Status: Verifiying

Question of Life

2012-01-05T12:51:00.001-05:00

Cold winding ways treadled along,
The way that seems oh so long
Managing each hurdle by a just

Is there anyone you can trust?

That was over the top

As the thought may pop

Since you do meet people

who invest in your trouble

Since the day you were born

Seed was sown all along

Not known was just the fact

Of what fruit would it belong

And so on life continues

Passing milestones along the way

The good, the bad and the ugly

and whatever that can lead you astray

Some moments apart from

the end, come that tell

you of what your fruit might be

Only when you are end, I guess you will be a complete tree

So, what I would hope

Is that you realize

To the question of trust

The answer was you and you just.

- Varun

2011-09-01T20:33:00.000-04:00

This is just to have a reference for my Google Maps API key.

End of an Era

2011-07-19T21:30:00.000-04:00

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The final Potter movie just released a few days back and it marked the end of one of the most amazing phenomenons in the world. First there were the stupendously written books (Thank you J.K. Rowling!) and then the movies have brought an end to this adventure. For most of us, it might feel like an end to their childhood. I was around 13-14 when I started reading these books. Amazingly, I first saw the movie (Philosopher's Stone) before I got hooked onto the books. From then on, it was always a book before the movie came out. And I have enjoyed both of them a lot. Like so many other people, I was glued to them like there was really a magic world out there. I would be true in saying that most of us reading would have had dreams (both day and night!) about being in that world. That magic has not left me since that time. It still continues and it has felt kind of sad since the final book was published (it might be since 5th or 6th book when Lord Voldemort rose to power, we knew this will be coming to end). I saw the final movie a few days back (first day) and I must confess I got the chills sometimes during moments like Neville being a hero in destroying Nagini, Harry's talk with the Grey Lady, Harry's walk down the Forest. I did not quite like the 19 years later epilogue but the John Williams theme from the first film that played got me. It was a surreal experience. It was all in my head but as one of many immortal lines from Dumbledore goes. "Of course it's happening in your head! Why should that mean it isn't real?" Harry Potter will always be the boy who lived!

Syracuse Weather

2011-04-29T20:20:00.001-04:00

Along came the rains, with wetness aloft
But wait was it once No, no, not!
The season has seen some extremes
As I too have witnessed
The sun, the snow and the rains adding to the randomness
So major, alerts and warnings abound
Yet the beauty sometimes
Loss of words to the appreciation surmounts
I love Mother nature in all its glory
As it was here I just told you a story

Excellence

2011-02-22T08:24:00.000-05:00

A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."

The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and satisfaction of God.

- Hare Krishna Movement

Wait

2010-12-26T23:14:00.003-05:00

I am feeling kind of nervous on the eve of my journey to India. It has been 1 and a half years..yes. that is a lot of time. Well, in this cyber age I wonder if seperation has the same meaning at all as it was many years back. You still keep in touch even when you are a thousand miles away right?

All my friends, Akshay Prateek Jai Sonam Himanshu have already left (at least Syracuse for some . :P) so it is kind of boring here but I have some great ppl here too (Saungandh and Vikram and me obviously..). We have been taking full advantage of this temporary loneliness by having some of the best home-cooked food.. (kolhapuri paneer, rajma which is someone's favorite too and what not).

So, I am going back with some gifts for my parents and for whoever is kind enough to welcome me, I have chocolates and amazing and not so amazing tales to tell from a world far away. haha..

Anyways, guys Merry Christmas. Yes, it was 1 day back but it has been a long time that I have written so better late than never. How did you enjoy or are enjoying your holidays.? Let me know.

Finally

2010-11-20T19:19:00.004-05:00

So my life continues to go on and I get some time to ink it down here. It is not due to time constraints that I am unable to regularly attend the blog school but due to sudden lack of ignorance. To remind all, one is never free (even if you do not look busy). The mind is never free and does every bit to be occupied. If it isn't you have got a serious problem. Ever heard of Empty mind is a devil's workshop. Even if you do manage to get it jobless, try every possible way to get it working. I am always late in that particular transition (from pink slip to getting a job). Let's hope everything goes right in the end.

World Ridiculous

2010-08-19T17:44:00.005-04:00

All things go wrong
Whatever the hell you do

Just how bad something can get

Is there any bottom to this awful?

So unpredictable, it gets predicted

Think of denying as one-time

Still it happens

No use of the fight

And happiness everywhere still exists

Lost in own world, don’t notice

Fall out of the world

Just as unknown

As light in a black hole

Ridiculously Amazing!

Don't know why I hate somethings that I can't even express well enough!!

Try

2010-07-08T12:21:00.003-04:00

So you think that hardwork pays
Not always, a wise man would say
But does it matter? think once
In the long journey, one day fun would come
Sometimes you ought to be the wrong guy
Sometimes you have to be not-best
Prepare for whatever lies ahead for you
You have to lay the happened to rest.
The outcome not always reveals the effort you put
You may wonder and worry
But why do so my friend?
Just be brave, everything has an end.

The Beautiful Game

2010-06-12T19:28:00.003-04:00

The world cup is back and promises to be better than before as usual. It is an amazing event with 32 countries participating and more than a million people(thanks sagar..hehe) behind them. This is truly a world event. I enjoy it a lot and as before I am supporting Brazil. The official theme song "Waving Flag" so epitomizes what the game stands for. I just hope my mind does not wander away and I keep track of my courses..hehe!! Signing off for now. Enjoy the cup! Totsiens!

Learning

2010-04-19T11:12:00.003-04:00

What is it that you look for when buying that latest cool gadget out in the market.? Coolness, stylishness or any other "ness"ness. I, for one like to learn about it wihtou actulaly buying it. Thankfully, I have that kinda job. I am not bragging but still ..Yeahh man..the job is just amazing!! So, coming back to the point. Learning new stuff is a nice way to spend your time. What it does tell me is if you have interest you can teach yourself a hell lot of stuff. the main point, how to get interested? Is it inborn? I think that a little because however hard I try, I am just not able to do it on some other stuff. Talking about new gadgets. how's ipad working out for you guys who cared or should I say, have the money to buy it?

Thoughts

2010-04-04T18:32:00.003-04:00

TThanks for your patience readers. If you wonder why most of these posts are a little gloomy, I cannot answer your curiosity cause I too am clueless. Its not like I do not enjoy. Infact, this might be the very reason. I enjoy too much to find time to write about it whilst I have all the time in the world to think and write about what went wrong. This time, its about people.Yes, we people. We might not confess but we do interfere with the lives of others in trying to get a false sense of satisfaction. We sense sudden excitement in getting close to just-got-famous people whom we otherwise might never have talked to. This is where you get to know friends and !friends(I am thinking boolean these days :P). Rest..well, I am busy with projects and I can say the Masters is the first time where I am learning a lot. Myabe this is why it is called "Masters". It can have a different meaning or should I say "level" to each individual. For some, it could be being exceptional in what they are already good at, while for others it is to acquire mere knwoledge. Well, the point is whatever level of Master you are, getting better should never stop. Yes, as an adline goes "Impossible is nothing". Assuming you have better acceleration, one day you will catch up with the higher level. Adieu!

Who What

2010-02-22T23:12:00.003-05:00

I came, I saw, I conquered

Were mere rotten words

Coz I surrendered

Wilting under pressure

Climbing up the infamous wall

With no half measures

And standing up tall.

Uncertainity surrounds me

In the smallest of things

I dont know what binds me

To speak out what mind brings

A question remains

Not who but what I am?

Feeling the pain

Of the unknown venom

This poem too bears the pain

Of remaining incomplete

Coz once more I came

With a dodgy mind never the same.

Wilting under Uncertainity

2010-02-22T22:39:00.004-05:00

One thing is for sure. I am not a social person and can not yet live without talking. I classically epitomise the saying "not learning from one's own mistake". Well, I wouldn't call it my mistake , just what I inexplicably tend to do. Somehow, I always start good and then fade away. I later think why did I do this. But damage is already done by the time I realise. The people might think I behave differently but I just dont know why is it so. Damn uncertainity! I hate it when this happens. Anyways, I love you all because I cannot even hate properly. Adieu till next time.

Rambling

2010-02-06T01:22:00.004-05:00

What life presents is beyond my imagination. What the hell is going on? Why am I here? What am I doing? If anyone has ever understood himself has acquired the greatest achievement one can in his life. Rest, As my status says: "Verifying"

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T16:11:00.003-05:00

Hello People, Wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous new year.

The time that has goneby.
Will not return
No matter how hard you try
Its the wing of a fly.

Look back at the memories
This is the time
Cause the time that has arrived
Will tomorrow be deprived

The new year awaits you
Hear it coming
In the trees, the stars
And a hope not far.
The time that has goneby Will not return.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

MAD WORLD [copyright@ Gary Jules]

2009-12-28T23:51:00.002-05:00

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World Mad World
Enlarging your world
Mad World.

iThink

2009-12-25T15:06:00.005-05:00

Hope life didnt turn out be

So meaningless and uninteresting to me

A setback faced hinders me

Even good things dont interest me

Something must be wrong

I cannot figure it out

Nothing seems to happen

It is all hazy and cloud.

Plans for a this and that

Crumble down like glasswalls

I sometimes wonder whether this could be

A revenge of one of many old fault.

And the worst that happens

Is you dont wanna talk

Thinking alone in your space

Making decisions on what road to take on the fork.

Even you are ashamed of the sorryness you convey.

"Why cant I be strong and brave?"

A friend's talk gives strength

Coz that is this world, remember you are alone in your grave.

I can no longer hope for the best.

Maybe, I wasnt supposed to be this.

Passing life's test

Is not as easy as a good-night kiss
.

Time

2009-11-10T16:11:00.003-05:00

Hello People!! These days, I am very busy. The day goes by so fast, its hard to keep track. However, I am not sure if I am utilizing my lost sense efficiently. I could easily be busy without doing anything constructive.
I need a helping hand.
I need someone to stand.
Ask me of my doubts.
That unclear, bad and confusing cloud.

Varun Joshi - Student Consultant at ITS, Syracuse University

2009-10-28T17:46:00.002-04:00

I just had my first technical consulting experience in my University. Felt great. What's more. you get paid for it...yipee!!! :) Short post ...? yea I know..the satisfaction fills up the space.!!

Tech vs Non-Tech

2009-10-04T15:44:00.003-04:00

I am into 1 and a half months in my Masters course and I am happy I have been learning. There are interesting things out there and I am glad for it. I have never before thought of doing it in practice, just the mere thought was there which never came out in writing due to laziness. Somehow, the pressure is always good. Programming is good for your health. What when even your body behaves like an operating system with brain as kernel and all.. :). Open source-code possessing OS are like a flexible body ready to acquire essential nutrients anytime. It is amazing to know your real world glimpses in the technical stuff around. So, maybe we just need to carefully observe and match what we study to the real world. Things can get simpler. I am not saying it would but maybe they can

Funnily Fake

2009-08-27T18:12:00.004-04:00

People can be so difficult to understand. So different from what your initial impression was!!! It is a big jolt to see someone change in a matter of seconds. What contributes to this your inability to rectiify with whatever you do and the oppositions unwillingness to understand. It is so amazing to see the hostilities around and such fake behaviours. I dont know why everyone thinks they are not being understood even when they are so clear about it. Man..such a difficult world..You have to live it anyway..so.. PRACTICE IGNORANCE!!

Flight to Far Far Away

2009-08-17T17:53:00.006-04:00

Allright people..I am back after a good time. Well, credits to my enrollment in Syracuse University. Yes..I will be entertaining you from across the borders now..hehe. So, well, I am here to give a brief account of my travel. I boarded the flight on 11th of August after hectic packing and confusion that kept being messy. Being a complete newbie, what else can you expect..?? Anyways, after bidding goodbye to everyone back in India, I left for my venture. Oh..I have an excellent news to tell you..I travelled in business class on my economy ticket..wow..wat luck..(somehow sometimes someone deserves it..hehe!!). So, the plane took flight and I was off. I kept looking outside for the views which obv I couldnt enjoy at night.but I wanted to enjoy my first plane ride. So, with fresh juice served at my table..I immediately asked for a TV..lol..nd saw a movie then and there...ate dinner(didnt like it)..nd ate such mixed up things..I cud hav been sick..!! neways..I constantly lukd at the flight map..took cosy naps n between..and also enjoyed the spectacular view of the glaciers over greenland..yes man...that was cool...!!!! I reached US after a long 15 hour journey and just after clearance and everything off to another flight to my present address. Wow..I never imagined I will travel this far nonstop..haha. So, I am here now.Syracuse is a quiet place based on whatever I have seen till now maybe the once the college opens things will get different but I am enjoying here apart from all the housing troubles. The paperwork ahs gone smoothly and I am waiting for my orientation and picnic that are coming up. That would be great. After that..I dont know but I guess things will get very tough. So , a little prayer to God to brace me up for it. Bye for now... Wassup wid you friends?...reply and comment!!!

The Review

2009-07-16T22:09:00.002-04:00

Okay, this is the catch: I cannot put my mind off the books while watching the movies and I cannot stop comparing the two. Damn! I once again watched the movie with quite a lot of scenes cut and I was wondering the whole while" whether this was the same in the book, whether that could have been changed, why was the need for it?" Maybe blocking my mind off the novels will take time(afterall they have taken around 10 years of my life..:)). But anyways, to the movie. Well, it was fun actually with more humour and more action incorporated. This one definitely looked more realistic in terms of SFX be it the quidditch or the bridge-collapsing scene. Infact, the movie starts witha a bang with the death-eaters storming the Diagon-Alley and the bridge. There was fine performance from all really but I thought Ron(Rupert) and Slughorn(Broadbent) were the best in my view.The script also contributed to it sometimes(i.e the quidditch game where Ron was the center point) but he was hilarious(I liked the scene where he's goggling the moon nd then later talks about Romilda Vane..haha!!). The ending though was subdued with much of the action missing. There were just 4 death-eaters invading the castle which looked strange to me and also sometimes it seemed as though there are only very few people at Hogwarts(it looked very deserted, especially in the final scene). Finally, this is where Dumbledore bids adieu but his final ceremony is missing in the film. There are talks of the 7 th starting with that scene. Hope that happens cause Dumbledore is such an important part be it novels or movies. You can't ignore his death. Rating: Below Expectations Entertainment level: Fun

The Half-Blood Prince

2009-07-16T04:33:00.003-04:00

So, finally the 6th installment of the most-awaited Harry Potter is out today here in India. I am so excited about it. I will be going to watch it later in the evening which will also coincide with me trying out the new multiples near my place. To be honest, I didnt like the fifth one cause it had so much facts missing that were in the book. I know, that is an age old problem of read-book-first people like me. I just couldnt come to terms with the film although being a potter fan, I enjoyed that too. This time, I will be going with a free mind away to enjoy this film. The trailers look amazing and I cant wait to watch the movie. I will be back with the reviews guys. In the meanwhile, if you people have already done that please do not forget to take part in the poll that I have put up on the blog. Bye for now!!