Think - Innovate - Create - Admire

1. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong - at the most inappropriate time.
2. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
3. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
4. Everything takes longer than you think.
5. Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
6. Every solution breeds new problems.
7. The legibility of handwriting is inversely proportional to its importance.
8. No matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy's law will take effect and screw them up.
9. The chance of the buttered side of the bread falling face down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
10. A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
11. A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place.
12. You will always find something in the last place you look.
13. If you are looking for more than one thing, you'll find the most important one last.
14. After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original.
15. No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
16. When you are waiting in a line, the other line always moves faster.
17. Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
18. When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly.
19. Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
20. Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
21. Murphy's golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
22. If you think you are doing the right thing, chances are it will back-fire in your face.
23. Just when you think things cannot get any worse, they will.
24. Any time you put an item in a "safe place", it will never be seen again.
25. Great ideas are never remembered and dumb statements are never forgotten.
26. Traffic is inversely proportional to how late you are, or are going to be.
27. The complexity and frustration factor is inversely proportional to how much time you have left to finish, and how important it is.
28. The probability of being observed is in direct proportion to the stupidity of one's actions.
29. Knowledge of Murphy's Law is no help in any situation.
30. If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time.
31. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.
32. When you wear new shoes for the first time, everyone will step on them.
33. If a Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
34. You will find an easier way to do it, after you've finished doing it.
35. Behind every little problem there's a larger problem, waiting for the little problem to get out of the way.
36. When you really need something, it is either not available, or can't be found. When you don't need it, it is either available, or lies around in plain sight.
37. The file you are looking for is always at the bottom of the largest pile.
38. The likelihood of something happening is in inverse proportion to the desirability of it happening.
39. The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
40. The difference between Stupidity and Genius is that Genius has its limits.
41. Anything that seems right, is putting you into a false sense of security.
42. If for some reason Murphy's Law fails to operate, it is building up for something big.
43. Everything that could possibly go wrong for anyone else always seems to happen to you.
44. The person ahead of you in the queue will have the most complex transaction possible.
45. Every problem is replaceable with a bigger one.
46. When you want to show something to someone, it will not show up.

I can see the gleam in her eyes as she smiles..
But does she feel the same feel too
I can sense her thoughts far away
But she hasn't noticed me, somehow i know

I wanna be with her, night or day
Though I wonder, does she miss me too
I am in a stupor, I am hallucinating
And i know my feelings are true

She has got me distracted,so distracted
I can't sleep, I can't breathe
Somebody come and resuscitate me
Cause m distracted
because of you...

I don't wanna be alone..when the morning comes
Without her m alone.. Like a song never sung
But I don't get the vibes yet..not yet
I haven't had a chance yet..not yet

I wanna know you more, you are my contemplation
I wanna see you more, you are my deprivation
I wanna hold you close, you are my life's mission
I wanna hear you snore,you are my fascination

I admit that

She has got me distracted,so distracted
I can't sleep, I can't breathe
Somebody come and resuscitate me
Cause m distracted
because of you...

Baby would you let me close, let me make you mine
Cause i can feel that we are destined
In my heart I have got you enshrined
Let me be your distraction, distractified

I need her affection
I need her attention
I need a solution
To end my misery....

She's perfection
She's an angel
She's my treasure
and m living a fantasy...

She has got me distracted,so distracted
I can't sleep, I can't breathe
Somebody come and resuscitate me
Cause m distracted
because of you...

And I promise to keep you distracted... always

IIFT interview ( 17/02/2011)
GD- should there be a black money amnesty scheme
Essay-Is Govt stance justified in enforcing companies to do CSR activity
Interview- 3 panelists- all seniors. 1 mam and 2 sirs.
Main areas of focus
1.) No personal intro-no personal ques
2.) Ques on Arab-world crisis, Indian Microfinance crisis, Problems in MP state, different ministers of India
3.) Did not asked anything from the form
Lasted 8 min
Final result- Not converted
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IIMK (11/03/2011)
Essay- Mathematical laws-as close as they seem to be certain- they are far removed from reality; as far as they seem to be real-they are almost certain.
Interview- 3 male profs.
Main areas of focus
1.) Asked to tell something about myself
2.) All questions were from the form itself- filled earlier
3.) Focus on both technical and general knowledge
4.) Asked questions on sorting algos, OS, Chess, Carbon credits, Cancun summit, Why MBA
Lasted 15 min

Final result- << not yet out>>
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Nitie- (14/03/2011)
GD- Are IT and ITES sector to be blamed for recession
Interview-
very relaxed panel - only 2 panelists - 1 sir, 1 mam
1.) Gave a general intro abt myself
2.) Asked ques on comp netwrks, OS, Final yr project, Fuctioning of kernel,
3.) Ques on my extra-curriculars, novels i read, what do i do in past time etc
4.) The most chilled interview i have given.. Lasted 20 min
Note- My chair was atleast 6 feet away from them. Felt awkward

Final result-- waitlisted
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FMS-- (17/03/2011)
GD- Should liberalisation be blamed for recession in India
Extempore topic -committment
Interview- 4 panelists- 2 mam, 2 sirs
1.) As soon as i entered- gave me my extempore topic and asked to speak for 1-1.5 min , no time to think
2.) No personal intro
3.) Asked ques on that day's headlines
4.) Asked my views on budget-2011
5.) No technical ques
6.) Asked why i wont join any company and why MBA
7.) Asked ques on Chess- my extra-curriculars
Note- 1 prof shouted badly on me when I answered something not according to what he wanted to listen. Told me keep quiet when I don't know what I'm speaking. I smiled and politely said sorry (hehe) - other profs smiled.

Interview lasted 12 min

Final result- converted

I tried too hard, I went too far
I lived my life and took its fall
I had to smile and had to laugh
I strived to hide and I was lost

Guess we all have tried to live life, and I am talking literally. We all go about living our lives for the sake of living, doing what we are supposed to do - not what we want to, living life as it comes...

As it is said- Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Lets start afresh, lets start anew. Its never too late....

Guys I am writing a book and here is its preface. I hope you like it. Do comment pls..

New Delhi
6th January, 2010

I pulled over my jacket and wore a woollen cap. I was already 15 minutes late. “Ma, I’m going outside, Will be back in an hour or so”, I shouted running outside. Ma replied just in time as I kick-started my 10-year old hero-honda bike, “Beta, come back before your dad arrives." I ignored her as I shifted gears and sped upon, cursing my bad luck for having such an old bike. Even my doodh-wala had a better one than me. The gate-keeper saluted as I crossed the superannuated gate of our dilapidated society. I took a left turn and reached Parsi-chowk. I glanced an eye on my petrol- indicator to make sure it had enough gas. The needle of my petrol indicator was somewhere near middle. Still I felt rather uneasy. I knew I was not mentally prepared for today.

But I had to leave all my worries behind. I was on a mission today. I knew Raj would be waiting for me at our usual tapra (meeting –place) at MG intersection, near our college. He was always punctual about time. As I sped on my bike, cold air of January rushed inside my helmet. It was almost freezing point outside. Roads were almost deserted, except for some couples who stood at one side of the road, each couple equally spaced with each other. I wondered whether they had co-ordinated their meeting points with each other. We usually referred to that side of the road as the ‘lover’s point’. I ignored them. My hands were near freezing as cold air slapped hard on them. I decided it was wiser to stick to just one gear during the entire journey. I kept one of my hands inside the pocket of my jacket. I checked to make sure the pistol which I had stolen from my uncle’s house while visiting him two days ago was still there. Since he leaved for his business trip to Ajmer that day, I knew he wouldn’t find it early. But I had to return it in 4 days to be safe. Therefore we decided to finish our job today itself. In the evening while keeping it in my pocket, I had made sure that the pistol was fully loaded. I did not know how to use it but Raj had assured me that he knew it. I prayed to God that Raj will not change his decision and everything will work according to our plan. I wanted it to be over soon.

Looking in the side mirror, I wondered where I had come in my life- from a school topper to college back-bencher, from being a regular temple visitor to being a regular gym visitor, from being teetotal to a compulsive drinker… But I realized I give a damn to it. To hell with this world and to hell with education. I would someday make a place in this world for my own. I would someday carve my own way.

Shit. I was getting late. I increased my speed and took a sharp turn left as I almost reached my destination. I saw Raj’s bike standing there and thanked God. I somehow knew that our plan was fool-proof. I had carefully prepared every intricate detail in the past few days. Hell, I had thought of everything which could go wrong and all possible circumstances. But I should have been prepared for the worse….

well, this blog comes after a long gap...thanks to cat '10. Phew...i'm done with it for sure!

Hmm, this thought came while i was watching a movie(which i have been doing quite a lot). A simple question which bewildered me- why don't we take a stand against things which are unjust - and i'm not talking for a single person or a individual, but for a group or a society at large. Sounds complicated? No its not.

Its so much easier to laugh at someone being mocked in a group than take a stand against it, it is so much easier to take a drag of a cig. instead of complaining about it(i'm sure you know why should you complain) and it is so much easier to be a pathetic easy-goer - i'll take life as it comes instead of actively choosing something good- does this strike a chord somewhere?

Yeah i all sounds kind of cliche and cheesy about the thought, but seriously give it a thought. We are usually so trapped inside our lives that we forgot tons of things(and i mean good stuff) that we can get into, instead of cozying in our rooms, tied up in endless charades, doing nitpicking and stuff like that.

Well, the standard reply to this question- nobody is a saint; or the more common- we all need a break in our lifestyle.. True, quite true.. But still i think we can still carve out a niche in our ever-busy schedules to carve that one single activity that might bring a change we never thought of..

Its never too late to make a choice.. I don't know the result - it may make your life tough or easy? but it will surely bring a change!

P.S. - Hey have u ever tried making a bucket-list? :)

Well.. We all face the good and the bad times, the fun and the misery, the day and the night. But its true that we like it the best only when the sun shines.

I realized today that even though all we want is the good and the famous, we all should get a little rain, in order to keep us humbled down to our roots, to keep us in contact with the mother Earth.

And also to keep us prepared, to have an umbrella for the untimely rains and the uninvited under-currents that might wash us away.

As goes the old sayings, "To be prepared is half the victory"...Quite true!

"Everything is going smooth" is the one sentence hardly used nowadays. Gone are the days when there was no tension about how to manage the day, how to somehow complete your sleep, to complete the assignments, not feel rejected for not having any girlfriend, and the worst- how to get good quality food each day!

WTF!! Wish those days would return when everybody would pamper me.When i just had to work for 2 hours in a week. When there were no coaching. I Wish.

But still, there was a hope, a slight faint pipe-dream about getting some success. Well the biggest success ladder which you can climb in my college is getting selected in Microsoft. No amount of anything would actually come even near that! And my peculiar department delivered a tight-slap on the faces of most of the students, a few days back, by awarding them so less grades that now we won't even be able to sit for the Microsoft interview. Hell! I knew the pillars have started falling.

As the world goes about thinking what to do next in life, I wonder whether we as mature people can decide on their own about our life's journey? And whether what we think of ourselves will really come true.

Cause this world is full of lies and truths, of riches and beggars. We always see ourselves as the kings, contemplating ourselves in the riches, preparing ourselves for the echelons of the society, but i wonder whether we even prepare for the rags we might face, the downfalls we might realize, the pits we might fall into!

I once met a guy whose name i won't mention here. Let’s call him Mohan. Now Mohan told me a rags-to-riches story, which by the way we all love listening to. Then afterwards, I started believing in all that fables, as I realized the entire world also believes into it.What a pity!

I started considering myself belonging to the upper strata. But now as I look at what my seniors have actually achieved, what our teachers have realized, what my relatives who had studied and then went on to do some-sort-of-wherever-the-hack-company-posts-us job achieved, I realize that the dreams which we see, the cakes we want to have, the hot-air-imaginary-balloon which will take us to heights, might actually prove to be a 'sinful lie' for most of us.

Or maybe not!