Diwali Surprise Bonanza

The Scenario :
Time : 12.15 pm
Venue : College . Classroom 132

It was a bright afternoon, and everything seemed to be bright. Most of them had left for home for Diwali and I was cursing myself why the heck did'nt I leave for home early. There was a WebIR class and 2 students were supposed to present the seminar. Usually Sir comes to the seminar after the seminar begins and PhD students evaluates it. Today, he turned up on dot and Guess what only four (out of over 25 students) were present at 12.15 am near the class and more over the speakers were not present. After enquiring about the thin attendance and absence of speakers on time, Sir became furious and who does'nt. In a class of strength of over 28, only 4 were present on time.Things which seemed to be bright and suddenly everything seemed to be RED (not dark...RED because DANGER). And More was to come. A surprise test was conducted at 4pm and that too programming. One guy did not inform the class that he is not presenting the seminar and He had his day. Even the TA's i.e PhD students went berserk and took us left and right with whatever words they could get. The royal Diwali Cracker (blasting -10000 wala) was got by other speaker who presented for one and half hour (seminar is for half an hour). Some of the students were cribbing saying that how can a surprise test be conducted with a short notice of 2 hours and saying that surprise test should be announced atleast a day before :-) .Some people were also eager to go and approach sir to postpone the test. When the system follows a Professor Centric Model, Professor has his final say. More over, instead of asking for post-ponement (which would'nt have happened), it is better to face the test. Anyways, the test was conducted and the bursting of diwali crackers continued till the end of the test. After the test was over, the programs were copied in a folder which was named as DIWALISURPRISETEST. It was a Grand Diwali Surprise Bonanza for us...And,I don't curse myself now for not going home early.

HAPPY DIWALI...

Your Thoughts on......

I happen to read a blog of my friend Jyostna.K , the title is Ultimate advice. I had read it long ago, but it made me to think a lot. You will get to know the complete title of this article when you read on..

What is it that it talks about, that made to think a lot for a long time? It talks about what do you want out of your life. What is your goal? And how do you define these. You might be thinking what big deal is there in this. You may think that, the goals will be to earn money, Bungalow, Position, Grades etc..You may keep worrying about these things all the time and may forget to live the life to the fullest.But, does these things really matter when you are on a DEATH BED? Yes, it talks about the thoughts when you are on Deathbed. Position, Money, Grades..etc will bring satisfaction to a certain extent. But, will that really matter on deathbed?.

Now, think about the thoughts that you would like to have on deathbed and work towards those thoughts. Though, I have no experience being on death bed, but, I have seen people who were on death bed. I am not a mind reader, but, I could make out what thoughts were (may) be going through their mind. Its my experience that, when you are on a death bed, you would like to have near and dear ones near you and give some advice. It doesn't matter what grades did you score, what scoldings you got, how much you earned etc..what matters is how much you lived your life and how much you gave to others.

On the way to deciding these thoughts, you may think that ..I'd like to experience everything in life. But, when you want to experience everything, take care that your near and dear ones does'nt get affected by this. You may think that you can do anything with your life, but at the same time remember that these people have sacrificed something for your life and its your responsibility to live up to their expectation. Else, you will regret this on your deathbed.

And, when you decide on your thoughts that you would like to experience on deathbed, It should comprise of your family, of yourself (personal), your professional life and Social life. Lets see what these mean.

Family : Think what would be your thoughts towards your family, your parents, your relatives, your spouse, your children etc .

Personal : Think what would be your thoughts for yourself, how much have you lived life for yourself.

Professional: Thoughts about professional life include, did you become what you want to be?

Social : What have you given to the people around you ? It may be charity, it may be some help to others (may not be monetary) in some form without expecting anything in return.

These form the important dimensions of thoughts on your deathbed. There could be others also. If you think about these, you will start realizing your goals and start working towards them.

So, what's "Your Thoughts On Death Bed"?