Bist ECE 1998-2002

2005-06-06T15:45:00.000+05:30

Bist ECE 1998-2002

Re.... Sakura flowers

2005-04-18T20:06:00.000+05:30

The flowers are very lovely :)
It would have been a treat to watch in reality :)

Sakura flowers

2005-04-18T14:39:00.000+05:30

Hi All,

2 weeks back.... I got to see some really beautiful flowers here
which blossom only for a week.

These Sakura flowers were all over the trees

I have shared snaps of these flowers here

http://community.webshots.com/user/mailgauravr

Really memorable - Good Work Gokul

2005-04-15T16:37:00.000+05:30

Hi guys, very nice to see all our fotos . Did u guys noticed one thing , that we all look old now . Just four yrs back , but cld find much of difference

in our faces :( :(

Goks, keep uploading more fotos . Bye guys...........tata.....cheeeeeeeeeooooooooooooo.

All Vetti's.......

2005-04-12T08:52:00.000+05:30

The last weekend was the worst in my memory, I just didn't have time even to sit & talk with my parents & sis. Sunday, I stepped in to office to check the production jobs & guess what? It was 9.00 in the evening when I left office. Next weekend also I'm in support, god I'm already scared. :-(

I came early to office today for 3 reasons, 1. For Prodn support. 2. To Post this. 3. To go home early :-)

Do any of you have scanners ? I need to scan a huge volume of photos from our ooty trip. I was looking at some of our old photos today. Man we have really had fun. I was seeing our convocation photos when I remembered that it was the day of clash between India & Pak in World Cup. Of course India won, we were watching Pak's innings at Neela's place. Had food & Fun there. Cool.....

Few Third Farewell stuff.....

During the convocation day....

We were watching the Match keenly.....

I was actually searching for photos of Gaurav & Nithya in the sets & found this.

Viji used to be one of the studs (fruit ?) in the class

This is one of the better photos I have of these 2 idiots... Except for this photo either one of them would have their eyes closed in all the photos taken during convocation.

Ladies special

Manoj was very busy searching for Vaishu at all places, he can think of...

Look at the 3 idiots....

Expecting your thoughts & outpours......

Re...... Check this

2005-04-08T20:10:00.000+05:30

Viji

That was a nice and lovely article..... I always enjoy reading success stories :)
Somehow I enjoyed it very much :)

That too when she says things like, 'If a lady has climbed in the higher ladders equal to men, then it means she is better than them 100 times'...'A guy is successful if he is successful in his career... A lady is considered to be successful only if she also balances work and life'..It's really true...

Though some may say we get undue advantage in a few things, the REAL TRUTH is, we get undue disadvantage in a lot of things.... It really takes great guts, tolerance and persistence to achieve things for a woman...

Only shocking thing is when she told she had to work 18 hrs a day while in Investment banking.... I had always dreamed for Management, to reduce my working hours :)

check this

2005-04-07T13:39:00.000+05:30

Re: Reading Books

2005-04-05T09:21:00.000+05:30

Well opinion differs.

You can say that you didn't a particular book.
But you cannot deny the fact that a particular book is great proven by its huge following.

The success of a book is always measured by the number of copies it sells.

Well! As I said earlier. Opinion Differs!!

Reading Books

2005-04-04T11:18:00.000+05:30

I think this is one of the very few habits I picked from my dad (from the umpteen number that he has). From the school days when I finished the Non-detail books to the present I'm addicted to them. My fav author used to be Jeffrey Archer, but these days it's J.K.Rowling, John Grisham & Michael Crichton. I have finished all of Archer's, Crichton's (except for 1 r 2), Grisham & most of Ludlum, Forsyth, Irving Wallace, Ken Follet, Harold Robbins, Robin Cook (all except COMA), Clive Cussler, Alistar Maclean, Erle stanley Gardner (Perry Mason) & a few of Sheldon, James Hadley Chase, Dick Francis & lots more that I can't recollect now.
I read both English & Tamil books (fiction & non-fiction). The best Tamil book I read is Ponniyin Selvan & the best English books I have read are The Man, Seven Minutes both by Irving Wallace, Kane & Abel, Prodigal Daugter, Eleventh Commandment, Shall we tell the president by Jeffrey Archer, The client, The Firm by John Grisham, A Place called Freedom by Ken Follet & lots more.

How can we say that the book is not good when there is so much following - Manoj
The reply to this is simple, not all thats popular is great. Just think of Anbe Sivam, such an astonishing movie but a big flop. So do u mean to say that it's a bad ? Davinci Code, is a good book in it's own right but it simply is not great.

Just think of the Harry Potter series, how much imagination J.K.Rowling should have had to create a magical world. More like The Matrix.

The Week that never was.....

2005-04-04T10:59:00.000+05:30

The past week has been quite a hectic one. These days I'm not doing anything useful, my Burn proj is stagnant & so is my DB2 preparation. It's gonna be like this till May-End, I guess. Anyway, the only fun that I have been having is playing Baldur's Gate-2 with my sis. But even that's gonna stop from today, as her model exams are gonna start :-(

I watched couple of very good movies sometime last week.

A Walk to Remember - This is a very romantic movie, Such a good one. Having seen quite a few Indian (romantic) movies, it's very much like them. I dunno, whether some of our movies lifted their theme from this one or vice-versa. But any it's one of the good Romantic one from Hollywood.

Eternal Sunshine of an Spotless mind - This one was very refreshing one, such a cool one. A different approach to a movie, I don't wanna reveal anything about this. Go watch it ppl......

Bourne identity

2005-03-29T16:10:00.000+05:30

I liked it very much...i cudnt stop in between..i started..completed...
much much much better than Da vinci code.

Bourne identity

2005-03-29T12:03:00.000+05:30

Extremely good...i cudnt stop reading in between...i started the book ..i completed the book...it was the same case with Da vinci code...But Bourne identity is much much much better than Da vinci code..

My next author

2005-03-28T11:06:00.000+05:30

Since I have almost completed most of the books by Michael Crichton and Dan Brown ... I have chosen Robert Ludlum as my next target ...

I am currently into the 'Bourne' Series ... already completed two of his books ...
1. The Bourne Identity
2. The Bourne Supremacy

...Da Vinci code

2005-03-28T11:02:00.000+05:30

Actually, I consider this as a Very Good book ... For the records, my favourite author is also 'Mike' ...

How can we say that the book is not good when there is so much following ... that is the proof that this is infact a good book and is much better than the reviews you gave :))

But recently, Mike books are not impressive ... the State of Fear was a total flop for me ...

Happy holi

2005-03-25T18:09:00.000+05:30

About the IIM Article.....

2005-03-25T15:43:00.000+05:30

Yeah... I read the article in Hindu 1 or 2 days back....
Was very happy to go thru it....

Ofcourse India is now providing the best Opportunities.... Actually they were wise enough (They have to be .... after all they are in IIM).....

No use in going abroad and earning thousands of dollars ..... Surely we can never enjoy this sort of life anywhere out of India :)

...Da Vinci code

2005-03-25T15:31:00.000+05:30

Viji... Me too have the same thought ....

It's a good book but not the best..... It din't impress me that much .....to justify all the hype associated with it.. But it was great courage to take a topic like that... and make a convincing novel....... I was impressed by his research on those topics...

When it comes to innovation, variety, or depth of knowledge, Michael Crichton is my Favourite.... He writes about extreme topics like Science, History, Society, Environment, Office Politics etc.... all with great excellence .....

Actually for me, Dan Brown's "pre"quel, "Angels and Demons" was more captivating.....though the end was not that convincing...

But SURELY......this book has got appreciation and attention MORE than what it deserves... Mainly because of the power and importance of Christianity in the Western World !!!

Making the Day

2005-03-24T18:06:00.000+05:30

After a Very long day, I just thought would catch some updates about the first day's play of the Bangalore Test.

I came across this article & this made my day. There are lots of people who believe in India & wanna stay here to help it in it's journey to greatness, unlike a lot others.

Da vinci code

2005-03-24T17:32:00.000+05:30

By this time all of u must have read this book...I recently read this book...
I heard a lot of hype about this book. But i didnt find it that great.
Though it was an interesting read..it was not great...

Swades

2005-03-23T15:00:00.000+05:30

I felt Swades was a bit lengthy , not continuous, lot of bits and pieces... For the first time in a shah rukh movie, i was waiting for the intermission.

I liked the ending. Shah rukh completed his work successfully as a NASA scientist and then returned back to India.

I loved the songs..too good.

I still liked the movie..much better than any other recent hindi movie...excluding BLACK...

Bist ECE 1998-2002

2005-03-23T12:41:00.000+05:30

Sea life fotos - too good

Hi Gaurav,

fotos r really great . Especially i liked those penguin foto and a last foto ( small waterfall like ) .

All different species are maintained i believe. See the water purity . Its so clean and clear.

Weekend

2005-03-23T09:34:00.000+05:30

The last weekend I saw 3 movies. Maayaavi, Swades & Finding Neverland.

Maayaavi : - This movie is full length masala & is a money spinner only 'cause of surya's presence.

Finding Neverland :- Johny Depp proves again why he's one of the best in the business. I think kate winslet also performs too well, we wonder if she was the same lady who worked in Titanic.

Swades :- This is the best movie I have ever watched. I think this is the only non-romantic movie which is in my all time favs list (except for The Matrix). ShahRukh excels & showcases his acting abilities. I recommend you all to see this movie.

Per the movie's female protagonist, NRI - NON RETURNING INDIANS.... very true.

Photos from Sea Life Park

2005-03-22T09:34:00.000+05:30

Hi guys,

I went to a Sea Life Park last Sunday and had a great time.
Its a huge museum of Sea Life from all over the world including,
Sharks, Penguins, crabs, squids etc.

I have shared the pics at http://photos.yahoo.com/mailgauravr/

will post the rest in detail later

bye

Gaurav

Appu Ghar

2005-03-21T15:09:00.000+05:30

This weekend we went to a nearby theme park called Appu Ghar. We had a nice time with the 'Dashing Car'. Even we convinced Vaishu for a ride and in the end she did enjoy it.

Bist ECE 1998-2002

2005-03-18T15:36:00.000+05:30

Bist ECE 1998-2002

Hey vaish ur cooking photos are great . Mouth watering to see puries .

Manoj , by the way who is that guy in red T- shirt ?? Looking ok . Place seems to be sunny. Is it so ?