Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Monday, May 21, 2007

Starting afresh...

Here i am.. again!

Seems that this blog has become more of a diary [which is something that i had not planned!], so its okay if another post gets added onto this diary! Hema messaged asking for the addresses of Anu and Preethi. Great! how could have i forgotten to mail her their addresses? Anyways, mailed Hema a few minutes back and started playing Freecell!

The game seemed easy but after a few moves [i thought that the game was moving okay], i got stuck and my desktop read - "you lost the game, want to restart?" or something like that. I restarted the game and lost again! And again restarted the game and again lost! Man, this is pathetic! Again restarted the game and after a few moves, it looked something like this:



Oh! it really isnt that hard to have lost the game thrice!



*Yawn*, why am i doing this? Why cant i just go and sleep? why dint i just accept defeat and close the game? Naah! maybe its just hard to accept defeat, so i'll continue the game! hey, btw, not a bad position at all, to be in. maybe the game is almost over [atleast it seems like!]:



a few more moves and...:



Tada!
Game over!

Maybe, during the first three trials, i was just not paying attention at all and playing the game uninterestedly, just for passing time [for the sake of doing it]! A little interest and everything seemed so easy! Maybe, its the lack of interest that most of the times worsens an uninteresting situation!

Btw, the game was pretty easy and it was fun being in the same situation for the fourth time [as there was a difference, it wasnt uninteresting anymore!]

Starting afresh maybe is not a bad idea after all!

Oh! The watch reads 1:03 am! Mom told to sleep asap!

Signing off
Shruti

*Gosh! Too many pictures are being used in this blog! Okay.. i love it though! Senseless statement? Maybe, but not for me! :D

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Blogswara

Recently realised that Malayalam music is awseome [though I dont understand malayali lyrics]!

Thank you Blogswara

Friday, May 18, 2007

Sudoku Story!

Sudoku solving: A new hobby!
A few days back the First puzzle took me 1 hr to solve! 1 hour! That's too much! 2nd one, 35 mins and today's puzzle took me 20 mins.. still a lot of scope for improvement! Its fun!



Well, I barely understand cricket, so this newspaper clipping focuses on much interesting thing - SUDOKU!



Oh well, I want to blog on so many things [cuz i think that i am bound to forget everything - very poor memory], but sleep time now! Got to wake up early 'morrow

Shruti

Lyrics or Music:

A post by an ex-BITSian.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Impression



Maybe the marks of created impressions get washed away with time, but those very etched impressions remain unaffected in mind even when hit by fierce tides of time...

Monday, May 14, 2007

Blogging

One more sem gone! It takes me back to the end of last semester when i had the same sem end feelings!

Oh! One more sem over! How scary is that? With people asking - what are you going to do now Shruti? Oh me - I want to do PhD but lets see if things work out! I feel my voice sounding so unsure when i mutter out these words! But still, its something i strongly want to do! Reason - not figured out yet, maybe this reason sounds too simple - physics, particles, thought, perception changing everything, chance phenomena, the very idea of existance of unexplored realms, models which try to explain the behaviour of systems under certain conditions [and without. This is funny though, cuz we [humans] are fermionic yet its so tough to comprehend human mind and behavior most of the times (well, for me!) - wow, i maybe so very incorrect!] - its just so amazing.

Many of the students whom I know are going to be off next semester. When asked what they're planning to do - the answers received are simply amazing - though sometimes its not hard to guess what they'll say - "I'd like to be placed in a company, and then maybe later try my hand at management [MBA]", and a few people are a bit more adventurous with their lives and answer - "I'm gonna go for higher studies - wanna do MS, its pointless doing it here in India"... and some say - "I am dualite re, but maybe job sounds like a good idea and maybe followed by MBA... no more physics pleasee"... and Full stop! It always is so safe, so easy to follow a safe route [a nice job] which'd promise a decent and secure life after graduation [Herd Mentality?! Hmm, it sure is there to some extent]. And how hard is it for a student [BITS student - to be more specific] to be placed in a nice company considering the fact that BITS has a record of very high percentage of placements each year because the quality of BITS students is pretty good? But uncertainity sounds much more fun [yeah yeah - i can hear the word impracticality]

Risk Uncertainity is something that really adds up some adventure in life! Isnt it fun completing the assignments right at the moment of submission of the same, maybe that completed assignment is a result of putting a full night out? Isnt it fun getting lost in a beautiful dream which lands you in a world which you never saw, never imagined and maybe never again will except for in your dreams? Isnt it the mystery of the unknown that makes it all the more beautiful? Isnt dreaming worth that risk - of getting lost at some unknown place? I remember the Shakhambari trip - the uncertainity of a rock(s)/pebbles rolling over under my feet - the feeling of uncertainity - was something that gave me a high - it was almost as if i was expecting to roll down and fall [wouldnt mind a bruise or a cut or a wound] - but that never happened [well, professors were around na - saying 'be careful, be careful'!] - and then going away from the group to explore the yet to be explored place with Nisha [i forgot the name of the place - that water storage thing] - and then four students [Kinnera, Aruna, Amruth and Sriram] coming in search of us and enjoying the beauty surrounding them and us - Oh! it was so beautiful - the whole experience! Oh yeah - the risk - the risk was something that added charm to the whole trip. :)

Maybe my thoughts are taking random leaps from one thought to the other. But a post focusing on one topic is not intended, so its fine!

Again, stumbled upon - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/ [no, i dint stumble upon, i went there wantedly - my brother had deleted the "darkmatter's" snaps trying to 'clean' the comp off useless material and hence getting a shouting from me and a teasing smile saying - 'i m going to save those pictures again chant-ee'; chant-ee: my bro's nick name when he does something that i dont like.. wait, that's his name even when he does nothing that i dont like!]. Well, whatever! It was good that Abhinav deleted the folder cuz, darkmatter has updated his photoblog! And wow! What a blog! Amazing! Awesome! This person is a Genious! I dint know for sure if this person is a physics person, but looking at the pix - i am pretty sure that he IS a physics person. Nope, that's not what attracted me to this blog, it was the pictures [physics comes way later] and the labels for the pictures that are simply too not unnoticable! Pure Genious! And Yeah! On 14th, after the Statistical mechanics paper, Hema told me take an issue of 'Quanta - 2006' from her room, a B5 magazine. And guess what, Darkmatter's pictures are there in it! This person must be pretty famous!

Finally finalised - ID is permitting me to take up a project under Subhash sir - informed sir of that - talked to Rishikesh sir again about an informal project under him, something physics + coding [cuz he told many times in the class that he's workin on that] - came to know that this stage is not yet reached [actually sir told that computation requires some more physics background and depending on the progress made, computation will enter the picture - hope that the enthu wouldnt die off and hope that i dont turn out to be lousy lazy student that i very much am - i know nothing in physics and am an MSc physics [hons] student!] - Neutrino oscillations - that's what am expected to learn - Gauge symmetries, here i come!
Though the idea of symmetry preservation being necessary is something that i dont understand why but as sir was explaining today that symmetries are seen to be violated................ anyways, lets see what happens!

Uncertain and YET (or maybe HENCE) Beautiful!

I dont know what this picture means, but its pretty:

Une Yuletata Frabuleuse



Photo taken from Darkmatter's blog space.

Signing off
Shruti

* Oh! its 12:15 am now! 15th may again - will never be a teen anymore! Bye bye teenage life!

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Unconnected?

Seemingly unconnected events, do connect up those events so effortlessly that they actually then no longer seem unconnected!

It was around 8:30 pm, when i was fiddling with a natraj pencil, trying to concentrate on SSP [Solid State Physics]. Aha! Paper and Pencil, what more is needed to draw random lines and shapes, listening to the sweet sound of pencil moving reluctantly on the paper (friction!), and finally to end up drawing something which might actually make sense (or may not)! I have seen that kind of sketch somewhere.. maybe in the Mathematics deptartment and maybe so subconsiously drew up a rough sketch resembling that.
Hmm, anyways, the sketch did make sense (at least i think so!), so I thought of taking a snap of it ('cuz i'm pretty good at loosing my sketches, infact i lost plenty of the handscapes that i drew). So went downstairs to bring the cam, clicked 2 snaps of it, and was then gen clicking random snaps and making random videos. My mom then finally advices me to go and study. Aww, not SSP..! Anyways, started surveying the house and spotted this cutie [Squirrel] curled up and sleeping peacefully in my bathroom window! SNAP TIME!

CLICK! and a Flash of light. It woke that poor fellow up. It seemed dazzled, confused of what was happening around it. It looked so cute while sleeping and during the transition before it woke up! It looked at the cam (maybe even cursed it for shaking it from its reverie) and started to close its eyes again! What a heavy sleeper! It even yawned but my eyes were just locked into this cute little thing that looked cuter than anything else at that time and i forgot to click the yawn! [Oh yea, in this pic, this cutie is awake, just prancing around here and there maybe to get aware of its surroundings]

This one was clicked just before it again finally went off to sleep. It was cleaning itself even when its eyes felt so heavy. It seemd that it couldn't stand even one more second of non-sleep state but here it was, cleaning itself in a half-sleep state! It looks as if its praying! Sooo Sweeeeeet!

Anyways, I wanted to transfer these snaps into the comp as soon as possible, but Abhinav was installing some game [DTR - Dead to Rights, well, whatever!] and had to wait! But phew, now they're transferred and some of them are in blogspot too, so there's no chance of these snaps getting lost [unless, they think of shutting down blogspot!].

So?

Well, I was gen bored of staring into the SSP notes but seemingly unconnected events joined up in conjuring up this cutie's snaps!
Scribbling with pencil -> sketching up something -> taking its snap -> timepassing -> roaming in the house -> spotting the cutie -> clicking its snaps!
Me scribbling with a pencil gave me these snaps and free came these few moments of joy!

So ironic, seemingly unconnected events, do connect those events so effortlessly that they actually then no longer seem unconnected!

Oh yeah, the sketch:

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Order

I guess, the order doesnt matter much:

* Passion leading to -> Genious
* Genious leading to -> Passion

...

Monday, May 07, 2007

Flying life



Floating and flying, comes down the golden leaf.
Gliding to the ground, she smiles as she bids goodbye to the branch on which she spent her life;
She bids goodbye to the morning sun, which woke her up each morning, gently spreading warmth on her and shining on her a new day full of surprises and life;
She bids goodbye to the wind that sometimes made her chuckle and sometimes made her laugh;
She bids goodbye to the rain, that gave her courage to cry;
She bids goodbye to the naughty birds, who gifted her the youthful joy of swinging;
She bids goodbye to her fellow leaves, who stood by her side always;
She bids goodbye to her aging mother tree, that protected her all through her life;
She bids goodbye to her bright green outfit that spoke of her healthy childhood;
She bids goodbye to her new golden form, that speaks of her life full of experiences and tales;
She smiles as she bids goodbye to her wonderful life and senses the touch of mud on her back.

Lying on her back, she greets the brown mud bed where she finally falls asleep. She closes her eyes knowing that...
Destiny awaits her rebirth...

Flying life! This is how the tale ends.

+vely and -vely charged "Emot - Ions: Emotions"

Hehe!

Funny, how the Emot - ions have the power to drift one so far away from the "real" world! Sometimes inducing bitter memories and most of the times inducing sweetest memories.

+ve ions taking over and me once again drifting...

[smiling]

Shruti

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Thinking Problem!

Haha!

I cant think in front of people, not even my dad! It was simple math, just adding 2 to a number, and made a fool of myself by fumbling all the wrong answers! This is so silly, not because i made a fool of myself this once, but because i do it constantly.. over and over again. Feels like i am caught up in a never ending loop created by my own self.

Yeah, i know that i am dumb, but being constantly reminded of it just makes me go wild. This is one thing i'd like changed, 'cause i'm just so tired. Tired of staying mum and dumb and giving everyone an opportunity hold a mirror in front of me, to reflect me as i am. I am not sad being the way i am, but everyone around makes me want to think that i should be (or do i maybe just feel it and its not even true? I dunno). When i think about it, i just dont understand what is it that would make me okay. Yeah, being a bit more confident, a bit more aware of the world and reduction in my fumbling is something that i should be working on, but when it comes to accepting something i dont believe in and discarding my own belief system, its hard. I cant do it. I am sorry, but i cant.

*Wow, deleted a whole para!*

I feel that maybe one thing i'd like believe is - Respect others no matter you agree with them or not!

Shruti

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Black

Haan Maine Chookar Dekha Hai

Mausam ki adla badli mein
Pawan gulabi ho jaati hai
Haan maine
chookar dekha hai
haan maaine chookar dekha hai
Raat sarak kar chalte chalte, bilkul
aadhi ho jaati hai
Haan maine chookar dekha hai

Garam gunguni, dhoop
se baat ki hai maine
Paani ke behne mein hassi suni hai maine
Sab kehte
hai, deep bujha hai, lekin baati so jaati hain
Haan maine chookar dekha hai

Mausam ki adla badli mein...

Bin dastak ke aaye jo, woh pyar
suna hai
Bin bole man ko le woh adhikar suna hai
Lamhon ki ungli thaam
ke, yaadein aangan mein aa jaati hai
Haan maine chookar dekha hai
Haan maaine chookar dekha hai

Thanda Thanda rang boondon ka
Mulayam rang hai phoolon ka
Chubne waale rang pehan ke, dulhan saj dhaj
ke jaati hai
Haan maine chookar dekha hai
Haan maine chookar dekha hai

Thanda Thanda rang boondon ka... Mulayam, rang hai phoolon ka...


Awesome music, Awesome song. The girl who's singing the song (in the movie) - Michelle, is a deaf-blind person and through this song she tells us how she feels the world around her, how she comprehends things. Its so beautiful.

Today, i dont know why, i just cant help clicking Winamp every now and then and listening to 'Black' music (it has just one song, the rest are all instrumental... music is awesome!). Maybe because IMA is just too uninteresting?! Well, whatever, music is a saviour, it just takes me to place i just love - where there is just.. i dunno.. cant explain the feeling... maybe takes me away fom my own thoughts?

Black's music is just awesome.

What's more, my craze for rock songs has reduced tremendously. Black! Awesome music. Simply breathtaking.

Tuned into BLACK

Shruti

Dumb

People see you dumb, and they expect you to be dumb. Once they get exposed to the non-dumb part of you, they cant bear it. They'd do anything to wear you down, try as hard as possible to free you from the non-dumb part that they think doesnt belong to you. And what do you do? You just smile through all of it, thinking, 'I know what I'm like and am happy'! :)

..i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb.. i think i m dumb..

..or maybe just happy..


I dunno why, but suddenly these days i feel that i love being 'impractical' (mom's word!) cuz well umm.. never mind! :D
Am earning really great nicknames at home - stupid [cuz i dont care much about comprees], dumb [cuz i dont care much about comprees], and my personal favorite - Impractical!
And its hard convincing people that its okay! But, they like to think that i just dont show all the nervousness and anxeity! So its okay!

But a few things that really catch my attention are how some people are so great in managing things. Doing things perfectly, also the things that they dont like but having made that choice makes them do it. Its like wow! Its hard for me to do something that i dont like! But them, they are awe-awesome!
And also there are those, who are awefully charming, great Orators [no nonsense speeches], great Singers, great Painters, great Writers, Managers, Money-makers [stategies!], Entrepreneurs [risk.. involved in believing in the self!], Skiers, Pirates [Captain Flint and Long John Silver - haha, great adventure novels by R L Stevenson - i remember how badly i wanted to be a part of such an adventure (both as the BAD and the GOOD one)!], Physicists [the thought that undergoes to give their passion (of uncovering mysteries) some form, some comprehensible form (maybe some words and some math?) and the genious that then strikes their mind - yeah, this is why i like physics, this is what i like in physics - the thought, the passion, the genious]...

People are simply too great!

Shruti