Dedicated to my ...

...earnest dedication to the testing of my first chip. Unfortunately only the circuits people can fully appreciate the song...

Here I am am
this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and Mingoo
And tonight we make our results come true

It's a broken board - it's a new trouble
It's dead because of the temperature chamber
It's a new chip - it's a new test
I've been frying it
Here I am

Here we are - we've just begun
And after all this time - the conference has come
Ya here we are - still generating results
Right here in the testing lab where we belong

Chorus X1

Here I am - this is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am - it's just me and Mingoo
And tonight we make our results come true

Chorus X2

Here I am - making another mistake
And suddenly the paper is totally screwed
Here I am - where I'm gonna die
Now there's no way I am getting my degree
Here I am - this is me

Very Important : There is a parody by Bryan Adams on this song. Please don't listen to it. Or may be you should, to appreciate the order of magnitude with which this is better than that.

Its a shady morning

and my room is pitch dark. In front of me is lying the heavy, gigantic still figure of my room-mate. His snores are the only sign of any life harbouring him. But that is none of my concern. What I need is his right hand index finger. And I can do anything for it, except wake him. His body posture is perfect for me. His right hand extends away from his body with his hands wide open as if trying to get hold of something. I carefully go by his side and sit down on my knees and take deep breaths. How to do this ? I ask myself. What if he wakes up in the middle. No !!
Carefully I lean forward, and extend the open laptop towards his index finger and slide the lap top's finger-print key area under his index fingers. No, the pressure is not enough. I try it again. Nope this won't work. In a moment of desperation I look at his oblivious face and then grab his index finger and pass it over the key. "Aaahhhahhhah"....and I took a step back in horror. Vivek had the same look on his face as what Shilpa Shetty had when Shahrukh Khan pushed her from the roof in Baazigar. Or for that matter, if you have seen any of those Hollywood thrillers (scream..I know what you did last/ will do this summer/winter etc etc), you know the expression on the face of the main character when she discovers that her best friend is the killer...you know what I am talking about here ..rite !! For few seconds he is like ....what, why, how...no !! And now, embarrassed it dawns on me how stupid I have been. All my 007 movie inspired senses, which had some appetite for thrill had taken a backseat and I wanted to rush out of the room..of course with the password. As he regains senses, and I tell him what the matter was, he curses me and sweeps his much wanted index finger over the finger key. And I smoothly slip out of the room, as he snugs back into his blanket of snores. Mission failed even after its accomplishment...may be next time it won't.

An ultimate guide to cooking for dummies

Just for your information, before you journey through the rarest display of modern English literature (by modern I mean the beginning of 21st century, which was the time when my ties with English started to unstrung **) , I must tell you that this is not just an ordinary post made to kill my as well as your time; but its here for the greater good of all those losers out there living by their own who starve to emaciation just because they are too lazy to move their tushie or are always, as they crib, short of time. So the remedy too all their sorrows is POTATO...a BOILED one actually I must say. Yes my loser friend, if you always have boiled potatoes in your house you would never whine of hunger. Be it sandwich, mix veg, a raw mix with spice, a pizza topping (ahem..may be I went a bit too far to assert my point) or any damn dish..potatoes just add marvels to it. What you need is just a pressure cooker (which scared the hell out of my Taiwanese friend when he saw the steam-wonder-engine). I really feel sorry for my cooker deprived international friends who don't realize the utility of this boiling machine and cannot avail the ultimate idea presented here (may be some will change their mind once they read this). So whenever you have some free time, get a pressure cooker and boil some potatoes. And don't get tricked with the painful whistling of the cooker and turn-off the gas. Wait for at least fifteen whistles (even though you might have your room-mates, turned deaf - unintentionally of course - due to this noble deed of yours , ready to send out a contract killer for you), and wait for 5 min before uncovering the cooker. And there you are ... as simple as that. You better remove its skin while its hot, because that's the time when its easiest to do. So that's it !! That's the whole wisdom you needed. So go ahead, enjoy the boiled potatoes in whatever way you want and say thanks to me. Adios !!!

** To know about my desperate and optimistic but useless attempts to recapture my prowess on this art, wait for my future posts।

PS: As much dumb this post may seem to you, more useful this idea is...trust me !!