Engine is warming up

Things are heating up!!! Classes are in full swing, assignments, part-time work and to top it all time to party. Its going to be one hell of a year. Hope I come out in A's in all of them.

Americanism

I had heard lot about the American culture from TV, newspaper and from my friend's. But after experiencing first hand, there are few things which i strongly agree,

It is one of the most open society; people from every part to the world come and live here. What unites all of them is the desire to suceed to achive what they believe in life.

However, its not true that i like every thing about US. But what the heck!!!!! When you feel something is good then we need to appreciate it. We need to learn to say a spade is a spade.

Quote

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

-Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)

Hope

The only predictable thing about life is it's unpredictability. When you start feeling cozy, suddenly the weather turns rough. I say, let me take you head on.

In this life you could lead if you only believe
And in order to achieve what you need
You can never give up
You can never give up

And this hope
That keep me holding on
On and on
And this hope
That makes me carry on
On and on

Courtesy: Shaggy
Song: Hope

Believe it or Not

Some frekin guys in Mexico had dug up a tunnel from the Mexican border into US. It was supposedly used for drug smuggling. The news report read, "The tunnel runs 2,400 feet through sandstone and compacted sand and is equipped with lighting, ventilation and groundwater drainage systems."

The first thing that comes to my mind is, Genius!!!!

One more place to hang out

Scientists have discovered a planet more like Earth than any other found before. This groundbreaking discovery of planet takes the nondescript name "OGLE-2005-BLG-390" after one such telescope, named OGLE, for Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment.

It's 20,000 light-years away, just shy of the center of the Milky Way. The planet is five times the mass of Earth, but it's still considered the smallest and coolest ever detected outside of the solar system, according to the scientists.

Scientists also predict it has a thin atmosphere, like Earth, with a rocky surface buried deep under frozen oceans. These characteristics would make it a larger version of Pluto, rather than the rocky inner solar planets like Earth and Venus.

Yesterday i watched an episode of the Friend's sitcom. My roomie has a DVD of all episodes of each season. I don't remember how many times i have watched this cult status sitcom, yet i enjoy every minute of it when i watch again. Hail the friendship !!!!

Finally.............

Navy Pier

I had been to Navy Pier in Chicago the previous weekend, its a nice place to go around. It's a large pier on Lake Michigan near Streeterville, close to Chicago's downtown. The pier is designed as a shipping and entertainment area.

Originally known as the Municipal Pier nr 2, it is one of two piers called for in Daniel Burnham's 1909 Chicago plan. The other pier was never built.

Chicago Skyline

Motto

Bangalore or Bengaluru????

I'm an hardcore bangalorean and kannadiga by heart. Yet, I'm still not convinced by the idea to rename Bangalore as Bengalooru. I don't understand the logic or the intension behind this decision. Can a name help to change the perception about the city? Will it do any good to the local inhabitants? or its just a publicity stunt? Time will tell.........

Mood

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know

Courtesy : Linkin Park

:-) :-( ???? !!!!!!

Its been quite a long time; almost an year, since I last updated my blog. The sudden decision to revisit my blog was triggered by the desire to express my volatile thoughts.

There are lot of things in this life that we overlook and repent later on. Stuck up with our daily chores, we tend to forget to cherish and value what we have; friends, family and just the beauty of life.

It has been a conscience decision to quit my work and take up further studies. When I look back I'm not sure if the decision was based on the desperation to get out of monotonous life style or the desire to achieve something valuable in life. But life is a one hell of a journey with no return ticket, so the best option will be to move on.

Twenty four days is a very short period in a person's life time, under normal circumstances, but this duration that I have spent in Chicago has been one to remember for lifetime. The mood has been oscillating from happiness to sadness, depression to excitement, hate to love and to what not....