It’s been a long long time since I’ve published something on my blog but it doesn’t mean that I’ve not written anything.  I did write three posts after the trip to the temple but I didn’t want to post them because I saw no reason to do so. Anyways, a quick recap : We had been writing our semester exams last month and we attended quite a few placement training sessions and campus interviews.  After my failure at the Logitech interview in the technical round, a lot has changed inside of me.  I’ve been terribly sick after that and slowly recovering from it ever since.  As for now, everything for this year is over as we wait for the Christmas and the New year which made start to think about what I’ve done in this year. So, this is the 1st part of the 2011 Series in which I’ve discussed about the things I’ve lost in this year. This series of posts are very personal, so I recommend you to move out immediately unless you wish to know about me and myself alone. There’s no inspiration for you and no interesting stuff that you can enjoy from here.

It’s October 21st 2011, and once again I’m on my study Holidays for my semester exams which are going to start next November.  Having finished my ASP.NET course on wednesday, today I had woke up early to start heading out from home for the Temple Adventure I had planned with my friends.  Unfortunately, the North-East Monsoon was setting in this week and therefore it has been raining with hell-like thunders & lightnings over here.  Two days back, me and my neighbors’ routers had busted due to the electric surge caused by the thunder over midnight and hence I was forced to buy several modems for us.  Also I had to goto each and everyone’s home for setting it up for the Internet connection.

About 8AM in the morning today, I went to my neighbor’s home which was behind our house to finish the final setup for their Internet connection.  But I had informed my friend Subash that I would be giving him the Windows XP cd at Gandhipuram that day as he requested earlier.  I couldn’t reach him at the time I had told him because of all these busy work. Anyways, I managed to reach Gandhipuram by 9.30AM and gave him the CD which he was longing for a week or so.  Next, I got a call from my friend Lilly saying that we need to send all the 10th & 12th marks to our staff regarding our placement in our college.  Having known that I can send only 100 SMS per day (because of the insanely stupid TRAI), I added a topup of Rs.100 to my prepaid mobile account and started sending texts to almost everyone to send me their marks as soon as possible.  I was on the way to meet Arumugam in his home, which was planned as just a irrational visit but now it had made itself rational since we had some work to do at this home.  I got my bus at about 10AM and started moving to his place with my new bluetooth headset which made me look odd to many inside the bus.  After reaching his place, we roamed around his house a little to take a look at the various rich houses which were built in the area.  We then went to his house and turned on his computer and quickly started typing all the marks in the table by referring to my texts which had been rushing in from many of my classmates with their marks.  After finishing it, we sent the mail to our staff but the sending had failed with a message stating that the recipient’s email address does not exist. So I contacted Lilly again and got the correct email address but it was too late by that time since we had started from his home. She had asked some help to my friend Arumugam and so we were on our way to meet her.  On the way, I managed to send the mail using my Ike to our respected staff.  We were waiting and waiting in the bus stop since we couldn’t get any bus for about half an hour (Don’t know whose bad luck is that :P). We got the bus at about 12.11PM and finally met Lilly at about 12.35PM.  Having finished her work, we had a drink of Tender Coconut together after which she had headed back with her work.  Me and Arumugam went to a hotel to have our lunch as I was very hungry.  We ordered Chilli Parotta for both of us and I somehow managed to eat it. But Arumugam couldn’t eat it since he was not that hungry and so we had told the waiter to parcel it and give it back to us.  After the waiter did as we told, we paid the bill and we started back to his house to spend the rest of the afternoon.

After reaching his home, his house owner had some works for him regarding their CCTV camera setup, they’ve been working on for the past week.  I had joined them for their work and helped them without any dismay. I got a chance to ride a TVS Excel for about 2km and also I had a chance to spot a real life Nintendo Wii in their home.  I had playing with the fruits which had been growing around the house and also acted as test specimen for checking the view of the CCTV cameras. In the event of playing there, I took a plastic bag tie which was lying out and stupidly strapped it around my wrist like a wrist band. Since it is meant for a one way use, the tie became locked to my wrist very tightly blocking the blood flow to my hands.  I was searching Arumugam for about 8 minutes to cut that thing off of me when I finally met him near the staircase. He took a scissors to break it off and I was relived from it with a sigh look on my face.  My Ike was about to die as it had almost no battery so we headed back to the house and started to charge it with his dad’s charger using their inverter since they had a black out at that time.  After charging it for about half an hour, we headed back to the bus stop to start our adventure to the Temple at Marapaalam at about 4.34PM.

Adventure Time:

We joined Abdul Jaleel on our way to the temple and started the journey about 5.10PM. We marched off through the unvisited roads towards the mountain and had lots of fun on our way.  We had taken wrong routes, climbed the steps with fast paced heartbeats and unmatched thrill in our minds as we moved to the top.  There was almost no one on the mountain, we just managed to see just 1-2 roaming around in the base of the temple.  We saw majestic landscapes of coimbatore as the fog was settling down like a bedspread over my beautiful city, we spotted various tiny-looking trains from the top as they crawled through the rails slowly. We also saw many reptiles like the garden lizard (which were referred as the Dinosaurs’ brothers by Arumugam), took a deep look into the Army Camp where there were many shooting ranges, cadets circling the grounds, and many army trucks waiting parallel to each other in the depot.  We had fun ringing the giant bell, worshipped god, tried to talked to a muted swamy who had been guarding the temple.  We stayed there only for about 15 minutes and started moving down the hill.  After finishing the adventure, we had a refreshment break in a bakery where I had a cup of coffee and then we had started heading back to our homes.  Although our thrill and enjoyment cannot be exactly exhibited in the form of words, I managed to bring some of it in the video below. The video is in Tamil and for those who cannot understand the language I have several subtitles for them to follow. Take a look :

Well, thats the end of the adventure.  Now, I would like to address why my blog was shut down for the past week.  I believe that I might have hurt a certain minority of people by mentioning them incorrectly which maybe because of my inability to express my thoughts correctly. And I feel a lot which cannot be mentioned here and I really adhere from now on that I should not be very open as I used to be.  I made a big mistake by writing certain posts which were actually about my friends and not about me. So sticking to my motto of this blog, from now on, It’s All About Me! The blog is now open since there atleast 3-4 persons on this planet with an enthusiasm to read about me and I don’t care about the haters. As always,

Haters gonna hate!

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It’s October 6th, I woke up from my bed and was about to start getting ready for moving to NIIT in the morning.  At about 7.35AM, I received a text from my friend Ganesh asking whether me the news that Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple) had passed away.  This inconvenient message shocked me as I immediately turned on my Mac and opened Safari.  The Apple Startpage was redirecting to Apple.com which eventually had the message ‘Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)’ and also the Wikipedia stated that he had died due to the pancreatic cancer from which he was suffering for the past few years.  I still couldn’t digest this unbearable fact, I feel as if I’ve lost of one of my closest relations on Earth although Steve will not recognize me. 

Not Thirty Two, You Morons! Read Again.. That said, let’s move on.  It’s September 25th, I didn’t expect anything from this sunday but I should say that this day could be one of the normal good days that is worth mentioning. Starting up from the morning, I woke up at about 6AM and wanted to play some DiRT 3.  So, immediately after getting up from bed, I brushed my teeth and then started playing.  After finishing a couple of events on the game, I’ve started to get ready at 8AM for moving to NIIT.  I’ve had my breakfast at about 8.30AM and got the bus at about 8.50AM to my centre.  After reaching the streets of R.S Puram, I marched towards NIIT and reached the Lab at about 9.35AM.

Unusually, Today’s class was pretty much crazy.  We had a lots and lots of fun together starting from the morning till the end of the class in the evening. In the morning, I taught some of the ASP.NET chapters to my fellow mates Vishnu and Rohit. Me and Bagavath played with all our classmates and also our staff by the end.  We placed three pens, Bagavath asked the other person’s to select a pen from the set and I had to find the one which was selected by the person by fooling that we use brain signals for finding it. Serena and many others where so sure that we are cheating them and argued that Bagavath was giving me signals to find it. Later, Deboraal shared some of her stories regarding their ways of doing things in the church which were very interesting for me and Kirthika.  We were informed that the Microsoft Certification Exam vouchers were available in the centre and they said that today was the last day to get it by paying Rs.2000.  Unfortunately, none of us had the money with us today and therefore we all had to miss the chance of buying it. In the afternoon, me and Bagavath moved to the hotel for having lunch but I had taken only a Mango Milkshake so that I could eat properly in the upcoming treat in the evening. I also bought the Chip Tech Magazine on my way.  Then at about 5PM, we started moving out of the class towards our home.  Worth mentioning here is that this could be the best NIIT day I’ve ever experienced.

A quick word of caution for those who came here with a Google Search searching for science, this post has nothing to do with Robotics.  So for those of you who came here in search of a robotics event, I have to say that you’ve got the wrong cab. Head back and hitch another ride with another search.  And for all those who wish to know about me what I did in the past week, read on.  It’s September 24th and NASA says that its abandoned satellite named UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) which was launched on 1991 is now on its way back towards our Earth’s Crust by shattering into several pieces.  The satellite was launched in order to study about the atmosphere and it was meant to be operational for just 3 years but its instruments were still operated till June 2005.

Boring huh? Well, that’s what this post is all about!

It’s September 11th, 2011 and today I had to goto the Blue Mountains AKA Ooty for attending Nalini‘s Sister Wedding. My day started pretty early at about 4.00AM when all my alarms screamed together to wake me up as I didn’t want to be late for the wedding.  I was hoping that the day should be a good one and I was praying to myself continuously till I started from home. But things started to get worse from morning itself. My shirt was invaded by ants so I had to select another one randomly from my cupboard.  Later, I had no food in the morning since I stubbornly decided that my first meal of the day should be from the function.

So off I started from my home at about 5AM.  Feeling extremely sleepy, I was not able to open my eyes in the bus which eventually made me to give the wrong change to the conductor and get unwanted scoldings from him.  Later, I gave the correct change and started the day with hope that the remaining day will be better.  While looking through the window, I could see hundreds of people actively wandering around the streets in the dark dawn of the day, and I was wondering what they were up to.  Next, I was preparing myself how to behave at the wedding in spite of knowing that I will not able to follow it.  I was very much scared from the past week regarding this since this is the first time I am attending a marriage all by myself. I stopped liveblogging on this post at about 6AM since it was difficult to do with a Nokia device in my hands.

Well, Everyone knows that my name is Parithi, right? Also, it is ‘the’ most preferable name I wish to be called by anyone.  For those of who do not know about me, my full name is ElamParithi Arul, where Arul is the name of my dad.  And for those who are wondering about the meaning of my name, Parithi stands for the ‘Sun’ and Elam stands for the ‘Young’ according to the Tamil Language.  Together, they translate to the ‘Young Sun’ – which probably doesn’t give any proper meaning.  The correct translation could be the ‘Rising Sun’ which refers to the sun we see in the early morning. The appropriate alternative name in English could be ‘Dawn’ which gives the exact meaning. Oh Yes! I have other nick names too. It’s September 8, 2011 and let’s take a look at my other names or my AKA (Also Known As), created by my friends.  Also to keep in mind, the following names are only those which I like to be called. I exclude all the others which are created to discourage me or insult me. To start, Click ‘Read More’..

As you might be knowing, I’ve been running this blog for over an year and blogging is not something that is new to me.  I’ve been blogging from 2007, when I used to sit with my Old PC which couldn’t run more than a web browser, a few games and not to mention, Windows XP. Ever since I started blogging with a few free blogging services such as webnode, blogger, etc (some of them still exist today, click here to view it), my blogging skills have advanced into something that is present today.  My Blogs have been evolved from free blogs to self-hosted blogs and I guess its time to add in some more to it.

So, as a part of Parithi X in order to enhance my speaking skills and the ability to tackle a huge crowd, I’ve thought of trying something new and that is Vlogging (Video Blogging, for those who aren’t aware of it).  So basically, what people vlog is about their interests, their adventure, etc. My cousin used to vlog sometimes about his career and his adventure with his camcorder or his iPhone by separating them into many episodes.  Of course, I was not scared of blogging when I started doing it, but vlogging does give a totally odd scenario.  Maybe because I do not have any experience in giving voiceovers and taking videos of myself but I guess I’ll get the hang of it while I start vlog something. And Vlogging does require a bit more work than blogging, for example, I need to transfer the video computer, do editing on it, and give voice overs and add a few special effects. So I can’t vlog more frequently either.

It’s September 7, 2011 and its been a long while since I’ve posted on my blog. A lot of things have changed since my previous post which ultimately made to me to think that my Mission Level X had been successfully accomplished. Although it didn’t match with the 10 objectives that were mentioned in my actual Level X post, I still see a new ‘me’ within myself with all the new changes I’ve been doing to interact with the people. Basically, the reason for not updating the blog is because of the huge revamp I’ve given to my blog for which I had to work on for quite a long time and now it’s finally here for you to experience it. Parithi X (Parithi + Level X) is not something that I’ve dreamt of, like becoming a Rockstar, but it brings a complete change in me in the way how I interact with people, how I care about my allies and enemies, and how I think and behave with reference to my past memories.  I no longer think about my past and beautiful memories which I used hope of seeing them again, I will not be thinking of the discouraging moments made by several people to take me down and I will be looking forward to meet new failures rather than successes since failure does bring a lot of experience and also it doesn’t give room for over expectations.

Last August, we had Placement training in our college which was one of the most important events to make me realize who I am.  Although many say that I have a lot of knowledge regarding the technical side and also English, the Group Discussion (GD) event of the Placement training showed that I was a total ‘FAYUL’. Yet I did perform well in the other events such as the Technical HR and the aptitude tests.  I was crushed to pieces when I saw even my old bus mates and classmates performing exceptionally well but will be pretending to me as if they do not have knowledge in English and Technical Know-How.  I took it as a very serious issue to look upon and I am trying my best to overcome my fear when I face a significant amount of crowd.  Next, I was asked to take a small presentation on TQM, which is one of the management papers which I have in my current semester.  When our staff told me to present it, I was stunned and had to no other way to do it. So I made courageous attempt and presented the Toyota 5S System to the class. But still, my hands and legs were visibly shivering a lot in-spite of having no fear of the crowd in my mind.

Next, Girls. Fear? Nada. But still many girls think I’m scared of them on seeing me not willing to talk with them but they do not know that the real reason is that I do not wish to talk with them without any reason.  Also, you have to consider the girls I mention here are not actually my friends.  I do talk well with my friends who are girls such as Muhil Akka, Lilly, Kirthika, Deboraal Jackulin, Suganya and they seem to appreciate me very well with a good response.  This shows that I have completely lost fear of talking with girls but I really don’t know how I managed to get rid of it.

So, What is Level X now? and Why should I share it with you? The reason ‘why’ is because I want my fellow fans to know what I’ve changed within me and also with the hope that you might add it to your self policies to adopt  it. And the answer for ‘what’ is Level X is a set of some policies which I adopt to reduce failure and improve productiveness for a better future.  Here are a very few of them :

1. Do the things, You Love!

You might have a lot of interests that you might love doing, but you will be concentrating on other stuff that interests your friends. Even I used to do the same thing in the past, but now I wish to concentrate on my work first and others’ next. Being unique is one of my top priorities.

2. Be Selfish, But Be Generous!

Yeah, I know the sentence is made up of words contrary to each other but I guess you get my point.  Although mostly everyone follows this and also tells me to follow the same but for the first time I’m going to adopt it.  I used to help even the people who try to exploit for their own use and I even do it sometimes sacrificing myself by wasting my precious time of mine for other’s work.  Well from now on, I say ‘No!’ to those try to stop me from doing my work and asking me to help them instead.  Sorry exploiters, time to catch another horsey for you!

3. Take Risks, Not the stupid ones!

You might have heard that the ship is not meant to stay at the harbor where its safe.  It’s built to travel miles and miles over the seas and oceans fighting against the forces of natures such as storms.  Same way, I’m sure we won’t accomplish anything useful if we are not ready to take any risks. But at the same time, we should be careful not to try to take the stupid risks either!

4. Keep Friends Close, And Enemies Closer!

Yep, you’re right! It’s just another proverb.  I’ve been doing this right from my childhood but I will be keeping in mind not to worry my true friends so much in the event of hanging out with my enemies instead.  But this time, a slight change in that. I no longer worry about my friends who think that I’m moving on with another person who might be my enemy, because I realize that my true friends will know about me and my character. And I hope that they will not leave me alone if i ditch them completely and having a close relationship with my enemies.

5. Stop At Nothing!

I used to stop doing things when I face failure and cry in vain for them.  But isn’t true anymore! I’ve decided to keep trying and trying with a strong hope of accomplishing that task even though it seems impossible.  A great example for this could be the death of my Luna (My Transcend Flash Drive) for which I completely lost hope of making it work again.  But last week, I took a serious attempt of making it work. And the result, Luna is alive now!  I made an extensive research on how flash drives behave and how they get formatted, tried several tools and softwares, and finally came up with my own simple idea after two hours and implemented it on my Luna and brought back its life! So, what I mean to say is, Do not stop trying until you accomplish your goal – Nothing is Impossible! (Apart from the stupid ones).

Contributions:

Accomplishing Level X, is made possible only with the help of my friends and enemies, and injecting Linkin Park’s music into my bloodstream by hearing it for more than 4 weeks continuously every morning and night. Because of the change in bus timings, I got back my old friends who were my bus mates during my First Year notably Prabhu. And also another second year guy named Vishnu studying in another college allied to ours and together I meet new challenges everyday.   And now for some statistics, the Top 5 people who looked forward to see me as Parithi X were Kirthika, Lilly, Armugam, Deboraal, and Nalini. But Lilly contributed the most for encouraging me take more risks and challenges, whereas Kirthika and Arumugam did not want me to take unnecessary risks and get scolding from anyone.  Here’s a statistical chart which might give a more clear picture:

Although it might be discouraging Kirthika and Arumugam, who want me to be a good boy always. To those two I wish to say, ‘Sorry guys, There’s no use in being good! And also I can’t take any risks with enough courage if I behave like a good boy’. Now, I’m not Good, Not Bad but you can see me as a New Parithi X! And To Everyone, Let’s hope for a better future Together!

Yesterday, My Friend Arumugam came up with an algorithm for our System Software Lab Observation note.  The words made me wonder, Only If Life Could Be This Simpler.. The Algorithm is :

[quote]Start the Program,

Type the Program,

Note the Result,

Stop The Program.[/quote]