Heavy Metal

I dont know how far its true.....
Here goes my Opinion anyways.......
Whats so gr8 bout Heavy Metal and Rock Music??

Dis is one question which almost all classical music lovers hav on their minds wen they hear sumthing which is Noise to their ears. Well deres more dan one reason which makes it gr8.D amazin Lyrics, D gr8 virtuosc performances by the artists on their respectiv instruments, d energy dat they provide and much more.For many,its d vehicle of d Satan.For d oders, its d celebration of life.

Lyrics

How many of d metal haters out there hav ever bothered to take a look at d lyrics of these amazin music pieces??
Heres a few lines frm Metallica's song - No Leaf Clover

"Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way"

How many of U out dere hav had dis feeling?
I bet dat an overwhelming majority of d ppl wud hav had dis feeling. To feel that everything was goin ur way till d u realise dat wat went up has to come down.

Wen Brian Adams sings d line " Those were d Best days of my Lyf" U feel it. Can a classical music piece drive d same kind of energy into d lyrics?

Anoder feeling dat all mus hav endured is missin ur dear one.
No song in history sums it up better than Nothing Else Matters

"So close no matter how far, COuldnt be much more from the heart"

Anoder set of magical lines dat come to mind is Pink FLoyd's Time

"You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."

"Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines "


Dese rock also seem to hav d ability to foresee their future in d lyrics....

Syd Barrett ( d man behind d formation of Pink Floyd, sadly though, he had to be removed frm d band due to an LSD addiction which was affecting d band) wrote bout himself in d song Shine on You Crazy Diamond

So did James Hetfield( Metallica ) about addictions in Master of Puppets. He later had to undergo rehab for alcoholism , an addiction which came along as a way to keep himself warm in Siberia during a hunting tour.


Virtuosic Performances

Each rock artist is unique in his way. And each band tries to bring in a unique attribute to their brand of music. This shows dat rock music is a domain where Improvisation is d name of d game and mere imitations dont stand a chance. And dis is one arena where d rock artists pay mutual respect by playing each oders' songs under the tag of COVER songs.
Dere hav been instances of Bands passing unpleasant remarks bout oder bands, but then it just shows d competitive spirit that drives dese artists for more.

D riffs and solos dat d rock artistes create are just out of d classical music textbooks. Only dat these r heavier, louder and faster.Again a pointer dat heavy metal is not NOISE after all. Its a variation of classical music. So in fact , rock music is a gr8 advertisement for CLASSICAL MUSIC!!! any takers for dis??!!

Again , I m not saying that Classical music is bad....


Ppl hav often dismissed heavy metal as repulsive and driving d youth to alcoholism and drugs. Well dat came as a result of blind hero worship. D same has occurred not only wid Heavy metal but Cinema as well. Dere can b a way to enjoy Rock music even without dese addictions.Just enjoy d Music....Its as simple as that.

No offence to classical music lovers or d critics of Heavy Metal but just giv dis a thought....

" When you criticise somthing or put the blame on sumthing, just dont do it blindly, also try to find d positve sides."

As with everything, ROCK MUSIC ALSO HAS ITS BRIGHTER SIDE

A Journey in India's worst as well as best Train

Part 1:

The signal lights turn GREEN, the horn is blown and the usual chaos that happen when a train starts moving follow. Welcome onboard the India's worst train , the 3352 Alleppey-Dhanbad Express.I call it worse coz it drops us off in a terrible place. The way it gets us there is even more terrible. The route that it takes, the facilities inside, the food, all suck.
The train journey is miserable in every sense of the word. The compartments are from a pre independence era so to speak. The fans and lights may not work at times, no water and stuffed corridors. Stuffed in the sense, filled with people, garbage and baggage.This gets worser if you happen to be in coach no. S 1 as the people who dont find room in the general compartment board this coach. The Ticket Examiner is just namesake. His position should be rechristened to " Cash Collector". I m jealous of the amount of money he makes in a single shift.
The journey on the first day is bearable.The journey through Kerala is awesome.We take in the natural beauty of the God'd Own Country. We won't be seeing 
that for another few months. The second morning is the worst. We enter Andhra Pradesh.I m not saying 
that I hate the state, but then, i t is here that the train starts getting crowded. Also, the train starts moving slower than a Passenger train, halting at every instance of a yellow coloured board being placed. The worst part is that the major stations are not reached in time for the lunch or dinner. So , we have to eitehr adjust with biscuits or the food that they serve from the Pantry car. Believe me, its worse than the Mess food back in college.
The only thing that I await for during this part of the journey is Godavari, the mighty river. It never seems to end. "If only they filled the water tanks in the train with 1/100000000000000 of the water in the river...." I think to myself everytime we cross this river. The ceremonial coin throwing is done, each time with a different wish.
Next morning, I wake up just to see that there's hardly any room to lay my feet on the ground, let alone walk my way through the corridor to brush my teeth ( if there is water in the overhead tank that is...) The Train finally makes its way to Ranchi. As the train screeches to a halt, we are ready to get down and move back to college for yet another long wait to go back home.

Part 2:
This time, we board the train from Ranchi. Its the most awaited afternoon of that semester. This time around, we are ever so eager to get onto the train. The train number is a little different. Its 3351 Dhanbad Alleppey Express.
I dont mind calling it the Best Train in India, just because of the fact that we get to home by boarding it......

Mission TCS

It all began in the second or third year in college when the guys around started preparing for placements.Believe me, they started slogging right from the 3rd or 4th semester to get into the so called Dream Companies.I didnt realise that it was a a difficult task to get into one of those great companies.I thought to myself that I won't go through the selection process for TCS because, according to the placement norms back then, we couldnt appear for another company until there was exceptional performance from the batch. I must ve underestimated the TnP chief. He made sure that people walked out of college with atleast one job.There were cases when a few guys bagged 3 jobs as well.
So back to TCS.I went home for the summer holidays with one thing in mind.Bag the best job on offer.But then, the thing called procrastination turned everything upside down.I had to get atleast one job in the first round and that was were it all began.Mission TCS had begun.
But how to go about on this so called mission.I was lost in the wilderness of the infinite number of sample papers that was available on WWW.Then, I decided to enjoy my holidays and slog after getting back to college.That however was not to happen because of the umpteen no. of companies that came before TCS.I ended up attending the PPTs and also appeared for 3 companies, in one of them, I managed to get into the second round of interviews.
Finally, there was only one day to go before the most awaited company for the not so well prepared souls like me.The so called Savior.
The first thing to do was to mug up some 350 odd words that are the frequently asked words in GRE.Mugging up was something out of my comfort zone.So, I decided to mug up a few words and then guess the rest in the written test.It was evening and something that has been very typical of BIT happened.Whenever we ve had exams that were real tough or had CS as its suffix, the power supply had to go atleast for one hour.This time, it was for a couple of hours.It was time to do (IL)Logical Reasoning.All of these were to be done from Barron's.Yes the very book used in GRE preparation.I felt like throwing this poor laptop of mine on the floor coz it was damn irritating to scroll down that 15 MB e-book of Barron's.
Finally, I turned off the comp and went to sleep.The sleep was full of nightmares.A devil coming and asking me to tell d synonyms of all the S**ty words. 
The morning was the biggest.All those guys who didnt even bother to bath during Diwali were seen hitting the shower early in the morning. By the time we reached the auditorium for the Pre Placement Talk, it was almost full. WE somehow managed a seat.The wait for the written test was not to end though .I had the test in the second half.The test was the funniest ever I d written. I believe that the Heiroglyphics are relatively recent compared to the question booklets. The pages were almost torn.As the instructor said" Your Time Starts Now", I opened the booklet, only to see that all the answers were already marked on it. My only task was verifying the numerical problems for accuracy of result.
The test was over after one and a hlaf hours and there was a long wait in the evening to see if I had cleared it.Well i did it, but nobody knew as to wwhen the interview was gonna be. I had it the next day evening.In fact 2 rounds of interview.Technical and HR. THe only question all the interviewers had was, " Will you go fro higher studies?" I stuck to the biggest lie I ever told and that is " No higher Studies".
The results were to be announced the next day.
The result declaration was the funniest thignever.There were so many names to be called out that the TCS guys took turns.
My name was not called for a long time and I was almost on the verge of breaking down when they finally announced my name. I had made it

MISSION TCS had been successfully accomplished !!

A Few Days without LAN

What would life in BIT be without LAN? Well, pretty unimaginable. Not that the guyz and gals of 2k4 and 2k5 had LAN at their disposal during their first one or two years here. But once it was installed, it has come to be the most indispensable thing for all. Maybe more important then food, water, fag and booze ( now that the crazy...er.....the able admins have put a full stop to the innumerous full bottles that came inside the campus, booze goes out of the equation.)

The LAN was gone for 3 days and the only questions that guys had to ask were, " Why isnt DC++ working?" , " What is wrong with LAN?"," What the hell are the admins doing?"

It was real bad without LAN. It would have been ok had it been one of those weekdays. The LAN was gone for the weekend, ( I assume that those morons switched it off on Friday for some AIEEE counselling thing and forgot to turn it on after that )Whatever, there was no LAN and no CS clan wars. How was BIT doing without CS?
Let alone NET or DC++....but CS?? Must have been the dullest days of recent times for all those CS lovers out there.
I missed chatting on DC++, especially since I had got a job and I was planning to go on a chatting spree on the weekend.
Finally, the LAN was back on Monday. What a relief it was!! The CS ips and the TRIVIA hub were back too and now its time to enjoy when LAN is there coz its BIT and as they say " You dont know whats gonna happen in one hour" The LAN can be gone anytime.....