There has been a chain mail that has been circulating which has a text of Steve Jobs' address to the Stanford grads of 2005. For the un-initiated its by THE Steve Jobs! (think Apple...think Macintosh....think IPOD! yah thought that wud get ur attention! :D) Well the chain-mail ends with Stay Hungry Stay Foolish..........I would say Stay Hungry......Stay Hungry
heheheh! before all u hogs get any ideas please remember that this post isn't any frippery meant for the hoi-polloi.......its a serious one with a lot of weight behind it (not quite literaly!)
Well the raison de etre pour mon joi de vivre (yah i know pathetic french !) was the fact that i had a long and very fulfilling conversation with one of my veerryyy best friends about how life was changing in general. I was just reflecting upon the fact that most of the people in our batch were unable to do well in the GRE as compared to both our previous batch as well as their own calibre. Well i asked my friend as to why so many people found the GRE english to be so tough. Pat came the cryptic reply "Deke dekh boss! samjhega!". And then we were discussing life in general.
I man come on people, most of us are 21 about to start our REAL life and really most of us dont know wat are we going to do in the near future. I mean we cant go molesting marwadi for ever can we? (actually we can! :D). Seriously when we come down to think of it all of us will be shouldering some responsibility or the other in the days to come. For some it may be their parents, for others their siblings, and for some of the lucky ones their partners-soon-to-be spouse. Have we ever thought how drasticaly our life is going to change? Give it a thought and the results are nothing short of terrifying! I mean lets consider a scenario in which I want to do MS. I give my GRE do my MS get a good job....then what??? Have you thought about this. Anyways its not so simple as it sounds.....just ask anybody who has gone to the states.....xcept maybe madtha coz he is a dumbass.
Some of us are under financial strains, others under academic. Some people are under both! The time which was supposed to be our hey-day is turning into a hey! day. No longer can we be the same carefree selves of the 2nd and 3rd years. we have definitely changed and so it has to be, because the only constant in life is change. Maybe somewhere down the line we have missed something. In the transition from a 3rd year to a 4th year we have given up something. Otherwise how do you xplain being able to work 24 X 7 for 3-4 months for IRIS but not being able to put in 1 month of rigorous effort for our own GRE/CAT????
Which brings us to Mr. Jobs. He said Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. We are still foolish, but the hunger is missing. The hunger to prove to the world that IRIS can be done no matter wat is not translated into effort for GRE/CAT. We were hungry for IRIS to be successful but we are not hungry enough for us to be successful ourselves?? Its such a paradox. I think none of us realize that we have grown up. Boys have become men and the girls have become ladies. Soon we will not be protected by the chrysallis that is SFIT, wherever we go. So guys just put in ur 100%. This investment is not for today or tommorrow or the day after, its for our lives.
Because 10 years down the line none of should look back and say I could have done better
there's no bigger folly than that
STAY HUNGRY.......STAY HUNGRY
cheers ppl
mokhsa
PS: Are we going to GOA in Jan?? and wats with the jhol in the rajasthan IV i hear abt???
Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
An era ends in SFIT
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" Others dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
Bro. Tom was one of them.
And now he is no longer part of the SFIT family.Yet when i say this I'm again wrong, because Bro. Tom is an extraordinary person, and the legacy that he has left behind will endure for many years to come. Maybe after 20 years or so at a college re-union we might see him again. The first thing he would like to know, I'm sure is how many of us have become enterpreuners? That's the kind of man he is.
I remember entering SFIT as a nervous 18 year-old and sitting through the induction ceremony. Bro. Tom gave the address that day and it filled us with a strange enthusiasm and energy, that yes we have to uplift the mission and vison of SFIT. Most of us now after being battle-weary after 4yrs of engineering would have forgotten at least outwardly about it, but bhai (as we affectionately called him, it being an acronym for Bro.) would have anticipated that. Even if some of us are able to keep alive his message he'll be more than happy.
Describing what bhai did for the college is just not possible. It is both beyond my literary and emotional capabilities to write about it. But yes bhai was "the special one". Come IRIS come MOSAIC he had always an ear for us. Under his stewardship college campus placements rose from 85 a batch to 183 a batch. And these are just some meagre quantifiable facts. Bhai's spiritual and psychological precense was enormous. Even people like anna ( who usually dont give a damn about anyone else) were in awe of him.
Probably the most enduring memeory of bhai is his attachment to the college. When we went to meet him for the last time he asked us to keep the flag of SFIT flying high. Sir, I assure you that most of us will strive to always do that.
An era has truly ended, it began and ended with you. You will be missed a lot. Thank you for what you have made SFIT sir.
Bro. Tom bless us all,
Thank you.
Although the topic may seem inappropriate, another era has also ended in SFIT. The class of 2008
(i.e. us) relinquished the last vestiges of power to our juniors by SELECTING the IRIS'08 committee (highlight intended). Well we have always given more than 100% for IRIS and we expect the same from our juniors. The baton is really high guys and you have to make a serious jump to get there.
IRIS is like a plant which has been nurtured from Samuel's batch and now what you have is a young tree. You have to ensure that it grows into a strong and big banyan tree. Guys for all the infighting and bitching and back-biting that has happened, forget it and make IRIS better than last year. You have the capability, you only have to utilize it.
And if you dont..................and it has happened before.........................
we'll just put up a new notice saying that " WE'RE BAAACCKKKKK "
Love you Bro. Tom ,
cheers ppl
moksha
PS: These views(wrt IRIS) are personal and do not reflect the opinions of anybody else except me. DOES ANY BODY HAVE ANY FREAKIN PROBLEM WITH THAT ??????
Bro. Tom was one of them.
And now he is no longer part of the SFIT family.Yet when i say this I'm again wrong, because Bro. Tom is an extraordinary person, and the legacy that he has left behind will endure for many years to come. Maybe after 20 years or so at a college re-union we might see him again. The first thing he would like to know, I'm sure is how many of us have become enterpreuners? That's the kind of man he is.
I remember entering SFIT as a nervous 18 year-old and sitting through the induction ceremony. Bro. Tom gave the address that day and it filled us with a strange enthusiasm and energy, that yes we have to uplift the mission and vison of SFIT. Most of us now after being battle-weary after 4yrs of engineering would have forgotten at least outwardly about it, but bhai (as we affectionately called him, it being an acronym for Bro.) would have anticipated that. Even if some of us are able to keep alive his message he'll be more than happy.
Describing what bhai did for the college is just not possible. It is both beyond my literary and emotional capabilities to write about it. But yes bhai was "the special one". Come IRIS come MOSAIC he had always an ear for us. Under his stewardship college campus placements rose from 85 a batch to 183 a batch. And these are just some meagre quantifiable facts. Bhai's spiritual and psychological precense was enormous. Even people like anna ( who usually dont give a damn about anyone else) were in awe of him.
Probably the most enduring memeory of bhai is his attachment to the college. When we went to meet him for the last time he asked us to keep the flag of SFIT flying high. Sir, I assure you that most of us will strive to always do that.
An era has truly ended, it began and ended with you. You will be missed a lot. Thank you for what you have made SFIT sir.
Bro. Tom bless us all,
Thank you.
Although the topic may seem inappropriate, another era has also ended in SFIT. The class of 2008
(i.e. us) relinquished the last vestiges of power to our juniors by SELECTING the IRIS'08 committee (highlight intended). Well we have always given more than 100% for IRIS and we expect the same from our juniors. The baton is really high guys and you have to make a serious jump to get there.
IRIS is like a plant which has been nurtured from Samuel's batch and now what you have is a young tree. You have to ensure that it grows into a strong and big banyan tree. Guys for all the infighting and bitching and back-biting that has happened, forget it and make IRIS better than last year. You have the capability, you only have to utilize it.
And if you dont..................and it has happened before.........................
we'll just put up a new notice saying that " WE'RE BAAACCKKKKK "
Love you Bro. Tom ,
cheers ppl
moksha
PS: These views(wrt IRIS) are personal and do not reflect the opinions of anybody else except me. DOES ANY BODY HAVE ANY FREAKIN PROBLEM WITH THAT ??????
Saturday, October 6, 2007
My tryst with destiny............
Before siddesh apraj gets any ideas let me remind him that the title isnt "the" destiny.............its about the......well lets keep a secret for now at least!Well after the resounding reception for my first post(ppl were soooo blown away only one could write a comment :D), i decided to continue blogging whenever i could.
I mean life's been pretty much like that for me always! I have always been the perennial underperformer from the start....."Omkar has potential but just doesnt perform...." was the usual refrain of all my teachers in school........hasn't changed much even now......Jo says that I am a "lazy bum"!
but u know somewhere i feel that i have my own appointment with that flightiest temptress of all ........ my destiny. I feel that someday i will be what i was born to be. That day will be THE day of my life! till then life goes on. This blog just like so many things is completely full of random thoughts and digressions. I have never been a stickler for correctness or cleanliness etc. Never been organised or discipline. I mean even saurabh walke knows where his clothes are kept. Well i realize i cannot keep on crying out here lest Jo readz it and gives another of her dirty looks......
but considering how lucky i have been to have a childhood that i have had, a perfect family (although my bro is a pain in da arse!!), i really havent been able to use that to my advantage. Never studied in 11th and 12th......btw if any 11th/12th satndard student is reading; Dude! please dont waste these two years...u shall regret it later! use them to their fullest!
Coming back to my destiny track, i think it was my destiny that i joined St. Francis Institute of Technology, and tell you what, all the wrong things about our college aside, I LOVE MY COLLEGE AND AM VERY PROUD OF IT! and i am sure everyone also is( somewhere look inside ur hearts!). But i really wanna know what my destiny is.......and wen will i fulfill it! That is journey of LIFE
cheers people,
dont take me 2222 seriously coz some times strange moods come over me.......
Moksha
I mean life's been pretty much like that for me always! I have always been the perennial underperformer from the start....."Omkar has potential but just doesnt perform...." was the usual refrain of all my teachers in school........hasn't changed much even now......Jo says that I am a "lazy bum"!
but u know somewhere i feel that i have my own appointment with that flightiest temptress of all ........ my destiny. I feel that someday i will be what i was born to be. That day will be THE day of my life! till then life goes on. This blog just like so many things is completely full of random thoughts and digressions. I have never been a stickler for correctness or cleanliness etc. Never been organised or discipline. I mean even saurabh walke knows where his clothes are kept. Well i realize i cannot keep on crying out here lest Jo readz it and gives another of her dirty looks......
but considering how lucky i have been to have a childhood that i have had, a perfect family (although my bro is a pain in da arse!!), i really havent been able to use that to my advantage. Never studied in 11th and 12th......btw if any 11th/12th satndard student is reading; Dude! please dont waste these two years...u shall regret it later! use them to their fullest!
Coming back to my destiny track, i think it was my destiny that i joined St. Francis Institute of Technology, and tell you what, all the wrong things about our college aside, I LOVE MY COLLEGE AND AM VERY PROUD OF IT! and i am sure everyone also is( somewhere look inside ur hearts!). But i really wanna know what my destiny is.......and wen will i fulfill it! That is journey of LIFE
cheers people,
dont take me 2222 seriously coz some times strange moods come over me.......
Moksha
Friday, October 5, 2007
I am baaackkk.................
All right............guess whoose baaaccckk???
why such a long hiatus you would ask............well........... :P
moving along (this is for the record!) the gyaan man moksha is back! well i think the credit for this goes to my dear friend balaji (from VJTI), whose blog writing antics re-inspired me to start posting again. Well, now i am in my final year of engineering(YIPPEEE) and studying for the CAT(no not some veterinary test........"THE" COMMON ADMISSION TEST). btw met balaji at classes(IMS) where the damn man along with shrek used to always score double the marks i did. Wish i scored negative and then they scored double of that! :D
Neways a lot of people have been asking me y my ORKUT profile name has something to do with SNAYAAS.......well NEWSFLASH-
having entered (foolishly) for IBM's great mind challenge(YAH I KNOW!) had to submit the project synopsis by 30th september. So didnt touch my CAT books for more than 2 weeks as was busy with da same. Now have given up project for the CAT and other exams (sem VII incld), ie. taken sanyaas
from the project (and NOT from life as soooooo many scraps have suggested).
Well as the mystery surrounding my ORKUT name has been cleared up lets jog along to the upcoming events in life. THE GODDDAMN EXAMZ ARE UPON US! And 10 reasons y we shoud be worried:
1) CSM.......for all students of my class this is a no-brainer. For others......our teachers has taken only 2......yah 2 proper lectures in the entire sem. Some of u might say SO???? are u crazy or sumthin' ??? this is like the most difficult subject in sem VII
2) CAT----lets not even go there!
3) ALL OTHER EXAMZ-----same as above.
Yah i know i said 10 but u know it takes a lot to write a blog so i shoud be given that license. Y dont u guys come up with 7 more GENUINE ( no crappy my guy/girl left me ones) reasons for y life is such a bitch. Use the comments option.
I think even u guys had enough for today........before signing off one last thing.....GO CHELSEA GO!
cheers ppl. :D
why such a long hiatus you would ask............well........... :P
moving along (this is for the record!) the gyaan man moksha is back! well i think the credit for this goes to my dear friend balaji (from VJTI), whose blog writing antics re-inspired me to start posting again. Well, now i am in my final year of engineering(YIPPEEE) and studying for the CAT(no not some veterinary test........"THE" COMMON ADMISSION TEST). btw met balaji at classes(IMS) where the damn man along with shrek used to always score double the marks i did. Wish i scored negative and then they scored double of that! :D
Neways a lot of people have been asking me y my ORKUT profile name has something to do with SNAYAAS.......well NEWSFLASH-
having entered (foolishly) for IBM's great mind challenge(YAH I KNOW!) had to submit the project synopsis by 30th september. So didnt touch my CAT books for more than 2 weeks as was busy with da same. Now have given up project for the CAT and other exams (sem VII incld), ie. taken sanyaas
from the project (and NOT from life as soooooo many scraps have suggested).
Well as the mystery surrounding my ORKUT name has been cleared up lets jog along to the upcoming events in life. THE GODDDAMN EXAMZ ARE UPON US! And 10 reasons y we shoud be worried:
1) CSM.......for all students of my class this is a no-brainer. For others......our teachers has taken only 2......yah 2 proper lectures in the entire sem. Some of u might say SO???? are u crazy or sumthin' ??? this is like the most difficult subject in sem VII
2) CAT----lets not even go there!
3) ALL OTHER EXAMZ-----same as above.
Yah i know i said 10 but u know it takes a lot to write a blog so i shoud be given that license. Y dont u guys come up with 7 more GENUINE ( no crappy my guy/girl left me ones) reasons for y life is such a bitch. Use the comments option.
I think even u guys had enough for today........before signing off one last thing.....GO CHELSEA GO!
cheers ppl. :D
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