The Swan Song

Right in the closing days of my college life, I got two lifelines that people crave to get during the entire lengths of their professional lifespans!

• Was offered an internship at AOL, Bangalore (June 2009)
  
  
  
  
• Google awarded me a "Google Summer of Code" project for the summer of 2009 (with stripend of $4500) for Python support to Anjuta (GNOME)!! [Link]
  

Thank you God, I owe it to you! May everyone on this earth be as happy as I am.

[If you are linguistically inclined, try dissecting the title of the post to understand how I feel]

I am legend

This movie, which I just saw, is the alltime 8th highest gross opening collections movie in USA, according to Wikipedia. This is I am Legend, starring Will Smith. And trust me, its a fucking shit of a movie, DO NOT WATCH IT, trust me. Its the worst movie I have ever seen, honestly! 3 hours wasted! No girl in it, no story, no puzzles, no mystery, no horror, no romance, no sex, no cat, nothing typical of a good movie. Go get a life, Ishan.. Mitali is studying, Manas is studying. Ishan is playing the fool. Gosh, not only playing the fool, but also playing foolish movies on his computer. God forgive me for this sheer time waste.

50 First Dates

Just watched 50 First Dates starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Great movie again! Sometimes I feel like Sandler, I have no complains with life.. Anyway, this is a watchable movie, Mom liked it and now even I do!
If you're reading this, push me, pester me into giving you this great movie in a pen drive or a CD so that you can watch it and get a sense of how cool it is to fall in love with the same person again and again each day of your life! Quite literally! Those sensitive people who've seen and liked Ghajini, you guys are gonna love this one! Cool concept, amazing movie!

In Pursuit of Happiness

Just watched a truly awesome movie, In Pursuit of Happiness (2008) starring Will Smith. Some of the key points that struck me during the movie were:
* You'll do well in life if you can solve a Rubik's Cube
* When you've got nowhere to live, a toilet is the best place to be! hahah
* Everyone will neglect you when you're down and out, but not your son/dad!

Oh yes, this past month or so has seen all of our friends getting placed and secured. Here's a run down, alphabetically:
Anshul: MS (Cyber Law & Info. Security) in IIIT, Allahabad
Brijesh: [forgot the name, good MNC core company]
Gunjan: MBA(IT) in IIIT, Allahabad
Ishan: Infosys
Manas: MS (Cyber Law & Info. Security) in IIIT, Allahabad
Mitali: Accenture
Navani: Texas Instruments

Time to celebrate! Time to gear up for good times ahead!

I feel miserable today. I woke up all night. And was sad to hear mitali's uncle is amidst a medical emergency. Was even more saddened by the sad demise of swati in the morning. Today, i am feeling aweful. Wretched as ever. Awful as ever. God help us in this troubled time.

Good Old Friends

1. spendius at Sun Jul 27, 06:38 PDT 2008: Hi, Ishan , great to see you logging back on good old Fics :-) I was just busy with some family guests, no time for chess. Are you on holidays ? I hope to see you online soon !

That's spendius (Lionel Sagne, Cote de Azur, France) from the FICS chess server. Yes yes, I am logging on to the chess server again these days :-)

This is no loser blog. Its just a reflection of Icy, who has degraded beyond all reasonable expectations. When it is high time to follow and back my instincts, I am wasting time like fools waste water. When it is time for me to improve myself, I am taking the whole world's burden on my shoulders, aiming to improve the world. Absolute madness (which I realise now) has led me to waste time, effort, thought and money on buying CAT form and SimCAT test series and the preparation therein. Ok, some portion of the preparation is indeed helping me sharpen my mental abilities. But how can I justify pursuing CAT at the expense of solving DP?
I need a break. I need time regroup myself and refocus on lost tracks that once lead me to limitless goals. I need to "be more serious towards life".

There are many things I can't write here, but I am looking for someone to share it with. I know I can't, and these private emotions will haunt me till the time I live. But, all in all, I will be more serious towards life. :-)