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so i'm finally in switzerland and loving it. although i had decided to write and keep the blog updated from the very first day ......it was a little overwhelming getting used to all the new stuff here..my new place of stay....the lovely lab....wonderful people....and work ! but now that I have finally started getting a little comfortable with my work i'll write in more often. added two new modules to the e-learning platform today. php is pretty groovy once you know your way around it. this weekend ...hopefully will be going airboarding in mount titlis....!!!!!! gotta get my halbtax and gleis 7 made though.... deva says he'll come from yverdon today....this is the third time he's saying it and i dont quite trust him now ;)... on yeah the indian president was here today....heard him speak :). also went to the epfl library....quite impressive - like most things here ;)... more laterzz back to work for now

just returned from the farewell we gave to the four yearites. It reminded me of the farewell at school- class 12. That strange visceral feeling was back - that twang of nostagia. Although the two farewells were far from similiar in any respect - our school one was a very formal affair - with all of us dressed properly and extra care being taken for etiquette and stuff while the one at IIT was anything but formal. It was fun to see seniors tell "untold" stories about each other. A remarkable thing was in the way I saw some of the people today. The true spirit was being an IITan stared out at you as this bunch of young guys stood there ready to cross over the relatively protected environment of the college to the "big bad world !". I am not sure whether I was the only one who felt it, but in each person there seemed to be a new desire rekindled. Something that hadn't quite shown itself in these four years could be seen now as each of them prepared for different de...

Not a new idea at all but imagine for a moment that life could have an option to "go back on an action" . Looking at it from an interaction design point of view - nothing better to do !!!! - I was wondering would an "UNDO" button be better or an " Rewind and Erase" function better. Well, perhaps this is due to the bias because of the "rewind and erase song" from the roxette - which i really like ;) -, I guess I for one would prefer the rewind and erase mode of interaction. It more of an intutive decision but here is a glimpse of why I believe it would be better. Undo kind of implies to me that the action is simply undone - its like denying that actions its place in time ! With rewind and erase its a conscious decision - you recognize the action has occurred and make an effort to go back and ERASE it. There is more of a psychological sense of coming back to the place where you were and starting fresh - at least to me. Its amazing when a seemingly...

Been reading up on the wonderful concept of Spatial Communication. I'm gonna be working on it this summer internship and it really seems exciting. Reading of the research being done there I really felt a desire to go into research but then there is always the lure of the mba .......what with all the big jobs and big money involved ! The bumber placements at iims dont help simplify my deicision either ! Sometimes i just stop and ask - what the hell do i WANT to do ? no clue ! i guess it either means I can be happy at either of the things MS or MBA or I am going to be clueless no matter what I do .......i prefer to think the former is right ....but then I might be wrong and thats a frightening thought ! the last month is getting hectic ! lots of projects to complete plus i've taken up freelancing work for a startup in delhi ! dont know why i do all this ....for the money ?? ;)

There are some movies that you like, some that you can connect to and some that hit you ......Hard. Hotel Rwanda is one of the latter type- at least for me. It was a totally moving experience. The simplicity of the terror and the nakedness of the ugly side of the human soul to so unpretentiously portrayed that it was all the more believable. Its also interesting how objectively you can assess things when you are not really involved. I don't think I would have been really THAT objective had I been seeing a movie on the Gujrat riots probably. I wonder if this movie should to be shown to all those people killing others out there - on second thoughts wouldnt do much good anyway. Worked hard today - both on assignments and in the gymn.... already sleepy. zzzzzzzzzz

why this topic ? cause tuppi - the dude sitting next to me said so ....... tuppi who ?? it doesnt matter who tuppi is you piece of trash ! ok ...so obviously you've figured that I have nothing much to write about ( the "you" here is obviously pollynaish optimism ) cause i guess this blog is going to be in the category of those esoteric refrence books in the library whom no one ever touches leave alone reads ;) usability workshop day one over ! prototype made \:d/ .... worked on my exhibition design \:d/ learnt how play two chords on the guitar ;) courtesy tuppi again ( you again wanna ask who ?? >:) ) slept and kept two seniors waiting for 4 hours in the lab >:) ~wicked laughter~ go get a life dude and stop reading this :P if you're a gorgeous girl please come back ! :D off to sleep !

ok ! this time its for real - that what i tell myself each time ...but nevertheless - i've heard optimism pays - just hope it pays soon cause i'm getting poorer by the day ;) - but yeah i guess i'm gonna write in way more regularly --- why you ask ? hmmm cause i'm overworked ! its 1:15 am here and listening to john lennon i promise myself to blog more often . I've got a usability workship lined up tomorrow morning, got three major projects to work on over the weekend and loads of other work abour visa and stuff to take care of! So i'm doing what any sane man overloaded would work would do - taking the time off to ponder over more philosophical issues ;) - triggered by everything and anything - at the moment its john lennon crooning "you gotta let it go ! " thats all for now - between usability think aloud techniques and the beatles and blh blah blah its me signing off do concentrate on more important work here : SLEEP !

"As you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops,angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them: you'll never find things like that on your wayas long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians, Cyclops,wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you................." just a paragraph from something beautiful i read on the net. It speaks of the sheer joy of the journey to one's destination.......... A dream- something we long to fulfil........ever remember a dream you had something you really wanted badly . the time you spend working towards it, realizing in your aspiration your shortcomings, and working on them ......... the coffee breaks in between or the long walks you took to relax after hours of working, or the joy of ...

for reason best known to blogger - it didnt post my last post showing only the heading...... never the one to give up here is the repost ;) i read something rather interesting today ..........it was in context of this young guy who buys for his crush a bracelet with the words "love conquers all" written on them on valentines day. then he puts it in her locker believing that she will know who kept it there.However she is in love with another guy whom she goes out that evening with .......... through dialogues with people etc this guy gets the insight that when we hear "love conquers all" why do we always believe love is on our side ? isn't it possible that we may have to fight love itself ? and if love conquers all is the fight really worth it ? so often it happens that we must fight against love ! for the things we most love may sometimes be the things that ultimately destroy us .........metamorphically or otherwise .........and if "love conquers ...