Unfortunately I dint really receive ny more comments after those three worthy ones !!! But anyways, I did my best and observed my behaviour and yeah I could see that there was a tinch of truth in what all those three lines said.

So m workin on it :)

Other than that...India stay rocks. Its like gettin up at 8-9 AM...breakfast...this time not that usual buns/eggs/cereals stuff but something that my mom cooks so every morning is basically a Very good morning...

I met like hundreds of friends this time....Harshi's marraige was fun ..infact tooo much fun..met so many frnds thr and then met few more people. Inshort had a grt time.

Well, now a days m spending(happily) more on International calls !!! Will elaborate on this soon ... :)

haha this post will surely win the prize for the most obscure post ...no topic ..just digressing


Current Song: Hoton se chu lo tum
Current Mood: Jolly

Some worthy comments

It has been really long time since some one actually pointed out -ves my personality in general. Nd I totally and completely agreed to what the comments said..

First and foremost : I have become Egoistic :(
Second : I am emotional...(more than normal)
Third nd I really thot bout this: Egoistic and Emotinal together ...not a good combination :((

Fourth, fifth .....are awaited from the same person.
For now that is all that has been delivered.

I am not sure if the second one is a -ve one.
But first and third...well yeah.

Need to improve on that and I will give it a shot.

Starting today.

Thanks yaar :)

TOW da new year.

Time to njoy !!!
Time to dance.. and do lotsa masti ...

Tonite I plan to njoy da max and get into this yr with a bang.

I have my own new yr resolution and I just want to stick to it :) come what may !

I had a great time this year. I just wanna see same things da coming year too.

Year 2007 snapshot:

* Whole Jan month with family at Nagpur, DES, what a start !!!!
* Come Feb nd Life at NY..
* New Job :)
* New people, new friends at NY
* Some commitments, some responsibilities.
* Same old resolution of not letting the child die its natural death(child within)
* nd yeah ...growing old/mature
(Last two points may seem conflicting but believe me on that...they aren't)

Anyways, Happy new year and have a great time.

Check it out !!!

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
- Bernard Bailey


Isn't that tooo good to be true !!!!!!

Back to normalcy :)

I believe it has been like atleast 10-12 days that I have been to this page !!!
yeah, I was not keeping well.

I always knew that I am special hehe..Special in a crazy way...

Things and incidents that generally everyone knows that "wont" happen .....Definitely happen in my case and happen in a big way nonetheless!!!

This time it was a sad turn from my health point of view.

I wasn't keeping well and that too in a BIG way. I was suffering from Chicken Pox !!!!
Now I wonder how come I got hold of this crazy thing ....NO kidding even the Doctor who diagnosed me was wondering bout how could I manage to get hold of this beast here at US. Its not that common over here(atleast not with adults !!!) and I don't even remember if I came in contact with someone who was suffering from one .....

Neways, 7-10 grueling dayz have gone and now I am back to Normalcy.
My roommates helped me a lot with food and all room service(blessing in disguise :D )
Have a few scars remaining on my face and all but m just hoping that I get rid of them soon ..damnit....and waannna seriously get rid of them pretty soon !!!

Anyways, took immense rest and break from studies/assignment and they are all just lying ahead, waiting to be completed.

Next 7 days ...and I will be done with them once and for all !!!!


Current Mood: Fired up !!! (got out of my house for the first time after 8 dayz !!!)
Current Song: Dave Matthews( I know I never lose affection:) )

Moral of the story is ....

And the moral of the story is ...

Too much of work/exertion/hectic-schedule leads to sardi_khasi_Bukhar !!!!!!

Last 22 hours: Bloomberg job.

November 9': Thursday.
I will always remember this day for the time to come.
Lets c,

November 8th:
*was preparing for da interview

*dint sleep until late night.

*so basically went to bed at about 1 30 am (November 9 ).

November 9th:
*Got up at 5 am.
*took 7 30 flight to NY.

*10AM: Lagaurdia Airport.

*Till 11:30AM: dawdling time at Airport/trying to go through my notes !!!! (Notes - really cant believe all this..my notes !!!!)

*12:30 pm: Office.
(~~~ in the meantime, I was traveling and could actually see the hustle and bustle of the midtown...Manhattan!!!!~~~)

*1:30pm: interview begins.

*4 Pm: Three rounds of interviews complete..back to back
(~ I had a good time being there~ HR(30min) - Techni(1:15) - Stress-techni(1hour)

*4:30pm: out of office.(~ office --- mammoth proportions)
  Somewhere I feel: This is it.Looks like we are only waiting for an offer letter now.
  To celebrate or to keep this memory I went to Blomingdales and purchased a hoodie with NYC logo on it ! as cheesy as it sounds, I really really want to look back in time and remember this day and this very hoodie will be my memorbilia.

*Till 6:30pm: ITs all about Manhattan !!!

*7:30pm: Flight, Lagaurdia(NY) - Charlotte(NC).

*10pm: Charlotte(NC) - Columbia(SC)...bole to home.

*12pm: at home.

*1:30pm: Sweet Dreams !!!!! (I seldom dream but neways )!!!!!
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So its like nearly 22 hours of non-stop effort !!!!!


Current Song:So Sick of love songs, Ne-Yo.
Current Mood:Looking forward for the result :)

TOW da Offer :)

Scenario: I am stranded at WDC airport....waiting for my flight from DC - Austin.
Completely frustarted coz the next day I have my interview with AMD and that flight was gonna take me to Austin for the same. Only then my phone rings. (Area Code: 212)

Area Code sounds familiar coz thats where I had been expecting a call from. Yes its from NY....particularly from Manhattan.

Yeah....she went like this:

On da call: Hey M I talking to Mr. Nikhil Mahajan?
Me: Yeah, this is Nikhil.
ODC: Hey Nikhil, I would like to congratualte you for..BLAH BLAH...

YES!!!! I GOT SELECTED FOR BLOOMBERG.
Thank god.
I believe I am completely happy and satisfied with the Package/Offer/Company.

M Excited and Looking forward to join Bloomberg in Feb.
FEB" carries importance coz, that also gives me a chance to think about DES trip.

Howz that... ??

Thank you all for being there and for your wishes.

November 9 - 10th !!!! Manhattan

November 9': Thursday.
I will always remember this day for the time to come.
Lets c,

November 8th:
*was preparing for da interview

*dint sleep until late night.

*so basically went to bed at about 1 30 am (November 9 ).

November 9th:
*Got up at 5 am.
*took 7 30 flight to NY.

*10AM: Lagaurdia Airport.

*Till 11:30AM: dawdling time at Airport/trying to go through my notes !!!! (Notes - really cant believe all this..my notes !!!!)

*12:30 pm: Office.
(~~~ in the meantime, I was traveling and could actually see the hustle and bustle of the midtown...Manhattan!!!!~~~)

*1:30pm: interview begins.

*4 Pm: Three rounds of interviews complete..back to back
(~ I had a good time being there~ HR(30min) - Techni(1:15) - Stress-techni(1hour)

*4:30pm: out of office.(~ office --- mammoth proportions)

*Till 6:30pm: ITs all about Manhattan baby!!!

*7:30pm: Flight, Lagaurdia(NY) - Charlotte(NC).

*10pm: Charlotte(NC) - Columbia(SC)...bole to home.

*12 midnight: at home.

*1:30pm: Sweet Dreams !!!!! (I seldom dream but neways )!!!!!
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So its like nearly 22 hours of non-stop effort !!!!!


Current Song:So Sick of love songs, Ne-Yo.
Current Mood:Looking forward for the result :)

TOW da weekend and Graduation

Its November' 11. Last week same day, same time I was sitting at this very same position with da same lapot in my lap :D but apparently things seem so different right now.

I was chatting with my friend and we were discussing something very important, something that could have been the reason for us to think bout our future and plan accordingly..............
forget it, we were discussing about songs, mostly english, including all genres and we were having a gala time :D That just shows how much free time we both had here at US.

Gosh...I cant even dream of doin that or for that matter anything that involves dawdling time away. One busy week has already passed and I believe lot is already in store for the coming weeks. Few assignments, Projects, Final terms, VolleyBall matches :P , and most important of all few onsite interviews.....few more busy weeks and then off we would be...

Anyways, "Graduation"----a near end of life in Columbia or should I say life at "CLIFF apartment, Strom Thurmond Fitness center, Blatt PE Fitness center, Apmnt Basement, Pantry, Russell House, Department, MM's Room/corridor, ........

* CLIFF: da place,our HOME, we did spend most of da time here. Well it was Room # 613 officially but if yu dont find me here then chk out #512, #313. We wud be sitting there ripping someone's skin off !!!!

*Strom, Blatt: da place where we spent more time thatn our Comp Sci Dept. It pretty much started with TableTennis. But we have already covered Soccer, Squash,Racket-Ball, Badminton, Lawn-Tennis, Volley-Ball, and most important and deeply coveted "GYM"

*Apmnt Basement: Well this is the place where we all hang out, when we are done with spending time at apartment or strom. Be it 7 am in da morning (no sleep all nite), or be it 3am with chilling wind blowing us of. I also remember those times when we had a good round of drinks and then came down, sat on stairs and all set to play "antakshari". Some great memories.

*Pantry: I wonder as to how this name was coined. Well I am talking about "Gas Station". Its a 3 min walk from our apartment. We have hardly been there for refueling our Car :D. Its mostly devoted to Coffee, Chips, and the best reason to be at pantry was/is spend time. We mostly go there for no reason!!!! its just about going out for a walk..

*Russell House: da most happening place on campus. Tha place where you can find free food (hehe) or for that matter anything that you can get "FREE", good concerts, cultural fests , and what not...we generally had a great time there, having food at Taco, BK....and yeah most importantly if you want to check out some southern beauty, then this is the place to be. I am pretty much sure that no where in the campus can you find such abundance of beauty with this density and intensity :P

*Department: not the place where we spend most of our time :D yeah definitely not. I have nearly attended all class rooms but just the first lecture of every course. Never even thought of attending more than 5 classes per course(I dont belive in class room teaching). Was thr for most of my tests and all related stuff but definitely not in class rooms. Offcourse you can find us sitting outside dept on da stairs again (desi style).

*MM's Room/corridor: If am in Dept, it either means I have a test or else be assured to find me infront of our dear Advisor's office. I personally(even my friends) have had a great experience with this guy. I will definitely make it a point to write a full story about this "nasty creature". Least to say, you are missing fun/sarcasm in life if you havent met him.

....

More to come soon....


Current Song: Look at this photograph -- (Nickelback- Photograph)
Current Mood: Nostalgia

TOW da NY trip again..

NY seems, THE place to be.
Not more than 8 days ago, I was at NY attending the job fair. It was a 48 hour non-stop
trip(definitely not a pleasure trip). Even tomorrow I am going to NY. This time its even less that the last one, this time its about 15 hours.

Lets c.
Next time I go to NY, I will spend atleast some years over there :) .
Atleast I wish.



Current Mood: Eagerly waiting :)
Current Song: Strangely no song today !!!!!

TOW da pace of life

It was just yesterday when I was celebrating New yr 06 with my friends at Columbia, nd not far, is what we are going to celebrate NEW YR 07 !!!!!!!

Today I was wondering as to how fast this clock ticks. It really does. It was only until yesterday that I was back there in India working with TCS, living at home with family, going to Colg, njoying school life. Nd here I find myself nearly completing my Master's degree at US. I really wonder how time flies offff.

So many things occurred, so many things changed, so many are about to change and many more are lurking in the dark ....waiting for their opportune moment.

Current Mood: Fascinated
Current Song: Californication ( by RedHotChillPeppers) --amazing song--try it..

JOB front :D

Well, after a 1.5 yr long journey, finally Master's course is coming to an end, hopefully .....fruitful end !!!!! Job hunt is on top of my mind and am working/preparing for the interviews and going through hell lot of things. Too many things to do in very short span of time. But to be frank I am having a great time.

During the entire course work, I had never been so busy. I just cruised though it as if it was my 12 th grade exam. I was never ever serious towards my course and just had to finish it somehow. I always had this urge to do something BIG in life but then I had really lost the streak and was going low on self esteem. I was kinda having this feeling that somehow I have lost "THE THING"., until recently. I have started working a bit more towards my interviews. Giving that extra effort to make it up for the lost confidence. No kidding, its paying me back.

I believe I am getting that confidence back and I wish that this phase continues for the time to come. I really want to thank my dad again for boosting my confidence when I was going low on all counts!!!! I also wish to thank my few old friends who helped me get back to my normal self. Three cheers....yu rock people .

With all this and many more issues, one most imp thing is that,

TODAY I GOT MY FIRST OFFER LETTER (leaving TCS offer post BE) Master's program.
Got two more interviews scheduled today..

I need luck and wishes to clear them all ..



Thank you all for being thr.

TOW da NY trip

Just returned from NY .....
48 hours of non stop, effort !!!!! but we had fun

To say the least, I am tooooo tired to write even a sentence ~~~~

I will be back ------ soon.

Current Song: oooooo, Angel eyes by Raghav.... :)
Current Mood: SLEEPY

TOW da interesting week ahead.

First things first.
Today I am really really happy. The reason being my mid term result(sounds cheezy but yes that made my day). I had not attended a single class during my entire term till date, but with gods grace, I scored well in the mid term exam. Actually way too well than what I was expecting !!!! and now I look forward for the coming examz/tests/projects :D

Neways, Came online over here just to note this thing.
Nd now m logging off immediately coz I have way too much of work to do !!!! Lets c, I have following things to be worked on immediately:-

*Computer Architecture assignment
*Network Security assignment
*CA(too long/M lazy) TEST !!!
*NS(same here) Project
*Directed Study!!!!
*NY trip
*My entertainment...

I am pretty much sure that, I believe in LIFO (Last In First Out)rather than FIFO...

ie. Alizee time :)

Current Song: La isla bonita. *** yet again
Current Mood: Xtatic :)

TOW da Colukabki

As always, today I opened my mailbox and was definitely not surprised to see the number of Fwd's that I had in my Inbox. After the " Happy Diwali " mails settling down its again time for the usual forwards. The quality of fwd's these days, well what to say ..I guess we all know.

I remember when I was working in TCS, I used to enjoy each and every forward like any other S/W employee today does.....Unfortunately, times change and so do forwards. It was just 25 dayz back that I mailed one more fwd asking all my friends to "not fwd such crappy mails" but here I am today with one more of them.

nd today it has nearly surpassed its own limits of utter degradation.

Today we have one more disease called " Colukabki ". hahahhaa God save those poor souls who really are suffering from this newly coined disease. Guyz, GET A LIFE !!!! before forwarding a mail atleast think once .... ponder a bit ...
GOOGLE IT man !!! so that you don't make fool of yourself !!!!

don't just do it because your friend did it....

I really don't want to start every single day with such crappy mails bogging me down...


Current Mood: Frustrated !!!!
Current Song: no song...

TOW da Diwali gifts

Its Oct'20 DIWALI time in India.......

nd I am saying "in INDIA" coz yeah here its just another weekend. I am so missing being at home at this point of time, being with family, with relatives and friends and having a gala time.
Each and every family back home is like preparing for this big day...pooja, diye, all clothes and everything new and lighted up !!!!

All said and done I am sitting here in my room and suddenly my roomi calls me and is like " nikhil, aaja kuch packed dabba aaya hai " and before he could finish the sentence, I knew what it was ....my frnds aunt lives here at NJ and she generally sends sweets and stuff on big occassions. I am telling you, we all were so excited to just see that packed thign and all devoured on it immediately. We were like "oye #$%^#$^ mujhe bhi de...." , " aey @#@$ pura mat kha...jaan se maar dunga" and all sorts of alluring slang was already on its way...just that, it-might-get-over-before-I-taste-it -syndrome was way tooooooo important. Not just figurative-speach but evenI wanna say something...

Never before had diwali gifts mattered so much in life.......
I wish, if even I had relatives in US, who would gift me on all such occassions.............

Anyways Happy Diwali all.
Hope you all have a great time ahead.



Current Mood: Happy Diwali
Current Song/Video: Pu La Deshpande(Nivadak, Pu LA - - Paliv Prani)

TOW da "about me" section and "split persona"

The other day I was reading, "about me" section in my orkut profile. I was amazed at the way I had described myself. It was definitely true and pertinent. The only condition being, every word in it was true for a particular "span of time". They very next moment I am a different person with different mood and varied aspirations. When I see it now, I can actually categorize the "about me" section in three different "about me(Nikhil)"s , courtesy orkut profile. My Orkut Profile link.

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The kid inside, who loathes to grow up, who loves to live in his dreamz.....sayz :
"Current Fav SONG: La isla bonita(Alizee, France)
Now thats how, one wants to start da day ..
gorgeous smile, sweet expressions..
Her eyes... !!!
chk out for yourself
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SjwCAifhoPY"

The grown up guy inside, who has seen a glimpse of da world, who has gone through his share of ups and downs....sayz :
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:
"IT GOES ON"
On a lighter note, I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."
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The matured person inside, who finally understands that ultimately its your "family" where you can seek solace....sayz :
" Ghar asave ghara sarkhe
nakoch nustya bhinti
tithe asava prem jivhaha
nakoch nusti naaati!!
...
..
ya ghartya tun pillu udave
divya gheoni shakti
aakanshache pankh asaave
umbhartya ver bhakti "
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I really really believe, to a given situation, I can react in three different ways.
It totally and completely depends upon which "Nikhil" is supposed to react !!!
"da child , the grown up guy or da matured person !!!!!

I think everyone(no offense intended whatsoever) has got a split personality.
Just that they are not "man" enough to say it out loud and clear.

Current Mood: High Five :)
Current Song:" sanj ye gokuli", Courtesy - Ruta.

TOW da busy weekend

It was weekend. Yet no post. Yeah ...had no time to come nd add another post over here. It was kinda busy weekend with too many things on my mind.

Here it is:
FYI, I am definitely not over ALIZEE. Number of Video visits is increasing with every passing second.

FYKI, we had our first volleyball match on sunday and luckily we won. To be frank opposing team was not that competent. We are expecting a better team the coming sunday. Well apart from any other thing I am enjoying being there in some tournament after some real long time.

nd did I mention about my new found craze for marathi songs. Yeah, I was listening to few marathi songs, specifically Bhaav geeta. I remember my grand ma ..listening to them when I was there in INDIA. I was never ever amazed or took interest in them. It was only yesterday that I found a link to "Prathama tula vandito". This song had a pacifying effect and left me with no option but to search for few more of its kind.

I ended up with:
"Prathama tula vandito" , "Utha utha ho sakalika", "Kuthe shodishi"," uthi uthi gopala" , "keshava Madhava" and the best one was "tuja maagto me aata".

I also searched "Baal geeta" and landed with
"Gori Gori paan fula sarkhi chan" , Asava sunder chocolate cha bangla", "Yere yere pavsa" and many more.

I am searching for sites to download them.....If ny one knows or has .mp3, .mpeg or ny file format for that matter, then pliz let me know...


Currently: Planning to gift one marathi songs Cd to my dad and grandma.
Current Song: Gori Gori pan fula saarkhi chan, dad mala ek vahini aan [:P]

TOW Gorgeous Smile !!!!

It was exactly 2 am in the morning. Strangely enough I was studying....
I was searching for few songs on youtube which might have helped me being awake.

Just then My friend told me about this song, French lady, ALIZEE singing, LA ISLA BONITA in a concert. I searched it on youtube and luckily got the link. And there I was ...sitting right in front of the PC ....absolutely awe-struck. I think more than anything else I was enthralled by her eyes, her elegance .....her heavenly smile.

Well to be frank, the thing is .......C'mon I know you are not reading this ....olrite chk out da pic below

Isn't that smile/look, one thing you wanna wake up to.
I wonder....I wish ....

I watched this concert-song of her for like 20 times at a stretch. I was there in the lab till 5 30 am and believe it or not, "Alizee" was online with me :)

The moment has passed but still some how I cant get over the Alizee-elegance. I wish some day I meet her or else she comes and meets me after reading this post of mine.
If you wanna know why I am going all crazy about her, chk this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjwCAifhoPY

I am gonna start my every single day wid this video...
r u reading this Alizeee !!!!

Current mood: In love
Current song: La isla bonita, alizee