Friday.. is the most beloved of all the days..
She is like a virgin in my embrace!
I eagerly wait for her to come,
Bringin in so much fun
To go out happily into the Sun
Freedom in so many Tons!
In the Morning
Everyone knows this is the last day
Of work and and the week
And you see smiles as people pass by!
In the evening
Its a quick run into the Weekend FUN
A party, a meeting and many a sweet sound
Are joyous things that are pretty much abound..
Friday.. is the most beloved of all the days
She is like a sweet virgin in my embrace
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Friday, April 29, 2005
Meaning of a Girlfriend..
The Indian Sense : A girl friend is someone who is a friend who also is a girl!
The German Sense: A girl who lives with you and loves you before marriage!
The American Sense: A girl or a guy who lives with you before or after marriage!.. Hahahah!
The German Sense: A girl who lives with you and loves you before marriage!
The American Sense: A girl or a guy who lives with you before or after marriage!.. Hahahah!
On Passwords!
Just imagine a world devoid of 'passwords'. You can see my mailboxes(and I can see yours).. You can write mails as me and I can as you.. You can use my bank accounts and I can use yours.. Wow.. doesnt that sound cool.. Cultivation of a real sense of sharing..!
However, your password is more like your girl friend. 'It is better to keep it safe, secret and well guarded .. '.
As I was wondering why there were no comments for the last four or five posts of mine, Adam came to my office and said that he is not able to post comments on my BLOG.. Trust me.. I just now found out: someone changed the settings of my blog!
Now I have secured my password and you can post once again... My password is no more like a girl friend ..it is like a wife now.. ABSOLUTELY SECURED!..:))
However, your password is more like your girl friend. 'It is better to keep it safe, secret and well guarded .. '.
As I was wondering why there were no comments for the last four or five posts of mine, Adam came to my office and said that he is not able to post comments on my BLOG.. Trust me.. I just now found out: someone changed the settings of my blog!
Now I have secured my password and you can post once again... My password is no more like a girl friend ..it is like a wife now.. ABSOLUTELY SECURED!..:))
Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Boundless!
One side of my office is completely glass. As, I look through it and let my mind wander into the unbound and limitless blue sky, even my joy gets boundless... There is some relation with this blue sky.. It is vast and it is comforting and takes me go beyond my own self and my daily routine.. It is dynamic and never looks the same ..
The more connected I am to this vastness the more fulfilled I feel in living!
The more connected I am to this vastness the more fulfilled I feel in living!
The Wisdom Of The Heart
Lessons from From Saka's BLOG:
"Life is Not a Race. Take it Slower
Hear the Music before the song is Over"
"Life is Lived Forward and Understood Backwards" " The Greatest regrets in our life are the risks we didnot take. If you think something will make you happy Go for it.. Remember that we pass this way only once
"Somtimes I wish I could turn back time.. Impossible it may seem..but I wish I could..So badly..."
"Life is Not a Race. Take it Slower
Hear the Music before the song is Over"
"Life is Lived Forward and Understood Backwards" " The Greatest regrets in our life are the risks we didnot take. If you think something will make you happy Go for it.. Remember that we pass this way only once
"Somtimes I wish I could turn back time.. Impossible it may seem..but I wish I could..So badly..."
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
JC came to know about 'JC comes to Germany'
I was just wondering what would happen to me when JC reads 'JC comes to Germany..'. He found that something has been written about him on my site.. God SAVE me! Part II is yet to be written and hope he doesnt stop telling me his wonderful experiences. I met him just few minutes back and I feel that we all will miss him very much when he goes to Munich.
Something similar happend to both me and JC..
First let me tell what happened with JC .. He was already in Germany and doing a PhD here as a DAAD scholar. One day in Berlin some Indian met him and asked him.. 'Which restaurant you work in??'.. JC was shocked ..and before he could come out of his shock, the other guy told..'Hmmm..No problem .. I know, I know.. I know that you too dont have a visa. There are many of us who are illegal here..!!!'..HahahahHehehahhehehha
When I went to the German Embassy for collecting my Visa last year, the security gaurd at the Embassy's main gate asked me ..'Which restaurant?' I too was very shocked and I asked him to repeat his question.. He asked me again.. 'Are you not a COOK??'.. Unbelievable.. I was I imagining myself as a king but now I couldnot resist doubting my appearance; he then told me that usually more cooks come than students at this time for collecting the visa and so he questioned that way!
I should confess that I am a very good cook now.. it is all struggle for existence and one has no choice but to become a good cook for himself when he comes to a country like Germany! The girl who becomes my WIFE is certainly very very LUCKY!(.. like JC's.. Hahahahahah)
Something similar happend to both me and JC..
First let me tell what happened with JC .. He was already in Germany and doing a PhD here as a DAAD scholar. One day in Berlin some Indian met him and asked him.. 'Which restaurant you work in??'.. JC was shocked ..and before he could come out of his shock, the other guy told..'Hmmm..No problem .. I know, I know.. I know that you too dont have a visa. There are many of us who are illegal here..!!!'..HahahahHehehahhehehha
When I went to the German Embassy for collecting my Visa last year, the security gaurd at the Embassy's main gate asked me ..'Which restaurant?' I too was very shocked and I asked him to repeat his question.. He asked me again.. 'Are you not a COOK??'.. Unbelievable.. I was I imagining myself as a king but now I couldnot resist doubting my appearance; he then told me that usually more cooks come than students at this time for collecting the visa and so he questioned that way!
I should confess that I am a very good cook now.. it is all struggle for existence and one has no choice but to become a good cook for himself when he comes to a country like Germany! The girl who becomes my WIFE is certainly very very LUCKY!(.. like JC's.. Hahahahahah)
Friends and Bloggers!
I have successfully put the links of BLOGS of my friends on my site. We all studied together in Puttaparthy..
Saka was a 'Born Leader'. His duty was to enforce discipline and to make sure that we go in straight lines(which we seldom did).. Chax was a real academician. I admire him for being an inspiration. I consider PVSS a younger brother of mine. He grew very fast into a fine man. His hard work and intelligence earned him great regard and love of my fellow classmates. Jayadev is a Gold Medalist and so rest is understood!
I also introduce to you Adam. He is an american and is a colleague of mine at the Max Planck Institute. He has many interesting funny strories to tell as he looks at the German Life from an American Lens!
Saka was a 'Born Leader'. His duty was to enforce discipline and to make sure that we go in straight lines(which we seldom did).. Chax was a real academician. I admire him for being an inspiration. I consider PVSS a younger brother of mine. He grew very fast into a fine man. His hard work and intelligence earned him great regard and love of my fellow classmates. Jayadev is a Gold Medalist and so rest is understood!
I also introduce to you Adam. He is an american and is a colleague of mine at the Max Planck Institute. He has many interesting funny strories to tell as he looks at the German Life from an American Lens!
Free Coke
Just imagine being given a free Coke ..not just one but as much Coke as you drink!!
The University Canteen typically has three different meals each day. One is vegetarian the other two are non-vegetarian. The food is manageable and I cant tell you that it is exceptionally good(according to the Great Indian Standards). However, I do go there sometimes and I feel immensely satisfied on the day when Coke is given FREE at the entrance by the Coca Cola Promoters. Coke is naturally(obviously) my Lunch on such days!..
I love going to the 'Mensa'(the University Canteen) when it gives me such a cool FREE lunch.
The University Canteen typically has three different meals each day. One is vegetarian the other two are non-vegetarian. The food is manageable and I cant tell you that it is exceptionally good(according to the Great Indian Standards). However, I do go there sometimes and I feel immensely satisfied on the day when Coke is given FREE at the entrance by the Coca Cola Promoters. Coke is naturally(obviously) my Lunch on such days!..
I love going to the 'Mensa'(the University Canteen) when it gives me such a cool FREE lunch.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Luxury
There is one thing that I always love to do and am sure that I will never get tired of doing this one thing! But for the huge contraints on my time, i would have indulged in this luxury for so many hours and let the world live in peace!
Sleep..
You and me, Oh darling Sleep...
Make such a fine team!
A terrace and a dark evening,
Stars in the sky so beautifully twinkling
Paradise it seems
Is no more just a sweet distant dream!
Heaven on earth it would seem,
As I hug you and fall asleep!
Sleep..
You and me, Oh darling Sleep...
Make such a fine team!
A terrace and a dark evening,
Stars in the sky so beautifully twinkling
Paradise it seems
Is no more just a sweet distant dream!
Heaven on earth it would seem,
As I hug you and fall asleep!
JC comes to Germany!
Last evening I went to Asim's home for dinner.. He invited me, mukti, JC and his wife and Rajani.. The best part of the evening was JC narrating his experiences with his life in Germany..
JC studied at IIT Madras and was awarded a special DAAD fellowship for doing his PhD in Germany in 2001. He is an excellent academician and is now going to join the University of Munich as an Asst. Professor. He finished his PhD in 2004. He is one of the most friendly Indians I met in Germany and has a wondeful sense of humour.
This was his first trip to Frankfurt from Chennai.. Around 8 am (according to his watch ) he woke up from his sleep, he was still in the flight and the flight was still in the sky. He was wondering why the Lufthansa flight which was supposed to land at Frankfurt at around 7.00 has not landed yet. A strange wierd thought crept into his mind that scared him, confused him and left him gasping for breath....'Possibly the flight landed at Frankfurt and then took off once again for some other destination when he was asleep..Nooooooo!' He went to the toilet..couldnot open the door.. appeared fused and confused when a hostess came by and asked him if he wanted a coffee.. He told that he wanted to goto Frankfurt.. She was a german hostess and didnt understand what he was talking. She called a colleague of hers' and she asked him his problem and if he would like to drink a cup of coffee.. JC said, 'NO.. I dont want coffee.. I want to goto Frankfurt!!.. Where is this flight going now?? We were supposed to reach at 7am and now it is 8 am..' . Apparently relaxed knowing that she can handle this, the Hostess told him that they were still over the Gulf and that they are heading to Frankfurt only and that he should change the time of his watch from IST to CST.
JC landed safely in Frankfurt. He had to goto Goettingen for doing a special German Language Course for few months before starting over with his PhD. He was desperately trying to buy a train ticket at the automatic machine.. He was pressing all possible combitions of buttons to see if he can buy the ticket to Goettingen. He was going up and down with his huge luggage..from one platform to another.. trying out at different machines for success. Ultimately someone took pity on him and helped him buy a ticket and he came to Goettingen. He baught a telephone card for 15 Marks(approximately 7.5 euros =400 Rupees) and called his friend in Goettingen to tell him that he has arrived. Now he was wondering how to use this card for calling.. He swiped it.. he swiped it again at a different place ..he did everything yet he couldnt.. someone came by and told him to insert the card inside and call.. In five minutes his card got exhausted .. JC put his hand in his pocket and counted the German Marks (the local currency in those years) ..and decided never to call again from the public telephone booth..
He went to the Goethe Institute and was given royal treatment as he was a DAAD fellow. He slept well and got up around 8 o clock in the morning. He went to the recpetion in his lungi and asked the lady if some Milk man would come to give the milk in the morning..hahahahaha hahahahah!!!
I shall narrate more of JC 's interesting experiences in Germany soon..
JC studied at IIT Madras and was awarded a special DAAD fellowship for doing his PhD in Germany in 2001. He is an excellent academician and is now going to join the University of Munich as an Asst. Professor. He finished his PhD in 2004. He is one of the most friendly Indians I met in Germany and has a wondeful sense of humour.
This was his first trip to Frankfurt from Chennai.. Around 8 am (according to his watch ) he woke up from his sleep, he was still in the flight and the flight was still in the sky. He was wondering why the Lufthansa flight which was supposed to land at Frankfurt at around 7.00 has not landed yet. A strange wierd thought crept into his mind that scared him, confused him and left him gasping for breath....'Possibly the flight landed at Frankfurt and then took off once again for some other destination when he was asleep..Nooooooo!' He went to the toilet..couldnot open the door.. appeared fused and confused when a hostess came by and asked him if he wanted a coffee.. He told that he wanted to goto Frankfurt.. She was a german hostess and didnt understand what he was talking. She called a colleague of hers' and she asked him his problem and if he would like to drink a cup of coffee.. JC said, 'NO.. I dont want coffee.. I want to goto Frankfurt!!.. Where is this flight going now?? We were supposed to reach at 7am and now it is 8 am..' . Apparently relaxed knowing that she can handle this, the Hostess told him that they were still over the Gulf and that they are heading to Frankfurt only and that he should change the time of his watch from IST to CST.
JC landed safely in Frankfurt. He had to goto Goettingen for doing a special German Language Course for few months before starting over with his PhD. He was desperately trying to buy a train ticket at the automatic machine.. He was pressing all possible combitions of buttons to see if he can buy the ticket to Goettingen. He was going up and down with his huge luggage..from one platform to another.. trying out at different machines for success. Ultimately someone took pity on him and helped him buy a ticket and he came to Goettingen. He baught a telephone card for 15 Marks(approximately 7.5 euros =400 Rupees) and called his friend in Goettingen to tell him that he has arrived. Now he was wondering how to use this card for calling.. He swiped it.. he swiped it again at a different place ..he did everything yet he couldnt.. someone came by and told him to insert the card inside and call.. In five minutes his card got exhausted .. JC put his hand in his pocket and counted the German Marks (the local currency in those years) ..and decided never to call again from the public telephone booth..
He went to the Goethe Institute and was given royal treatment as he was a DAAD fellow. He slept well and got up around 8 o clock in the morning. He went to the recpetion in his lungi and asked the lady if some Milk man would come to give the milk in the morning..hahahahaha hahahahah!!!
I shall narrate more of JC 's interesting experiences in Germany soon..
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Weekend Parties
Last evening Anya invited all of us for her birthday party. She is a junior student researcher of our group. We went around 7 PM to her place. There were many friends of her. She is a charming localite and helped me very much in finding a room when I was new in Jena. She liked the long hair that I had before and didnt speak to me much after I returned from India, thanks to my short hair that i sport now.
Today, in the morning Mukti and Rajani came to my place as I invited them for lunch. We all had pickles which my Granny brought for me from Vishakapatnam before I returned to Germany. It was so loving of her to have come from such a long distance to see me. I am still love-stuck for my Granny.
We met Asim in the Supermarket near my home and we all had ice-cream sponsored by Asim in the city centre.This was the first time I was meeting Rajani and Asim. Both are PhD students in different scientific institutes in Jena. We parted just to meet after sometime at JC's house in the evening.
JC is a Post- Doctoral Fellow in Neuro Biology in Jena. JC and his wife gave a party as they were moving to Munich as he has got a Professorship at the University there. He is a Tamilian and his wife is from AP. Almost all Indians in Jena were at his home. We had lots of food. Many dranks many bottles of German Beer. THEY LOVE IT. I neither drank beer nor did I eat non-vegetarian(I decided I will not eat non-vegetarian food long back) and now after the party I am here back in my office hoping that I will still be able to do some work after finishing writing this.
Today, in the morning Mukti and Rajani came to my place as I invited them for lunch. We all had pickles which my Granny brought for me from Vishakapatnam before I returned to Germany. It was so loving of her to have come from such a long distance to see me. I am still love-stuck for my Granny.
We met Asim in the Supermarket near my home and we all had ice-cream sponsored by Asim in the city centre.This was the first time I was meeting Rajani and Asim. Both are PhD students in different scientific institutes in Jena. We parted just to meet after sometime at JC's house in the evening.
JC is a Post- Doctoral Fellow in Neuro Biology in Jena. JC and his wife gave a party as they were moving to Munich as he has got a Professorship at the University there. He is a Tamilian and his wife is from AP. Almost all Indians in Jena were at his home. We had lots of food. Many dranks many bottles of German Beer. THEY LOVE IT. I neither drank beer nor did I eat non-vegetarian(I decided I will not eat non-vegetarian food long back) and now after the party I am here back in my office hoping that I will still be able to do some work after finishing writing this.
Selfishness and Righteousness
Where a clash between Selfishness and Righteousness takes place it is Selfishness that desperately seeks to win but it is ultimately Righteousness that wins. Many instances arise in my heart when my Selfishness ultimately lost in front of Righteousness and many others where my Righteousness led me to victories.
There is someone in me who feels.. He doesnt seem to be thinking all the while..He feels and He makes me express whatever He feels.
There is someone in me who feels.. He doesnt seem to be thinking all the while..He feels and He makes me express whatever He feels.
Friday, April 22, 2005
The CYCLES of NATURE
Its 10 AM and I am back in Office. It is a sunny cool day once again. The beginning of Spring. The dead trees and flowers are coming back to life ..they appear to adorn a smile once again..
Does our human life also have cycles akin to those of the nature?Those of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.. Spring is the birth of a new child bringing in his freshness and newness giving joy to everyone around him..Summer is his blooming into manhood, his display of his innate prowess ..Autum is his fragility as he begins to get older and winter, his recesion into the unknow!
As this cycle ends ..another new cycle begins ..there is spring once again with its fragrance and freshness ...
Does our human life also have cycles akin to those of the nature?Those of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.. Spring is the birth of a new child bringing in his freshness and newness giving joy to everyone around him..Summer is his blooming into manhood, his display of his innate prowess ..Autum is his fragility as he begins to get older and winter, his recesion into the unknow!
As this cycle ends ..another new cycle begins ..there is spring once again with its fragrance and freshness ...
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Restraint and Freedom
Its almost mid night now! I, Mark(Netherlands), Andrea(Italy), Katya(Ukraine), Antony(Spain) were discussing from 8 PM till now about cultural differences across the world and how people were forced to adopt to the systems to which they were exposed.. Our verbal confrontations spanned a rainbow that stretched from religion to sexuality.
Mark was liberal and stressed on the need for absolute individual freedom and I would argue about the necessity of having freedom with implicit value for restrain from indulging in extremes. Andrea and Katya turned judges and would most often go by the LIBERAL EUROPEAN MARK. My position of contrained maximisation of individual freedom was strong and so the debate remained inconclusive!
'Everyone of us is entitled to exercise our right to freedom and everyone of us is obliged to exercise restraint in exercising it,where the restraint is honoring the social and culutral values of the system in which we exist!'This appears perfect to my mind but the western mind hits back and questions: 'Why should I not rebel and do whatever I wish to'?
Mark was liberal and stressed on the need for absolute individual freedom and I would argue about the necessity of having freedom with implicit value for restrain from indulging in extremes. Andrea and Katya turned judges and would most often go by the LIBERAL EUROPEAN MARK. My position of contrained maximisation of individual freedom was strong and so the debate remained inconclusive!
'Everyone of us is entitled to exercise our right to freedom and everyone of us is obliged to exercise restraint in exercising it,where the restraint is honoring the social and culutral values of the system in which we exist!'This appears perfect to my mind but the western mind hits back and questions: 'Why should I not rebel and do whatever I wish to'?
FORMULA for a SUCCESSFUL LIFE
1. Think WIN always
2. NEVER say DIE
3. Love YOURSELF first
4. EAT WELL and PLAY WELL
5. Do your DUTY
6. LOVE your WORK
7. DREAM and DAY DREAM
8. PERSEVERE
9. ENJOY company of PEOPLE
Remember:
'OPTIMISM pays..
but it is better to WORK'
'PESSIMISM pays too..
coz it makes you WORK'
2. NEVER say DIE
3. Love YOURSELF first
4. EAT WELL and PLAY WELL
5. Do your DUTY
6. LOVE your WORK
7. DREAM and DAY DREAM
8. PERSEVERE
9. ENJOY company of PEOPLE
Remember:
'OPTIMISM pays..
but it is better to WORK'
'PESSIMISM pays too..
coz it makes you WORK'
Goettingen
I went to Goettingen on last saturday(I was supposed to go on Monday of this week.. but i decided in favour of a weekend in Goettingen).No one recognised me in Goettingen, thanks to my short hair these days!
I strolled by the city centre ..went to the most famous ice-cream shop and had 'Göttinger' and 'Stagacella'. Umesh invited me for dinner and what a wonderful cook he is! Shravan(he recently completed his PhD at Goettingen and is going to Zurich for a post-doc) also came and joined us. It was Kabuli Channa curry with puris and rice and sambar.. fantastic home food!
On sunday i stayed at my Office in Goettingen (this sunday was no different) and did some work.On monday I met Klasen over the lunch we discussed as usual about indian politics and economy and MY FIELD TRIP. He told that Prof. Amartya Sen, (the only Indian to have received a nobel in Economics and Klasen's mentor) is coming to Goettingen in July. He is being awarded an Horonary Doctorate by the Goettingen University. I felt thrilled thinking that the same university is going to give me also a Doctorate one day.. Ha Ha!
On tuesday I attended Klasen's lecture on MicroData and Household Surveys and the rest of the time was wiled away doing something or nothing.. in the evening i spoke to mom and dad online. Dad told that he may come to Paris and Milan on an official trip in may.I jumped with joy.. 'Holiday time when he is here'. I went back to the hotel and hit the sack pretty early as I was dead tired..
Wednesday morning I went to get a new Dell Laptop from the Centre for Statistics. The new one is simply beautiful..its colour is metallic brownish gray and the system is brand new! After installing some additional software in it I got into the train and came back to Jena in the evening.
I strolled by the city centre ..went to the most famous ice-cream shop and had 'Göttinger' and 'Stagacella'. Umesh invited me for dinner and what a wonderful cook he is! Shravan(he recently completed his PhD at Goettingen and is going to Zurich for a post-doc) also came and joined us. It was Kabuli Channa curry with puris and rice and sambar.. fantastic home food!
On sunday i stayed at my Office in Goettingen (this sunday was no different) and did some work.On monday I met Klasen over the lunch we discussed as usual about indian politics and economy and MY FIELD TRIP. He told that Prof. Amartya Sen, (the only Indian to have received a nobel in Economics and Klasen's mentor) is coming to Goettingen in July. He is being awarded an Horonary Doctorate by the Goettingen University. I felt thrilled thinking that the same university is going to give me also a Doctorate one day.. Ha Ha!
On tuesday I attended Klasen's lecture on MicroData and Household Surveys and the rest of the time was wiled away doing something or nothing.. in the evening i spoke to mom and dad online. Dad told that he may come to Paris and Milan on an official trip in may.I jumped with joy.. 'Holiday time when he is here'. I went back to the hotel and hit the sack pretty early as I was dead tired..
Wednesday morning I went to get a new Dell Laptop from the Centre for Statistics. The new one is simply beautiful..its colour is metallic brownish gray and the system is brand new! After installing some additional software in it I got into the train and came back to Jena in the evening.
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