tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54653202012-01-27T04:33:21.263-05:00Anything that strikes my mindSujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.comBlogger841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-74249510140743153182007-11-10T17:05:00.000-05:002007-11-10T17:16:44.424-05:00

Yo, So another Diwali season has come and almost gone. I haven't lit a single lamp, ate a sausage and pepperoni pizza, downed more than a couple of Heineken's at Laura's farewell party. My friend in NC has meanwhile invited a guruji to his place for Satyanarayanachi pooja, another buddy in Boston is celebrating with full gusto in true desi style while my roomie is doing the same in Chicago. In

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-59575006799940516242007-08-04T10:05:00.000-05:002007-08-04T10:22:06.526-05:00

I was wondering why the human mind was built in such a way that to do things right and to do the right things is such a difficult task. Consider the issue of going regularly to the gym. I set myself a target of 4 days and consistently for the last 3 weeks I have managed no more than 3 a week. I set myself, rather ambitiously, inspired by my buddy; an objective of eating a diet of boiled potatoes,

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-81866239806210270022007-05-31T20:26:00.000-05:002007-05-31T20:38:49.451-05:00

YoAhh,,,,Finally forced myself out of my inertia to tap out a few words. Turns out quite a few folks read my blogs and have asked me why I dont write more frequently. Nice little fan club forming there eh ?(*Grins from ear to ear*). I have no answer really. Lazy/changing priorities/ lack of time are good excuses.Work is a new experience every single day. Manufacturing is designed to keep me on

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-81338267661392654302007-03-26T19:42:00.000-05:002007-04-07T19:12:17.277-05:00

Team India's pathetic performance in WC2007 was enough to draw me out of hibernation. The fact that we were knocked out early was worsened by the fact that it was our Asian neighbors who were responsible. Honestly, I was pretty hopeful of our teams chances this WC. A mix of age and experience, a balanced bowling lineup, tons of class......what went wrong ? Perhaps-and this only a psycho-analyst

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1170038140826168222007-01-28T21:13:00.000-05:002007-01-28T21:35:40.840-05:00

YoSome random thoughts/musings/achievements/observations from Swades yatra just concluded1. Stayed true to my stated aim of coming back single. A tip: Wadeshwar is way better than Vaishali for these rendezvous'es. Its more peaceful,people dont stare over your shoulder waiting for you to finish your food and you dont see all your friends parked there. In contrast you enter Vaishali and at least 3-

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1164157042746362182006-11-21T19:16:00.000-05:002006-11-21T19:57:23.090-05:00

Random Thoughts that keep creeping into my mind:Ever wondered Why all production emergencies hit you at precisely 4-30 on a Friday afternoon ? Why at the grocery store, the cash register gives a problem just as you are about to get billed? Why your progress report at work is anything but ? It reflects only the stuff you did not finish and not vice verca ? If Peyton Manning, Sachin

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YoYo,I was following with some interest the sparring between Lalit Modi and ICC chief Malcolm Speed regarding the MPA and TV rights issue. Everyone likes to hail India as the center of world cricket and beleives it is the unofficial HQ of cricket. Perhaps so, but I am always wondering if that is really true. Yes, its our #1 game. Cricket games draw crowds, the players have multi-million contracts

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1159665179352487572006-09-30T19:51:00.000-05:002006-09-30T20:12:59.363-05:00

YoYo, Wow, seems like I forgot about blogging at all. Been so long since I last wrote. I think I am incredibly stupid. I should be concentrating on things I enjoy like writing and not bother about the rest. Like waste time on Orkut for example. Life is going full speed and my brain seems to be struggling to keep up. I think I am suffering from some sort of mental degeneration :-). I think

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1153874487375992102006-07-25T18:43:00.000-05:002006-07-25T19:41:27.523-05:00

YoYo, ..Incredible things happen.None personifies this more than Rahul "The Wall" Dravid. As he led India to a victory outside the subcontinent for the first time since '86, within the hustle and bustle of NBA finals and FIFA 2006, one achievement went quietly unnoticed. Rahul Dravid became the fastest player to reach 9000 test runs. Only the Aussie and Indian duo and Lara lie above him.

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YoYo, Its been a month and a little more in my new role as a Manufacturing Engineer at a Medical Device Company. It has been so dynamic and so exciting so far that I have been left breathless by the pace of it all. Life on the shop floor is so much different than what I had ever imagined. School certainly does not prepare you for it. While most assembly line operations in a big industry (

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1150853667560375362006-06-20T19:23:00.000-05:002006-06-20T20:34:27.620-05:00

YoYo, While lazing around in the office this afternoon I read about aamchi Mumbai being voted as the rudest city in the world. Reader Digest, a publication for which I have the utmost respect and which I have been avidly reading since childhood was the one who did the survey.What RD did was to have their representatives drop pieces of paper on the road and see if someone would pick it up and

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1149913199419419872006-06-09T23:02:00.000-05:002006-06-09T23:20:01.990-05:00

Yo, Gymming is such a wonderful thing. If done right and in the correct frame of mind there's very little that beats the thrill of lifting. Its a simple test of can or cannot. You complete the rep or dont. There's no half way to it. A half is a failure. Everything stands out in Black and White. Failure and success seem to be so sharply defined. No grey area. Its you against the steel,mind

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1147561542804513932006-05-13T17:47:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:05:42.886-05:00

YoYo,My travel schedule over the past month and the forthcoming forthnight has been absolutely crazy. First travelled to San Jose for an interview and headed back to Miami.Next morning I left for Glens Falls. On the w/e I scooted off to NYC which is a beautiful 3 hour train ride. Presently I am in Pittsburgh for the w/e. By End of next week I should be back in Miami and a week later in

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1146188951052563772006-04-27T20:34:00.000-05:002006-04-27T20:49:11.113-05:00

YoYo, I havent found myself in a better mood in long time. Currently I am on a project with Boston Scientific Glens Falls. Its a small town located 45 miles North of Albany,very much upstate NY. Coming from the hustle and bustle of Miami this feels like a vacation. Theres virtually no traffic,work while challenging has been pretty good so far,foods been awesome;and the per diem aint bad at all

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1144886265225353282006-04-12T18:33:00.000-05:002006-04-12T18:57:45.326-05:00

Yo, Just hapenned to read in the news that Salman Khan got a jail term in the Black Buck Case. Another piece of news caught my eye,Juctice Maheshwari took all but 9 working days to declare the son of a DGP level officer in Orissa, guilty of raping a German woman.Not only did the speed of decision surprise me, the very fact that two connected people got caught and convicted in the web of the

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1144104663744774902006-04-03T17:49:00.000-05:002006-04-03T17:51:03.770-05:00

Every once in a while one watches a movie that leaves an impression that lasts beyond the couple of hours spent in the theater. More than the movie itself, it is the that characters stay with you for long and sometimes for life. Here are my favorite characters from Hollywood movies 1. Coach Boone in Remember The Titans : By far the most inspiring movie I have seen. Each time I watch it, I get an

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1140890583033778932006-02-25T12:14:00.000-05:002006-02-25T13:03:03.090-05:00

6-00 am: "1 2 3..."First jazz alarm sounds, time to wake up !6-05 am (Second alarm sounds): Decide I will go late to work today, pls, just today go late I urge myself,convincee myself6-10 am: morality/reality check, cant get late to work, what will everyone think, That I am a slacker? Worst how will I cope with a shitload of work to be done ?Haul my lazy ass out of my sleeping bag and drag myself

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1138329985203115932006-01-26T20:57:00.000-05:002006-01-26T21:46:25.243-05:00

YoYo,Finally ! Those who are close to me and matter, know what I am talking about, those who dont have a clue, have probably been so out of touch with my situation that it really doesnt make a difference. Anyway a long-bloddy battle has come to an end, or at least a temporary truce. Its only a small temporary arrangement like a bandage is to a bleeding wound, good enough for the time being but

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1136858128611840662006-01-09T20:33:00.000-05:002006-01-09T20:55:28.710-05:00

YoYo, ....When you try to do things the right way you end up consuming enourmous amounts of resources with respect to time money and energy with no gurantee of a favorable result. On the contrary, you see/hear about folks, all around you, who seem to have taken an apparent short-cut to the same end and things have worked for them. Somehow you cant quite take the plunge like they did. ....

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YoYo, Dada's ouster from the team should not surprise many,but the manner was most unbecoming.The whole thing reeked of conspiracy and smelt worse than rotten apples. When we start treating former captains like shit, as if they were to be discarded once by their use-by date, it doesnt reflects badly not only our empty headed selectors and officials but also on our cricketing ethos.One might

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1133716611250566052005-12-04T12:16:00.000-05:002005-12-04T12:16:51.316-05:00

Yeda Anna at his Photogenic best and also going Hi-Tech.Learning how to add pictures to my blog represents a significant technological advancement for me.Posted by Picasa

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YoYo, This is ThanksGiving,another major festival on the calendar.Means not much to me,but in the spirit of being in the States, it again means a fair bit.In the fitness of things,this blog will not be about my usual crib-complain-cry stuff.Rather I was thinking about who are the people and what are the things I should be thankful for.I think when I am alone, I tend to better organize my

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YoYoToday is Lakshmi poojan. Its the most important day of the most important festival of the Hindu Calendar. I had known in advance, yet did nothing. No pooja, not even an attempt. Worryingly this is the second year in a row that this has hapenned. Same was the case with Dassera.One of my worst fears is about to come true. Am I beginning to lose the importance of these things ? Will with every

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YoYoIts 3.36 ET on a Thursday, I am home because my boss sent us that way after a power outage stuck the facility and a transformer caught fire. With nothing to do I thought I will read Gundyas blog, turns out I started reading his earlier ones esp the one on 411.Made me emotional.This is so freakin depressing. Just a couple of daya ago Guru sent an email saying how he missed 411. I dont know

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YoYoI have exactly three months and a week to go. I am all at sea. I am preparing myself for one last fight,one final throw of the dice,one parting cameo innings.Multiple things seem to happen and on the other hand none at all. Too many slips between the cup and the lip, too many almost-there-but not-quite type of situations. I am tired and frustrated, tired of sending customised emails and

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1124326593462007252005-08-17T19:52:00.000-05:002005-08-17T19:56:42.923-05:00

A parker pen : $50A Pentel pencil : 10Finding a pen near a telephone that actually works : PricelessA movie on a friday night:$10Trip to orlando :$100Stay at home and debate Tendulkar V/s Waugh over beer : PricelessIce cream at hagen Dazs : $7Dinner at chilis:$18Aai cha hatchi poli ani batatyachi bhaji with waran bhat : Priceless!Indian players one match fee : >1 lakhCostiof watching a live game

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1124063269913783472005-08-14T18:22:00.000-05:002005-08-14T18:47:49.973-05:00

YoYoAnd so the might have fallen ! or have they ? With the 3rd test Ashes tantalisingly poised and the Poms set for a 2-1 lead, the Kangaroos will find themselves in unfamiliar territory.Long used to pumelling the Brits, the Aussies now find themsleves with a 100 overs to bat and save the game.Hayden's arrogance,Langer's tenacity Ponting's fluency,Clarks illuminating strokeplay,Gilly's patience

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1119801911995534992005-06-26T11:03:00.000-05:002005-07-16T12:49:06.446-05:00

YoYoSeriously contemplating about starting some sort of meditation/Yoga. While usually I am of an equable temparament, sometimes the goings on at workplace and at my home test my limits.Limits of patience and tolerance.Sometimes I feel like I am about to snap and when I will,I will launch into a scathing attack on some unfortunate individual.I have also started reading the "Bhagwad Gita:As it Is"

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1118792426640992472005-06-14T18:27:00.000-05:002005-06-14T18:40:26.646-05:00

YoYoIts on.....4th July weekend promises a return to those days I so long for.6 of us plan to land at Mamas place which makes us a 7 strong. One of the spl features of Milton life was our "Gholka Sanskruti" meaning if you need one for the job take two. If you need 2 take four and so on. Simple example : I had 4 roomies pick me up when I landed at Miami airport from Cincinnati a year or so

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1117074316091527062005-05-25T21:07:00.000-05:002005-05-25T21:25:16.096-05:00

YoYoBack after an awfully long time. Life at the moment seems to be whizzing past me at breakneck speed. Ever since I started my contract position things have changed for the better.First came the job, then the admit from Keck Graduate Institute for the Master of Bioscience Program and then came the Big one...2 shorts from Champion Sports along with a supply of Kesharratna Supari. Arrite ..just

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1115342324256505402005-05-05T20:12:00.000-05:002005-05-05T20:18:44.260-05:00

YoYoNext 24 hours. Hoping to hear some news. Fingers Crossed. Agonising wait.Jeez...I think I might be checking my yahoo Email a zillion times from 9-00 to 5-00.

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Friday Night at Gulves place:Gatti calls us for Tandoor/Beer combo.We jump at the chance,enjoy the Bud and the tandoor and conversation shifts to what time is a "good time" to begin our road trip. I suggest a moderate 8-00 am.Bhosu an insomniac by nature insists a improbable 6-00 (his plan being clubbing till 5-00 so that he can sleep in the car till his driving duties beckon him) and gulve

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1112304952563100412005-03-31T16:31:00.000-05:002005-03-31T16:35:52.563-05:00

Havent found myself in a more sombre and frustrated mood in ages. Job search is turning out to be one long haul for me. Its so f***** frustrating. Feels like you are banging your head against a brick wall. You keep hitting in the hope a brick will fall and a ray of light will shine throughtats.

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YoYoJust downed a couple of chalupas in about the same number of minutes. Thats the vigor with with I devour them. One of the things i miss desperately since 411 split up is our tradition of going to Taco Bell on Sunday nites.Almost like a ritual it was. Play volleyball, take a shower and barge into taco. Once there order some dozen or so chalupas for 5 people, a mex pizza, and a few Fiesta

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YoAm writing a blog on Tendlya and all the while I was constructing it my mind kept flowing back to an email I sent to my MiltonKatta group a few months ago. Now heres what happened.1) Start with the link I have pasted. I dont think its working but It is about Tendlya bashing.2) Some guy sent an email to Manya in defense of the tendlya (I mean against the Tendlya bashing) and Manya promptly

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Yo I am a little bit confused by the recent expose by India TV regarding Shakti Kapoor et al. The phenomenon of casting couch is a open secret. However wrong it may be morally and socially one wonders if it is an offense as such. What I am trying to gather is if it is illegal at all,whether there exists an law that deems it an offense or a crime punishable in court. Reduced to simple terms it

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1109970350602529942005-03-04T15:10:00.000-05:002006-04-01T08:58:57.560-05:00

Every once in a while one watches a movie that leaves an impression that lasts beyond the couple of hours spent in the theater. More than the movie itself, it is the that characters stay with you for long and sometimes for life. Here are my favorite characters from Hollywood movies1. Coach Boone in Remember The Titans : By far the most inspiring movie I have seen. Each time I watch it, I get an

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1109786939957491402005-03-02T12:39:00.000-05:002005-03-02T13:08:59.960-05:00

YoThe Pak team is in India minus superstar Shoaib. Apparently, his teammates arent too mindful of the fact nor are they too crazy about having him on their bus.No doubt, they are fed up with his antics and would rather sort out the business of playing and winning games themselves.But I am sure everyone except those 15 wish he had been on the squad, and that includes me as well, for there is no

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1109002711898415662005-02-21T11:16:00.000-05:002005-02-21T11:18:31.900-05:00

Yo, Lately good things have been hapenning to good folks. In terms of jobs that is.2 of my closest buddies are set to beging an internship and a full time job in Cincinnati and NC respectively. Another roomie will join Motorola. One has a promotion lined up and another got a well deserved break with a giant consulting company. He now sits in his cabin with the Rockies for his view, and SAAB as

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1103843644503248562004-12-23T18:11:00.000-05:002004-12-23T18:14:04.503-05:00

A couple of years and a half ago when I landed in US I rarely drank chaha. I shall refrain from calling it TEA because my sentiments dont allow me to. The word Tea sounds snobbish, hi-soc type word cos when I hear the word TEA I always imagine some uptight Brit asking me "Would you like some TEA". Compared to that CHAHA tayar ahere... sound much more robust and homely. Anyway, back to the point.

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As much I had restrained from commenting on it, the ugly spat between Craig Mcmillan and Gilly has reignited the debate on walking.The Aussie keeper, a self made cricketer and a consentious one at that set the bar when he started walking when he felt he had nicked one.I recall him doing that a couple of ocassions at least one being the WC 2004 and the recent one in Mumbai test.When McMillan

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As I play this Elton John song on my Yahoo Launch, I grasp the appropriateness of it all.With the Thesis Defense exactly a week away I think I am in for a long haul. Frenetic would be the most appropriate word to describe the goings on the past few weeks.Writing the damn thesis took up the past few weeks but some of the nights, when I stayed awake to watch the disappointing performance of Team

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Finally! The inevitable cant be avoided. As much as I love writing, I have discovered that when it comes to writing anything technical, I am a little less excited.Ever since I started my feeble attempts to put my research work on pen and paper, I have realised that doing things is one thing and putting it a double-spaced,TNR font 12, an entirely different cup of tea.Of course when I say "my

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Yo Day was off to the crappiest start,me wishing I hadnt left the comforts of my bed this morning. First Manya wakes up late and so doesnt have time to make tea.I volunteer only to discover that the milk is gone bad.I rush to school in Bhosus car (with 5 others BTW) and head straight to the coffee room, But I am way too early.Our Sec hasnt even turned up yet so no coffee.Yeack.... I go to my

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1095101712298058262004-09-13T13:46:00.000-05:002004-09-13T13:55:12.300-05:00

Yo After the stream of not-so-great-news over the past few months, a reason for me to smile about.A big one in fact. Big bro is about to get engaged and that alone has done enough to elevate my mood up a few notches. Unfortunately, I will miss the engagement ceremony scheduled for 15th.What I shall miss the most apart from the actual ceremony is the food. :P.Just got the official menu today,

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1094592002711327422004-09-07T16:05:00.000-05:002004-09-07T16:20:02.710-05:00

Yo I am not done yet.Atul godbole happens to be a langoti-yaar who shares the same obsession with the movie AFGM like I do. Here is his version, the scene being set in software company! Read on.This ones even better than mine! NOTE : This is for fun purposes only.No offences intended ! =============================================== Khandu's trial :Khandu : what do u wanna discuss now? My

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1094591045915736312004-09-07T15:53:00.000-05:002004-09-07T16:04:05.916-05:00

Yo Was just browsing through my inbox when I hit on this old email that I sent to my Miami egroup over an year ago.This was when I was under the influence of Col.Nathan R.Jessops fiery dialog delivery in a "A few good men".Along with AAA it is the only movie that I must have watched again and again and again and,,,,,,, Heres a modified version of the court trial. U wont appreciate this of

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1094333672867187742004-09-04T16:35:00.000-05:002004-09-04T16:34:32.866-05:00

Yo I have resigned myself to the fact that I am a hopelessly lazy blogger and from hence I will do my best to avoid starting a blog with the usual "Back after a long time ".Its Just that, starting that way makes me feel a whole lot better and serves as a way to get rid of that guilty feeling. My advisor resigned from school.Leaving me it of an a bit of a spot.Its going to be a whole lot of fun

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1091803338885044782004-08-06T09:39:00.000-05:002004-08-06T09:42:18.886-05:00

As suddenly as Miamis weather changes from a bright sunshine to dull unrelenting rainstorms, so has the immediate future of 2 of my roommies.One tragically lost his father of a cardiac arrest and had to fly back to India.Being the only son of his parents leaves a big responsibility on his shoulders.The other lost his job that had began only a couple of months ago.Lay offs are bad even at the best

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1090954618014039972004-07-27T13:41:00.000-05:002004-07-27T13:56:58.013-05:00

Yo I am beginning to realise, with a deep sense of guilt, what a lazy slob I am.My self proclaimed intentions of waking up at 7-30 am each morning have met with mostly diasater and only some success. These past months I have **moved** from the master bedroom to the smaller one, affectionately christened "THE DEN".It is so called because it is insulated from all wordly disturbances.Blinds drawn

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1088728659491168842004-07-01T19:31:00.000-05:002004-07-01T19:37:39.490-05:00

Who does Murali remind you of? Aha-got you didnt I? Murali himself coz there hasnt been one like him in ages.At least not since the days cricket started its 24 circus on TV, when perhaps it was possbile for a crooked arm to escape notice or for a unkind prank to escape the umpires censure.But ever since the Kerry Packer revolutionised the game the players themselves have become the object of

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1087010666584952672004-06-11T22:06:00.000-05:002004-06-11T22:24:26.583-05:00

Been awfully long since I last wrote.A multiple no of things have hapenned in the meanwhile.Starting with my visit to the Argonne National Lab in Chicago May 23-27.Was quite an experience I must say.What I saw there left me with more questions in my mind than answers which I had gone to seek in the first place. What struck me most during the short 3 day visit was the fact that some scientists

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1084317984611451592004-05-11T18:09:00.000-05:002004-05-11T18:26:24.610-05:00

Was trying (still am )to order some chemicals for some experiments.Its a torture.The bureaucracy involved in the process is cumbersome to say the least. First take the Requisition form , fill it up, get it signed from Renu.Next take it to Hilda,she prepares some sort of Form in MS Excel that it to be attached to the original form.That done, go to Adriana, she who's orders must be obeyed, for she

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1083866253642149072004-05-06T12:57:00.000-05:002004-05-06T13:00:47.106-05:00

YoYo The spectre of match fixing has raised its ugly head again and left me in a depressed mood.I am a die hard cricket fan.Cricket is my nasha,my passion and no doubt one of my motivators.A good performance by the Men in Blue raises my self confidence a few notches,a defeat often signals the start of a dreary, lackluster day or even a couple of them and god forbid more than that. Over a period

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1083175700177690562004-04-28T13:08:00.000-05:002004-04-28T13:11:25.530-05:00

YoYo, Tis happened a week ago.The plight of the Bajarangis!! Sharya (on our VIT e group) (smiling mischieviously as he wrote this, I presume ) : ....and yes, everyone do let me know @ ur current jobs, academic institutes where u r doign research, your cars and ur (This was the killer bomb) Sex life status!!!! Tats (reading the email in school next morning,that is all i ever do these days,since RA

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1082855601238148192004-04-24T20:13:00.000-05:002004-04-24T20:16:22.856-05:00

6 roomies.5 cell phones.3 laptops and 2PCs.Our house is a mini tech center.Guess who is the exception? Yours truly.I for one have never been fascinated by technology and stuff like that.It really doesnt register with me all this hi-fi stuff.Modem ...DSL...wireless...signal strength......RAM ...cache...i really couldnt careless about this............. For me technology should help me get things

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1081709185474765712004-04-11T13:46:00.000-05:002004-04-11T13:49:13.246-05:00

They suck.Period.I cant fathom why a phone card will promise you 21 minutes online and give you only 9 when you actually place the call.I fail to understand why when you try and call the customer service you wont get to speak to a live human but instead have to navigate your way through a automated menu.It is beyond my comprehension, why I spent 45 minutes last nite trying a place a call to

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1080442751576317462004-03-27T21:53:00.000-05:002004-03-27T22:03:59.343-05:00

Shoot...I am in deep shit.Funding problems,Thesis problems,tooth cap loose....2 more proposals due by monday,,,,,My lifes a deep black hole at the moment.Surprisingly I feel fresh and fairly calm about the whole thing,as if in the knowledge that some divine intervention will save the day for me. Its Anands Bday today.Thats the silver lining,Just speaking to him made me feel much better. Turns out

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1080172458600698952004-03-24T18:34:00.000-05:002004-03-24T18:56:48.450-05:00

Am I emotionally drained.Watching these games does tire me I tell you.When Moin and Shoaib got that partnership going I knew that we were not through.And then Sami hits that huge six of Balaji,My nerves were on the edge.Its a good thing that the Men in Blue are used to handling such matters on a regular basis.Keeping cool under pressure,one of the recently developed attributes of our team, is

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1078092400015589372004-02-29T16:36:00.000-05:002004-02-29T17:09:38.746-05:00

Yo Indo-Pak clashes are about to start, and as usual I am terribly excited.Already Miandad,that irrepressible son-of-a-gun and Apna Captain Courageous have exchanged verbal barbs with javed asking for 200% from all and Saurav bluntly stating that "Pak is no Australia" and both, careful,not to cause domestic disturbances.This tour of course has tremendous political implications as well. Whatever

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-107757317942207352004-02-23T19:48:00.000-05:002004-02-23T16:54:59.216-05:00

Yo The week is off to an awful start.Started with drinking Baileys with coffee last nite.Was my noble plan I must confess but then I didnt expect the rest of the gang to savor the Irish Coffee with that gusto.Sleeping late for me usually translates into not sleeping well which means when I wake up I am not fresh.So was the case today.And then I hear the news that my thesis topic is about to

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1075851991595683792004-02-03T18:38:00.000-05:002004-02-03T18:48:11.436-05:00

Yo Its been 15 days or more since I came back and I am straight into the action.I thought last sem was crucial considering the courses I was taking and I was rite.But this sem could literally make or break me.If I dont progress on my thesis in the next few months I am doomed.Its like the 20-40 over stage of a one day game.The initial excitement has died down abd the fun of finish is still far

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1074436068797279962004-01-18T09:27:00.000-05:002004-01-18T09:29:12.606-05:00

Being a weekend and still in the grips of a mild jetlag all my roomies are merrily snoring away at 9-00 am on a glorious winter morning.of course yesterdays night long match viewing certainly has contributed to disturbing our schedules.The calm is almost terrifying coming as it does after my chaotic hectic but a memorable trip to India.A 35 day vacation was filled with as much fun and frolic as

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1074435797076824932004-01-18T09:23:00.000-05:002004-01-18T09:24:40.936-05:00

Being a weekend and still in the grips of a mild jetlag all my roomies are merrily snoring away at 9-00 am on a glorious winter morning.of course yesterdays night long match viewing certainly has contributed to disturbing our schedules.The calm is almost terrifying coming as it does after my chaotic hectic but a memorable trip to India.A 35 day vacation was filled with as much fun and frolic as

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1066773232020127532003-10-21T16:53:00.000-05:002003-10-21T16:53:51.436-05:00

Yo Was just reading the TOI.Thought it would unwind me after a long and tiring day.But look what i get to read.These were the headlines in the Cities--->Pune section as of 5.47 Pm ET on Oct 21 2003. Read the headlines ...just them ,,, What the heck is Pune coming to? All news seems to point to negativity and pessimism.A truck accident ,spread of dengue,dismissal of workers....missing babies (sic)

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1066153863369613472003-10-14T12:51:00.000-05:002003-10-14T12:51:02.763-05:00

Yo What a lazy tuesday afternoon.Just back from a satisfying lunch,and sitting here in the cold lab with Mukesh songs playing merily in the background,I am absolutely in no mood to do anything at all.btw I finally have a desk and a pc of my own (Psst ...it comes with a cd burner :D) Its funny what a good desi style lunch can do to u if u have one in the afternoon.Blessed are those luck enuff to

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1064696506067386632003-09-27T16:01:00.000-05:002003-09-27T16:01:46.206-05:00

Wow i am writing again exactly afetr a month. The exams are staring me in the face.Got a BIG test coming up in 10 days.If I do well my confidence is gonna boom....and vice verca.The highlight of the past month was the farewell to mama aka Keni. Hes moved to Cali. the land of his dreams to look for a job.Mama (We call him that affectionately) was my senior in the biomed dept and my roomie since

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1064696112067054032003-09-27T15:55:00.000-05:002003-09-27T15:55:12.260-05:00

Wow i am writing again exactly afetr a month. The exams are staring me in the face.Got a BIG test coming up in 10 days.If I do well my confidence is gonna boom....and vice verca.The highlight of the past month was the farewell to mama aka Keni. Hes moved to Cali. the land of his dreams to look for a job.Mama (We call him that affectionately) was my senior in the biomed dept and my roomie since

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1062121732636075912003-08-28T20:48:00.000-05:002003-08-28T20:48:52.513-05:00

Yo Fall has well and truly started and in just 3 days I am beginning to feel the heat! pun intended ...actually its a tri-pun,,,heat of the course work..the miami heat and of course the HOT crowd...man,,,,,,..FIU ought to be the most glam campuses around....unbeleivable crowd..boy!!! This semester I have dedicated myself to understanding and studying Proteins and their structure and what not.Took

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1061501911995564922003-08-21T16:38:00.000-05:002003-08-21T16:38:32.030-05:00

Yo Lots seems to be happening.Summer is almost drawing to a close.Classes start from next monday .Fortunately I have just one class to take and i am done with the course work.Mite do a sit through on a couple of other courses and start working on my thesis.That thought is now the foremost on my mind.Looks like the Fall 03 semester is going to be a busy one and exciting one for me.Of course thers

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1060446333675662842003-08-09T11:25:00.000-05:002003-08-09T11:25:33.643-05:00

New kids are here and my mind goes back an year when I first sat on a plane and came to USA with the noble intention of pursuing my MS in biomed engg.Its no exaggerartion to say that time flies when I say that about my first year in USA.Boy! the chaos is unbeleivable.There are 11 guys in my apt rite now including montys friends.We could make a cricket team of our own!what say? Poor monty! is

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1059889635232796782003-08-03T00:47:00.000-05:002003-08-03T00:47:15.266-05:00

Been on a movie watching spree of late.Only on the weekeknds though.Last weekend it was Qayamat and Mr and Mrs.Iyer.This time I have already seen "The Pianist", "The Life of David Gale" and some part of "Darna Mana Hai" Over the past year that I have been here I have become a huge movie buff.Back home I used to hardly watch anything.Here I have fallen in love with Hollywood movies. "The

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1059677007405124932003-07-31T13:43:00.000-05:002003-07-31T13:43:27.370-05:00

Yo Was the object of much ridicule yesterday.Reason-I spent $12 on a couple of dog tags.I ordered them online from world pet store website.Roomies cant beleive that i spent that amount on such a trivial matter.Khartul was laughing his usual style,,,a sense of ridicule inherent on all his laughter.Monty was stunned and Pappan was as usual the most sensible of the lot.I mean he didnt defend me as

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-105918472194309232003-07-25T20:58:00.000-05:002003-07-25T20:58:41.850-05:00

what a day..Things cant go much bettter.Took a half day (1/4 is more like it) at school.Actually I came home for lunch but didnt feel like going back...so be it.Decided to go on a haircut and I AM ALMOST BALD now.I am TAKLU tatke.:) Had a good gappa session....followed by tennis and what a game.Khartul and me beat Phatak/baba in a thriller 7-6 (7-5) in a tiebreak.Nice Bday present for apna khare.

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1058911220067546832003-07-22T17:00:00.000-05:002003-07-22T17:00:19.930-05:00

Here I go.In the first week of July I visited Nachiket at Buffalo.Atul also joined us and we had a gr8 time.Nachya and atul are my mates from school (real school ...not the grad school..:))).I am a bit of a travel freak in the sense that I like travelling.Long jorneys rarely bore me and thats why I was longing to get out of Miami for a few days.I mean it has been 11 months I have been here and

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1058908869372531252003-07-22T16:21:00.000-05:002003-07-22T16:21:09.430-05:00

Back after a long time.So many things have happened since the last time I wrote here that I dunno from where to start off.There was this wonderful Niagara trip that I wanted to write about the day I came back to Miami but some more imp things have cropped up.I changed my advisor (Now thats Imp.isint it??).More about it soon,,,,Sometimes I feel as if I am losing control of everything around

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1056918061065454562003-06-29T15:21:00.000-05:002003-06-29T15:21:01.120-05:00

Yo Once again a long delay in writing my blog.Somehow though the weekend afternoon seems to inspire me to write...thats if i am not involved in the frenetic volleyball mania that has struck me and my roomies and all my friends.Actually even as I write these words I must confess that I am now trying out my hand at another game (tennis). The first time I ever played Volleyball was sometime in

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1056309118503926972003-06-22T14:11:00.000-05:002003-06-22T14:11:58.553-05:00

Masala tea or filter coffee? Sachin or steve waugh? Sunday afternoon Volleyball on south beach or sitting in school and doing ur work resisting all temptations? Phone in india or voice chat? Sky blue or pure white? Nike or adidas? Kishore kumar or Rafi? A few good men or A beautiful life? Col Nathan Jessop or Dawson and Downey? Chicken tandori or Baingan ka bharta? Amitabh or Aamir ? Ford

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1056165703163671312003-06-20T22:21:00.000-05:002003-06-20T22:21:43.176-05:00

Its summer time and if the heat is forcing u to stay indoors there couldnt be a better time to pick up a nice book and get going.Really the joys obtained from reading are quite unmatched.Think i will share my favorite books with u. My all time favorite is the one written by Dominique Lapierre .The title of the book is "Freedom at Midnight". The book is set in the year 1947 and gives a rivetting

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1055555170987886812003-06-13T20:46:00.000-05:002003-06-13T20:48:14.970-05:00

Done with the business class ppt.Went well actually.There were a couple of panelists apart from the course instructor,Dr.Alan Carsrud.One of them a PhD from UCLA and the other was a VC.All these had their own start ups and know a thing or 2 about entrepreneurship.Quite a experience speaking in front of these big shots and other MBA students.There were like 40 odd of those.Was nervous initially

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1055367635118993822003-06-11T16:40:00.000-05:002003-06-11T16:40:35.493-05:00

Yo,, Just too tired to write anything ...Infact spent the whole afternoon writing a paper for my summer business class.Doing a feasibility analysis on my 'proposed' entrepreneurship venture.Sounds Hi-fi...infact it is.The only problem is that I have no idea on how to estimate whats it gonna cost me to start a medical device company back home in India.Hehe...doing this is routine for the MBA guys

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1055278551973370802003-06-10T15:55:00.001-05:002003-06-10T16:09:06.226-05:00

Sujit's Shangri-La Thats what I call this blog space of mine...its my own space where I can express myself to the whole world (without the world being necessarily aware of it). Technology never ceases to facinate me and even as I write these words I marvel at how instead of writing my diary I am merrily typing away to glory! Before I start ,let me thank my school mate for introducing me to

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1055278519818050932003-06-10T15:55:00.000-05:002003-06-10T15:55:18.876-05:00

Sujithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968541454120916902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465320.post-1055188134529916752003-06-09T14:48:00.000-05:002003-06-09T14:48:54.540-05:00

Hello.. Just getting started

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