tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299200462012-02-11T19:40:50.690-06:00Well... I had been thinking for a long time to write up all my experiences and thoughts.. Finally with some inspiration from friends, I have gotten to create this blog.. Hope u enjoy reading this...Prashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08747417016436594288noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29920046.post-58470416735938683482010-07-06T19:46:00.003-05:002010-07-07T17:54:36.587-05:00

For all you Shivarajkumar fans, here is one thing more you can be jealous of...I finally got to dance with my childhood hero on stage.. For my parents generation, Annavru was the hero, for our generation, we grew up watching Shivarajkumar and Ravi mama movies... My favorite movies include Anand, Rathasapthami, Janumada Jodi, Om to name a few.. Little did I know when I registered to Navika that

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Am sure such things happen to others as well.. But today it happened so many times that I HAD to vent out! It has been a while since I updated myself with English pop.. Was hunting online for latest songs and hit upon a song I liked..played it and got back to work..Maybe it was half hour or so I went back to the website playing and saw that it had already played 5-6 songs further and I hadnt

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To explain the role of calculated risk in my life, here is an incident that happened few days ago. I bought a bluetooth headset, brought it home and had to open the package. There is a knife in the kitchen, there are scissors in the room. The kitchen is nearer and I head to the kitchen...I start cutting the plastic packing.. It is a bit risky using a knife.. As a recap, I once(2007) was opening

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This other day, I was in the temple praying..Sudd-Suddenly I realized that I have been praying for the same thing for as long as I can remember. Meaning, what I was praying when I was 6, I pray the same even at 27 like a poem recital... Well, thats what my parents taught..its in our Blore Telugu, Translated, it goes like this. 'Oh God, Protect me, keep everyone healthy, keep everyone happy, let

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Time and again, I have been accused of being a miser. But deep down, in my heart, I know lurks a spendthrift... I have umpteen number of unwanted stuff I have bought, many wanted stuff I havent used in a while.So, this article on msn attracted me and I am just sharing it here.http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2008/06/16/

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“A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory”Maybe this is the root of all my problems.. I can never forget my forgetfulness(if such a word exists). What is my brain's memory? I figure 256mb.Why am I writing this blog?Got inspired to write this blog when I came onsite to Seattle on office work for Tmobile. I packed my suitcase thinking I might be staying 4 weeks and took the bigger

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Ok.. I first thought of skydiving 2 years ago... September 2006. Joined Extreme Sports club at University at its formation, attracted by the 'Skydiving' activity on their agenda.March 2007: I realized I still didnt have an internship and did not go to the skydiving event.Oct 2007: I was about to travel to India in December and expenses were already skyrocketing.. Failed to participate thenMarch

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Kids face lot of peer pressure... I say this coz this happened to me when I was a kid..Probably I was in 3rd or 4th standard when friends at school and neighbourhood were constantly talking about this tamil movie titled 'Gentleman'. Constantly discussing and appreciating the nice songs in the movie..And succumbing to 'peer pressure', I wanted to watch this movie too..I ask my dad to take me to

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I am going to give you the 'Lesson Learnt' right in the beginning as an introduction.. "Dont work too much"I was out climbing this weekend in Oklahoma.. After a tiring Saturday, we are sleeping in the tent.. rather I am sleeping alone in my tent.. It is cold, drizzling outside.. I am in my sleeping bag.. waking up every 5 mins.. rolling left and right, half asleep.. knew I woke up for some reason

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So many things happening in life that I am finding very little time for blogs these days..The Premise: Several attempts to watch 'Milana' the movie had failed due to unavailability of good prints or movie not in theatres when I went to India ( i dont remember if was already released then).Neither did plans of getting a VCD/DVD from India workout since my cousin Swaroop failed to secure a copy.. :

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My frequent trips from Dallas to California resulted in an interesting observation.90% of trips from Dallas to CA took around 2.5 hrs.. But the return trip took around 3 hrs.. Everytime I observed this, I would make a naive assumption that this was coz of the earth's rotation and put it off..I didnt really ponder over the real reason.Incidently on my most recent trip, the statistics were reverse.

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How much do I actually know about myself, my heritage and my traditions?I have been asked by many ppl here in the US, some questions about the traditions I follow..But posed with some questions, I realize I am not able to answer them. The reason - I DONT KNOW.Why is it that I dont know? I have been following something without even bothering to explore the root of the traditions..Take for example,

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Let me come straight to the point..What is wrong with this combination??Myself, Car ,Austin and March-AprilEvery time I go to Austin, somethin or the other does go wrong.. First time in Mar 2007, when i went to visit Austin, my car broke down,(to an extent that it was undrivable and I had to sell my car)..Another time, my car slid off the road and again an undrivable situation... And the latest..

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Me and homesick?? definitely new to me... Think this is the first time I am feeling so homesick.. You may ask why after so many days in US? why first time?? The reason maybe coz the first time I came to US, I may not have felt so homesick at all..why now? Is it coz I went to blore and came back?? Definitely yes..but why do I feel this sickness more now than the first time??Is it coz I left my

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The foremost reason for this blog is coz I am afraid ppl wont recognize me when I come to India..I am me, myself, same person..Am excited abt my India trip..My stint with hairstyles hasnt been much.. but as far as I can remember, I have been combing for a long time now.. ;).. Throughout my engineering I was thinking of changing my hairstyle.. but didnt materialize somehow.. The opportunity came

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Volunteering and me go hand in hand.. literally speaking..two hands together is a lot of strength.. but how often do we join our hands?? very rare.. similarly I want to do a lot of volunteering.. but never find much time to do the same.. but finally when I do atleast one.. I feel very happy.. he he never get tired of PJs. the topic starts here..This Saturday, had been volunteering through '

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While clicking photos of my second 'new' car, 94 Corolla, the child in me forced me to climb over the top. Meanwhile, triggering a series of memories of my family's first car...The Ferrari.. I mean.. Fiat Premier Padmini..Forgive me if I use 'hood' for 'bonnet' or 'trunk' for 'dicky'. In US, I can be sued for offending someone..There are just so many memories associated with it, I hope I make

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The planning started right from when I started applying for my University..It was all worked out.. I would apply for a few, get admissions in a few..might(read it as "was sure") would get an aid in some university. Or atleast a RA or TA position in some dept and I would be funded and would have a car in say 3-4 months.. worst case, after 1st semester.. Who knew life had a different twist

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No more than a week into our new apartment, we had our first stint with the police and the very efficient Fire Department... Didnt have a real opportunity in the previous apartment coz the place was supposedly the 'slum' of Dallas... Been 3 days and the rain had not stopped. I guess it is the peak of winter in Dallas. -3 degrees Celsius was the temperature. We were so bored staying home for 3

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To be done with exams, good or bad feels nice.. whew! MS is not a piece of cake...... instead is a collection of cakes u can't finish at once... he he... feels so good to remember the worst of PJs I would crack.. I feel good that I haven't lost the 'touch of PJ'. Now for the touch of music.. I could nt find a better title.. suggestions welcome.. My association with songs go back to my

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Well.... the Indian Students Association(ISA) in UTD hosted a cultural festival in our University - 'Sangam' last Saturday and we decided to do some programme for the same.. Mad Ads was the first and last choice for us and Kiran agreed to do the scripting for that.. After a few days of 'hardly' working on the script, we had it ready and it was time to look around for people willing to

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Here I dont mean I am 'searching' for something most of the time... I am talking about the various other products also that I am addicted to.When Google first came up with its search engine, the very first attraction to me was the 'name' itself. It sounded very professional and yet kooooool. I knew they meant business. So, thats how I started my association with Google and since then I have

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How often do we really compare what we learn as part of academics to our own real life? Some do this always, some do it now and then, and some really dont care. Well I belong to the first kind and sometimes I get lost in my own world trying to map things in physics and science to the thought process of our brain in real life....Einstein's theory of relativity compares the mass and speed and says

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If you happen to know about the Perlman algorithm for creating a spanning tree for bridges in Computer Networks, then here you have the algorithm right in Radia Perlman's style. Algorhyme I think that I shall never see A graph more lovely than a tree. A tree whose crucial property Is loop-free connectivity. A tree that must be sure to span So packets can reach every LAN. First,

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If you have seen my earlier post about dreams, then here are some insights into "How sleep works" and "How Dreams work". Interesting read.. Let me know what you think...

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Have you ever wondered why we dream? I have wondered often.. but am too lazy to google about it and find out.. But the fact is I have gotten to understand that it is a good form of entertainment even while sleeping. Sometimes it gets so interesting that if I wake up (someone wakes up or some disturbance), i pull over the bedsheet, try to recall where my dream had stopped and try to continue

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In my college days, I used to go rock climbing in Turhalli, Bangalore (why i mention Bangalore is coz i suddenly remembered that I am in US now) and was quite competent among my peers. Got some appreciations for my 'natural' climbing abilities and you know these things made me proud of my talents. Yeah but never had I boasted about myself coz there were people much better than I was. Now that I

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That I got my visa, the preparations for my flight was on. The last few days were hectic but finally i could pull things off pretty well and i was well prepared for the flight. The experience of the flight was just great especially the 'Take off'. It was my first time and this was really the best part of the flight. First stop was at Malaysia and was just amazed at the vastness of the airport

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I didn't want to create a blog for a long time and peer pressure has forced me to create one and put up things. Anyway this is my first and would like to document my first visa interview (student visa). It was a very interesting journey till here from the preparation to the day itself. As soon as I got my I-20 from Univ of Texas at Dallas, I was ready to prepare for Visa and started enquiring

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