We had some nice fun with B151 in house on Amit’s Birthday …. Third picture is the proof ….
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Day out @Dallas
Wednesday 14 March, 2014
Finally we were able to figure out what to do during our spring break…. a day out at Dallas;
First thing, drive to White Rock lake at 8:30 am –
Morning view of lake –
Second destination – Cowboys stadium
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DFW Botanical garden –
Water park –
and finally, movie “The Hobbit” at Cinemark Movies 10 🙂
Posted in Outdoors
And few lines straight from the heart ….
Usual time to sleep but looks like the inner voice doesn’t want to …. 02:28 am :p
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Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet,
Thou art the best taste O Life !!
Past, present and future combined,
Thou art the greatest history O Life !!
Sometimes grave, sometimes funny,
Thou art the greatest philosopher O Life,
One moment you’re the trickiest trail,
And next moment baby’s innocent smile O Life !!
Sometimes gray, sometimes colorful,
Thou art the greatest artist O Life,
Morning, noon and night together,
Are your canvas of colors O Life !!
Through the ages in sands of time,
You’ve evolved beautifully O Life,
I pause for a moment and try to catch you,
You float away like a butterfly O Life !!
You come to me in form of people,
Thou art the greatest actor O Life,
You make me cry, you make me laugh,
Thou art the best mate O Life !!
Posted in Random thoughts
Just a random thought ….
Have you ever wondered that though each single day is new, we tend to spend most in a similar fashion and feel as if we’re repeating each day’s routine all over again; however, one fine day all of a sudden, we realize that some things are no more around us ….and we can’t touch them..the things which were so close to us. ….once !!”
Just a random thought crossing my mind right now ….Sunday night 12.39 am (Monday morning, actually)
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Introducing …. Srivatsan
Introducing Srivatsan Varadrajan (whom I lovingly call Dr. Watson). I met Srivatsan in the first semester at my Real Time Systems class on Friday 30th August 2013. A super slim guy with lot of energy and questions (of technical nature all the time, without exceptions 🙂 ). I still remember during the 15 minutes break of that class, his first sentence to me after the introduction was -“I have some questions in linux kernel programming”…. days passed and he’s one of the closest friends of mine and we’re again classmates in one of the courses in this semester.
Srivatsan is super cool guy with incredible flexibility and down to earth personality. He’s an open-hearted honest person and he’s part of my Dallas family.
Now, time for little leg pulling…. Srivatsan is PURE VEGETARIAN (all caps to emphasize that he is pure vegetarian by all means – by food and by thoughts). By vegetarian, I remember an interesting incident – Srivatsan discovered a wholesome buttermilk brand which can be purchased at Braum’s. He advised us to try that and we also started consuming the buttermilk. It’s almost a semester since we’re consuming it. It actually is a delicacy and addictive.
Last week, Srivatsan told me with big disappointment that this buttermilk contains gelatin which is derived from pork. Oops ….
Coffee and fries @ UTD Pub
Posted in Friends @UTD
Rain and pakodas :)
From my old blog ….written on a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon.
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Bangalore(although it’s officially Bengaluru now, I would still prefer the former name)…. a lazy Sunday afternoon -it’s raining outside. Is anything missing ?? Of course, it’s chatni & pakoda. Ask any Indian about the relation between rain,tea and pakoda and he/she will be delighted to explain it in detail. It is in fact, one of the fantasies of any Indian gourmet during rainy season. Just imagine, you are sitting at home comfortably watching you favorite program on your TV set and it’s raining outside. Suddenly, a maddening smell of freshly fried pakodas enters your nostrils and you can’t refrain yourself from remembering the tasty pakoras made by your mother back at home.
You dive into memories of those childhood days ….Those sweet days, the rain, the paper boats and mother’s call from kitchen to have pakoras with chatni. You don’t want to go inside leaving your paper boats.. however, the tempting smell of pakodas makes you to leave everything behind and rush inside the house. Wait a minute….!! you have to clean your feet first and only then are you allowed to go inside after wiping them properly. And finally you get your share of pakodas and chatni along with others.
….Gone are those days, the paper boats, that place ….everything.
I am amid these thoughts when a plate of fresh pakodas are placed in front of me. I take a piece and bite it. I close my eyes, feel the taste and I’m back in my old days…..
Posted in Down memory lane
Dawn of New Year (2009)
From my old blog ….I wrote this on December 31, 2008 🙂  …. Ah ….nostalgia….
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I lie down on the green grass and stare at the sky,
It’s a calm night with shining starts and bright moon.
I think about the year just passed by,
The moments filled with joy,passion, anger and gloom.
One more year of hopes, achievements, failure and losses,
One more year of resolutions, learning,
One more year of memories with the dear ones,
One more year of exploring unfamiliar things,
Meeting new people, getting closer to new relations,
Going far from some memories, closing some doors.
Defining the horizon with newly discovered perceptions,
Painting the faded,stained walls with new shining colors,
Laughing and crying with joy and sorrow of world,
Searching my identity in the ocean of crowd.
Living the life with different moods at different times,
Spending time with experience of other people,
Everything is as usual as other years.
Suddenly I realize I’m alone under the stars,
I reached somewhere far from the crowd,
Looking back at the crowd in which everybody seems to be busy,
Pursuing one’s desires, happiness and destiny.
And then I think what I have earned after years of transitions,
So many things earned so many things lost,
With net worth same to what it was at the time I was born.
So, practically I’m at the same place where I was at the beginning,
With an exception of experience I got through the many years,
And yet to gain more in coming years.
I know the coming year is also going to be of same net worth at the end,
However, there is certain affinity with the life which keeps me greedy,
For the coming year;
And keeps me going on with lot of hopes,
To welcome the experiences I am going to gain.
A big noise suddenly starts and I see mob celebrating somewhere far,
The first day of new year has begun.
I look at the crowd – busy in welcoming the new year,
I think for a moment and then join the crowd,
I get dissolved in the ocean of crowd again,
To welcome the dawn of new year.
I think about the year just passed by,
The moments filled with joy,passion, anger and gloom.
One more year of hopes, achievements, failure and losses,
One more year of resolutions, learning,
One more year of memories with the dear ones,
One more year of exploring unfamiliar things,
Meeting new people, getting closer to new relations,
Going far from some memories, closing some doors.
Defining the horizon with newly discovered perceptions,
Painting the faded,stained walls with new shining colors,
Laughing and crying with joy and sorrow of world,
Searching my identity in the ocean of crowd.
Living the life with different moods at different times,
Spending time with experience of other people,
Everything is as usual as other years.
Suddenly I realize I’m alone under the stars,
I reached somewhere far from the crowd,
Looking back at the crowd in which everybody seems to be busy,
Pursuing one’s desires, happiness and destiny.
And then I think what I have earned after years of transitions,
So many things earned so many things lost,
With net worth same to what it was at the time I was born.
So, practically I’m at the same place where I was at the beginning,
With an exception of experience I got through the many years,
And yet to gain more in coming years.
I know the coming year is also going to be of same net worth at the end,
However, there is certain affinity with the life which keeps me greedy,
For the coming year;
And keeps me going on with lot of hopes,
To welcome the experiences I am going to gain.
A big noise suddenly starts and I see mob celebrating somewhere far,
The first day of new year has begun.
I look at the crowd – busy in welcoming the new year,
I think for a moment and then join the crowd,
I get dissolved in the ocean of crowd again,
To welcome the dawn of new year.
Posted in Down memory lane
A moment of happiness ….
Remember when you helped somebody or made somebody smile in some way last time? You helped somebody to cross the road, you offered seat to a senior citizen or a lady carrying baby in a bus, you got a nice present for your mother, you gave chocolate to that small kid in the neighborhood …… remember that feeling of inner happiness by looking at their smiling faces? It makes us realize that best things in life are small and simple. Real happiness is kindled when you make somebody happy….be it for a moment. Isn’t it? Life is wonderful ….so are people ….Just a thought on Friday evening while taking a break from my assignment 🙂 ….
Posted in Random thoughts
Introducing …. my Dallas family (my apartment mates)
Introducing Amit(My roomie)
Amit is the Dude aka Muscle man of the family. A happy to go guy with exceptional taste for humor and food. He’s fond of comedy shows and you can often find him laughing loudly with
earphones plugged in his laptop. Here’s is Amit – having delicious rice-chhola (prepared by me …. I get a chance to boast about my culinary skills :p)
Introducing —- Rohit
Rohit, the romantic, chocolaty lover boy of our family. He loves music, travelling and having fun by all means. Rohit burns the midnight oil and you can find him well awake even at 5AM (there’s one good thing in it for me also – I’ve 8:30 am classes on Tue/Thu and if classes get cancelled because of whatever reasons, he’s the person who first comes to know about this and gives me the good news on whatsapp by the time I get up (and I go back to sleep 🙂  !!)
And one more thing …. Rohit HATES Onions.
Introducing —- VishnuÂ
Vishnu is the musician kid (musician -> he plays guitar, kid -> he’s the youngest among us) of our family. He plays electric guitar and though he plays it very well, he avoids the limelight. We’ve not been successful so far to persuade him to play at any function in the university …. so, basically we didn’t get chance to boast of being roomies of a guitarist ….sad, isn’t it?
BTW, Vishnu LOVES Onions :p and Rohit & Vishhu share the room.
Wondering what are those green sticky notes on the wall besides him? Take a
guess……
Okay, let me reveal this for you – each sticky note has name of the company he has applied for the Summer internship….
innovative, right?
And introducing …… Me
Don’t be scared …. There’s more to come ….
Posted in Friends @UTD
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