Time to Introspect.....May be change thyself ????

Recently one of my good friend wrote this testimonial about me in orkut ......I had written one for him and so he returned the favour .......... The guys reading this may think that what is written here is sweet .......but I thought am I really like that .......if I am then ...well ............

This is what he wrote

Anurag is an old friend I know for some years now.......one of the most "sudhra" and "seedha" bachas i've seen, and it's difficult gettin such friends these days.Very polite and soft-spoken, he's this chubby guy who's got this strange phobia while "Crossing the roads".Had gr8 fun durin our days at Jr. college and were 2 of the very few people who attended lectures.Got his own style of callin my name which i am pretty much now accustomed to....He's in his own world and it's his nature and behaviour that impresses me the most. Overall a gr8 friend to hav and one that u can trust upon.Am very grateful to him for being my good friend.

now I am not glorifying myself or anything ...........but there are few things which had me thinking .......let's go pointwise
POINT 1.One of the sudhra and seedha bachas ...........

now here he meant to say seedha and saadha bacha .......coz to be a sudhra one i have to have a bad past which i actually don't ... :p......

POINT2.it's difficult gettin such friends these days .........

now this thing i have to say is a part of his own fiction.......surely ..and i mean surely he has written this to glorify the testimonial .......and i promise u that i did'nt pay him .. :p.......
on a serious note though i do think he had point.....why not ......he could be true ........i leave it for u to judge ........

POINT3.He's in his own world and it is his nature and behaviour that impresses me the most

well yes this is true .......it shows that this guy has observed me ..allright...I do remain in my own world.....again i did'nt pay him when he said that i have a good nature and good behaviour .......

Now what's there to introspect in this you would ask ????

I want to you to look at point no 1 and 3 ..............do I need to be a seedha and a saadha "baccha" ........will i be able to sustain myself in this competitive world if i remain so seedha and saadha ........In one way it is good ........but in all other ways it's bad .......you might be shaking your head now ......but am telling you it does not work .......

point no.3........I remain in my own world ..........now I don't know really know how to change this .......in one way he is trying to suggest that i don't open up .........Yes may be i need to open up ....need to be more proactive ........need to be more smart ........being alone in that way......does not work you know ......it does'nt ...........

The world is at your feet to conquer ANURAG and always remember sky is the limit .................

P.s ................I saw a very good thing today ........I was not able to find my feet in a crowded nmmt bus when I saw a guy of my age just hold his bag in one hand and take out a book (not a text book mind you)..it looked like a good story book ....and standing in one feet almost falling over in the crowd started reading ..........Now most of them around .....guys sitting or standing were busy listening to music on their cell-phones ........which i agree is a good form of relaxation .......but it was nice to see a good positive thing .........A guy reading a good book and that too standing ..............~KUDOS~

Two Days Of Goan "Salsa"

Goa ....aahaa .......is really paradise on earth ......even if we had just two days in hand ...We did make the most of it.As We landed at the Goa airport we headed straight to the Calangute beach resort..The journey was ohh so tiring .......had just slept 1 hour the other night and sitting in that locked qualis I almost was dazed ......aur kitna ghanta uncle ??? was the cry from the back seat .......bas aur kuch 45 minutes came the reply .......geee I would just have the longest nap of my life once I reach the hotel I thought ......but we did'nt have time though ......finally we were there .....without any nap we headed straight to the Calangute beach .......

Friday -> The most serene and beautiful experience in this world is the wind just gushing your face when you are about to enter a beach.ohh it feels so nice ........No assignments no vivas ....no EXAMS....... we stepped inn ......the water came gushing in and swept the sands out of my feet ......it almost took me with it but I was carefull ......after a few minutes we heard a guy whistle which meant come out of the beach .......then headed staright to the hotel again .....I did see some foreigners riding bikes on the streets while coming back which I thought was interesting......and then I had a long nap ........I even skipped my lunch .....
in the evening it was time for a cruise in the ship .......paradise was it's name .......this I thought was the most boring part of my entire stay ......the ship had three decks the groung deck which had a disco ...the middle deck had the main performances and was totally covered and the upper deck was all open..the performances of the various artists did'nt really have me dancing but it did revive the goan kind of music ........afterwards we did come to know that the side ship by the name of santa monica was a better bet ......... :(

Saturday->The qualis guy was on it's way ........We needed to cover all the beaches.....You know I saw 'n' number of liquor stores in my way .......the qualis guy later told me that there are more liqour stores here than tea stalls :).......did I have liqour ......ummm well if 5 sips of Gin is liqour then I did :)........anyways we covered up the Baga ,Vagador ,Anjuna beaches and all were superb ..........later on we headed south to the best beach I have seen so far ..........
Colva is the name ...........the place had a different kind of atmosphere The beaches were amazing ....serene to the core ......As we entered the beaches .....there were 'n' number of shells struck inside the sand .......You know there's another thing ........every beach that I went to ..... I was approached by a guy who was a tatoo expert ........sahab tatoo chahyiye.......ugh I hate tatoo ..... I need a clear skin maan .....sorry .........
In the evening it was time to go to panjim ....Capital of goa .......it's the main city .....roamed the streets of panjim.....quite a kool city must say .......did some shopping ......and back to the hotel again ............

Sunday->flight was at 5 .pm so we had to reach the airport by 3.......we decided to take all the luggages with us and do the sight seeing simultaneously........Mini goa .......Guys u gotta try this place ........it's a museum cum a architectural marvel ........u will also find India's Longest Sculptural Statue here .........It comes in the southern part of goa and is surely a must visit ..........fort aguda was our next destination ...........well it was good but nothing compared to the Shivagi Forts in maharashtra ........but nice portuegese architecture involved there ......A few visits to the mangeshkar temple and a classic portuegese goan type of a church were the next two spots that we visited........that was it ........it was time to bid adieu ........did'nt wanna go .......but had to .......Two days of goan salsa came to an end :(.......................

P.S: Guys My sem-4 results were declared on friday ....I had got a missed call from my friend on that day itself ..but was too scared to call him up to know my result .......well I did paas .......got a 60 %.......just made my weekend stay in goa an extra special one......ohh another thing .......remember I had written a blog on my p.com viva experience .........
haha........... Well I got a kool 22/25 in that viva ...............
so well being a Bengali does help Sometimes....... :p..........

Goa bound ........

I am off to Goa this weekend ........this will be my second trip there .......the first trip was about 14 years ago where I was not sure of my own existence .... :p ........but I remember that trip very vividly as that was the first time in my life that I had ......errr we had boreded the plane......It was an exciting moment and this time too will be taking a flight........and ofcourse the beautiful beaches there ..........hopefully the atmosphere will be all serene and peaceful and not be affected by the rains ......there is a good thing and a bad thing about this trip as well ..........the good thing is .......atlast i am getting a vacation ....... but the bad thing is it's only for 2 days .... :(........and so have to make the most of it ........
my sem-4 results are also going to be due this friday ........and i will be leaving @ 2.am on friday morning .......but I am not tensed at all ........soch naa kya ........jo bhi hoga dekha jayegaa .......there's another thing that I wanted to write about and it was actually regarding my air travel experiences ........but that am gonna write in my next blog and hopefully share with you my experiences of that beautiful place ...........till then ......ciao .........

Life ............A Journey To Be Experienced

When we first begin fighting for our dreams,we have no experience and make many mistakes.......
"THE SECRET OF LIFE THOUGH ,IS TO FALL SEVEN TIMES AND TO GET UP EIGHT TIMES" -------- Paulo Coelho From The Alchemist

Another quote which really inspires me and though this time it comes from a completely different source it still means a lot .......it is .......

"IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME ......................AND HOW TO PLAY IT"
---------Hunter Hearst Helmsley(also known as Triple H)

I have Always wanted to do well academically ......who does'nt u might ask .....it's true who does'nt .....but not all of them have the "WILL" that yes this is my goal and I have to achieve it
even i did'nt have that drive ......that's why i never could do well academically in school .......But during my school days I always made sure that the toppers of my class remain good friends of mine ........I wanted to do that coz i wanted to get into the psychic mentality of their heads .......what do they do ......how do they get good marks ........

I have noticed that there were two kinds of scholis during my school days ......

1. Those who had that mentality of ........"WORK HARD AND PARTY HARDER"........
2.And those who always were with their books ......locking themselves in a corner ..........

I was always comfortable with the latter guy but some how i was very intrigued by the "WORK HARD AND PARTY HARDER" guy.......actually the word party should be replaced by the word " HAVE FUN" guy......how did he manage it .........
He always used to do all mastis and yet score such high marks .........if I follow on his foothsteps will I be able to increase my marks .........Now i realise that those guys who follow the first rule the amount of fun that they had helps them in their studies as well .......and another thing with them is ........that these guys are all bloddy noctural animals .........atleast most of them I know are ......they all study well into the nights .......and do all mastis in the day time .........That helped them in their academical life ...........

But till now i have never quite understood the second natured character ......the one who always are with books .......Honestly I have always wanted to be like them.......But some how could not manage it .........they were out and out scholars who just had their brains in the right places I guess .......they too put in a lot of hard work ........but they could could not see eye to eye with the work hard party harder guy........they were'nt noctural as well ........read about 3-4 hours everyday ..........
the best kind of thing to describe them will be .....
parindon ko manzil milengi yakeenan
yeh faile hue unke par bolte hain
wohi log rehte hain khaamosh aksar
zamaane mein jinke hunar bolte hain.............

But for those guys who come in the NO. 3 option like me which is neither like the first guy nor the second guy .........they just have to keep on moving in life .........like paulo ceolho said that's the real secret of life ...........find your true calling .........who would "U" like to be ......................LIFE IS A GAME .......... A REAL AND EXICITING JOURNEY .......U JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT A TRY...................

Ordeals of that P.com Viva !!!!!!!

We waited, waited and waited but he was no where to be seen....Was the viva going to go like yesterdays A.O.A viva ?What was the external going to ask ?Will I be able to answer all the questions ?All sorts of thoughts creeped inside my mind as I continued to mug away the A.M and F.M fundamentals.As the time kept on moving My memory seemed to give away.Geee I was forgetting everything now ..Damn it's 11.30 and where the hell is the external ......... 11.45 ......and as I was mugging up, from the corner of my eye I could see a man in his mid thirties walk in with a helmet in one hand he went straight to the H.O.D'S room and a cry resounded in the third floor arre external aagaya...external aagaya ..soon enough the viva was about to start.

My roll no was 9 and so I thought there are still about thirty minutes before I get in as it was three persons per batch that went in first .I still had time to mug away the first batch came out and another cry went around the room ..kya poocha kya poocha???? the first guy was'nt too happy and then almost in tears he said .wapis aane ko bolaa .I said to myself ..this ai'nt gonna be my day ..surely ..am screwed today maan .I am a gonna ..Soon it was my turn in about 20 minutes ......and I did'nt want myself to be screwed so fast I said ...but anyway let's see what happens .

My partner and a good friend of mine from the first year days sat besides me.the external completed the usual sign here thing and now it was time to ask .Kya padh ke aaye ho was his first question to my partner.. ohh that's pretty simple I thought .He told noise .shit i was about to say the same thing.......But why should i say something else ...so i also said noise . he asked all theoritical questions which was mostly directed towards my partner than me actually and which were all answered in a haphazard manner ofcourse .then the non therotical questions followed which we did not have a clue of.

Then all of a sudden he turned towards me and said .ARE U FROM BENGAL ???????
now here's a guy who's trying to recall all the fundamentals of noise like noise temperature,shot noise and all ......and then some body asks him this ........I was initially startled and then a little amazed but I gathered my composure and went onn ......ye ..ye...yesss sir ........I now thought he would come back to normal now ........but guess what he went on to ask ......What does your father do ???? Gee.........I almost giggled now .........I told him the company where he used to work in a very nervous manner .........surely that's it ..........But naa.... he asked was it a software company .........ye... ye.... yess sir .......i went onn ...........ohhhk he said and turned towards my partner ........after some time the viva was over ..........what did i answer ........well i can tell u except the above answers ......there were very few answers since actually there was little asked to me and more to my good friend........ :p

Another cry followed this time dircted towards me.......arre kya poocha .....kya poocha ........I could not control my giggle but tried hard and said arre kuch nahi yaar ........sab easy tha........I thought ....gee..... this will be the best viva I would ever have in my entire life........

I can tell u guys that the sir was very ......i don't how to describe him ......but he was very regionalistic ......if such a word exists.......Coz in the same p.com viva my another good friend had a similar situation....where before he could answer something the sir read his name and said "SINGH" and he reapeted that about three times..........then went on to ask college kitni baar attend karte ho.........weekends mein bhi aate ho kya ?????? .........I mean that was humiliating ......but as far as I am concerned my case was funny ........He atleast regarded bengalis to be good people........or may be he did'nt ......But that was the best viva I could ever have I thought ..........Let's see how my future vivas turn out to be .........may be i could get external like this in the future .........who knows ........ :p !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!