My SECOND trip to COORG! Dooh!

Hey everyone! Had been to Coorg couple of days ago. It was a two day trip with few of my classmates. I must emphasize on few part. Just 6 of us! 3 boys and 3 girls. I have uploaded the pics onto Picasa.

Coorg Trip Jan 2010

This is going to sound very silly and stupid but i actually did not know that we were going to the same place i had been to a year ago. Though a year seems a long time, my memories of the tourist places came flooding back to me all at once, when we landed at Coorg or what is also called Madekeri.

Nevertheless going with friends is not the same as holidaying with parents. I guess this makes sense in many ways. We become more miserly when it comes to spending for food and other things which is never the case when we are with parents, where we always wanna buy stuff that is think is cool and won't get in Bangalore... and we want to lodge is the best hotels etc. But when you are with friends its all about jumping around one place to another quickly and spending very little on food and accessories so that the trip cost can be as minimal as possibly can. This time our 2 day trip cost us around Rs 1200. 80 percent of that went into transport! So i guess you can imagine the kinda food we had during while touring the beautiful and scenic parts of Coorg. heh.. I am only exaggerating of course. We spent quite good amount on snacks and our accommodation and dinner was provided to us from our class mates who lives in Coorg. We are definitely are indebted to her and her parents who were great hosts and left no stone unturned and catered to all our needs with our our requests.

I needed that break i guess, i actually like traveling.. its very relaxing and freshens up your mind. A break from the dailly routine does have its rewards i promise you!! If you feel stressed. Pack your bags and head out! Go as far as you can AFFORD(hehe) so that there is no way possible for your brain to think about work. Some people use yoga and other Art of Living exercises, but i feel this has provides more guaranteed results.

My CAT class in TIME institute are going pretty well. I am not sure about belling the CAT for any mediocre institute but i actually like the information that they are providing. It the kinda of information and training i have been looking for. I feel that i need to start making an effort to eat when being spoon fed. :)

I had delivered a presentation in college to an audience which consisted of all the HOD of all the disciplines of engineering and other institutes of DSI and also Prem Chandra Sagar, the Vice Chairman of DSI. It was very kind gesture from my Head of department to give me opportunity to talk in front of the entire management, on the proposal for a new website. I put my best foot forward and made a god presentation by my standards, which was very well received. I also played an important role in defining the new requirements for the website to the web development company called "Tech web India" that has been maintaining the college websites for the past 10 years. Its been a exhilarating experience, one which has no doubt has taught me many important lessons on "Work estimation" and "Task delegation" which i will keep in mind rest of life.

I am looking forward to the new semester, my 6th sem in engineering with excitement and clear understanding of my goals and commitments. :) This year is going to be my acedamic year of excellence.

I have good news share, the college recently welcomed Infosys into the campus for recruitment who in return took 265 students. In all round about 300 students have been seleted so far and it seems like more companies will follow suit. The college is eagerly awaiting Wipro and Mind Tree who according to a rumor that was passed on to me by a friend of a friend of friend who's friend is a friend of the placement coordinator. :)

During these holidays i have completely wrecked my sleep pattern and know am able to stay awake till 1 in the morning which i used to find something impossible to do during the exams and weekdays. Lets hope this new found feature will find constructive use in my life.

Goodnight Netizens! Just one more week, and we will be starting our journey into the 6th sem of engineering.