a mother is like...the mother we have read in out textbooks and heard from people.She doesnot know how to make 'chats' interesting and all that she talks is generally household.She is my emotional quotient and probably the reason why I cry while watching (senti)movies!!!She can feel others pain and always wants to do something to ease it.She sounds impractical!!!She is no doubt but world will be a better place to live in with such people.Earlier she was bad tempered and we used to get 'broom'/Log thrashing on not studying properly or for doing any mischief....but after the impulse is washed off I have seen her crying by my bed gently roving her hand over me.That was probably the effect of the time we were facing!She is now more milder and sweet.Everytime I go back home,her biggest worries are which clothes have I brought which she can wash...and what(snacks) will I like to take with me when I return.Although I generally am very negligent about food and hardly eat whatever she sends me..I never stop her from diong that 'coz I know this is how she expresses her love to her child who has been so far away from her for most of his life till now.She likes being vexed by Vaibhav and me.Everytime she does anything for me ,he would tell her that she favours me and the next time she does anything for him..then thats my turn.She loves both of us a lot.And there is Nidhi.She loves her a lot too.
I love you mummy for teaching me how to be contended with what ever you have and not to complaint much.I love you for your pure heart which cannot harm anyone.I love you for loving Papa so much that I respect marriages because of you two.

I love you mummy.


Now this is a promise,when you both turn 50 together,we all be together and we will make the day worth remembrance for ever.


Love you both....

Monday, April 21, 2008

A better way to apply shampoo ...

Well,this one is for some extra lucky guys like me...who hav been facing one of the greatest epidemics of our times and that is "HAIRFALL"!Okay thats not an epidemic ...I kno.

So first a brief history of my hair problem.There was a time I cud afford SRK kind hair for they wer really silky and 'head'-full.And I was particularly proud of them.I remember when I was in Std VIII and those were the days when I had just stepped into my teens...and there was a girl in my class whom I wanted to impress...anyway thats whole another story....so I used to spend hours standing in front of the full body size mirror in our hostel...combing my hair from one style to another and expecting her reactions....But as the line goes 'No good thing stays for ever' so it happened in around std X when I came to realize that I have started to loose my hair in bigger lot...but that wasn't a big problem at that time 'coz I had pretty dense hair scalp.The problem intensified during my +2..and by the end of it,I had started to shave my head completely once or twice in a year..and mstly during winters...as these are the worst times for hair-fall.Medicines didnt work but hopes still survive.

So now instead of wasting money on meds,I hav learnt to live wid it...although not completely.This Shampoo techniques I realized by chance.Its nothing great but worth a try.Before U shampoo the scalp of ur hair...take small amount of shampoo and with a small amount of water gently rub it on the hair...dont try to rush thru anything but just put it on ur head.After a while rinse it off and then apply shampoo again this time reaching out to ur scalp and rub gently.Rinse off.You will notice far less hair fall.And den after the bath ...when ur hair are wet..dont rub ur towel hard on them but use the blotting way to soak the water off ur head.Wait for 30 minutes before combing ur hair gently and that too with wide tooth comb.Taking such care of my hair has reduced my hair loss to a considerable amount.Hope it works for everyone who are depressed for they have a thinning hair line.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

This is gotta be big!!!!

Writing a blog after quite a lot of interval.Probably a complete month.
Life has taken the much awaited turn...I have got into campus selection of Tata Consultancy Services.And there are other 309 students that have made into the legendary company.This is a feat for my institution,Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology(KIIT),as it has surpassed the last record of 297 by any company on a single day(that was also for TCS).The process was very tiresome basically because of the "Uncertain long Waits!!!" but now the only thing that is in my mind is that I have made it!!!
Thanks to our placement dept the written test was a cakewalk.Their research and guess work is tremendously commendable.Around 570 candidates sat for the test and around 520 cleared the written.We were speculating about what figure TCS is going to take from our college...and somehow I was certain from the very beginning that I m gonna make the band-wagon.But thats probably my tendency to dream the best of everything.Then when it came to the interviews....I was not interviewed the first day as it had turned quite late and hence we were told to come the next morning.It was a respite in disguise as I was severely tired and moreover the next day we got a lot of insight into the interview process by the candidates that have already appeared the night before.I waited and waited and waited for my turn to come.When I was called down stairs for the interview I saw around 25 ppl already waiting their turn.After a while I sat in front of a glass door from where I could see other candidates getting interviewed.I saw the interviwers' faces and somehow I felt relieved that they were not scary!!!
I always feel that I have been lucky through out my life 'coz I meet great human beings and I can say this more strongly this time as my interviwer was also a nice person to talk to...and I m not saying this merely because I have been selected.I felt the same when I left the room.Anyway when I first greeted him ,he offered me chair and asked me if I m fine.His smile was enough to tell me that I m not under butcher's knife.Then he asked if I was upset with the "waits".And I suppose I replied the truth I felt about the "Waits" with some sugar coating.Then he asked me to say something about myself for which I was quite prepared.But somehow when I started speaking I found myself expressing a lot more than I had actually written in my diary.And when I felt that I may end up boring him...I ended the "short" description about myself.The he again asked similar question on which I can go on speaking,"What are the things you are proud of?" Hehe.
I kept this answer pretty brief.He asked me why I haven't mentioned any projects and again I found myself speaking the truth rather than what I would have prepared if I would have thought of the question earlier.He then gave me a hypothetical situation related to corporate life.Simply put,it asked me to answer if I would feel bad if a colleague gets a better piece of meat "undeservingly"!And I said yes I would but rather than wasting my time thinking about that I would like to move on and wait for a better dinner to be served to me the next time.He seemed impressed and said "good answer!".What kind of relief that was ... you can understand if u have ever appeared any interview process.His next question was almost same ...just he made me the team leader and the less lucky guy was asking for the job(of the project) reshuffled.And I was to motivate him to stick to his job.I personally feel I was not very convincing in that one but I think that was not bad either.I was not asked any tech question that was another respite although I was equally prepared for tech questions too.I greeted him and came off the room.I saw people gazing at me and my big smile.If I too would have seen someone coming out of that room with such big white-line I too would have thought the interviewer has already assured him of the job.
After coming back to the hostel there were thousands of stories about the interview panel...speculations of "Elimination Panels" etc...and I was also one of the persons taking pleasure in listening and talking about the interviews.Earlier the results were said to be declared by 4 P.M. but the long chain of wait was still left and we were said that we have to wait 5 more hours before we can know it.We returned back to hostel and went back only at 9 PM.The wait continued...
Finally the results were declared at around 11:30 PM and as said "All well if Ends well".I was in the 310's list.Few of my really bright friends could not make into that list and that was a bit disappointing but thats how life is...I too wish them to get a good job ...may be in Wipro as it is the next company visiting our campus...probably on 1st april.
After all this was over...the days of 1st semester were back with bigger dearths.It promised physical pain for getting selected!Our seniors and batchmates were waiting near hostel-gates with leather belts and "Bamboo" sticks to welcome and wish us.The next 3 hours were really terrible.As we say,in a riot, the mob has no face...it just knows to decimate.Same happened here...people we haven't seen in the three years were there expressing their "Happiness" with leather belts.I could not do anything except for getting "red-lines" on my hips and back.Anyway thats a part of hostel life.can't help it.
Tomorrow I m gonna break the "good" news to my parents,relatives and friends.But I 'll miss a person whom I wanted to thank and hug for standing with and for me always without doubt or question.If you are reading this now,thankyou for being the most wonderful person I ever met in my life.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Doston ne "Maa tere haathon k sparsh ki kami mehsoos karta hoon" kavita ki kaafi tareef kar di hai...ab isliye kuch aur kavitaaon se unhe impress karna chahta hun.
Sacchi!!!
Ye poem maine apne life k one of the most 'Rondu'(Weeping) days me likhi thi so iska tone bhi 'rondu' hi hai!!!


"Kal tak bin mere karaahe bhi tum,
Marham tayyar rakhti thi;
Aaj mujhe zakhm dene ko
Khanzar uthaye baithi ho!!!

Jo bhi ilzaam madhe tumne
Hum sar-aankhon pe lete hain;
Jo bhi saza ab chahe dedo,
Hum adhikaar tumhe ye dete hain
Bas waapas laut aao tum
Tum bin akela ho gaya hun main
Bhatak raha hun tanha tanha
Jeevan ki raah bhi kho gaya hun main

Sang tumhare,
Mere hothon ki hansi bhi chali gayi
Mann ka josh bhi madhim hai
Nashen bhi shithil si ho gayi!
Kaise main ye maanu ki
Main tumhare liye kuch nahi raha!
Sach kaise ho sakta hai
Wo sab jo tumne mujhse kaha!

Kya ye andhera bas ek amaawasi raat hai?
Ya suraj sachmuch gart me chala gaya hai?"