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When I began this quarter I had a very arduous task on my hands - I had 50 vacations left and only 30 could be carried forward to the next year. So I had to take 20 days off work or lose my vacations. Surprising it was a difficult choice and I chose to go with taking 20 days off. That combined with our annual offsite (powered and sponsored by Google) made this quarter (Oct - Dec 2009) the quarter

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Long time no post! My excuse? - I had blogger's block!Whats been up with me you ask? I lost a lot of weight and became fit. Most people couldn't believe it. Now they call me a college kid .. school kid coming in a close second :). Here is a recent pic of me.In other news, I learnt how to ride a bike (finally!). Its a lot of fun though I'm still figuring out riding in traffic conditions. Also

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So finally as I posted earlier I decided to buy a PC. Kiki and I went to the place in Secunderabad and ended up buying PCs with the exact same configuration!Pentium dual core 2.5ghz (sucks), 4gb ram, 250gb HDD, nvidia nforce 780i motherboard, xfx nvidia 8800gt graphics card, samsun 20" lcd monitor, dvd combo drive, microsoft keyboard and mouse. It cost like 39k totally and inside by cabinet there

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Working for Google has its advantages. Everyone gets a laptop and that has prevented me from buying a PC till now. However, I am fed up of having to play all the games I buy (yes, I BUY games) on a crappy graphics card with uber low graphics settings. It does not give me the proper gaming experience that I love. I think the collection of games I have (maybe i'll list it in another post) deserves

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Before I start, I want to warn everyone that there will be lots of spoilers here. If you haven't played the game and want to, then please do that first and then come back here.This game was costlier than the other games i've bought and I had seen some demo videos of the game. Initially I was skeptical about the idea of a "companion" throughout the game. I thought it would be very annoying and the

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I am going to type this post wihtout using backspace . basically because I cant use it. I ended up pouring coffee on my laptop and now the backspace key doesnt work (neither does delete!)So please bear with meWhat have I been upto? Mostly working .. a bit of fun here and there. Going to Las Vegas this weekend .. last time I went there I lost a lot of money (about enough to pay for 2 Ipos Ipod*

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Cough cough .. dust dust .. achooo ..Aah .. there .. good as new .. well not really!A great man once said -If you do not post often enough, your blog will collect dust and will be lost forever.Proved him wrong didn't I?What have I been up to these last 1-2 years?- Visited Mountain View (CA) a couple of time - US is a very nice place, but it can get kind of lonely there- Wasted my entire time over

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ever since i moved into the new house ther is one thing that has stood out - the no. of cockroaches in this place!! it amazes me hw the previous tenants ever managed to lead a peaceful life here..for us (kiki, masu, praveen nd me) life @ home mostly revolves around exterminating cockroaches..infact we hav even coined a new term - patafied (pata = cockroach in malayalam) which means devoured/

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once in a bluemoon is the phrase that can best describe my posting frequency..infact i havnt posted for such a long time tht ranta's blogroll has removed me :( .. neways..before i move on to the actual post i wud like to warn the readers -*WARNING* - this post has the potential to be really irritating as its jst puts dwn wat is in the top of my head at the instant i am typing..so it is in bits nd

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wel the first two weeks at google is generally referred to as honey moon period..nd rightly so..the past two weeks has been jst awesome..the reason i dint post was coz i was scared..yeah SCARED!! i dnt wanna gt kickd out of google coz i bloggd bout smthin confidential..plus they expect us to write a disclaimer (which i hav to)..bt thn i decided ther is nothin wrong with blogging bout personal

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i jst told sarnoff m nt joining thm..they were pretty nice bout it..cool ppl :)neways..m getting bored again..ding dongi wanna sing a songhail lord o great onewho gets all the work donewho is mightier than the sunsave me from this place of no funfor i hav a lotta time to killin the house of boredomville

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i really do..i had to com by bus to hyd. for the address verification nd thn i had to com bk by bus..nd both the experiences suckd bigtime!! hyd was no bter than chennai..rama's open login (is it?) mail says it all..neways..bsides tht i heard barca won in the champions league final 2-1 against aresenal..thts cool :D .. i stil havnt seen the match..hpfully i wil catch a replay..with exams coming

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wat wud b the replies of certain *celebreties* for this question -Jessica Simpson Why would he be one a road, I thought chickens lived in the ocean?Homer Simpson There was free beer on the other side of the roadIsaac Newton The duck suggested to the chicken that they play follow

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after posting yesterday i spent most of the nite tampering around with my template..i quite liked the result..specially the background image of my blog's title (the image with the blue swirls)..incase ur wondering hw i did tht u can go here ..u'll need java installd btw..nd to save it as an image the only way i found was to printscreen nd cut out the required part ;)after tht i did a lot of

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incase ne of u dnt knw wat a "poonal" is its the thread ceremony brahmins (and others) have..neways last sat nd sun was my cousin's poonal nd though i dint want to go my parents forced me to..nd after those two days i was thanking my parents for making me go..i hadnt met ne of my cousins for over 6 yrs!! neways..i thot it wud b pretty embarassing nd boring to be with thm..hwevr it was exactly the

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well..i spent the first week thinking bout wat to do at home..bt thx to vandu i gt a mingw cd nd managed to install it in home pc \:d/so nw i spend most of my time programming nd solving problems frm the uva site..also participating in topcoderif u didnt knw this b4 one of the coolest ways to waste time on net is to use stumble upon - its a firefox extension nd it gives u pages of ur liking (

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i dunno y bt i suddenly gt reminded of the nursery rhyme - chubby cheeks...m sure all of us must hav heard it..i tried to image wat i wud b if i lukd like the one being described in the rhyme..the rhyme goes smthing like this -Chubby cheeks [OK]Dimple chin [OK]Rosy lips [OK]Teeth within [OK]Curly hair [OK]Very fair [OK]Eyes are blue [OK]Lovely too [FAILED]Teacher's pet

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is it really home sweet home..it sort of is..nd sort of isnt..it isnt coz i dnt hav a gud pc here..ppl think tht since i am sitting in front of pc all the time whn i'm @ IIIT its a welcom break nt to use one..bt u knw..hav kinda grown attachd to my pc..so it sux @ home without a pc tht can work..yeah i do hav a pc @ home..bt its jst a box..running winxp on a p3@700mhz with 64mb ram pc isnt a joke

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i always thot writing a paper wud be a piece of cake..until i gt to write one!!its a really hectic job..lucky tht i hav ranjith doing most of the work :)neways..it tuk me arnd 8 hrs to write 2 paras on my own work..the thing i hav been working on for over a year now!! i cant blieve tht..its nt tht i dint hav stuf to write..its more tht i dint knw hw to express tht stuff in english rather than

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wel i dint feel like working much today..so i dint do much 3D modelling..i saw a movie after a long time..crash..at pvr (first time)..the theatre was really gud..neways i just added a couple of more things to my room - a carrom board and another kind of chair..i really liked the way i made the cushion on this chair..it looks really gud and fluffy :)screens -

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this post is mainly in memory of my best frnd here @ IIIT leaving..i was the first one he met here..nd thn started our frndship..nd its lasted for all four yrs..m feeling really sad at this moment..had i been alone m sure i wud hav cried..i dnt want us to go our own ways..bt thts life i gues..he was a great frnd..nvr said no to anything..movie yes..outing yes..canteen yes..it was at his room tht

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ever since i studied grafix in second yr. and i saw shiben making all those awesome stuff using opengl i've also wanted to make smthing gud..bt i was too lazy to code everything using opengl library..nw tht i've started using ac3d m realizing all those *dreams* :)i made a room..tuk a gud two days..i added a computer, table, chair, bed and cupboard to the room..cant thing of nething more to add (

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this time i decided to make an aircraft..i cudnt find ne gud textures for the aircraft..so i decided to make a non-textured one..it isnt as gud as a textured aircraft model would be..bt m pretty happy with wat i made..it tuk me the whole of the early hours of today to do it..here r sm renders of the model -

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after goin thru booty's blog i decided to try and use ac3d and povray coz for a long time i hav wanted to create 3D models..it tuk me a whole nite to get a feel of 3D modelling and the whole of today's afternoon and evening to actually create something..here is my first creation -i wasnt very happy with it..thn i learnt sm texture mapping..tuk me a gud 2hrs to get the hang of it..and finally i

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i spent the start of the day waiting for my final viva to get over..nd after it was done i spent the rest of the time filling the yearbook..it stil hasnt hit me tht my btech life is almost over..its coming to an end..m i happy coz i hav a great company to luk forward to work at?? m i sad tht i m no longer a youngster nd hav to grow up nd start taking responsibilities? m i sad tht i wnt b with my

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the entire noogler gang - these r the guys i stayd up til arnd 2 playing dumbc nd jst chatting..i tuk the liberty of naming thm..hp i gt the spellings correct..

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since the series of posts on my google interview is getting monotonous m gonna post on smthin else..bt connected to google though..the last two days hav been so much fun..it was just the break i needed!! i lived like a king..without spending a single rupee!!google hyd. organized a party for all the Nooglers (new+googler)..so it was twently two of us and a truck load of fun..on 23rd we were calld

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today i went to chilkur balaji temple..to fulfill my side of the deal with God..he gav me a job at google..and in return i did 108 rounds..so round nd round i went..it wasnt very tiring..though i thot it wud be..neways..here's a lil souvenier i brought back :)

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yeah..thts rite..i am back!!as i sit here organizing the third intra IIIT prog. contest, m feeling really very bored and hav no idea wat to do..so i decided to pay a visit to cmdrbuzz and other blogs which i havnt visited for a loooooooong time..nd thn i felt like doin sm bloggin on my own..so here i am..it tuk me forever to get my login name..i totally forgot bout it..nd i was trying every login

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Edit: this post is no longer valid..if u r really jobless then chk out the comments ;))i had to delete my orginal blog...nd this stupid site wasnt removing it..so had to create a temp one...

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