Author: rahul

  • 20 Common Engineering Rules

    The 4-year holiday called engineering

    20 things common to all engg colleges:
    1). The lecturers dont teach.The students dont study.The only guy who
    benefits is the one who owns the ‘dhaba’ next to the college.

    2).Rules are made to be broken.

    3).Promises are made to be broken.
    4).Deadlines are made to be extended…ALWAYS!
    5).Guys always think the chics in the college next lane are more beautiful.
    5).The geeks are the most pampered lot during the internal exams.
    6).The lab assistants are the most respected people(during the lab exams i.e)
    7).The watchmen are the people most bribed.
    8).The HOD is the! person most respected(heights of sycophancy here).
    9).The principal is the person most abused and insulted(behind the back i.e)
    10).Dropping subjects is ‘cool’.(arre yaar..drop the idea of dropping
    subjects plzz).
    11).There is always a lecturer in the college who cant speak proper ‘english’.
    12).Night-out is the second most important tool to ace the exams.

    13).The most important tool..the bhramastra..is the ‘chit’ in which
    the words can be understood only by the person who wrote them(in most
    of the cases i.e)
    14).The freshers are the most sought after..be it in the canteen,the
    ‘free’ periods or for completing the records,assignments.
    15).The second-years are the ones with the ‘I am the
    don-of-the-college’ feeling.
    16).The third years are the ones with the ‘so-many-backlogs’ feeling
    and the poor
    souls get down to studying after bossing around in the college for so
    long.but the fun still continues.(I gave 22 exams last year!!).
    17).The fourth years have no connectio! n with the college
    whatsoever…with no interest in ragging,pulling each other`s legs,the
    bday parties,the bday bums et al which they enjoyed so much till
    now.All they want is a good placement and a ‘1st-class’ tag attached
    to their memo.
    19).The first three years are spent in cursing the college,the people
    there,the system et al.
    20).But towards the end of the fourth year,people tend to feel
    nostalgic abt the pure unadulterated fun they have had for 4 years.Now
    the very system they disliked,the very canteen they cursed,the time
    that they spent there,the bday bums they suffered..all these seem like
    heaven to them.

  • Let Me Know

    When things go wrong,

    When sadness fills your heart,

    When tears flow in your eyes,

    Just let me know,

    Because, I want to be there for you,

    Because!

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  • Logical Reasoning

    1) Teacher tells a student a=b, b=c so a=c tell me another example.

    Student: I love u – u love your daughter – so I love your daughter.

    2) Three fastest means of communication telephone – television – tell

    A women

    3) Its funny when people discuss over “love marriage” and “arrange

    marriage” It is like asking a person if he would like to “hang

    himself” or “shoot himself”.

    4) What is a girl friend? Addition of problems – subtraction of money

    multiplication of enemies – division of friends.

    5) A married man was asked to perform his SWOT(Strength,

    Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) Analysis. He said, my strength is

    my wife. My weakness is my neighbor’s wife. Opportunity comes

    when neighbor goes out. Threat comes when I myself go out.

  • Stress Relievers

    Stress Reliever # 1

    Wife: You always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?

    Hubby: When there is a problem, no matter how

    impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.

    Wife: You see, how miraculous and powerful I am for you?

    Hubby: Yes, I see your picture and say to myself, “What other problem can
    there be greater than this one?”
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    Stress Reliever # 2

    Girl: When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and
    lighten your burden.

    Boy: It’s very kind of you, darling, But I don’t have any worries or
    troubles.
    Girl: Well that’s because we aren’t married yet.
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    Stress Reliever # 3

    Son: Mom, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to give up
    my seat to a lady.

    Mom: Well, you have done the right thing.
    Son: But mum, I was sitting on daddy’s lap.
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    Stress Reliever # 4

    A newly married man asked his wife, “Would you have married me if my father
    hadn’t left me a fortune?” “Honey,” the woman replied sweetly, “I’d have
    married you NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE”
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    Stress Reliever # 5

    Father to son after exam: “let me see your report card.”

    Son: “My friend just borrowed it. He wants to scare his parents.”
    ______________________________________________________________________

    Stress Reliever # 6

    Interviewer to Millionaire: To whom do you owe your success as a
    millionaire?”

    Millionaire: “I owe everything to my wife.”

    Interviewer: “Wow, she must be some woman. What were you before you married
    her?”
    Millionaire: “A Billionaire”
    ______________________________________________________________________

    Stress Reliever # 7

    Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I’ll be yours forever.
    The guy replies: Thanks for the warning.
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    Stress Reliever # 8

    A wife asked her husband: “What do you like most in me

    – my pretty face or my sexy body?”

    He looked at her from head to toe and replied: “I like your sense of humour.

  • Update

    • Added a new Open Diary section. This is in a very crude form currently. Future plans include addi
      ng a calendar like interface where one can navigate to any date with ease.
    • Inspired by the site http://www.anybrowser.org I have decided to make my website compatible with all the famous browsers. This would mean
      now my website can be viewed in IE/Firefox/Opera/links (I have not yet tested in other browsers). Thanks to my IIIT classma
      te Sagar, for informing me about this site. Anyway, everything comes for a price and so does this. Earlier when my site was
      especially customized for IE, scrolling the main content was much easier because menu and navigaion pane would remain stat
      ic. But I think its worth losing this single feature to make it cross-compatible with all the major browsers:-).
    • Added many new entires in the Entertainment section.
  • Update

    • Made some changes in Menu Bean class to make it more easy for me to add new pages
    • Made changes to the way the navigation bean class handles .txt and .htm files
    • Added a new Blog section.
  • North India Trip

    North India Trip
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    Introduction
    ————

    This article has been written keeping in mind that it would be useful sharing my experiences about the trip with others.

    Before I proceed with the details, let me give a brief introduction. This trip was originally planned about 8 months back :-). That was when I had come up with the idea. The flight tickets were booked in December. Unfortunately, one by one 4 of the 6 dropped out. At a stage where the trip was almost about to get cancelled two of my classmates joined in. The final four of us are – Aizaz, Harsha, Vinod and Rahul.

    Important Points
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    From my experience, I think the below points would be helpful in planning for a trip.

    1) Plan in advance
    This holds true for almost anything. Start planning in advance. Anyway, the time when you should plan depends on the trip. For a North India trip, I suggest you plan atelast two months in advance.
    The first half month will be spent in deciding about the details of the trip – the places to visit, etc. The next 15 days should be spent in booking travel tickets, booking hotel rooms, etc. I personally felt that booking should be done in the following order

    – After planning the days, get the travel tickets booked first. For trains, one months advance booking is highly suggested. For buses, a week advance booking shoud also suffice.
    – Next importance should be given to booking Hotel rooms. You can always go to the hotel directly but if you are staying somewhere for a longer duration, advance booking is recommended as you are assured of your stay in a good hotel.

    2) Know the timings of sight-seeing
    A big mistake which we had done. Know the timings of when the places would be open for sight-seeing. For instance, in Jaipur we reached the sight-seeing places slightly late (after 16.30) and it was closed.

    3) Prepare a checklist of items you plan to take. This is the checklist we had prepared (for your reference) 🙂

    – Tickets, Hotel Reservations, Cab Bookings, etc.
    – Jerkin and/or Sweater
    – Clothes
    – Towel and a small napkin
    – Deodrant, Comb, Toothbrush, Tongue Cleaner, Dental Floss, Shaving Kit, Handwash, soap
    – Medicines
    – Camera and/or HandyCam
    – Shoes, slip ons, Hawai Chappal
    – Credit Card / Debit Card (I would personally suggest to carry as less as cash as possible (<= 3000) and draw money on demand) - Chains, locks - Small carry bag to carry important items like camera, cash, etc. - Cap - Miscellaneous Torchlight, blades, scissors Approx. Expneses per head ------------------------- For us, the approximate expenses per head was around Rs.11000 (leaving out shopping). Below is the approx. break up of our expenses Air ticket (to and fro per head) - Rs.1800 Delhi Car Rental for Local Sight Seeing (Day 1) - Rs.1000 Car Rental for Delhi-Jaipur-Agra round trip (Day 2 and Day 3) - Rs.6000 Hotel Stay in Jaipur (per Double Bedroom) - Rs. 400 Chandigarh to Delhi train ticket - Rs.125 Hotel stay in Chandigarh (per Double Bedroom) - Rs.200 Sight-seeing in Chandigarh - Rs.850 Bus from Chandigarh to Manali - Rs.300 Hotel stay in Manali (per Double Bedroom) - Rs.750 Manali Local Sight-Seeing - Rs.300 Manali Skiing - Rs.200 (dress per head) + Rs.1000 (instructur and skates) + Rs.500 (car charges) Manali River Rafting - Rs.1400 Bus from Manali to Simla - Rs.350 Hotel stay in Simla (for four-bedded family suite) - Rs.1000 Simla Sight Seeing to Kufri - Rs.350 Train ticket from Simla to Kalka - Rs.35 Train tikcet from Kalka to Delhi - Rs.200 Hotel stay in Delhi (per Double Bedroom) - Rs.265 Average Food Expenses per day - Rs.250 (for veg) / Rs. 300 (for non-veg) :-) Miscellaneous charges (entry tickets, etc.) - Rs.1500 P.S.: Train tickets refer to sleeper class in all cases except for Simla-Kalka where it is second class. References ---------- 1) Car Booking http://www.indiarentacar.com/ http://www.carrentalinindia.com/ We got the car booked from "Sonu Taxi Service". They do not have a website and their office is located in Guragaon. We actually came to know of them through Harsha's relatives. His charges were comparatively less when compared to others. The details are as below. Owner - Ramesh Ph# - 011 6571074 / 9810824896 Charges - 6.5 Km/hr for AC Indica, For local sight seeing it is slightly more Another reasonable car rental service which I came across while searching was "Top Travel". Their details are TOP TRAVEL & TOURS (P) LTD. L-3, Samrat Bhawan , Ranjeet Nagar Commercial Complex , New Delhi - 110008. (India) Ph No: 91-011-25708822, 25708228, 25707228. Fax No: 91-011-25701125 , 25704228 E-Mail : toptrav@vsnl.com On an average you would be covering about 850 Km while roaming Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. 2) Hotel Booking Two websites where you can find budget hotels are http://www.indiabudgethotels.com/ http://www.hostelz.com For budget hotels in Manali you can visit http://hptdc.nic.in/hotel.htm Place of stay in Delhi (Smyle Inn) - http://www.smyleinn.com Place of stay in Jaipur (Hotel Pearl Palace) - http://www.hotelpearlpalace.com/ 3) Train Booking http://www.indianrail.gov.in - To find out about train and reservation information http://www.irctc.co.in - To book train tickets Trip Details ------------ Day 1 (Fri) ----------- Left Hyderabad at 8.05. Reached Delhi at 10.15. Had already booked a car for local sight seeing and in it proceeded to IIT Delhi. After having lunch at IIT Delhi, we left for local sight-seeing at 12.00. After local sight seeing (India Gate, Lotus Temple, Raj Ghat, Qutub Minar, Red Fort), proceeded back to IIT Delhi at 20.00. Thanks to Gullu, we were able to stay at night in IIT Delhi. Day 2 (Sat) ----------- Morning 7.00, left IIT Delhi to Jaipur. Reached Jaipur at around 12.00. Covered Amer Fort (about 1.5 hrs) Proceeded to Hotel Pearl Palace. After getting ready, left at 16.00 for City Palace and Jantar Mantar As City Palace and Jantar Mantar were closed, went to Birla Mandir and another temple. Night 20.00 we were back in hotel Day 3 (Sun) ----------- Morning 9.00 we left the hotel Covered City Palace and Jantar Mantar and left to Agra at 11.00 [These could have been covered yesterday] Reached Agra in evening at 16.00 After visiting Agra Fort and Taj Mahal (Fatehpur is also a good place to visit ... that is what I have heard), left to Delhi at 18.15. Reached Delhi at 22.40 and took the train to Chandigarh Day 4 (Mon) ----------- Morn. reached Chandigarh at 6.00. Proceeded to Panchayat Bhavan (our place of stay in Chandigarh). After getting ready, left for sight-seeing at 10.00. Some of the places covered were Rose Garden (not that great). Lake (very good but try to visit this place in the evening), Rock Garden (gr8 place but you should have loads of energy to cover this place) and Pinjore Gardens (Good place but did not have time to spend here). Night 20.00 proceeded back to Chandigarh Bus station and took a bus to Manali. Day 5 (Tue) ----------- Morning 7.00 reached Manali Left for local sight seeing at 15.00. Covered Hidamba temple, Tibetan Monastry, etc. Were back in Hotel by 19.00 Day 6 (Wed) ----------- Morning 11.00 left for skiing By 17.00, we were back in hotel. Day 7 (Thu) ----------- Morning 10.00 left for river rafting and shopping (this falls towards Kullu) By 18.00 we were back in hotel. Day 8 (Fri) ----------- Morning 8.00 left Manali for Simla [This journey should have been done the previous night ... we would have got to spend an extra day in Simla] At 18.00 reached Simla. Day 9 (Sat) ----------- Morning 9.00 left for Kufri (sight-seeing spot in Simla) At 14.00, took the Simla-Kalka train (This train journey is good .. but you may not enjoy it if you have already roamed a lot in Manali) Night 20.00 reached Kalka and took a train to Delhi. Day 10 (Sun) ------------ Morn. 7.00 reached Delhi Proceeded to Hotel Smyle Inn Evening 18.00 caught a flight to Hyd At 20.00 we were back in Hyd

  • Good Philosophical Note

    A good philosophical note.
    ==========================

    A well-known speaker started off his seminar by
    holding up a $20.00 bill.

    In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like
    this $20 bill?”

    Hands started going up.

    He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one
    of you but first, let me do this.
    He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

    He then asked,

    “Who still wants it?”

    Still the hands were up in the air.

    “Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?”

    And he dropped it on the ground and started to
    grind it into the floor with his shoe.

    He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

    “Now, who still wants it?”

    Still the hands went into the air.

    “My friends, we have all learned a very valuable
    lesson.
    No matter what I did to the money,
    You still wanted it because it did not decrease in
    value.
    It was still worth $20.
    Many times in our lives, we are dropped,
    Crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the
    decisions we make and the circumstances that
    come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.”

    “But no matter what has happened or what will
    happen, you will never lose your value.
    Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are
    still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.
    The worth of our lives comes not in what
    we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.
    You are special –
    Don’t EVER forget it.”

  • Some less known facts

    If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right
    side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your
    left side

    If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a
    human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

    Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

    Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a
    thin film of bacteria on it.

    The Mercedes-Benz motto is ‘Das Beste oder Nichts’ meaning ‘the best or
    nothing’.

    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

    The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks
    at something pleasing.

    The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a
    night.

    Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune
    system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only
    laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

    The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
    the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in
    the ear.

    Dalmatians are born without spots.

    Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

    The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for
    ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings)

    Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the
    buttons on the left

    The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other
    birds raise their lower eyelids

    The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested
    by a bee

    Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks

    The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release
    calming hormones

    Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die

    Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your
    heart

    The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are
    antonyms of each other: adhere and separate

    When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red

    When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red

    The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a
    tomato can for a carburetor

    The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney

    Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros

    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of
    Flapan, instead of flag of Japan

    It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a
    film about it

    The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples

    There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower

    The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of
    nitrogen gas bubbles bursting

    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death

    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body

    The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

    Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game

    The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the
    eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air

    Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and
    140,000 people die

    In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10
    because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look
    like it’s smiling.)

    Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking
    countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

    The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it’s head
    are the rabbit and the parrot

    Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

    The average person laughs 13 times a day

    Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru
    (See no
    evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil)

    Women blink nearly twice as much as men

    German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog

    Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump

    Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the
    speed
    of sound

    Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of
    sending
    pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two
    thousand
    of
    them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the
    two
    hapless protesters to death

    If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs
    in
    the
    air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
    the
    air,
    the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the
    horse has
    all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause

    The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt
    blood
    30
    feet

  • Delivery Interpretations

    1) Project Manager is a Person who thinks Nine women
    can deliver a baby in
    One month.
    2) Developer is a Person who thinks a single woman
    cannot deliver a baby in
    nine months.
    3) Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman
    can deliver nine
    babies
    in one month.
    4) Client is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a
    baby.
    5) Marketing manager is a person who thinks I can
    deliver a child whether a
    man and woman is available or not.
    6) Resource optimization team thinks I don’t need a
    man or woman, i’ll
    still
    produce a child with zero resources.
    7) Documentation team thinks I don’t care whether
    the child is delivered,
    i’ll just document 9 months.
    8) Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy
    with the PROCESS to
    produce baby.