Congratulations!

To Chandru and Bharath ..
Wishing you both a great life together full of Joy, Prosperity, Happiness and Fun :)
All the very best !!


PS: junta who could attend the wedding .. post snaps please!

Some more of us "together" snaps ..

Times Square. We even met up with Appu
(who I think took the snap).. and sometime later on with Joy!
(continue below .. not able to take off this empty space .. anybody is welcom to try to set this right ..)

Grand Lake near Boulder	back at New York, Central park
Statue of Liberty Park, NY (look at Nandita here :D)	Rocky Mountain National park Can see some MSRIT boys .. Anand(Mech) and Gururaj (Tronics)

Beavy of Beauties ... NY subway

Nandita's interview and RP's baby!

well .. before u all go around asking Nandita's interview like "shayad meri shadi ka khayal..." types .. she was here in Boston for a job related interview ..
I know .. what else can we expect from Nandita? :-P
Guess we can hear from from Nandita herself .. but think she is a lil busy with her Thesis work ..
From what I understood .. some job with a medical facility which has backing from MIT and Harvard .. and she came out in flying colouyrs .. she has to make the final decision and she mite be moving here by June ..

Also got to meet RP and Pawan .. was nice to see them .. RP looked radiant and so very happy with her Baby .. Pawan is still coming to grips with the east coast cold ..
Was good to catch up with all .. Myself and Priya were the proverbial Hosts .. and managed to convince Nandita to stay back at our place on Fri nite ..
We did the usual .. chat and catch up on who's doing what .. till the wee hours of the night.
Promised RP that we will be vising her sooner than later .. they seemed to like their first visit to Boston downtown .. and for someone coming from Arlington .. am sure anything will impress :D ... so think Nandita may be making a move over here ..
which will be nice .. she's been a friend from before Jundk days .. :-D
not that I say that is a good thing ;)

Here I am finally, thanks to Sath & Vikas. Those 4 years of engg were fun times and I'm glad that we're all still together and can share our thoughts and relive our memories through this blog.
I read this poem today (as I've been thinking about it for a couple of days now). Very apt for all of jundk, so I thought I'll put it in here. Some of us are thinking about the good times we've had, the places we've been to, the people we've met and some of us are thinking about the future, wondering whatz in store for us. Some of us are just waiting to be home, wherever that is. This is for all of us.

I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen,
Of meadow-flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been;

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were,
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair.

I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see.

For still there are so many things
That I have never seen:
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green.

I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago,
And people who will see a world
That I shall never know.

But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door.

[Bilbo Baggins in LOTR]

Holi Hai !

Holi this year .. came and went .. and passed me by ..
without even a warning .. a second look .. and it was gone ..
Holi .. the time of the year when you just have a good time ..
there are other festivals that we like .. but Holi .. well u just dont care
about anything, let your hair down and let the kid in you come out to play ..
As I had said prev, we have come so far .. wonder how many of us in that pic got to play Holi again this year ?
Prashanth, Sud, Ga .. tell us all how it was .. and remind us how much of a Fun it still is !


PS: Look at Nan in pic 2 :-))

Ball-boy and the plant with 2 Leaves

Well, what do I say ? Why am I always made to sound like I am from the Ben Stiller school of comedy ? Neways, if it entertains ppl, then I am doin atleast that . I admit I am flattered !!

The Lester incident makes me myself go bonkers even to this day. Here it is , from the horse's mouth. I guess it was 3rd sem and we were preparing for one of our terror exams like EC-1 or something, and we've got just something like 20 mins before the exam. I am drowned in my book , doin the usual last minute thingy. At this point, Lester nudges me and says "Hey look maan, a plant with only 2 leaves". What am I supposed to do ? I hope Lester wasnt trying to lighten our moods with this joke.
I yelled out my customary "Balls to you" at Lester .
It has turned out to be a bit of a rishi-muni curse for the poor plant. Even as of 2005, the plant still has 2 leaves and Sath's snap is testimony to it !

Vibe

No one can beat Vibe

Continuing with posts on Vibe's adventures...

There is no doubt that he is by far the most discussed dude in this group...and NO ONE CAN BEAT VIBE!

This is because of two reasons:
The girls consider him as the 'sweetest' guy of the gang, while the guys are waiting to pounce and pull his leg big time as he is the undisputed 'Bakra'.
The other reason for such wide spread discussion is due to fact that he gets into 'trouble' in the most unlikely of places and the most funniest of situations. Some of his comments are perhaps some of the best one liners available. (Of course the BALLS jokes are a part of common lore in today's world, thanks to Vibe)

Here is a snap from what is now become famous as the 'tree with two leaves' incident...it was one of those Funny Situations involving Vibe and Lester(MSR Telecom 2002). I shall leave it to Vibe to provide further explanation on this...



What is also really famous and a topic for discussion is his SLEEP and his LOST looks...I am sure since he has started with his MS...he has LOST his SLEEP and still remains LOST !!!

Balls to.....

Who else??? :-))
Can see Vibe as one of the contributors to the blog? He doen't even update his own blog! Wonder if he'll add something here! :-)
Me and Sath met him the other day and were telling him how he is the most talked about person in the group - he doesn't believe it. People, confirm this! Whenever 3 or more JundK-ites meet up, the eternal question is "Where's Vibe? What's he doing??" Isn't it?
So here is a compilation of our Dear Vibe one-liners:
Balls I'll donate
Balls I'll spiral-bind
Balls I'll drop
Balls I'll pay
Balls I'll read
Balls I'll buy
Balls I'll hit
Kya Baaaaaa......llls!!!!

Can't remember any other gems - or should I say, balls!! Anyone else remembers??
And Sath's favoritecustomised conference IM: Sathwick shouts "Balls to Vybhav" :)))))))
Can't stop ROTFL-ing everytime I see that!
Will this make the Ball-man write something? :-D

Am sititng here in office at 4 in the morn with nothing better to do than wait for daybreak so that I can ride back home! Good night! :-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

More...

Guess when and where...???

Class of 2002

Found this 'vintage' snap of our telecom class from college ...
Does bring back nostalgic memories :-)



what catchyes your eye when you see it ?? :-)

Spring Break .. get-together?

there was some thought that we could have a spring break get together?
Anyone still on for the same?
Guess with some of us working, we wont be having the "spring break" as such .. but guess we can spare the weekend?
lets brainstorm ..
think one of the ideas was to go somewhere where we dont know anyone .. and kinda rough it up ?
Vegas was one of the options .. and so was Chicago ??
I would hav invited you guys to Boston, but the winters clammy fingers are still holding on here .. not much fun .. unless we want to go skiing and surfing up in the NH mountains ..
how abt Florida ? :-D

Am just back from Snowboarding! After all these days...i finally went up the mountain and started taking lessons...and decided to take up Snowboarding instead of Skiing...seems like Snowboarding is the IN thing!! Is very tiring and tough...but is lots of FUN...reco to do it to all if given a chance...! :-)

So things am doing since in Canada...
1. Learning Ice Skating
2. Learnt to eat with Chopsticks
3. Playing badminton every week
4. Learning Snowboarding
5. Reading FAT novels like LOTR, etc
6. Playing AOE3 and HalfLife2...thanks to who else...but JUNDK..thanks a LOT!
7. I think my skills with the tissue paper has improved since being here...na...kidding...think was always good!!

So all in all staying alone is FUN as long u have stuff to DO...and it rarely gets boring!!

~Sath

The Cup Runneth Over

hmm .. been hearing so many negative reports of Namma Bengalooru :-(
especially traffic .. guess ppl are not complaining about power and water that much now .. but the pet peeve of the Junta seems to be the traffic .. but what can be done ??
Do you think its better that the boom subsides and Bangalore comes back to normal ?? It will be like a cup overflowing and then finding its equilibrium ...
would it be selfish to think this .. that we reap the benefits of the IT boom and not wish the same for the junta now?
But this would affect so many investments .. especially real estates one .. and rem I am one among them.. but get a feel that some losses will have to be incurred to bring back Bangalore to a plane of normalcy ..
It will never go back to the Pensioners paradise that it was .. but then again, hopefully it is not too late to turn this city into a place where we can live peacefully?
Whichever govt comes into power will have to ensure that the road projcts are finished .. even if it means not staryng new ones is OK to a certain extent ...
Think aout this .. the stretch of raod from Mekri Circile to all the way MG Road has just one broad stretch .. from the Cauvery theatre on till the Windsor Manor bridge .. thats it, and it is the main artery for ofice as well as school going population ..
what can be done ?

How far we have come

College life seems so far away, a time in the past, of an experience that we all cherish, and miss ..
At the same time, we are amazed when we are reminded that the College Life that we think we just left behind, was quite some time back and now, each of us striding out in a different direction, trying hard to keep in touch .. with the kind of life we knew and loved.
There were, well .. are 16 members of the Original Jundk group .. from our college .. MSRIT.
IT, Telecom, Med El .. the branches ... but we all had something in common which led us to each other and form a close circle of friends ... It was great fun in college .. and we were famous too :-) and were branded the "Jing-Bang" .. and later on Jundk .. that Story some other day :-D
Most of our 4 years in Eng was spent wth various activities and times spent with each other .. there were troubled times in between. but they were few and far in between nd easily taken care of ..
College ended and all of us were at cross roads .. not knowing where it would take us and if we would be able to keep the friendship going ..
Many went to the US for further studies .. many of us got jobs in Bangalore.. and suddenly we were struggling to find time for the gang .. But I think to our credit .. we still met up and spent time together .. guess the fact that initially most of us in Blore were employed in Caritor helped ..
It was dif to believe that we would actually end up the DCH way .. each getting involved in our own world.. guess we knew and didnt want to accept it.
All of a sudden, I look back and am amazed at how far we have come ..
I guess the wake up call was RPO's annoucement .. :-D .. and we all were made aware that we have indeed crossed a milestone perhaps ?
We have had people getting married, people getting married to aother's from our group itself :-), Long distance relationships (ie US jundk members and the rest of us :-D ), announcement of an Engagement .. and we were still behaving like things were the same .. but when RP announced she was having Baby .. I guess it woke us up .. to the fact that we should be proud of the fact that we are still the same group we were years ago . even with the changing times and changing lives .. we have managed to keep in touch the way we have been ..
guess if we continue this way at the least .. we will have something really special .. each of us will be bringing new members into the Jundk group .. and am sure each will be welocmed to become a part of this .. to let Jundk grow.

PS:Congratulations to Chandru for her Engagement. Wishing her and Bharath all the very best !
A pic from the time they visited me in Boston .. think Prashanth was asking for a photo :-D