Sunday, March 20, 2011

Why I hate radio buttons....



How easy is it for you to choose something from the radio buttons? Especially when you badly want to select more than one and making you think, damn, why both of them are on the list or why can we select only one?? If you are one among those who can click one easily in spite of being in such a situation then Hats off to you!! And to all others we are on the same boat.


In less than one and half years from now I will be in a situation (I hope not) wherein I’ll have to choose one among the many paths available. Sometimes I wonder why there are so many options. Having only 1 and having to stick to it would have been much easier. But somehow that doesn’t happen which means many of us including me left in this dilemma of choosing the better over the best.
The only other time I can think of when I have gone through this is during the cet counselling. I had the option of choosing one college near home (NMAMIT, nitte) and couple of other better colleges (Bms, Jc etc) with the same branch option but  far away from home. It’s always easier to have someone else decide for you, innit? But this time my parents added to the confusion, My mom was for the one near home and dad kept telling me to choose the better college. I ended up taking the one near home for the simplest reason that I could stay at home and that I would know a lot of people already so the fresher problem of not knowing anyone and stuff like that wouldn’t be there. And yeah I have no regrets of choosing it.
SO in one and half yr I’ll be a graduate in computer science and engineering field. Then I would   have to choose between Job or higher studies? ‘Yes’ to job would mean further inroads and yes to higher studies would mean i’ll have to score a good percentile in GATE or any other entrance exam for Mtech.
Now, why higher studies mean only Mtech? (This decision was taken at the time of drafting :D ) The option would have MBA. I don’t see the point of doing mba just after graduation. At least after two years of work experience would be perfect! U would know how the company functions, what are the skills u posses, what position u would like to be in and maybe the choice of stream would also be easier..(That’s what I feel :P) and couple of my seniors n others have also advised the same. That’s how mba was ruled out. And for MS, i was told it’s good if it’s done abroad. So that ruled out am left with mtech as the only option. But even after Mtech i wouldn’t want to work as a lecturer, I would still want to join some company.
Job like I said would mean further inroads. Placements would be the easiest way out. Or should I join civil services. A yes to that would mean I would have to write another exam.
Confusion. Confusion and more confusion.
The more I think of it, the more confused I am. Hopefully it’ll clear out soon.

That’s the reason why i hate Radio buttons... Check boxes, you are awesome!! ;) 

Saturday, January 15, 2011

ACTION REPLAY!!


Yet another deceiving title! If u thought it has something to do with the movie then you got me wrong! :P It’s a recap (A collection of snippets of each month.)  of the year gone by, 2010. It’s gone and the only memories remain, some sweet, some bitter. And I believe that’s the rule of life.  It gives you a mixture of sweet and bitter moments and without the bitter ones you don’t realize the value of sweet ones. We need to learn from the bitter ones and cherish the sweet ones.  Easier said than done though!


January saw me attending the ethical hacking and security camp. Though not much went into the brain it was a good experience overall esp. the story sessions :P On sleepy afternoons we got to listen to many interesting real life incidents of the mentor which were equally interesting and  awesome to listen to. And yeah, I’m a sucker for stories :P Anytime, any story and am all ears to listen to it.  One thing I came to know from them was even though you drop out or get kicked out of college you can still get a job J

How important it is to count the heads when you are in a crowd and planning to enter a bus , how missing out a person can land you in troubles you could never think of, how hard it is to track a person with cell phone in switched off mode, how the campus looks so huge when you’re searching for a person, how you skip out the obvious locations and only think of hi-fi one’s while searching, and much more is what I realized on  19-02-10, What a day it was!! Yes, one of the most unforgettable day!!

My little property on the net, this blog rolled out in March. But the habit of blogging has still not kick started in me and I continue to be very irregular in posting L  DSY , rose day and traditional day, 2nd time entry into the hostel  were some other  good times apart from these march and April were months when I emotionally down.

With May being the month of exams , studying and trying to get a 9 pointer(one of the mistakes!!) was the focus of the month.

Come june and the transition of the wave of life from 0 to 1, not abruptly but gradually was a great thing to ask for J The days spent in Bangalore, in mango were the best ever! June and July, The best months of the year!!  

Into pre final year , the beginning of a new sem , an year senior = Aug! Was a little happy to know radium potassium was handling only labs and not any theory subject for us but only later did I realize that even lab was more than enough to get screwed!

Highlight of September : branch elections and the dirty politics, the Combined Branch inauguration (which meant no official ragging L )

October’s for the watery engineer’s memory! Missing the stop, getting drenched completely, reaching late, registrations getting closed by the time we reached and luckily or unluckily  the events we wanted to participate got cancelled due to rains. Attended India innovates, hogged, roamed and returned back! That was how messy Engineer was for us, just like a typical engineering students life :P

November, the sexiest month ;) Second best after JJ J A separate post on it coming soon! J

December, the month of exams. This time getting over earlier meant we were free during New Year for the first time In 3 years J Vacations meant I only got rusty and none of my plans and to-do items worked!


That was 2010 for me! A non periodic sine waveish year! :P

This time in 2011, I hope to see my blog with a new template designed by me! Wanted to do it during this vacation but procrastination and rustiness pushed it forward. L  Also, at least a post or two in every month!

Personally, I want to be an organized person and one who doesn’t worry about grades! 0% cheating in exams is what I want to make a reality! Tried this last year and could achieve it to some extent and happy for that! J Altogether, I wanna be a better person.