even a few months back, had anyone ever said i'd be stressing myself out on what was going to happen when i walked out of college with a B.Tech degree in hand, i would have just laughed it off. seriously....college just reopened two days back and man are we stressed out already. campus interviews are happening and there are the ones that get selected and the ones that dont. u cant even offer them sympathies...that is so redundant.... and now i think i'll sit for wipro...but i dont want it...i want the experience of getting to the interview (if i do!!) and i'm thinking of telling the guy that buddy i'm glad i got here but no thanks...the thing is if it happens that i get a job with them then thats not a good thing because i want chemical companies..food industry and all that.. and if ever wipro decides i am actually ok for their company then i cant appear for the companies i want to for!!
ok i think i'm a little more clear headed now than i was in college today....but not so full of clarity either..but i know now that i have to go for the companies i want. wipro would be all nice and fine but thats my lifes direction. the thing i have to figure out now is whether i want to go take the test or not...like deepak said it should be pretty easy to not get selected...its the getting selected thats gonna be hard...hmmm... i should think on my own...thts why i hate having people around when i have to make up my mind....its irritating but you know that everybody is just giving your their view on it and its up to u to pick and choose....
funny thing is i dont want unwanted advice and opnions but i would still like u to comment on what i'm doing instead of keeping mum...contradicting myself aren't i?? can't help it!! ok now i think its time i went and figured out what chem companies i'd like to get into....thats another thing my mom and deepak agree on- that i have to many demands of a company that i'd work for but do i have what they want? i am quite the jack of all trades but am i master of none? atleast to the best of my knowledge i am no master of any technical subject i havent learnt till date!!
yea well....i am a bunch of contradictions and complexities one way or another and i'm becoming so haphazard every day now too!!! its crazy!! oh and i have to GRE prep too!!! guess i should be glad i'm not taking CAT and all....dunno what'll happen to me then!!!
i'll put a stop to this post of my unbelievably scattered thoughts here....just a last word....i'm reading FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT by dominique lapierre and larry collins. its a must read for all book lovers. truly. its such amazing writing and he writes so well of gandhi and mountbatten and churchill and all....i'm not even close to half way through the book but i cant put it down either...if u like reading....pick it up...and dont give me crap of having already read about india's freedom struggle in your tenth...that is such a lame excuse!!
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Miss Mitzi's Dance School
I've just finished watching Shall we Dance. I end up watching most movies late, except ofcourse, The Lord Of the Rings.
Shall We Dance is such an amazing movie. Its feel good without being unrealistic. Everybody has a day when their life, as they are living it, looks them in the face and asks if you are happy. It happens to all of us. In case of kids, the pangs are long gone with the presence of a new toy. In the case of adolescence, the finding of a new companion or the reiteration of a friend and confidante. At 20, to start something new. And there on forth, to relish spontaineity, to not lose focus, to live evry minute, to not regret( I am hoping that these are all you have to deal with! ).
And here you find Mr.Clarke (the gracefully ageing Gere), looking for a laugh when all the world around him is in a hurry. when all the people around him are caught up in their individual lives (thats something i've always wondered about, the individual lives in a family...but i'll save that for another post). And when he realises that, he tends to notice more about the people around him. The strangers around. And thus does he happen upon Paulina(Jennifer Lopez...and i have to say she is beautiful). Somewhere a lost smile.
So then we have a Mr.Clarke joining Ballroom dance classes. I don't know what it is about the movie, but it makes you smile. Its touches you and its a happy-happy story. The oh-so-nice relationship of the clerkes. The is-there-any-chemistry-here between Paulina and John. Miss Mitzi. Bonnie and Link. And M-ya doing a guest bit. The movie is so real. No frills and no stunts. Nothing out of the ordinary and such amazing camers work.
There are few movies that boast of having the camera affect the audience the SEabiscuit or Shall We Dance does. Camera work can be ostentatious, larger than life but rarely poignant and telling. That is the beauty of stills. Still pictures are alive in a whole new meaning, unlike videos and moving pictures.So rarely is the clarity and countenance.
The movie makes you want to dance. To want to feel the music. To move. To try Ballroom Dancing. To go latino. To hang up your inhibitions and to wear those dancing shoes and go tap tap tap.....
One of the OSTs of the movie is by Peter Gabriel...and it so fitted the situation and i loved the lyrics...so i found them and here they are...its called The Book Of Love
Shall We Dance is such an amazing movie. Its feel good without being unrealistic. Everybody has a day when their life, as they are living it, looks them in the face and asks if you are happy. It happens to all of us. In case of kids, the pangs are long gone with the presence of a new toy. In the case of adolescence, the finding of a new companion or the reiteration of a friend and confidante. At 20, to start something new. And there on forth, to relish spontaineity, to not lose focus, to live evry minute, to not regret( I am hoping that these are all you have to deal with! ).
And here you find Mr.Clarke (the gracefully ageing Gere), looking for a laugh when all the world around him is in a hurry. when all the people around him are caught up in their individual lives (thats something i've always wondered about, the individual lives in a family...but i'll save that for another post). And when he realises that, he tends to notice more about the people around him. The strangers around. And thus does he happen upon Paulina(Jennifer Lopez...and i have to say she is beautiful). Somewhere a lost smile.
So then we have a Mr.Clarke joining Ballroom dance classes. I don't know what it is about the movie, but it makes you smile. Its touches you and its a happy-happy story. The oh-so-nice relationship of the clerkes. The is-there-any-chemistry-here between Paulina and John. Miss Mitzi. Bonnie and Link. And M-ya doing a guest bit. The movie is so real. No frills and no stunts. Nothing out of the ordinary and such amazing camers work.
There are few movies that boast of having the camera affect the audience the SEabiscuit or Shall We Dance does. Camera work can be ostentatious, larger than life but rarely poignant and telling. That is the beauty of stills. Still pictures are alive in a whole new meaning, unlike videos and moving pictures.So rarely is the clarity and countenance.
The movie makes you want to dance. To want to feel the music. To move. To try Ballroom Dancing. To go latino. To hang up your inhibitions and to wear those dancing shoes and go tap tap tap.....
One of the OSTs of the movie is by Peter Gabriel...and it so fitted the situation and i loved the lyrics...so i found them and here they are...its called The Book Of Love
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But II love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But II love it when you sing to me
And youYou can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But II love it when you give me things
And youYou ought to give me wedding rings
And II love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And II love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Theory of Pool Boiling
I just never thought I'd actually find a real time use for all the various theories and derivations I've learnt up until now at college. Truly. It sounds unbelievably cynical of me, but thats the truth. Whoever thought that every theory in chemical engineering has an application in one or the other domestic chore, whether or not it has one industrially.
I was boiling water this morning( no and my culinary repertoire extends beyond just boiling water! ) and i was just watching the bubble form at the bottom of the vessel and rise up one by one and leave the surface and then the increase in the number of bubbles with the increase in flame, and i found myself thinking of thePool Boiling theory that i just learnt this past semester. you have to understand two things, that it is an achievement in itself that i can still recall that which i studied the night before the exam in such a hurry to finish portions, more than a month later and that i never, never remotely thought i'd actually find myself reaching into the depths of the repository of my brain and actually come up with not just the name of the theory but actually recall and connect the theory and its application.
Damn...somewhere along the line maybe, just maybe the teachers might, just might have done a decent job...yea right...i'd much rather take the credit due to me for having studied a theory and understood correctly than give undue credit to minions on the svce pay-roll...hrrmph...the parents money no less...well there injustices in the world much bigger in magnitude and repercussions that go untended too, this is just another blip in the working order of the world...
Ok...now i'm actually going to put to written words the extent of my understanding of the Pool Boiling theory. I do hope none of the readers of this post are chemical engineers, or if you are, that you dont remember Heat Transfer or the theory of boiling, much less pool boiling or that you dont tag me as a nerd ( theatrically: with one's right hand palm's back to thy forehead and the body twisted with thy other hand at an angle replicating a Bharathanatyam dance pose: 'Oh! how could you? a fate worse than death! Oh ! how could you? ' ).
So braving all the possibilities of being found, i charge forth as only fools do or the most valient and valorous do,
The Theory proposed that as the temperature of a liquid increased, vapour bubbles start forming. they form at the bottom of the vessel and as time goes by move to the surface and then leave the surface. he says that at the beginning, the number of vapour bubbles formed are very meager. on further heating, the number of bubbles increase and with it the rate of vapourisation by bubble formation. further on, the number of bubbles formed increase largely, giving rise to bubbles calescing to the surface of the vessel and hence adhering to one another and thus forming a layer of bubbles over the vessel surface and thus increasing reseitance to heat transfer and evaporation. at this point the amount of vapourisation taking place drastically falls. further on, the bubble layer becomes unstable and starts breking up rapidly, giving rise to its leaving the liquid surface and facilitating further formation of bubbles.
so thats the theory and i happened to find a graph on the net, so those interested can go check it out...
http://wins.engr.wisc.edu/teaching/mpfBook/FIGURES/FIG5-1.html
I was boiling water this morning( no and my culinary repertoire extends beyond just boiling water! ) and i was just watching the bubble form at the bottom of the vessel and rise up one by one and leave the surface and then the increase in the number of bubbles with the increase in flame, and i found myself thinking of thePool Boiling theory that i just learnt this past semester. you have to understand two things, that it is an achievement in itself that i can still recall that which i studied the night before the exam in such a hurry to finish portions, more than a month later and that i never, never remotely thought i'd actually find myself reaching into the depths of the repository of my brain and actually come up with not just the name of the theory but actually recall and connect the theory and its application.
Damn...somewhere along the line maybe, just maybe the teachers might, just might have done a decent job...yea right...i'd much rather take the credit due to me for having studied a theory and understood correctly than give undue credit to minions on the svce pay-roll...hrrmph...the parents money no less...well there injustices in the world much bigger in magnitude and repercussions that go untended too, this is just another blip in the working order of the world...
Ok...now i'm actually going to put to written words the extent of my understanding of the Pool Boiling theory. I do hope none of the readers of this post are chemical engineers, or if you are, that you dont remember Heat Transfer or the theory of boiling, much less pool boiling or that you dont tag me as a nerd ( theatrically: with one's right hand palm's back to thy forehead and the body twisted with thy other hand at an angle replicating a Bharathanatyam dance pose: 'Oh! how could you? a fate worse than death! Oh ! how could you? ' ).
So braving all the possibilities of being found, i charge forth as only fools do or the most valient and valorous do,
The Theory proposed that as the temperature of a liquid increased, vapour bubbles start forming. they form at the bottom of the vessel and as time goes by move to the surface and then leave the surface. he says that at the beginning, the number of vapour bubbles formed are very meager. on further heating, the number of bubbles increase and with it the rate of vapourisation by bubble formation. further on, the number of bubbles formed increase largely, giving rise to bubbles calescing to the surface of the vessel and hence adhering to one another and thus forming a layer of bubbles over the vessel surface and thus increasing reseitance to heat transfer and evaporation. at this point the amount of vapourisation taking place drastically falls. further on, the bubble layer becomes unstable and starts breking up rapidly, giving rise to its leaving the liquid surface and facilitating further formation of bubbles.
so thats the theory and i happened to find a graph on the net, so those interested can go check it out...
http://wins.engr.wisc.edu/teaching/mpfBook/FIGURES/FIG5-1.html
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Squeaky Shoes
i think its the defence machanism of the subconscious to look for little things and bring about memories with such clarity especially when you are most confused...
thats what happened today. i happened upon this little kid wearing squeaky shoes and running about on the road, while walking my dog. it was the squeaky noise those shoes made that got my attention. i think most of us have gone through atleast one pair of squeaky shoes as kids. when you would wear the shoes at home till the novelty of shoes that make noise, wears off. when there are no expectations off you. when there are no reponsibilities. when all the kiddie talk you talked enamored and captivated everyone and anyone. when all you would be wearing would be nappies and squeaky shoes and everyone would be whipping out cameras to take pictures of thou.
and then when you get to the point in life of making choices and having to be responsible for them and not knowing whether you are doing the right thing or not, you'd give anything to go back in time..
having to make choices in life when you are given varied oppurtunities and colourful examples, is on a whole different plane altogether from having to narrow down choices in a clothes store. it is truly scary. sure there are amazing and awe-inspiring examples and trend setters in ford and ambani and tata and bill gates and kishore biyani and just about everyone. but when it comes down to u.... its hard to certain..with all the what if's ...
why couldn't there be simple choices? why can't everything just be good? and everything you do be right?
i guess thats the novelty of squeaky shoes....if the effect was prolonged...it wouldn't be a novelty anymore..
thats what happened today. i happened upon this little kid wearing squeaky shoes and running about on the road, while walking my dog. it was the squeaky noise those shoes made that got my attention. i think most of us have gone through atleast one pair of squeaky shoes as kids. when you would wear the shoes at home till the novelty of shoes that make noise, wears off. when there are no expectations off you. when there are no reponsibilities. when all the kiddie talk you talked enamored and captivated everyone and anyone. when all you would be wearing would be nappies and squeaky shoes and everyone would be whipping out cameras to take pictures of thou.
and then when you get to the point in life of making choices and having to be responsible for them and not knowing whether you are doing the right thing or not, you'd give anything to go back in time..
having to make choices in life when you are given varied oppurtunities and colourful examples, is on a whole different plane altogether from having to narrow down choices in a clothes store. it is truly scary. sure there are amazing and awe-inspiring examples and trend setters in ford and ambani and tata and bill gates and kishore biyani and just about everyone. but when it comes down to u.... its hard to certain..with all the what if's ...
why couldn't there be simple choices? why can't everything just be good? and everything you do be right?
i guess thats the novelty of squeaky shoes....if the effect was prolonged...it wouldn't be a novelty anymore..
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
each one to his own...
why is that when something is so important to some body, they'd make someone else do it? and it is rarely ever to their liking, when it is done? why is it that most people can't seem to do their own work? they just so need someone to do it for them or clean up after them?
when it comes down to me, i'd rather do something myself than let someone do it and have to find fault and correct it a trillion times before i get something just right. maybe its the virgin trait me to be a stickler for perfection, or anything close. it isnt of the effect of an obsessive compulsive disorder but i like things a certain way and its less troublesome to do it myself than have someone else do it and have to correct them, get frustrated and waste precious energy.
but it beats me..how people can stand to have someone else do things for them when every time, with rare exceptions, something is wrong, just like clockwork. especially men. and its a trait that just gets my goat royally. u know..beggars cant be choosers...and when u ask someone to do something for you, in a very twisted and funny way you are begging, you're at their mercy and i can't believe men have their macho ego take that...but then again i guess the whole process of getting somebody to your work for you is such a big ego trip for you that it obscures your own stupidity.
ok i will not scream and shout and say that my generalisation is to the dot (even though it is)..i'm willing to consider that there might be a few exceptions to this rule of nature, as there are to most. let me say this...my dad and brother are no good examples...if i were to go by them..and truly...if any guy out there feels the need to justify....your welcome to ..but trust its gonna take u quite a cartload to convince me..
you know times like these...i just know that women are just so much more superior..(and yes..i have a supercilious grin on my face) ..pardon me but i can't help it..
when it comes down to me, i'd rather do something myself than let someone do it and have to find fault and correct it a trillion times before i get something just right. maybe its the virgin trait me to be a stickler for perfection, or anything close. it isnt of the effect of an obsessive compulsive disorder but i like things a certain way and its less troublesome to do it myself than have someone else do it and have to correct them, get frustrated and waste precious energy.
but it beats me..how people can stand to have someone else do things for them when every time, with rare exceptions, something is wrong, just like clockwork. especially men. and its a trait that just gets my goat royally. u know..beggars cant be choosers...and when u ask someone to do something for you, in a very twisted and funny way you are begging, you're at their mercy and i can't believe men have their macho ego take that...but then again i guess the whole process of getting somebody to your work for you is such a big ego trip for you that it obscures your own stupidity.
ok i will not scream and shout and say that my generalisation is to the dot (even though it is)..i'm willing to consider that there might be a few exceptions to this rule of nature, as there are to most. let me say this...my dad and brother are no good examples...if i were to go by them..and truly...if any guy out there feels the need to justify....your welcome to ..but trust its gonna take u quite a cartload to convince me..
you know times like these...i just know that women are just so much more superior..(and yes..i have a supercilious grin on my face) ..pardon me but i can't help it..
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