Last Laugh

Been lazy to post, but this is too big to ignore.

The Day the Usual Suspects("The Coolest Ones" a remark from the quiz master) have made it count, we finished as runners-up. We've made our mark.
(at an event worth a mention in quizzing circles across India)

Though the podium finish was eluding us, we've been consistent in finishing in top six in recent times. May be the knock-out punch was lacking or may be we are yet to discover the synergy(1+1=3).

Exactly one year back we came together and we were amateur and the synergy i was talkin about was missing. One year hence what we could manage follows.....

24th day of Oct 2006
Event - 'Ranbhoomi'- Business Quiz @ IPE Osmania Univ.
Conducted By Deepak an Alumni of IPE.

Me n Uday, we managed to make it to the last six after a prelims, a tough round compared to standard B-Quiz prelims. May be we were built for this, when the goin gets tough the tough get goin. Our score 7 on 25 took us to the podium for the final round. What an intriguing 6 rounds of final it was. We were consistent in all the six rounds of finals. No regrets we finished runners-up. We gave a tough fight to the winning team. In the process we did make some moolah :D.

Soul Satisfaction....he laughs best who laughs last.

Gearing up for the quizzing season ahead. So much to conquer..

Mock PI

29th Aug
done with my practise interview ...uuffff not exactly, the real work starts now. All this while i was lazin around as if i have got an eon to prepare for the placement interviews, just got a wake up call , there's so much to read and so much to prepare.

Arise, awake, and stop not till your goal is reached! -Swami Vivekananda

i know no amount of readin will ever be sufficient to satify the interviewer , but then again its all relative , so buck up and keep pushin the limits and stay hungry.

It was a good simulation exercise, the person who took my practise intrvw is an amazingly cool chap, loads of experience in banking industry. he made me very comfortable even before the intrvw had started.

take away would be ......know thyself better and know where you want be and why u want be there ?
preparation becomes easy if the above puzzle is cracked.

:D

Happy !!

I'm happy ...jubilant Cant think of any solid reason but im euphoric, may be ive realised the fact that little things matter and make up life more than the few breath takin moments.
I'm very excited that Iron Maiden.... my all time fav rock band is comin up with a new studio album in a weeks time and i'm gonna lay my hands on it as it comes out.
There was a blood donation camp in my coll today, i did my part. I can feel new blood created in me as i pen this blog, i feel rejuvenated.
Had a delicious lunch today, break from the routine grub we get in the college canteen thanx to my frnd.
Rediscovered that my bike still gives a mileage of 50 Kmpl, damn uncouth steed my baby.
lately i started to enjoy the lunch hr more than my reg lectures, thanx to the gang.
Song Behind Blue Eyes by The Who is cool number. must listen.

i'm just happy!!

InQUIZitive

Update

We the Latitudes(thats what we call ourself, a marketing Gimmick ...take it offline :D) conducted a Biz quiz for the freshers @ ICFAI last weekend. we did toil for a week to give some meaning to the quiz, but the turn out was disapponting. bulk of the 850 of our juniors turned out to be dormant buds. The enthu n participation was a damper to say the least , the exuberance we and our senior batch showed last time around was clearly missing , for reasons unknown.
But the ppl who did make it to the show were jubilant i thought ....some consolation.
Kudos to our team ...Uday-the brain, Nishant- the quizmaster, Shipra , Mihir, Reema, Packy and Meeeee. success of any show is decided by the audience and ours was no exception, i really appreciate the presence of my batch mates and the lively environ they created by cheering n yelling. Buck up would be my message to my juniors. And lastly the infrastructure .....better left uncommented.

i think conducting a quiz is one of the better ways of preparing myself for events to come, so wont mind conducting a couple more , provided i have the company of some serious quizzers.

Life goes on !!!!

Its been a while i blogged. too many things hav happened in betw, I dont know where to start but sure i want to write something and got some time to do it.

I was wonderin how fast time passes on, reticent by nature, no wonder i had few acquaintances during the 1st yr of my MBA , but lately that figure rose sharply. I used to wonder if i would get to know atleast 100 of the entire 700(my batch strength) at the end of my course, no such doubts anymore, thanx to one college building and hoard of electives.
I remember now what our Dean said to me , "it wont be like ur 1st yr , life would be very different at B'hills, u'll get to know each of the 700 of your batch mates by the end of the final sem, take it from me" it was tough to digest then. That perception has changed since then, seems like its happening.
2 months into 3rd sem , got to know many new ppl ,got to know more about acquaintances and some acquaintances hav became good pals. And there are some frnds whom i hope i would understand one day :)

gosh this is networkin!!!! ,hav to see how far it aids me in my personal n professional life.

Live ur life, do what u wanna do, dont just exist !!!

Purple Haze

This phrase had a profound effect on me for two reasons...

1.Its the best song by Jimi Hendrix ...The Genius. what more do i say about the song, one of the those vintage rock numbers, check out the lyrics for urself.

Lyrics

2.Its a happening Pub in B'lore, one of my favs. a must for any rock aficionado.Was fond of it , am still ....

Cheers
RAM

SR

Dont u mistake it to be my initials. Its my all time fav movie ..Shawshank Redemption

i'm not into reviewing movies but for the benefit of ppl who missed this classic (actual reason being soul satisfaction of revwing my fav movie :D), i take up this task.

Quotes Andy Dufrane : Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things

Main Plot : A Prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder, spends many years in the shawshank prison.

Based on "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King. Ranks among the best filmed versions of any King stories to date.

let me keep the revw short & crisp. So that u enjoy the movie that little bit more :D.

It's simple to say The Shawshank Redemption is about hope, but it is also about faith and love. Enigmatic new inmate Andy (Robbins) and the regretful, older Red (Freeman) could hardly contrast more, yet they connect. That neither actor nabbed an Oscar in the year Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump shows stupid is as stupid does, indeed. Freeman, in particular, is exceptional.

Tim Robbins, as Andrew Dufresne, plays the wrongly convicted man with quiet dignity. Andy's ire is internal; he doesn't rant about his situation or the corruptness of the system that has imprisoned him. His unwillingness to surrender hope wins him the admiration of some and the contempt of others, and allows the audience to identify with him that much more strongly.

Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freeman), or "Red" as his friends call him, is the self-proclaimed "Sears and Roebuck" of the Shawshank Prison (for a price, he can get just about anything from the outside). His is the narrative voice and, for once, the disembodied words aid, rather than intrude upon, the story. Serving a life sentence for murder, Red is a mixture of cynicism and sincerity - a man with a good soul who has done a vile deed. His friendship with Andy is one of The Shawshank Redemption's highlights.

"Salvation lies within," advises Warden Norton at one point. It is the presentation of this theme that makes The Shawshank Redemption unique. Prison movies often focus on the violence and hopelessness of a life behind bars. While this film includes those elements, it makes them peripheral. The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and, because of that, watching it is both uplifting and cathartic.


Some of the notable Distinctions:

The Shawshank Redemption has repeatedly been voted as one of the greatest movies ever made. According to the Internet Movie Database Top 250 Movies of All Time, it is one of only two movies with at least a 9.0 average rating (the other being The Godfather). Rated over 180,000 times, it has the most votes of any of the 250 movies on the IMDb list, and had previously secured the #1 position for quite some time. This list is derived from the votes of IMDb registered users.

Top 250 Movies

In the 1994 Academy Awards the movie was nominated for seven awards (Best Picture, Best Actor–Morgan Freeman, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound) but failed to win a single one.


Cast :

Starring:

* Tim Robbins: Andy Dufresne
* Morgan Freeman: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
* Bob Gunton: Warden Samuel Norton
* William Sadler: Heywood
* Clancy Brown: Captain Byron Hadley
* Gil Bellows: Tommy Williams
* Mark Rolston: Bogs Diamond
* James Whitmore: Brooks Hatlen
* Jeffrey DeMunn: District Attorney (1946)

Credits:

* Director: Frank Darabont
* Producer: Niki Marvin
* Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
* Art Director: Peter Lansdown Smith
* Casting: Deborah Aquila
* Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
* Composer: Thomas Newman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Costume Designer: Elizabeth McBride
* Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
* Production Designer: Terence Marsh
* Set Decorator: Michael Seirton
* Story: Stephen King

I hope you hav a good time watching this classic