Missing Modem, Modern VV

I wasnt able to go to Modern VV for Modem, due to the stupid, god forsaken exams. I've been looking forward to this event but I just couldn't go. There was exam on that very day.
I like going to both the Moderns for contest, basically because they're amongst the most important events in the year. I like BK just because of its huge area, and as for VV, I'm not particularly fond of the school. It has too many walls, imho. But I still wanted to go, walls or no walls.
I don't know too many people from Modern VV, though. All I know about them are their names, nothing more. Thats unfortunate, I like to know people better and then met them in their schools and explain my presence in their schools. Don't ask me why, I just do.
What I also like about Modern VV is its proximity to my home and Priya, which is by far my favourite hangout spot. You can drop into Priya whenever you want. Lucky darned modernites!

I'm alive.

This is just to say that I'm alive. I've got absolutely no time to post anything due to my exams. I will write about something interesting soon.
You are not required by the Laws of Blogging to post a comment as this doesn't count as a post.

Eating Well

Yesterday, while going for a dinner party at Kafe Fontana with four guys and four girls (guess who didn't have a date, eh?) I was confronted with a baseless allegation, that I, Dhruv Kumar, eat like a bird. This allegation is baseless and false as there are few people who can challenge me to an eating contest.
So, to prove my eating abilities, I ate, I ate, I ate and I ate. I ate more, I ate again and I ate.
I took huge quantities of food, and I don't think I've eaten as much food for quite some while. I selectively gorged on the dessert.
In fact, I like to boast that I ate more than all the others put together. Of course, that's only an exaggeration.
A great eating experience, in my honest opinion.

Ending a conversation

Everyone has their own way of ending a conversation. Most often, it is abrupt. In this post I'm going to make a list of the most interesting ways to end a conversation.

Type 1: The Glare

Whenever Kavita Saxena, our Geography teacher, wishes to end a conversation she simply glares at the individual with whom she was conversing. Very very effective. Simple yet elegant. Makes a great statement.

Type 2: The Uthak-Bethak

Kaumudi Sharma, our Hindi teacher (I don't study Hindi, but she's our Class Teacher as well) normally doesn't end conversations. She normally oves 'em, because she's always "winning". But the moment she feels she's losing the "Battle" she orders the other party to do Uthak-Bethak. Absolutely lethal. No escape.

Type 3: Silence

Silence is put to unbelievably good use by my Math tutor. This is the most effective method of ending a conversation. If used effectively, this can strike a deathblow to even the most interesting conversations.

Type 4: The V.D. Agarwal Style

V.D. Agarwal has a unique style. And this is my personal favourite. Prior to the termination of the conversation, VDA's head starts turning crimson. His chest puffs up and at the same time he raises his left hand to the left of the year and brings it down upon the closest piece of furniture. It culminates with a shout of "OH YOU SHUT UP". Note the absense of any punctuation. Has been used intentionally as that is exactly how he says it.
That's it for now. But remember, you are bound by the Laws of Blogging to post a comment.
Dhruv Signing off.

Blogging

I started blogging 2 months back, and back then, I started because everyone I knew had a blog. So it was something you just had to do. Gradually, blogging has taken over me, and now I'm possesed. I like blogging, I want to blog as often as I can (when I'm not experiencing writer's block) and I visit my blog atleast 5 times a day to check for comments.
Blogging has now become a fad of sorts. Suddenly, a large number of 9^th graders have taken up blogging. The links are to the right, and most are decent blogs, with proper English, spelling, grammar, etc. And I like to call these blogs the Fad Blogs (Mine is a second age blog according to Karan)
I've also formulated The Laws of Blogging. These were formerly listed under Blogger etiquette, but have now been converted into law by the International Union of Good Blogging. Here are the laws.

The First Law of Blogging

According to the First Law of Blogging, if somebody posts a comment on your blog, you must comment on their blogs (if they have one)

The Second Law of Blogging

According to the Second Law of blogging, if you are reading someone's blog, you must post a comment on it.



As you're reading my blog right now, I apply the Second Law of Blogging and force you to post a comment. Then according to the First Law of Blogging I will comment on your blog (if you have one).
Dhruv signing off.

Concerning stupid comments.

I'm really tired of stupid comments. People just come to my blog, read the posts, and say"Hey, Dhruv, you have a really stupid blog!" or "Hey, your blog has only your views!". And to add salt to my wounds, they don't even leave their name. What do I want to do with their names? Just want to know who they were, so I can whack them the next day. Manas Gautam has taken up this not-so noble activity with unbelievable vigour. He had left about 16 comments the last time I checked. And now, he's on my "to whack" list.
To see a sample of Manas's handiwork Click here
On a side note, les examens (the exams for all you non-french students) are almost come (note the deliberate usage of "are almost come). Darn! We'd barely finished the first term, and here come the half yearlies. Will have to start studying, because I must do well. Haven't been doing too well in my Monday Tests, so I've got to pull up my socks.
We're also having a sports tournament starting next week. Stupid. Just a week before the exams. The schoolwallahs get such thoughts right before the exams. Well, of course I'd like to participate, but as I said, have to pull up my socks. And could you believe, they have all games, including 100 m, swimming, short put, tt, etc. but no cricket! It's wierd. Cricket being the most popular game of the country has been exluded! I don't mind, for I'm not a cricket enthusiast. But alot of people in our class do. Everytime you cross a group of people standing huddled, the conversation is related to cricket being excluded.
Plan to write more tomorrow. So bye for now.
Dhruv signing off.

I'm back!

Yes, I have been using this title too often, but it is always apt. But this time, due to no fault of my own. My internet service provider, namely sify, was for some reason not providing internet since friday afternoon. I called them atleast 10 times but they refused to come and check it out the connection. They kept saying "Sir, probably your computer is malfunctioning. If you don't have a DVD ROM Drive it won't work properly." Why do I need a DVD rom for a cable connection? Just don't know. What was supposed to be an unlimited hours connection (unlimited mb as well) turned out to be worse than MTNL. Supposedly 128 kbps, it's actually slower than MTNL. Darn!
I called the fellow again on the days that followed and today he finally arrived. The problem? Nothing! Apparently their local server was down and they didn't even know! But it's alright, the fellow was very apologetic and I'll be getting the next two months free of cost. Great!
I have alot to say because I haven't been able to write since friday. Had a geography test this monday. Didn't study much so it didn't go too well, but it was a very simple paper, so I'll get average marks.
Today, ofcourse, was a holiday (The birthday of Krishna I think). Great thing. Holidays are always welcome. Their reason, however, is of little or no consequence. (BJP and VHP activists and Hindu fundamentalists will skin me alive for saying Krishna's brithday is of no consequence!)
On a side note, my blog has now crossed 200 hits! Not a big milestone for mosts sites, but it is a milestone for me. And now, if you do search on google for Dhruv Kumar, my blog is on the second position. Feels great to be found on google.
Tomorrow is wednesday. You might say that's obvious since today was a tuesday but wednesdays are very important to me. I start feeling euphoric. Why? Because half of the week is over and soon the weekend will have arrived. Weekends mean holidays. And holidays, as I mentioned, are always welcome, whatever their reason.
I think I've written too much crap for one day, so I'll write more tomorrow. Bye bye people!
Dhruv signing off.
P.S. You won't be able to post comments due to an internal blogger error. I'm trying to find out more about and will try to fix it.

The stupid and the futile

These are some real life stupid and futile conversations that I have had in the past two days. Some are futile and some are stupid. But all of them thanks to one, Ankur Goel (read smarty-pants-fat-ass moron). Some of them are just so stupid you'll want to bang your head against the wall.

Conversation 1: Stupid

It's 6:00 AM and I'm fast asleep. unexpectedly, the phone rings.
Ankur: Hello, is that Dhruv?
Dhruv: Yes it's me.
Ankur: HI. We have a french tuition.
Dhruv: Yes I know, it's at 6 pm.
Ankur: I know. Okay bye.
The reason for waking me up at an unearthly hour and not asking or telling me anything has baffled my faculties.

Conversation 2: Futile

Ankur: I have a 3 megapixel Nikon digital camera.
Dhruv: Good.
Ankur: Which one do you have?
Dhruv: I have a canon.
Ankur: How many megapixels?
Dhruv: 5.6
Ankur: Actually megapixels don't matter. The company does. My camera is better than yours because Nikon is better.
Dhruv: Maybe that's true but megapixels do matter.
Ankur: How is that?
Dhruv: The more megapixels you have the clearer the image is.
Ankur: I know that. I also have a Nikon Coolpix 8700. 8.7 megapixels. It's better than yours.
Dhruv: Maybe so.
Ankur: No, it is alot better.
Dhruv: Okay it is. Happy?
Ankur: NO I"m telling you.
Dhruv: Alright, I believe you.
Ankur: I mean it.
Dhruv: I said I believe you.
Ankur: I'm serious.
Dhruv: Alright!
This horribly useless conversation lasted a good 10 minutes with Ankur insisting that he has a better digi cam than me when I never even made a comparison.

Conversation 3: Stupid and Futile

Ankur: I have a camera with optical zoom. It can zoom into specific parts of the picture. Like if there's a child sitting, the whole picture remains the same but the legs get zoomed, so they appear larger.
Dhruv: That is just not possible.
Ankur: No it is.
Dhruv: Then it's not optical zoom.
Ankur: It's an imported camera. I imported it from Thailand. It cost me 4 lakh rupees.
Dhruv: SO what.
Ankur: It works that way.
Dhruv: It can't. In optical zoom, uou zoom into the image by changing the focal length and stuff. So the whole image gets zoomed.
Ankur: But it's imported.
Dhruv: I want to see a demonstration.
Ankur: Er... Actually it's in Thailand right now.
Dhruv: Why?
Ankur: It's too hot in India. It'll get spoilt, so I keep it in Thailand in my house.
Dhruv: You have a house in Thailand?
Ankur: I have 8 houses in Thailand.
Dhruv: Will you get it over to India so I can see a demonstration.
Ankur: No, I can't, it's too hot in India.
Dhruv: Then how will you use it yourself?
Ankur: I go to Thailand every week for the weekend. So, I'll use it there.
The end.
These are three of the most stupid and futile conversations. There are more, and I'll post them later, as part of a series of post under this title.