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Buying a LapTop........

2007-06-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

Finally after years of hard work and day dreaming, possessing a laptop dream finally got over, when I went on to buy one for me . It took me around 7 years from the day I started dreaming about it. Lap top is one such gadget I always have been love with.
It involved lot of research work before I finally went on to buy …intensive thinking and lots of discussions…internet these days plays such a gr8 help to guide you…GOOGLE is the word which has solved all these problems. Though my problem was solved by an exhaustively written presentation by one of puys(all members at Pagalguy are addressed by this name) This presentation had it all and I went on to read it some 5 times …before accessing hp’s official site to check the models which ever suited my pocket and my personality as well.
Pocket this is the biggest criteria I feel coz lap tops are available from 23k to 90k+ as far as I checked ,I know that lappies go much beyond 90k as well …since I have been a Compaq fan right from late nineties when Compaq was not owned by hp, Since they are single entity so does not really matter…decided to shell out some 60 k bucks and checked many brands though my concern was always to pick the best model in this range ,brand was not a much of big criteria. Lenovo was the voice that came from my family ,one of my doctor cousin bought it some 3 months back and I fell in love with it…the only reason was that I never checked other brands….model was lenovo 4 A Q. research needed to be extended…money was the constrain, as no body gonna pay me this huge sum of money. The dream was procrastinated for a while at least till my engineering is over. Finally day arrived when engineering was over and I started researching again at my personal level,though this time I went on to few shops ,just to look at the lappy I am going to buy.
The presentation needed to be studied again as for some body like me who has been a novice for this lap top thing has to buy the best deal .finally short listed few facts I wanted in my laptop
* 1 gb Ram was one thing I was striving for.
* Core 2 duo was the processor I wanted for this lovely gadget.
* After researches I came to know u need to buy T5000 series in lap tops
* Graphic card that too discrete one was one of the other few Utilities I wanted
TV tuner card was also lovely utility to have .
How ever to get these utilities in lenovo demanded to shell out some 65k+ ..out of budget was the cry I had and love for lenovo was gone ,Saif’s ad cant do the magic I thought it created.
Then I came to know about the fact that HP lap tops have all this and much more better features than what lenovo has to offer,in the mean time I had my hands on Compaq which costs him some 33k,the piece was good enough..to buy but do I have the trust for Athlon as I had fo Intel after using Celeron for some 3.5 yrs ? No was the answer….plus to buy a laptop without the graphic card was foolishness when u have been using some thing of same sort for last 3.5 yrs..Compaq at 33k came with win xp..is nt it the same operating system I have been using for years..yes it is….this Compaq was out of list in a hour when I checked all these…..
In the mean time I was getting adamant to buy HP pavillion 6200 series after comparing it with other models in the same range…yet not decided …..thanks to one of my friend who got his admissions in one of the best school of the country ,he came introducing Dell model to me ..deal was fair enough but is Dell going to provide me service I expect…? No was the answer….finally decided to check some Toshiba as well ,because my company had bulk deal with it ….but thanks to my ego kind of thin king…I was not interested in spending 60k for Toshiba at least till I am in India ,so what if in US Toshiba means u need to pay 100$ extra but in India I am least bothered about his vision…
Decision was made to buy HP now the fight was restricted in between the two models one with dual core and other with C 2 D ,former one was available at some 51k this is wit Hough taxes and later one was available at 57k with taxes…,former one lacked a discrete graphic card and was 14 inches wide screen but later one(Hp pavillion 6226TX ) was having all those utility items one can possibly dream of…
Finally the vague image og going for great lap top was seemingly looking as if I was about to achieve it…finally the day came on 30th may when I came home with my first lap top. Funds have been arranged…and lap top has been bought and I am loving it….

So this is my first post through my lovely dream…:)

Chat between two serious CAT aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs

2007-01-06T08:03:00.000-08:00

Guys, This is the Hypothetical chat created by my friend Pradeep I found at PG ,it’s a true picture of the CAT06 result . This shows the kind of weird results IIMS have given this year.Hope you have the same fun reading as I had……..enjoy!!!!!!!!!

Chat between two serious CAT aspirants and the elusive CAT/IIMs

Student 1 : Dear Sir. I have got 99.33, 99.72 in 2 sections and a 99.84 overall, but only 95.32 in the other section . Can i get a call, Dear CAT, from IIMA.

CAT/IIMA : What????, IIMA Call?. Dont you see you are not competent enough to cope up with the rigorous 2 year course we conduct here. Had you scored 0.02 %ile more you could have proved yourself to be competent enough to pursure a course and joined the ranks of MS Banga and Harsha Bogle. With a poor 95.32%ile in one section, All i can tell you is plz study more.

Student 1 : Sir, How about the chances from IIMB.

CAT/IIMB : Ha ha ha ha ha.. IIMB.. ha ha ha.. (Gearing up itself somehow to answer the question).. Fine.. I will anyway try to answer your question.. I need a few more details to answer your question anyway.. like..

1) What is your Date of Birth. It must fall between May 14th and Dec22nd. Else doubtful. Lets see. There are some rare cases who get thru with some lineancy in that. Anyway. Best of Luck on that.
2) 10th scores and the State you did it from and also, whether you have scored more than 83.11 % in that
3) 12th scores and the State you did it from and also, whether you have scored more than 86.76 % in that
4) Work-ex. Just the number of months would do fine. You need not tell whether you did it Microsoft, Google or Kandasamy mudaliar Textile mill at chittoor.. It does not matter much. We need diversity, you know. We also dont like differentiating between people based on illogical data like this.
5) CAT %ile. Now, wait. This is thr trickiest part. We are still awaiting the results from Las Vegas Casinos were our profs are playing. They are yet to finish the game. Prof X (who has a bet on keeping VA cut-off at 88.32%ile) is losing badly. He needs to improve on his casino skills. Prof Y is winning the game. He had pegged it at 96.32%ile. lets see.. Last year Prof Z won hands down with a 85%ile in DI. A few bugging students sneaked into our institute thru that. Lets see how many more get lucky this year. But lemme say guys, Its fun. Casinos are fun. The above rules are very well applicable for other IIMs too, though some lineancy maybe allowed.

Student 1: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Somehow composing himself to ask the next question)

Student 1: But Sir, almost none of these can be changed by me now. I dont have any control over it at this stage of my life.

CAT : Obviously. You cant change. And thats what we love the most. You have absolutely no control over your destiny. We control it. You heard it right? Anyway.. We do have a backdoor entry. If you score 99.95+ in all three sections and a 99.98+ overall, you may be exempted from all this. But again, its a "maybe". So please dont have high hopes. Lets see.

Student 2: Sir, I have scored 99.81 overall and a 99.96 in quants, 99.14 in verbal but a 78.17 in DI coz of a bad day. I have received no calls from none of the IIMs till now. But I have good work-ex, can very well think logically and am suited to do an MBA from the top IIMs. I can obviously handle the rigour.

CAT : ROTFL.. My God! a 78.17 in DI.. Do these profs release these types of below average percentiles too. Yuck! I never knew anyone can get a 78.17 in DI. pretty surprising. And were you talking about calls from the IIMs. First you need to explain to them what a 78.17 means.

Student 2: But sir a 99.96 in quants and a 99.81 overall and a 99.14 in VA. Does that not look attractive enough to study at IIMs ABCLI?

CAT : Sorry.. I could not hear properly.. What did you tell your score was in DI?

Student 2 (losing his cool ): WTF. WTF do you want to know. I got a f'in 78.17 in DI and finally all you buggers decided I am incompetent to think logically. You decide that since I could not crack one more set in DI, I am not fit for management. Blah Blah Blah..

CAT : Beta.. Tension mat le.. See. I will let you out one trade secret. We ourselves are pretty confused in how to eliminate people. Its a nice game with us and the computer. We keep changing one variable or the other till the calls for each instis touches the required number. In fact how to predict the right nos so that we can give results in 3 weeks itself is now a casestudy at IIMA.

Student 2 (stammering to ask the next question) : But sir.. You will be losing out on lots of good students coz of this.

CAT : So?

Student 2: "So?".. What question was that? I told, you will be losing out on a few
deserving students, some who may have got 97%ile or 95%ile overall but for whom an MBA would suit much well in their career goals.

CAT : Career goals..? What is that. I never knew our guys here talk about that. We know numbers. Talk numbers to us. and only numbers. Nothing else matters. And better if the nos are higher.

Student 1 :

Stdeunt 1 : Ok. Lets talk Numbers. You have given calls to some students with overall 97.5 %ile too but not someone with a 99.75%ile. How does it work.

CAT : Oh, You guys figured it out huh.. These youngsters are smart nowadays. Anyway, promise you wont tell it to anyone.

Student 1: Promise Sir.

CAT : I believe you. When we were working seriously on Dec 30th, that bugging programmer had boozed a bit. Instead of typing 98.75%ile, he typed 97.5%ile in the computer program and some buggers may have sneaked in. Dont worry. We will take care of them in the interview.

Student 1: But sir,He may actually be a good candidate.

CAT : How can he be a good candidate. He got 97.5%ile overall.

Student 2 (butting in ): Oh Man! Did dhirubhai score a 99.5, did lakshmi nivas mittal score a 99.5.. did..

CAT : Stop, Stop.. Why should they score.. We dont create people like them. We create people who can work for them.

Student 1: Sir. We are speechless. Anyway.. We have a question and a suggestion. question first. How come IIM A/B/C have called a candidate who may have 97+ sectionals and 99+ overall but not IIM L/I/K.

CAT : Hmmm.. Thats a very good question. What happened was these 3 IIMs wanted to show to the outside world that they are unique. Hence they chose a different casino this time and played a different game amongst themselves. Mebbe cut-off changed coz of that. And what Suggestion? We dont like suggestions.

Student 1: Plz listen once.

CAT : We listening to others. He he.. Proceed.

Student 1 : Why cant you select people the way International B SChools do by finding out more about the personal characteristics of the student so that you can find whether he is better suited for management rather than just depending on nos.

CAT : Personal characteristics.. You mean height, weight, hip size etc..? We were thinking about it in 1997 but..

Student 2 : No No.. (In horror and controlling his temper).. We mean his aptitude do to management, his potential, his passion, his career goals, how an MBA from IIM will help him.. etc. In those lines..

CAT : Are you serious. We cant read the applications of 191,000 buggers. then we have to conduct CAT'07 for batch 2012. You are absolutely illogical. No wonder you scored a below average percentile in logical reasoning. Ha ha ha.

Student 2: (You #$^%^%*& ). You somehow got the point though not exactly. conducting CAT'07 for CAT'12 batch. We advice CAT to be designed in the lines of GMAT which has 5 years validity and is standardized.

CAT : OMG! That means our annual profs trip to Las vegas will be cancelled. I dont think they will agree to your suggestion. And what is the crap about 5 year validity. How can the intelligence of a person not change in 5 years. We believe it will change every year, in fact every week also if CAT is conducted so often.

Student 2: CAT is supposed to test Aptitude and not intelligence and aptitude will not change much in 5 years. It will benefit the student community immensely since they can give CAT in the final year, concentrate on their careers and then join MBA after 3-4 years after understanding business and corporate life. They can also concentrate on extra curriculaars etc. Because of CAT, the career of many people is jeopardized and none of the serious working CAT takers know what Extracurriculars is.

CAT : Agreed. But what about the Las vegas trip?

Student 1 and 2: Fainted.

CAT (gets a phone call) : Are Bhatta bhai. kahan hai tu.. Still playing at the casinos? You guys have real fun time.. So who won the game and whats the cut-off for QA this year.. What.. 89.11 ile huh.. Who won the game.. Ok.. Visit the miami beach.. (and he walks off speaking)

Last post for the year 2006!!!!!!

2006-12-29T08:57:00.000-08:00

I know i have not posted for such a long time....but it wont b wrong either to say that it was for the first time other than gals which kept me busy....yaa it was study.....not my degree..infact it was the most neglected part this semester....But ya CAT was one thing which kept me real busy.........i was not studying that hard but to such an extent that i didnt had time reading much of my books and also visiting my clg...CAT is to blamed to keep me regular just on 2 sites one was Pagalguy....myfav ..and other was ORkut ...i made and found many friends .....infact it wont b wrong if i would say i have many thanks to pay to this site called orkut which helped me meet few of the spcl ppl out here....i know many of u will get to know the meaning but still i will keep these things at bay and will move fwd.....
After coming from my SPT i had tough times starting my prep for CAT...it was infact much tougher than wat i thought and wat i had in mind.......My initial percentiles in TIME AIM CATS varied some what as low as 26 and moved as high as 90....i know i was not at my best but the reason was i was going thru a bad patch or wat i cal my placement season.......i didnt took few initial JOBS of kirloskar and all that seriously and when it came to few other it become a matter of pride for me to take one......and ya i originated as a winner ..it will discussed hopefully later ......actually this year was one which pushed me that harder and taught me few lessons ....that there is nothign as certain as death....i call it this way coz its one thing which is confirmed at some point rest nothing...the toughest lesson i learnt was too njoy some bdy success in which you have lost and which mattered to u more than to him...but ya i feel now that god wanted me to learn
Few other thing which i learnt were ...too loose some thing which is in ur hand and it goes just like if a castle changes in to heap of sand in frnt of ur eyes...it happened opportunity was in my hand and it went off just when i was about to clear the border line.....anywyas all these are lessons may b destiny some times want u to learn else we get to realx...some doses are bound to be there to make u feel btr....SEMESTER i felt i am an engg..coz it was one which was toughest in academic history to pas thru though i managed fairly well and that too wid grades as good as good as 63% ...i mean not as good as i mentioned but i know how much i expected...anyways....than one thing which this year has given me is few of my best friends and their suppost in evry odds.....understanding their importance to carry on furter in life and few of the friends for the life time....may b it will b exposed later up in my life..coz i am still to know few odds....but this year made me learnt the importance of money though coming from baniya family i knew it well but still managing money is tuff job..this year saw my drinking tastes....as they nvr evr saw.....i discovered my fav vodka brands....discovered how to and when to drink ....
Than here comes the DEGREE tour which made us learn evry chap i nvr thot i can learn or wud have leant if i havent been there....i agree goa was the best life experience till date but Banglore had my first half hearted hangover......LOLZ.....
Beach prty at 200 hrs was some experience one can really look fwd,visiting GIM at 0430 hrs was also one thing which was amazing...visiting those valleys and tea gardens at OOTy were great...to have the local made ooty choc was some thing real delicious....to see the beauty of MYSORE and to pass thru the jungles which were once owned or wat we say robbed by VIRRAPPAN...was breath taking....sitting at barista was nvr so fun.but ya coimbtoore had it for me.............i can seriously say i lived life in those 15 days .......discovered such new facts ab8 life....wow its real hard to live ..few of adventorous experiences me and rohit shared......it was awesome to ride on streets of panjim and dat too without feul was tough indeed..and to steal the fuel from bikes and redi there was a good experience in it self.... to dance on the tunes of nvr heard eng tracks at MAMBO's and den to manage to dance wid few of angrejs....wow wat an experience....then to sail thru the cruise at goa was fun......moving on the streets of Banglore....MG road infact...at 12 searching for my lost group who happen do drink much more than limits.....than to hire a auto at 120 bucks the last money i had in my wallet was some of the experiences i nvr had.....i can say it was not 15 days but it was one life which fast fwded my life at such a pace that i cant forget... photographer in me took birth and moved on.............it left me with few memories to cherish............to thinkover.......it taught me the best part is the survival hunger to tap life's best things..u can.....this is wat i did when i got my self a job at TAFE tractors chennai.................
LIfe is learning in it self its ab8 u to understand whether u wana learn or just wana pass by...life keeps on giving u many opportunities...omens as paul cohelo says in its book alchemist.....keep on understandng all these ...life will b beautiful in evry respect....
P.S. thanks to my all friends.....mohit,sardar,rohit,bunny,tarun..for such a wonderful time we had at our trip.....i will always keep this time preserved wid me.....not only in form of 1300 pics and 100 odd movies but as some thing called yaadein in my heart

finally i am able 2 see my desti

2006-08-02T07:35:00.000-07:00

wow after a long time of 3 yrs i entered final year on 3rd july and tat 2 without any ATKT...ha relieved and wats big news on stand is i made it 2 bunch of few guys who are called first class hhaaaaaaaaai can have tat feel and a deep breath..tat my convo Pic wont be kharab.....i m njoying it...but ya every smile comes up with some thing insde and this has a ghost like cat ...a Witch like JOB interviews...a hunger 2 get the best job 9in the market always has made my thots different ....more over a greed for money as always made me feel tat ya i can do it...I have been dreaming of this year from last 3 years and now wen i m getting chance for it..this has almost led butterflies in my stomach..cant think wat will b end results but wat i can wonder is i will do it and tat 2 in my shtyle...as always...Training has tought me many big chapters in life wich iwill be sharing in few nxt posts...life has completely changed a feel 2 finally get out of shit ...and a feel 2 stay in this wealthy environment for next 3 yrs.....god cant guess wat i am up to but wat i surely feel is this dilema is really amazing finaly i have understood wat is my clg to me...and how much we respect our insti...amny more things life has in its kitty for me...and many more things i have 2 share wid ppl...i know i have been away for 2 long months but training do kept me away..still after tat i didnt had tat attitude 2 rite for this place of mine....now in coming few days i will try 2 express all these feels thru this medium of BLOGS....................yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i can see where is my desti ...and how i have 2 achieve it....

At last i wrote about it...

2006-04-28T04:01:00.000-07:00

I some times feel Can a gal effect ur life to such an extent..... i some where read ...if u find a good Wife u have a good life and if u found a bad one u will be philospher for life..i some how agree this point.

We Boys are just a cold hearted creatures being sent on earth by god to work like a donkey and nothing much no emotions or love exist as such..Bus koi ladki dikhe and we are after it..ya thats life for most of us including me and few of my friens wud say specially me ..coz i am the one who are always talking the best creature on earth That is
"GALS"
since i was born i have seen how my mom brought me to such an extent tat i can buy and learn guitar even...i can make project tat can win ...and some how can patao a ladki also...though in mybad time she have been along wid...hold on this article is not the tribute to My MOM
but this one is for the gal who shayad wud never read this up...i know i am writing it for the gal whom some how i manged to love..idont know how..
I resisted my self from writing ab8 her from last so many months but the incidence tat happened wid me forced me to write ...basically those were the days i cant forget and wud not ..the word Called LOVE really existed in this bluddy universe i got to know from her.....
How a single phone call of her made my day ..and how a single sms of her took me in deep imaginations...but some how i cant forget those nights i talked to her on phones hiding my self and phone in quilt really those were the moments ...time rushes away and memories saty in hearts ...
Some English writer once said....
"it allways better to fall in love and suffer ,then never"
She was the one whose sepration tought me to live life seperately and it was one incidence which tought me to work hard to achieve my dreams...its not a tribute but just few thoghts and love tat still keeps on growing...i can say tat coz when ever i remember her i found her in my dreamz happend a lot many times............

P.S. Do u feel what i m writing is true??

Training a necessary part ,but what ab8 cat??

2006-04-26T05:48:00.000-07:00

In past 4 weeks i dint wwrote any thing . ANd in past 1 month i had many probs like i had an accident (the day i was thinking to write against traffic rules)
also i started learning guitar in these 4 weeeks...but the situation whcih has led me no where was deciding to have my summer practical training from???
Ever since i started my degree i was planning to have my training from Central farm machinery budni near bhopal . Many of u must have not heard ab8 it but its the institute where all tractors which ever gets launched in india is to be tested B4.More over its one of the best in world and The best in India.
But Now as i am preparing for cat so i m in dilema tat to sacrifice one month of studies or to attend the training i have always thot for...this situation has given me many sleepless nights and also i have not yet decided.
Actually the prob is the climate over there in MP ,where Mercury shoots as high as 49 and Rains start later part of june and by then my trainign wud be over. so a lil afraid as the group which is going wid me is of totally no use and few of my friens have already with drawn their programm due to the climate.
And when i think for CAT in nov i am completely frozen as some times i feel ,if iw ould be able to co up as soon as i am back from budhni.. so was planning to just have my training for sake of having from some 3rd grade organisation and prepare for CAT..but then where the plans go which i made for past 2.5 yrs ....
i dont know will i be able to come out of this dilema kind of situation ..but what i learnt out of ity is that some times u feel like going two places in single moment and tis taught me the imp of time

JUSTICE, CAN I HAVE IT SIR???

2006-03-25T13:09:00.000-08:00

Ya its surely some thing I always wanted 2 write ab8. Basically the thing is this 15-day break from my blog had few reasons

1. Mid term exams major reason

2. I was always intended 2 write some thing, which is really big thought

3. I had a disconnection from my net due 2 non-payments of bills (but was always airtel systems fault) not mine

Anyhow when somebody is giving reason he is always trying and hide something or try and tell u 2 convince on a Lie. Nothing separates with me :-)

On 21st of march at 10:00 am I had my Econ-401 exam (mid term) and I needed 2 to do well really very well reason being I haven’t done good in my first hrly exams. But what left me thinking the whole day was the news on top right side of Indian Express regarding PRIYADARSHNI MATTO, really was a good story, but it was first time that after reading a newspaper I was able 2 spend 10 mins reading a news and thinking and feeling like a shit 2 be a part of this system. Never thought ever in my life, that I will feel bad 2 such an extent for somebody whom I don’t know, for some body whose news I m reading for the first time. But it happened and for the first time, I started searching inside me and found ya there is a fire, which want to burn the whole system, which is going with me. Actually during my whole life time I have been a very selfish kind and rough person say without any emotions (mein to sadharan sa selfish sa insaan hu), but ya I knew by know, I have certain emotions which are dying 2 come out.

The thing, which always kept me shocking, was the Scuffle of an elderly man for the justice of his daughter in INDIAN Courts. The struggle for a period of 7 yrs and still there is no such way in our system created by our constitution. Waise if we think there is fault in the constitution itself. Coz ours is the borrowed constitution. Any how the man who killed her remains free and Roams on the street with the full authority but This man Chaman Matto the father remains in Jammu at the same home where his daughter use 2 live.

Listening to one of his interview he gave 2 Barkha Dutt on NDTV I Remembered in my vague mind something like the looks of Kamal Hassan in Movie Hindustani and the same story justice for his daughter who was killed for the fault of system, but he finds his own way 2 fight back and this man remains with a hope still that judicial system of ours will give him justice. This case has been in picture due the case of JESSICA LALS Case but I don’t know when our sleeping giants will awake and will give justice 2 the common man like me if he some how some day goes 2 court for it. I suppose there is no mean out for it and we can’t do even coz our system has been so much badly eaten by the DEEMAK of politics and corruption that we cant help it out.

The first thoughts 2 my mind after listening 2 news like this was that what the hell if this can happen 2 her why not me my family and why not anybody out of my friends??? And I was in stress seriously thinking hard for one thing

WHAT HAS JUTSICE HAVE FOR ME IN ITS KITTY??

If one day I rises and goes 2 the court 2 ask for simple justice then what does court going to give me up a period of deep stress, huge bills of my well paid lawyer and my growing age with a hope one day ya surely one day I will have it

And suddenly the one day comes and I get 2 know that the man has spent so many buck and got himself out of this case then what wud be my condition???

This one thot left me thinking what MR. Chaman Matto must have thot when he got a call from editor on 3^rd dec, 1999 morning saying that the accused in his daughters case have been relieved and what next was the fainting of the man …this is not that there is only one story like this being played but there may 1000 stories which are taking place almost the everyday and only one is brought 2 real stage rest are all rehearsed.

I suppose Movies like Rang de basanti gives us a message and now the movie Hindustani which I disliked many yrs back have a meaning for me…But I suppose we need not only 2 watch these movies but surely 2 perform against the discrimination being faced. I know its always-easy writing then doing but we have 2 and only we can do it. Just rise beyond the words and beyond these criminals who r just using our system for the heck of making their own motives…. Just if u get 2 know any injustice happening in this world around u just try and do some thing good for the sufferer, so that one day u may get a chance 2 change it for the big cause.

Becoz

Every big thing start from the small starting so just don’t wait for the big opportunity just find small one and do it 2 the fullest

KHALBALI HAI KHALBALI HAI KHALBALI
KHALBALI HAI KHALBALI HAI KHALBALIIIII

i am still there!!!!!!!!

2006-03-24T18:48:00.000-08:00

Guys guys i know i have been away from quiet a long time now..but 2 tell u i was busy firstly with midterms and now had written some thing really good but cant post it up...any how working on some thing and will post it in a day or two so just wait and watch.

International Women day (IWD)

2006-03-08T04:49:00.000-08:00

It left me in a total turmoil when i came 2 know that students of Punjab Agricutural University are going to organise International Womens day .
shocking!!!!!!!!!wo log jo khud chedte hai.do they know whats the meaning of IWD
par apne liye to sirf ek hi matlab tha ki after 2:00 pm no classes wa kya baat hai.Escape from Machine Design class tutorial gr8 man.Gr8 news.sddenly i was thinkinh y they dont organise this type of events evryweek.
shockin i said coz it was being organised by the same man who just was underground running away from police and was ab8 to visit jail due 2 his offence.
any how he being the president or a better word a boss of student union, organised a function in regard of international women day as to offer resect to the whole women society.For that reason they awarded each and every girl of university who had excelled in previous yrs in any trade let it be academics ,sports ,literature,singing or any field.
Mr. Gurcharansingh a popular person in punjabi theatre was there .the Impact in his voice really one 15 minute speech which left me spell bound.
one thing which he told was " when ever we abuse some bdy why its always ki we need 2 abuse his sis or mom why not bro and dad and the guy himself"
good point ,as there shud be 1 day to respect women.
ok fine good fucntion enjoy for students as no class in second half ....a organised place where one can see all great gals of our univeristy at the same moment.
but the point i have problem with why these types of dual character have 2 be shown ...
the organisers themselves are the ones who in the evening will roam and will try and tease all the gals.
just one reason for this is they want to show to everybody that they are working for the welfare of students .but who will tell this to authority the real picture.peoplelike us also dont want their degrees in danger so what they can do is express there thots at this page.
This day was started in 1908 some where in states for the upliftment of women so that they can walk shoulder 2 shoulder in this man oriented society.But i wud like to bring on thing to notice that did that mean ,we need 2 show the respect one has for women on a particular day by organising events .
this is country of Kisans (the farmers) and i suppose in univeristy no bdy knew the meaning of IWD till last yr and now to earn some prestige they have made this whole scene .Total disgust
P.S. these r my thots not for the event organised in my university but for the whole nonsence &.improper utilisation of resources going around.It was not 2 hurt some bodies feeling,

Bird Flu!!!

2006-02-21T12:07:00.000-08:00

writing after a long time ...was just taking a rest and was planning to start my Cat prep again with a good plannings...anyways was jst going thru an article at rediff...i came 2 know ab8 Bird flua gain hit INIDA..but if u wna know ab8 it just go thru article ..what i m gonna discuss is ,if we r prepare 2 face a sitauation like this..
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/20flu3.htm
are we really in condition 2 facea problem like bird flu...??? i suppose partially yes and artially no the reason is that we r developing as a nation improving in lal aspects not 2 forget medical terms..but is diss disease really of that kind...and for No coz there is not much evidence ab8 the disease and no real vaccines...in a country like ours "evry bdy is sayin that we can have chickens and on otherside that Bird flu killed other 8"
Govt declared that there is no prob to have chicken coz in india we have different frying methods so that virus doenot grow in conditions like dat...but whats the real proof for that...are we safe wen we r having chicken ya EGGS Or
are we safe when we have it when there is no news regarding Bird flu
what i mean is that we genereally have chicken from some chicken corners but if u tak 2 ppl in poultry industry..there opinion is that these corner ppl always take hen of weak quality may b effected or something..so are we safe then....this is my real concern..basically what we need to do is that we need to make a real check of our poultry industry and each hen should be amde 2 pass thru it B4 it gets cooked

Can live without GF but without internet nt possible!!

2006-02-09T11:43:00.000-08:00

Really i was in real shocks when my OS started bothering me and my net was not starting up...though i had an exam next afternoon but i was trying to fix the problem up..seriously life was like a punctured wheel which wants 2 move but due to less inflation pressure and a hole cant move.
i felt the importance of net in my life...i called callcentre service of airtel broadband..and bothered them till 100 hrs.but net didnt get gng....that day didnt called her at nite and ignored her fo the 15 mins i talked...it was just normal i was missing net instead of missing her... seriously realise what net has acquired the imp place in my life my all prac copies reamain incomplete that day and i was irritated .....
seriously net is something that keeps me updated to the world and also make me feel i m in some dream destination...it gets me connected 2 all those wonderful ppl out there....
Now after the 2 days of hard work i finally got one of my OS working on net and still the other is not working anyways i m feeling like i m back 2 life and now i can say really life without internet is like life without GF..........

basanti.....rang di

2006-02-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

Guys guys..i know it late to tell what basanti is all ab8 par ye to mera blog hai and i will just tell how i feel ab8 the movie.
there was a time when basanti was asked not to dance in front of dogs in a movie and now its a word being used in a new and happening movie of amir khan..RANG DE BASANTI
ya guys all in all a good movie..i can say some thing made me think for a lil time..
1st half was really cool ...and second half was well framed but had certainly many things not practical and not digestable....like in the end how the BC kill all 5..what i think
it shows again how the system is corrupted thruout...waise hum system ko galiaan dete hai aur khud States nikal lete hai kyo sahi hai?our govt spend lakhs 2 make best engg and MBA's and how we return by buying tickets for US and serving those who ruled us for 200 yrs.
seriously we guys need 2 think for a while..and find out the way out how 2 make our country PERFECT
i supose movie was able 2 deliver the message it wanted ..and that 2 very well
if we go by acting ..al have done a gr8 job...aamir is alwasy joy 2 watch..
sidharth naya hai good style...sutta sahi marta hai
maddy small role but had an impact
sue saali angrejna sexy hundiya ne
baki atul kulkarni was great
asalam arre sahi ht hai,3 in apne ko dede to 2-3 kudiya aur pta lu
hey how i forgot sharman arre bada sahi actor hai seriously has worked gr8
guys this was movie just like SWADES.,YUVA..with a gr8 background score and with best of directions and similar msg that its time when we guys(youth) shud wake up..it was just a wake up call 4 the youth...i am really feeling good that now we are giving space to movies like this in our cinema and motivating the diectors by making it HIT..seriously it shows that youth has changed from time nd again and in near future i hope 2 c more stuff like dat...lagta hai ab hum cinema ka sahi pryog kar rahe hai ..we need more wake up calls 2 wake some of those who have been in dreams from a long long time
one thing
"Dont ever think you can not change system ..you can always.
coz if u want 2 change the system u need 2 be in d system"
so guys wake up and lets change it up and make INDIA really a lovely place to live in, more lovely so that we need not 2 run 2 states .

SOAMAANSH ,marks 3 newspaper headlines

2006-01-28T23:09:00.000-08:00

Wow GUys i m on cloud 9 ...really after receiving Congrats since 7 in mrning me ,a happy chap after winnnig woow thanx all thos e who have been there with me and made it happen ..really means a lot when ppl cal u and say "hey U nvr told that" really 1 cant imagine what a relief its coz otherwise u r low acad guy and now dng some thing really different ....Just posting all the three news

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Ludhiana: Neha Aggarwal, a final year B Com student of local Government College for Women here was declared Student Entrepreneur of 2005 in the inaugural edition of inter-college competition held at Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Model Town, here.
Aggarwal received a trophy, certificate and Rs 6000 as cash prize for her powerpoint business plan presentation on dried potato powder. Soamaansh Bansal, a third year students of College of Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, bagged the second prize consisting of a trophy, certificate and Rs 4000 cash for his presentation on Vishwas-A tractor true value shop.
IS Paul, MD, Drish Shoes Limited, Ajay Tiwari, CEO, Smart Data Enterprises India Limited and Vikram Hans from Multi Overseas were among the panel of judges. The competition, first of its kind in north India, was organised by a private coaching institute and conducted over a period of 3 months in various stages across colleges in Ludhiana and Chandigarh region. Around 200 students from 15 Ludhiana colleges participated for the Ludhiana zone competition. Of them, five shortlisted students competed in the final round held on Saturday.
For a visibly elated Soamaansh, the competition provided new insights into business planning. He showed how a second-hand tractor can be made available to a farmer at half the price of a new one after refurbishing it.

Tribune HeadLINES

Neha, Soamaansh win student entrepreneur award

Ludhiana, January 28
Neha Agarwal, B.Com III student of Government College for Women here, and Somansh Bansal, 3rd year, Agricultural Engineering, declared first and second for ''Student Entrepreneur of the year'' award from the Ludhiana zone here today. The Top Careers & You had organised the final round of its ongoing inter-college competition ''Student Entrepreneur of the Year'' at Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology.

Neha and Somansh, who won the student entrepreneur award in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Neha, Somansh win student entrepreneur award
Our Correspondent

The Top Careers & You had organised the final round of its ongoing inter-college competition ''Student Entrepreneur of the Year'' at Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology. The contest was the first of its kind in North India and gave exposure to the students.

It was sponsored by Trident and supported by TiE and SBS. Mr I.S. Paul, Chairman, Drish group and President, TiE, and Dr M.A. Zaheer, Director, SBS, inaugurated the function.

The purpose of this competition was to gauge the hidden entrepreneurial spark in students and bring it to the forefront. The event was conducted in almost 30 colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh region in four stages. These stages included written test, group discussion,writing an executive summary of a business plan and finally, the presentation of the business plan to a panel of judges.

Finally, the best students shortlisted from the Ludhiana zone competed today. The students included Vibha Maini, 3rd year, B.Tech (Comp Science dept), LCET, Ravinder Singh, 4th year, B.Tech (Mech), GNDEC, Neha Agarwal, 3rd year, B.Com, GCW, Soomaansh Bansal, 3rd year, Agricultural Engineering student, and Amandeep S. Sangha, 2nd year, Agricultural Engineering, PAU.

The Indian EXPRESS

GCW student is TCY Student Entrepreneur for the year 2005 Express News Service

Ludhiana, January 28: NEHA Aggarwal, a B.Com (III) student of Government College for Women has been adjudged the Top Careers and You (TCY) Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2005. Neha was selected as the best entrepreneur for her business plan on dried potato power, a nutritional gold mine of nutrients.

Soomansh Bansal, a third year students of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, was selected as the second student entrepreneur for his business plan in Vishwas - A Tractor True Value Shop.

This contest was first of its kind being held in Punjab and was held over a period of three months in various stages across various college in Ludhiana and Chandigarh region.

In the first round 100 to 150 students participated out of which 30 students were selected for the group discussion. The third round witnessed seven participants where as only five reached the final round. The final round contestants included Vibha Maini from Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology; Ravinder Singh from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College; Neha Aggarwal from Government College for Women; Soomansh Bansal from College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, and Amandeep Singh Sangha from Punjab Agricultural University.

The members of panel included managing director of Drish Shoes Limited, I.S. Paul, CEO of Smart Data Enterprises India Limited Ajay Tiwari and Vikram Hansa from Multi Overseas. The evaluation criteria of the contest included a range of parameters including quality and clarity of thought with respect to market, competition, candidate’s research and financial data, number of slides, opening and closing of presentation, handling the question and answer session and personality of candidates.

Representatives from industrial houses, educational institutions and corporate forums were present in the audience. The management of Abhishek Industries and senior members of Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) were also present at the event. Chairman of Drish group I.S. Paul and President TiE, Dr M.A. Zaheer, director of SBS, inaugurated function by lighting the lamp. The CEO of TCY, Kamal Wadhera, presented the vote of thanks.

Entrepreneur Of the YR!!!!!!!!! A good feeel

2006-01-28T09:21:00.000-08:00

Huh ? i wont say that i cant believe that i m the entrepreneur of the yr..ya i knew when i entered the first round ,i told 2 my friend we gonna clear it and i did it ...good feel the problem is i was second becoz the other lady who won 1st prize had a lil practical and presentation edge...but what judges never found out was that she copied plan from a PROF of Processing Depatt of PAU...any ways its gr8 2 stood second even out of 1000 odd students ya i agree its feels gr8 2 present ur dream in front of 250 students and Judges lik BC Munjal, owner of Hero majestic,and HR head of Trident grp the co-sponsorer,and many more ppl frm the industry who were from TIE(the indus Entrepreneurs) huh good ... basicaly what my plan was 2 help farmers. Being from the agril engg clg i tried 2 help farmer in their main problm that is service,and what else providing them the refurbished secondhand tractors...isnt dat gr8? this what i felt nd judges 2, i suppose?? all in all a good exposure ...we were 2 report in formal as usual problem finding formals but some how managed it ,den i was 2 wait and get screw till all 4 finalist were done and as my chance came the whole stage was mine,though i took more than 30 mins but really an appreciation frm judges for presentation to be thorough was good enough for me....seriously guys it feel gr8 al together, in ur 20s to be STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YR.Interview after the Prize distribution with reporter from TOI was like a icing on cake for me .Good enough 1st time for me, feels, i m on cloud 9 hahah there was line told by mr munjal he told "there are many people who have great dreamz in their eyes and ,on the otherside there are many ppl who keep there eyes open to make it happen "...then Mr kamal wadhera The dir of TCY insti told "Entrepreneurship is a road which is always under construction" to sum up there was one guy whom i dont rem told a line frm HENRY FORDS diary"i wana make a car which evry AMERICAN can drive" great this is what entrepreneurship is all ab8 i suppose though i m only trying 2 start but hope 2 reach some where these guys reached and made mark ...so all guys dont think 2 find jobs instead try and create Jobs...hope we all togetherly create some thing like 2 crore jobs for the net pop passing out frm country and make it not 3 rd largest IN GDP(as predicted) in another 25 yrs but 1st in nxt 35 yrs.
So CAN V DO IT??
P.S i would like to take oportunity to thank allthose who helped me in this Bplan competiton on its research ,its compilation ,resentation and many more
first of all my 2 partners Mohit tangri,mohit chawla, my senior friends from industry sahil gupta,amit sharma,shitij mohan(all agrl engg),then anurag saxena my PG friend,Amit lakhotia(iim A),all PGITES who helped me during summary round and 1 of my teacher frm my college,one of my uncles,my dad,my mom who had me and my dog.. hutch ppl,airtel ppl .i suppose no bdy left if left plz tell me i will make it change..u all guys make a dream turn a reallity and made me proud ..i luv u all

GRE a exam or Just Mugging Up Barrons!!!

2006-01-24T11:12:00.000-08:00

Guys think about it ,as the craze among us to go abroad and study especially US is so much these days that we guys are ready learning dictionary..ya thats what we r doing we r not preparing 4 GRE the only thing is MAth is easy and English is just cramming those 3500 word nothin else ,wow!hat a simple thing once u r done with it ,U r thru 2 fly US.while browsing thru net what i found was some thing which made me laugh hope u guys have fun
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickies/1378858.cms

chance didnt gave the chance

2006-01-19T02:46:00.000-08:00

guys seriously it feels really shocked when a guy who certainly had an experience of around 15 yr in a field and has served at a particular prestigious post for around 5 yrs is made 2 follow all the things which a beginner in that field does..really it shows us what we indians are up to... basically what we INDIANS do is just follow the one who is rising like sun and leave one who sets like it...basically its all career graph why dnt we understand one thing the person who rises is must 2 b set one day. I hope u all have imagined what i ma talking about??? Dont u?? ya i m talking about none other dan our most successful indian captain Sourav Ganguly ,no i wont say him that he is just an ex captain i truly believe he has all potential 2 fite bak ..coz he has got that resilient personallity that i suppose gr8 like Sachin Tendulkar have who just recovered from an injury and i wnt say Sehwag GR8 coz he is just a rising star and definately will be a sun some day...but ya Ganguly career has been destroyed by OUR cricket board seriously ....they r just making him worse .Who doesnt hav the bad times in life? see 2 STEVE WAUGH ,SUNIL GAVASKAR...all had these times but Why ganguly has been discouraged so much ..i dnt know ..if u think i write this post coz i m die hard fan of the man ..nope yar i just felt that this is some thing we all see ab8 our sysytem...now if let see what his bad time had for him ...after so much complications from the board he was finally selected for Pakistan TOUR but who knew on the first day of tour
MR Raj Singh Dungar Pur(ex BCCI chief) wud hav sweedish for him when he spoke some thing in the interview with Aaj Tak..no its not only his fault but Our Media is also at fault which make Fire out Of spark seriously guys think ab8 it ( if u see abt any issue in apast LIke On NDTV we hav seen about when ganguly dravid and greg chappel were talking..then also many assumption were made )and this complication was not yet solved whn Pakis thrashed indian bowling and India came 2 bat ( one good thing happend for him was he took a magnifiicient catch that brot a smile on Chappels face, this shows Chappels differences with ganguly have been over exploited by MEDIA)then also his bad time wasnt with him ( we know good wasnt wid him but i suppose bad was also not with him) ya coz he didnt got the chance 2 bat thanx 2 stand of dravid and sehwag seriously they played good knocks and what else it was like God was not in his favr when whether got worsed and match god draw so chance he got didn gave him the chance ...seriously this is not the post for your information but for th ones like me who really feel bad for ganguly whos erved Indian team with pride and was once called Prince of Calcutta is just searching for chnaces 2 get bak 2 indian team...Really this is my voice against all the Defaulters of sytem who have been taking undue advantage of their respective positions ..This is not only hurt a normal man but also budding cricketers and also takes bad image of INDIAN System On GLOBAL map.

INDIA on Rocks ....

2006-01-18T06:23:00.000-08:00

guys read this ....I M A Proud INDIAN.

C H A N D I G A R H U N P L U G G E D

Wireless City

Gulveen Aulakh CHANDIGARH 17 JANUARY

FROM being the most wired city in India, Chandigarh is taking that unplugged plunge. Mavens of the UT administration has told ET that the city could well be the first in India to be completely wireless-enabled. And if that happens anytime soon Chandigarh would be rubbing shoulders with the likes of San Francisco and Philadelphia that are undergoing Wi Fi transition by June 2006.
“Wireless technology is the future. We’re looking into making the entire city wireless enabled,” said Mr Vivek Atray, director, IT and Tourism in Chandigarh. As per administration sources, eight companies including Tropos Networks, WirelessTech, Intel and IBM have been doing the rounds with proposals and demonstrations.
In India only select areas like campuses and hotels have been Wi Fi enabled so far. Mysore, for example, has acquired the Wi Fi status recently with three access points in the city though the entire city does not have wireless connectivity. “The University of Pune, with its mesh wireless technology, is the first one to adopt the same technology as is used in pockets of New Orleans. They have received it very well. This encouraged us to present the technology to the upcoming cities like Chandigarh, while our next target could be Ludhiana,” as per Mr Victor Law, MD (Asia Pacific), for Singapore based Tropos Networks.
Like Rome, New York and Hong Kong, pockets in Chandigarh including Hotel Taj, Hotel Mountview and Punjab Engineering College are already Wi Fi enabled. In addition to this, industry insiders peg the collective figure for number of broadband users in the city at 20,000 with numbers increasing every month. This may be a pointer for an entire city to come under the wireless networking umbrella.
Secondly, with the CTP becoming the flagship of the tech sector in the region the obvious sense is to cater to the upcoming PC and laptop boom by providing a steady subscriber flow like wireless. Further evidence is provided by the surging laptop sales in the city. Top-notch laptop vendors like HCL Infosystems, Wipro Infotech, Acer, IBM et al have registered staggering growth in their laptop sales in the city. Agreed Mr Ashish Mittal from HCL Infosystems, “The laptop sales in Chandigarh have gone drastically high. Though we entered the market late in the year, we have sold more than 200 laptops in Chandigarh alone.” With the drop in prices, the sales have gone up to 10,000 for a single established vendor in the city. According to Amit Goel, Accounts Manager, Wipro Infotech, “The laptop market has grown by 400% during the past year in the UT.”
Another pointer is that for a wireless city the geographical boundaries need to be fixed just like a campus. In those lines, Chandigarh seems to fit the bill completely as the city is still on a small scale and not at as spread out as the metros. The installation charges were close to Rs 70 lakh for the Wi Fi-enabled Pune campus. If the comparisons are made correctly, for a city like Chandigarh, the expenses could go up to up to many crores, an estimate which the administration is keeping close to its chest. However, companies who are hawking the technology consider the city as a viable option. “We came to Chandigarh because we feel that the city can make the investment required to have an entire city connected by wireless,” said Mr Stephen Kwan, MD, WirelessTech.
A Wi Fi (for smaller areas) or Wimax (for larger areas like cities) system only works where there are a good number of users subscribing to the service and a specific revenue model being designed for the subscribers. The likes of Mysore pay Rs 750 a month, irrespective of the kind of data download and internet is available round the clock.
UT is likely to follow a plan for the revenue model where regular registration similar to broadband service will be present for residents. Whereas visitors would avail of a temporary password set up and would pay by credit cards online.

Why MBA ...a good link.

2006-01-17T10:23:00.000-08:00

Guys hav u ever wondered why all v aim doing MBA say around 1,80,000 thousand odd students go after MBA once they are completed with their previledged couses why???/just check it out may b it can help and give u many answere u nvr imagined and hey just think ab8 u first( why MBA for U) and den read the post so keep gng
http://supervish.blogspot.com/2006/01/mba-take-1.html
and plz plz post the commnets its open for all

Life shared by STEVE JOBS The CEO of APPLE computers

2006-01-17T09:52:00.000-08:00

hey guys this is the interview being given by Steve jobs at stanford last yr ..its worth reading and he tells u ab8 3 stories of his life guys go ahead and read it....
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

Six pointers...bets guys in Market...

2006-01-10T03:06:00.000-08:00

wow...never thot of it so deeply ....infact never ever imagined of it that even one day i would be through every hurdle of life. It feels good...really its not that easy to live a 6 pointers life...coz they r not like the ones who get lowest CGPA in class and they r not either the guys who get the toper cps (8.0)...but ya these r guys with the dreamz in their eyes and much higher then the topper guy ...the horizon of there minds is much wide opend...these guys have different standards of life and they live up to it...alwasy these guys have a one nite fight and will win it in their style..really these guys possess ther own standards...they r always being screwed by proffs for their attendance ..for the marks and for their performances but its like "kutte ki poonch kabhi sidhi nahi hoti"...just have their own vision and just let other goes 2 hell basically ...these guys are very differnt ..they can do any thing menas can go to any field whether its of their interst or not ,and can prove their profeciency..ya u can cll them fundoos...every prob wid diff fundas..basically a spring represnts them the best...coz they can handle pressure and many more things and what else...TheY R the BEST

Naya saal..par Naya kya hai????

2006-01-09T06:58:00.000-08:00

Wow,again a new beginnig to the old destination...but seriously it is nothing new for me as cot in suppl exam ...my mistake ....seriously the new yr which has nothing that new in it except the THAND (winters)..many ppl pledging in this new year but not for me and i dont think it would be till i reach my pledged school..Being an Mba aspirant i had the that feel...but ya after giving the exam one thing i pledged i wont let the supply again for ext 1.5 yrs...any ways but one thing happend which was the best for new yr was one of my friend my senior got a call from IIM-A and in ABM so i just think this is new start for this yr ..ya every thing teachess u some thing and what this incidence of new yr has tought is some decissions taken bak in life pays late but when they pay the pay in big amnts...so just chill.......

a needless help...

2006-01-04T08:06:00.001-08:00

Hi fist of all happy new yr 2 u all who dont read..and for those who read my blog i must hav wished dem by now...guys was thinking 2 write for this from a long time say from last 25 days...basically the day when this incident toook place...it was arond mid of DECEMBER and i and my friend mohit were on a drive 2 our seniors place we were in my old MARUTI and as usual were without petrol so just got tank filled and were going on...a lil breeze was blowing and we were chatting at d full loud suddenly at the lights in a Chownk(square) car stopped dont know Y? it was not just picking the self i was trying again and agian 2 start it but was not getin thru suddenly how so ever we got rid of traffic and took it 2 other side of the lights and to our prob traffic police was there those guys as in their style said"oye gaddi age karla jara"(take the car a bit 2 other side) and we followed but as car was not gettin started we asked a police constable for a workshop and 2 my surprise he came for no notice and just sat in the car we were astonished 2 see dat..but he was having prob sitting coz i always sit by makin my seat adjusted in front ...and den he asked both of us 2 push we pushed and car started suddenly he was accelerating it at full pace...i asked him gently 2 cum out of the car he asked me for 50 bucks...i was not surprised i thot le i m being at a loss of 50 but he refused ...and said in his harsh voice "le fadd "(hold it) "gaddi chalani aaundi nahi te aa jande hai" i was at a shock for 5minutes but we drove from there and ran away ..guys this is the police of today its not only wid our city but for whole country guys MOney again story revolves for money ..."why the hell we cant think without it"

FiRsT Fog Of ThE SeAsOn

2005-12-23T09:08:00.000-08:00

HAaaaa gr8 relief really i do feel it is a relief when d exams are over...wow what a feel...i really wana rite more b4 dis but since dis hapend yesterday and i thot 2 rite it first....hmmm Fog wow what a gr8 thing fo winters ....
FoG an opportunity for d Lover
A problem for d traveller
a feel for d person
an enjoy for d youth
its really gr8 2 have fog in dese winters ,it tells you that winters are in full boom here in Punjab as mercury going down to 0 degree C really we guys enjoy it....but the dirty mind always enjoy it wid his lover ,really he finds oportunity ..i have seen many case in my uiversity when pairs are going here and there and boys are always doing some mischiefs but all in all this is a part of life....i can rite this coz never had opportunity 2 do dat but ya if i hav i wil definately try my hand on it...so u gals mind dat
its really awesome 2 travel in fog ..i personally enjoy driving mY 1988 MAruti in these Fogs but i know general traveller of the scooter never feels good 2 travell as gives me opportunity 2 fite bak d natural climatic conditions but this thing again comes 2 money as if the person who has got money wid him can go in cars and can fight back with climate ,but c to those who cant afford homes and die coz of dis winter really u Need money 2 relish the best part of punjab winters that is fog
Paisa to bina kuch changa nahin.

After a Long time....

2005-12-14T05:21:00.000-08:00

hey guy itslong time since i hav psted any thing on d blog...actually i was busy wid my cousins marriage and also with final exams which were suppose to over by 16th but due 2 on going protest they will get over GOD KNOWS....
Indian Wedding -GUD O r BaD
while attending tomarriage may questions came 2 my mind why dat guy was going to kil his life just for sake of wedding....i dont no and even didnt got d answer from dat guy....basically i dont think dat the youth of today is intrested in wedding the only thing is dat we r moving towards d westernised societ but do u think that is it true ?????????
basically 75 % of our ppl run away from d basic customs that are being imposed on us...the only part we guys like is d first night and its for sure....but ya i dont like dat we r spending around a lakhs of rupees and just giving so many parties to other ppl
let me give u the aankhon dekha haal of the MArriage
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM
the celebrations starts many days as if some festival is going on in home and d poor guys who hav d exams are d sufferers ..any ways ...ya but the customs starts 5 days before which is called VIA HATH
in dis festive ladies get around and sing songs of wedding for the couple they re the great indian tradional songs which dey sing for well being of new couple.....and dat ends in a hr or so after dat we hav a lunch party and some thing like dis in dis way d day 1 ends...
now the second day......
by the time we arrange for our few arrangements like lighting ad decorating d house....
in d morningjust few lunch parties go on and the whole day a festive day moves on..
den the day three comes in tthe morning we dont hav any event but ya by d evening a event comes Called RAAT JAGA
in which the whole of the family the ppl from event far of places related to family come and evrybdy just pray to god for the well of of the family and the evnt ten a few dance partis and bhabhi of the groom prpepares a chart called THAPPA...
the day bfr the marriage comes and ppl gather up in d mrng to celebrate a event called maaiiya
in which every bdy put he besan on the face of groom.....and in the evening LAdies sangeet PArTy....definately a gr8 way to enjoy and C gr8 gals
now on the end day that is da day of marriage saintt is organised by the tim ladies apply mehndi and get ready and also in the evening there is GHODI and den patakha dat is marriage
but at end of all dis stuff i cud n't imagine y all dis stuff is gng on.......basically what matters is MONEY like the groom family getting a lot amount of cash in hand and also A luxary car ....i dont get the purpose 2 marry dat y??????????????????????????????
the lady is suffering thru evry pain....y d gals side has 2 sacrifice every thinh y they hav 2 pay so much. coz they have given birth to the bbay gal.....no we were not born in this type of society....we have nvr dreamt of this kind of society...OUr youth nvr wants such a society...
basically what is left wid us is d money nothing muchwe are just runing for money its not only case with a wedding every thing in our society is associated by money directly or indirectly.....Money of course is only thing left for us guys lets turn up just open ur eyes there is much more needed den simply money
y we guys r getting influenced from poems like this
"NA BAAP BADA NA BHAIYA THE WHOLE THING IS DAT BHAIYA SAB SE BADA RUPAIYA"

guys just post ur comments...i will try keep this work up

Convocation In College

2005-11-24T21:22:00.000-08:00

We guys are having a convocation in college 2moro...obviously guys i m not getting d degree but ya of course u got 2 c d babes cuming 2 college after d a gap 2-3 yrs....man awesome....anyways d college is always as dumb as it was but ya crowd wich is cuming back is getting hotter and hotter....i tel u man dese guys who have sttled in 2 good tractor industry are rocking.

A TOP CAREER AND YOU GD IN COLLEGE

2005-11-23T19:16:00.000-08:00

Today in our college a gd was conducted by TCY (top Career and you)...an institute in our city for MBA prep...they conducted the it was a part of exam being conducted by them including TRIDENT grp and TIE hope you guy are not aware of it ...basically a it is the indus entrepreneurs association....being controlled by few of entrepreneurs..of our country ...they are going 2 selet few ppl from diff colleges and then will help hem in a business plan 2 progress.....a good effort...
now comes d main point..firstly 27 guys were selected 4 d gd and 2 my surprise only 11 turned up....it was just bad on part of everybdy...but den we were given a topic .....IF the rush 4 MBA is a RUSH 4 MOney....time was around 25 minutes but who d hell was gng 2 speak 4 all dat time i spoke well and around 4 5 minutes out of 11 minutes...thot gr8 ....den a another gd was conducted topc was
are men d good mangers or women??
a gud response dis time but wasnt dat cool to my surprise in our insti the forth coming engineers dont have d guts or material 2 speak....wat d ell we r expecting from country?????????????