U Can Change Habits but not ATTITUDE

hello guys

I write this entry not to mock anybody but somewhat amuse my ownself .

As a honorable Science Graduate i always looked up to the attitude of never believing anything without a reason or without seeing the un-explainable with my own eyes.And so superstitions or "shubh/ashubh" never mattered to me much,though i am a firm believer in destiny and luck paying some kind of role in our life.

Ok now to the incident that inspired me to write this entry --Day before yesterday we were making chicken for dinner when one of us decided to make paneer for our vegetarain roomates because he always ends up with bad food when we prepare chicken for ourselves ."Cottage cheese mein woh baat nahin hai " came a comment from one of us so the most ardant cook from us decide to make paneer by over-boiling milk .And so the process began ,as expected it was taking a long time to do so which deviated our attentions from paneer to chicken (evrybody likes better thngs :D).The consequence milk got over-over-boiled and spill out of the vessel and then came the disaster.

Both my roomates were in awe and destitute as if sky had fallen on dem ,and so after a minute i also got into awe that why are these two behaving so .We spill thngs in the kitchen all the time ,its probably the dirtiest place in our house .It still didnt struck me until one of the guys said some words and his words were "aaj din hi manhus hai (today is a bad day ) ",i thought what the heck ?? and then he said "doodh girna bahut ashubh hota hai(spilling milk is inauspicious)" and i sank back into my awe feeling this time ironically of course .And then to add injury to insult the other guy goes " abbey shubh hota hai " .

I mean we have travelled 7000 miles from our homes to study Masters Of Science in respective fields and then we talk and believe such omens .really ??

I think the subject line is apt to quote here ..right guys ?

Shantanu

Mathematical Basis of Computing

A few days back i was reading a book on the logic and i read a statement which had the meaning that every truth or false is restricted to the semantics in which it is being discussed about .The below quote is a perfect example of that statement

Michael McClary

"Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'."

No wonders Maths is like the core of everything .One of these days i am gonna start studying maths much more than what i do usually.
Can I ?? I can if Mr. Fawcett gives me extension on his projects ;) ..

Shantanu

Some Materialistic Things I miss about Delhi

Hi

Almost everbody wanted to know that was i missing india when i moved to syracuse ,intially to be honest i was so obsessed with america that i thought i was here for good but now i think i have done enough time here to start missing some things about Delhi

1.Chicken Tikka-- I dont think anything can match the chicken tikka of delhi ,it simply is awesome ,i have already wasted 50$ in america to get something close to it but in vain .

2.Delhi ke thulle --cops in america treat u so damn well (of course if u rnt a big time criminal)that u almost feel like they are ur caretakers instead .

3.College--Theres nothing like a lot of friends around you ,Grad school is like a lot of competitors around you.

4.Traffic and crowd --Syracuse is so empty that u have to search for people on roads and with winter on the doorsteps things are about to get worse in this department.

5.My Bike--Come to america and make walking as your hobby unless u r rich enough to own a car .although cars are dirt cheap here as compared to india but we desis dont even have money fr dirt cheap things :) (the truth is we desis do have money but dont wanna spend it (i dunno y)).

6.Movie Halls--Although my city has multiple multiplexes the biggest having 28 screens i havent seen a single movie in a movie hall since i have come here .And back in delhi me and nishtha used to watch a movie almost every week .I miss those 2-3 hours badly ..



I am sure this list will grow bigger once i have lived here for an year or so ..Lets see ..

Shantanu

"Cooking" not that hard after all

Hello ppl

The first time i seriosuly i thought about moving to america to pursue my masters the idea of living without my mum came to my mind .Everything was going fine until it struck me that i need to eat ,OMG who is going to cook my food ,to hire a cook in america would be like buying a new flat in India hence a possibility ruled out .Then came the idea of eating ready to eat food but that too succumbed in front of the more important budget issues .So i was left with but one choice "to cook on my own " and i thought what a day that would be in my life when i cook a whole meal for my own self .Coffee and omlette is all i knew to cook till the day i boarded my Lufthansa flight to frankfurt and with no hope i was relying that my roomates never ask me to cook but it was not to be so .

The intial days of my stay were in the house of my noble seniors namely Sridhar,Nihir,Pritesh and Sudheer.So for the first 18 days i never was asked to cook ,thanx to their courtsies but soon things were about to change.I moved into my own appt and to quench the thirsts of our stomachs as well as save some dollars like every other desi we started cooking our own food.Again the intial days were extremely easy as all 4 of us used to cook together and my tasks were restricted to cutting onions ,cleaning tables etc .But then came the horrendous decision of making dinners individually,screached i was to the core of my stomach and heart.

The D-day came and it was my turn to cook the dinner for everybody in the appt of course under the supervision of an instructor ,one of my roomates .I decided to do it the safest way and cook Rajma rice,after all even very lamely cooked rajma seems gud to we north indians.Very nuch in accordance with my fears i did mess up with the cooking by totally forgetting to add tomato puree till the very end but then certain counter measures helped me turn that rajma into a palatable dish.All in all if not an A- i did fare with a B+ in my cooking exam .


And now after 3 months since i arrived into the land of dreams and the city of snow i can even cook semi-delicious chicken curry and mutton rogan josh .A pat on the back to me HUH

Cook Shantanu

"Cooking" not that hard after all

Hello ppl

The first time i seriosuly i thought about moving to america to pursue my masters the idea of living without my mum came to my mind .Everything was going fine until it struck me that i need to eat ,OMG who is going to cook my food ,to hire a cook in america would be like buying a new flat in India hence a possibility ruled out .Then came the idea of eating ready to eat food but that too succumbed in front of the more important budget issues .So i was left with but one choice "to cook on my own " and i thought what a day that would be in my life when i cook a whole meal for my own self .Coffee and omlette is all i knew to cook till the day i boarded my Lufthansa flight to frankfurt and with no hope i was relying that my roomates never ask me to cook but it was not to be so .

The intial days of my stay were in the house of my noble seniors namely Sridhar,Nihir,Pritesh and Sudheer.So for the first 18 days i never was asked to cook ,thanx to their courtsies but soon things were about to change.I moved into my own appt and to quench the thirsts of our stomachs as well as save some dollars like every other desi we started cooking our own food.Again the intial days were extremely easy as all 4 of us used to cook together and my tasks were restricted to cutting onions ,cleaning tables etc .But then came the horrendous decision of making dinners individually,screached i was to the core of my stomach and heart.

The D-day came and it was my turn to cook the dinner for everybody in the appt of course under the supervision of an instructor ,one of my roomates .I decided to do it the safest way and cook Rajma rice,after all even very lamely cooked rajma seems gud to we north indians.Very nuch in accordance with my fears i did mess up with the cooking by totally forgetting to add tomato puree till the very end but then certain counter measures helped me turn that rajma into a palatable dish.All in all if not an A- i did fare with a B+ in my cooking exam .


And now after 3 months since i arrived into the land of dreams and the city of snow i can even cook semi-delicious chicken curry and mutton rogan josh .A pat on the back to me HUH

Cook Shantanu

Mario - Live

Golden Goose - A yearly talent show held at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. This video is a "live" performance of the first level from Super Mario Brothers. A must watch for all those who ever played video games.

Update : My New Toys

Ok ppl here s the new addition to my inventory ..
> Logitech® Z-5300e Performance surround-sound.
Feel the power of 280-watt, THX-certified quality audio while gaming or watching movies.


Mind you these are THX ..They simply rock my appt ..



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