TAGGED BY BRISTOW

I had never been tagged before. So when this tag from bristow came along, i thought why not. So here it is.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?

Next one.. "The Show must go on..."

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?

When MICROSOFT files an unfair competition lawsuit against me in florida court...

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?

Only those whose legs tried kicking mine...

4. Why do you blog?

Started as a timepass when my parents got tired of my ramblings about how crapped up our system is...

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?

Might...

6. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone?

Being loved by someone...

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you love?

Not for long...

8. If the person you secretly like is attached, what will you do?

Can't help it..

9. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?

Get rid of the stupid politicians..

10. What takes you down the fastest?

Lies..

11. What resurrects you the fastest?

A good game...

12. What’s your fear?

Gossips....

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?

PUS...

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?

Single and Rich

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

Pray...

16. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously who will you pick?

How many bananas can u eat empty stomach?? :)

17. Would you give all in a relationship?

Yes... I do belive in giving everything in a relationship.

18. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?

No...

19. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?

Being in love feels great.. :)

20. Tag 6 people.
VP and my first 5 readers..

Thrissur Motor Show 2008

First time we made history. Then we edited it five times. We'll do it the sixth time this year. The latest edition of Thrissur Motor Show or TMS, as those people who really took it to heart call it, is just around the corner.

Posters and fluxes are up. Sponsorships are being canvassed. Arrangements are being made. It is again time for the largest auto expo in kerala organised by students.


Backed by the Mechanical Engineering Assosiation of Government Engineering College, Thrissur, this year's TMS quote promises to be the event of the year, with the year off in-between only heightening the anticipation of what is to come. This time, it is the hottest brands on the market that will hit the spot with the crowd. An assortment of buffed and polished vintage cars will add a royal touch. unquote

All roads will lead to swaraj round from 4th to 7th of december, to witness the largest event of the year. Witness history. I promised, we'll edit it every time.

chithram '08

"No form of art goes beyond ordinary conciousness as film does, straight over emotions deep into the twilight of the soul."

chithram '08, campus film festival starts tomorrow October 20th. The 3 day fest at Government Engineering College,Thrissur this year showcases 9 world class films ranging across the panorama of life.



From charles chaplins 'modern times' to Avira Rebecca's 'thakarachenda' the festival, on the notes of the convenor, is sure to engage, enthertain and educate you.

and, by the way, this's the first major programme in the 3rd year, and i got the honours designing the brochure, tariff, and volunteer card.

For all those readers from GEC, ticket is Rs.20 only. Grab the oppertunity. Contact your year representatives. Watch the show.

GEC.. again..!!

The GEC-ien saga continues.  The 7th ISTE Students' Annual State Convention saw the emergence of GECT as the undisputed champions. The runners up at the sixth convention, the GEC team had an unchallenged run at the SJCET, bagging 7 first prizes and 6 second prizes of 13 events.

The GEC Team

Among the prizes were the first and second in technical quiz, technical debate, mechanical paper presentation and electronics and communication paper presentation. Sweet revenge for losing the champions trophey last year for just two points. Winning 53 of the total 104 points again proved our metal. Hats off people.

Ponnonam '08

Onam is a festival of colours. It is a time of the year which other than the summer holidays many students look up to (for reasons that are obvious).
Ponnonam '08 in college, as always, was grand. The competitions included Pookalm

• Pookalam
• Chakkilottam
• Naaranga Spoon
• Panchagusthi
• Vadamvali etc
  

We started off at 9

Teamwork

Co-Designer and Director

In progress

Team Work. MEx SpiritFinishing touches. Almost done

Lighting the first flame. Gopi doing the honours.

That's it. We're done. S5 royal MEx, Reining champions, (Pookalam)

With the pookalam finished, the entire Royal MEx embarked on a procession befitting Royal MEx. Accompanied by Chendamelam and ilathalam and occasional bursts of good quality crackers, we rocked the college.

400 people. One Sound. Royal MExThrill. To it's max

The entrance of the college was decorated by a magnificent floral by College Union, one for 'Mathrukam' and one depicting 'Che'.

That's the Floral by College UnionMaathrukam

The results of the pookalam competition came at 3. And sadly, we got only 3rd. But seeing the pookalam which got the second, we're really disheartened. We really deserved second. But, first was unanimous. Akhilesh and the chemicals really deserved it.

First prize. the gradient looked really superb in person

The Vadamvali(tug of war) was another affair. Of the 8 teams, 3 were mechanical teams viz, mechanical A, mechanical B, and 'veruthe oru team', which in fact was a team comprising of myself(please don't laugh), payis, niranjan, raju etc with naomboori and ms being the only able bodied ones. But we won the first match. I don't really remember against whom, but it was chaos after we won. nobody expected us to win. Not even ourselves. We were pitted with mechanical B team, which of course we lost.

Vadamvali for girls were also fought with the same vigour, which the LH team won in a closely fought row with the divyans.

The men's finals came down to mechanical A team Vs Mechanical team. Who won among them is not important, but the fact that our spirit won. Before the finals, i could see the A team captain Freddie, coaching the B team on having the perfect hand grip and the leg lock, a really curious sight.

The day came to an end by 8, filling all hearts with hopes for the next Onam. More sarees, more prizes and more fun.

CAD Cup '08

CAD Cup, college cricket tournament, was a cricketing bonanza this year with 32 teams competing for the coveted trophy.
S5 combined team won the CAD Cup '08, beating hot favorites S7 combined team. Playing with big shots like ciril, nafshad, prasanth and the lot who're prominent members of the college cricket team, this team had played in the CAD Cup finals from their first year, but each time lost out in the finals.

That's 3 runners-up in a row. S7 captain sreejithettan with his third runners-up trophy.

A failed batsman, returning home for S7
That was the last over.see the number of fielders in the circle. S7 getting a taste of their own medicineAfter the last ball. A comprehensive victory of 30 runs.

Niaz took 5 wickets wrecking the top and lower of the S7 team, and Akhil single handedly managed our batting in the final.

MOM Niaz. Five wickets in 3 overs

Akhil. Player of the SeriesIhsan. Captain and Best Batsman

Niaz was adjudged MOM in the finals and Akhil was the Player of the Series. Our captain, Ihsan won the Best Batsman trophey.

N we had it. Finally after the final.The Team
That's the S5 contingent. Celebrating

our team also won a cash prize of Rs. 2500. It was a much relished victory, which was won both on the field and off. hats off to S7 for their great track record, but sorry floks, we couldn't help beating you. And to all those seniors who really wanted to see your team win the finals atleast this time, you got the wrong team.

tailpiece: An SMS just after the match

ENTHOKKEYAYIRUNNU..
RAJENDRANTE SIXER..
REJINTE PARAKKAL..
CIRILINTE PARATHAL...
HO
ANGINE PAVANAI SHAVAAI..
S5 ROCKZ... (courtesy: vishak)

Week 1, New World

It's almost a week since i installed ububnt 8.04.1 in my system. And i think it's time to express my first impressions. That of a common user. That is, keeping in mind that most of my readers are hardcore linux developers and debuggers(please note..not de-beggers)... (again i lie pretty.. :P). actually they develope C programmes and somebody did something called 'ZOPE PORTING' which i understand is something of an achievement from the fact that some multinational payed a hefty sum for that(if i missed something tell me, uh?). lolZ..

1. I love the new ubuntu's start up sound. pretty much like African drums( i read somewhere that ubuntu has its origins in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa).

2. Saves me the trouble of installing device drivers for lan, audio, n video(which are the only three i do after each formatting with windows).

3. Also i don't have to install firefox, vlc, im clients and many other common use software(even though windows provides alternatives). Everything you ever need to use are already there in the form of firefox 3, pidgin, open office, gimp etc.

4.The multiple workspace option is a great boon to mask chat windows from parents, which i make use of to it's maximum.

But i'm very unhappy for some problems like

1. During installation, i was stumped with the partitioning part, which is even difficult than that of windows xp.

2. Many a times, i couldn't connect to the internet through ubuntu, but at the same time in windows i am able to connect.

3. My screen resolution is limited to a maximum of 960x800, which is pretty boring. After being accustomed to the small font sizes of windows, which i actually like, it's disappointing. I tried reconfiguring the xserver with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but still no avail. display properties lists the above said maximum resolution with a refresh rate of 60 Hz only.

4. Even though audio and video players are pre-installed, i had to download codecs for popular formats like mp3 and avi from the internet, which i must say, beats the purpose of these players in the first place.

5. Ubuntu hanged my system after which i had to switch off my cpu to reboot again twice already. though i first attributed it to the deteriorating condition of my HDD, windows XP SP2 running on the same HDD has not crashed even a single time.

6. And wef yesterday, my 'h' and ''x' keys have ceased to work in linux. Can't comprehend what the problem is. A message says XKB(or something like that) failed to load something else.

I've mentioned my problems in depth because someone will come up with a solution.

All in all, i'm happy. Not only because i don't have to click the i agree umpteen number of times, but also because according to Keir Thomas "it gives complete power over your system".

Into a new world

Change is inevitable. Change is the law of nature. Last few months saw a lot of change. For starters, the rule of king in Nepal gave way to democracy and first time in the history of Nepal, a maoist president claimed office. The left wing broke out of UPA in India and the CPI[M] expelled one of it's high ranking member, Somnath Chatterjee.

Aside from political changes, the technology saw an uprising over the Apple i-phone 3-G which started the paradigm shift from operators controlling handsets to vice versa. everything is changing. Isn't it?

I decided to change myself. Transform my life. Transform it once and for all. I decided finally to switch to linux.As with any average pc user, i lived on MS windows. I've had used linux before, but never really felt i'd want to use it on my personal pc. But things do cahnge, don't they?

After coming to GECT, which has a computer science department which is an active supporter of free software and the linux community, i was greatly drawn to linux. But that was only because of the curiosity to find what is so hyping about linux.

In the mean time i had installed ubuntu(which was the only one i had) just for horror(courtesy: njekku) a couple of times and uninstalled later, because it couldnt support most of my hardware(though i din't really know untill recently, i was using ubuntu 5. something version).

Things really got moving after RMS came to UC college, aluva. A friend of mine wrote a post about their meeting rms and on the ideals of free software, and we had a heated debate over some ideals which prompted guidance from many experienced free software activists including pramod sir and vivekettan.

After much thought i decided to give linux a real chance and asked my ex-roommate bristow for a dvd. As u can guess, he couldn't give me one. Time passed. Seasons changed. May be by the stroke of fate, i stumbled across ubuntu's free shipping programme.

The rest, you can imagine. I logged in, I registered, and I received. A cd containing the lastest UBUNTU 8.04.1 LTS Desktop Edition. along with four stickers proclaiming "ubuntu, linux for human beings".
I was really happy to see the disk packed in kinda good package from Netherlands. And thanks to bristow and dasappan who inspired me to take this drastic step (he he). And last but not the least, to all of ma cs friends, leading by example, refusing to even install windows as a secondary boot in their systems(i lie pretty.. don't i?).

Will share my experiences with linux later. Any ways, linux, here i caom...(rollz..:D)

MISS U

This one is so kewl... jus loved it..



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A wet fire cracker and the faint pop

A wet fire cracker and the faint pop.(for those people who won't read till last, for the title, courtesy V P.. he threatened me with copyright infringement) It was a sentence that marked the end of two hectic weeks filled with lots of enjoyment, problems and tension. The week was marked by three events.

o Seminar at St.Mary’s College

o Industrial visit to SIFL

o AGM of ISTE

First came the seminar on polymer chemistry at St.Mary’s college, Thrissur. What a mechanical engineer to do at a seminar on Recent Developments in Polymer Chemistry?. Well, there is. To begin with, it was held in St.Mary’s college, which for those who don’t know, is one of the prestigious girls only (read women only) college in the heart of the city. Then two days duty leave (i.e. 12 hours attendance which otherwise would have been marked absent) for sitting in the midst of a hundred beautiful ladies. Then the seminar, being a UGC sponsored one, had value in terms of the participation certificate. There’s also a talk on application of polymers in nanotechnology and electronics which was pretty interesting.

I also had the opportunity to speak in the valedictory function on behalf of our college. Rollz.. :D

The second happening was the industrial visit to SIFL. IV(as we call it) is the short for escape from boring lectures with the added advantage of department sponsored pleasure trip. But this IV, didn’t have he second advantage. We wanted to learn what was happening at SIFL (ok, I for got to mention, SIFL is Steel and Industries Forging Ltd, at Athani), which caters to the needs of many high profile clients in sectors like defense, space technology etc. It was also important to our field of study during the current semester as we are having a paper titled MCF.

The industry interaction went ok, but what marked it important in my week was that it made me sick. I almost fainted inside the forge shop and had to ask payis to help me outside. That blackout wa followed by 3 days of fever, ruining my weekend.

(Photo's are highly confidential. I've put up for the sake of my readers.Kindly don't misuse them.. :D)

The third and the last one consumed most of my two weeks. Not just mine, but also of my friends, giving life to a society that was dead for years. From consolidating the member details to managing the one n only Mr.Dynamic(mite) personality, it was horrible. Though i must say that a software done by my fellow blogger Devidas made things a little easy. But the data entry was still a problem. And 18 hours of lost class(engaged class, which usually is not so) is just the tip of the ice berg.

(I'm a little selfish and have put up a picture of me speaking at the AGM as program coordinator. Hope nobody minds.)

Anyway, the bottom line is, all went fine. ISTE Students chapter now have a convener, joint convener,program coordinator and 14 executive members, my friend Navneenth being the convenor. And if anybody from the college wants to join ISTE, kindly cotact him.

Kuttappan D Gr8

The begging may be all thrash.. But the last but second line, ROCKER....


He is a Malayali working for a multinational company in Mumbai. Not well educated and he is working as a peon. Whenever Kuttappan hears somebody talk he will come in between saying that I know that very well I know him very well like that. One day Kuttappan's Boss a foreign educated person & a North Indian was talking something about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kuttappan was passing thru that way, suddenly he came in between saying that oh Arni he is
my best friend.Kuttapan' s boss laughed at him saying that how can u be a friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger you are only a peon living in India .

Kuttappan said if u wont believe its your problem I cant help you. Ok.The Manager said I am going on a trip to US next week you come as my assistant and we will go to Arnold 's house and see what happens.Kuttappan agreed with a smile.A week after they landed in US. First they went to NY. Arnold was there in NY. They went to meet Arnold . Seeing Kuttappan Arnold ran towards Kuttappan and hugged him asking that hey Kuttappan long time no see where were you man? Kuttappan went with Arnold to have some coffee.

Boss was stunned. When Kuttappan came back the boss told him that we will go to Clintons place. Let's find out whether u know him or not. Kuttappan agreed with a smile. At Clinton 's home Clinton also did the same as Schwarzenegger asking that where were you my friend for long time? Kuttappan went to have tea with Clinton while the boss was sitting out side the gate.

When Kuttappan came back boss said I have to go to Vatican to get blessings from Pope John Paul, so u come with me. At the Vatican crowd from all over the world is waiting to see Pope John Paul. Kuttappan and his boss are also there. Boss asked Kuttappan, do you know Pope John Paul. Kuttappan said y not? Boss told Kuttappan that he will not believe this. Kuttappan asked
boss to wait for some time and went inside the crowd.

After 15 minutes Kuttappan came on the balcony along with Pope John Paul. Pope John Paul was holding Kuttappan's hand. Kuttappan's boss became unconscious and fell down.When Kuttappan came back his boss was on a stretcher by his side nurses and paramedics. Kuttappan asked Sir what happened.

Then boss told; Kuttappa u know Arnold I believe, u know Clinton I believe and u know Pope John Paul I believe that too but WHEN U CAME WITH POPE AT THE BALCONY THE CROWD WERE ASKING WHO IS HOLDING THE HAND OF KUTTAPPAN after hearing that I became unconscious.

LESSON FROM THIS STORY

NEVER EVER UNDER ESTIMATE A MALAYALI ....

N.B:- it's a long time i put up a post. this is just for the sake of posting. this is the range of chali's that we encounter our day to day life here. An ode to Niju d gr8

Lateral Thinking

An ode to Edward De Bono. Who claims to have invented the idea of Lateral Thinking.
This are some questions asked in psychometric tests employed by many MNCs. It is claimed that these questions highlight if a man has the problem solving or lateral thinking capability. A man ruined my afternoon with these 'chalis' and i think i should share it with someone. Answer it if you can.

1. Anthony and Cleopatra are found dead in a room. A man enters the room and sees an empty bowl with the whole water spilled on the wooden floor. A cat runs out scared. How did they die?

:> Anthony and Cleopatra are fishes. The cat took them out of the bowl intending to eat, but ran off seeing the man enter.


2. A man working with the finance department lives on the 14th floor of an apartment and comes down to go to work every single day by lift. When he arrives back in the evening, he looks around to see if anyone is around. if someone is around he goes straight to the 14th floor,else he gets down at the 8th floor and climbs up to the 14th floor. Why does he climb?

:> He's a dwarf. He can't reach the 14th floor button on the lift by himself.

There're some more, but this much will do for now. Njoy.

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Current Musiq: Sonu Nigam,Shreya Ghosal - Main Agar Kahoon

ഒരു സെമസ്റ്റര്‍ ആരംഭം

സുഹൃത്തേ....
വീണ്ടും വിരസമായ അദ്ധ്യയനദിവസങ്ങള്‍ വന്നുചേരുന്നു. ജീവനില്ലാത്ത ചുമരുകളും, ബെഞ്ചുകളും, ബോര്‍ഡുകളും , നമ്മുടെ വേദനയറിയുന്ന നോട്ടുകളും, ആരെയും വേദനിപ്പിക്കാത്ത ലക്ചററും ഇനിയുമങ്ങോട്ട്‌ വീണ്ടും കാത്തിരിക്കുന്നു. വേദനയോടെ നീട്ടി വിരിച്ച ദിനവീഥിയിലൂടെ...

നടന്നകലുന്ന ദിനങ്ങള്‍ നമ്മെ ഭാവിയുടെ കരാളഹസ്തത്തിലേക്ക്‌ പറഞ്ഞയക്കുകയാണ്‌.....

ഭാവിയുടെ നട്ടംതിരിയലില്‍ സുഖം പകരുന്ന ഓര്‍മയായീ സൗഹൃദം മാത്രം...കല്‍കണ്ടകനിയുടെ മാധുര്യം തുളുംബുന്ന നല്ല നിറമുള്ള സൗഹൃദം മാത്രം....അത്‌ ക്ലാസ്സ്‌മുറിയുടെ നാലു ചുമരുകള്‍ക്കുള്ളില്‍ മാത്രം ഒതുങ്ങരുത്‌...

വിശാലമായ ഗാലറിയില്‍.....
തണലേകും മെക്‍ട്രീയുടെ അടിയില്‍....
എം .എച്‌ഇലെ വിശാലമായ മുറികളില്‍...
കാന്റീനിലെ മണമേകും ചില്ലരമാലയുടെ ചാരേ...

ഇത്ര വിശാലമായ കോളേജ്‌ ക്യാമ്പസിന്റെ ഹൃദയമായ ഭാഗങ്ങളില്‍ നമ്മുടെ സൗഹൃദം പരത്തുവാന്‍ ഇറങ്ങൂ സുഹൃത്തേ.... ഇറങ്ങൂ....


മാസ്സ്‌കട്ട്‌ പ്രചാരണാര്‍ത്ഥം....
M.P.A
മാസ്സ്‌കട്ട്‌ പ്രീമിയര്‍ അസ്സോസിയേഷന്‍

Year end..

Two years have passed in academic terms as i write this. Two years of what i don't know. It's almost of everything. Friendships, fights, laughs, sorrows, and everything conflicting. Two years just flew by.

I remember the first time i'd been to this college. It was all alien. The huge welcome sign that read "WELCOME TO REDFORT", the smiling seniors, anxious classmates. Those times being afraid of not knowing anybody. Many a hello's from all around. More than a thousand new faces. It was totally a new life.

Now into the third year, and looking back, i realize that it is about memories. About the times spent together, the laughter shared. Seeing the tears of the passing out seniors, only now realizing that two years from now, and we stand there, tears swelling up inside.

It is a fair estimation that the coming two years are the last of college days in life. We've done a lot. But, there is still a lot to do. We've learned many a things in here. Yet, there is a lot that we need to learn.

I get emotional thinking about leaving two years from now, i can fairly comprehend how the people, whose farewell we made all sort of fun,feel. We'll surely miss you lot. The only consolation prize is the 500 plus new faces who're soon to come. Just kidding.. lolz..

Enough sentimental. We're gonna enjoy the next two years to the max. Don't wanna miss for anything.

പണയം-Panayam

I don't need to say much about this. Just felt like sharing it with you people.

Lady with Fruit - ഫലതാലമേന്തിയ സ്ത്രീ

സ്ത്രീയെ അവള്‍ ആയിരിക്കുന്ന ഭാവങ്ങളില്‍ സൗന്ദര്യം കണ്ടെത്തി ലോകത്തിനു പകര്‍ന്ന ഒരു മഹാ കലാകാരന്റെ സ്മരണക്ക്‌...
തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ്‌ കോളേജിലെ നവനീത്‌ വരച്ചത്‌

അനിവാര്യതയുടെ മുഖം മൂടി അണിഞ്ഞ മാറ്റം

ഞാന്‍ എന്റെ ബ്ലോഗില്‍ ചെറിയ ചില മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍ വരുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നതിലേക്കു ഞാന്‍ നിങ്ങളുടെ ശ്രദ്ധ ക്ഷണിക്കട്ടെ...
ആദ്യമായി മലയാളത്തോട്‌ ചെറിയ ഒരു കംബം.
പിന്നെ കെട്ടിലും മട്ടിലും ചെറിയ വ്യത്യാസങ്ങള്‍..
ഇനിയും ഇതേ പോലെ എന്തെങ്കിലും ഭ്രാന്തന്‍ ആശയങ്ങളുമായി ഉടനെ കാണാം..

inter zone day 1

Day one got off to a flying start with the cultural procession from students corner to the thekke pradikshina nada of the swaraj round, flagged of by Hon. Mayor of the Thrissur corporation Smt. R Bindhu. Constituting of participating colleges, the procession had all the spirits of a programme returning to GEC after 16 years. Since i firmly believe that a picture is worth more than a thousand words, i'll cut my writing short and supplimet it with some snaps.









These guys were flying out there
setting the beat..!!













Then there was the 'Ormakalile kalolsavam' which saw the get together of the many a inter zone kalathilakams and kalaprathibahas and the many university union office bearers speaking about the inter zone of their times sharing all the nostalgia.

To wind up the day was a satirical comedy drama "Chaki's chankaran" which has won widespread acclaim performed by only two artists, a teacher and his student from the Kaladi University.

;)

Your Love Number is 9

You are a peaceful person, and you tend to have calm, stable relationships. Connecting deeply is another skill of yours, and you tend to know lovers well. Trusting and laid back, you are an easy person to love. Love can be a little blinding for you, so open your eyes a little more! Incidentally, my roll number is 63, which adds up to a perfect 9.. ;)

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