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Just sad.......... And frust.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
where's my niche??
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5E Monday 8.30 am

-------------------removed cos it was mokkaist thing i've ever written------------------------

More Ice cream Mr.Monkey?

Hello all. Today's interesting incident takes place in the heart of wilderness inside the Indian Institute of Technology known for the brilliance of its students and apparently for its extremely daring monkeys.
Many ppl from my coll are doing projects in iit this summer. So all of us go to the canteen together for lunch. Today was one such normal day. Since its a hot summer day after eating everyone got an ice cream to chill out.
As everyone was coming out licking ice cream i suddenly noticed a monkey bounding upto us with ice cream lust in its eyes. It went for the biggest and most obvious target mr. satya :)
The monkey charged straight at the ice cream stick in his hand. Everyone including us and the entire canteen witnessed wat seemed to be a inter species 'kabadi' match between the monkey and satya with the human faking left and right in order to fend of the attacking monkey. Everyone expected the human to win as he was at least 6 times bigger and probably weighed atleast 20 times as much as his challenger. But then nature proved its fury was always too great for humans to handle when satya gave up and tossed his ice cream trophy away from himself in order to save himself from the monkey's menacing ferociousness. And the monkey proudly went and claimed (devoured) his trophy in front of the hungry eyes and watering mouth of satya. Such is the fate of the loser.
When asked later about his defeat with the monkey mr.satya related incidents about his childhood experiences with monkeys in vellore where he apparently dint do well in an exam as a monkey sitting on a guava tree threw fruits at him when he sat down to study underneath the tree. Ever since he has had haunting dreams about his relationship with the monkey community and today reminded him that no matter how old or big he grows, the monkey always wins !! :)

Screwy college..

Day dreaming process in my brain was currently taking up most of my resources. When I checked myself I found i was in class in Mohans class more precisely.. The day was Monday. time was 1115. it seemed to have stopped. It was only 5minutes into the class and i was already lost into the meta-physical world. My pen no longer controlled by conscious brain traced paths on the paper like brownian motion. Words of one pass assembler came and went in flashes. Between visions of DOTA and applying for projects and pangs of a recent argument. I was soon reflecting on my current status in life. I dono how but slowly my focus had been blurring in the past few weeks. I no longer knew wat I wanted ultimately. I was just swinging wildly in the winds of the world.. Control had to be taken back. But where should i start? For one thing academics dint seem very good. For some reason which still eludes i simply cannot get marks. Always average. Not like wat it was in school. I always had an upperhand there. Here i dint seem to. And wat was the big deal with projects and all those things.. Ppl seemed to be flocking together and doing stuff without any interest. Then I thought maybe i'm not cut out for an MBA. But wat should i do? I surely dont want to code all my life. Computers dint seem friendly like the used to be. The effect of NITT sluggishness was at its peak. Nothing seemed interesting or motivating. I needed a lens. I needed to focus myself. But who will do it? Briefly in between i heard mohan call "fipty-two... fipty-three... " thirty one was long gone. I missed attendance again. I knew wat i should do. I had to snap out of it. Dispel the illusions in my mind. Think clearly and not miss anything. I had to improve my mental stamina. So wats the big deal anyway life will definitely be a great. Nothing to worry abt :-)

The end of the beginning?

Hey u know we all grow older as time passes.. theres nothing we can do abt it.
Just happens that one day i suddenly realize I'm 19 years old! Thats a lot! and it means my teenage years are very much over.. the torrential flow of testosterone stabilizes.. And im aging boy i feel like a fossil!.. i've got responsibilities.. a lot of things that would give me reason to be worried abt.
But wat happened to all those childhood dreams? Not big dreams but small things we ponder abt deeply when we we were children. things we say 'i'll probably know when i am an adult'.. Things that held our fascination and minds.. all forgotten? I happened to rediscover one of those things today..
As a child i remember i always used to marvel the way my mom rolled chapattis into perfect circle.. and so thin too.. I remember my dad trying to teach me how it was done but i could never grasp it somehow.. it was complicated like i dint have enough brain power to analyze and manage the whole thing.. I always thought now theres something i wish i could do..
As life moved on and as i grew older i forgot all abt it.. there were other things that held my mind.. and chapattis were always taken for granted. And never had i held a rolling pin in my hand for years.. till today.
As i was too bored at home i decided to give it a try and as soon as i took the pin and the familiar bit of dough and started to press i was flooded with memories of how this particular act had filled me with awe and here i was doing it.. as a child i could never imagine a time when i was old enough to roll chappatis. but here i was 19 years old. a major. in college and i was abt to roll chapatis.. for the first time i was extremely aware of how much i had changed when those thought as a child came back.. the outlook to life.. the attitude.. the sense of society and self.. i could witness the growth that had occurred in me. the pan got too hot when i was lost reminiscing abt these things and the smoke from the oil brought me back to reality..
Rolling the dough was now so different. I could analyze the way the dough moved and changed shape as i applied pressure and rolled it. and then finally it was done. a perfect circle and i had done it on my own! and it dint even require that much thought or effort. I had done something beyond the grasp of the child i used to be..
Truly a thought provoking incident.. so boys girls who are reading this and of my age.. try to look back to those things in the childs world.. for we stand at the edge.. a little more then we move to the world of adults completely.. this is the time where we can actually remember those fantasies of the child. So hold close those memories if u recollect them. and always hope to remain a child at heart.. for the sake of those clinging strands of innocence and the wonderland that the world used to be.. as we prepare to descend further down the world of grown people and mind games and money.

End wat u began!

Hey third sem over... time flows by faster than u can say 'cat on the wall'
Something that was unclear for so many days finally became clear.
and been very nice sem..
participated in a competiton. . conducted a workshop.. learnt a lot abt ppl. and more abt myself.
Im not gonna give up myself cos the world around me changed. im just gonna go with the flow.. and be smart. but always be myself.
Never give yourselves or change ur beliefs for someone...
Open ur eyes to reality when u need to.
be yourself till the end

One Year Over!!!!

Oh wow i cant believe one year of college has flown past so quickly..
Its been a year since many things happened.. exams admission councelling tensions.. whew..
And looking back it has been a great year.. Enjoyed it a lot..
Dono wats coming up in the next year.. and the dumb results will also be out soon..
oh boy..
Anyway have been relaxing nicely at home for abt a month.. only eating and sleeping and internet...
Im more clear abt certain things in life.. bit i got more confused about other things..
But I've discovered real good company in college.. wat makes NITT so amazing is the students.
It rocks.. Its a different world inside campus.
Am kinda looking forward to going back.. I think I've lost touch with writing.. my posts are kinda dull dont u think? Maybe I'll get inspiration one of the days.. :-D
anyway catch u later

Making The Line Follower

After successfully making a 'coin picker', we decided to try our hand with a line follower..
We decided to start out with a simple line follower.. using not gates and only two sensors..
For a more detailed look at the theory behind this take a look at this http://www.geocities.com/xjroolz/myrobot.doc or mail me...
Anyway this time around things were not going smooth like before.. we were facing problems..
More than the technical side there was trouble working as a team.. this was the first project we were doing as RMI firstys.. Through this i learned abt the problems associated with the working of any team.. Anyway we had a tough time soldering cos there was sooo much to solder.. And the first board we did dint work! so we tried it on a bread board.. and it worked fine.. It took so much time to get the circuits ready.. we then had to think abt the robots body..
Then we decided to improvise roboray( renamed lofty by one of my friends) We removed the old board.. fixed in the line followers board.. and fixed the sensors out in the front on the electromagnet.. And it was all set to go.. we made some track on a chart paper. And set it up and all ready to go!
We were sure that there will b more problems and we will have to work a lot more.. but then the robot surprised us all by pulling of an extremely smooth 90 degree and continued on the track.
We had seen other bots with 8 sensors and micros and all that but this was much faster and much more smoother compared to those.. credit of that has to be given to the really good high torque dc motors of lofty.
We celebrated the robot with a video session.. here are the videos..



It couldnt take that U turn cos the radius was too short for the robot..



And here we run it in the reverse direction to prove that it can indeed take that turn..
but it became kinda jerky though..


if u cant see the embedded videos try these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA6lad_DC88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBkyyzeZ3-s



So thats it.. nothing much.. I think we are a pretty good team and u may see us soon in local robotics contests.. big hopes(:D)

Her...

I'm thinking abt her again. She's was the first and maybe the last. To describe her.. Those locks of beauty, draw u closer deeper into her warmth. Those eyes of infinite depth through which u fall weightlessly. The perfect face.. the presence of a woman. That voice.. sweeter than honey. Her laughter the most wonderful sound I've heard. Her presence an aura of happiness. The child in her actions. The innocence in her words. The humbleness that is her. Her silence which speaks more than her words. The amazingly lovable sweetness in the air around her.

Joy of my life. Apple of my eye. Yet beyond my grasp.. Her name is desire.. wish.. desire to achieve...wish to live. Power to go on. without her my life is nothing. I see her in the full moon. I hear her in a kitten's meow. I taste her in the cold water after a workout. I smell her in fresh roses. I feel her in softness of pillows. She gives purpose to my actions. She gives perspective to my decisions. She gives meaning to my life. My biggest dream in life. So I ask myself again.. Is this wat everyone calls love? To me it doesnt make a difference wat u call it. And i know, even if I cant find her beside me, I can always find her in my heart.