Day dreaming

An older post:

Day dreaming is a the opposite of dreams that come in the night and occur when one is wide wake. This is a misnomer infact as Day dreams represent thoughts especially those which haven't been accomplished. Some times we day dream to such an extent that we may even forget what is going around us. This does happen several times. For example say we are holding a conversation with someone, suddenly an idea might erupt in our mind and we will forget what the person said last. We may even ask him to repeat. What causes these thoughts to come into the mind?

Time Pass!

"Time pass" is an Indian English slang which is meant to state wasting time, without doing anything productive. Sitting in a class without listening to what the lecturer is teaching is time pass in class. Walking aimlessly is time pass. Eating chatpatti (snacks- which dont add any nutritional value) and doing nothing apart from eating is time pass!

The time is something which passes by whether we do something or not. But the word time pass is indeed an in depth introspection of time itself. Chalo kuch time pass karthein hein  - when someone says this it means Come Lets waste valuable time, without doing anything useful. 

So is time pass good for anything? The answer is a resounding NO!
Time pass is good for nothing.
Time pass is wasting time.
Time pass is wasting resources.
Time pass alone is definitely not a good idea. May be time pass can be used as an add on to something that is already resulting in productivity.

                                                                                      ..TBC

Old memories... The Chilka Adventure

The below was one of my earliest blog posts.. felt like reproducing it here.

"Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;

 As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, everywhere,And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,Nor any drop to drink."

                         --The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

The sea mouth shone brilliantly converging the lake and the mighty Bay of Bengal making it a splendid view to the eyes of the observers as the "ship" sailed towards it. We were spell bound looking at its vastness and awe forgetting our gruelling journey for a while hoping to get to the sea and take a dip into the blue water. But it were just a mirage, which was more than expected, the sea was so far that we had to climb a nearby hillock to get a glimpse of its waves creating phosphorescent froth.

This was on 23rd August 2008 when we all set to go for adventure to visit nearby places of the temple city Bubhaneswar. Creating a little breach to our hectic schedule we set off in a Qualis towards the mighty Chilka lake. Our plan was to first explore the great lake first which was also the dwelling place for dolphins. I had never seen dolphins in reality and my only expectation was to see them as closely as I could.

We enjoyed the trip with torrents of rain fall till the end of the city. We then stopped at a little hut-hotel at the outskirts of the city to have breakfast which was awful and created ripples of Chilka lake in our stomachs. We had to agin get down at a village nearby and had lemons to vanquish the discomfort.

It took nearly three hours before we finally reached the lake. There were two packages. One for three hour tour and one for half an hour. We preferred the three hour tour to make it more interesting and also of course to see more of the lake.

The motor boat was old with an engine that made sound similar to a tractor on field. It sped leaving the bank back and sped towards the first site. It was an island with a temple of Shiva. We visited the temple and were back in the boat. The boat started gain speeding it's way towards the sea mouth. Then I remembered about the dolphins.

The engine stopped after a while and the driver announced that dolphins were all around us. Where? I wondered and suddenly saw something jump in the water. "There is the Dolphin" I yelled only to realize that it was an over grown frog.

After a while a little froth appeared a few meters away when all of us screamed together! Yes it was a Dolphin but only a part of its (nose?) was (barely?) visible!

Video Games: A Childhood Journey

As a kid I first remember playing Paratroopers in the computer. It was magical.

This was in the year 1995, the era of floppy disks. As we saw the bullets being fired from the gun turret, we were excited as kids beyond imagination. Video games became an alternate world for us.

The next game that remind in our hearts was Jill of the Jungle.

Jill embarks on an adventure, eating apples to increase here health, finding hidden keys to open doors for magical worlds, destroying evil ants, honey bees, snakes, and many more to reach destination.
Those were the days when computers (at least that we knew of) were mostly DOS based. Game programming was a dream for us. We were excited when we pressed the rest button of the CPU, the screen glowed with the Energy star logo, the numbers rolled, and lo and behold DOS screen appeared.



Immediately without any further wastage of time, we used to invoke the DOS prompt and CD to the games directory , entering the game that we knew of...

                                                                                                                           ..TBC

Happy New Year 2017!

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous New Year 2017!

Interesting Documentary on Mathematics

Mathematics is everywhere around us and influences us in each and every aspect of our daily lives, but somehow , in these days , we have left behind basic mathematics. How I miss school math! Felt refreshed after watching the documentary.

Space Oddity

One of my favourite songs that is so refreshing. And an astronaut singing this makes it more special

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills
and put your helmet on

Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God's love be with you

[spoken]
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff

This is Ground Control
to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating
in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much
she knows

Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead,
there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating
round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.