3.5 miles run in central park, dinner by the waterfront

and still we manage to smile :)

How time goes by..

Today I met Pratik - great college buddy, almost after 3 years. It made me realize how fast time goes by. It feels like only yesterday when we were doing this :)



Hmmm.. Well, it makes little nostalgic..

I'm Feeling Lucky :)

There are some things money can't buy, and there are some feelings that can't be expressed in words. This definitely is one of them :)




Courtesy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

P.S.: If you don't know what I am talking about, you have no business to know :P

Seven things people don't know about me..

About a month ago I was tagged by Saurabh, an intelligent and frank blogger from Lucknow. Apologies to Saurabh, as I didn't realize that I was tagged until the end of last month. Anyways, its better late than never! So here it goes..

1. It's easy to get me excited about something new: a new place or new music, new technology/science or new people and their interests, or new food etc. I hate getting stuck in rut and I almost always find ways to get out of it.

2. I am a bathroom singer, and quite frankly a horrible one :) My roommates will vouch for that :P I have a set of Hindi, Marathi and English songs which I hum almost everyday and I used to be a very good Antakshari player.

3. I read voraciously, when I do. I read 2-3 books simultaneously and at a given time, I pick up a book on whim. I generally read all sorts of books, but my all time favorite authors are Michael Crichton, P. L. Deshpande, J K Rowling, Paulo Coelho and Mario Puzo.

4. As a kid, I was scared of cockroaches :D I guess I learned that from my mom. Even now I don't like cockroaches flying around, although now I don't spare them. hihiHaHaHaHa (a monstrous laugh)

5. I don't know how to swim. Sometimes I find it scary that I don't know this basic survival skill. I learnt to swim :)

6. As a kid, I used to think all postboxes are connected via underground network of pipes and mail travels through these pipes to reach the destination postbox :D All postman has to do is to get mail out of these boxes and distribute'em in the neighborhood. Growing up I realized my idea of mailing system is strikingly similar to electronic mail :)

7. I am a reactive, impulsive hence ideal audience. I clap, laugh, frown, cheer or boo while watching movies or plays. I tap my feet, sing along and sway my body while listening to music, even when I don't know the lyrics or the technicality. Thats one reason I don't watch unnecessarily violent flicks (read saw series movies) and get absolutely fascinated by movies like Avatar.

Now is the good part. As the rule says, I am going to tag my old VJTI buddies. I am all ears to see how they respond :)

Siddhesh

Sneha

Meghna

Pratik

Back to blogging? maybe yes..

Its been 2-3 months I have blogged properly. Whenever I visit my blog, I feel I should write something. Well to put it simply, I was very very busy in past few months, maybe busiest I had ever been till now. Good part is it is over now.

Two weeks ago, I received my master's degree in computer engineering. In last two years and some months so many things were packed together, so many different experiences, so many self-realizations, failures, successes, feelings, emotions, that words will fall short to sum it up together. Looking back all I can say is, this is what I wanted when I came here..

Yesterday, I met my schoolfriend - Yatin Phatak, almost after three years.



In the evening, we tried Thai food at nice place in Richardson. Man, I love Thai food. It is the closest I can relate to the homemade food. Spicy tilapia curry with coconut, peanuts, onion, and potato; served with white steamed rice. Heaven! While coming here, fish curry was one thing I thought I will have to miss. But boy, was I wrong? I strongly feel that there is some connection between Konkan and Thailand :P

In the afternoon, we saw Avatar movie at an IMAX 3D theater in Garland.



The movie is an out-of-the-world experience, both in literal and figurative sense. Masterpiece by James Cameron. He surely has taken science fiction/fantasy genre to the next level. The concepts alone are quite impressive, and picturization is breathtaking. Watch it, definitely watch it..

Well, thats it for now.. Wishing you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Defense!

I am happy to tell you guys that I successfully defended my master's thesis yesterday. Altogether it was an amazing experience and totally worth it.

Love to all those who have stood by me through thick and thin...

Link to Thesis Abstract: Design and Analysis of Application Architecture for Opportunistic networks using Ad Hoc Wi-Fi

Some gyan from a friend

Life is like a tree. At every point you take a decision, choose a path, branch out or expand your horizon. There is no cycle in it. You cannot go back to previous point, you can only go ahead.

Nice analogy, huh?

BTW heartiest congratulations to the greatest of the great, the bestest of the best, one and only Sachin Tendulkar :) I don't think I need to mention the reason. :)