<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202</id><updated>2011-07-15T03:01:08.974+05:30</updated><category term='tour'/><category term='alan relaxed goan susegado'/><category term='photo'/><category term='computers'/><title type='text'>P.C.C.E. Computer Class 2002-2006</title><subtitle type='html'>The place where everything and everyone comes together in a colorful fusion of ideas and insights !!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-4435942271540752868</id><published>2007-08-14T15:44:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2007-08-14T15:54:45.871+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computers'/><title type='text'>Another one of my favorite photos...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jesselrebello.com/tour-temple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.jesselrebello.com/tour-temple.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt;All the guys and all smiles in front of the lotus temple.&lt;br /&gt;(I found this photo while cleaning my drive at home.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-4435942271540752868?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/4435942271540752868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=4435942271540752868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/4435942271540752868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/4435942271540752868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-one-of-my-favorite-photos.html' title='Another one of my favorite photos...'/><author><name>Jessel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11969963171015544761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yCnFjMcvS0s/SdDzBbtFMtI/AAAAAAAAIc8/y4_czzNrwmU/S220/IMG_0136.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-7522717369816995778</id><published>2007-02-19T23:15:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-02-19T23:18:50.941+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alan relaxed goan susegado'/><title type='text'>Nah.. who gets tired if you can just do this ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__GwPP3yrN1Y/RdniwKbZbBI/AAAAAAAAABA/anIFmG1QxRw/s1600-h/SP_A0079.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__GwPP3yrN1Y/RdniwKbZbBI/AAAAAAAAABA/anIFmG1QxRw/s320/SP_A0079.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033303375624104978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-7522717369816995778?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/7522717369816995778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=7522717369816995778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/7522717369816995778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/7522717369816995778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2007/02/nah-who-gets-tired-if-you-can-just-do.html' title='Nah.. who gets tired if you can just do this ?'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/__GwPP3yrN1Y/RdniwKbZbBI/AAAAAAAAABA/anIFmG1QxRw/s72-c/SP_A0079.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-4706894620055197825</id><published>2007-02-19T13:06:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-02-19T13:11:33.336+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Kangaroo to the rescue.......</title><content type='html'>What happens when you get tired of coding? Well, why not outsource the coding work to kangaroo? Like this.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6h-Msju9nQQ/RdlUP598WXI/AAAAAAAAAAo/TumWGaMhWwI/s1600-h/kangaroowork.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6h-Msju9nQQ/RdlUP598WXI/AAAAAAAAAAo/TumWGaMhWwI/s320/kangaroowork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033146690798639474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-4706894620055197825?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/4706894620055197825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=4706894620055197825' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/4706894620055197825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/4706894620055197825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2007/02/kangaroo-to-rescue.html' title='Kangaroo to the rescue.......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_6h-Msju9nQQ/RdlUP598WXI/AAAAAAAAAAo/TumWGaMhWwI/s72-c/kangaroowork.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115981846064629480</id><published>2006-10-03T01:04:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-10-03T01:19:54.896+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Tour</title><content type='html'>Hi folks do you remember the tour to North India. Well i think it was a turning point for our class. Remember the fun we had for the tour!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6839/2084/1600/The%20Full%20strength.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6839/2084/400/The%20Full%20strength.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115981846064629480?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115981846064629480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115981846064629480' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115981846064629480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115981846064629480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/10/tour.html' title='The Tour'/><author><name>Jessel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11969963171015544761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yCnFjMcvS0s/SdDzBbtFMtI/AAAAAAAAIc8/y4_czzNrwmU/S220/IMG_0136.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115694615672585524</id><published>2006-08-30T18:25:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-09-01T16:27:33.076+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Life In Bangalore.......</title><content type='html'>Life in bangalore....... Something which I wanted to share with all of you long time back. But first there was work and than training, and as a result.... no time left. You know what comes to my mind when I'm in such situation? "Hey Man, That's Not Good! Something Is Surely Wrong."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, something is surely wrong. Managing time is an art. If I'm not getting time, maybe its not the fault with my work schedule but maybe the way I plan my day. I'm in Bangalore for two months now and now I think, I'm used to life in Bangalore. That doesn't mean that I'm totally happy here. Life in goa was far better than life in Bangalore. I keep telling my colleagues about Goa and about people in goa. We are all planning to come to Goa for weekends in next two weeks time. But that's different story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, now let me share some of my experiences. So, two months away from home..... Well, not such a pleasant experience, but something worth sharing. My day before 14th of August was like this :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Get up at 7:45 AM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Get ready and leave for work at 9:30 AM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Reach office by 10 AM&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Surf, chat, listen to song till lunch break&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Eat lunch&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Hmmm, now I'm feeling sleepy so relax for some time&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Continue with surfing, chatting and listening to songs till 7 PM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Leave office at around 7:10 PM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;I stay 2 kms away from my office so no auto stops at this time, so only option is to walk&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Reach home by 7:40 PM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Relax for some time, listen to songs&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Prayers&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Go to sleep by 11:30 PM&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; This used to be my typical day plan till August 14th. My training started and my day plan changed. Here is my "revised" day plan:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get up at 7:30 AM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Get ready and leave for training at 8:30 AM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reach training point at 8:55 AM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eat breakfast&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Attend sessions and play games&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eat lunch&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hmmm, now I'm feeling sleepy but can't even relax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;But energizer round to the rescue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Continue with sessions and games&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Training ends at 5 PM&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Leave training point at 5:10 PM&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;I stay 2 kms away from my office but its not dark yet, so autos are available. Yeh!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reach home by 5:30 PM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Relax for some time, listen to songs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prayers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Go to sleep by 11:30 PM&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; This will continue for six weeks from August 14th. Today our 3rd week got over and now only 3 weeks are remaining. But is it only this much? No..... We do have holidays on weekends. What do I do during weekends? Enjoy.... Go to beach........ ???????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ooops! I forgot I'm not in Goa. How sad. Goa is such a beautiful state and bangalore is a technology park. So, only possible timepass is hanging out in malls and going for movies. What else? If anyone knows how to enjoy here better, please let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, when came here, I was alone from my class. Well, now so many of you are in Bangalore too so I feel relaxed now. Well, I'm not alone. If I get too bored, I can go and tell Ralu some stupid jokes and I'm sure he won't mind. Will you Ralu? Well, you better not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So many things to share and so little time. Someday, if we all could get together than it will surely be lot of fun and hope that we will get chance for such a get together soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll share some of the photos too. Take care you guys and stay in touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bye for now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115694615672585524?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115694615672585524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115694615672585524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115694615672585524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115694615672585524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/08/life-in-bangalore.html' title='Life In Bangalore.......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115384538456443521</id><published>2006-07-25T21:49:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-25T22:06:25.723+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Hunting for a House in Bangalore...</title><content type='html'>Hey folks, this is my first post since i joined Siemens in Bangalore. Theres hardly anytime to be online. Most of my time is spent in the daily chores - washing clothes, Ironing clothes, searching for  hotels to have dinner, waking up early, cathing the 7:00 bus.... and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is really tough here in  Bangalore.  There's no one to  wake you up in the morning and serve you breakfast, no one to  wash and iron your clothes, no one to  do all your little chores...  you are all on your own. Searching for a suitable place to live in this congested city has become one of the biggest challenges we are facing ever since we came to this city. Most of the so called 2 bedroom flats in Bangalore have tiny rooms that are a little bigger than my bathroom at home, and the rent for such places is not less than 9000 rupees. The polluted air and stinky places makes life miserable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The brokers out here are extremely street smart- they are always looking out for easy prey like IT professionals. Anyways week long hunting we finally found a decent looking  2 bedroom flat for 9000. I hope i will be well setteled in the new house by the time my next post is up....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Till then ciao....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115384538456443521?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115384538456443521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115384538456443521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115384538456443521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115384538456443521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/07/hunting-for-house-in-bangalore.html' title='Hunting for a House in Bangalore...'/><author><name>Jessel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11969963171015544761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yCnFjMcvS0s/SdDzBbtFMtI/AAAAAAAAIc8/y4_czzNrwmU/S220/IMG_0136.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115376574003299036</id><published>2006-07-24T23:05:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-24T23:59:00.043+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Google Earth and PCCE</title><content type='html'>hey folks.. check out our good ol Alma Mater as seen from satelite. Images courtesy Google Earth and Euro Vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/pcce.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/pcce.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/PCCE%20and%20Agnels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/PCCE%20and%20Agnels.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/PCCE%20and%20Agnels2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/PCCE%20and%20Agnels2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reminds me of those satelite images the BBC used to show of US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115376574003299036?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115376574003299036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115376574003299036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115376574003299036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115376574003299036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/07/google-earth-and-pcce_24.html' title='Google Earth and PCCE'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115254750719609863</id><published>2006-07-10T21:28:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-10T21:35:07.203+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Remember this day folks ??</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/picniccollage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/picniccollage.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..Awesome time wasn't it...Click the collage to see it in big size !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sigh.. the good ol days..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115254750719609863?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115254750719609863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115254750719609863' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115254750719609863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115254750719609863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/07/remember-this-day-folks.html' title='Remember this day folks ??'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115208560374156326</id><published>2006-07-05T13:11:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-05T13:16:43.743+05:30</updated><title type='text'>My new phone number......</title><content type='html'>I think in my last post, I forgot to give my new number. I don't want to give my new number in public, so I'll mail it on comp_rules. Update ur phone books and yes, do give miss calls.  You can definitly call me or message me, but I think most of you will prefer miss calls as calls and messages will charge you STD rates.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115208560374156326?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115208560374156326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115208560374156326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115208560374156326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115208560374156326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-new-phone-number.html' title='My new phone number......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115208516124983665</id><published>2006-07-05T12:47:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-07-05T13:09:21.260+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Student to employee........</title><content type='html'>Hi friends!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My joining date was 3rd July as most of you must be knowing. Today, its my 3rd day in the office and let me share some of my experiences with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd July...... definitely I didn't get any chance to enjoy my holidays. My project demo was on 30th June and I had to leave next day. I was still in exam mood, or say college mood and I had to join ThoughtWorks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I left Goa on 1st July evening at 7:00 PM. Hey friends, thanks for comming to wish me good bye. Some of you couldn't make it in time but its ok. Soon, I'll definitly get chance to welcome some of you in Bangalore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We reached Bangalore on 2nd July. We just went around, and was surprised to see that my office was on walking distance from my rented place. Now, I can walk to office too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the first two days, we had orientation sessions. To tell you guys, I really miss you all. But I'm really surprised to see that there is hardly any activity on comp_rules blog. Keep bloging guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, thats it for now. Will post more things later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bye.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115208516124983665?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115208516124983665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115208516124983665' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115208516124983665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115208516124983665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/07/student-to-employee.html' title='Student to employee........'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115114426994792814</id><published>2006-06-24T15:40:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-24T15:47:49.953+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Birthday greetings to Lyle ..</title><content type='html'>One of our comprules blog memebers is celebrating his birthday today. Happy Birthday Lyle, and may you have many happy returns of the day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115114426994792814?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115114426994792814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115114426994792814' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115114426994792814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115114426994792814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/birthday-greetings-to-lyle.html' title='Birthday greetings to Lyle ..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115090063706731873</id><published>2006-06-21T20:01:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-21T20:07:17.080+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Road Trippin ...</title><content type='html'>hey folks..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a quick message to say hi !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It feels so weird now that there's no more college.. nothing to study for a while.. nothing at all.. very weird feeling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway.. my orals went ok... hope all of you did well too..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a quick note to say hi to the CompRules Blog's latest members.&lt;br /&gt;Greeting to Remya, Roma, Charles and LizAnne !! Welcome to the blog, and I hope to see lots of contributions from you guys..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see Liz has started a neat little blog as well. Those of you wish to visit it, I've linked to it on the side bar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who wants to part of this, dont hesitate to let me know via mail or the yahoo class group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and All the Best to Rohini, who i believe is about to get married. May your future be bright and prosperous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way folks, i'm likely to be in Mumbai for a few days next week for a couple of days.. so if any of you are going to be in mumbai, let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers all&lt;br /&gt;Nigel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115090063706731873?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115090063706731873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115090063706731873' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115090063706731873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115090063706731873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/road-trippin.html' title='Road Trippin ...'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115062699624248244</id><published>2006-06-18T15:47:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-18T16:11:17.166+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The class on the day of ACA orals..</title><content type='html'>Hey folks.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the camera on hand to record some of our last few days as the students of PCCE.&lt;br /&gt;Here is the class preparing for the ACA orals.. well at least pretending to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/class1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/400/class2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is Anay imparting wise words of wisdom to the girls..&lt;br /&gt;Anay is saying : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"so if you use Agile methods in designing a pipeline, you can achieve a theorectical pipeline efficiency of 172 % but since in those days I was not around to explain Agile Pogramming, they only achieved 50 % efficiency.."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/class6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Lowell and Rajesh discussing people. Lowell and Rajesh are arguing because Lowell claims Jose Mourinho (manager at Chelsea FC) looks better than Kavita, and Rajesh does not agree..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/class4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Gautam and Tamba possibly hatching a new bit of mischief...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/class5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, everybody crowds round Roma to hear how the first batch of Orals went..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/class3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/class3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115062699624248244?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115062699624248244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115062699624248244' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115062699624248244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115062699624248244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/class-on-day-of-aca-orals.html' title='The class on the day of ACA orals..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-115012275264887119</id><published>2006-06-12T19:54:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-12T22:08:32.286+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Shortcuts to Success...................</title><content type='html'>What? 'Anay, have you gone crazy????? Some days back you only had said that there is no shortcut to success'. Most of you must be thinking this. But recently I received a mail with this subject and I really liked it. But in place of forwarding it to all, I decided to send it as a post in COMP RULES BLOG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;PLAN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are playing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;STUDY  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are sleeping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;DECIDE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are  delaying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;PREPARE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are daydreaming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;BEGIN&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are procrastinating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;WORK &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are wishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;SAVE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are wasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;LISTEN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are talking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;SMILE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are frowning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 187);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;COMMEND &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;while others are criticizing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 187);"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 184);"&gt;PERSIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"  &gt;while others are quitting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;So, what do you have to think about these points? Give me your comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-115012275264887119?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/115012275264887119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=115012275264887119' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115012275264887119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/115012275264887119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/shortcuts-to-success.html' title='Shortcuts to Success...................'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114979376131330912</id><published>2006-06-09T00:15:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-11T15:53:35.263+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Birth of COMP_RULES</title><content type='html'>It was the break after the June 2004 Semester 4 exams. Everyone was wondering what to do ? Dr. Anil Seth who was our HOD at that time had put up a list of holiday projects to be done during the vacation. Me, Ralston and Alan volunteered to help with installing and testing LTSP4. We started off right away by installing Fedora on a PC and downloading the source code of LTSP and compiling it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between the installation and downloading we used to check our emails and send forwards to each other. Thats when this concept of mailing group caught our attention. Alan created an yahoo group by his name and asked us to join it just to test it out. One thing I liked about this group concept was that you just had to send an email to the group address and it went to all the members of the group. It would have been so nice if our class had a mail group. I wouldn't need to have everyone's email address in my address book. All the addresses in my address book were either wrong or they didn't exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So thats how we decided to make a group for our class. Ralston and me created a new yahoo user called comp_rules so that we could create a group with the same name. We didnt know that it was not necessary to create a new yahoo user to create a group. The password was 'computers'. The next step was to login as comp_rules and create a group called comp_rules. Thats when we realised that we could give any name for the group. We decided that it had to be a closed group and membership would have to be strictly through invitation only. Soon our group was up and running - comp_rules was born !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/comp_rules"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6839/2084/320/cp.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much later we realised that unwittingly we had registered our group in the yahoo uk directory. Thats how the address came to be "comp_rules (at) yahoogroups (dot)co (dot)uk" [no spam]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We needed members for the group. So I donated some email ids of our classmates which i had in my address book at that time, and so did Alan and Ralston. Soon we invited a sizable portion of our class to join the group. But since we were in vacation at that time nobody bothered to check their mails. But once College began everyone started to checking their mails and joining comp_rules. The rest they say is history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that there was no looking back. Mails, polls, photos, files, important notices, question banks, syllabus copies..... and all sorts of forwards. COMP_RULES has played an important role in our class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The name says it all ... COMP RULES !!!&lt;br /&gt;Long Live comp_rules !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://jessel.computers2006.com"&gt;Jessel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114979376131330912?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114979376131330912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114979376131330912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114979376131330912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114979376131330912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/birth-of-comprules.html' title='The Birth of COMP_RULES'/><author><name>Jessel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11969963171015544761</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yCnFjMcvS0s/SdDzBbtFMtI/AAAAAAAAIc8/y4_czzNrwmU/S220/IMG_0136.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114936006541495945</id><published>2006-06-04T00:00:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-04T00:11:15.313+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Alan upside down......</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3274/2131/1600/funnytoursnap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3274/2131/320/funnytoursnap.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we were on our way to Delhi, I decided to click snap of everyone in train. Actually all of us who had brought camera with us, were clicking the snaps and so was I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many snaps which we took in train. But thanks to Alan, this snap turned out to be most eye-catchy. Whoever saw my album, used to think a lot when they used to see this photo. Their question is, 'Anay, how did Alan gave that pose?'. There are people who even think that Alan was hanging upside down on those fans. Good pose Alan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114936006541495945?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114936006541495945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114936006541495945' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114936006541495945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114936006541495945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/alan-upside-down.html' title='Alan upside down......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114927454373353158</id><published>2006-06-03T00:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-03T00:27:09.520+05:30</updated><title type='text'>THe picnic to Hollant..</title><content type='html'>Hey folks,&lt;br /&gt;I just got my scanner up and running so straight up for you guys, are a couple of pics from the second year picnic. I quite like the second one ;-) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/hollant1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/hollant1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/ralu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/ralu.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114927454373353158?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114927454373353158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114927454373353158' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114927454373353158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114927454373353158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/06/picnic-to-hollant.html' title='THe picnic to Hollant..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114900808051447311</id><published>2006-05-30T22:13:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-06-01T22:13:13.386+05:30</updated><title type='text'>I'm now Googleable !!</title><content type='html'>Hey all you good people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of good things happening today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADS exam studying is going well.. not understanding much but learning by rote all the way. Can't be helped I gues...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got my old scanner (Acer ScanPrisa 640P) to work with Xp after ages and ages of trying. Blasted thing was meant for win 98 and after much hard work and some .ini file editing, and some funky file replacement I have got those blasted Twain drivers to work on Xp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So expect a whole new bunch of snaps to start appearing on my blogs !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just for kicks today, I typed in my full name into google without quotes around the name and .. My Personal blog was the first link on the list !! As of this post, if you type "Nigel Fernandes" with the quotes, or without the quotes, My blog is the first link on google.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this without any SEO or SEM !! Unfortunately, Yahoo has yet to index me. But I have a solution for that. I intend to add a link to my blog to my devshed signature. That should get my blog registered on most major search engines within 2 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many thanks to Jonathan Caputo of Devshed for allowing the first link in a signature to not have" rel=no follow tags".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not that any of this matters though, because my blogs are purely non profit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it feels nice to be able to say to anyone.."If you want to know more about me, just type my name into google.."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114900808051447311?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114900808051447311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114900808051447311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114900808051447311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114900808051447311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/im-now-googleable.html' title='I&apos;m now Googleable !!'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114888205520019143</id><published>2006-05-29T11:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-29T11:24:15.206+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Virus Warning on Comp Rules Yahoo Group</title><content type='html'>Hey folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a quick shout to all you guys who subscribe to the comp_rule yahoo mailing list. Be warned that a couple of the groups members notably Anay and Ralston have been infected with a worm+virus combination that spreads via email. I do not know the extent of the infection on their PC's but the worm/virus has snagged their address books I belive. It has mailed the group from them, with an email subject header "Must see this video" or somethign like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My AVG email scanner picked it up and elliminated the threat from the email as my Outlook express downloaded it. Those of you who open it in your browsers may not be so lucky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have opened it, please run your full Virus Scans etc.. and check for traces of infection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think Anay has realised this, because my inbox now shows another mail from him with big letters.. heheh .. later folks&lt;br /&gt;Nigel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114888205520019143?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114888205520019143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114888205520019143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114888205520019143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114888205520019143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/virus-warning-on-comp-rules-yahoo.html' title='Virus Warning on Comp Rules Yahoo Group'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114880093049539424</id><published>2006-05-28T12:39:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-29T11:24:35.170+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Just another small note..</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/me4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/200/me4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey folks..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a few small notes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A big hello and welcome to the blogs latest members: Lyle, Jessel, Maya and Neelima.&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see many contributions from you guys !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of new blogs have been added to the side bar list alongside. Jessel's Jungle, Ralstons bike Blog, and my own Ticklish Zombies. Please feel free to visit anytime..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who are new to Blogging, should check out Anay's post in this blog on methods of blogging, and the comments I have left on that post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the best people..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114880093049539424?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114880093049539424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114880093049539424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114880093049539424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114880093049539424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/just-another-small-note.html' title='Just another small note..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114858053810285067</id><published>2006-05-25T22:36:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-26T15:35:29.820+05:30</updated><title type='text'>What kind of Super Hero/Heroine would you be ?</title><content type='html'>Ok folks.. In my wanderings of the net,I came across a great site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marvelvc.com.br/Hero/"&gt;http://marvelvc.com.br/Hero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The site has a flash based little application which allows you to create a cartoon image of your choice and taste. You can customise lots of features from skin color, to clothing, to hair, to eyes, eybrows and even socks !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here's my creation heheh.. amazing aye!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/hero.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/hero.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114858053810285067?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114858053810285067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114858053810285067' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114858053810285067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114858053810285067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-kind-of-super-heroheroine-would.html' title='What kind of Super Hero/Heroine would you be ?'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114857553056052259</id><published>2006-05-25T21:41:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-25T22:27:14.903+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Hmm.. Do we need a comp rules official logo ?</title><content type='html'>Just an idea i thought I would throw your way..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does the comp rules blog need an official logo ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I whipped this one up a few minutes ago when I came online..  feedback would of course be appreciated.. be as harsh as you want to be ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/compruleslogo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/compruleslogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114857553056052259?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114857553056052259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114857553056052259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114857553056052259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114857553056052259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/hmm-do-we-need-comp-rules-official.html' title='Hmm.. Do we need a comp rules official logo ?'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114857112111337900</id><published>2006-05-25T20:29:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-25T21:04:06.870+05:30</updated><title type='text'>FiberOptic Ltd. comes and goes..</title><content type='html'>Hi everybody!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to follow up on my earlier post,  I thought I would blog my views on the company that came and went. FiberOptic Ltd. is a Goa based manufacturing plan, and a child company of the MK Birla group headquatered in Madhya Pradesh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally I felt the company and their job offer fell below my expectations. Every job offered is an opportunity, and it must be seen as that. For those who get through I wish you all the best and I hope you have an amazing time there. Every company has its plus points and I'm sure this one does too. As a rule of thumb one must never scorn a companies offer...  Everything in the job market is a boon/blessing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I did not like much of today's placement drive. The company was first of all very very late in reaching. Secondly the presentation was rather poor and failed to impress. Thirdly the company management who came there seem to repeat the point that the company had little or no ambition. They repeatedly stated that all their executive decisions came from the parent company in MP, and that 70% of their produce went to the parent company's other concerns in MP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This gave me the feeling that FiberOptic Ltd were a sideshow. A pawn in the economic game of the MK Birla group. Somehow I did not like the idea of joining a place where the top management in the factory was content to play such a quite role. Its one thing to be part of a bigger corporation, but frankly to me at least the top management seemed to lack drive. For a fresher, you want to learn as much as possible and the quality of the management is vital!! Work with brilliant go-getters and it will make such a difference to your career. This is advice I received from experienced people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the plus side the company did mention they were looking to expand their capacity, but did not mention to what end.. Maybe you will make a difference if you are placed there. Maybe you will be the one to change the company around. For me.. It did not seem like the place I wanted to park ship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fourthly, the nature of the job was Not very suitable for computer engineers. They wanted a Quality control officer and people to handle work crews and their PLC controlled machinery. In a fully automated factory, I fail to see scope for computer engineers. Where is the programming ? Where is the problem solving ? Where is the application of new software technologies ? Where is the application development?  This struck me as being more of a job for ETC engineers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having done a project at Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited which is also a Fiber Optics plant, I met with and conversed very often with an excellent gentleman and Q.C. officer by the name of Mr. Navin Gupta. I believe one of the posts being offered was similar to the one held by Mr. Navin in HFCL. I can tell you first hand that, while its an excellent job, its not one I would consider apt for a computer professional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to all these points, let me share with you my experiences of working in a factory environment in Verna. Along with Shree and Deepali, I trained for a month at Dlink's plant in Verna. The experience was good and I learned a lot of stuff. I am glad I took that chance, however it was clear to me that I would never be happy in such an environment. Its too monotonous, and way to routine for me. Everyday you go to do the same task, and with clockwork monotony Take a break at the same time, leave at the same time. There is no scope to shine, and no scope to make a difference...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are people, who will say that is a perfect job, but I am not one of them. I need to be challenged on the job.. I hope I will find this in the job I'm hoping to take up soon..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114857112111337900?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114857112111337900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114857112111337900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114857112111337900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114857112111337900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/fiberoptic-ltd-comes-and-goes.html' title='FiberOptic Ltd. comes and goes..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114855030482459097</id><published>2006-05-25T14:46:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-25T15:15:04.833+05:30</updated><title type='text'>There is no shortcut to success......</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3274/2131/1600/Image%28176%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3274/2131/320/Image%28176%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you know who this guy is.... He is Ralston, our friend. Once I saw him sitting in front of his project comp. His eyes were closed so I thought he must be sleeping. I found it little funny and decided to take his snap. As I was about to take his snap, he opened his eyes. But was he really sleeping??????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually not...... He was trying to find a solution to one of his project problems. He wanted to enter a long data in database and he was trying to figure out how to write such a big query. If are interested in knowing more about the problem contact Ralston. Later on he managed to find a solution. But for that he really had to think hard as you may see in the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of us must have faced new problems while working on project. But the question is how we try to solve it. One way is that we can simply hide it. But its always better to find a solution. Even if there is no time to implement it, you should atleast know how you can solve it. But to find that solution, you really have to think a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Computer engineers don't have to do much physical hard work. They have to deal with logic which involves thinking. So, I can say that people are paid to think. Not just thinking, but it should be productive also. Thinking should involve how we can improve the current process, how we can do it differently etc etc etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some are pretty clever and pretend that they can think. What I will say is that they are good in presentation. Even presentation is art and skill and if you are good in it than concentrate on improving it. The thing is, a good idea is of no use if its not presented well and a good presentation is useless without a strong base of knowledge. So both these skills should be developed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've learnt from these four years is that there is no shortcut to success. Like me, most of you must have accepted it and must be planning to work really hard to improve their skills before they join their respective companies. But I'm really surprised to see that there are people who are just in search of shorcuts. There are people who want high salaries without even trying to improve their skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who are they? Well, that shouldn't be the question. The thing is, if you feel that you are one of those who tries to find shortcuts, than please be aware. Cause, there is no shorcut to success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best of luck to everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114855030482459097?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114855030482459097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114855030482459097' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114855030482459097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114855030482459097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/there-is-no-shortcut-to-success.html' title='There is no shortcut to success......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114854744338941011</id><published>2006-05-25T14:17:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-25T19:48:13.930+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Methods of posting to blog......</title><content type='html'>One good thing about posting to blogs is that there are three ways in which you can post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, you can directly log-in your account and post it there. This is how I send all the post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondly, you can also send it through email. For this, you will have to create secret email address address. For this, go to dashboard and click on the '+' sign in front of your blogs name. Then click on settings and go to email tab. Here you can create Mail-to-Blogger Address. Then whatever you send on this address, you be directly uploaded to your blog. Just remember to keep this address secret. I haven't tried it myself yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third option is through mobile. If anyone knows how this works than please let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There might be more ways of blogging. If anyone knows about them, let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, hope all of you will start bloging.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114854744338941011?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114854744338941011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114854744338941011' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114854744338941011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114854744338941011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/methods-of-posting-to-blog.html' title='Methods of posting to blog......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114853539623387896</id><published>2006-05-25T10:59:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-25T19:51:46.863+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Placement In College today.. On site reporting ;-)</title><content type='html'>Hey folks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in college today for a placement drive by a company called FibreOptic Ltd.&lt;br /&gt;Apparently they want engineers from all branches, and they have not mentioned a cut-off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they are late in getting here.. So here I am posting this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The comp class is not out in force.. and there seems to be more interest form the mechs and ETC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, the Cognizant placed students should all get in touch with the TPO. Apparently Cognizant has sent an email to the TPO about the join date for students and mentioned they want students to join in batches on certain days in August,Sept and October. I think you need to specify to the TPO when would be convenient for you..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok folks.. That's it from coll today. post if you have any comments ..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114853539623387896?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114853539623387896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114853539623387896' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114853539623387896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114853539623387896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/placement-in-college-today-on-site.html' title='Placement In College today.. On site reporting ;-)'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114837128542213347</id><published>2006-05-23T13:14:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T13:31:25.430+05:30</updated><title type='text'>World Cup fever !!</title><content type='html'>Ok folks.. its starting the day after the exams and its prediction time.&lt;br /&gt;I always support England, and if they go out then I support Italy or Holland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been reading the sports headlines and it looks like Rooney's going to be fit for at least a part of the world cup !! Cant wait guys.. Any plans to have a big group of us watch the first game and kick-off on the 9th ?? Big Screen and stuff.. ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my pick for Englands team &amp; subsitute bench. And of course with a very attacking 4-4-2 Whats your team formation &amp; players ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you predictions ? Comment away...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/englandsub.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 1px 1px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 86px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/englandsub.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/englandteam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1px 1px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/englandteam.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114837128542213347?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114837128542213347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114837128542213347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114837128542213347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114837128542213347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/world-cup-fever.html' title='World Cup fever !!'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114833331251833959</id><published>2006-05-23T02:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T02:58:32.530+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Haunt of every Pacer - Udiyar !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/IMGP0110.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/IMGP0110.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every one has been there at some time or the other and its been the location of some of the best times hasnt it. The good ol sping at Udiyar !! (did i spell that right ?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the snaps of the time we went there after the football match in 4th year. So does Priyesh if any of the guys want them.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114833331251833959?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114833331251833959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114833331251833959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833331251833959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833331251833959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/haunt-of-every-pacer-udiyar.html' title='The Haunt of every Pacer - Udiyar !!'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114833202329195979</id><published>2006-05-23T01:54:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T02:37:03.303+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Picnics</title><content type='html'>Hey the part of college i enjoyed the most was the picnics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we went to...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the group pics.. hope you remember those&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;days...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;First Year....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to Sunset Beach (Betalbatim) It was great.. first&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time our class got together.. we played games like two's and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;three's ... first time i played such a game along with the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;girls [:p]...  and remember the truth and dare sessions..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and all the fun we had..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ I dont have a pic for this one... send me one if you have]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Second Year.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes i remember, this was a picnic meant to be a trek from&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bogmalo to Hollant.. But then the access was blocked and we&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;had to walk on the road... everyone was tired.. i guess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;remya was the most exhausted. Well it was the time we made&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;selwyn mix with the mandals.. and the number of forefeits we&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;had... then the ring game.. joaquim got violent and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;furious.. well cant forget those days..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dont have a group photo at the picnic spot, but we clicked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a pic after reaching college.. well here it is..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/edited.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/edited.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Third Year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the best picnic.. At Cabo-de-Rama.. The fun we had&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there.. and the trip to Rajbagh..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/DSC00521.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/DSC00521.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The games we played in that stream.. the sun tan.. and yes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the controversial tug-o-war. Well i like it the most bec the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bus broke down, and we all had to spend time together&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;waiting for the  other bus... how the girls desperately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;searched for a loo.... some villagers house.. and nigels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ghost stories.. well those were the days..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/DSC00531.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/DSC00531.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fourth year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well everyone remembers this the most.. the trip to galgibag.. the swim.. the forefeits.. and yes, the music..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/Image027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/Image027.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/P1020201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/P1020201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the final year finale... the last picnic at velsao.. it was great.. and the sentimental moments.. when we travelled and went back to sunset.. the place of our first picnic.. yes the place which made us almost cry... to see the spot we played our first games... but the photo session cheered us all up, didnt it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/DSCN0743.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/400/DSCN0743.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well Folks, thats about all the picnics we had.. Come you ppl also post somethin..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K then.. till the next post&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adeius&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ralston&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114833202329195979?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114833202329195979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114833202329195979' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833202329195979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833202329195979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/picnics.html' title='Picnics'/><author><name>Ralston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114833027331940634</id><published>2006-05-23T01:54:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T02:40:37.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The farewell song..</title><content type='html'>Hey folks at our farewell, the TE's played this song several times. its an amazing song by GreenDay and its called "I hope you had the time of your life". Here are the lyrics for all you guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Another turning point;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; a fork stuck in the road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Time grabs you by the wrist;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; directs you where to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; So make the best of this test&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; and don't ask why.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; It's not a question&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; but a lesson learned in time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; It's something unpredictable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; but in the end it's right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I hope you had the time of your life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; So take the photographs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; and still frames in your mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Hang it on a shelf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; In good health and good time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Tattoos of memories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; and dead skin on trial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; For what it's worth,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; it was worth all the while.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It's something unpredictable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; but in the end it's right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I hope you had the time of your life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It's something unpredictable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; but in the end it's right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I hope you had the time of your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/100_2205.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/100_2205.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114833027331940634?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114833027331940634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114833027331940634' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833027331940634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114833027331940634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/farewell-song.html' title='The farewell song..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832899456675321</id><published>2006-05-23T01:44:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T03:02:00.983+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A small note..</title><content type='html'>Hey guys,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If any of you have blogs of your own or websites of your own you'd like me to link to on the main page of the blog,  then send me an email or mail the yahoo group. I'll add it on the links bar along side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and if you guys have any sugesstions on the way the page should look or change or have anythign added dont hesitate to mail me and let me know.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks guys&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832899456675321?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832899456675321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832899456675321' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832899456675321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832899456675321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/small-note.html' title='A small note..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832875677794973</id><published>2006-05-23T01:37:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T01:42:36.776+05:30</updated><title type='text'>When your world is turned upside down..</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/P1020210.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/P1020210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gotta love this snap .. awesome guys..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832875677794973?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832875677794973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832875677794973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832875677794973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832875677794973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-your-world-is-turned-upside-down.html' title='When your world is turned upside down..'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832693992157430</id><published>2006-05-23T01:07:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T01:12:19.930+05:30</updated><title type='text'>WOW... WE HAVE A BLOG</title><content type='html'>Hey Folks!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice to know bout the blog.. this is my first post.. just wanna tell you all to please keep in touch.. dont let the comp rules spirit go down.. keep in touch.. even after you have your new friends, and children......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will really miss you all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well as nigel said, to keep posting pics.. well here is one..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/1600/DSC00943.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2223/2365/320/DSC00943.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cant forget that day.. the amount we ate for lunch.. and after that at CCD!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I liked it a lot...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K then folks.. Till the next post.. Tc..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832693992157430?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832693992157430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832693992157430' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832693992157430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832693992157430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/wow-we-have-blog.html' title='WOW... WE HAVE A BLOG'/><author><name>Ralston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832603479980092</id><published>2006-05-23T00:44:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T02:24:47.163+05:30</updated><title type='text'>One of my favorite snaps</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/1600/allofus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7212/1888/320/allofus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hey folks..&lt;br /&gt;This snap of our second last picnic is one of my favorites.. do you have a personal favorite ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post away then.. we all have a few people in the class who we were especially close to.. its absolutely normal.. so go ahead.. post snaps of them if you want&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.. yes you can post a pic of her if you want, priyesh ;-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832603479980092?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832603479980092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832603479980092' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832603479980092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832603479980092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/one-of-my-favorite-snaps.html' title='One of my favorite snaps'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832410390835022</id><published>2006-05-23T00:02:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T00:25:03.916+05:30</updated><title type='text'>My Thoughts.......</title><content type='html'>Hello everybody..............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is 23rd May 2006. Its 12:02 AM and I'm really thinking what to write and what not to write. But there are lots of things to share with all of you. Oh yaa, we have exams starting from 1st of June so best of luck to all of you. Study well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon, even exams will get over. After that vivas and project demo/presentation will get over too and for some of us there won't be any time even to wish good bye. As far as I know, Nigel has to join as soon as exams get over. So, how are we going to be in touch? Isn't that one of the questions we have in our mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankfully we have lot of options. We have comp_rules, comp_rocks, comp_masti(remember????), HI5, orkut etc, etc, etc. And now thanks to Nigel, we have this blog too. I don't think I need to explain what the blog is. Do I? Well, even if you don't know, just keep using it and you will come to know. What I can say is, blog is really one of the interesting and easy way of sharing thoughts. Its just like your diary or logbook, but on the net. So its called WebLog or Blog for short.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had put up one poll on comp_rules regarding how everyone would like to keep in touch. Few voted but I was happy to see that everyone is interested in different ways. Ya, what is important is to stay in touch and not how.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who are not placed yet....... Don't forget to inform us when you will get placed. For those who are interested in higher studies do tell us about your lecturers and courses. And for those who are placed, please don't give any excuses that you are busy and all and take do take your time to send mails, thoughts, scraps (on orkut) and also posts on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yes, you can upload photos on this blog. Do upload lot of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing, our tour was really great. Those who didn't come for it, sorry yaar, but you really missed a great chance. I really wish we had one more tour, but lets see..............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I feel as if my mind is not working right now as I'm too sleepy. But one thing I would like to say again, PCCE Computer 2006 batch ROCKS!!!!!! Bye......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832410390835022?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832410390835022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832410390835022' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832410390835022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832410390835022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-thoughts.html' title='My Thoughts.......'/><author><name>Anay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14082433013809840816</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553202.post-114832155053711918</id><published>2006-05-22T23:27:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2006-05-23T00:01:13.403+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the Comp Rules Blog !!</title><content type='html'>Hey folks.. this is the collaborative blog of all the members  of the PCCE Computer Class !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So sign up.. and let me know if you want to be part of this !! contact me via the comp_rules group on yahoo !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post whatever you want, and on whatever you want. just be civil folks :-D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post Snaps .. messages , love letters ;-) ,  invitations..or just say hi !  anything goes..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28553202-114832155053711918?l=comprules.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/feeds/114832155053711918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28553202&amp;postID=114832155053711918' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832155053711918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28553202/posts/default/114832155053711918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://comprules.blogspot.com/2006/05/welcome-to-comp-rules-blog.html' title='Welcome to the Comp Rules Blog !!'/><author><name>Nigel Fernandes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13417771323788811803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1930628065_e3ab5d64a2_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
