I code so I am.
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Vivek
I am a porgrammar
I am a programar
I am a prograamar
I write code.
PS: Read it somewhere, sometime back
Third to First World
Posted on April 11th, 2010 by Vivek
I had watched stand up comedies of Russel Peters where he cracks a lot of jokes basically making fun of India/Indians for US audience. I was expecting something similar but this one is different.
One day @ Massage parlor.
Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by Vivek
Myself and Sumesh went to a near by Ayurvedic Center to have a complete body massage, yesterday. The closest of a massage I had before was when my little sister, Aditi, walked over me as a part of her game. So this was the first experience I had with massaging and I should say it was awesome.
We were asked to wear a langotti which is a small piece of cloth that barely covers anything. That was a little embarrassing initially, to be in that attire with 2 masseur (btw, they were men :P). But after they started massaging there was not enough time to think about anything else other than enjoying the massage.
Almost all my muscles and tissues were given attention and it feels so rejuvenated now. The whole thing went for around one and half hours and I fell asleep at the end when they were massaging my face. They charged us Rs. 400 each (Since I don’t have any previous experience, I guess that to be a fair price).
Ragam.
Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Vivek
People say that we live in a world of greed and hatred, but for me I see love everywhere - in the gallery, in open air theatre, in the shades, in an empty classroom. I can say that if you look for it you can actually see that love is all around you. I was talking about Ragam, the cultural festival of NITC, when you can see the act of love making in plenty (Ooph, I am so jealous :P).
So, about Ragam 2010. Pro shows and the crowd (read it as girls from all over Kerala) are the two important factors that makes Ragam interesting. Comparing to the preceding years both of those categories failed to meet the expectations.. Pro shows by KK and Naresh Iyer were not even 7 miles near to last years Benny Dayal’s and Shankar Mahadevan’s. It sounded funny and so desperate when a performer in Naresh Iyer’s troop asked the audience to light their mobile phones and wave in accordance to the music. I can never say the programs were completely boring since I didn’t wait to see those completely.
And the crowd was one halve that of 2009 edition of Ragam. Ranjith, who is really good at numbers, was telling that it was around 1350 last year and 450 now.
Apart from that, the overall rating of the programs were average. Nothing more than any other college art festival. I watched around 6-7 programs and also thought of submitting a letter for “love letter competition”. It did not happen though :).
Guilty that I am.
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Vivek
I dont usually write tag blogs. I wanted to write something over here and found this tag by Shas. Thank you Shas, for tagging me. Before I start, anyone interested can take up this tag and as a warning I should say that there is nothing interesting in the article.. If you have a lot of time to waste go ahead and read the article (wow.. I should write that as a description for the blog :P)
Rules
RULE 1- You can only say Guilty or Innocent.
RULE 2- You are not allowed to explain anything unless someone messages you and asks!
RULE 3- Copy and paste this into your notes, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag to your friends to answer this.
- Asked someone to marry you? Innocent
- Ever kissed someone of the same sex? Guilty
- Danced on a table in a bar? Innocent
- Ever told a lie? Guilty
- Had feelings for someone whom you can’t have back? Guilty
- Kissed a picture? Guilty
- Slept in until 5 PM? Guilty
- Fallen asleep at work/school? Guilty
- Held a snake? Innocent (not even in my dreams)
- Been suspended from school? Innocent
- Worked at a fast food restaurant? Innocent
- Stolen from a store? Guilty
- Been fired from a job? Innocent
- Done something you regret? Guilty
- Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Guilty
- Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Innocent
- Kissed in the rain? Innocent (Oh.. WOW!! )
- Sat on a roof top? Guilty
- Kissed someone you shouldn’t? Innocent
- Sang in the shower? Guilty
- Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Guilty
- Shaved your head? Guilty
- Had a boxing membership? Innocent
- Made a boy/girl friend cry? Guilty
- Been in a band? Innocent
- Shot a gun? Guilty
- Donated Blood? Guilty
- Eaten alligator meat? Innocent
- Eaten cheesecake? Innocent
- Still love someone you shouldn’t? I seriously dont know!
- Have/had a tattoo? Guilty
- Liked someone, but will never tell who? Guilty
- Been too honest? Guilty
- Ruined a surprise? Guilty (I am a mayor in that)
- Ate in a restaurant and got really bloated that you couldn’t walk afterward? Guilty
- Erased someone in your friends list? Guilty
- Dressed in a woman’s clothes (if you’re a guy) or man’s clothes (if you’re a girl)? Innocent
- Joined a pageant? Innocent
- Been told that you’re handsome or beautiful by someone who totally meant what they said? Guilty
- Had communication with your ex? Innocent
- Got totally drunk on the night before exam? Innocent
- Got totally angry that you cried so hard? Guilty
Love Aaj Kal
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Vivek
Sometimes back, not so long, I have been running after love. I failed catching it though for reasons which were not so different from those seen in movies. And then earth starts rotating again, rain is nothing more than a RAIN, time got back its old pace, life was normal in general. I don’t regret much for I learned a lot, looking at the funny side of life is one among those. And then one day.. BAAANG!!!! Love is at my doorstep, knocking and started chasing me… And I am scared.. so scared that now I am the one who is running away from it.. I started saying logics, philosophies, practical aspects of life (!!) and in between crushing someone’s heart.. This article is an open apology for the pain I brought(brigning/will bring) to you knowingly/unknowingly.. 
Back from a break.
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Vivek
It is almost 2 months since I blogged. I am not going to give any explanations or justifications as you all know it is just my laziness. Well, I don’t have anything in my mind to write (and enlighten as usual :P) though. On second thoughts I will write some incidents happened in the past months which were new to me.
International Symposium on Biocomputing.
Our department hosted an ACM symposium on biocomputing and we (M-Tech students) were the volunteers of the program. The invited talks, paper presentations, cultural feista were all praised by the delegates, guests and the media but for me the best part of the symposium was the free five star food, from Kadavu resort. Working (seriously!) for the symposium was fun, checking the format of the papers, talking with american and chinese professors, etc.. and an unique experience.
JEST.
For those who don’t know, it is an entrance exam for IMSc (Institue of Mathematical Science) and similar institutes. JEST is the first entrance exam with descriptive questions that I have written and I did enjoy writing it. The exam was in Cochin (CUSAT) and hence it was the least priority item in the list. Met some old friends in Cochin and had some great time with them. A special thanks to Shalini (and her family) for the wonderful lunch.
Wearing the cruel examiner’s suit.
I was always against copying and the most I did against it was arguing with friends, till recently. I had this assistantship in the lab last week and found that majority had plagiarized code with them. The cold blooded cruel me made sure that they got the lowest possible grade.
Reading Malayalam Books.
Recently, I am getting great reviews about my malayalam blog like “Your malayalam blog is so very substandard like your english blog” “It is a wonderful idea not to publish your malayalam articles” etc..
So, I decided to improve my malayalam writing skills and moved on from books like Bobanum Moliyum and Balarama to classic (!!) malayalm literatures. I got hold of some books from library and finished Odayil Ninnu and VKN Kadhakal.
2009 - A Review.
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Vivek
I can’t believe that it is December 31st already!! Didn’t this year feel short. I guess, Vijay Mallya had bribed our government to cut out certain months (or is it the same through out the world!?).
Anyways, now that we are here (31 of December) let me tell you those few things that happened to me other than the routine eat-sleep-watching movies-eat cycle.
M-Tech Second Semester:
The first half of 2009 was fun filled classroom entertainment. I was very serious about my studies and developed my own ingenious method of taking class notes in an efficient manner as shown in the pic below
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| From MIsc |
Apart from the academic lessons, I was determined to fine tune many of my soft skills like improving the efficiency of observation.
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| From MIsc |
Reinforcing Economic Recovery.
When the much hyped recession was hit the market took a pause. There was complete silence and all of the economic gurus were clueless about what to do. That is when I took it up and pumped a lot of money from my account buying very expensive (but completely useless) camera and bike into the economy. Yes, it surely made me a pauper but the market woke up once again regaining to its old glory. All those high paid job holders (in NIT), you owe me!
Teaching Assistantship:
Teaching Assistantship started and was assigned the duty of compiler lab for B-tech students. For those who don’t know about it. It is a job where wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous girls with *very* nice dress sit besides you and you cant ogle, flirt or stare!! The maximum you can do is, just smile and evaluate their work. I always thought about teaching as a great job. Now I understand it is not just because of the pay most graduates drop teaching jobs!
Finding Nirvana:
I always wondered what I was destined for. Throughout my life my mind wandered over all those philosophical questions rishis from HImalayas used to think, like, ‘why do we study?’, ‘When will Malyalam film industry adopt bikinis?’, ‘Why did India choose bowling in 2003 world cup final?’. Well, my point was I discovered why I am send to earth. God realized that Chet Atkins and Les Paul failed in their mission and wanted me to spread the *real* music of Guitar. Oh yes, I meant I started learning guitar.. Those who know malayalam can read about it here. Those who can hear can even listen to my play in that article :P.
Campus Placements:
After a big gap I again attended campus placement dramas. Attended two interviews this time and got job in Philips (a month back). The best thing was that they gave us a cool jacket (well, the offer letter too).
To end with, this is what I want to tell you 2009…
‘Some come to our lives and go, some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same! That is what you have done to me, 2009.!!’ (Sssh.. I don’t mean that.. :P)
Merry Christmas..
Posted on December 25th, 2009 by Vivek
Wish you a Merry Christmas and let the festival brings joy and happiness in your life..
How to flirt…
Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Vivek
Couple of weeks back, I was in Andhra Pradesh to attend the marriage of my classmate Reshma.
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| Reshma’s Marriage Pic |
And these Andhra friends of mine were introducing us to a hell lot of their friends. And then Shalini called me and introduced me to a B E A utiful girl..
Me: Hai.. I am Vivek.
The girl: Hello. My name is Sawjanya..
Me: Sawjanya!! You know what.. In our language Sawjanya means free.. 
Are you free?
Isn’t that a wonderful way to hit a girl? My friend says that it was the stupidest..
