MESSS!!!

What a whirlwind of a week this has been !! Life was never such a roller coaster . It all started with my friend, lets call her Su , asking me to take her camera's memory card and get her pictures. At the time she handed me the memory card she had no idea that she'd be seeing it for the last time for I have no idea how long( I'll be coming to that). I promised her nothing would go wrong and her memories ( this is what she calls her MMC or SD card or Micro SD  card or XD card whatever in the world  that was.) were in the safest hands ( seems really ironic now)

When I reached home very enthusiastically in the hope of  seeing our latest fresher's pictures I inserted the the MMC or SD card or Micro SD card or XD card ( even google does'nt know what that was :-( ) into my memory card reader and BINGO! the trouble started . My "wonderful" laptop was neither reading the data and nor ejecting the card . After fifteen minutes of frantic solitary efforts  I went to "dear " brother's room , who  very "politely " asked me the get out of his room , without listeneing to a word.

Somehow I managed to relate my tale woes to him , and he gave the I-wish-you-could-use-your-rusting-brains look . He asked me to get the laptop and explain him  what all I did and the kind of memory card it was. Twelve  hours back I had no idea that memory card could be various types I just knew about the SD cards( I know its a shame ) But now I can tell about every single memory card ( except the one Su gave me)available in the market and also differntiate among all . So I under the able guidance of bro started the mission "Reteiving the memory card" , he was instructing and cursing me for acting ' smart '  I hate it when he acts all big brotherly , dude you gotta realise I'm the older one ( this one calls for a different post altogether)

I unsuccessfully tried everything I could. Mom suggested I take it to the HP guys and get the laptop opened up  to  get the memory card ,inspite of all the risk involved  I was completely up for that idea and the next day when I went the HP guys they said they were not sure if they'd be able to configure the laptop in the same way . So therefore this idea was dropped , now I had look for a plan B . I was really apprehensive about telling all this to Su ,  she had every right to punch me in the face , I had acted really irresponsibly , but fortunately she was quite sporty about the whole thing . I was elated , she had no problem with her memories stuck in my laptop until they were intact and I return the memory card whenever the laptop had some hardware problem. The ocean of problems did not end here.

Before telling Su I had bought her a memory card (this one is a micro SD card complete with an adapter which can be used to make it SD card) similar to the one used in my camera , both are Nikkon coolpix ,so I guessed they'd be the same but apparently I was wrong yet again.Su was more than happy to get the new one until we realised the Micro SD card with the adapter was twice the size of the slot in her camera .

" No problem " I said . I can  get the Micro SD card excahnged easily and now that I have seen the size of the slot I'd be able get the right one I assured Su . She was fine with it.

Now this the conversation I had with the shopkeeper when I went to excahnge it :

Me : "I took this SD card yesterday can you please change it ."

Shopkeeper(sk) : Ya , which one do you want .

me : The one smaller than this one .

sk: We have various smaller one , which one do you want?

me: the one used in Nikkon coolpix L14 ( sure of the thing he'd be knowing which memory card is used in that model)

sk : What do you think I'll be knowing the kind of memory card used in evey camera ( imagine this in panjabi)  Give  me the camera  I'll give you the memory card .

me: I dont have it right now , you just show me the all the memory cards and I'll be able to diffrentitate .

sk: Ok , there you go.

And then he gave me the Mini SD , SD , XD , MMC , pro SD   all looking exactly the same and all  for the use in camera , I had no idea which would be compatible with Su's camera so I again asked him:

me : Can you please tell me which will be used for the Nikkon L14

sk: I don't know what model you are talking about I have not heard of it.

me:  hmmmm, so can you please refund the money , I'll return the Micro SD and come back again with the camera tommorrow and you give me the apt one.( Thinking of going to another shopkeeper and getting the card )

sk: NO!!!!! YOU CAN NOT RETURN.

me: But yesterday you said I could do that.

sk: It must not have been me , I'll excahnge it ( obvsly he'd do that because all the other cards costed thrice the Micro SD)

me: Ok then give me the SD for the same price ( I had no money)

sk: Do I look crazy enough to do that? ( again imagine the panjabi version )Go get it from somewhere else .

Not wanting to get into further arguement ( I can't stand arguements especailly such pointless ones ) I told him I 'd be back tommorrow with the camera and he'd better exchange it ( I was quite polite) . He agreed and  hopefully I'll get the memory card similar to the one in my laptop.

Thanks to Su for not killing me for being so irresponsible . Until my laptop stops working her memory card (  SD , Micro SD , XD , SD pro whatever it was )peacefully  rests in it without any further disturbance For now  I have been banned from using the laptop for a month by my baby brother , told ya , hate it when he acts like the BB  (Big Brother) . Hope he cuts down the punishment cause using the desktop is a real pain.

The City Beautiful - Beauty Redifned!!

You may called it boring , bland sleepy or whatever I don't care . Chandigarh is the most beautiful and picturesque city.SHAAN HI VAKHRI CHANDIGARH DI.  I don't need to say anything the pictures explain it all:



After a rainfall!!





At 4 am , yeah right it does seem a like lil sleepy town here .



This is not exactly chandigarh , its the outskirts where my college is. The exact view from the physics lab and our teacher expects us to do the wierd Michelson's experiment in

THE DARK ROOM

This is the road right in front of my house , all rain washed and nice.



The corner of my street.




At night ,  chandigarh caught in its slumber yet again





Chandigarh de nazaarean ne patteya



Sunset at Sukhna





Thats sukhna lake ( 2 years back) before the nasty fire brought the light house down



Give this one a  caption and you'll get the best commentator award on teenage babbling!!

Disclaimer: Most of the pictures here are not clicked by the author.Few of them are taken(ok robbed ) without the consent of the photographer from facebook and rest of them are the hardwork of my dear brother who painstakingly wakes up at 4 am to go for his chemistry classes and ends up enhancing his photographic skills ( he fancies himself as pro photographer ).And ( I consider it the best one) the last one is my piece of artwork , thanks to  the duck , that had the perfect timing.

CWG- The pride of India. We are going strong

This post comes on a day going deep into our history books - 3rd October 2010 , the day commonwealth  games kickstarted in our very own Bharat. The opening ceremony can be described in one word - exquisite. My heart swelled up with pride when exactly at 8:45 pm the Indian contignent led by Abhinav Bhindra entered the stadium. The frenzy it instilled in the crowd is beyond description.

It was in every manner an Indian welcome for the guests and visitors who could not but break into thunderous applause.

A week back we had a debate in the college : Should India be allowed to host the games or not?? At that time I had a conflict with my friend , she doubted India's ability to be even a part of the games let alone host them. I supported India through and through , everyone ridiculed me. I hope everyone has changed their opinion now . India cannot only pull of the games successfully but also grab many medals , I can say this seeing the 620 people marching their way down in the stadium for the country. India is certainly going strong.Cheers to the country.

Whenever I hear the A.R Rahman song I get goosebumps , it really is mesmerising and here goes the lyrics of the masterpiece by the Mozart of South India:


Oh yaaro, yeh India bulaa liya

Diwaano yeh India bulaa liya (bulaa liya)
Yeh toh khel hai
Bada mel hai
Mila diya (mila diya)
Yeh toh khel hai
Bada mel hai
Mila diya (mila diya)

Oh rukna rukna rukna rukna rukna nahi
Haarna haarna haarna haarna haarna nahi
Junoon se kanoon se maidaan maar lo

Let’s go, let’s go
Play o jiyo heyo let’s go
Play o jiyo heyo let’s go

Oh yaaro, yeh India bulaa liya
Diwaano yeh India bulaa liya, bulaa liya
Parvat sa uncha hoon dhun toh yeh
Duniya salaami de
Sardil iraade na ho jaayein kahin
Dil toh bas suraj dale

Jiyo utho badho jeeto
Tera mera jahaan let’s go
Kaisi saji hai saji hai dekho maati apni
Bani rashke jahaan yaara ho
Kai rang hai boli hai kai desh hai magan
Yahin jag hai samaaya saara ho

Oo oo
Laagi re ab laagi re lagan, oo oo
Jaagi re mann jeet ki agan, oo oo
Uthi re ab iraadon mein tapan, oo oo
Chali re dholi chali ban than
... ?
Let the games take over me
We like the time ..
.. the will to win to thrill to drill
Play o jiyo heyo let’s go

Kadamon mein ik bhanwar ka hai din
Jashn ka aaj din hai
Seeno mein toofan ka hai din
Baazu aasman yeh din hai

Yeh din hai
Yeh raat din hai
Tu zor laga chal aankh mila
Dhal na aaye din yeh

Jiyo utho badho jeeto
Play o jiyo heyo let’s go
Jiyo utho badho jeeto
Tera mera jahan hai yeh!!