Friday, June 15, 2007

When I woke up........


After a long tiring day,I drove back home it was
midnight.I just ran up the stairs and without even bothering to
change,or even remove my shoes,I just jumped on the bed and in almost a
minute I fell asleep.And then,it was morning I woke up.....but,it felt as if it wasn't even a minute that I had felt asleep.I felt very tired.I opened the door to the kitchen,but,somehow it led me to a barren ground with almost nothing in view,there was a lot of fog in air that prevented me from viewing more than few metres away.My wristwatch showed 2:00am,but,
it looked like 7:00am,I knew something had changed,but,where was i??I walked a few steps to get closer to something,that,looked like a car.It was!!.I touched the bonnet and suddenly all of the fog vanished to reveal that I was in the midst of a ground with 1000s of cars on all 4 sides of me,the way I came here was no more visible ,the world had changed again.The car I was standing next to was a Ferrari F50.I tried opening the door,it was locked! Next to the Red Ferrari,It was Lamborghini Gallardo..I thanked God.But,that too was locked.I thought there must be at least few cars in this huge lot who would be left open.I tried to to find one of those,but,I couldn't find a single one.......finally,I found one car,its door opened......I found the keys inside.....it had a very familiar look.I stepped out of the car,I read the number MH04 786
,I shouted,"this is my car".Suddenly everything disappeared.....as if they I said some magic word....but,the ground disappeared,too.I thought as if I was sky-diving but I realised,I didn't have parachute for,that,I shouted.ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH,but,the speed kept on increasing..I felt the only way to get away,if only I could .............open my eyes.I woke up,I thought what was the purpose of all this?I walked down the stairs to my car,the door opened without any hesitation.I found my keys were in the car itself!!!!!I forgot my keys in the car.......so,this whole drama was for the forgotten key.The key to this key drama is,that,your sub-conscious mind knows it all,you might forget something but it wont,it'll find ways to tell it to you........You might think you have forgotten but you haven't so think twice!Have faith on your brain it knows more than what you think it knows!!

Why do we dream.......

We dream because dream is a visual way of communication opted by the sub-conscious mind with us,wat we do,think all tht is done by conscious mind,but,subconscious mind is like the Know-it-all thing.It knows everything around you,ur past,future,it at times warns you(Eg:shows snakes in dreams:it means cunning ppl around u),advices you,makes you realize your mistakes(Eg: u c the door of ur house open in ur dream and wen u check the door is really open),some intuitions in general.But,If all is well u may have a dreamless night.Or e1 a dream where u r celebrating or speeding up in a car which shows tht u r succeeding in life,etc.U dont remember your dreams coz wen u r sleeping actually ur conscious mind takes rest,if u c sumthing big,imp in dreram u remember it but usually the dream doesnt consume much of you thus it does not disturb the conscious mind and ur buffer memory sees the dream which is cleared once the conscious mind takes over.Hence,you forget it,but,if you got too tensed up or too excited the dream are put in main memory and u remember those.....:)

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Where Machines Dare........

Life in IIT was great, but then I found a purpose, something of interest in life, people call it ROBOTICS.....Its imparting life to machines. Though, I had done basic robotics tutorials in IIT, the interest rose exponentially, when I made one. I got a way to explore my creative side, when in IIT I entered KRAIG (Kharagpur Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Group), I found it really interesting, I awaited its classes a lot, finally when once in KRAIG Winter workshop I felt, while I was coding for my bot at morning 4am, that, if things workout and I get good results, then, I would be really happy to do this in my life as a passion and as a career. It was, then that I took robotics seriously and wanted a really good challenging task and there came the Grid Navigator (see http://www.robotixiitkgp.org/events.php?page=gn). I found it challenging enough to give it a try, though, I thought on correct lines and worked on it, I realised, that though theoretically my base was strong, but, I lacked practical information. KRAIG had done its job, but, I failed myself!!! I had worked hard really hard for it, I presented the bot really well before the judge, but it was not yet good enough for the competition....Finally, I realized may be I underestimated the Grid Navigator or was expecting very high of myself, but I told myself  "If hard work and skill, work together, I will surely get a masterpiece,". I had just Hard work..was not yet skillful enough, I decided to quit it after giving all that I had (literally). I told my mom, that, "I have never done anything in my life, with this much dedication, nothing not even IIT-JEE could make me work as hard as this bot, not my board exams could make me work as hard as this bot,then, why did I fail in this when I had cleared the other? If I did meditation with that much dedication I would have got enlightenment by now, but, why did this bot fail me," my mom told me, "May be God has a bigger plan for you and believe me your time will come! He sees it all he'll reward your hard work".........A tear trickled down my cheek as I sat in my balcony shattered, but, God had a plan!! Feeling lost I just lied on my bed and there in the V-4 auditorium of IIT I was awarded the BEST ALGORITHM prize for Grid Navigator. Unaware of my victory, I slept in peace. I realized of this a day later. I thought of a dialogue from the movie Baazigar: "Jo har ke bhi jeet ta hai, woh hi baazigar keh lata hai." I thanked God for giving me KRAIG, ROBOTIX, and Grid Navigator. My work was rewarded. This Grid Navigator taught me 1000 lessons as my friends say, "Jeet mein koi sabak nahi, haar mein hazar sabak hote hai". This failure taught has me a lot.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Unleash The Warrior Within

A game with intense storyline,great AI,graphics and best fighting moves ever seen in a game....we have Prince Of Persia(POP) in other words Pioneer Of Pioneers.They have more than 11titles on all gaming platforms like PS,PS2,XBOX,NintendoDS,Atari,PSP,Gameboy,etc...
A game with such sense of reality,intense storyline elsewhere is unimaginable.
Started in 1989 with Prince Of Peria,it was a pioneer in fluid-like motion.
With each and every sequel being the most awaited game of the year,these guys have done great work.......truly inspiring for a gaming freak like me!!
But,my love for this game started just in 2006 when i got my PC and I played The Warrior Within.......my first PC Game I completed totally and enjoyed.

It inspires me to fight in my life and go ahead.
It teaches that inspite of all things people think about you or tell you listen to them but do as your heart says and you'll never be disappointed.
Few amazing dialogues:
"You should be honoured to die by my SWORD"
"dont u see my blade calls for u"
"i can smell your fear from here"
"this is too easy"
"When a man is faced by his own death he finds the impossible less of a barrier ..."
"Death, death to all who stand in my way..."
"I've come too far to Fail!!!"
"To live forever... and those I love are dead and I to blame?! No. I choose death!"
"You are not worth my time."
"You are wasting your time, I can see the future!"
"Despite all the warnings that I would fail, I have vanquished the Empress and prevented the creation of the sands of time. I have defeated the Dahaka, and fate itself."
"This storm shows us no mercy. We shall respond in kind."
"Love is life, so if you want to live, die in love, die in love if you want to stay alive"
"I am your untapped potential, your unrealized dreams! I am part of you."
"Bring them into the light! Strike them when they're blind!"