RAM v/s ROM

These days almost every saturday mornings are dedicated to teaching. I, along with few more volunteers visit Corporation Girls High School to teach computers. Teaching them is so much fun and educating. We learn a lot in the process of teaching and answering their queries.

After all these days of teaching, I have sensed one thing for sure -- you can neither beat their enthu nor voice. I shout at top of my voice yet find it difficult to compete them :P

I was teaching them basics of computer.. various parts of computers and its usage.. At some point,  topic was diverted towards RAM and ROM. As a dutiful teacher, I wrote it on the board and asked whether they knew the difference between them. I was thrilled to see one promt hand raising.. I signalled her to answer and this is what she had to say about it --

"Miss.. RAM alli A ide ROM alli O ide" (RAM has A and ROM has O in it)

I was spellbound!

Dream Explore Discover

"Dream is the hope of tomorrow.."

We have hundreds and thousands of dreams but do we pursue all of them? why do we leave some of them? why do we struggle for some of them? why do we want to achieve some, even though we are very much aware of the rough road ahead?....

A group of individuals had a passion of providing education to the poor and underprivileged children.. they knew it was not an easy task.. unfazed they set up a unique trust.. "Ananya" which has completed 11 years.. yet still fresh.. still dedicated!

 

We reached there at around 2 in the afternoon.. After roaming around the campus i found myself engrossed in the environment created for kids. There is nothing formal.. no formal syllabus.. no sky high buildings.. its as simple as learning in nature! I was awestruck the moment i saw the classrooms there.. teachers were in no hurry to complete one class and flee to another.. kids need not worry about various subjects.. no exam fever.. no mid-term tension..(cool huh?) still there was a kind of learning process! everyone were so relaxed.. relishing every moment !

Kids are allowed to explore things around them which improves their ability to analyze.. inquire.. learn... and thats the main objective of ASK (Ananya Sikshana Kendra). Their thirst to learn more has prompted the trust to have science and computer labs for them to research. No competition, No discrimination, clear conscience among kids shows the best efforts of the volunteers.

They are free to choose their own career and develop skills accordingly.. They have the number they like or the day they prefer, for their birth day. A comfy environment is all they need and its provided in Ananya.

We couldnt find much time to interact with the kids as we had our offices to flee to! but those few hours spent there was worth it and looking forward to meet them soon!

Graduation day!

Yes! the day has come... long awaited.. the most auspicious day in the history of my car learning! Its time to obliterate the 'L' board from my car!

On this important day, I feel honored to reveal the pros and cons of having a 'L' board..(this list has been made after significant amount of research and experience!!)

Pros: 1. When its your mistake, you can always point to 'L' board with an innocent smile on your face... they will consider it :)

(Caution:This doesnt apply when you go and bang into someone's car!)

2. In the traffic signal, when they see 'L' board they stop a few inches away giving you enough space!

Cons: 1. Even if its the other person's mistake, you have to take the blame coz u  have put 'L' board

2. Noone comes to ur rescue as they are unsure of who was wrong! Eventually they end up taking the other party side just coz of 'L' board..

3. If you are a lady driver and 'L' board too.. be ready to face the world!

Today, as usual, i was on my way to office.. while taking a left turn i promptly honked twice.. showed the indication.. I got no response from the other side.. as i was maneuring my steering wheel to take the turn, a speeding police jeep came right in front of me from the other side... stalled just few inches away abruptly.. I was in the process of thanking all gods for not banging into the jeep.. but it dint end there, the driver started pointing at me looking at the L board! i was so annoyed... i was almost burning with fury.. i wanted to belt him badly..  but the word "Police" helped me regain my calmness.. i couldnt avoid some words though which came flying instantaneously... thats when i decided "Its time... " :-)

Life's predicament

Its that time when you get to hear a lot about marriage.. everyone around you are getting married and you will be hounded by your inquisitive relatives.. though you hate it you have got not an option but to bear it with a smile..

Everytime i undergo a trial on this, various thoughts haunts incessantly.. how can a person judge in just 10 mins talk?.. Is it really worth trusting that person for a lifetime? how can u say yes to a stranger? how? why? what?... when im struggling hard to find a way out, it makes a round-a-bout turn and comes back to the point "why a stranger?" worth a thought isnt it?

They say "A known devil is better than an unknown angel". This adage has been hunting me from long time and im confounded by the new dimensions it gets everytime!

Today one of my friend came up with the same scenario. Needless to say, i was again lost in an abysmal space, This is how it goes....

You know a person from quite a long time.. he shares all the happenings in his life and its the same case with you too.. you both share a lot of common interests and enjoy each others company.. close ones who know you both hints you to consider him, but you had never imagined him as ur partner.

Given a situation like this, would you like to ask him his opinion or just leave it there coz you are afraid it might ruin your relationship?? give it a thought........................

Heights of Smartness

I always knew i was smart but never realized i could reach this extent too!

These days im working mostly on installation.. always into coupling various machines and installing various versions of server.. so basically a screwed up job.

Today was one such day.. I was suppose to install servers on remote machines.. Created  configuration files for two linux machines.. and hit install.. It came down instantaneously with an error.. an error and that too in a linux machine is a sign "honey you have got hell lot of work" and I was suppose to complete this by EOD (as they say).. that shook me a bit.

Gathering my strength, I started working on various options.. I queried my brain for all sorts of explanation on what might have went wrong... tried connecting to those machines as a first step.. Damn! it failed there.. but with my windows machine i could connect! now thats annoying.. tried pinging the machines.. ssh.. telnet.. changed permissions.. stopped firewalls too.. uh uh.. even cursing made no progress.. after all those futile efforts, when i was still in the process of scratching my head for next option, I glanced at my desk..

 The disconnected network cable was lying peacefully on the desk.

And it happens again....

The moment she saw the road ahead she knew she did it again... everytime it happens.. but this time it was 12 in the night..

she looks at the fuel gauge in the dashboard.. its merrily pointing to red line... red is danger.. she always knew.. various stories entangles her but she pleads them to let go of her..

this is not the time to think.. its time to act.. she turns around to seek for help.. all she could see is the cabs being reckless.. she knew it was happening all over again.. but she begged.. not this time please..

pleasant songs made no soothing effect on her.. she always longed for long empty roads but now it scared her.. life's biggest irony isnt it? you crave for something all your life but when it comes to you.. you dont seem to enjoy it...

she dint know where she was heading.. just hoped to see a way back home.. every road mystified her.. she tries to conjure them.. a sign is all she wanted... her eyes hunts for a familiar road.. a familiar place...

before her hopes crashed, she hits a sign board saying M.G Road.. her eyes beams with glee.. she knew it.. yes! she knew the place.. she was jumping with gaiety though she was 20km away from her place..

now her only plea was fuel.. she dint dare to get out of the car to fill petrol.. she just hoped it wouldnt give up on her..

finally she made it! the moment was so relaxing.. she stops for a second and wonders.. why does it happens to me? everytime?

Damn lucky fellow

Yeah he is the one.. I treat him with so much care and still he knocks me down when its important! I give him dirty looks which he wards off with a smile.. all my cursing makes no impact on his determination.. his eagerness for the next turn is enough to shatter my confidence..sometimes i crib, sometimes i shout, sometimes i beg.. nothing changes his mind.. no matter what, a leopard cannot change his spots! here i am.. helpless.. whining.. suffering.. yet, never can dump him for his heinous acts..

Wait!! dont jump to the conclusion that im irrevocably and unconditionally in love with him. The fact is quite different.. im left with not much of other options.. I still treat him kindly(except for some frustrated acts) hoping some day he will understand me.. lucky basterd huh?

yes he is.. my so called "office buddy".. It just takes him a few moments to raze down the efforts I put in hours together! He eagerly waits for me to start eclipse which effortlessly takes around 5 mins, start the server which again eats up another 10 mins.. progressing further, I mark the debug points... all set to go.. I deploy my application on server which takes its own sweet time to publish and pause at the debug point.. he smiles inwardly.. and i, never realizing it.. get into the dirty work of posting sysouts every now and then, analyzing each variable.. After a while, i get the gut feeling "this is it.. here is the error".... thats it! before i could figure out the slip, cursor hesitates to move.. I beg literally.. but uh uh.. he is adamantly arrogant and unfazed..with a smirky smile(one of its kinds) throws up the bluescreen error... all my efforts goes for a toss and i have to start all over again..

I feel like thrashing him to pieces.. throwing him out.. burn to ashes.. but can only hit him hard(not very hard though) to release my temper..

As the wheel of justice starts to turn, i hope someday he will undergo a fair trail for all these and i get the justice.....................

P.S : For all those who are still wondering who is that lucky fellow.. he is my laptop :P